Baboontyme

Fune is a cool place. Looks like it's closed due to Covid but may be open by May.

SA - I hope I'm wrong but prepare yourself mentally for your 5th grader not being your best buddy anymore. It's good in a way as they discover themselves and are with their peers more. But it also sucks as a parent. Mine just hit 6th this year. Pre-pandemic and at the beginning (end of 4th), he hung out with me every night. Now not so much. As in never.

Yep he wins at being a stupid selfish fuck who outlasted the pandemic. Congratulations.

I thought Beard's issues with the Nets were more related to the fact that Kyrie is a fucking space alien. Wasn't that relatively well known?

What's a gypsy look like in 2022?

Well shit man I don't know. Are we just calling this thing a wash? Not super fair to the top 2 guys. But I didn't mean to try and spring changes on anyone, just no one was really doing anything. I can maybe change it back? @Radical Larry @RexWilson I don't know who the other top seed is or I'd @ him. I'm fine sending my money directly to whoever.

Had to change the regular season to 21 weeks and the playoff period to 1 week instead of 2 before it lined up properly but done. Semifinals end Sunday night.

Ok I'm trying to pull this together. I should have done it earlier before games started. I was able to subtract today's stats and figure out that Durdy and Radical Larry Were 5-5-1 with FG % as the pending factor. Doh. So I had to go back and add the daily FGM/FGA for each because there was no way to back out the current stats even with screen shot stills - only shows current %, not total FGM/FGA. Anyway, it wound up Radical Larry .476268 and Done Durdy .476702 so Durdy wins. I'm going to try to set the finals up as Rex outlined above. Seems like no one really cares but if anyone does speak up.

Fine by me. Any idea what the matchups are? I can set it up.

I could only see that it's set for top 4 to make it and each round is 2 weeks. I have no idea what you all did last year. I'm happy to set it up however you guys think it should be I just have no clue where to start with that or what the structure should be.

@BigOrange1@shadow_operative @RexWilson where the heck is everyone? Not sure what's next here. We giving up?

I think maybe I won 6-4-2? I don't even know who Derka is but I think he's Omar. I have: 442 517✅ 106 135 ✅ 54 117 ✅ ✅ 58 33 ✅ 234 176 ✅ 178 153 41 41 15 26 ✅ 74 70 ✅ ✅ 14 1 0 0 618 872 ✅ Is this sorta correct

The Lily thing has gotten outrageous. It's almost like they are trying to make a caricature out of the green screen/Lily is AI movement. I'm here for it, whatever it is.

Don't think I got manager access. So this matchup will end on Sunday and it's win or go home? Is that right? I'm hosed with Steph and Mitchell done for the week. What is the draft keeper rule again? Is it kosher to cut good players loose if they're not going to play for a week or two?

Cousin Greg is awesome. No shade here.

Well I'm glad you are because I'm not. If you want me to do anything I would be happy to. Do you want me to also check for cross reference? Text me 248.953.90 Rodney Harrison

This is outstanding. I have gotten to the stage as a parent where I'm starting to get existential. When you boil it all down, life is really about one of two things. Do you believe we're here to make the world a better place or do you believe we're here to experience as much cool shit as possible during our existence? There are plenty of healthy balances in between but I think that gets to the core of it. No absolute truth to either answer. It is totally fair to realize that procreating is not going to make the world a better place and it's equally ok to think the mystery of life revolves around experiences and you think being Mormon and having 14 kids is the ultimate experience. But it's a question worth pondering, and the reasons behind that answer are worth pondering.

Bad thread with no context. I don't know why but I Google image searched Dale Doback today. I think the exact moment when Dale surpasses Brennan is when he says "Hello Mz. La-dee" during the interview with Pand. I've always been a Brennan guy. But today it was all Dale. It's Dale.

Shit guys I'm setting my lineups but I have no idea what's going on. I have a laptop and can do commissioner stuff if someone can tell me what to do? Just set the matchups Derka outlined?

Let me tell you how awesome it is when Christmas is over and it's 20 degrees and dark by 5 PM every day for the next 2.5 months. It's the fucking best.

Purely Brennan vs Dale. I gotta go with Doback.

I think this is bullshit. I'm on mobile. Who repped this? The childless or the not childless? I don't know a single person with children who gives a fuck what you do. We've got our own shit to worry about. Now do we scoff at your "responsibilities"? Hard yes. Edit. My theory is that the persecution complex that is alluded to is more of a reflection of the semi-subtle dynamic about responsibilities mentioned above. Maybe not.

I am a side sleeper. I sleep with a thin throw pillow in between my bent knees. I tuck my down shoulder arm up under my pillow and I usually bend my off arm up under my chin. I shift from side to side all night in this same position. It has recently come to my attention that sleeping like this is really contributing to my tendonitis in my elbows. I am trying to change but I don't know how. Where the hell else can you put your arms if you are a side sleeper that doesn't feel unnatural? How do you change sleeping habits without going back to your default while half asleep? What say you surlers.

I don't know if others feel this, but having kids also makes for some complicated matters of self reflection. If you plan on being a good parent, take whatever part of you is unique to you, that you self identify with, and realize that a big part of that is going to die off. You will no longer be LT Bear. You will be LT Bear in charge of his family. It changes you - in a good way. Your identity is now family man and Dad, first and foremost. There is room for other stuff if you keep healthy boundaries but it's very hard to keep healthy boundaries. This transition is wonderful, and eventually you likely will find yourself totally embracing it. There is nothing more rewarding (and challenging and difficult) than parenting children. It is the best thing I've ever done and at the end of the day my purpose on this planet is going to be to produce two other people that hopefully can help make this a better place. However, I've been Baboon the Dad for 12 years now. And my oldest just started middle school and my youngest is 9 and more mature than he is. And I find they don't really need me as much as they used to, sometimes hardly at all. I used to be up at school all the time doing stuff and it gave me great joy. Now I'm just kinda lost. There are days they don't really even think to talk to me other than if they need something. Childhood is sacred. You spend your entire life reminiscing about how much fun it was to be a child with no responsibilities. I see this in my 12 year old as he gets older. I remember feeling it myself. I STILL feel it. There are great times ahead for a 12 year old - perhaps girlfriends, college, Senior Trips, whatever. But nothing will ever be like childhood. Ever. It's sad. I never thought about what it was going to be like to see that childhood ending in my kids, and I never thought about what it was going to be like for me, either. I am still Dad first, but I have a lot more time on my hands and I don't really know who I am anymore.

I really want the Mexican pizza back. Like I might kill a hobo to make it happen if given the option.