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I can't decide if I like this season of Dexter.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 7, 2009 2:18 PM CST reply actions

It's been rather overshadowed by other shows

Most notably Sons and Modern Family.

/O'keefe'd

by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Dec 7, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions

SOA was epic this year and very hard for any show – and itself next season – to beat.

by cutlassbob on Dec 7, 2009 4:23 PM CST up reply actions

SOA was great, but the finale was some bullshit.

Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

by jebushchrist on Dec 7, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions

Agree with all of this

"Andrew Jones....SEND IT IN, BIG FELLA!" - Bill Raftery, 4/2/09

by ReadingRambler on Dec 7, 2009 5:06 PM CST up reply actions

I like it on its own, but when compared to the other seasons, it's a bit weak.

No way would he have let Trinity get by for so long. And LaGuerta and AnHell’s relationship is the most boring thing in the history of boring things.

Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

by jebushchrist on Dec 7, 2009 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

Dexter has a different feel now…still love Michael C. Hall’s acting and the family dynamic is kinda interesting to me. Dexter’s car crash was a nice touch early on, then Lundy getting iced later. I guess I agree — this season is good on it’s own but suffers a bit because I think the other seasons were more consistently good, episode to episode.

by cutlassbob on Dec 7, 2009 4:25 PM CST up reply actions

I think Dexter is well on it's way to wrapping up.

There is no way they can continue with the path they’re currently on for more than 1 or 2 years. The interesting part about Dexter was that as the show goes on the “monster” becomes more human. Eventually, Dexter will have to concede to being a dad/husband (and I think that may be where they were going with the Trinity story arc).

I just can’t see how they can make any more than 25-30 more episodes unless they really drag their feet. In which case, the show will likely fold, anyway, due to a diminishing audience.

by The Mexican't on Dec 7, 2009 5:10 PM CST up reply actions

Rita has got to go. I’m to the point where I’m ready to kill her myself.

Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

by jebushchrist on Dec 7, 2009 7:54 PM CST up reply actions

What’s funny is the violent crime rate in Miami is actually lower than in Atlanta, so the 4 GT fans that make the trek will probably feel relatively safe.

I check cheddar like a food inspector

by SpanishJohnny on Dec 7, 2009 2:30 PM CST reply actions

Are we really projecting 82 deaths?

If 40,000 go, that is about .2%.

Plus in addition to the above causes, don’t forget gators and Scarface.

by HawkeyeRecon on Dec 7, 2009 3:08 PM CST reply actions

Scarface - great movie

Especially the chainsaw scene at the beginning.

I was going to say, it really would be safer to run a marathon than go to Miami.

"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash

by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 7, 2009 3:20 PM CST up reply actions

I've been told

that alligators are dangerous no matter how drunk you are

I love the Onion

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 7, 2009 5:39 PM CST up reply actions

This is real. I've seen it. And real stupid.

Originally, they put Cape Kennedy/Canaveral in its current location because its about the closest convenient spot the furthest south in the US to take advantage of the higher speed of the Earth’s rotation closer to the equator.

But it was also thought having all that alligator and snake infested swamp out to the launch area would enhance security and keep spies out during the Cold War.

Today, people drive up and down that road and there are signs by the ditches saying “KEEP OUT, Dangerous Etc.” And yet, you see people with the minivans stopped on the shoulder taking pics of their kids with THEIR BACKS to the ditches by those signs. Haha.

"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash

by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 7, 2009 5:59 PM CST up reply actions

These are the same people who feed bison in Yellowstone, correct?

"Andrew Jones....SEND IT IN, BIG FELLA!" - Bill Raftery, 4/2/09

by ReadingRambler on Dec 7, 2009 6:13 PM CST up reply actions

Oh yeah, we took pics there.

Granted, we never turned our backs to the ditches/swamps (fucking duh), but still, the ’gators were right there. Mom was pissed. It was awesome.

by Bucketochicken on Dec 7, 2009 8:03 PM CST up reply actions

I bow to your awesomeness, sir.

"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash

by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 7, 2009 10:03 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks. It was pretty sweet.

I mean, we weren’t like, close enough to touch them or anything, but definitely close enough that it might be a pretty close call* if you had your back turned and one decided to give your lower leg a taste.

*Yeah, you’d be fucked.

by Bucketochicken on Dec 7, 2009 10:06 PM CST up reply actions

The phrase that pays

It seems really wrong to apply it to Hawk men’s basketball this year. ’Tis not a strong enough descriptive term.

"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash

by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 8, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions

I have also seen something similar in that area

Though not during a launch. We went through some nature area that you could see Cape Canaveral (I think, we could see a giant launching pad of some sort) from. As we were leaving we saw a small crowd around a ditch. There was no water in the swamp we had just driven through, but there was water in the ditch somehow. As we approached the crowd we saw an alligator in the ditch. There was this one hick-looking scrawny little dipshit that was, if memory serves me, either standing in the ditch or straddling it and petting the alligator, Busch Light in hand. His buddy was standing there chuckling, and most of the crowd kinda parted when we got the except these two fine specimens of southern Americans. I think we were all wearing Hawkeye gear because that’s all my family owns, so this dumbass decides he is going to impress us by teasing the alligator and then grinning at us. Thinking he had us impressed rather than disgusted and praying that we were going to see this beast claim a human limb, he continues to pester this animal. At one point his buddy leans to my mom and says “He is like the American crocodile hunter.” I muttered something to the effect of “Hope he gets your nuts you stupid motherfucker,” and got back in the car. Douchebag.

by shada's revenge on Dec 8, 2009 6:42 AM CST up reply actions

You've even got Hawk underwear too?

Awesome story, BTW.

There are plenty of places in the south where you can see gators safely… The Crab Shack restaurant on Tybee Island, GA outside of Savannah has an alligator pit but they don’t keep large ones in there. Terrific food, BTW, highly recommended if you are in Savannah.

"Wow. You know you have problems when even the cheerleaders know you suck." ~ Pain in the Sash

by Leftcoast Hawk on Dec 8, 2009 10:18 PM CST up reply actions

What about traffic accidents?

I doubt their freeways are set up very well for all the tractors we’ll be driving down there.

by Brock Sampson on Dec 7, 2009 3:21 PM CST reply actions

Agreed.

Combine heads are fairly wide, and those southern floridians wouldn’t know how to react.

"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me

by BStylin Hawkye on Dec 7, 2009 3:30 PM CST up reply actions

You Forget

Florida’s significant eldery population in January, combined with all those damn Canucks that seem to migrate down to the state. They are more than used to people who drive too slow, or don’t know how to drive when the Speed Limit signs are in M.P.H.

As for the combine heads, well, the Floridians are just fucked on that…

They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!

by recoveringfratguy on Dec 7, 2009 3:43 PM CST up reply actions