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DaveInSeattle

The "Mama Mama" scene was improvised by the baby.... Did the script really say: "HOLLY: [cries] Mama! Mama!"? Because that baby delivered. Walley-Beckett: We got very, very lucky, didn’t we Rian? We got lucky because that was a shaky moment for the baby. It’s a stressful situati...

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Seeing Frightened Rabbit opening for The National in a couple of days. Very excited for the show.

DaveInSeattle

ETNZ might lap Oracle in today's second race. Destroyed on upwind leg (3); cruising to the final mark, 1000 meter lead (>40 seconds). Another beautiful day on the bay. Two more wins for the Kiwis. 6 to negative 1, three more to win. I managed to catch some of the first race today on YouTube. Oracle...

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It's official....Kostecki out, Ainslie in as Tactician on Oracle.

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Big shake up coming for Oracle. Tactician John Kostecki was not on the boat yesterday for practice, and it looks like Ben Ainslie will be replacing him. Kostecki is getting killed for calling for a "foiling tack" in race 5, which killed all of Oracle's boat speed and let ETNZ take the lead...

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And some seriously "A-Team" level of marksmanship during the last scene. Two guys, standing with no cover, with a pistol and a shotgun, facing four dudes w/cars for cover and all that iron, yeah. But repeat to myself, 'it's just a show; you should really just relax'. I thought that when I...

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I won't make any guesses/predictions on where this is going, but wow that was an intense, crazy episode.

And some seriously "A-Team" level of marksmanship during the last scene.

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rass wrote:Man, do the Steelers ever look shitty.

Does Jerloma have extra insurance on his TV this year?

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Shirley wrote:
But yeah, MBA is NOT a title-worthy degree.

When seeing someone put "PE" on anything, I always joke that it stands for "Penis Envy"...

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This past weekend was Bumbershoot....the annual 3 day arts and music festival here in Seattle. Was only able to go for one day, yesterday. Saw the following: -Hot Bodies in Motion. Local band, doing the "Blue Eyed Soul" thing. Pretty good. -BelleMaine. Band out of Anacortes, WA. Produced b...

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cerrano wrote:you're getting your name change but you can't be bothered to change your avatar? weak.

That better?

DaveInSeattle

I gave up on "Pride and Prejudice". I was slogging through it, and was making no progress. I may return to it at some point. I've been reading a Margaret Atwood Serial on my Kindle, called "Positron". Another of her dystopia type of stories. There are 4 episodes so far, and each ...

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My Dating adventure days are over, I hope.

I think my oldSwamp name was DaveInSeattle. That should work again, right?

DaveInSeattle

Speaking of which...any chance I can get changed too? Now that I'm back in Seattle, "AussieDave" doesn't sound right...

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Yup. It's so weird and frustrating at times. I know a lot of married girls around my age (37) and although they wouldn't be my type romantically they are really cool and we have a good relationship. They think I'm nice so they introduce their single friends to me (hey this guy is cool, you should m...

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But I really liked this one. That's the big mistake right there... (seriously...sorry to hear that...been there, ain't no fun). Yup. It's so weird and frustrating at times. I know a lot of married girls around my age (37) and although they wouldn't be my type romantically they are really cool and w...

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Hank and Marie from "Breaking Bad" watching Miley Cyrus on the VMA's....Internet Memes Collide!

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By the way, Aaron Paul won another Emmy last night. You misspelled "Dean Norris". Hank was amazing last night...from his slow seething during the dinner scene, to his realization of just how fucked he is while watching the confession video. http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08...

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"The Worlds End" was awesome.

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degenerasian wrote: But I really liked this one.

That's the big mistake right there...

(seriously...sorry to hear that...been there, ain't no fun).

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sancarlos wrote:Watch out, Pam!

It works on so many levels....

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ETNZ went bow down going around a mark on Sunday, and lost 2 crew members over the side. They were quickly recovered by the support boats. Usually in yacht racing, the rules are you have to finish with the same people you started with. I guess they've changed those in the Race Instructions. http://i...

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I was able to join a pretty high-end gym here on their "summer special" deal. $140 for 3 months.

Since they have free child care on site, there are tons and tons of hot moms there. The advantages of not working and being able to go to the gym at 930am.

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brian wrote:Huel and the other henchmen

The Other Henchmen, aka "Kuby", is played by comedian Bill Burr.

And I agree...another fantastic episode.

DaveInSeattle

For some reason, I decided that not having read any Jane Austen was a hole in my knowledge base. So I reading "Pride and Prejudice". For the love of god, I hope something happens soon. I'm halfway through and so far its been nothing but snooty English people sitting around talking to each ...

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Hey, I just missed you. My son's Scout troop had a chance to do a two-day outing on the Schooner Adventuress out of Anacortes, so we made a family trip out of it. We spent a couple of days in Friday Harbor while he was on the ship tooling around the Sound. And then we Amtrakked from Seattle to Sacr...

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Has anyone actually read this site? Is it any good? Worth checking out?

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Comedian Bill Burr, breaking down the John Lennon/Yoko Ono relationship...

Watched this last night with the LadyFriend, and she was dying...

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brian wrote: What Germany needs is a leader who can get the trains running on time again.

Maybe someone with a funny mustache, just to keep things light...

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Also forgot to add.....If the Synchrotron had been in Sydney, I would have even more seriously considered staying. Holy shit....Sydney is absolutely beautiful.

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My only brush with death was while walking. About to step on a street and look to my left, and hey, all clear! Glance to my right as I'm starting to step off the curb and I hear a loud horn and felt the swoosh of a city bus flying past my face. I had that happen a few times when I first got to Melb...

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From the strange locations 1.) Last night a buddy of mine saw Hall and Oates at Marymoor park in Redmond (this is basically a rec field center--lots of fields that has a velodrome, dog park, place for rc airplanes, and dog park) I saw the Decemberists there a couple of summers ago, in a driving rai...

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As part of my leaving, I'm doing a few tourist things in my last week or so. Start of this week I hired a car and went down the Great Ocean Road for a couple of days. Absolutely spectacular scenery. And I was amazed....that even for a monday, in the winter, at the amount of tourist buses, full of As...

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Miguel Ãngel Scourge

I like it. I should get a jersey of some kind with "Scourge" on the back...

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I'm starting to finish up some things, and deal with stuff for my leaving. Part of this was cashing in the huge bowl of change I've accumulated since I've been here. They have $1 and $2 coins here, in addition to .50, .20, and .10 coins. Went to my bank...(Citibank)...and they told me I'd have to so...

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I put this on Facebook, so some of you may have seen it...but yesterday was my last day of work here at the Synchrotron. My initial contract was up, and after a lot of thought, I've decided that its just been too hard on my kids (and me) to be this far away from them. The people I work with really t...

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I've just started reading this: http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Summer68.jpg So far its ok....I'm not really a fan of the guys writing style, but its interesting. One thing I have learned is that back in '68, you could bring your own booze into Tiger Stadium, as long a...

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Tonight was the 3rd game of the "State Of Origin" series. I was totally confused by the action...until I figured out it was "Rugby Union", not "Rugby League" (the pro-Labour Union ad's were a sure sign). The highlight? The fat naked drunken streaker who ran onto the pit...

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So on Saturday they actually had boats sail against each other (NZ won by 5 minutes over the Italians) Interestingly, the Italian boat sailed 1376 meters (0.74 nautical miles) further than the New Zealand boat over the length of the race, and most of this extra distance came on the upwind legs. I w...

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I went to an Aussie Rules football match last night. They don't have roaming vendors in the stands at all. Couldn't believe it. As someone who doesn't watch baseball, I am starved for sports this time of year and usually watch recordings of the AFL matches that air here in Canada. I'd love to atten...

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