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Let's all take a moment and celebrate:  THERE ARE NO MORE ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.  Now if the Dodgers could just go down...

Now, some topics to keep us off-topic:

♥Why the hell can I not win at Pathwords?

♥Cars with parental controls--thoughts?

♥This scares the shit out of me

♥Will this help sb or just confuse him more?

♥Fuck my legs--how do I stop from hurting for days after playing soccer?

♥What are you reading right now, and how many books (that you actually own) are in your queue?

♥Speaking of sexy, apparently women want it all.

 

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This suggestion is terrible.

I don’t go for significantly older women.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

The only way to not have your legs hurt

after you play soccer is to play soccer more. Then your muscles will be conditioned and you won’t get sore. Other than that you’re fucked.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 7:18 AM PDT reply actions  

When my legs ache

I like to put them up in the air. I put my legs in the air and then scoot my butt against the wall making a ‘L’ against the wall. I lay like that for a few minutes, letting the blood get out of my legs. Then after a few minutes I bring my legs down and lay flat, sort of shaking my legs out. I find this method helps a bit with muscle ache.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mmmhmm

The only other things you could do is A) really stretch, for maybe 20-25 minutes. The kind of stretching that sucks, like it’s borderline painful. It actually really helps, if you can deal with the pain. B) get one of those hard massages. But those are effing painful. I hate that stuff.

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

Heating my legs before I go cycling works wonders for me.

Hot water bottle is a quick one, or if I have time a heat pad. Especially for my knees and quads, works great. I’ve never played soccer so I’m not sure if it would help with all the start/stopping action.

"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 7, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

And I'm reading

My Losing Season by Pat Conroy. I’ve already read it, but it’s one of my top 2 books.

Next time I’ll make a big response instead of several individual ones. Cause now I feel like a jackass.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 7:19 AM PDT reply actions  

No thanks.

I’d like the O-Line to give me more than a half-second to make a decision in the pocket.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not the most exciting place,

but there are worse places to go to college. Pullman is pretty damn fun during the school year, at least in my experiences.

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

This is a fair point.

Plus you’re a guy, I don’t think Corco would go for you.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not when it comes to women.

So…unless BrianL looks like a girl…I think he’s safe.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Bahahahaha I almost posted that

but I resisted. I’m glad someone else did

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hell, D1 anything

my roommate was a track guy (not even one of the stars or anything) and he’s got an entire closet full of unopened UCLA branded adidas stuff

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's sweet.

I mean, I got quite a bit of stuff (a full athletic duffel bag every year plus a couple warm-up suits) but not quite like the PAC-10, Big East and ACC guys I know got.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just finished "A Well Paid Slave" which is a book about Curt Flood.

Currently, I’m reading “Foul Ball” which is written by Jim Bouton (of “Foul Ball” fame). It’s about his efforts to save an old ballpark.

The next book I’m (finally) going to read is “Ulysses” by James Joyce. It’s a book I’ve been meaning to read since high school, but I tend to read a lot more non-fiction than fiction, so it’s been put on the back burner for too long. I’ve never read a Jim Joyce book, and I’m going to finally be able to satisfy my curiosity about him.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 7:44 AM PDT reply actions  

"A Well Paid Slave"

is a great book. I really liked it.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

I did too.

I didn’t know much about Curt Flood the man before reading this book. I only knew about Curt Flood the symbol.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Same as me. It was all before I was born

so I didn’d experience it. But man, that guy made some serious sacrafices for today’s ballplayers.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of Jim Bouton, I have no idea how to pronounce his name correctly.

Is it “boo-ton” or “bow-ton” (as in the bow of a ship, not a bow tie)

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think it's Boo-ton

But I’m not sure why I believe that.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Then you're clearly not

from the East coast and, therefore, don’t sound like a complete jackass.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

I spent 4 years on the East coast

and thank God every morning that I was born and raised on the West coast.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

My dad went to college in New York

and Boston. Thankfully all he picked up was a complete disregard for lines and the inability to be polite to waitstaff.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

So is two thousand pounds of something

a ton or a tawn?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think he assumed

you meant tahn, rather than tuhn.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

A ton of course.

but to me there is no discernable difference between Boo-ton and Boo-tawn.

The problem here is that I didn’t phonetically spell Bouton to your liking. I think if we were in the same place and both said Bouton at the same time we would say it the same.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

Probably.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

I wish I could read what I want to.

Instead, I’ve been reading nothing but cert books and manuals. My current queue:

  • Cisco VOIP exam study guide
  • Cisco SSL VPNs
  • Mac 10.4 & 10.5 Tech exam study guide
  • MCITP Windows Server 08 Set (4 books)
  • MCTS Vista
  • RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer study guide
    *About 10 manuals for software and hardware I will expect to install in the near future

And I have yet to read the dozen or so planning and density books my cousin sent me for my birthday in May.

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

by Faux on Oct 7, 2008 8:04 AM PDT reply actions  

I just finished King Dork

and now I’m onto Irish travel books. Gleaning bits and pieces from all of them for the trip.

by royalcurve on Oct 7, 2008 8:09 AM PDT reply actions  

Are you just going to Ireland or both Irelands?

Also please steal me a Guinness glass to make up for the stolen one I broke.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

There is only one Ireland

but zomg no politics. Even Oirish ones.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

We're spending a week outside Galway

Then renting a car and spending the next 3 weeks in different cottages / apartments all over the country. Will definitely steal you a Guinness glass.

by royalcurve on Oct 7, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Galway is awesome.

Are you heading to Kerry at all?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

Absogoddamnlutely

Kerry is the best part of the Republic. I’m biased, because I have family there, but go to Dingle and you will never regret it. Killarney Nat’l Park is really cool, too.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Pip

How was the Portland Sigur Ros show? The Seattle one kicked ass!!!!

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 8:17 AM PDT reply actions  

Ehh...

They sounded GREAT live, but their song selection kinda sucked. I wasn’t a fan of the album “Takk…” and they played the majority of songs from that album, while only playing maybe 3 songs from the new album, two from “Agaetis Byrjum” and only ONE from my favorite album, “( )”.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

See I like Takk

And I only really like 2 of the songs on the new album which were the 2 they played at the end “festival” and “Gobbleigook”

And finishing off with Untitled 8 just caped off the night perfectly.

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just wish people would stop clapping 3 minutes before the song ended.

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thankfully that didn't happen last night.

Though the crowd almost ruined Saeglopur by doing exactly that.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

I actually watched the opening band thinking it was Sigur Ros

Because I didn’t really know what they looked like and they started off with one of the intros for Sigur. I was slightly confused when they got up and left after 40min.

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Dude, that band SUUUUCKED.

I think they were called Parachutes, or something like that, but they sounded like a piss-poor Sigur Ros cover band.

Did they sit down on stage during their final song in Seattle? What the fuck was that?

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

See I remember seeing them in the Heima Trailer.

and I was in the very back so I couldn’t see there faces. Overall I thought they were ok. But their lead singer wasn’t anything to write home about.

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, he was off-key most of the time.

And the girl couldn’t sing a lick, and her violin was out of tune. Plus, their music wasn’t anything I haven’t heard 100 times before.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is hilarious

http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/10/sigur_ross_attractive_nothingness

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

David Schmader is an idiot

and the Stranger is a big pile of meaningless hipster snark masquerading as news. I’m not surprised that he didn’t know what band he was or was not seeing.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's so sad how much respect their political commentary gets

given their talking heads are closed minded, agenda driven and generally don’t know what they’re talking about.

by Gomez on Oct 7, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Awesome.

I haven’t read the Stranger in probably five or six years. Nor the Weekly. The Stranger, moreso, is run by nothing more than cliques of idiot hack writers who could never find honest journalistic work. This review is yet another glaring example of their ineptitude.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

The Week in Review, and I Anonymous.

The former usually makes me laugh with all the dark humor, the latter sometimes is a gem, at worst the smallest dose of Jerry Springer I can tolerate without gouging out my eyes. The rest is parakeet cage liner.

And whats with the movie reviews? It’s like a bunch of eight year olds, they have to explain the entire movie just to demonstrate their opinion. But the movies listings are probably the most accessible in print form in the area.

"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 7, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Having formally been an agent for actors for six years, and of course a musician,

I can tell you their reviews of local music and live theatre are complete horseshit. It is the most pandering, cliquish, popularity contest I have ever seen. Somebody has a buddy in a shit band, but lo and behold, the Stranger strokes them as the new Pearl Jam, wink wink. Same with theatre. I have seen some HORRIBLE productions (thankfully comped) that the Stranger has highly recommended due to their friendship with people in the play.
The magazine has no redeeming qualities. It’s not even nice enough paper to wipe with.

And believe it or not, my band has never received a bad review from them.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Remember Kathy Wilson?

Murder City Devils. I could never figure out who was dating her from her reviews. But holy cow she loved that band. Her column was more a fanpost for their last performance than music review column. Terrible.
Not that I’ve read many good reviewers/critics anyway, I turn to a few trusted friends for their opinions. I suppose most people operate that way from comments I read.

"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 7, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Kathleen Wilson was the most annoying part of the Stranger for years

and that’s saying something. All she ever did was write about her nights at the Cha Cha with her hipster doofus friends, and about the MCD. Now, I’ll excuse some of that because the Devils were/are awesome, but still.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Trepan

Linky

Thankfully, the style is in the process of changing a bit, but you get the idea.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was *incredibly* annoying, and I held it against MCD for years

Which was totally unfair, but hey, there you go.
(But the were pretty damned awesome, and now I don’t feel like a Cha Cha wannabe douchebag for saying so).

by marc w on Oct 7, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hate to say it

but their political commentary runs exactly the same way.

by Gomez on Oct 7, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just finish Team of Rivals

and starting Anna Karenina. I have way too much free time.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 8:23 AM PDT reply actions  

I read War and Peace

last year. I figured I might as well go for the other Best Novel in the History of Mankind™.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

War & Peace was fantastic.

But I think the best part of finishing it was not having to lug that hardcover behemoth to work on the metro everyday.

Dosteovsky’s Brothers K is still my all-time fav, followed by Les Mis

by DCMariner on Oct 7, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

But such a great read.

I cried, multiple times, from frustration and from sadness. But then again, it’s different being down here and seeing these landmarks on a daily basis, and seeing that they’re still a mess.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

It is a fantastic book.

I just read really slow (editor slow), so big books like that are quite a task for me. But he’s a stellar reporter.

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like how Dave referred to him as the SABRhead of the politics world.

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

by Faux on Oct 7, 2008 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is it sad that I know him more

for the ridiculously awesome election analysis stuff?

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm hoping he'll use the fame he's getting in the political arena to push for some commonsense in baseball stats.

“I’m a minor god with the polls, you should listen to me about wOBA.”

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

by Faux on Oct 7, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

That is awesome.

I shall record it. 538 is a pretty awesome site.

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have the same problem with English that I always had with Spanish:

Good grasp of grammar, usage and style — with the vocabulary of a 10-year-old.

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

We should put our Spanish skills together then.

I have an expansive vocabulary and absolutely no idea how to use anything beyond the present tense and “voy a”.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh BrianL

If you leave FG I’m going to find you and kick your ass.

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 8:40 AM PDT reply actions  

John and I talked.

You might want to talk to him specifically about what came up.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

You on IM?

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

email addresses are so 1999

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 7, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's quite easy, actually.

When my boss asked me if I wanted text messaging on my phone I said “No, because I don’t want people sending me cryptic helpdesk requests in text-speak.”

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's a bit cold for me.

Plus it’s sad to see people I respect write “lol” and “omg” and other such lovely expressions.

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

Me, too. Which makes it take even longer.

I bought a phone with a QWERTY keyboard, so at least I don’t have to hit every button three times or depend on T9 to know what I’m talking about. But it’s still a bit cumbersome.

Then again, I think we all have certain friends that we’d rather not talk to on the phone if possible.

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why can't you

turn it on before you get into the car, then turn it off when you exit the car?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's what I do.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

I get a phone call while driving about once a month.

My commute is about five minutes, and my friends are all much more inclined to text-message.

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

I am planning on making sure my next car has integrated bluetooth

so I can put people on speakerphone like my roommate used to do and have hilarious conversations in the car

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Peter King of all people had an interesting phone-related run-in over the weekend
I’m surprised I’m not sitting in a Jersey jail today. Last Wednesday, just after 6 a.m., still dark outside, I drove along Grove Street toward Route 3, the main route to get from my house to Manhattan. (I’ve got a 7-10 a.m. Sirius NFL Radio shift in midtown Manhattan each Wednesday.) As I drove, suddenly — like when a deer darts in the road and you’ve got to swerve to avoid it —I saw a man in a dark suit in the road with his eyes focused on something in his hands.

As quick as I could, I hard-tapped the brakes and veered to the left. The man never budged, never looked up, never acted like there was a car or another being in his planet. I missed him by 20 feet, maybe.

With my heart racing, I was fuming at the idiot and relieved I hadn’t killed him … and then I realized: This jerk was crossing a busy thoroughfare, sending a text message or reading his Blackberry, totally oblivious. And even when a car clearly came close to him, he was so mesmerized by the idiot-box in his hands that he paid it no heed. This is the third or fourth time some fool has been crossing the street without looking up as I’ve driven by, but the first time it’s happened in the dark.

Can we please wait ’til we get to a sidewalk or a bus stop before texting or locking onto the crackberries?

by Gomez on Oct 7, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

Reading right now

Still finishing up Don’t Get Too Comfortable; just bought The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao and Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do And What It Says About Us.

Working a 10 minute walk from Powell’s gets expensive.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 8:43 AM PDT reply actions  

Is Don't Get Too Comfortable worth the read?

And every time I visit my parents I collect at least six new books. Thank goodness I don’t work near Powell’s.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I think it is

it’s not quite what I was expecting – it’s a fairly disconnected series of essays on similar topics that don’t seem to tie to a coherent narrative just yet, and I thought that all the essays would be intertwined more than that – but it’s definitely interesting.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

After doing some research to follow up this comment

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/10/6/629556/10-6#9234658

I’ve discovered that Jeff shares a birthday with the following notable people
Lee Harvery Oswald
Mike Ditka
Jean Claude Van Damme
Ne-Yo
Alex Cora
Keith Jackson

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 8:46 AM PDT reply actions  

I share a birthday with

Noah Webster
David Ben-Gurion
Goose Goslin
Angela Lansbury
Tim McCarver
Flea from RHCP
Manute Bol
Kordell Stewart
Paul Kariya
John Mayer
Sue Bird
Anthony Reyes

by Gomez on Oct 7, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

All the talk about sitcoms up above in this thread got me to thinking....

wouldn’t YOU watch a sitcom centered around Angela Lansbury and Manute Bol?
Maybe with David Ben-Gurion as the quirky neighbor?

I would watch the hell out of that show.

by marc w on Oct 7, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

And SB's list produces a gritty, cinema-verite take on the odd couple

Starring Mike Ditka and Lee Harvey Oswald.

(narration by Keith Jackson, of course).

by marc w on Oct 7, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

David: So, tall boy, when are you going to show me the corpses?

Bol: What
David: I know you have Nazi corpses in the backy-
Bol: Bite a dick [slams door]

by Gomez on Oct 7, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

I share a birthday with:

Matthew Bellamy
Trevor Bolder
Patricia Cornwell
Johnny Depp
Michael J. Fox
Josh Hamilton
David Koepp
Jackie Mason
Mitch Mitchell
Les Paul
Peter the Great
Cole Porter
Natalie Portman
Aaron Sorkin
Dick Vitale
Fred Waring
Mae Whitman
Jackie Wilson
Charles Wuorinen

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

She'sa cutie, but her arms and legs are oddly short.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

Looking at that list, it's no wonder I'm a musician!

Matthew Bellamy (lead singer, Muse), Trevor Bolder (Uriah Heap), Johnny Depp (Badass), Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix), Les Fucking Paul, Cole Porter, Fred Waring, Charles Wuorinen.

Not a bad list of musicians. Art is all we Geminis have!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

I share a birthday with...

1985 Michelle Trachtenberg (actress)
1967 Luke Perry (actor)
1962 Joan Cusack (actress)
1961 Steve Young (singer/songwriter)
1957 Dawn French (comedian, actor, writer)
1955 Lindy (Linda) Boone (singer)
1953 David Morse (actor)
1950 Andre Woolfolk (musician)
1948 Daryl Hall (Hohl) (singer)
1937 Ron Leibman (actor)1
1932 Dottie (Dorothy) West (Marsh) (singer)
1925 Elmore Leonard (author)
1921 Linda Stirling (Louise Schultz) (actress)
1918 Jerome Robbins (Rabinowitz) (director)
1906 Charles Revson (cosmetic mogul)
1844 Henry Heinz (catsup & pickle mogul)
1884 Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, delegate to the UN)

DARYL HALL BITCHES

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

A few I share with:

Adam West
Joe Morgan (oh god)
Jim Abbott

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Oct 7, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Notables sharing my birthday

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ray Spencer (go Villa)
Ian McKellen
Gordon Smith (ZOMGNP)
Mike Myers
Stacy London
Miguel Tejada

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ralph Waldo Emerson?

I swear if I find you in the afterlife I will kill you again you goddamn hermit.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why so much hate? They both have good things to say and bad.

It will serve you well to glean what is worthwhile from the message rather than discount the whole thing.

by Sec 108 on Oct 7, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Fair enough then

I took AP English for 2 years in HS. I’m glad I did because I never had to take it in college.

by Sec 108 on Oct 7, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Walden, with the possible exception

of Moby Dick, is the boringest fucking thing I’ve ever had to read for an English class.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Except no case whatsoever.

Neither Walden nor Moby Dick are incredibly boring reads.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Walden is an indulgently hypocritical self-hagiography

and Moby Dick is so dense and obtuse that any sort of compelling plot or character elements are completely subsumed in pointless verbosity.

Just my $0.02.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

indulgently hypocritical?

How, exactly? Did Thoreau go around deforesting lakes his whole life before writing Walden?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, but every Friday night or so

he’d stop by the Emersons’ for a good old home-cooked meal—so I guess the message was life by your own means, except for when you don’t feel like it.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Does "life by your own means"

preclude having friends, or sharing time with them, though? Does that automatically mean you have to be an ascetic hermit?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

[sorry, that was supposed to be "live" rather than "life."]

The basic premise of the book was that he would live by himself, cook for himself, shelter himself, and survive by himself for two years. He conveniently forgot to mention the hot meals and nights spent at Emerson’s house.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe this is a Captain Obvious thing,

But every single person you will ever meet in your life is NOT 100% congruent.

We are all hypocrites at some level.

by Sec 108 on Oct 7, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not everybody

writes a book for the specific purpose of describing how awesome they and their personal philosophy are.

But yes, everybody is a hypocrite, including (especially?) Thoreau.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pretty sure that wasn't his specific purpose

It’s been a long time since I’ve read Walden, but from what I remember it wasn’t shot through with OMG I AM TEH AWESOME LOOKATME writing. I’m pretty sure he wrote it to EXPLORE his personal philosophy, and record the outcome, rather than an insight into some sort of ego trip.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well, interpretation is subjective, of course.

No doubt that was what Thoreau intended to write, but I still ended up thinking of him as a bit of a long-winded douchebag.

Note: I’d forgive the hypocrite stuff if Thoreau’s writing style was at all interesting and compelling, but c’mon, you don’t needed to spend page after page writing about a fucking ant battle—I get the metaphor, buddy, now please just move on.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hm

The tag fuck my legs can mean things far different than you intended.

- I have not played Pathwords and will need to try it tonight, but I will say that I finally defeated the Hard Level at Desktop Tower Defense.
- People need more discipline.
- Spend more time walking and running. Your legs will hurt less over time.
- I am leafing through poker books that I’m writing reviews for… at the bookstore, of course, because I’m cheap and can put them back when I’m done.

by Gomez on Oct 7, 2008 8:49 AM PDT reply actions  

I am a sad panda.

At least we’re all rooting for the same team now, right? I don’t have to avoid LL anymore this postseason.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Oct 7, 2008 9:42 AM PDT reply actions  

Yes, that is true.

But it’s a different kind of sad to keep getting your ass kicked by the Red Sox in the ALDS.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Oct 7, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Most of us are.

And at least you’re not a panda shooting rainbows from your mouth.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

Flickr is awesome.

But they stole it from Katamari Damacy.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Oct 7, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Meh.

Justine Bateman, Seal, Jeff Daniels, Smokey Robinson and Copernicus share my birthday.

by royalcurve on Oct 7, 2008 9:45 AM PDT reply actions  

I share a birthday with:

1646- Gottfried Leibniz (mathematician)
1804 – George Sand (writer)
1906 – Estee Lauder (entrepreneur)
1915 – Willie Dixon (musician)
1916 – Olivia de Havilland (actress)
1934 – Jamie Farr (actor)
1934 – Sydney Pollack (film director)
1942 – Andrae Crouch (singer)
1945 – Debbie Harry (musician)
1950 – David Duke (politician, KKK member)
1951 – Fred Schneider (musician, B-52s)
1952 – Dan Aykroyd (actor)
1956 – Alan Ruck (actor)
1961 – Pricess Di
1961 – Carl Lewis (athlete)
1967 – Pam Anderson (“actress”, model)
1971 – Missy Elliot (musician)
1971 – Jamie Walker (athlete)
1972 – Claire Forlani (actress)
1975 – Sufjan Stevens (musician)
1977 – Liv Tyler (actress)
1982 – Justin Huber (Mariner, woo!)

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 9:54 AM PDT reply actions  

Justin Huber's with the padres

JON Huber used to be with the M’s.

My birthday/M’s connection is to the legendary Brian Falkenborg.

by marc w on Oct 7, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

My birthday connection to the M's

is the legendary “Fuck you Woody Woodward you traded Randy Johnson and Jose Cruz, Jr. on my birthday!”

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

My turn!

Greta Garbo
Harvey Haddix
Lita Ford
Ryne Sandberg
Toni Kukoc
Jada Pinkett Smith
Lance Armstrong
James Gandolfini
Dee Dee Ramone
Frankie Avalon
Samuel Johnson

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 7, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice list!

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 8, 2008 7:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sitcom idea for Paul's list:

A reinvention of “Perfect Strangers” with Kukoc as the ‘Balki’ character.

Who does he live with? Dee Dee Ramone, naturally.
He’s always trying to get the Ramones to include these folk songs from the Island of Mepos, and ultimately Johnny Ramone tries to kill him. Dee Dee then incorporates samples of Kukoc’s Meposian lullabies into a hip-hop concept album about globalization.

by marc w on Oct 8, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

If anyone wants the 2009 Prospect Insider

a $15 donation to the PI paypal account gets you one.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 10:07 AM PDT reply actions  

I was hellbent on getting a leather interior the last time I was car shopping.

Then I realized that I’m lazy and maintaining leather is harder than cloth.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

How can you be hellbent on getting leather anything?

This seems an usual thing to be hellbent on. Then again, I don’t like it simply because it smells funny and you stick to it on hot days.

by royalcurve on Oct 7, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

I still really want that Altima, but the dealer offered me 12K for my 6

TWELVE FREAKING THOUSAND!!! Oh well, I am going to list my car online tonight and if I sell it… I will have a loaded ’08 Altima coupe to drive around in… with integrated bluetooth!

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

There used to be this great aggregate internet site called Reddit.

Then it got taken over by conspiracy theorists. Now it sucks.

I hate the internet.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 10:18 AM PDT reply actions  

Exactly.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

Need pumpkin help?

Cool.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 10:32 AM PDT reply actions  

It's really quite funny

My wife’s gone for two weeks. I started mentally compiling a list of things to do while she’s gone – things she doesn’t want to do, movies to watch she doesn’t want to see, stuff like that. She’s been gone for five days now, and all I’ve managed to do is lie on the couch drinking beer and watching baseball, which I do when she’s home anyway. I think tonight might be movie night, though.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 10:37 AM PDT reply actions  

She's always envious when I go to bachelor parties

she’s so not a girly-girl that she always gets annoyed at bachelorette parties, because of all the stupid games and t-shirts and stuff. She just wants to go get hammered and go to….well, go be entertained, and the bachelorette parties she has been to have been not at all like that.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

Good god tell me about it.

Idiotic games. This is why I prefer to plan.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

When I came back from my bachelor party in Vegas

she asked me how it was, and I told her some of it – she just kept saying “Dammit, I should have gone to your party, it sounded so much more fun than mine!”.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

It was the opposite for me

I am pretty sure my wife had a much better party than I did. Of course my biggest issue is not remembering much of mine.

by Sec 108 on Oct 7, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I remember enough of mine to know it was fun

but there are many specifics that elude me to this day.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Paintball and stripclub for me.

Party games, then a male/transvestite strip club for my wife.

I think I won out on mine.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 7, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Weekend in Mexico with margaritas on the beach!

Attention the one other woman that frequents this joint!

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Me, too.

But it’s SOOOO much better in person and I don’t know of a hockey team within 60 miles of me.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 7, 2008 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Done and done!

My (late) dad had a place down in Mexico. It’s ours for the taking!

by royalcurve on Oct 7, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yep! Puerto Penasco.

Pretty touristy, but very pretty. And serviceable margaritas.

by royalcurve on Oct 7, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

I blame the U of A students

They like to go down there for drugs and underage drinking.

by Sec 108 on Oct 7, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

I hate it when

students are into drugs and underage drinking—it’s just so cliche.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

I turned 21 over the summer.

Drinking just got less interesting and more expensive.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

IMO if the consumption quantity is going to go over 3

You’re better served going to the supermarket and getting a case of some mass-produced microbrew like Fat Tire. At that high quantity, the quality becomes less relevant.

(But not too irrelevant. No Budweiser or anything similar)

by Gomez on Oct 7, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Point is that it used to be a place you could camp on the beach

Once all the students started demanding posh accommodations the place lost it’s luster for me.

by Sec 108 on Oct 7, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is always my problem, too.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Jesus Christ.

It took the Huskies five games to record a single sack?

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 10:48 AM PDT reply actions  

Lackey:
“We lost to a team that’s not better than us,” growled pitcher John Lackey, who gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. "We are a better team than they are.

Sorry, dude, but that is false.

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

That is demonstrably false

Results-based analysis blows, sure, but 3-1 doesn’t lie.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh God there's more.
“[Sunday] night they scored three runs on a pop fly that was called a hit, which was a joke,” Lackey said, referring to Ellsbury’s pop that fell between center fielder Torii Hunter and second baseman Howie Kendrick in Game 3.

“[Monday] night they scored on a broken-bat ground ball and a fly ball that anywhere else in America is an out, and he’s fist-pumping on second base like he did something great.”

YOUR TEAM ABSOLUTELY LIVES ON PUSSY HITS!

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

The part of that quote I love the most is

and a fly ball that anywhere else in America is an out,

Well, no. Because anywhere else in America those same three Angels would still do their same comedy running routine and not catch the ball.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Lackey is a bitch.

How about all those times the Angels won on worse hits than a double off the green monster? (Or cheap errors, it was like karma coming back to bite them in the ass.)

 It’s nice that in “any other park” Pedrioia’s double is an out, and even nicer that they weren’t playing in “any other park.” And giving him shit for “fist-pumping on second base like he did something great,” maybe Lackey didn’t catch K-Rod go nuts after every meaningless save that any other reliever on that staff could have gotten.

And of course, the Angels are the better team. Playing us, the A’s and Rangers 55 times a year Im sure is a LOT tougher than the Rays, Jays, and Yanks 55 times.

by seamariners85 on Oct 7, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

The great thing is

that the park had absolutely nothing to do with whether it was an out or not. The ball was a simple misplayed popup and Lackey’s too much of a graceless moron to admit it.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

It must be a new curse!

Where’s Shaughnessy when you need him?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

But they were perfectly built to win this year!

Defense, fundamentals and situational hitting is what the Angels do best!

by Teej on Oct 7, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

You may want to let Griffey in on that.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

My bad.

I misread, I thought he was bitching about Pedroia’s 2B off the monster saying that would have been an out anywhere else. I’m surprised he didn’t use “Well if we just had a RFer that was over 5’ and could dive 12 feet that would have been a Web Gem”

Gotta say though it was great seeing them lose, even if it was to the Sox.

by seamariners85 on Oct 7, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Has that gotten you far?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

I never let girls win anymore

one time I let this girl win at Smash Bros on N64 in college, and didn’t say anything until she started taunting me, at which point I was like “whatever I let you win.” She wouldn’t let it go, so I just crushed her the next time and made her cry.

Now I just try to win close games

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Huh?

It’s too hard without a star or mushroom and even then I ricochet off the side and feel shame.

9=8

by JI on Oct 7, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

R & L is believe

It’s impossible to keep up if you can’t drag around corners.

9=8

by JI on Oct 7, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

While serving hot towels?

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by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

He's got a point.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm 23

people like to buy things for younger relatives who don’t make very much money

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're thinking of buying a

brand new car. You can’t be living on peanuts.

But that’s a good angle to work.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was $400 to fly home + parking and gas to the airport

and work was offering triple time to work the holiday. I wasn’t going to fly home unless I got a really good deal =/

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Triple time?

That does sound difficult to pass up. What holiday, Christmas?

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

The entire winter holiday (Dec 24 to Jan 2)

well maybe it was 2.5x time… but it would have been kind of miserable (but $2,400 a week would have been nice…)

The whole plant is closing for almost two weeks, which is why they were offering such a ridiculous bonus

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

My mother likes to see me so she buys mine too.

Except it’s a hard argument to make when I fly to Seattle and she’s in Eugene.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 7, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

The problem with getting good at Tetris

is that you have Tetris nightmares.

9=8

by JI on Oct 7, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nope.

She beat me fair and square. Kicked my butt in the first round and while I put up a good fight, I couldn’t crawl out of the hole I found myself in after round 1…

I’m still waiting for her and AC to take me up on my Word Challenge challenge…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 7, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

It might be because you're typing on the internet.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ha

no I couldn’t sleep so I got on FB to chat with friends. Only nobody is on that I want to talk to.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'd talk to them more if they could speak English.

I’ve learned that hitting on girls who you can’t speak with is a delicate art.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Haha so true.

It’s the trying to get them to come over part that is the most difficult. Once they’re over it’s not such a big deal.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

But actually

for some reason our cheerleaders aren’t that great. I mean, they’re not bad, but they aren’t like the cheerleaders that some of the other teams in our league have. The bigger market teams, like Osaka and Tokyo….my God.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, the

one on the far left is really beautiful. But in that picture she doesn’t look that great.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

And I put that picture up

mainly cause the one girl was wearing my jersey. I thought that was killer.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

that's so inefficient

it’s a lot quicker to type directly to the internet.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

Now, I'm no fancy

technician or anything, but I’m pretty sure that just damages the hypercode dynamic while simultaneously undermining the beta-subroutines. Cookies are also involved, but I wouldn’t bore you with the details.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Cut out the middleman.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

Late.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

No.

That is a horrible mistake.

by brayden04 on Oct 7, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wait - does he mention a van with candy or a puppy in it?

We need not be too rash to deny his contact.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

only if he is selling you a car

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by Corco on Oct 7, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Which he is

a loaded ’08 Altima coupe (3.5SE) for $23,500

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Then yes

assuming you were going to get the car looked at by a mechanic anyway to check for odometer fraud

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by Corco on Oct 7, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Then you should absolutely trust him.

He’s apparently not too bright, so you should be able to talk him down on price.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well played.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Right now, he's offering 23,800

but he’s been told that he’s only selling the car at 23,500, which shouldn’t be a stretch given the economy, how people aren’t buying sports cars, and how long it’s been sitting on his lot.

Plus I have to sell my car first, so I have some time to let him sit on it.

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly

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by Corco on Oct 7, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Whoa what the hell

Nissan just added a second $750 rebate on new coupes, which would make the non-options one $22,250 + tax and license. Putting in my own speakers can’t possibly cost that much.

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

go to your Nissan dealer right now

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by Corco on Oct 7, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm going to buck

the trend here and say yes. The mentally handicapped need all of the trust and support they can get.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ah yes

Authorship of these things always escapes me. I just assume they vomit forth from some central panda.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, but I've tried

photoshopping the triumvirate—just can’t get Lepidus’s head to line up right.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Here's my favorite 'shop:

Ichicorn:

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

But faster in the outfield.

And he makes dreams come true.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Baker is from the Dark Side.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've always been amused

at how pissed off people were that the quiet guy who barely speaks any English wasn’t taking a “leadership role.” Makes perfect sense.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hai.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well he speaks English just fine

but yeah, you don’t have to be a leader by being loud.

Sometimes leading with your actions and being the most prepared player on the field should be good enough. Like all the time.

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I should have said

“doesn’t admit to speaking much English.” But leading “by example”? C’mon, that’s just some pussy foreign kind of leadership.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

So I replaced the battery backup last night here at work.

Then I turn everything back on, and my network switch took a shit.

Fun times!

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 12:59 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, it's been wonderful.

The bonus is we ended up with some new equipment, which is nice.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I miss work.

At work I’m a “Master Checker.” That’s just all kinds of awesome.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

What do you check?

Or do you work at a grocery store?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Counting, sorting, and verifying initiative signatures for the Secretary of State.

My job is to make sure people don’t fuck things up too badly—which they often do, alarmingly.

by Liebkartoffel on Oct 7, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know, the O's are still pretty damn bad

if they can pull off a trade like that every year for the next 2-3 years they might be OK, but right now they’re still kind of a mess.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

They're a lot better off than hopeless

with Adam Jones, Matt Wieters and Nick Markakis, that’s a hell of a core right there

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yup

With Tillman/Butler on the way. They’re going to spend nearly nothing on above average performance from Jones/Wieters/Markakis and they’ve got a solid bullpen with Sherrill, Sarfate, etc.
They’re not going to win the division or anything, but in a few years, they may be a factor.

I just find it amazing that we find ourselves in a situation where Texas and Baltimore are better prepared for 2010 than the M’s.

by marc w on Oct 7, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's true, though the O's rotation is still going to suck

whereas the M’s will be pretty decent. The O’s may have the edge on pitching and defense, but who knows – offseason moves may change things.

Texas….yeah. Again, it just depends on how well their kids do – if Dustin Nippert’s the guy that shut down the M’s, or the guy who got torched by…everyone else. Same with Hurley, and, to a lesser extent, Diamond.

On offense, they’re both clearly ahead. And in the minors…. wow.

by marc w on Oct 7, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'll be the first on board the "Wait til Triunfel and Aumont!" bandwagon

and I must say, I am extremely excited about catching whoever the M’s send to High Desert next season live

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey, I'm glad someone benefits from the High Desert affiliation agreement.

Triunfel just went 2-5 with a 2b (and Halman was 2-4 with a 2b) in the opening game of the AFL.

by marc w on Oct 7, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was surprised they stayed too, but hey, I'll take it

I love watching Cal league games, they do some weird stuff at those games

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Monkeys working as waiters?!?!??

Crap, I’ve got to hurry up and open the “Sprinting Midget Bar” then!

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 2:38 PM PDT reply actions  

I can have ownership in more than one bar.

Scrappy’s is first though. It will take time to find enough midgets to staff the other one.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Of course not.

Never, never, never. Totally different clientele for the midget bar.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's Scrappy's, bowling alley, then midget bar.

In that order.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Treadmills while they take your order?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dammit, OT thread discussing books, and I missed out. Some great suggestions though.

I just broke my personal rule of drinking coffee after lunch, so I’ll probably be up half the night anyway. Third Place Books just made my to-do list. One hour in Powell’s, just one hour. Oh well.

"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 7, 2008 2:55 PM PDT reply actions  

You can read??

:P

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Books on tape dummy. Which is why my inner dialogue narrator is Charlton Heston half the time.

I should find something R. Lee Ermey has narrated, that would be absolutely hilarious. Something by Emerson. Or maybe the Bell Jar. My funny bone is so retarded sometimes.

"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 7, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Try to find something good like "The Lorax" by Dr. Suess.

R. Lee Ermey would sound great doing that.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

My kids have exactly two Dr. Suess books.

And that’s my limit. For some reason he drives me insane. But if Ermey read them, I’d buy it in a heart beat, he cracks me up.

"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 7, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Which two?

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hand Hand Fingers Thumb, The Foot Book.

Now that I’m thinking about it, Cat In The Hat is around here someplace. Search and destroy mission is about to commence. That book is public enemy number one.

"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 7, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

This thread is cracking me up, talk about random.

Then again every time I think about acblue’s comment “banging bitches and drinking” I crack up. And it’s been a couple weeks since he posted that. My funny bone is retarded.

"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 7, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't put your cultural biases on your kid

There’s nothing wrong with Dr. Seuss.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's the rhyming scheme, it invades my mind!

But I’ll ponder on that cultural bias comment.

"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 7, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not saying your kid should get to make all their own decisions about stuff

but if Dr. Seuss makes your kid happy, isn’t that really what matters? It’s harmless enough – it’s no more annoying than any other rhyming kid book, at least to my childless-but-babysat-my-nephews-a-lot brain.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Lorax is the best childrens book of all time. I still read it occasionally.

But it has some more meaning to me than the story itself, so I’ll leave it at that.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I would agree if not for the presence in the world of The Giving Tree

but the Lorax is indeed fantastic.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure if I remember The Giving Tree.

But I’m surprised Lorax isn’t more popular these days, given the environmental movement. Maybe that’s whay I liked it so much, my Mom was kind of a hippie.

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by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

When I taught ESL

Dr. Suess’ ABC Book was one of my text books for pronunciations class. Nothing like hearing a student from UAE trying to prounounce “Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz”

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by PositivePaul on Oct 7, 2008 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

When you put it that way, how can my curiosity not be piqued?

Another book goes on the list.

"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 7, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was just something my Mom used to read to me when we were really poor.

She was a single Mom, and it was just her and I in the house. Kind of a special thing her and I had. She read it out loud a few years ago at Christmas, and I still cried as a grown man.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow... That's crazy. Same experience here.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Are you my long, long, long lost brother?

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

You had better hope not!

Seriously – that’s just weird. No kidding, my mom and I were dirt poor, and that was our book.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.

by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Weird, but kind of cool too...

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by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've always loved that book as well.

We have a copy of that at our house too.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Something about it just makes my brain kick into manic mode.

We’ve got plenty of other books around here the kids enjoy so its not like I’m forcing them to read something else. Funny thing is, they rarely choose the Seuss, their favorites change, but it’s never been a Suess book for either of them.

"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 7, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have these massive coffee cups.

And I’m pretty sure percolating the coffee on the stove gets about everything out of the grounds. To infinity and beyond!
Doesn’t do anything good for my tinnitus though.

"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 7, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think I've found a new winner for annoying e-mail response of the day (to a newspaper regarding classified prices)

ME:

Hi,
 I read on the website that it’s free to place a car ad until I sell my car. How much is the fee once my car is sold?
Thanks,

HIM:

If you are selling your vehicle for $5000 or less it is totally free. Thanks.

ME:

What if I am selling my car for over $5000

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 3:23 PM PDT reply actions  

It's people like this that make me feel like a genius.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

The sad thing is I've worked in corporate America so long

that it took me two reads to find what was wrong with that exchange.

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Your sig is excellent

and yes, this really was cut and paste from my Gmail

by seattlebruin on Oct 7, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Like most people, he must think you have a crystal ball.

I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).

by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice. Sunshine outside and it's raining at the same time. Wish I could get a picture of that.

"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 7, 2008 3:54 PM PDT reply actions  

As my Southern wife says, "The devil is beatin' his wife."

That’s the old world theory, anyway.

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by kevin_ess on Oct 7, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've never heard that one.

Have a book on American Colloquialism’s around here someplace, I’ll have to look that up.

"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 7, 2008 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Argh, crappity crap crap.

Insurance agent just called, they’re rethinking calling the car a total loss. I bet they rechecked the blue book value and realized that the economical cars are holding value like crazy right now. Shit.

"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 7, 2008 4:13 PM PDT reply actions  

That sucks.

You can “appeal the ruling” theoretically. Check the insurance commissioner’s website.

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by Thingray on Oct 7, 2008 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks for the tip.

I’m betting (being a cynical bastard) they initially estimated the value at around $9500, but economy cars are holding value quite nicely, and it’s worth nearly what we paid for it. So now the repair cost is probably close to replacement cost, and they’re looking for a low ball repair, which makes me think “crap”. This scenario sucks, as the car was tip top and I’m not about to settle for a shit repair job and am dreading having to fight the shop/insurance company to get it right. Bunch of back and forth etc. Ah, nothing to do but wait and see, so why am I bitching eh? Probably getting wound up for nothing.

"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 7, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

The key is to not waste time looking for big words.

Just look for three letter chains that are words (or often parts of words) and try to never take more than two or three seconds looking. I have never had to shuffle; there’s ALWAYS a word somewhere.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Oct 7, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Really never thought it would be nerds over jocks...

Maybe for jocks it’s if you go pro they’re all over you… I’m still in HS and I’m leaning toward the nerd spectrum but the only saving me from it is baseball, judo and lacrosse.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Oct 7, 2008 6:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Sorry I'm late!

My OTFPOTD posting will be very sporadic for the next ~weekish. Looks like we sign papers tomorrow and get the keys on Thursday. Taking the rest of the week off to finish packing and moving. Comcast can’t come to my house until next Wednesday :-(

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by PositivePaul on Oct 7, 2008 7:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Congrats Paul!

You’ll be so happy when this is all over.

by Sec 108 on Oct 8, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Holy shit it's pouring outside.

…and there’s some thunder. Sweet.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 7:55 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm DJing a dance this weekend for my old high school.

Among the artists that are on the “You can play this without penalty of death” list are

*Survivor
*Stevie Wonder
*Journey
*Kenny Loggins
*The Bee Gees
*Aretha Franklin
*Elton John
*Gloria Estefan
*James Ingram
*Joe Cocker
*Louis Armstrong
*NSYNC
*Rick Astley
*The Righteous Brothers
*Stray Cats
*Styx

Oh God this is not going to end well for me.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 9:34 PM PDT reply actions  

You could build a mofo of a playlist off that band list

Just from Stevie Wonder and The Stray Cats alone. Skip the Kenny Loggins, probably the Survivor, and the obvious Righteous Brothers song (they’ve got a bunch of other good stuff).

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I love a lot of that stuff.

Unfortunately high school kids are stupid.

by BrianL on Oct 7, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

But you are in control of their musical evening

and you’re not stupid. They didn’t say which songs you had to play, just which artists – as long as you pick the occasional song they’ll know, you can slip in some lesser-known stuff by the same artists. Did they give you a list of people you CAN’T play? I’m guessing (desperately hoping) based on that band list, it’s an 80’s themed dance? The Clash, the Jam, The Police, Elvis Costello – they all put out great albums in the 80’s

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

by pdb on Oct 7, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Journey eh?

Have fun and that is gonna be an awkward dance. Open arms is a good slow song.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Oct 7, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

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