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Nolamarinergirl1_tiny by NOLAmarinergirl on Comment 642 comments

Hey--it's two weeks until Christmas!  And I haven't bought a single present yet.  For some reason the Christmas joy is escaping me this year.  Anyone have any suggestions on how to make it actually feel as though Christmas is coming?

If anyone wants to pretend they have a Macy's discount from now until next Monday (20% off almost anything in the store) and can get to the Bellevue Macy's, let me know and I'll give you the sales pass.  It's "Friends and Family" time and I suppose y'all count as friends.  Family is pushing it.

Oh, and living in suburbia without a car is much more of a pain than I thought it would be...

Star-divide

I have an interview at UW at ten.  Wish me luck.

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Good luck!!!

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 7:34 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Shit, two weeks?

Ah hell. I haven’t bought a damn thing yet.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 7:37 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Me either.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 7:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Still the same here

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Same here..

Damn, I need to get started.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh come on. PDB and I were drinking, and I'm the first to wake up out of everyone here??

(Outside of NOLA, of course)

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 7:37 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

You're insane.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 7:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I got up at 6:30. I am not a morning person.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No headache here. Just remorse for not going to bed earlier.

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

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

Fortunately I don't have that

but I did have a moment of panic when I woke up and it was 7.50 because I’m usually at work by 7.30; took me a minute to remember that I’m not going to work today.

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

by pdb on Dec 10, 2008 8:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yeee-haw.

I’m leaving for the airport in about 20 minutes, and all I can think of is how nice sleeping on the plane will be. Too bad I have to change planes in Phoenix – that’s going to mess with my nap time.

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

by pdb on Dec 10, 2008 8:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now I have Public Enemy's "By the Time I Get to Arizona" stuck in my head.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 8:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe this will help.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 8:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You son of a bitch.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 8:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There are worse things.

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

by pdb on Dec 10, 2008 8:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dammit. I should have done that.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 8:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I ended up in bed at 3:30 last night

I wish I were better at falling asleep

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's going to keep you busy.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Won't be so bad if he goes for the 25 man instead of the 40

But he’ll still be busy for a while

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't bought much either.

And I have to ship for a week. Oh well Christmas is always late for me anyway.

by brayden04 on Dec 10, 2008 8:00 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I bought a lovely array of xmas gifts for the in-laws

but I have yet to find a boxing/shipping solution for said gifts. Feh.

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

by pdb on Dec 10, 2008 8:01 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah zoomzoomzoomzoom.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 8:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He looks like a goddamn elf

And I saw more than enough of him while employed with Mazda. I even have the whole Zoom Zoom song in mp3 format somewhere. It’s like 5 minutes long, and absolutely hilarious to listen to

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Please send this to me

I get this feeling my Mazda-driving house would enjoy this

by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll try and find it.

Been a long time. My favorite part is where it goes “Zoom Zoom Zoom” and then a crowd in the background cheers out “YAAAAAY” while this wacky drum fill is plugging away in the background

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 8:25 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

BOTD...

Today’s Bacon of the Day is special. It contains no actual bacon, but instead a blog called “Unicorn Bacon,” which gives us a view of the most fucked up musical I’ve witnessed in a while. Thanks Unicorn Bacon!
Link

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 8:33 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hmm...

Looks familiar…

Check out that M1, though!

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 10, 2008 11:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dammit.

This was the photo I was looking for.

I need more video, though…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 10, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck, I hate going back to work.

Someone cheer me up.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 8:54 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is not cheery enough.

I want to go back and sit for a day. At least today is all expense reports.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 8:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm having an enchilada right now.

The day is getting better.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It was.

The only problem was there was only one.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just one?

kevin has already been up for several hours, even at the time you had made that comment.

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is true.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah whatever

I only got 3 and a half hours of sleep last night, and I took down 3 people just on my way to work

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're very efficient. I'm a bit more chaotic and unorganized.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ruthlessly efficient

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Channel the chaos and you'll be a one man wrecking crew

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kick some ass on your interview.

As for Holiday spirit. It always hits me when my wife and I adorn our tree.

We have bought each other a special ornament each year and it is fun to dig out the memories.

Cheesy? You bet, but that is what does it for me.

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 9:06 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nice one!

I’m trying to make Christmas an event for our kids. Getting the tree, decorating it.

The hard part is the gifts, relatives want to make christmas a Thanksgiving to Dec 25 gift giving orgy, and I don’t care for that. For a couple of reasons I just want to limit it to Christmas morning, but I’m coming off as a scrooge somehow.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We do both Christmas Eve and Morning.

Go beyond that you and you are just celebrating Chanukah.

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 10:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wall-E came in the mail today.

I know what I’m doing tonight.

by royalcurve on Dec 10, 2008 9:21 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

WOO!

You won’t be disappointed. God, I love that movie.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's so great

I bought it on release day and have already watched it twice

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The only Pixar film I ever really enjoyed was Toy Story

and that’s only because it was the first animated film to do CGI really well. I much prefer hand-drawn animation.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Incredibles?

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Heathen

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It sounds like you have a bias against the movie as a whole because it is CGI

Instead of appreciating the movie itself

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And I mean all Pixar movies, not just Incredibles

Pixar tells great stories.

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My girlfriend is the same way.

It kills me.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Dec 10, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I generally prefer hand drawn animation

but everything about the Pixar films is done extremely well.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The writers Pixar employs are top-notch.

I just wish they worked for another studio that did hand-animated films. I feel that CGI really takes away from their efforts.

To me, hand animation tends to be more vibrant and timeless. I’m not even sure how to properly describe it, so I’ll use a still from a Miyazaki film.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 10:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And that's my problem.

Every time I watch a Pixar film I enjoy the story but the entire time I’m thinking “God damn, this would be three billion times more awesome if it was paired with Disney’s old animation studio or Don Bluth’s animation guys.”

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you are talking about Bolt, it was not.

But I believe the next feature will be.

by Matthew on Dec 10, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, the next feature will be as far as i know

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Frog Prince will be hand drawn.

And will feature Disney’s first Black Princess.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 10, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's what it was

I was trying to remember. Thanks

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm

A Jewish Princess maybe? (funny. . . she doesn’t look druish)

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by thewyrm on Dec 10, 2008 10:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm just not sure it would be.

All of their films are written with the idea of CGI animation in mind. They’re conceived specifically with that medium in mind. I don’t think Wallace and Gromit would be better if it was hand drawn because it came into the world of ideas as a stop-motion creation. Same deal with Pixar.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Very well put

This is kind of where I’m going with my thoughts, but you put them down better than I have

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And I do agree with you on that note

But I still don’t see why it should matter as far as the story is concerned. To me it’s the same as you watching a black and white movie (take your pick of any classic) and thinking it’s no good because it would be a million times better in color

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Metro.

Man, wouldn’t that flick be better with dialogue in Dolby 7.1?

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 10, 2008 11:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a place for CGI, though, and Pixar does it better than anyone.

I love hand drawn animation, don’t get me wrong. But just because I tend to prefer guitar based music doesn’t mean I don’t love Kraftwerk, too. It’s the same way with cinema; I’m not really interested in how you achieve the results you’re after, if you make an excellent film I’m going to love (or at least respect) it. Pixar has made excellent films more consistently than anyone in Hollywood these past 15 years or so, and I’m including people like Scorsese, Tarantino and Lynch in that statement. And I could understand disliking them if they had as their stated goal making hand drawn animation obsolete, but it’s quite the opposite; one of John Lasseter’s first moves as CEO at Disney was to fully reinvest in the hand drawn animation studio. They (or at least the people at the top) get it; if you’re better than anyone else at doing something (CGI in Pixar’s case, hand drawn in Disney’s) continue to do that.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is something that I'm never going to win

because I simply don’t find CGI to be visually pleasing. I acknowledge that Pixar does the CGI film as well as anyone in the industry, but it still doesn’t change the fact that I just don’t enjoy having a story presented to me in that manner.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 10:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's like my take on Willie Nelson.

Yeah, Willie Nelson is a fantastic country musician, but I still don’t like his stuff all that much because I’m not a country music fan.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You are typing my internal monologue

We will cure this Pixar hate. I’ll ramble and you will speak eloquently but our points will be the same

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And seriously everybody,

Use Netflix and watch The Pixar Story. Very good doc about the company and what they’re doing

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck Netflix. I just rented the Dark Knight last night from a fine local store...

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Actually people using Netflix doesn't bother me.

People insisting that no one should ever go to a video store again because Netflix is better in every possible way bothers the hell out of me. If I couldn’t rent pretty much any movie I wanted for free whenever I wanted I would have a Netflix account too, I’m sure.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Netflix is a drag when it comes to getting a physical copy of a film.

Their streaming makes up for that, but if I didn’t have the bandwidth to stream I’d be going to a local video store instead.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think that unless they figure out some way to shrink file sizes

I think they’re going to run into trouble with their streaming as connections get faster and faster. Imagine half the people in the world that rented the Dark Knight yesterday all trying to stream it at the same time.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The owner of my company

who also owns a much larger company that works with the studios pretty closely was part of a streaming feasibility study about a year ago, and basically they decided that any time a moderately popular film was released the internet as a whole would pretty much stop working.

That seems a bit far-fetched, but I think there have to be some serious improvements made before streaming VOD becomes the norm.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They're a good company with a good business model.

They just aren’t everything to everyone and I get a bit pissy when people stand at my counter and make fun of their friends for not using them in front of me.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just don't see a need to look down on CGI because it isn't hand drawn

A good story is a good story. I generally prefer live action to animation in my movies, but goddamn if Pixar doesn’t tell good stories

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree. I think the rub for me is that CGI has its own unique look which is not being appreciated

How can you not say they make vibrant imagery?

(Click for Hi-Res)

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, exactly.

They’re so much better than everyone else at what they do because they’re not trying to use CGI to mimic hand drawn animation like Dreamworks, to give one example.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just as you said above

Every concept they come up with would only work as CGI

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LUCK!

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:33 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Too late she probably left already

If she doesn’t get it it will be your fault. Nice job though. I assume the big brown thing with Santa is his toy sack? And is Santa vomiting Egg Nog? Is that what that is?

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You don't say...

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And apparently 10 feet tall.

Santa is Yao Ming? It all makes sense now!

Wait, not it doesn’t.

by Matthew on Dec 10, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I was trying to figure that part out

I’ve met NOLA and know how tall she is so Santa must be an evil robot giant or something

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, you are right

And I’m an idiot for clicking that. Thanks a lot…

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Eh

I have guitar hero, I’m good.

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 11:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh. So. Cool.

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 12:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Best thing about spending the Holidays on the beach in Waikiki?

Eating lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise every day. . .

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 10, 2008 10:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Worst part is,

you’re in Waikiki. If you get the chance head away from the fake “tourist” beaches and go see a real Hawaiian beach.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 10:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh I know.

But my Girlfriend and my Sister’s Boyfriend have never been to Hawaii so we decided to go the full on tourist route. My favorite island is Maui. Lahaina kicks ass.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 10, 2008 10:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My Dad lived on Maui (in Kihei) when I was growing up.

Lahaina is pretty awesome as far as the “touristy” towns go. It still has an authentic “Hawaii” feel to it, at least last time I was there.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love Lahaina

and Lahaina also has a Cheeseburger in Paradise

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh man.

That means the beginning of the end for Lahaina. The cool thing about it was it only had local shops.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It has a Bubba Gump too. . . but the Banyan tree makes up for all of that.

I know it is a chain, but Cheeseburger in Paradise makes the best God Damned cheeseburger I have ever had in my life.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 10, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you come to NJ, don't eat at the one here.

It’s a travesty.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wasn't sure if they were related.

But still, stay far away. Maybe from that whole chain, as the two I’ve eaten at both blew.

Also, I ate at the Hawai’ian one in LV, and it was just OK. The toppings were better than the burger itself.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 11:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I work with a woman whose husband works for an airline, so she gets free tickets.

She decided to take her mom on a quick day trip on San Francisco. They went to Pier 39/Fisherman’s Wharf…and somehow decided to eat at Bubba Gump, because she “had heard such great things about it.”

[facepalm!]

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In N Out is delicious, though, and that area of SF isn't known for its burgers.

To go to a place like Bubba Gump when you’re surrounded by SO MANY OTHER fine seafood restaurants is a travesty.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 11:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Banyan tree is awesome,

but it was still so cool when all the shops were local.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 11:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

1989 to be exact

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Crap I'm old,

and it’s been a long time since I’ve been to Lahaina.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 11:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You ever bike down Haleakala?

I do it every time I go to Maui.

My favorite Hawaiian spot -—> Kona

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hana for me.

Damn, i’d do anything to be on Ha’moa beach right now.

by waldo rojas on Dec 10, 2008 12:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like the west coast side of pretty much any part of Hawaii.

Hana is nice, but Haleakala makes for less sun in the afternoon.

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know, my Dada actually lived on the slopes of Haleakala,

and yet I never biked down it. Wanted to, but never did it. I did see the sunrise and a solar eclipse from up there though, so that was prettty cool.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Banksy, man. Banksy.

Link

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 11:37 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Bizarre...

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the first thing to go.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's about as positive as he ever gets about a game.

Same old complaint: Not much plot.

I don’t need a plot as long as I can plug away at hundreds of zombies with my automatic shotgun.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I had a hard time with Dead Rising.

My mind couldn’t handle the fact that I just couldn’t save everyone. About the third time I’m wandering through the courtyard with one woman on my back and another holding my hand while we get gunned down by convicts I just couldn’t take the stress anymore.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 10, 2008 12:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yay!

Avg. Fastball speed (according to Fangraphs):
Ubaldo Jimenez 94.9
Felix Hernandez 94.6
Ervin Santana 94.4
Josh Beckett 94.3
A.J. Burnett 94.3

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by Taylor H on Dec 10, 2008 11:58 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

So I was pondering this for a few days...

What do you guys think of the NHL coming to Seattle? I mean, if their is discussion that Seattle will get the NBA again, and maybe a new stadium, do you think that deal could include a hockey team? I mean, I could think of a few towns with a hockey team which aren’t as good of hockey towns as Seattle would be.

Nashville
Dallas
North Carolina
Atlanta
Tampa Bay and South Florida
Phoenix (even though they have a new stadium)
Does Anaheim still need a hockey team?
Not sure if St. Louis makes a good hockey place or not.

But anyway, I could see them coming and becoming the NHL Thunderbirds, similar to the Sounders, and having quite a good following. Now Seattle sports fans’ loyalty will always be in question, but from what I’ve seen here compared to when I lived in Florida, is despite the team’s performance, the people always care about the home teams. And sometimes when the teams have nice shiny new stadiums, they will see the teams play even if they suck cough Mariners cough. Also, I feel being 300 miles and a border away from Vancouver is probably a long enough distance where it wouldn’t effect the Canucks too much.

Thoughts?

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 12:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'm all for the NHL coming along with getting the NBA back.

I think the region would support it, just based on how well we support minor league hockey (at least in the Everett area).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would love a local NHL team.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

As much as I want it to happen so hard, it never will.

Any new areana built in the PS region is going to be built to NBA specifactions and there is no way they allow it to be designed so it can compete for winter dollars with a league that is now both more profitable and has trending the right way with attendance.

by Robert on Dec 10, 2008 12:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This was what screwed Key Arena though.

It was made “basketball only” on purpose, which limited it’s uses and ability to change with the times.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not the NBA's problem.

The Renton arena was our best shot at both of them.

by Robert on Dec 10, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yea.

Do most of the “High School Musical on Ice” things happen at Key Arena, Tacoma Dome, or Everett event center?

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

Let’s do this. Anyone know if there are talks for expansion at all?

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 12:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Expansion almost killed the league the last time around.

And despite the league being the only thing close to the NFL in fucking awesomeness, I am dubious to its appeal in the Seattle market.

by Robert on Dec 10, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

the NFL sucks

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well.

They could start by marketing themselves as already being Stanley Cup Champions.

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 12:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I could not agree more.

Give me an NHL team. The NBA is broken.

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe then Howard Schultz or Steve Ballmer could be in charge of their temporary stay

And then when Nashvile or someone wants to sell their team, Ballmer or Schultz could buy them with the promise to keep them in Nashville, and then “try” to get a new stadium or whatever. When that fails, they moved to Seattle after passing a bill that will allow them to have $150 million in tax payer money to refurbish the Key Arena for NHL use. Woot!

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Heh

Well, you reap what you sow, Clay Bennett. Washington I think is one of the few states not hit terribly hard right now, well besides WaMu going under.

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bennett wants to be a big wheel in Oklahoma.

That was all the info I needed to stereotype that guy. Makes it so easy to live, slotting people into little boxes.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 3:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Cuban Emigrants of Southern Florida.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that has potential

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It makes for a good premise if you're not from the area.

Alternatively, I would put up Mine Workers, with a special focus on the Utah-based ones.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 12:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

bahahahaha

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They're still alive to tell their stories.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Minors in Utah.

Uh wait, already done in Banner of Heaven.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 12:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Or refugees, as some would call them.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say commercial divers, but there is next to no information.

You can barely even figure out injury and mortality rates, Department of Labor reports them all over the place.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 12:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

As opposed to non-traditional?

You could always do Illinois Nazis.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a gigantic difference between traditional skinheads and nazi skinheads.

Traditional skinhead culture is fascinating and the schism that lead to Nazi skinheads is even more fascinating.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was just making a joke.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fund was for SimCity, right?

I don’t recognize the other one.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They were both from Sim City.

Fund was 2000, iamweak was 3000.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It was my favorite by far.

4 is okay, but 3000 was awesome.

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 1:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Any news on 5(000)?

It’s been a few years now, Mr. Wright.

by waldo rojas on Dec 10, 2008 1:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm thoroughly convinced that Will Wright is a Time Lord.

Who else would create games that waste as much free time as his does? Mr. Wright must be able to control time and space.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 1:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sid Meyer?

Jeff's guide to not looking stupid:
+/- is an absolutely terrible stat, so don't use it, and don't give up on young players before they turn 24.
54!

by joof on Dec 10, 2008 6:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm still waiting on my new version of SimAnt.

Or SimEarth

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

SimAnt was always one of my faves

Blew way too much time on that one

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

!!!

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 1:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

YES

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do, but was so obsessed with the other ones at the time that I ignored it.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

SimTower was an underrated WW game.

I imagine if you picked it up now we wouldn’t hear from you for a few days.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually have it sitting in a folder somewhere.

With all the other sim games. I’m pretty sure I have them all.

I usually have to get past SimAnt first to get to any others, and that usually doesn’t happen.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 1:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I loved Sim Tower

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do remember it.

It used to be one of my favorites, but everything seemed like it was in a foreign language.

by Fin on Dec 10, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Descent was my time waster of choice.

I used to get vertigo playing it.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 1:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I used to rock a dual joystick setup for Descent.

Playing it on my old 24" CRT went some of the best months of my life.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Some of my earliest multiplayer memories came from Descent.

My dad used to set up a 4 computer LAN in our house to play deathmatch. God, this was before TCP/IP was popular. We were using IPX/SPX.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Before IP was popular?

You mean to say “My dad was a Netware admin, not someone that worked on real computers”

TCP/IP has been around for just as long, and was as popular as IPX everywhere except for Netware users.

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by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was watching my wife play Halo the other day and I was getting motion sick as hell.

I don’t know if it’s the way the game is designed (I’ve never played any of the Halo games) or if it is the fact that’s she’s a very inexperienced first-person shooter player, but damn I had to leave the room.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I could convince my fiancee to play games

I can’t even get her to try Rock Band 2, even though she says it looks fun. She’s kind of a square sometimes

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I couldn't even get her to try Viva Pinata

Or anything, really, for that matter. I know she played a few snes games back in her day, so I’m going to start with stuff like that. I tried to get her to play Braid with me before, but she was real tired and fell asleep instead. Damn Narcoleptics…

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My girlfriend was never a video game fan

but she loves playing Peggle. Popcap games might be a good thing to try.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Dec 10, 2008 2:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds like the same path I went down.

Doom —> Descent -→ Duke Nukem

And then everything in between and before and after.

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by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's interesting.

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by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

-

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Duke 3D is on Xbox Live arcade

I need to get it, because playing the trial game made my nostalgia muscle hurt

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've got both Duke3D and DooM on my 360.

Something about playing those games on such a powerful platform amuses me.

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 1:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It is quite fun

Just like running my NES emulator and chuckling at how 2 mouse clicks replaces beating the shit out of the big cartridges and blowing air into both the cartridge and the cradle

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But springing the cartridge up and down made for a good workout.

:(

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by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 1:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Me too

In fact I have every NES and SNES game on a thumb drive currently. Fucking great

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

First thing that came to mind while catching up in here

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In areas such as...

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Your mom.

BURN!

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh now I'm going to be down all day

Such a colossal burn

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Skin grafts first

I’m scraping clean skin off my thighs right now

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ahh..

Home surgery. Nicely done.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

McCall, Idaho, Bellingham, the entire south, the entire west, Oregon, Ohio, Indiana

essentially every single state except some of the New England states

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do have to say...

…that never having been to McCall – a trip through Google Street View shows me that it’s a pretty dang cool place.

HAHAHAHA holy cow – the first Street View I clicked through in the town that I like a lot (where my dad grew up) totally tripped me out for a second.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 10, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never seen it so dead

Those photos must have been taken on a Sunday morning last November

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Actually it couldn't be a Sunday morning

There’s nobody at church

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I feel bad for the people on the other side of the truck.

Just when they think they made the internets(!), denied!

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, it's an office building.

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Name your favorite soundtrack composers.

Mine (with favorite soundtracks in parenthesis):

1. James Horner (Apollo 13, Braveheart, A River Runs Through It, Glory)
2. Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection,
3. John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park)
4. John Barry (Dances With Wolves)

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 1:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

No Zimmer?

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No Ennio Morricone?

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by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not my style.

I appreciate his music, but I don’t enjoy it that much.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 1:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Alan Silvestri?

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by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 1:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, but can't deny this one.

Harry Gregson-Williams

NOBODY can deny him!

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by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fair enough

Though The Dark Knight soundtrack is one of my favorites. Very powerful feeling stuff

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Danny Elfman.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's incredible.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm...

1. John Williams (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Schindler’s List)
2. Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy VIII)
3. Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Wolf’s Rain)
4. Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross)
5. Jerry Goldsmith (Rudy, Star Trek)
6. Hans Zimmer (The Lion King)

Dishonerable Mention:

1. Danny Fucking Elfman

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 1:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Steve Jablonsky.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by Taylor H on Dec 10, 2008 1:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hirasawa Susumu.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by Taylor H on Dec 10, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I will contribute to this once I get home later

Gives me a chance to think on it a bit

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay, this one is tough.

To me the best soundtracks are the ones I don’t actually notice.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

ZING

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't understand because I haven't seen the movie.

I’m guessing there is no soundtrack?

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know I know...

But you try convincing Jeanuts to watch this movie as a way to “relax on a Saturday night”.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't seen it either.

But I did just purchase TWBB and Children of Men, thanks to recommendations on here. Unfortunately, No Country was not available for purchase.

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by Wilder. on Dec 10, 2008 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't seen it either.

So that goes on the list of movies I haven’t seen and am told I should -

Top Gun, Ferris Bueller, Maltese Falcon and the Terminator films.

by royalcurve on Dec 10, 2008 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What an odd mix.

Might as well throw in Ghostbusters and Stripes while you’re at it.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I sense a trap. Where I talk out of my ass and get beat over the head with my own ignorence.

Who’s the guy that did Shaft? I love that soundtrack. That and the soundtrack to Last of the Mohicans.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, thank you. Like a little time capsule of 70's funk right there, love that album.

I should just google these things, but I don’t feel that fosters good conversation. Also when I do that I tend to sound like I’m just making statement based comments, and feel like I’m coming across as condescending. Internet conversation doesn’t feel quite natural too me, I’m working on it.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hot Buttered Soul

is a much more enjoyable Isaac Hayes experience in my opinion.

by waldo rojas on Dec 10, 2008 3:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Metalpocalypse re-run last night actually scared me a little bit.

I’m Dr. Rockso… AND I DO COCAINE.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 1:47 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

That show is so great

And the Dethklok album was actually pretty good, considering how tongue in cheek it is supposed to be

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love the show, but last night's episode was pretty freaky at the end.

Didn’t give me nightmares or anything, but it was really brutal.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Here's a fun bit of discussion I'll try and start before I leave work in 10 minutes

Songs that should be in Rock Band 2, based purely on how fun they’d be to do as a band.
My pick: Deadly Sinners, by 3 Inches of Blood

I think the guitar and drum parts would be fairly fun, with a small bit of challenge to boot. And the singing would be a blast, in my opinion

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 1:49 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This. And this. Oh god and this.

by Phildopip on Dec 10, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I probably would have all but like 3 of those on my personal list

Especially the Deftones, A Perfect Circle, and Radiohead selections

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 3:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, and Outshined

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 3:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For once you put a good song in my head.

I have been humming The Plan since I read this list.

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not a bad thing at all.

Just happened quick (and I like that).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's almost as embarrasing as Sasaki falling over his luggage.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 2:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know.

Three broken fingers, and tendon damage? I’ve never used a snow blower, but still….

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 10, 2008 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nothing.

I just expect someone named Brian Larsen to be able to help me fix a damn computer should it come to it

by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hope he shows up.

(Nah seriously I should be around tomorrow)

by BrianL on Dec 10, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Today has rocked something fierce.

It is only the 10th and I hit my sales goal for the month already.

I will be partying hard this evening.

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 3:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Tip a glass for me please : ( I live my party life vicariously now.

And congratulations, nice to hear some good news from the business world.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be drinking from a bottle in the park playing Disc Golf.

If I miss a shot I promise to curse your name and see if my friends get confused.

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 3:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If my ears are burning I guess I'll know it's you.

Do you ever play the course in Mountlake Terrace? I see people out there all the time but have never played. I’m thinking about taking it up, might be a nice way to get the kids involved in outdoor games when they get older.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 3:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I play it maybe twice a year.

It can be a rough course especially when drunk. Lots of hills.

Do you live near there?

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not far from the tee off at all. Could be a nice kids playground if it wasn't so trashed.

Looks like it goes forever, kind of neat how it wraps around the whole neighborhood.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 3:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We may head up there for a game in January.

I’ll make sure to give you a heads up.

by Sec 108 on Dec 10, 2008 4:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good for you!

Today has sucked something fierce for me, so I may be partying hard this evening as well.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Today has sucked ass

in addition to being slow, the theme of the day seems to be that I really don’t know what’s going on here and it sucks because I actually do my job well.

by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 3:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My agents have been trying to drive me insane all day with cryptic instructions and messed up paperwork.

Sometimes I hate accounting, because I’m the only one who has to do things perfectly and 100% accurately.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 3:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Great effin' news, dude

I will be drinking for the opposite reason while bowling tonight

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 3:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wish I was bowling tonight.

I have to wait until Saturday, and half my team will be gone for the first half playoffs, so we start out 20 points behind.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 3:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn that sucks

My team is comfortably in 5th place currently, both for the current third as well as overall. Right where we want to be, since we always get better at the end of the season since the entire league is old men who don’t hold up too well over the course of a 33 week season

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 3:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We're second to last, so I don't have much to lose.

But we have fun no matter what, so there’s that.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 3:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's all that really matters

I’ve bowled with the same group of guys since Elementary School, so we’re just hanging out really. The bowling is just something that’s there to occupy the dead time

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 4:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Too late

I sold it to support my habit

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 3:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well that's good

Let’s just say I’m happy that I don’t currently have a car payment, because minimum wage sucks

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 10, 2008 3:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hahahahahaha, Dave Cameron link on USSM to an article he penned at Fangraphs.

On Mike Jacobs in KC. He says the comments thread is the worst in history, or something to that effect. Kind of funny.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 3:55 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap that is horrible.

How do some of those people even know about Fangraphs?

by Goose on Dec 10, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The horde of idiots that hates Dave Cameron and that is the only reason they read USSM

all went over at once and posted comments where they aren’t banned yet would be my guess

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 4:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Are they hurt?

How do they make you feel?

by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 4:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know Doc, I think it all started with my mother. She didn't hug me enough.

And I’m feeling a warm fuzzy for this guy Zduriencik, but I’m worried he’ll abandon me for booze and a needle.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 4:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So this Zduriencik person..

is he like the father you never had? How does that make you feel?

by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Like I've been a part of a dysfunctional family...

Now I just reject relationships before they have a chance to blossom…

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 4:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"Bob" just made my day, this guy is a comedic goldmine.

. . . I never claimed to be the ultimate baseball intellectual, I just know more about the Royals than your pole vaulting buddy Dave.

I couldn’t begin to imagine how difficult it must be to write. To be a serious baseball author on the internet anyway. I think it was the sportswriter Red Smith that once said “writing is easy, you just sit down at the typewriter and open up a vein.”

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ironic, isn't it?

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 10, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Everybody knows GED's are for retards living in their mother's basements.

Probably has a giant poster of Kevin Smith on the wall. Stays up all night starting internet flame wars and baiting people.

by dpseadv on Dec 10, 2008 4:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bahahahahaha
First time on here, your posts are hilarious. "Bob" may be the most pathetic loser to ever surf the internet.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by Taylor H on Dec 10, 2008 4:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Huh. From the middle of this comment thread:
Hi Dave,

There’s no way to drag this argument more into the crapper than to start focusing on grammar, but there is an error with your mission statment at the end of the article that I think you should fix. A phrase like "well run team" should have a hyphen between the words "well" and "run." When two words work together as an adjective, we hyphenate them; that is Comp I stuff right there.

Thanks,

A Concerned Reader

I just….i just….I just don’t get this.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by Taylor H on Dec 10, 2008 4:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Forty eight hours of work until a desperately needed two week break

forty eight hours of work until a desperately needed two week break

by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 4:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

noise!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 4:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

?

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Dec 10, 2008 4:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Gotta work tomorrow and then next week then off for the holidays

and I could really use two weeks in Seattle away from work

by seattlebruin on Dec 10, 2008 4:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's how I feel right now,

and how I plan on looking in about three hours.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 4:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You should generally assume that with me.

Here’s a hint: “No TV and no beer make Homer go something something…”

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Dec 10, 2008 4:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

Nice picture of Homer Simpson.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 10, 2008 4:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Resume Questions:

I really like this Corbel font (that I believe came with Adobe), is it an acceptable resume font?

Should I create a named email (ala jsmith@gmail.com) or is a normal email ok? (nothing crazy/porn, obviously)

If I put just my IT work experience in, and just put a heading below that that states “Non-applicable work 00-04” (or something like that), is that going to raise red flags?

I’ll have more. Also, when I’m done, I know there’s a couple guys on here that look at resumes for a living. I’d be more than willing to paypal a modest sum to get some more experienced advice when I have a live copy.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 8:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I think the type face is quite nice,

Stupid question; are you going to put work experience below the heading, or just leave it at that?

by acblue on Dec 10, 2008 8:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just leaving it at that.

Ex:
Current Company – IT Staff – 05-Current
I Fixed Computers.

Various Companies – N/A Jobs – 00-05
Short desc of mainly warehouse jobs.

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

by Faux on Dec 10, 2008 8:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn't call it "non-applicable work," but I don't see the problem with what you're suggesting in theory.

Not that I read resumes for a living, because I don’t, I just like to argue pdb about my font choices.

I would consider “Other work experience, 2000-2005, includes [job titles].”

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 10, 2008 8:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs