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in fact the only likeable person on the show now is the 1st husband.

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We, coincidentally, followed up s3 of the Diplomat by watching Death by Lightning. That actor is also in it as James Blaine. He's great.

Wife and I started it last night. We really enjoyed the first episode. Really good acting. I also... embarassingly... knew almost nothing of Garfield. I'd always thought of him as an inconsequential and ineffective president (I think I conflated him with Taft), not as a tragic character who might have actually been a great leader for our country if he'd not been killed.

Don’t get me started on the Surrons. My son had a huge fracture in his friend group as some kids moved to surrons and others stuck with pedals. The Surron kids took great pleasure in going out and just ripping up all the jumps and trails that the MtB kids worked on. The entitlement of those kids is insane.

Grateful Dead
Talking Heads
The Clash
Black Star
The Cure
Wilco
Deafheaven
Turnpike Troubadours

Take X song/band that suits your mood and start a radio based off of them. Spotify has gotten kind of bad about using the algorithm to try to find similar stuff that you already listen to based on that song/band, but it still puts in quite a bit of new stuff.

My favorite work playlist when I need good concentration: Deep Focus. I also like vairous LoFi Beats playlists for working.

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Why don’t you just call it a pocket knife?

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Do you even tactical, bro?

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I'll believe it when I see it. The only Walton that gave a poop about the athletic program was Bud.

And with the University thumbing its nose at Walton Family during the last Chancellor search, don't expect much of anything from the Waltons to the UA. Hell, they just announced they're starting their own private University in the old HQ.

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Came here to post this exact thing. The University has been trying to regain their favor ever since the chancellor search with no success.

Slice of toasted sourdough. Cottage cheese spread on it. A slice of tomato on top of that. Cover with Everything Bagel seasoning. Enjoy.

Interesting watch, because I've also just finished listening to the "Camp Swamp Road" podcast about the Scott Spivey stand your ground case in South Carolina.

In that podcast, the policeman buddy of Weldon Boyd is recorded saying, "You're lucky the guy was white, if he was black it would have been a whole other issue." or something along those lines. Which I thought was an interesting perspective (albeit, not born out by statistics from what I've been able to tell).

Anyway, I thought the Netflix show, while clearly anti-Stand your ground and pro racial justice, actually did a good job of not hitting a lot of the stereotypical "race baiting" that they could have. It showed the, mainly white, cops as "good guys" who were supportive of the community and the minority kids. It showed the mixed race neighborhood as a wholesome place where people largley get along. It basically showed that this lady was an unhinged racist outlier, not part of some larger systemically racist system (though it did have the race-based statistic at the end that does point to potential injustice in Stand Your Ground laws).

Anyway, the thing that bugged me about the Spivey case was that if Weldon Boyd would have ended up getting shot and killed instead of Spivey... then Spivey would have likely gotten off as well. Its almost like the "winner" of the gun battle gets to write the story of how things went down.

All that being said: I can't believe Weldon Boyd's dumbass was recording everything on his phone during that entire period of time and that it all got subpoenaed. So freaking wild.

Pretty sure I posted about the Buffalo Hunter Hunter in this thread or maybe the "what are you reading" thread. And yes... it's fantastic. Made me want to read more by that author (though I haven't yet).