The Swamp

Brian - yeah Illinois would have seemed like a great job for Smart. It's the perfect kind of school to step up to - good program with good tradition, but not great. It's not overbearing, so you have a chance to learn how to succeed at that level before you have the bright spotlight on you. It worked...

I wonder if Shaka Smart is concerned about his style working at the highest levels? It's works well now when he's getting second-tier recruits and coaching them up. They buy in and get good at what they do, so when they play the big boys who aren't used to that pressure, VCU is able to run them ragg...

SlimChristian wrote:Badass of the week

Damn. That's amazing.

And also amazing that Russia lost one million men in that little skirmish. One million men in exchange for Finland? And they didn't even get Finland.

The Russian attitude on the tiny value of life never ceases to amaze me.

Johnnie wrote:What. The. Fuck.

I think I'd be defriending that one.

Kinda funny that Dave just dropped Tom Morello in there at the end of the list like he's some regular session guitarist. Is he touring with Bruce or is that just a few shows? I would guess his alpha dog guitar style would kinda clash with that huge band, but maybe not. Did Bruce cover Killing in the...

MisterDick's comment in the NIT thread reminded me of a rant I need to make. I have heard a number of times over the past few days, from a number of different people on a number of radio shows (and news articles) about how great FGCU is and how their style is awesome. The guy then goes on to complai...

BTW, for the way SalesForce is eating the world, I can't believe how clunky the UI is. I expected it to be much, much nicer than it is.

I thought Beasley was up and down. He made some obvious mistakes, but also made some sensational plays. It looked like he got more comfortable and confident as the game went on, despite the bad leg. Overall, that was solid as our D has looked in a long while. Our forwards kinda sucked, but I guess t...

HaulCitgo wrote:Would think college hoops coaching is way better than the NFL and better than college football too.

Not at Kentucky.

Johnny Hotcakes wrote:Wow. I always thought Neil Young was firmly planted on the ugly side of the spectrum, but he looks like a handsome young man in that photo.

Well, maybe his looks were some of the changes there (in that town in north Ontario).

UVA will try to join the Terps at MSG. They host Iowa tonight. Pretty tough game for the NIT. Pomeroy #23 at #25. There are four NCAA Tourney teams remaining with lower rankings than either of these teams.

I'm trying to set up a custom object in SalesForce and have a few questions. I won't bore the board with the deets. Anybody here know their way around this monster?

SlimChristian wrote:One bad ass Medal of Honor winner.

Jesus.

I wonder how much of that information is verified. It seems a bit TOO good, especially that last part.

Haven't posted from this blog in a while. http://evopropinquitous.tumblr.com/post/46357460007/things-i-learned-as-a-field-biologist-609" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Strange but strong intimacies are the hallmarks of field friendships. ... 3) Taking turns kicking the bloat...

My apologies to Rass, the lovely Ms. Hayek and her breasts.

I had to ad-block that avatar. Can't have that popping up (hey now!) so often when I'm work Swampin'.

This is great. Maybe one day I'll work up the nerve to try it. This is a much better technique. Some of these girls seem like they kind of like the idea. I don't know. The panhandling/manipulating/lying part seems like it would be a dealbreaker for most chicks. What those videos fail to call much a...

On a similar note . . . how does the larger size YouTubia dimensions work for everyone? It looks great. Scottie, I hope I'm not insulting you here - but did you search for plugins or similar that already solved the embedded video thing? Back in the day, phpbb had a ton of gadgets like that that peo...

Weatherfrog wrote:

Memphis did not have the size to handle Michigan State. Still, superstar DJ Stephens had some highlights.

Yeah, I saw that one. It looks like a video game play. Incredible.

I thought the phone was a sign that despite the evil veneer, Merle IS a human under there. He feels the weight of his actions. He cares. His sanity is slipping a bit and maybe he needs a chat with someone (an old girlfriend, his mom, his former self?) that was good in his life. That was a nice clue ...

That was a great episode. That was a clever way to end the Merle storyline. They could to rehabilitate him - that would have been silly. Having him be a complete dick, repent and then go out in a blaze of glory was fantastic. And he took out a bunch of the Governor's best men along the way. Was that...

That's just dumb. Are there people outside of Minnesota who actually think the Gophers should regularly be better than Tubby got them? I thought he did a pretty damn good job. Not top-tier elite, but still pretty damn good. I'm willing to bet that Minnesota won't be getting any better with the new c...

My point is we should be grading on a curve. The Big East is 6-5 as a conference and has three Sweet 16 teams, but that should be seen as a disappointment for a conference given four top 4 bids, two more in the 5-8 range and two below. 10-4 with four teams still alive was the expectation out of tha...

I've seen that a bunch of places, saying the BCS is proven better because the Mountain West and A-10 combined for 10 bids and 1 Sweet 16 team, but it sort of ignores that those two conferences only had two teams seeded 1-4. They underperformed by 1. Big East had 4 teams 1-4 and passed 3 into the Sw...

Hey Mountain West Conference! If you really want to be considered one of the big boy conferences, you can't completely miss the Sweet Sixteen.

I don't think you can fault the officials for the OSU call (though the studio crew did). It was an incredibly close play, and even on review it looked to barely be conclusive. Not egregious at all, in my estimation. Yeah, I actually thought they were both close and both probably wrong. It happens t...

Fuck, I hate seeing a game decided by idiotic refs. And, yes, there is an enormous difference between Illinois being tied (or up one) and being down four, with less than a minute to play. That was disgraceful; not even a close call, really. Yeah, and there was a very similar missed call at the end ...

You can all breathe a sigh of relief. UVA has won again in the NIT, beating St. John's 68-50. One more win and UVA heads to MSG.

46 of UVA's 68 points came from freshmen. The future's still looking pretty good in cville.

Scottie wrote:Is the dog included? Canine 'photobombs' every picture of Craigslist property listing

That was hilarious.

Just a stunning fall. Before his early, amazing success at ucla, he was damn successful at Pitt.

I read that SI article a while back, but I still don't really understand what went wrong.

I just tuned in. Holy shit! I don't think I've ever seen a soccer game like this.

Pretty cool.

So what did that guy do to his guitar to make it play like that? He's not strumming anything and he doesn't appear to be hitting the strings hard at all. It's almost like a keyboard.

And Scottie, is there a way to make the embedded videos a little bigger?

I haven't looked up the numbers but #1s are something like 120-0 versus #16 seeds all-time. Wouldn't ya' think that at some point that's gotta break? The #1s can't stay undefeated forever and the kids that play this game get more athletic every year. Some day I hope to see it happen. What's funny (...

Johnny Hotcakes wrote:Basketball in the groin.

Right in the golden bears!

Scott Fucking Wood! That's what NC State needed. Game on.

Grasspenis wrote:If I've learned anything from the Swamp, Shirls, it's that a lot of songs that you can't stand seem to get stuck in people's heads.

We built this city! We built this city on rooooock and rollllllll!

This is a classic N.C. State performance. All that talent and they look like a bunch of idiots. Yup. Their top six players are easily top ten in the country, talent-wise. When they care and play well, they are scary. I figured they'd focus enough today to get by and then turn on the gas against Ind...

howard wrote:Wisconsin playing ugly. Rebels playing dumb. Henderson 1-11 first half. Too bad you can't run-your-mouth the ball into the hoop.

A no-nonsense, disciplined team like Wisconsin seems like the worst possible opponent for Henderson. Not gonna fall for his antics.

Speaking of SF, I almost died (traffic came to a sudden stop ahead of me, slammed the brakes, ended up swerving a bit to the right, and luckily the lady flying down the right lane in her Audi was paying attention (and driving an Audi?, QUATTRO!!!) and was able to miss me) with that fucking Foxygen ...

sancarlos wrote:I chuckle every time I see Dave's "Shirley" avatar.

Yeah, I'm thinking of sticking with Shirley. She makes me happy.

This is fascinating - it's a view of internet usage around the world throughout a day. Red/yellow is high usage while blue/green is low. http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18i61q6227twfgif/original.gif http://gawker.com/5991667/this-illegally-made-incredibly-mesmerizing-animated-gif-is-what-the-interne...

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