The Swamp

DaveInSeattle

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. ...

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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. Or why was ...

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Thanks for all the good feedback on my situation. I've decided I'm going to tell my boss on Monday that we need to escalate the situation to HR and get them involved. This has gotta stop.

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I know it shouldn't, but the "Lets go SportsBar" from the currently running BW3 makes me chuckle every time.

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I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good. Curious if Spokane (1843’) being an extra several hundred feet above sea level compared to Lawrence (991’) mattered, cuz Kansas looked like they were tired in the 2nd half. Driving home just now I heard Self saying his p...

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Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:12 pm I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?

Seemed pretty even to me.

DaveInSeattle

I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.

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That was 20 minutes of really high level basketball, by both teams. Fun to watch.

DaveInSeattle

I think I need this one explained to me … 100 miles in 60 hours is (not accounting for sleep) well below walking pace. It isn't a regular road or trail run. From Wikipedia: The course itself, which has changed distance, route, and elevation many times since its inaugural run, currently consists of ...

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Serious question: At what point does it become appropriate to report someone to HR about creating a toxic workplace? I'm asking because of that one co-worker that I've been dealing with for months. He's gotten so bad that absolutely no one wants to work with him. He's pissed off all of the CX people...

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I finally snapped with the problem developer. He was yelling at me for asking for something to be put at the top of his priority list in the ADO ticket, not changed in the stack rank list (no one uses that). I finally said "I don't work for you. You aren't my boss. You don't get to tell me what...

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Coach Cal....Hot Seat?

1 tourney win in the last 4 years is not a good look for Kentucky.

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Someone check on AB!

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Rocket Watts is a pretty bad-ass name.

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I was among that large viewing audience. (Of course, there were a lot fewer viewing options back then!) Yup. That’s the Final Four that got me into college hoops. Because DePaul was one of the other semi-finalists. And the 4th team in that final four? UPenn! An Ivy League school in the Final Four!

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While discussing brackets, I mentioned “that Bird-Magic Final Four” at my partner meeting yesterday. No one knew what I was talking about. Only one of my partners had even been born yet. Still the most watched Championship game: image.png And one of the last final fours to be played on an actual co...

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Reading the comments (I know, always a mistake) on the WaPost story this morning, the two main takeaways were:

This isn't a crime!

and

Why doesn't he learn English?

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I think I'm in....it grabbed the bracket that I did for the Defector pool.

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M. Emmet Walsh Inspired this great bit from Roger Ebert: Critic Roger Ebert so admired him that he created the "Stanton-Walsh Rule," which states that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Ebert later admitte...

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This story stinks, and we are barely scratching the surface yet.

Yuck...

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L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:40 am Nickelback get a lot more than they deserve.

Shane Torres, in his bit about Guy Fieri, agrees with you...

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Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:24 am Maybe this could have gone in the other thread. I’m not OK.

I turned on the game and saw the 14 points scored at halftime, and thought "Oh...poor Shirley"....

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Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:32 pm I'm still a fan of WXRT but it gets difficult listening to commercials.

I always enjoyed WXRT when I lived in Chicago. The movie reviews "Going to the Show with the Regular Guy" were always great, delivered with the perfect thick Chicago accent.

DaveInSeattle

For those in the Bay Area...put 92.7 FM on your presets. KEXP bought the station and is now broadcasting live.

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Adrian Belew to play King Crimson shows centered around Discipline , Beat , & Three of a Perfect Pair LPs with Tony Levin, Danny Carey & Steve Vai. Apparently the first date is Sept 17 in San Diego. Rumors it will be a substantial tour. GIMME Adrien Belew is FANTASTIC to see live. Saw him p...

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I've been busy dealing with the fallout of one of our customers having trouble with their instrument last week, and deciding the best way to handle things was to start calling/emailing our CEO over the weekend.

So that's been fun...

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About the only way I can imagine intentionally watching Trump on television is if the Saudis threw a massive soccer contract at him as a humiliating bailout. I remember four years ago watching him give his "Covid is no big deal" speech just as the world was shutting down (NBA being cancel...

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The dinner scene with her high school classmate is so well done. So creepy...

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Giff wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:10 am Super stoked to be in Lake Charles for the McNeese St. first-round game.

Gonzaga is definitely beatable....they got their shit together, starting with the Kentucky game, but they are still lousy shooting from the outside.

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brian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:05 am Trump says he can’t secure a bond for $454M in his NY civil suit. You hate to see it.

He can always sell one of his shitty golf-motels.

DaveInSeattle

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61+Ox2BoLrL._SY425_.jpg Wonderfully written book that just sticks with me. I finished it a few weeks ago and I'm still thinking about different parts of it. I've never read a Murakami book(and I've just about all of them) that I wasn't totally blown away by. That...

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We watched the doc about the making of "We Are The World" last night, and its fun.

Still can't figure out how the hell Dan Ackroyd was included, though.

[+] spoiler: Merle Haggard saying "yeah, I'm outta here" was funny.

And drunk Al Jarreau...

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My manager just stuck his head into my office and said "you're still here? Its sunny and 60 degrees, go home"...

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Bummer news...my friend's kid, who is a reliever for the Guardians, is having Tommy John surgery.. Guardians reliever Stephan to undergo elbow surgery Stephan reported elbow discomfort at the beginning of camp. What was first reported as a deep bone bruise that shouldn't be of much concern turned in...

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Yeah, that dude is being prosecuted now under what seem like incredibly bullshit pretenses. He "hacked" fox news by searching up pages that they didn't delete or encrypt or something like that. Defector had a story about this case a couple of weeks ago... Tim Burke’s Indictment Is A Polit...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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?

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