The Swamp

I also got in the habit of sleeping far enough down the bed that my foot is hanging off the bottom. Not sure how much that helped. I've done this for as long as I can remember so either it doesn't help or its staved off even worse issues? Probably. I think it just helps minimize the stiffness you g...

The stretches for plantar fasciitis work amazingly well. Do it several times a day for a week or two, and it stays gone for months. Last flare up, I'd wake up every morning with pain worse than if I was running on it. Stretches knocked it out. I used to have all sorts of heel inserts, a wedge that ...

bfj wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:33 pm
This kind of shit.

Incredible. I suspect bigotry against special needs wasn't the only bigotry involved there.

My girlfriend and roommate, both younger than me, love Yacht Rock. They'll tell Alexa to play it and off it goes. But I'm asking this honestly...is this not just what we called "easy listening" in the 80s and 90s. I swear to God this is what my mom listened to on Magic 106.7 Boston when I was growi...

I had to skip Thunder Road when it came up on a playlist at work yesterday. I used to sing that to him when he was a baby to try to put him to sleep.

I had to stare out the window for a while after that hit me.

The "Pocahontas" stuff might amuse the racists in his base, but I don't think it moves the needle with anyone else. One thing I think we've all learned by now is that that stuff DOES move the needle. It's easy and visceral, so it becomes part of the daily news story. Did she really claim Native Ame...

Could just be overly optimistic, but I think Warren's gonna win the nomination. But we'll have to be subjected to a lot of "bUt cAn a wOmAn wIn a nAtIoNaL eLeCtIOn!" bullshit for several months afterwards. I do think Trump is afraid of Warren (not, like literally afraid -- electorally afraid) which...

Driving my oldest up to college tomorrow. It's a bit melancholy around the house. Well, maybe that's just his parents. He's excited.

People don't know Jingle Bells or Take Me Out To The Ballgame? Was this intended for non-Americans?

I took it as criticizing anyone who wants to listen to music at the beach instead of just wanting to go hear nature, especially since he never mentions volume, only the presence of music itself. Does he get mad at families who bring loud children? What if people are having fun and are louder than t...

Yeah, I agree. Nothing after Tattoo You worth listening to. I still regularly listen to their old stuff tho. Exile on Main Street, Sticky Fingers. That's the stuff. I saw the Stones in 1981. My friends and I were like, "Hey, they're getting old. We better go to this show, because who knows if there...

I don't have a lot of sympathy for those three dudes (particularly the last one), but I have to think for every actual mass shooting, there are 100 or 500 of guys like these who brag about how they're gonna do it but never actually would. It smacks a bit of thoughtcrime.

If you count Broken, and I do, The Downward Spiral is Nine Inch Nails's third album.

Tool's third album was Lateralus, arguably their best album (although I might go with Ænima).

I'm not a fan of Autism Speaks for pretty much all the reasons mentioned in that article, but as BFJ pointed out, I'm a parent of a high-functioning autistic child. I wouldn't deign to speak for others, as I fully realize how lucky we are compared to what other families are dealing with. But I still...

govmentchedda wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:37 pm
Pulisic with a nice assist to Giroud. Chelsea up 1-0 v. Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup.

Very nice indeed. His agressiveness and pace brought four defenders to him, freeing Giroud. And then a perfectly weighted pass through so Giroud could one-time it.

It's like Dan Brown novel written by Kyle in drywall dust. I can only imagine what she has to say about La Croix and White Claw. Guy I work with has a tee shirt that says ‘there ain’t no laws when I’m drinking white claw’s’ and I want it so bad. Does it have the unnecessary apostrophe? I think it's...

Yeah, pretty convenient for all involved, huh?

Yeah, in a regular, open market, Luiz certainly would have been worth more than 8M, but I think Chelsea just wanted it done. Not much downside for Arsenal at all.

Rush2112 wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:56 am
and a randon (?) shooting on the highway in Houston. WTF people.

That doesn't sound random at all. Sounds like a hit.

Pretty crazy week for Chelsea and David Luiz. He was ostensibly one of the starting center backs at the start of the week. He had signed a two-year extension this summer, which Chelsea had previously almost never done for an over-thirty-year-old player. Then, news came out on Wednesday that Luiz ha...

Pretty crazy week for Chelsea and David Luiz. He was ostensibly one of the starting center backs at the start of the week. He had signed a two-year extension this summer, which Chelsea had previously almost never done for an over-thirty-year-old player. Then, news came out on Wednesday that Luiz had...

I think my wife's favorite was Song of Solomon. I believe I read that one and either The Bluest Eye or Beloved (it's been a long time). Both were really good. She's a great writer and she writes about a world that the vast majority of Swampers know little about.

Also rballer insisting there was no “University Of The Streets” was an all-time Swamp moment. And also hilarious that the guy who said university of the streets went to Harvard. He took pride in that irony. but could he beat John Stockton 1 on 1 though That was a different guy. Don't remember his n...

Also rballer insisting there was no “University Of The Streets” was an all-time Swamp moment. And also hilarious that the guy who said university of the streets went to Harvard. He took pride in that irony. but could he beat John Stockton 1 on 1 though That was a different guy. Don't remember his n...

Johnnie wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:00 pm
Well I appreciate this thread because I'm not in the group text, so THANK YOU, SHIRLEY.

I didn't get the text either. Just a somewhat odd email.

Finished the boys...so what should I go with next on Amazon Prime 1.) This is Football (6 part documentary on soccer) 2.) Gods and Omens 3.) Finish up Season 2 of Man in High Castle 4.) Work through the official World Cup documentaries/all the goals of world cup movies available 5.) Mrs. Maziel 6.)...

My wife did her honor's thesis in English in college on Toni Morrison's works. I think she sent the finished paper to Morrison and got a brief note back. She was a hell of a writer (both of them, actually).

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Adam Jones, guitarist of Tool went to high school together at Libertyville High in Chicago.

I wouldn't say it's a pointless take, but it was extremely poorly timed. And yeah, given his tenuous hold on his positive image, a really stupid thing to Tweet. He did issue an apology.

Tool is finally on Spotify!

Just watched the pilot for The Boys last night and really liked it. Looking forward to watching the rest.

I'm also working my way through The Expanse. Anyone else watch that one? It's pretty damn good. A bit uneven at times, but I love the general premise and the sets have been pretty great so far.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:38 am
Who travels with that much cash and leaves it in a room at a hotel that doesn't have a safe?

Someone looking for a fake excuse to cash in on her minor celebrity to get folks to just give her money for her wedding.

If you want to read it. https://media.8ch.net/file_store/7e1363 ... d39934.pdf

Not EPL, but did you see what Diego Costa did against Real Madrid last weekend? Four goals and a red card. That's the Diego Costaest game ever.

The school question is interesting. Where I mostly grew up (Charlottesville) is fairly ethnically mixed (76.6% non-Hispanic white today, but probably was higher then) and I always had a fair number of black students in classes, but I can only remember two non-white teachers through middle school - a...

Rex wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:42 pm
Sounds like a good Swamp bragging topic: what’s your best Twitter interaction? I got a like from Jim Everett once (and it was not a tweet about him). Bronto doesn’t get to play this game.

Ralph Sampson retweeted me a couple of years ago. I'm not gonna top that.

What do you call a lesbian dinosaur? A lick-a-lot-a-puss. TT, you got this, man. I know it's tough not to get wrapped up in your thoughts, but you're earning this shit. You really, really are. i giggled. fortunately my anxiety puts itself in my life as "you have to overprepare" so at least i have e...

Whoa

https://legaldesire.com/former-partner- ... ainbridge/

I don't know what to make of all of this.

I don't understand. Was there some clamor for a re-make? Why do they keep doing this sort of thing, and keep doing it poorly? Couldn't they have made more money just re-releasing the original in theaters again? (Many of you may be too young to remember this, but in the olden days before DVDs and VC...

That's a low blow.

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