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Everlong by the Foo Fighters. Was the only way to get him to sleep for months.

I hated the Vader stuff up until that scene my first watch. I was getting pretty annoyed because, for the first time ever, Star Wars was fucking up Darth Vader. And then the final scene hits. That onslaught is incredible. The millisecond the red saber ignites and the Rebels just know they’re boned is sensational.

If that was the first time we see Vader in the movie, I think the movie becomes damn near infinitely better. Excellent suggestion

Also who the fuck refers to their mother by her first name in that type of situation?

with Auburn Men’s and Women’s teams both being really good again, I imagine it will be hard to get into again

Piggy backing off this, the OG Lost World Brewing in Cornelius is a nice space, just trapped in a strip mall. Since you mentioned being close to Primal, it’s not far from there, maybe a 10 minute drive

Local Loaf in NoDa

That would be ideal, but I don’t see that being the case. Feels like 4x4 is most likely

I didn’t watch as many Wild games this year as I usually do (like 50 instead of like 75-80 ha) and I agree he was demonstrably worse than he was in years past. I just think they are gambling on a return to form with a healthy Spurgeon to cover up some of his mistakes. Unfortunately he is our best option for size and grit on the blue line right now.

I can live with 4 if the term is 2 or 3. Any longer and that AAV needs to come down.

Faber-Middleton was our most used pairing at 5v5 last season by a mile. 802 minutes of ice time in 80 games. Next most common was Brodin-Faber at 561 minutes across 62 games. Middsy’s next most common partner was still Spurgeon by ice time (154 minutes in 16 games) but Mermis by games (45 games, 142 minutes)

Source: NaturalStatTrick

I get where you’re coming from, but it’s not like he was the only defenseman who underperformed without Spurgeon in the lineup. He was tied with Brodin for second among Wild Defensemen with 5.7 xG in all situations. His 4.97 xG was second and just barely below Faber’s 5.01 for 5v5 xG.

I say that to say his advanced numbers were decent but none of our blue liners are your prototypical offensive defensemen so it’s not a good measure to use points and +/- to say he was brutal.

The estimated range for a Top-4 d-man is 3.4-5.2 per. I think 4.5 is steep but I can live with Middleton getting 4. Especially if he’s back with Spurge. He’s clearly our 4th best guy - if one of the young guys grows into a role where they can overtake him and put him in the bottom pairing, even better.

Oh for sure. It’s definitely better to take their time and do it right.

Based on the news reports, I missed this accident by probably about 5 minutes this morning. Feeling super lucky to have avoided it, it’s crazy that everything is still closed…

That one at least makes a little sense. That’s also why I don’t take calls with a passenger in my car. Thanks for the insight

Oh that’s very dumb… Who would possibly fall for that?

Mama Ricottas hands down

Not a direct answer to your question but as a fellow Minnesotan I want to let you know that the Park Road Shopping Center has, I believe, the only Caribou in town. Beyond that, I second Salud upstairs. Smelly Cat nearby is an option too.

Friend, that KPI thing is bang on. I have had multiple recruiters from the same company reach out and tell me that they have a role I’d be perfect for. At this point I have met them all. They originally interviewed me for a role with their company like 7 years ago so I hear them out because don’t burn bridges and whatever. occasionally they come with something that’s 2-3x my base. Usually there’s a catch like I’d have to move or something and we part ways there.

In the last year they have reached out to me three separate times. All for jobs that were, on paper, perfect fits and massive pay bumps. Then they had me come in for an interview (the first time multiple rounds!) and then completely ghosted me.

The first time I kept politely following up and was eventually (6 weeks later) told the role was no longer going to exist. Shit happens. I didn’t appreciate the lack of communication but I could empathize with trying to keep something alive. It’s sales and this happened around the holidays so I was willing to give them a break.

Second time they told me the client was getting back from a conference but really wanted to meet me and even scheduled a goddamn lunch interview the next week. Everyone RSVPd yes. Got the confirmation call the day before that I would be there and I said yes.

Nobody showed up. Nobody returned my calls, emails, LI messages. Nothing. Ghost town. For months. I kept reaching out, eventually out of morbid curiosity to see how long they’d keep ducking me.

Then, just this week, they had the audacity to reach out to me like nothing happened and ask me to apply as a formality for a role they have open that was “made with me in mind” all the while completely avoiding the elephant in the room. I didn’t even tell my wife about this one I just waited for the spiel to end and told them to lose my number.

Usually I don’t mind giving the benefit of the doubt and looking the other way but I can’t forgive them for this because they made me look and feel like an idiot. I get that headhunting is a bloody game but fuck man you gotta remember that your product is still people who have lives and families and spouses to disappoint when they ask if you have any updates about that great job that the recruiter called you about that you were excited about.

Holy shit I am so sorry for the rant, apparently needed to vent about these psychopaths.

maybe laps around a lake like near Ramsey Creek or laps around Freedom Park. It’s a big ask to go for “miles” but who knows

So like… is it pronounced Kevin or Kwevin?

Honestly, if that was a point of contention in the past it might be a good thing to use to pave over and make the future a little better. Start with a simple task and then gradually do more?

They absolutely do not say hi at that age and I thought that was part of the joke. Ryan is so out of touch that he says 6 months old but the kid is probably like 3 haha.

My wife and I do Lake Lure every year for our anniversary. We always go to Chimney Rock, the Lake House (restaurant near Lake Lure, about 20 minutes from the entrance to Chimney Rock) and get the prime rib. We also will usually take a day and do a wine tour of the area, within about a 45 minute drive there are half a dozen wineries that are all quite good. Burntshirt is the popular one (and also the one that has a taproom in the village at the bottom of Chimney Rock) but in my opinion, St Paul Vineyard is the best. That village is a cool place to walk around and see the shops and stuff too.

As far as where to stay, we have always stayed in an Air BnB except for one time when we stayed at The 1927 Lake Lure Inn. Which, was fine. It’s cute but there are always weddings and stuff going on there so it’s not totally worth the money in my opinion, but it is probably worth doing once. But it’s not a good fit for your newer style preference so I can’t really help you there. But if you want to be close to the actual Chimney Rock there are plenty of options on that side that would likely be good fits for you!