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OTDOD 12-19 "I don't have anything to say, but I demand the right to say it" Edition

Tiny by Faux on Comment 785 comments

This heapin' helpin' of OT is served family style, so remember to use your serving utensils and don't double dip.

I know we have had the worst Christmas movie ever discussion before, and I'm not looking to open it back up, but the other night I saw the absolute worst animated hour of television in any genre. Apparently the heirs of Charles Schultz are content raping the corspe of his legacy by releasing movies after his death that make it look like he went senile in his old age.

Pre-empting Kevin's lack of BOTD postings, I'm throwing down the gauntlet:
Bacon-cake-4-300x199_medium

This would be the mythical bacon cake, a cornbread cake with bacon bits, maple-based frosting, and of course the garnish on top. Beat that, faux-angryman.

Anyone else get "the talk" at work over the past few days? Not the birds and the bees of course, but the "Times are tough and you should feel indebted that we let you keep your jobs" talk. I got that Monday and it looks like an earthquake ran through my office. Many are scared for their jobs, but I for one am looking forward to my future career in the world of dirt farming with the rest of the plebs. Beats my nice cushy IT job and LL every morning before everyone shows up, right?

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AHAHAHAH Finally mother fuckers!

(Note: I’m actually sick and posting this from home today before I go back to bed for a few)

So it turns out a snowstorm was actually what LL needed to get busy again, huh?

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 4:35 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yummmm

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nope, just happy I finally got to use my post.

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 9:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Stupid snow.

Left my car at work yesterday since it’s crazy to drive in it and took the bus back. Now I’m up an hour earlier this morning to take the bus in. And probably back tonight. And then to work on Monday at the least.

To keep this from turning into an LLLJ thing, let’s open it up: If you’re still going to work, why? I don’t have enough PTO yet to take off all these days, but there’s got to be other reasons people are still trudging into work.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Dec 19, 2008 6:26 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'll be heading in shortly.

I have some deals to close and some quotes to do. Proofs need to be delivered. Usual BS.

If I don’t put in at least 5 hours today I will pay a steep price later.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 6:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going in later, but basically just to get my paycheck

Then I’m going to quit

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Without going in to too many pithy details

Let’s just say that I don’t like the kneejerk reaction by ownership to the current state of the economy. It’s not the salespeople’s fault that sales are down, and now it is more important than ever to invest in web advertising since more people are doing online research before ever setting foot on a lot. However, the owners have instead chosen to abandon all online lead sourcing. Since this directly effects me and my job title, I’ve chosen to leave

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We're already discussing one after the new year up at Robin Hood Lanes.

I bowl league there, so I was going to see if I could get something set up.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Allright.

Robin Hood is just about the last (real) bowling alley in the Seattle area I haven’t bowled at. That and Tech City.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 19, 2008 1:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats BTW.

Glad I got a car from you before you bailed. That thing rocks in the snow.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 9:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Glad I was able to help

And that’s good news that it handles well in the snow for you

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats! what's next?

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Going into the family business

I’m going to be taking over one of my Dad’s two auto body shops

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good day to get into that.

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

He’s wanted me to do it for a while but couldn’t justify matching my pay from the last couple years. But he’s now so busy that he needs to pull the trigger quickly, and it happened to match up with my current work situation being kind of shitty

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So you gamed your dad for extra money by waiting out the market.

Niiiiiice.

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much

I’m worth every penny of it

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

do your employers know this is coming?

The element of surprise is always so much fun here.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I once quit a job while getting lectured for skipping work

To attend the one game playoff in 1995. My boss asked me if baseball was more important than my job and I relied, “Yes.”

He said I needed to get my priorities straight and I informed him that it was a high priority for me to go find a new job and I walked out.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome.

I have a feeling I’ll be getting the same lecture today, since I haven’t been there since Monday. Combine the terrible weather with apathy and you get me skipping 3 (nearly 4) days of work.

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The great thing about quitting though

is that you don’t have to listen to that lecture. Or if they somehow try to deliver the lecture before giving you your paycheck, you can just sort of give them the thousand-yard stare and think about anything else while their mouths are moving.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm actually thinking of actively listening while being given that lecture,

and reaffirming my commitment to the store. Then, as soon as the paycheck is handed over I’ll get the fuck out

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that works too.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just sent a text to the other manager

Said that I haven’t quit, in case they think I have. Said I’d try to make it up there this afternoon if I can leave my driveway (which I barely can anyhow)

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

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

then swap all the keys around

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately, I think they do know

Independently of what I’m doing on my end, I have found out that my manager (who is basically the only reason I work there in the first place) has quit for reason similar to my complaints above. So, it’s pretty much assumed that I’ll be quitting anyway, though I told them I was still on as of yesterday. Then my dad called me…

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Very cool.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

on the way into the office, borrow a car off your current lot,

and start smashing parked cars. Drum up some business for yourself.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This might be a good idea.

The insurance for the store pays for people test driving cars, right? So get a friend to go in there and wreck a test drive car into another couple cars.

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and then give me a car.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The customer's insurance covers any "at fault" accidents that they are in while test driving

Store insurance only covers employees while driving, but I don’t want to pay the $2,000 deductible

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn, they why did they throw a fit when I wanted to test drive before I was 25?

Maybe NJ law is different?

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Possibly, yes

Ultimately, the store insurance will cover any vehicle damage, but it will default to the customer always

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

before you do...

wanna jack me a car?

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sure why not

Loaded V8 Genesis ok for you?

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

how quickly can I say yes?

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not quickly enough

Deal’s off the table

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you slime bag car salesman..... I WANT A HYUNDAI THAT LOOKS LIKE A BMW

AND I WANT IT FREE

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd pay 4 grand for a genesis. I would also take 4 grand and a genesis.

Lunch is out of the question you selfish jerk

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think he was adding to your point

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I realized that after I wrote it, but I stick by what I wrote.

give me that car you cracker

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WHERE'S MY FREE CAR AND PILE OF CASH YOU LEECH

we can negotiate lunch.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And I'm only a slimebag car salesman for another few hours

So I don’t car how much you complain

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Freudian slip

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, no shit

Just saw that

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know. I could have worked from home today.

Just felt like coming in. I might leave later as once again there’s almost nobody here. Weaklings.

by Matthew on Dec 19, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I tried to bike to work today

because we didn’t really get much in the way of snow, but the stuff that fell a few days ago is still around. I got to the top of the big hill, looked down the hill, saw that it was a sheet of ice and rode back home to catch the bus.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 7:57 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Good call.

We got about an inch of snow, but that fell directly on a layer of ice.

My commute was a little hairy this morning.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 7:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it was a little tetchy on the bus too

but at least it seems like people are heeding the request to drive slowly and take their time, so that’s good.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 7:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fortunately not but that's only because

I kept haranguing him about what a bad job he was doing so he felt compelled to focus.

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

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

This is what it’s like at my house right now. (Warning: NSFW)

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 8:01 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Bait me, Phildo... I have one queued up.

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 8:11 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

::picking up cereal that Shirlena threw on him::

Danny: BITCH!!! I love you…

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 8:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Danny: Yes, about 10 minutes ago a guy tried to break into my truck ....

Police officer on the phone: Can you describe what he looked like?

Danny: Yes, he’s a long legged, pissed off Puerto Rican

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 8:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

DON'T TALK SHIT ABOUT 'TOTAL'

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 8:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One of my favorite scenes is when Danny's tooling along in the grocery store on his scooter.

He passes a family witha couple of kids in the freezer section and apropos to nothing, screams “HOLY SHIT!” The kids start giggling.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 8:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

To me, it's the Chewbacca based grounding

How can you ground someone because the garbage disposal doesn’t sound like Chewbacca taking a shit?

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The kid needed to learn at some point

Tough love. He could have just thrown a shoe at his faggot ass

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I might as well have worn a dress to work today in honor of Johnbai kicking my ass last night.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 8:16 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

at?

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 8:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Life.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Have you met him yet?

He is so soft spoken and kind in person. I found his work on you last night to be priceless.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 9:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and little pink shoes

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 8:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

DREAMY!

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am wearing the pink shoes.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 8:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pink crocks?

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 19, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I may wear pink shoes, but you will NEVER see me in crocks, mister.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh my god it's quiet here today

so many people are working from home or getting a jump on the holiday vacationing that I think I may be the only person on my half of the floor.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 8:23 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I won't either, I work for the power company

but I also don’t have the option of working from home, because I’m a contractor and I don’t have a PGE-issued laptop and they don’t let contractors VPN from their home machines. Stupid Enron.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 8:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's rumors I'm supposed to be getting one here soon

because I’m on a PC that’s about three years old and pretty slow. Gotta wait until January though, new budget year and all that.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 8:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Job security + not having to come in on a snow day

Sometimes being a state employee is awesome.

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 8:35 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

EXCEPT WHEN YOUR STATE AGENCY CAN'T CLOSE THE DAMNED BUILDING!!!

Actually, I took my wife into work today on the Capitol Campus and the roads weren’t too bad. Still, aint no way I was going into my building today.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 19, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I would have stayed home and used the snow excuse.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 8:53 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Good thinking!

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Who you calling erotic??

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's the dress, dude

all I’m saying is that maybe next time you should try for a higher neckline.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Then all of that shaving would be a waste of time.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 9:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Shaving?

If somebody doesn’t like your chest hair then that’s nobody you need to waste your time on

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

into funny animal shapes?

awesome.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Holiday shapes.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bitchin'

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I guess it's better that I didn't stay up until midnight getting tanked and looking at John Carlson's ass

but in that spirit, I will share with you a drink my friends nicknamed after me, after I invented it out of boredom and alcoholism at school last year… I present…

“The Aron”

Highball glass
Rocks

2-3 shots of Absolut New Orleans (I’m not entirely sure this exists anymore) – mango/black pepper vodka
1.5 shots guava juice
top with San Pele Arranciata.

Before you get off calling me a girl, understand this packs only slightly less punch than an LIT, and my drink of choice is usually neat whiskey or whiskey/rum cokes.

I just happened to have all 3 ingredients, some females present, and a heavy buzz on.

Enjoy

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This drink intrigues me

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It is simultaneously delicious and heavy

If you use orange soda or something it would be too sweet, the arranciata (or european orange fanta if you can find it) is tart enough to play

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also, since I was unable to find Absolut New Orleans last time I was attempting to make these after the MCATs this summer,

I tried Absolut Peppar. Huge mistake. It’s not black pepper, but peppers as in pepper jack cheese. Disgusting, vile stuff.

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I made the same mistake in trying that swill.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I tried to finish the bottle by just downing it straight and hoping for the best...

Nope. I think the only way to consume that would be with Boody Mary style spicy tomato juice

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Me too

I will never do that again.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Another of my favorites

is Crown, ginger ale, and a squeeze of lime, on the rocks.

great drink

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh,

For christ’s sake.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 8:59 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I used to regularly get sore calves from pogoing

but I don’t go to a lot of metal shows, so headbanging isn’t so much a problem.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hear that loud music might have an effect on your hearing, as well.

Oh, and the sky is fucking blue.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 9:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know if you knew this one

but the sun rises in the east.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Consider my mind blown.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Where, may you ask, does it set?

Studies have shown that the sun does in fact set in the west, most of the time. The rest of the time it sets in Uruguay. Who knew?

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

or as the Red Hot Chili Peppers put it

“The sun may rise in the East at least it settles in the final location”

I'm signing Yuni and Silva up for The Biggest Loser.

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Her friends call her Smurfette.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Smurfs are asexual

and communist

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

To quote Donnie Darko:

What’s the point of living if you don’t have a dick?

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I want their work week. Two days on, five days off.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

All you have to do is sign the dotted line

Oh, and become asexual and several inches tall

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and blue

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah that

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wait long enough, it should spread.

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by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Comes with the territory

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And when those little signs that turn blue when they freeze are added to the building's entry way

and it snows and they’re blue – NO SHIT IT’S FUCKING COLD AND THE ICE RINK

PARKING LOT IS FROZEN!!!!

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by PositivePaul on Dec 19, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You've finally snapped, haven't you?

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The funny thing is...

I’ve got a super cool manager and supervisor and we’d already talked about work I could do from home if the bad weather they predicted struck, shutting down roads. My supe lives not too far from me and knows how bad this particular area gets, so she completely prepared, herself, for working from home.

But, yeah, I don’t get pissed off very easily — but when I get pissed, I get REALLY FUCKING PISSED…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 19, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Swinging my head violently back and forth can hurt my neck and brain?

where’s my surprise face gif?

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

at the chiropractic clinic

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That would be a great motivational-type poster for the wall there

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, luck is certainly a factor.

(Is anyone brother in law to the Dean of Admissions?)

I swear I have more interests than alcohol and baseball….

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So people like Dave Cameron have spent time looking at the cost of a win to teams.

The Huskies this year spent (how the hell do the symbol for infinity here) infinite dollars per win. That is not a good investment.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

because he got axed? I don't follow.

His reputation is tarnished and his prestige has declined, which is bad for the plight of black head coaches in general as he was one of a select few.

He did get paid a good bit though….

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Money is why.

The man was paid millions to run the program into the ground.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 10:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

alt-236, thusly

∞

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

but not on a laptop unfortunately.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

huh?

do you not have an alt key?

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.... yes my laptop is made of rocks.

Well, the keyboard shortcuts only work on a numpad. However I just found that I have a numpad built in as a secondary function mapped over some of my actual letter keys.

So I offer you ∞ thanks

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah I discovered this attempting to type a" ñ"

which as we all know is alt+164.

I was unable to on my home laptop. My office laptop however…

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like this method of living

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

the pesky paperwork has been done

sunk cost

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah well.

On the upside, though, now that you’re guaranteed entrance it’s time to hire movers and put down deposits!*

*I may not fully grasp the concept of “competitive admission”

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WHERE IS SHORT WHITE COAT!! I DEMAND A SHORT WHITE COAT?

WHO AM I? I’M YOU’RE WORST NIGHTMARE IS WHO I IS!

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats, dude

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll detour through Nevada if I have to

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 19, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I never got to throw you a going away party =(

We could have rented out a hotel room and everything!

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fear

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

of mental images

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also that

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Of partying with Corco

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Partying with Corco is great

You’re guaranteed to get drunk enough to puke

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 19, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck it, let's go

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

SOLID

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be back for the home opener

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 19, 2008 10:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

uh

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 19, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm seriously debating just giving up alcohol altogether

That might last 10 minutes

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 19, 2008 10:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Give it up between drinks

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is my usual strategy

and I can attest that it has a 100% success rate.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I really need to clean up my itunes playlists

my random just vomited up Look What The Cat Dragged In, followed by Aerosmith’s "Cryin’ ". Ugh.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 9:57 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yay my favorite Sound Opinions podcast of the year is up

Every year, the Sound Opinions guys bring in Andy Cirzan to play an hour’s worth of the most bizarre and obscure Christmas music he can find – and he finds a lot of really strange and funny stuff. I haven’t listened to this one yet, but if it’s as good as past years it’s definitely worth a listen.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:01 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

The iPod touch is fucking cool.

One of my coworkers got one, and now I’m jealous.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 10:04 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

It's basically the iPhone without the phone, for almost the price.

I’d just get the phone when they unlock it next year.

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What makes it so cool?

I’ve never really understood the point of a Touch as opposed to just getting an iPhone…

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a gimmick. But that doesn't make it any less cool.

And I’m not going to go out and buy one (I’ve got a Sansa which I’m perfectly happy with), but it’s a cool thing to play around with.

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

The movie mode is surprisingly good.

I loaded up OldBoy with subs onto one for a friend and the subs were easily readable.

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I won a new Nano. Pretty sweet themselves.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love love love my 3G nano for the reason that most people hated it

I like the square shape much more than the elongated – it fits into a lot more pockets and is much less obtrusive.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're a square nano

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nanoo nanoo.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

::Mexican league soccer player scores::

NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I assume no one knows Pete Philly and Perquisite,

so I ask and hope that at least some of you Seattleians (Seattlites (Sounds like a Minnesotan naming the things that bounce Cell Phone signals, etc.)? Seattleitorians?)
know who Blue Scholars and Common Market are. If not… you must all be older than I thought.

Also, I realize I dropped a parenthetical parenthetical. (Deal with it)

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:05 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Seattleites

I know who Blue Scholars are, and I like them – I’m digging for some Pete Philly now, based on your above. Any particular place to start?

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's hard. They are Dutch by residence, but it's all in English. You could actually purchase it online....

Or you could use Pandora and get their songs occasionally. Try torrent.

Both albums, Mystery Repeats and Mind.State are among the best I’ve heard.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Blue Scholars are fun

My only problem with them is that if you’ve seen them live once, you’ve seen them live a thousand times.

I have mixed feelings on Common Market.

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Tobacco road wasnt as good as the self titled, I concur.

Pete Philly is about 100 times better.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're up early, trooper

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe you should drop down from the thimble to an eyedropper instead.

Like feeding a baby animal.

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

by Faux on Dec 19, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

there are consequences...

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Take some DayQuil.

You’ll feel better in no time.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How about a nice greasy pork sandwich

served in a dirty ashtray?

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

with hot sauce

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And full baby diaper.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Love that movie, but failed to see the reference at the time.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You're stewed, buttwad

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Like 3 times in the last month

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That thread of him, Robert and jimmimoose

Leads me to believe he may be down for a while.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, you're probably right

I tried to read that this morning but was way too sober.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You will note that there was only one post

he’s probably lapsed back into unconsciousness and slow dehydration.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pussy.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yup.

My final tally for the night was 2 bottles of wine and 3 beers to close it out, all between like 7:30 and whenever I stopped. And considering that the only time I’d eaten all day was a small dinner at about 7, I came out ok

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting bit of baseball trivia:

Who is the only pitcher in the National Baseball Hall of Fame to have never started a Major League game?

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 10:12 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

your mom

wait, I think I’m doing this wrong.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Due to snow

My winter break will be 17 days long. Hell no I’m not going to shave during that time.

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 10:13 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I want to shave off every single one of those that I see

Carrie Brownstein, on an NPR podcast I listened to the other day, made the point that this seems to be the Year Of The Beard in Northwest music. She’s right, and it’s no good.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Beards are fine as long as they are kempt

it’s the unkempt raggedy goddamn hippie ones that are a problem.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Worse yet are the kempt hippie beards

I can’t tolerate braided beards!

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 10:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

System of a Down want their CDs back.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

YOU CAN PRY THEM FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS

they’re right there next to my encyclopedic Insane Clown Posse collection.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

pdb is a Juggalo.

I never woulda thought.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually almost went to see them once when they played the Roseland

just for comedy value, but when I got to within a block of the place and saw the crowd that was going I decided to just go drink somewhere else instead. There are some things even I don’t feel the need to spend money on – and I say that as a guy who paid to see Methods of Mayhem.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Methods of fucking Mayhem.

I haven’t thought of them in a long time.

Fuck Tommy Lee.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We went on a drunken whim

after many beers, we went to the Showbox and found out it was $20, and the conversation went something like this:

Me: No.
Friend: C’mon, it’ll be fun.
Me: Define “fun”.
Friend: Well, it’s Tommy Lee, you know.
Me: GO OOOOOOONNNNNN
Friend: And they’ve only got one album.
Me: So?
Friend: So they may end up playing a Motley Crue cover or two to pad out the set.
Me: SOLD.

Drunken logic is a bad motivator. They did not, in fact, play a Motley Crue cover; they played the whole MoM record in its entirety. There were two good things about the show: It was over in 45 minutes, turning us loose on the streets at 10pm for more drinking, and it set a new bar for me – now, anything under $20 that is a dubious spend makes me think “I’ve done dumber things with $20 in the past”.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No thank you. I enjoy the whole "not having VD" experience.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck Tommy Lee and it burns when you pee

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that's quite the little poem.

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by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You'll get SARS.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Toronto

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Dec 19, 2008 3:04 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

down with da clowns

til I’m dead in the ground!

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But you'll never get my POD collection.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nooo problem

18 year-old Katal might have enjoyed Toxicity, but 25-year old Katal has no use for it!

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That "trust in my self-righteous suicide" song was pretty okay

For better or for worse, that’s the current extent of my SotD knowledge.

by katal on Dec 19, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Toxicity's a pretty good album, actually.

They’re at their best when they avoid the political bullshit, and stick to the metal. They don’t do that very often, though.

by James F'n X on Dec 19, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sugar... what a song...

it’s like a thousand little coked up smurfs vomiting in your ear

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and beards

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Eh, i don't mind political bands that start out that way.

It’s bands that have never been political that decide to make a statement that bug me.

by acblue on Dec 19, 2008 10:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Green Day says "hi!"

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually thought their first album was genius until I realized they were serious.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I GOT A GUN THE OTHER DAY FROM SAVO

IT’S CUTE IT’S SMALL AND FITS RIGHT IN MY POCKET
yeah, right in my pocket

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When it comes to beards, I am of two minds.

Either do what you said or just go all out Grizzly Adams style. You can’t let it get big and bushy and then try to maintain it, you have to shit or get off the pot. Dashing well-kempt gentleman or Viking warrior; there is no in between.

by acblue on Dec 19, 2008 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

God I wish I could be a bit of both, but I'm just too fucking pansy.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

DO IT KEVIN

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would look like satan.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You mean Braden Looper. He looks like Satan

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

DO IT KEVIN

DO IT KEVIN

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How is this style going to work, when I only have one somewhat nice suit?

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

buy more

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Value Village is your friend

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

so is Brooks Brothers

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by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

when you're satan clothes will be bestowed upon you

because I’m pretty sure George Zimmer has a deal with Satan. Show up, and free suits will be yours.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My beard hates you.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Won't your legs get chafed?

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Damned liar.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now it's rec'd.

When I tried to do it before, I hit the “actions” button, and it didn’t give me the option to rec or flag. Then I forgot about it.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha... Not that it matters. I just pounced on the chance to call you a damned liar.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

God, "When You're Old and Lonely" by the Magnetic Fields is an amazing song.

Jesus, and now “Just Like Honey” came on. LaunchCast is on a roll today.

by Phildopip on Dec 19, 2008 10:35 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

For whatever reason, I have a hard time enjoying Magnetic Fields out of the context of their albums.

Which I don’t think is a slam against them as much as a testament to how well thought out their albums are.

Papa Was a Rodeo excluded, of course.

by acblue on Dec 19, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm the same way

Most times at work I just let my ipod shuffle away, but whenever it hits a Magnetic Fields song I feel compelled to go listen to the whole album.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome link of the day

GOG (Good old Games)

This site hosts a number of classic PC games that have been ported to play in a Windows XP/Vista environment. I just picked up Descent 1 and 2.

by BrianL on Dec 19, 2008 10:38 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't look like they do yet.

There’s only about 50 titles available right now, but they’re adding more all the time.

by BrianL on Dec 19, 2008 10:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, well she's a lesbian

Danny: That just means she likes what I like

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd kill myself too if my last name was MORANIS

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They have Beneath a Steel Sky!

It’s a free game anyway, but that’s awesome. I thought the only way for people to play it was with Scumm VM, but it seems that this isn’t the case. Maybe this service can get some more of the old Lucasarts Scumm games up as well

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Do you have ScummVM?

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've used it in the past.

It’s about the only way I can get The Dig, Sam and Max, and Full Throttle to run on my computer.

by BrianL on Dec 19, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's the only way that anybody can

It’s what it’s there for. I need to put it back on my phone. Used it all the time on my WinMo phone. Nothing better than sitting around and avoiding work while using a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle on my cell phone

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am unsurprised.

Did you wake up next to a transvestite?

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can translate. She called you multiple times and assumed you were ignoring her.

the fact that your battery was out means you don’t hate her, but rather had a nonfunctional phone.

what she missed is the option that your phone was nonfunctional AND you hate her.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 11:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

hahahahahahah I love that one

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Tourette's guy, or something.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Supposed to be a question mark...

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like that this comment is seemingly inexplicable.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Melmac.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Jesus. Why do I remember that, yet I can't remember peoples' names?

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love my Grandma Janelle

She’s the sweetest person in the entire world, and god bless her.

BUT SHE’S OLD AS FUCK!

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yay I have a High Wind Warning posted for my place for this weekend

Sustained winds of up to 50 and gusting higher! Also more snow in the forecast for the same time period! My power is going to go out and I will freeze to death in my own home

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:14 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

You'll have a high wind warning as well

And the wind will likely be worse at your place

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have no such option

I can either stay here or go to Enumclaw. Enumclaw will likely be tipped over due to high winds, so I’ll take my chances here

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm hoping Everett doesn't get nailed with winds.

Last thing I need is the already frozen huge tree in my back yard to start snapping branches.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 11:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Should just be the east and the foothills

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good for me,

but I feel bad for them.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 11:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually just noticed while reading more about it

That my dad’s little non-town in Enumclaw, Cumberland, was specifically named as being an area of particularly high winds. Awesome.

But Everett and north from there will receive the least amount of wind and snow

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

As is my house

Already taken a couple of trees in the past, don’t need to deal with more

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a fantastic map, designed for wind power farms. Shows optimum location.

I’m unable to locate it at the moment, drat. Looking at the high/low/avg windspeeds in Ellensburg/Nile Valley/Columbia River Gorge is kind of interesting.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But at least you'll die unemployed and aimless

so that’s something.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's true, since I don't officically start work until Monday

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Start work?

I thought you were already employed?

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, you must have missed all of that

Quitting today

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I see.

I don’t want to LLLJ so I’ll just assume you have a new job starting Monday.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

All the details are earlier in the thread

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll go look.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

get blitzed

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 19, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Abso-goddamn-lutely

But that would happen anyway

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It pisses me off for many reasons.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't realize it had gone away

but there are many free online services that will convert mp3s into ringtones, like Mobile17.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 11:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Try these here

Media Encoder

Audacity, to cut chunks out of the songs

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

by tootthekazoo on Dec 19, 2008 11:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure where this goes but holy shitballs
“I look at Corcoran, and opposing hitters averaged .283 against him,” Wakamatsu said. "But he had a four-to-one ratio of ground balls (to fly balls). Did they find every hole?

“The fact is that we have to catch more ground balls. I want to bring these kinds of statistics to the coaches and players. It’s a way to get better. Maybe it just means we need to shade the middle more, or maybe we need to focus more on what specific hitters do against each of our specific pitchers.”

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/392883_mari19.html

by Robert on Dec 19, 2008 11:51 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I read this as a statement against our defensive abilities.

Sounded to me like he understands that groundballs are a good thing, he just can’t believe they ‘found every hole’. Like Yuni’s fucking immobility. So maybe he’s talking down his defense up the middle here, not the pitching.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 2:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That too.

But I also take it as not just looking at the numbers that someone like Bavasi would look at (OBA? How useful!) and dismiss Corcoran as a terrible pitcher. That there’s value in that type of pitcher instead of spending multiple millions on bullpen help.

by James F'n X on Dec 19, 2008 2:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yup, I'm with you here (not familiar with OBA, but I get your meaning).

One of the things that worried me most about Zduriencik coming in here was that he might favor offensive prowess over the value of defense. Sluggers over defenders. So it’s nice to be wrong. I’m not saying that he is bullish on defense to the detriment of offense- upgrading this team defensively (at least in the outfield) wasn’t too difficult.
Personally I just think he understands how to build a team to fit a park. Just a hunch or a gut feeling, it’s pretty early to be saying that, and he’s never been a GM anywhere else like that stadium Texas plays in.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Just opposing batting average.

Totally useless in the grand scheme of things, and it’s good to see this manager understand that.

by James F'n X on Dec 19, 2008 2:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey! That reminds me I won $5 bucks, I always bet on the catcher.

I don’t know if there’s anything to them being better, but there’s been a crapload of catchers turned managers.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 2:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a big fan of catchers as managers.

There’s more game observation and critical thinking going on at that position. Plus, Crash Davis.

by James F'n X on Dec 19, 2008 2:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Carlton Fisk.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Joe Buck has fabulous hair, and a voice from the Gods of Broadcasting.

Too many fastballs to Tim’s mask? Actually he might be a be a better manager than a broadcaster. He’s like Hendo, never shuts up about what should be happening on the field.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So upon reading the article again, plus the USSM and comments here.

WTF was I talking about, seriously. I took the whole thing 180 degrees out, and was trying to make a point that didn’t exist, or need to be made. Dammit.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WHAT THE FUCK

HELL YES

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by I'm NOT Corco on Dec 19, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not saying it is insignificant.

But it is not enough to buy a new motorcycle, diamond earrings, pay the bills and also start a business.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ironicall, I get paid in cheese.

At least my family eats.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and are all horribly lactose intolerant now

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 1:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

With major rodent problems.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So would I..

Five grand a month? My household makes more than that, but not me individually.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not if you live in Seattle it isn't.

Maybe if you are single living cheaply it would be.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's not so scary after the first six months or so

it just kinda becomes surreal after that.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 2:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's not something I have to worry about for a little while anyway.

No way I can afford buying a condo downtown right now.

by Graham on Dec 19, 2008 2:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you'd be surprised what a down market does for condo sellers

and interest rates are STUPID LOW right now, so if you’re at all financially prepared it might be worth an ask, you never know.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We underbid the asking price when buying our house, a couple people were pretty rude about that.

One called us vultures. So you can flip homes on a sellers market for a profit, but I want to profit on a buyers market and I’m the bad guy.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 2:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's not rude, it's good capitalism

the seller is free to decline your offer, after all. If they take it they have nothing to complain about.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But there's a sense of entitlement and ignorance of how the market works with a lot of people.

I work with a woman who is trying to sell right now and is just incredulous at all the low offers. Well, your house isn’t worth what you paid for it. Deal with it or wait to sell later. The market is the market. You can’t set what’s “fair.”

by Teej on Dec 19, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly.

A seller’s perception of “fair” isn’t my concern when I’m buying.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 2:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Actually not so good capitalism, they were upside down on their mortagages.

Or flipping and wanting the 15 percent profit they were expecting. Either way they’re fucked now.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 3:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

whiners

We hired a bulldog as our agent. I would recommend her to anyone. We shaved thousands off the asking price because she absolutely ran circles around their rep.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Same here. Our second agent actually.

The first balked at taking a low bid to the seller (a year ago nobody was talking about a slow market in Seattle, quite the opposite), so we switched.
I’ve kept track of the houses that turned us down. The price of one is now less than we offered, another is in pre-foreclosure, another is short sale. Just about the same thing. I feel bad for those people, at the same time it’s not my problem

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Making large purchases like that are scary to most.

I think tons of people get caught up in the whole “I have to have this house!” thing. Because of that they do not negotiate well.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 3:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good point, I actually felt bad about the first couple bids we made.

We bid on houses we knew we could walk away from just to get a feel for it. Like ‘buck fever’ or that type of reaction. Amazing to me how signing for that much money can give you a rush as big as anything I’ve ever done.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Depends on how one defines "a lot," but $60,000 is definitely enough to get by on.

(Assuming you don’t have massive amounts of debt because you bought a yacht your first year out of college or something.)

by Teej on Dec 19, 2008 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For a household,

but I’d bet the average individual here doesn’t make that much per year.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 2:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's somewhere in the neighborhood of $28 or $29 and hour.

If I’m figuring that corrrectly in my head. That’s more than most people I know make, and we’ve all been out of college or in the job market for many years.

My household clears that, but not either of us individually.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 2:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's what I'm saying.

Per capita income last time I checked was around $45,000 in Seattle.

by Teej on Dec 19, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think it may be household.

I can’t remember now where I saw that.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 2:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good.

Otherwise I’m a giant loser.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And my point at the beginning was not that $5k/month is nothing

It is just not enough to make a family rich. The ad makes it look like the guy is rolling in it which is BS.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 3:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Let's see.

Red t-shirt, cheap sunglasses, hand full o’ singles….

My idol! He must be rolling in it!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 3:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah.

The most recent city-data stuff I can find right now is from 2007, and Seattle household income was about $57k per year. Link.

There’s probably a better source than that, but that’s surely in the ballpark.

by Teej on Dec 19, 2008 3:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sex with a hippy?

Sorry to hear about your granola problem, dude.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 6:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kidding - the way that was written, it sounded like two medical cases of VD.

I misexecuted my “joke.”

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 6:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No you executed that joke

It is dead and bleeding on my floor.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 7:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You rat faced bastard.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 7:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nope two buses.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Dec 19, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Got really lucky though.

I mean, they had enough momentum to break through the barriers, and are on ice. A few more mph and they’re upside down on I-5.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Dec 19, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, tour buses.

If they had been driven by professional metro drivers instead of just local contract staff they surely would have continued over the edge and maimed 3 million people.

by Matthew on Dec 19, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions   2 recs

Fourth horseman of the apocolypse- bus driver.

Hebrew for ‘pale horse’ can also be translated as ‘mass transit vehicle’.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a freaky pic on the front page of seattletimes.com now of this

and yes, those are buses. Hanging over the freeway.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Because a barricade that can stop a big ol' bus like that as it plunges down a hill

would have to be very large and made of very strong stuff indeed. 99% of the time those barriers are sufficient, especially in decent weather.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 4:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But where a vehicle could plunge onto an interstate,

you’d think they’d want to make sure, especially if that is a known bus route.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 4:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure it is though

It’s not a Metro route, anyway; those buses were only there because Denny was closed, according to the article. That stretch of Thomas is pretty dang steep, and in the snow there’s no way a bus should be trying that.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wait, Denny is closed due to being covered in ice/packed snow.

So the alternate route is down a non-arterial residential street that empties into the freeway. Through jersey barriers. Covered in the same ice/snow. Wow, I love the thought process that goes into this decision.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 19, 2008 4:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No kidding.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 4:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Simpsons' Otto?

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 7:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I want to create an LL login named "1st Class."

Every time Coach posts, I’ll be all, “dude, I’m so much better than you.”

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 7:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've got your stiff barricade right here, buddy.

*Points to actual barricade

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 6:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

UPS tracking on my package says:

EMERGENCY CONDITIONS BEYOND UPS’ CONTROL

Apparently they don’t deliver in 30" of snow. crazy spokane.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Dec 19, 2008 1:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

So, the roads weren't as terrible today...

I drove my wife to work and while in the vicinity took my son on a quick jaunt around the capitol campus, grabbing this and a few other shots with my cheap, keep-it-in-the-car camera:

War Memorial, Olympia, Snow, 2008, Black & White.

My building’s still open and in spite of the fact that we’re likely to get another 6-18 inches of snow, and 50 MPH winds, it’ll likely be open on Monday, too. I can understand today, because it’s clear out and it’s not blizzarding, and the roads are mostly somewhat navigatable. But damn the last couple of days? Grrrrr…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 19, 2008 1:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

That's just insane.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

About that talk...

Yeah, we got the e-mail from the governor yesterday about the state employees not getting their COLAs (Cost of Living Adjustments — i.e. pay raises to keep up with the cost of inflation), and a couple of follow-up e-mails from the union (to our home e-mails, of course) with their typical union blather. We also had a discussion of this at the Director’s broadcast, reassuring us that the cuts in my agency (in terms of positions lost) will be minimal. That’s only because most of our budget doesn’t come out of the general fund, and while our “pot” certainly is smaller as well, we’ve got it managed a lot better.

I’m actually 100% fine with not getting my COLA. We’re so far behind the COL, after having not received COLAs for several years (up until we received them over the last biennium — along with MANDATORY closed shop-ness and the massive union dues therewith). It was only going to be 1.5% anyway, which with the other things that were also attached to it really only comes out to about $10 a paycheck. I’ll be safe not getting that extra $20/month, and would rather the $$$ go to jobs, social services, or other places besides the union where most of it was going anyway.

I mean it’s not like the union was going to leverage that extra income on GETTING AGENCIES TO REWRITE THEIR DAMNED INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICIES SO THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES’ SAFETY IS CONSIDERED anyway, so…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 19, 2008 2:31 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

A friend of mine in Florida had a company meeting this week.

They reduced everyone’s wages by 12.5% across the board in lieu of layoffs.

by Sec 108 on Dec 19, 2008 2:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ouch.

Still better than being out on the street.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I learned to fight hobos on the street.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 3:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Or your very own Metro bus.

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

by pdb on Dec 19, 2008 3:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ooohhh!

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 19, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I got the talk a couple of weeks ago

but they were asking me for advice as to who we don’t need, or whose hours we can reduce.

So I figure I’m safe. Anyway, the Canadian economy’s doing okay. Though I work for a charity, and charitable donations are one of the first things to go.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Dec 19, 2008 3:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We're already at minimum staffing,

and my department is the only one that is making money, so I’m safe.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 19, 2008 3:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs