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  1. Bigboote

    OT: world dunking record

    A little levity for the break and the season. Here’s a Guinness record for dunks in 30 seconds. By a guinea pig. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/6/adorable-guinea-pig-breaks-slam-dunk-basketball-record-706211
  2. Bigboote

    OT: Lousy voice, great singer

    Some people with crappy voices are flat-out great singers. There are a few that jump out immediately. Of course, who's a great singer and who has a lousy voice are up to the posters. I usually leave the low-hanging fruit for others, but I'm gonna start out with one of those who really jumps...
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    OT: great voices

    Post something by someone with a spectacular voice. What makes a voice is up to the listener, but has someone just taken your breath away or surprised the hell out of you? I'll start with a twofer from a fairly obscure band (give me your best shocked face), Dark Sarah, from Finland. Heidi...
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    WNBA preseason

    Anyone know how to watch any WNBA preseason games will be broadcast and how to watch them?
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    Maya and Jonathan on Washington Post Live

    Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons will be on Washington Post Live January 19 at 11:00 ET. I've never seen one of these, nor do I know whether you need to be a subscriber to register, but here's the info...
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    OT: Hallowe'en music: songs about ghosts

    Time for the annual Hallowe'en music thread. Let's keep it to just ghost songs. I'll start it out with a couple versions of the same song. It's generally called the Demon Lover in the British Isles and the House Carpenter in the New World. First up Joan Baez's version:
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    OT: Wirechief memorial quiz Fall 2022

    Here's a quiz to tide us over till news starts coming from practices. 1) The title of the Eno song “King’s Lead Hat” is an anagram of the name of what group he was producing at the time? 2) Where does a Trinbagonian hail from? 3) The rosewoods get their name from what characteristic of the...
  8. Bigboote

    OT: broadcast shenanigans

    I live in the greater Washington area and the Mystics are almost never available on broadcast. The local sports channels carry very few games, but the Mystics block any broadcast of their games, home or away. This is nothing new. But tonight, ESPN2 is broadcasting (notice I didn't say...
  9. Bigboote

    Music thread: how do they do it?

    I heard an interview probably 20 years ago in which a kid (from the Vermont band Popcorn Behavior) said, "Tom Waits makes beautiful music from ugly parts." I thought that was an incredibly insightful and pithy remark. I've often been brought to tears by Waits's music, and I still don't...
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    Krispy Kreme and Alyssa Thomas

    This one's for Triad: After her Achilles tear, Alyssa Thomas was despondent. Didn't come out of her room for over a week. Her mother couldn't get her out, her father couldn't get her out. Dewanna Bonner took the soonest flight she could after a short contract to play in Israel. Evidently...
  11. Bigboote

    Tourney music thread

    It's that time again. Time for Geno to unleash the team with their phenomenal phreshmen on the NCAA tournament.
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    RIP Bunny Wailer

    Bunny Wailer, long the last surviving member of the original Wailers, died earlier today. I bought my first solo album of his probably around 1991 or 2. I was surprised by his voice -- he'd pretty much done high harmony with Bob and Peter, but his natural singing voice was actually between the...
  13. Bigboote

    Some music to help you feel better

    I got a four-CD set of Louis Armstrong for Christmas. I was familiar with much of the music, but it struck me that (especially after listening to an hour or more straight) this music just seems to make everything better. I was going to post a thread around New Years (good widdance to bad...
  14. Bigboote

    OT: Wire Chief/Alex Trebek memorial quiz

    Well, we don't have any games for a few weeks, so what the hey. I wasn't able to come up with categories and clues that lead to questions. As always, no research and no politics. 1) Penne pasta was invented in 1865. Why do we know that? 2) Name a carnivore that’s actually herbivorous. 3)...
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    OT: Wire Chief memorial quiz #4

    All I could muster was 15 questions. Have at it! 1) Who is the only person to write a #1 hit sung by another and also one sung by him/herself? 2) My niece spent a summer “milking horseshoe crabs.” What is milking horseshoe crabs and why is it important? KOTM – what does it mean in the...
  16. Bigboote

    OT: Wire Chief memorial quiz

    I know I'm not doing it justice, but here's a quiz I threw together: Wirechief memorial quiz 1)The diameter of a 6-32 screw is 0.138”. How is the diameter determined? 2) Why is washing hands with plain-old soap and water so effective against coronaviruses? 3) Kauai is the...
  17. Bigboote

    OT: first album, first track

    My buddy @nwhoopfan was looking for a new music thread, and I'd been thinking about this for awhile. Every so often, and certainly in some periods moreso than others, an artist comes around that blows your mind, and often the first moment from their first album lets you know you'll never listen...
  18. Bigboote

    OT: The CoVid cooking thread

    There's been a lot written about people cooking during the social distancing and restaurant closures. Some are having to learn to cook, some are upping their games, some are just plain resentful that they need to do it. So share your stories. All is good, from dressing up a mix, making your...
  19. Bigboote

    non-tourney music

    There’s a lot of hand wringing over all the sports cancellations and the circumstances. Post a song that sums it up for you.
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    OT: doughnuts

    This is largely for Triad, but I thought there are several Philly Boneyarders who might get a kick out of the story. This is about a bakery that makes a special doughnut once a year right before Lent:
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    OT: Jeopardy

    I know there are quite a few Jeopardy fans on the board, and this is the week for all of us. James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings, and Brad Rutter are playing in a tournament in a format that we haven't seen. As far as I can tell, they'll be playing two games a night, and scored based on that total...
  22. Bigboote

    Relentlessly positive music

    It's been awhile since there's been a music thread, and with the season starting in a week, likely awhile before there will be another. My wife will tell you I enjoy a good gut-wrencher as much as anyone else, and I listened to all of her Requiems over the last week-plus. But I like happy...
  23. Bigboote

    Nice article on the Coxes

    Evidently Lauren Cox's younger sister was diagnosed with type I diabetes a couple of years ago, and she plays at Lubbock Christian, the D II champs. There's a really good article on the family, rivalries, diabetes solidarity, etc., here...
  24. Bigboote

    game-night supper

    I like to try different recipes, and one thing that motivates me is when UConn plays. Probably a half-dozen times a year I'll do a dinner from the opponent's cuisine. I think I'll try to post to this thread throughout the season to let y'all know what I'm cooking. Tonight is actually in honor...
  25. Bigboote

    new quiz on general board

    It's been a few weeks since the last quiz. I've posted a new one in the general board, complete with pictures from my recent trip to Maine.
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    pro tem pictorial quiz

    I spent a couple of weeks on the coast of Maine recently, including a week camping in Acadia National Park. I took a lot of pictures of the local flora and geography. I thought I'd post them in the form of a quiz since there hasn't been one in awhile. I think many of these are gimmes, but...
  27. Bigboote

    OT: puppy-dog eyes

    It's official: puppy-dog eyes evolved for people. Domesticated dogs have muscles in their faces specifically so that they can pull their eyelids further open and make their eyes look bigger. Wolves don't have these, so dogs acquired it since they were domesticated...
  28. Bigboote

    Any word on Colson?

    Sydney Colson got tangled up with Bria Hartley the other day, whacked her head on the floor and left a pool of blood on the court. I haven't been able to find any further info. Has anyone found a prognosis?
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    RIP Dr. John

    Dr. John/Mac Rebbennac/the Night Tripper died the other day at the age of 77. In addition to being a real character, he was an incredible musician and from everything I know about him, a fine human being. Here’s one I listened to a lot when I was a kid:
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    Friday WNBA games

    Dream and Wings has been very entertaining. The one thing I'm coming away with is that McCarty-Williams looks like a legitimate pro. And Dallas needs at least one post who can shoot over 50% from the free throw line. Gulich looks pretty good, too. Phoenix was not a good fit for her last year.
  31. Bigboote

    Sally Jenkins on Muffet

    I heard this on All Things Considered on the way home. Sally Jenkins, sportswriter for the Washington Post, talking about Coach McGraws recent remarks:
  32. Bigboote

    OT: Jeopardy and the Runaways

    The current Jeopardy champion, who's won four games, is named Jackie Fuchs. On her third night, Alex asked her about her teenage years as a rock musician. She said she'd played bass for a band called the Runaways. Her second night, Alex asked her about being nicknamed Malibu Barbie (she was a...
  33. Bigboote

    OT: Impossibly beautiful music

    I heard this term once and like it. I also remember a quote, "Tom Waits makes beautiful music from ugly parts." Impossibly beautiful might be just a beautiful song/piece from someone you don't expect something like that from. I'll start with a couple from Mr Waits. This one is from one of...
  34. Bigboote

    OT: the Tour

    I've been DVRing the Tour de France every day. Unfortunately they don't generally start the broadcast till well into the stage. Today's stage featured a teargas attack. Not by terrorists, but by the gendarmes. Evidently some farmers piled up some bales of hay on the road and the police threw...
  35. Bigboote

    RIP Dan Ingram

    Died at 83 a few days ago. I think many, many of us grew up listening to him on WABC. I hadn’t thought of him in years till I saw the obit in the WaPo this morning. I remember fondly sitting on the beach and hearing him spin the latest by the Rascals, Beatles, or Beach Boys. That was living.
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