The Swamp

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:02 am
Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:01 am Today, Facebook reminded me of this post I made 12 years ago. I have no idea what this was about. Anyone know?

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It was in a commercial that ran all the time for a bit. Car commercial I believe.

Thank you!

(I still want to slap that guy)

Today, Facebook reminded me of this post I made 12 years ago. I have no idea what this was about. Anyone know?

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Mutherfucking free throws. Extra annoying to lose that way. Go Coogs or Aggies. Whatever. Back when most of you were in diapers I saw NC State win a national championship over Univ of Houston, because Houston couldn’t make free throws. I was 12. Thurl Bailey! And Phi-Slamma-Jamma was fun to watch. ...

Rex wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:06 pm What university isn’t for profit?

Every D1 university except for GCU.

brian wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:30 pm Was always creeped out that they were a for-profit Christian college though at least they’ve ditched the for-profit part.

It sounds like they've tried to ditch the for-profit part to avoid taxes, but the government hasn't fallen for it. They're still listed as for-profit.

Any interest I may have had in cheering for GCU (and I had little) was completely killed by that obnoxious screecher who's too near the TV mic.

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...

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)

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.

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.

I think I like the commercial, but I've already seen it so many times I now hate it too.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

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

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...

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)

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.

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!

He went Carson Edwards on Kentucky - complete with the banked-in three. Kentucky just needed Kihei Clark to save them.

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?

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Those radio spots are outstanding. Saul Goodman couldn't have done better.

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...

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...

Interesting. I hadn't thought about that. (Confession, I didn't rewatch last night. I'm actually three films behind now!)

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 ...

brian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:42 pm Aw jeez, this was kinda my deal here, Wade…

you betcha

This is pretty great -

I had no idea Stephen Tyler could play a harmonica like that.

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...

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....

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...

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