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by Shirley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Mutherfucking free throws. Extra annoying to lose that way. Go Coogs or Aggies. Whatever. Well, at least they didn't blow it. They just didn't catch up via free throws. As a mostly-disinterested party, I though Baylor got a couple soft calls in the last two minutes on bumps fighting for loose balls...
by Shirley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Pretty disappointed that no college team is called the Browns. Or the Rice We could also use some Drakes. Would be a pretty cool nickname, actually. We kinda do with the Oregon Ducks. I was thinking more about the mythical beast that breathes fire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(mythology)
by Shirley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Ryan wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:20 pm
Rex wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:20 pm Pretty disappointed that no college team is called the Browns. Or the Rice
We could also use some Drakes.
Would be a pretty cool nickname, actually.
by Shirley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

EnochRoot wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:30 pm So uh…Why is there a half hour layover between the first and second games today?
I hate the way they always schedule games on the first Saturday and Sunday. I really don't understand the way they stagger them such that it's a slow start, a gap, and then a bunch of games all overlapping.
by Shirley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Commercials
Replies: 933
Views: 54648

Re: Commercials

I think I like the commercial, but I've already seen it so many times I now hate it too.
by Shirley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I don’t know what it is that mulkey is scared of coming out but I am here for it. For all the shit we know about there has to be something else that’s got her extra worked up. Exactly. Although I'm sure she's super thin-skinned, but tells everyone that's she tough and doesn't care what anyone think...
by Shirley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:51 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

In the Oakland game, I thought the ball did hit the NC State guys pinkie, but I thought it happened before the ball left the Oakland guy's hand. Not one announcer mentioned that though. Yeah, I agree. And, why didn’t they call that over-and-back? It seemed pretty clear to me that the Oakland player...
by Shirley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

That's a sweet thing to do for a small school like Yale that simply doesn't have the financial resources of so many larger D-1 programs.
by Shirley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2777
Views: 90552

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Well, fortunately for you, I just completed a 2-hour (not a second less!) training course on harassment in the workplace. Once you notified a manager, that manager had a duty to do something about - specifically talking to HR. But whether that actually happened or not, you should go to HR. This guy...
by Shirley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8885
Views: 411014

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Yeah, a few of those are just generally popular videos that a lot of people watch. The carpet cleaning ones crack me up. "A customer brought this dirty rug in and we made it like new." And it's like a completely black rug just caked like it was stored at the bottom of a pond for a couple o...
by Shirley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2777
Views: 90552

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

Well, fortunately for you, I just completed a 2-hour (not a second less!) training course on harassment in the workplace. Once you notified a manager, that manager had a duty to do something about - specifically talking to HR. But whether that actually happened or not, you should go to HR. This guy ...
by Shirley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

sancarlos wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:32 pm Based on the five minutes I’ve watched (and, perhaps the wine I’ve drunk), I’d say James Madison is going to beat Wisconsin.
They looked like the better team all night. Very impressive.
by Shirley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

HaulCitgo wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:54 pm I saw duke wearing those and though it was great cause the utility. Didn't realize it was generic. Works way better duke.
Big Duke Energy
by Shirley
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2777
Views: 90552

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

That's really dumb. They make us take what is basically the same 3 or so training courses every year. I don't need to read the text or watch the videos. One is on cybersecurity. I used to work for a cybersecurity firm. I don't need to keep reading the same shit over and over. If they made me do tha...
by Shirley
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Holy shit did Auburn miss a ton of free throws at the end. Good shooters too. It reminded me of how UVA blew the NC State game a week ago. (And nearly the BC game the night before)
by Shirley
Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

BTW, I picked Auburn to win it all. Fuck me. I think I picked Purdue to win it all last year. I'm on a heater.
by Shirley
Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Rex wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:27 pm “We’ve decided to put SGA and Chet Holmgren in a commercial”

“Sounds great. Those guys can really ball”

“We’re going to have them sing”
A somewhat memorable song from before they were born. The kids will love it!
by Shirley
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

He went Carson Edwards on Kentucky - complete with the banked-in three. Kentucky just needed Kihei Clark to save them.
by Shirley
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Jerloma wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:13 pm
sancarlos wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:59 pm The Mormon God is apparently not a basketball fan.
A lot of Utah whites singing "Hasa Diga Eebowai" tonight. Also a decent chunk of my eliminator pool!

(Shout out to the 4 of you who got that reference)
In Salt-uh Lake-uh Ceetay?
by Shirley
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2777
Views: 90552

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

sancarlos wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:40 pm I remember encountering the same issue. I think they think they are keeping you from just zipping through it and not learning anything.
That's what the quizzes are for. I just got another 4.5 minute penalty. Back to basketball...
by Shirley
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2777
Views: 90552

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

I'm taking a mandated Workplace Harassment and Discrimination course for work. I'm fine with that. But this course is penalizing me for going too fast. I skipped listening to their slow narration and just read the text which is the same. Much faster that way. But I just got to a page that said I'm g...
by Shirley
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Replies: 1523
Views: 63871

Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread

DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:59 am And, if I remember correctly, it was the last one to have the 3rd place game.
Nope. The last was in '81. UVA and Ralph Sampson beat LSU. It was played just a few hours after Reagan was shot.
by Shirley
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I can't get any video to load on the ncaa.com site. I've restarted my browser, cleared my cache. Nothing.

Just going with YoutubeTV for now.
by Shirley
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

sancarlos wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:06 pm Does anybody know the history of how 10 seed play-in winners have done in their first round games against 7 seeds?
As Bronto said, it's typically been 11 seeds, not 10s. But those 11 seeds have done pretty well. Two of them, VCU and UCLA, even made runs to the Final Four.
by Shirley
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Commercials
Replies: 933
Views: 54648

Re: Commercials

Those radio spots are outstanding. Saul Goodman couldn't have done better.
by Shirley
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Don't get it twisted. I'm not at ALL suggesting that Virginia move on from Bennett or that he's not a great coach. A little perspective - this "terrible" team finished 3rd in the ACC this year. And they've won (outright or tied) the ACC regular season 6 times in the last 11 years. Duke and...
by Shirley
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

My apologies to everyone who had to watch or even read about that mess. For some reason this particular uva team would occasionally show up to games with no interest in playing hard in offense. You could usually see it in the first few possessions, which was true last night. Ugh. They could probably...
by Shirley
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, 4/1, 9:30 pm ET
Replies: 94
Views: 1382

Re: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, FARGO, 3/18, 9:30 pm ET

Interesting. I hadn't thought about that. (Confession, I didn't rewatch last night. I'm actually three films behind now!)
by Shirley
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, 4/1, 9:30 pm ET
Replies: 94
Views: 1382

Re: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, FARGO, 3/18, 9:30 pm ET

The dinner scene with her high school classmate is so well done. So creepy... https://youtu.be/r_Ge4F4E9JE?si=Z5GrfaslI3SB8nTW That’s one of those scenes that made that movie so special, and ultimately a litmus test for the episodes / seasons of the show, as well. It's interesting, because it IS a ...
by Shirley
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, 4/1, 9:30 pm ET
Replies: 94
Views: 1382

Re: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, FARGO, 3/18, 9:30 pm ET

brian wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:42 pm Aw jeez, this was kinda my deal here, Wade…
you betcha
by Shirley
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3299
Views: 194968

Re: Getting the spins

This is pretty great -

I had no idea Stephen Tyler could play a harmonica like that.
by Shirley
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Well, Shirley, big game on Tuesday! I thought of you! And maaaan, what a relief that UVA got in. I know that lots of folks are going to bitch about that, and I totally get it. It's impossible to fill all the final spots in a way that everyone agrees with. Some teams are going to feel like they were...
by Shirley
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2777
Views: 90552

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

I've been at work at my job for just under 3 months and my commander has already given me major kudos and said, in front of people, "So do I have to get you some type of retention bonus or something because I really don't want you to leave anytime soon." It completely caught me off guard....
by Shirley
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Replies: 1523
Views: 63871

Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread

I am envious of those old skiers. There was a time in my life when I skied 30+ times a year. Now, with eye and shoulder issues, my balance seems off. So I may never ski again. It’s not a big deal, given the cost, anyway, but it does make me wistful. It is expensive, but with planning, there are way...
by Shirley
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread
Replies: 1523
Views: 63871

Re: Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread

This is more - shit that makes you feel better about getting old. It's an article about folks in their 80s and 90s still skiing. It's relevant to me not only because that's what I want to be when I grow up, but also because I've gone skiing with my mom in Colorado each of the last two winters. She w...
by Shirley
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

BTW, I can't get over how UVA went from #3 in the ACC and a few seconds from the ACC Tournament title game to probably out of the NCAA Tournament altogether. All for want of one more made free throw out of the last 5 or so they took and missed.
by Shirley
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

One game shouldn't matter that much. At least not for seeding. Houston earned their 1 seed. That said, getting blown out like that is really eye opening and should definitely affect their Vegas odds for a title.
by Shirley
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:04 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I hope none of you watched the last few minutes of that UVA-NC State game. Let's pretend it never happened.
by Shirley
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 626
Views: 8847

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I saw him mentioned for the Louisville job as well.
by Shirley
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9249
Views: 464450

Re: Random Politics

To that point, I'd probably take the concerns a lot more seriously if the same scrutiny and restrictions were universally applied. What are some examples? The government has taken similar steps with Chinese technology in the recent past. https://onekey.com/blog/threat-national-security-usa-bans-iot...