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Thanks for the kind words guys

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It was gratifying. Especially since he didn't like to talk about his accomplishments.

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Thanks Brian. He was great at the paper until cost cutting caught up to him in the late 90s. And he passed his bowling to my sister and me, though I haven't hardly picked up a ball in the last several years. We both bowled all through high school, making some decent scholarship money, enough to pay ...

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I forgot to add this link. He was very private, would always turn questions about him around to ask about whoever he was talking to. The National Catholic Report had apparently been asking to interview him for a long time. He relented about 3 weeks before being hospitalized. http://ncronline.org/blo...

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Well... The West Nile affected my dad to the point that the doctors said he had poliomyelitis, polio-like symptoms, that he would likely never recover from - meaning near fully paralysis. He also had deteriorating organ function and wild BP and heart rate swings (high and low). His case was likely w...

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And congrats to you guys on your new jobs!

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So how do you guys deal with salary offers? Do you accept the offer, try negotiate a higher salary first? Do it in writing or on the phone? I went with an e-mail, since the hiring manager extended the offer over the phone, but said that she won't be reachable until tomorrow as she is at a conferenc...

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Johnnie wrote:Just end the fucking world. Somebody. Anybody. Push the button. Do it.

Occupiers got beaten and arrested for camping on sidewalks. But we celebrate these assholes.

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Funny how sites are different. This is based on RateBeer rankings, I've had 17 of these. Of Beer Advocate's top 20 ranked beers, I've had 7.

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Our biggest local brewery, Four Peaks, released its Pumpkin Porter today. This is by far their most popular seasonal (and the best pumpkin beer I've had) and they usually have to start rationing it to make sure there is some left for Thanksgiving weekend. But this year, thanks to their expanded faci...

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I think there's more than enough evidence to prove that "drafting for need" is a flawed philosophy as opposed to "best player available" Local sports talk still gets a ton of mileage every draft week out of the audio clip of the Cardinals picking Levi Brown instead of Adrian Pet...

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Talk about records that will never be broken. Las Vegas received at least a trace amount of rain today for the 20th straight day. The previous record was 12 days. (And it will likely move to 21 tomorrow before we finally get a dry weekend.) That's incredible. We've had a relatively wet week or two,...

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Thanks again for all the positive thoughts guys! The current hospital doesn't seem as interested (at least from a distance) as I expected them to be in the possible diagnosis. They are pretty much just saying they were already treating him as much as they could for West Nile or a number of things he...

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You get old, you keep your eyes open (and your mind), you can manage to learn something. If only I had an effective treatment for it, that would be amazing. I gotta say, after reading about West Nile this afternoon, I'm surprised it wasn't given more consideration by the docs. They did mention it a...

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Best of luck and wishes for a swift recovery. I'm betting west nile. Once you mentioned shin rash, that moved me from leaning to betting. I'm doubting the malignant cells in the spinal flulid or on the linings of the brain--for that to be extensive enough to cause symptoms, you're very likely to se...

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govmentchedda wrote:You really went out of your way to miss the debacle in Miami, huh?

Too soon?

You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Unfortunately, I was back home for that. I did miss most of the Toledo game, except for a little I caught on WatchESPN.

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Thanks guys... Just a really weird situation. But he's a stubborn old man, he'll fight through it.

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I need a place to brain dump a little... Feel free to ignore all my ramblings. Two weeks ago tomorrow, my dad went to the ER. He had had flu like symptoms and a general lack of energy for a week or so prior to this. He, and one of his doctors, thought it was a reaction to a steroid he had gotten for...

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sancarlos wrote:Big story coming soon from Rolling Stone. Good stuff in this teaser.

Here's the full story
http://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the ... the-huddle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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You speak the truth.

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Saw a car with this on the back on my way to work, maybe we should get one for Jerloma for Christmas?

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Louisiana: Who do you think was more responsible for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina: George W.Bush or Barack Obama? George W. Bush.............................................28% Barack Obama................................................29% Not sure............................................

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His workshop is incredible! And I'd be thrilled to have a quarter of the wordworking knowledge he has.

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Wired's Danger Room blog had a series of " Awesomely Bad Military Patches " a few years ago. There were lots of good ones there. I also have this book: http://www.amazon.com/Could-Tell-Then-Would-Destroyed/dp/193555414X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376329676&sr=1-2" onc...

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Sabo wrote:That lawn chair video is astounding. I was mesmerized watching it.

The video about making the video was almost as good

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BTTG wrote:Amazing, a one-month old child has not really slowed reading down

Just wait a few months...

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Here you go, Thompson tweeted (or RTed) this out this morning: http://bluefoottv.com/projects/2013-ope ... on-tartan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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I don't think I made it into a league last year. If there's an open spot to be filled somewhere, I'd be interested.

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Fuck me, I love his stuff. His most recent piece on a paralyzed fly rod maker looks great. I haven't read it yet, but the OTL 3 minute piece on the ESPN website is great. Here's the link to the article . I read it over the course of the day. What a great story. I'll read anything he or Liz Merrill ...

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Cool, I'll give that a shot. Thanks!

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We tied the all-time record high here yesterday (117) and it's pretty much more of the same in sight for the rest of the week. Because of some cloud cover the LOW temperature last night was 95. Those mornings are the worst. Last summer or the summer before during monsoon season we had a crisp 98 fo...

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I know I started a thread on something similar in a prior version of the swamp, but does anyone have a good video conversion tool for converting iTunes (.m4v) videos to .mp4?

I've tried a couple of programs so far this morning but neither one worked well (or at all).

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1987 IU basketball (grew up in a family full of IU fans) 1996 UF Football 1998 UF Women's Soccer (Yeah, not a major sport. But a few friends and I went to almost all the home games. And there was some freshman named Abby Wambach on the team.) 2006 UF Football 2006 UF Basketball 2006 St Louis Cardina...

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Yeah, I remember that... I had friends in the mall the day of that shooting, was almost there myself.

And Arpaio has pulled crazier stunts than bogus OOJ charges, nothing he does would surprise me.

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It's a good thing our law enforcement is above any abuse that could result from implementing this. I mean, they'd never use this during a large protest or anything would they? http://consumerist.com/2013/06/13/law-enforcement-officials-from-around-the-country-ask-smartphone-manufacturers-to-install-...

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AKA the OFFICIAL Swamp vasectomy thread. 2. My wife drove, and I was glad she did. The pain until the tylenol (they said nothing stronger because it thins the blood) kicked in was kind of intense. Overall the pain wasn't too bad after the first hour or so. 3. I don't remember doing anything special...

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NSA Kids Books http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/6/9/1370794034126/NSA-Kids-books-001.jpg More here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gallery/2013/jun/09/nsa-kids-books-twitter-pictures#/?picture=410409133&index=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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brian wrote:There's a Senior PBA Tournament at my bowling alley this week and met Walter Ray Williams last night. Probably the only person to arguably be the best of all-time at two different sports -- bowling and horseshoes.

Man, he's on the senior tour? How does he ever lose there?

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For all the crap I gave this season of The Office, I should say I thoroughly enjoyed the finale. All the little callbacks, one last "that's what she said", all the old cast they managed to work in... I thought they definitely left it on a high note.

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We usually have plenty of beer at our kids' parties, maybe even a fresh 5 gal keg in the kegerator. So we're not exactly the type that would so no beer at a kid's party. But then again, these people aren't exactly known for their self control.

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