Chris-

Two weeks removed from surgery; all has gone well so far. I'll get stitches out next Thursday, then in late August start to put weight on it, progressing by 25% every week until I'm fully weight bearing in early October.

I really hope at some point the white boys heard ‘WORLD STARRRRRR’ screaming in the back of their skulls. 

It’s not frustratingly vague, it’s science. Breakthroughs are almost always piecemeal. 

FSU isn't going anywhere; the conference's grant of rights runs through 2036 and is more or less unbreakable (FSU openly said its counsel have studied it for over a year, and they still haven't figured a way out). Between that and the fact that FSU/Clemson leaving would spell the end of the conference, the ACC will bet the house and the farm against any and all litigation.

1 minute ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

It was actually you @Bacon

 

haha, lol

Just now, Bacon said:

This me

No that's ohioguy!

3 minutes ago, Bacon said:

fuckin' 10/10

This is stepee.

10 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

The show has been renewed for a fourth season, but with that season finale, it really does seem like the series has arrived at a natural conclusion.

I hope the arc for Season 4 is Gemstone University.

A ground beef chalupa with Fire sauce is divine.

I don’t think the Bonker Boys had a very good time. 

I tried out some of Athletic Brewing Company’s n/a beer and it’s pretty fucking great! I want to mind my general calorie intake while I’m on one leg, so it’s nice to have a more waistline friendly option for when I want a beer. Highly recommended. 

Just now, Jason said:

 

This? Might grab it on Kindle, I have some very long flights coming up next month and I'll probably get bored eventually trying to mainline a ton of TV.

That’s the one. 

@Jason @CayceG I’m pretty sure both of you would enjoy The Municipalists!

3 hours ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Nothing when it comes specifically to immigration, but given how comparatively progressive he's been on other issues, I figured he'd be on this one too. 

Bad executive game theory relative to a stacked judiciary, the right-wing Border Control (police writ large), and being politically scared of their own shadow. 

On 7/24/2023 at 10:33 AM, Chris- said:

I have a big stack of stuff to read while I recover from surgery:

 

Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing by Jacob Goldstein

Supermarket by Bobby Hall

The Municipalists by Seth Fried

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (re-read; I recently re-read The Crying of Lot 49 and was stunned by how much more I got out of it, so I want to re-read GR to see if the same pattern holds)

I’ve finished Supermarket (super meh) and Money (obscenely, stupidly good). Now on to The Municipalists.

NEW APHEX TWIN!!!!!!!

I have a big stack of stuff to read while I recover from surgery:

Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing by Jacob Goldstein

Supermarket by Bobby Hall

The Municipalists by Seth Fried

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (re-read; I recently re-read The Crying of Lot 49 and was stunned by how much more I got out of it, so I want to re-read GR to see if the same pattern holds)

There should only be buffs/nerfs if there are significant imbalance issues in PvP; implementing them for PvE content is lame as hell.

Just now, stepee said:

Getting wings at the brewery?

There's a food truck that does Jewish deli food, trending toward a pastrami sandwich.

On 7/20/2023 at 9:05 AM, best3444 said:

Sorry to hear Chris. Just hang tough and fight through it. You'll be ok. If you were an athlete your career would be basically over. 

Quite reassuring.

19 hours ago, Biggie said:

That joke about Bacons reputation number being better than mine isn’t looking so funny right about now is it. 

No it is still quite funny.

1 hour ago, stepee said:

I was hoping Chris was having a special get well pizza  

We actually had a Freschetta frozen pizza (pepperoni) yesterday because we had to run errands and given everything going on my wife said fuck it. Surprisingly good! Quite comparable to lower-tier delivery. Going out to a brewery tonight to watch the USWNT.

Just now, Fizzzzle said:

Right, but is it like "oh shit" or "....huh, weird we didn't see that"?

I'd imagine the latter since a miss is a miss; the distance is just for context/perspective. Bigger deal that we never saw it coming.

2 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

The moon is  240,000 miles. It's realllllly far away.

It's all about scale though; he's right that most astronomers would view 60k as reeeeeeeally close.

MRI didn't show what we were hoping; my Achilles is approximately 90% detached from the bone. I'll be having surgery afterall!

Greta Gerwig is the real deal, I knew this was a winner the whole way.