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DaveInSeattle

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 4:51 pm Nikki Haley endorses Trump. She's getting raked on social media for being a coward.

As she should...

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Look man, it was a good run. The third Atalanta goal was a banger... We leave for Italy on Saturday, and just realized that Fiorentina (Florence, IT) is in the Europa Conference League final next week against Olympiacos. Unfortunately, we are leaving Florence on Wednesday and will be in Bologna tha...

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Wow...does Justice Alito's wife LOVES her some flags... Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation hous...

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mister d wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 11:35 am Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

The 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that.

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from the Jeff Tiedrich newsletter this morning...

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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...

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Fucking Rodri...always scores in the big moments...

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The Sybian wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:22 am Fucking Phil Foden…

Hang on...West Ham back in it on a spectacular bicycle kick...

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The Sybian wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:22 am Fucking Phil Foden…

So much for any "Decision Day" drama...

And it was quite a scene during YNWA at Anfield...

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Why does Dallas have guitar logos painted in the key?

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 "...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

I'd wager that she didn't write it...or at the very least was heavily guided by school district attorneys.

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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...

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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....

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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/

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Went outside a couple of times last night, didn't see anything. Must of slept through it.

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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:...

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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.

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These sandwich jokes have got a lotta mustard on them...

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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

Jesus...

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Life advice...

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Umm...I think Bayern got screwed there...

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Oh Neuer!

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Alphonso Davis with the CONCACAEF Thunder!

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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...

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I did not know that Albini engineered mclusky's "The World Loves Us and Is Our Bitch"...

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Giff wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:25 am Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61

KEXP just switched to an all-Albini playlist...

Big Black, Pixies, and Nirvana so far...

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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...

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