The Swamp

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:46 amNorCal I assume?

Shasta county. Up near the Oregon border.

If you’re on Facebook and we’re friends, there was some special parking at the soccer fields today.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:17 am

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:46 amNorCal I assume?

Shasta county. Up near the Oregon border.

This Shasta county?

Uncle Phil having a bad day.

"Sir, you are screaming."
"So is that baby!"
"But sir, you are a man."

Script is hilarious. Video called it a Florida getaway, but that guy has to live in Florida, right?

I have something wrong with my brain, where I have a very difficult time hearing babies crying. It just raises my blood pressure. I once took my 16 month old boy on a flight to Orlando and I think he had sinus pressure issues, because he cried the entire time. It was Hell for me, and I was pretty much tearing up after an hour and everyone around me was so nice and sympathetic, but I felt horrible the entire time. I was a mess by the time we landed and he finally stopped crying. Poor little guy, must've been in a lot of pain.

Anyways, there are these things called noise cancelling headphones. That's my solution and it works like a damn dream.

If this guy is so triggered, and I'm generally sympathetic to it being an issue for someone, he should look at ways to deal with it.

Asshat.

Oh came here to post this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... ball-game/

Nice lady takes random stranger to Mariners game. So, of course he kills her and then tries to kill her adult son. Perfectly logical.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:20 am Oh came here to post this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... ball-game/

Nice lady takes random stranger to Mariners game. So, of course he kills her and then tries to kill her adult son. Perfectly logical.

Jesus.

You know, just yesterday, I came across Ted Bundy's wikipedia page and read the whole thing. I didn't really know much about his crimes, but the story is incredible. To read the next day about another day killing people and abducting them in cars in Seattle is kind of creepy.

I just read that story and I really hate to do any sort of victim-blaming. However, if I thought my wife had tried to drug me multiple times AND she secretly changed life insurance beneficiaries while logged-in as me AND I just updated my will to remove her, I'm getting the fuck away from her.

Yes, buuut ... there's a several point gap between them on the 1-10 scale.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 3:11 pm

This was big news around here yesterday, as one of my partners has been representing the children's interests in dealing with certain trust and property issues. She may end up being their lawyer as they deal with custody issues arising from the fact that dad is dead and mom's going to be in prison unless she can post a large bail.

I figured she killed the dude as a springboard for her writing career.

Ok this story is fantastic.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/05/11/ ... h-husband/

Oh hey, a friend of mine was recently on the 'Good Things Utah' segment... maybe I should warn her husband.

Court: Professor who went to strip club with students not ‘anti-male bias’ victim

For the past four years, George Mason psychology professor Todd Kashdan has been fighting the public Virginia university where he works.

Yes, he admitted in court filings, he hosted graduate students in his hot tub, where he discussed his experience at a German brothel. Yes, he likewise acknowledged, he went with students to a strip club and told them about performing oral sex on a woman at a party.

But he argued in a lawsuit that it was “anti-male bias” for the school to discipline him for sexual harassment.

What a sleaze...

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:12 am Court: Professor who went to strip club with students not ‘anti-male bias’ victim

For the past four years, George Mason psychology professor Todd Kashdan has been fighting the public Virginia university where he works.

Yes, he admitted in court filings, he hosted graduate students in his hot tub, where he discussed his experience at a German brothel. Yes, he likewise acknowledged, he went with students to a strip club and told them about performing oral sex on a woman at a party.

But he argued in a lawsuit that it was “anti-male bias” for the school to discipline him for sexual harassment.

What a sleaze...

Hey, man it's just guy talk! A man can't be a man anymore in this woke snowflake society!

Lawsuit seems ridiculous but isn't admiration of and sex with students actual reason #1 on list of reasons people decide to be a professor in liberal arts colleges

Authorities say NJ homeowner cut down 32 of neighbor's trees.

I know things sound bleak right now but I'm sure he'll get away largely unscathed.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:12 pm Testimony before Congress about the failure of anyone in authority to stop Larry Nassar.

https://deadspin.com/how-much-is-a-litt ... t=deadspin

Apparently what University Administrators won't do, hardened criminals will..

Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at federal prison

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:09 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:12 pm Testimony before Congress about the failure of anyone in authority to stop Larry Nassar.

https://deadspin.com/how-much-is-a-litt ... t=deadspin

Apparently what University Administrators won't do, hardened criminals will..

Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at federal prison

He kinda looks like the dude that Cheadle shivs in Our of Sight.

On one side I’m glad this kind of shit doesn’t only happen in America but on the other side it’s “damn, this shit is going down even in Canada!”

Like that shit would NEVER happen in Mexico I can assure you of that.

brian wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:34 pm On one side I’m glad this kind of shit doesn’t only happen in America but on the other side it’s “damn, this shit is going down even in Canada!”

But cherries are so delicious, you can’t wait to leave the store to eat them! In my cashier days, I once had a woman hand me a popsicle stick and a wrapper. Said she gave her daughter a popsicle to keep her quiet, didn’t want to pay for a whole box, so charge her just for one. She left the open box with one missing in the freezer. She got really pissy when I told her I can’t charge for one and she can’t leave a box missing one in the freezer.

Cherries are like crack cocaine. Cherries here aren't fresh enough and in short supply. People will drive 8 hours to Kelowna.

Aren't you supposed to wash fruit where you're eating the "skin?"

You don't need to read this. I'm writing this because I need to get it out and this place functions as a confessional of sorts.

I know that comes off as one hell of a fucking tease, but you don't need to read this. My family and friends are fine.

I'm sorry.

But, again, you don't need to read this.

[+] spoiler

We're supposed to drive to Connecticut tomorrow morning for my wife's aunt's 70th birthday party, but I can't sleep. I can't sleep because my wife and I had to tell our oldest last night about what happened to one of their friends.

One of their friends is a fraternal triplet from a set of two sisters and a brother. One of the sisters is not one of our oldest's closest friends, but still close enough to be one of about eight or ten friends invited to their 13th birthday party last month.

The triplets were all stabbed yesterday morning. They ran to a neighbor's house to get help and were taken to the hospital. One was released last night, but the other two remain in the hospital. One had to have surgery, but all three are expected to survive.

When they wake up tomorrow, we get to share that last bit of good news.

But, because they got an iPod a couple years ago and a cell phone for their birthday, they will undoubtedly be texting with a friend or friends about this. And they have at least one friend who is closer to the girls than they are. So, they will find out other things very soon. And we'd rather they hear it from us.

So, we will also get to tell them that, while it wasn't officially confirmed by law enforcement, sources told the paper that the triplets' mother is believed to be the suspect in the stabbing (911 dispatches state the neighbor said the kids were attacked by their mother with a knife). And that a suspect was found dead at their house from a self-inflicted gunshot.

We told them that they don't have to go to Connecticut and that I'd stay home with them. Or we'd all stay home, if they'd rather that. And we told them not to believe everything they hear because of the game "Telephone" or one person "heard" something and tells someone else, who repeats it as fact. And if they had any questions to ask us.

And it's getting to closer to 2am and my alarm is set for 6:30 so I can walk the dog and a bunch of other stuff to get ready to leave for this trip. But, we came to an agreement that I would wake them up at 8am to see if they want to go or not. And I'm already thinking about possibly not sleeping tonight.

JFC, dude. No advice, just best of luck with all of this.

Holy shit. Your wisdom will win out.

Damn dude.

Horrible stuff. Sorry DS.

I'd just want to walk the dog for a few months after that. So sorry.

Wow. So sorry, man.

You tried to warn us. That’s a lot man.

Oh man, I'm so sorry.

FYI to all Swampers: DSG and family are going to that party, so he’ll be away from the Swamp until Monday morning or so. He asked me to share this with you so folks won’t think he’s ignoring or ghosting you.

Wow. So sorry you all are having to process all that.

Oh man, that's awful DSG.

Wow, awful. There's chats you don't want to have and then there's chats you didn't know you'd not want to have.