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- Tue May 14, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3901
- Views: 243278
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: 9349
- Views: 505633
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: 8994
- Views: 450870
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: 3340
- Views: 223806
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: 15564
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: 6998
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: 552
- Views: 16654
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: 15564
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: 109908
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: 6927
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: 269
Re: Steve Albini
Life advice...
- Wed May 08, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 110
- Views: 7463
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: 7463
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: 7463
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: 109908
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: 269
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: 269
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: 552
- Views: 16654
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: 1645
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: 278515
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: 6288
- Views: 378652
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: 6288
- Views: 378652
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: 430
- Views: 17482
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...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
- Replies: 2619
- Views: 160513
Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
Some running related updates: Younger daughter did the Bloomsday race in Spokane yesterday. 12K in 1:06. Older daughter did the Maine Coast half (in Wells, ME) on Saturday in 1:43:07, finishing 28th for women and 12th in her age group. She's already signed up for a marathon in the fall. And then the...
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1320
- Views: 80494
Re: Return of Confessions
Crystal here, but that's really more Latin and Cajun than Mexican. Crystal is my number #1 by far and I use it on anything up to and including pizza. But if we do fish tacos (quick meal with air-fried beer-battered Gortons fish sticks, sautéed onions and all the fixins) I need that taco sauce on th...
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Defector.com
- Replies: 309
- Views: 10360
Re: Defector.com
I strongly recommend Nate Jackson's piece from yesterday, "I Wish I’d Never Become The NFL Weed Guy" . Jackson is a former NFL tight end with the Broncos who has written a couple books and his work has appeared on Defector and, prior to that, Deadspin, among other places. Jackson's book &...
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 430
- Views: 17482
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?
- Thu May 02, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Go-to's for sports news?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 123
Re: Go-to's for sports news?
I use the Yahoo sports app on my phone for checking scores...and schedules like "who is the early EPL game this saturday?" kinda stuff.
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Go-to's for sports news?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 123
Re: Go-to's for sports news?
Defector, and The Swamp. Pretty much the only ones I check regularly. Sometimes ESPN, The Ringer, or The Athletic.
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: I love you, Dad
- Replies: 25
- Views: 209
Re: I love you, Dad
Sorry for your loss my friend. May his memory continue to be a blessing. Best to you and your family.
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2825
- Views: 109908
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
We are about to have the "New Start" meeting...the last time with the old Senior Leadership people, and meeting the new Senior Leadership team.
I'm half expecting our outgoing CEO to show up wearing sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt, and drinking a fruity rum drink with an umbrella in it.
I'm half expecting our outgoing CEO to show up wearing sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt, and drinking a fruity rum drink with an umbrella in it.
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1320
- Views: 80494
Re: Return of Confessions
Heard this guy on the All Fantasy Everything episode where they drafted Hot Sauces, Marshall's Haute Saurce , and ordered the sampler pack for my daughter for Christmas. Ended up ordering the same for myself...they are really good...Habanero Carrot Curry, Serrano Ginger Lemongrass, Red Chile Lime, a...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3901
- Views: 243278
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
- Replies: 110
- Views: 7463
Re: UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
It's so weird to remember that Carlos Ancelotti was managing Everton not that long ago. Talk about slumming it...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 345
- Views: 22520
Re: The Autism Thread
Has anyone had any experience with the WeBuilt organization? ( https://webuilt.info/ )? Caity, and her ex Roland, have been really starting to explore a "long-term" solution to meet Kelsey's needs. They are both really sensitive to wanted to have her set up in a good environment as we all ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 345
- Views: 22520
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 430
- Views: 17482
Re: EPL 2023-24
One of the guys on the Guardian Football Weekly podcast today called Everton the "turd that won't flush"...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 345
- Views: 22520
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 a...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 345
- Views: 22520
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...