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6 minutes ago, Bazza said:
“Can I ask you a question?”
“You just have.”I use this one. All. The. Time.
11 minutes ago, Bazza said:“Can I go to the toilet?”
“I don’t know, can you?”"Mr. P, can I go to the bathroom?"
"That's between you and your doctor. I don't get involved."
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Ohtani seems like a nice enough fellow, agreeable and polite. Which Pete Rose really was not.
I wish Ohtani no particular ill will. But I loathe the Dodgers just enough that I would find it funny if they dumped all their resources into this guy who's going to end up not playing for them for any reasonable amount of time. 🤷
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A man and his wife were in a terrible car crash. Both survived, but the man's face was badly burned. He needed a skin graft, but the doctor told him they couldn't graft any of the skin from his own body because he was too skinny. His wife offered to donate some of her own skin, but the only skin the doctor felt was suitable would have to come from her buttocks.
The husband and wife agreed that they would tell no one where the skin graft came from. They requested that the doctor also never tell anyone, and the doctor agreed. The doctor performed the procedure, and it was a surprising success.
After the surgery, everyone was amazed at the man's new face. He looked more handsome than he ever had before. All of his friends and family went on and on about how young and attractive he looked.
One day he was alone with his wife, and he was overcome with emotion at what she had done for him. He said, "Sweetheart, I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your sacrifice. You've changed my life. How can I ever repay you?"
She smiled sweetly and said, "My darling, I get all the thanks I need every time I see your mother kiss you on the cheek."
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A gentleman is never rude unintentionally.
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All right, we have updates again! If everything is complete for your draft, you should see your name in bold on the Rosters page (post #2).
I expect to post the poll for this Superdraft on Tuesday ca. Noon Eastern Daylight Time. If you're missing anything, you've got that long to get it to me.
We've got a lot of great casts assembled. Well played, everyone!
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He had some nice things to say about his former conference rivals:
What Gonzaga coach Mark Few said about BYU’s play the in Big 12
Meanwhile, Gonzaga punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 for the 9th consecutive year, while BYU continues their dubious tradition of one-and-done in the Big Dance.
Some things never change, even in a new conference.
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1 hour ago, unclevlad said:
....and it always seemed like the DM threw the black puddings out, AFTER the mage had used his best attack spells.....UGH!!!
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The point goes back at least as far as Casablanca:
"I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here."
"Your winnings, sir.
"Oh, thank you very much."
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4 hours ago, Cygnia said:
Lady P's sister gave her a box of four Crumbl cookies for her birthday earlier this month, including both the blueberry cheesecake and Oreo milkshake flavors. They were amazing.
Their cookies are, by and large, excessively sweet, and I can kind of see the complaints about the texture. But they are a special treat, not the kind of cookies you would eat every day. Not at that price, anyway.
I'm hoping to get a box of four of them for my birthday too.
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13 hours ago, unclevlad said:
And it's probably snuck up on most of us, but...the real opening day, forget the Korea series...is Thursday. THIS Thursday. Still in March. But I believe they did this last year. IIRC, they built in more off-days during the season, to break up the grind to a degree, and hopefully to allow open dates to make up weather delays. Let's not get dive too deeply into the point that in MANY cities, they've just extended the Pretty Bad Weather (for baseball) period an extra week. Shorten the season??? C'est impossible!!!!
I personally would have no problem with teams going back to a 154 game schedule. But because there's money to be made from broadcasting, ticket sales, parking, et cetera, ad nauseam, I know it'll never happen
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... and now I'm thinking of some of my students, past and present, who fit nicely into the five archetypes defined by the main characters in that show.
I've got two or three of the so-called basket cases who aren't technically my students, but spend a couple hours in my room each week with the D&D Club. They're good kids.
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Back in the old Soviet Union, if you wanted a car you would have to order it several years in advance and pay cash up front.
So having gathered his money for a long time, a man goes in one day to buy a car. He puts the money down and the clerk says, "Very good comrade. You will receive your car 5 years from today.'
The man asks, "In the morning or the afternoon?"
The clerk says, "It's 5 years from today what difference does it make?"
The man says, "Well, the plumber is coming in the morning."
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"What would you do with a brain if you had one?"
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I just finished watching the first episode of X-Men '97. I think it stays pretty true to the original in terms of animation style and tone. Wolverine's deep gravelly voice, Gambit's ridiculous Cajun accent, Scott trying really hard to sound earnest but coming off as pompous, lots of bright pink power effects, all that jazz.
It looks promising.
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I absolutely do not recommend that you watch this. You'll suffer SAN damage, guaranteed. You'll question any faith you might still have in the human race. Even knowing this video is linked to Florida won't help. I can only call it...
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5 hours ago, Asperion said:
A: All their cash is made of water.
Q: What do you mean, "liquid currency"?
A: Lucid, but not comforting.
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Desperately falling
Feeling our love set us free
We were better together
Believed it was all meant to beStay as one forever
The band of gold would always prevail
Happy in the moment
Life betrays one, a fairytaleMemories time cannot erase
I still see your faceWhere did I lose your love
You'll always be the question in my heart
How could I make you stay
I still regret the night you walked away
What we shared was not enough
Where did I lose your loveNever saw it coming
You left so suddenly
What was here that scared you
You want what I couldn't seeEmotions time cannot erase
I still see your faceWhere did I lose your love
You'll always be the question in my heart
How could I make you stay
I still regret the night you walked away
What we shared was not enough
Where did I lose your loveSo far from each other
So close to happiness
I'll be there to remind you
Love forgives but never forgetsEmotions time cannot erase
I still see your faceWhere did I lose your love
You'll always be the question in my heart
How could I make you stay
I still regret the night you walked away
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When I die, I'm going to ask the BYU Men's Basketball team to be my pallbearers ... so they can let me down one last time.
The Academics Thread
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Posted · Edited by Pariah
Okay, about that concert:
Journey put on a spectacular show. They had great energy and engagement. Arnel Pineda (who's my age(!)) was running all over the stage, climbing onto speaker stacks,holding the mic out to the audience ... oh, and singing the vocals like they were written for him. Fantastic range and tone. Neal Schon (the only founding member remaining) was impressive on guitar, slinging out the solos front and center. Longtime guitarist / keyboardist Jonathan Cain took over hosting duties for about the second half of the set, telling some of the stories behind the songs. They played about 20 songs, with two extended guitar solos and one piano solo (during which times the rest of the band changed outfits and presumably took care of basic biological needs). Cain came out for the second half wearing a Utah Grizzlies hockey jersey, which was pretty cool. They played all their big hits and a couple of lesser-known songs. If you've heard the 2-CD The Essential Journey, that was basically their playlist. The mixing was a little off; it was too loud for the venue overall, too heavy in the bass and too light in the midrange. But the band had solid musicianship, enthusiastic performances, and memorable songs. Like I said, they put on a great show.
But Toto was better.
I mean no disrespect to Journey here, but Toto was amazing.
Toto opened the show. They did only nine songs, which kind of bummed me out. Obviously they did "Rosanna", "Hold the Line", and "Africa". They did a couple of other lesser hits, "99" and "I'll Be Over You". They did a cover or Bob Seger's version of "With A Little Help From My Friends". But they also did three non-singles: they opened with "Girl Goodbye" from their first album, played "Home of the Brave" for The Seventh One, and also played "Dying On My Feet" from 2006's Falling In Between. Fewer songs, but they played them flawlessly. The mixing was perfect; highs, lows, and midrange were all clear and the vocals were easy to understand. Guitarist Steve Lukather (Luke) acted as host, introducing and telling stories about all the songs. He also took a few minutes to introduce the band members. Like Schon, he's the only founding member left, though the band does include longtime members Joseph Williams (son of composer John Williams) and Greg Phillinganes. In introducing the band, Luke talked about how his mom and the bass player's mom were both pregnant with them at the same time living on the same street, how the drummer played on all of Taylor Swift's hits the first time around, and how the second keyboardist was actually on loan from his son's band, which also includes Nick Collins (Phil's son). He mentioned how he had met Greg while they were both doing studio work on Thriller—at which point he casually dropped the opening guitar riff from "Beat It". He also had Joseph sing the "Hakuna Matata" bit from The Lion King—Williams was the singing voice of the adult Simba in the film. Luke also mentioned how Toto and Journey were now family, since his son had married Jonathan Cain's daughter. (Cain mentioned it later as well.) Toto came across as a lot more laid back in their part of the show, but their playing was clean and tight. They were like a bunch of old friends who just happened to have got together to play music for 15,000 people one night.
All in all, a fantastic and memorable evening.