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OTFP: 11/6/08 The Holiday Season has arrived!

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Every year between Halloween and New Year's, I want to crawl under a rock and hide.  Between the long dark days, the seemingly endless west side rain, trees laid bare, family commitments nipping at my heels, finding that perfect gift-  there are days you just want to buy a ticket to Someplace Else, my favorite destination.   So on that cheerful note, have at it!

The news is nothing but NFL roster shuffling,  and political post orgasmic wanking.  So my usual plan of lame links is even more lame.

When animals attack!  Some people handle weird situations better than others, but how did you get there in the first place?  Best reason not to be a jogger I've heard yet.

You can make this stuff up, but when people do it for real it's so much funnier. 

Didn't Gonzo shoot chickens out of a cannon?  Anybody think his chicken fetish was kinda strange?

Soup kitchen is open!  Let the Second Great Depression begin!

Also:  8:20, 8:55, 9:50.

 

 

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Thank you

You are so kind. It was a weird birthday, it started out at 8 am in a Japanese hospital. But ended great with awesome packages from home!

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Long story,

I got undercut in a game last week, landed hard on the floor. Hurt my knee, had to get MRI’s and all that jazz. Had to go back this morning to get a shot into the joint fluid. I guess the shot was nutrients and stuff, but I am not sure. Kinda lost in translation. Then the doctor told me I need surgery, but luckily it can wait til the end of the season.

Actually, funny thing. I got hurt last weekend in the first half, and I wasn’t sure I could play in the second. I was sitting on the bench, and the thing I kept thinking about was Jeff’s post about how pitching through pain in stupid and hurts the team. Anyway, I went back in and played more, but didn’t do much except provide a decoy haha. I can put on a mean decoy act.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So you're saying you didn't hurt the team by playing through pain?

And it’s always fun to have doctors sticking needles in you while you’re not sure exactly what it is they’re giving you.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 7:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, no joke.

Thank God for social medicine too. They told me I can get the surgery in Japan before I leave if I want, I was like, how much will it cost? They said just the copay, so maybe a hundred bucks. Hell yes. Especially considering I don’t have health insurance in the USA!!!

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe I need to go play sports in Japan.

I’m already at the point of having the $5k tax write-off in medical expenses this year. Surgery is spendy—and of course they don’t tell you just how much until it’s too late.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 7:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

I had no idea medical bills were tax-deductible. And 5K is crazy. I love social medicine. Especially since I don’t pay any taxes over here, instead I just reap the benefits! Honestly I’m just waiting for the moment when people realize how stupid this job is and take it away. It’s not like real life.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The PNW is my Someplace Else.

I miss the grey skies all the time, and the rain. Rain on the east coast sucks, and it’s either too hot or too cold.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 5:08 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I don't begrudge that point. It's definetly not a place for everyone.

All my favorite memories involve grey winters and camping or biking or going to the coast when a storm is rolling in.

The best part of winter are the stretches where the sky and rain mute all the colors and make everything look like just another shade of grey. It’s as if the world goes monochromatic for a week, not always making the world darker, but more muted and quiet. Motion seems to blur a little, like looking at an endless series of pictures taken in low light. But every once in a while something will break out, and look so sharp and vibrantly colored that you can’t take your eyes off it until it retreats back into the neutral ash that frames it.

Damn, I wish I was home.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 5:34 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

May I steal your words to try to explain this to others?

Because I can never convey my love for the winter NW adequately.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 6, 2008 6:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely. Steal away.

I wrote something close to that when I was tasked to describe my favorite place and time for a writing class. It’s the one piece of my writing that I can actually stand to read afterward, and the words I come back to when I get homesick.

I’ll post it here in entirety at some point (when I’m not going completely off of memory), and Graham will delete it after everyone tells me that I suck.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm my harshest critic, so it's possible you're right.

And I don’t share much writing with people because I never like any of it after I get done with it, so it’ll probably never end up here anyways.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I consciously picked apart my last post after I hit enter.

I found 2 things to be horribly wrong, and thought of a couple ways I could have phrased it better.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't take it that far...

I don’t mind what I post here because they’re usually short and insignificant.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm happy in my own little world of doubt.

It’s easier to reject myself because I’m so used to it. Other people’s rejection is a different beast altogether.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a feature, not a bug.

The act of writing makes me happy. I don’t feel the need to share 99.99% of it with other people because if I don’t like what they have to say about it my happiness decreases. This would negate some of the happiness I had gained from writing, which makes me slightly less likely to write in the future, and thus get less happiness from writing due to the drop in quantity.

This is also why I don’t like most of my writing. It makes it easier for me to write for others when I have to because my expectations are so low.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was speaking more in general terms.

If you’ve found what makes you happy then that’s great, don’t listen to me or anyone else!

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You don't know me!

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well that picture busted out.

There was a Jerry springer pic in there, I swear.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just rode to work in sloppy wet rain for the first time this season

and my love for the NW fall is thus severely compromised this morning.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

We always headed straight for the coast if we heard there was a storm coming in. It’s something not to be missed.

by coolguyrob on Nov 6, 2008 7:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I never appreciated the PNW until living in other regions, I used to think the whole world looked like this.

When the days get short it seems like it happens overnight, kicks my ass for awhile. The winters I’ve spent working in the GOM were pretty nice though. Everyday is like a vacation, lots of sunshine plenty of exercise. The Palouse area is one of my personal favorites. More scenic than Yakima Valley, still with some sunshine, more snow than Seattle. Ski season is upon us! is a nicer ot title, next time.

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 5:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap Warren Sapp was on Dancing With the Stars, sweet jesus marumba!

I’m so bored, and this is the best I can do dorking around on the internet? DWTS? Really? I fail at the internet.

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 6:11 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

DWTS = ?

Dats What Tom Said?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 6:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Umm... NM

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 6:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does that mean you're buying it?

I’m on the fence. I probably will, but maybe not right away

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 6, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You have it planned out that far ahead?

That’s dedication.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah it'll probably change though.

If I choose the free surgery it will definitely change.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 7:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does the free surgery have potassium benzoate?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I worked it out the other day:

Since I’m going to be in Cancun the week before Thanksgiving, and I’m taking Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving, I’m only going to be in the office for 4 days between the 15th and 30th of November.

Woo!

by Phildopip on Nov 6, 2008 7:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Check that.

It’s actually only 3 days.

by Phildopip on Nov 6, 2008 7:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I leave the 13th for Tunica, MS come home the next Tue, and leave the next day for LV until Dec 9th.

I’ll be in the office for all of 2 hours while I go to a meeting about LV on Wed morning.

Although I think I’d rather be in the office.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 7:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And NOLA, I realize why I like Biloxi now.

I’ve been to Tunica.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It has to be hosted on another website, like photobucket.

Then you get the link to that photo from there and put that into the photo button here.

Then you put “width=250” in between the .jpg and the /> at the end.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Preview is your friend.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In other words, none?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No I have a sweet photo, but I don't know how to post it.

And by sweet I mean awesome yet thoroughly disgusting

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow. She looks squished.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Vacation sounds nice.

My team goes to Okinawa twice this year….Maybe not quite like vacation though haha.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Vacation?

I thought Paul was going to Cancun for work…

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm being facetious.

He probably is.

I, however, am not. I have lots of work to do in both places.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Here I am at work, and I've just noticed that my new pants have a giant hole in the crotch.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:08 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ventilation.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Apparently. The draft was what tipped me off.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Should be a fun day.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Have a good stapler?

Remember to take the pants off first.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now you tell me. Off to the ER!

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to distract people from the hole by saying things like, "hey honey, is it hot in here, or do we just need to be naked?"

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

By the way, explaining the hole in my pants should have my dear royalcurve here within minutes.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Come pick up your clothing from my house.

(That ought to get people at LL talking)

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Take a number.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't that the point?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a long line.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not gonna lie,

I never expected to learn gangbang theory on LL.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You learn something everyday.

Today I learned about gangbangs.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take

“things I never want to hear from my kid” for $500, Alex.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

More interesting than the Big Bang Thoery.

Although I’m sure that has been alluded to in porn before.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

However, it looks dashing on me today, what with the hole in my pants.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Which of course means it's going to smell like Axe and remorse when you get it back.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Pat Gillick interested in Toronto GM job.

Evidence here.

Also, by Toronto, I should note, I mean Maple Leafs.

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Nov 6, 2008 8:10 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Netflix Queue question:

What TV series should I acquire next:
Animaniacs
Pinky and the Brain
Aeon Flux
In Living Color
Greg the Bunny
The Tick (Live or Animated)
Futurama

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:17 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

If I were to rank them

Greg The Bunny
Futurama
Pinky And The Brain
In Living Color
The Tick (live)
Animaniacs
Aeon Flux

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My order

Futurama
Animaniacs
In Living Color
The Tick
Pinky and the Brain
Aeon Flux
Greg the Bunny

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not a big fan of anything Seth Green does.

Except for portraying Joker on Mass Effect.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

two ships, passing in the night

throwing mail at each other.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Careful, nemesis. That's my girl-pal.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's my nemesis. I have to give him shit.

And by shit, I mean in a flaming bag on his doorstep.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Put the sake down, sir.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't touch my mustache!

My version of ’you’re welcome’.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't have one.

But am considering getting an ugly porn mustache for one game. Just for the hell of it.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of which

the Yankees didn’t pick up Giambi’s option, making him a free agent.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Where's that link to the pornstache team?

Dammit, someone else has to have that.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If the Mariners even THINK about it, I'll be pissed.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What's the show where there's a rabbit played by Bobcat?

Because this should be on my list somewhere as well.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unhappily Ever After.

Married…With Children with a puppet and bigger boobs.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's it.

I have a collection of almost everything else Bobcat’s done, so I figured I should finish the set once I got Netflix.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm surprised with the low ranking of Aeon Flux.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not particularly keen on anime series

so they’ll always rank low on my list. Doesn’t mean it’s not good, just a very low priority for me.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like Futurama, Pinky and the Brain, then In Living Color it is.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Go with Animaniacs over Pinky and the Brain

Though Pinky and the Brain is amazing, Animaniacs is that much better.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going by a mashup of the responses.

And since 2r2l only put one thing on his list, that’s a #1 ranking I have to take into consideration. Not that it’ll take long to go through them all.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Little known facts

Maurice LaMarche (voice of Brain) was also the voice of

Inspector Gadget
Kiff Kroker and Morbo (Futurama)
Verminus Scumm (Captain Planet)
Dizzy Devil (Tiny Toon Adventures)
Egon Spengler (The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters)

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In Living Color aged really, really poorly.

Futurama is the best series, followed by Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. Didn’t much care for Aeon Flux myself.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I really want ILC for mainly Homie the Clown and Fire Marshall Bob.

I’m not even touching the later seasons.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn. I fail.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I still find Homie to be hilarious, but the rest of the show is so very early '90s.

I know it was funny at the time, but it just doesn’t do it for me anymore.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 6, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How very bizarre.

I used Acronis True Image to make a base image of these T400 laptops I just got. Just did a restore off of it and the only thing that was broken was the video drivers.

I’ve had all sorts of other things pop up with images of identical machines, but normally it’s related to the proprietary software we use at the office and not system drivers.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Did you try turning the computer off?

That’s what I normally do to fix broken computers.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I carry this around the office with me.


It keeps people from asking stupid questions.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm 6'10" and while

you think that would be a natural deterrent, most of the questions I get are stupid.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

so, really

how IS the weather up there?

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 8:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm 6'4" and 300lbs. (Only mostly fat, some muscle)

When I get into disputes, I usually get deferred to.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Do we need to step outside, tiny?

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've seen your picture, which makes this funnier.

You look about 5’10" ish?

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

6'1" and 160. I'm not a big man.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, taller than 5'10".

Now you only get a banjo.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is a scary comment.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite comment on this movie ever.

Burt Reynolds said they programmed the movie so much on cable, most people think it’s a movie about 4 guys on a nice rafting trip, (after all the editing).

by dpseadv on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok you get size

but kevin_ess gets one acoustic guitar he’s allowed to smash against your head. To even things up you see.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Meh. Acoustics are ok.

Just none of those stupid mahogany electrics.

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

by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm switching to an electric, you bastard.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kevin is a gentle lamb. Tall and skinny and gentle.

But he has the crazy eyes. You know, the ones where if you fuck with someone he loves, or even a little old lady trying to cross the street he’d probably get all Tasmanian Devil.

by royalcurve on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is correct.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I read this as 6'10" and white.

And I figured that would lead to stupid questions based on your location.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think I remember seeing a 6'10"andwhite@yahoo.com on "To Catch a Predator."

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know, I was going to make a joke here,

but I think I would live to regret that decision.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was.

But I don’t have morning practice tomorrow. And it’s my birthday…in America. So I’m staying up unreasonably late.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

seconded. Facebook told me.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Shift fail.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok now I'm off to bed for real.

Once 2 hit I started fading fast.

by brayden04 on Nov 6, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Word, dude. G'night.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

brb dessert

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Over my head. Huh?

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Butthol thankfully predates me.

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

butthol

Although I should have replied to Brayden instead.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You can tell it's sarcasm from the big laugh!

That’s so funny!

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hm...

Excuse me. I need to purchase a hammer.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No, I roof test broken computers.

That is, I go up to the 4th story roof of the building and chuck gear into the parking lot.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 8:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say that's an odd thing.

Dropping back onto a T400, I assume?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Disk image or complete file tree backup?

I’d try doing another upload/download and see if it was an anomaly.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 8:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What does the Device Mgr say is there?

Basic VGA hardware?

Did you bring the comp back up after the imaging, and it was fine? Or did you drop it right back down onto it? Did you sysprep?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My head wants to explode for reading this conversation.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the bad sentence sturcture on my part.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like shiny things.

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

by pdb on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

*swallows fish hook*

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's an odd looking toothbrush.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't that a bathoom TP key?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did the sysprep yes.

Device manager is showing two unknown “Video Controller (VGA Compatible)”

I just find it odd that this is the only thing that’s not working right. The rest of the hardware is still associated with the correct drivers, it’s just the video that’s having issues.

It isn’t too much of a problem, I can simply redownload the drivers and reinstall them after restoring the image and still have saved a ton of time.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Were the driver files on the image?

Quick tip: when you do images, leave all the driver installs on it. It makes thigns much easier in the long run, especially looking at one a year down the road.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My advice is to kick it.

In the literal sense, and also the ebonics version.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah the driver files were on the image.

I just went through the device manager and manually tracked them down on the hard disk.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's even more odd. Try putting in the non-plugnplay checkbox on the sysprep.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be damned

God my boss is an idiot. He ordered three T400s but not all of them have the same GPU.

by BrianL on Nov 6, 2008 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's possible?

Same chipset, different GPU? That’s tough to do on a LT.

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What does Lawrence Taylor have to do with this?

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by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Get up to speed. The new LT is LaDanlian Tomlinson (sp?)

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not since Madden.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Smart as a fox.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I deserve that.

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

by kevin_ess on Nov 6, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I keep telling people I'm not smart, but nobody listens.

I’m just smart enough to get by.

Didn’t anyone read the xkcd I posted yesterday?

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by Faux on Nov 6, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs