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by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 670
Views: 10115

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

I think that there's a very high likelihood that the fact that the core of the youth movement on the MNT knew him and liked him played a role in him getting on the roster.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 670
Views: 10115

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

I mean, I don't think you can put the fact that he was part of the national youth team pool that included CP as him riding coat tails or whatever. He was, by many accounts, a true stud back then. Looking at his size, I suspect he got by on athleticism, and is just in the last few years putting it to...
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 670
Views: 10115

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

Not for nothing, but Aaronson scored what turned into the game winner for Union Berlin. And while it was only the extended highlights, the announcer said multiple times he was the best player on the field. So... he's got that going for him... which is nice.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 670
Views: 10115

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

The other guy making a serious case at the nine/striker slot is Haji Wright. Assisted on the tying and then scored the winner in Coventry's epic FA Cup win to push them into the finals at Wembley. I wish he wasn't thrown into the mix last cycle, as he kind of hurt his stock. He looks ready, IMO. The...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 255
Views: 4460

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

san carlos... One of the early front-runners is Rams coach Niko Medved.

Pretty relieved Manuel (AD) didn't drag this out. Rip off the bandaid and move on with the entire field to look at. Beilein, while I love what he did for the program, absolutely fucked them by leaving when he did.
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Paris 2024
Replies: 22
Views: 964

Re: Paris 2024

The Olympic coverage has been on a downward slide for decades, in terms of the "mothership." There were a few cycles where it REALLY sucked because they hadn't utilized the rest of their properties (and possibly before some of the consolidation that has taken place) to show the actual comp...
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6190
Views: 339229

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

I didn't watch the movie, so I'm not a great source for that question.
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6190
Views: 339229

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

sancarlos wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:15 pm Watched the first two episodes of Guy Ritchie’s new series The Gentlemen, on Netflix ( a spinoff from the movie of the same name). I’m enjoying it very much. Very Guy Ritchie-ish, in the crime/comedy sense.
Only one episode in, but, yep, very fun.
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3277
Views: 192005

Re: Getting the spins

1) Some of the best bonding I ever had with my daughter were long, VERY early car rides to softball/soccer games. She picked the music, and 99 percent of it kicked ass. Upbeat alt-pop stuff, like All Time Low and Lourdes and the like. 2) I'm happy to cede control of the music, because I don't like f...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6190
Views: 339229

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

I've been saying, and I've heard many comedians say, that while folks initially thought Trump was a "great gift to comedy" the problem is as exactly stated upthread: It's difficult to lampoon something that as already sitting squarely in the ridiculous. It also would be a lot "funnier...
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8788
Views: 407962

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

My understanding is that when digital push button displays and timers became part of the deal for ovens and microwaves, might as well just make them active clocks for time telling.
by Nonlinear FC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 255
Views: 4460

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I just watched the extended highlights, and, man... The refs allowed WAY too much off the ball stuff and taunting. And it started early.
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 2994
Views: 248057

Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.

I feel like he somehow got looped into the Wrexham-verse, too. Seems like a good dude. I've borrowed my daughter's copies of a few of his books and really enjoyed them. https://www.reddit.com/r/nerdfighters/comments/xeqobj/john_starring_in_welcome_to_wrexham_episode_7/ Featured heavily in the fun e...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 2994
Views: 248057

Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.

I feel like he somehow got looped into the Wrexham-verse, too. Seems like a good dude. I've borrowed my daughter's copies of a few of his books and really enjoyed them.
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Reading 2023
Replies: 153
Views: 2736

Re: Reading 2023

I don't know if it's just me getting old and cranky, or if it's John Grisham is getting old and just mailing shit in, but... I just finished the sequel to The Firm and it's probably the worst book I've ever read. I mean, I've read some stuff and just stopped due to boredom, but I felt compelled to f...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Long Reads
Replies: 286
Views: 20558

Re: Long Reads

Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream (gift link) The attraction of financial freedom and the challenge of standing out have led many OnlyFans creators to run themselves like tech start-ups. Adams’s operation is registered in state business records as a limited liabil...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
Replies: 142
Views: 2801

Re: Lacrosse The Thread

Besides the aforementioned JHU-Cuse game, Denver hosts #12 Yale.

Cornell vs. Penn State is another good game.
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 450
Views: 8785

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

I don't wish any ill of the guy, but this year, watching Kuzy has been painful. Dude was so obvious whenever he decided to check out. Like.. It's cute that he has the weirdest/slowest lead up to a penalty shot... but when he effectively does that mentally during the run of play... not great. I hones...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Podcasts
Replies: 1409
Views: 135348

Re: Podcasts

There's a podcast that I'm into right now (Paper Ghosts - cold case true crime thing) that lists the time as about 45 minutes, but a) he does a recap of the previous episode, he runs 3 separate ad breaks that I fast fwd and 3) does a "next time" preview at the end of every episode. I haven...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 487
Views: 11511

Re: Presidential Election 2024

Trump was full racist bigot in the 80s at the latest. I assume lifelong given his father's rental philosophies. There is a lot of reporting on Trump being racist long before he came near politics. Assuming certain high rollers wouldn't want to see black employees at his casinos and having them all ...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 487
Views: 11511

Re: Presidential Election 2024

Trump was full racist bigot in the 80s at the latest. I assume lifelong given his father's rental philosophies. There is a lot of reporting on Trump being racist long before he came near politics. Assuming certain high rollers wouldn't want to see black employees at his casinos and having them all ...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 487
Views: 11511

Re: Presidential Election 2024

I've literally never done any sort of campaigning on behalf of any candidate, but I just submitted a volunteer form for the woman running against my current rep. Your Fb post had me chuckling this morning. But it's easy for me to find humor in that guy, I'm not represented by a fucking traitor tool...
by Nonlinear FC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:44 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)
Replies: 27
Views: 396

Re: Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)

My work blocks yahoo sports. (but it's mainly a function of blocking all personal email sites)
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 2994
Views: 248057

Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.

That ref will be suspended.
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 670
Views: 10115

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"



Very interesting discussion with the CBS Golazo folks and Jermaine Jones. I like these because, agree or disagree with the interviewee, they talk some real real .
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 2994
Views: 248057

Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.

And since we didn't put together a thread on the W Gold Cup: * The shit that Colombia pulled in that game was next level shithousery. They were extremely lucky to have a terrible ref, as they should've seen at least 2 red cards. And that's just from watching extended highlights. * In particular, FIF...
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 2994
Views: 248057

Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.

The Valencia - Madrid game ending was a fiasco and completely avoidable except for silly soccer traditionalists. The college game has the clock right. My issue with college and h.s. clock maintenance is having it run while the ball is out of play. I know some of that has been tightened up, but I re...
by Nonlinear FC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 200
Views: 2412

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

I'm almost positive he was one of the very first QBs I had in the ancient fantasy league on ESPN during that year for the Bears. I think I also had Yancey Thigpen and I waxed everyone that year.
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
Replies: 1239
Views: 178050

Re: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...

If you don't know Kill Tony, the premise is that EXTREMELY green comics (not open mic level, but maybe a year or two past starting) get up and do about 3 minutes and professional comics roast them.. OR... They are like "this dude/dudette" is unique and funny as fuck. Here's another example...
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
Replies: 1239
Views: 178050

Re: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...

I'm definitely an outlier when it comes to stand up, because I've gotten pretty bored with the standard fare. This dude, coming from the Kill Tony comedy-verse is absolutely killing me.

by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 200
Views: 2412

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

Not sure where to put this, but Tyler Owens out of TT doesn't "believe in space and other planets" due to being "really religious." https://www.comicsands.com/nfl-tyler-owens-space-planets-2667436790.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=...
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: A New Brushes with thread
Replies: 863
Views: 76208

Re: A New Brushes with thread

I know I read that about Martin Sheen at some point. I'm pretty sure I read it in the context of Charlie Sheen/Emilio Estevez being brothers and the origins of those names (or something)
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8788
Views: 407962

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

What if she was from New Hampshire, Ryan, would that change things!!?*

(She's actually a name that was pretty prominent here in the DMV* because she was a teacher in Prince George's County. And I just looked it up.. She WAS a teacher in Concord, NH!!)

* - I'm not explaining this again!!!


!!!!!!
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8788
Views: 407962

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

The only astronauts I can name come from the Apollo missions/lunar landing era. Oh, yeah, to Mr. D's point, and McAuliffe. Oh, and the lady that wore diapers to drive from Houston to FL (or whatever) to kill her lover (or whatever). I don't know her name, but I'd recognize it if I saw it. ETA - Nope...
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Live Music thread...
Replies: 2107
Views: 176208

Re: The Live Music thread...

A_B wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:35 pm May do a vip Isbell thing at rupp arena this fall.
I think we might try to see him when he hits Wolf Trap.
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8788
Views: 407962

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

I mean... On what scale is she being rated? Put another way, that's the first time I've seen/heard her name in over a decade.
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
Replies: 1239
Views: 178050

Re: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...

I don't want to be all judgy, but c'mon... Did he not know the dosage? That, in and of itself, is insane to me. ETA - I've had friends give me something and they were fuzzy on the mg's... but that's, like.. "I think this is a 5, but it's possible it's a 10." I've heard enough stories abou...
by Nonlinear FC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
Replies: 1239
Views: 178050

Re: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...

I don't want to be all judgy, but c'mon... Did he not know the dosage? That, in and of itself, is insane to me.

ETA - I've had friends give me something and they were fuzzy on the mg's... but that's, like.. "I think this is a 5, but it's possible it's a 10."
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9192
Views: 460260

Re: Random Politics

What will happen is with her out of the race, name recognition for him will jump quite a bit. He's likely "losing" in polls right now simply due to this name rec issue. Lots and lots of folks aren't paying ANY attention to a Senate race in Jan-March. Really, the vast majority of voters won...
by Nonlinear FC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)
Replies: 27
Views: 396

Re: Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)

When see those breeds south of, say, the Arctic Circle, I'm always worried about their quality of life in non-winter months.