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Hochul sent them last year to make the subways safer. Will be fun to see her stance if Trump does the same—especially since she’s up for reelection.

re: Oahu in March - where to stay

Posted by TheChosenOne on 12/22/25 at 11:10 am to
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Or consider staying at the North Shore.


This. We stayed at Turtle Bay and loved it. Though in March, the beaches on the North Shore may be rough.

Also agree on Lanikai. Best beach on Oahu and great place to stay if you want to do an Airbnb.
I would caveat all of that with it depends on the hotel in Hells Kitchen and the shows that they’re seeing. If they’re staying at the Romer, Belvedere, Washington Jefferson, etc., then they’re only 1-3 blocks from Wicked, Hadestown, MJ, Mama Mia—maybe 5 blocks from Hamilton, and 6-7 blocks from Lion King.
Hells Kitchen is perfectly fine and a food mecca these days.

Tell them to get a reservation at Gail’s Broadway Rose (Friedman’s Edison Hotel) before a show. They have aspiring broadway singers as servers that sing the whole time and you don’t have to wait in a long line like Stardust Diner.
Bruce Matthews. He isn't just the nicest athlete I've met, he may be one of the nicest humans ever.
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First thought was NYC, or Chicago. But Savannah

Welcome to Mamdani’s America
I have the Tiger Stadium version of that one in my office.



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Some guests are much better than others, show is definitely not immune to having turds

Agreed. Even when there are turds, I think mixing things up with guests each week keeps it interesting if it’s a shitty game or matchup. You can also tell pretty quickly if they will be a good guest or not, so I’ll just tune out a bit if I’m not interested.

re: Amtrak levels of tickets

Posted by TheChosenOne on 11/29/25 at 12:03 pm to
Train travel along the NE corridor is great. I live in NYC and travel to DC multiple times a year for work. With the Acela, I’ll do day trips where I catch the 6:30am train that gets to DC at 9:20am, so I’m in meetings by 10. Then catch the 4pm train, and I’m back home before the kids go to bed. It’s so much better than flying because the stations are closer to home/office and I can get there 5 minutes before and walk right on.

re: Amtrak levels of tickets

Posted by TheChosenOne on 11/29/25 at 10:02 am to
For the Northeast Regional and most other local trains, Coach seats are not assigned. Not a big deal if you’re traveling alone, but if you’re with other people, you may not find seats together. Business is assigned seats and comes with free non-alcoholic drinks.

Acela is all assigned seats and nicer. First class comes with complimentary food and drinks.

Yep. DJ Thomas is a spark plug.

re: Omaha 73 @ LSU 99 Final

Posted by TheChosenOne on 11/21/25 at 8:41 pm to
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Miller looks terrible this year


Yea, it’s starting to look like he doesn’t fit well with this team.

PJ Carter stepping up when Sutton’s having an off night is great to see.
I saw when they showed that graphic live this weekend. It was the preseason mock draft and they were showing how much things can change.

re: Walt Disney World Golf?

Posted by TheChosenOne on 11/18/25 at 5:28 pm to
Out of the Disney courses, Magnolia is the best.

That said, the Waldorf course is the best public course on Disney property. Orange County National, just outside of Disney, also has two fun tracks.
The drives at the end of each half were welcome sights. Good play calls and execution to get get points in the 2nd quarter, then good creativity and power running to close it out.

Also, shout out to Jujuan Johnson for not forcing the big play down field and instead dropping it down to Green for a first down.
She’s up for reelection in a year and knows she’ll lose if she lets him raise taxes.
What a lazy a-hole. Says the shadow docket is a problem, then says they should implement term limits and expand the court—neither of which have an impact on the emergency docket procedures.

re: Pebble/Spyglass

Posted by TheChosenOne on 11/7/25 at 7:02 am to
What did you like so much about Spyglass? The first five holes are incredible and some of the best opening holes in golf. After that, I thought it was a bit of a slog.