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UpperWestside

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  1. I learned a good long while back that sometimes it is best to just sit in reflective contemplation about the good a person did in their life in moments such as this. Reading the stories he told to us on here were captivating and mesmerizing. I think he was a gentle soul that did a whole lot of good for people through his writing. I am glad he is now at peace. Those of you who knew him outside of this space can deal with his death how you see fit because death is different for everyone. Grieve as long as you need to and how you need to. There are plenty of folks here that can lend an ear to you if you need it. It is best sometimes to just listen.
  2. Christmas in May for strip clubs down there.
  3. This was me back in 2003 or so when the Spurs beat the Purple and Gold. I feel ya man, but it’s still funny to now get to see the reactions to losses from fellow fans. I’m guessing this guy is now Lakers in 7…😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CscFs0LOrLz/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
  4. They’re doing about as well as your “Suns are now the favorites in the West” did. You really have got to invest some time in your life into being positive about something. Your constant stream of negativity about anything that isn’t about Durant is just not fun to read.
  5. The two most fun things about the playoffs this year have been Jimmy Butler decimating teams and the way that Jokic, Murray and the Nuggets play as a team when they are rolling. Just some really enthralling basketball has been played by these two teams. What Butler and the Heat have done for each other has been just amazing. Neither could exist in their current form without the other. I said three years ago that if you could give me one guy to start a team with in the east that it’d be Butler because there is no tougher guy mentally in the league. This has been a really good year for the league when players like these three and their teams are playing so well.
  6. I still remember that game. Just obliterated Carolina.
  7. Very impressed with Ham's adjustments on defense. I like him. Liked him as a player at Tech as well. He is making the most of his shot at being in the 1st chair. Hope he is around for a good long while in the Southland.
  8. Pretty good effort in the 2nd half by the Purple and Gold. I did not expect to see them win game 1. Jokic is just on another level right now. I do think the Lakers win game 2 though. This will be a fun series.
  9. Daniel Cameron won the GQP nomination for Governor in Kentucky. He is a big-time grifter and MAGA believer. He specifically thanked Dotard in his address by saying “the Trump culture of winning is alive and well in Kentucky.” Just an utterly horrific human being.
  10. The Noise Control Act of 1972 was one of the best things he got signed into law. It was, and of course it was, rolled back entirely by Reagan. Nixon’s roots in his Quaker faith played a part in getting that act signed into law. That’s all I got on his good deeds.
  11. It’s on me for going in, but I almost never leave a movie. I wasn’t mad and my day was still awesome as usual, but man that movie just had no real point to it. Had some pretty good actors and actresses in it as well which further confounds me as to how the movie wound up being like that.
  12. I had free time yesterday afternoon and so I got a ticket to Fool’s Paradise. I cannot say it strongly enough. Do not watch this movie. I left after 30 minutes. I stayed that long to see if it would get better. The person that greenlighted this movie should probably be a Wal-Mart greeter instead. I usually am pretty middle of the road on movies and find enjoyment in most every film I watch, but this was just, well l, I’m not real sure what it was supposed to be.
  13. I can say a couple of things with certainty about Grant. He waged war exceptionally better than General McClellan and he was the biggest raging alcoholic to ever hold the office of the presidency. I say that as a person three and a half years removed from drinking so I know the pain that man had to have felt as a human being to drink that much.
  14. The goal, as I am sure everyone here already knows, is to completely drain public schools, especially in the large metro areas, to the point that they will almost cease to exist. It is entirely about money. It should be illegal to profit off of the education of children. I just find that to be one of the most egregious things human beings do. When you have reached the point to where turning a profit for investors off of schooling is normalized, you are completely lost as a person and society is as well. I cannot voice more strongly than that how opposed I am to it in Texas as well as here in New York. We have ghouls here in the mayor and now the governor who want to see more charter schools. These people all deserve to sit next to each other for all of eternity while hearing Gilbert Gottfried’s voice on a never ending loop.
  15. Why not both? Break the backs of public schools AND get people to take out loans to attend schools that are actually a subpar choice to just attending a public school.
  16. If anyone here honestly believes that Greg Abbott was ever a good person and that this is not who he actually is, well, you need to be committed to an asylum in Siberia. This is who he is. You do not wake up one day and become a horrible human being, especially to the most vulnerable among us.
  17. Of every gun offense committed by a pro athlete was that one the most comical in nature? I cannot think of another instance of shooting yourself and getting a nice timeout in Rikers because of it.
  18. Didn’t they give him the award shortly after losing to the Warriors? I seem to remember that was a really awkward press conference.
  19. If you had told me Karl Malone likes to shoot guns I would’ve believed it, but I can tell you I never remember even seeing these pictures from the ad. He is one of the most despised players in NBA history, is also a horrible human being, but he at least does this correctly.
  20. This book was such a good read. I am a naturally quiet person when I am not at work where I have to talk for several hours. Considering the off the charts levels of stress and anxiety we have in this world right now, I would highly suggest reading a book devoted to silence. The stories they use from across the spectrum of people and their experiences are really cool.
  21. If you put Harden on your roster you are guaranteed that he will disappear in big games. If he is your 2nd best player then you team does not have a 2nd best player. You just have a guy who flashes brilliance at times and then also just no-shows when you need him most. Why Morey has the fascination with him is odd, but seems to be worthy of a psychologist studying him a bit if one were so inclined to do so.
  22. Hoooo boy can Kwame be the official Mess Around and Find Out Liaison for NBA players? He cut straight through to the heart of the matter. Morant does not have a single person in his orbit that will talk to him like that because he doesn’t have even one actual friend and that includes his clownfraud parents.
  23. I think it’s how he’s going about displaying guns. He was told not to do this and he did it again anyhow. The NBA is very image conscious, but is also the most socially advanced pro league in America and perhaps the world. If a white player brandished a pistol I would see the same suspension being handed down. Adam Silver is not going to tolerate this kind of stuff from any player now that Morant crossed a giant red line. I can again point to Keldon Johnson and how he has gone about the enjoyment he has with hunting rifles as well as guns he shoots at that range in San Antone. There is zero outrage about that because he is being RESPONSIBLE and has ingratiated himself to the outdoor community there. Morant is glamorizing having a gun to show toughness he does not otherwise possess.
  24. Heiani has fit right in with Aliyanah. I love just sitting and watching them play when I get in from the day. Man, dogs are ridiculously awesome.
  25. Snoop has the best Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsRQR4Jpizs/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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