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Ichirocameron_tiny by Decatur on Comment 1082 comments

I recently lost a friendly wager with my roommate over the results of a sporting match, so  I need to cook us and some guests a big dinner as payment.  I'm feeling a little homesick, so I really want to cook a Vietnamese or Thai meal.  I don't have much experience with cooking, but I have wits enough to pull off some fairly elaborate meals if I do my homework and have good recipes (I made a chicken curry meal a few weeks ago).  

I plan on using chicken, and I have ready access to a good deal of cilantro, garlic, ginger, vegetables, noodles, and a big stir fry pan.

Also, in this thread, feel free to consider:

-What recipe(s) I should use for the meal I'm cooking this weekend?

-What are your favorite, most especial recipes (and maybe the story of how you found it)?

-What are you favorite types of food and restaurants the Seattle area (or wherever in the world you live, for that matter) - perhaps which neighborhoods or cities have your favorite restaurant scenes or general attractions and vibe as well?

-Does anyone who has grown up and lives in a big city use travel guides for it (e.g. Frommer's, Rough Guide, etc.) to find things to do there?

-What do the statistically or football-ly inclined think of Nate Silver's new Soccer Power Index at ESPN.com (a good summary of it may be found at Dave Cameron's hang out, full methodology here)

-What new blogs, fiction, or LL-safe non-fiction books have you recently discovered?

-What's the best piece of advice anyone's ever given you?

-Anything else you'd like to talk about?

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These cookies are The Best Cookies

This is confirmed after years of methodical testing. These cookies are objectively The Best.

  1. 12 ounce(s) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  2. 1 cup(s) butter, softened
  3. 3/4 cup(s) packed brown sugar
  4. 1/2 cup(s) sugar
  5. 1 egg
  6. 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla
  7. 1 cup(s) unsifted flour
  8. 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
  9. 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
  10. 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
  11. 1/8 teaspoon(s) nutmeg
  12. 3 cup(s) oats, uncooked
  13. 1 cup(s) walnuts, chopped (optional)

Additional answers forthcoming.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 16, 2009 8:43 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

other answers I feel like giving:

1. I haven’t really cooked in a while because of lack of tools/facilities in New York and lack of desire when I was actually working in food service. You could make a decent stir fry with what you have. I’d add cashews because cashews make stir fries awesome.
2. See above.
3. I can’t say I engage regularly with the New York restaurant scene as much as I should, but I am also a student and endowed with some fiscal responsibility. There was one place around 84th and Broadway that had polenta that kind of blew my mind. In Seattle, I have a special place in my heart for Cafe Septieme on Broadway even though what they do is basically just standards or near-standards executed well and priced reasonably. Their flank steak sandwich is lovely. I also enjoy Maple Leaf Grill, and on the eastside, Brix isn’t bad if you can get past the whole wine bar in north Kirkland thing. I also kind of miss Pagliacci Pizza, which is funny.
4. I never used anything in Seattle because when we ate out as family events, I had this snooty aunt who would refuse to acknowledge anything that wasn’t Zagat rated. I use some guides in New York here and there, and word of mouth, because it’s overwhelming otherwise. Incidentally, the best Chinese places are the ones that look the shadiest, or so I hear.
5. I am soccer-retarded anyway.
6. I recently read a new translation of Afloat by Guy de Maupassant, because I’ve developed this thing about buying and then trying to read anything that NYRB publishes. It’s a week-long travelogue of a boat trip in the south of France that contains mostly his musings on this and that, full of self-contradictory ranting. Philosophical, kind of fun.
7. Not advice, but one of my grandpa’s maxims was apparently “All kinds of people in the world and none of them are missing.” I really like that.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 16, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, pretty much anything the NYRB publishes is fantastic.

I’ve read the Alistair Horne book they’ve published, and I started C.W. Woodward’s “The 30 years war”, but every review or amazon page of NYRB makes me ache to read it.

by Decatur on Nov 17, 2009 1:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They certainly come up with an interesting collection.

I was hanging out at their corporate website for a while browsing the titles but then I discovered that every second or third thing I looked at, I wanted. Good marketing, or good selection.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I call bullshit on any soccer list that has England listed as third most powerful.

I’ve just started reading a book called Soccernomics and although I’m only 40 pages in, it lists some very valid arguments as to why England are OVERachievers and are, at best, a top ten team. Third in the world? Puh.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 16, 2009 8:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I hope very much he is right!!

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 16, 2009 9:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What's this?

“Derive match-based ratings for all international and club teams”
Is England getting extra credit for the Premier League? Hmmm.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 9:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Probably

I don’t really like his methodology at all, but Silver’s cleverer than me.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Is he cleverer?

Or just more likeable and thus will get his ideas disseminated more broadly?

Not saying that you’re unlikeable, but uhh

/awaits ban

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.

GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Nov 16, 2009 9:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Although I should add that I am delighted that US statisticians are bringing more analytics to our backwards game.

I can see soccer fans being even dumber than baseball fans when the inevitable soccer-metrics revolution starts to take place.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 16, 2009 8:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think that the US soccer metrics are frankly awful right now

They’re significantly worse than traditional baseball numbers in my eyes.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Have you seen UK soccer metrics? The US ones are pretty bad, but a lot of that is simply the lack of data

It’d be easy to use some of the hockey stats if the public had access to the kinds of data the NHL makes available.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think people are trying to push things forward. This seems preferable to

simplified pythag.
Are the more speculative stats usable right now? Maybe not, but it’s actually sort of cool to see how people deal with the dearth of information.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 9:31 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One of the reasons I love watching soccer is that I tend not to think about statistics when I watch.

With soccer, I will remain blissfully ignorant of advanced metrics forever.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do that occasionally, but more often I get annoyed at the 'stats' the commentators mention

and I really hope that we get usable, stable, intelligent stats in the game in the next 10 years.

This is where something like MLS can be useful as a proof-of-concept testing ground. Everyone in Europe laughs at the league regardless, so give them something else to laugh at: really document things, and make the data publicly available. Where was the shot taken? How many possessions per team, passes to/from players, etc. I’m sure there are better things to keep track of, but err on the side of too much data.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I guess my whole thing with stats in football

is that I’m not sure (and I really am ignorant here, so this may be already proven somewhere/somehow) how things like possessions per team and passes between players matter in the overall scheme of things. Look at this weekend’s Atletico/Real match, for instance – in the last 15 minutes of the match, Atletico had possession for 14:45. I can’t really draw a conclusion from that single piece of data, but people will take stats like that and try to conclude that Atletico is actually a superior team based on quantity of possession, when quantity of possession doesn’t ultimately matter if you can’t get the ball in the net.

In baseball, it’s easy to see how having high OBP guys actually means a more successful team; I’m not sure that a similar case can be made with soccer stats like possession or passing accuracy. I could be, and probably am, completely wrong about this, but I don’t know.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Right - people don't know what stats are associated with goals or wins

I doubt possession is useful for anything, because a team with a two goal lead will just absorb pressure for the final 20/30 minutes. It’s useless, but you can see it, and commentators always mention it. That kind of shit drives me crazy sometimes – like the historical crap in college football (“well Bob, the Huskies beat Oregon State 10 times in a row in games following road losses, so I think we’ll se…”).

There must be stats that have similar correlation to goals in soccer that OBP has to runs scored in baseball. We just never hear about them, and instead get to hear about how team X didn’t score because they needed more ‘quality.’

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I want to look at the

sum of all opposing players behind the ball when teams take possession.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Or maybe something like

Possession in minutes divided by opponents ahead of the ball and then normalised to a percentage.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sum of players behind ball

Possession is kind of irrelevant if everyone is ahead the ball, so turnovers high up the pitch (‘field position’ in soccer is really measured by players, as you know) are a mark of good team turnovers as opposed to the ones where the ball goes out for a throw at the corner flag.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What would this tell you?

When I hear “good team turnovers” i think of things like “productive outs” – isn’t a turnover something to be avoided, good or otherwise?

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, but to what end?

I’m not trying to pick a fight, just trying to understand.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Figuring how good the team is at picking up the ball at important areas of the pitch

We know that defences are going to force a lot of turnovers, be it by goal kick, clearing crosses, etc. Picking a pass off in midfield is a much more valuable event, though, and I think that that should be measured.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It would be better if I could weight it properly though

How often does a team score when the move starts with 10 opposition players behind the ball? 9? 8? etc?

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It seems intuitive to me that the fewer players between you and the opponent's goal the better

I just never see anything like that in soccer stats and am curious as to whether it would be a useful measure. Just playing around with it in my head.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But then you'd have to also assess the quality of the player/players

on the offensive side of the ball – if you’re Arsenal and you have Fabregas and van Persie (GODDAMN POINTLESS INTERNATIONALS SIX FUCKING WEEKS I HATE YOU UEFA) on the ball with only one or two defenders, that is (again intuitively to me) more valuable than, say, the Portsmouth preferred front two of Frederic Piquionne and Aruna Dindane (and yes I had to look that up). So there’d have to be a lot of correction for weight of opponents, as you mention.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well that would manifest itself elsewhere

But with Fabregas and RVP you’d still rather see two defenders in front of you than six, so I think it holds regardless.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also, imagine you are watching a Sounders game

You see Zakuani cross the ball into touch, just missing Jaqua at the far post. You then see James Riley pass the ball straight the the opposing centre midfielder barely inside opposing territory.

Which change in possession is more detrimental to your team’s chances of winning?

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Seeing Zakuani cross a ball to the back post, JUST over Jaqua

wouldn’t be detrimental to the team’s chance of winning, but I might be too busy looking at the flying pigs. That or the lap dance Scarlett Johansson insists on giving me.

But yes, good point.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So you mean 10th row of GA?

I still have high hopes for Zakuani, but I’ve never seen a winger so hopeless at crossing the ball. He’s good at the whole run-at-defender play, but that’s it for now.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I noticed in the playoffs that that's not working either now

He’s so predictable that the Houston right back was half turned to his right whenever Zakuani was coming at them, and he still tried to drive outside.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What else is he supposed to do?

besides ‘learn football skills.’ I trust he’ll work on those, but as of now, go outside, get near box, hope something weird happens.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Go inside once in a while?

The defenders were twisted so far around that if they tried to follow him left they’d end up falling down.

by Graham on Nov 16, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This man is not a ninja.
Seattle police say a man who believed he was a ninja was impaled by a spike when he tried to jump over a metal fence.

At 11:15 last night, a police officer was looking for the victim of a reported assault in the 600 block of Seventh Avenue when she encountered the man impaled on a metal fence and screaming for help. Seattle Fire Department medics were called and removed the man from a fence spike and transported him to nearby Harborview Medical Center.

Seattle Times Blotter

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

MLB At Bat app is finally out for Android

Call me crazy but I feel as if this is something that might have useful a few months earlier

by Robert on Nov 16, 2009 9:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Answers!

1. I will be watching this thread because I really need recipes. I like to cook but I have a complete failure of imagination when it comes to the what-to-cook portion of cooking.
2. My Carne Seca recipe is my favorite. I ate Carne Seca at a restaurant in Tucson once and became so obsessed with it I spent about a year trying to replicate it exactly. It’s tough because in Portland you can’t really dry your meat on the roof for 72 hours like they do down there but I’m pretty close.
3. In Seattle, my favorite restaurant food is teriyaki – you can’t get decent teri in Portland and it kills me. In Portland, I’m a big fan of pizza – Apizza Scholls and Ken’s Artisan are two favorites.
4. When I lived in Seattle I’d occasionally trot out the Lonely Planet guide, it was pretty cool.
5. As per my above answer to Graham, I probably will never care about statistical analysis of soccer.
6. I just started this book, it’s pretty good so far. I just finished Chuck Klosterman’s new book, it’s probably my favorite thing he’s ever written. He’s finally dropped the “i’m too cool for school indie guy” pose that marred a lot of his previous work and now just focuses on things that interest him, which I’ve wanted him to do all along.
7. There are two best pieces of advice I have been given in my life. One: No matter how good you are at something, there’s always someone who’s better than you at it. Two: Eat when you’re hungry, sleep when you’re tired. I guess the first one is less “advice” than “a lesson about humility and hard work”, but still.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 10:18 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed on Klosterman

I thought the attempt to create a unifying theme was somewhat lacking, but the essays themselves seemed more mature. One of my problems with him has always been the question of whether he actually means what he’s writing about or if they’re just exercises in pop culture references, abstractions, and “look at me make these seemingly unrelated things actually be the fundamental underpinnings of the universe” flippancy that is entertaining but ultimately seems kind of hollow. It seems like he dispensed with that for the most part and wrote straightforward essays in Dinosaur and his essay explicitly calling out that dynamic in his writing was one of my favorites in any of his books, because it informs every other one.

by pmc47 on Nov 16, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That same flippancy is why I can't read Malcolm Gladwell's books, btw

I’m hoping he reads this Klosterman book and takes the change in style to heart.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How are people getting on playing MW2?

I’m starting to improve, I made the mistake of trying out all the various game types with predictable results without homing my skills on free for all first. My favourite gun so far is the SCAR, but that said I have hardly tried any of the others yet.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 16, 2009 10:23 AM PST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

The SCAR is wonderful

the TAR-21 is awful. Huge magazine, but the recoil is so bad it doesn’t even matter.

I’m now referring to the Barrett as the noob cannon until someone proves to me that it’s not by far the worst sniper in the game

by seattlebruin on Nov 16, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

On a similar note, Bling is the greatest invention ever.

Love it, love it, love it.

A Mariners fan in Seattle

by Coach Owens on Nov 16, 2009 9:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can't use Marathon though because of bling. :(

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 17, 2009 1:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have endless recipes.

I don’t usually cook Thai or Vietnamese, so I’m no help with your meal. Best of luck with it!

My personal favorite recipes:
Crispy squid with garlic mayo
Fettuccine with corn and tomatoes
Blue cheese stuffed burgers and pommes frites
Fennel gratin
Off Topic ice cream (Fruity Pebbles flavor)
Honey sesame chicken
Masaman curry
Orange maple glazed pork chops
Cheese and torn basil bread
LL Pretzels
Potato leek soup
Pot roast

Your other questions I’ll come back to. I need coffee before my brain works.

by royalcurve on Nov 16, 2009 10:50 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

As you wish.

1 lb chicken, cut into pieces
3 cups of coconut milk
2 tablespoons roasted peanuts (unsalted)
5 peeled sweet onions (smallish ones)
5 small potatoes, peeled and partly boiled (I use Yukon Gold)
3 bay leaves
3 tablespoon lime juice
2-3 tablespoons Masaman curry paste

Peel potatoes, boil them partly, and cut in 1 to 2-inch pieces.

Allow the coconut milk to separate and you will have about two cups of thick “cream” and one cup of
thin “milk”. In a small saucepan bring the milk to a simmer and add the chicken and bay leaves. Simmer until chicken is tender. Remove the bay leaves.

Put the thicker cream in a wok and bring to a boil, add the masaman paste and whisk together. Then add this to the chicken.

Add the remaining ingredients, then taste. Add lime, tamarind or a sprinkle of sugar for more sweetness, tartness or sourness. Add peanuts before serving over jasmine rice. As with the peanut sauce recipe, this is usually better the following day.

by royalcurve on Nov 16, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The last time I made curry was out of a cookbook and it left me wanting more.

Since then I’ve only used curry paste as an ingredient of other things I’ve cooked and left the curry to the experts. I will certainly be giving this recipe a shot. Thanks!

Do you think I could use Panang curry instead of Masaman? It would certainly change the flavor, but I don’t think I can find any Masaman where I’m living now.

by Double06 on Nov 16, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never had a poor review of my Thai peanut sauce.

However, I don’t use a recipe so the amounts are just estimates. Feel free to adjust to your tastes mid flight or even make sensible substitutions.

Makes 6 servings or so.

- 1 Onion
- 5 Cloves garlic
- 2 sticks of lemon grass
     1/2 tsp of the following…
- Chili powder
- Cayenne pepper
- Cardamom
- Lemon Pepper

- 1 jar of chunky peanut butter (I use Adam’s brand but anything works in whatever the amount Adam’s is)
- 2 cans of Coconut Milk
- 3 TBS Brown sugar
- 3 TBS Fish sauce
- 3 TBS Rice vinegar
- 1/2 tsp Red curry paste (NOT powder)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cinnamon to taste

That’s a lot of ingredients, but the recipe is simple.

1) Finely chop the onions, garlic and lemon grass. Then toss it into a pan with canola or peanut oil and saute with the chili powder, cayenne pepper, cardamom and lemon pepper.

2) Toss the saute’d goodness into a pot, as well as the rest of the ingredients, and mix it all up. Cook on low-medium heat until it all melts together into one consistency — typically 30 minutes. It’ll take longer if you double the recipe, which you probably will if you’re cooking a big dinner.

by Double06 on Nov 16, 2009 11:15 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I use this recipe to pour over stir fried veggies and rice.

But if you have chicken, I would suggest you make chicken skewers and use less coconut milk so you can glob it on thickly and it’ll stick to the grilled meat better.

by Double06 on Nov 16, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Here's one for

Chicken and spinach enchiladas

They’re not too fancy or anything and those of you that can do it all from scratch will likely cringe, but folks really like them.

by coolguyrob on Nov 16, 2009 11:18 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Of AWESOME!

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME!

Y’know, I love Paul McCartney (mostly because of the Beatles), but I hate the fact that he unleashed that fucking song upon us.

It’s the worst.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, that's probably the worst for me too.

Lennon’s “So this is Christmas” is pretty awful too, though.

by marc w on Nov 16, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually like Lennon's Christmas song.

It’s way more understated and WAAAAAY less sappy.

Oh, and I really really really dislike Springsteen’s version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I used to love the Springsteen SCICTT but it's so fucking overplayed I'm tired of it

The next time I walk into a store and I hear that McCartney song I will set the store on fire and happily do the jail time for said arson/attempted murder.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I worked at Virgin this was the worst for me.

Putting together the Christmas music section. Pulling out dusty old boxes of cds that didn’t sell the last 2 years and seeing if anyone would be stupid enough to buy them. Then finding out which people had released new atrocities, like a Mariah Carey Christmas Just For You or some other vomit.

by royalcurve on Nov 16, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I worked at Wherehouse

and at least we didn’t ever waste “keepers” (the plastic anti-theft thingies) on Christmas music…because, really, who gives a fuck if somebody steals John Denver’s Christmas albums, or those stupid fucking Transiberian Orchestra abominations?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This song needs to go away forever.

That and The Christmas Shoes. Oh God I hate that song.

by BrianL on Nov 16, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What's the best piece of advice anyone's ever given you?

Don’t stick your dick into something you can’t see yourself married to.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 11:43 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ha, something along those lines.

“You can do a lot of things with that girl, son. But dating her probably shouldn’t be one of them.”

by Kermit. on Nov 16, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How so?

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Casual encounters can be very fulfilling.

Especially for young’uns who probably don’t really know how to figure out who’s marrying material.

by waldo rojas on Nov 16, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Indeed.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"Don't get high off your own supply."

My crack business would have gone tits up if the His Holiness the Dalai Lama hadn’t hit me with gem.

by abender20 on Nov 16, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah. Advice.

My dad told me that in a relationship there’s always someone who’s working harder than the other one. And that if your partner is giving 51% and you give 49% you “win”. Or it’s healthy or something. But that it was important to not let the gulf get too wide, because a 30% / 70% relationship won’t work. Somehow. I never did quite work out what he was talking about.

Someone also told me once that I should ask for help now and then. He was right.

by royalcurve on Nov 16, 2009 11:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hmm

I’ve thought that 50-50 relationships don’t work… because in order for a relationship (marriage, whatever) to really work, it needs to be 100-100.

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.

GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Nov 16, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The only certainty in a relationship

is that if you keep track of who wins and loses, or if you always have to be right no matter what, you’ll fail.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much.

Even if the other person isn’t giving a 100% doesn’t mean you need to stop giving a 100% because they’ll come back around.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 1:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm currently reading:

Playing With the Enemy — Gene Moore

The author isn’t the best writer out there, and the illustrations are laughably bad, but the story is AMAZING. I understand it’s getting turned into a movie, which could be awesome.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 11:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Rosenthal:
Could the availability of Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson dampen the market for free-agent outfielders Matt Holliday and Jason Bay?

One analyst, Dave Cameron of Fangraphs.com, recently wrote an article suggesting that Cameron is a better player than Bay. Age figures into their respective values — Cameron is 37; Bay is 31. But Dave Cameron (no relation to Mike) suggests that Mike’s superior defense more than compensates for Bay’s offensive advantage.

Many teams use their own measurements when assessing the impact of baserunning and defense. Those measurements continue to grow more sophisticated, changing the way clubs view players.

Neat

by Poochie on Nov 16, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Can you imagine how stupid to the casual fan the argument that Cameron is superior must seem?

I can already here the mlb.com message board morons aiming their pitch-folks in Dave’s direction.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 16, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Restaurants

I live just off of Piedmont Ave. in Oakland. There are some mind blowing New American Chefs working here. By far one of the best is Commis, www.commisrestaurant.com

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 16, 2009 12:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

YOUR USERNAME IS A LIE!

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Nov 16, 2009 12:10 PM PST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

My Username has been a lie for over a year.

I just did not want to change.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 16, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Do you ever go to Oliveto?

Just across the street from the Rockridge station. Paul Bertolli used to run it, but he left to start his own salumeria. So his old executive chef, Paul Canales, took over. He’s astonishing. That place is one hundred percent incredible, has a new menu every day, and is probably my favorite restaurant in the world.

by royalcurve on Nov 16, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like it a lot. Though, I pefer dopo.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 16, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You should also add Flora, MUA and Sidebar

All out standing.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 16, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you.

Planning a Bay Area food visit in the next few months, so more additions to the list are always good.

by royalcurve on Nov 16, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Food is the only thing I like about the Bay.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 16, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The weather is boring I miss snow and the traffic licks balls.

 The weather is boring I miss snow, the traffic licks balls (one day I am going to kill double a parker) the arts and culture stuff is cool great music and food. The biggest draw back is you have to drive hours in nasty traffic to do outside stuff. On top of that I work like 65 hours a week.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 16, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not to mention the insane number of hippies/hipsters.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 16, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

More Rosenthal.
Mariners show interest in Tigers RHP Jackson — 3:25 p.m.

Count the Mariners among the teams interested in Tigers right-hander Edwin Jackson.

The teams have spoken about Jackson and exchanged names, but the talks “are not all that serious,” according to one source with knowledge of the discussions.

Jackson, 13-9 with a 3.62 ERA last season, would be a strong complement to ace right-hander Felix Hernandez in the Mariners’ rotation.

The Tigers, sources say, are seeking minimum-salary pitching for Jackson, whose salary will rise from $2.2 million in arbitration.

Mariners right-handers Brandon Morrow and Shawn Kelley both fit that description, and are the types of hard throwers favored by Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski.

The Mariners, one of the few clubs seemingly in position to add payroll, also like Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson.

However, they prefer Franklin Gutierrez in center and would move Granderson to left. Teams that want Granderson to play center likely would offer the Tigers better packages.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 1:03 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I know but they might think that they can get a ton of good players for him.

That’s about the only justification. I do not think it’s a good reason but that’s probably where they’re coming from.

by Kirkharbaugh on Nov 16, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Granderson.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

His babip was only .272 and his LD% was right around if not above his career mark.

The only huge difference was a 5% rise in his infield flies. I think I am going to attribute this to luck although the sexy people may be able to make more of it.

by Kirkharbaugh on Nov 16, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Corollary to that

A friend told me once that there is no such thing as a bad experience, and as I go through life I find he’s pretty much right on.

by pdb on Nov 16, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

HOLY SHIT

Look at this new WWII shooter!!

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 1:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Amazing.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So, I caught part of the Addams Family movie last night.

Lo and behold, Mercedes McNab plays the Girl Scout ("Are those made from real Girl Scouts?).

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 2:09 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

She does indeed.

and no it hasn’t.

and David Krumholtz as their fellow outcast.

by msb on Nov 16, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The trio of retards they have on Around the Horn is amazing.

Why do they continue to put Paige, Mariotti and Plaschke on?

by Mariner John on Nov 16, 2009 2:24 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Wasn't one of those guys on MNF after ABC gave it up? Whoever it was, it had the same vibe.

Argumentative, solid wall of vocal sound that pretty quickly is impossible to focus on.

by Kermit. on Nov 17, 2009 8:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That was Pardon the Interruption.

Which is actually a decentish show. Better forum for Kornheiser than MNF.

by Mariner John on Nov 17, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Does anyone have a song and a link

To something that would be good for a minute and a half zombie short?

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 2:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

.

Re: Your Brains — Jonathan Coulton

His songs are licensed under the Creative Commons license, too.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do love Coulton

But I need something slightly darker.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.

Pelican — Drought

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a shit-ton of Pelican available to listen to on Youtube.

You may find one that better suits your needs if you just do a generic search for them.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Anything similar to the 28 days later theme?

Or anything with a long build up?

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 16, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.

You could always use more Godspeed You Black Emperor, which is the artist who did the song in 28 Days Later.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 16, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.

I nominee Old Carver’s Bones.

Woe is me

by krb on Nov 16, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Recipes

I’m trying this this weekend. I’ve also always gotten a good response to:

1 package rice pilaf, any flavor
1/2 cup chopped scallions
1 can corn
1 red bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup grated cheese (I tend to go with pepperjack, but I just tried a cheddar/parmesan mix this weekend that was great)
2 celery hearts, chopped
1/2 cup diced onion
1 mild hot pepper (Italian hot, Hungarian hot, etc—go spicier if that’s your thing), chopped into rings

Get the rice cooking according to directions, using 2 tablespoons butter AND 2 tablespoons olive oil. Sautee the celery, onions, and hot pepper in butter; add basil, cilantro, and a touch of garlic powder about halfway through the sautee to let the celery soak in the flavors. When the rice is done, toss on the corn, scallions, red pepper, and cheese into it, then pour the sauteed veggies, fond and all, over the top. Add a tablespoon or two of balsamic vinegarette, then stir everything into the rice—the heat from the oil and rice will melt the cheese, making everything just a tad sticky but not sticky enough to make it clump all together. Serve as soon as it’s cool enough to eat.

by Tube on Nov 16, 2009 3:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

No think of how you could be playing the most beautiful music on the planet if you continued.

Everytime someone quits classical piano and I hear about it I get upset. I wish I could have had the opportunity to play the piano growing up because it is the most useful instrument.

by Kirkharbaugh on Nov 16, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You get pissed off that people are sad they left classical piano?

So.. you get sad that people agree with you?

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Nov 16, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No when people do quit it.

Not when they say they are sad. This was in response to Brian’s post, not Taylor’s.

by Kirkharbaugh on Nov 16, 2009 10:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.

Okay

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Nov 16, 2009 10:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's awesome.

I just think classical music training is the best music training there is. The music is really quite amazing as well.

by Kirkharbaugh on Nov 16, 2009 10:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sure, if you want to be a classical musician.

Otherwise a musician would be better served taking a 4-part tonal harmony course in college while studying jazz theory.

by BrianL on Nov 16, 2009 11:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, because calling someone an idiot without justifying it couldn't possibly be misconstrued.

Let’s not randomly flame someone without at least explaining our reasoning.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Nov 16, 2009 10:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Okay.

I did explain it though, just not in the same post.

by Kirkharbaugh on Nov 16, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Xbox 360 HD-DVD player for only $13.99!

GO GO GO GET ONE GET ONE. Seriously, that is essentially an upscaling DVD player (since it will upscale for you) for FOURTEEN BUCKS.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Nov 16, 2009 11:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Whoops, sold out already

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Nov 16, 2009 11:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck

There are 3 things that have passed that I would of bought.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 9:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So I've been thinking about this the last couple of days:

How do you define meals? I mean, so far I’ve gathered that whether a meal is breakfast, lunch, or dinner depends on
1. Time of day
2. Food eaten
3. What meal of the day it is (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc…)
So a case that would clearly be breakfast would be pancakes at 8 AM right after you wake up. But what if you wake up at 8 AM and don’t eat until 12 PM, when you have a nice dinner steak? The time of day indicates lunch, the food eaten indicates dinner, and the meal number indicates breakfast. In your opinion, what have you just eaten?

by Fogel on Nov 17, 2009 7:23 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

Lunch. Noon is lunch.

Unless it’s a Saturday or Sunday and I am eating a breakfast food. Then it is breakfast. Or brunch.

But certainly not dinner. Unless it’s supper. That’s only if you’re in the south. And if the wind is coming from the east.

by rlintott on Nov 17, 2009 7:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But what if you have breakfast food at night?

I can’t be the only one that’s had bacon, eggs and hashbrowns at 7:00 PM.

by acblue on Nov 17, 2009 7:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Breakfast for dinner is amazing. Always one of my favorite meals.

But it’s just that. The food is breakfast, but we still say “for dinner” so the meal is dinner.

by rlintott on Nov 17, 2009 7:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Part of me thinks that it should also be determined by the distance between the time you wake up and the time you eat

For instance: does it change from lunch to breakfast if you wake up at 11:30 AM and eat at 12?

by Fogel on Nov 17, 2009 7:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Part of me thinks that it should also be determined by the distance between the time you wake up and the time you eat

For instance: does it change from lunch to breakfast if you wake up at 11:30 AM and eat at 12?

by Fogel on Nov 17, 2009 7:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So let's say there are two friends Bill and Peter and Bill works a day shift and Peter works a night shift

Bill calls Peter and asks if he wants to go get dinner at 9 PM. Peter normally wakes up at 8 PM. Do they both eat dinner? Or is it possible that Bill’s dinner is Peter’s breakfast?

by Fogel on Nov 17, 2009 7:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Huh, that's a good question.

I mean, if they go to Denny’s and Peter gets a Grand Slam and Bill gets a burger, are they having breakfast and dinner? I’d say yes, but apparently meals, like time, are relative.

by rlintott on Nov 17, 2009 8:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Eat when you're hungry

drink when you’re thirsty
sleep when you’re tired

by seattlebruin on Nov 17, 2009 8:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That sounds

somewhat familiar. HOW DARE YOU PLAGIARIZE MY COMPLETELY ORIGINAL ADVICE THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD EVER BEFORE

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 8:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Tell me about it

Just this morning I have been sitting at my desk ranting loudly about how things were so much better in my day and complaining that the kids don’t know how good they have it what with the computers and whatnot, and not a soul came by to agree with me! THE INJUSTICE OF IT ALL!

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 8:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sometimes you'd have to take them apart and very carefully wind the tape back together

It was a tricky process, and the screws were really tiny and easy to lose. It was pretty fulfilling once you managed to put it all back together though. Occasionally it would be a simple fix, just one piece of the tape that needed to be untwisted. Also, I was personally really bad at putting tapes back in their cases, or labeling them at all. So there was an endless stack (or pile) of mystery tapes lying around.

by royalcurve on Nov 17, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Oh, they were very complicated and filled with meaning.

I’ll let High Fidelity take this one:

“To me, making a tape is like writing a letter. There’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again. A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You’ve got to kick off with a corker, to hold the attention (I started with “Got to Get You Off My Mind,” but then realized that she might not get any further than track one, side one if I delivered what she wanted straightaway, so I buried it in the middle of side two), and then you’ve got to up it a notch, or cool it a notch, and you can’t have white music and black music together, unless the white music sounds like black music, and you can’t have two tracks by the same artist side by side, unless you’ve done the whole thing in pairs and…oh, there are loads of rules."

by royalcurve on Nov 17, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love that movie so much.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I wasn't expecting much.

I still feel that the movie is better, but the book was definitely enjoyable.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Jack Black is what puts it over the top for me.

He’s so so so good in the movie.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree with the Jack Black bit.

I hated moving it to Chicago though. It was such a British book. And Lisa Bonet as Marie LaSalle?

by royalcurve on Nov 17, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fever Pitch anyone?

I can’t say anything about About a Boy, since I haven’t seen the movie, but they don’t seem to like keeping Hornby’s books in England.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 17, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

About A Boy is set in England and is a pretty good film despite Hugh Grant

Interestingly enough, Hornby either wrote or signed off on all the screenplays that moved his books to American settings. A strange decision but it worked out, mostly (I refuse to watch Fever Pitch on principle so I’m not sure how it is)

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 1:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fever Pitch mostly captures the obsessive fandom Hornby writes about.

However, it introduces a love story, and a woman who actually starts to identify with the obsession, and so that deviates quite a bit.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 17, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He may not have cared given that there's already

an English version of Fever Pitch.

I would’ve pulled the plug the moment they said “Jimmy Fallon,” and if they had then mentioned the Red Sox, I would have hurt people.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's exactly why I don't care

it doesn’t hurt that I want to set Drew Barrymore on fire every time I look at her, either.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've gone from having a star-crush on Drew

when we were young to avoiding everything she’s in.

by Jed MC on Nov 17, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

She has always driven me insane

I think it’s her squeaky 12-year-old voice but I just haven’t ever really liked her at all.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Imagine an m3u file made into a physical object!

No direct track access, so the order and contents had to be right. But… manifest! Real! You could label it with a pen so that everybody knew that this mixtape was for romancin’ or for psyching yourself up before football games.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

On the contrary!

I think the comparative dearth of technological distractions brought people closer together. Communities mattered. Kids played outside (except in Tacoma. The dearth of technological distractions meant that everyone in Tacoma tried to kill each other. Exception that proves the rule.).
Did we “know” a bit less in those days? Sure. But I’d wager we all felt a lot more. Something to think about, Brian. Here’s your Werther’s Original.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That works!

Wilford Brimley gives it a touch more country, but either way….

by marc w on Nov 18, 2009 9:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.

Diabeetus Rap

Generally, I’m over the whole “diabeetus” meme, but I found this one to be particularly well done…especially the chorus.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 18, 2009 9:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just spent part of the morning

trying to remember what I had on my pre football game tape my Jr and Sr. years. I want to add them to my IPod.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah!

Godflesh “Streetcleaner 2” (I think)
Pitch Shifter “Catharsis” (I really want this on my computer, but yep, I had it on tape. My god, what a horrible band they evolved into.)
Neurosis (can’t remember)
Metallica “The Prince” or “Battery” can’t remember
Something or other by Seaweed
Was Mudhoney’s “Suck You Dry” on there, or was that the basketball one?

Aaaaand now I’m going to be trying to remember that damn tape all day long.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What I have so far

Metallica “Master of Puppets” and “Damage Inc.”

Slayer “Face the Slayer” and “Born of Fire”

Anthrax “I’m the Man” and “1000 points of hate”

Then some stuff by Megadeath and others. I think after looking at this list I really don’t want these on my IPod.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, Slayer was definitely on there.

South of Heaven? Gaah! This is driving me nuts.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love that whole album

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And yeah, i'm fine with not having some of these in digital format

(But I still love Seaweed), but I actually miss “Catharsis.” Or rather, I know how much that song meant to me at one time, and even if I just laugh at it, I really want to hear it again.

Oh, and their song “Dry Riser Inlet” and “Gritter.” Pretty sure they were on there too.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I uh... they sort of lost me with Spanaway.

But yeah, growing up in Tacoma, I idolized those guys.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think you're on to something there

But…compared to Four? Or Despised? Weak?

I bought Spanaway the day it came out on LP AND CD. I had sky-high expectations.

It’s actually cool to see “Actions and Indications” get a little love 11 years after the fact due to the whole Merge Records 20th anniversary. Mac McCaughan loved those guys, and this alone makes me (kind of) love Mac.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, see? It's all coming back now, isn't it?

Four, and then the little EP with the “Go Your Own Way” cover?
Or Weak, with the poppy brilliance of “Squint” and Kim Warnick appearances?

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think they should do

a whole sub-pop pre-warner bro. re-release thing.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I bet Sub-Pop might consider it

esp. if they had the rights to the self-titled album that came out on Tupelo. That’d be a nice package…throw some of the sub-pop 7" singles on there… I’d buy it.

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They were a punk-ish band from Tacoma from 1990-1999

or so. I can’t really say; I’m incapable of giving a neutral review. Would it sound dated now? Probably?

by marc w on Nov 18, 2009 9:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I find that they sound slightly dated

but it’s not as detrimental to their sound as, say, the first or second Soundgarden albums, which are reeeeeeeeally dated. And live, Seaweed still bring it. At least they did last summer.

by pdb on Nov 18, 2009 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Even Badmotorfinger sounds dated.

I still love the album to death, though.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 18, 2009 9:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I still like them OK

but I find that I can’t listen to Louder Than Love all the way through in one go any more, because it just makes me cringe. I have to break it up into two or three song bits.

by pdb on Nov 18, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Louder than Love has four or five great songs

and the rest is incredibly awful, just the some of worst obnoxious shit I have ever heard. I can’t believe that band could make that record and then follow it up with BMF (which I consider to be one of the greatest records ever made)

by Poochie on Nov 18, 2009 10:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How about this for dated.

When I was a kid, my dad would throw Creedence Clearwater Revival onto the record player.

The interval of intervening years is approximately the same as the release of Badmotorfinger to the present date.

by Kermit. on Nov 18, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bit of a non-sequitor to your thread

Marking the passage of time is sort of interesting.

by Kermit. on Nov 18, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nirvana's Bleach album just had it's 20th anniversary reissue

I remember when it came out. Marking the passage of time is sort of depressing.

by pdb on Nov 18, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I often think of things like this.

Like, say, when I was born (1982), the distance between my birth and the end of WWII is 37 years. Today, the same difference brings us to 1972, which I think of as “not too long ago”.

That’s weird to me.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 18, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Someone gave me this perspective once, I really liked it.

Basically, when you think about your childhood certain things tend to stand out. The endless summer. It was always summer, or the two weeks at your grandparents that seemed to last forever. Certain events are memorable for whatever reasons, and when you’re a child they take up significant more space in your memory, as far as time.

So his thing, when you’re 5, 3 months of summer is a significant percentage of your life to that point. When you’re 50, 3 months is a drop in the bucket, a smaller slice of the pie. So your perception of it in your memory is that that great 4 day weekend flew by, or it’s already fall. Again. Whereas your memory of childhood was of long summers full of sunny days.

by Kermit. on Nov 19, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sometimes the dated part is the technology.

The recording media, track hiss or whatever. It’s not so easy now, with technology I’m hearing bands replicated 8 track sounds.

My Morning Jacket came on the radio yesterday, first time I’ve ever heard them, I thought I was listening to something from the mid to late ’70’s. Weird.

But yeah I agree with what you’re saying, this was just a tangent.

by Kermit. on Nov 19, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dated in a way that makes me happy.

Dated shouldn’t be a term of derision in and of itself. Flop sounds dated, but Flop are awesome. I mean, yeah, Seaweed and Flop definitely belong to their time and place, but that time and place was pretty great from a musical standpoint.

By the same token, a band like, say, Better Than Ezra or Stone Temple Pilots orTripping Daisy or something; they sound like their time and place, and in their time and place they might have sounded okay, but in retrospect, yeeesh.

As an aside, at some point Wayne Coyne is going to sue the shit out of Tim DeLaughter and he’s going to win.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2009 9:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't use dated exclusively in a derisive way

Flop are a great example, as is Hammerbox. I like them both (Flop more than Hammerbox) but they definitely belong to a specific time and place.

Early Soundgarden stuff is definitely in that same vein; dated, but not in an unlistenable way, just in a way that, as I said with Louder Than Love, I have to listen to in stages. Screaming Life/Fopp is a great record, though.

by pdb on Nov 18, 2009 9:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oooooh, Hammerbox.

Now that’s dated.

I listened to one of their albums a month or so ago (along with Love Battery’s Day-Glo), and enjoyed it, but maaaaan, that stuff evokes 1993 even more than, oh, Mudhoney or Nirvana.

by marc w on Nov 19, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Flop does not sound dated at all.

At least to me. Their sound didn’t fit at all with what people were interested in at the time, so that shouldn’t be a huge surprise.

I heart Rusty Willoughby.

by marc w on Nov 19, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't have one at work!

Noooooooooo!

Listen to Night of the Hunter and Julie Francavilla and The Great Valediction for me!

Do this for me….rock out to Flop today.

by marc w on Nov 19, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sticking with the Monkeywrench for right now

but I’ve got Fall of the Mopsqueezer next up in the queue.

by pdb on Nov 19, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Monkeywrench is the best jogging song ever written.

Perfect tempo, easy to sing along to (or mouth along to)…it just gets me pumped up like no other song.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 19, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

See Seaweed

Would have never been on my pre football game tape. Not because I did like them they just did not fit.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I realize now that they didn't fit at all.

But if I’d been making a classical music tape, they probably would’ve found their way onto it.
(And honestly, I may have been conflating the football one with the basketball one, which was quite different).

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Great...

Now I am going to spend my morning making a mixtape just so I can take a sharpie to it and write “Mixtape for Romancin’”

by rlintott on Nov 18, 2009 3:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of mix tapes

anybody burned theirs to cd?

what sort of hook-up do you need (always assuming that one has the ability to burn a cd, which I do not yet)

by msb on Nov 18, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You'll need either an external CD burner that can connect to your receiver (hard to find)

or a tape deck that can connect to your computer (slightly less hard to find; look for some sort of shelf unit that has the proper connections.)

If you go the latter route, you’ll need software that can turn the audio input into MP3; the best route is probably to find a shelf unit with a tape deck that can connect to your computer and a turntable designed to digitize vinyl, which should include the software you need.

All told, you’re looking at $250-$300 for the entire process. It might be worth it if you’ve got the money to spend and the tapes you want to preserve are impossible to come by (like, say, my Rhino Humpers or Atomic Teen Idols demo tapes,) but if you’re not looking to digitize your vinyl and you can find the contents of your mixtapes on iTunes (or what have you) that’s going to be much cheaper.

by acblue on Nov 18, 2009 9:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That was my fear.

I just found an old tape I made of Arlen songs, and goodness knows where all the cuts came from ….

by msb on Nov 18, 2009 10:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not fair

I’m old enough to have cassette tapes

by Poochie on Nov 17, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Depends on preference.

If I’m getting up sometime between 11 am and 2 pm, I’m probably going to default to breakfast simply because lunch doesn’t appeal to me in the same way. Sandwiches and whatnot don’t do it for me. I’d rather just have a breakfast with eggs and such.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 7:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't see any reason why not.

Certain foods are associated with certain meals and when we have something like an omelet at dinner time we still consider it a breakfast food.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 7:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"Breakfast for dinner"

And besides, I mean that I was defaulting to breakfast foods in the original response. I guess I call it breakfast, but it’s not something I’ve ever given strong consideration to. It’s not a distinction that means a great deal to me.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 7:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I always associate meal by time rather than by food eaten

even though you might be eating breakfast food at dinner (waffles, omelettes, etc.), it’s still a dinner meal with different foods

by seattlebruin on Nov 17, 2009 8:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Arbitrary, based on how my schedule worked in college

anything before 10 AM is breakfast
10-11:30 is “brunch,” but closer to lunch than breakfast
11:30-4:30 is lunch, provided it’s no more than the second meal of the day
4:30-10:00 is dinner
anything from 10-4 AM is late night

by seattlebruin on Nov 17, 2009 8:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Needs Supper.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 8:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sure

Happened to me all the time in high school. Wake up at 6, eat breakfast at 6:30. Eat lunch at 10:30, get home at 2:15. For whatever reason, at this point I was always starving so I either went out and got myself a big sandwich or I made myself a meal out of quesadillas and nachos. It was my third meal of the day and it was around 2:30-3

by Fogel on Nov 17, 2009 9:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I did the same thing around high school.

I haven’t done it as much since.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've got one idea...

Meal names are interchangeable within one place in one day.

Thus breakfast could be lunch (or vice versa)
And lunch could be dinner (or vice versa)
Dinner, however, could not be breakfast.

This lets you settle the problem of “I woke up at 11 AM, what is my meal?” with the understanding that if you have passed a certain time, you forfeit your right to breakfast.

by rlintott on Nov 17, 2009 8:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Forfeit breakfast?

But it’s the most important meal of the day!

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 8:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The first meal of the day is by definition breakfast

because you’re breaking your overnight fast. No matter whether it’s at 8AM or noon.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 9:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That wasn't Mr. Webster.

But he’s technically right, in English at least. I don’t know what dejeuner translates to specifically, but in French breakfast is a little lunch. It’s not a big deal to them. I find this somewhat baffling.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Le petit dejeuner

Oui.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Le petit déjeuner est prêt

Write that down in your copybooks now.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like this guy.

He has the right attitude about things.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 9:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I consider meals to be based on time.

I rarely eat breakfast, so even though the thing I eat at 1:30 is my first meal, I still call it lunch.

by Mariner John on Nov 17, 2009 9:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I call it lunch

In my mind the meal is defined by the time you eat it:

6:30ish AM, Fruit and Toast = breakfast.

12:30ish PM, no matter what I eat = lunch

8:00 to 9:00ish PM, more complected meal with salad = Dinner (However this could be hashbrowns, eggs and bacon, but still dinner)

Friday or Saturday 1-2ish AM, Usually pizza, cheese burger or hot dog from a place I should not eat food = A slip in judgement/ hangover prevention.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"Covering Your Ass 101"

“Dr. Michael Mockovak, the co-founder of Clearly Lasik laser eye-surgery centers was charged Monday with two counts of criminal solicitation to commit first-degree murder in connection with an alleged plot to kill his business partner and a former colleague.”

Patient testimonial page before the charges

Patient testimonial page after the charges

by msb on Nov 17, 2009 7:57 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Is that a MW2 mod???

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 17, 2009 8:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My Star Trek Blu Ray has arrived - nerd on!

I can’t wait to watch the deleted sceens … I am so sad.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Nov 17, 2009 8:34 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

And the players are finally affordable!

I can legitimately think about getting one for less than $100 next week without having to wait in line for ten hours (which I may do anyway)

by seattlebruin on Nov 17, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wish I liked that movie more.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never even seen a blue ray movie.

At least, I don’t THINK I have. How much better is it than a regular DVD player?

by Decatur on Nov 17, 2009 8:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My parents do, but it took a year of badgering him to convince my dad to get Tivo.

Blue ray seems like a much bigger step for him, so maybe I’ll give him a break. Blue ray plays regular dvds at dvd level quality, right?

by Decatur on Nov 18, 2009 7:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

From what I've read here, the quality of a normal dvd receives a noticeable bump in picture quality.

But if I remember correctly Batman Begins is actually worse, so perhaps there are exceptions.

by Kermit. on Nov 18, 2009 8:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did anybody else forget a vital piece of clothing this morning?

I thought I packed everything into my bike bag – pants, shirt, undershirt, belt. I get to work and realize I forgot to pack socks. Which normally is fine but today I’m wearing black pants and black shoes. So now I’m wearing my white biking socks with my black pants and shoes. I guess I could call it a Michael Jackson tribute or something, but instead I’ll just hide at my desk.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 8:47 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Not this morning, but a friend of mine got married about a month ago.

We were traveling about three hours north for the wedding. I thought I had my wardrobe all packed and ready to go…but it turns out I packed the wrong dress pants…dress pants that didn’t fit. I ended up having to wear jeans to a formal wedding.

I was mortified.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 8:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I always forget dress socks when I'm in the actual wedding.

I’m standing up there like a Putz wearing white socks with my tux.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bahahaha

Good memory. I thought this sounded familiar.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 8:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a common theme at play here

That time was one of my first times back on the bike after a bit of a no-riding layoff, as was this morning. I’m out of my routine. By the end of the week I’ll remember all the various bits of clothing, at least in theory.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This one was much less important

There’s nothing right about starting a work day sans pants.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 8:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Role Models was funny as shit.

I couldn’t get over the randomness of the movie (which is totally my style), then I found out it was co-written and directed by David Wain. Makes perfect sense now.

Any Stella fans out there?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 8:54 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Role Models was one of my favorite comedies of last year

I’ve only seen a couple episodes of Stella but I really liked what i saw. I take it you’ve seen Wet Hot American Summer?

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 9:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes. Huge fan of that movie.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 9:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was also surprised by how much I enjoyed Seann William Scott's performance.

Granted, I’ve only seen him in American Pie 2, which I hated (never saw the first one). But I’ve always seen him as an untalented douche. But he was pretty damn funny in this movie, and evidently pretty good at improv, since a good portion of the movie had no real written dialogue.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Definitely a highlight for me as well

I saw the first American Pie and it made me hate SWS. Plus he spells his first name stupidly. He really impressed me in Role Models, though, mostly because I think he realizes how people see him so he played off that pretty well.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude wheres my car?!

The Rundown?!
Evolution?!

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 9:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nope, nope, and nope.

I keep meaning to see The Rundown. And now I want to even more now that I know it’s possible to enjoy Seann William Scott.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 9:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But I'm I've been meaning to watch The Rundown for a while now.

And now that I know that I can enjoy Seann William Scott, I’m even more inclined to see it.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

His cameo in Old School is amazing.

Also I loved his character in Final Destination.

Mr. Woodcock and The Promotion have there moments.

But you need to see Dude wheres my car.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 9:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually enjoyed Butterfly Effect.

In a “God this movie is terrible but I want to keep watching” kind of way.

FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!

by Goose on Nov 17, 2009 4:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bulletproof Monk?

If Chow Yun-Fat was so hard up for money, I’d rather he passed a hat around. I’d have thrown him some money. Instead…..that?

by marc w on Nov 17, 2009 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And then?

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I can't help it

Every time I see the heart above RC’s name, I rec it out of sheer nostalgia. Even got my damn LLemmy vote that way. It’s like a Pavlov reaction.

by rlintott on Nov 18, 2009 3:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I pulled into Jack in the Box when I was drunk one night at 2am (I wasn't driving)

And the guy on the intercom started doing that to us. And I was screaming back at him.

Gave him a high 5 when I got my food.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Can I get.....UMMMMM.....

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do find this funny, but I would have driven off.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Very much so

Love that movie.

ZOLTAN!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Nov 17, 2009 9:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also, the kid who played McLovin was surprisingly good in Role Models.

I fully expected him to go all Jon Heder and play the same character over and over, but that doesn’t appear to be the case with Chris Mintz-Plasse

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 9:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Huh. I didn't find that funny.

But I haven’t seen “Training Day”, so maybe that’s the problem.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I loved that movie way more than I was expecting to

The movie was hilarious from start to finish. So great. And I don’t care what anybody says, but Stifler was pretty good in this movie, as he has been in a few of the other non-American Pie flicks I’ve seen him in

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Nov 17, 2009 9:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Cue possible righteous indignation!

AL Cy Young award announcement at 11 PT today. It matters.* These things matter more than the oxygen we breathe, more than the food we eat (be it breakfast at 3pm or cereal at midnight), and far, far more than any petty political squabbles the world can produce.

*it does not really matter

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 9:17 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Mike&Mike thought Felix should win.

One Mike opined that he wouldn’t, but they both thought he should.

by msb on Nov 17, 2009 9:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They're crazy.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If Felix wins I won't care

Although I think Greinke would’ve gotten screwed.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Poochie already has a backlog

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/11/6/1119262/ot-on-a-friday-morning-11-6#25555312

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Do people not understand how to open a password-protected document read-only?

the dialog box says “please enter password to edit or open read-only” with a big-ass “CLICK ME FOR READ ONLY” button

I wish people would read things before complaining about them

by seattlebruin on Nov 17, 2009 9:26 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't think make you feel safe?

“remove before flight”

“point this end towards enemy”

“do not press the red button”

“self-destruct”

by seattlebruin on Nov 17, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The army puts little pictures on their AT-4 anti tank weapon.

Always good for a laugh. My lawn mower has a picture of why it’s not a good idea to pick it up and use it to cut the top of a hedge.

by Kermit. on Nov 17, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I've always liked the claymore warning

“Ensure that the face of the mine marked “front toward enemy” and the arrows on the mine point in the direction of the enemy."

by serotonein on Nov 17, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes! I forgot about that one.

The little continuity tester, “I see the light!”.

by Kermit. on Nov 17, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know there aren't a lot of you out there - But this is pretty cool.

Shane Hurlbut (DP for Terminator Salvation – The one that Christian Bale yelled at) has started his own blog promoting the Canon 5D Mark II as a video camera that can be used for film. He even hosted a contest to see if people could tell the difference between 5D footage and higher up footage.

Its a cool to a see a camera I own actually get some serious backing in Hollywood. Maybe my dream isn’t dead….

http://hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 9:48 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Question for the Netflix veterans out there.

If a title in my queue is listed as being available after a “short wait”, how long are we talking. A day or two? A week?

Star Trek just came out, and I’ve so far managed to avoid having anything substantial about the movie revealed to me. Should I put it at the top of my queue and wait however long it takes, or should I wait another month for the new release frenzy to die down and hope I can live in ignorance in the interim?

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Nov 17, 2009 9:49 AM PST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Oh internet commenters.

It’s funny you say that Gutierrez is the best defensive OF in the game hahahaha

b/c 1st of all, where is his Gold Glove?
second of all, there’s another guy named Torii Hunter who I am pretty sure just got his 9th straight gold glove. Plus the fact, he has has seasons where he has made ZERO ERRORS. ZERO!

Posted by: YOYOYO | November 16, 2009 at 06:23 PM

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Nov 17, 2009 10:16 AM PST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Also

If the Tigers are going to try and get Felix then they better sweeten the deal with Magglio too!
I would trade. Granderson, Jackson, and Magglio for Felix and Beltre and move Inge to SS!

Posted by: forkball27 | November 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Nov 17, 2009 10:19 AM PST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Neil Patrick Harris caves into Twitter peer pressure.

My first tweet, peeps. I apologize in advance for my slow learning curve. Nice to (sort of) meet you. It’s amazing how quickly 140 charac

Holy Pete, so many responses! Thanks, gang! I’m still trying to figure out which button does what..! And this 140 character limit is craz

’Morning. Reading backlog of responses and sipping coffee. How many times should one tweet per day? BTW this character limit hokum is pis

Prfkt. Thx 4 L th advyc evry1. This s a way ezr way 2 cmuNik8. Un42n8ly, itz takn me 3 hrz 2 ryt, but itz much pre4d 2 gtn cut off lyk i u

by msb on Nov 17, 2009 10:21 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Bahahaha.

NPH is awesome.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Brilliant!

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Nov 17, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome

FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!

by Goose on Nov 17, 2009 4:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's going to be able to spin this out for a while ...

Ok. So. Now that I’ve figured out this 140 character stuff, get this – Tim Gunn bursts out of his room, walks right up to me and says, "Ne

by msb on Nov 17, 2009 6:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Food of Greatness

When I was in the Bay Area, I used San Francisco Magazine’s website to find good places to eat. Tops would include:
Vino in Lafayette
La Toque in Rutherford
The New Zealander in Alameda
Tamarindo in Oakland
Andalu in SF

Vancouver has some ridiculously good restaurants (Cafe de Medici, The Observatory at Grouse Mountain, and Seasons in the Park, not to mention Beaver Tails at Grouse Mountain as well).

If you are in KC and you like BBQ, the thing that most distinguishes KC from other BBQ varieties is burnt ends. Thems some seriously good eats. Jack Stack has particularly good ones, though the ones at Smokehouse are pretty good too.

Okay, I’m going to stop now…

by Ike Clanton on Nov 17, 2009 10:24 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

12th Street

It’s on 8th Street between Broadway and Washington.

Of those I listed, Vino is the best (for the price). The flat-iron steak is out of this world, and the cheese plate is not shabby either (first place I ever had membrillo).

by Ike Clanton on Nov 17, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love Tamarindo. Also check out The Trappist, great beer place right next door.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Nov 17, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I need help with a landlord dispute.

Back in August my townhouse got a water bill for +800 dollars or 56,000 gallons of water. Since our normal bill is almost never above 200 dollars, we assumed something was wrong. We called the landlord out and they brought a plumber with them. Turns out that it was a leaky pipe/valve, which they then replaced and the monthly bill went back to normal but the problem we are now encountering is the payment of the abnormal bill.

Seattle Utilities is maintaining that we have to pay for it since it was after the main and we techincally “used” the water, The landlords are saying that it’s not their problem since its not covered under their homeowners insurance and we don’t want to pay it because WTF it wasn’t our negligence to cause the leak and we had no idea there was a problem until the bill came.

My roommate agreed to start paying off the bill little by little until we could reach a resolution but yesterday they shut off our water without any warning. So instead of reasonably solving this we are forced into a situation of needing to resolve this asap because hey water is used for cooking, showering and making you not try pissing outside during a god damn windstorm.

by Robert on Nov 17, 2009 10:26 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

lawyer up

Seriously. This is going to take some work.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

awwww nuts

Wouldn’t a lawyer end up costing more than the 800 dollar bill did and drag the process of getting the water restored?

by Robert on Nov 17, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Either see Eyebrows' small claims court link

or King County Legal Aid. Free legal advice as long as you’re not suing anybody.

by pdb on Nov 17, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Burn it down.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on Nov 17, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Try to find a lawyer that will give you free phone advice

To see what your options are.

abender20 hates freedom.

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 17, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, getting the water back on is the first priority.

You don’t want to smell like piss all the time, though it might keep people from bugging you in Radio Shack.

I’d imagine you should work together to pay that, probably by check to keep a record of it.

Then, if you think you can argue your case, small claims court would be a good option. No lawyers fees and it’s the perfect place to dispute $800.

Take them to small claims court and get them to reimburse you for the $800.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Nov 17, 2009 10:33 AM PST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

I'd also read some of these

http://www.google.com/search?q=landlord+pipe+leak+water+bill

Others have tried getting the water co. to do a one-time waive of the excess charges due to the leak. I’d imagine you’ve tried that, but if not it’s worth a shot.

angels fan in seattle

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