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OTFPOTD 20 October.

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In the news this (very early) morning:

Mr. Blackwell, he of the best/worst dressed list, has died. Here's to hoping Bjork shows up at his funeral wearing the swan dress.

Firefox Mobile is here, kind of.

Mila Kunis is my kind of baseball fan.

Mark Wahlberg is a humorless douche.

Kevin Smith...oh dear.

Man, the new iGoogle blows goats.

Also, I think there was a baseball game last night. Meh. It doesn't matter. The big-market, high-payroll, perennial winners always come out on...wait what?

 

 

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So they DO break!!

A lot of the toilets here in Europe are that “jut straight from the wall” type including the one in my apartment. I’m not a chubby guy by any stretch of the imagination but I’m not light either and those toilets always make me a bit nervous.

by coolguyrob on Oct 20, 2008 3:20 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tends to happen when the only people here are in NOLA, Croatia and San Diego =(

And dammit, ac, I was going to make a FanPost for this week requiring that only people who have never made an OTFPOTD before could make them this week!

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 6:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So yes.

Tag you’re on for OFF tomorrow.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:16 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually I won't be able to.

I’m going TDY tomorrow to Split for a USN ship visit. So I’ll be LL-less for a couple of days.

by coolguyrob on Oct 20, 2008 7:17 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So I'd say until next Monday, the following people are prohibited from making the OFFTOP

myself, NOLA, BrianL, pdb, ac, Faux, Phildopip, Gomez, Patrick517, (and did I miss anyone?)

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:18 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Someone else, since I can't.

And do it soon, dammit, I have something to share.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 21, 2008 6:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm starting to think this is a terrible idea

since the reason that the same people always make the OTFPOTDs is that we’re the ones who are up early

by seattlebruin on Oct 21, 2008 6:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If there's not one up by 8 I'll do it

but I gotta get to work first.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 21, 2008 6:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll put up one now.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 21, 2008 6:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yay!

Sec108 already put one up!

by seattlebruin on Oct 21, 2008 7:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My creativity does not reside

in the world of computer sciences….That’s for damn sure haha

by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 6:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe I should start writing down

ridiculous things I see or differences in cultures and save it for one big OFFTOP.

by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 6:46 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dunno,

some guy who plays in my league. Word is he went to UCLA but transfered to Idaho. But with Japanese translation it may be another D1 LA school.

by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 6:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

According to Google, he went to Grand Valley State

http://gvsulakers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/naughton_justen00.html

Looks like he was a little before my time, though, so if he went to UCLA, I probably wouldn’t remember him =/

I’d definitely remember anyone who was at UCLA from ’03 on though

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, it's just like my.yahoo

which works awesome once you customize it to not suck

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 6:33 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I heard Google is hiring

and that they give employees complimentary massages and lunch every day

And something like 100k starting

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Google's insane.

We talk about Google a lot in class, and it seems like it would be extremely cool to work there. Then you realize that if you were going to work for Google, you would have no other life. On the other hand, by many if not all reports, working there is so amazing that you don’t even need another life. Color me vaguely skeptical.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 20, 2008 9:12 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You have to be wired for it, definitely

Maybe I’m just an exceptionally lazy and unmotivated person, but the concept of giving up my life for a job – ANY job – fills me with a revulsion that I can’t really explain. Work is a means to an end. I’m extremely glad that there are people out there willing to sell their souls to The Man, but I ain’t one of them.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:14 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree

The idea behind work is to facilitate your life, not become it.

by Gomez on Oct 20, 2008 9:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly.

Dammit I hate when work interrupts my day. I like my job and all, but, man I’ve got waaaay more important things to do in life.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 20, 2008 10:10 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's one thing to have a job with meaning that you're passionate about

and it’s quite another to be worked so hard at a job that you thought had that meaning that you burn out. There’s ways of working at jobs that have meaning that don’t involve working endless hours.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 11:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Those jobs are out there

but as a general rule they don’t exist in the tech world. the tech world, especially leading-edge tech companies, seem to think that your passion should be rewarded with a workload that would kill most mere mortals. If that’s how you’re wired, as I said above, great; but from what little I “know” about you from hanging around here, that doesn’t seem like your scene.

I’d go the Gates Foundation-type route as much as possible.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 11:32 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I stay at my job even though I could make more elsewhere simply because they allow me the flexibility I desire.

I can take days off or leave early if I have something I need to do without any questions being asked (as long as I don’t overdo it).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 20, 2008 12:16 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My job is my life.

But I love it so it’s not such a big deal.

by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 6:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

An image from the end of "To Serve Man" crosses my mind.

Everybody moving up the escalator into the ship together, unwittingly about to become ingredients for an alien race.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 20, 2008 12:28 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Soccer team I coach has a huge next eight days

Fighting for a playoff spot… have to play two teams from the same city and one team who’s local and fast…

Currently #4 in the division for playoffs, could get as high as a #3 seed for playoffs but could also drop to #5, which means we’d have to win one loser-out game to get to a double-elimination tournament for a chance to go to state.

Yikes.

My brother is traveling across the country in a used Honda Prelude. Read all about it here!

nothrowingfish.blogspot.com

by GoodKeith on Oct 20, 2008 7:13 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bad joke alert.

Taken from The Dan Patrick Show:

“New Orleans Saints: On their way to England for a football game and fish and chips. Reggie Bush: On his way to renowned knee surgeon James Andrews’ office so he can fish for chips.”

My brother is traveling across the country in a used Honda Prelude. Read all about it here!

nothrowingfish.blogspot.com

by GoodKeith on Oct 20, 2008 7:32 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope he's out for the season

sorry thewyrm. Old habits die hard, or not at all =)

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:33 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dan Patrick is sadly starting to follow the Rick Reilly career path

Start out good, really good. Then, start throwing around Borscht Belt jokes and trying to be funny. Soon, Patrick will start writing “inspirational” columns about The Little Guy Overcoming Odds. It’s sad.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hard to be fresh when you have a daily radio show

Hard to be meaningful when you’re one of thirty analysts on Football Night in America.

My brother is traveling across the country in a used Honda Prelude. Read all about it here!

nothrowingfish.blogspot.com

by GoodKeith on Oct 20, 2008 7:35 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So he should stop trying or hire writers.

I really don’t want Dan Patrick to be that guy. He used to be funny.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:36 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

His radio show is pretty good, although I may listen to about 10 minutes a week.

But the NBC pre-game is just horrible.

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 20, 2008 7:41 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I haven't heard Olberman on it, but

I’m usually at work when his show is on the air and I’m not a big enough fan to check out his website and listen to archives.

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 20, 2008 8:41 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I seriously never missed an episode of SportsCenter when those two were on.

Now watching SportsCenter is like pulling teeth.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:59 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Sunday Sportscenter when they were on was must-see TV.

I haven’t had cable in so long, I have no idea what it is like now.

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 20, 2008 9:00 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The last Sportscenter I remember was just

Stuart Scott saying “boo-yah” for an hour.

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 20, 2008 9:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In other news, I am officially on suicide watch.

Holy God when will the injuries end?

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 7:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Never.

Ronnie Lott saying the NFL is going soft is going to make defenses (and Hines Ward) hit guys a lot harder these coming weeks. Watch both ends of a bone-shattering collision fail to get up in three weeks.

My brother is traveling across the country in a used Honda Prelude. Read all about it here!

nothrowingfish.blogspot.com

by GoodKeith on Oct 20, 2008 7:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Disagree.

Why would NFL players hit harder now? That would imply they don’t hit as hard as they can already.

by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 7:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great point.

I guess announcers will just talk about that issue more to the point where after every hard hit they’ll say “send the tape of that to Ronnie Lott” or something dumber than that.

My brother is traveling across the country in a used Honda Prelude. Read all about it here!

nothrowingfish.blogspot.com

by GoodKeith on Oct 20, 2008 7:43 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Announcers are dumb.

Sports is filled with easy cliches.

by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 7:50 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The NFL is going soft and tossing out flags and fines for excessive force. . .

unless you are tackling Reggie Bush. In that case go ahead and level that bastard with no recompense.

Fuck you NFL. Your officiating has become a farce.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 7:45 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm waning on the NFL for this reason.

The good/winning teams seem to be inordinately determined by who stays the most healthy, much more so than in other sports.

by Matthew on Oct 20, 2008 10:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The small sample size of games certainly doesn't help

Imagine one or two inordinately good/bad games making or breaking your season.

by Gomez on Oct 20, 2008 12:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Seahawks looked promising last night

For about a minute. In other news, Seneca Wallace is not a pocket passer, film at 11.

by Gomez on Oct 20, 2008 12:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True or Fasle:

The New Orleans Saints were created by the almighty for no other reason than to make my life miserable.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 7:39 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rock Band 2 rules.

I played it for 7 hours yesterday.

I almost stayed home from work to play it today.

I have issues.

by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 7:59 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Goddammit, no.

My mother-in-law is going to be in town this weekend.

Sometimes it sucks being married.

by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 8:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Feck.

I was going to bring the beer. Ah well.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I also played it for about 5 hours.

Now I have to wait until I get paid on Thur to get my Bass. I’m hoping it makes it harder, I’m already on hard on the beginning songs and tonight when I get home I’m going to try expert.

And holy shit I’m horrible at drums.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 8:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The bass is kick ass.

I am very happy with it so far and it makes the game much more fun.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 8:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Made by mad katz to be bass specific.

Longer neck and a split strummer for double upstrum action.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 8:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You guys are hardcore.

I don’t even know what a bass guitar looks like.

by Teej on Oct 20, 2008 8:11 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There's a guitar just for bass.

Taa-daa.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 8:10 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It’s wired….

How on earth do you make it wired?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 8:20 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Still worth it.

My roommate’s ION drum set is wired too.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 8:22 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

350$ might be worth that.

If I can ever figure out how to play them.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 8:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

False.

The ION is an actual digital drum set that can be played outside of Rock Band.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 8:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ION says they're making a dual-pedal system.

But lookie what I found…

This might be happening when I get paid this week.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 8:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Midnight Club: LA tomorrow!

I know the Midnight Club series has been meh overall, but I love open-world games, so I’m pretty excited to go cruising on the 10E (kind of like I was yesterday in real life…)

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 8:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like the open-world games as well.

Makes for better variety IMHO.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 20, 2008 3:52 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I beat the endless set list on hard on vocals.

It took at least 6 hours. I was going to try to get the achievement where you beat it without pausing but started it much too late.

by Mariner John on Oct 20, 2008 3:49 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I must say

that all my Sox-fan friends are taking this weekend’s events with a surprising amount of dignity and equanimity. Nice to see.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:59 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, there's a whole slew of 'em here that moved to PDX from Boston about 5 years ago

and they’ve all been Sox fans since birth. They’re fun to hang out with.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:02 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was the general take of my friends

They were bummed about losing a Game 7 (who wouldn’t be?) but more bummed that Varitek’s probably played his last game for Boston.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You would think

but I bet I would be pissed about it if I were a Sox fan.

by JI on Oct 20, 2008 10:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please do not.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nothing works.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Always seemed a little frat-boy-gone-wild to me

but I would be willing to have my mind changed. Starting point?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 12:46 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's the way he was marketed, yes.

Keep in mind that he’s signed by Load Records (home of the Lightning Bolt,) was in the band Wolf Eyes and performs with To Live and Shave in LA. His songs are pretty fucking incredible and the production on his records is insanely good. Give I Get Wet a try.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 20, 2008 12:50 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm convinced "Andrew WK" is a VERY elaborate performance art piece

I’m fascinated by the guy.

I still need to pick up To Live and Shave in LA, and while I’m not really into 15 songs about parties, how fun it is to party and how we should TOTALLY party right now, I love the fact that there’s something going on with this dude that I can’t completely grasp.

by marc w on Oct 20, 2008 2:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's 6'3"

According to IMDB.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 12:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I find his music oddly intriuging, but I warn that you should never, EVER attend his "motivational" courses.

I’ve not attended, but have a bit on TV.

Crazy

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 20, 2008 12:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ichiro to play in the World Baseball Classic next March.

Link here.

Good thing? Bad thing? Indifferent thing?

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 20, 2008 8:35 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Given Ichiro's typical season and game preparation routines, I wouldn't be concerned at all except for the possibility of a freak injury

and those things tend to happen WBC or no WBC, so I’m really not worried, if that’s the question.

I think it’s great that he’s going out of his way to play for Japan, too.

by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 8:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Indifferent thing, to me

I like the WBC. It doesn’t disrupt the season. Why not?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That might get him started earlier.

And maybe he’ll get his April-level performance done before April.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 8:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Going home today

Aside from my brother in law and my mother flip out in a big fight, BIL packing up with my sister and leaving my mother’s house, it’s been a great vacation.

by Gomez on Oct 20, 2008 8:45 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I saw a LOT of movies this weekend.

The Mist – 95% of this movie was okay-to-good, the last 5% of this movie blew my fucking mind. Seriously, they just don’t do what they did at the end in movies.

Hot Rod – Is probably in my top-10 movies with a bullet. So quirky and weird, yet awesome. I think just about every line of dialog in this movie was crafted to be hilarious, and for the most part it worked.

The Ruins – Not as bad as I was expecting. Not great, but the story was interesting enough to keep me engaged. Couple that with a gratuitous amputation scene, and you have the makings of a decent movie.

Shutter – Don’t bother. Not scary. Not anything, really.

by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 8:47 AM PDT reply reply