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Apparently it's my turn in the rotation.  Yesterday we had over 1000 posts.  When we start splitting our OFFTs rather than our GTs, that's when we know something is wrong.  But hey, we knew something was wrong with this team months ago.

Topics:

♥ Gustav's already a hot topic--where should I go for an evacuation vacation?

♥ Anyone found me a job yet?

♥ Have you posted your t-shirt idea yet?

♥ Are you completely apathetic, or did you enjoy the Yaydrian funk blast walk off?

♥ If one listens to enough BBC, does one develop an accent?

♥ Place your bets for when Matthew finally cracks and has a massive meltdown

 

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Also, BBC is telling me to go to google earth and look at cows because they align themselves in a north south direction.

Apparently they line up with the earth’s magnetic field.
I’m bizarrely fascinated.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 7:40 AM PDT reply actions  

Wait.

Is this true? I’m going to download Google earth to find out.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Please report back.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

My plan failed.

Apparently if you type in “cows” in the fly to box, it just doesn’t understand. I’m too lazy to actually search for cows. Or look up an address to a farm.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm disappointed in you.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I apologize that my well-thought-out plan failed.

If I happen upon a hidden box of inspiration, I will find cows.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Try this address

2853 NE Johnson Creek Road
Prineville, OR 97754

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hey, Prineville is my hometown!

How in the world did you come up with that address as an example?

by edgar is good on Aug 26, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Typed in cows oregon farms in google.

I really want to see these aligned cows.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

Your Anglophilia extends to watching BBC?

You are truly far gone.

On an unrelated note, link.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I am an intense Anglophile.

And I listen to BBC in the morning so I know what’s going on in the world.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I listen to local sports radio, because it amuses me.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's what I listen to.

Mitch cracks me up.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's awful.

Terrible. His show is a goddamn abortion.

Jim in Redmond
“Jessica!”

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

His show is by FAR the worst on KJR.

I think we discussed this yesterday.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

And like I said yesterday

it’s a crime that he still has a daily show but Dave Grosby doesn’t.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yup, the two of you and tootthekazoo.

Your dialogue was about as enlightening the first time.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

We try.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Local sports radio?

We have more than just AM 550 in Anchorage?

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I actually live in Tacoma.

I’m born, raised, educated in Alaska (Fairbanks).

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jim Riggleman said something smart.
Riggleman put forth the theory that Beltre has hit in bad luck all year and his numbers aren’t indicative of how well he’s hit the ball. I’m not sure if that’s completely accurate, but I do agree that he’s had an inordinate amount of line-drive outs. Whether it’s more than any player gets in the course of a season I’m just not sure.

per Larry Stone.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 7:43 AM PDT reply actions  

I got tomorrow off!

So I’m staying up late to participate in one of these!

You know what sucks? One off-day a week, and then I have to use 4 hours of it to wear a suit, go meet a mayor and a governor, and sit in a room with a bunch of people speaking a language I don’t understand. On my fucking off-day too. Dammit.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:43 AM PDT reply actions  

Yeah a little.

It’s hard not to when there is no English. I can say a few things, ask for a few things. Oh, I learned how to say my height. Learned that real quick. When people stop me on the street and I have no idea what they’re saying, I just say that.

One of my favorite things to do here is to say completely wrong phrases here. Like, I’ll go to pay at the grocery store, and instead of saying thank you I’ll say goodmorning. And I do all my shopping after 7 pm. I’m pretty sure most people here think I’m crazy.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

That kicks ass.

“Crazy gaijan!”

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

I haven't been to Japan since I was eight.

Is it true what they say about the vending machines there?

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

We obviously have very different minds.

I’ll keep to myself what I thought BrianL was referring to.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

You know,

the way women are treated here sucks ass for them. But for guys it’s pretty sweet. Not gonna lie. But damn, I’m glad I’m not a Japanese woman.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

How easy is it to get around without any Japanese?

I have always wanted to go to Japan, and it is a relatively short flight from Anchorage.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

Actually it's not bad. At train stations a lot of stuff is written in English letters...

so you can figure out where you’re going and such. I think if you are in a city like Tokyo it wouldn’t be a problem at all.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

Eh.

I mean, I think more Japanese people know English than speak it. I haven’t found too many strangers who will speak it. A few know some phrases but then if you say a complete sentence they respond in Japanese.

But I’m sure Tokyo is a different world.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm a Japanese person who speaks English

unfortunately, I don’t speak Japanese though…

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ha

Well, I meant…like, Japanese as in born and raised in Japan.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

There is less English spoken in Japan

than any place I’ve ever been to, that’s for sure. But that is limited to North America and Europe.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hmmm.......

I am not sure what he was referring to, but if it was true, I’d probably know. But, I’m also in a small city (for Japan). So, maybe in the bigger cities?

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

Watashi-wa hensu-giru...

That should get you a guffaw or three…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Answers:

1. Drive up to Memphis and grab some BBQ.
2. I want you nowhere near the dirty ass roughnecks I work with.
3. Not yet.
4. If I develop a British accent, I hope it is Cockney.
5. I think Mathew will keep his cool.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 7:53 AM PDT reply actions  

I'm aiming for Washington, not Alaska.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Possible Alaska upside:

No idea if you are single or not, but the male to female ratio here is 3 to 1. You would literally be able to point to a random dude and say “I choose you.”

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

I still contend Robert is scared of me.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

But he be a good lad

A fine lass as yarself be lucky as Lady Ocean’s Sirens to have ’im

by Dewey N on Aug 26, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

It never happened!

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Unfortunately I think Robert saves any and every conversation that occurs.

And if he does not, he shops it. So I have no way to win this.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Every conversation?

Imagine the work that would go into that. Much easier to just photoshop.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's Robert.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well. Yes. That's pretty much the way it happened.

He didn’t relay the grandmother died part.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Living off an inheritence?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Great episode.

Bagel Guy 1: Steam valve broke.
Bagel Guy 2: Can we still make bagels?
BG1: Yeah, it’ll just be steamy.
Kramer: HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR BAGELS NOW!?

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

You mean at Prudhoe, I guess.

3 to 1 actually sounds low to me. I would think 10 to 1.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Also destroying our number of elligible women:

Alaska has the highest amount of Lesbians per capita in the country.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's better this way. A kind of 'survival of the fittest.'

Given the relative shortage of women, some men will be unable to reproduce. For the most part, these are the men who really shouldn’t be reproducing, but are able to in other parts of the world due to the desperation of the women.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ah. Well that's one theory, I guess.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

"If one listens to enough BBC, does one develop an accent?"

I’ll test that out this year. I get CNN here. But it’s the British version. I didn’t even know there was a British CNN.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 7:54 AM PDT reply actions  

I watched the shit out of British CNN on both vacations to France.

I love France and French culture as much as any other coonass, but occasionally I just needed to hear some English.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

I watched it when the Olympics were closing.

The announcers were pretty geeked about London 2012. I guess I would be too, but they were annoying the shit outta me.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

I didn't know that either.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

No American Football, my own shorthand.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

no t enough a bout football

by Robert on Aug 26, 2008 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

Incorrect.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

Bruised knee.

Thank God. I was afraid it was a high-ankle.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hah.

It’s when the foot turns out instead of in. Turning in results in a regular ankle sprain. Turning out results in a high ankle sprain. No wonder that is such a bad injury. That sounds terribly painful.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Brayden

I can’t believe you haven’t had more sprains. By the time I was your age I had sprained each ankle at least 5 times. I thought it happened to all tall guys who play sports. Apparently just the (relatively) small footed graceless ones.

by johnbai on Aug 26, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

My god. I went from 5'2" my sophomore year to 6' 1" my Junior year.

Sprain city. What an awful summer.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wow.

I grew fast in high school too. 6’ freshman year, 6’9" junior. I grew so fast freshman year that I dislocated my knee…..walking down the school hallway. Yeah…slightly embarrassing. Led to me getting put into a trashcan by two future NFLers.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

I've had quite a few. At least one per year...

I’ve been really fortunate in that I haven’t had any major ligament damage. At least, not since I’ve stopped growing.

I think what also helped me was that until last year, I wasn’t very athletic. Not being athletic kept me out of a lot of dangerous situations.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

Although something is effed up in my left knee

It’s permanently swollen. And I’m pretty sure I have a torn rotator cuff too. I’ll get it fixed when I’m done with basketball

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

So I know this makes me a geek,

but I just found the most awesome comic ever. This is the first comic I’ve read since Transmetropolitan, in fact. This one could be a book or movie easily, if the media could get it’s head out of it’s ass.

“<a href=”http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/121423862589539.htm" target="new">Genuis"
The description – “What if the greatest military mind of our generation was born an angry 17-year-old girl in South Central L.A.? And what if she decided to secede a few blocks of her ’hood…through force?”

Find it and read it. Now. You won’t be disappointed.

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

by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:07 AM PDT reply actions  

So that didn't work. Huh. Did in preview.

Genius

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

by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sounds interesting, I'll poke around for it.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

My office is out of toilet paper.

If I need to use the facilities, the only thing I have at my disposal to clean up with are coffee filters.

God I wanna go home.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:12 AM PDT reply actions  

To re-iterate on this problem. I know really need to use the facilities.

I refuse to clean myself with a God Damned coffee filter. Seriously, this is a hundreds of thousands of dollars a day operation, what is with this fucking clown shoes no TP bullshit!

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Perhaps, but probably not quite.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Reading books on international affairs wins.

Then current affairs.
Then history.
Then I make random choices based upon other factors.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

I only read books on history, from that list, then

basketball
baseball
witches and wizards
structural mechanics of aircraft components
physics
american football
fluid mechanics

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Your wikipedia browsing just makes me giggle.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have already declared an adversion to Zs.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

My teammate has a southern accent

He said “look out for that warm” today when we were walking. I was more than a little perplexed. Turns out he meant worm.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why did you have to look out for a worm?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Big juicy thing on the sidewalk.

It wasn’t really a worm. Maybe it was. They have some GIANT bugs here in Japan.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

good giggle.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

If it's good enough for Felicia Day...

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just bought a new book

The New Turing Omnibus. Its like a slightly less stuffier version of all my CS text books in one book.

I think after some stuff that has gone on at work that I should pick up an intermediate/advanced C++ book.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Serious music question:

What are your three desert island Albums. From now until the day you die you can only hear three albums, what are they?
1. Daybreaker by Beth Orton
2. Achtung Baby by U2
3. Lateralus by TOOL

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:41 AM PDT reply actions  

...

Rockin’ the Suburbs by Ben Folds
Be by Common
Ratatat Remixs volume 2 by Ratatat

by Dewey N on Aug 26, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

1. Come Clarity by the In Flames
2. Clayman by the In Flames
3. Everytime we Touch by Cascada

by Robert on Aug 26, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Dr Dre’s The Chronic
I’m The Man by Joe Jackson
Rammstein’s Mutter

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

1,2,3, and to the 4.

Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the door.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ratatatat tatatat like that

and I never hestitate to put [THAT’S RACIST] on his back

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

And JI's awake...

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ok, I'll bite.

1. Bob Marley – Songs of Freedom Disc 2
2. Nirvana – Insecsticide
3. REM – Murmur

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Incesticide - little typo.

My favorite Nirvana is a box set I have called Into the Black where most of it is live or relatively low produced studio recording. I’d rather listen to Incesticide or Bleach than Nevermind or In Utero, just like I’d rather listen to Badmotorfinger than Superunknown. Nevermind is one of my favorite albums, but the guitar distortion is relatively mellow and Kurt’s raw voice is toned down as well.

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

There was a limeted edition box set called Outcesticide that included all of their bootleg unreleased music

as well as rare live tracks. It was like six CDs. If you can find it, buy it. It’s been about ten years or more, but you can still find it on ebay or Amazon used.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have discs one and two, but not the rest.

Between those two and the other box set, plus a few other bootlegs I have, I didn’t see anything on the other Outcesticides that I didn’t already have, but I’ll have to check them out.

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed on Badmotorfinger

And I respect your appreciation for the grungier side of grunge.
But I thought In Utero was a triumph. A commercially disasterous triumph after the megasales of Nevermind and the boring (IMO) Incesticide.
But if you want dirtier, less accessible stuff, why not Tad or the Melvins?

by johnbai on Aug 26, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm a huge Melvins fan.

I just don’t think I listen to Stoner Witch or Gluey Porch Treatments/Ozma on repeat on a desert island.

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Art school ruined Bob marley for me.

Damned hippies played it non stop.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is my story too

My wife loves Bob Marley, and I got SOOOOO sick of him in college that I practically curl up into the fetal position every time it comes on the radio. Didn’t go to art school, but to a liberal arts school, which is almost as bad.

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

by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm sorry those idiots ruined his music for you.

I think it’s funny how many of the biggest Bob Marley fans don’t realize he’s pretty much only sings about the Bible. “I Shot the Sherrif” is the only one I can think of that isn’t.

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

I had someone once tell me that I couldn't possible like ska if I didn't like Bob Marley.

They went off on a rant about how ignorant I was for not liking the music that was influential on the music I like. It was pretty awesome.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, it was funny.

Me: “You’re aware that ska predates reggae, right?”
Them: “That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!”
Me: “Nope, it’s true. By a good ten years, at least.”
Them: “Ska was invented in England in the seventes!”
Me: “Explain the Skatalites.”
Them: “That’s reggae!”

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ugh

I so remember those kinds of conversations back in the 90s.

Now of course I feel like one of a dozen people in the world who still listen to ska.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Make that thirteen

I don’t listen to it all the time, and I don’t automatically assume ska = good, but I love that old 2 tone stuff.

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

by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

At this point, I'm pretty strictly a first-wave guy.

There’s some good stuff from the second wave, but I don’t really need to own it. More like it comes on at a party and I go dance or something.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey, I loved those guys!

I didn’t think anyone else had ever heard of ’em.

All I got of theirs was some split 7", but I saw them once and it was a great show.

by marc w on Aug 26, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Their first CD was really good,

but they were eclipsed in the media by Goldfinger, who pretty much sucked.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Goldfinger still sucks

Slapstick was pretty good though, they just never had that radio friendly hit like Goldfinger.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Most of the quality new stuff

is first wave or sort of retro first wave.

Ska punk just kept getting shittier and shittier. Although I do have secret weakness for Streetlight Manifesto even though I should hate them.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lulz

I liked Marley better when he played ska. His mainstream popular stuff isn’t as good.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oooh desert island question

1. All Mod Cons – The Jam
2. William Bloke – Billy Bragg
3. Any half-decent recording of Carmina Burana

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

by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Carmina Burana. Nice.

As for Billy Bragg, I really like Mermaid Avenue.

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hm.

1) Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
2) Wolf’s Rain by Yoko Kanno
3) Thriller by Michael Jackson.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

OK

The Very Best of Cher
Liza Minelli Sings Popular Gay Favorites
Any album from Sugar Ray

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, they're great:

Raining Men
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
Like a Virgin
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan
Karma Chameleon
Dancing Queen
and others…

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'll straight up say it:

I am totally into the ladies, but God damn do I love a good musical. That’s right I said it, I F’ing love showtunes. I own the soundtrack to every one of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musicals. Even the shity ones.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

::Sobs::

Showtunes are my guilty pleasure. I’ve got just about every Webber musical on my iTunes playlist.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

I definitely cannot handle Abba.

I’m just mentally unable to digest their music. This is not to say I don’t have my pansy side.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

I still maintain

that if you don’t have ABBA Gold in your collection you’re not a music fan. I don’t really love ABBA, but there’s something catchy there that, every now and again, really hits the spot.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ayup.

I’ve got ABBA Gold in my collection.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's all about Waterloo.

That’s how you end an album on a high note.

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's not for trying to be all masculine,

but I have never been able to handle musicals. I couldn’t even make it through the Barber of Seville.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

The Bugs Bunny version is way better

I never got musicals, either. PEOPLE DON’T JUST WALK DOWN THE STREET AND BURST INTO SONG. LOVE DOESN’T ALWAYS SAVE THE DAY.

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

by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

They actually do here...

But never on the streetcar.
Damn you Meet Me In St Louis.

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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

I can olny do certain ones.

Dr. Horrible is about it for me.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm with you

But I like Simpsons songs, the Southpark musical moments, and the Rocky Horror Picture Show… pretty much anything that lampoons musicals is okay with me.

by johnbai on Aug 26, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Urinetown was fantastic

A musical that lampoons musicals, wrapped around a Mad Maxish parody story about goverrnment control of when people can go to the bathroom. Nothing wrong with that

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

How many Sugar Ray albums are there? 3? 4?

It’s gotta be 14:59, though, right?

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'd say about three or four too many.

Mark McGrath is shit. Does his band know he can’t sing?*

*This is an opinion and not a scientific fact.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm sure they do. Does it matter? No. He's pretty.

Of course, it’s all over now, right? Isn’t he on Entertainment Tonight or something?

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Okay, I'll bite

Paul Simon “You’re the One”
The Cure “Mixed Up”
John Denver “Rocky Mountain Christmas” (need some Christmas music at Christmas time)

Most everything else I know well enough to sing and/or play on the solar-powered keyboard I’d also bring with me.

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mixed up?

I thought about placing Wish in over Lateralus, but Wish has a few weak songs on it and Lateralus is perfect.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

One of my favorite albums ever.

Nothing like a 15-minute trip session over the bassline to “A Forest” — one of my favorite-est non-CCM (Contemporary Christian Music for you atheists/agnostics) songs ever.

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, and it was a tossup

Between “Mixed Up” and “Joshua Tree.” Really, either album would do for me, but I pretty much listen to U2 all the time so I know all their songs by heart.

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Joshua Tree is an excellent choice. I go with Achtung Baby for sentimental reasons mostly.

Let’s just say 1992 was a pretty dark chapter of my life and while Nirvana didn’t help with my depression or thoughts of suicide AC did. It was the first album that made me think every song was written for me. If I ever meet one of the band I want to thank them for very possibly saving my life.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ooh! Remember the band A Minor Forest?

I loved those guys.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well

Badmotorfinger
Born to Run
Pearl Jam: Seattle 11-6-2000

by JI on Aug 26, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh my god that live Pearl Jam album is the shit.

I’ve listened the hell out of those CDs.

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 26, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

The 2000 tour was mixed and mastered nearly to perfection.

State College 2003 would arguably be the better album (though certainly not the better show), but the 2003 boots are overly loud and compressed.

by JI on Aug 26, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Magnetic Fields-69 Love Songs

(Assuming that doesn’t count for all three)

Dead Moon-Echoes of the Past
KARP-Self Titled

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

2012 London, first cut

Player (age)
G
C. Paul (27)
D. Williams (28)
D. Rose (23)
O. Mayo (24)
B. Roy (28)
F
L. James (27)
C. Anthony (28)
K. Durant (24)
B. Griffin (23)
C. Bosh (28)
C
D. Howard (26)
G. Oden (24)

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:42 AM PDT reply actions  

I'm a forward all the way

I’m too skinny to be a center! Plus my game is an all-around type game.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Okay

Remove L. James, add Brayden

Big shoes to fill!

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe not that all-around!

Honestly, I don’t see how B. Roy doesn’t make the next Olympic team. Provided he chooses to play of course. He would kill overseas.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

The only conceivable way is if they choose to take a younger 2-guard as to have a solid foundation for the future

that’s another thing I really liked about this selection process – of the 12 guys on the team, 6 will still be 28 and under by the time of the next Olympics, and given how gifted Kobe and Wade are, you can’t count them out for London either.

I really doubt 34 year old Kobe Bryant would be able to play at that level though

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think Kobe could

I mean, he’s awfully athletic now, but his game is ridiculously skilled. And that’s more important overseas. He’s a smart player, he doesn’t rely on his athleticism. He could play overseas longer, and with more success, than he could in the NBA. I mean EuroLeague, which is barely below the NBA these days.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

True, which is why I won't count him out

but SGs, even skill ones, don’t have a long history of continuing to play at a high level past age 32, and that’s mostly considering guys who came out of college, too – Kobe’s probably got 200 more games on his body than any of those guys did, and they broke down around 32-33, except MJ and Reggie

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

True.

But Kobe is as close to MJ as we’ve seen. And Reggie was a ridiculous shooter who knew how to get open. Knowing how to use screens doesn’t require much athleticism.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's also why I'm not counting on Wade

I think he’ll break down even faster than Kobe, because it sure looks like he’s pretty fragile to begin with, and no one takes more hits except maybe Iverson

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Look at his albums list.

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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

No southern hick accents please.

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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not much of a difference.

Either that or my 2 years in the south doing sales never met one.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

They're all in Alabama.

That state has some FINE women. Surprisingly.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not when they grow up though.

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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe

I’m just a sucker for southern accents.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

There is no US accent that I like in a guy.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not even the "No Accent" of the NW?

I’ve been told that I have no accent by just about everyone.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

I don't consider it an accent.

Thus, acceptable.

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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

A non accent is an accent?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure whether to trust your perceptions.

But I’ll play nice.
So you think that there is an accent in the PNW?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

There is certainly an accent.

I’ll admit that it varies in degree, but it’s similar in many respects to the accents of places that were settle largely by Scandinavians. I tend to think of it as a milder version of an upper-Midwest accent, mixed with the high-plains drawl. It’s much more prevalent in smaller towns, especially coastal towns that don’t have a lot of population turnover.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know

I somehow ended up with the cot-caught merger, no which-witch merger, and then I turn my /ɑɪ/ into [ɑː] and put r’s in the middle of words (e.g. Warshington), and then no pin-pen merger

It’s weird- like a combo Middle American/Southern/Appalachian accent

I have no idea where it came from

by goodmorning on Aug 26, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

Stupid caaahs and baaahs.

I hate that.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

Boston is much worse than Southern.

My wife is Southern, and has a great accent.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

If SEC football has taught me one thing

the south has some damn fine looking women. Of course I don’t know anything about their accents.

Weird side note, in college I met 3 people from New Orleans. Two guys one girl. The two dudes had almost no discernible accent (a few words here and there) but the girl was very southern.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not to overgeneralize, right?

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Two are from Tennessee, one's from Florida

Does that not count?

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

New Orleans doesn't have a Southern accent.

It’s one of the most common misperceptions and it is perpetuated by the media. New Orleanians either sound like anyone from a large city or sound as though they’re New Yorkers. People from outside NOLA, but SE LA, sound even more Brooklyn, and it’s called the “Y’at” accent.
If the girl sounded southern, she either came from somewhere outside NOLA or she’s putting it on (as would be a good idea, if I’ve learned anything from reading about male appreciation for female southern accents today)

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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

My mistake.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's just you can't have a Cajun accent, because Cajun is a French dialect.

You could have a New Orleans accent, but as NOLA says it isn’t the same as a Southern accent.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

That makes perfect sense.

I should really know better, I have a friend who is part Cajun (and part Norwegian which is odd).

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

But it wasn't the sexy southern belle accent

it was more rough and tumble, maybe a bit cajun.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think it is cuter coming from a woman than an English accent.

Though, I think Scottish is the sexiest “English Language” accent.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

...

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'll take Famous Titties for 400.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not a fan of the ladies, are you Trebek?

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'll take the rapist for $1,000.

That’s THERAPIST, THERAPIST. Oh, nevermind.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just remembered a favorite...

Trebek: The sound that a dog makes.

Connery: Mooo.

Trebek: I’m sorry Mr. Connery, but that is not the sound a dog makes.

Connery: It’s the sound your mother made last night.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ruff.

That’s how you’re mother likes it Trebek.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

I fell in love with a girl from Sweden once.

So beautiful it wasn’t even fair. We stayed up all night talking about the state of the European economy and whether or not the Euro would emerge as a force that could compete with the dollar. In hinsight, I should have just got her drunk and tricked her into marrying me.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

I still kick myself.

An 18 year old Swedish beauty who was crazy intelligent. We spent a few hours discussing Sweden’s role during WW2 alone. We stayed in contact via e-mail for a while after she moved back to Sweden, but one day she stopped writing back.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

Men boo.

We’ll leave it at that.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Omen boo?

That was a terrifying movie. The original one.

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

I watched the remake. . .

I just kept saying “Liev. . .why?”

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

Good gravy

I want to meet an 18 year old Swedish beauty

by goodmorning on Aug 26, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

She was a cheerleader too.

She took a year off after high school in Sweden to spend a year at an American High School in Stanwood Washington of all places. My sister was her Cheer leading coach.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

I disagree.

If I could find that girl from Glasgow, I’d be set.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Damn, I don't know why I read that as Scottish instead of Irish.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Disagree completely

but it really depends on where the Irish accent is from. There are some that are ugly, but my people (Kerry) have great accents.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

My old US History teacher went and visited him in Cleveland last year.

Hung out at his place and had dinner with him. Apparently Grady’s a pretty humble ballplayer.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

If you get a teacher who loves the subject, it's great.

If you get a mediocre teacher, it’s awful, awful, awful.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is also true

But I learned stuff in 4th grade history back in NY that wasn’t even approached in WA unless you dug through the AP history textbook.

by Robert on Aug 26, 2008 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thankfully this teacher I was talking about

chucked out the standard issue cirriculum and created his own class. The idea going in is that we as students already knew the obvious things. His goal was to enlighten us to the little-known details that the textbooks didn’t even touch.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

I had a few who were just awesome too.

A few great ones during my flirtation with college as well.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Unfortunately, all the ones I had in college sucked

Go figure the 101-level economics and business professors at UNLV were so much more fun.

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's remarkable how much more you learn

in a class in which the teacher is honestly devoted to their subject and craft.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

Probably the best class I took in high school

was an AP English course junior year. The teacher was a former drill sergeant, and he carried that demeanor into the classroom. When he asked a question, he expected an intelligent, well-rationed answer regardless of whether your response was right or wrong. The guy was scary as all hell.

But holy crap, I’ve never learned so much in one class.

There was none of the metaphorical “how do the clouds make you feel?” bullshit. We got into the nitty-gritty base layers of the English language and reading analysis.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

My Spanish 103 class at UW was like this

No, my instructor was not a drill sgt… but she taught the whole class en Español and she expected answers in complete sentences, es Español. I probably learned more in that class than my first 2 classes combined even though we covered half the volume of material of any of the previous classes.

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

I had a bad experience with foreign language at college.

I took an entry level Japanese course at EDCC during the night. Problem was it was filled with a bunch of Japanophiles and Otaku that had already studied the language on their own freakin’ time. Of course, the instructor went at their pace and not that of the people who hadn’t taken the language before.

I had to drop three weeks later and pick up a copy of Rosetta Stone. I’ll try again next year.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

What was the cause of the Civil War?

Acutally, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schicm between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were economic factors, both domestic and inter-

Wait, wait … just say slavery.

Slavery it is.

by Jed MC on Aug 26, 2008 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Without delving into too much detail and STC-ing this afterwards

I took a full ten-week course on the Civil War in college and the damn thing is so complex that it easily could have been a year-long course and not covered everything that needed to be covered

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh agreed.

That was something my US history teacher pointed out. If he could take an entire semester to teach the Civil War, he would have.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I got into shouting matches with my teachers over the War Between the States all the time.

Also, once stood up in the middle of a high school history class and called the teacher out because he said Catholicism was an evil force in the world. I got kicked outta his class over that one.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

Jesus Christ

He really said that in the middle of class?

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

I F’ing LOST it. One of the 5 angriest moments of my life.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

No matter your personal beliefs

An instructor shouldn’t bring shit like that into a classroom. Teach the material and keep your opinions to yourself.

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

I had a teacher once who constantly made jokes about Jews.

One day he just disappeared. Apparently someone didn’t find him funny.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

I had an Asian history teacher in tenth grade that insisted Japanese internment camps weren't all that bad.

He actually said that no one REALLY lost any property, either. A second-generation Japanese American friend of mine insisted that he explain to his grandmother why it was that the had no home and no business after the war was over, and he was kicked out of class when a suitable answer was not supplied.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nope. My High School was an awful, awful place.

Definitely the most anti-student place I’ve ever been.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

I might have been too.

That’s way out of line.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

He did eventually, after the guy refused to answer his question.

He also yelled at me once because I did poorly on a test, and he blamed it on the fact that I read novels during lunch instead of studying.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Real OT here,

But have a kick ass show tonight.

by Sec 108 on Aug 26, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm kind of annoyed about this show.

The guy that set it up and asked us to play wants us to play first and start at 9:00, even though the flyers and the venue’s website say 9:30, and shows never start on time ever, and people that come to them know that. So everyone who wants to see us will stroll in at 9:45, and we’ll be done. He’s a good guy and a friend, but I’m a little miffed.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Tough day?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Me too.

The GF is in Portland for a training seminar that starts at 5:30, so I have nothing else to do tonight except a couple of errands.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

That sucks

I actually had planned to come, but I have been told I am on the list for punk night at the Bit with free beers that have my name on them.

I’ll try to catch your Chop Suey show next month.

by Sec 108 on Aug 26, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

That show should be awesome.

If you’re going to come to one, that’s a good one to pick.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did I miss what the name of your band is?

or did I just forget?

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Coldplay.

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 26, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QoA44c23A

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 26, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

But there's like 50 fields of math

there’s really only one US history. I love stats, but I hate calculus

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

My Mom (who is a Professor of Mathematics Education) has a theory about math teachers that I find to be quite correct;

Most math teachers are terrible because math was never hard for them. The best math teachers are the ones that struggled mightily with it themselves.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow, that's brilliant.

I have had maybe one or two math teachers throughout my middle school – college experience, and now it makes sense why this is. I happen to be pretty good at math myself, but I find it difficult to help other people because when I explain it, it doesn’t make sense to them even though it makes sense to me, then it’s frustrating for me because I just don’t get why they don’t understand it.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 26, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Math is really intuitive for some people.

It’s similar to native speakers of a language not really being all that well suited to teaching non-native speakers a language. My German professor in college was terrible, largely because she didn’t understand the problems people had.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Aug 26, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

You had Frau Fiero, too?

Or Herr Doktor Brockhaus???

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow.

This makes perfect sense.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Most math instructors I had enjoyed their respective subject

The only loathesome math instructors I ever had were Honors Geometry and trig, and those class were boring as hell. Go figure I barely remembered anything from either one.

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

WOOOO Lunch.

Homemade soup (corn and stewed tomato chowder this time) is second to only homemade chili in terms of next day leftover lunches. Couple it with perfect hard wheat rolls I got from this old lady at the farmer’s market, and I defy you to find anything better.

Anyone else hungry yet?

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 9:16 AM PDT reply actions  

My stomach just growled.

Leftover stirfry is not as good as original stirfry.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hmmm....

That is weird. I don’t know enough about the LPGA to comment any further than that though.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Can't organizations decide their own rules?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Generally, yes

until it gets to the point where you start discriminating against non-English speakers, that is. Then it’s lawsuit city.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

Equal opportunity laws

don’t say anything about language though. It does include national origin, but it’s not like the LPGA is saying “No Koreans”.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

*rule, not law

the LPGA really doesn’t govern anything important enough to have laws

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

There's a lot more to professional sports

than on-field performance. A case could be made, it wouldn’t be great. I think if it were to go to trial as it is, the LPGA would have the weaker case. But the law is all about interpretation, so a good argument could swing the judgment either way.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

They'd have to prove that

speaking English in the interviews was necessary for the success of the LPGA. Whether they can prove that…..it’d be tough.

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I mean, let's be honest.

Does anyone listen to the interviews from the LPGA?

by brayden04 on Aug 26, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

I could even see "strongly encouraging" *wink wink nudge nudge* type stuff

but requiring… and making them pass a test is… out there.

Plus they have to administer it fairly, which should lead to some amusing tests for the the American born players

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

Restaurants can't even get away with doing this

What makes the struggling, visible LPGA think they can?

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?

I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don’t know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip

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by RafaelCarmona22 on Aug 26, 2008 10:16 AM PDT reply actions  

Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ‘83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.

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by RafaelCarmona22 on Aug 26, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Do you like Phil Collins?

I’ve been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn’t understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins’ presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group’s undisputed masterpiece. It’s an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don’t you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I’ve heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins’ solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don’t just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.

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by RafaelCarmona22 on Aug 26, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Dude.

Shut up.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Brilliantly done.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

early morning copy pasta

my fiancee had not seen it until last night.

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by RafaelCarmona22 on Aug 26, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

I can't bring myself to see the sequal.

I imagine it will ruin the first for me.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

DONT

The psycho is Meg Griffin’s voice and Bill Shatner dies.

It is awful.

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by RafaelCarmona22 on Aug 26, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Good gravy do you people start early in the morning.

I’ve barely been at work for an hour.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, I don't have to be to work until 9:30.

I actually came in a bit early today because:

A) Traffic was pretty good.
B) My assistant has the day off.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have my priorities.

But now I did some work and it made me angry.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Answer me this:

When you take multiple pieces of paper, and staple them together, where do you staple them, and how many do you think are required?

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

The top left corner,

and goddamnit ONE.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thank you.

Apparently some people think that halfway down the left side of the pages is more effective, and that four to six staples are required. I think I may put all the used staples in an envelope and mail them back.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Paper looks too raggedy that way

I put a second staple over WAIT OH MY GOD ARE WE REALLY SO BEREFT OF CONVERSATION THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT STAPLING TECHNIQUES?

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes, we're discussing stapling.

We could discuss how helpful providing an address can be if you want me to send someone a check.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is that a question?

Because I don’t see anything…

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

People who do accounting are naturally picky (or should be).

Raggedy paperwork pisses me off. Needless to say I’m pissed off quite a bit.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Which is why I drink.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Really?

It’s just a big blank space on my screen.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm usually here at 04:30 Pacific.

But I live in NJ.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

0730

About 5 minutes after I get to work, actually.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 10:24 AM PDT reply actions  

Failure.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Time zones mess with me for some reason.

I can never get them straight.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

So a Smashing Pumpkins song just came up on my iPod

I had no idea I even owned a Smashing Pumpkins song. This distresses me.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:36 AM PDT reply actions  

I found a torrent of Candlebox yesterday after that thread.

I have to say, you all were right. It sounds like they put Lucy to new lyrics and called it a new album. I’m still going, because it’s 10 minutes away and the other bands are decent, but ffs, how hard is it to make new music?

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

They weren't particularly good at it the first time around

so it’s probably pretty hard.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

Depends on your definition of 'new music'

Most musicians tend to think ‘new music’ is ‘similar rehash of previous music’

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I made the mistake of giving a thumbs up to a Fuel song.

Now Pandora is bombarding me with crap rock.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 10:40 AM PDT reply actions  

I saw a picture of Fred Durst in SPIN yesterday

and he’s starting to look like Rob Reiner.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

I once read a quote where he said he no longer wanted to be a musician.

My thought was, “You never were.”

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Yeah, he's apparently trying to be a director now

if his films are like his music, I want no part of them.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

I did the same thing when I read the article

but he actually directed the latest Ice Cube movie, The Longshots.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

I hadn't either.

Apparently it’s one of those schmoopy inspirational films about sports – one of those Disney-type things that I think I should hate but I’ll probably end up seeing on netflix and liking more than I should.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

This was a pretty interesting SPIN article

because the author was talking with Ice Cube about exactly that, and he defended himself pretty well – he basically said that he was trying to appeal to the kids of his original fans, because he didn’t want his fans to have to tell their kids that their favorite musician only did stuff 30 years ago. He seems entirely comfortable with where he is, and made no apologies or excuses for it, which was refreshing.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's funny that he went from straight "gangsta" to "Disney kid flick Dad",

but I respect him for being able to make the move.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's the tough thing about Netflix,

you end up watching stuff like that.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Vanilla Ice was good in Idle Hands...

For all 10 seconds he was in it.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

That dude is a freak.

Did you see him flip the fuck out on that reality show with Ron Jeremy and Tammy Faye?

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

He's flipped the fuck out on TV about 40 times.

I think he’s pissed that he’s not famous anymore.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Perhaps he should phone Fred Durst.

I’ll always love the 3rd Base beatdown of Vanilla ice in the video for Pop Goes the Weasel.

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by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

Excellent.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

I wear my hat backwards all the time.

It’s just a term for that music.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

I knew what you meant.

The funny thing about it is I think I may be the only person on the planet who wears a backwards hat to an accounting job.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like it.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I was just noticing that the two of you have the most distrubing sig's at LL.

Nice work, gentlemen. Do you think there’s a correlation with your affinity for wearing your hats incorrectly?

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

I beg to differ.

Wearing a cap backwards defeats the purpose of the brim, eliminating one of the primary functions. You might as well wear a beanie.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

At Spring Training I generally wear the brim where the sun is

which means, over the course of an afternoon, I wore my hat both backwards AND sideways, and was fine with both. Wouldn’t do it in real life, but in the desert you gotta hide from the sun as much as possible.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

You need one of those sweet bucket hats that fishermen wear.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

Bucket hats were coopted by frat boys

so they freak me out. Fedoras are stupid with shorts. Next year I’m going with a cowboy hat.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think that one's been done.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sombrero.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Should be a very effective sunblocker.

Plus you could fill it with nachos.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Looks Golden

Is that one of Adam Dunn’s?

by Gomez on Aug 26, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I should also point out that ST is, in fact, part of real life.

I think rules for looking like a doofus are not suspended in minor league stadiums in March.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not the way I do it.

Spring training is like Vegas minus the gambling. Sun, friends, lots of beer, not a lot of sleep, beer, Mexican food, beer. In this context I can wear a backwards hat and get away with it.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mexican food? The sombrero is making more and more sense.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or this?

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

We may have a winner.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have one of those.

They’re even better about sun than they are about rain.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is correct.

Although if you’re wearing one, you’re probably not worried about looking cool.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

More about STAYING cool.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Needs more rainbow striping.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's what you think.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nope. It really does.

My ears are too high on my head to wear a ballcap correctly.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

Freak!!

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is it your ears are too high?

Or is the top of your head too flat?

Either way, you probably should just stop wearing hats.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

For some reason, I love this comment.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

She sets the bar high.

Nothing wrong with that.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not true. Wearing a hat backwards accomplishes the following things:

1) Protects the back of your neck from the sun
2) Keeps rain from going down the back of your shirt
3) Prevents you from knocking your hat off when working in confined spaces
4) Gives you a sweet tan line on your forehead (or fivehead in my case)

That being said, whenever my goal is to keep the sun out of my eyes, that hat is worn forwards. I can’t handle the sideways thing, but I will do it if absolutely necessary to keep me from being blinded.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

Seconded.

Got a good laugh out of that one…

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks.

I think.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

I hate that.

Ozone is one of my favorite songs ever. The rest of it I could do without, and then they get lumped in with all the other crap from that period, and I en up getting everything I try to avoid by going to internet radio.

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by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

So I'm curious...

What will Pandora decide fits within a “Simon & Garfunkel” station…

Artist #1: James Taylor. Not bad. Not bad at all…

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 10:50 AM PDT reply actions  

Coldplay.

I kid, I kid.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

HAHAHAHA

And you halfway expected to see a Coldplay album on my Island list, now didn’t you. I thought about it just to hella spite you!

:-P

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Early Dylan?

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

Interesting...
  1. The Beatles (“I’ll Follow the Sun”)
  2. Fleetwood Mac ("Landslide")

And back to S&G (“The only little boy in NY”)

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Little? Isn't it living?

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Garfunkel killed them all

because he was bitter.

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by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Um. Yep.

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Makes sense to me.

FM are a little more mainstream classic rock, while S&G are so folky. Not nearly as many folk groups as the former.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

Peter Paul & Mary, FTW!!!

Nice! I think I can dig this channel…

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

And more Fleetwood Mac...

Interesting. I don’t think I would’ve made that association. In fact, it needs more Association. Hmmm.

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

So, Association channel now...

Mamas & the Papas
Four Seasons (x2).

Mamas and Papas I can handle, but Frankie Valli is just a little too much for me. Especially twice.

Where’s the Zombies? I would’ve connected the Zombies and the Association…

Oh the things I learn by visiting Lookout Landing. I never would’ve found Pandora, otherwise…

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is pandora any different than Last FM?

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like it already.

Beck channel. First song, Beck. Second song ‘Seven Nation Army’.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's all about the tight harmonies, baby.

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by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

I know I've been harping on terrible writing a lot lately

but TMQ’s Gregg Easterbrook is rapidly approaching the Jemele Hill level of “read my article and find the most absurd statement!”

Last week in his AFC preview he claimed that deciding Olympic track and swimming (and thus other track and swimming events) by a hundredth of a second was “absurd” on the grounds that “it’s an imperceptible, meaningless amount of time” and that he wasn’t sure if “these devices can be accurate to the hundredth of a second.”

A. Winning is winning. What would be even more ludicrous is if they started handing out eight gold medals in the fifty meter freestyle when all eight participants finished within one tenth of one second of each other
B. Fractions of time aren’t perceptible in a vacuum – even a full second is barely perceptible without some frame of reference, like say, another competitor finishing a race a second behind
C. This is the most ludicrous of all – our atomic clocks have an accuracy of 10^-9 or 10,000,000 times more accurate than the .01 seconds Easterbrook refers to. It’s insane to believe that a timing device can’t measure a hundredth of a second

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 11:52 AM PDT reply actions  

He's had this thing against fractions of a second

for awhile with 40 yard dash times.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

That I understand.

Drafting someone based on the fact they ran a 4.5 forty instead of someone who ran a 4.6 is pretty stupid (unless they are 100% even otherwise). But if you’re racing (runners, swimmers, horses, cars), the fastest one wins. Let’s stop measuring inches in the long jump too.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well he's more against

drafting someone with a 4.35 40 instead of a 4.36 40.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're right. I think he is okay with tenths, but hates hundredths.

Especially when you have people manually clicking stopwatches, they’re ridiculous.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Okay. Anyone who likes 60s music at all...

…has to listen to the Zombies Pandora channel.

Best mixture of songs I’ve heard yet!

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by PositivePaul on Aug 26, 2008 11:54 AM PDT reply actions  

I love discovering new artists via Pandora.

I’m really digging Maritime and Cold War Kids right now.

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I created an entire Emo station.

I feel like a 14 year old boy who no one understands now.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

That reminds me of the discussion acblue mentioned above

Me: Oh, you like emo? Did you like Rites of Spring/Cap’n Jazz/SDRE?
Young’n: What? No, Emo was invented in 2006. It’s totally revolutionary. Developed ex-nihilo.
Me: Uh, what about the 1993 albu….
Young’n: NO! No precedent! From nothing! From nowhere! In may of 2006, a boy put on eyeliner and the heavens opened and…
Me: I’m going to leave now

by marc w on Aug 26, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

My sister's ex boyfriend had a 14 year old daughter who told me she was a "goth."

I asked what her favorite song by the Cure was. Her reaction: “Who?”

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by thewyrm on Aug 26, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've had this conversation as well

Kids suck.

If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.

by bluemax on Aug 26, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've posted this on LL before, but it is still funny.

A few years back I had some peope at my place who were in their early 20’s. There was a show on VH1 about the Smith’s.

One of the guys piped up, “This band is lame. That guy is just trying to be like Morrisey.”

by Sec 108 on Aug 26, 2008 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Doesn't bother me if it stays only on HR calls.

If it starts into the other calls the games will take 8 hours.

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by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is an awfully slippery slope they're on now

if they don’t proactively curtail what will and will not be reviewed as the NFL has it could be huge trouble

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sigh.

This is true.

I don't feel anything anymore.

by kevin_ess on Aug 26, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bud Selig gets way too much crap for the allstar game.

OUR ACE NUMBER ONE PITCHER WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT. Of course I wanted the game to end ASAP, even if it was a tie. Imagine if they kept going, Freddy got injured and we collapsed (even more spectacularly)

by Robert on Aug 26, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone see this on Yahoo?

A 9-year-old boy in an 8-10 league was banned from pitching because he was too good at it. Parents say they were concerned about safety and just didn’t want to see their kids overmatched because it was a beginner’s league. And when his coach put him on the mound anyway? The other team automatically forfeited and reported it to the league. Now attorneys have been brought in to settle this big stupid thing.

Now I don’t know about how everyone else’s Little League format was when they were growing up, but for me there was player pitching starting at 7 years old, and by the time we were 9 we were used to seeing pitches up to 45 MPH, although it was still difficult. So hearing that a 9-year-old boy was banned from pitching because he could touch 40 MPH on the mound is outrageous to me. There must be some kind of contagious parasite crawling up people’s asses and croaking in Connecticut.

Needs MORE SUCK -- Strasburg '09!

by Double06 on Aug 26, 2008 12:07 PM PDT reply actions  

It's just like the asshats in that basketball league that wouldn't

let their kids play with a girl, just because the girl was kicking their asses.

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

by Faux on Aug 26, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

If he picks the right one, it should do a great job of blocking the sun.

Plus he can wear it sideways if he wants to. I’d use some good smelling shampoo that night if I were him though.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because Spring Training is not real life.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly.It

It’s vacation. Vacation is NEVER part of real life. that’s the point.

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

by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Your real life is going to make me cry.

It sounds too awful to bear.

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

My real life is quite a wonderful thing

but my vacations are better.

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

by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well thank goodness.

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Aug 26, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hot damn

JetBlue has a San Diego to Seattle round trip for $100 right now.

Only problem is that you have to go Sept 16-20, which, by the way is Tuesday-Sat

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions  

So I see Geoff Baker is going to be at the AquaSox game tonight.

Maybe I should head up there and try to talk stats with him.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:07 PM PDT reply actions  

That would be the awesomest conversation ever

because he’d feign some interest for a while, then, when you said something he didn’t like, he’d turn to the person sitting on the other side of him and apologize for your words, then turn back to you and explain that we’re all entitled to our opinions.

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

by pdb on Aug 26, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

You know, I would too

except that he caught wind of my “You know what, fuck you Geoff Baker” off topic subthread when he did that last Silva article.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Unless he knows what you look like, who cares?

Then you could have a nice, civil conversation with him, shake his hand, then say “You know what, fuck you Geoff Baker!”, and walk away…

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I haven't either.

But you don’t have to tell him your name. Or you can make one up.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Use my name.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Precisely.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 26, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not sure.

What happened is that someone (probably Logie) decided to start cutting and pasting the discussion we had over here when Baker posted his last “In Defense if Carlos Silva (I love you snookums)” article and posted it on Baker’s blog.

That, of course, was highlighted by my initial post in that discussion “Fuck you, Geoff Baker.”

It caused a bit of a wildfire to pop up over in his blog.

by BrianL on Aug 26, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is "Randy" for real? If it's a parody this is one of the best comments ever
Strasburg may never reach the level of hype he is getting for a few reasons. He is known to have movement on his sinker, this kind of pitch produces walks at the big league level. He also has no position skill to be able to move to different positions in the outfield if needed. Lastly, although just a rumor around the office, it sounds like he wants the San Diego school system to fund any public appearences he makes non baseball related.

by seattlebruin on Aug 26, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Logan rhetoric consists of the following:

1. Complete absence of logic or reason
2. Conspiracy theories
3. Fancying himself a scout
4. Fancying himself Cuban
5. Stats of his own creation that or either ripped off from other well known stats, or that have just bypassed mathematics all together
6. Hate of all “Bavasi Players”
7. Love for all “Engle Players”
8. Sad desperate attempts to hate on Bavasi, even if he has to contradict himself and lie to do so.
9. Name calling of the unclever sort.
10. A huge hardon for Jose Lopez

by JI on Aug 26, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

That is freaking AWESOME!!

I wish I could give it 1,000 recs.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm looking at it now, and it does not appear to be.

It’s missing the distinctive split or “crack” (as some ass-hatters refer to it) down the middle.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

BTW, I do have one objection to this.

He didn’t even bring ONE jug of whiskey? He must have drank them all before he made his supply list.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 26, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions