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  One nation. One team. One tribe. I'm not certain why this edition of World Cup is so captivating with the Seattle area but I'm loving it! The casual viewer / fan is hitting me up about their questions to which I answer with the thought it'll encourage them to learn more and learn to love the 'world's sports'. Seriously it's a sport that needs no translation! It brings out nationalism, and pride for country, too. Speaking of that... when I was growing up through the 1980's the thought was one nation, under God, and uniformity. So my mom, bless her soul, refused to teach Tagalog or Visayan to my sister and I. As we rolled into the 1990's though, the societal pendulum swung the other direction to return to your roots. So identify with your cultural heredity, then fiercely protect it. At least be loud and proud of it. My vain attempt to start learning a new language fell short as my mother simply didn't know how to accommodate our ...

SPOILER ALERT!! [Yes, right from the beginning]   ‘The One I Love’ is a film that I loved to be the one and only mind f**k I want to watch over and over to pick up new details that I missed on the first viewing.   The film opens with Ethan (Duplass) and Sophie (Moss) seemingly at the end of their rope in couples therapy – a nod of acknowledgement to Mr. & Mrs. Smith . The spark they once had is gone, they can’t remember the last time they had sex and, as Sophie shares with their therapist (Ted Danson), happiness has become something they have to re-create from memories of a better past. Instead of the off-camera voice of William Fichtner, it’s the on-camera Ted Danson.   But even these early scenes hint at something strange at work, as the therapy sessions alternate between what appear to be two different timelines, complete with different wardrobes and slightly different hairstyles for Ethan and Sophie.   The story ramps up with the ‘foreplay’...

I’ve written and posted several times the back story on Sounders season tickets were introduced to WCP and I. However, I have yet to post the impact that it had on me all these years later. Until now, of course J   Microwave version: I’ve converted to the ECS – Eternal Blue, Forever Green. There. Now you can continue to scroll through your FB Newsfeed and not know what the hell I’m talking about when I reference this material in future posts. J   War and Peace version: I didn’t start off life as a soccer fan, let alone a Seattle area soccer fan. I’ve tried out a few times during my middle-school, high school, days – all ending with “thanks but have a good day”. I even tried my hand in my 30’s to be part of a Redmond co-ed soccer team – we were around for one season, Costco Travel Shooters.   So when WCP (Charrina Bayne) looked at her season tickets for the Seattle Sounders 2010 season, then looked at me, then the tickets, and quipped, “I can’t wait for our ...

Vancouver Away Match – So Laminated On The Neagle Bus By Carlos Bayne Ever since the Friends episode that aired with the laminated list, I’ve had a laminated list.  [See Friends, Season 3, Episode 5, The One with Frank Jr] And really, an interest in lamination. Fast forward to my 2 nd away match with the Emerald City Supporters, which now will be referred to as the ECS on May 24 th 2014 to Vancouver, British Columbia. My little sister, Charrina Bayne, which now will be referred only was West Coast Playa (WCP), invited a couple of bros and myself. Based on my experience last time she invited me back, and the ECS would welcome me back anytime I can figure it out. I gathered up my gear, save for my beloved, coveted SSFC scarf. Why? Because I know myself, and I know in my heart of hearts that it’ll get damaged, lost, or stolen. All results I didn’t want so I brought a replacement item that if lost, no big loss – my laminated sign of “Scarfs Up” / “Give Us Your Full 90”. ...

Damn. Poor, poor Mark IV has died on me in the line of service. That machine was a BOSS. To say I was kind to it would be a bald face lie. However, you have to say in the same sentence that I LOVE IT just the same. Mark IV was declared dead on Friday, May 31st 2014 by the technician at TD Curran with the words, "Mark IV, my Lord, is dead." The sales boys asked why Mark IV. Of course, I launched into my story / stories about each. To summarize: Mark I - still in service, by WCP, and considered now a family heirloom Mark II - dropped. The LCD was crack, and was no longer useful Mark III - dirty. I decided to forget him in my gym shorts so I gave him the wash and dry cycle. Didn't work after that. Mark IV - service. This machine was ran close to 40+ hours per week if not more. Cycle after cycle of battery charge to battery drain. See below. Mark V - current. Just like the ever-evolving Iron Man suits, my 'Mark' series will continue with my purchases...

A ragingly hormonal teen and her accidental “anal fissure” take centerstage in “ Wetlands ,” a high-energy, unapologetically vulgar, take-me-or-leave-me screen version of Anglo-German author  Charlotte  Roche’s controversial worldwide bestseller (a sort of YA “Fifty Shades of Grey”). Leaving no bodily orifice — or fluid — unexplored, director  David Wnendt  and breakout star Carla Juri give full measure to the outre self-exploration of Roche’s literary alter ego, Helen Memel, while capturing the underlying sweetness that helped endear the character to millions of readers. Result is a spiky, smartly packaged commercial enterprise as sure to score with mainstream audiences as it is to irk the cognoscenti. Arriving on a tide of heavy advance publicity in German-speaking Europe (where it opens Aug. 22), the pic seems assured of a stellar local bow, but could see better-than-usual offshore sales for a non-English-language commercial release.