RIP James Van Der Beek

[Della9250]

The sad truth is Bud Kilmer outlived both Lance Harbor and Jonathan Moxon.

And Billy Bob

 

[Here me roar]

Oh man, it just gets worse ...

https://people.com/james-van-der-be..._O_NJzakHqIx5w9bgo_aem_UbJILRw1B5JyCm8sO2cWNw

Heartbreaking. This country has no soul

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Colon cancer is rising rapidly in younger people more and more. A reason for that might be taurine, an ingredient in energy drinks that kids at my work pound.

(I'll cop to a Mango Loco Monster once in a while to back up my daily coffee when I'm dragging.)

 

[Slacker]

Heartbreaking. This country has no soul

Plenty of good folks do, though.

 

[DanOregon]

The sad truth is Bud Kilmer outlived both Lance Harbor and Jonathan Moxon.

And Billy Bob too. Hope Scott Caan is watching his back.

 

[HanSenSE]

And Billy Bob too. Hope Scott Caan is watching his back.

At least the curse has avoided Ali Larter, who has.acted in several movies and TV shows since her whipped cream bikini days, most notably in "Heroes."

 

[Here me roar]

At least the curse has avoided Ali Larter, who has.acted in several movies and TV shows since her whipped cream bikini days, most notably in "Heroes."

Yeah, that's where she refused to do an intimate scene with a Black actor, and then denied that happened even though multiple witnesses corroborated.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Honestly didn’t like Dawson’s Creek, but mainly because of the writing and pretentious dialogue.

He was self aware enough to lean into that cheesiness later on, though. His cameo in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was great:

“You wouldn’t last a day on ‘The Creek’ “
“**** off, Pacey.”

“Wait a minute, doesn’t anyone watch the WB? I’m a teen idol, dammit!”

Also worth mentioning his role on How I Met Your Mother as the washed up teenage bad boy heartthrob that Robin was still crushing on.

 

[outofplace]

At least the curse has avoided Ali Larter, who has.acted in several movies and TV shows since her whipped cream bikini days, most notably in "Heroes."

Have you not seen or heard of Landman?

 

[outofplace]

MUCH earlier. Trey Mancini was in his 20s when he was diagnosed during the pandemic. And Darryl Strawberry and Eric Davis both had it in their 30s in the 1990s.

My maternal grandfather died of stomach cancer and my Mom didn't go in for her first colonoscopy until 50. Me, my sister and my wife were all recommended to go in our 40s even though my wife's family has no such history and my sister and I were told we were at no more risk than anyone else b/c an immediate relative didn't have it.

The earlier screenings are doubly important b/c once symptoms appear, it's advanced. Former Giants slugger Matt Williams was well into his 50s when he was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer after a blood test in spring training showed he was anemic. Did a few more tests and found out he had colon cancer. Felt absolutely no symptoms but was told if he'd gotten diagnosed six months or a year later, it probably would have been too late. Probably all sorts of awful **** in the air leading to the increased rates and there's not much we can do about that, but we can do the screenings in our 40s.

Those are all great reminders of the importance of getting checked early. My doctor recommended it in my mid-40s because my grandmother died from stomach cancer and my brother had diverticulitis. I go when they tell me to go. The prep sucks. Deal with it and very possibly save your life. It's that simple.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

****ing-A, OOP. Same boat - have family history, so they told me to start at 40, and every time they find nothing, and give me a 5-year pause until the next one. Had one last fall and even though they found nothing, they said, "Let's go with 3 years now." Fine by me.

I will power through the prep and gladly endure it to get that peace of mind.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I'd go every week if they asked. Even the prep is much better than it used to be (still not fun, of course).

 

[outofplace]

I'd go every week if they asked. Even the prep is much better than it used to be (still not fun, of course).

Every week? Starting to think you like that a little too much there, buddy.

 

[OscarMadison]

Did the mail-in screener. The return box is plain, white, and unmarked. Someone stole it from my car while I ran in to pick up a book from the library. I hope they enjoyed it.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I was never part of the Dawson's Creek demographic, but happened upon it while I was home during the day while working desk shifts at night.

I'm under no misguided opinion that it's good (how the **** do they pretend that teenagers even talk like they do?), but I can have that on as background noise all day long when I'm doing mundane household chores and duties.

Discovered fairly recently that the free Samsung TV service has a channel that plays nothing but Dawson's Creek 24/7. We put that on often in the bedroom when we're going to sleep at night.

This really sucks.

Same here. It was on during the day when I had Dad and Househusband duty before working on the paper at night. I had it on background noise and it was tolerable.

RIP. 47 is way too young.