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Losing a bowl game in that fashion sucks. Hard. Never kick to Jeremy Maclin if your team is mostly slow and reasonably white. It's a bad idea. I got angrier than Charlie Kelly when Dee, Dennis, Mac and Frank are not cooperating on the set of his musical. Since I highhhhly doubt anyone else gives a grumpy about the outcome of the Valero Alamo Bowl, I will move on.

 

 

What are the top 3 things you are excited for in the coming year, sports or otherwise?

 

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Top 3 things I'm excited for

1) Ghostbusters: The Video Game
2) Billy Joel and Elton John’s Face to Face tour (shut up I like their music)
3) Finding true love on Flag Day.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 8:45 AM PST reply actions  

What am I excited for?

I’m turning 40 in 2009. I don’t know why, but this prospect is oddly exciting and fascinating.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 8:51 AM PST reply actions  

who else watches It's Always Sunny religiously?

If you haven’t, it’s all on Hulu, and it’s all fantastic.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 8:54 AM PST reply actions  

I do.

That show is the best show on TV right now.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 8:57 AM PST up reply actions  

I agree.

My wife loved that episode for some reason, but I thought it was the weakest so far.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions  

scatalogical jokes only go so far, and that was a 22 minute scatalogical joke

pushed from mildly humorous to downright head-shakingly bad.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 9:05 AM PST up reply actions  

I didn't care much for it either.

You can kinda feel the show running out of juice, but it’s still funny as hell.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 9:40 AM PST up reply actions  

I dunno about that.

The last few episodes of the season were very strong. I think it was just a minor setback.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions  

Bad phrasing on my part.

I’m just saying the whole novelty of the show is wearing off a little bit, I guess. I still love it and will watch every episode, but I think it may have peaked. And that’s fine.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions  

I've only begun to Peak

if you don’t get this then your opinion is mute.

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions  

exxxactly.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions  

I'm like Charlie

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions  

How are you gonna be wood?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions  

all we do is sit here and argue

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions  

He's the best.

I laughed when I found out he was married to The Waitress in real life.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions  

I can't begin to count how many people I've turned onto that show

For months I’ve been half-interested in recording how many times I laugh out loud while watching an episode of Philadelphia vs. how often I laugh while watching 30 Rock. I’m curious as to which show is funnier.

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 9:33 AM PST up reply actions  

I definitely prefer 30 Rock

I don’t know why but I find Philadelphia at best mildly amusing, and 30 Rock always makes me double over in hysterics.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions  

AND WE GET 39 MORE EPISODES OF ITS ALWAYS SUNNY!

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:40 AM PST up reply actions  

The Musical, Charlie and Mac Die and the Revolution episode

Were this seasons highlight for me.

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:41 AM PST up reply actions  

Also I dressed up as Charlie for halloween

Just wore nappy cotton pajama bottoms and a torn shirt and spent the whole night yelling at everybody.

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by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions  

I spent most of the night drinking coffee and talking about pepe

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by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions  

What about the Dee Has A Heart Attack episode?

Pepe Silvia + one of my favorite quotes from the series (which I’m about to butcher):
“No universal healthcare? What is this, socialism?”

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 9:43 AM PST up reply actions  

I loved that episode just for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wvfdDGGc08

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions  

You've lost your god damn mind Charlie

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions  

no idea

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions  

So I've been writing another web cartoon

Basically the real world version of me hanging out with a Cartoon version of Charlie from its always sunny. Using only Charlies lines from the show.

I guess I know where to debut it.

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:56 AM PST up reply actions  

right right here here

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions  

How do you feel about Man on Cartoon Gay Sex?

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions  

So good

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by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions  

you're a master of karateeee and friendship, for everyonneee..

That’s my favorite episode hands down. Not only because I love the Charlie Illiteracy angle more than any other in the show ("Dude, you see that door marked pirate? you think a pirate lives in there?), but the scene when Dennis and Charlie team up, with Charlie huffing paint etc…. brilliant.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions  

I got a Pepe Silvia shirt for christmas

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions  

WHAT!? LINK ME!

CARROOOOLLLLL…. CARRROOLLLLL… BUT THE OFFICE WAS EMPTY! There IS NO Carol Mac! This office is getting bled like a stuck pig!

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions  

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by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:40 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

yeah thats good stuff

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 9:40 AM PST up reply actions  

I also plan to get this

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions  

Rec'd

Where can one find such a shirt?

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions  

here yo go

http://shop.cafepress.com/pepe-silvia

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 30, 2008 9:43 AM PST up reply actions  

That rules.

My friend almost got me a shirt that said, “I never go anywhere without my bang maid.”

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 9:38 AM PST up reply actions  

Things I'm excited about for 2009.

Movies:
1. Star Trek movie
2. Terminator Salvation
3. Avatar

Video Games:
1. Rock Band Beatles
2. Aliens: Colonial Marines
3. Bioshock 2
4. F.E.A.R. 2
5. Resident Evil 5

Miscellaneous:
1. 2009 NFL Draft
2. 2009 World Baseball Classic
3. SpaceX Dragon’s first manned orbital flight
4. Several countries banning sales of incandescent light bulbs
5. Zombie apocalypse as foretold in Left 4 Dead

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 9:38 AM PST reply actions  

I'm not sure why you'd look forward to a zombie apocalypse

seems like kind of a downer to me.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions  

but that's assuming you'd survive and thrive

and not be part of the dead growth being culled, which in case of a marauding zombie army is quite the assumption.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions  

Also the artificial selection process wouldn't necessarily select for brains or fiscal robustness.

It may select for proximity to chainsaws or flamethrowers, or perhaps ability to run faster than your neighbors.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions  

It'll separate the world into two groups:

1. Those who are prepared for the zombie apocalypse.
2. Those who aren’t.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions  

Implying that you fall into the first group.

How many chainsaws do you own?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Implying that you fall into the first group.

How many chainsaws do you own?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:49 AM PST up reply actions  

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I am interested in your ideas and am wondering if you have a new letter I can subscribe to.

by mark sobba on Dec 30, 2008 5:09 PM PST up reply actions  

2009 WBC is pissing me off

first they want $85 per ticket for the LF bleachers or $120 in the LF bleachers for the 3-game pack for the championship. Also, the title game is on a freaking Monday, so it looks like I’m not going.

by seattlebruin on Dec 30, 2008 1:10 PM PST up reply actions  

What I'm excited for in 2009
  • Sigh. The Mariners. =/
  • Lost. The best show eever.
  • 24. It’s going to suck, but hey, Tony’s back!
  • The NFL draft. Our next franchise QB or OT, here we come!
  • Marriage.
  • Going to Iceland for my honeymoon.
  • The ‘09 Sasquatch festival. I’m 90% sure that Art Brut will be there, and this pleases me immensely.

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 9:44 AM PST reply actions  

Art Brut put on a really fun show

but it seems like it’d get lost in the enormity of a thing like Sasquatch.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 9:45 AM PST up reply actions  

That's my fear

They performed at a smaller stage at the 2007 Bumbershoot, and it was the highlight of the weekend for me. If they’re not on the main stage at Sasquatch (and that’s a big if), I’m thrilled.

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions  

They'll have a new album out by then so they'll probably be on the main stage

I’m still bummed they were in Salem playing shows a couple weeks back and I didn’t know about it.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh hell yes. How could I forget Sasquatch?

Iceland for your honeymoon? I wish I woulda thought of that. That sounds amazing.

Congrats on getting married, though.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 9:45 AM PST up reply actions  

I refuse to believe that we are talking about ditching Hass this quickly

EVERYBODY ON OFFENSE EXCEPT FOREVERTOWN DIED AT LEAST FOR A FEW GAMES THIS YEAR.

by Robert on Dec 30, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions  

It's not so much ditching Hass as it is preparing for the future.

Hass is an older QB and has a fairly extensive injury history, so it makes sense to select a new QB to groom for a couple of seasons.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

I have no problem with grooming a replacement

but with the money that Hass is due + the likely plus 6 million dollar contract that a top 4 pick would control would force our hand and push Hass out both before he’s done and before Bradford/Stafford would be ready.

by Robert on Dec 30, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions  

And he's only 33.

If he can stay healthy, he can play for years to come.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions  

and then draft CJ BACHER!!!

just kidding. That would be bad.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

But with Hass that's the problem

He’s had a really hard time staying healthy and really, QBs that play well into their late 30s aren’t too common.

Yeah there are the Jeff Garcias and Brett Farves, but I tend to view them a bit more as the exception.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

(including Hass)

Back injuries are reallllly tough to deal with…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 30, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions  

Of course he would say that

but it doesn’t change the fact that a bulging disc is a really lousy condition to have if you’re an NFL quarterback.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 10:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Matt Hasselbeck

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes, but were those bulging discs causing their drive legs to weaken?

That was Matt’s problem this year. That particular disc was putting pressure on a nerve bundle that affected his push-off leg.

“As it turns out, the back situation that he had aggravated in our preseason was actually creating the problem with his leg,” Holmgren said. “Now we know where we’re headed with the treatment, and it’s tied in with the disc situation.”

Hasselbeck has been put on a series of rehab tests, Holmgren said, because the disc problem is creating a weakness in his leg.

per Seattle PI

Yes this problem might take care of itself, but there’s a good chance that it will be something he’d have to worry about for the rest of his career. If that bulging disc is a recurring thing and causes Matt to lose power in that leg, he’s got a serious problem.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions  

Romo will surely fall to bulging dicks.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Whoopsie daisy. Didn't I mean discs?

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions  

Let's see

1) The new Bruce Springsteen record
2) GU National championship
3) Chris Cornell’s new record
4) The Mariners not sucking hard
5) The Cardinals scoring 1000 runs

by JI on Dec 30, 2008 9:47 AM PST reply actions  

I'm excited about the Springsteen record

but really only because hopefully it’ll mean another tour.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions  

I've yet to see him live

Seeing Bruce the next time he hits Seattle is one of my resolutions.

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions  

Even to this day he puts on an amazing show

The duration has dropped – the first time I saw him it was almost five hours with only a 10 minute break, and this last tour was just a tick over 2.30 including two encores – but that is one of the tightest live bands you’ll ever see, and it’s clear that they still love what they do. Playing together for 35 years will do that for a band.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions  

I'm probably the only musician in the world who just never got into Bruce's music.

I respect him, but I just never got into it.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions  

It flies counter to almost every other musical like I have

but the Born To Run album grabbed me and wouldn’t let go when I was in the 10th grade and I’ve been a huge fan ever since.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions  

Are you a live music guy?

If so, and if you are open to having that opinion changed, go see the E Street Band live next time they tour. It may not make you the biggest fan ever, but you will definitely appreciate the music a lot more after having seen it performed by an amazing live band. I know it sounds like a hoary old cliche, but when the first few bars of Rosalita or Born To Run fly off that stage, it gives me goosebumps every single time.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:41 AM PST up reply actions  

Probably would.

I’ve definitely had live shows change my opinion many times (M.I.A., My Morning Jacket, Flaming Lips) whether it be from active dislike to like, or from like to love.

I don’t think I could ever fork out $70 for an experiment, though.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions  

last time he toured it was $95 plus service charges

so that probably drops the odds even that much more, which I completely understand.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions  

I did like Magic better than The Rising

but the song he did for the Wrestler soundtrack is just sorta generic – not bad, not great – and I fear the new album will be like that, unremarkable but not actually bad. I hope I’m pleasantly surprised.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 9:56 AM PST up reply actions  

I hope you're right

I certainly don’t think every record they make has to be on par with Nebraska and Born To Run, but I’d hate to see the E Street Band start going through the motions. But any excuse to get them back on the road again is OK by me.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh this is priceless.

Remember that episode of Mythbusters where Adam and Jamie showed a bunch of free-energy devices don’t work?

This guy accuses the Mythbusters of being part of the big-oil conspiracy.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 9:49 AM PST reply actions  

The same reason people bought the Onion books

because they’re sheep.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

LOLSheep?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions  

Not nearly as baaaaaaad.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions  

wool you please stop it?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions  

It was mutton special.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions  

I was trying to figure that one out for a while.

Because I am lame.

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by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 10:32 AM PST up reply actions  

oh well. worth it.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions  

Are you implying that adorable pictures of kittens

with idiot English/L337 speak captions isn’t the pinnacle of humor?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, but it's the same theory

the Onion is freely available online. The Onion books are just compilations of stuff you can read for free online, but with the added bonus of costing money.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions  

2009's so in flux to start out that I really have no idea what I'm looking forward to.

I’m looking for a job, so I’m looking forward to that… or if I don’t get a job, I’m looking forward to getting out of class in May.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 30, 2008 10:05 AM PST 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 30, 2008 10:05 AM PST reply actions  

Oh and a few other things I'm looking forward to in 2009

New Neko Case album. Which hopefully means tour.
A resumption of my Summer Tour Of Baseball Stadia, which has taken a back seat to other crap in previous years.
Arsene Wenger spending money in January for a change.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:11 AM PST reply actions  

Looking forward to:

1. New apartment
2. Outfield defense
3. I think I’m going to buy a suit for the first time in my life.

Things I hope to see but probably won’t:
1. “The State” finally being released on DVD
2. Seattle
3. A WSU team performing well.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 10:21 AM PST reply actions  

I heard an interview with Michael Ian Black a while back

and he seemed to think a State DVD release would never happen, due to music rights issues and general State-member indifference to the idea.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes.

If it has MIB in it, I watch it. It’s awesome.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions  

I remember it on tv a while back but never liked it.

that was when I was fairly young though, so I’ll have to give it another shake

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 10:53 AM PST up reply actions  

Do.

It’s totally off-the-wall, but freakin’ hilarious.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 10:54 AM PST up reply actions  

I never found that show funny

which is odd because it’s a good cast.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 10:57 AM PST up reply actions  

It gets old fast.

I can watch an episode and really enjoy it, but after two, I’m done for a while.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions  

The first season was freakin' awesome

the second season was decent, so was the movie, but otherwise I lost interest a long time ago.

by JI on Dec 30, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions  

It's out there.

I’ve managed to convert my girlfriend into a fan to pretty much every show I love, from The Wire to Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but she thinks Stella is the stupidest show she’s ever seen. And she’s watched like half the episodes, so there’s no SSS issues. She just despises it.

It’s quite odd.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions  

We just started re-watching Space Ghost Coast To Coast

I forgot how completely awesome it was.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions  

The episode where the captain is stuck under the soda machine

is one of the funniest things that show ever did.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah that is a very funny episode

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

yup.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 11:09 AM PST up reply actions  

yeah and the captain keeps knocking out whoever comes in

then the door shuts again. They wake up, he knocks em out again.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 11:16 AM PST up reply actions  

I love that show so much.

The first season starts slow, but becomes hysterical about half way through.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions  

enjoyed The Boondocks as well.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions  

That's right.

I also liked the one where granddad picks up a “ho” at the grocery store from “A Pimp Named Slickback”.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 11:23 AM PST up reply actions  

Once they hit their stride it was unbeatable

and the spinoffs were great too. The Brak Show should have lasted longer than it did.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

I'm not holding out too much hope,

but the box set — complete with extras — is already made and ready to go.

The State’s website posted this note in March:

We are sorry to report The State DVD is STILL has no release date. We worked closely with MTV last year to make a wonderful DVD set with lots of extras, and the DVDs are completed, but they have chosen not to release the set at this time. We don’t know why.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 10:53 AM PST up reply actions  

What I'm looking forward to:

1) My wedding
2) My honeymoon
3) A better sports year for the PNW.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 10:35 AM PST reply actions  

Gotta love the auto-Google-mapping that AP does.

Pointing toward the city in the dateline, which is nowhere near Yellowstone. Sigh.

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 11:00 AM PST up reply actions  

SEPPUKU

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions  

I figure smoke 'em if you've got 'em.

Not all that worried about the apocalypse.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions  

And if you don't got 'em,

take someone else’s and smoke ’em.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 11:19 AM PST up reply actions  

Me neither

I can’t control when the apocalypse arrives, so all I can do is make sure I’ve had enough beer to cope with it when it does.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions  

It's Corco's fault.

He’s awoken Yellowstone…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Dec 30, 2008 11:33 AM PST up reply actions  

Hooray for moving to Wyoming just in time to blow up

Better change the odds on my time of death pool

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Today's moderately intriguing link of the day

is TV Tropes

For example, here’s their page that explains what getting put on a bus means.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 11:28 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

Welcome to the wonderful world of professional model instruments.

My alto saxophone cost me $1800, and that was a promotional price from Yamaha of Japan.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Then there's my Azumi flute which has a typical sales price of $1,200

or my Fox Renard bassoon which I picked up for $50 but typically costs $5,500 new

or my Jupiter 889SG tenor saxophone which set me back $1,600…

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Feel free to get a hold of me at any time via e-mail or Facebook.

I’d be more than happy to give you my input concerning various makes and models.

by BrianL on Dec 30, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions  

So much easier to buy a used guitar!

My old alto sax cost me almost $3000.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 12:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Not for me.

I have my guitar that I still haven’t learned how to play. It’s for my 15 year old, he wants a new trumpet and the one he REALLY wants is over a thousand bucks. He’s been playing for about five years, and he’s in Marching Band, so it’s probably a good long term investment, but WOW!!

I bet my Mom was glad I was a singer back in high school. Throat lozenges are cheap.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 12:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Well my parents bought my a trumpet when I was in 6th grade, and I ended up playing in some form or another

until the end of high school. Klezmer baby, wooot! A nice instrument is a good investment.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions  

My $400 Yamaha was great, by the way.

I wasn’t a scrub player, either. Section leader 7th-11th grade (didn’t take band my senior year).

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions  

The new Pittsburgh Penguins Arena will have 18,087 seats in honor of Sidney Crosby

That’s almost as disgusting as Texas Stadium having a hole in it so God can watch the Cowboys.

by Robert on Dec 30, 2008 12:30 PM PST reply actions  

hes number 87

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 12:31 PM PST up reply actions  

That's lame.

Wait until the guy has done something in the league (and retired) before you honor him.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Safeco was designed for Griffey.

Dimensions are one thing, but this is different. It would be like them naming the “Hit It Here Cafe” after Griffey when the built Safeco, and then what happens when he leaves?

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions  

I hate the name Safeco.

It’s The House That Griffey Built. I can’t wait to ask Zdurienciks henchmen how long until they sign Griffey.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 12:38 PM PST up reply actions  

That's actually how I think of it.

I was just setting some bait with the Griffey thing.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 12:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Wait, Ruben when he was good? Or when he was an immobile slugger?

It always surprises me his name never really comes up in the steroids circus.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 12:37 PM PST up reply actions  

He was my first Rocco Baldelli.

The potential was there, he had some good seasons but there should have been so many… (wipes a tear).

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Crosby is better than Silva,

But it would be like them doing something for Felix’s number, even though he has a bunch of his career left ahead of him.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 12:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Sliva fat jokes are the deadest of dead memes

Deader than “fixed your post” and Rickrolls

by JI on Dec 30, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Not any more they couldn't

it’s been so overused now there’s just nothing about that rotted corpse that’s funny any more.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Those are the best kind.

Like a guy I knew, totally clean cut. No cursing, never even cracked a smile at blue humor. One day out of no where, he tells the equivalent of a dick joke. Funniest thing ever and it really had nothing to do with the joke.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions  

We used to have a guy at work like that.

Really quiet, but about once a year he’d pop up and say something HILARIOUS.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 1:26 PM PST up reply actions  

which is why I went for the always fresh, always hilarious

Silva is a terrible pitcher AND is fat combo ! rimshot

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions  

Top three things I'm looking forward to in 2009:

1.) – Chinese record!
2.) – Exploring my new neighborhood.
3.) – Going back to school.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 30, 2008 12:37 PM PST reply actions  

I like this idea.

For me, the top three would be:
1) – Mariners baseball, Zduriencik style!
2) – Possibly playing jazz piano at Carnegie Hall, if I qualify.
3) – The vocal show.

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 30, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions  

I've never even known someone for whom #2 is a realistic possibility

that’s incredibly cool. Good luck.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Thanks!

I have the good fortune of living in the number one state for high school jazz.

Although, the real goal is to beat Roosevelt at all costs.

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 30, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah Sacajawea Middle School Jazz Band was certainly money when I was playing trumpet for it.

Did you ever do the comp at Columbia Basin College in the tri cities or Lionel Hampton in Idaho?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Lionel Hampton's coming up in January.

I haven’t done that camp, but I have done Centrum, which is in Port Townsend, and the UW one.

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 30, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions  

We rarely did West side comps, coming from Spokane.

Good luck at Hampton. Playing on the big stage is sweet.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions  

go get em tiger

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions  

it's true, he really does

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 12:38 PM PST up reply actions  

I hear he's got 15 cats.

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

by kevin_ess on Dec 30, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

you earned that rec

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions  

a common occurrence recently

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Pretty ironic, your last now comment coupled with this eh?

By the way, I read your profile. What paper is that from? Pretty solid profile material.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:37 PM PST up reply actions  

I'd say that it's generally not a great idea to insult people that have been regulars far longer than you.

Especially when it’s fairly obvious that they’re joking. That’s all I meant.

It’s from an article by Susan Paynter in the P.I. and would probably be funnier if you knew how hilariously misrepresentitive she was of what I actually said.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 30, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah I've no concept of the context, but as I was reading it at first I thought,

oh, this guy wrote a narrative for his profile. Oh wait, no, this is from a newspaper. How strange for this to be a real article…

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 8:17 PM PST up reply actions  

My list

1. College
2. Non-suck Mariners
3. New Strokes album?

by Mariner John on Dec 30, 2008 1:20 PM PST reply actions  

I was never a fan really

for the same reason I don’t like Vampire Weekend. Entitled NY hipsters tend to make really annoying music.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Last Night was catchy enough

but yeah, the rest of their stuff was just not very good.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions  

I think it might have been moderately accurate at one point or another

but BRMC actually evolved whereas the Strokes just kept looking pouty and ripping off Mission of Burma in the worst possible way.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 30, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions  

There's really no way to rip off Mission of Burma and sound good

unless you’re a musician of that caliber and can pull off that sound. And very few musicians are.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm not a musician

but to my layperson ear I can’t imagine trying it myself – there’s so much going on there and it’s so relentless that I’m not sure it wouldn’t kill me to try.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:48 PM PST up reply actions  

The tape loops are what made the band work.

They added some sort of otherworldly melody to the really obtuse song structures and as much of a fan as I am of the musicianship of MoB, without the tape loops I’m not sure if it would even be listenable.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 30, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions  

I did not realize that was a thing

but that’s quite comical – I can’t imagine where that comparison would come from.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions  

A twisted part of me would love to hear it

but that’s also the part that really enjoyed seeing Flipper live several times, the part that likes sonic trainwrecks.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Which is why I loved seeing them live

I have a few records, and they don’t really do anything for me, but live they were something else.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions  

That was something else in an entirely different way

because with Flipper you never once got the sense they were all that serious.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 1:54 PM PST up reply actions  

No way.

I’m not a huge BRMC fan but they’re pretty effing ballsy and I respect them a lot. The Strokes are just boring to me.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 30, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

BRMC is LL's official favourite band.

You will learn to lemming them.

Er. Love them.

by Graham MacAree on Dec 30, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Listen to "Mitch All Together"

and then maintain that stand.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:59 PM PST up reply actions  

I thought the first album was much better.

He’s funnier when he’s slower. I think he was too sober on “Mitch All Together.”

by Teej on Dec 30, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions  

I found he was more polished.

I never was a fan of his bombs followed by… “yeahhhhhhhhh” then long pauses, although that is part of his charm.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 3:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Mitch All Together

is basically… what if Seinfeld spent a month stoned out of his mind? (And also had ADD, rendering him unable to push one joke past about four lines.) I love that.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 3:45 PM PST up reply actions  

I suppose I should share my list, as I did create the dang prompt

1.) Med school!?
2.) Rule 4 draft / rest of Zdurienciks moves
3.) GU BASKETBALL

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:25 PM PST reply actions  

hmmm

1) Driving every mile of state highway in Wyoming
2) Getting me a woman
3) Mariners Baseball

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 1:51 PM PST reply actions  

how many miles of state highway are there in Wyoming?

better get that in before Yellowstone blows…and the zombies attack

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

8785 total route miles

but approx 3000 run concurrent with each other, so it’s more like 6000

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 1:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Good luck with that...

That seems too daunting for me to even attempt

by Mariner John on Dec 30, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions  

but... whyyyyyyy

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions  

Society for Technical Communication?

South Texas College?
Sloppy Tahitian Cornbread?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I was not aware of this

Why?

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 2:06 PM PST up reply actions  

I distinctly remember a zero-tolerance policy.

If this has been lifted then please accept my apologies.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 30, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions  

It is when the thread is an annoying trainwreck

Something short and sweet like that I think is acceptable

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions  

this stuff I'm familiar with, but the more subtle areas

 like what is in fact corco-baiting…. that I need plenty of work on.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Anything that you don't care about yourself

that is said specifically to elicit a wacky/nonsensical response from corco (or coach for that matter) is baiting.

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

by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 3:23 PM PST up reply actions  

oh then that wasn't corco baiting.

I really was curious why anyone would want to drive every mile of Wyoming. Then I saw his website…. yeah. Now I know why it was corcobaiting

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 3:24 PM PST up reply actions  

The trick is to not do it all in one or two days

I’ll allow myself a year and a half or so

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions  

that's fair.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions  

I actually just got back from the drive from Laramie back to McCall Idaho

800 miles straight- that’s a long time in the car, particularly with the whole family in the car, your father yelling “Slow Down there might be ice!” (on a bone dry road in 45 degree weather) and the inability to listen to music

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions  

It's just my father

He dislikes ceding control of the wheel, but when he needs to he does that no matter who is driving. He’ll go 75 in the 75 zone on I-80 in rural Wyoming but when my mother or I get behind the wheel he says “65 is probably a good speed”

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by Corco on Dec 30, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions  

What the heck?

I just got a warning “no more LOL”, I’ve never posted any LOLcats or anything….

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 2:02 PM PST reply actions  

Must be a preemptive strike.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 2:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Okay then.

I wasn’t aware that was a rule. Duly noted.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions  

My mistake.

I never saw the warning, as it was written hours after my initial post. Although I see it used here all the time, I’ll stop using the term/meme.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 2:35 PM PST up reply actions  

It should never be used.

With the rare exception for irony.

by Matthew on Dec 30, 2008 2:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Okay.

That’s the rules here, I won’t argue.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 2:41 PM PST up reply actions  

I remember him,

I don’t remember if he could shoot the three.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 2:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Perkins was a career .362 three-point shooter.

Better, definitely, but seeing a 7’-3" center shoot threes at a 33% clip is pretty damn impressive.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 30, 2008 2:54 PM PST up reply actions  

The big guy that never ceases to amaze me is Brad Miller.

He’s good at everything!

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 30, 2008 2:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Not even college?

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 30, 2008 3:01 PM PST up reply actions  

May I ask why?

Most people I know prefer college sports (more basketball and football than baseball, really) over the pros.

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 31, 2008 12:13 AM PST up reply actions  

Brad Miller is the Kings' center.

He can pass. He can block. He can defend. He can shoot. He can shoot the trey. He can rebound. It’s pretty amazing.

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 30, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions  

He is exceedingly versatile.

He’ll be a good mentor for Spencer Hawes who has a similar skillset.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 3:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Hawes is well better than swift petro and sene.

He is more polished, more skilled, and has a better bball IQ. Sene was drafted for his potential only(read: he is tall and has long arms but never played ball), and lord knows what they were thinking with Swift and Petro. Swift was a high schooler, and its hard to evaluate those guys properly until they get a year in college to see whats what. look what happned to DeAndre Jordan… Top high school prospect, would have been a top 5 pick out of high school. Had to go to the pros, and…. not so much. Second round flier by the clippers.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Also I believe they drafted Swift sight unseen

His dad wouldn’t let any NBA teams work him out, if I remember correctly. Which of course made the Sonics FO determined to draft him. It was like a game show “You can have this nice car, $10,000 in cash OR you can take what’s in the box of mystery.”

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:17 PM PST up reply actions  

A car with bad knees

and a penchant for shitty tattoos. But what a car!!

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:21 PM PST up reply actions  

He did?

That kinda saddens me. I dunno why, but it kinda really does.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Me too actually.

If you can’t be good, at least be a character.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 3:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Agreed

How else is he gonna distinguish himself on that team? Without his mane of sexiness he falls back int relative obscurity with the rest of the 21ft of ineptitude at the center position. So sad, he coulda really been something.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Cuz what this world is lacking is a 7 footers with a communications degree

I keed, I keed. To think The Sonics coulda drafted Al Jefferson or Josh Smith instead. Looking at that draft thought there was a lot of busts Sebastian Telfair? Rafael Araujo? Luke Jackson? Then the Russian Embassy of Pavel Podkolzin, Viktor Khryapa, Segei Monia, ugh^3.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:50 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm not that up on the draft,

but looking at those names, there isn’t much there.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions  

I wiki'd it

I always remember the Al Jeffeson/John Smith bit though. I knew both of those guys were gonna be good.I had a good feelin Swift was not.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Al Jefferson is a freak!

one of the few remaining guys who isn’t a terrific leaper and doesn’t get his buckets because his point guard threw him a lob. He gets in the paint and goes to work. If only he’d work in a pass now and then…

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 8:19 PM PST up reply actions  

How could I?

that mane of shock red hair. It was like a fire of sexiness resided on his head.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Brad Miller is even good at avoiding Shaq punches!

(See: when Miller and Artest were still Bulls.)

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Screw Mutombo

Guy made me cry when I was 10 years old.

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 2:41 PM PST up reply actions  

While he is by all accounts a tremendous human being

I will never for give the “I guess that’s why they’re not the SUPER Sonics” crack.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 30, 2008 2:44 PM PST up reply actions  

I forgive anything he says

because he says it in his gravelly Cookie Monster voice.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Last year I declared that if the Patriots lose the Super Bowl, then

I’m okay with the Seahawks & Mariners having miserable seasons.

My 2009 resolution is to not do that again.

by katal on Dec 30, 2008 3:03 PM PST reply actions  

Thanks. That would be a foolhardy declaration this year anyway...

at least Shanahan got fired right guys?

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 3:04 PM PST up reply actions  

Just saw that at FG

Wow, I didn’t ever think it’d see that. I always assumed he was given an attaché with a gun, 100 untraceable bullets, and carté blanc immunity after his back to back super bowls. With all the injuries at RB and their terrible DL I would have never thought he’d be left holding the bag for this season. Wow.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Also, How does Dick Jauron keep his job?

Talk about a meltdown, dear lord. I remember Jauron’s terribly coached teams in Chicago years ago. New city, same result. The NFL bottles my kind sometimes.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Is that official yet?

I heard his status was still up in the air.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 3:59 PM PST up reply actions  

This is Buffalo though...

They tend to move a little slower.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 4:05 PM PST up reply actions  

like I said above

Makes no sense. Pro sports baffle me this way. “Hey lets hire this re-tread coach who was never any good to coach our team! He has experience, and that can’t taught!”

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions  

The English Premiership is the worst offender in this regard

How Kevin Keegan or Harry Redknapp keep getting jobs is beyond me.

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by pdb on Dec 30, 2008 4:09 PM PST up reply actions  

easy there. Futbol is a glorious and wonderful sport.

Tell me you didn’t at least get sucked into the UEFA cup this summer

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Can't say I did

And all I remember about world cup was the Irish Pub beneath my apt. filled with a ton of Koreans at like 5 in the morning. They then proceeded to chant and pound on the bar for the next 3+ hours. Terrible

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

How can it be terrible living above an Irish Pub?

That’s my life long dream!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Things that I love:

Family
Sports
Guiness
Smithwicks
Jamison
Combinations of the last 3.

Living above a pub would be swell.

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by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 4:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, it was on the ave

And it was pretty much a tenement whose key to the front door was a simple swift kick. And I was robbed in my apt there. And I got to hear the drunks attempt to do Chapelle’s L’il Jon schtick quite often after the bar let out.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

My thoughts exactly.

Although I understand the tenement part.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I dunno if they do

My only beef with the KO-reans was the amount of noise too early in the morning after a bender. The rest was why that apt was a terrible place. Maybe that wasn’t really clear. Plus that bar was a faux irish pub that were so in for a while. Not a real honest to goodness Mick in the place.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 4:27 PM PST up reply actions  

.
My only beef with the KO-reans was the amount of noise too early in the morning after a bender

… Is that a subtle jab at me? If so… well played.

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

by abender20 on Dec 30, 2008 4:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Not so much, no

But it was my first place and I had a lot of good times there. I knew almost everyone in the building and we were like a large dysfunctional family. That atmosphere allowed to start my first "business that later ended rather poorly.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 30, 2008 4:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Sounded like it was worth it then.

I miss some of the dumps I lived in for similar reasons.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Dec 30, 2008 4:33 PM PST up reply actions  

I used to drop in there about once a year, have maybe a beer and split.

The bartender always remembered my name. People that can do that always amaze me.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 7:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Not really on both counts.

20 percent good service/10 for not making me wait all night. And really only ever stayed there for one beer, and sometimes didn’t finish it. The clientele in that joint can get on my nerves pretty fast sometimes. The guy had a great memory, and I’m not that memorable.
The Irish Emigrant had a bartender with a similar memory, but the owner sold the place ~3 years ago and bought a joint downtown somewhere, took the bartender with him.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 8:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Funny

I’ve lived in Maple Leaf/Lake City for almost a year. And, while I leave this weekend, it hasn’t treated me half bad. Nor did the ave really. Aside from the robbery and subsequent nunchuck to the side of the head. But that was kinda my fault for not being a little more savvy. But I miss the wide range of cheap food available late on the ave.Plus I was just down the street from Earls, the best cheap drunk in Seattle.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 31, 2008 1:36 AM PST up reply actions  

I actually like Maple Leaf just fine.

My drummer lives there. A bit subursy for my taste, but it’s pleasant enough. I’m talking the area northeast of Maple Leaf.

The U-District in general makes me want to set things on fire.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 31, 2008 1:45 AM PST up reply actions  

Lake City Way isn't so bad, anymore

they’ve done a lot to try to clean it up, more apartments, more businesses etc. Though I was in the area just northwest of Lake City was, picking up trash for work crew, I was a little sketched out.

The U-district wasn’t so bad. I had tons of food, bars, movie theatres and a toally bad ass video store(Scarecrow Video) all within easy walking distance. But I understand that most of the Ave’s denizens make most people hate it.

It’s never fun not being able to walk 10 ft without some methed out freak trying to sell you pot. For the most part if people want pot they know how to get it and aren’t about to buy it from some über creepy looking guy who’ll just sell you a tiny albeit laced amount.

by Willie Mays Haze on Dec 31, 2008 2:12 AM PST up reply actions  

I worked in the U-District for three years.

There are some great things about it to be sure, but the bad things are so bad I just couldn’t deal.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 31, 2008 2:22 AM PST up reply actions  

Top three things I'm excited about this year.

1. Living in one state for an entire fiscal year
2. Fairly consistent access to Mariners’ tickets (and the SF/SEA series)
3. Magically having the money appear so that I can finish my masters…or perhaps just impressing someone enough to get a real job.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 30, 2008 8:16 PM PST reply actions  

Found a great article in the Washington Post archives.

Bud Selig, the Expos, contraction talks in ’01, near challenges to the anti-trust exemption for MLB. Nice piece of journalism, Expos for Sale.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 30, 2008 10:16 PM PST reply actions  

butthol was Last Fan of Jose Lopez?

Who’da thunk it.

Big Z is the MAN.

by .Taylor on Dec 31, 2008 1:10 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

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