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PO2 Darren Harrity is an Awesome People™. For more than one reason.

A: He's a Coast Guard rescue swimmer.

B: The man is a swimming fool.

C: He may just have gills behind his ears like Kevin Costner in "Waterworld".

D: Winches? He don't need no stinkin' winches!!

Amazing dude. Must stay in shape as a male stripper.

Cracked has a list of The Six Most Epic One Man Armies In The History Of War. It's a Cracked article, so there are ads everywhere, brace yourself.

While "...In The History Of War" is debatable, I think you'll agree that those guys were definitely some Awesomely Badass Sumbitches™, a subsidiary of Awesome People™.

I saw that.

The ones who were killed were probably fortunate. Can you imagine any of them being browbeaten by a meter maid? :facepalm:

Ronda Rousey is an Awesome People™.

And what she did was pretty awesome.

No, I'm not talking about the 34 second ko the entire planet is talking about, although that was pretty awesome.

Apraxia of Speech

That is fantastic.

Peggy Hubbard is an Awesome People™.

Apparently, Rick Rice was an Awesome People™.

Yes, she is Awesome.

I agree with her. Her message is a little intermixed, sometimes she's condemning the people protesting that "#blacklivesmatter" but chastising the same people for ignoring the tragedy of the little girl who also died the same night. That is terrible. But I think her fire is misdirected (if you'll pardon the analogy); that's more the result of which "story" is more readily converted into something that can be broadcast/monetized. And the winner in that contest is the story about the dead adult, not the dead child. No one who knows about both deaths would cry for the guy who died in a gunfight with the cops and not about the little girl.

All of the admonitions she delivers are right on target, and completely true--EVEN WITHOUT ANY RACIAL QUALIFIERS. Don't murder. JFC. Who is exempt from that good idea? Pay attention to what your parents who love you and are trying to raise you well tell you. Uh huh, that's *not* a black thing. I'm sorry to hear that she thinks "White people don't care.". Lots of white people care. But that's a distracting quibble.

She's right on target. Awesome, definitely awesome.

Will do, Rick, will do.

She probably is thinking the lack of coverage in the media is they cater to what the white people care about, when it's actually , as you said, a juicier story.

David Perez, Fremont, CA, is an Awesome People™, and he is an awesome neighbor, who has some pretty awesome Facebook friends.

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Cool! They even let the old man nail on the final shingle to complete the job.

Somebody even brought Porta-Potties to the party. :cheerldr:

So here's one ....or two.

This year, one of the swimmers from our itsy bitsy 20yard summer pool team broke a longstanding record for the 50 fly for 11/12yo boys at county championships. (He then went on to break the state record the next week, but that's a different story)

One of our swim moms tracked down the guy who set the previous record thirty-something years ago.

He wrote a letter to our new champ:

Dear AJ,
I wanted to write and congratulate you on breaking the WISC 11-12 50 fly record. It might not have been the oldest record in the books, but it was a pretty big deal for me. After 30+ years, this was the last of my swimming records left at any level. At one point I held a number of 11-12 and 13-14 butterfly and freestyle state and zone records, which led to national age group championships, state titles at Huron, trips to junior nationals, and a lifelong love of swimming.

But even with all that, WISC was always special to me. I loved being part of a summer club team, and was especially proud of the success we had at Orchard Hills, which like Forestbrooke, has always been one of the “little” clubs in WISC. All of my success started from our little kidney bean shaped pool at OHAC, so I am especially happy that a fellow “little” pool swimmer broke my last record.

You are part of a long and proud tradition of swimming in Ann Arbor. I don’t know if you noticed that the other “old” 11-12 record broken this year was held by one of my best swimming friends, Tom Bailey, who was also a Forestbrooke kid. We were part of a group of “little” pool kids that ended up winning a couple of state championships at Huron, so the bar is set pretty high for you. I look forward to following your swimming career, wish you continued success, and hope you are able to experience all the joy, fun, and camaraderie that I was able to have as a swimmer.

Best of luck, Mark Loveland

very classy!

Indeed.

Haven Jarel is just plain awesome. Welded up his own Iron Man mask...at age 6. And he was just getting started:



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Too cool.

Dads are awesome:

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This girl's awesome.

Definitely awesome!

The fashion designers will see what their designs look like on the department store mannequin. She looks almost generic.

oh no you di int

Oh yes I did, she looks androgynous, featureless, mannequin-ish, no distraction from the clothing which is what the designers want. She should do very well.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Jason just might be an Awesome People™:



Eric strikes me as fairly awesome his own self.

Santa is a phucking Awesome People™.

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Beyond Awesome.

You'd be amazed how many people know ASL, especially how many kids. But you'll know soon.

Deputy Brooks is an Awesome People™.

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I've seen a bunch of those ice rescues this winter. I don't know if there's more happening or I'm just noticing more. Maybe it's the warmer winter. They don't all end well, for the person or the critter.

Who has ice in winter any more?

hockey teams have ice in winter. But it's expensive

We got lots of ice.

Elizabeth "Betty Wall" Strohfus was an Awesome People™.

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He had to say that because the other two in the newsroom might knife him. :lol2:
But seriously folks, try the Veal.
I liked what he said, but I'm not sure about his solution?

Get to know people.

A truly awesome human being, a hero, a savior, and his horse.

In this world of selfish people, it is happy to see deep minded people like Cameron Lyle. He values the strangers's life than his future. Please introduce awesome people and their heart touching stories.

Depends on ya look at it.

From the American perspective, saving the Union, Making America Great Again on Chinese hats.
From a humanitarian perspective of shortening a war that was killing so many.
From a social perspective that millions of men could go home and have sex with their wives instead of that poor mule.
From a sociological perspective of a great way to poke people who after 150 years should get the fuck over it. http://cellar.org/2015/patriot.gif

ignoring his buffalo and Indian record as well...

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC is an Awesome People™.

Good on ya, Judge.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

He killed his chances of getting any Republican votes for a Supreme Court seat.

Yeah - definitely an awesome person.

Anonymous Old Man Is An Awesome People™.

Doing human right.

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I nominate:

http://www.davidbrin.com/about.html

He holds multiple degrees in fields that make my brain shut down just trying to figure out what he studied. He writes the only hard sci fi (technology-oriented for the non-sf crowds) that said brain o mine will wrap itself around. I got to meet him at a sci fi convention many years ago, and it went like this:

I find out Dr. Brin is a Guest of Honor and will be doing a book signing table with Greg Bear and Gregory Benford. Con policy is no more than 3 books per author per table. By the time I get there, I'm all of like 7th in line! Everyone around me has nine hardbacks apiece, three by each author, clearly bought at nearby book dealer booths.

I have one ratty, busted-spined paperback.

They all look at me weird when I make it to the table. I pull my badge out of its holder and hand it to Mr. Bear and then Mr. Benford, asking them to sign the back. Then I hold the book out to Dr. Brin and tell him the truth:

"This is my favorite hard sci fi novel ever. I've read this copy five times and it's my third because people keep stealing it." He writes a super-sweet note on the first page while we chat about why I'm at the convention--was hoping to snag an unclaimed art show table for my work, but none came up available.

Forward to later that day, and as a guest of the convention there to teach panels, I have access to the greenroom and have my miniature polymer clay animal sculptures stowed under a table. In walks Dr. Brin. I grab him for a quick second and show him my favorite of the critters I had at the time, an Arabian horse glued to a thin slab of what I now know was Montana agate. It's 1 inch tall at the ears, slab included, and he holds it up with the very tips of his fingers to get a better look. He says: "Wow, this is amazing! Do you make the molds for these?"

The correct answer turned out to be: "Ummmm, no, Dr. Brin, I don't have any mold-making supplies or experience."

He gives me a moment of HUGE eyes and says: "You do this by hand???"

All the degrees he worked for, all the awards his writing has won, and still the most tear-inducing, heart-stuttering compliment my work ever got.

I enjoyed reading The Postman. He can write.

That was pretty cool.

Wow, thats awesome, Snake... Now tell me again why I don't recall seeing pics of any of your work here.

My nomination for Awesome people is our very own limey. She is one of the most thoughtful, kind, compassionate, talented and caring people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
For example, I told her about how my kids all had stockings which were handmade when they were young. The woman who did it has long passed and my daughters was lost by her mother. My daughter has reminded yearly of how special it was to her and hos disappointed she was that hers was gone.
So ... I reached out to limey and gave her all sorts of pics and my recollection of what her stocking looked like etc etc... She managed to completely ignore me and created the most beautiful stocking for my daughter. I was going to wait until Christmas (also her birthday) to give it to her, but as we were decorating today I realized it needed to happen sooner so we could all enjoy it for much longer.
My daughter is thrilled beyond belief and absolutely LOVES her new stocking!
Limey, I really can't thank you enough for all you've done for Danny over the years and now this too ... I thank you and I love you for who you are. You are seriously too sweet. <3
How freaking awesome is this???

supremely awesome :)

What Monster said.