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Kyle

When I say I “haven’t been here in forever” I meant this thread. I’ve never been to Cabo before. Okay. Glad I cleared that up. Carry on.

Kyle

I haven’t been here in forever! Cabo is fucking great! Honestly, this trip for my anniversary is the best ever. We went to a beach on the very tip of the Baja Peninsula that’s only accessible by sketchy boat and it was so freaking amazing! Y’all. Y’all! My wife is the best!

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I’m drunk in Cabo. But it seems y’all are doing good. Eli- I want you to expand your patrols for all primates. And let’s keep an eye on the marsupials. You never know what they’re hiding in there!

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Mike. Son. Is there something you want to tell us about "your" essay?

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Understood. I trust you and I trust your instincts. Carry on. And I know this isn’t your purview, but what about monkeys? Sometimes they run in the same circles. Fancy is still cute. Good job, soldier. Mike, how’s the essay coming along? I need a sitrep on the essay. Mando! This ship isn’t for touri...

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Dammit, man! That’s why the site’s policies require two weeks written notice for approved vacation.

Okay, don’t worry. Scotland’s got reliable WiFi, so… JUST THIS ONCE… I’ll let you fulfill your ship steward duties remotely.

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Eli- you can wear the top hat if it's necessary or not.

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I know things have been crazy busy here, but I'm leaving Monday to go to Cabo with my wife for a week for our 30th anniversary. While I will have access to the internet, I probably won't be able to check in on things here. So while I'm gone, I'd like y'all to keep things in ship shape for me. Specif...

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The Art of War - Sun Tzu. It was short so I'll try to keep this short. I remember my dad, who was in the air force, talking to me when I was a kid about how they taught this book in War College (a real thing) and how impressed he was on how relevant it remained, even though it was written hundreds ...

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Baby Reindeer was a tough watch, but I did enjoy it. I started a lot of interesting conversation with my family watching it. We also watched Expedition from Hell on HBO Max. It's about a guy who wants to "raise money for kids with cancer" by hiking an expedition 5,000 miles across the wide...

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The Life We Bury - Allen Eskens. This book started out so good. The premise is that our college-attending protagonist must write an outline and small portions of an original biography from one of his classes. His family life is garbage, so he can't use any of them. So he goes to an assisted living ...

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It Was Always You - Sarah Stephens. Spoilers- but you shouldn't care because you should not read this book. If you've read my reviews before, you'll know that one of the types of books I dislike the most are the ones that are clearly being written to be turned into a movie. This was worse than that...

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I just played Untitled Goose Game, which was on sale for $10. It was delightful, but I didn't realize it was only a three hour game. Still, no regrets. It was great fun.

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Y'all are going to be so mad. I almost don't want to post it.

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Y'all are doing better than my buddy in prison. He chose to go to the Space Academy and go to command school and it said, "Congratulations! You get to command your own space ship and venture into parts unknown! THE END"

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Five Broken Blades - Mai Corland. Five killers- all of which who found themselves as killers for a multitude of different reasons- are brought together for the ultimate job: to kill the God-King of the land. Set in a fantastic feudal/low-magic/South Korean-like setting, the five characters are cons...

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Mike wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 1:45 pm Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

Your proper English gentleman is way better than mine lately. What prompt are you using?

I use facebook and say, "Say the following like a Proper English Gentleman: '(quote)'"

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Good heavens, my dear! You have a most peculiar effect on my heart, old bean. You inject a certain... je ne sais quoi, a certain boom boom, if you will, that sends my very soul soaring to unprecedented heights! When you deign to bestow your affections upon me, my thoughts become a jolly old jitterb...

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Mike wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 10:18 am Im attributing it to Justly Spake Frederick.

Hahaha! Well played, good fellow. Well played.

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Not hard, but holy shit this made me laugh: Good heavens, old chap! I'm afraid I'm too devilishly dashing for my own love, too ravishingly handsome, if I do say so myself. Fearfully, love is on the verge of abandoning me, for I'm simply too irresistibly charming for my own love. And, dash it all, I'...

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Oh duh. Fly by Sugar Ray.

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The first one is definitely Walk this Way by Aerosmith. Let me cook on the second one.

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I don’t know any of the lyrics to that song. That explains my confusion.

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Still nothing. Anyone?

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I agree. I'd let y'all make a different choice, but I didn't leave my finger on the page of the last choice, so under CYOA official rules- this is the ending we have to accept.

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I'll start another book next week.

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Too bad!

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Whelp. I was hoping Eli would come along and talk you out of this clearly dangerous choice. But no. Obviously, this was going to happen:

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Mike wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 5:55 pm
Consider how often I have stumbled. Spirits guide me, with more profound voices calling. The bond that heaven forged between you and me is indelible. I have traversed the globe.

Easy- Baby Got Back! Am I right? Did I get it?

Okay- no clue.

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It is! You go!

By the way, I tried doing it with a "Rootin Tootin Cowboy from the Wild West" and a "1920s Gangster" but both of those options yielded dialogue that was way to close to the lyrics, often using the key words verbatim from the lyrics.

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I emerge from slumber, somewhat disheveled, I confess, and make my way to the kitchen in a state of slight disorientation. Upon arrival, I pour myself a cup of...ahem...enthusiasm, a stimulating brew, if I do say so myself. Following this, I indulge in a gentle yawn, rather like a refined stretch, ...

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Nevermind- all that homework made me get it. Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys:

Well, now, don't you tell me to smile
You stick around, I'll make it worth your while
Got numbers beyond what you can dial
Maybe it's because I'm so versatile

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I'm stumped. It's clearly more than a single rapper- but it could be credited to a single rapper with featured rappers on it. Here's what I've got: We're the OG rappers Take off your shoes and socks [a BB King call out?] Our rhymes are sick and our beats [?] like lightning. Don't make me laugh If yo...

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Okay, I think this is a hard one without another verse- but it's doable: I managed to navigate the uncharted territories, old chap. Miraculously, I emerged unscathed, having traversed the wilderness, as it were. I must confess, I was utterly bewildered and lost, until, fortuitously, I chanced upon y...

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Goddammit. I thought it was Insane in the Membrane, but I couldn't remember the band. But now I do. Cypress Hill. Is that right?

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Do you know that I know the song? That will narrow it down a bunch.

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No clue. I don't know rap.

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So I'm guessing rap...

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Is it just me or has there been a concerted movement in fiction to write in the present tense. It seems to me that when I was a kid that almost all fiction I read, whether in the first or third person, was almost always written in the past tense. And that was a give-away when you were reading a shor...

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I get it- this might be one of those "Nabooti Prince" scams that I keep reading about on the internets.

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AHA! Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard. I got it from "living akin to an ardent admirer equipped with communication apparatus" and suddenly I could hear the melody in my head as I was translating it. Love is like a bomb, baby, come on, get it on Livin' like a lover with a radar phone Lo...

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I was convinced this was Jet with Are You Gonna Be My Girl, but that doesn't fit. And Google just tells me it's an Oasis song I've never heard called Love Like a Bomb- both of those are wrong.

Don't give me the other lyric yet. Let me cook here.

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Try this: The venerable artworks adorning the sepulcher, I dare say, execute a most intriguing sand-inspired choreography, if you will. Indeed, should they hasten their movements excessively (oh dear me!), they risk tumbling to the ground in a manner reminiscent of a row of dominoes, if you catch my...

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Damn it! I looked up the lyrics to Dirty Laundry and only checked out the first verse and said, "Nope. Not it."

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I think we cross-posted.

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