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by Bensell
Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Spring - Summer Reading Thread
Replies: 113
Views: 6715

Re: Spring - Summer Reading Thread

Pruitt, the cover of the book says Arsenal dominates. That should have been your first clue. Bensell, a Mark Levin book? I hope you aren't listening to an audiobook screamed by the author. Sounds like an interesting premise, but he one step below Michael Savage on the crackpot ladder. Curious to he...
by Bensell
Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Spring - Summer Reading Thread
Replies: 113
Views: 6715

Re: Spring - Summer Reading Thread

This, and its sequel, were very good reads: http://bi.hcpdts.com/page/450/EwIaWqDxBJPJUu7rJh2VzQ55WaHe4gsAeY5VlWyfOgdS7vB3CidS!pxvgzMNfZ1nRiJTw0coSw6po!WgF19IVYmkkg42!oe99JOhhQC87cAksSxHZymU8xoTCuRylHu9/WceGgDUNlCA8RPHOz66AbHHs4RI12Vqg+OoBRGBrKx2plCphEkAr3aizNSRpuGHkIoDZcS4gLRs3LNNbucM2tzHjr1b6gOv!J...
by Bensell
Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:43 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge September 2015
Replies: 169
Views: 8618

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge September 2015

howard 2-0
Rex 2-0
Pruitt 2-0
AB 2-0
Moreta 2-0
Syb 1-1
GPJ 1-1
Chedda 1-1
Duff 1-1
Trav 1-1
Bensell 1-1
Giff 0-2

Nope on the Frost poem with my answer being what howard said above; got the 2nd easy.
by Bensell
Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Commercials
Replies: 919
Views: 54236

Re: Commercials

I hate the 3 old women who sexually harass various men at the Volkswagen dealerships. Do you think for a second that any company could get away with that campaign using old men? Plus their voices are extremely annoying
by Bensell
Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Conference Power Rankings
Replies: 54
Views: 2466

Re: Swamp Conference Power Rankings

I had to add the Tufts Jumbos home America East Conference: (1): Ryan American Athletic Conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (2): Mister D; J-Lo Atlantic Coast Conference (1): Dsafetyguy Atlantic Sun Conference: Big 12 Conference: Big East Conference(1): L-jam Big Sky Conference(1): howard Big South C...
by Bensell
Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook
Replies: 2496
Views: 207987

Re: Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook

holy memories. my year living at 1999 Comm Ave was miserable - i hated living off-campus. (also BC had no frats which i was more than happy about) I had a college friend who lives about a quarter mile east on Comm Ave after graduation. Spent a week there as a tourist in '98. How many Swampers were ...
by Bensell
Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Guns: Infinity
Replies: 1441
Views: 66924

Re: Guns: Infinity

I think that if the American viewing audience would see the actual footage of people being gunned down it may move the mood for at least some minimum form of gun control. But probably not... On a side note, cable news has no problem showing black men getting gunned down by cops but almost every stat...
by Bensell
Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:35 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6196
Views: 340827

Re: Temporary Television

I'm a few weeks behind, but yes, I like Humans too. Especially Emily Berrington who plays Niska. Rules: http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/article_photos/Emily-Berrington-062515.jpg There is only one Niska. http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/firefly/images/6/69/Niska.jpg/revision/lates...
by Bensell
Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6196
Views: 340827

Re: Temporary Television

Just finished Orphan Black - season 3. Definitely a show that requires paying a lot of attention (and even then it's hard to keep up with some plot points), but overall a pretty good season. But more than anything, Tatiana Maslany is just incredible. She plays anywhere from 4 to 7 different charact...
by Bensell
Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:39 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Spring - Summer Reading Thread
Replies: 113
Views: 6715

Re: Spring - Summer Reading Thread

Giff wrote:Bensell, I'm finishing up The Fold today. I'm not sure I'm enjoying the ending, but I still have about 50 pages.
The ending was a bit off, for lack of a better term, but I really liked the style and story of it.
by Bensell
Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Spring - Summer Reading Thread
Replies: 113
Views: 6715

Re: Spring - Summer Reading Thread

I really liked this - it was on par with top bar Tom Clancy shit: https://fromthegreennotebook.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-11-at-10-39-31-am.png I read this in one day and loved it. Glad I already had the second book in the trilogy in my library request list https://bookpeopleblo...
by Bensell
Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

Table
howard 18-5
Pruitt 16-7
Bensell 14-9
Shirley 10-13
Chedda 9-14
Duff 9-14
Giff 9-14
Trav 6-17

Yes on Breaking Bad & Diamondbacks
No on Thorn Birds & Weird Al
by Bensell
Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard 15-4
Pruitt 13-6
Bensell 12-7
AB 11-8
BSF 7-12
Chedda 6-13
Trav 5-14


I might have been incorrect on the spelling too. If I ever get on Jeopardy I will have to remember to spell phonetically
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Thanks for all the thanks.

The medal table is total of all medals a country wins; a bronze counts the same as a gold in it.
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

The Greg Popovich Cup (Cumulative Tournament Scores) 210 - DC47 218 - wlulax/Ryan 223 - AB 242 - duff 254 - LJam 258 - sancarlos 264 - Pruitt/Sybian 265 - Kelly 269 - Carwash 299 - Herm 303 - rush 314 - rass 320 - BSF 332 - SLolz 345 - chedda 354 - MrD 361 - Jerloma 366 - Giff 367 - travzilla 409 - ...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

The Jim Mora Cup (PLAYOFFS!) Final Scores 103 - DC47 111 - Ryan 114 - AB 116 - wlulax 125 - Pruitt 128 - sancarlos 130 - LJam/Kelly 131 - duff/Carwash 139 - Sybian 143 - Herm 152 - travzilla 174 - rass 177 - BSF 190 - rush 194 - chedda 201 - SLolz 202 - MrD 212 - Jerloma 237 - PDX 256 - Giff 388 - b...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Championship Round Final Scores

DC47 24
AB 25

19 - rush
24 - Ryan/Pruitt
25 - Kelly
28 - Sybian/duff/Carwash
29 - Herm
30 - sancarlos
31 - LJam/Jerloma
35 - wlulax/rass
37 - BSF
50 - PDX
54 - chedda
88 - SLolz/MrD/Giff/bronto/bfj
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Final question - Top 10 on the Medal Table at Sochi 2014 1 - USA - BSF 1 - Germany - Kelly 1 - Switzerland - sancarlos 2 - Netherlands - wlulax/duff 3 - Russia - Ryan/PDX/Jerloma 3 - Austria - rush/Sybian/DC47 4 - Norway - chedda/Carwash/AB/LJam 4 - Canada - Pruitt/rass/Herm/travz Other Correct Bela...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

And the SwampCrash Invitational Cup championship match is tied going into the last question.

DC47 21
AB 21
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:47 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Finals scores through 8 DC47 18 AB 20 Question 9 - 10 largest US cities 1 - Chicago - AB 1 - Dallas - Kelly 2 - Los Angeles - Jerloma/travz 2 - Houston - Carwash/BSF 2 - Philadelphia - Pruitt/rass 2 - Phoenix - Ryan/duff 2 - San Antonio - Sybian/Herm 2 - San Diego - rush/LJam 3 - San Jose - wlulax/s...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Finals score through 7 DC47 16 AB 18 Question 8 - multiple NBA title winning teams 1 - Knicks - Herm 2 - Celtics - Ryan/Sybian 2 - Spurs - rass/Kelly 2 - Warriors - rush/sancarlos 2 - Nationals/76ers - Carwash/AB 2 - Pistons - duff/DC47 3 - Heat - chedda/Pruitt/travz 5 - Bulls - wlulax/PDX/Jerloma/L...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Question 7 - first 10 members of the Justice League 1 - Green Arrow - rush 2 - Superman - PDX/DC47 2 - The Flash - Pruitt/AB 2 - Green Lantern - duff/BSF 3 - Aquaman - Ryan/Sybian/Jerloma 4 - Wonder Woman - Carwash/Kelly/LJam/travz Other correct Batman Martian Manhunter Atom Hawkman Incorrect 9 - Ro...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Question 6 - AFL franchises 1 - Boston Patriots - rush 1 - Buffalo Bills - Pruitt 1 - Houston Oilers - chedda 1 - Oakland Raiders - travz 2 - Cincinnati Bengals - Carwash/AB 2 - Denver Broncos - sancarlos/rass 3 - New York Titans/Jets - Sybian/Jerloma/Herm 3 - Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs - wlul...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Halftime Scores

DC47 11
AB 14

10 - Herm/rush
11 - Ryan
12 - Pruitt
13 - wlulax/sancarlos/LJam
14 - Carwash/Kelly
15 - Sybian/Jerloma
16 - rass
17 - duff
19 - BSF
24 - PDX
29 - chedda
44 - SLolz/MrD/Giff/bronto/bfj
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Question 5 - Canadian provinces 1 - Ontario - rass 1 - New Brunswick - Pruitt 1 - Newfoundland & Labrador - Ryan 2 - Nova Scotia - rush/travz 2 - Manitoba - Herm/AB 3 - British Columbia - PDX/Kelly/Jerloma 3 - Prince Edward Island - Carwash/sancarlos/Sybian 3 - Saskatchewan - wlulax/LJam/BSF 3 -...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Question 4 - last 10 US Open mens single champions 1 - Novak Djokovic - BSF 1 - Juan Martin del Poro - DC47 1 - Andy Roddick - travz 2 - Pete Sampras - rush/Kelly 2 - Lleyton Hewitt - Jerloma/Herm 2 - Marat Safin - Ryan/LJam 3 - Rafael Nadal - PDX/Sybian/AB 3 - Andy Murray - Pruitt/wlulax/rass 3 - R...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Question 3 - multiple time winner for Oscar Leading Actor 1 - Fredric March - Pruitt 2 - Gary Cooper - sancarlos/LJam 2 - Dustin Hoffman - rush/DC47 2 - Sean Penn - Herm/AB 4 - Daniel Day-Lewis - Carwash/Kelly/Jerloma/travz 4 - Marlon Brando - wlulax/PDX/Sybian/BSF 4 - Tom Hanks - chedda/Ryan/rass/d...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Question 2 - American Nobel Prize for Literature winners 1 - Saul Bellow - wlulax 2 - Sinclair Lewis - rush/Herm 2 - Eugene O'Neill - Pruitt/AB 2 - John Steinbeck - sancarlos/duff 2 - Toni Morrison - Ryan/Sybian 3 - William Faulkner - Carwash/rass/LJam 4 - Ernest Hemingway - PDX/Kelly/DC47/Jerloma O...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Question 1 - MLB All-Star game host cities at least 4 times 1 - Cincinnati - Kelly 1 - Boston - Carwash 1 - Detroit - DC47 2 - New York - Jerloma/BSF 2 - Cleveland - wlulax/Herm 2 - Washington, DC - rush/Ryan 3 - Chicago - sancarlos/Sybian/LJam 5 - St Louis - chedda/Pruitt/rass/duff/AB Other Correct...
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

The following have about 20 minutes to get their answers.

MrD
SLolz
Giff
bronto
bfj

Adding today's submissions to the master list now so kick off should be in 30
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:28 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

As of now these are the answers I have:

chedda
Pruitt
Herm
wlulax
rush
Kelly
Carwash
Ryan
PDX
sancarlos
duff
Sybian
DC47
Jerloma
AB
rass
LJam
travzilla

I should be back home around 1:30 and will add in today's entries and the reveal should begin around 2.
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:17 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

rass wrote:You should have mine from last week.
I don't. I may have deleted it when cleaning out my inbox so please resend your answers
by Bensell
Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:03 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Bump. I have a few things to do so shooting for a 2:00 reveal, so get your answers in slackers.

In

chedda
Pruitt
Herm
wlulax
rush
Kelly
Carwash
Ryan
PDX
sancarlos
duff
Sybian
DC47
by Bensell
Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB July 2015
Replies: 209
Views: 10189

Re: MLB July 2015

Brontoburglar wrote:And also potentially hurt more given what the Royals traded for Cueto.
I don't know much about Finnegan or Reed except what I just read, but Lamb seems like the real deal. But 3 strong lefties seems like a lot for a rent-a-player, even if Cueto is a top of the line starter.
by Bensell
Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Bump.

In

chedda
Pruitt
Herm
wlulax
rush
Kelly
Carwash
Ryan
PDX
sancarlos
duff
Sybian
by Bensell
Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Mass Shootings Thread
Replies: 943
Views: 110516

Re: The Mass Shootings Thread

I actually think the U.S. will one day go absolutely the other way, they will do what the US always seems to do, randomly demonize the whole subject and ban utterly anything that even so much as is gun shaped. No chance The genie is waaay out of the bottle. Guns don't biodegrade - they are out ther...
by Bensell
Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard 14-4
Pruitt 12-6
Bensell 11-7
GPJ 8-10
Shirley 8-10
Chedda 6-12

I was thinking a country that is no where near the correct answer
by Bensell
Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Ryan wrote:Deader than Hawkgirl in World's Finest Comics #274
That is a Gold Star worthy post
by Bensell
Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:20 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship
Replies: 55
Views: 4592

Re: SwampCrash Invitational Cup - The Championship

Let's get your answers in sooner rather than later

In

chedda
Pruitt
Herm
wlulax
rush
Kelly
Carwash
Ryan
by Bensell
Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard 13-4
Pruitt 11-6
Ryan 11-6
Bensell 11-6
GPJ 7-10
BSF 7-10
Shirley 7-10
Duff 5-12
Chedda 5-12