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Last nights game was something.  The umpires could have called it before it was declared an official game.  Selig was in attendance and could have taken charge.   Undoubtably there  have been and will be many many words written and spoken about last nights game, so why am I even bringing it up?  Oh, 75 words, plus I really really want to rant about it, but I would probably only manage a big pile of stupid.  So I'm biting my tongue.  Hard. 

Nobody says get off my lawn like Clint Eastwood.  Dirty Harry Needs A Rest Home.

Best argument for instant replay, bad umpires in the post season.  Joe Buck tells me an ump can't work a World Series two years in a row, or back to back post season series.  So you get this.

What is your dream job?

If you could live anywhere, where would you be?

Desert island, top three albums.  Go!

Read a book recently that you would recommend?

 

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Only 15 more hours until I can escape the shittiest Sport's year ever and start following a team that isn't bad

I can’t wait, this is the most excited I think I’ve ever been for a sports season to start. So much potential.
I mean, some of their preseason stuff has been amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWqSjBYqZio

Also, Exclusive Nola Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pGfakssHc

54!

by joof on Oct 28, 2008 2:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to the collective my friend.

You will be yelling Woooooooooooooo! after each Paul basket like the rest of us.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 7:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting questions...

I already have my dream job. But I guess the dream could get better if I was in the NBA…

If I could live anywhere….I think I’d go with either Rome or Barcelona.

Desert Island….Well I’m a guy who likes a bit of everything, and most of my tastes are mainstream, so I guess I would go with Californiacation (RHCP), Long Trip Alone (Dierks Bentley) and Amos Lee (self-titled).

The books I’ve read recently aren’t worth recommending. Although I just got Drive by Larry Bird, which I’m psyched for.

by brayden04 on Oct 28, 2008 2:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

3 Desert Island Albums

Deja Entendu – Brand New
Pinkerton – Weezer
The Mark, Tom And Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) – Blink-182 (I know…no need to heckle.)

As for books, the only thing I’ve read recently is Watchmen, which is defiantly worth reading if you’ve yet to do so. Do it before the movie comes out, because I still cannot fathom that they could successfully make it into a good film. There’s just so much that only would seem to work in the graphic novel format.

by SethGrandpa on Oct 28, 2008 3:16 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Best Words Ever:

1. Exacerbate
2. Sesquipedalian
3. Defenestrate
4. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
5. Syzygy
6. Cyclothymia
7. Yes

Dream Job: Inventor, Professional Bowler

If I Could Live Anywhere, Where Would I Be: Within a two foot mobile radius of Jessica Alba.

Book Read Recently: “The Journeyor” by Gary Jennings

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Oct 28, 2008 4:40 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Read a book recently that you would recommend?

Yes – The Tiger That Isn’t. I’m recommending it to anyone who’ll listen.

It’s essentially about how and why data is misinterpreted/abused and cites a whole range of really bad cases of reporting duff statistics. But it’s not aimed at a statnerd audience or mega-layman either, just something anyone can get into.

Good to get non data-savvy people round to your way of thinking, and also adjusts your mindset to help get them to understand why things like small sample sizes are bad.

Mariner fan, Europhile and mobile insider --- P3 W1 L2 (.333)
Sponsor of Jamie Burke's baseball-reference page

by MarkE on Oct 28, 2008 4:53 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have to agree with this suggestion.

I loved this book when I borrowed it from a friend. He bought it on his economics professor’s recommendation.

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 6:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have the world's most massive headache today

and I was only gone from work from 8:30 last night until 6 this morning. I am damn tired.

by seattlebruin on Oct 28, 2008 6:31 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This is an older book, but something I have to recommend.

Every time I reread it, I end up lending it to everyone I can think of.
Capitalism 3.0

It’s a good book for introducing people to a capitalist system that works within a closed resource pool.

If I could get around to reading all of the urban planning books I have sitting around, I’m sure a couple of them would show up here, but I don’t have time to read anything but computer manuals and cert books, and as much as I love them, I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone else (maybe Brian).

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 6:40 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh, and everyone should read the Shannara books.

All 20 something of them.

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dislike crime novels.

To each their own.

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I read non-fiction almost exclusively.

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I don’t enjoy fiction very much.

by Phildopip on Oct 28, 2008 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seconded

I have forced myself recently to read at least two fiction books a month, because I went about 5 years since my last fictional read.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The way I look at it

I have a finite amount of time to read in a day. I don’t want to waste that time by reading a fiction book that sucks – unless it’s recommended to me or by an author I like, I stay away from it because I can’t stand crappy fiction.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I live in reality though.

Why the hell would I want to read about it? If you guys did what I do for a living you would know the value of Escapism.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stockholm Syndrome?
I won’t stand in your way
let your hatred grow
and she’ll scream
and she’ll shout
and she’ll pray
and she had a name
yeah she had a name
and I won’t hold you back
let your anger rise
and we’ll fly
and we’ll fall
and we’ll burn
no one will recall
no one will recall
this is the last time I’ll abandon you
and this is the last time I’ll forget you
I wish I could
look to the stars
let hope burn in your eyes
and we’ll love
and we’ll hope
and we’ll die
all to no avail
all to no avail
this is the last time I’ll abandon you
and this is the last time I’ll forget you
I wish I could
this is the last time I’ll abandon you
and this is the last time I’ll forget you
I wish I could
I wish I could

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can't blame anyone that doesn't like one class of books.

I read just about everything, but have a few specific dislikes. In my view, it’s better than never reading at all.

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As a whole, I'm not really into fantasy books either.

But the Shannara series is insanely awesome.

by Goose on Oct 28, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you haven't read it yet, the tie in between Shanarra and Running with the Demon is a little contrived.

He couldn’t just let the two series stand alone.

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't read it yet.

But from the reviews and opinions I’ve seen seem to agree with that assessment. Personally, I consider the series more or less over with the end of Straken.

by Goose on Oct 28, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seems like fantasy means swords and sorcerers anymore.

Or is that the definition of fantasy? I tend to lump it into sci-fi. Holy crap, on consulting wiki there are infinite sub genres of sci-fi now. Or have been, somebody just took the time to separate them all out. Hate it when that happens, but at least everybody scores on the podium when they hand out awards. I really need to keep up with the times.

by dpseadv on Oct 28, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite genre is a sub-genre of sci-fi called Alternate History

One of my pet peeves would be when people lump Fantasy and Sci-Fi into the same category. They are not the same thing. For example, Star Trek is science fiction while Star Wars is straight up Fantasy.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SciFi is things that could plausibly happen, even given technology.

The first word that comes out that involves the supernatural, it’s fantasy.

This sound about right to you?

And I agree completely, Alt History is awesome. I’ve only read a few, but that’s only due to time limitations.

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Start with Harry Turtledove and work your way to more obscure authors.

Read “How Few Remain” and if you like it start reading his epic “What if the South had won?” story line consisting of 10 books stretching from the 1880’s to the 1950’s.

Fear the NPE

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

Ooooh questions

My dream job is to own a bakery.
If I could live anywhere, it would be part-time in Seattle, part-time in New Orleans, with a beach house in Nicaragua
Desert Island albums: In Transit, Jack’s Mannequin; You Are My Sunshine, Copeland; and Composure, Waking Ashland. These are not necessarily my top three albums, but rather the ones whose combination of piano and vocals would calm my stress at being stuck on a desert island
Good books…well, all the books I read center around food, sociology, and development. So if you like those things, I can give recommendations. I’m reading Common Wealth by Jeffrey Sachs right now.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 28, 2008 7:25 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Answers:

My dream job is a world famous Somellier.
If I could have a killer place in Paris that would be my choice.
Desert Island albums (these fluctuate periodically)
1. U2’s Achtung Baby
2. Beth Orton’s Daybreaker
3. Tool’s Lateralus
I have bee reading a lot of H.P. Lovecraft lately

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 7:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet

Now I have access to a better quality version of this video. The guy that starts dancing about a third of the way in makes me lose it every time

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

?

. . . Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

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by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Tears for Fears doesn’t get near enough love. On a slow, boring day at work about a year ago, my buddy and I had a youtube video battle featuring only 80’s music videos. This battle lasted three hours, and was incredibly entertaining

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't get me wrong, I love TFF.

But the original better than Gary Jules’? Lunacy.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could be biased because of the hilarious music video

and not having heard Jules’ cut in a while. I will now find it and prove myself wrong

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hahahahahaha, he's voguing! God thank you for letting me live during the birth of MTV.

Before it became a polished world dominating marketing machine. Actually we didn’t have cable, so now I get to catch up on all the moments I missed.

Did anybody see the original cut of Donny Darko, and think changing the music on a couple of scenes in the director’s cut completely ruined them?

by dpseadv on Oct 28, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

I bought it when it came out, but then gave it to my brother and kept my original

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

disagree almost entirely

Even Tears For Fears (at least Olazabal) thinks the Jules version is better….trying to find a link to that interview now…

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Orzabal, whatever.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answers...

 - My dream job is not to have one. My dreams do not involve working for a living.
 - I would live where there is very little possibility of seeing a cloud for more than an hour. Sydney in the winter, Barcelona in the spring, Seattle for July/August, and somewhere like Cape Town or Rio the rest of the year.
 - Only three records? Wow, that’s tough. Hmmm. The Jam – All Mod Cons; The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society; Fastbacks – Zucker. But ask me again in an hour and I’ll probably give you three completely different records.
 - I’m in the midst of reading Chuck Klosterman’s “Downtown Owl” and it’s pretty good so far.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's sad that the only reason I was aware of it was because the title track was used in the movie "Hot Fuzz".

I was watching that movie about two months ago and that song started playing; it piqued my interest, so I looked up the song to find out who did it. I knew who the Kinks were, but only because of “You Really Got Me”, which is really sad. But that song had me thinking they may have had a different sound than “You Really Got Me”, so I took a risk and downloaded the album.

I’m glad I did.

by Phildopip on Oct 28, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not a lot of their later stuff sounds like "you really got me"

it’s all pretty varied, but it’s mostly really good. Village Green kicked off an amazing period for the Kinks, followed as it was by Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire), Lola vs. Powerman And The Money-Go-Round, and Muswell Hillbillies – three absolutely stellar albums. Some of their later stuff is a bit…wobbly but it’s all worth listening to.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd start the amazing period with the Kink Kontroversy, but either way, listen to this man ^

VGPS is just awesome stuff.

Reissued a few years back on sweet, sweet 180gm vinyl.

by marc w on Oct 28, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know why I always neglect Kink Kontroversy

because yeah, great album. Sleater-Kinney liked it, too, at least the cover art.

(Dig Me Out’s a great album too, by the way)

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dream job - Park ranger

Dream location – San Francisco
Desert Island Discs – 1) Built to Spill – Perfect From Now On, 2) Sigur Ros – ( ), 3) Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump.
Two books I’ve read recently – A Well-Paid Slave, and Foul Ball. Both were EXCELLENT books.

by Phildopip on Oct 28, 2008 8:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So the annoying thing about bike commuting

is the ever-present risk of being right hooked by douchebags that are texting while they’re driving – a big van just about took me out this morning and when I yelled at the guy he slammed on his brakes and flipped me off, like it was my fault he was buried in his fucking phone when he should have been driving. But then, later in my ride, I was reminded of why I love biking to work when I saw this.

And yes, I stopped my bike to take that picture.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:12 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Where is that?

I may consider riding my bike to work someday, but I need to leave the brown, dusty state of Utah first.

by Wilder. on Oct 28, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Waterfront Park, to be specific

the Willamette River runs through Portland and that was taken from the downtown side of the river.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answers

Like pdb, I dream of not working.
I would live in Edinburgh if I could, and winter in Cinque Terre.
I’d bring the white album, Cornelius – Fantasma, T Rex – Dandy in the Underworld

by royalcurve on Oct 28, 2008 8:35 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So playing on the mtv music site is a bit disorienting.

It’s some sort of nostalgia-induced flashback mixed with brand-new songs, and then some things that make you go, wait, what? Such as “Africa” being among the most highly rated music videos.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 28, 2008 8:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I blame hipster irony

that’s the only reason anything by Toto could be highly rated. Ever.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hate on Toto all you want

But Jeff Porcaro might be the most recorded drummer of all time.

by Sec 108 on Oct 28, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy smokes!

I wonder who the “and many more” include.

by Wilder. on Oct 28, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know a drummer who wanted to be him.

He said Porcaro once recorder over 100 albums in a year. I don’t know if that was hyperbole or not, but the guy worked his ass off.

by Sec 108 on Oct 28, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon.

Warren G was on the streets, tryin’ to consume.

From memory

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Some skirts for the eve so I can get some funk rollin' in my ride chillin' all alone.

Just hit the east side of the LBC on a mission tryin’ to find Mr. Warren G.
Seen a car full of girls ain’t not need to tweak
All you skirts know what’s up with 213

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 28, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have an aunt in the East Bay

and even though her area code has been 510 since, oh, 1986 or so I still reflexively dial 415 when I start calling her. Area codes are oddly fascinating.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

See, it's not just me.

I’m still stuck with the eastside being 206, too.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 28, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My wife works three blocks from me in downtown PDX

and yet her work phone area code is 971. When she gives people here her work phone number they ask “is that local?”

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It annoys me when I give people (not girls) my phone number and start two-oh-six

and they go “area code 310?”

Come on people, everyone gives the area code now because people list their cell numbers!!

by seattlebruin on Oct 28, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Deep breaths.

(I like the not girls parenthetical)

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 28, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seems reasonable.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine slipped from my grasp long, long ago

hold onto yours like it’s the last morsel of food in the desert.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still think of you as youthful at heart

or at the very least, I imagine you being kind of like Bill Simmons. Except not a douchebag.

by seattlebruin on Oct 28, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How do you guys keep track of all this? I mean I was right there, rolling deep in the hood.

My wanna be hardcore homies tripping on this stuff. It was in the background all. the. time. And I never remember anything about it ever. Except I did kinda like Warren G. and now I wish I had given The Chronic a chance back then.

by dpseadv on Oct 28, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was in my KUBE listening heyday.

I have a mixtape I made off the radio with this song, Not In Our House and a bunch of songs no one remembers in my box o’ tapes in the basement.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 28, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Licky boom boom now?

Wikky boo boo yeah?
Etc, etc, etc.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's already stuck in my head

Might as well make everybody else suffer as well

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait that was that white guy from Canada,

or some such shit. Got arrested on a gun charge and spent some time in jail, never had a follow up hit. HOLY SHITBALLS I DO REMEMBER THIS CRAP!! Just not the good stuff it seems. Only Canada’s vs. of Vanilla Ice. Snow something or other.

by dpseadv on Oct 28, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In the beginning, there was nothing but rock

and then someone invented the wheel. Then things really began to roll.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to think the lyric was "there's nothing that a million men on Mars could ever do."

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 28, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

there's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow

cuz tonight I’m gonna blow it all away
I feel so twisted
I ain’t never gonna fix it
I’m just waitin’ for the light to shine on a brand new day.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In my High School Jazz Band

The guitarist (insanely talented, by the way) would randomly drop in the opening of Africa when it came time for his solos. Like, during our concerts and the like. Fucking hilarious

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Job - General Manager, Seattle Mariners. Duh.

Location – Downtown Seattle.

Albums -
Howl, BRMC
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me, Brand New
Knives Don’t Have Your Back, Emily Haines

Books-
Galactic North, Alastair Reynolds
Ireland: Awakening, Edward Rutherford

by Graham on Oct 28, 2008 8:40 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Only three albums... That's tough.

AC/DC Greatest hits?
King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues in Aspic
Any Mozart compendium

Job? Bed tester.

Books – To name a couple of somewhat recent selections:
The Cheese Monkeys
Game Time: A Baseball Companion by Roger Angell

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 28, 2008 8:47 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Not if it's AC/DC.

Most others, yes. That particular greatest hits album is incredible.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 28, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answers

I actually have my dream job right now. Lucky me right?

I would happily live the rest of my days in Prague

Pearl Jam – Ten
Dinosaur Jr. – Where You Been
Portishead – Dummy
Though much like pdb if you ask me in an hour it will likely be 3 totaly different albums

Last book I read is The Last Lecture. It was pretty good.

by coolguyrob on Oct 28, 2008 8:49 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love Where You Been.

Dinosaur Jr. is a criminally underappreciated band.

by Phildopip on Oct 28, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally

The solo to Get Me is one of my favorites ever.

by coolguyrob on Oct 28, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Job- Meh every job sucks but being a retard does sound kinda cool

Alblums
Come Clarity- In Flames
Clayman-In Flames
Hypnotize- SOAD

Books
I have gotten to the point where I read strictly wikipedia

by Robert on Oct 28, 2008 8:52 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Did you think I wouldn't read that?

Epidemiologists pride themselves on study analysis, you know.

However, it is still not definitively clear whether the effect is negative or positive

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 28, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of In Flames

I think I’m definitely going to the show now. I was on the fence due to logistical issues, but then I found that 36 Crazyfists is playing, as well as All That Remains. SOLD

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One could say that I'm a fan of the Blazers

and their season opener is on in 10.5 hours. Does anyone know of a place online where I could watch said game? Not channelsurfing.net, they only offer the audio.

by coolguyrob on Oct 28, 2008 9:03 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dream job =

radio broadcaster for the Rainiers (or, uh, M’s) / player development guy.

If I could live anywhere, I’d have a place in Seattle, a place in the UK (maybe one in London, one in Glasgow, one in Cornwall), a place near Kampong Saom in Cambodia, and a place on the adriatic – either Korcula or maybe coastal Montenegro. Does this answer constitute “cheating?” Very well then, I shall cheat.

Desert Island albums…. oh hell.
As of 9:01, I’m thinking Singles Going Steady (buzzcocks), All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone (EITS), goddamn this is hard…maybe James Brown’s Mother Popcorn, maybe Scared of Chaka’s Seven Stories Tall. Just thinking about having only 3 albums is… I’m kinda choked up now. Gimme a moment…

Book… I just a read a history of Scotland that I quite liked: TM Devine’s “The Scottish Nation.” Time’s Arrow by Martin Amis a while before.

by marc w on Oct 28, 2008 9:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Why the hell not

What is your dream job?
Like pdb, not working sounds the best. If I had to actually have a job, I guess I’d want to get paid for hanging out with friends or for sleeping. I don’t know what you would call this.

If you could live anywhere, where would you be?
Northeast Portland, OR. A teleporter to Safeco would be nice, though.

Desert island, top three albums. Go!
At the moment, I’d say….
The Beatles – Help! (Though on other days I might select …perhaps Abbey Road )
Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
#3…not sure…pdb had a very good suggestion with Village Green….I think I’d have to go with Traveling Wilburys vol. 1

Read a book recently that you would recommend?
Last night — Stardust. It’s fantasy and not very long and probably could be read by a kid but it was still awesome. It’s the book that the movie Stardust is based on.

I’m all for instant replays in more parts of the game. People complain about it making the game take longer; I swear it wouldn’t take that much longer than the time the manager spends out there arguing the call. You could give each team a limited number per game, like in football, or something.

Bring back José Cruz Jr!

by darmok on Oct 28, 2008 9:42 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dream Job Typo

I meant to say “Time-traveling crime-fighter with my own space-ship”

Bring back José Cruz Jr!

by darmok on Oct 28, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When someone says to you "this document is an emergency release, our customer won't accept the software"

should you

A. release the document once it has the approval of the Chief Engineer/Program Lead
B. hold the document and pretend like it’s in the release cycle while saying that it needs more signatures from people that you’ve never had to sign it before (say it’s s the fifteenth release of the document)

by seattlebruin on Oct 28, 2008 9:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A.

Always make sure the program lead signs off. If he/she does, that’s it.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The umpiring has been atrocious this World Series.

I wish we could break that damn union and make changes, but I do not see it happening.

Dream Job – Traveling around the world and rating disc golf courses.

I would live on the road but have a home in Seattle, Madrid, Kauai and Bozeman.

3 Albums? I cannot choose. Today it might be: Bad Religion – Suffer, Helmet – Betty, Peter Gabriel self titled #1.

I am currently re-reading the Wheel of Time series. If you like Fantasy you might enjoy it, but most of the characters are hard to like after the 5th or 6th book.

by Sec 108 on Oct 28, 2008 9:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I've tried to get through the Wheel of Time twice now.

I can’t make it past book 9. At that point I just can’t make myself give a shit anymore.

by coolguyrob on Oct 28, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Understandable

He should have wrapped it up at that point.

by Sec 108 on Oct 28, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just rechecked

It was book 8 that I couldn’t get past.

by coolguyrob on Oct 28, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know, they already broke that union awhile back. And I've been contemplating the up/downsides of that.

Back then I hated the idea, I like having NL and AL umps. But with all the free agency maybe it’s easier for pitchers to switch leagues now, there’s no sense of tribalism to punish them for being one of the ‘them’. Like CC this year, pretty flawless. I keep thinking I’ll take the time to use some of these newfangled stat references I have now to research a little.

But these post season rules… if you ever wanted to set up the public to demand instant replay, then devise a way to prevent your best umpires from consistently calling the post season. The umps might have thought they were spreading the wealth for post season bucks, but maybe it’s gonna backfire. Maybe every one of these gaffs combined with hi def frame by frame instant replay, they add up. Bye bye umps.

by dpseadv on Oct 28, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What I don't understand is

in the World Series, all your other excellent points aside, why rotate the umps around the field? Have your best guy behind home plate for the whole series – he may have an incorrect strike zone, but at least it’ll be CONSISTENTLY incorrect.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can say from experience that you ask too much of a guy to do that.

I used to do two games a night behind the plate, five nights a week for almost three months and my body was wreck. I also was between 19 and 21 years old at the time.

Asking a man in his 50’s to do that is brutal.

by Sec 108 on Oct 28, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only for the World Series, not for the whole season.

I would think that a professional ump could do it for 7 games max. Could be wrong, I’v e never been an umpire, but with the generous rest that they get in the postseason it seems it could be done.

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

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

Maybe, but I'll bet his back and legs will be hurting.

These men are not in good shape like you are.

by Sec 108 on Oct 28, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will be curious to see how the new author handles finishing the last book.

Robert Jordan was a good writer, but the last five books really dragged a lot more than they should have. Also, Jordan’s religion working it’s way into the story got to be a little much at times. I never liked Rand having multiple loves.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A lot of writers are like that.

I used to be such a big fan of Terry Goodkind, too.

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

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

I thought the Goodkind books stayed consistently above average.

It hit it’s stride with Faith of the Fallen and then kind of lost a little momentum. It was good he finished it when he did.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 28, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I lost interest after the whole EVIL {redacted political} stuff in book (6 I think).

He lost focus on the story completely, and half the book was about the overthrowing of the government.It’s like the rest of the work he did building up the rest of the characters and awesome world he’d created ceased to exist for most of that book.

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

by Faux on Oct 28, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We'll see about that...

Mother Nature’s report says otherwise if I were to make a guess based on weather reports

by Smith18 on Oct 28, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

anybody getting a free taco today?

I will not be, because I value my intestines.

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

by pdb on Oct 28, 2008 10:13 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely not.

On a side note: there are no Taco Bells within the New Orleans city limits.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 28, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm fine with it, but it makes me view Yum Corporation in an even more negative light.

There are no Taco Bells or KFCs. I am not certain on the Pizza Hut, but I don’t recall seeing any. Why? Because they refused to come back after Katrina.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 28, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Popeyes is better.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 28, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally

and it’s not even close

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

Never been there I don't think

I am guessing it is like KFC? (since that is what we’re talking about)

by Smith18 on Oct 28, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply