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by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2779
Views: 97156

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

A couple of our Software Testers that were laid off back in November were hired back as contractors, starting yesterday. One of the guys, who'd been with the company for about 7 years, came in fully decked out in company SWAG...hat, polo shirt, hoodie, jacket. It was pretty funny. I was talking to h...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 628
Views: 24439

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

Am I missing something about Kelvin Sampson? I know he’d blow up phones of his recruits, but I don’t see that as anything egregious. That’s not Penn State/Larry Nasser/Baylor players murdering their teammate bad. Yes, his violations seem quaint on that scale. But he got busted doing that at Oklahom...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 628
Views: 24439

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

I’d be fine with them winning it. They were the funnest team around when I started following, and seeing The Dream and The Glyde at the Final Four would be boss as hell. Bust out the red and white polka dot towels while they’re at it. Houston is still coached by Kelvin Sampson, right? Fuck that guy...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:49 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

Now that its a big story, NBC has discovered that Britt has been telling this same story for a while. Sen. Katie Britt has told her misleading anecdote about sex trafficking multiple times Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., has come under fire in recent days over allegations that she misrepresented the story...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Podcasts
Replies: 1430
Views: 140382

Re: Podcasts

Pruitt IV wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:29 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:15 am Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.
Honest to God, Episode 24 is one of the funniest things I have heard in a long time.
[+] spoiler
I listened to the first few minutes...is that Paul F Tompkins doing the Werner Herzog voice?
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2023-24
Replies: 400
Views: 10068

Re: EPL 2023-24

Oooooof....poor Luton.

(up 3-0 at halftime....end up losing 4-3 to Bournemouth)
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9273
Views: 478036

Re: Random Politics

Instead, he stuck around, died after the cutoff date for a special election, allowed the Republican governor Doug Ducey to appoint John Kyl to serve out his term, and kept the Republicans from ceding control of the Senate. And then when Kyl stepped aside, Ducey appointed Martha McSally, who had pre...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9273
Views: 478036

Re: Random Politics

Gotta love how Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) dropped a huge giant "Fuck You" to Boebert on his way out the door. Boebert slams Buck’s decision as ‘weak sauce,’ says she won’t run in special election Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) decision to resign early “weak sauce”...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

https://twitter.com/earlywormnews/status/1767264854031650825?s=46&t=EE1Ye28Yvhgf1Mr4AtYGWQ Similar question...why did it take a blogger/reporter out of Alabama to figure out that Katie Britt was lying about the trafficking story she told in her SOTU rebuttal? Don't the NYTimes/WaPost or any of ...
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: College Visits
Replies: 582
Views: 20936

Re: College Visits

That's awesome. Very cool.
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

The Onion can't keep up these days... Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura Top R.F.K. Jr.’s List for Running Mate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recently approached the N.F.L. quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura about serving as his running mate ...
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:42 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

Perfectly normal stuff here... Biden effigy beaten at GOP event in Kansas; ex-official calls for resignations Attendees at a Kansas county Republican Party event punched, kicked and took a baseball bat to an effigy of President Biden on Friday, sparking backlash from former party officials. The John...
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 319
Views: 10154

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

sancarlos wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:53 am
tennbengal wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:35 am Watching Russ try and suck up to Steelers fans in his genuinely weird way is gonna be so fun.
In Denver, he said, “Let’s ride.” What will it be in Pittsburgh? “Let’s steel”?
"Let's put french fries on sandwiches!"
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2779
Views: 97156

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

A white knight! Patient Square Capital, a Leading Health Care-Focused Investment Firm, Agrees to Acquire NanoString Technologies NanoString Technologies, Inc. (OTC: NSTGQ) ("NanoString" or the "Company"), a leading provider of life science tools for discovery and translational re...
by DaveInSeattle
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4685
Views: 298603

Re: Movies

We went and saw Dune 2 this afternoon....and while it was good, and incredibly well made (Javier Bardem was a bad ass)...I got a big question: How the fuck did the Sand Worms go from a terrifying creature, to being able to be used a freakin' GreyHound bus? Complete with the wicker basket carriage fo...
by DaveInSeattle
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

So you know the horrific story that Sen Britt told about a woman being sex trafficked? Turns out it happened 20 years ago...in Mexico. Not while Biden was President, but while GW Bush was President. https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/7344090454985624862 https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/vid...
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Replies: 628
Views: 24439

Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24

UW Huskies fire men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins Shortly after Thursday’s 74-68 win over No. 18 Washington State, which was one of the biggest wins in his career and only the second time he’d beaten a ranked team on the road, Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins talked with optimism ab...
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 3062
Views: 259928

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

govmentchedda wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:41 pm Isn't he a massive Liverpool fan too?
Yes, he is.

His book "The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet" is a great book.
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Reading 2023
Replies: 153
Views: 3139

Re: Reading 2023

Finished this a couple of days ago... https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81FS3wyevDL._AC_UL232_SR232,232_.jpg And its fantastic. About 1/2 way through I was think "Ok...where is this going?", but it totally came together in the end. Very highly recommended. I read this a few...
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Reading 2023
Replies: 153
Views: 3139

Re: Reading 2023

Finished this a couple of days ago...

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And its fantastic. About 1/2 way through I was think "Ok...where is this going?", but it totally came together in the end. Very highly recommended.
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Long Reads
Replies: 286
Views: 21871

Re: Long Reads

Heart-breaking story about a mom in Colorado Springs who fell down the FoxNews/QAnon rabbit hole, and moved "off the grid" with her sister and her 13 year old son... “Please I Will Give Anything for You to Come Back” Talon Vance, 13, lived in an apartment complex in suburban Colorado Sprin...
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 3062
Views: 259928

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

This was shared in the MIB "Raven" newsletter this morning...author John Green's trip to AFC Wimbledon (he's a part owner) for their match against Milton Keynes. Great stuff...

by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

As I saw someone online saying last night...having a Republican woman give the rebuttal from her kitchen is way too on-the-nose.
by DaveInSeattle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2779
Views: 97156

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

P.D.X. wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:04 pm They really should upgrade to phpBB emojis.
I'll put in the request!

And here I am, worrying about writing emails/teams messages that read as passive/aggresive.
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:57 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

And MTG is being her classless self as usual. Are there odds on her being named as Trump's VP candidate? He can't risk having someone there who won't do his bidding if he's elected again. No way...can't have someone who will compete for the spotlight. I'd bet money on either Kristi Noem or Nancy Ma...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Presidential Election 2024
Replies: 536
Views: 14300

Re: Presidential Election 2024

It's 9:30pm on the east coast and an 81 year old man still has yet to give an hour plus long speech. Did the NFL schedule this? Our country is so fucking dumb. How dumb is it? How about expelled Congressman George Santos being there? https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/07/multimedia/07sotu-sant...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread
Replies: 2617
Views: 138045

Re: Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

That's awesome!
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3882
Views: 225108

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Steve Lawrence, crooner who formed pop duo with wife Eydie, dies at 88 Steve Lawrence, a creamy-voiced pop crooner who popularized the standards “Go Away Little Girl” and “I’ve Gotta Be Me” and formed a crowd-pleasing act with his wife, Eydie Gormé, for more than five decades, died March 7 at his h...
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2779
Views: 97156

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

rass wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:34 pm At least he likes/respects you?
Doubtful...I'm the only person who has to listen to him (I'm the program manager on the stuff he's working on).
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Replies: 2779
Views: 97156

Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

My PITA co-worker is back at it today....he sent me this on teams:
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I mean...what the hell am I supposed to do with that? (I sent it to his functional manager and asked him to try and defuse things).

I swear, its like dealing with a toddler.
by DaveInSeattle
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 3062
Views: 259928

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

Reading about the field conditions at last night's USWNT game against Canada...what a mess. Can't believe they played under those conditions. https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NaFHumOvLLYhqcs6fUSkDe9F_sfu2KXsWc-RVGZXOVHpTlNaUNxDMJv6fhuIURfEkU1OHA8XgTlKi21SEmRdkQlaWUgcZQXf8Orve2uBEsWHW_cMu...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
Replies: 319
Views: 10154

Re: NFL 2024 Offseason

One of the best Bears passing seasaons ever was a random year of Erik Kramer. I feel bad about this, considering what he's gone through in his post-playing days, but I was living in Chicago when he was with the Bears, and I always thought Kramer looked like a young Frank Burns... https://i2.wp.com/...
by DaveInSeattle
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)
Replies: 29
Views: 1070

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

I read this book many years ago, written by a newbie musher who entered the Iditarod.

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It's a great read. The guy was so green that he was easily the odds on favorite to die during the race.

ETA: smaller image
by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2023-24
Replies: 400
Views: 10068

Re: EPL 2023-24

A live look-in from Bramall Lane...
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by DaveInSeattle
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Sciatica! Sciatica!
Replies: 27
Views: 711

Re: Sciatica! Sciatica!

[Thread topic to be read aloud like Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon] Or like the chorus of "Panama" by Van Halen. Which of you old bastards has beaten sciatica? What worked for you? I'm not sure I'd say "beaten", but I had a bad spell with it about 6 or 7 years ago. My PT (who is...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3882
Views: 225108

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1762937842991530132?s=20 No commentary about Lewis, who was great (can you believe they made him a romantic lead in a sitcom with Jamie Lee Curtis? "Anything But Love"...'89-'92), but is someone really obscure when you get a New York Times alert abou...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Tim Wakefield
Replies: 8
Views: 221

Re: Tim Wakefield

Again...fuck Curt Schilling...
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:40 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL Swampcrash 2023 - SWAMPER BOWL LET'S SAY VIII
Replies: 173
Views: 3004

Re: NFL Swampcrash 2023 - SWAMPER BOWL LET'S SAY VIII

tennbengal wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:12 pm #12 is just an unreal good question, Ryan
Yep...stumped me as well.
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL The National Thread
Replies: 759
Views: 36948

Re: The OFFICIAL The National Thread

Just got our tickets for Oct 1st.

Don't miss out on Lucious as the opening act. Seen them a few times, and they are great. And they've been doing a lot of touring/recording with Brandi Carlile as backing vocals.
by DaveInSeattle
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9273
Views: 478036

Re: Random Politics

P.D.X. wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:09 pm Man I feel sorry for any kid being raised in that situation.
You mean to tell me this isn't ideal parenting?
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