OTFP: Friday Early Edition 12/6/08
by dpseadv on Dec 5, 2008 12:48 AM PST
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PrintHere's my disclaimer, my mornings are tied up 6 ways to Sunday. So I can post an OT really late the night before, or not at all. Best I can do. Usually headlines are my target, but due to the holiday season I've been avoiding the "news" even more than usual.
I love scavenger hunts. There's probably a bazillion versions online, but the new Google street view function kind of opened up an idea. Find the object, post the location and direction to rotate. For instance, person in a wheelchair. 1118 Summit Ave, Seattle, WA, rotate SSE. It's sort of problematic if you go to the wrong spot, as the people can move from one frame to the next, or the day can change if you turn a corner. I think this could be a lot of fun, but then again it could be completely retarded and a total drag. Perhaps there should be some rules, or some kind of structure. Like a point system based on location of the find, something like that. If the LL community can divide the west coast and creat the NRC vs. PRC conflict, then I'm certain some structure for a scavenger hunt is child play. Or just ignore it as my 75 word filler, and let the chatting proceed.
Things to look for:
Cows, kids playing ball, fire trucks, cop car pulling someone over, house most likely to be a haunted house, person in a mariners jersey, house on fire (at least smoking), people in a boat, person fishing, person most likely a douchebag, giant clock, car with a mattress on the roof, homeless person (just to help out esoteric), famous people (bonus for M's*), people having sex, nude person(s), mail truck on a tow truck*, deer (bonus if it's on a truck), wedding, funeral procession, anymore ideas?
*Too awesome not to add to the list, despite being random finds.
Also, it would be kind of strange to have all the notable happening or people around town eventually tagged, or marked. Madonna? 555 Hollywood Blv., NW, or something like that.
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Oh my God my team just got homed so bad.
Last ten minutes of the game: Fouls on them: 1. Fouls on us: 13…not including two technicals.
We also had 4 travels in the last 5 minutes, after not having one the entire game.
Being les than 25 yards from a wild Polar Bear is pretty intense.
Especially when he looks at you with that tilted head and you know he is calculating the odds of getting to you before the security guy could fire his tranq gun.
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I at first read that as "giant glock"
and we should add “people who are having sex” and “people having crimes committed against them” to the list
I can't fucking believe I forgot to watch The Office last night.
First time I’ve ever done that. I guess that shows how disappointed I am with the current state of the show that I don’t even think, “Hey, it’s Thursday. What am I supposed to watch tonight?”
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 7:43 AM PST reply actions
Oh goddammit.
Harmonix has announced that they’re going to release a fucking COUNTRY MUSIC pack for Rock Band. They haven’t confirmed the songs yet, but the artists are as follows:
Brad Paisley
Brooks & Dunn
Dierks Bentley
Dixie Chicks
Miranda Lambert
Whisky. Tango. Foxtrot.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 8:01 AM PST reply actions
Meh.
They all beat the hell out of the Naked Brothers Band. Paisley will be fun on guitar. Hopefully it will be old Dixie Chicks.
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It's important to note that none of that is actually country music, it's dreck
now, if they were to put out a Johnny Cash, George Jones, Willie Nelson, or Marty Robbins version of RB, I’d be interested.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
Whatever
It’ll sell more copies of the game, probably, which is fine by me. Plus, if the Dierks Bentley song is “What was I thinking” then I’m on for that one, at least
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Whew. Looks like it was just a rumor.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
I don't see much problem with it.
It’s DLC, so you aren’t required to download it or play it. And all the people that like it for one reason or another will buy the DLC, which just gives Harmonix more reason to expand their thinking to other genres that are under-represented
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I'm such a DLC whore that I hate seeing a week where I can't download something.
I usually download at least one song per week.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions
Then hope that it is Dierks Bentley's "What Was I thinking?"
Not bad, and probably fun to do as a band
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Take away the little boy voice and Body I Occupy isn't so bad. . .
But I don’t wanna go to school is just straight up fucking terrible. Like, they should be embarrassed terrible.
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They have already commented on it at the rock band forums.
It wont be officially announced until a week from Friday, but it is a sure thing.
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You know what sucks?
Riding 6+ miles to work and realizing you’ve forgotten your work ID, which is also your only entrance into the secure bike storage room, which is where your lock is. Actually, it was the riding 6+ miles home again that sucked, now that I think about it. I need a drink.
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A car?
You mean like the long line of cars that were sitting in standing-still traffic that I blew by at 20mph in the bike lane on my ride in this morning? No thanks.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
Good Golly, Miss Molly
OOOOOOOOOOOOOooOOoOOOOOOOOOOOoooooOoooOOOOoooh
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I used to think that he was saying, "Good golly, Miss Molly. She sure likes to bone."
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
Well that would have been a very lewd comment
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I still love the Eddie Murphy SNL skit about Little Richard's Aerobics
Good golly, Miss Molly, you look like a hog
You better start runnin cuz it’s much too late to jog
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
Anybody ever seen that old TV movie,
Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme? He played the King in that movie and it was great. Actually, the whole movie was awesome. I mean, look at who was in it for God’s sake
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Bahaha, Randy Jackson is in that movie.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions
I used to think this was the best song ever
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The whole movie is on Youtube
Check it out if you get a chance, and that will be put in context
I watched this movie like a billion times when I was a kid
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I still sorta regret the time I went to see him at the party they threw for a convention I attended in Denver, rather than walking down to Coors Field which was not very far from the hotel I was staying at. But I did get into the front row — and they weren’t kidding when they said “no photography!” This one really bad-ass dude that was a spittin-image for my judo-champ 6th grade teacher came lunging after a girl who happened to make the mistake of firing off the flash on her point-and-shoot camera (this was back before digital cameras were cheap and prevalant).
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And it'll continue to be slow until I get to work
See you guys in just over an hour
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My boss asking me "Where did Bruce went?" got me to thinking. . .
The oilfield has a lot of unique phrases.
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Southern grammatical construction also.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 5, 2008 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
My wife always says, "I useta couldn't do" this or that. Ahh the South!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
There's one that grates on me like nails on a chalkboard.
“Go with.” Upper mid-west thing I think, Dakota’s maybe Minnesota area. I have some cousins from Minot, it’s never ‘would you like to go with me?", it’s “you want to go with?”
That drove me nuts when I was in Minot too
along with “ofer” as a modifier, like when you say something funny they would reply “ofer funny” or “ofer awesome”.
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What's worse...
…“ofer” or “hella”?
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by PositivePaul on Dec 5, 2008 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Ofer is a new one to me as well.
Man do I love midgets.
Ofer is new on me, unless "Ritchie went ofer four. Again."
As mentioned by others, a well placed and seldom used hella I can dig. I’m trying to curse much much less, so punctuation like hella is creeping back into my vocabulary.
by dpseadv on Dec 5, 2008 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm starting to worry my son will look up one day soon and say "Daddy, I want some fucking toast please."
He’s a very polite boy.
I think kids should learn to swear and when, where and often it is appropriate at a very young age.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I still remember the first time my sister's oldest son said "shit" for the first time at three
It was a crazy range of emotions – I wanted to laugh out loud, because it was the funniest thing I’d heard all day; I wanted to be the stern uncle and say “you shouldn’t say that in company”, but then…he’s autistic and was pretty non-verbal at the time so I was really proud that he’d learned a new word. So I went with pride. As did my sister, when I told her about it later.
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That's pretty good! The one that worries me is I talk to myself under my breath sometimes.
Last thing I need is to drop my boy off the changing table and have him go bombing through the house yelling “she’s a bitch! she’s a bitch! she’s a bitch!” This almost happened when the in-laws were in town recently, fortunately I distracted him and he forgot about it.
I'm glad my boys are 15 and 18.
Man do I love midgets.
They cuss plenty enough on their own then, probably
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Not very much around us. They still blush if they swear in front of Mom.
I’m sure when we’re away they do plenty of it though.
Man do I love midgets.
My whole family cussed so much that by 16 or so it was common conversation for our whole family
And yes, they are definitely swearing all over when you aren’t around.
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
We swore all the time growing up, except my mom hated f-bombs.
Man do I love midgets.
My parents had no problems with the f-bomb
But still, it never came up too much
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
My Dad's rule it was fine around just him, but if my mom was around, there was no cussing.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
The first time or two my kid did it I felt the same
I’ve made sure that he knows that those are big people words only. I told him that nobody would like to hear a kid say big people words, and now he’s pretty good about it. His mom cusses like a sailor though, so he’ll slip up every once in a while.
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Swearing isn't something I notice so much, then recently I overheard a guy that cusses about like I do.
It kind of stuck out, in a big way. I’m a little embarrassed now, I didn’t realize how much I curse. My grandfather swore quite a bit, I remember my grandmother making us wash our mouths out with bars of soap and we were giggling at each other. He never used motherfucker though, or the F word much at all. He was creative.
Your grandma made your grandpa wash his mout out too?
If so, that’s awesome
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They're both linguistically lazy and unnecessary
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A have a friend who says "hell of" which I find to be hilarious.
I stand by hella, but it should only be used when appropriate.
I also like the band okay.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
They say the same thing in Hawaii too (go with, or go wiff)...
I’m trying to break my assistant of those habits.
Man do I love midgets.
No! Save the patois! Keep language interesting!
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I'm all for keeping language interesting,
but it causes a problem when speaking to clients. It doesn’t give the most “professional” impression.
Man do I love midgets.
I certainly understand that.
I wish that we lived in a society where flat-out grammatical errors were frowned upon but long used and well established turns-of-phrase common in specific regions were encouraged. My Mom had to train herself not to say y’all, use Southern cliches and mask her accent for the sake of her career and that makes me really sad.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I don't mind "y'all" and that sort of thing so much, to me that's just an accent.
The problem I have is the grammatical errors. You would think we should have all been taught the same language.
Man do I love midgets.
I would argue that because language is fluid
once something becomes well established enough (and I’m talking over a period of many, many years, not things like “conversate” and "addicting") it ceases to be a grammatical error and becomes a part of the language.
Some things don’t qualify, of course, and some things should be left out of professional communication. So I don’t even think we disagree.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
How about in this sense:
In his spare time, Carlos Beltran enjoys addicting children to heroin by injecting it into their eyeballs.
the other angels fan
Maaaaaaaybe, but...
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by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
I know at least two people that would totally buy one.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Here! Here!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I'd buy one except I'd have to answer the question "what is a patois?" all day.
Man do I love midgets.
I like beer.
It makes me a jolly good fellow.
Man do I love midgets.
I'm going beer shopping tonight
because I’m out of AV Winter Solstice, and because it’s payday. I’m going to buy 12 other random beers as well. Any suggestions?
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Santa's Private Reserve is pretty good this year.
I would assume you’ve had that though. I’ve been digging Old Ale a lot lately; Port Old Viscosity is fantastic. If you haven’t yet had Double Bastard that’s great too. Also, believe it or not, the Red Hook Double Black is quite good.
Greenwood Market just started carrying Ninkasi and I’m pretty excited to try Tricerahops.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Ninkasi's Christmas beer (Sleigh'r) is quite good, if they have it
but Tricerahops is definitely a tasty beer if they don’t. Santa’s Private is indeed quite good and continues the streak of “Rogue doesn’t make bad beers” that they’ve had going for quite a while now. I’ll have to try those others.
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Double Bastard is amazing.
I dare say I prefer it to Ruination. Old Viscosity is definitely in the category of “one and done” as it is a serious ass-kicker; not only is it pretty damned strong, it’s super heavy. It’ll put you out.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I love, love, love Arrogant Bastard
but have yet to have Double Bastard. Gotta get some of that.
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sweet Belmont Station has Double Bastard
and Oak Bastard, which may be worth a shot too.
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Oaked Bastard is good enough to try
but I don’t think the difference in taste is worth the difference in price. Double Bastard is pretty much everything great about Arrogant Bastard but kicked up a notch. Nice and piney and the alcohol is really well masked, considering it’s 10.5%.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Good to know, I'll spend that money elsewhere then
because I can usually get tasters so I’ll try to get a taste of the Oaked Bastard instead and spend money on other beers.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Oaked Bastard is definitely a taster sort of beer.
Interesting, but not interesting enough to pony up $3 for a 12 oz bottle.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Oi, about Sleigh'r....
I tried to pick some up down in Olympia – the beer store had tons of Ninkasi beers – but didn’t have Sleigh’r. They couldn’t find it online.
Is this a draught-only sort of a deal? Do you get this in bottles down south?
I've not actually seen it in bottles, now you mention it
but then I haven’t really looked specifically for it lately.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I'm intrigued.
Is it the same people that make He’brew?
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Three
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Ok, so I guess I wasn't the third
So I’m whateverspotinline. I still would love one, and would pay money to be a proud owner
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Huh, has anybody ever heard the band Ra Ra Riot?
I’m listening to the song “Ghost Under Rocks” and it’s, well, it kicks ass.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 9:04 AM PST reply actions
Goddamn I love "Brian Song" from the Life of Brian.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 9:15 AM PST reply actions
Speaking of Rock Band, man am I looking forward to the Beatles game.
The same guy who created the Love show is acting as music producer on the project.
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Beware the Friend Zone!
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Look how flat that place is. Ridiculous.
Grow some hills, Kansas!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
I have an oooold friend who lives there now.
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by PositivePaul on Dec 5, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
this is not a surprise.
They do that about once a month it seems.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
Looking through the latest ads
I’m kind of surprised that Fry’s is no where close to competitive with their HDTV prices.
Whoa.
Does Samsung make good memory products?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
It's no Seagate drive
but it’s not a Maxtor either.
Seagate used to make the worst 5 1/2 drives. Went they quit, they just quit.
You could give them a technical tap and they’d be good for one last spin up, so you had to have your backup drive hooked up and ready. I’m surprised the name Seagate is still around, seems like so many early companies got folded into larger ones and disappeared.
I think Seagate is good, and Maxtor is bad.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
To clarify, Maxtor blows hard.
I’ve yet to find a Maxtor drive that would live longer than 10-12 months.
I swear no matter what mood I am in, listening to the Smiths always puts a smile on my face.
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Or write sad poetry
Sad poetry
Oh noetry.
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If by soothing you mean annoying then yes
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Huh. I would say he has the most comforting male voice I have ever heard.
Dave Gahan is the only one who could challenge him.
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Not at all a Morrissey/Smiths fan
never have been.
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I don't really know why but this surprises me.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
It surprises most people that don't already know it
given my general musical tastes. I also never used to like the Pixies, but I’m slowly coming around on them; Morrissey, however, I don’t see that changing any time soon.
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I think I find the Cult or Morrissey to be so adorable that I will always love him on some level.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
To be honest that's why I can't stand him
I know that if I sat down and listened to old Smiths records I’d probably like them. But every time I hear Morrissey’s voice all I hear is I’M SO SAD AND I’M SO MISERABLE AND NOBODY LOVES ME BUT YOU ALL WORSHIP EVERYTHING I SAY OR DO and it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard on one side of the headphones and a dental drill on the other.
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I see what you mean but I have the exact opposite reaction.
I love a guy who gives the people what they want. Even if, in this case, it’s clinical depression.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
I'm actually not either,
but I’ll say that Johnny Marr is one hell of a guitarist.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I thought Sumner's vocals didn't branch away enough from New Order.
But man can Marr get after it.
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Marvin Gaye?
Or if we’re confined to something like pop/rock, then I’d take Sam Beam, Mat Brooke, Andrew Kenney, etc. etc. etc.
I like Moz, and don’t mind his voice, I just don’t think it’s really soothing (statement may not apply if you’re a closeted gay teen in 1987).
I would say they're about equal, soothing-wise
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Actually now I am thinking that it is without question Stephin Merrit.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Elliot Smith?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Eh, not really soothing.
Pain was too close to the surface.
I actually find his voice to be incredibly irritating.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Luther Vandross FTW!
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by PositivePaul on Dec 5, 2008 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
My damn baby sitter is MIA
This sucks, because I was only scheduled until 2 today but now I’ll have to hang around later
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I suppose so
I was expecting a picture that would make me thing that way but musically, I guess I’ll survive
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I didn't like her until I saw her at Sasquatch this last year.
She completely stole the show. Hands down the best act there. When you can turn 15,000 stoned and mellow hippies into a fucking rave, you’ve done your job.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Holy cow, I found Ichiro and Felix on Street maps!
Unfortunately, they’re with some other guy
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
Hahaha
Richie’s face is blurred out. That’s awesome
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Meeting Matt Hasselbeck is passe since I've already done it several times.
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
He's Red Sox fan so you're going to have to deal with that.
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Fuck Hass, there's a younger, less crippled sugar daddy in your future.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
But he'll never love you like John can love you.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Gaaaaaaaaaay
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure that would qualify as love at that point.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPS
by Dewey N on Dec 5, 2008 9:04 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Well done dude
I meant to mention it last night when I saw it, but this made me laugh a bunch
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
But move one block north and it isn't
Richie’s always is. And Willie’s name is blurred out. I didn’t explore too much though
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Hahahahaha! I added this to the list before looking at you link!
You’re an evil genius at scavenger hunts!
Mwhahaha...why thank you.
Not only did I get “famous people” (and the M’s bonus) but also “person in a mariners jersey” (all multiplied by however many Mariners there are along 1st ave). So how many points is that? :-)
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
I have no idea, I didn't even realize anyone was looking until you posted.
There aren’t really any rules, I’m not very good a coming up with structure for this kind of thing. I was just having fun looking around earlier this week and thought of it.
I thought you said you wanted pants.
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Pants are overrated.
If Donald Duck doesn’t have to wear them, why should I?
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
Let's make up some structure! I'm pretty lame at structure, but how about some.
I’m terrible at structure and rule making. If somebody actually found Ichiro walking down the street, that would be amazing. But then part of me wants to award bonus points for being a smart devious motherfucker, because that’s how you win championships.
Well I probably shouldn't be the guy writing the rules
Since I have already participated. Otherwise, nothing stops my evil genius nature from declaring a million points for each Mariner found and 1 point for everything else. Might as well just declare me the winner now.
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
No problem, these are inflationary times my friend. Just wait until you see how many points I score on Bessie the Cow.
If I can find her, these guys didn’t range too far from town apparently. Maybe I should try Calcutta.
I saw Tank Girl for the first time last night.
How great is Malcolm McDowell in that movie? The way he says, “Lovely…” after drinking the water drained from his recently murdered military captain was hilarious and priceless.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 10:14 AM PST reply actions
I haven't seen that movie in years
but I do remember Malcolm McDowell’s general awesomeness.
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I need to put that movie in my queue
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
I really need to get rid of some of these instruments I never play.
Two regular tenor trombones and a tenor with F attachment? I don’t even know how to use the F attachment.
Craigslist away!
"I didn't mean to steal anything", he said at sentencing
which explains the guns and the breakin. Goodbye, douche.
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I would argue that
that’s what you get for busting into a hotel room armed to the teeth with your friends.
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Sometimes I think I lead a stupidly charmed life
I had a meeting this morning that I was really sweating, for a couple reasons. First, because I’m supposed to provide an overview of the capabilities of a stupidly powerful data-mapping tool that we want to use on one of my projects, and I am not a database guy so I have to go reeeeeeeeeeally slow to make sure I don’t miss anything and thus I’m about 4% done with my learning about said tool.
Second, because the guy running the meeting is the smartest dude I’ve met in several years and the thought of going into a demo with this guy and not knowing my stuff, and having him ask me really good questions to which I’d have to answer “uhhh I don’t know I’ll get back to you on that one” seriously gave me the flopsweats.
But, seriously smart dude didn’t have a chance to do what he needed to do for the meeting, so he suggested we cancel. SWEET. Now I can spend the rest of my day continuing to learn Altova MapForce, and if any of you are experts in that particular tool and want to teach me all you know I’d be all over that.
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Whew!
Isn’t it nice to just get plain lucky sometimes?
Man do I love midgets.
Yup.
this happens to me more than it probably should, at least at work. And it makes up for this morning’s double commute.
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I had an easy commute, and a crappy start to my day.
Every problem child on the planet has called me this morning.
Man do I love midgets.
Pure Guava by Ween is the stangest fucking album ever made.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 10:49 AM PST reply actions
I could never get into Ween
I like quirky every now and again, but Ween’s just not my bag.
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Yeah, can't get into that at all
Buenas Tardes is incredibly irritating – the other song’s not too bad, but two white guys from Jersey singing like Speedy Gonzalez just doesn’t really do it for me.
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I know what that is and I'm not going to acknowledge it with a click
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Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, I figured that's what it was
and I’m too busy listening to the new Byrne/Eno album to let that song bother me.
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Nick Cave's "New Morning" is drowning that song out quite nicely
now that I’m done with the Byrne/Eno.
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Oh. My. God.
Red Dog, the roadie from the movie “Almost Famous”, is played by the same actor who played Scut Farkus in “A Christmas Story”.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 10:54 AM PST reply actions
You know he also made porn, right?
Scott Farcus has had a rather checkered movie career.
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Hahaha, no I didn't know that.
But I do know that Billy from Predator did porn and many other unsavory things.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I thought only Flick did that
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/475737/where_are_they_now_a_christmas_story.html?cat=40
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
Oh, you're right. My apologies to Mr. Farcus.
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Hey - Ralphie even corrected you!
T’s up Ralphie? Shoot your eye out lately?
Actually I found it quite hilarious that Flick the Pole Licker became a porn star. What appropriate forebodings, eh?
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Dec 5, 2008 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, not lately, no.
That is where my nickname hails from though.
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
The band Heart.
Acceptable transition from 70’s rock to 80’s balladeers? Or contemptuous sellouts?
Fear the NPE
Heart was a casualty of the 80's
They took a hit from the MTV crackpipe and it was over. Too bad, too, they were a decent band in the late 70’s/early 80’s.
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I definitely prefer their killer 70's stuff.
But I have to admit “These Dreams” is a great 80’s song.
Fear the NPE
It's bombastic, I'll give it that much
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Anybody in here an Eleventh Dream Day fan?
I’ve listened to El Moodio enough, and was wondering if their other albums were worth checking out. All Music really seems to like ‘em, but I’d like a little more information before diving in.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 11:12 AM PST reply actions
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Christian pirates performing an autopsy for kids.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 11:17 AM PST reply actions
I wish I had been old enough to see Thin Lizzy live back when they were around
There’s just nothing wrong with that band.
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You speak the truth.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
And naturally the one song I was looking forward to on the No Doubt compilation for Rock Band is not included.
Why couldn’t they have recorder “New” on a real album so it be licensed easier!!!!
Fear the NPE
I can't believe it took them this long.
No Doubt is pretty much the quintessential band for Rock Band parties, since the ladies want to sing.
I'm glad Hella Good is on there.
I don’t love the song, but I think it’s going to be a blast to play.
And the drums on “Underneath it All” are going to be awesome, too.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, definitely.
I’m not a No Doubt fan (I don’t actively dislike them, but I don’t like them either), they have a lot of nostalgic songs, and they’re going to be a lot of fun to play in a party atmosphere.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
I'll be stuck singing them though :(
Oh well, I’m a former large-type fan of theirs from way back so I’ll be happy with them appearing in the game
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It's actually in Waco, Texas.
I started my search along I-84 because I knew of a huge ranch that had cattle somewhere along the highway. But they don’t have street view far enough down I-84 to get there.
Arrrrrrgarehdghiege! Nice find! I started in Ellensburg and headed south into Oregon.
Apparently the google guys don’t think much of the east slope of the cascades, they don’t cover much of it. But they apparently like Jack in the Box.
Fuck 'em then
Everybody could use some 36 Crazyfists in their life
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The Comcast router at home is starting to piss me off.
And I’m not even there.
Man do I love midgets.
YAY NEW NEKO CASE ALBUM IN MARCH SQUEEEEEEE
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I wasn't fond of Fox Confesser, but she puts on a great live show.
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This is 95% of the reason I'm excited about the album coming out
Fox Confessor definitely wasn’t my favorite – she’s starting to follow the Carl Newman School Of Over-Elaboration curriculum a bit more than I like – but live shows never disappoint.
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I love Neko Case
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
If you didn't I'd be worried about you
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Though, I am a meh on The New Pornographers
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Diminishing returns for me, really
I have all their albums, and I really only need one or two. Meh is a good description.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I think that's going a bit far, but I can tolerate this viewpoint.
Their last album did nothing for me, but they’ve produced what, 2 great records, a pretty good one and a blah one. I’ll take that any day. Some of my favoritest ever bands can’t compete with that.
You're missing out.
Electric Version is one of the best pop albums in the last alt-pop albums in the last, well, probably ten years.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
That's one of the two I like
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Please tell me that the other is "Twin Cinema"
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
ayup.
Everything else is unneccessary.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Good.
I like Challengers a lot, actually, but it’s somewhat uneven.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
A lot of people love it, I just... I didn't get it.
Personally, I’d call Twin Cinema one of the best alt-pop albums in the last 10 years. EV is good, pretty darn solid, but I really liked their first one too.
The cover art, and the story that they found it in a Tacoma thrift store is one of the things that give me crazy amounts of pride in the City of Destiny.
It's hard to do better than "Bleeding Heart Show"
God the last two minutes of that song make me giddy.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I own it, and I think it's ok, but it is not great.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
It's in the link
and it’s also my desktop.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
BOTD...
Bacon wrapped filet mignon:
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After everything else you've posted
that almost seems too easy. But it definitely looks good.
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I've had it, and it is.
The trick is to get a real thick cut bacon.
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Yes. And then what you have is basically the best dinner you can have.
A great malbec/cab, bacon-wrapped mignons, maybe some grilled shrimp to start with…
It’s things like that that prevent me from ever seriously considering vegetarianism.
Indeed.
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They should have used better bacon
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I have eaten this many a time
Fucking delicious
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The best filet mignon
I’ve had I cooked on a flat rock in a campfire. Bacon and seasoning was not needed.
Were you aware
That to is Probation Repeal Day
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Shit, That is, Today is Prohibition Repeal day.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Good thing I'm partying tonight!
Man do I love midgets.
And how odd is it
that Utah’s vote was the one that put the repeal over the top?
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
an excellent point
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
I'll be in Portland tomorrow.
The girlfriend already has an agenda planned, but if you could recommend one thing, what would it be? I’ll see if I can work it in to the agenda. Should make for a decent topic on here, at least.
the other angels fan
Define the word "thing".
How much time do you have? What’s already on the agenda? Outdoorsy, retail, museumy, what sort of thing?
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
I think we'll be bouncing around downtown
different shopping areas, restaurants, etc. Maybe a museum? I know we’re going to see The Thermals at the Doug Fir. We’re staying at the Ace Hotel. We’ll be in very early Saturday morning and out early afternoon Sunday.
the other angels fan
Oh dude you missed the boat staying at the Ace.
The Jupiter is across the parking lot from the Doug Fir, just as nice and cheaper.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I pointed out the Jupiter to her.
She wanted the Ace. The jupiter had mixed reviews on Yelp, for what it’s worth.
the other angels fan
The Ace is less party-centric than the Jupiter
but it’s still a pretty nice hotel, and the deli downstairs (Kenny & Zooks) is really good. And they have Mexican Coca-Cola, the kind made with sugar and not syrup.
The Portland Art Museum’s a pretty quick walk from there, I haven’t been since it expanded but I hear it’s pretty nice. NW 23rd seems to be a “must see” if your GF is into shopping – I find it pretty douchebaggy but there’s lots of boutiques and whatnot, and a really good dive bar (Nob Hill Bar & Grill) for when you get sick of that. The Chinese Garden downtown is pretty cool, but the Japanese Garden at Washington Park is way cooler – it’s an easy MAX ride from where you are staying.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for the tip.
I think we’re going to do a museum of some kind. I know she wants to do Powell’s as well, which is fine. She loves bookstores, I’m indifferent. Plus I’ve already been there last year.
the other angels fan
I'm very jealous of you, Mr. Eyebrows.
Sounds like a great show.
For me, if I have a few hours to kill before a show, I’d hang out at Jackpot and dig through records. My wife’s never been a big fan of that, but hey, Powell’s is like 50 yards away. And Rocco’s pizza with what, 75 cent pints of PBR!
I think I went to that record store when I was in portland last year.
Just down the road from Powells, must be it. It was a pretty nice shop.
the other angels fan
Everyday's the huge one
Jackpot’s pretty small, but they have a good selection – but Everyday is MASSIVE.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
That's it. Just down the hill a block from Powell's.
I really like that shop.
I love that store.
They’re expensive, but their selection is amazing.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
OH DEAR GOD DO NOT GO TO ROCCOS
that place is horrible. Jackpot’s great, Powell’s is awesome, but Rocco’s is SHITE. Unless you’re a 22-year old hipster who hates everything.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Go to Bridgeport Brewery and drink a lot of IPA
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Walk by the river and be amazed by the maze of spectacular bridges.
Man do I love midgets.
I was kind of joking,
but I think there is a waterfront trail system down there? Any locals know for sure?
Man do I love midgets.
"System" is a generous word for a trail that borders the river
but yes. There is actually about a three-mile loop you can walk, from Hawthorne Bridge to Steel Bridge, that takes you over both bridges and along both sides of the river. The problem with that is that there’s really nothing else to do but walk that trail in that area – all the restaurants/bars and stuff are either downtown or on the eastside, so if all you’re looking for is a walk it’s a great option, but if it’s a walk-plus-see-shops-restaurants-and-museums, not so much.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
and yes, other Portlanders, I'm aware that the Eastbank Esplanade does connect with the Springwater Corridor Trail
but tourists don’t care.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think ever done anything but drink in Portland.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I played video poker and ate a tofu salad and some soup.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I think we came pretty close when we got lost
and ended up in one of the sketchier areas I’ve seen in the Northwest.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Or the Rogue Brewpub and drink lots of I2PA.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
Or both
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
If so, you'd have to go to the Bridgeport first
because you can’t taste anything after drinking I2PA.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
I hate the Rogue Brewpub, but goddamn their beer is delicious.
The pub’s food is pretty meh, and their service is TERRIBLE.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Ooooh sir those are fightin' words
I heart the Rogue. I’m currently lobbying them to buy up the abandoned restaurant in my new neighborhood and open one up there.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
You don't find their food overpriced and bland?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I personally hate the idea of judging brewpubs by their food.
As long as it’s not terrible, the beer should be the main attraction.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
100% agree.
And Rogue’s not terrible food – it’s not gourmet, but the Kobe burger’s great, and the beer is muy bueno.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
I don't eat red meat, which limits my enjoyment of bar food.
I love the Lompoc because they have great non-beef food there.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Their nachos are to die for
and their beer is my favorite in the city.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
I agree the Brew pub is for drinking. The eating part is secondary, though, I wish more Brew Pubs new how to cook a good stake.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Nope.
It’s not my favorite restaurant in town, but it’s my favorite brewery restaurant – that said, I haven’t eaten at the new Deschutes yet.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Don't.
I love Deschutes beer, but their food is not good, and it’s always PACKED with the worst kind of people from the Pearl.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
This is pretty much why I haven't eaten there yet
the one time I drank there it was 2pm on a Wednesday, so it was pretty empty. The bartender had Pearl douchiness to spare – popped collar, flip flops – and it didn’t make me want to go back.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
They were super nice to me.
That reminds me that I need to laminate my Rogue Nation membership card.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
They didn't do it for you?
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Not going to help you tomorrow,
But I love going to the (I think it’s called) Waterfront Park Jazz Festival in Portland.
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Hung Far Low's not downtown any more
it moved out to 82nd. And there’s waaaaaay better…entertainment options than Magic Gardens.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Sassy's is better, IMO
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
I've never had a problem with them
and I’ve always had a good time there.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Look, I'm never going to be rational about this.
I was there for maybe 2 hours, during which time I heard FOUR Neko Case songs, 2 Ramones songs, a Thin Lizzy song and tons of other stuff that was just out of this world.
FOUR Neko Case songs.
That's very, very odd.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure I could enjoy a strip bar that played Neko Case songs
it’s crossing my two worlds a little more than I’m used to.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
This was during musicfest, and then I saw a bunch of the...help at the show I was at.
The whole thing was like they tunneled into my brain, got a bunch of people together, and then acted out whatever they found. Ok, not everything.
It was the best kind of surreal.
That does sound pretty damn awesome
but the fact that it occurred during MFNW tells me that if I go into Magic Gardens tonight I won’t hear anything nearly that good. Which may or may not prevent me from verifying that fact.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
that's like Christmas, my birthday, and payday all at once.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
The day we left my girlfriend said
“We should really come back down here and go to some strip clubs.”
Which was the most confusing thing anyone has ever said to me.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
You two and me and my wife should double date next time you're down
she always gets annoyed when I go to them, because she loves to go and never does – I don’t go often, but the times I go it’s always for bachelor parties so she can’t come along.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I've never been to one, and neither has she.
I think that I would enjoy it, but in a much different way than it is intended.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
I always have a great time at them
because they’re so completely surreal. I always end up having great conversations with the strippers here, for some reason. It’s fun. And a lot of the ones here have good food, too, which is nice.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
You'd be surprised how many females hang out at strip clubs in Portland.
Normal ones even. It’s part of the social fabric.
Hung Far Low was my stage name.
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While reading through to catch myself up in this thread
I immediately knew that you would make this comment. And I still laughed
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I think the weekend public market is going on tomorrow
They’ve got a Rogue brewery stand, great food, shopping… if you’re done with the museum and don’t know where to eat, that might be an option. Just s. of Burnside on the w. side of the river.
It must be a great market
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
It's got its constituency
I’m not really a fan – for every decent stall there’s 10 hippies selling handmade bracelets – but if you’re willing to dig a little it’s not too bad.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I agree.
I went there once when I was visiting Portland. I never once went there when I was living in the city.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
My wife likes the "limey" selling sausage rolls.
And hey, Rogue!
Oh, hey, what?
Now my comment ends up between Robert’s two comments about the same market? WTF?
I'll admit it, I don't like the Shysterball writer.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
He has a good essay in the new THT annual about the failure of the Mitchell Report.
He’s not a stathead, but I find him to be a solid writer.
Bad day for celebrities and legal trouble.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600802/20081205/boy_george.jhtml
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600770/20081205/coldplay.jhtml
Also, I promise I wasn’t reading MTV.com. Those just happened to be the first two Google results.
Wow, Joe Satriani thinks Coldplay ripped him off.
Which explains a lot about Coldplay.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
If I were Satriani I wouldn't confess that.
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It's a desperate bid for relevance
it’s just too bad he used Coldplay to make that bid.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
It's always bothered me: did Coldplay get permission to basically write new lyrics to Kraftwerk's "Computer Love"?
Tell me Kraftwerk got paid for this… I know they’ve acknowledged that they got the melody from there, but there’s “acknowledged” and then there’s “licensed.”
the one that's boring and that sucks
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
That description covers every Cold Play. I think we might need to be a little more specific.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
The one that's bland, soulless, and poorly written?
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
There's no way to frame Coldplay as a good band so I don't even try
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, shit, yeah they'd HAVE to pay them since it's exactly the same, right?
I mean, it’s even in the same key.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
I always forgot what a great movie Mean Girls is.
Too bad LiLo had to go and turn herself into a human trainwreck.
That is not a good movie.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
You're right. It's great.
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That's what I say
Thank god it is my Fiancee’s favorite movie, because now I can watch it whenever I want without any guilt. Plus, there are several pretty ladies in the movie, which always helps
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Good call, my friend
I’ve also had a long standing crush on Lacey Chabert from back in her Party of Five days
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I fell in love with Lizzy Caplan after watching "True Blood"
When I first saw her in “Cloverfield”, I thought, “Oh, hey, she’s cute…kinda alternative…totally my type.” But, goddamn, she’s smokin’ hot in “True Blood”.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
You won't be disappointed with how, ahem, visible she is in the show.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
True Blood's season JUST ended.
It won’t be on DVD for several months. Though, if you have HBO it’s available On Demand right now.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
When does Richie Sexson come down from LL?
I mean we have a new GM…some hope (maybe false hope, who knows). Do we have any idea of a replacement picture. Maybe back to the sinking ship?
This obviously is up to Jeff, but what options might we have?
I fucking hate you Mariners
it's an awesome picture though
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Fahey and the guy with the soul patch.
Indie.
by .Taylor on Dec 5, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I say it stays until the Mariners don't fill me with more misery than hope.
I am encouraged, but I still think the team sucks and that watching them in their current iteration is going to suck.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed..but at what point do we say it no longer applies?
Or does it just stay until we win something like 90 games?
I fucking hate you Mariners
Yeah. We won 88 games in 07, but we still sucked.
Indie.
by .Taylor on Dec 5, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe we should let Jeff decide that, since it's his site?
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
See my original comment on this...I said it's all up to Jeff but this if an off-topic thread and thought I'd ask what people think.
I fucking hate you Mariners
It's Friday, I can't be bothered to think
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Not asking you to think..just scroll.
I’m killing time right now..there is absolutely nothing to do in the office around year-end, especially with both of my bosses out (one golfing). And the earliest bus that can get me home comes at 3:45. I so badly want a tasty beer right now.
I fucking hate you Mariners
I say it stays until with have something to truly rejoice about.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I'm not sure it'd take much..we were all in awe of the Branyan signing.
Maybe a Felix extension would do it?
I fucking hate you Mariners
That's a no brainer.
I want him to trade something good for something interesting, make a good impact FA signing, something like that.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
Something BAD for something interesting.
Or even trade something good for good value.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
This is what I liked about the Branyan deal!
Didn’t show up in town and try to swing the big FA deal to show everybody he can do it. That and he’s keeping his mouth shut basically.
I love the Branyan deal, don't get me wrong.
But there are good, undervalued FAs that provide a lot more value, this year and every other year. It’s nice that GMZ has an understanding of F.A.T., but hat just means he possesses a minimal level of competence.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Oh right. My bad, I've just developed a knee jerk reaction to the words Free Agent.
And I’m serious about that. I immediately think over bloated shit contract, for shit in return.
The Branyan signing merely provides a little hope that we are not completely screwed.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
SEAN TAYLOR DIED BECAUSE OF THE REDSKINS LOGO!
I fucking hate you Mariners
my cousin died from that, man
not cool
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Sounding like the overall opinion here...There definitely isn't a better picture out there right now.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Speaking of good movies, 'Paint Your Wagon' and 'Blazing Saddles' should arrive tomorrow!
Sunday will be a good day!
Excellent
I plan on watching Blazing Saddles tonight, as a matter of fact. Just got it last night, so I’ll pump it through to my Xbox 360 and enjoy laughing so hard that my chest caves in
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I love Blazing Saddles.
Sheriff Bart: What do you do when you’re bored?
Waco Kid: I dunno. Play chess…screw…
Sheriff Bart: [eagerly] Let’s play chess.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I'm now extra excited to watch it tonight
It’s been too long since I’ve seen it, so quotes don’t come to me easy anymore. This will change tonight
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I forgot about that, I haven't seen the movie in about 10 years.
Slim Pickens really tried to steal that movie, at least for me.
“What in the wide world of sports are you Kansas City faggots doin’” -where all the white guys are chicken dancing to Camp Town Ladies.
Slim “We’ll pull an Old #& on ’em”
Hedley Lamarr “What’s that?”
Slim “We go riding into town, a whoppin’ and a whoopin’, and kill every man in sight!”
Hedley “So you spare the women then?”
Slim “Shit no! We rape the shit our of ’em later on at the Old #7 dance!”
Oh, man, someone's gonna have to go back to town and get a SHITLOAD of dimes!
God, Slim Pickens was a genius.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Even though he went on to make some great movies after Blazing Saddles
there’s a part of me that thinks Mel Brooks should have stopped as soon as he wrote the line “Where’s all the white women at?”
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not a Mel Brooks fan really so I agree with this
because I did like Blazing saddles.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Blazing Saddles is in my top ten movies of all time.
I could quote that for days.
Man do I love midgets.
About my favorite quotable movie, until toothekazoo posted the link to Black Dynomite last night.
Best movie clip, that I can think of anyway.
Check out this Red Band trailer (but not at work, because Red Band = boobs and bad words)
Funniest shit I’ve seen in a while
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I'll have to remember to check from home.
Man do I love midgets.
I can't wait for Black Dynamite
It looks incredible
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I'm going to a party at the Moon Temple tonight.
Expected saturday morning hangover level on a scale of 1 – 10 : 5696559876
for a second there I thought you were going to a party at the Moon Tower
and I was about to talk about how fantastic of a movie Dazed & Confused is.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
So, "Jar of Flies" by Alice in Chains is a pretty masterful EP...until you get to the last song "Swing on This"
Seriously, what the fuck? It starts out with six hauntingly beautiful songs, then ends with a fucking shit song. Gah!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:14 PM PST reply actions
Song six is about where the heroin kicked in
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
good point.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
I have always wondered
If I was cheating on Alice and Chains and Rage against the Machine for enjoying Audio Slave.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
There is no need to enjoy Rage Against The Machine
so I think you’re good – Audioslave, for all its Cornell-centric wankness, is a much better band.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
I like Rage's first album.
Anything after that is kinda boring.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
I heard a review recently
of Zach De La Rocha’s solo album that summed up everything I hate about Rage Against The Machine. The reviewer was talking about how it’s not a very good album, and then he said “We’ve heard this before, Zach. You’ve spent 10+ years telling us that we need to tear things down. How about telling us to build something up?”
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
There are plenty of people telling to build stuff
It’s nice to have a little tear shit down.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
but it's uninteresting after three songs
and yet they kept making records.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
meh
they’re no Austrian Death Machine.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
Audioslave was good
But a lot of people like to slag on them because it’s fashionable.
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
No, it's because in my opinion they weren't good.
Tom Morello is a one trick pony. “Listen! I can make my guitar sound like I’m scratching a record!” At least Tom’s high school buddy Adam Jones (not that Adam Jones) from Tool went out and explored and expanded his style. Tom preferred to spend his time searching for more tattoo ideas.
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That's m though exactly
I’d say you were late since I commented about his style a little earlier, but you put it much better than I did. I can’t stand the way that Tom does his guitar solos in Audioslave. Seriously, ever one of their songs has a break in the middle and it’s just a bunch of “wokka-wokka” guitar sounds. Drives me insane. Every time I think I’m starting to enjoy one of their songs, he pulls that shit and turns me off
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Their first album is incredible
I agree that the last two had some problem (with Morrello sound wanks being at the top of the list), but Chris Cornell is so incredibly fantastic that it outshines (pun intended) those flaws.
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Or you didn't like and many other people like to rip on it because
OMG IT NOT RAGE OR SOUNDGARDEN AND MATT SHOULD QUIT PJ SO SOUNDGARDEN CAN RECORD AN NEW ALBUM AND TOUR
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Many people I know that are into rock regard their self-titled
as a flawless album from start to finish.
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
oh, now you've pissed off all the D&D fans
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Lazy stereotypes are FUN!
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
no higher consciousness for you then
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
He could've thrown sand in your third eye.
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I think they kinda suck but I don't really like anything.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
I heard you liked crack though
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Their covers album was by far their best.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Their cover of "Ghost of Tom Joad" is pretty awful though
I don’t know if it’s from that album or not, but still, it’s the only Rage cover I know of.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Their cover of Renegades of Funk is top notch.
I really don’t like that band, though. Homedude being a megamillionaire rock star with a Sabo Tabby sticker on his guitar has always struck me as ridiculous.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yup.
He’s basically a high-profile trustafarian at this point.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Aaaaaand feel free to hide that comment if you'd like.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
there's about ten people here that would get the reference
so you’re probably safe.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
I love Rage riffs
but I always had a hard time gettnig into them because they feel the best way to tell us that capitalism sucks is to spend $16.99 on their records.
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
and a bigger machine.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
This.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
I think it's pretty good.
Bruce played a heavy version of it with Tom Morello on his last tour that was somewhat reminiscent of it.
by JI on Dec 5, 2008 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
I heard an Audioslave song last night
And was reminded of how annoying it is that they plant a Morello guitar solo into every song. Just kills every song because his style doesn’t match anything from the song. Drives me crazy
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Calm Like a Bomb is a good song.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Has anybody ever introduced their parents-in-law as their step-parents?
I’ve done that on more than one occasion.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 3:01 PM PST reply actions
I always just call them "my wife's parents" for some reason
I’m not sure why.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
The new Korean BBQ place at Pike Place Market is pretty good.
Solid bulgogi and they make their own Kimchee.
Has anybody determined
what the “buzz up” thing on posts actually does?
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I'm afraid to
because I don’t want to either blow something up or rend the fabric of space and time.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
but I overcame my fears
and apparently it posts the article which you’ve Buzz-d up to Yahoo! Buzz. What that is, I don’t know.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Sends it to a Yahoo version of Twitter, I think.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 5, 2008 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
now I know.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, we should try an Buzz! up the article on Dave's scholarship fund, see where that goes.
Kind of stalled out. Kind of hit at a bad time maybe, Christmas right around the corner.
When I start my heavy metal cover band, Pants Of Fire,
the first two songs on the set list will be Sex Farm Woman and Big Dumb Sex. now, I just need the rest of the set and it’ll be time to ROCK.
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An excellent choice.
And, one for the laydeez – Let’s Get It On.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
My buddies and I always wanted to form a drunken-hobo-death-metal band
Homemade instruments, and then while they bashed and wailed in the background I would stomp around and make guttural animal sounds, all while we were dressed like homeless people. Unfortunately it never came to fruition
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Crash Worship, in other words.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
After a quick bit of poking around youtube
Yes, that seems like a pretty good analog to my plans. Needs more paint can/paint bucket drum set though
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If you want to talk crazy percussion, check out Sleepytime Gorrilla Museum.
They’ve got a regular drummer, and a guy who plays found items such as propane tanks and hubcaps.
The lead singer used to be in Idiot Flesh (equally awesome) and Book Of Knots (Also superb).
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Again, sounds like Tchkung!
Drummer + angle grinder + banging rebar on shit, etc. etc.
I love drums
All kinds, so I will look into these. I love when drums are so fast (especially the double kick) that my arms and legs get tired just listening to it because I’m imagining what the guy is doing. This band called Divine Heresy has a drummer that works the double pedals so fast it sounds like a drum track and not the real thing. Here is a clip of a jam session. Watch his legs when they show them.
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The drummer for DH doesn't even look like he is moving his feet in that clip
He’s moving so fast that his movement was cut off by the low framerate
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.
Converge rocks.
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Yes, it appears that they do
Good stuff there
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Sick dude! The first time I ever heard double base like that was One, Metallica.
But I don’t think Lars was doing it quite like that. Wow, I forgot how much I like metal when it’s done right*.
*Completely pretentious statement, but I’m not particular to much of what falls under the umbrella of metal nowadays.
This group is awesome
The drums are just amazing, in every song they do
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I don't know exactly what that was
but it was something.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Go to heck.
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What's that you say?
You want Creed to reunite? Well, your Creed-related prayers have been answered, my good man.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Oh no.
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Oh, sadly, yes.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Now is as good a time as any to go fully deaf, I suppose.
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Can I finish listening to this Flop album first?
it’s quite good.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
That's a band I always wanted to share a bill with but never got the chance.
Their concerts were legendarily dangerous. Kind of like my boys the Dwarves.
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I can't honestly say I would have ever drawn that parallel
but Flop shows were awesome. I don’t know who started it, but there was a stretch of time when Kurt Bloch would throw cups at Rusty during Flop shows, then Rusty would return the favor at Fastbacks shows, after which everyone started raining cups at Kurt at almost every fbx show, just for fun. Good times.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
I heart Flop.
I’m not a big fan of flopsweat, however.
Not the sound, just the rambunction.
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Learn sign language
and then my fiancee can interpret for you and I
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So this past week, SBN has given us
Five for Howling for the Phoenix Coyotes and Litter Box Cats for the Florida Panthers.
What the fiddlesticks?
Maybe they play in a shitty stadium?
Or maybe SBN should start letting people name their own blogs?
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Do they have stoned manatees choosing the names?
“I’ve got it, let’s name the Panthers blog after the place where Whiskers buries his dump!”
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
that's Dr. Whiskers to you sir
SBN’s cat didn’t spend 4 years in kitty medical school to be referred to as MISTER.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
.
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by kevin_ess on Dec 5, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
that's either the creepiest or funniest thing I've seen all day
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
but kudos for using the word fiddlesticks.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
The sunset on Mt. Rainier right now is so amazing.
I love living here sometimes. So….beautiful….
I can't see Rainier, but the light outside right now is AMAZING.
Man do I love midgets.
Me too.
Better than any view I’ve got at home, that’s for sure.
I can see my anus.
Dammit, I always screw that joke up.
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My ride home was stunning
a few little clouds that just turned red as the sun finally set, and I could see three mountains. Not bad.
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by pdb on Dec 5, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Meh, the sunset when you're at the ocean is better.
Probably the only thing I like about going to Cannon Beach.
I disagree.
While it’s nice knowing you are at the beach during a sunset, the light off the waves is nothing compared to the light of a snow capped mountain. And when there is a touch of clouds pushing up against the mountains, the colors are even more stunning.
But if it came to watching a sunset in Seattle or Hawaii, I take Hawaii 9 times out of 10 simply because I am in Hawaii.
The best sunsets I have ever seen were on South Beach in Santa Barbara
The sun filters through the chemical haze of LA to create an amazing display unrivaled anywhere else.
I like long walks on the beach too!
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You two were meant for each other.
Man do I love midgets.
Fuck shoes.
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And you already know my stance on pants.
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I'll kill it!
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It's been quite the week.
But hallelujah, part-ay tonight!!!!!
Man do I love midgets.
My week has completely sucked
And now I’m trapped at work 3 hours later than I was supposed to be waiting for a flake of a customer that probably can’t even buy the car anyway. I want to leave. I haven’t eaten all day, my head hurts, and today was payday which is a sad day in the car business these days. END END END
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That sucks.
I haven’t eaten either, but I’m about 5 minutes from getting out of here.
Man do I love midgets.
I'M STILL AT WORK AND HUNGRY AND TIRED GUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
THIS IS THE MOST POINTLESSLY LONG CAR DEAL I’VE EVER HAD TO DO. IT’S ALMOST NOT EVEN WORTH WHAT I’M BEING PAID FOR IT
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Sometime when you're bored and I have the day off I should just come drive something to keep you occupied.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
yes do this
I’ll keep everybody posted of how busy we are, and just take it upon yourself to come give me a break
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I don't even get to really have fun on Sunday.
We have to go up to Vancouver since it’s my brother’s birthday. So I got a day and half weekend after 5 days of school. Fun.
I hate it when I get Vancouver, Canada confused with Vancouver, WA.
Especially when I have a grenade in the glove box. FAIL!
Their is tons more to do for both the Pre and Post 19 age groups
Ask Papa Owens if you can visit Grouse Mt, the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Downtown East Side or the science museum.
It has the greatest urban plan in North America.
It’s a testament to urban design. It’s amazing.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 5, 2008 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
I know nothing about this, but I'll take your word for it.
I just used to drive to the downtown area in between the ages of 19 and 21 and hit up bars with friends. Didn’t really pay much attention to the city as a whole. It’s lovely, but downtown scared the shit out of me at night. I guess that’s any urban area, though. A buddy of mine got robbed and I got lost while trying to find him. It was madness. But fun!
I think you're awesome, AC, but....
Vancouver is WHY so many people react negatively to mainstream ‘urban design.’
Drive in from the truck crossing/Surrey/Burnaby and you’ve got really eastern-blockish suburbs culminating in a squat downtown. It’s not bad, it’s just…. to me, and I know nothing about this stuff, so I’m going to represent the Everyman in this, it LOOKS nasty compared to Seattle.
Vancouver has some wonderful amenities, from parks to neighborhoods, etc. It’s got a noticeable, but not unbelievable downtown, wide swaths of suburbs, and a great natural setting. Sounds like Tacoma on steroids, really. I’d really like to hear what’s great about the design itself. Look, I don’t doubt that it conforms to something, but then, Le Corbusier had some ideas about planning too (that involved razing every bit of Paris that people now love).
Vancouver is the anti-Le Corbusier.
I don’t disagree that it’s not the most aesthetically pleasing city in the world, but look at the period in time during which it underwent its most dramatic changes; Cold War era architecture is notoriously terrible.
From the standpoint of planning and design, at the most basic level, it’s amazingly well done. It’s a true center-spoke city. Would it be better if it looked like New York, or DC, or Paris? Of course. But it can’t, because it came into prominence after the automobile. Given the constraints imposed upon modern planning and urban design (which is vastly different than the aesthetic feel of a city) it’s a treasure. It’s functional and well thought out and Seattle, LA, Portland and every other major West Coast city would do well to pay attention.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 6, 2008 1:24 AM PST up reply actions
So Yahoo Mail is apparently down, which is inconvenient.
Just about the only time in my life I was relying on internet mail to make some plans for the evening. Crap. Maybe my new Fios is so fast it’s just too fast.
That was in reply to above
My failure to reply just made it seem as though I’m unsmart and made a completely random comment. I need to leave work and eat.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
So am I the only person cool enough to be hanging around here on a Friday night?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I'm here, but beat from a long day.
And this one is almost all music, so I don’t have much reason to comment.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
No worries. I've mastered the z-button speed-read of the off-topic thread.
I’m more of a hip-hop guy, so most of this stuff is Greek to me.
Groovy
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by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I have to work 12.5 hours tomorrow
After staying 6 hours later than I was supposed to today. Terrible…
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
I have 8 hours of selling tomorrow.
Then Sunday it’s 8A-probably midnight at least.
Fun weekend, anyone got a gun?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Why yes, I do have a gun
But if my day tomorrow is like today the whole last week was, then it might be in use by about 3pm tomorrow
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
That's quite the dilemma
Terminate or medicate?
I think I’m going to grab me a burrito tomorrow….long day, need to stock up.
OK: what’s your sandwich of the day?
I call it a Tamaya sandwich, from Sasebo, Japan.
shoku pan bread, japanese cucumbers sliced lengthwise and flash pickled, sliced hard boiled egg, kewpie mayo and a thin layer of mashed potato. Sometimes I throw a few sea salt chips on there.
I don't know what most of those words mean.
’s probably good though.
Flash pickeled…. I like the sound of this phrase, and I shall adapt it to New Contexts.
Yeah, I'm hoping so too.
I just…. I wouldn’t bet on it.
Excellent
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I'm around.
Watching Outside Providence on streaming Netflix. One of the more underrated comedies in my book.
Wonderful
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Inflating your comment count?
You’ll never catch up with Brian.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The correct phonetical is Muahahaha
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's important.
Sound it out, the w messes everything up.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
No, but I felt it necessary to reply to everybody
No need to discriminate. And you’re right, I’ll never catch Brian. Not even worth trying
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Delightful
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 5, 2008 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
.....Oh. My. Fucking. God.
Robo’s theme from Chrono Trigger laid ontop of Never Gonna Give you Up.
Just…Oh God. This is wrong.
My setup. Holy crap.
Samsung 52" 7 Series TV
Denon 2809Ci Receiver
Pioneer Blu-Ray
Some Boston Speakers (And Sub) (Speakers may vary, depending on availability)
Power Protection & Cables
Of course the appropriate game systems are involved as well as an HD box.
My setup:
Philips 29" CRT TV
Sylvania DVD/VCR combo
PS2
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 6, 2008 1:32 AM PST up reply actions
My lame setup:
Hyundai 22" widescreen LCD monitor
Monoprice HDMI switch
PS3
360
Panasonic DVD recorder with QAM/ATSC/NTSC tuner
Woo Hyundai!
I guess I should probably list my setup
50" Samsung DLP
A soon to be replaced Harmon Kardon receiver
Infinity Audio center channel speaker
Infinity Primus floorstanding speakers for front channels
Polk R15 rear surround speakers
Comcast HD-DVR
Xbox 360 Elite connected with HDMI
PC connected via VGA
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Holy WTF
I’m gonna come hang out a bunch. All you need now is an Xbox 360 and you’d never be able to get rid of me
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Heh, I have this mental image of about 3-5 of the regulars on a Fri. night eating sandwiches at RC's.
Playing video games, while RC is stuck playing host. Then when she gets up Sat. morning, everybody is still there having pulled an all nighter.
Yawn
Anybody else working, or unable to find anything better to do than be on LL at noon on a Saturday?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Wonderful
It is so slow today. And of course I have set 3 done-deal appointments for tomorrow, which happens to be the day of the memorial for my Grandma so I don’t even get to do those. Thank god I am off at 7 today, though
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Yeah, I'm just hoping I don't have to work tomorrow (probably will, however).
Not really sure when I’m off today.
Oh, this and that.
There’s a computer here, I’ll tell you that much. And a window.
That's what I fell like much of the time
Hey there goes a car driving by. Would you look at that.
On a better note though a customer I have been working at for almost 3 weeks is finally coming in today to buy, so that’s cool.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Getting ready to watch the Alabama vs. Florida game.
But let me share you my poker stories from this week.
So last week for Thanksgiving, I was up in Seattle at my parents house. My dad and I love to go gambling together and he was looking forward to winning some money with me playing poker. Well, after playing almost $100 and not winning anything during the entire week, my dad was disappointed. So last night, the first time since last Sunday from playing poker, I win the first tournament I play. Go firgure.
As for today, I played in two more tournaments and got knocked out by the two stupidest plays I have ever seen.
Play #1: Blinds are 250/500. I have pocket aces. I raise the blinds pre-flop to 2000 chips. Three people come along (at this point YAY!). Flop is Q 10 7 – all off suit (YAY! again). Player 1 raises 1000 chips. Player 2 folds. Player 3 raises to 2000 chips. I push all-in (5000 chips). Player 2 folds. Player 3, who has me covered, calls. He shows 7 4 off suit (pairs the seven on the board). Up against my aces (YAY!). The turn is a 4 and the river is another 4. I lose.
So I fine having my aces cracked against someone who hits two pair or some other combination. But how in the hell does someone call the pre-flop raise of 4x the big blind with 7 4 off suit?!?!?!?!?!?! Sick, absolutely sick. And then to have the shitty hand crack aces.
Play #2: Blinds are 200/400. I am in the big blind with 9 2 off suit. Two players call the pre-flop, nobody raises. Flop is 2 9 Q – all off suit (YAY! two pair for me). I check. Player 1 bets the minimum, 400 chips. Player 2 calls. I raise to 1600 chips. Player 1 folds. Player 2 calls. The turn is a 3 (YAY! I feel confident I am still leading). I bet 2500 chips. Player 2 calls. The river is an ace (okay, no big deal, I still have two pair). I push all-in (4000 chips). Player 2 calls and shows Ace 3.
So, again, I am cool with being beat with by two pair, but how in the hell does someone call with NOTHING on the flop after I raise them 4x the bet? And then on the turn, even after them hitting a small pair, call my huge raise with two over cards on the board? And then getting lucky hitting the river makes me want to puke, especially after me earlier bad beat.
I have had bad beats before, but this sequence of events was just retarded. I have never seen people play so stupid and get rewarded for it. I won’t say I was going to win those tournaments, but I would have definitely made the money. Instead, I spend 3 hours between the two tournaments and have nothing to show for it because I went up against the two most retarded people I have ever seen. Normally I don’t have a problem with people playing this way because I just take their chips from them. But having this happen twice in a row is insane.
Anyway, that’s all I got. It’s now 7-7 in the Alabama vs. Florida game.
But they watched poker on tv so they know what's up
That sucks, dude. A ton. Dumb luck that bails out stupidity should never be rewarded.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
20/20 (or one of those news programs) the other night had a segment on cheaters playing online poker.
They get access to administrator passwords are able to view everyone’s hand at the table. They didn’t say whether they could see the upcoming sequence of cards, but these people have fleeced a ton of money from playing online.
I doubt they play these small tournaments because it’s not worth their time, but I have always wondered if it goes on. Now I know.
I'd never heard this before. That's some good info to have right there.
I didn’t realize you were playing online. Last time I played for money was a small get together at a house in Tacoma, about 20 people.
Half way through the guys that set it up declared they were bored with poker and wanted to started changing up the games between new dealers. I pulled my $40 bucks out and left, I wasn’t there to pay money to re-learn the rules and technicalities of up the river down the river, or a bunch of other shit drinking games.
Yeah, that sounds fishy.
Bait you in, let you win a little, get your drunk a little, change things up, and destroy you.
Pretty apt description though. Least I had a chance to walk out with my money.
I’ve never played online for money, but I’ve considered it many times. Won’t be doing it after hearing about the cheating.
I’ve tried free poker online for fun, but the people don’t play the same unless you have money on the table. Actually they bet like the people that you were playing, so maybe it doesn’t make a difference.
Holy crap that blows! With a capital B
Having position, another player pushing the bet for you, the right cards… that really sucks. I’d use some $20 words here, but sucks and blows just about covers it I think.
And yes, I stole that phrase ‘$20 word’ from acblue, if anybody happens to remember.
This day can give my nethers a thorough licking.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 6, 2008 12:35 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Let's just say that my store's POS system puts the POS in POS system.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 6, 2008 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Is it a point of shit or a piece of sale?
I just got back from buying a car stereo, which is our christmas present to ourselves this year and thus the extent of our Christmas shopping. Amazing how, after installation, wiring, and various adaptors, a $109 stereo turns into a $295 adventure. FUCK I HATE ELECTRONICS.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 6, 2008 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
POKER REDEMPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So because of my earlier losses, I decided to play a more expensive tournament to weed out the dumbass retards.
I ended up winning the tournament and made $240. Most I have won in a single tournament and it feels awesome!
Very good for you
Karma comes back. On a side note, I sold 2 cars today after originally thinking that I had nothing going down for the day
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Nice!
How many cars do you have to average selling each month to stay afloat? I would think 2 cars would be a good week, especially in this economy. But 2 in one day must be awesome.
I'm used to selling 15-18 per month
But, the last few months have not quite been there, due both to the economy being down as well as the owner/gm not wanting to pay to support my position by paying for new leads and the like. I only make $100 at a minimum per car sold, for the most part. I need to do 15+ to make bonus so that the bills get paid
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Let's hope.
And to be clear, I don’t work my ass off to sell 15 cars to collect a $1,500 paycheck. Again, bonuses and the occasional high-gross deal get me up higher than that. That said, selling only 7 last month did not exactly put a ton of cash in my pocket. I got paid for 200 hours of minimum wage for the month of November, which is pretty uncool
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Yeah, I didn't mean to pry into too many details, but I hope are able to make a good living at it.
At least this is probably the low when it comes to selling; as compared to other years.
No worries, I didn't see it as prying
I’m happy pointing out how much I make because generally things are pretty good. And in reality, my store is doing fine. The fact that the internet side of things isn’t being supported has nothing to do with economy, and more with the GM’s philosophy on how worthwhile the internet sales are. He thinks it isn’t worth putting money into while I think it is worth every penny that can be allocated
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
What an idiot.
You have gotten at least one sale through hanging out on the internet. If your car lot advertised well over the internet, you could make a killing. Sounds like your GM is stuck in his/her ways. And as usually, it’s costing both you and him business.
Over the summer months, we received 250-300 leads per month (different GM was paying for leads)
Me and the other internet sales guy were combining for 35 +/- per month. Last month, there were 48 leads, of which I sold 7. National closing average for web leads is 10. 12 is very strong. 15% is godlike. I sold 7 out of 48, and I actually had to sit through a performance review with the GM because of how “poorly” I finished last month. I just laughed and walked out of the office when I realized what the review was for
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Most places they make less than that, actually
One of the many misconceptions that make people hate us by rule
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Huh. Color me surprised.
I’ve only bought a car once in my life — and my salesman was an awesome dude — but the way he talked about his job, I didn’t think he would need to sell anywhere close to a car a day to get by.
Depends a bit on what you're selling, I suppose
Certain cars have more gross profit than others, which means for higher commissions. The average salesman makes 25% commission on the gross profit, with a “mini” in place for when the gross is low.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Interesting.
With car sales slowing — and the cars that are selling not being the highly profitable ones — I’m sure it’s a little scary for you. Good luck.
Thank you
Things could be worse. At least I have a job still. Many cannot say that these days, so I am at least fortunate in that regard
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
My industry (newspapers) is absolutely bleeding jobs right now, so I feel you.
You just do your best and try whatever you can to make yourself valuable.
That's why I'm glad that I can do just about every job on the sales end of the store
I like to make myself as non-expendable as I can.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Hear hear.
I just got a gig doing a bunch of Web work. I’m the only person in the building who knows how to do my job. So that feels good. Even if it does mean that a vacation is a huge hassle.
Good on you
Just keep doing what you’re doing
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Has anyone heard the new Killers' single?
It’s absolutely terrible.
Indie.
by .Taylor on Dec 6, 2008 7:07 PM PST reply actions
No,but that answers my question..
Is anyody here?
Man do I love midgets.
Fuck, it's hard to type on this laptop...
Man do I love midgets.
Like I have the energy to do that...
Man do I love midgets.
Yes, it's godawful
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Dec 6, 2008 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Glad you are enjoying it
Where in the Single Player campaign are you?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
The part where you shoot guys from afar, then run into the building where those guys once were, then you go out the back.
Kidding aside, I’m approaching the airfield on some small island.
That's a fun bit of gameplay
And that’s a pretty solid synopsis of the game, really
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Not knocking it at all
You hit the nail on the head. Except you left out the part where the bad guys don’t stop spawning unless you advance in the level, and the billions of grenades that are precision dropped on your exact position regardless of where you are hiding
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Nice.
I just realized the spawning thing. I’m a HUGE pussy when it comes to video games, and I like to move very methodically. So spawning can go ahead and fuck right off.
And yeah, the grenades are ridiculous, but at least they tell you exactly where they are and let you throw them back.
What difficulty are you playing it on?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Normal?
Whatever the one above Easy is. I’m not a “I must be challenged” gamer as much as I just want the experience.
Normal it is, yes
The CoD games don’t so much try to challenge you as they just ramp up the accuracy and frequency of the grenades, and the enemy becomes the largest single gathering of sharpshooters the world has ever known.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
And I told this to sb back on Thanksgiving
But I played a game on Thanksgiving where I was matched with a team of French kids. I was laughing the entire match because of the irony of playing with some French people (who were quite good) in a game taking place during WWII on a map set in the ruins of Berlin. It was like some super fun Bizarro-Universe, where the French stormed the reich and not the Russians
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I wish there were more than 4 campaigns in Left 4 Dead. It's such a rad game.
Indie.
by .Taylor on Dec 6, 2008 8:37 PM PST reply actions
I still haven't gotten it, but the demo was dope
I may end up with it tomorrow if I get enough free time to hit the store
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
It's next on my list of games to get on Gamefly.
I need to get through COD5, Fallout 3 and Mirror’s Edge first, though, so it might be a while.
The only 2 games left this season for me to play
are Left 4 Dead and Gears 2. I should have them both very shortly, because I am going to sell a few of my other games to my brother in the near future
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I love the movie Mr. Brooks.
There is supposedly a trilogy coming, but I haven’t heard much when the second part is scheduled for release. They better do it soon because Kevin Costner is not getting any younger.
I'm not sure I've seen that one yet
I think I meant to, but somehow ended up with that not-good movie with Bruce Willis and Halle Berry instead
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
That one surprised me, I was expecting a big pile of suck.
And that douchy comedian everybody rips on being in it made me think it was going to be another Costner not-a-baseball movie. I was hoping it would get a sequel, trilogy is even better.
Sorry
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
I'll get over it.
As a Coug, I learned to never expect success in sports. Even though I went to school for probably the best four-year run in WSU football history, I knew it was a fluke. And I appreciated the fact that I was present for such an anomaly.
You were there for the Rose Bowl then?
I worked with a guy that played for that team
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 6, 2008 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT!!!!!!
This is perfect for the douche on the go.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Someone should make a new OTPOTD.
Mariners ----> Brewers.
by .Taylor on Dec 7, 2008 2:55 PM PST reply actions
My roommate just decided that I'm so musically retarded that he's making me a mix tape! Yay!
Jeff's guide to not looking stupid:
+/- is an absolutely terrible stat, so don't use it, and don't give up on young players before they turn 24.
54!
A tongue and cheek way to say my roommates force feeding me music
Jeff's guide to not looking stupid:
+/- is an absolutely terrible stat, so don't use it, and don't give up on young players before they turn 24.
54!
Whidbey Island is cold and wet
And I love it. Plus I found a little crab hiding under a rock and made it pinch my young step-brother in the ear and he cried which made me laugh
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Dec 7, 2008 8:51 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
If anyone is looking for an awesome place to have dinner and hear some great music in Seattle
head to Tula’s Jazz Club on 2nd and Bell. I just finished up a gig there and I’ve got to say it’s a neat little club.
I might head back there next week to catch the Jazz Police (my former saxophone instructor plays with them)
and the Jim Cutler Orchestra.
We can talk about this more in tomorrow's off-topic thread,
but what a bunch of crock the BCS is.
Ohio State vs. Texas is retarded. Texas should have gone up against Alabama and Ohio State shouldn’t even be in any of the BCS bowl games.
As for Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech…. yawn, booooooring. The BCS is automatically flawed by having the ACC and Big East conferences getting automatic bids. Boise State and Texas Tech would have been an intriguing matchup, but the rules don’t allow for three teams from the same conference to make BSC bowl games and won’t ever allow two teams from “non-BCS conferences” to show they can play.
Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
Only games I will definitely be watching: USC vs. Penn St. (Rose Bowl is always a must-see game), Utah vs. Alabama (hate Utah, but they have to represent the MWC so the conference can potentially replace the ACC or Big East some day), and Florida vs. OU (nationally championship, duh!).
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