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by Reaper
Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?
Replies: 399
Views: 4914

Re: 2023 MLB Postseason - October is here

fwiw. and maybe this is just me and my perspective, but the Rangers going nuclear and being 7-0 so far in the playoffs is taking some of sting out of them housing the Orioles like they did. Not for nothing, but a Rangers/Phillies series would pit two teams on absolute heaters and I would watch the ...
by Reaper
Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Suzanne Somers
Replies: 39
Views: 596

Re: Suzanne Somers

mister d wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:49 am Feels like an age gap if anyone was focused more on the parents than the kids in Step by Step.
Wherein Alicia > Dana or Karen
by Reaper
Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Regular Season
Replies: 830
Views: 12072

Re: 2023 MLB Regular Season

mister d wrote: Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:15 am If you picked him out of a lineup, Atlanta would be really mad!
Using picked out of a lineup and Atlanta in the same sentence, I just assumed you were talking about Marcell Ozuna
by Reaper
Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Regular Season
Replies: 830
Views: 12072

Re: 2023 MLB Regular Season

Has a team ever thrown a no-hitter in the same game a guy homered in his first official career at-bat? Because it might be happening near the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. Yeah, that was a fun one to watch. 29-year-old, seven-year minor leaguer hitting a home run in his first ML...
by Reaper
Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Regular Season
Replies: 830
Views: 12072

Re: 2023 MLB Regular Season

First base umpire in Phils-Nats game has had three calls overturned in the first three innings, including two in about a minute's time, trying to keep Nick Castellanos off first. None of them have really been close either. Edited to add still shot tweets: https://twitter.com/KevinOnCFB/status/168902...
by Reaper
Mon Aug 07, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Oscar winning director for French Connection, as well as other films such as The Exorcist and Blue Chips, William Friedkin, 87.
by Reaper
Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Immaculate grid
Replies: 107
Views: 2113

Re: Immaculate grid

i tried to get cute today and missed middle-right and i think i have a maybe-legit beef...? need a weigh-in here, maybe from our Houston contingency... Mike Fiers 2017 Astros? 28 games in the regular season (including 3 in September) and was officially on the team until signing a FA contract that w...
by Reaper
Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The 2023 WGA / SAG-AFTRA strike and other Labor Discussion
Replies: 199
Views: 4321

Re: The 2023-? Writers Guild of America strike

Yeah, this isn't ending anytime soon, as outlined in this Deadline article. “The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterate...
by Reaper
Wed Jul 12, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177628

Re: The Live Music thread...

Ooh, I'll be in ATX for Death Cab/Postal Service/Beths at the end of September. Think I can get my 15 year old into Saxon? ETA - just checked, and no. 21+ I waited too long and missed out on getting tix to their Philly show in September. On the secondary market, they're $145 at their cheapest. No i...
by Reaper
Fri Jul 07, 2023 1:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Replies: 2496
Views: 208014

Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook

I just got three estimates for my driveway. I'm getting a repaving for the front part, but also need to widen (so the wife and I don't have to play musical cars every day) and extend along the side of the house for when we have a new driver in ... checks calendar ... ugh, a little more than four yea...
by Reaper
Fri Jul 07, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Immaculate grid
Replies: 107
Views: 2113

Re: Immaculate grid

The entire left side of today's grid I picked the "most popular answer" and I was surprised about top left.
by Reaper
Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6196
Views: 340866

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Just saw the the Justified reboot (spinoff?) is starting in a couple weeks. Just eight episodes for season 1 of City Primeval.

Here's a review from Consequence that gives a lot of detail, but I guess not really any spoilers.
by Reaper
Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Fuck America
Replies: 105
Views: 1753

Re: Fuck America

This post may meander because I feel there's so much to explain, but I don't want to make this a novel. I moved into my new neighborhood a little over a year ago. There are so many families in this place which is great for the kids, but I'm still feeling everybody out. I joined the cornhole league t...
by Reaper
Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Fuck America
Replies: 105
Views: 1753

Re: Fuck America

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuRx6bnu-4C/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Second slide https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/107285533_2853939921382813_3198601880563954401_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&cb=99be929b-59f725be&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=kqCoYKsJ5joAX9_IE6L&_nc_ht=scontent...
by Reaper
Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Alan Arkin
Replies: 16
Views: 263

Alan Arkin

by Reaper
Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Teresa "Nervosa" Taylor, 60, drummer for the Butthole Surfers, and responsible for the awesome scene in Richard Linklater's Slacker.

by Reaper
Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8826
Views: 409617

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Favorite word to say: Bubble
Favorite word to see: Bookkeeper (because of the three consecutive double letters)
Favorite word trivia: Facetious and Abstemious (only words with all five vowels just once and in alphabetical order)
by Reaper
Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NHL 2022-23
Replies: 909
Views: 11480

Re: NHL 2022-23

Congrats to you, Brian. Live it up tonight.
by Reaper
Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ping! College Baseball Thread
Replies: 195
Views: 5027

Re: Ping! College Baseball Thread

Pretty epic bed-shitting today by Stanford, stealing a defeat from the jaws of victory, versus Texas. 9th inning, leading 5-2, closer enters game to start the inning. Proceeds to two walks and one hbp on the first three batters to load the bases. New pitcher. Next batter hits fly to right-centerfie...
by Reaper
Tue Jun 13, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: I-95 in Philly
Replies: 31
Views: 666

Re: I-95 in Philly

Nothing left of that truck. Human remains found with family identifying who it was, though not confirmed.

by Reaper
Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread



The Everwood actor died in a motorcycle accident.
by Reaper
Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Burn in Hell, Pat
Replies: 16
Views: 406

Re: Burn in Hell, Pat

cerranoredux wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:22 am Pride month, indeed.
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by Reaper
Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: My Dad
Replies: 39
Views: 554

Re: My Dad

Had some similar issues, though also vastly different, with my mother. Never talked through any of them really and then poof, cop shows up at my door to tell me she's gone. Issues never resolved and that's just how it is. I feel for you NLFC and I hope you find peace that there were at least some go...
by Reaper
Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Iron Sheik
Replies: 2
Views: 62

Re: Iron Sheik

Apparently I don't think anyone deserves their own thread, as I posted at the same time. I've since deleted it just to put the same tweet here, from his official page.

by Reaper
Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177628

Re: The Live Music thread...

Saw Josh Ritter last month and didn't realize how much of his stuff I really liked. He's an on-again, off-again guy for me, but mainly because I just kinda forget about him. So glad I got to see him live. New album is a lot slower than most of his stuff, but it was nice because it broke up the show ...
by Reaper
Fri May 19, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Jim Brown
Replies: 11
Views: 229

Re: Jim Brown

EnochRoot wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 2:55 pm Wow. RIP.

87's a pretty good run.
Longer than any he had on the field. (80 yards in 1963)
by Reaper
Mon May 01, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 NBA Playoffs
Replies: 226
Views: 3607

Re: 2023 NBA Playoffs

L-Jam3 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 8:51 pm Tough 24 hours for Boston, eh Swampers?
I haven't been this NBA invested in 22 years. My kids are way into it though so I've followed suit.
by Reaper
Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: BUSINESS HORSE 2023 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
Replies: 227
Views: 2521

Re: BUSINESS HORSE 2023 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA

Ryan wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:12 am Wait the Chiefs took someone named Wanya Morris?!?
Shockingly, it's not one of Boyz II Men's Wanya Morris's four sons, who all happened to be named Wanya Morris as well.
by Reaper
Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: BUSINESS HORSE 2023 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
Replies: 227
Views: 2521

Re: BUSINESS HORSE 2023 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA

brian wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:19 pm Also the assets the Lions got in the Stafford trade are insane. Especially if Jameson Williams even remotely pans out.
I wouldn't take that bet
by Reaper
Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: BUSINESS HORSE 2023 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
Replies: 227
Views: 2521

Re: BUSINESS HORSE 2023 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA

Levis to the Vikings now? I don't even know anymore.

And Forbes over Gonzalez, and Banks, and Porter seems crazy. He's listed at 6 foot, 166. Makes DeVonta Smith look swoll.
by Reaper
Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Steve of phpBB wrote: Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:16 am Harry Belafonte obscure?
This was debated a couple pages back, but I still haven't started the Non-obscure but not-own-thread worthy dead thread.
by Reaper
Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

While making sure someone didn't already post this, I found this gem from ten years ago that seems a bit offensive today.
Johnny Carwash wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:29 pm I heartily endorse bfj's tweet:
I'm so sick of hearing Day-O at the ballpark that I want to invent a time machine so I can punch a pregnant Mrs. Belafonte in the uterus.
by Reaper
Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

A Jamaican farewell to Harry Belafonte, 96.

by Reaper
Mon Apr 24, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177628

Re: The Live Music thread...

Just got invited to go to my first Mountain Goats show tonight at Union Transfer Philly with someone who'll be going to at least his tenth MG show. Don't miss the opener! Adeem the Artist is awesome. Kinda low-key obsessed with Adeem right now. He short set list was great and his banter in between ...
by Reaper
Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177628

Re: The Live Music thread...

Just got invited to go to my first Mountain Goats show tonight at Union Transfer Philly with someone who'll be going to at least his tenth MG show. Don't miss the opener! Adeem the Artist is awesome. Kinda low-key obsessed with Adeem right now. He short set list was great and his banter in between ...
by Reaper
Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Barry Humphries, better known as Dame Edna, passes away at 89 in Sydney. Thankfully he's been staying out of the US recently or he may have been taken out sooner.

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by Reaper
Fri Apr 21, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023 MLB Regular Season
Replies: 830
Views: 12072

Re: 2023 MLB Regular Season

I know you're not supposed to talk to your pitcher during a perfecto, but maybe a little communication there would've saved it.
by Reaper
Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177628

Re: The Live Music thread...

govmentchedda wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:26 pm Yeah, definitely go, if you need one more person telling you to.
Yeah, I'm going. Been too long without seeing anyone. I've been listening while lunching so I know I'll enjoy it even if I don't know the songs.
by Reaper
Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:34 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2109
Views: 177628

Re: The Live Music thread...

Just got invited to go to my first Mountain Goats show tonight at Union Transfer Philly with someone who'll be going to at least his tenth MG show.
by Reaper
Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3857
Views: 213740

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

The Script guitarist and co-founder, Mark Sheehan 46. No cause of death yet, just states "after a brief illness." https://twitter.com/thescript/status/1646929454571069450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1646929454571069450%7Ctwgr%5E2bcda493fc9a160c3ab5b281b2a639fbc93b0...