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OTFPOTD for 10/22/08 early, because I'm bored.

12839274_l_tiny by kevin_ess on Comment 1061 comments

It's 10:15 as I write this.  I haven't been around LL long, but goddamned long enough that some people like me.  I don't usually contribute to the ON topic threads, because, well shit - it's either already been said by Jeff, or I'm repeating my posts from MC.  I've met some awesome people from this site lately, which leads to the first question:

Of all of the LL posters, who do you really want to meet in person, and why?

Are the fucking Seahawks worth talking about anymore?

If Sheri Lewis and Joan Rivers mated, would the world implode?

Nada Surf is HORRIBLY underrated.

If you had to choose between the Mariners winning the World Series or getting a raise of two dollars, what would you choose? 

If you happened to live in New Orleans and wanted coffee but couldn't have it, would you slap Robert in the face?

If you were tied down and tortured by listening to repeating streams of either Enya or Josh Grobin, which would you choose?

And finally, Who here likes my friends, Steel Pole Bath Tub, and tell me why.

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What is SAOTR?

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They're racist.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank God you think my tags are good.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Raise of $2/hour?

I want to meet Matthew. Definitely Enya (how long do I have to listen to this for?)

by seattlebruin on Oct 21, 2008 10:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Probably eternity.

Sorry.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why Matthew? You have to supply a why.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God, now I'm wondering how many times he's been asked, "why, Matthew?!"

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Royalcurve, I'm sick of my own cooking and want to exchange recipes.

Which means I give her my recipe for spaghetti sauce and grilling techniques for hamburger and steaks. Like every guy in the world. Then take whatever the hell she’ll give me. Scones?

"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 21, 2008 10:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

And who put the goofy in the water tonight? I've been warned twice for laughing too loud.

Opening game of the WS and potential news of a new GM is my guess. I think I’ve checked the news on the internet about 6 times today.

"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 21, 2008 10:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You're obviously as bored as I am.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

...
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles
- Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

This is far from you. You remind me of a Slinky. Not very useful, but fun to push down stairs.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are those still racist? I killed that thing, then found out later it was a lie! The whole thing was bent!

Damn the unfair advantage!

"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 21, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then I would be a king, and I can assure you, that's not good.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can I ask you...

You seem to feed off of the abuse you take here. Why do you keep posting? Outside of my question as to why you haven’t been banned, why do you seemingly enjoy the abuse??

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good question!

I keep posting because I respect Jeff, Matthew, and Graham immensely, and though I have poor social skills, I show my appreciation for their work by tuning in daily to LL.

I have been banned, but for short periods of time, for petty infractions. I’m not mean or disrespectful, just out of place.

I don’t enjoy the abuse. I do kind of wish you guys would cut me some slack from time to time. But you need a scapegoat, and I have taken on that responsibility.

Vindication!

by Taylor H on Oct 21, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's a kid.

At that age, I’d be desperately trying to pipe bomb every regular’s house. The guy’s trying, albeit awkwardly.

by marc w on Oct 21, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

For the sake of any/all law enforcement professionals that may be stopping by

ha ha! Good one! I’m going to light a pipe bomb at Kevin Ess’s place… a pipe bomb made of EXCITEMENT!

(also, this is why I will never use facebook)

by marc w on Oct 21, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Age 17 is not a kid.

Well, I suppose that might be perpetuated by my Aspergers.

Vindication!

by Taylor H on Oct 21, 2008 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that the age where you're no longer a kid?

I’ve never been real impressed with college-age people.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

even when you were one?

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Especially then.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the only time I've impressed myself was when my wife agreed to marry me.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not really. My standards are high!

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When Robert says that, it means you've been slimed.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know what?

Fuck it. Great post. Let’s make a deal right now. You want to post something, you email me first. I’ll tell you when you’re being stupid or over the top, and you can tell me when you’re going to get off of my lawn.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is one thing I don't understand about the lawn loiterers these days.

Coach Owens, Taylor H, Patrick517, hell, even Corco… they seem to love being loathed, at least sometimes. Hey, as long as its consensual and all, but it never made any sense to me.
(They still probably take more shit than they should, but such is life)

by marc w on Oct 21, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No.

Please don’t get me wrong. I hate being teased by you guys.

Vindication!

by Taylor H on Oct 21, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know, I've basically met all of you

Don’t be disappointed but I’m only popping in for a moment. I’m about to head to bed. I just got back from Vegas yesterday and I spent a lot of time sitting around, getting rest and playing Paper Mario. Ask questions and I’ll answer in the AM.

- The Seahawks lack intangibles, like wanting to win more than the other guys.
- I can probably get a $2 raise n top of the one I just got sooner or later. I’ll take a Mariners title, thx.
- I’ll leave the pimpslapping of Robert to everyone else in LL. I think he’s alright.
- At least Enya sounds sort of unique.
- Shari Lewis + Joan Rivers = The Talk Show That Never Ends

by Gomez on Oct 21, 2008 11:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice, and good use of horrible songs spawned by that show.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's do this

1) I’d like to meet… I don’t know. Matthew when he’s carrying a westvleteren? Kevin Ess, because we should talk about 90s lookout records and this new vinyl label, and because this ‘suggested topic’ seemed pretty needy.

2) I love the Seahawks. The first sports shirt/card/anything I ever had was a Manu Tuiasosopo jersey shirt. They were my first love, but they, along with every other team I have ever cared for, have decided to test me with flagrant shitiness. Seriously, I feel more prepared for this because I lived through the M’s 2004 season.

3) No, the world would not implode. It would just be transfixed by a woman with her arm all up in some strange plastic doll-woman thingy. Both would be shouting, and one would be talking like a baby. C’mon, you’d stop for a minute and look at that.

4) Eh. You know who’s underrated? These guys. Or these ones from knucklehead days. The former is a better pure jangle pop band than Nada Surf, and the latter are my fucking heroes.

5) Mariners winning the Series. Easy. I don’t need more money. I need a huge win. And no, a huge win to stay in the premiership on the last day of the season doesn’t count (but I’ll fucking take it!)

6) I don’t like coffee, don’t live in NOLA and don’t slap dudes. Other than that, no, I still don’t understand the question.

7) I met Enya’s father once; runs a bar in Ireland. Great guy. I would choose enya, and think of better days, sipping Guiness on New Year’s Eve, 1997 or 1998.

8) :raises hand: Because they were weird when I needed some weird in my life. I’m convinced this is how some people become cannibals and shit. If only they’d found Steel Pole Bathtub, or Lightning Bolt, or Melt Banana…or, failing that, if only they weren’t quite so German,

by marc w on Oct 21, 2008 11:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That team should've gone to the Super Bowl

And this year’s team is easier to understand/take because we’ve all known this was coming. Maybe we thought it’d happen next year, but c’mon – Jones, Matthew, Kerney, Engram, etc.. It’s a young team that relies on a very old (for football) core.

by marc w on Oct 21, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sad but true, my friend.

Injuries have killed us. Too bad – I wanted to see Holmgren leave on a high note (if not the highest).

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm convinced that this team has one more run in them.

The 04 team convinced me that A Seattle team will never win the championship. That and Koren is my least favorite athlete of all time.

by Robert on Oct 21, 2008 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

uhhhh

This team, meaning the ’Beck, Walter, Kerney team? Good luck with that.

I would love it if you’re right, but I’m actually looking forward to a rebuild. I’m pretty optimistic that it’ll only take a couple of years to get back, but when we do, it won’t be with the current “star” players.

by marc w on Oct 21, 2008 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're most likely right. But Mora? Really? Look at our defense.

Sorry NOLA. AGAIN.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck UW.

Sorry Robert.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I REALLY REALLY want to grab a LT of the future with the 1st round pick this year

The defense is still really young. I just don’t like the direction that Ruskell is taking the offense.

by Robert on Oct 21, 2008 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm with you here.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd rather have a functional secondary.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then we have that in common, absolutely!

I do doubt the “never win the championship” thing, but if I get you drunk enough, you’ll forget that stupid remark.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The 05 team fixed all that.

Just at the time I was convinced that it was never meant to be.

by Robert on Oct 21, 2008 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The 2000's era Seahawks always struck me as similar to the late 80's, early 90's Rams

Good pass-oriented offense, reasonably solid defense… just not good enough to beat the best teams in the postseason.

In fact, Hasselbeck strikes me as a shorter, mentally tougher Jim Everett.

by Gomez on Oct 21, 2008 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

#4. HOLY CRAP CHAKA KICK ASS! THIS NEEDS A CIGARETTE!

"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 21, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Marc, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Rec'd.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And by the way,

I just want a fun new LL foe, Marc, you’re filthy, and I cannot stand you.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 21, 2008 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am awake at 2:24am and it's going to be a long shitty day tomorrow

I have only met kevin_ess and dpseadv. That should change on Thursday. I’d happily shake hands with any and all of you folks.

I do not like football.

Nada Surf does my charges’ favorite song, Meow Meow Lullaby. It’s very cute when a 2 year old sings it. They also love Yo Gabba Gabba. Paul Williams was on there yesterday… I love him.

Mariners winning the World Series. Easy. Money can’t compare to that.

I would never slap Robert in the face.

Is there an alternative to Enya and Josh Groban? If not I would flip a coin. Who gives a shit, it all sounds like sadness to me.

by royalcurve on Oct 22, 2008 2:25 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm not doing the homework I should be doing, but lets do this.

1. I feel like Fogel would be a lot of fun to meet in person, as long as he puns in real life too.
2. Sadly, no. Though I’m a casual football fan, so this isn’t as devistating as the Mariners being bad to me.
3. I’d assume not.
4. Nah, I’m not really into Pokemon.*
5. The M’s winning the world series.
6. Nah, probably not. That seems mean.
7. Probably Enya, seems it’d be easier to listen to.
8. Nah, I’m not really into Pokemon.*

*I acctually don’t know about what’s being discussed here, I’d assume some bands or something, and I’ve always wanted to use this.

54!

by joof on Oct 22, 2008 3:14 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What is this??

An off-topic thread at a reasonable hour? Righteous.

by brayden04 on Oct 22, 2008 6:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I've met most of the people here

I don’t know who I would want to meet that I haven’t met. Maybe Seattlebruin cause we could talk about basketball. Or pdb so he could tell me to get off his lawn, cause I most certainly make too many classless jokes. Or royalcurve because I’ve heard positive reviews of her cooking, and I love cooking. So I guess those three.

Mariners winning the World Series, thank you very much.

Josh Grobin for sure.

by brayden04 on Oct 22, 2008 6:13 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm free! Free at last!

Let’s see.

*I would want to meet Ms Jeff. Ms Jeff, if you’re reading this—you, me, bottle of wine. I’m thinking we would have plenty to talk about.
*Fuck this talk about football and then make sorry nola tags. None of y’all are sorry. Go Villa.
*Let’s see, that’s $2400 per year…nah, I’d take the happiness
*I adore Robert and his random messages help me through these troubled times. Besides it would be unfair to slap him. I have, however, punched him in his tiny arm.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 22, 2008 6:14 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Heh, I'm salaried.

The 2$ would be over the course of a year. Makes for an easy decision for me.

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

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 6:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I got that

and I was merely stating that for her a bottle and a half probably wouldn’t be a challenge.

by Jeff on Oct 22, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, just wanted to clarify that I am no longer challenging people to drinking contests.

Please pass on the word to Ms Jeff that she can have as many bottles as she’d like.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 22, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is slightly creepy when taking into account your other comments Re: Ms. Jeff
you, me, bottle of wine. I’m thinking we would have plenty to talk about.

by Fogel on Oct 22, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nola's Salt and Ms. Jeff is Pepa

but I’m not quite sure who Spinderella is yet

by Fogel on Oct 22, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm gonna go make some food.

Maybe more people will be around and active when I get back.

by brayden04 on Oct 22, 2008 7:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Faux's busy.

Stupid boss wants a stupid year end review and stupid projection for the stupid budget next year.

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

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So wrong

If I’m not here by 6:15, I’m not gonna be here til 9

by seattlebruin on Oct 22, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answers:

1. Seattlebruin- mostly because I visit L.A. frequently anyway and it would be nice to share a drink or take a fellow M’s fan to Angel Stadium.
2. Between your Seahawks and my Saints, I cant wait for the Hornets to start playing.
3. Sadly no. The world is resilient.
4. Not a Nada Surf fan at all.
5. World Series.
6. Can I slap him anyway? I promise it wouldn’t be too forceful.
7. Enya. I actually LIKE Enya. I CHOOSE to listen to her often.
8. Steel pole bathtub?

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 7:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I suppose Nada Surf isn't necessarily popular on an oil rig...

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Oil Patch is Merle Haggard's Country.

We are just living in it.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answers

1. I like meeting people. I would happily meet any of you that I have not already met.
2. Never have been, never will be.
3. It would have to.
4. Nada Surf is a very meh band.
5. I would take the Mariners winning the Series, in a heartbeat.
6. I neither drink coffee, live in New Orleans, or want to slap Robert in the face, so I can’t answer this.
7. I’d rather be forced to watch the video of Shari Lewis and Joan Rivers mating.
8. Steel Pole Bath Tub are awesome – they’re loud, they’re well-produced, and The Miracle Of Sound In Motion is a freaking awesome album. I’m STILL annoyed that I missed them at MFNW.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 7:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to meet BrianL and thewyrm so we could play some Rock Band 2.

The Seahawks are always worth talking about. They suck, so we can talk about how they’re the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked, but hey, we’re still talking about them.

Was Shari Lewis the woman who had the Lambchop puppet?

I don’t like Nada Surf.

Mariners. I don’t need to eat.

I would never have coffee, because I find it disgusting.

Enya, I guess, but that’s a tough choice for me.

I like Steel Pole Bathtub because when I typed their name into YouTube it linked me to a Mudhoney video, and I love Mudhoney.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 7:57 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No rockband 2 with me?

I hate your face.

Oh well I’m in the airport right now getting ready to board a plane to Orlando. Still going to try to get tickets for either game 1 or 2 of the world series but I’m not liking my chances.

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 22, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've met you, though.

I haven’t met BrianL or thewyrm.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm bummed and excited

Mudhoney is no longer playing the Supersuckers 20th Anniversary show at the Showbox. But they’ve been replaced by Green River, so that’s good.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I need to find a way to get into that show.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You could go crazy and...buy a ticket

It’s not sold out yet. Unless you’re talking about getting on somebody’s list, then I can’t help you.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah... I want to flex my "old dude who played during the grunge era" muscle.

However, this ticket thing you speak of is intriguing…

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Talk to Danny Bland if you know him

he’s still associated with the Supersuckers I think. Otherwise I can be no help.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's a name I haven't heard in a while.

Nah, I still have my peeps. I’ll talk to Sean Kinney or someone else. Anyway, if I’m free to go (calendar-wise), I’d love to grab a beer with you.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think there will be many beers consumed that night

My wife and I are coming up that afternoon and meeting up with some other friends for the show – if these things go as they tend to go we’ll probably go Lava Lounge—→Nitelite—→Showbox. As it gets closer I’ll let you know the exact whats and wheres.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cool. Hopefully I can make it.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had a dream last night

That NOLA and I sang “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (Elton John + Kiki Dee) at karaoke.

by royalcurve on Oct 22, 2008 8:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bahahaha.

I love Elton John, but I hate hate HATE that song.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who was who?

And who was in the audience?

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 22, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I sang the Elton parts, you did Kiki.

I don’t remember who was in the audience…

by royalcurve on Oct 22, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Enya? Or Josh Groban?

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You raise me up, Alaskan.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

slowly walking down the hall faster than a cannonball

where were you when weeeee were getting hiiiiiiigh?

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you.

Right now, you should have some how realized what you’ve gotta do.
I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do
about you now.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate hate HATE Oasis

and I just heard their new song and the hatred’s getting worse.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually really like Ryan Adams' cover of this, though.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's because it came from the mind of a Gallagher brother

who are probably my least favorite people in music in the last 30 years.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It doesn't make a lick of damn sense!

Even my 14 year old self knew how obtusely pretentious that line was.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Worse than this:

If you want my body
And you think I’m sexy
Come on, sugar, let me know.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No way, not worse.

It’s at least amusing.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's worse for me.

I just see that mangy dude writhing around in his spandex. If it weren’t for the mental image, maybe I could agree with you.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rod Stewart's work with the Faces and his first three solo albums

mean I give his disco stuff a pass. That pass, however, does not extend to the last 15 years of Rod’s career.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to have to plead ignorance on the early work.

So no pass from me. I can’t stand that guy.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go get any of the Faces records

especially “A Nod’s As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse” or “Long Player”. They’ll blow your mind.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Alright, I'll try it.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh the rhythm of my heart is beatin' like a drum.

With the words “I love you” rollin’ off my tongue. Never will I roam, for I know my place is home. Where the ocean meets the sky, I’ll be sailin’.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Completely not worse

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"There she goes! There she goes again!"

"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 22, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here and now

I promise to love faithfully (Faaaaithfuullly)
You’re all I need
Here and now
I vow to be one with thee (You and me), hey
Your love is all (I need) I need

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think your band needs to work up a cover

a la Me First & The Gimme Gimmes.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is a horribly disgustingly good idea.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you

I think.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No... thank you. Now I have to convince the band.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OH GOD MAKE IT STOP

thank god there’s the aforementioned Steel Pole Bath Tub on my iPod right now.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Spin Doctors?

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup.

I’m a fountain of 90s “pop” alt-rock.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A couple weeks back I went to the TimeLife website

just so I could reminisce about all the top 40 music of that period. Sister Hazel, Deep Blue Something, The Rembrandts, etc.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That seems an unnecessary thing to do

considering most of those bands were awful.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Indeed.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quite. But that's what I listened to on the radio,

so it was still an enjoyable trip down memory lane.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just saw the Rembrandts!

They opened for Gin Blossoms at the Alaska State Fair. Gin Blossoms are one of my favorite bands so I had to go.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually saw that goddamn band once

opened for the Rolling Stones. We showed up way late to try to miss them, and they took the stage late so we saw almost the whole set.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wanted to do that last Friday

but my friends insisted on showing up on time. Which meant I was exposed to Angels & Airwaves. Two songs in they got fed up and we just went outside for an hour.

by Jeff on Oct 22, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm deeply sorry you were exposed to that.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm amazed you lasted two songs.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You could still hear them outside

but outside there were also mini donuts

by Jeff on Oct 22, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's a strong enticement.

and at least outside it was probably muddy enough that it was just a dull roar rather than crystal clear teen angst.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do the rest of us a favor

and fry him instead of yourself. It’d be a favor to all of humanity.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just there? The mini donuts?

This creates a strange image in my head.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 22, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It could be worse.

You could get this song stuck in your head, as I routinely do.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

simply....having...a wonderful Christmas time

siiiiimply……haaaaaaaving…..a wonderful Christmas time.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great version, but waaaaaaaaaaaay overplayed

even I can’t listen to it more than about once a year.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to work at Wherehouse Music where every day from Thanksgiving to Christmas

was Christmas Day. I used to hear that song (along with Paul McCartney’s Christmas song) probably 30 times per day. Oh god it was awful.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know what's even worse than that?

I get this stuck in my head at least once a day.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say there are already is one.
I get this stuck in my head at least once a day.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge

She studied sculpture at St. Martins College, that’s where I…caught her eye. She told me that her dad was loaded, I said “in that case I’ll have a rum and Coca-Cola”, she said fine. And in 30 seconds’ time she said “I want to live like common people, I want to do whatever common people do”

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love that song.

Especially the Shat version.

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

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My love for that cover has been professed here far too many times

and yet it has not waned one bit.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Until you say "Thanks, that really helped!"

At least that’s what I’m waiting for.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's supposed to be an exclamation point.

I’m a barbie girl, in the barbie world
Life in plastic, it’s fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on Barbie, let’s go party!

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Turn around...

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I sing this often at K bars.

And no, I never change the pronouns when covering a song originally done by a chick. One of my all time pet peeves is when cover artists do this. It instantly makes their cover crap.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That pisses me off too.

If your going to pick a song originally done by someone of the opposite sex, just deal with the fact it says “he” or “she”.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I totally agree.

It really annoys me when people change the original pronouns.

by royalcurve on Oct 22, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Request exception for Patsy Cline.

Many of her songs (most notably "Crazy") were originally written from a man’s perspective. Actually, I request that this exception be granted to all music pre- ~1970 because without it you’re condemning thousands of incredible songs.

Otherwise I completely agree. My favorite part about the White Stripes’ cover of “Jolene” is the use of the original pronouns.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think there can be an exception made for whoever made the song famous.

But if you decide to remake “She’s always a woman to me” by Billy Joel, don’t go changing the words to “He’s always a man to me” just because you’re a female.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God.... when you've had 4 1/2 hours of sleep

And get up because someone said they were dropping off their kid at 7:30, then it’s 8:14 and there’s no kid here and you could still be sleeping? That sucks.

by royalcurve on Oct 22, 2008 8:15 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Just so we're clear...

The expression is usually “exact revenge”, right? Or have I been saying it wrong all this time?

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is indeed correct.

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

Okay. I like extraction, though.

Really creates a clear mental image.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking more like the ritual scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

You know, pulling the heart out with his bare hand.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I figured it may well be intentional.

As noted above, I think it’s got a nice ring to it.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is a fair amount of bitterness, yes.

And my left eye has a twitch this morning.
Okay, complaining over.

by royalcurve on Oct 22, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm Facebook friending the LL crowd right now. Work is slow.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So...I'm stuck in the dark ages, evidently.

I still have a Myspace account, and only a Myspace account. Is it worth getting a Facebook account?

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have myspace too.

To be honest, I rarely visit either, but I’m on both at the urging of several friends.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I find it has novelty value for the first few weeks

but I really don’t use it as extensively as a lot of people. I’m not sorry I have a page, though, but I only check it about once every couple days.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And there's no shame in that

it makes me feel like I should update things more often, though.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to be in Beaverton on Friday

working for a power company has its advantages but it’s also a pain in the butt sometimes.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

People visit my pages to view the cuteness that is ess jr.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's just wrong.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

After she has one, she'll change her mind.

Although honestly, a lot of babies look really weird when their hair falls out in bizarre patterns and they have acne. A lot of ugly people have kids too, and ugly people have ugly kids (for the most part).

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 22, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Two-and-a-half isn't really a baby anymore. He's past the initial awkward phase until he begins losing teeth.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Next you're going to tell me they should be able to vote.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've actually gone the opposite way recently.

From “I’d like to have kids, but not now” to “I don’t want kids.”

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really like kids

but I have no desire to ever have one of my own.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do to.

I have a three year old niece who is adorable, and a 6 month old nephew. I like interacting with them a lot, and I like to think I’m good with kids, I just don’t want one of my own.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm far too lazy and selfish with my time to ever want to adapt to the schedule of a child.

People say “oh, that would change if you had a kid” but what I can’t impress upon them is that I don’t WANT that to change.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rec'd.

I like staying up until three in the morning drinking beer and playing video games.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I understand and think it is great you know this about yourself

and haven’t had kids. For me, the birth of my sons are tied with the day I met my wife as the best three days of my life.

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 22, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I would never diminish that

because if that’s what you wanted, and you got it, that’s fantastic and I’m really happy for you. I just know myself too well.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good correction, thanks.

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 22, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is absolutely no way to respond to this, yet I totally understand.

I generally regard other people’s kids like other people’s pets. I really don’t care much to fawn over them.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So I guess there is a way to respond to that.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They all look the same to me

and I have two nephews and lots of friends with kids so I’m not just being mr. anti-baby guy. They’re all cute, but they’re all pretty much the same level of cute. Once they get older and develop their own looks/personalities, that’s when I’m more interested.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've just never had the ga-ga it's a baby mentality.

They usually have to be at least three for me to be ok with it.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 22, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Okay with what? Their existence?

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

With me holding them, communicating, all that.

I’m an only and didn’t grow up around my cousins. I don’t know what to do with small babies.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 22, 2008 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think you're just supposed to marvel at how cute they are.

Other than that, there’s not much TO do.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and yet parents get annoyed when you vomit on their precious babies.

Double standards, amirite?

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Speaking baby is awful. Awful.

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by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate it when people do that baby talk crap to my infant.

And if I don’t know you, don’t touch my kid.

Be open minded about what you don't know.

by Jed MC on Oct 22, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hated this when jr was an infant.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get along really well with little kids

because I refuse to talk to them like little kids.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"This here is Avery White Rascal"

“By no means are you to ever touch this. It may sounds appealing but people – smart people – will see right through you.”

by Jeff on Oct 22, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I should have known that any bar that would book us

wasn’t going to have beer of a high quality.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Avery's a pretty good brewery

it’s just that particular beer that I find to be repugnant.

by Jeff on Oct 22, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's what confused me.

I’ve had their IPA, I’ve had Maharaja, I’ve had Salvation. All good-excellent. White Rascal was sub-New Belgium.

When a bar has six macros, Red Hook, Fat Tire and one beer you haven’t seen or heard of from a brewer you’ve found to be fairly good, there’s probably a reason for it and it’s probably not a good thing. It’s like spotting designer clothing on the rack at Ross; exciting at first, but then you try it on and you know instantly why it ended up at Ross.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I can sympathize with this.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My child will be such a delinquent

Were history to loop back and we end up in another 1950s.

by Matthew on Oct 22, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This kid is inordinately cute.

I hate children and I totally want to take this one to the zoo.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks! He really is superhuman that way.

And he’s got one hell of a sense of humor.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Myspace is horrible and refuses to let me back in after being a member for 4.5 years.

Facebook is fun, provides good stalking opportunities and does not scream poorly chosen songs when you click on someone’s page.

Myspace = bands
Facebook = friends

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 22, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm still hesitant to join FB because my parents both have FB pages.

And my friends tend to leave, ahem, rather inappropriate comments on my page that my very religious parents wouldn’t like to see.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that'll be the obscure friend request I just got

from someone shouting into a mic?

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by MarkE on Oct 22, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

At least that one's semi-easy to trace

I got a request the other day from a female whose name I did not recognize. Some googling did not help, so in a spirit of insane adventurousness I ok’d the friend request. Once I did, I realized it was a girl I dated about 10 years ago, who is now married, thus the last name I didn’t recognize. Funny.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I probably should have done that

but I figure if it’s someone evil or random I can always block them later.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can never erase

the comment they post on your wall that someone else has already read.

Which is why I don’t have a wall. Damage limitation.

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by MarkE on Oct 22, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I mean

You can erase the post, but not the fact that someone read it

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by MarkE on Oct 22, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have no secrets really

my wife knows my past and isn’t threatened/worried about it, it’s more of self-preservation thing.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be me.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't remember who it was that posted the link to 419eater the other day but thank you.

I have been having a blast reading about those fighting the good fight.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 8:46 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow, not many Nada Surf fans here.

Well, a pox upon you and your houses! For kevin_ess, I should like to link the box set that was finally unveiled:

http://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark078

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Oct 22, 2008 9:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Weren't Nada Surf the one with Caroline the drummer?

If so, cool.

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by MarkE on Oct 22, 2008 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome!

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My answers...

1) Man, this is tough. I’d love to jam with Ess at some point and finally make that wine tasting trek up the Gorge with PDB one of these days. And there’s a ton of others I haven’t met yet that I’m sure I’d really enjoy. I’ve met a lot of folks ‘round here already, and have enjoyed some great times with everyone I’ve met thus far…

2) The who? For the first time in a long, long time I neither DVR’d the game nor watched any play of the Seahawks. I said a looong time ago that I was concerned that the 2008 ‘Hawks reminded me too much of the 2004 Mariners, and it’s definitely coming to fruition — yeah, moreso due to injuries than player-fall-off-a-cliff-ness, but injuries are football’s version of aging player skills, IMHO.

3) No, that’s how Steven Tyler was conceived.

4) Not sure. Never listened to them. Might have to take a jaunt on Pandora or something.

5) My new mortgage says “TAKE THE RAISE” but my crazy-addicted fandom says “WORLD SERIES!!!!”

6) So THAT’S the sound of one hand clapping… I’ve always wondered.

7) Since torture was presumed, it’d have to be Josh Grobin. I, too, happen to really like Enya, and play her stuff on the piano all the time.

8) Any friend of Ess is a friend of mine.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 22, 2008 9:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The perils of irony

courtesy WFMU’s Beware Of The Blog.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 9:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bwahahaha

Rock Revolution is getting ripped to shreds.

by Phildopip on Oct 22, 2008 9:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I meant no

can I have my rec now please?

by seattlebruin on Oct 22, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty sure that's also because of room for pads

and hockey players aren’t exactly slight willowy children, either.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, my child is a hockey player, and quite willowy.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 22, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, I get that,

but nobody keeps small sizes in stock.

by Matthew on Oct 22, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had to wear full-finger gloves on my ride to work today.

I refuse to think that Portland in October is cold enough to warrant wearing the balaclavas that I saw a couple people wearing this morning, though.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:26 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it was definitely quite chilly

days like this I love my arm warmers. best cycling-gear investment I’ve made in years.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's like Flashdance on a bike!

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Except not even close

my arm warmers are form fitting and black. if I had guns, it would make them look AWESOME.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to Japan.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Obviously you haven't spent much time in Portland lately

that’s pretty much the default look for…what’s the female equivalent of douchebag? around here.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have not heard this one.

Origin?

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah yes.

Dare not click at work though.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yasmin?

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

disagree

some of us have lives and don’t watch TV shows on the nights they’re on.

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by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haven’t watched it yet, don’t you dare

by Jeff on Oct 22, 2008 10:32 AM PDT

by Graham on Oct 22, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

?

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Oct 22, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate this piece of shit.

If I ever meet him he gets a kick in the junk.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Instant "rec" for use of the word "junk".

A guy on my softball team brought his kindergarten-aged son to the game last year, and when someone asked him how school was going he said: “Today.. At school.. My friend Jimmy got kicked in the junk!”.

The entire team just about wet their pants.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought it was always lupus

wait, I’m doing this wrong.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Your carriage is double-parked.

They wanted you to know while you were still in the saloon.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One ringy-dingy....

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You get emails alerting you of voicemails?

Who leaves you voicemails to alert you of new email?

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would just be silly.

It would create twice the number of e-mails.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 22, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

New Hyphen blog post...

Link

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by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 10:35 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Late to the party today, but here I go

1 – I have enjoyed all of the LL people I have met so far, but I find myself wanting to meet Thingray the most. I think my wife and I could party with him and his soon to be wife.

2 – I don’t even want to watch the Seahawks anymore they are so bad.

3 – Yes?

4 – Yes

5 – World Series any day.

6 – I slap no one, but I have recently been sucker punched from behind.

7 – I know for a fact that i can fall asleep to Enya.

8 – Not familiar, but any friend of kevin_ess is a friend of mine.

by Sec 108 on Oct 22, 2008 10:53 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Great.

Now I have a stalker (just kidding).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You'll get your chance to meet us.

We’re planning on getting to an LL meetup next year.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude, I hate getting sucker punched.

Especially from behind. Crap, now the flashback have removed the songs from my head, but only because they’ve got me pissed off all over again.

Now I’m thinking an LL meetup for the people with kids, like all 4 of them I think, in a park or somewhere kid friendly next year would be kind of cool.

"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 22, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

Although I did bring my kid to one of the meetups, and he held his own. And proceeded to pick on Robert, so he fit right in…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 22, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to admit I'm curious about both Sec 108 and dpseadv's sucker punch stories.

I could bring my boys to a gathering, but the older one would never shut up, and the younger one wouldn’t say a word.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will just say this about mine

I was being an ass and I was drunk, so I may have deserved it.

I also achieved said drunkenness while hanging out with a well known member of this here blog. Thankfully he had gone home and was not around to see me get beat up.

by Sec 108 on Oct 22, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Had I actually still been there

I would have probably run screaming from the bar like a 9 year old girl. I’m very physical-conflict-averse, even when drunk.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not me.

I’m the 5’10", 140 pound moron that jumps in to break up fights all the time. Thankfully I’ve yet to be seriously injured playing mini-bouncer.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 22, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's me, too.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hah - really?

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, definitely.

I’m glad you’re on my side, ess.

by royalcurve on Oct 22, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's overtake Turkey and rename them Chicken.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've participated in a couple of these.

With a burning man group. Usually around Halloween, so costumes are involved. Lots of funny looks from the regulars. Really good time.

"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 22, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Long story still long

Get on train at 2ish on a Friday with 5 friends heading to PDX for a bachelor party. We drink the whole way there.

Get to hotel and have more drinks. Call pdb to come join us.

Go out to dinner, drink more.

Go out to punk show, drink more. Close said bar and head back to hotel.

At this point only pdb, myself and my friend who took my place as bass player in my former band are still awake. There is an awful folk singer on stage. Bass player and I are drunk heckling the crap out of him.

pdb goes home wisely. Bass player and I decide to grab a cab and head out to Union Jack’s.

Once we wade through a 15 minute line and get drinks we are chatting while standing next to a stage. Gentleman next to me makes a comment making fun of me. I say something incredibly rude and mean to him.

He walks away. Next thing I know I am getting tackled and punched repeatedly from behind. By the time I was able to roll the guy over security grabbed me and threw me out.

He punched like a girl, so no big deal as far as injury. I had not been in a fight in 20 years though, so that was strange.

by Sec 108 on Oct 22, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Correction

pdb went home wisely drunkly.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have been known to drink from time to time

I also ate a ton of food during that stretch.

by Sec 108 on Oct 22, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since it ended with the guy hitting like a girl.

I’ll laugh, that’s a funny nearly epic story. You can tell it’s been heavily edited for time considerations, you sir are on my list of people I’d like to meet.

Actually nearly everybody around here is somebody I’d like to meet, there’s such a diverse range of backgrounds it’s crazy.

"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 22, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now that's not funny : {( Good hats are hard to acquire.

"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 22, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great story about the hat

As I was leaving the house my wife asked why I was not wearing the Mariner hat she gave me.

I said I would be drinking a lot and would hate to lose it. How prescient of me.

by Sec 108 on Oct 22, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Honey, I'ma gonna get epic drunk and get punched in the face!

Anytime cabs enter a story, it elevates my mind elevates it to an entirely new level.

"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 22, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I was in Vegas for my bachelor party

we got off the plane and were, of course, already drunk from the flight down. We piled into a cab and told the driver to stop at a liquor store before taking us to the hotel. As we were on our way to the liquor store, we pulled up at a red light next to a dude driving a red Ferrari convertible – and this guy was the full midlife crisis; balding, gold chains, pinky ring, the whole nine.

Being of rather-less-than-sound mind at the time, I rolled down the window, looked at the guy, and said “Hey man, I’m really sorry about your penis!” loud enough so that he could hear it. he looked over, flipped me off, and drove off – through the red light.

We got the cab ride for free because the driver couldn’t stop laughing.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Now that I have hung out with you a bit,

I doubt that you are actually sorry about his penis.

by Sec 108 on Oct 22, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not in the least.

but I live to mock douchebags when there’s very little risk of retribution.

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

by pdb on Oct 22, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There was a dude staying at my camp who was a full on douchebag.

I wanted to get pictures for you guys so bad. Think about a 20 something old kid walking around with tobacco spittin’ republican voting roughnecks with a sideways cap and wife beater tank tops on.

In a conversation he had with someone I overheard him refer to himself as “A badass worker.”

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahahahahaha! I hate that guy!

He sure does get around!
Let me guess, endless tough guy stories, where he destroys all opponents?
Endless parades of beautiful women? Uh, I’m forgetting some I know it.

"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 22, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That unforgettable smell of douchebaggery. . .

Equal parts axe body spray and tanning lotion.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He has a picture of his old somewhere?

Awesome. Is she a highschool girl? Dudes who dress like him get a lot of those.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

HAHAHAHAA Nor can I!

Have yourself a merry little Rec, man!

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 22, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs