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by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 548
Views: 10134

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8877
Views: 410716

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Jesus.
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8877
Views: 410716

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Order for him? His bad eyesight affects his vocal chords? No, his bad eyesight doesn’t affect his vocal cords, but it surely soured his disposition. Again, something she was aware of. Like I said, this sounds like a two-way street. Even if you bend over backwards to see his point of view, there’s n...
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8877
Views: 410716

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Damn.
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 548
Views: 10134

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

That link says they are leaving their name and logo in Phoenix, presumably for a future expansion team. I wonder what they'll nickname the team? Something that says, "Utah" I guess? Hmm... "Jazz" is already taken..., maybe the Utah Zydeco? Or, the Utah Hiphop? SLC Punk? Whalers....
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3876
Views: 214595

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

I remember that one, now that you mention it.

He was not a pitcher you'd expect to hit a homer. He only had 2 HRs in 600+ PAs before the AL adopted the DH.
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6239
Views: 342035

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

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. We finished this yesterday. We loved it, but weird show. I'm not familiar with Guy Ritchie,...
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 548
Views: 10134

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

Who the fuck is "Sportico"? (Edit: As in, this doesn't seem legit.)

by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3876
Views: 214595

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

As long as we're reaching that far back, three-time WS winner Ken Holtzman.

Holtzman pitched two no-hitters for the Cubs.

by Steve of phpBB
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random personalized license plate thread
Replies: 355
Views: 6177

Re: Random personalized license plate thread

HALEN

On a camper van parked across from my house.
by Steve of phpBB
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: MLB 2024
Replies: 221
Views: 2907

Re: MLB 2024

can't wait and we are past ready for the ball/strike challenges. this is so fucked up. i was watching a minor league game yesterday for the first time and the system seems great - I'd not yet seen how it works: pitcher didn't like the call, taps his head immediately, they go to the tennis-like-recr...
by Steve of phpBB
Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Ball of Confusion
Replies: 566
Views: 36295

Re: Ball of Confusion

Iran attacking Israel is not good right? Though at least Israel is picking a fight with a country that actually has a military unlike Palestine. Israel sees that it’s losing support with Biden and centrist Dems, so Israel provokes Iran into attacking Israel, so now Rs and Dems both will rally behin...
by Steve of phpBB
Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 548
Views: 10134

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

degenerasian wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:05 pm Coyotes players have been told they're going to Salt Lake City

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/ar ... g-to-utah/
Holy crap.
by Steve of phpBB
Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2023-2024 NHL Season
Replies: 548
Views: 10134

Re: 2023-2024 NHL Season

Finallly? https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1778132841622057025 There's still a pretty big auction date to purchase land for a new Arizona arena, no? https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1778152145033785694 Apparently they may not wait. I guess I'll have to start checking in on this thre...
by Steve of phpBB
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Juice
Replies: 52
Views: 456

Re: The Juice

Sitting in my office at the University of Idaho Law School in Moscow, ID, where I was working as a legal writing instructor. I was stunned to see pictures of black folks celebrating the verdict. Now I understand a little bit more. The discussion today among the young black women lawyers I follow on ...
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away
Replies: 159
Views: 3083

Re: Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

That was fucking amazing. Stayed clear enough here in Cleveland to see the whole thing. I’ve always been an astronomy nerd, and I never thought I’d ever see a total eclipse. But to finally see it - the whole solar corona, the diamond ring - was even better than I expected. Kinda feel like I achieve...
by Steve of phpBB
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Holy fuck we just had an earthquake
Replies: 54
Views: 1084

Re: Holy fuck we just had an earthquake

rass wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:38 am 3 days and a couple of hours later would have been better timing.

Anyway have I mentioned that was crazy. Had just gotten out of the shower. Naked earthquake!
Did it move?
by Steve of phpBB
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3299
Views: 194627

Re: Getting the spins

I like that Beyonce is warning Jolene instead of begging Jolene.
by Steve of phpBB
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:06 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3876
Views: 214595

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Old guys represent. Did SCTV have a skit where a Eugene Levy character was doing a call-in show and someone said his name was "Haji"? I seem to remember Levy saying "Okay, 'Haji'". That popped into my head during the NCAA tourney, one of the players was named Haji. Do any of yall...
by Steve of phpBB
Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:18 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8813

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

So, apparently this Clark woman is pretty good.
by Steve of phpBB
Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8813

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

A_B wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:32 pm Why do big 10 teams get the reputation that they never foul? They just don’t get called.
Is that their reputation now? It used to be that the only sport more brutal than Big Ten football was Big Ten basketball.
by Steve of phpBB
Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8813

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I’ve seen enough.
by Steve of phpBB
Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8813

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Man. What’s the elevation in Boston?
by Steve of phpBB
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8877
Views: 410716

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

I'm debating going to my Mom's where they'll have the full eclipse, but most likely I'll just stay here where we have 94%. Both kid's schools are doing something so that's neat for them. I'd go to your mom's if at all possible, unless the weather looks unfavorable. People say that the difference be...
by Steve of phpBB
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8813

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

There’s some sloppy, frenetic, bad hoops going on between Illinois and Iowa State.

by Steve of phpBB
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9241
Views: 463960

Re: Random Politics

brian wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:57 pm They’re not sending their best (the Michigan GOP)
Or even worse, they are.
by Steve of phpBB
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8877
Views: 410716

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Johnnie wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:04 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:52 pm MacDill Air Fest is this weekend. The Thunderbirds are currently practicing and my front yard is a perfect vantage point. Murica!
That's dope. You can avoid the crowd and still watch the show.
Shit, we all can! Party at chedda’s!
by Steve of phpBB
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9241
Views: 463960

Re: Random Politics

MI GOP Launches 'Migrant Invader Bus' Hoax on Gonzaga Hoops Team Republican paranoia over migrants has reached a new level of absurdity, as a State Representative and the State GOP Chair launched a conspiracy that buses of migrants were invading Michigan. It turns out it was the Gonzaga basketball ...
by Steve of phpBB
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 92
Views: 981

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

Mine is in that space in the driver's side door. If your car plummets from a bridge, it will likely go head first into the water, and it will sink to the bottom heavy side first, right? I dunno. Seems to me you want to have that tool taped to the underside of your steering column/wheel. Otherwise w...
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Joe Lieberman
Replies: 11
Views: 176

Re: Joe Lieberman

by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Joe Lieberman
Replies: 11
Views: 176

Re: Joe Lieberman

Also, and more importantly, he's part of the reason that Obamacare didn't have a Single Payer option. Fucking asshole. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/56803-lieberman-and-nelson-public-option-compromise-still-not-good-enough/ The classic example of being moderate for the sake of being moderate.
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Joe Lieberman
Replies: 11
Views: 176

Re: Joe Lieberman

Also, I can't wait to read Erik Loomis's obit of Lieberman in Lawyers Guns and Money.
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 92
Views: 981

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

Anyone else here have a dream last night that they were in a car that flew off a bridge over water? I guess I woke up before the car actually hit the water. But I do remember making sure to lower the car's windows while we were in the air, because it might not work once we hit. (I've been nervous ab...
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Joe Lieberman
Replies: 11
Views: 176

Re: Joe Lieberman

Bummer. I'm all torn up inside. Really.
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6239
Views: 342035

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Finally finished "Masters of the Air". I thought it was really good, and it was great to see what happened to those guys post-war. Did Croz ever mention to his wife about his thing with the Subaltern? Or did he wait to write his memoir until she died? And Rosie's story was wild...ending u...
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6239
Views: 342035

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Finally finished "Masters of the Air". I thought it was really good, and it was great to see what happened to those guys post-war. Did Croz ever mention to his wife about his thing with the Subaltern? Or did he wait to write his memoir until she died? And Rosie's story was wild...ending u...
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6239
Views: 342035

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

We've watched 2 episodes so far of "Shogun", and really like it. But its hard for me to remember everyone's names. I feel so racist having the same problem. I basically have to watch with IMDB open on my phone. In my defense, it took me half a season to figure out who all the various dark...
by Steve of phpBB
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8877
Views: 410716

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

The Sybian wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:02 am
A_B wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:11 am Are you calling Mrs. SC a hooker?
That’s how I read it.

I gotta side with the Mrs. here. Being “owed” a kiss us some caveman or 70s-80s comedy movie shit.
Which makes SC's perspective understandable.
by Steve of phpBB
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Everyone OK?
Replies: 54
Views: 736

Re: Everyone OK?

GoodKarma wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:16 pm
MaxWebster wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:07 pm hydrox were the original and the infinitely superior sandwich creme cookie dammit.
Damn right!

by Steve of phpBB
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695
Replies: 92
Views: 981

Re: The Baltimore Key Bridge collapse on 695

A_B wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:51 pm 3 million pounds of force. The boat is like a 1000 foot skyscraper turned on its side. There is one thing that can probably stop that with certainty and with minimal yielding. It's called land.
See, e.g., Exxon Valdez. (I think we are right around the anniversary of that maritime disaster.)