OTFPOTD 20 October.
by acblue on Oct 20, 2008 2:12 AM PDT
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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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Well the Walburg article is bogus. Did you see SNL this week?
Here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/39813/saturday-night-live-mark-wahlberg-backstage"
More importantly THIS, not the Rays is the #1 World Series story (this should be added to the subject post): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJwoNSLRwg
by SethGrandpa on Oct 20, 2008 3:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Some of us are too tag-challenged to be entrusted with the all important task of making the OTFPOTD
by coolguyrob on Oct 20, 2008 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know how the hell to do tags.
by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 6:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You type in the box and put a comma after the word or phrase.
It is exceedingly difficult.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it's different in other countries
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They don't have commas in Japan, you know
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thought hadn't crossed my mind but whoa.
What about Croatia?
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They use commas instead of decimal points when writing down money
as in HR442,69. Which is 442.69 Kuna to us folks
by coolguyrob on Oct 20, 2008 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So yes.
Tag you’re on for OFF tomorrow.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:16 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Well, a couple of days at the Croatian coast
on the government’s dime will go a long way towards keeping me alive.
by coolguyrob on Oct 20, 2008 7:23 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I fear one not being made and me having to work.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We'll post a time limit reminder for people to make one
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm usually up and on my computer at home by 5:30-6am
Maybe I’ll do one this week.
by Sec 108 on Oct 20, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just a friendly reminder from SB
someone new make an OFFTOP this morning!
by seattlebruin on Oct 21, 2008 6:19 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
This is intended to be forced creativity
also, I want to see Graham post one
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 6:37 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
You could make an Off-Top about Japan and basketball
I would be entertained by this, at least
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 6:43 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Hey do you remember Justen Naughton?
by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 6:52 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 actions 0 recs
It's the format that has changed and is now much uglier.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 6:56 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Tell me about it. I am wild about all things google and they will not even give me a chance.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are they aware of your unabashed love and fondness for all things google?
by coolguyrob on Oct 20, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I more or less wrote them a love letter the last time I applied.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:22 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a save the world sort of gal and I want to have a job that means something to me.
Shrug.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
This is what I want and I hope that I can find it.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Interestingly enough, I'm considering the same sort of thing,
but am holding back because of the needed commitment.
by Matthew on Oct 20, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some jobs do facilitate certain people's lives
This can certainly be one. Many don’t.
by Gomez on Oct 20, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I saw a man wearing a flannel shirt today and thought, hey, fashionable.
Then I realized he was crossing the street to root through the trash can.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe rooting through trash cans is now fashionable too.
It’s like rich kids with tons of body piercings and tattoos begging for money.
Be open minded about what you don't know.
by Jed MC on Oct 20, 2008 7:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't care for you as a person.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 20, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok my day is already pretty bad but that just made me sad.
I apologize about the flannel shirt comment.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is why I hate Dodger fans more than RSN.
“Everybody at Dodgers Stadium… was on their BlackBerries.”
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Which is a damn lie for all but playoff games, because I can tell you from firsthand experience that Dodgers fans are about 3x more ghetto than Angels fans
The playoffs would just be an aberration when only the rich fans could afford tickets
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh God this is the most boring conference ever.
by BrianL on Oct 20, 2008 7:09 AM PDT reply 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 actions 0 recs
It seems like coordinating the weekly status reports is a job for
you know, not an engineer =(
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:27 AM PDT reply 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 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I've said this before but when those two are together its talk radio at its finest
Perfect chemistry
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was also SportsCenter at its finest
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was before my time but from the clips that I've seen, I tend to agree
Once Mayne goes, ESPN will be dead to me forever.
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Understatement of the decade, there.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
It's like every anchor races to come up with a catchphrase every show
and forgets to talk about the sports.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't ever watch an episode hosted by Scott Van Pelt the day after an episode of Flight of the Concords.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Oct 20, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too many words in that sentence
you were 100% correct if you’d stopped after “Scott Van Pelt”.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Announcers are dumb.
Sports is filled with easy cliches.
by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 7:50 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Ike Hilliard took a sick shot last night
I can’t believe he got up at all.
by Gomez on Oct 20, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leroy Hill knocked out two people with one shot on that hit.
Ike was scary though, he had that “brain injury arm twitch” thing going.
Man do I love midgets.
by Thingray on Oct 20, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was very similar to that.
Man do I love midgets.
by Thingray on Oct 20, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised how fast I've taken to hockey.
I even dug out my skates from ages past.
by Matthew on Oct 20, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely.
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watch what happens when Alfie gets hurt and you'll see how injuries also make hockey stupid
by Jeff on Oct 20, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soon three of your teams will be rebuilding
by Jeff on Oct 20, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
While the fourth pantses it up like usual.
Sports are homosexual.
by Matthew on Oct 20, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could always become a fan of the
Shiga LakeStars…..hahahahhaa
by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alfie is a lot older than I expected
And Speeza and Heatley are a lot younger.
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alfie is only old chronologically
old men don’t recover from knee surgery in a week.
by Jeff on Oct 20, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It appears that hockey players play even longer than baseball players
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's because hockey players are athletes
by Jeff on Oct 20, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't help
by Jeff on Oct 20, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gil Meche takes the loss.
And I just don’t know about this sport.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 actions 0 recs
They've certainly affected your typing.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just got to work.
I’m still trying to wake up. Tea isn’t working.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try having to have a pathetic "herbal supplement".
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
brutal
it’s probably not the fun kind of herbal supplement, is it?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Post more and we'll be less dead
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Undead?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply 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 actions 0 recs
so rock band 2 party at your house this weekend?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
There's a guitar just for bass.
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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
ION says they're making a dual-pedal system.
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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that achievement called like "Iron Bladder" or something like that?
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No idea.
I did go to the bathroom during one of the tambourine sections though.
by Mariner John on Oct 20, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply 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 actions 0 recs
If your Sox fan friends are real Red Sox fans, they most likely are very disappointed but understand how sports actually work
This is probably a good time to find out who really is/isn’t a Red Sox bandwagoner
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Two World Series wins in the past four years makes it hard to get too upset.
by Teej on Oct 20, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be more bummed if he hasn't.
Dude’s finished.
by Matthew on Oct 20, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they said on tv he calls pitches like no one else
by JI on Oct 20, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
shame he cant hit any of 'em
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, do you guys remember when the Rays won the ALCS?
by Teej on Oct 20, 2008 8:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not sure. Seems so fresh in my mind, though.
by Teej on Oct 20, 2008 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to ESPN, it happened October 19, 2008
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=281019130
which was yesterday. Explains why it might be fresh in your mind
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1999, I think
but I’d have to look it up.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes and today it makes me sleepy.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I woke up twice as pumped as I was last night.
WOOOOOOOOO!
by Teej on Oct 20, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because it has free will and doesn't want to die.
by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is telling me there is nothing more precious than the self.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is telling you to be more zen.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand how people can be zen sans caffeine.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
which has caffeine.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well then I rescind my comment.
I’ve never had Mountain Dew. I don’t drink carbonation. Unless it has alcohol in it.
by brayden04 on Oct 20, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She still has a horribly annoying voice which will never go away.
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's an extremely pig headed comment I could make here......
by Goose on Oct 20, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please do not.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to see somebody else get boxed for once >:(
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I spent 24-48 hours of hard time in solitary confinement
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sense you might find yourself with more box time.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No mam I plan on being on my best behavior while in public
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'm glad I closed my screen and can't see what you're doing.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Being a respectable human being thats what
by Robert on Oct 20, 2008 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I refuse to believe this based on other correspondence.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea what to say to this.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing works.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's not entirely long.
Fantastic wouldn’t be a word I would use, but it is good.
by Goose on Oct 20, 2008 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Don't really have the desire to do so.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is a wise move.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a fan of Andrew WK, myself.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love that crazy little fucker.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 20, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply 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?
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
I heard he was releasing an album of him playing the piano because apparently he's crazy talented
by Fogel on Oct 20, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He played all the instruments on the Wolf.
J.K.L.
by acblue on Oct 20, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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.
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 up reply actions 0 recs
Don't have to.
Everybody that has read that has already said it to themselves in their minds.
by Goose on Oct 20, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
... may I speak to you for a moment in the privacy of your mind?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 20, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO FUCK YOU PAT GET OUT OF MY HEAD
the other angels fan
by Eyebrows on Oct 20, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to make a comment, but I also know it's over the line
far past the line
by JI on Oct 20, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Respect the line. Fear the line.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ichiro to play in the World Baseball Classic next March.
by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 20, 2008 8:35 AM PDT reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Indifferent thing, to me
I like the WBC. It doesn’t disrupt the season. Why not?
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:37 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 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 actions 0 recs
I'm really curious about The Mist
It’s coming up in my netflix here and I’m really intrigued about it. Glad to hear it was worth seeing.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It really was amazing.
There’s a story behind the ending of the movie. Frank Darabont, after reading the script, went to the studio and said, “I want to do the ending this way, otherwise I’m not going to do the movie.” The ending Darabont wanted (and ended up shooting) isn’t the way the book ends. The studio agreed and said, “Okay, but since nobody is going to like your ending, you only have $13 million to do the movie.”
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved Hot Rod and was told The Mist was just ridiculous
by Fogel on Oct 20, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hot Rod is on my go-to list for when I need a quick laugh
I could probably recite the entire movie if I would be able to keep from cracking up the whole time.
“You’re the worst stuntman ever”
“WHAT?!”
“You’re the worst stuntman EVER!”
“WHAT?!”
“I SAID, YOU’RE THE WORST STUNTMAN EVER!”
“I know, I can hear you. That was just really mean”
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 20, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay! Free schwag!
The best part of a business conference!
by BrianL on Oct 20, 2008 8:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but then you're all logoed up which is annoying.
What’d you get? Laptop bag? Backpack?
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Logos scrape off.
The stupid laser cutting is what you have to watch out for.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Oct 20, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
250gb portable USB drive.
Thanks, Kronos!
by BrianL on Oct 20, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
See, now, that's logoed swag I could deal with.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Netfix queue is down to 4 movies. I need to rectify this. Any suggestions (that I won't hate)?
by royalcurve on Oct 20, 2008 8:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Any particular favorite genre?
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not big on action (Die Hard, that sort of stuff).
I like everything else.
by royalcurve on Oct 20, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a few
Persepolis
Taxi To The Dark Side
Waitress
Paris Je’Taime
Ladies & Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
The Visitor
That’s just a few recent ones.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh and Jesus of Montreal
which was my favorite movie of 1990, I completely forgot about it then was reminded of it again a month or so ago and rewatched. It’s still amazing.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm on a horror movie kick right now.
The Descent was awesome.
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love horror.
Will pick up Descent.
Loved Waitress, too.
Will check out the rest of those, thanks pdb!
The last few I watched were Withnail and I and The Wire.
by royalcurve on Oct 20, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Withnail and I is in my top 5 movies of all time ever
Good god I love that movie.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WAIT! I have seen The Descent!
dpseadv and I were talking about it at Kevin_Ess’ show on Saturday. I have claustrophobia, and that movie scared the shit out of me.
by royalcurve on Oct 20, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It had been a long time since I literally jumped in fear before that movie.
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 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that movie might be the best horror movie of the last 10 or 15 years.
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, it looks unbelievably horrible
I read a lot of reviews that say it doesn’t even have “so bad it’s good” value to it, it’s just awful. I’d be curious to hear anything from anybody that saw it though.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen it, but I heard it was horrible.
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I could say I was surprised
but M. Night Shamalamadingdong hasn’t really made a good movie since Sixth Sense – he’s so obsessed with his “twists” that he forgets that there has to be a good movie wrapped around it. I almost walked out of The Village, and would have if I weren’t at the $3 theater.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Signs.
It was a terrible movie, but had some scary moments.
by Phildopip on Oct 20, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The cinematography in that movie was solid
but holy crap what a stupid DEM ending.
by Matthew on Oct 20, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's pretty much his whole MO at this point, though
he leans on the DEM far too much to be at all interesting.
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but water?
Really? Water? The aliens didn’t notice that our planet is covered in water and that there’s huge amounts of water in our atmosphere? And that somehow this element that’s essential to all life as we know it kills them?
by Matthew on Oct 20, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's as bad as the device in The Happening
IT’S THE TREES! AND THE PLANTS! THEY WANT TO KILL US!
(note to those who haven’t seen it – it’s only a spoiler if the movie is worth seeing)
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by pdb on Oct 20, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs