OT, 1/1 - 2009: The Year of Katal
by katal on Jan 1, 2009 9:58 AM PST
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After a rotten 2008 we finally (finally!) have a new year. This of course begs the question, what will 2009 bring us?
Will the Mariners compete for .500? Do they have any chance of surpising us in a mediocre division and storming into the playoffs? How will Mora do with the Seahawks? Will Kevin Durant's team win another game? Will you attend a Thunderbirds game? If the Storm do anything, will you notice?
Do you have any resolutions? Perhaps you have resolved to find someone to blame for anything that goes wrong. Or do you resolve to drink a new beer? To read the more math-centric parts of The Book? Do tell.
Finally, in honor of 2009, A Poll.
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There is no feeling shittier then waking up at your own house, walking outside, realizing your car is not in the driveway and you have no idea where you left it
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 10:01 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Someone could write a movie about this....
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 1, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
After making a couple phone calls I let some British girl I'd never met before drive
The question now is where is she staying?
I’ll go hit up every hotel parking lot
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
*assuming she is still in possession of the car
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This sounds like a great developing story..
by seattlesundevil on Jan 1, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No I used father's car to find mine
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My car was found safely in the Best Western parking lot
Now I just need to get my extra set of keys back
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Way to kick off the New Year's properly! British babes, missing cars, missing time, hotel parking lots.
Maybe check the trunk for drugs/kidnapping victims/dead hookers? Never know, this might not be finished…
Formerly dpseadvr.
by Kermit. on Jan 1, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe I let some marginally attractive British girl who I don't even know who hadn't driven a car in America drive my vehicle
Especially given that her sobriety level was probably no better than mine and there was a blizzard last night
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Marginally attractive British girls that express a definite interest in Corcos are extreme rarities is more like it
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Corco
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm never going to hear the end of this but I find that particular accent to be very sexy.
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Stop denying it; you know you want Graham.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Jan 1, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Scottish is better.
Especially Glasgow.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Jan 1, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed
or South Wales
Most English accents away from the south east are pretty rough
W1 L2 (.333)
Coming to a baseball stadium near you this June
by MarkE on Jan 2, 2009 1:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, good to hear.
Makes a great story now for the rest of your life.
by JMKaustin on Jan 1, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and my keys have been returned
She’s a nice girl. Also married (husband still in England)
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that I get just a little off balance when I get up quickly still
probably means I should not be considering getting into the car and going home yet.
However, the distinct lack of headache I feel is telling me that last night was a good night.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 1, 2009 10:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHA SUCK IT 2008
WE WIN HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 11:37 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Dear god I need breakfast.
Preferably one of fried things
by NOLAmarinergirl on Jan 1, 2009 11:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
No hangover wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You know
I’ve never been hung over before in my life.
by katal on Jan 1, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Must be because our bodies are suffering from a case of fucking awesome
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's impossible to be hungover after you listen to Andrew WK
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Andrew WK
My primary Andrew WK memory is when he stopped by the KGRG studio at GRCC to see to some people. There was this emo kid there, Eli. Andrew proceeded to yell at him, asking if he likes to listen to Ben Kweller.
The guy comes across in real life exactly the way you would expect & hope him to.
by katal on Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can't believe I've yet to watch a football game this season.
Hopefully optimism for the M’s doesn’t lead to unreasonable expectations for the team, leading to first disappointment in Zduriencik, followed by torches and pitchforks. It feels like he’s got a plan, and I’m completely happy to sit back and watch it develop even if it takes a couple years. Preferably it takes a couple years.
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by Kermit. on Jan 1, 2009 12:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Despite the rest of the season
The Jets game was as much fun as any game that I remember that didnt have playoff implications.
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That sounded like a good one. Even if I miss a bunch of regular season games I tune in for the post season.
This year is weird, never got the football bug. Postseason is so freaking long and the play is usually better, right now I should be hopping up and down.
Formerly dpseadvr.
by Kermit. on Jan 1, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Despite the NHL's best attempts to make it cheesy
The Winter Classic is amazingly awesome.
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 12:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The blackhawks jersies are incredible.
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This floating above angle is kinea interesting.
If they held it more steady, I think I could dig watching hockey on TV at this angle.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 1, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have decieded to protest the fact that I am forced to work today by starting a nerf gun battle
Does anybody have any suggestions on how I should arm myself. Do they make nerf shotguns?
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 12:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This looks pretty cool as well.
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
by andrewgolfsalot on Jan 1, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Make sure to use the velcro darts so they sting a little.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Jan 1, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They definitely do make nerf shotguns.
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!
by joof on Jan 1, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Brett Favre is Ichiro
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3804004
A veteran Jets player, quoted anonymously by Newsday, described Favre as a “distant” teammate who, when at the Jets’ practice facility, spent his down time away from teammates in an office specially designated for him.
“There was a lot of resentment in the room about him. He never socialized with us, never went to dinner with anyone,” the player told Newsday.
and one of the most hilarious comments I’ve ever read:
“If somebody is not playing well, they need to come out of the game,” Jones told Hot 97 FM. “You’re jeopardizing the whole team because you’re having a bad day. To me, that’s not fair to everybody else. You’re not the only one on the team. So when you get to the wire and somebody is just giving the game up, I mean, it’s just not [fair].”
by JI on Jan 1, 2009 1:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
2008 may be over
but I don’t think Seattle-area sports teams are suddenly going to win championships next year. Do you think the Seahawks and M’s at .500 next year would be a success?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 1, 2009 1:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
After this year
I would be satisfied by that.
by katal on Jan 1, 2009 3:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would be content with that.
I am hoping the coaching changes will help the M’s, Huskies, and Seahawks turn around. And maybe we’ll be given the Thunder back because they suck so bad and none of the players want to be there.
by Fin on Jan 1, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The MLB Network starts in an hour.
For those of you who have DirecTV, it’s on Channel 213.
Don Larsen’s perfect game is on at 4.
by Goose on Jan 1, 2009 1:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think I needed a break from my new Roku Netflix streamer...
Man, that thing is AWESOME!!!!! Comcast doubling its high-speed Internet I’m sure helps, but the Roku was updated overnight to add HD output. Only 720p, but that’s all my TV can handle anyway (and being only a 32 incher, it’s really borderline if I’d notice the difference between 720 and 1080 anyway). You have to understand – a decade ago, I was hired to help put videos on the Internet for our little division in state government. The only feasible solution for Internet video back then (when 56K was considered a fast connection, and 128K “insane” and not widely available to homes yet) was Real Player. To have HD video (and the massive amounts of data therewith) being streamed over my wifi router pretty seamlessly is a source of amazement for me…
Thanks for this news!
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by PositivePaul on Jan 1, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Technology is pretty freaking awesome eh Paul?
by Goose on Jan 1, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
After watching the Pixar Story, I’m never ceasing to be amazed at how incredibly awesome it is. I’ve lived in it for so long that it’s become second nature to me, but even still I fell like I’m waaaaay behind the times in so many ways…
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by PositivePaul on Jan 1, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Woooooooooo MLB Network just went live!
by seattlebruin on Jan 1, 2009 3:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I shall have to watch later
Rose Bowl too important
by seattlebruin on Jan 1, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
GO PENN STATE!!!
(Actually, fuck both of them, but fuck USC more)
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Jan 1, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
GO PENN STATE
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 1, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who's up for L4D?
Should I get a headset first?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Jan 1, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Seeing Putz in a Mets uni is really weird.
I still love the trade!
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by PositivePaul on Jan 1, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
....so basically this is just Baseball Tonight 24/7 with extra programming?
by Goose on Jan 1, 2009 3:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Judging from Wiki, every show ends in "Tonight," practically.
So why the hell not?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 1, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dodgers the best team in baseball with Manny?
AHAHAHA, and I’m changing channels.
by Goose on Jan 1, 2009 3:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well they were better than the Diamondbacks wirth Manny.
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is exactly the response that makes it no fun to post on LL anymore.
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that the Dodgers were better than Arizona with Manny has absolutely nothing to do with my original comment.
You just made that comment to be annoying, what kind of response where you expecting?
by Goose on Jan 1, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's kidding. That's along the lines of something Coach once said.
Big Z is the MAN.
by Taylor H on Jan 1, 2009 9:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why thank you Taylor I don't think we ever would have figured that one out.
by acblue on Jan 1, 2009 11:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Goose didn't get it.
Big Z is the MAN.
by Taylor H on Jan 2, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Goose got it.
However, my point still remains.
by Goose on Jan 2, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Don Larsen game also has the commercials from that game.
That’s kinda cool.
Hey, you got can a package of razors for a $1! And they come with the complete baseball encyclopedia!
by Goose on Jan 1, 2009 4:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh my god these commercials are full of win.
by Goose on Jan 1, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was all kinds of awesome
But Don Larsen at the end made me hate him and the event. He claimed the David Cone no-hitter was the first game he had seen start to finish since his playing days. On top of that he was oblivious to what a perfect game was at the time of his.
by edddgar on Jan 1, 2009 6:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
God damn, this morning sucked
Drank way way way to much last night, but that was all good. This morning I payed dearly for that, ,though. Then I had to ride my bike through the cold and rain while having a splitting headache. I was weaving back and forth on the bike lane because I could barely concentrate.
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!
by joof on Jan 1, 2009 4:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I resolve to not drink again.
Until next weekend.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Jan 1, 2009 4:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
http://www.bethsmoney.net/?t202id=61967&t202kw=presbyterian%20sermon
by Robert on Jan 1, 2009 7:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Rec'd because I still want this as the site graphic even if it's just for one day.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Jan 2, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I want it up permanently
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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 2, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Either this or...
Something like a photo of the Sexy People in grandiose Leni Riefenstahl fashion near Safeco…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Jan 2, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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