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by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:44 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Netflix Suggestions?
Replies: 1398
Views: 92449

Re: Netflix Suggestions?

I decided what the hell and started Tiger King last night...cut myself off after three episodes or else I was going to be up all night. Holy cow you all are right. I was watching something else earlier this week (I can't remember but it was another documentary) and now Tiger King has further cemente...
by GoodKarma
Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:40 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
Replies: 5293
Views: 149492

Re: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread

Line outside one of my local dispensaries...strong social distance game going on: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/F2WzrnkPtqy0ojM6ge_N0vxKBSmQ811ktQG6AGenRO1yVzGT5LLwFa2wHAMoswAITRi7myuBxR7dYmPAqd2vRuhWFyXxjwK1dWtyfx-FBFdG1TK35ryGZDZCVBAY3Iac-baGhITUJaEYpZnP9YrpB8YgVKxUXOoQ-hatzfBhwBqdhwfzgfio7AhR...
by GoodKarma
Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:54 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
Replies: 5293
Views: 149492

Re: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread

Denver issuing stay at home order at 5:00 pm tomorrow. Closings include liquor stores and recreational pot dispensaries, deemed non-essential. liquor, hookers and blow should be essential What's funny is this lasted exactly three hours due to the run on liquor & pot shops. Now they can stay ope...
by GoodKarma
Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:42 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Sorry if this was posted and I missed it. Very interesting take on Biden's gaffes. This guy said Biden's gaffe's are actually the tricks of a stutter to avoid words he feels he is going to trip over. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-19/joe-biden-stutter-speech I am a stutterer whose st...
by GoodKarma
Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

You must not have seen the part where Peter Alexander of NBC asked (paraphrasing) what would he like to say to Americans that are scared? Trumps response: "You are a terrible reporter" He seems to bounce between good coherent answers and going off the rails, depending on the question. What...
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: How is your WFH setup?
Replies: 51
Views: 1339

Re: How is your WFH setup?

My picture within your picture...total Inception moment. Mind blown!
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread
Replies: 1521
Views: 43440

Re: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread

I agree nice to hear. Castle Rock is bit too far for me on regular basis but the next time in the southern 'burbs I'll make a run down there.
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: How is your WFH setup?
Replies: 51
Views: 1339

Re: How is your WFH setup?

Been doing it going on seven years now so I was already setup. That's the corner of a TV in the upper left https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I6Xyj4_GJ5D1sZ-IQwCoDvCMicULELq-7_tdlyMlLSQHJb_l_PFXf6PTbZveB2KFtHytwMlCla3tsG-1F8Y9QL1DCQp1UGlFg2B-mhyTmkIOviXVlIxP55J26K2TjOhzoK7_oV0N0K3QHP3BQPD1D6GuhuuC6Mz...
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Patriot-era Tom Brady
Replies: 58
Views: 1695

Re: Patriot-era Tom Brady

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vDqh6ydwXWcoO1dvULpXVZRg0dXiO-d8IeYuq_OpvqssxIZrskSZ9O0DeNhV5-BqtBJmN5Da799t_wtkNMuwIm3oN2V7ymVUYWN5wujBOA4cG_EDWwt2eoAtJtwAnJ-LgbqB4QpfFNdSEdiNci2-JXq2mm-vQOa-t3U0uMJvqIEy6l2qbRjCq1lfqr4cssNrfwl8MBwJ2KF7jo62fMgMGTPe1itGSiCCGHvJsS3zBHUQWUtGZfiFdZbzi5TS4hPFFLe7MKW64...
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:43 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread
Replies: 1521
Views: 43440

Re: The Captain Trips Anxiety thread

You guys still have open brew pubs? They shut down all of ours. Our local ones are filling crowlers and filling take out food orders. Stopped by to pick up a couple from my favorite yesterday, the owner was so relieved someone came in. He said they are just dying right now. Ended up buying double w...
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:39 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Before and After
Replies: 62
Views: 1123

Re: Before and After

I'm not sure what to call it but I'm wondering if or how much this experience will increase the number of "nationalists"...people that believe in closed borders/closed societies. Watching Trump right now and he's still playing the Chinese-virus game...
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Before and After
Replies: 62
Views: 1123

Re: Before and After

From EdRomero suggestion. Obviously focus is on getting through this, but it is interesting to think about how this is a true before/after moment. Probably THE before/after moment of our lives.  So what changes in the after?  - Does the way people travel alter? (Less cruising, less global travel al...
by GoodKarma
Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:39 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The I need to buy a house thread
Replies: 1350
Views: 51035

Re: The I need to buy a house thread

Swampers - I rarely do this, but I'm coming to the group for some advice. Though, in reality, not sure how much you can help, because... shit is bonkers right now. =-=-=-= So, we're in a fucking hot mess situation. Jamming like crazy to declutter the house because our realtor is teamed up with one ...
by GoodKarma
Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:43 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Replies: 639
Views: 20295

Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread

Both the wife and I already worked at home and I’ve been slow so my travel has been limited so nothing really will change for us. My gym and local breweries are still open. Was supposed to go to Phoenix for spring training next week is the only real change. Only thing I’m really annoyed with is the ...
by GoodKarma
Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Two
Replies: 98
Views: 2917

Re: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week Two

Incredible stroke of luck this week for me...I only got #1 because my wife was just there a few months ago and I only got #2 because I caught Oceans 12 on TV over the weekend.
by GoodKarma
Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Coronavirus - All Sports
Replies: 891
Views: 28747

Re: Coronavirus - All Sports

I can't believe they haven't axed the NCAA Tournament already...they have to at this point, right?
by GoodKarma
Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week One, Dipshit
Replies: 106
Views: 6494

Re: SWAMPCRASH 2020 - Week One

Q4 - Name the author of any of the following Newbery Medal winners for children's literature (10) CORRECT Lois Lowry, The Giver (1) - Duff Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr Henshaw (2) - GoodKarma, Mister D EL Konigsburg, Mixed-Up Files (2) - Bengal, Cerrano Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins (2) - BF...
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Uniforms, Logos, and Such
Replies: 1305
Views: 102250

Re: Uniforms, Logos, and Such

For some reason people really like their beer cheese around here. I mean, I like a good one, but most are just bleh to me. Friend makes his own and it's the best I've had. But it really is a cottage industry. It's hard to do well...I've been trying off and on for years to make one that I like and s...
by GoodKarma
Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Long Reads
Replies: 287
Views: 23597

Re: Long Reads

From the New Yorker...was the oldest person ever to have lived a fraud?
by GoodKarma
Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

degenerasian wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:25 pm I think Warren went too far against the rich. If you're a billionaire, you're automatically evil.
WTF has Bernie been doing?!?! EW is and always has been much more of a true capitalist.
by GoodKarma
Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2825
Views: 112956

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

When I was doing HR outsourcing work I used to work for a guy who would start a company; build it; sell it; stay on for ~6 months; quit then start up a new company and take all of his old customers back. He did it 3 or 4 times. I always found it hilarious that no one either secured or enforced non-c...
by GoodKarma
Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Probably my main beef with the Sanders candidacy is that he has made the fight against corporate power such a priority among his supporters that many are forgetting about all the other important issues. Whoever is elected will really not be able to rein in corporations, because all the big steps to...
by GoodKarma
Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Now whose going to be White Obama's anger translator now? Joe Biden. It should be Joe Biden. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1230138036815527939?s=19 Wait - I don't see how this story is possible considering how much the national media hates Bernie and is favoring whoever-isn't-my-preferred-candidat...
by GoodKarma
Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Valentine's Day
Replies: 45
Views: 3418

Re: Valentine's Day

Ditto wishes to you all as well. Our 22nd as a married couple. The local Kroger/King Soopers has all the flowers out today. During the other 364 days of the year (or I guess 365 in the case of 2020) you can usually pick up a mixed bouquet for $10-15. Today the cheapest they had signs up for was $25....
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

For fun, says the whiny Bernie supporter, lets see how hard the mainstream goes after Buttigieg for his press release touting support from black leaders in South Carolina that was fabricated using the "I have your support unless you explicitly opt out" strategy, which included Bernie's st...
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Victim complex. 🤣🤣🤣 You crack me the fuck up. All these private citizens and their opinions are nothing more than petty grievances. Hilarious. It's so hilarious Trump rode it all the way to the White House. Some of you are just as obsessed with Hillary as Trump is. Why pay her so much attention? Is...
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Right, so don't passively point out the disparity because that's playing the victim but also don't fight back because that makes you uniquely aggressive. Its almost like this is all intentional. The “Hillary Clinton is a private citizen” line always cracks me up. Former First Lady, US Senator, Secr...
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:59 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

So, it's cool when Hillary Clinton, Chris Matthews, Chuck Todd, and James Carville go on national news shows and say that Bernie is a do-nothing, unlikeable, Nazi, Castro who can't possibly win a national election. But if Bernie supporters fight back, they are portrayed as an angry mob. I guess it ...
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Lots of moderate Democrats nonetheless find it annoying that Sanders and some of his followers are so committed to painting mainstream Democrats in such dark hues. And it is annoying! But annoying people won’t stop being annoying if he loses the nomination. If anything, they will be more annoying t...
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Lots of moderate Democrats nonetheless find it annoying that Sanders and some of his followers are so committed to painting mainstream Democrats in such dark hues. And it is annoying! But annoying people won’t stop being annoying if he loses the nomination. If anything, they will be more annoying t...
by GoodKarma
Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:51 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

Why do I feel like we're trending towards a brokered convention and a Trump reelection in November? This has been my fear since Iowa. Since this primary is essentially boiling down to "how far left should we go" (everything else is just noise) I don't see how anyone backs down. Some back ...
by GoodKarma
Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Teach AB to Cook A Steak
Replies: 31
Views: 1666

Re: Teach AB to Cook A Steak

I almost exclusively use a gas grill. For a medium 1"-thick steak I grill on one side for about 4 minutes then flip and grill on the other side for around 3 minutes. IMO the key is 1) get the steaks out of the fridge for 15-30 minutes before you cook them and 2) let them rest after cooking (cov...
by GoodKarma
Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:26 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Hoops 2019/2020
Replies: 179
Views: 6880

Re: NCAA Hoops 2019/2020

Went to the Nevada - Colorado State game last night. Ended up being a fantastic game...final score in the 90's with no OT and a home-team buzzer beater. What was interesting to me was the students storming the court...I'm not sure a conference matchup between unranked teams warrants the rush: https:...
by GoodKarma
Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:22 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread
Replies: 4616
Views: 290132

Re: 2020: The Democratic Presidential Nomination Thread

IMO one of the biggest issues with respect to funding single-payer is that we're going to have a right-wing Supreme Court for the next generation thanks to Mitch McConnell and the Merrick Garland fiasco. The wealth taxes that Warren and Sanders have proposed would raise a ton of revenue without imp...
by GoodKarma
Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: New Comedy Thread
Replies: 16
Views: 714

Re: New Comedy Thread

I agree it was an excellent set...you definitely look more comfortable like a long-time pro. Keep doing what you're doing...
by GoodKarma
Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:47 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6295
Views: 385158

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

EdRomero wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:22 pm I don't know if anyone else is still watching Modern Family but this week's episode was great.
[+] spoiler
And it got dusty in my living room
I do...I thought it was great as well.
by GoodKarma
Wed Jan 15, 2020 2:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
Replies: 1268
Views: 92719

Re: Swamp Travel Guide

Heading to Summit County, CO for the long weekend. Staying at Keystone, and won't have a car (but I do have a new Lyft Pink membership, so I've got that going for me). I also hear the bus system isn't bad. Any recommendations about off resort things to see/do/eat/drink/smoke/ingest in that part of ...
by GoodKarma
Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Neil Peart
Replies: 16
Views: 472

Re: Neil Peart

XM Deep Tracks ch. 27 has turned into a Rush only station temporarily.
by GoodKarma
Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Neil Peart
Replies: 16
Views: 472

Re: Neil Peart

Was not expecting to see this today. I knew he retired for health reasons but had no idea it was that serious...impressive that they were able to keep it under wraps for three and a half years.

My favorite band...glad I got to see them on their last tour in 2015.
by GoodKarma
Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Royal Family
Replies: 48
Views: 2433

Re: Royal Family

brian wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:01 pm Wait until MAGA turds discover an unemployed immigrant wants to move to the US.
Won't matter because he is the "correct" skin color...