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UpperWestside

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  1. Not entirely sure it would matter much. He's better than Muncy, cost is not an issue for LA and again everyone is swinging for the fences. We just had a catcher hit 60 homers with a batting average in the .240's. He goes there he'd succeed due to the players around him and the meatball pitches he'd get depending upon where he is at in the lineup.
  2. So who did he piss off to get removed?
  3. Fox was not good in Sacramento. There are so many players that put up stats that not even advanced metrics will figure out and parse out all the good from the bad. Someone has to put up those stats on garbage teams. Fox was that guy and he’s being paid like a superstar instead of the 3rd or 4th option he should be. If he turns out to figure it out and change entirely the player that he has become I’ll gladly admit I was wrong about him. Not convinced that playing alongside an all-timer in the making will do that for him.
  4. I thought more about it tonight and why I have felt the way I do and I come back to feeling overwhelmed both mentally in trying to sort out many different things at once as well as how technology is intertwined in that. For me, an autistic person, this can be really hard to parse and fully explain how this feels. It's like if you took an egg, cracked it and then scrambled it. I don't know if that mental picture helps out, but in my mind that is kinda how it feels. Everything will just get scrambled at times because of too much information. I feel strongly that technology, as awesome as it can be, is something I have started staying away from more and more. I have not had a TV since I moved here a year ago and my reading comes almost entirely from books, this site (Which can be really helpful to me) as well as one site I subscribe to called Defector, which also is helpful to me in various ways with information. I know that one thing I never do well is doing too little of something. I always push myself to do too much of something. It's a life-long pattern in everything I have ever taken an interest in, both good and not so good. Right now I am in the midst of completing a masters degree for WWII History. Now I love it, but it is a remote degree and that means a whole lot of computer time. I think I feel some burnout from it. I do not regret pursuing this, but the mental strain can be quite a bit and when that happens my mind just wants to shut down entirely. It's why I sat at the beach all day and did nothing but fish and take a nap. I also do a fairly poor job of ever explaining things like this to other folks. I can listen to people all day long and help them through what troubles them. I didn't ask to be good at that, but it is what it is and I'm glad to help folks. I just do not excel at helping myself as much as I do others. I know I need to work on it. Writing this here on this particular thread helps. I have friends I regularly talk to like my best friend of 21 years who is back in Oklahoma. He is also autistic and is far smarter than I'll ever be. I never ask him for advice though as he's about as shut emotionally as I am. I guess I posted this just to get it out and perhaps someone else that feels this way at times can also feel free to share when you feel mentally overwhelmed. I am definitely feeling it, but thankfully tomorrow is another day at the beach fishing and resting so hopefully that helps. I know it helped today as I felt at peace just sitting out there listening to the ocean and the waves.
  5. Are you intentionally this dumb?
  6. I understand that feeling. Sometimes I force myself to be around folks just so I can function and do my job and whatnot. Those days when I just feel an annoyance of people being around me are really something. Today I think I have spoke to one or person that asked me a question abut what I was fishing for. I was halfway sleeping/fishing when he asked so I just said whatever lands on the hook. Sometimes the body just lets you know when you need to recoil and be alone.
  7. The Herschel Walker trade since it kickstarted the Cowboys dynasty. Still not as lopsided as this one though.
  8. Dodgers will add at least two more big pieces this off-season to begin their pursuit of a 3-peat. Should be fun to see how they position themselves to get another title. I think it’s a good bet they add another Japanese player since two of the three have paid monster dividends so far. I think Sasaki will be fine if healthy as well.
  9. One day Luka will get a statue outside of Staples so thanks again for him Nico. 50 years from now this trade will still be viewed as the most lopsided trade in NBA history.
  10. Saw this tonight. This was the early releases Regal does on Monday nights. Yes it was cool and some of the kills are ridiculous. Obviously it won’t top the 1st one, but it was a blast to watch him back in action again. What I like is that the things they do require a suspension of disbelief to see most of the scenes again, but man it was satisfying watching him mow down some Soviets. Would definitely go back once it’s released.
  11. Today was just an odd day. Most of the time I have no issue with just walking around and being amongst people. It’s how I can better understand folks around me. I go have coffee, read a book and observe the people around me. Today I just did not want to be around anyone. I don’t have that feeling often, but man today I had it. Going to try to watch a movie tonight where at least the people in there are normally well-mannered during the movie. Can’t wait to sit and swim and fish all day tomorrow though. I need a quiet day at Waimānalo doing nothing. I don’t even really care if I catch anything. Just a nice day staring at the horizon and the waters of the Pacific always feels nice.
  12. The US seems to have a monopoly at the moment on corporate overlords with a sub freezing IQ. These people are just so incredibly dumb. In a world where you have access to more knowledge than at any point in human history we get a clown who buys a social media app and turns it into Nazi central with his AI porn all over it. Just an incredible time to be alive.
  13. I want an extradition agreement with Brazilian authorities specifically for people like this. Drop all five of these people off on Snake Island and let nature take care of the rest.
  14. I would agree with this. Just enjoy the movie for what it is and don’t think too hard about any of it. The spoiler I agree with as well. I did like him being included in the movie, but that scene needed to be done somewhat differently than it was.
  15. I thought this was a nice film. The beginning and most of the movie went well. The ending could have been better, but whatever. It's worth watching and Powell was pretty good as Ben Richards. I read this was more to form with the book so I am sure Stephen King liked that since he was involved in this. Monetarily this one has an uphill battle to turn a profit I think.
  16. San Diego State is 8-2 and might have the least capable QB of any team with that many wins right now. Their QB, Jayden Denegal, passed for 17 yards last night in their win against Boise. He accounted 33 yards of total offense. After seeing him in-person last week I honest to God can’t figure out how a school located there doesn’t have a semi-functional QB on its roster.
  17. I watched his first two years in Lampasas. That young fella has a high motor and enjoys contact. His old teammate, WR Ty Johnson, that moved to SoCal received offers this past week from Oregon and Georgia. He’s in the 2027 class.
  18. I just assumed they meant he was complimenting him for whatever reason.
  19. I'm going to Brisket this one for everybody. 33 percent of adults is approximately 87.6 million Americans. Think about the lunacy of that many people in this country who are still okay with TFG. That number of people in America look at things and say "Yeah doing a real bang up job holding it all together."
  20. I am sitting in a Barnes and Noble reading this in between breaks of reading an actual book so this hits close to home.
  21. How was Chainsaw Man?
  22. 78 million people think that quote means he’s successful, ruthless and should be the president.
  23. Portnoy is a clown, but I do not have to listen to him so I don’t. College football is now entirely about the size of the NIL fund each school has and how much the players can make. I am not against any of this. If UT has a ton of money to spend on players then go for it. If my school, ASU, gets it together and buys the best roster money can buy then go for it. If Portnoy is going to help monetarily I just shrug my shoulders at it because I have no say in what the conference does, but I also can make it through a season without ever hearing him talk because I do not emotionally invest myself in the outcomes of the games. If Portnoy wants to really do some good go on that show and advocate for the firing of Bobby Hurley. I’ll even tune in and listen for a week if he’ll do that. Some of you who think Mack Brown stole a decent amount of money his last few years in charge in Austin need to see how much money Hurley has gotten from ASU to produce absolutely nothing in more than a decade in charge.
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