OT 1/21 - So Long, Porn 'Stache
by pdb on Jan 21, 2009 10:36 AM PST
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PrintSo, Jeff Kent's retiring. I guess now he'll have plenty of time to wash his truck. I liked Kent as a player - he seems to be one of those guys who was notorious more for his mouth and attitude towards his teammates than as a player, which is a shame.
In other random sporting news, the rotting corpse of AIG has decided to end its shirt sponsorship deal with the soulless bastards that are Manchester United; it won't affect Utd at all, but it'll be interesting to see what sort of company and what sort of fee their next shirt deal brings. Given the economy, I don't think even a brand like Man United will command $25 million a year.
Tucson is about to lose their last two ST teams - the White Sox are already gone, and the Rockies and D'Backs both have clauses in their ST deals saying that if there are less than three teams training in Tucson they can void their leases and move as well. This is sad - ST in Tucson is a lot more laid-back than it is in Phoenix, but it's probably not going to last.
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Completely agree
and I fear that the whole Jeff Kent story at HoF time will be “waaaaah he was a jerk to his teammates” and the like, which is completely irrelevant.
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John McGraw was a jerk to his teammates.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
This is my point
if it doesn’t happen on the field of play, it doesn’t effing matter.
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Barry Bonds' first year on the ballot is going to be fascinating
because you’re smoking a lot of weed if you think Barry Bonds doesn’t deserve to be in the Hall of Fame
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Barry Bonds should be first-ballot unanimous
but it won’t play out that way.
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If Willie Mays wasn't unanimous, there's not a chance in hell Barry Bonds will be
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
And that is the exact line of reasoning most reporters will use
if they don’t hide behind the righteous indignation that they will no doubt still feel.
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Ty Cobb...
The list goes on and on and on
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by PositivePaul on Jan 21, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
And quite possibly the biggest asshole to ever play the game.
He could sure get it done on the field, though. Except, you know, when Honus Wagner completely outplayed him.
You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen.
I thought he only had problems with Barry Bonds, but I don't pay a lot of attention to team chemistry issues.
It will be interesting to see how the HOF voters treat him relative to Robby Alomar. In my opinion, both should be in the HOF even though they had very different skill sets.
"Beer is ... love ..." Ben Franklin
Kent has a reputation
of being nasty, brutish, and short, so to speak – he’s reportedly kinda bigoted, and he’s definitely arrogant. But it doesn’t matter because none of it affected his play. Like you, I don’t really pay attention to chemistry issues.
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His little fit in 2007 angered me more than anything.
Calling out the young players was bullshit, because Kemp, Ethier, Loney and Martin were carrying that team down the stretch while Pierre, Furcal and Nomar played like shit. But you can’t rip a fellow veteran, and Plaschke and Simers would roll with it, so hey, blamed it on the kids who “just don’t get it.” Yeah, they don’t “get” how to walk back to the dugout like a champion after grounding out to second base four times in a game like Juan Pierre.
But two great quotes came out of that mess:
Asked if it bothered him to be criticized by one of the team’s leaders, Loney said of Kent, "Who said he was a leader?"
Said Kemp: "If you take the younger guys away, do you have a team?"
I loathe iTunes.
Once I get to the point that all of my iTunes purchases are upgraded to DRM free, I think I’m going to move to a new media manager.
Fear the NPE
Just out of curiosity, why do you loathe it?
I’ve used it for years and never had a real issue with it – I’m not the most demanding consumer, though.
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I'm not sure about this either, but I know there's a lot of iTunes annoyance on LL.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 21, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
I like iTunes.
But I used it strictly as a media manager. I don’t buy from iTunes.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I buy from iTunes now that there's no DRM
but prior to that I didn’t either.
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I buy from them on occasion since they have some exclusive songs and such
but typically, Amazon’s mp3 downloads are much better, and I personally prefer to own physical copies of all the music I purchase (the CDs look nice on the wall)
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I finally stopped fetishizing my CD collection when I got to 2,000 discs
now I keep them in vinyl sleeves in a wooden chest of drawers that takes up less space than a dresser, and I’m much happier for it.
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If you weren't such a *Mac snob, you'd understand.
*I use a Mac. And I maybe just kicked over an ant hill.
I just started using my first Mac about 18 months ago.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 21, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
They used to have a huge share of the public school market.
I’m one of those types that sticks with the first product you’re familiar with, I’m all elbows and thumbs on a PC. Itunes is pretty intuitive for me, but I’m not a heavy user. I’d like to hear specifics as to what other issues annoy people besides the DRM thing.
They still do
they offer huge discounts to educators and students.
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But Dell is in there a lot, too. Apple's certainly not the only player there anymore.
It’s nice to be comfortable on both platforms.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 21, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
How big is Linux in the world of coders/software developers?
From what I’ve read, seems like it’s a pretty open platform, highly popular with the high end software coders. (if that is the proper term). For some reason I expected more viruses when they switched.
I have a couple of friends who use Linux
one built his computer, the other got sick of PCs. I’m not sure I would consider them both to be high-end coders.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 21, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
there's a lot of it everywhere
and I’m trying to sort out how much is legit and how much is Standard Big Company Hatred.
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Ah, the irony!
Remember when Apple products were the refuge from an increasingly Microsoft-dominated world and people turned to them because of their hate for products like Windows Media Player and the Windows OS as a whole?
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I'm just waiting for the worm to turn on Google next
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Their search engine FUCKING SUCKS!
I’ve hated Google’s search for years…
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by PositivePaul on Jan 21, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
PP swearing?
It’s a new day on LL.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
HAHAHA
I swear all the time over here, don’t I???
I do have a tendency to let my hair down a bit here…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Jan 22, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Is it weird I thought this said their search engine is fucking socks?
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Don't try this - they never call you the next day.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Kenji Johjima couldn't catch him.
How much is legitimate?
Uh, they foisted DRM on people while using a proprietary file format so people couldn’t port files. It seems to be a bulky program, resource-wise.
The best defense of it seems to be, “Well, it’s gotten better…”
I guess since I never used the iTunes store I didn't really care about the DRM thing
but I still tend to blame that more on the record companies than on Apple.
NOTE: I am not an Apple apologist, I just detest the major record labels and think they’ve done more to ruin music than home taping and illegal downloading combined could have ever done.
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I may be a bit naive here, but I honestly think that P2P downloading has broadened the horizons of a lot of people my age
I was exposed to a lot more music in college that I would have never heard had it not been for my ability to download
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
That's not naive, that's reality
and the record labels, instead of embracing it and finding a way to work with it, decided to go completely the opposite direction. Which is suicide – once something is free and easily available, it’s really tough to get someone to pay for it through limited channels.
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The funny thing is the vast majority of people I know with any reliable source of income don't mind paying for the music they enjoy
and honestly, I would have never bought 75% of the CDs that I did in college and since then if I hadn’t been able to download the artists first and discover that I enjoyed their music.
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I will agree that the proprietary format is annoying.
I want to pull it off as an mp3, but I don’t think the recent iTunes will do that, and I don’t think you can update your iPod without the most recent iTunes.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 21, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
It doesn't have to be the most recent version if you keep your old iPod software.
If you update the iPod, you need to have the new iTunes.
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Before the iTunes plus upgrade I loved them.
But now they are not upgrading all the tracks I have purchased which are eligible. Also, they are now demanding I purchase an upgrade I just paid for yesterday. Now, because the policy is all or nothing upgrades I cannot upgrade any more purchases until the payment issue on the one they want to charge me again for is resolved. The whole thing has pissed me off so much that I want to just wash my hands of them.
Fear the NPE
I used it once upon a time
Its insistence on reorganising my music folders (yes, I know you can turn that off. Which I did, repeatedly) and the difficulty I had in generating on-the-fly playlists really really pissed me off.
by Graham MacAree on Jan 21, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
You're probably wrong, Graham.
Actually that same thing happened to me.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Kenji Johjima couldn't catch him.
I happen to like that particular feature
It’s a bit of a pain because in order to get it to organize right you have to mess with the ID tags, but you can do that in the program and for multiple songs; I really like the way it auto-organizes.
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that's pretty much why I got annoyed with Windows Media Player long ago.
I didn’t want to go in to every file and change the information on it.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 21, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I've found that most CDs and downloaded music have the ID tags already preset now
so it’s that big of a deal to me
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I have my music organised the way I want it off of CD rips
I don’t need iTunes thinking its clever and ‘fixing’ it.
by Graham MacAree on Jan 21, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
This is by far the worst evil imaginable.
I shudder to think of what would happen if Apple went to work on my massive digitized music library. I ripped it all from my CDs, and I LIKE IT JUST THE FUCKING WAY IT IS ORGANIZED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism
I solve this problem by not listening to anything but full albums and shuffle
and using the tags only as a source of amusement. I do think it’s a pretty shitty program but it does what I need it to do and I almost never listen to music on my computer anyways.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Oh and Apple's insistence about using QuickTime
and then making that auto run upon boot up, along with the AppleUpdater pisses me off.
More iTunes hate.
They have a terrible sorting system. If you go to the page for the band “the Sundays,” it lists not only the three studio albums by the band but two albums by a J-Pop band by the same name. Seriously, how difficult is it to put the two bands on two different pages? They do this with a lot of similarly named artists.
Fear the NPE
Anyone have/used the LG Dare?
Thinking about getting it. Good/bad?
Never used it extensively
but I played with it a bit when I was looking at phones the other day, and the major thing that bugged me about it is the touch-screen keyboard for texting. I like actual keys, so I hated the touch-screen keyboard; if you don’t mind virtual keyboards it seems like a pretty solid phone.
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I just ordered a new phone from Verizon today, and I already forgot what it is.
It has the actual keyboard to it though, so that’s nice. I want to say it’s a “Vu” or something like that?
Man do I love midgets.
this is clearly a sign you are heavily invested in your choice
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It's whatever upgrade they offer me pretty much.
As long as it has a keyboard I’m happy. I usually pick whatever phone upgrade they offer for free, but this time I spent an extra $40.00 to get the keyboard phone.
Man do I love midgets.
My sister has it.
She hates it. Go with Blackberry Storm. Seriously. Dare sucks.
not to mention there are reports that it is incredibly burdonsome to use the click screen.
Like physically laborious
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This is my sister's complaint about the Dare.
She has to use her fingernails and the beating the screen is taking is already showing.
It's not that she has to press hard.
It’s that she accidentally mashes the other keys if she uses her fingers.
Not worthy of its own post, but
Rich Harden is still injured, which is good because we were running short on world-turning juice.
Has he ever been healthy?
Man do I love midgets.
I swear people can actually be fragile.
I have a friend of mine who seems to have surgery at least once a year. He does the same things I do, and yet I’ve never had a surgery in my life (other than throat surgery which had nothing to do with sports).
Man do I love midgets.
you saw Unbreakable right?
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No I haven't actually.
Man do I love midgets.
I'll put it on my list.
Not much of a movie watcher really. I just watched Hancock the other day, and that was the first movie I had seen in about two months.
Man do I love midgets.
and not a great one at that
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It had it's moments,
but overall it wasn’t anything special. Candy for the brain pretty much.
Man do I love midgets.
Charlize Theron with the dark eyes etc... crazy hot
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yeah she vascillates between knee buckling and so-so
she at times looks way too skinny and plastic, and then there’s “Italian Job” and “Hancock”.
(obviously discounting "Monster")
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The Italian Job remake remains one of my favorite movies of all time
It helps that the cast turned out to be an all-star (kind of) cast – Wahlberg, Statham, Seth Green, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton!
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
The original is so much better, though.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Starts strong, got kinda wacky at the end.
I got to visit the rooftop test track in Torino this summer at the old FIAT factory. Very cool.
don't forget an appearance by Donald Sutherland,
the father of Jack Bauer
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on the day of his birth, Rich Harden came out of the womb nursing a soft ligament injury
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of course i do mean soft TISSUE injury.
although maybe that explains Harden’s health problems, his soft tissue is softer than most
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This is a well-edited gif.
You can barely see where it loops.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
it is one of my lifelong dreams to be able to accurately recreate the Carlton Dance
its more difficult than you’d think
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PDB, do you live in Tucson?
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
by andrewgolfsalot on Jan 21, 2009 12:05 PM PST reply actions
Damn. It'd be nice to have someone to catch ST games with.
I guess I’ll probably be meandering up to Peoria for a bit.
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
by andrewgolfsalot on Jan 21, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
My sister and her family live down there so I'm there a lot
but I don’t live there. There’s no amount of money you could pay me to live there.
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oh and I don't think I'm going to ST this year either
stupid house renovation.
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The Arizona organizational scheme of asphalt-filled suburb clusterfuck
is way beyond my idea of enjoyable
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I'll be out of here the second I get the chance.
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
by andrewgolfsalot on Jan 21, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
It's a freeway system away from being awesome
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It's so far away from being awesome that a freeway wouldn't help
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I know three people from Tucson
One went to a Catholic high school full of meth addicts and says that the high school that the other person I know from Tucson went to a high school full of heroin addicts, and the other one works the front desk at the hotel I work at in the summer and is a meth addict.
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My wife's from Tucson and is not a meth addict
but she has equally glowing things to say about the general citizenry and couldn’t wait to get the hell out.
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From what I understand the kids around my age are all trust fund babies who have nothing to do but use designer drugs
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That would describe most of the undergrad population of UA, true
Most of the Tucson natives are just garden-variety drunks, from what I’ve seen. My sister’s house is really close to the UA and in a neighborhood that’s predominantly rentals, and her neighbors to the north are exactly this – they sit around the pool all day and never seem to do anything more significant than chip golf balls into my sister’s backyard while high. Which is great fun with two autistic kids running around in the back yard.
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This place is sloooooooooooooooow today.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 21, 2009 12:20 PM PST reply actions
Maybe it's because a certain non-Gomez regular posts less now than he or she used to in the OFFTOPs
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
He or she may have moved from a different time zone to the northwest
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I am at work at 7am and longing for distractions.
Others are failing at giving them to me.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 21, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
This requires breaking and entering.
And will likely have me banned from more than just the site.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 21, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Really? Breaking and entering
I would think you of all people had access to such things
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I am not allowed to touch computers that are not mine
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 21, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Finally, a woman that's knows how to follow the rules
by JI on Jan 21, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I am morally opposed to stealing without paying
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
You have to steal it while he's using it you bimbo.
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If I were good at animation I would replace Fry with Robert
and coffee with Mtn. Dew
by JI on Jan 21, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
as long as it doesn't come with a corresponding animation
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I had to google that one. I found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_party
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
well, that is ONE version of lemon party. That's the one your kids can see.
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it's a team effort. we all must be vigilant in slacking on the job
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I do accounting.
It’s tax season, give me a break.
Man do I love midgets.
So you know what FB application is starting to annoy me?
SuperPoke.
SuperPoke is great. Except for the people that SuperPoke every freaking person on their friends list. Argh
Just block the app.
Man do I love midgets.
I need to end this this comment with a question so that it's not LLLJ
what other apps bug you but are too cool to block?
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
The fish and the plants that everyone gives out.
Man do I love midgets.
I like the games on it.
Man do I love midgets.
I like games and I like the Rate Beer app.
That’s about it.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I have a book app that I like
and RateBeer is good too, other than that I don’t use apps.
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Can the ratebeer app interface with the site?
Last time I checked, it didn’t and so the FB app was useless for me.
You can now import your ratings into the app.
I don’t actually rate anything on Rate Beer because I hate having to use the required terminology, but I love the app because you can just give something a star rating and be done with it.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I like to read RateBeer,
but if I reviewed a beer, it would read something like: “It was dark. It smelled kinda like a different beer that I had one time. I had three and was pretty tipsy. 5/5”
Pretty much.
I’m an idiot when it comes to beer. I’m a beer LLemming, but I have loved most of the stuff recommended here. And Ms. Jeff turned me onto Chimay, which I buy quite regularly now.
I'm the same way with most things
I’m crap at describing subtleties, in either wine or beer – my palate’s not sophisticated enough to pick up most things that people do. But I know what I like, and by reading RateBeer I can find things similar to what I like and I don’t ever have to say anything. It’s perfect.
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I think knowing certain terminology is helpful, but I hate snobbery and pretension in criticism.
A lot of the reviewers are snobby and pretentious, so I take what they say with a grain of salt.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
I'm like that with any sort of criticism
but I’m especially wary of beer/wine criticism because the snobbishness level can be off the charts.
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True - and I hated the idea of it for a long time
but I finally came around, because I hate trying to remember everything I’ve tried. I just started, but I still think it’ll be good purely for yourself; I don’t read reviews to learn more about beer.
I’d love something similar with wine. I’m always forgetting what I had that was really, really good.
This is where the Rate Beer Facebook app comes in handy.
I just need to know whether I liked something or not, generally, and if there’s a special note about the beer (for example, if an IPA is very good but not as hoppy/piney as I tend to like, that’s something I’d like to record for future reference) I can do so. And now there’s a mobile app, which means quick reference at the beer store, which means less time standing in the aisle reading Rate Beer and looking like a total goober.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Well, there you go then.
I’ll definitely check out the mobile app. Still, I think I care more about rate beer as a way to keep track of MY likes/dislikes rather than a source of info on what the hive mind thinks about random beer X. Not that the latter isn’t useful, but it’s just not the way I tend to use it.
Is it quicker to load up a mobile broswer and log in to facebook and pull up the RB app than to just go to RB directly?
I’d love a way to scout out beers quickly while at the beer store (mostly just to see if I’ve had it before, I tend to forget), but I’m unconvinced RB via FB is faster.
I haven't downloaded the app, but it's part of FB mobile.
I think it’s probably a pretty quick process because I have the FB Mobile app for my phone, but on a non-iPhone it might be more trouble than it’s worth.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
It appears as though the owner of Rate Beer asked them to stop allowing it.
Might have something to do with their server problems.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Anything that doesn't have a real purpose but requires me to click to make it go away
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If Troy Aikman is giving you life advice,
There’s no way you shouldn’t listen, right?
All he does on National football broadcasts is spout undeniable gems, worthy of engraving upon the finest of stones.
Also, I enjoy the idea of Irvin (a notorious rambling idiot) interviewing Aikman (the king of all non-baseball rambling idiots)
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he and Magic Johnson dress in a manner that would lead one to believe
that their best profession was not professional athlete
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I read that as "Porn Stash"
I thought, “Why are you getting rid of your porn? Why would you do that?”
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Wanna be like PLUTim and lose 40 gigs of it from drive failure???
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Jan 21, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm...
petsinuniform.com. Great website? Or greatest website?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 12:56 PM PST reply actions
I'm not clicking because I don't want to see dog porn
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I see Phildo reads Cute Overload too.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
shit.woot.com has some awesome stuff.
The Donut Panic! is a classic
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Am I the only one to notice this typo?
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by tootthekazoo on Jan 21, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Bowling night
Just got back home. Saw you were on, but didn’t have the energy to get on. Besides, I saw that you had just signed off so it didn’t matter. Still down for tomorrow though
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by tootthekazoo on Jan 21, 2009 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
=(
tomorrow then.
P.S. I am getting better.
by seattlebruin on Jan 21, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
I am also getting better
Booze and loud music combine well with competent teammates for me on most occasions. Catch ya tomorrow
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by tootthekazoo on Jan 21, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Nooooo!!!!
It looks like American Gladiators has been canceled. I’ll concede that the second season was gimmicky, but it was still fun!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 1:23 PM PST reply actions
I had no idea it was still on.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Kenji Johjima couldn't catch him.
The second season played last summer.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Especially the first season of the original
when the Gladitors had these fake personalities like professional wrestlers.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I don't like the idea of a Sonic Youth album being sold exclusively through Starbucks
but it’s hard to argue with the title and cover art.
I just hope it's good SY and not wanky prog-rock SY
Also, I thought Starbucks was getting out of the music biz?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
It's a greatest hits type of thing.
I think they’re planning to scale way back, but not necessarily abandon the pursuit altogether.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
I do find the concept of an SY greatest hits album to be as amusing as they seem to
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
You do realize that this is the second SY greatest hits album, not the first?
The first was actually my introduction to this terribly overrated band.
Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism
Sell-outs.
What’s next, selling their albums through Apple? Gosh, I hate Apple and Starbucks, because of their pseudo-monopolies.
I'm still holding out hope for the Sonic Youthpaste TV ad
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Sonic Youth is exempt from criticism because they have managed to stay completely in control of the creative process their entire career.
I just don’t like the idea of any band releasing an album for sale exclusively at one outlet, but since it’s a business decision and not a creative one, I’m not going to get too pissy about it.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
I don't see anything wrong with greatest hits albums.
by JI on Jan 21, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I think it depends on the band.
Sonic Youth is pretty album oriented so I don’t see the point, but it doesn’t bother me.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I hate when bands, such as Sonic Youth, release a greatest hits album
as opposed to a “Best Of” album.
“Greatest Hits” implies mainstream popularity. “Best Of” could be band favorites, or fan favorites or whatever.
Pedantic, I know.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
The entire album was chosen by fans.
Celebrity fans, but fans nonetheless.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I admitted it was pedantic.
I dunno, there’s something more genuine about a Best Of collection as opposed to a Greatest Hits collection. To me, “Greatest Hits” implies that somebody went to the Billboard charts and picked out which songs had charted the highest.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Pearl Jam's Greatest Hits contained many non-hits
Same with Bruce Springsteen’s
Best of = Greatest Hits
by JI on Jan 21, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Couldn't be as bad as the Cure.
They have a greatest hits, two singles collections, and a few random best ofs.
Fear the NPE
My beef is with band who only have two albums out and have greatest hit albums.
I’m drawing a blank at the moment, but I’ve seen it a few times.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Kenji Johjima couldn't catch him.
Rick Aston has about 5 greatest hits albums since '00
Just read that recently, probably a link found here. Seems kind of lame, I don’t think he’s been that prolific with new material.
Dwight Yoakum, every 3rd or 4th album is a greatest hits.
Or best of decade, or best of millenium, or whatever. I love Dwight, but c’mon already.
I like when fairly new bands have greatest hits albums.
And then I realize that it’s actually been like 10 years since I found them and wonder where the hell time went to and then sit around and mope and feel old.
PS – Siamese Dream was released 15+ years ago. Uggggh
Sonic Youth are definitely not sell outs......
Selling through Starbucks does not make a sell out. They kept their original creed throughout their entire career and were in total control of all albums, licensing, etc.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jan 21, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Dammit - anyone gotten to leven 25?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Kenji Johjima couldn't catch him.
Lisa. Lisa!
The butcher knife, Lisa…
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 2:45 PM PST reply actions
The answer is always the sharpest one.
Man do I love midgets.
I figured the Globals.
Because who wouldn’t?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 22, 2009 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
Apple's tech support is beyond incompetant.
My query:
iTunes is asking me to purchase this upgrade again for some reason. Also, I am noticing a lot of music files in my library that have not been offered to me for upgrade. Why is this happening? I will not give you another $10.50 for an upgrade I have already paid for.
Her response (1st paragraph anyway)
Hello from Texas. My name is Nicole and I would love to assist you today. Thank you for upgrading to the Plus version of music in your library. I am showing you did upgrade the oder #MGFGXD126K on 1/20/09 . You should not be asked to do the upgrade agin after you had completed this.
Wow, really? So you are saying I’m blind, I’m lying, or I’m a fucking moron then? Seriously, she doesn’t even tell me she will try to fix problem. Instead the rest of the email is directions on how to upgrade to iTunes plus. Because the big fucking Upgrade button on the homepage doesn’t give it away.
Has anyone else ever had trouble with Apples tech support? Are they always this clueless?
Fear the NPE
I've never used a single Apple product to be honest with you.
Man do I love midgets.
but she is friendly and cheerful! and she LOVED assisting you!
ask her out. See if you can crack her DRM protection if you know what I mean.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
And she said she's from Texas.
She wants to assure you that she’s not in Mumbai.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Well, Apple's design theory is that the users are morons. It makes sense that's how they handle tech support too.
There are no good individual basketball statistics.
54!
My iPod color broke, they wanted me to send it in.
I found a website where some guys figured out how to fix a common problem with the hard drive using a beer coaster folded in half. Took about and hour, would have been faster but I had to go to the bar to get the coaster…
I love her use of "oder" instead of "order" and "agin" instead of "again".
I ain’t fer it, I’m agin it!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
I'm still trying to figure out if that was on purpose.
Wouldn’t a business use spell check on their email?
Fear the NPE
Dodgers signed Brad Ausmus.
Of course they did.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
You misspelled his name.
Brad Awesome-us.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 21, 2009 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Tell me again what he does well?
Man do I love midgets.
Nichols law of catcher defence
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
I think I can set it for that resolution.
But alas, the sun has already sunk below the horizon. Maybe there will be a nice one tomorrow.
Fear the NPE
gorgeous! Strangely enough, I have an almost identical picture of sunrise over lake Michigan with frozen shores.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
It stays dusky for a few hours this time of year.
You get used to weird daylight hours when you grow up in AK.
Fear the NPE
Actually, I was mostly referring to having been foggy down here for a week.
No sun at all.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Cool!
I wanna be there testing my ‘new’ camera so bad!
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Jan 22, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
How the $%&# am I supposed to fit this on a 1099, or in the transmit file?
I hate addresses like these:
(Insert customer name here)
C-1205 Royal Palace
Jeong-Dong, Bundang-Gu
Seongam-Si, Gyeongi-Do
South Korea
436-958
Anyone know how to shorten up Asian addresses like these?
Man do I love midgets.
If you claim then as a rental expense,
yes.
Man do I love midgets.
Agreed.
But it plays hell with my tax address program.
Man do I love midgets.
Are there text fields or just address1 and address2?
What are the text limits on address1 and address2?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I prefer Heart.
Well, I prefer Heart before the 80s ruined them.
A loaf of safeway bread provides a amazing filling meal for $1.71
To avoid LLLJ let me ask who else has ever spent too much money yesterday and thus needs to keep his food budget under 2 dollars a day to avoid having to deal crack for money?
I don't think I've ever been that broke actually.
I could usually afford to at least buy some ramen noodles or something.
Man do I love midgets.
I think you can splurge and buy some bologna or something.
Man do I love midgets.
Squeeeeeze me macaroni, slop your face with my bologna.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Kenji Johjima couldn't catch him.
If you are hungry you know I'd feed you, Robert.
Yes, I’ve been that broke and hungry. An old favorite used to be saltines. And water.
My transportation money is more than $2 a day.
So I steal food from others.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jan 22, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
So, in Huskies/Blazers basketball news,
Brandon Roy is having his jersey retired tomorrow when the Huskey’s play USC. Apparently, he’ll be the second player to have his jersey retired at UW.
There are no good individual basketball statistics.
54!
LLLJ
I am so fucking furious right now. Blazers are playing 5 on 8 because The refs can’t keep themselves off LeBron’s jock. The fact that LeBron gets a special set of rules is the stupidest fucking thing about basketball. You not only ran down a center, but threw the ball out of bounds? You get the ball back! Fuck you NBA. FUCK YOU
There are no good individual basketball statistics.
54!
No, he's been doing well.
Tonight he only collected two fouls. He also has regained a bunch of the speed and agility he had in college.
There are no good individual basketball statistics.
54!
Not LLLJ; is about something other people might be interested in.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 21, 2009 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
A semicolon is used to separate two complete clauses.
You should have used a colon in this case.
Big Z is the MAN.
by .Taylor on Jan 22, 2009 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure that's not wrong.
Big Z is the MAN.
by .Taylor on Jan 22, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions
Hey Taylor H, please don't become a grammer/spelling Nazi too.
There’s so many already. So so many. Your strengths lie elsewhere, don’t let your talents go to waste getting bogged down in the minutiae.
by Kermit. on Jan 22, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is not LL LJ.
And saying LLLJ does not then permit you to LLLJ.
This is the 2nd time I’ve had to say this.
But it isn't, so there's nothing wrong with what he did, right?
He could be comically misidentifying his remarks as LLLJ.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
At some very soon point,
if you mark your comments as LLLJ, it’s going to be hidden, no matter what the rest of your comment is.
So the prohibition isn't on LLLJ, it's on LLLJ Self-Identification.
(as well as on LLLJ).
Just so we’re clear.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
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