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On The Simpsons

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FXX is currently running an Every Simpsons Ever Marathon, and I've been tuning in a lot. I watched an absurd amount of The Simpsons in college and law school, and even after that. Right about up until I had kids. In some ways, it's weird to think that they've continued on for the past 5 years, without me. I'm kind of looking forward to seeing some of the newer episodes during this marathon.

I thought it would be worth having a conversation on the WGOM about The Simpsons. For a long time I was of the mindset that The Simpsons stopped being good right about Season 9. But last night I saw a number of episodes from Season 10, and I realized there were some really good ones still. Not all of them. And there were some real clunkers ("Maximum Homerdrive" ::shudder::). But two of them even makes my top 10 favorites list. (Which I'll present here, and maybe try to kick off a conversation). It might well be time for me to re-evaluate my earlier take on The Simpsons.

Though I remain disappointed in the movie. I mean, in a Simpsons movie the bad guy has to be Mr. Burns, right? How did they manage to mess up such a natural mandate? Sigh. Anyway, here's my favorites. Lots of good ones I had to leave off the list.

Phil's 10 Phavorite Simpsons Episodes:
Das Bus (#5F11 / SI-911)
Team Homer (#3F10)
Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment (#4F15)
22 Short Films About Springfield (#3F18)
Simpson Tide (#3G04)
You Only Move Twice (#3F23)
Bart Sells His Soul (#3F02)
Mom and Pop Art (#AABF15)
The Old Man and the "C" Student (#AABF16)
Homer the Great (#2F09)

Miscellaneous, The Nation Has An Appetite

WGOM Mini-Caucus (lunch) – DWNTWN MPLS

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Just got off the phone interwebs with Pepper and realized something - Did we nail this thing down?

Seems the consensus last week was that a Thursday meeting at Be'Witched would be convenient for most involved. Washington isn't close to where I'm at, but seems close to where y'all are working so I'm happy to make a trip over - maybe swing by and pick up Dread Pirate enroute.

I can take lunch anytime. The questions are:

Does Thursday, April 3 work for you?

What time works best for you?

Miscellaneous

Swept Up by Sochi

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Like Streams, I've been a little to intense in my appetite for curling this year. But I guess it's like getting ready for hibernation – you know you've got to get fat on this while you can, because it's another four long years until the next Olympics. So here's to moderation in everything, including moderation. There will be time to catch up on sleep between now and the end of spring training, right? Continue reading Swept Up by Sochi →

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Stone Free

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Your log for Men's & Women's Round Robin Sessions 5-6.

Men's Round Robin Session 5 (Wednesday, 9am CST)
  • UK 4, Switzerland 2
  • China 11, Germany 7
  • Denmark 8, Sweden 5
  • Canada 7, Russia 4
Men's Round Robin Session 6 (Thursday, 4am CST)
  • Canada vs. Denmark
  • Russia vs. Switzerland
  • US vs. UK
  • Sweden vs. Norway
Women's Round Robin Session 3 (Wednesday, 11pm CST)
  • Switzerland vs. Sweden
  • Canada vs. Denmark
  • UK vs. China
  • Japan 8, Denmark 3
Women's Round Robin Session 4 (Thursday, 9am CST)
  • Switzerland vs. Canada
  • Sweden vs. Denmark
  • US vs. Japan
  • Russia vs. Korea
Miscellaneous

Polar Bear Plunge

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The recent weather has reminded me that it's time to head over to the lake, find a hole in the ice and jump in - it'll feel warmer in the water than out of it! The Polar Plunge at White Bear Lake is back and our team goal this year is to outperform the more than $1,500 we raised in 2013. For reference, the 15 or so plunge events last year raised more than $3 million for Special Olympics Minnesota. A very large portion of that was in the form of individual donations supporting plungers like me.

Follow this link to find my Plunge Page and follow the prompts for how to donate.

http://www.plungemn.org/plunger/benjohnson

Thanks!
-Can of Corn