The Swamp

DaveInSeattle

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2024 9:02 am Thanks, Drugs... very interesting.

Me after watching "2001" for the first time...

DaveInSeattle

After listening to way too many preview podcasts, I'm going with Portugal as my dark horse pick. Expecting big things from Diego Jota, with Ronaldo left fuming on the bench.

DaveInSeattle

Made the mistake of reading this before having lunch...(gift link) The 25 Essential Pasta Dishes to Eat in Italy For a food that begins with just flour, water or sometimes eggs, there are infinite variations of pasta. So what happens when you convene a panel of five Italian cuisine experts and ask ...

DaveInSeattle

Not a cop...but an off-duty security guard... Teen fatally shot by off-duty guard in Renton identified The shooting death of a 17-year-old teen from Renton occurred after a 51-year-old suspect assumed the victim was about to commit armed robbery, according to court newly released court documents. On...

DaveInSeattle

Was already leaning towards Edmonton, just to see a canadian team win the Cup...but after seeing the Dolphins HC banging a drum before the game...

GO OILERS!

DaveInSeattle

We made it back late last night, after a LOOOOONG (~27 hours of travelling) trip home. Going to do a long write-up over the next day or so, but suffice to say that Italy was awesome....especially the Lenghe region in Piedmont. So are off the beaten path that there were villages we went into where we...

DaveInSeattle

Halfway through our trip...and serious question: How the hell am I supposed to go back to eating American food when I get home? And we did get called "American Terrorists" by 3 Palestinian guys (one of them had the Palenstine flag draped over his shoulders) as we were out walking in Bologna.

DaveInSeattle

Ciao from Bologna, Italy…woke up around midnight, looked at my phone, and saw the news.

My GF is sound asleep…boy, is she in for a surprise when she wakes up.

DaveInSeattle

Penultimate stage of the Giro this morning...brutal climb up Monte Grappa...and they are having to do it twice! Absolutely brutal.

DaveInSeattle

Leaving on holiday this afternoon...two weeks in Italy. Few days in Florence, then Bologna, Parma, and then Castiglione Falletto in the La Lenghe wine region in Piedmont.

Excited for Aperol Spritz, wine, pasta, and gelato.

DaveInSeattle

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 5:29 pm When you figure out how to not stress about your kids, share the secret with me.

When I was talking to my parents about this, my mom gave me the "You never stop being a parent"....

DaveInSeattle

So my daughter who is working her first "real" job at Wayfair has been saddled with a shitty manager. She's super micro-managing, doesn't communicate clearly, and not big on positive feedback. She's also remote, and this is the first time she's managed people. Daughter has been thrown into...

DaveInSeattle

The cop getting dragged to the ground always sounded weird to me...was he he holding onto the door handle or something? Nonetheless, if that did happen, it looks like it would have been right before this, because he's running from behind and clearly pissed off. https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/s...

DaveInSeattle

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 12:20 pm Night Moves stayed in my car's 8-track player unmoved for a month, when it was a new album.

"Night Moves" was one of the first songs I learned on the guitar.

Man, that song is HORNY...

DaveInSeattle

Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though...

DaveInSeattle

Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though...

DaveInSeattle

Morgan Spurlock, Documentarian Known for ‘Super Size Me,’ Dies at 53 Morgan Spurlock, a documentary filmmaker best known for the Oscar-nominated 2004 film “Super Size Me,” which followed him as he ate nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days, died on Thursday. He was 53. In “Super Size Me,” Mr. Spurlock ...

DaveInSeattle

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 4:51 pm Nikki Haley endorses Trump. She's getting raked on social media for being a coward.

As she should...

DaveInSeattle

Look man, it was a good run. The third Atalanta goal was a banger... We leave for Italy on Saturday, and just realized that Fiorentina (Florence, IT) is in the Europa Conference League final next week against Olympiacos. Unfortunately, we are leaving Florence on Wednesday and will be in Bologna tha...

DaveInSeattle

Wow...does Justice Alito's wife LOVES her some flags... Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation hous...

DaveInSeattle

mister d wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 11:35 am Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

The 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that.

DaveInSeattle

from the Jeff Tiedrich newsletter this morning...

: trump bugeyed Capture.JPG (49.31 KiB) Viewed 755 times

DaveInSeattle

Bruce Nordstrom https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bruce-nordstrom-retail-titan-ultimate-shoe-dog-dead-at-90/ar-BB1mFTfI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=ca4d84e3042242508c15c0f9613c0aca&ei=50 Met him once...the GF's daughter dated a Nordstrom kid for most of High School and college, s...

DaveInSeattle

Fucking Rodri...always scores in the big moments...

DaveInSeattle

The Sybian wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:22 am Fucking Phil Foden…

Hang on...West Ham back in it on a spectacular bicycle kick...

DaveInSeattle

The Sybian wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:22 am Fucking Phil Foden…

So much for any "Decision Day" drama...

And it was quite a scene during YNWA at Anfield...

DaveInSeattle

Why does Dallas have guitar logos painted in the key?

DaveInSeattle

Oh...its just Kid Rock starting a concert at JerryWorld for a pro rodeo stop...coming out in a CyberTruck wrapped as the General Lee from "Dukes of Hazzard".. https://www.tiktok.com/@themortgagemogul_/video/7370372964342140203?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=73443679535207...

DaveInSeattle

Dabney Coleman, actor who portrayed comic scoundrels, dies at 92 Dabney Coleman, a Texas-born character actor who created an acclaimed gallery of comically macho throwbacks in films including “9 to 5” and “Tootsie” and TV shows such as “The Slap Maxwell Story” and “Buffalo Bill,” died May 16 at his...

DaveInSeattle

Netflix announces Jerry Jones documentary series is 10 parts Netflix has announced its 10-part documentary series on Jerry Jones. The fact the entertainment company is making a documentary about the Cowboys’ owner, though, isn’t new. It was reported almost a year ago that Netflix paid just under $5...

DaveInSeattle

Made the mistake of reading this before having lunch...(gift link) The 25 Essential Pasta Dishes to Eat in Italy For a food that begins with just flour, water or sometimes eggs, there are infinite variations of pasta. So what happens when you convene a panel of five Italian cuisine experts and ask t...

DaveInSeattle

Nice story about people's last day of work before retirement (gift link): Imagine Your Last Day of Work Ever. Here’s Theirs. Among life’s major milestones — think graduations, weddings, even annual events like birthdays and anniversaries — the retirement day is notably lacking in cultural convention...

DaveInSeattle

My wife hates leftovers. I could have the same meal for a few days straight and not be bothered to get anything else. When I was living alone/being single, I would always make something "big"...and then eat it multiple meals (except for breakfast) in a row until it was gone. Now we always...

DaveInSeattle

Great story about stand-up Zak Toscani, who's been doing house shows...for $800-$1200 he'll come to your house and do stand-up for you and your friends. The Concierge Comedian In August 2022, Zak Toscani was in the middle of performing a stand-up show in a fan’s Boulder, Colorado, backyard when, sud...

DaveInSeattle

Scottie didn't even have to putt on his first hole after becoming a Dad. Wonder if fatherhood will mellow him out any...because this article in The Athletic makes him sound like a big of a psycho... Scottie Scheffler’s secret: How a ‘venomous’ trash talker became the best golfer in the world "...

DaveInSeattle

If you think Fanatics is a pretty scuzzy company before, wait until you read the article in the Athletic or listen to today's ESPN daily podcast about their deal with Perfect Game, a youth baseball exposure tournament. Here's that article: Why the Perfect Game, Fanatics deal has agents raising conc...

DaveInSeattle

Has anyone seen LCD Soundsystem?

They are doing 4 nights here, starting tomorrow, and I missed out on the regular tickets. But I just checked on Stubhub and I can get tickets for a semi-reasonable price, and I'm wondering if its worth it.

DaveInSeattle

Did you know that Michael McDonald, the crown prince of Yacht Rock, has a memoir coming out? And would you have guessed he co-wrote it with Paul Reiser? How Paul Reiser helped Michael McDonald write his memoir What do you get when you combine a 1970s music legend, a 1990s sitcom star and a global pa...

DaveInSeattle

Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78 David Sanborn, whose keening cry on alto saxophone was as bright and steadfast as a lighthouse beacon during a career that spanned nearly 60 years and included collaborations with everyone from David Bowie to Stevie Wonder, died on...

DaveInSeattle

For those that watched the most recent season of "Fargo" (the one with Juno Temple and Jon Hamm) will remember the scheme where they had multiple candidates for Sheriff with the same name as Hamm's character? Some Right Wing clown here in Washington decided it would be great to pull the sa...

Search found 8572 matches