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It's about midnight, and it's a raining outside. High winds expected again in the Everett area today.

Why am I up so late? I've got to DJ a dance this week and one of my old 1/8" to XLR cables has gone bad and I'm too cheap to buy a new one. In other words, I'm cannibalizing some old cables and soldering them together.

Anyhoo, interesting links of the day:

New Nintendo DS will have a camera built into it, so you might want to wait a little while before buying one PositivePaul.

Deus Ex 3 details emerging. I loved the first Deus Ex and liked the second one. I can't wait for a third one.

Adam Savage gets drunk then runs on a treadmill. Captured in high-speed for your enjoyment.

Next Knights of the Old Republic game to be a MMORPG fuck you Bioware.

Remember DooM? Boy this takes me back.

So does this one.

Potential discussion topics

  • Bill Murray is interested in Ghostbusters 3. Would you watch it?
  • Best root beer: Thomas Kemper. Y/N?
  • Do you enjoy thunderstorms?
  • Has anyone read The Name of the Wind? 

Last week we discussed a lot of Top 11 lists. Here's my Top 11 Favorite Video Games of All Time. Your list/thoughts?

  1. Chrono Trigger
  2. Super Mario World
  3. DooM
  4. Half-Life 2
  5. Deus Ex
  6. System Shock 2
  7. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
  8. The Dig
  9. Final Fantasy VI (III in Japan)
  10. Mass Effect
  11. Xenosaga

I'm off to play Doctor Frankenstein with these audio cables again.

 

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Up so late? Dude, this isn't late.

*I think my roomate was at that MythBusters thing the video is from.

*KotOR MMORPG = Beyond amazing if done right.

Quick Top 11 Videogames (I’m sure I’m forgetting a game or two.):

1. WWF No Mercy
2. Shenmue
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Star Wars: Kights of the Old Republic
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
6. Super Mario 64
7. Harvest Moon 64
8. NCAA Football (Probably 2003 or 2004 was the best)
9. Starcraft
10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
11. Samba de Amigo (Dreamcast)

by SethGrandpa on Oct 6, 2008 12:44 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm around.

And then – Like a flash – I’m gone. Whoosh.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Oct 6, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

like flash paper but with less actual fire and not disappearing permanently

wow that analogy died a quick ugly death.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SB is bloghouse cancer?

More like a bloghouse cancer who led the AL in strikeouts last year, amirite??

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 6:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 places I'd rather be than at work

- Sleeping
- Playing pool
- Driving
- The Rose Bowl
- Pauley Pavilion
- Seattle
- Scrappy’s Beachside Bar, Grill, and Casino
- Lookout Landing
- Gaslamp
- La Jolla
- Angel Stadium
- Las Vegas

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 6:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know,

I wanted to make a list, but I’m just too damn lazy to come up with 11 different locations on where I’d rather be.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha true.

But every place has it’s ups and downs. For instance. No sour cream here. I am dying to make some damn guacamole. And yet, without sour cream I am helpless. Most unfortunate.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be a great idea.

But I don’t think there are any bases close to Osaka or Kyoto. Or, at least, I haven’t seen very many white/black people that would indicate off-duty military people.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

I need to play for Okinawa.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tokyo

would probably be cool to live in. But I’d get tired of all the people after awhile. Although I personally haven’t been there, I’ve only heard great thigns about the girls on Okinawa. All the Japanese people are jealous of girls from there.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I never went to Okinawa

and only spent a week in Tokyo last summer so my experience is obviously quite limited.

by coolguyrob on Oct 6, 2008 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The way I make it it does.

I can’t make it without it. Well, not as well as I can make it with it. And I just can’t stand shitty guacamole.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 Places I'd Rather Be Than At Work

♥Seattle
♥My cozy bed
♥Watching What Not to Wear
♥Eating beignets at Cafe du Monde
♥Walking in Audubon Park
♥Powell’s Books
♥Pacific City (though Scrappy’s works too)
♥Disneyland
♥Scooting
♥Drinking a Bloody Mary
♥Lake Nicaragua

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Video games

- COD 4
- Halo (only the first one)
- NCAA Football 2005
- Madden 2003
- NBA Live 2005
- Tiger Woods 2008
- Gunbound
- Gran Turismo 3
- Escape Velocity: Nova
- Diablo II
- (in anticipation) Midnight Club – LA

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They celebrate Halloween in Zagreb?

Or are you just having a bunch of Americans over?

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm bringing Halloween to Zagreb

I’m inviting a bunch of Americans from the Embassy as well as all of my Croatian friends.

by coolguyrob on Oct 6, 2008 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice.

Halloween is a great holiday only because it gives girls an excuse to dress…..hot.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Two things

At least I’m honest.

And

I don’t make them dress like that. I just enjoy the views. Is this so bad?

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mean Girls.
"Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

And due to what NOLA just said, that’s all I have to say about that.

by coolguyrob on Oct 6, 2008 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmmmm

perhaps that gives me an idea for Halloween 2009…

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say Halloween is more fun than Mardi Gras.

I mean, everyone has to do Mardi Gras at some point, but Halloween is just the locals being crazy. Less puking, more, um, free expression. If you will.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd agree here.

And I’ve never done Halloween in either of these cities.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nothing to close, really

everybody’s on their best behavior so I don’t have to be the cranky old man. Halloween in Vegas is fun – but no more fun than most weekend nights in Vegas. Never been to NO though so I have no comparison.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The incredible creativity of costumes here is what is astonishing.

And we’re going costume hunting this week because if we wait any longer, there will be nothing.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need a LL-map somewhere on the Wiki

so we can all put dots for where we are in the world.

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't BrianL

dean of the LL-Wiki?

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, where's acblue? He was thinking of doing something with googlemaps and restaurants.

Which reminds me, I need to copy Thai Thom’s menu. There doesn’t exist a copy on the internet, which makes ordering over the phone a pain in the ass.

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

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Video Games, eh?

Let’s go with:
1) Legend of Zelda – A link to the Past (Yeah, I know, I’m late)
2) Legend of Zelda (NES Version)
3) Deus Ex
4) Terra Cresta (NES)
5) Goldeneye (SNES)
6) Duke Nukem 3D
7) FF – Crystal Chronicles
8) Secret of Mana
9) Starfox 64
10) Super Smash Brothers 64
11) Command and Conquer – Red Alert

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dear God IE6 is a terrible browser

but my Firefox is doing this wonderful thing where I can’t click on any links and it repeatedly freezes unless I go into my Task Manager first, so I’m stuck using this piece of crap. It won’t even let me download Chrome or install IE7 or 8 so I can at least get some tabbed browsing… blargh

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 7:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The one time I used IE7

my computer got pushed within a few inches of it’s life.

9=8

by JI on Oct 6, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think IBC is the best root beer

"Sit down and watch the game!" www.StopTheWave.com

by ConorGlassey on Oct 6, 2008 7:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I remember the low-grade International Boxing Council

They always had matches on standard cable… forget which channel exactly. Still, I always postulated that they should give the winner of each championship match a case of IBC Root Beer along with their belt and prize money.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is probably cheaper than buying just the blue M&Ms online.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes and it's wonderful.

I don’t care that it’s an hour away on the train. The pizza even tastes the same!!! It may be the single place in Japan that gives me the biggest thrill so far. Yes. Costco.

And for the record, I do do everything I can to avoid Costco at home. Cause there are too many people and it’s just a mess.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Louisiana has more of a "Sam's Club" value set.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that's the only one around, too.

BJ’s is sort of an in-between, but that’s only East Coast.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I almost fell over when driving through Austin.

They had an REI. Right next to a Whole Foods, which didn’t surprise me since it’s a Texas company. But that REI blew me away. Lots of logging and mountain climbing in Texas eh?

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

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I first moved to CT

I used to love going to Target the first couple months I lived there, because it was about the only thing that looked and felt familiar. I can only imagine how much more intense that feeling would be in a foreign country.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly how I feel.

Plus beef in Japan is stupid expensive. But it’s reasonable at Costco. So I can only eat beef when I’ve made a costco run recently.

by brayden04 on Oct 6, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Japanese beef is even more expensive in the US.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No coffee?

I’m at C(2) + T(1)

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 6, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aww.

I thought I had another morning person here.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can be a morning person sometimes.

It’s the nightowl / insomnia tendencies that hold me back. Today for example, I’m morning person-y!

by royalcurve on Oct 6, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then you aren't a TRUE MORNING PERSON.

Us TRUE MORNING PEOPLE are all about waking up before the alarm and being so full of energy that you need to go out and do stuff before work.

Today I rotated my tires and tuned my car after my morning run. Wow, that sounds really bad written down.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here, here!

All anyone really needs is a nice early morning run, followed by a large glass of cold water and a shower that ends cold.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Every part of that sounds great

except the early morning run and the shower that ends cold. And the cold water.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try it.

You’ll hate yourself for a week, but after that you’ll be great.

You’re halfway there. Don’t you bike to work? Just finish it off with some cold water and a nice cold shower.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do bike to work

but I can’t imagine on a morning like this taking a cold shower after I do. Much less in December when it’s 39 degrees outside. What’s the benefit? Just increased alertness?

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's like a jumpstart.

Admittedly, it’s probably people that have no internal thermostat that benefit from this (like me). I can be out in the NE 20 degree early morning running in shorts and a tank top.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that's not so much me

Even this morning – a pretty mild morning – I was wearing long johns and full-fingered gloves for the ride to work. This is an annoying time of year, because I have to carry two sets of clothes – I won’t need the long pants or full gloves this afternoon, but I needed them this morning.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This. And what's up with the Seattle weather this fall? Awesome.

Can’t do the running, enjoying early morning exercise is out also. Something about 5-8 mile runs in formations every morning ruined it for me. Plus watching everybody finish P.T. and pull out a cigarette. Weird.

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

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe not where you are.

I had to get up at 4AM when I was down there so I could (kind of) breathe during my morning run. I’m surprised no one there has evolved gills for the summers.

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

by Faux on Oct 6, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Morning.

I don’t play video games, so I don’t have anything to add to that topic…

Love thunderstorms
Love Bill Murray, but I don’t think I could watch Ghostbusters 3.
Spent all weekend in bed so I can’t really say I’d rather be there than work… for once I’d actually rather be at work.

by royalcurve on Oct 6, 2008 8:18 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 favorite video games in no particular order

Tecmo Super Bowl
Super Mario 2
Final Fantasy VI
Gauntlet (though it was hard as hell and I could never get myself to play it again)
Starfox 64
We ♥ Katamari
Baseball Simulator 1.000
WWF No Mercy
Final Fantasy Tactics
(any version of) Mario Kart
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:26 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Had to be the most complete football game

It had the perfect amount of gameplay, not too complex… the perfect amount of playcalling, not too complex, and it tracked season stats.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite part of the game

was that there were no defensive plays. You just guessed what play the other team would run. If you guessed exactly right, their blocking collapsed and your entire front seven just bum rushed and killed the QB.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As far as root beer is concerned, if I go out to buy root beer, I will pretty much only buy Thomas Kemper.

If for some reason I’m at an A&W restaurant, I will hit that up, I think their root beer is so much better in-store than outside.

I’m going to come up with my top 11 games in a while; I’ve got to take notes.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 8:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay, if I had to pare it down to 11 of my favorite games, in no particular order

Super Mario Bros. 3
Tetris (Game Boy)
Tecmo Super Bowl
Chrono Trigger
Mega Man X (SNES)
Mario Kart 64
Street Fighter II
NBA Jam
Tetris Attack (or clones Panel de Pon & Pokemon Puzzle League)
Bubble Bobble
Contra

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rock Bottom makes pretty dang good root beer

it’s not as carbonated as some root beers, which is a good thing.

SIDE NOTE: If any English person tells you that Dandelion & Burdock tastes “JUST LIKE ROOT BEER”, do not believe them, for it does not.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I do what I can

D&B isn’t really a bad beverage – I wouldn’t go out of my way to drink it, but it’s OK. But if you’re expecting it to be root beer you will be sorely disappointed.

On a somewhat related note, at one of the establishments I visited Saturday, I ordered a cider. Took a sip, thought it tasted completely disgusting, foul, and off, so I went up to the bar to get something else. I said “This cider tastes really off!” and the bartender said “That’s because I gave you (I don’t remember the name but it was a Belgian white) instead”. Once I knew it wasn’t SUPPOSED to be cider, for some reason it tasted better.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was indeed.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely not.

I usually stick religiously to one kind of drink all night, to avoid mixing-your-liquor ugliness, but when people are buying you drinks, it’s rude to refuse, right? Shoulda refused. Ah well.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was really, really confused

and not yet drunk enough to override that confusion.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Today is starting out well.

Even after my sterling annual evaluation, I was told by my boss to not expect more than a 3% raise because the GM wasn’t handing out any more than that because of the money being poured into the expansion.

And yet despite that, I got a 5% raise. I guess I’m just that damn good.

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 8:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know how people set others up for disappointment?

This was the exact opposite of that. Good that you got hooked up.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats dude. Seems like most people I know are getting the minimum this year.

Something about a panic in the markets, I’m taking my money out of the bank and burying it in the back yard. Which is why I’ve been drinking Folger’s, the new plastic container should last out the coming plague. Apocalypse? Whichever.

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

by dpseadv on Oct 6, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup.

This year, pretty much everything hurts. But soccer’s somehow trying to top the M’s 2008, and I wish it would stop.

by marc w on Oct 6, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So who do you blame?

I honestly don’t follow Spurs that closely, but there seems to be a big movement to not blame Ramos – is he doing the best he can with a crappy roster or is it down to him?

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Both; he simply has to take his share of the blame

Starts with bizarre usage patterns. Chris Gunter played quite well in the draw at Stamford Bridge….and hasn’t been seen since (instead, they keep plugging a central midfielder at right back and wondering why nothing’s working). Bentley pops up occasionally on the left wing, when he’s as right-footed as Steed Malbranque. More fundamentally, young players simply aren’t improving under Ramos. I don’t know why, but there it is – I think he needs to go. The roster doesn’t suck, but Bentley, Jenas, even Bale look much worse this year. Those are quality players; you need to work to make them look this shitty.

The 800lb gorilla though is that Ramos and Damien Comoli simply aren’t on the same page. Either BOTH go and Levy picks a pair that can work together (as Arnesen and Jol did), or Comoli runs the show. My preference would be for the former, but the team can’t have a director and manager fighting for control like this. It’s ridiculous.

by marc w on Oct 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's a bit messy to fight it out in public

sounds like Ramos doesn’t really understand his roster, either, which is odd for a manager.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yesssssssssssss

I just looked at the agenda for the weekly review board, and there are only two items on it! Usually the meeting is good and informative, but every once in a while it turns into a “Worst Meeting of All-Time” candidate, and the short ones have no chance for this to happen

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 8:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Top 11 Games? Hmmmm

1.Super Metroid
2. Legend of Zelda:A Link to the Past
3.Super Mario World 3
4.Chrono Trigger
5.Final Fantasy VII
6. Megaman II
7. Megaman X
8.Sonic the Hedgehog 2
9.RC Pro AM
10.Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
11. The Command and Conquer Series(sans Generals)

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 8:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The Command and Conquer Series is one the few left that I have zero problem paying for every single time.

And I will be gladly opening up my wallet for Red Alert 3 in 22 days!

C&3 is awesome though.

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't run RA3 =(

or well I could according to the EAgames website, but it would be the most barebones running ever, so I won’t even bother

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine's not the best, but it works.

The cool thing is that if you preorder RA3 you get RA2 along with it. And I guess EA has started redistributing RA1 for free.

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really need to build me a new computer, because this one is about 5 years old.

And I’ve had this kit bookmarked for about 3 weeks that would be awesome for about $1200. But…must…save….money. Argh!

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Take that back, it's only $1000, but still.

64 bit quad core 2.4 ghz processor with 8MB l2 Cache
4 GB of memory(DDR2)
500GB Sata II HD
NVIDIA 9800GT
600W Powersupply
NVIDIA 650I SLI Chipset

GOD. Must…Resists…….

by Goose on Oct 6, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

woooooo four digit Dow!

It’ll be at 8000 by year end no problem at this rate.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 8:57 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Press conferences would be amazing.

But I think Jeff would be more entertaining in a town where the media is kinda crazy. Jeff would be on the back of the New York Post every day if he had a high position with the Yanks or Mets.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 6, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would be like WWE Raw

Where they cut to the dugout after [shitty reliever] throws a bunch of suck pitches and blows a three run lead in the 7th… the reliever trudges back his seat, and Jeff comes out of nowhere and whacks him from behind with a steel chair. Hilarity ensues.

by Gomez on Oct 6, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't like chains

TGI Friday’s is a chain. Chili’s is a chain. If I’m owning/running a bar, it’s going to be something people will want to come to, not something I want to roll out to all the people.

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

by pdb on Oct 6, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, there will only be one Scrappy's

but we’ll open a second chain called Boyd’s or something and make it a nationwide thing

by seattlebruin on Oct 6, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

150 minutes to lunch.

But Mondays we have “CAD Lunch” so I don’t even get to read like I normally do. We just sit and talk about AutoCAD.

I hate Mondays.

by Phildopip on Oct 6, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs