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by A_B
Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:38 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***5-13 RASS***

Swamp introduced me to them, so it seems appropriate.

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The Decemberists, "The Crane Wife"
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)
Replies: 3501
Views: 104720

Re: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)

If only we knew a former Skadden attorney to give us the scoop.
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:39 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Mass Shootings Thread
Replies: 943
Views: 110761

Re: The Mass Shootings Thread

govmentchedda wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:38 pm It's exactly what the Broward Co. Sheriff says that school resource officers in that county will now carry.
Well I retract in hat case. That’s absurd.
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Mass Shootings Thread
Replies: 943
Views: 110761

Re: The Mass Shootings Thread

And seriously, anyone who suggest arming teachers needs to be fitted for a clown suit and laughed out of the room. The very notion is beyond ridiculous. On one hand, sure. But on the other ... think about the absolutely massive government contract(s) and revenue it would create for gun companies. A...
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3876
Views: 215083

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Badass
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)
Replies: 3501
Views: 104720

Re: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)

Will Forte made a quiet pivot into investigative reporting, huh?
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:07 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1598
Views: 106212

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

FWIW, the probiotics I was talking about are the juices that cost $8 for a quart and the supplements that come out to $1 a pill. I've had a lot of gastro issues, so I asked about their utility and the doc said to get them from yogurts like you said and don't worry about the stuff that is being brand...
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL The National Thread
Replies: 759
Views: 34498

Re: The OFFICIAL The National Thread

mister d wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:04 pmUgh.

Oh. Shit. I probably needed to fill out some paperwork to be eligible to post in this thread, right?
by A_B
Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Pot Thread
Replies: 1121
Views: 45985

Re: The Pot Thread

bfj wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:40 pm "Budtender" brings tears to my eyes.
Is that what they call a white person that sells drugs?
by A_B
Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1598
Views: 106212

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

My gastro doc maintains hat probiotics are an expensive scam that can be avoided by just eatin a balanced diet
by A_B
Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:02 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge
Replies: 1598
Views: 106212

Re: OFFICIAL Eat Right & Get Fit Challenge

Welcome to not being 25 anymore.
by A_B
Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 2017/18
Replies: 253
Views: 4815

Re: NCAA Basketball 2017/18

HA HA HA POINT AND LAUGH.
by A_B
Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)
Replies: 3501
Views: 104720

Re: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)

After having been in Indianapolis two of the past three weeks I am all in on anything that will fix fucking potholes.
by A_B
Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Winter Reading Thread
Replies: 37
Views: 820

Re: Winter Reading Thread

Yup. Totes.
by A_B
Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Replies: 2147
Views: 82122

Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

I racked my brain trying to think of people who are nothing but spot up shooters during the game last night and couldn't come up with anyone that fit the bill. Then I read deadspin and was reminded

....JJ Redick?
by A_B
Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:23 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8885
Views: 411152

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

BSF21 wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:19 pm
Rush2112 wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:03 pm Big guy I was matched up with last night in our basketball league looked EXACTLY like AB.

No Kentucky drawl and no bourbon on his breath so it wasn't him.
Porg shirt is a dead giveaway too.
You guys don't wear shirts that match your avatar when meeting other swampers?
by A_B
Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia
Replies: 2147
Views: 82122

Re: Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

Kyle korver
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Winter Olympics
Replies: 653
Views: 33173

Re: Winter Olympics

Look I don’t know shit about figure skating. But that Nathan Chen routine was legit.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-10 BSF***

I think a lot of people think a lot of other people don't like the eagles because every time the eagles get mentioned someone comes in with the quote from the big lebowski.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:39 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Winter Reading Thread
Replies: 37
Views: 820

Re: Winter Reading Thread

P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:29 pm Been chugging through this for like a year...

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I've read a couple of his too. Sometimes get repetitive. And they say the same thing/phrase the same way a lot.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Winter Reading Thread
Replies: 37
Views: 820

Re: Winter Reading Thread

Ooooh...solid call. Anyone who can keep you rapt talking about cod or salt is pretty good.

Bill Bryson, too, but that's a different style.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-10 BSF***

Yeah, i was probably too contentious, I've just heard that said about Eminem before. He was/is great but I think that argument is code for : He made white people less scared to say they liked hip hop.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:47 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-10 BSF***

Back again and we need some varied tones in the Cabin. Something to throw on when we're working out or have had a bad day and need to let it out. BSF's Vinyl and Dog-Filled Friday selects: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jGYAAOSwrklVdaPD/s-l300.jpg Eminem -- The Marshall Mathers LP Transformed a gen...
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)
Replies: 3501
Views: 104720

Re: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)

brian wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:14 pm Not sure how the news media aren't filleting Trump 24 hours a day for refusing to enforce sanctions that Congress voted something like 519-5 to impose.
I don't understand why there isn't a way for that to be overruled.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)
Replies: 3501
Views: 104720

Re: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)

It's not that a gas tax would be bad, it's that we had 1.5 trillion to give away under the guise of helping the middle class and then we potentially decide "fuck the middle class" and raise a tax on the most obvious thing everyone has to buy. But it's double fucked. Do you buy anything th...
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)
Replies: 3501
Views: 104720

Re: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)

brian wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:35 pm I don't know about that. Flat taxes like the gas taxes are generally felt more by those with lower incomes as opposed to the regressive taxes.

So I don't think the urban libtards (many of whom don't own cars to begin with, at least in many cities) aren't as affected.
I think you maybe misread.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:27 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NBA Basketball 2017/18
Replies: 407
Views: 12582

Re: NBA Basketball 2017/18

Wanna get double-doubles? Play in Minnesota.

by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Winter Reading Thread
Replies: 37
Views: 820

Re: Winter Reading Thread

I think I've read all of his except for Isaac's Storm. He's right next to SImon Winchester in my non-fiction go tos.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:12 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-8 NONLINEAR***

He looks like he should be a modern day DJ that never shows his face.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 10:58 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-7 ENOCHROOT***

I'm going to assume that album name is Lemon Pollocks.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Winter Reading Thread
Replies: 37
Views: 820

Re: Winter Reading Thread

Devil in the White City was a tough read for me. Something about the period pieces makes it hard for me to picture the scenes and stay focused. My mind wanders when I read, which is why I primarily listen to books. Alienist was a similar issue, but the story was so good, and I love old New York, so...
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:43 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-7 ENOCHROOT***

But I bet he would have gotten more play in the cabin than anticipated too. He's a weird mix of overrated and underrated. Yes. Agree completely. Has some really good stuff (not even the "famous" ones) but there is a LOT that I just never really got into. And I tried to have a springsteen ...
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:54 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Ethics Court - AB Vs. The Bus Driver
Replies: 77
Views: 3182

Re: Swamp Ethics Court - AB Vs. The Bus Driver

mister d wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:40 am You could tape a note to the light post that says "Your dog does nice shits thank you for them". Most normal people would atleast think "ok, someone's noticed" and move on to another spot.

OOOOOH. I probably won't use "shit" but I like this route.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:35 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Ethics Court - AB Vs. The Bus Driver
Replies: 77
Views: 3182

Re: Swamp Ethics Court - AB Vs. The Bus Driver

So fuck what I assume to be one person in my neighboorhood. There's little piles of dog shit accumulating around a lightpole next to where I park my car each night. All similar piles, and I assume dogs can be creatures of habit. Why can't you pick up your dogshit you fucking reject? I don't even beg...
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:13 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Winter Reading Thread
Replies: 37
Views: 820

Re: Winter Reading Thread

I loved Devil in the White City.
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:12 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)
Replies: 3501
Views: 104720

Re: The Indictment Thread (Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part II)

This country fucking sucks. It's like all the dark comments about America that I've been hearing since high school and university have been proven right. It is very disturbing and brutally disheartening. I'm all in on voting with my middle finger from here on out. ETA: That proposed gas tax would t...
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:10 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8885
Views: 411152

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

That is rough. My Mom died 14 years ago, too young at 65 just as she had retired and looked forward to years of helping with and loving the grandchildren she had waited for for so long. And you know, to this day not a single major event happens in my life where I don't instinctively think I should ...
by A_B
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-4 AB***

This place has got too many dicks. Its doing a disservice, I tell you!

Three of my all time favorite female recording on one album? Yes please.

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by A_B
Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick - BFJ (329th) + SKIP J-LO (324/325th)
Replies: 2062
Views: 59731

Re: Swamp Album Draft: Current Pick ***4-2 DUFF***

I debated Pet Sounds internally, but looked back at the track listing and at some of their others and decided I like the beach boys greatest hits more than any single album (duh). Some real forgettable songs, but overall a band I still like to listen to, kind of like how I couldn't pick a Clapton al...