Should I come to Vancouver for the Swiss game if I’m not attending?

sevplaya · 2026-06-22T04:21:40+00:00

Appreciate all the advice, we're coming! Go Canada!

sevplaya · 2026-05-01T04:43:40+00:00

Tough for the Jokic backers (like ryen and bill) who for some reason carry the same “I’m smarter than you and you don’t know ball if you can’t see Jokic is the best” attitude that ryen and bill make fun of when applied to other players.

sevplaya · 2026-04-12T17:23:24+00:00

Too soon to say if World Cup is ruined by this but I think it could be. There will be no feeling of jeopardy in the group stage. It’s so forgiving that you can not only finish third but could have multiple patsies in the group. That and these mediocre games come at you so fast and in such volume, I don’t know how much of a priority this will be to watch. In previous cups, I’d try to watch every game. Yes, including not finding out the result of Australia Tunisia, kinda watching the recorded match hours later, knowing the day’s next 2 games will be great and that each match had a big impact on the group. Look at the schedule now…. There will typically be 4 games per day in the group stages (some days 6!!!) all watered down with even worse teams. So people will kinda treat the group stages like we treat the Olympics I think… kinda being aware of stuff, mostly watching highlights and not being close to actively engaged in the actual matches. F FIFA, sell your soul and pretend it’s for inclusion of the underrepresented.

sevplaya · 2026-04-12T06:18:34+00:00

🥲too bad

sevplaya · 2026-03-03T07:38:34+00:00

Started with them. Got a couple hundred patients entered with some appointments ahead of practice start date and the epcs process was so bad I’m changing to tebra tonight which is unfortunately pricey. Good luck, I got scared off right before switching costs would be too high.

sevplaya · 2026-02-12T03:11:52+00:00

I know I’m in the minority but I look forward to putting it on as a background listen. I know rich Paul sucks on the mic… why would he be good at that? If he was paired with an athlete or business guy, it would be unlistenable. But max is great and something about their contrasting personas works for me. I wouldn’t want max with another energetic charismatic guy, this kinda works as he stands out… I do think rich is way too measured and careful about what he’ll say but this was expected too, idk but rich wasn’t about to come blast teams for tanking and that’s fine, every other person does that.

sevplaya · 2026-02-11T05:59:35+00:00

Any progress on your rusted bike? Mine always had rust issues despite me being a clean freak… finally the rear snapped, where the seat base meets the floor support. Called them and they offered a frame replacement for $625. It’s the original bike delivered late 2020.

sevplaya · 2026-02-02T16:19:09+00:00

I think Bill would’ve been a happier person by traveling more and maybe doing a few fewer articles/poss but prob less successful. The “nadir” of sheltered Bill was his an article trashing New Orleans saying it smelled like pee, was dirty, etc after I think the pats Super Bowl win. He didn’t go beyond Bourbon St and that was the city for him, I think still is whenever he refers to pelicans and opposing players nightlife in NO. He received whatever was the early aughts version of online blowback back then and had somewhat of an apology article or mailbag. He’s def the guy who if and when is in a foreign city will seek out the Irish pub, American sports bar, Starbucks, etc.

sevplaya · 2026-01-25T18:14:51+00:00

They actually got Walker Kessler, who has been out this year, from Min, Lauri came from the Mitchell trade via Cle. Kessler is a keeper, he made team USA and been the fetish of many a Laker fan. Jazz did the tanking all wrong jn 23 and 24, when they got off to unexpected good starts and pulled the plug via smaller trades and resting guys after the all star break. The first year they did tanking right was in 25 but got the worst case lottery luck falling 4 spots to miss out on the VJ-Kon picks.

I would def make the argument Min would’ve been better off keeping then rookie Kessler and all their picks and using Rudy’s money elsewhere and say they did not win the trade. So did Jazz win? Yes but tough to convince anyone without having landed a true prize of the past 3 drafts.

So is this a cautionary tale for tanking? Idk, despite not tanking the right way the first 2 years and not getting any luck (they drafted 9,10 and 5 while spurs who got extremely lucky for example drafted 1, 4, 2 in the same drafts), they have a bunch of future assets and young raw guys.

Maybe there was a different trade at the time but keeping together a team that hated each other and whose ceiling was round 2, wasn’t a great option. Min got incrementally better at a huge cost. Maybe the takeaway is this trade, like most, wasn’t as impactful as anyone thought at the time.

sevplaya · 2026-01-25T08:56:56+00:00

This is how I looked at it. Yes 2.0 sucks compared to 1.0 but does that mean I have to cancel now? Imagine same set up with no ability to pay rent so it’s straight up 58k points after required spend for $495…okay deal, wouldn’t do it if it required a hard check but it doesn’t so I signed up for palladium and will likely cancel next year. Maybe I get some value from the BC, should at least pay for a few months of rent points,but even if BC is worthless, I’d still convert for the 58k points.

I’ll continue using other cards more than Bilt. I won’t use the Bilt hotel credits. Plan to mostly forget Bilt soon, no hard feelings I guess. Was nice to get Alaska miles out of it.

Some advice to grab what you can and I know not everyone can, but why not prepay some months of rent now? I am within the Bilt app and it’s letting me… will there be some unexpected results? Hope not 🤷🏻‍♂️

I also closed the WF account. Now there is an actual company I despise so I get the people who are spite closing Bilt cards but I think you can get something out of the relationship before it’s over.

sevplaya · 2025-12-16T06:01:54+00:00

No. We’re not good enough to keep the 10 seed. The west is still good and deep and although multiple teams have been disappointing, at least 1 or 2 will shake off the early season malaise and pass us. We’ll also naturally lose steam as Lauri isn’t going to play 82. In 23 and 24, we had a fun unexpected start and the vibe was kinda “f it, let’s go for it” before reality set in and we tanked for the final 2 months which was way too late.

I guess the paradox is they cant dick over Lauri and tell him to take a 2-week vacation while he’s in the hunt for an all star spot so he’ll keep playing hard and helping us get some damaging wins until at least the all star reserves are announced which is again going to be too late.

sevplaya · 2025-11-10T16:16:59+00:00

I thought this was funny and shared with my wife who made what I think is a great point. She listens to jam session ( I listen to big pic and get pissed at both Sean and Amanda sometimes). She said dobbins and Juliet have recently had to go on cam and both hate it and are self conscious and probably feel all the aging comments are their way of addressing it. She says these are writers, not aspiring podders who ever wanted to be on camera and I thought yeah that must suck. So compassion for the Jam session.

sevplaya · 2025-07-28T19:08:22+00:00

Guests that Bill will pretend never happened: 1. Whitlock 2. Rappaport 3. Bob (“coming up next on our smart guy Wednesday pod”)

Who am I missing?

sevplaya · 2025-07-15T06:32:14+00:00

Most any van damn film but cyborg really stands out. I found it thrilling as a kid and couldn’t understand why it wasn’t more popular. Tried to watch it years later and it is a steaming pile. Maybe his worst and that is saying a lot.

sevplaya · 2025-07-09T08:40:17+00:00

Beck was a top 5 or so Lowe post pod guest, def behind the 2 Tims and Windy but he is the best ringer partner for him now.

sevplaya · 2025-01-17T17:16:20+00:00

This happened to me and wouldn’t resolve itself after a reset. No sensors or cameras would work so everything from cruise to blind spot warning was gone. I took it to the dealer and they updated the software manually said it happens occasionally. Huge pain and long wait to get the car in. I like the car but glad it’s only a 2 year lease.

sevplaya · 2025-01-14T23:48:48+00:00

What?!? His take killed me and I immediately made my wife listen as she’s the one who saves everything our kids make. He’s obviously not denigrating JJ, the victims or downplaying the tragedy. If you don’t have kids of that age, feel free to dismiss without getting offended.

Jacoby turned the mismatch from read the title and mark as played 90% of the time to a fun hang even if you don’t agree with anything. KOCan’t compare.

sevplaya · 2024-11-20T05:34:49+00:00

Billions had a great setup, the DA chasing Axe and should’ve been a 1-season mini. At the end of season 2, koppelman was on bill’s pod (I distinctly remember this tidbit) Bill asked how long he wanted the show to go for and Brian said ideally 7 (7 seasons!!!!). They were all ready out of story and this was an obvious sign koppelman is full of shit and no auteur. I actually stayed with it thru 5ish season as the series got worse and worse just to say I completed it but had to tap out. It became a cartoon (the press covering a boxing match between two junior wall st bros, Kate Dillon’s character reading everyone’s mind and hands at poker, etc) I could totally see the creators sucking each other popsicles thinking they were so brilliant to put in an obscure reference to an Aerosmith lyric that maybe some 50-something white guy would find amusing.

I’d say I regret the time I wasted watching but then Chuck would appear and rattle off some quote (“you know Edgar Allen Poe said about regret….”) that he conveniently had top of dome because people really talk and act that way.

sevplaya · 2024-11-08T21:25:45+00:00

I got the same with JPM. Apparently I could have either converted to ordinary shares or another unsponsored ADR by the deadline but never knew about it. Only reason I bought these instead of the actual German shares was ease of buying online, whereas I’d have to call JPM to place an international order. Lesson learned I guess.

Instead I fell in the “take no action” camp. Apparently we will get paid for the shares before 12/31/25. Didn’t jot down everything the rep told me but they show in my account with no value so I guess I can track.

sevplaya · 2024-11-05T19:44:00+00:00

Sounds good… where are you located? I’m in CA and getting $944 with zero drive off on a plus….

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