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OFFTOP 12.11.08 Brian Told Me To Edition

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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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

WOO!

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

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 10, 2008 9:23 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

I generally prefer hand drawn animation

but everything about the Pixar films is done extremely well.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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 Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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 Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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 Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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 Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions  

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 Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:47 AM PST up reply actions  

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 Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:45 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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 Aaron Campeau on Dec 10, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

Eh

I have guitar hero, I’m good.

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

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  

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

Eating lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise every day. . .

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

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  

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  

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  

I love Lahaina

and Lahaina also has a Cheeseburger in Paradise

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by Corco on Dec 10, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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 Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 10, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

1989 to be exact

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by Corco on Dec 10, 2008 11:26 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

Bizarre...

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

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

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 Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 10, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions  

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  

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 on Dec 10, 2008 11:58 AM PST reply actions  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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