The OT, 10-29
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 7:40 AM PDT
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PrintFewer offdays in the playoffs edition:
Selig said he likes the Wednesday start but was concerned about weather next year, when the regular season doesn't start until April 5. World Series Game 7 would be on Nov. 5, when the weather is chilly and risky, if the current format is kept.
"We've got to look at trying to — maybe not having so many off days and days when you have only one game," Selig said at Tropicana Field for Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday.
The forecast for today in Philly looks favorable, let's say we get this one in and head back to the great indoors, huh?
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Well that is a bright idea, fewer off days.
Yeah, good luck selling that to the networks. They want every game televised during primetime.
How about all new stadiums built above Texas are required to have a retractable roof. I can’t wait for a World Series in Minnesota’s new ballpark.
No kidding about Minnesota
That just seems irresponsible to me that they’re building an open stadium up there.
Less games, more offdays.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
They want to fix this junk, schedule a few double headers on the weekends. Man I love going to those.
While you’re at it, reduce the roster. Maybe then they’ll knock off all the bullpen moves in the late innings. Why does a guy like a Lute Olson suffer a stroke, and a nimrod like Selig just keeps on ticking.
seconded
One doubleheader per home team per month. Problem solved.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Hey! A likeminded person! I was just fantasizing about at least one single ticket dh a season.
Just one. It’s all I ask.
I love doubleheaders.
And if every team plays one per season, it means the WS can actually end in mid-October. WIth the WBC, next year’s Series ends in November, fercrissakes.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Do you know why they quit? I mean was it a major league decision?
I never realized the teams had any control over the schedules like that, or did. This stuff changes so fast I can’t keep up with it, like the post season umpire rules I was bitching about yesterday.
TV, mostly.
TV doesn’t like double headers – too much time taken up that could be showing Judge Judy reruns or whatnot.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I know! This is a big steaming pile all the way around.
Especially when they want to shorten up the game by changing the game. Like they need 25 guys. Or hey! Don’t let the tv slow it down, limit the commercial breaks, then use that stupid flag reminding me I’m watching Fox as a banner ad. I think they do that in soccer, but I’m not sure.
They do
because soccer has no breaks except for half time.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
That was amazing fun! Only like 2000 people it seemed were there though for the first game.
But count me in on this idea of mandated double headers. The likelihood for Ichiro pitching goes up in these scenarios!
I fucking hate you Mariners
Baseball should be played indoors.
-Robots should call balls and strikes.
-The DH should be mandatory.
-Every play should be reviewed by an overload umpire upstairs.
Tools Whore
Sign Bonds!
I'm curious what an overload umpire is...
Is it more like a blowoff valve for a turbo’d car, a surge protector, or a really fat umpire that can’t waddle around the field anymore?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm pretty sure it's like the blowoff valve
the fat umpire would be an overloaded umpire
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
And more to the point, "robots" shoudn't call balls and strikes.
No one would want R2D2 behind the plate. Ideally you could have LCD screens call the balls and strikes from behind the batter and a sign in the outfield.
And the differing league rules are the only thing keeping the MLB from being like every other sport. We play too many inter-league games as it is, having the same rules for both leagues would just encourage that sort of thing. I like the idea of having two separate divisions that only see each other on special occasions and in the WS.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I don't actually want robots to call strikes, I want people to call strikes that are some how radioed down to him. A real umpire should actually make the call, but a machine should decide if it is a strike.
Tools Whore
Sign Bonds!
Then what's the point of having an umpire?
A monkey could be trained to point his arm sideways when a buzzer rings in his ear.
My newly discovered inner curmudgeon hates this idea with every fibre in my metamucil.
But if they want to eliminate themselves, then not putting the finest umps in the league on public display in the post season is a good way to go about it.
Replay doesn’t always get it right in football. But my personal opinion of using it in baseball is rapidly beginning to shift.
Wow. How passive aggressive sounding.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
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- Usually they are good consequences
- Sometimes they are bad ones
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
God, I hate powerpoints.
They make simple concepts too complicated, because you can’t just put two bullets on a page.
They make complicated concepts sound stupid and simplistic, because they knock it down to just a page of quick notes.
Powerpoint is the antithesis of rational thought.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not necessarily "you" to anyone in particular, but the idiots that make powerpoints instead of making a set of notes and doing your own goddamn speech instead of using a program to make all your points for you.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I didn't make this presentation
I thought that it was hilarious that corporate decided to put out a presentation entitled “When My Quality Goes Wrong” and show airplane mishaps
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy crap this guy has an entire site devoted to C-141s
Must be an ex-USAF guy
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I just dreamt that I was signed by the Yankees late this season to provide bench help.
I was conflicted about this, because the Yankees are my most hated team, but at the same time, getting signed to the major leagues? I walked and struck out in my first two plate appearances, proceeded to annoy A-Rod about old Mariner questions, and roamed the stadium’s catacombs.
Except I’ve never ACTUALLY been there, so my brain was just making up the bowels of the stadium as it went along… there was a lot of concrete, and a lot of it somewhat falling apart.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 8:20 AM PDT reply actions
Not that far off.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Anyone catch the fireworks at USSM over the Fontain thread? Hilarity.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Graham's probably already sanitized it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I thought everyone in Alaska was just dressing up as Sarah Palin
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Uh... this was intended as a joke
but in hindsight, if it crosses the politics line, please delete/hide it, mods
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
People in Alaska dress in something besides crude hides?
Sorry, wyrm.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The best hides are pricy.
If I don’t get in my request early I have to settle for a coarse Musk Ox pelt and not that soft Wolf pelt I had my eye on.
Fear the NPE
Are you wearing a stripper?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I am the Riddler. The whole gang are going as Batman villians. All modeled off the animated series.
I tried Two Face but the die job on the white suit I bought didn’t go so well. So I am renting a full Riddler outfit. Pricy.
Fear the NPE
A little too obscure.
We have the Joker, Harley Quin, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, and the Riddler. We had a Penguin but he backed out.
Fear the NPE
Did the Penguin cackle as he left?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
This seems to be the slowest OT thread I've seen before
I finally get up early enough to participate in one before it gets too big, and there was only 25 comments when I got here. Figures…
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I was at the dentist.
My dental hygienist went to high school with Harold Reynolds so she spent the whole appointment telling me Harold Reynolds stories. It was awesome.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
No, but apparently he was a really good dancer and his mom made good snacks.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
He was the first Major Leaguer I ever met.
I think I was in 6th or 7th grade. Super nice guy.
By the way, when you heading to Maine?
Tomorrow at six thirty in the goddamned morning.
Gotta leave my house no later than 4.30 to get to the airport. flying cross-country is a pain in the ass.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I forgot there WAS a 4.30 AM
I’m actually pondering staying up all night – I normally go to bed around 11.30 or 12 so it’s not like I’d be getting a ton of sleep anyway – and sleeping all the way to JFK, only waking up to make my connection, then sleeping again. We’ll see what happens.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
That sounds like a good course of action
I’ve done that a few times for early flights. Just makes more sense than trying to get 3 or 4 hours of sleep
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
FUCK YOU IN THE FOOT
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
But at least Oden hasn't had any Chronic injuries.
When he’s been injured, they’ve all been unrelated, so at least that bodes well for the future.
54!
Is this the same ankle he hurt in preseason, though?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I heard he's the Chris Snelling of basketball.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Alzheimer's.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Early onset. He's still alive.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
There's actually a fantastic speech he gave when he donated a million dollars to aid Alzheimer's reasearch
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
The only one of his books I have read is the one he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
It’s called Good Omens and it is great up until the end. I suspect I liked the Gaiman parts but didn’t like the Pratchett parts.
Fear the NPE
Dang, I meant to ask about Gaiman and Neil Stephenson in the OT yesterday.
Anathem is Stephenson’s newest work, but I don’t know anyone that has read it yet. I’m holding off after the Baroque trilogy. Didn’t really spin my wheels like his earlier stuff.
Gaiman have anything new coming out? I have yet to pick up the book of short stories, I think that was his last release.
I picked up Anathem..
and started it last night. First impression is that it’ll be more like Baroque trilogy (only read half of the first book..ugh) and not like all his other stuff (awesome).
I don’t think Gaiman has anything new out, (what’s this about short stories? Haven’t heard of it) but I just read stardust, and I really enjoyed neverwhere, and I liked american gods as well
Ryan Rowland-Smith for President
Funny, I only read around half the first book as well!
I caught him at a book reading at University Bookstore when they released it, he said he changed his writing style. He started writing long hand instead of on a computer. He felt it utilized a different area of his brain and added a buffer for him to process his writing a bit as handwritten was so much slower than typing. Anyway, I didn’t like the results so much.
Last time I was at Third Place I noticed a Gaiman hardcover, glanced at it and had a case of sticker shock so I didn’t really look too hard. Seemed like it was shorts. If I’d looked too long I’d of had to buy it so I put it down as quick as I could.
Hrm
Well I hope I’m wrong about Anathem and it’s as good as his previous stuff. Grrr…changing his writing style to suck…
Ryan Rowland-Smith for President
Have you read 'Interface' or 'The Cobweb'?
If I’m correct they were recently reprinted in softcover under his name, originally published (with a cowriter) under a pseudonym. Stephen Bury. Not too shabby.
Oooh I haven't heard of those
I’ll have to pick them up. Never seen them on his shelf at Powell’s, maybe I can find ’em under Stephen Bury…
I was going to take another look at quicksilver later, thinking that if it’s Neal Stephensen I must be crazy and couldn’t possibly not like it, but after what you said about changing his writing style, I don’t think I will.
Ryan Rowland-Smith for President
I'm going to wait until the day I love math, so any minute now I'll dust it off.
I bought one without opening it at the bookreading, I really wanted his autograph. He was cool, autographed my copy of Crypto.
Best book reading ever FWIW, Chuck Pahlaniuk (Fight Club). He makes little little bead bracelets and the like when he’s writing, or trying to write. He gives them to you if you ask a question. He tries to answer all his fan mail and says he often puts sends one along. He tells some batshit crazy stories too. Also hates Ed Norton and says so as often as possible.
Gaiman has come out with a new book, "The Graveyard Book"
It’s supposed to be similar to The Jungle Book but set in a graveyard. I’ve heard good things!
Ugh, so I spent the entire morning reinstalling AutoCAD after it crapped the bed on me.
Yay for dependable software!
Oh, and I have to be in Milwaukie, Oregon at 6:30 tomorrow morning…and I live in Vancouver.
My life sucks.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 10:24 AM PDT reply actions
What is that, like an hour drive?
That sucks
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
30 minutes if there's no traffic. I'm hoping it's early enough in the morning that the morning crunch won't be an issue.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
If you're out the door no later than 6 it should be fine.
Between 6 and 6.30 is when the bridge starts to tighten up.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
That's one thing I've never enjoyed about driving through Portland.
The traffic can get to be a clusterfuck real quick, and it’s all stand still.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
That'll be changing somewhat over the next year or so
One of the main reasons for that bottleneck is that I-5 drops from three to two lanes just past the Expo Center, but they’re widening it so it’ll be three lanes all the way through the city. Won’t solve the number-of-cars issue but the elimination of a merge will at least hopefully make it flow better.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
That would be great
The monthly (give or take) drives down to see my fiancee in Monmouth become a big pile of suck as soon as I drop down into Portland, so it’s good to know they’ll be working on that. Of course, she’s done with school this Spring and I’m sure they won’t have it finished before then, but at least it’ll be easier for future trips. Or on the off-chance that we move down there
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think it's due to be done sometime around Nov 2009
so probably won’t be a lot of help, but still.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I plan on doing that when I can.
But she’s a college student and unable to meet me most of the time. Plus, the nearest station is in Salem which makes it tough for her to get there because of her schedule. But, I will take it at least once before she’s done down there
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I live blocks from the train station in Salem.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome.
They’ve been working on a train station in Independence, but it’s stillborn at the moment. I could walk from there to her place in less than 20 minutes, which would be ok. But, They have done zero work on it in the last 9 months
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
What I'm saying is I would be up for offering rides to people.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Aahhh, got it.
Well, I may shoot a word your way next trip down there. It would just be a quick ride down to Monmouth/Independence/WOU. Thank ya much
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I make a 30 minute no-traffic drive to work every day
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I have 40 minutes with no traffic,
and an hour-hour 15 with traffic. Sucks
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Eat me
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
It would take me at least an hour and a half to bike to work.
And I would desperately need a shower when I arrived.
Man do I love midgets.
Does your workplace have showers/bike facilities?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
My last place had showers and locker rooms
it was awesome because I could ride year-round and on nice days ride at lunch. Here, I have to change in the bathroom and no showers – fortunately my ride in is mostly downhill so I don’t really need a shower.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
No and no.
Unless chaining your bike to a tree and then giving yourself a swirly in the toilet count.
Man do I love midgets.
Probably not what you'd want after a 1.5 hour ride, no.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Yeah, not so much.
Besides, I already spend enough of my life on work as it is, I’m not adding an hour (each way) to my commute.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm not trying to convince you to ride, that's up to you
but for me, there’s nothing better than being on my bike after work – it really helps me let go of all the crap that happened during the day so I get home and I’m in a really good mood. But I love biking, so there’s that I guess.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
If I could get to work in a half hour or so, I would ride a bike.
I just can’t see getting up at 7:00am to leave by 8:00, then not getting home again until 7:30pm or so (and needing another shower). That means I don’t hit the couch or eat dinner until at about 8:00…
12 hours of my day dedicated to work seems like too much. Then if I had to work late, we start talking about 14 or 15 hours, and I just don’t love my job that much.
Man do I love midgets.
Not for 40 hours of the week.
But the rest of it, pretty much.
Man do I love midgets.
Would this have anything to do with the time you are commuting?
I remember when I used to work at 5am. It was amazing how empty the streets would be at that time.
30 minutes with no traffic
there is always traffic on the 15S
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
My commute is anywhere from 20 minutes (no traffic) to an hour (bad traffic).
Man do I love midgets.
The best thing about my commute is that traffic never factors in.
It’s always 15 minutes, regardless of the time of day or day of the week.
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by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Mine is totally random.
Everett to Shoreline sucks. Not as bad as my fiancess commute of Everett to Bellevue, but still bad (plus she telecommutes one day a week).
Man do I love midgets.
405. Disgusting.
And anything I-5 related. I was doing the Tacoma-Seattle commute, which was certainly bad, but I think the northend commutes like yours are worse.
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by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd take I-5 over 405 any day.
But they are both pretty bad (especially in the morning).
Man do I love midgets.
Only in southern California
and parts of Arizona and Toronto ON
Otherwise it’s I-5, I-405 or Highway 5 or Highway 405 or Route 5 or Route 405 or just 5 or 405
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
I'm a Seattle native,
and I say I-5, and 405. No “I’ on 405 for some reason. My fiancee is also from here, and says "the” I-5 and “the” 405 (but again no “I” on 405).
Man do I love midgets.
We have some California influence up here so I believe it
and this “the” phenomenon is slowly spreading everywhere
I was talking to somebody in North Dakota and they said “The 94” and I was really confused
I do as Thingray does
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
I'm the only person I know that says the 99 when referring to Aurora.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll say "the" Aurora bridge, but not "the" 99.
Man do I love midgets.
That's reasonable
Names are logically prefixed with “the”
in Chicago you get on the Dan Ryan
driving across New York you get on the Thruway
driving in SoCal you will one day be able to get on the South Bay
etc
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As opposed to "getting on Dan Ryan", which would sound weird.
Man do I love midgets.
Is that how far you walk from the kitchen in your mansion
To the east wing where your home office is?
God, that's the dream.
I would really like to be a writer. I think that’s the dream situation right there, where your work can go with you anywhere in the world.
Too bad my writing is nothing special.
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by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
You wouldn't happen to know anything about Revit would you?
by Graham MacAree on Oct 29, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately the architecture firm I work for is firmly rooted in the "Anti-Revit" camp.
They hate technology.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
You must be at one of the bigger firms, eh?
Revit only becomes worthwhile when the model is becoming rather large, right? They were just getting into it when I left my first firm. My second firm hadn’t touched it.
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by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm at CPL
CAD guys have been using it for a while, but the powers that be have decided that having an engineer or two able to use it would also be handy.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 29, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
That's funny. I think I might have had an interview scheduled there, just before I took the job I have now.
Anyway, as for the revit, my understanding was its sole benefit is working as both your CAD and your structural model. But if your CAD guys are already using it, it must have value just for them. Interesting. Does that mean the engineers have still been doing there own modeling, with RISA?
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by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Model in RISA, ETABs, and Ramsteel
It’s got a lot of value as a CAD tool just because it’s really easy to pass the entire model back and forth between the architects and structural engineers – and at the end of the day that’s the point. It should stop you from having to spend several hundred hours coordinating drawings before construction. Whether it actually will is a question for another time.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 29, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
wanna stop by my house and take me to the airport on your way in?
It’s not that much of a detour….hahaha
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
His non-answer has to mean yes
Cancel your other ride to the airport and wait for him. I’m sure he knows the address already
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Or it could be my computer crashing.
Seriously, what the fuck is up with this morning?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Got filthy posters that won't STOP SHOUTING?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
BOTD...
Bacon cinnamon rolls
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 11:44 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I love this daily feature.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This one actually looks fantastic.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks pretty nasty to me.
I’d rather have the bacon wrapped turkey.
Man do I love midgets.
Bacon wrapped bacon comes to mind as well.
Though I’m totally down with a bacon cinnamon roll too. In fact it looks blind love of bacon is another area where kevin and I get along famously.
Shit!
looks like!
Rob are you ever going to learn to proofread your sentences?
Screw you get off of my lawn!!
Bacon wrapped turkey actually sounds super delicious
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, do they?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I'm just shocked he posted a OFF.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Because ac is the best tagger on this site?
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This will never be used against you.
Ever.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope so.
Having a comment screenshotted to be used out of context is the highest honor.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I need to find out how to make a screenshot without the program, apparently.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Lame.
It’s perfect for comment grabs.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it might be new to Vista.
It basically lets you screenshot a small portion of the screen. It’s possible you can download it from the MS website or something, and it’s also possible there’s a freeware utility that does the same thing floating around out there somewhere.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
If you use Firefox, there's an add-on called "Screengrab".
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not saving them as image files.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
If you go into your add-on window and check out the options
what does it say? It should give you the option of what file type to save them as (PNG or JPEG).
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Not as PNG's?
I think that’s what it uses, from what I was reading
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats
Abuse this new found power
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
This and Fantastic Contraption and I'm screwed.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Screenshot your contraptions
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps she can learn how to use it right before she abuses it
by Robert on Oct 29, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Baby steps, man
Baby steps
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Gives it away as a screenshot
You need to screenshot and post unmarked comments
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
According to above ac is the best tagger.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Just because ac is the best tagger doesn't mean he has the single best FanPost tags of all time
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not inconsistent
it’s like CP3 vs. Baron Davis. CP3 is consistently the best, but B-Diddy is often better than him on a given night
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
These tags are not the best
but they are far from the worst.
Patrick517 will forever hold worst tag honors, if anyone was afraid to post for fear of having their tags mocked
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
But I like joof’s drunk tags of glory.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure that was the best collection of tags ever
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I think my 'Needs more clown Jeff' tag got me a warning
I logged on today and all I had was a warning that says, “I hate you”, though I don’t know who it was or what it was for.
54!
I'm still awaiting retribution for the Carrie Browenstein incident.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Due to poor word choice, it is possible that I might have inadvertantly implied that Graham looks like Carrie Browenstein.
My intention was “Hey, y’all could be brother and sister” which would be a compliment; she has good genes. I fear that it might have been taken as “Hey, you look like a girl.”
I make poor word choices often.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he thought I was the one that did more than imply.
I was too slow to figure that out.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
This was not the way I interpreted the messages I received.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Again with the poor word choice.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
"Resembles in passing" is ambiguous.
I know what my intent was dammit.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do you say that?
* deleted
* off topic is a moron
* viva cuba
* there is no money in a cure only in treatment
* fuck j.d. drew
BTW, what were the rest of the tags? I only ever saw those five, but those were shitty enough
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to post the OFF
earlier while I was at work. But then I recalled that I am severely underqualified for said venture.
No no no. All participants should assume a leadership role.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I had to be an Army leader on a daily basis
I was hoping the internets were a place where I could just be a part of the herd.
My coworker and I
discovered it on Monday. I don’t think we’ve spent more than 5 minutes collectively actually working since then.
I hearby apologize to anyone whose emails and gchats I do not respond to over the next few days.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It's very great
I blew all kinds of time on that when I found it
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
This thing is awesome.
I had to email it home so I can play there tonight.
Man do I love midgets.
You realize you don't need some special program to make a screenshot, right?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This idiotic computer won't let me without that program.
Unless of course it is user error.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Forgetting Sarah Marshall worth seeing?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 12:51 PM PDT reply actions
How old are you?
I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.
by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Then I think yes.
My guess is you’re in the window. I think if you were too young it would be too serious, and too old and it would be too sexual.
I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.
by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's good.
Much better than expected.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the video that google put out made it look sick
But, yes, it’s a bit creepy.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody he wants
He can see everything
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I have stalked anyone yet.
I downloaded it last night. For whatever reason hitting the find location button on Google Maps and having it pinpoint me on a street grid doesn’t creep me out. Clicking find location on Google Earth and having it zoom from outer space to my front porch and follow me into the alley as I take out the recycling creeps me out quite a bit.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's the rub
Maps is ok because it looks like a map. But the full earth view zooming down to your hair follicles is a little much, at least to have in your pocket
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
The awesome makes up for it.
Tilting you phone and seeing 300+ miles into the horizon is pretty fucking amazing.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Pfft. Just be really tall like normal people
Showoff
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Good luck with that.
They’ll need to ban half the populace to get rid of that.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Usually if he bans one person for something everyone falls into line pretty quick.
He’s been more authoritative lately and it’s helped. I like three or four people that post there and have had some interesting conversations, but then someone says something like “ur a fag you stupid quermo retard” and…yeah.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes but Jeff is being funny, whereas these people are actually homphobes.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, and I can see that to a certain extent.
I think the difference is that his sense of humor is generally fairly offensive. It’s not like ‘gay’ is the only non-PC term he uses or anything. The comment threads on DRB are a different animal entirely. They’re not saying these things to be funny, they’re saying them because they’re homophobes. Some people might say that’s a semantic difference, but I would disagree.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I personally just find calling something "gay" to be incredibly lazy
there are so many better ways of making fun of people.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I totally agree. However, some people are sensitive and some are not.
The ones who are really do not last long around here.
I can't say I like the use of those words
but at I see it as the price of admission and dammit I like it here.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I am almost never offended by anything.
Thankfully my group of friends is the same way. That being said I do try, sometimes fail, to not be offensive.
I have friends of all colors, religions, genders and sexual persuasions so I understand where they are coming from as well as a white male can.
Most of all I try to be open to understanding what is important from their point of view regarding how they want to be treated.
Also I should say that I appreciate that the frequency of those kinds of things is... pretty low.
The kind of attitudes that come out of that speech generally are either the #1 or #2 reason why I decided not to play baseball in college. The other top reason is that I wasn’t that good.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame SBN 2.0
If you look at the dates most of t hose were posted
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TL;DR
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I think in this case it stands for Don't Read
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
But I didn't read
because it was too long
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Tooling?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I win!
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid daylight savings time
I geared my afternoon towards going to the gym and avoiding the arse/spurs score at work until after I ate lunch, figuring by then I’d get caught up on the minute-to-minute. KO is at 8pm, which is noon here EXCEPT THIS FUCKING WEEK BECAUSE WE DON’T CHANGE CLOCKS AT THE SAME TIME. Feh. I wanted this game to be deep into the 2nd half by now.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
only from the blue half of north london ZING
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Not so much a zing to me I'm just not good with time zones.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I just said that in case marc w or royalcurve are actually reading and not somewhere watching the game.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I wonder if they're at the George and are coming to visit me...
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I think royalcurve might be there but I'm not sure.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Actually no, I'm stuck with 3 kids and coming down with the stomach flu.
Just in time to get dumped tonight. /end livejournal entry
There's no reason for daylight savings time to even exist
I hate it with a passion
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No kidding
It is completely ridiculous, even more so since they changed the switch dates without telling most consumer electronics
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
I had to reset my alarm clock last weekend because it was an hour behind after automatically adjusting for daylight savings
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fortunately my grandmother who bought it for me as a christmas present for when I went off to college
remembers to email me every time so that I remember to change the clock
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early, early
West Ham were beating Arsenal on Sunday, too.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
According to the Guardian
“That is Matthew Le Tissier multiplied by Xabi Alonso on the end of a stick.”
Apparently a fantastic goal.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I really want to see this goal now
it sounds pretty amazing. Are you watching it?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I wish. At work, in a town w/o a great football bar.
Anyone in the south end know if Ballyhoo down by the brewery is showing this?
I have long contended that once Seattle got an MLS team I would make a concerted effort to become a soccer fan.
Y’all are going to have to help me along with that. Anyone got any books to recommend? I learn by reading and then watching.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to share that sentiment,
But I just cannot get into soccer. At all. And really, I’m not too sure why. I love sports of all kinds, but for some reason soccer just does not do a thing for me
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm giving the Sounders a chance, but I've generally never been a soccer fan.
I have no idea what they’re doing out there, outside of the obvious.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Technical books or literary?
There’s a couple I can recommend just from the arsenal v. spurs rivalry – Fever Pitch, of course, and oh crap I can’t remember the name of the Spurs one but I’ll dig it out here in a minute.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Technical to begin with.
I’d like to be aware of what’s happening on a level that will keep me engaged for the duration.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Afraid I can't help you there
I learned by doing when I was a kid and watching when I got old and slow.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I don't know about books.
Have someone you know who understands the game watch one with you. Ask a lot of questions. That is the best way to start.
Good point.
I work close enough to the George.
acblue – Maybe we should watch a match there sometime.
When are you due in town?
BTW, I am still looking around for you. Tough times though as a lot of people are laying off around here.
Hmmm... you mean like strategy?
I’m not really sure there’s a book explaining what to look for, though perhaps I’m wrong.
I keep thinking that just watching one really amazing game can hook you; if it doesn’t, maybe it never will.
There are sooo many great books about soccer, but they’re about the peripheral stuff, from politics to crowds to the passion of the fans or whatever.
BBC says:
2015: GOAL Arsenal 0-1 Tottenham
We’ve just seen the goal of the season. The ball is bouncing all over the place just inside the Arsenal half and David Bentley, a la Matt le Tissier against Blackburn in 1995, knees the ball up and volleys it over Manuel Almunia from fully 40 yards. We might have just seen Bentley’s ‘Beckham’ moment.
Sounds sexy.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 29, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
If Arsenal lose to a goal like that I can have no complaints
but it’s still early.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
and it's also another endorsement of the Arsenal youth training scheme thank you very much monsieur Wenger.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
bwahahahahahahaaa told y'all it was early days
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Is it too late for Keller to hustle back to the EPL?
Or would the Sounders allow it? Seems like a great short-term loan….
I’d rather have Jonny Gomes in goal.
It's too late for Keller to "hustle" anywhere because he's 97 years old.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Are you guys
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Talking in Iambic Pentameter or something?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
burma shave
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
there's probably about 13 people left in the US that get that reference
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Sadly I'm one of them.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Took me a second, and then I remembered
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
There was a crazy guy that lived in Olympia that always had "Burma Shave" type signs in his yard.
I can’t really get into the way he used them here, but his signs weren’t charming in the least.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It's better when you click the subject line.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa
Dawgs gonna get a hell of a player. Abdul Gaddy just committed.
Yeah!
Nice one, Romar.
I’m surprised, honestly. Thought the bruins had him wrapped up.
That is a big catch.
The UW backcourt has been bad the past two years. We really need more talent to run the show.
Thomas + Gaddy = a shot at 4th? Or, dare I say it, 3rd?
Too bad they’re both basically points. Thomas could play 2, but he’d be the smallest off guard in D-1.
I'm almost 40 and I'm still juvenile enough to think it almost reflexively.
I can’t decide whether that’s good or not.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Quit whining, you ballhandler.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Nicely done!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Huge plus
and Gaddy is big enough and a good enough shooter to hang at the two
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the really interesting thing about Gaddy is that he's probably not explosive enough to go one and done
but plenty good enough to be an elite player as a freshman. UW is getting a potential all-conference player for two and maybe even three years
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Odd thing there, but he is too young for one and done.
Saw a comment from his Dad about how he has to play two years before he is draft eligible.
Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that too
I know he’s young but I believe the rule is an “or” rule – one year after your HS class graduates OR nineteen years of age
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
But it would be one year after his class graduates
his dad probably knows the rule better than I do, but I was always under the impression that it was an either/or clause
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't forget how good Adrian Oliver was supposed to be though
I really thought he was a future star
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm still not sure what happened there.
He looked good before Pac-10 play started and then he just got used.
Wow
he’s now at SJSU apparently. Eligible at the end of December
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't be the least bit surprised
he’s a good player
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I"M COMING HOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just turned in my resignation!!!!!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:11 PM PDT reply actions
Last day of work November 14th.
Possibly going to Nicaragua.
Then road-tripping to Washington.
Will be back by Thanksgiving.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You're gonna need a new screenname.
What’s it gonna be?
EBOLAmarinergirl?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll drop the I'm NOT from mine if you want the exclusive rights to it
One cash payment of 50 United States Dollars should cover it
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20 United State Dollars!
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It's a bargain at four and a half times the price!
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a bargain at twice the price!
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
SALMONELLAmarinergirl?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It's true
That’s why I needed to charge you to give you the “I’m NOT”
I hate my username but i love my UID and don’t want to lose it
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Unless you can somehow convince a mod to change your screen name (if it's even possible)
You start over at 0
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
But your history never goes away
the comments are all still there, and unless you intend to put your comment count on a resume (which may or may not be beneficial) I’m not sure why it matters.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Perhaps I did intend just that.
But I’m pretty sure people will be able to figure out I’m not a newbie.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not either but it does.
I would love to change my screenname but I can’t bring myself to do it.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The more comments, the more likely people are just going to assume that you are a mod
then they do your bidding
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Pish they've already thought that.
And more assumptions if I just go by my first name.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I was call you Kristen 100% of the time
because I alone will find it hilarious
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Intentional or not
Three of those just made me laugh
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It was an expression of my complete dismay.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
The fact that the most predictable joke ever causes dismay
brings me much joy
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So I figured.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Before I made the Dugout connection I thought your screenname was an instruction in how to pronounce the beginning of your name.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I'll be damned.
I’m glad I called you JI when we met.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Your new sn is going to be My First Name?
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
At first I thought you meant Seattle. And that would be confusing.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
A mod already has your first name taken as their name
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http://www.sbnation.com/users/Kirsten
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She's not a mod and she has 31 comments. She should be removed.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's steal her bike
And give it to joof.
I believe he was the one who had his bike stolen wasn’t he?
Looks like you'll need an initial!
Or if you want to look less gay you could try:
♥Kirsten♥
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
This will make your comment history impossible to look up.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
sigh i'll just keep my name to appease the masses.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I will pledge to change my screenname in solidarity.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I still say she should blackmail the other Kirsten into giving up her account
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
If I change my screenname it's going to be Aaron C
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm okay with Matthew actually.
If I ever end up needing a stage name I’m going with the French spellings of both names.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
How does one spell Aaron frenchly?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Mathieu, smartass.
Mathieu Champeaux.
Shit’s tight.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I know the Mathieu part.
I like it.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Matthew is a stupid name anyway
you made a wise choice
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
♥Kirsten♥ will default to Kirsten.
Any non alphanumeric character is ignored by the browser.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You lose everything you've built
and you’ll appear to be a newb to all the other newbs and that’s bad news
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How you appear to other newbs isn't a big deal, though.
I’m pretty sure I lost my history in the changeover from SBN1.0 (not sure how that happened), but who cares.
You and I also lost those oh-so-valuable low numbers on our screennames in the change too.
True
I used to have UID 16 in addition to 109
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We used to have like 16 and 9 though
which is even better
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I think I used to be 93x
I think the merging of accounts may have changed the numbers or something
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I had 16 originally
and then for s ome reason I wasn’t banned but I couldn’t post from that account because it farted out or something
and then got 105 and it worked.
I was able to move both accounts over to the new name but it gave me 105 instead of 16 as my legacy number
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Once I figured out it was done on DRB, I knew it could be done.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
People will still call you NOLA all the time even if you change your name you might as well keep it
Think of the delicious irony
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't know that
Hmmm…now i need to appeal to Jeff to get my username changed to Corco
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I really don't think they'll do it.
I was just kidding.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Money does things to people
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Shit I should get RJ to do it for me.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh god they're going to kill me for this.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah way to go
Jeff’s going to get on tonight when he gets home and will see nothing but new names all over the place
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Cover your tracks
Have RJ change your name for you ;)
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
maNOLiAmarinergirl?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Oops magNOLiAmarinergirl.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Yeah I was lost there too
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But still too much south.
Oh wait, the neighborhood?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice! Congratulations!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Don't tell anyone...oh my new screen name.
I thought you meant about the letter.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm super lait but Hooray!
You still gotta cheer for the Hornets though. It’s like, a law or something.
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Woohoo!
Hopefully I’m next.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
1-0 down to 2-1 up
doo dah
doo dah
You can have the carling cup
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I shall cling to the carling cup tightly.
I thought I may have a moment of joy this year. Is that too much to ask? For sports to bring a guy one fucking moment of joy?
Apparently the Bentley goal will have to do for now.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Silly notion that.
This is why I play at least one competitive sport. At least I get to enjoy an occasional victory.
Nola's moving back to Seattle
Arsenal 2-1 Spurs
Gaddy committed to UW
that should just about catch you up.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Apparently this one was the back four's fault as well though
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I remember thinking Hutton was a quality player once.
That was back when I also thought that being a fan could be a positive, joyful thing and not an inexorable slide downwards towards alcoholism and well-timed kidney punches.
Gomes is the fucking Player A of football.
If I was a baser man, this comment would be about wishing him an early death.
but at least Darren Bent's on now, so that's...something I guess.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
At least Gareth Bale's...uh... streak is alive.
still never won a premiership game.
It was all fun and games when you were safely 2000 miles away wasn't it.
Now you live in Robert’s own city.
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So what is a cheap easy halloween costume idea?
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I did that last year
People told me I needed a fucking costume
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What kind of hat?
I’m not really into Halloween but I’m going out of town to a mandatory costume party
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I have no idea
I’m not at all into costumes either.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I don't even know where to find cat ears
besides the obvious place
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Headband with cardboard/construction paper.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd have to buy a headband
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A couple
They are all in Idaho
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Last Halloween I went from no costume
to having a sparkly halo put on my head, to someone taking my halo and putting cat ears on my head.
The cat ears were gayer and it was glorious.
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I like pdb's idea the best
I’ll put on a hat
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Cat ears would gain so much more female attention.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not so sure this would be the good kind of female attention
wait, this implies there’s a bad kind.
Carry on.
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It has to be something I can handle wasted
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Be the Peanuts ghost and cut multiple eyeholes--that way you'll be able to see.
And make sure the sheet isnot too long.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It should also be something that females will be attracted to
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I watched The Great Pumpkin last night for the first time in years
turns out it doesn’t hold up as well as the Thanksgiving or Christmas ones.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
fascinating
This has increasing potential
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There will probably be a couple token black people there
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YES
There are no Jewish people in CDA
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just make sure you look more Cartman than Nazi
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Maybe I'll wear a sombrero with it
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by Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dude if you go to a Halloween party as Hitler and take some pictures to prove you actually did it. . .
That would be epic.
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I'm debating
It’s actually pretty tempting
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Is this party on campus?
If so, I’d recommend against it. Actually, I’d recommend against it anyway.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
No it's a house party in Coeur d'Alene Idaho
and full of conservative racists
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I wouldn't dare try to pull that at UPS
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CDA is the neo-nazi capitol of the northwest though
should fly
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does this relate to JI's post which apparently contains a picture that I can't see?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Huh. I see a picture.
It’s Homer Simpson in a mumu.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 29, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm changing my costume to being House.
Because my other one was stupid though it won me a pitcher of beer.
54!
Just wear a turtleneck and a backpack
it’s like a weak midget is trying to bring you down.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Delicate question
But, because of the [deleted politics] infomercial showing at 8.00 on the east coast, when is the game supposed to come on, 5 or 5.30 ?
World Series > ZOMG POLITICS
I’d bet they just push the thing forward until after the end of the game
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...I mean the game start time is listed for 5.30
That means the pre game comes on earlier.
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure I get the question
the resumption of game 5 starts at 5.30. the infomercial ends at 5.30.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
It ends and then BAM they cut to the first pitch?
by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
More or less.
unless first pitch is at 5.45 or something. Less Jeannie Zelasko is a good thing, though.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
they'll probably do an abbreviated pregame then
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Yes, no pregame show, goes from the show straight to the game.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
A John Denver based Pandora station yields surprisingly good results
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Fucking Arsenal END THIS ALREADY
4-3 now
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
four minutes of extra time too goddamit
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
C'mon you Spurs!
Watch, they’ll tie it, then concede on the last kick.
Yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
(an honest moment of joy)
oh, and by the way ac
if you can get your hands on a tape of this match it’s a fucking stunner.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Nope, I wish
just following it on the Guardian. But I can picture it. And it kills me that I’m not there. A point is a fair result I think.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I was from minute 50 on
all kinds of entertaining. Spurs looked dead and buried until Jenas had a great curling shot after Diaby fell on his ass and lost the ball. Great comeback, fair play to you.
wha? I.... huh?
I’m glad, mind you, but….huh?
Just for right now because it's more fun this way.
Yes I realize I’m not supposed to cheer for another Premier League team but…and besides, Arsenal is 4 and Villa is 5 right now.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
TAKE THE BALL TO THE GODDAMN CORNER
YOU DONT HAVE TO PLAY JOGA FUCKING BONITO WHEN THERES 2 MINUTES LEFT
I desperately want to see the whole thing and not just the goals
I wonder if Kells shows replays in the evening?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
You crazy kids and your soccer.
I think I’ll check the Cricket scores before I see the latest Curling finals.
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Then fuck them both.
As a West Ham United fan, I believe I am contractually obligated to loathe all other London clubs.
Fear the NPE
I thought you just picked one Premier League team and stuck with it.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
That seems to be the right approach, yes.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
But it is too bad Hull City couldn't do the job at Chelsea.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
If you didn't even know they were from London your fanship needs some work.
and the the only other London team I loathe is Chelsea. Because they’re evil. I mock Spurs, but it’s more of a “this is my slightly retarded brother so I can make fun of him” sort of thing – I really do want Spurs to be competitive again one of these years because it makes derbies like this all the more fun.
But this, just from the reading, is the most entertaining North London derby in at least 5 years.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I think you're right; this is the game ac needs to watch.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 29, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I've watched and enjoyed soccer in the past, but it's generally the World Cup.
I’ll try and seek this one out though, and I’m just going to try and watch as many Sounders games as possible next year.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. Hell, this is a game I need to watch.
Like pdb, though, I can’t quite figure out where. The replay in Tacoma started at…3pm. Who does that? Was it even over then?
Replay at 7 at the G&D, but I can’t make it. Hopefully Doyle’s realizes they could make money by replaying this non-stop for a day or two….
I'm sad that I was scarred by the G&D.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It's easy to get scarred there on a weekend night
but it’s so different when people are there watching games. I’d been telling my wife about that place for years, and we finally went up there about a year ago, and stopped in on a Friday night – we got yelled at by the staff for “messing with the jukebox”, when all I did was put in $5 to pick a bunch of songs, my wife got hit on three times, and it was generally a nightmare.
But game days are totally cool – they’re crowded, but everyone’s there to watch not to interact.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
This is my horror story.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/6/27/560477/6-27-open-game-thread#7035845
One of the bartenders is a regular at my store and a really good guy, so I’m sure I’ll get up the gumption some day.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I decided after a moment of idiocy to have a birthday there one year.
We couldn’t get a table, and just hung out outside mostly (in january), and then high tailed it for the friendly confines of the Twilight Exit.
Still, on a saturday morning, it’s awesome.
I had my 30th there and it was awesome
but that was oh crap just over 9 years ago and Fremont (and thus the George) hadn’t been totally taken over by douchebags yet. It was a really fun night.
ac, that’s a messed up story. You should definitely go back for a game, it’ll totally change your perception of the place.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Heh... it was my 30th as well.
It was…less than 9 years ago, and thus ac’s description of Fremont in general sort of held sway.
Still a great bar in the right circumstances.
The Twilight Exit depresses me
not because it’s a bad bar, but because I lived just a few blocks from there for two years (1992-93) and there was NOTHING decent in that area. I would have killed for a good bar there when I lived there.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
It should never depress anyone.
You don’t hate the Exit, you hate the absence of the Exit (since remedied). This is acceptable.
And hey, if you're hankering for some crack, just head outside!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I moved out of that hood because someone got shot on the front steps of my apartment building
the nearest we can figure it was because a crack deal went haywire – I lived next to a house that was routinely busted by the cops.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
That's more accurate.
and I’ve been there a couple times and it is indeed a great bar.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I'm a West Ham fan by blood.
My late Grandmother was English and they were her team, thus they are my team.
Fear the NPE
When I was in the thirs grade I went to visit my Great-Grandmother in Sudbury, Suffolk and her neighbor was a West Ham fan.
He sent me home with all sorts of paraphernalia I put on my while.
Fear the NPE
Just talk about the Blazers here
we don’t care as much, but a few of us know quite a bit about basketball and the NBA
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit, it's like the comments at Bakers blog over there.
“Kevin Pritchard is the worst GM in the league because he picked Greg Oden over Kevin Durant!”
‘The Blazers are terrible, and theres no way we’ll ever be good."
“Quick, Oden tweaked his foot, that’s obviously his knee injury acting up and we should overreact and trade him and half the team for a shitty backup center.”
God damnit.
54!
Is it possible to pull in 40K a year as a waiter at a nice restaurant?
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I'm starting to seriously consider dropping out of school for a while
If I can pull in 40 g’s a year that would be gravy
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Finish school. It will get harder to go back every year you are gone.
I watched a friend do this and he regrets it to this day.
After spending a couple hours seriously looking at it it's not as great an option as I originally thought
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This man speaks the truth.
I left TESC in ‘04 with the intention of taking a year off. It’s four years later and I’m just now doing it.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 29, 2008 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I've worked at private clubs before in other tipping capacities
You are completely correct- or they leave a large lump sum parting gift at the end of the season
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So Oden has a foot sprain and will be out about 2 weeks.
Thank God I’m not going to have to kill anyone.
54!
Yeah, that sucked balls
I’m still upset about that
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Paul and Brandon Roy were amazing playing together in the All-Star Game.
That was a treat to watch.
54!
Brandon Roy came thisclose to never making it to college ball
the fact that he’s become one of the NBA’s rising stars is nothing short of astounding
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I read an article about how much he had to work just to even get accepted to college, and it kind of blew my mind.
He’s definitely a great feel good story.
54!
Two Rs and Two Ls and I went to HS with Brandon
it was touch and go for a while with him. He didn’t even get qualified to play until December of his FR year, too
by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he was in one of my Spanish classes.
Brandon Roy is the ONLY reason I have any possible interest in the NBA.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
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