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- Mon May 20, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3912
- Views: 245839
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Bruce Nordstrom https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bruce-nordstrom-retail-titan-ultimate-shoe-dog-dead-at-90/ar-BB1mFTfI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=ca4d84e3042242508c15c0f9613c0aca&ei=50 Met him once...the GF's daughter dated a Nordstrom kid for most of High School and college, s...
- Sun May 19, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 439
- Views: 18135
Re: EPL 2023-24
Fucking Rodri...always scores in the big moments...
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 439
- Views: 18135
Re: EPL 2023-24
Hang on...West Ham back in it on a spectacular bicycle kick...
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 439
- Views: 18135
Re: EPL 2023-24
So much for any "Decision Day" drama...
And it was quite a scene during YNWA at Anfield...
- Sat May 18, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NBA Regular Season 2023-24 f./ NBA In-Season Tournament 2023-24
- Replies: 386
- Views: 15999
Re: NBA Regular Season 2023-24 f./ NBA In-Season Tournament 2023-24
Why does Dallas have guitar logos painted in the key?
- Sat May 18, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 164
- Views: 4503
Re: Electric Vehicles
Oh...its just Kid Rock starting a concert at JerryWorld for a pro rodeo stop...coming out in a CyberTruck wrapped as the General Lee from "Dukes of Hazzard".. https://www.tiktok.com/@themortgagemogul_/video/7370372964342140203?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=73443679535207...
- Fri May 17, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3912
- Views: 245839
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Dabney Coleman, actor who portrayed comic scoundrels, dies at 92 Dabney Coleman, a Texas-born character actor who created an acclaimed gallery of comically macho throwbacks in films including “9 to 5” and “Tootsie” and TV shows such as “The Slap Maxwell Story” and “Buffalo Bill,” died May 16 at his...
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
- Replies: 348
- Views: 23717
Re: NFL 2024 Offseason
Netflix announces Jerry Jones documentary series is 10 parts Netflix has announced its 10-part documentary series on Jerry Jones. The fact the entertainment company is making a documentary about the Cowboys’ owner, though, isn’t new. It was reported almost a year ago that Netflix paid just under $5...
- Fri May 17, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Cooking Thread
- Replies: 983
- Views: 54942
Re: Swamp Cooking Thread
Made the mistake of reading this before having lunch...(gift link) The 25 Essential Pasta Dishes to Eat in Italy For a food that begins with just flour, water or sometimes eggs, there are infinite variations of pasta. So what happens when you convene a panel of five Italian cuisine experts and ask t...
- Fri May 17, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Long Reads
- Replies: 287
- Views: 23361
Re: Long Reads
Nice story about people's last day of work before retirement (gift link): Imagine Your Last Day of Work Ever. Here’s Theirs. Among life’s major milestones — think graduations, weddings, even annual events like birthdays and anniversaries — the retirement day is notably lacking in cultural convention...
- Fri May 17, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1353
- Views: 81102
Re: Return of Confessions
My wife hates leftovers. I could have the same meal for a few days straight and not be bothered to get anything else. When I was living alone/being single, I would always make something "big"...and then eat it multiple meals (except for breakfast) in a row until it was gone. Now we always...
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
- Replies: 1315
- Views: 197225
Re: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
Great story about stand-up Zak Toscani, who's been doing house shows...for $800-$1200 he'll come to your house and do stand-up for you and your friends. The Concierge Comedian In August 2022, Zak Toscani was in the middle of performing a stand-up show in a fan’s Boulder, Colorado, backyard when, sud...
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: A non-majors Golf Thread for 2023 and beyond
- Replies: 203
- Views: 3439
Re: A non-majors Golf Thread for 2023 and beyond
Scottie didn't even have to putt on his first hole after becoming a Dad. Wonder if fatherhood will mellow him out any...because this article in The Athletic makes him sound like a big of a psycho... Scottie Scheffler’s secret: How a ‘venomous’ trash talker became the best golfer in the world "...
- Wed May 15, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Uniforms, Logos, and Such
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 101449
Re: Uniforms, Logos, and Such
If you think Fanatics is a pretty scuzzy company before, wait until you read the article in the Athletic or listen to today's ESPN daily podcast about their deal with Perfect Game, a youth baseball exposure tournament. Here's that article: Why the Perfect Game, Fanatics deal has agents raising conc...
- Wed May 15, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Live Music thread...
- Replies: 2124
- Views: 184210
Re: The Live Music thread...
Has anyone seen LCD Soundsystem?
They are doing 4 nights here, starting tomorrow, and I missed out on the regular tickets. But I just checked on Stubhub and I can get tickets for a semi-reasonable price, and I'm wondering if its worth it.
They are doing 4 nights here, starting tomorrow, and I missed out on the regular tickets. But I just checked on Stubhub and I can get tickets for a semi-reasonable price, and I'm wondering if its worth it.
- Wed May 15, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Yacht Rock
- Replies: 327
- Views: 20771
Re: Yacht Rock
Did you know that Michael McDonald, the crown prince of Yacht Rock, has a memoir coming out? And would you have guessed he co-wrote it with Paul Reiser? How Paul Reiser helped Michael McDonald write his memoir What do you get when you combine a 1970s music legend, a 1990s sitcom star and a global pa...
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3912
- Views: 245839
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78 David Sanborn, whose keening cry on alto saxophone was as bright and steadfast as a lighthouse beacon during a career that spanned nearly 60 years and included collaborations with everyone from David Bowie to Stevie Wonder, died on...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9376
- Views: 508499
Re: Random Politics
For those that watched the most recent season of "Fargo" (the one with Juno Temple and Jon Hamm) will remember the scheme where they had multiple candidates for Sheriff with the same name as Hamm's character? Some Right Wing clown here in Washington decided it would be great to pull the sa...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 9021
- Views: 454424
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I'd wager that she didn't write it...or at the very least was heavily guided by school district attorneys.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 6:29 am Fuck, I can imagine how horrible it’d be to have to write that letter, especially as a principal.
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3341
- Views: 225856
Re: Getting the spins
My oldest has informed me that she likes riot grrrl music. I am pleased. Kathleen Hanna has an autobiography out... Riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna: ‘A lot of men really get off on watching a woman get angry’ When Kathleen Hanna was 19 years old, a man broke into her apartment while she was out a...
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Le Pro Cycling Thread
- Replies: 262
- Views: 15670
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Not pro cycling...but a great story about the "Little 500" race at Indiana University (gift link): The wacky, grueling bike race that captivates a Midwest college town A crowd of sorority sisters appeared outside of the Kappa Alpha Theta house in matching T-shirts that read “Theta Cycling....
Re: Slam?
Slam used to make great foulweather gear for sailing...but lately they've become more of a "fashion" line, and the quality has fallen off...
https://www.slam.com/
https://www.slam.com/
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
- Replies: 167
- Views: 7177
Re: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
Went outside a couple of times last night, didn't see anything. Must of slept through it.
- Thu May 09, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 565
- Views: 16991
Re: Presidential Election 2024
Here it is...the dumbest thing you'll read this week... Trump can win as the anti-chaos candidate This creates an opportunity for Trump to seize the mantle as the anti-chaos candidate. His winning message is not to promise “retribution” against those he believes wronged him. It is to tell Americans:...
- Thu May 09, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Le Pro Cycling Thread
- Replies: 262
- Views: 15670
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Been watching the Giro D'Italia (coverage is on the B/R portion of HBO/Max). Today's stage was super scenic...through the Tuscan countryside around Siena, and included multiple stretches of dirt/gravel backroads. The clouds of dust were amazing.
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2825
- Views: 110909
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
These sandwich jokes have got a lotta mustard on them...
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines! What a great place it’s a great place to start!
- Replies: 205
- Views: 6981
Re: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines! What a great place it’s a great place to start!
Jesus...Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 8:57 pm From the same Police Dept that shit its pants over an acorn falling comes this:
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says
- Thu May 09, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Steve Albini (Posted Before I Knew Some Stuff)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 300
Re: Steve Albini
Life advice...
- Wed May 08, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 110
- Views: 7635
Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
Umm...I think Bayern got screwed there...
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 110
- Views: 7635
Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
Oh Neuer!
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 110
- Views: 7635
Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
Alphonso Davis with the CONCACAEF Thunder!
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2825
- Views: 110909
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Snoop Syby Syb got a jobby job (offer). I'm expecting to accept it, but had final round interviews at a few other places that haven't made a decision yet. I preferred this one, and they offered the top of their salary range, so I can't imagine another offer dissuading me. One might pay bit more, bu...
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Steve Albini (Posted Before I Knew Some Stuff)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 300
Re: Steve Albini
I did not know that Albini engineered mclusky's "The World Loves Us and Is Our Bitch"...
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Steve Albini (Posted Before I Knew Some Stuff)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 300
Re: Steve Albini
KEXP just switched to an all-Albini playlist...Giff wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:25 am Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
Big Black, Pixies, and Nirvana so far...
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 565
- Views: 16991
Re: Presidential Election 2024
Was not expecting brain worms to be a headline this morning... R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain In 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor. Mr. Kennedy said he consulted sev...
- Tue May 07, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Commencement Speakers
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1691
Re: Commencement Speakers
My friend's kid graduated from Loyola Marymount this past weekend. Their graduation speaker was John Legend. My friend said he was great.
- Mon May 06, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3093
- Views: 279933
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
From Josh Gondelman's newsletter....this guy was on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" this past weekend. He makes tiny sculptures out of gum wrappers. This one is of World Cup moments.
- Mon May 06, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6289
- Views: 380339
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
I watched The Contestant on Hulu last night. It's a documentary about a game show contestant in Japan, and it's fucking WILD! In 1998, in what seemed like a live variety show, they had this guy living in a tiny windowless apartment, and he couldn't leave until he won $1 million Yen ($8,000) in swee...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6289
- Views: 380339
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Finished "Shogun" last night.
Whole lotta head chopping off going on in that show...which lead to the question: Does a head really just come off that easily? Does it depend on the technique? Sharpness of the blade?
Whole lotta head chopping off going on in that show...which lead to the question: Does a head really just come off that easily? Does it depend on the technique? Sharpness of the blade?
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 439
- Views: 18135
Re: EPL 2023-24
Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season? The injuries are bad, and Palace have been better of late, but all of that said, EtH should have to find his own way back up the M6. Every team has injuries at this point in the season...and C...