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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 338
- Views: 20865
Re: The Autism Thread
So the "sensory friendly" performance of Aladdin that we took Kelsey to on Saturday afternoon was great. Lots of people and families with developmentally disabled kids and adults. They kept the lights up partially (except the magic carpet ride/"whole new world" song), and gave aw...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:18 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NBA Regular Season 2023-24 f./ NBA In-Season Tournament 2023-24
- Replies: 312
- Views: 8078
Re: NBA Regular Season 2023-24 f./ NBA In-Season Tournament 2023-24
I don't watch hardly any regular season NBA games...but pardon my ignorance on this....but holy shit Anthony Edwards is bonkers good.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 397
- Views: 9984
Re: EPL 2023-24
Liverpool reach agreement with Feyenoord for Slot compensation - sources Liverpool have moved a step closer to appointing Arne Slot as manager at Anfield after reaching an agreement with Dutch club Feyenoord for the highly rated coach, sources confirmed to ESPN. Slot, 45, confirmed on Thursday that...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9273
- Views: 477892
Re: Random Politics
Gov Kristi Noem is a psychopath...and wrote about it in her new book... Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book In 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president, Richard Nixon famously stirred criticism by admitting receiving a dog, Checkers, as a political...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Road Races, Marathons, etc
- Replies: 34
- Views: 835
Re: Road Races, Marathons, etc
This story was linked in the MIB newsletter this morning: London Marathoner drinks 25 glasses of wine during run, raising $24k for charity This story is giving notes of generosity, delight, and… a bit of intrigue. It’s all thanks to Tom Gilbey, a wine connoisseur who ran the London Marathon this wee...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 338
- Views: 20865
Re: The Autism Thread
That is super cool! We are taking Caity's daughter Kelsey to a "Sensory-Friendly" performance of "Aladdin" tomorrow afternoon. What makes it "sensory friendly": THEATRE MODIFICATIONS • ASL available for this performance • Lower sound level • Lights remain on at a low le...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3062
- Views: 259807
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Just posted about that in the Podcasts thread.
Its been pretty clear that he has too much on his plate. He hasn't been on the main podcast in a while...Rory Smith (from the NY Times) has been filling in.
Re: Podcasts
This could have gone under a lot of different threads... Exclusive: Michael Davies is stepping back from regular Men in Blazers appearances Since 2010, the Men in Blazers duo of Michael Davies and Roger Bennett has been a huge presence on the soccer scene in the U.S. and beyond. They’ve had that tit...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 397
- Views: 9984
Re: EPL 2023-24
Gah....
Liverpool has completely fallen apart...
Liverpool has completely fallen apart...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 397
- Views: 9984
Re: EPL 2023-24
from the Men In Blazers feed:
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Videos
- Replies: 1993
- Views: 202836
Re: Random Videos
That song was all the rage in my Junior High School.
Love seeing most of the guys that ended up in the Blues Brothers band playing in the video.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 136
- Views: 2928
Re: Electric Vehicles
The one I've seen in my neighborhood has been wrapped/painted some kind of drab olive green. So so so ugly...Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:12 pm I saw my first Cybertruck today. It looks like someone put sheet metal over an El Camino.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Irony thread
- Replies: 453
- Views: 37582
Re: The OFFICIAL Irony thread
Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging vot...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2779
- Views: 97130
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Yeah, being sold to a viable oprerating company is great, as opposed to a soulless, bloodsucking private equity buyer. We had a company "Town Hall" this morning...it was weird watching our CEO talk about being out of a job next week. But my understanding is that he and the other Senior Le...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 92
- Views: 1751
Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
What is Bernardo thinking????
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2779
- Views: 97130
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Looks like my company has a new corporate overlord...Chapter 11 auction was yesterday. New owner is Bruker ( https://www.bruker.com/en.html ). ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000 That's good news, right? I think so...original stalking horse bid was a PE holding company, with a bid of $220 million. So ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 92
- Views: 1751
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 92
- Views: 1751
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2779
- Views: 97130
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Looks like my company has a new corporate overlord...Chapter 11 auction was yesterday.
New owner is Bruker (https://www.bruker.com/en.html).
ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000
New owner is Bruker (https://www.bruker.com/en.html).
ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3062
- Views: 259807
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Heard about this on the Guardian Football Weekly pod... Kurt Zouma mocked by stag do wearing West Ham kits as they chase the groom - dressed as a cat - to an animal protection charity shop... after Hammers defender was sentenced to community service for kicking his pet West Ham defender Kurt Zouma h...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: college football offseason
- Replies: 22
- Views: 734
Re: college football offseason
I think the point was about trying to keep up with Stanford academics while travelling to Syracuse for a Tuesday night game.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 92
- Views: 1751
Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
So what's the thinking on which game to watch today? Bayern-Arsenal or City-Real Madrid?
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: college football offseason
- Replies: 22
- Views: 734
Re: college football offseason
Rex - There is already talk of cleaving off football from all of the other conference-centric sports. It's absolutely ridiculous to have field hockey and soccer teams flying across the country to play USC-UCLA (and vice versa, coming out for a long weekend to play MD and Penn State, or whatever). D...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8938
- Views: 423124
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I had a couple buddies miss the Jeff Kent walk off the '04 NLCS when some random couple was with us started fighting and the guy shoved her. They immediately grabbed him and led him outside before delivering a few blows, then coming back inside to celebrate the HR they missed. When I was in college...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 397
- Views: 9984
Re: EPL 2023-24
Does anyone think that Southgate watched that game and thought "Pickford is our No 1?"...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 397
- Views: 9984
Re: EPL 2023-24
Cole Palmer is the most English looking bruv since Anthony Gordon.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Boston Marathon 2024
- Replies: 5
- Views: 147
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 397
- Views: 9984
Re: EPL 2023-24
...sigh....
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 397
- Views: 9984
Re: EPL 2023-24
And Liverpool is in danger of having another Crystal Palace disaster...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 Masters
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1333
Re: The Juice
I know the guy is a joke now...due to his Zoom mishaps...but Jeffery Toobin's book on the whole case "The Run Of His Life" is fantastic.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 Masters
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1333
Re: Movies
Flew out to Colorado yesterday to see my folks, and watched the Ridley Scott/Joaquin Phoenix "Napoleon" movie (or at least the first half...up to the Austerlitz battle scene). WooBoy, that movie is bad. It looks great, and the battle scenes are good, but the rest of it? Yikes. I've got no ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:55 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 Masters
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1333
Re: 2024 Masters
So after this extended first round coverage ends, there's no way to just watch the coverage until 3:00 est, other than the ESPN+ channels showing holes 4,5,6 and amen corner? If you go through the Masters site there are multiple channels. 4-6, Amen Corner, 13&15, and Featured Groups If you have...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9273
- Views: 477892
Re: Random Politics
A little bit about the guy who wrote that law, back in 1864... Meet the ‘pursuer of nubile young females’ who helped pass Arizona’s 1864 abortion law While Jones lived in Arizona, he was elected to represent Tucson in the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislative Assembly. And then, when that legislature ...
Re: The Juice
Now is as good a time as any to say that Made in America is utterly fantastic. Yes it is... And I remember thinking that the last episode (the post-verdict one, with his weird "Punked" type show, and the story about how he got busted in Vegas for stealing back his own memorabilia) could h...
Re: The Juice
Such a stupid moment in history. Let's age ourselves, where were you when the verdict came down. I was in 2nd year university and students were huddled around a small tv in the food court. Where was I? Having surgery in Chicago on an ankle that I'd blown out a few weeks earlier playing ultimate. I ...
Re: The Juice
Too bad SNL is new this week. If it weren't they could've just had 90 minutes of Norm just shitting on him. Apparently that cost him the SNL news desk job (OJ had a friend in a high place at NBC). Don Ohlmeyer. Also tried to get Norm banned from Conan O'Brien's show. Conan O’Brien Says NBC Exec Tri...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
- Replies: 2617
- Views: 137907
Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
No, she'll be back in Boston this weekend. The course is about a block from her apartment.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:36 am And, she's not going to miss Marathon weekend, is she?
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 Masters
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1333