Things that make you feel old

Nothing worse on a Friday night then getting to the video store and seeing 10 copies of Jim Belushi movies staring at you. K-9, Red Heat, The Principal....ugh.

 

Also a Rams cheerleader.

 

Several Chuckk Norris movies, including the Octagon and Lone Wolfe are on Netflix.

 

When I was first on the baseball beat, in 1998, I remember feeling vaguely sick when I first started seeing players born in the 1980s. (I was born in 1973.) Now I imagine we're getting close to seeing big-league players who were born in 2000.

 

As was Jenilee Harrison, the first Suzanne Somers replacement on Three’s Company.

 

Cindy

 

The Principal was pretty good, or so I thought upon seeing an R-rated movie in the theatre at 14 or 15. But I just went to Wikipedia and holy shit, this is terrible.

Plot[edit]
Rick Latimer (Jim Belushi) is a high-school teacher with a drinking problem. Spotting his ex-wife Kimberly (Sharon Thomas Cain) in a bar one night, Rick gets into a fight with the man she is with, culminating in his beating the hapless man's car with a baseball bat.

The board of education finds that Rick's behavior is reflecting poorly on the school district's image. They unanimously decide to transfer him to another school, in another district: Brandel High, a crime-ridden and gang-dominated institution, where he is made the new principal.

Believing he can repair his image by cleaning up the school, Rick attempts to have an assembly to declare his intentions: "No more." No more drugs, running in the hallways or being late to class. While he's giving his speech, Victor Duncan (Michael Wright), the leader of the main gang in the school, walks in, derides Rick in front of everyone, then walks out, which eventually results in a small riot, which earns Rick the enmity of not only the teachers but also school head of security Jake (Lou Gossett Jr.).

Eventually, Rick manages to enforce his policy of getting rid of the drugs being dealt in the bathrooms and clearing out the hallways — but not always with success. Because the students are now forced to go to class, some of the more unruly students become increasingly disruptive, including White Zac (J.J. Cohen), who eventually attempts to rape one of the teachers, Ms. Orozco (Rae Dawn Chong), with whom Rick is beginning to form a close friendship.

Victor, meanwhile, continues to assert his influence on the school, going so far as to brutally beat a former member of his gang and hang him by his ankles when the member warms to Rick and actually starts learning. The clash between Rick and Victor eventually leads to a showdown in the school halls, where Jake is temporarily locked inside a supply closet while Victor and his gang hunt Rick down. In the end, Victor and Rick fight each other with their fists, with Victor seemingly having the upper hand until Rick overpowers him.

Rick beats Victor, much to the shock of the rest of the school who witness the beating. Several students cheer Rick on, much to the chagrin of Victor's gang members. After a small fight breaks out Rick again declares, "No more!" Victor is taken away in a police car, and as a student derisively asks, "Hey man, who the hell do you think you are?", Rick responds "I'm the principal, man!" and rides away on his motorcycle.

 

You wanna feel old:
Our son just signed his loi for baseball at Kansas Wesleyan.
I feel fucking ancient.

 

That’s awesome, Chef. The LOI part, not feeling ancient.

Congrats to him.

 

Scheme for Pizza.
Bogeys for burgers.
House of Sight and Sound for bongs.

Everything he needs to know about Salina.

 

I'll also add Santa Cruz for a pretty damn good burrito.