OTFPOTD 10!/7! edition
by seattlebruin on Oct 9, 2008 7:04 AM PDT
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PrintThis post fulfills my weekly OTFPOTD quota. It's not my best work.
And don't question my use of signs, I'm aware the multiplication sign is a stupid looking star on the computer, but if it were real life, it would be a dot placed between the two numbers.
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seattlebruin is self-absorbed and only plays for himself.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 7:19 AM PDT reply actions
One more cup of tea before my meeting?
I think this sounds like a brilliant idea!
10-7?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
You'll figure it out
the hint is in the post
Or you just want to screw with our minds.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
It's OTFPORD 720
Yes, I just did the factorials.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think it is though.
As he mentions something about multiplication.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
There's multiplication in factorials
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I am aware of this, but I really don't think that's what he was going for.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
You're probably right, but I wanted to put it out there.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha, Two Rs and Two Ls got it
is it weird that I typed your real name before I typed your SN?
10 = 10*9*8, or if the dashes were multiplication dots, 10-09-08
Oh hey, cool.
If you want to use my real name it’s not a big deal, even if it’s just “Carroll,” so long as you spell it right.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I can never remember how many R's or L's there are.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
This is more for seattlebruin, but:
two bricks.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
You know why I detest math?
Stupid shit like this.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
And I haven't.
I much prefer reading impenetrable essays by Louis Coser and Jurgen Habermas, thank you very much.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I've had the good life fortune of taking advanced classes in a wide range of subjects
That stuff’s difficult even for people who are good at it, so you can imagine.
I used to love making the factorial joke in math class
where you’d just yell out the number really loud.
This is why people shove you in your locker, you know.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
but a huge win for the Quiz Bowl team
who will never be that cool again.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
That's a strange way to show your team support
but I just bought a pair of Red Wing boots so I suppose I should be a Red Wings fan now.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
And I realize I didn't mention it but I was on this Quiz Bowl team
3rd leading scorer, and we always lost in the finals every year to a one-handed genius. We didn’t lose to his team… we lost to HIM, because he outscored everyone on his own.
That would be hilarious, but doubtful
I think he’s a lawyer or an engineer. Haven’t checked on him lately.
Go obtuse and root for the football Cardinals.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Have to go for the baseball ones, don't care about football
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Good god the 2008 In A Nutshell post takes FOREVER to load.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 7:36 AM PDT reply actions
I don't understand--it works fine for me.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you hit the "continue reading" link to load all the gifs?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
You should try loading it in Chrome.
Chrome already doesn’t handle gifs well.
I can’t even go in it over my remote desktop connection. Just like I can’t play fantastic contraption until I get home.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's still loading...
I think I’m going on 20 minutes now…
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions
And it's done loading.
25 minutes to load that page.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
It tried to crash my laptop
I finally just ditched the page and hit ESC when I reloaded it.
I pretty much remember all the GIFs in question anyway.
Free Strasburg?
Is he imprisoned somewhere?
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Nah, he just doesn't cost anything.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
By himself, or with the purchase of something?
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
With a purchase of a frogurt.
But the Strasburg is cursed.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
That's a wounded meme.
that’s bad.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I believe that joke was the very first Simpsons
dialogue I memorized. Ah, to be ten again…
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
He's not free, but if you buy $25 worth his shipping will be.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but then it takes longer to get here
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm a sucker for saving that $6 or so.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Then I trust you've seen
this little tool?
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Glad I could help.
I find that thing good for things like stocking stuffers around the holidays or random small gifts for people.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Heh.
This image is from a “robotic cat door”. I love how the cat is obviously photoshopped into the picture, and looks terrified:
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 7:51 AM PDT reply actions
Those things are scary to cats.
We turned off the robotic part when the cat would have nothing to do with it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Why in the world
is a robotic cat door necessary? As far as I’m aware, cat door technology has pretty much been perfected.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Bruin has a problem with dates apparently
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
What about Surly?
You can’t leave out Surly.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd just as soon we didn't
we don’t want to oversaturate the brand.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Can we question your lack of a semi-colon?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:12 AM PDT reply actions
I'm still questioning his basic calendrical skills
needs more tea, apparently.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it's 7+2+0=9, but where's the 10?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Now I'm just showing myself to be an idiot
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I may be an idiot
but I’m no Steve Dilbeck. This guy sets the standard.
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........
Fun, are you kidding me? This would be a Robin Williams-Chris Rock-Bill Murray-Will Smith extravaganza.
How old is this guy? None of these people have been funny in years
I just tried to watch the latest Chris Rock HBO special
and it was really quite unfunny. It wasn’t as unfunny as Robin Williams, but it was still pretty bad.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions
This is indeed true.
Robin Williams is painfully unfunny – this special was just pretty dull. It was a lot of Chris Rock strutting around a stage and REEEEEEEEEEALLLLY DRAAAAAAAAAAAAWIN’ OOOOOOOOOUT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLL HIS WOOOOOOOOOOOOORDS and then grinning maniacally. I gave up after about 10 minutes when he didn’t manage to tell one single joke.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Buhhhhhhh
Tampa Bay isn’t even a city. It’s more an area surrounding a giant estuary.
Los Angeles really isn’t a city either, it’s a giant conglomerate of about ten mid-sized cities
Buhhhhhhhhh again
wouldn’t it make sense for the poor fans who never get a championship to get to win, just one time??
but that's not what the whole country wants to see!
Don’t you get it? The country wants to see the same team win every year, against the other team that always wins but won’t win this year! It’s more exciting that way! Just like wonder bread is more exciting than 7-grain!
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
it hurt typing that many exclamation points.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
It hurt reading that many, also.
Just like it hurt reading that article.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
So every Tuesday and Thursday
I have absolutely nothing to do after 10:00 AM, making those days either awesome or incredibly boring, depending on how much access I have to Irish cream.
I wish I had Irish cream right about now.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I do believe that's what they're referring to
Bailey’s – breakfast of champions.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
It's still early
So are you still at WaMu or did they do a huge contractor/temp purge once everything went kablooey?
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
They aren't dropkicking worker drones yet
They did move us off our floor so JPMC could have it, but no one here has been canned. They did dropkick a few executives, but they still want DTD ops to continue as is until they figure out what stays and goes in December. I was only commissioned to stay until 10/15 anyway.
RoyalCurve is bringing me Fruity Pebbles ice cream and homemade pretzels in an hour and a half.
I cannot wait.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
hmmmmmmmmmm
If you have extras and would be willing to stop by NoPo on your way to wherever your mom is, email me.
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Once again, why do other people seem to have better lives than mine?
You will be the only person I know, perhaps on the entire planet, that has ever had homemade Fruity Pebble ice cream and homemade pretzels delivered to them at work. You sir, are Fortune’s favored son.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
I assume not all of you have seen this yet, so:
Chuck expounds on the team’s future.
Highlights as follows
“The easiest thing would be to declare victory and walk away from what we have accomplished here — building a beautiful ballpark, having the best record in baseball from 2000-03, winning a record 116 games and going to the playoffs in 1995, ’97, 2000 and 2001,” Armstrong said.
“Maybe someone else could walk away and feel good about it, but I can’t. I care passionately about this place and this organization, and I am more determined than ever to help get this turned back around.”
“I trust my own ability to make good decisions,” Armstrong said. "I trust my instincts, both personal and business. I honestly believe that I am the best person to be the president of this club and to hire the next [general manager].
According to Armstrong, the Mariners’ next GM will have less power than Bavasi did — especially during his fourth and fifth years with Seattle — and probably have a smaller player payroll.
“We invite dissent. We do not want a bunch of ‘yes’ people,” Armstrong said. “We invite dialogue back and forth. We don’t want someone who is afraid to express their views, although they might be different than ours.”
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
I almost can't process this
he trusts his own ability to make good decisions? Does he look at the outcome of his last few decisions before he says that?
Less power and a smaller payroll than Bavasi. Swell.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
No one around him is going to tell him otherwise
It’s easy to remain delusional about your abilities in such an environment.
No one around him except for, you know, the fans--but they're easy enough to ignore.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you mean explodes the team's future.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Also, this is a great way to get the best candidates to come to Seattle:
Announce beforehand that they will be even more hamstrung by a couple dipshits in the front office than the previous guy was.
I'm thinking Armstrong's going to go the "look at the scenic beauty" route
hoping the candidates will be so dazzled by the city that they won’t notice they’re essentially accepting a sinecure.
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There's apparently a lot of room on the Anaheim bandwagon
and cheap, readily-available gear to show your support.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Easily returnable, too.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm hoping this is part of Armstrong's spin attempt, and has nothing to do with reality.
If in fact that is what it is, to put this whole mess on Bavasi’s shoulders and deflect the blame. I’m frequently wrong, so it’s probably real.
The NY Times had a nice article on the Rays yesterday, only problem is it made me feel worse about the Mariners. Crap. Link.
"What we’re doing right now is to stop the madness and do what we think is the right thing to do from this moment on."
Just two years old, Maddon’s comment is a telling fossil record of where this year’s surprising Rays evolved from.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
That just makes too much sense though, doesn't it?
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NO. No it doesn't. The Rays just got lucky. Armstrong will fix it.
And monkeys blah blah blah. I hate this FO. This GM signing was an exciting idea to me about 2 months ago, now I’m resigned like a man awaiting his last meal.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
Don't you go bringing monkeys into this.
Monkeys are good honerable creatures.
Seriously though, when you think about it, the Rays were pretty unlucky. They’ve had prospects with drug problems (Hamilton), health issues (Baldelli), and legal troubles (Young?). Not to mention playing in a very tough division, a lousy home park, low payroll, and a fan base that could generally care less.
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Don't let one bad apple spoil the whole damn bunch.
I bet he’s no longer welcome at official monkey gatherings.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I've never met a monkey I didn't like.
Especially when they’re dressed as clowns (and the Angel’s jersey doesn’t count).
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I don't know, but if I was a monkey I'd throw poop at Armstrong.
But yeah, good choice by accident or not. There’s always hope. I’ve read a couple comments (different website) that Kim Ng would suffer from being cast against a good ol’ boys network. I don’t know good GM prospect from a just ok prospect, but out of all the comments that is the only one I’ve read that made me want to jump in with my 2 cents.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
How about NSFLL Nutrias?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Indeed,
but they’re so cute. Like fat ferrets.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That's a tongue.
He wants to lick you.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Don't insult my nutrirat knowledge
They can also be identified by their bright orange-yellow incisor teeth
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure it died last year
OSU got so much crap for those unis that I’m pretty sure they’re not using them this season. you KNOW it’s a bad uniform when you’re in the same state as the Oregon Ducks, and YOUR uniforms are the ones getting ridiculed.
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LL is the top google response for nsfw ponies.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I think I'm relieved by that.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
http://www.google.com/search?q=nsfw+ponies&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
--
Poi is fun, and so is the NES. I welcome NSFW poines.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, "poiNES"
is simply an NES ground into a fine paste with taro for flavoring. It’s an acquired taste, certainly, but a waste of a damn good game system.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I had a math teacher in High School who had an NES as a paperweight.
His kid was playing Tecmo Super Bowl instead of doing homework FOR HIS DAD’S CLASS. His dad then took a relatively large hammer to the console and brought it in.
That’s how great Tecmo Super Bowl is.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
or how crappy his dad's math class was
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Back in middle school I had
my parents for Sunday school teachers. I still didn’t bother showing up.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
My parents were never my teachers,
but my Dad was my soccer coach for two years, and my Mom was on the school board.
That was fun.
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I think if/when I have kids
that I’m not coaching their little league teams if they should play. Not that I won’t necessarily coach a little, because I like being around baseball.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
My church was in walking distance from
my house. I usually just left.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank God Little League has strict pitch count rules, right?
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT reply actions
Dusty Baker is only 59 years old?
Seems like he should be 70.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
This day and beverage are brought to you by the letter T.
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And by the number 3.
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Sesame street was the shit back in the day.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 9, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
For some reason Sesame Street
always creeped me out. I was more of a Mr. Rogers/Fred Penner kind of kid.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Look up creepy mr rogers and look for videos.
He’s a weird dude.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
DON'T YOU DARE BADMOUTH FRED ROGERS
THAT MAN SAVED PBS
Even if he didn't
Not a bad word can or should be said about that man. He’s pretty much a hero.
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Oh if only BrianL was more like Coach
we could have a hilarious “Mr. Rogers sucked” meme
by seattlebruin on Oct 9, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Come on, what about Frank Sinatra?
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Mr Rogers was banned from our house.
We were 100% Sesame Street.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
Spiderman on Electric Company was awesome.
I was also a Captain Kangaroo and Great Space Coaster kid.
“No gnus is good gnus unless it’s Gary Gnus!”
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Those hushed tones he spoke in were creepy sometimes.
Every now and then it made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Most of the time he was like a comfy couch, but as a kid I think he came on around naptime.
The painter guy on PBS is awesome for adult naptime. “And we’ll just put a little happy bush right over here…”
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
Anybody have a good recommendation
on how to re-encode iTunes purchased music into something that is DRM free?
What version of iTunes are you running?
If it’s prior to 7, there’s a few utilities out there that will do the trick – 7 and 8 plugged the hole that made that possible, though. Option B is to dump the files onto a CD then re-import them, but when you do that you lose a TON of volume.
My actual recommendation would be to use Amazon’s mp3 store for your buying needs – it even has a utility that puts the purchased songs – ALWAYS DRM free – directly into iTunes.
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Or you could always use Bittorrent for your music needs,
then send the band a check or paypal if they have it. I’ve done this on a few occasions, and gotten some neat stuff and awesome emails back.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I haven't even considered Amazon's mp3 store.
I’ll go give that a look.
I'm a huge fan of it.
No DRM, huge selection, easy integration with iTunes.
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You need to run the uplink formatting
through the server cache and then maximize the data reintegration stream using code 5-level variable analysis and DSM-IV algorithmic logistics. Also, cookies.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
DSM-IV? The mental disorder book?
There’s some heavy algorithms.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The way my brother used to do it is to burn it to a CD and then rip it back into iTunes
by seattlebruin on Oct 9, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
You lose so much volume that way it's ridiculous
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There are about 30 utilities that will do it if you google.
Or you can drop them out to a CDRW and reimport.
Or even easier is to get daemon tools (or its modern equivalent) and drop them out to ISO, then open the ISO and reimport. No CD needed.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It is official. royalcurve is LL's Ms. October.
The Fruity Pebbles ice cream rocks! Oh man, but these fresh cooked (and still warm!) pretzels are INCREDIBLE!
Thank you again, and good to meet you in person!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
How freakin' lucky are you?!?
Speaking of good food, I had the most amazing steak at Applebees (of all places) last night. Almost fork-tender top sirloin.
Needless to say, I was surprised.
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You cannot beat a tender steak. One of the best I've ever had was curiously at a truckstop somewhere in Montana.
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The best steak I've had was somewhere in South (North?) Dakota,
but Brouwer’s can fire up a pretty decent one.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
That would surprise me less than getting a good one at Applebees.
Some of the truck stops and out of the way places have amazing food. I bet Corco could vouch for that.
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Yes
As much as I love chain restaurants I always make it a point to not eat them on roadtrips. As such I’ve had some horrible food but have been rewarded greatly in other occasions.
The Umatilla truckstop has surprisingly good food if you’re ever down that way
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I try to avoid chains when I travel as well.
I’m still pissed at my Dad for going to McDonald’s while he was in France.
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That's different
French McDonald’s are completely different from US McDonald’s so it’s good to go there once
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Royale with cheese is not an excuse.
Although I will admit if I were out of the country, I’d be tempted to see what was on the menu.
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The German one has awful german food,
and a hamburger is about as close to American food as you get. My friend reported that the beer was great, though.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The burgers and fries
taste exactly the same though. Why the hell would you want to go to McDonalds when you are in France??
Good God, that just made me ridiculously hungry for a good steak--
damn you poedunk Iowa college town and your reprehensible lack of a decent steakhouse!
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
You're in Iowa and you can't find a cow?
Just walk 2 miles in any one direction and you’ll find a cow farm. Stick that bad boy on a Hibachi and you’re set.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
You would think even a small town in Iowa would have somewhere to get a decent steak.
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All the time I spent wandering Nebraska was spent at random steakhouses,
and not one disappointed.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
A lot fewer cows than one might think,
much more corn and soy—although the corn in these parts is pretty damn good.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm making my own batch of those pretzels tonight.
I hope mine are as tasty.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Good luck, because if you get anywhere close to these, you're going to be in heaven.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
My co-worker whom I shared a pretzel with wants to know if you have a single gay brother who goods as good as you.
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You gotta watch those cowboys,
I saw a movie trailer about them once.
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No matter what you think about the subject matter,
that movie was pretty good for a chick flick.
I would even imagine it’s LFOJL approved.
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No strong feeling either way,
but I haven’t actually seen the movie. I did waste $4.99 On Demand watching Semi-Pro the other night though. What a horrible movie.
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My apologies. I seem to have outgrown Will Ferrel fairly quickly.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
He made a few funny ones, then it's all been downhill from there.
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Speaking of him, haven't seen him around these parts in a while.
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I'm honestly surprised.
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Oh good God, somebody just used the word "romcom."
This displeases me greatly.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
In case you were wondering, the "someone" was Fogel.
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Ugh. Note to self: Do not post while on the phone.
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As well you should be. I'm a lucky guy.
Meeting royalcurve was a treat in and of itself, by the way. And what a cute little girl who arrived with her!
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Voyuers rejoice!
Google has sent up a spy satellite that takes pictures of everyone in even greater detail than before.
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Dammit.
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What the fuck is "Kutztown University"?
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Small school in rural Penn, good for teachers. Named after the town, Kutztown (Penn Dutch).
Northwest of Philly by about 2 hours.
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My GF went there for teaching.
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When you said "Dammit", my first though was they caught you in a comprimising position.
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Just wait.
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If we wait long enough I might learn how to spell "thought" as well.
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Gregg Easterbrook believes that GeoEye was designed to melt down the world's financial markets, like Goldeneye
by seattlebruin on Oct 9, 2008 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
That's rather amusing.
It makes about as much sense as blaming it on CRA.
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How does this man have a job writing?
Cheerleader of the Week: Devan of the Philadelphia Eagles, a dean’s list student at Temple University. According to her team bio, Devan is pursuing a degree in “dance and advertising” — a lot of advertising involves dancing around facts!
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Aside from my iPhone
my old Blackberry 8700 was the best phone I’ve ever owned.
I hated the ball on the Curve when I first got it,
but now it’s hard to use the wheel.
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Dow 8800 woot!
I’m beginning to think my dream of an 8000 dow by year-end was a bit pessimistic.
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This sucks bad at work
People are freaking out (they should a little, I think) and we’re getting swamped with calls about people wanting their money taken out of investments, etc.
The stock market: THERE IS NO FLOOR!!
I fucking hate you Mariners
I'm not sure average people should freak out
Institutional investors and fund managers should be freaking pretty bad right now, and finding nice, safe T-bills to put their money in for a couple years, but the average person with a 401K or an IRA should probably just forget they even have such a thing at this point.
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I thought about my 401K for about 10 seconds this morning, then decided there was no point in even worrying about it.
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K... k....
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people can change, you know
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Just live long enough to collect friends that either get it, or tolerate it.
I’ve just come to that conclusion recently. About 5 minutes ago actually. Jumping into your thread of random comments with “shirt tucked into your underwear” yesterday kind of gave me reason to pause and ponder.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
You could have made a Kelvin joke.
But that’s just be cold.
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Bad grammar strikes again!
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It wasn't the grammar that was the problem there
it was the horrible pun spelling.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Horrible puns are the very pinnacle of human discourse.
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If by "pinnacle" you mean "nadir"
then you’re probably right.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
The only people that have 401k's that should be worried
are people that are 5 years away from retirement or less.
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I'd have to win three lotteries to be able to retire in five years,
so I’m not all that concerned.
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Same here unfortunately.
Thankfully my step-dad will be able to collect partial disability.
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My 401k lost $20,000. That kinda sucked. Nowhere near as bad as the $150,000 my old man lost though.
Fear the NPE
I think your 401k is bigger than mine.
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Looks like Lackey and his boys could take a few lessons
from Manny Being Manny. When asked about the Phillies, Manny said:
“They’re the best team out there,” Ramirez said of the Phillies. "These guys are great. We don’t think we are better than them, but the key in the playoffs is to get in and anything can happen.
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I wonder if that's a response.
Manny’s a fucking genius like that.
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I'm being entirely serious
when I say that Manny Ramirez is probably one of my three or four favorite ballplayers. I know it’s all cool to hate on Manny because he’s ‘weird’, but damn that guy’s fun to watch.
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DAMMIT
I have lived my entire life hoping for the approval ot Tim McCarver. Now you’re telling me I don’t have it. MY LIFE IS MEANINGLESS.
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Quick, say something inane! He will love you again.
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Clutch hitting is an important skill!
Productive outs are key to a team’s success!
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I have inside information that McCarver is actually angry
Because he had the winning bid on Manny’s grill only to find out it was a hoax.
I hate international weeks
No good E football on this weekend.
And no, the England team does not count as “good football”.
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I could've sworn there were matches this weekend.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Internationals Saturday and Wednesday
I hate internationals. Qualifiers are boring until the last one, and even then they’re only interesting when England gets knocked out by an injury-time equalizer or penalty shootout.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The world may, in fact, be ending
Chinese Democracy has an official release date.
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One of the songs is already in Rock Band 2.
It’s an inevitability.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
If it wasn't for the Best Buy connection I'd think the same way
but Best Buy doesn’t generally hype things that they won’t actually have to sell.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
GNR is a hollow shell of it's former self.
Until I hear a decent single I could care less.
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Oh, I agree completely
I have no desire to buy it, own it, or hear any of it – I’m just sad that one of the longest-running jokes in the music business now has an end date.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If anyone can revive the joke, it's Axl.
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He's kept the joke alive this long, what's a few more years?
I’m just sad that GnR is the one paying Tommy Stinson’s rent these days.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Shackler's Revenge (from the new album) is on Rock Band 2.
It eats an outrageous amount of cock.
Seriously Axl. Retire.
Fear the NPE
"It eats an outrageous amount of cock."
So… You’re saying you don’t like it then? ;)
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Watch your mouth, my friend.
Jeeves and Wooster were not gay—just a fop and his personal “gentleman’s gentleman,” I can’t think of anything more hetero.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked their early work, but that's just my opinion.
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Besides loathing Axl Rose the person
I just hate his singing voice
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
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Screw Scrappy's
Let’s buy the Dallas Cowboys’ end zone and reenact the Romo fumble over and over and over (yes I know that happened at Qwest and not Texas Stadium but STILL)
How does that appeal to the Mariners faithful?
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That's a price I'm willing to pay
to not have to deal with football.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You're mother just called me weeping.
You’re a horrible man.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Fuck this playlist
this stupid school is going to get the Rick Astley iPod experience.
"What is Love" by Haddaway is on this list.
I doubt anyone at this stupid dance would know why this song was ever famous.
Is this a special school for GenXers that failed to graduate?
What fucking high school aged kid wants to hear this music. They want to hear rap songs containing the word ’shawty."
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This is what happens
when you have a music committee consisting entirely of teachers age 35 or older.
This is a wise request.
You would be considered a hero if you slipped on a clean Ludacris song, or something.
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I've heard "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison probably 300 times in my life
but it still hasn’t lost the magic that wowed me when I first listened to it.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 1:36 PM PDT reply actions
Stop and Stare - OneRepublic holds the same kind of appeal to me
but I probably have not heard it 300 times since the album was only released last year
I have often thought of putting together a mixtape/disc of songs like this
it would have these songs on it (plus a bunch more, these are the ones that I can think of in a minute or less)
Thousands Are Sailing – The Pogues
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young – the New Bomb Turks
Gone To The Moon – Fastbacks
A New England – Billy Bragg
Kate – Ben Folds Five
Welcome To The Working Week – Elvis Costello
English Rose – The Jam
One Step Beyond – Madness
I Fought The Law – Clash
and oh, so many more. This is why I love music.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Another great song.
Man, I’d love to see Peter Gabriel in concert. I loved his album “Up”.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
As an old punk rocker I got tons of shit for this
But he is my all time favorite songwriter. He is amazing live. I love spinning old Genesis from when he was still in the band.
is it wrong that another song that hasn't lost its magic to me
is “California Uber Alles”?
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
No, not at all.
Along the Way is as awesome to me as it was when I first heard it in elementary school.
Everybody needs tea.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm up to my eyeballs in tags that other people have written about me
notice how I didn’t make up any new tags today?
This week has been a clusterfuck at work with people out sick and equipment going down.
But I’ve still managed to throw some comments up occasionally.
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There were about five more than I didn't post
and that’s not including any tag using ‘sb’ instead of seattlebruin =)
Waiting for the stock market to land on my head.
Between the GeoEye thingy mentioned above, and the SuperDuper Collider spinning up a monster black hole, I’m pretty sure we’re all done for. If they don’t get us I’m sure CNN ticker tape will come up with a couple of new things by close of business Friday.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
I never could get all the gifs to load.
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It didn't mess up my computer here at work, they just wouldn't all load.
I might check it out when I get home.
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Everyone's comments make it sound like the Post of the Apocolypse.
Or something less awful, but still bad. Why it didn’t nuke my computer, I do not understand.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
ESPN comments are great
RE: Adam Jones incident
Send him out to pasture. How hard is it to stay out of trouble? Pretty sad that they will let anyone in the NFL just as long as you can run with the ball. But, lets not just target the NFL. You have college too, where players get the Easy ticket. Is this the direction America is heading? Reward the idiocy? No wonder most of the struggling youth go to athletics. Who wants to study and work hard all their life?
Yup, that’s what we do in America. The ones that don’t want to work hard all become football players and instant millionaires!
If I think about this too much my temper will probably flare.
My thought process takes me down the path of NCAA athletics, crooked boosters and alumni associations, culpability of the system.
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I love it when you get exactly what you were craving for lunch.
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Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
No… I was craving a cheap cheeseburger, so I ran up to Jack in the Crack and got one. Hit the spot, especially after yesertday’s lunch debacle.
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So lets see...
If you’re a solicitor coming into a building with a large “NO SOLICITATION” sign on it, do you also park in a parking spot marked “RESERVED, VIOLATORS WILL BE TOWED AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE”?
Morons.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been inundated with douchebag copier salesmen for the last two months, even though we have a nosolicitation sign.
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He walked in my office and I said:
“I’m sorry, we don’t accept solicitation in this building. I really don’t have time to discuss it with you because I have to go meet the tow truck picking up the white VW parked in my reserved parking spot.”
He said sorry and left rather quickly.
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I almost got into a fight with solicitor in my office about three weeks ago,
the fucker just wouldn’t leave.
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So as a sales rep we are taught to ignore no solicitor signs.
The trick is that if you do not ask for a sale you are in fact not breaking the rule.
All I ever do is ask for the name of the person to meet with and then I leave. I then call or email to set up a meeting.
I have been treated like an ass many times but I just smile and walk away.
I don't mind that so much,
but when you’re walking in trying to sell “art” and crap like that, it pisses me off. Especially when I see you pull in the lot and park in a reserved parking spot (when 35 other spots are open).
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This brings up a question.
I’m wondering how to stop political canvassers from coming to my door. We’ve got a NO SOLICITING sign but any random charity/politico/whatever always gives me the “I’m not selling anything” line. I’m not rude to them, I just want to stop them from knocking. So far my options seem to be signs that read either:
IF I DO NOT KNOW YOU PLEASE DO NOT KNOCK ON MY DOOR
or
NO SOLICITING, CANVASSING, OR CHARITY/SALES VISITORS
or
I AM AN APOSTATE AND A COMMUNIST AND THUS DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR RELIGION OR POLITICAL CANDIDATE
any better ideas?
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
But then that doesn't stop the charities
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
"I OWN AN ANGRY PIT BULL AND A SHOTGUN, KNOCK AT YOUR OWN PERIL"
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way too redneck.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the sign I saw recently
that read, “Beware: Dog is sarcastic.”
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Then people will expect Brian Griffin
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
"OWNER BITES, HAS RABIES"
Then maybe you’ll attract some girls too who think you have babies
Which would thrill my wife to no end, I'm sure
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It's an Off-Topic LL thread.
What do you expect?
I'd go with uncreative rather than terrible
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Which for the 99.9999999999999999998 of the world's population that doesn't read LL
would just be an oddity that wouldn’t stop them from knocking at the door.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
yeeeeeeeeeeeeah no
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
My front door is not a repository for internet memes
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Angry proctologist?
He reminds me of a slightly less walleyed Jack Elam.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
"Are you ready for your examination?"
Or cross examination. Either option probably isn’t very nice.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
As the creator of the JeffClown
Is is “JeffClown”
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a decent idea
especially if combined with the phone number of the Jehovah’s Witness hall down the road as the number to call for said appointment.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
So is getting the Elite XBox worth the cost over the Pro?
I can’t find any decent word on whether the Pro offers the HDMI hookup. Some say yes, some say no.
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If I'm correct, the new Pros do have the HDMI hookup.
I know my launch-era Pro didn’t.
The new ones do
mine does and I got it over a year ago. Don’t bother with the Elite (well unless you plan on Netflix-ing the hell out of it, not sure how that works though), because even the 20 GB is hard to fill.
Netflix is streaming, so I'll go with no, I'll never use it.
I think I’m going to go ask the Gamestop assholes before I buy it for cheaper online.
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Unless you Rock Band.
Those songs are 20-50 MB per song to download.
I’m already regretting having a 20 GB Xbox….
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That much?
Really?
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You can do it, you just can't store Xbox Marketplace stuff on that harddrive.
They’ve made it impossible to not buy their harddrive.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I only have an Elite
because the HDMI port didn’t exist on the pro models when I decided to finally plunge into the HD market.
Everyone I know has said not to bother with the Elite, unless you plan on storing every movie trailer ever made.
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You need a pretty big TV for HDMI to be noticeable though, right?
I read that it’s probably not worth bothering with if your TV is smaller than 50 inches. Or something like that.
I have my cable on HDMI and it looks the same as a component on my 42-inch LCD.
It's not the size of your set
it’s the distance from the set to the box. If it’s less than about 3 feet or so, you won’t notice a difference, but if it’s a longer distance HDMI is definitely the way to go as the signal doesn’t degrade.
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by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
This isn't quite the case.
Signal degradation is the cause of that. If you get a crappy HDMI cable, after 6’ you see the same problems as mid-quality component. If you get a 10.2gbps speed rated HDMI cable, you can run it about 12 feet w/o issue.
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Unlike audio cables
you should give a rat’s ass about your HDMI cables.
This is mostly correct.
If you’re running 7.1 or higher you want to go optical (or HDMI 1.3b ideally) over digital coax. But other than that you’re in the clear.
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Not really.
I’ve got a 22" flatpanel monitor that runs at 1080p and the difference between that and the regular 420p signal is astonishing.
You can tell 420p-720p at 19".
You can tell 720p-1080i @ ~36".
You can tell 1080i-1080p @ ~42".
According to all the manufacturers guidelines. I can see it a little smaller, but I have really good eyes.
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I must be obsessive compulsive
because I can spot differences between 1080i and 1080p on a 22" screen.
Either that or you're seeing shit.
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Also, if you're talking about just your screen,
it will fill in the lines from the 1080i source, and cause it to look different. I was talking about two TVs of the same size, but different resolutions.
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Ah.
Whatever. I tend to obsess about stuff like this.
You should hear the rants I go on about 128k MP3s vs CD quality recordings.
That's why most of my collection is in original master format.
At least the music I get for myself.
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There as huge difference between 420 and 720
at 15". It’s the difference between black and white and color
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
480i-720p is a huge difference.
480p-720p is harder to tell. I agree with you in spirit, though. Most people can tell something’s different at that point, but can’t point out what. But that’s the company line, and it’s for the most part correct.
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The big difference is that 4xx is SD
and 720 is HD. HD is roughly a million times more vibrant than anything broadcast in SD.
I can only think of a few examples of momentarily being fooled into thinking that SD was HD and that was from sources filmed in HD, transfered to a SD DVD, and then played on an HD/BluRay player.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
480p may technically be SD
But it’s much harder to tell from ED (720p). If you’re just watching tv, that’s going to be 480i. If you put on a movie in a older DVD player (progressive scan, non-upconverting), you’ll be able to tell the difference easily from the TV signal (480i-480p). If you find a ED source (Digital “HD” channels like ABC run in 720p) and compare it to the 480p movie, you won’t see much difference.
And anything you stick into a BluRay will upconvert to at least 1080i. That’s the “HD” you’re seeing.
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Sorry, I misspoke.
You are right about the SD/HD divide, sort of. But my overall point remains the same.
SD = 480i
ED = 480p or 576p
“HD” = 720p or 1080i
“Full HD” = 1080p+
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Eh
There’s not a whole hell of a lot of difference after you get past 720, it mostly depends on the source.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd disagree.
I sell HDTVs as part of my job, and after looking at different ones side by side for a while, you begin to get a real sense of what is different; when they all come from the same source, how much better 1080p looks. A good part of that isn’t even the resolution, it’s the processing involved on the newer models that really stands out.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm speaking more to the difference between 1080i and 1080p from last model year to this model year.
The models that are 1080p 120hz don’t even have the correct sources yet, so there’s not much of a way to tell the difference between that and 1080p 60hz (regular 1080p) no matter what.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I should amend this
you’re right, I was talking about broadcast tv, typically and Blu-ray or an HDDVD will dwarf anything broadcast on television.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
As will a standard DVD, which will be in 480p as opposed to 480i. See below.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It depends on the source again
many older dvds will look very pixelated, the new ones look much better but don’t even compare to a 720 source. I can’t pop my House dvd into the HDDVD or the Blu-ray player and get anything close to the picture FOX (720) offers.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think I understand this post.
You’re telling me your BluRay doesn’t look as good as the HD broadcast of Fox? That says you have a slow HDMI cable, have a setting turned down to 720p somewhere, are using component cables or a DVI connector for your BluRay player, or have a TV that is not 1080p.
I’m not sure about your area, but in most places Fox is one of the few stations running in 1080i. That’s irrelevant to the discussion, though.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Fox runs in 720 here
CBS/NBC/PBS run in 1080, ABC/ESPN run in 720
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Same in Seattle
CBS runs 1080i, FOX is 720p. For football, I actually prefer the latter.
Older DVD's will look pixelated, yes.
They were probably encoded in 480i. The best way to tell for a full-length movie is to stick it into a computer and see how big the DVD is. If its somewhere around 4.6GB, it’s probably going to be in 480i. If it’s ~8GB, it’s probably in 480p.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I just wanna add
that fuck FOX because their football picture quality is terrible, they do better for baseball… but still I hope that every game I want to watch ends up on CBS or NBC.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Their picture is terrible for sports because all the movement doesn't work well with interlacing.
If you have a digital cable box and can ratchet it down to 720p there’s a good chance it’ll look better.
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It looks fine for baseball
other than it’s in 720.
And I’m not just talking movement either, even still shots are somewhat blurry compared to the other networks.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, some stations will do that. It's usually the cable system trying to fit too much in one pipe.
Odd thing about your setup with the HD channels, though. It’s swapped almost completely from the east coast and the south.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I was under the impression that FOX and ABC broadcasted in 720 in every market.
perhaps this has changed in some areas.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Depending on the feed source you get, they broadcast in both.
The cable provided picks and chooses which feedset they get.
Except for ABC, which doesn’t have a 1080i feed.
This is a continuing discussion @ AVSforum, and is the source of all my info on which channels broadcast what.
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Hmm
The last time I looked this up ( a year or so ago I read that Fox didn’t broadcast in 1080)
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, you might be right.
I’m about to leave for home and can’t look it up, but I swore I saw press releases about it.
Really, it doesn’t matter much to me because running it in 720p mode looks better most of the time anyway, even on a 1080i set. So it’s quite possible that I misread something.
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I just like to clear these things up because there is so much confusion about HDtv
most people thing that ALL over the air signals are going away permanently, not just the analog ones.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Also,
(to anyone that might be reading this), there will still be SD signals digitally broadcast as well as HD. This means no one needs to get a HDTV, as long as you get the digital converter.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
SD is a lot cheaper.
As in free, if you shop around for a cheap digital converter and use your old tv.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I wholeheartedly disagree
Even at 40" 720 and 1080 are difficult to tell apart if you’re not “looking for it”, but 480, even 480 broadcast over an HD feed is easily spotted.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You have to consider the TVs involved.
If you have a 720p TV, and run 480i (this is all the NTSC analog TV channels coming straight from the coax), it’ll look like the crap it is.
If you run a 480p DVD (normal DVD, progressive scan player), it would be much harder to tell from a 720p source.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
720 from the coax looks nothing like 480
So I’m having a hard time seeing how someone could be fooled because anything that’s HD that’d broadcast in 720 is much much more vibrant. I must be misunderstanding.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you're failing to take into account the source.
480p is 2x the resolution as 480i. This is why standard DVDs look so much better than analog TV broadcast.
720p is only 1.5x the resolution of 480p. This is why it is harder to tell a standard DVD from the digital HD channels broadcast in 720p.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I agree
but to me the difference between the dvd and the 720 feed is obvious because the dvd is noticeably blurry.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd check if your DVD is progressive scan.
Older DVD players might not have that, and then output in 480i. Also see my comment above about older DVDs themselves.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Settle down you two....
:)
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
This is fun. I love trying to figure out stuff.
It’s a lot easier in person, though.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That's really odd then.
Is the TV a 50"+ 1080i/p? It could just be a size issue. Any small blurryness will be majorly distorted the larger the set.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's only for football
all the other programing looks fine. It’s a 40" 1080i tv
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
That's really odd.
Do all your standard DVD’s look like that on the PS3 and HDDVD, or just some? Maybe see what the resolution the players are outputting when they are playing a DVD? It’s possible they drop down to 480p when playing a DVD, and your TV doesn’t like it.
I’d take that question to AVSforum. They get a ton of that stuff there, and know alot more about troubleshooting than I do. I just work with the working stuff at my job, I never end up troubleshooting.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I can't believe I used 420. It's 480. Duh me.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's not the connection, it's the resolution.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yes, in that case you would be talking about around a 42" TV.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So a Farmer's Insurance agent just swung by the house.
She wanted me to sign off on everything associated with a recent car wreck. Covering all hospital visits, car damage plus our deductible, and a $1000 bucks on top to sweeten the pot. I didn’t sign, told her I’d get back to her in a week. I feel like I’m missing something and it’s going to bite me in the ass.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
If it's a beaver, make sure to get that thing away from you as quickly as possible
they have giant teeth and I’m guessing it would hurt
Take your time before you sign anything.
If they’re trying to rush you, there’s probably a reason for it. I just got settling on my insurance claim, and I put him off for a week so I could mull it over before I signed.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
My instincts took me this direction.
Right decision I think. I’m such a good ol’ boy about stuff. Rub some dirt on it!!
I have to remind myself that because other people are nice and polite doesn’t mean they have my best interests at heart. Business sucks.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
Sometimes it does.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
Stupid South American jungle rats, they give me the creeps.
They are like little mini rat-cows. Or giant rat-mini cow. Only thing they don’t have are six asses.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
Heh. Long as he doesn't gnaw the leg off my barstool, I'll risk playing dead.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
stupid reply fail
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
Could come in handy. Are you in need of a dam?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
This is the most awesome story of the day
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I just finished this one.
I wish this would happen to me.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Kevin wins.
I’d rather get free wine than watch a rodent kill a snake.
It's almost beer time.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
If I were still 24 I would probably take this challenge
but at 39, I know my limitations.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
But, under our revised timeline, time started in 1984
which makes you 24 this year. Please commence.
If time started in 1984 and I'm still 39 then a day is much longer than 24 hours, right?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm bad at math
so if I go home and drink four beers, that should work out to about 200 if you use my math.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
then nobody will know that 200 != 4
I’m in the clear.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It's almost Jubelale time
sorry. Had to do it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I already saw your status and was not pleased with you.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't help it if that's all that's in the fridge
I’m going to the store tonight and I am forcing myself to buy non-Jubelale, because the mrs. comes back next week and she’s all about the Jubel so I’ll get my fill then.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I had my first Jubelale of the season last Saturday.
God I love that beer.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 9, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at the Deschutes brewpub in the Pearl on Monday
and apparently they had just had a keg of Jubel on nitro, which would have been really good. But he did say that at some point they will have Double Jubel on tap (they’re not bottling it apparently), he didn’t know exactly what it was but it sounds like a longer-aged, darker Jubel. Should be interesting.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Jubelale is one of the last beverages I remember ordering with any clarity on Saturday
after a while people just kept handing me beverages.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I found my tab to be shockingly low
As I know I was buying rounds of 3-4 drinks at a time. I’m sure I was placing said drinks in front of you.
I'm pretty sure I saw Eric buy me at least two rounds
but beyond that I have no idea where they all came from. I know I owe some people some drinks though.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAA!!
I just got this email at work:
“I will fax the water bill to you for account ******* in the amount of $456.68. Please mail the check ASAP as the water was shut off and the former tenant took a dump in the toilet (real classy). Anyhow I need the water turned on. I am doing the security deposit refund paperowrk and will have it to you today. Pay the bill out of the refundable deposit for the former tenants. The house smells very bad.”
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
You should tell him to just take a hose and fill up the toilet's tank to flush it.
It’ll work as a stopgap.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That's what I told her (or a big bucket of water).
I used to do that at construction sites where the water wasn’t on yet back when I did insurance work.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
Good man.
This person cleans out apartments and he doesn’t know how a toilet flushes?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
She, I mean.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's the property manager for this house, not a maintenance person.
They’re not the sharpest tools in the shed.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
Anyone catch the new South Park last night?
I thought it was sub-par to be honest.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I didn't make it a point to watch it, it just happened to be on when I got home from dinner.
If they’re all like that, I’m pretty much done with SP.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I'm not sure what you mean,
but they just weren’t nearly as creative on tackling current issues as they used to be.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
It wasn't recycled, it was like they picked up all the bad jokes off the cutting room floor and made them into an episode.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
I've only seen a few minutes of a few eps in the last three or four seasons
and this is why. It’s becoming shrill, like it’s got one joke and has to shout that joke really loud so that the person in the back of the room, who is probably the last one to hear it, hears it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The Indy plot was hilarious
the Cartman plot was stale.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought Indy was a bit over the top (even for SP),
and the Cartman bit was so horrible I think it gave me cancer.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
All the movie parodies were hilarious
that plot was well done.
The Chinese plot grew old about 30 seconds after Butters put on his false teeth.
9=8
by JI on Oct 9, 2008 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The basic movie parodies were funny,
I just couldn’t handle “rape” scene after “rape” seen. It got pretty old pretty quick.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
Trouble at the bus stop!!!
The cops just met a Metro bus down the street from my work. Someone is in handcuffs.
I'm back to liking midgets too much (Scrappy's comes first, don't worry).
You let her win.
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I WAS GOING TO POST HOW EXCITED I WAS AND YOU TOOK IT FROM ME
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. I just shoplifted his entire foreign section while you both were playing.
Now what the fuck am I going to do with all of these gibberish DVDs??
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Especially since now I have no reason to keep playing and am once again at a loss for games to play.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
So if anyone is left
I have a fascinating debacle. Upon searching facebook for the girl who sits next to me in my stats class I found the following wall-to-wall exchange
These girls are clearly referring to myself. Are they ask-outable based on nothing but the following piece of information?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
I wouldn't ask them both out.
And they’re clearly not too smart.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm thinking about the one that says I'm really smart
she’s the one that sits next to me and she gets far better grades then I do
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
They're both dumb enough to have this conversation through wallposts, though.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point
But I’m not either of their facebook friends so it’s defensible.
I’m tempted to add one of them just to see the hasty deletion
Alternatively since she apparently reads what I write in my margins in my notebook I can bust her that way
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
In that case I'd say sure, go for it.
Signed, LL’s resident girl advice giver.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Believe it or not I trust your advice more than most
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
Well, they're talking about you on a wall and she admits to reading your notebook.
She either wants to steal all your homework and your answers for tests, or she’s interested.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Why can't girls be more complicated?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
This is Corco though.
Corco, I say go for it. If you don’t see her eating styrofoam out of her purse or howling at cats walking by, I’d give her a call if I were you.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
In seriousness,
As a lifelong punk rock dork, it took me many years to shed my shy side and actually behave as though I had confidence. Slowly thereafter, I actually DID gain confideli spoke with were struggling with the same social issuse that I was (hence shitty cliques to make them feel better about themselves). The longer time went on, I found the idea of rejection actually hilarious, or at most, not worth my time. What’s the use in worrying about whether she says “yes, I’d love to go for a drink,” or no? Why be humiliated by the negative? If she’s not interested, fuck it. Move on. We’re a culture of movers and obtainers. She says no and still sits next to you in whatever class? Fine. Lean over to her one day and say, "it’s a shame you didn’t come with me the other night. I had the best dinner in a while, and there was a crowd at the [insert concert/other event here] that would have had us both entertained all night. After that, ask her to just hang out as friends in a social environment.
Needless to say, just before I met my wife, I realized that being shy, insecure, and scared to take risks really disabled my social life. I now am a different person.
Tom is my lone friend on Myspace.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
by kevin_ess on Oct 9, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Holy fuck. I have no idea what happened with the English in this post.
Anyway, you get the idea.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
Go for broke. You have nothing to lose.
Except for maybe a dumbass girl to pine over. in which case you move on. Win/win.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
This is the problem with a small college
It’s like a big high school
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
My high school
is bigger than my college by about 300 students.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
That's silly bullshit. If they're that way, they don't deserve any further attention.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
No I really don't give a shit
She’s cute but I hadn’t really thought about her seriously as anybody to ask out until reading that
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Seconding the 'nothing to lose' notion
If she goes out with you, cool; if not, do what kevin_ess says. Either way you win.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 9, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
If she's cute then do it.
Disregard my comment below, I hadn’t read the whole subthread. Whoops.
But if you’re into her, go for it.
This is an amazingly well put together piece of advice.
Where were you when I was 15?
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
You're you.
Seriously though…eh, give it a shot. As far as I’m aware, every single healthy relationship has been based on a solid foundation of facebook stalking.
by Liebkartoffel on Oct 9, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I read this as pain and realized it's because that's what you'll be in.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
After reading the above post again, I believe pain is a better word.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I also mentioned that I regularly stalk Robert.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Do his pajamas really have furry little kitties on them?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms.
I don't see why anyone would think you have pajamas that are not sports related.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 9, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
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