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Hey again /r/mls I'm back with part four of the state soccer teams. For those of you seeing this for the first time, I began a project last summer where in a made-up universe, each U.S. state (commonwealth for the people in KY, MA, PA, and VA) had their own state soccer team. I have done Part I revised a few weeks ago, and now I am on to part four!
To get read-up on everything, check out Part 1.
#Previous Threads Part 1 (AL-CA) | Part 2 (CO-GA) | Part 3 (HI-IA) | Part 4 (KS-MO)
#Kansas
- Home Stadium: Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City (Capacity: 18,500)
- Notable players: Nick Besler, Dániel Sallói, and Tyler Freeman
- Likely CONCACAF equivalent: Trinidad and Tobago
- Rivals: Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado
In the week after Hyperion's appearance on the news, subduing the mutant Rictor, he had not appeared again. The news cycle had remained obsessed with the mysterious superhero, many outlets praising him as the best solution for the mutant menace, a superhuman they could trust. Some voices were not so supportive of him, loudest among them J Jonah Jameson, the outspoken editor blasting the superhero as either a hypocrite or a traitor in a series of editorials targeting the MRD and this strange superhero as violators of civil liberties. But his was one voice amidst millions, and praise for Hyperion's "firm but fair" treatment of the mutant grew to almost a fever pitch. Anti-mutant sentiment grew to a fever pitch again, riots starting in the streets of New York and people suspected of "mutant tendencies or sympathies" were assaulted. The exterior of the Daily Bugle was surrounded by anti-mutant protestors, police mysteriously not showing up to protect the building.
The rise in anti-mutant sentiment came as no surprise to Cyclops, who had been expecting this since he'd heard rumours of Hyperion's existence through the mutant underground. The man was a ghost, according to Gambit, no one he knew had any idea who the muscular maniac was. Charles had been unable to discern if the man was a mutant with Cerebro, or if he was human. Summers sighed. He was going to have to assemble a team and fight Hyperion if he emerged, but something about him set the man on edge. The X-Men hadn't had to fight another superhuman being since their initial scuffles with the Brotherhood and while the X-Men had come off well enough against the Brotherhood, it wasn't like the Brotherhood had the same casual hatred of the X-Men that Hyperion had for mutantkind. He shook his head, fingers tapping against his desk, the winter wind howling around his office. He looked at the metal plate on his desk, a small thing, about the size of a credit card. It had a number etched into it, a communication code for a certain helicarrier. If the situation escalated, and he couldn't keep his kids safe, Scott knew he would use it in a heartbeat.
*On Avalon, the atmosphere was tense, but quiet. A loud silence, if you will, a quiet that everyone could feel was forced, artificial. Everyone knew that the Brotherhood was on the verge of finally getting their marching orders, that the rising tensions beneath them meant tha
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
I'm back again. Again. AGAIN. again. Merry Christmas!
I have four IKEA Billy Bookcases of TPB's and HC's that I'm going through shelf by shelf.
I'll calculate Media Mail shipping based on weight. I ship only to the US.
I am pretty much PayPal only this round. There are Christmas bills to be paid, I bought a ton of stuff at Motor City Comic Con and looming there... off in the distance... is that LEGO Titanic set. And, SURPRISE, the nice people at the LEGO Store don't accept Dan Slott She-Hulk TP's as a form of payment.
We're P-T this time and there's a bunch of random stuff from various piles around my house. As usual, stuff from previous sales is discounted at the bottom. If you need more pictures of something, feel free to ask.
Push TPB - Remember the first time Chris Evans was in a superhero movie? No, not The Losers, not FF, but Push! About telekinetics? Maybe? This was a prequel mini from Wildstorm. $3
PVP Vol. 2 TPB - Horizontal collection of the Scott Kurtz webcomic reprinted by Image. $3
Red Sonja HC and TPB Bundle - The HC is by Mike Carey and Mike Oeming, its signed by Oeming. The TPB is the start of Gail Simone's run on the character. $20
Resurrection Vol. 1 TPB - A Marc Guggenheim post alien invasion book from Oni that has former POTUS Bill Clinton as a cast member? I think? Collects 7 black and white issues + 6 in color. $8
Revival Vol. 1 TPB - A Tim Seeley Image Noir. $3
Robin: Violent Tendencies TPB - Collecting Robin 170-174 + Robin/Spoiler Special it's Chuck Dixon returning to Tim Drake in 2008 and it's OOP and it's expensive. $20
Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom HC - Waid and Samnee on The Rocketeer. $10
Sam and Twitch: The Writer TPB - Post Bendis run Todd tried to keep the energy alive in this book. It didn't really work. It's written by Luca Blengino? I have no idea who that is and the name can not be found on either the front cover, the back cover or the first page soooooo... $2
Satellite Sam Vol. 1 TPB - Fraction, Chaykin, perversion and murder. Can there be perversion and murder WITHOUT Howard Chaykin? Can there? Find out for yourself. $4
Scalped Vol. 1 TPB - The world is introduced to Jason Aaron. $4
Sebastian O TPB - Some weird Grant Morrison Vertigo thing. You could probably use that phrase to describe the early 2000's honestly. $3
Secret Avengers TPBs - Vol. 1-2 of the Remender run. $15
She-Hulk Vol. 1-2 TPBs - First 12 issues of Dan Slott's run. $20
~~Skinwalker Vol
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I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
See here (WSJ gated but quoted in full below) or here for an ungated summary:
>In museum-speak, a docent is a trained volunteer who greets visitors and guides them through the collection, filling in details of the artists’ lives, speaking to the visual elements of the work on display and adding art-history context. The Art Institute used to have more than 100 docents, 82 of them active, until Veronica Stein, an executive director of learning and engagement, sent a Sept. 3 email canning all of them. In gratitude for their long, unpaid service—averaging 15 years each—the Art Institute offered the involuntarily retired guides a two-year free pass to the museum.
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>The apparent problem was that the Art Institute docents were mostly older white women of above-average financial means and with plenty of time on their hands. The institute needs to go to a more professional model, Ms. Stein explained, “in a way that allows community members of all income levels to participate, responds to issues of class and income equity, and does not require financial flexibility.”
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>The museum’s docent program was established in 1961, an initiative of the Woman’s Board, a support group for the museum, and the Junior League of Chicago. For more than 60 years, crews of docent volunteers have introduced children, donors and museum members to the Art Institute’s holdings—which include classics such as Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” (1930) and Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” (1942).
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>“We were surprised, we were disappointed” by the sudden firing, said Gigi Vaffis, president of the docent council, in an interview with radio station WBEZ. “There is an army of very highly skilled docents that are willing and ready and able to continue with arts education.”
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>The Art Institute docents received rigorous training. In a Sept. 13 letter protesting their firing, the docents noted that each of them had “engaged in eighteen months of twice-a-week training to qualify as a docent, five years of continual research and writing to meet the criteria of 13 museum content areas, and monthly and bi-weekly trainings to further educate ourselves with the materials, processes and cultural context” of the Art Institute’s collection.
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>“It was nearly a full-time job,” said Di
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I'm back again. Again. AGAIN. again. Happy New Year! Reposted from last week!
I didn't take new pictures so some stuff in the pics has been sold. The only stuff available is what's listed.
I have four IKEA Billy Bookcases of TPB's and HC's that I'm going through shelf by shelf.
I'll calculate Media Mail shipping based on weight. I ship only to the US.
I am pretty much PayPal only this round. There are Christmas bills to be paid, I bought a ton of stuff at Motor City Comic Con and looming there... off in the distance... is that LEGO Titanic set. And, SURPRISE, the nice people at the LEGO Store don't accept Dan Slott She-Hulk TP's as a form of payment.
We're P-T this time and there's a bunch of random stuff from various piles around my house. As usual, stuff from previous sales is discounted at the bottom. If you need more pictures of something, feel free to ask.
Push TPB - Remember the first time Chris Evans was in a superhero movie? No, not The Losers, not FF, but Push! About telekinetics? Maybe? This was a prequel mini from Wildstorm. $3
PVP Vol. 2 TPB - Horizontal collection of the Scott Kurtz webcomic reprinted by Image. $3
Red Sonja HC and TPB Bundle - The HC is by Mike Carey and Mike Oeming, its signed by Oeming. The TPB is the start of Gail Simone's run on the character. $20
Resurrection Vol. 1 TPB - A Marc Guggenheim post alien invasion book from Oni that has former POTUS Bill Clinton as a cast member? I think? Collects 7 black and white issues + 6 in color. $8
Revival Vol. 1 TPB - A Tim Seeley Image Noir. $3
Sam and Twitch: The Writer TPB - Post Bendis run Todd tried to keep the energy alive in this book. It didn't really work. It's written by Luca Blengino? I have no idea who that is and the name can not be found on either the front cover, the back cover or the first page soooooo... $2
Satellite Sam Vol. 1 TPB - Fraction, Chaykin, perversion and murder. Can there be perversion and murder WITHOUT Howard Chaykin? Can there? Find out for yourself. $4
Scalped Vol. 1 TPB - The world is introduced to Jason Aaron. $4
Secret Avengers TPBs - Vol. 1-2 of the Remender run. $15
She-Hulk Vol. 1-2 TPBs - First 12 issues of Dan Slott's run. $20
Star Wars: Agent of the Empire Vol. 1 TPB - A Dark Horse SW book about an Imperial James Bond-type superspy by John Ostrander. WAY OOP. $15
Stephen King's The Stand HC's (Captain Trips, American Nightmares and Soul Survivors) - I love The Stand but thi
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