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Post by mr. excellent on Jan 2, 2019 4:35:50 GMT -5
Here here! My family's New Year started off a bit down trodden. My grandmother had a massive stroke around 10 pm on Christmas Eve. She held on until around 6:20pm January 1st. That said, she left an amazing legacy of love and community behind and the family is really rallying together to carry on her memory and do her proud. On a less somber note, I am very much looking forward to continuing my work with my students and athletes, doing better at visiting family and friends around me, and enjoying all of the awesome new things coming our way via Netflix, Hulu, gaming, and athletics in the coming months. For Christmas my wife bought me a couple UFC shirts of fighters I like, and my sister did as well, so I'm looking forward to giving those a whirl to show off my "girlish" figure.
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Post by Webber3000 on Jan 4, 2019 23:26:47 GMT -5
Hah, I know a thing or two about having a "girlish" figure. But yeah, sorry about your loss, Excellent.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jan 8, 2019 0:31:46 GMT -5
Much appreciated. Another recent loss (one of my best friends from high school up to now; knew the guy for 16 years) had got me thinking. While thinking, I was reminded that I've known you guys for so long, and I only have contact with you through the proboards (except for lopli, who I have on Facebook). I'm not much of a social media guy, but if you guys use Twitter or whatever else there is, it'd be nice to be connected through more than just this place in case anything goes down. I know some of you have connected over gaming, though I don't do much of that. Anyway, if you have any other social media that you casually use and wouldn't mind an extra subscriber or whatever, let me know in messenger. Be well guys, I seriously am in no mood to lose anyone else for a really, really long time. :S Matter of fact, I'd better be the first to go, and I don't plan on going for a long while so there's that. Oye, these jokes aren't funny. Really though, be well, take care of yourselves, and if you get a chance, take a moment to reconnect with an old friend or family member. Anybody. Okay, I'm off my soap box for now.
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Post by Webber3000 on Jan 9, 2019 20:29:16 GMT -5
Oh man, sorry to hear about your friend Excellent, this is heartbreaking... Stay strong! It's really difficult to imagine we've known each other for over a decade. And yeah, I absolutely agree, every single day matters. First to go? You have no business saying things like that, you better stick around for a looong time Excellent.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jan 15, 2019 20:17:16 GMT -5
I'll be here man. Thanks for responding to the call in messenger and accepting my gangsta @$$ looking mug on Facebook (*he says referring to his wholesome picture with his wife from 8 years ago).
I've been thinking about death a lot lately of course. Not my own, but just death in general. Back in the summer time I wrote about how one of my favorite YouTube personalities passed away. His name was Jon Schnepp and he was actually a comic creator, movie director and writer before he was ever big on YouTube. Anyway, I realized that I connected with him so much because he reminded me so much of my friend Matt who passed back on January 6th. Jon Schnepp was what I envisioned my friend Matt to be in 20 years. I had no idea I'd have to confront the passing of Matt himself so soon. It was just a little wild to realize why he struck such a cord with me.
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Post by Webber3000 on Jan 16, 2019 22:29:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember that post, can't believe it's been a year already... My sincerest condolences for your losses Excellent, if you ever feel the need to talk, you know where to find me.
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Post by brotherandbassist on Feb 2, 2019 18:46:40 GMT -5
There's a fan theory for EndGame I came up with that gained some traction on reddit under the username deathbat96777, which also happens to be my PS4 gamer tag. They made an article about it on Inverse. It revolves around the reality stone. You guys should check it out
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Post by mr. excellent on Feb 3, 2019 0:20:08 GMT -5
Nice man! I just read the article. Not too shabby lopli.
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Post by Webber3000 on Feb 19, 2019 20:30:15 GMT -5
Condensed the Member Ranks since 10,000 posts isn't happening for anyone anytime soon. Caps at 5,000 now.
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Post by brotherandbassist on Feb 20, 2019 21:55:06 GMT -5
I wish this place was more active. It's the only community I really check in on much anymore.
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Post by Webber3000 on Feb 20, 2019 22:45:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I feel that, but hey, just glad people are around. Always a pleasure to read you guys' posts, and since we post here so infrequently, almost every single post is meaningful.
(And wow, I guess this is post 7,300... It's been like a year and a half since we hit a milestone.)
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Post by mr. excellent on Feb 20, 2019 23:56:06 GMT -5
Congrats! For sure. Where you at BIB? Caveboy... aliensuit... what about spidey1923? Best to you all. Spazzaro? How's the music going? You doing okay? Those are the ones who haven't posted in the longest amount of time right?
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Post by Webber3000 on Feb 21, 2019 10:45:17 GMT -5
Thanks! I think BiB is still around. Spazz usually makes a yearly appearance. As for the rest, not so sure...
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Post by Webber3000 on Feb 22, 2019 13:55:53 GMT -5
If you guys are curious about how active these boards are, using this thread as a proxy (since the stats are constantly being compiled in the first post and it is by far the most active on Times Square), this histogram might give you all an idea. Attachments:
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Post by mr. excellent on Feb 23, 2019 11:34:49 GMT -5
Neat. I can't really see the titles of each thread, but I can guess that the Race Game thread here and Rate The Last Movie You Saw threads are the highest 2 or 3. On another note, anyone seeing the silly stuff with Brie Larson? I knew her comments about wanting to bring more seats to the table were going to trigger some people, but it's amazing how they are being misinterpreted. Granted, I don't agree with the way that she said everything, but what she's being accused of saying simply is untrue.
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