OT: Dec 13th
by msb on Dec 13, 2009 2:13 PM PST
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Hey, look-- it's a week later, and and the old OT has been buried under more important, relevant, and useful fanposts. So, here is a new one.
I have just finished making four rolls of cookie dough (one peppermint, one almond, two chocolate/vanilla pinwheel), some fudge and some peppermint candies. Toffee, pecan butter cookies, oatmeal cookies. chocolate chip cookies, some pumpkin ginger bars (new recipe), pumpkin bread, and maybe a pie or two more to come. I still haven't decided if I will let myself make chex mix (it might be too dangerous to have around)
What do you traditionally make/buy/serve during the long winter holiday season?
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Chex Mix!
Yes, that’s usually one of my holiday standbys, although I sometimes put a bit too much seasoning on it, which, while tasty, is not appreciated by the stomach.
The Chex Muddy Buddies is also great. A lot of sugar, but I try to offset that by using darker chocolate.
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Positive Paul actually has a recipe for this
That I want to give a shot for our NYE party – he uses Butter Snaps pretzels, Crispix, and cashews, among other things.
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My mom's is pretty much that, except with peanuts instead of cashews.
Not sure exactly what she uses to season it, but it’s a little spicy.
I think I might use Old Bay
Mmmmmm- cajun-y goodness.
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My wife normally makes a pumpkin roll.
Not sure if yours is the same thing, but it’s damn good!
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I like making pumpkin rolls, it usually goes over pretty well.
I was given a blackberry cinnamon bread once… I need to figure out how to make that.
Woe is me
There are other cafes that make stuff like they do
That has FAR less sugar, and still tastes great. I go to Diva Espresso – gingerbread and eggnog lattes. Would rather buy small, anyway.
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
I should clarify
By “far less sugar” I mean that they don’t look like ice cream sundaes instead of coffee. You can get whip if you want it, but personally, I have a rather low tolerance for the super-sweet, so the lack of whip/sprinkles/cookies/what the hell ever Starbucks puts on their “coffee” appeals to me.
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I hear you.
I had Starbucks ‘coffee’ a few weeks back for the first time in probably three years and I could go another three or so without issues. It was… syrupy….
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by JY on Dec 14, 2009 7:00 AM PST up reply actions
Yep.
I sometimes wonder how they justify calling it coffee, since it more resembles something you can get at Dairy Queen. Once I found out how many calories were in a caramel macchiato, I stopped drinking them, and after a while, nixed the ’Bucks altogether in favor of smaller-indie-run coffeeshops. They need my money more anyway. :)
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On the subject of cookies
I make what I call “trio chip” cookies, with milk chocolate chip, semi-sweet chocolate chip, and butterscotch chip.
I also tend to bake them “rare” more than most. I like my cookies chewy.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 13, 2009 4:21 PM PST reply actions
I never normally make cookies.
I make one kind of cake really well, but generally I don’t bake. I think I’ll start though – you all are making me hungry.
Someone once made us, around winter holidays, a huckleberry banana bread.
It was like crack.
The only thing I can make competently is a very similar blueberry banana bread
It usually is a success wherever it goes, unlike the other things I make.
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bwahahahahahahahaha Liverpool
by pdb on Dec 13, 2009 5:16 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Oh, I don't.
I didn’t know until after I started rooting for Liverpool that they were such a storied — and resented — team. I’m OK with it, even if it does make me feel like a bandwagoner with poor bandwagon-selecting abilities.
But I adore Torres, and I’ve become invested in some other players. I’m not hugely invested in Rafa, the city or the history. But I just love the team.
That said, they’re fully worthy of derision this season. Failure follows me.
Oh yes.
The match recap in the Liverpool Echo had a picture of Alonso in the stands. He isn’t mentioned at all in the story and the photo doesn’t have a caption. It’s just there. It made me laugh.
I'm not.
I was cheering for you and your own-goal scoring team.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 14, 2009 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
I made friendship bread the other year, and I'd like to do that again.
Otherwise, I enjoy serving/eating applets & cotlets and various hot, chocolate-flavored beverages.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
There is snow here in Olympia. Kind of neat, but kind of a pain in the ass since I have to go for my exercise.
I look forward to Spring Training so much right now.
This stretch from now until catchers and pitchers report is soooo long for me.
Then when it happens it seems like the time flew by, because that signals the beginning of yard work. Always a pain in the ass, the early spring yard prep.
I'm on the same boat. Minus the yard work.
Since I largely base my year around following baseball I hate this time of year.
by Kirk on Dec 13, 2009 8:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
My family doesn't do a lot of cookies, usually
We always make peanut butter fudge and almond bark-dipped pretzels with a variety of sprinkles/toppings.
Latkes. Amazing latkes.
My dad has perfected the recipe over the years to the point that I’ve never had a better latkah than the one we make now. It makes me weep for everyone out there eating boring ones.
I would like to see this recipe.
I love latkes.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 13, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
Like everything simple, the key is the process.
It’s potatoes, onion, egg, white pepper, flour, and salt. The keys are getting the right size shred (not too fine, not too coarse), the right amount of onion (about 1 reasonably large onion per 5 large russets), the right amount of flour so as to hold everything together with the egg but not to let it get dense. Like anything else, the artistry is in the fine details and not so much the ingredients.
I have always found that they taste better when burnt.
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FIFA is the biggest-selling sports game in the world. Doesn't it seem odd that it only has a handful of British stadiums?
I want to play at Craven Cottage, god dammit.
And Newcastle!
And yes, it frustrates me that I can’t play at fortress COMS.
by EnglishMariner on Dec 14, 2009 7:17 AM PST up reply actions
Well dang, I was enjoying the USSM thread until it was finally removed.
Dave must have been served a lawsuit.
It was just going to be more hassle than it was worth
I didn’t want to force our moderators to have to try to keep that thing civil. We don’t pay them, so no need to give them impossible tasks.
Nye wasn’t kidding, though. That guy left ~30 comments in the mod queue, all varying degrees of crazy.
by davidcameron on Dec 13, 2009 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
I think it's more funny than interesting.
Internet frustration, especially when it’s one guy basically ranting with a completely moronic line of thinking, is good for a couple laughs.
Maybe you should stop stealing his brilliant ideas.
At the very least the guy should contact Jeff, so that he can steal his ideas straight from the source.
...and now I'm here
Yep, laziness today caused me to miss all the fun, too!
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An hilarious child threatened USSM with a lawsuit if they didn't stop deleting his messages ... which were all holding in the mod queue.
Maybe if the lazy fucking mods did their job properly there wouldn’t be any problems?
by EnglishMariner on Dec 14, 2009 7:20 AM PST up reply actions
Child? Only emotionally.
He was talking about how he called the ’96 World Series because he had been talking to a radio broadcaster and declared that the game changer would be that Mariano Rivera could throw 95 mph “all night long”.
Incidentally, he believed that this insight qualifies him for a scouting position of some kind.
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by JY on Dec 14, 2009 7:22 AM PST up reply actions
By that logic, Mike Blowers should be a scout...
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While I love all Venture Brothers episodes
I think the one that just aired went to ridiculous levels of awesomeness, bordering on fan-service.
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I'm more of a PERL fan, myself.
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Uploaded where?
My cable has been out, and I completely missed the mid-season finale. This won’t do.
You can stream it on the Adult Swim main site.
It should be up by now.
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by JY on Dec 14, 2009 6:59 AM PST up reply actions
I will have to confer with this after tonight.
Wasn’t it the half-season finale as well?
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by JY on Dec 14, 2009 6:08 AM PST up reply actions
Concur?
And yes, it was.
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by Eyebrows on Dec 14, 2009 9:02 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
No, confer.
I haven’t seen it yet, so I don’t know if I agree with you yet, although I expect I will.
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by JY on Dec 14, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
If you're a 21 fan, then this is your show.
Also, BROCK!
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by Eyebrows on Dec 14, 2009 9:18 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Brock!
I was reflecting on it with a friend the other day, and it’s surprised me how good this season has been so far despite lacking Brock and Dr. Orpheus in all but two episodes so far.
But yeah, 21 has been awesome so far this season. After his whole Ogopogo rant I could barely move.
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by JY on Dec 14, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
My grandmother always made Divinity when I was young.
And although I don’t like it myself, I’ve taken it on as sort of a tradition.
I also make a mean oatmeal-raisin-pear/apple cookie, but I make that from fall on through spring.
By next fall I should have an actual kitchen up and running, so it’ll be time for canning apple, pear and pepper sauces. For those of you that don’t know, peppersauce is the best thing you’ve never had on pork chops, and I’m not sure how I got through these past 10 years without it. I wonder how east coast fruits will stand up compared to western varieties?
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So my wife has a birthday on the 18th...
I’m getting her a jewelry box and filling it with chocolate and other things. I need some ideas on what the other things should be…
I’m getting her a nice piece of jewelry for Christmas, so non-jewelry items would be good. Any ideas?
Are you thinking small, chocolate size items?
if you are thinking slightly larger, there are various gift certificates, ranging from a $1 fast-food, a $3 B&R token, up to a pricier massage gift :)
Well I was thinking of putting in a card that says "sushi date"
Good sushi is pretty expensive around here.
But yeah, smaller things, but not gift certificates… maybe a cheaper pair of earrings or something?
My cookie recipe involves breaking the little chunks of dough apart and putting them in the oven.
I’m a pro.
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Seahawks. :(
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 8:34 AM PST reply actions
I want two.
If Seneca and Hasselbeck are on the roster next year, I will despise the new GM.
I'm not sure I'm in love with him, but we need a QB
and he seems like the best combination of talent and value.
I'm so glad that Tebow didn't win the Heisman.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
I like the thought of him because I think we can possibly snag him in the second
and use our first round picks on a DT and an OT.
Robert, sometimes if you love something you have to go all Old Yeller on them.
by BrianL on Dec 14, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It's for the best.
Didn’t you see poor Matthew yesterday? Those slow five-yard floaters? He’s hurting. You’d best take him out behind the shed and put the poor boy out of his misery.
And a new offensive line.
And a new “#1” cornerback. I’m so fucking done with Trufant.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
Honestly I don't think Trufant is 100% yet.
I think he needs an offseason to get back to full speed.
I agree that he's not 100%, but the secondary is still.... not good.
Take a 100% Trufant and some development from Wilson and you’re getting within range of average…ish. It’s seems like every year the team needs to shop for a decent, stand-in safety, and that looks like it’ll continue again this off-season.
I think Babs is playing well enough that we can downplay safety for a change.
Maybe if you can find someone who can cover better than Grant you could argue for a change, but for once I don’t think that’s high on the priority list.
There's a guy named Brian Russell who may be looking for work this offseason.
I hear he’s pretty good.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
Seattle's pass defense ranked 27th in the league BEFORE yesterday's debacle.
Everyone is playing well for a few plays here or there, but the total package isn’t where it needs to be.
I think Babs is fine, maybe a C grade. That would imply Grant’s at Boulware-levels of coverage ability. So fine, replace one of them and not both… the unit still needs improvement.
(Yes, yes, yes, the secondary would be better if the front four got any kind of penetration, but they get torched on short drops, they get torched on deep passes, they get torched on seam routes and outs….it’s pretty comprehensive).
I just don't know what to make of the secondary.
I’m baffled by the scheme that gives opposing receivers huge cushions in the zone.
The scheme is, at times, mysterious, but it's been several years now
featuring multiple secondary coaches, head coaches, safeties, LBs… good front fours, bad front fours, lots of sacks, no sacks, etc. And except for 2007 when they were on the good side of average, it’s always sucked. This isn’t a small sample size thing (as with Jones’ receiving YAR), this is a long-standing problem that’s made marginal improvements this year solely because it couldn’t possibly have been worse.
I just feel that each year, we’ve all said, “Oh, but they just need to do X” or “Y is improving, so they’ll be tons better,” and even when they DO X, or get improvement from Y, they still can’t stop a decent passing offense. It’s frustrating.
Saints! :)
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After listening to Jim Mora's words to the media yesterday
I’m okay if he’s fired. Actually, I think I want him to be fired.
Yep.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
I missed the post-game yesterday, just looked it up and, uh, wow.
I’m sure those comments will do wonders for the team Jim. If you can’t keep your emotions in check after the game maybe this isn’t the right job for you. It’s one thing to try and light a fire under a guy that’s underperforming, but that just seems like seething spite to me. Dump.
by waldo rojas on Dec 14, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
This is especially annoying after the Mare incident that he spent the rest of the week apologizing for.
For a guy that knows and uses every Leadership cliche in the book, he seems pretty clueless about leadership sometimes.
by waldo rojas on Dec 14, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Wow.
He just bitched about Spencer’s cast again.
I was a Mora supporter as well but that is complete
fucking bullshit. No two buts about it. Does Mora think Spencer wants the fucking cast on?
If I had known all the things that were going to happen last night, such as watching two near-30 men wearing onesies
tell a bouncer at a club in Staples Center “fuck you I don’t have access,” and then be shown up to the lounge, at which point the manager said “not even mad, guys. Not even mad,” and then bought them both a drink, I would have brought a camera.
by seattlebruin on Dec 14, 2009 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
Too stunned at the time
there is photo evidence of this on about three dozen random LA residents cameras though
by seattlebruin on Dec 14, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
Also - at the Yard House next to Staples Center, watched these two walk around and sit at random people's tables
including an awkward first date which seemed to pick up after they left
by seattlebruin on Dec 14, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
This would have been an excellent move on a first date!
Break the ice, made me look better. Wow.
If we're sharing weird stories, I have a pretty good one from last week while I was still in LV.
I watched a 6/7yr old boy walk up to the card flickers on the strip and grab a stack. He then took them back to his dad, who had apparently told him to get the “trading cards” for him. The mom subsequently flipped the fuck out and started shouting and screaming at both the dad, kid, and flicker (who didn’t understand her) all at the same time.
I didn’t stop laughing for about 10 minutes, and by then the family had left and I was surrounded by people that thought I had cracked.
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What's a card flicker?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
They stand there and hand out cards for escort services.
They’re everywhere on the strip, and the cards barely have anything blurred.
They’re called flickers I guess because they flick them with their thumbnails to make a noise.
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Also, look up youtube videos about them. (I can't, no streaming at work)
They’re annoying as fuck,and easily the worst part about Vegas.
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Those cards have things blurred on them?
by seattlebruin on Dec 14, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
It's like a 2px by 2px square.
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On a side note, I have hilarious stocking stuffers for a couple friends.
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I only regret that I never got a picture of the midget one.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
On Saturday I was at a party that was 90% comprised of frat guys and bros.
I think the highlight was seeing this bro with a giant beer belly come back inside the house minus his shirt, with vomit all over his pants.
He then proceeded to drunkenly stumble his way out of the pants in front of everyone.
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by Eyebrows on Dec 14, 2009 9:33 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Shit, not frat guys and bros - that's redundant.
Marines and bros.
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by Eyebrows on Dec 14, 2009 9:33 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Is it too late to recommend this for the comment of the year?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Your douchey bro fetish seems to be extending beyond Napoli.
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by Eyebrows on Dec 14, 2009 11:46 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think you mean hanged.
And unfortunately, there’s no capital punishment for douchiness yet.
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Was your favourite Arshavin's or Agbonlahor's?
by Graham MacAree on Dec 14, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Arshavin's
But Agbonlahor’s was pretty sweet too.
by pdb on Dec 14, 2009 9:23 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I just love watching Man Utd lose
I also love how after the game Sir Alex was moaning about how timekeeping should be taken out of the hands of the officials on the pitch because they didn’t allow enough injury time. Suck it, loser.
Clearly he just thinks United should play til they win.
Officials no longer get to decide time on any game—Sir Alex decides for all games, everywhere, at any time.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 14, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
That only seems fair
He’s obviously the biggest supergenius in all of football and knows best about everything.
I was on a night out near Old Trafford on Saturday night...
I was following the game somewhat via my phone sat in a bar. My friend is a red and I gave her major grief over the result. About 20 minutes after the game the bar RAPIDLY filled up with fans filtering in from the ground. I made it my purpose to identify the United fans and on my way to the toilet, randomly ask them “What score did we finish tonight” or “How many did we win by tonight then”, and feign disappointment and disbelief when they revealed that the mighty Manchester United, the greatest team in the omniverse, had actually been defeated by Aston Villa.
by EnglishMariner on Dec 14, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Next time don't forget to ask where they're from
if any of them are from within a 40 min drive of OT I’d be stunned.
had the game ended 1-1 I would have gone with Johnson's
but that Arshavin goal was gorgeous. The fact that it was a game winner made it even better.
Finally a list I can get behind
The Guardian’s list of People Who Ruined The Decade. Sorta Brit-heavy in parts but still.
I have no idea who or what 90% percent of that article is about.
Sometimes boycotting large portions of popular culture and streams of information feels curmudgeonly, and then times like now it feels pretty good. Also, they left off Bill Bavasi and he pretty much fucked the whole decade right in ear.
Boo on him for ragging on Dinosaur Jr.
At least they came back and made a quality album…instead of waiting FOUR FUCKING YEARS to announce the recording of a new album, while growing fat on the delicious touring money, like the Pixies.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
That's a gross mischaracterization.
The Pixies were already fat at the beginning of their comeback tour.
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by JY on Dec 14, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Bahahaha.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of Dinosaur Jr.
This song has a hell of a guitar solo (skip to 3:35 if you don’t want to listen to the whole song, but you should listen to the whole song if you know what’s good for you)
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
And there goes my winter break.
To be clear though, it would have been lost to Hulu regardless.
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They will probably never have the best episodes
But I actually haven’t seen some of these, so that’s neat
Netflix Instant Watch has a ton of MSTK 3000 stuff right now too.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Huh, that's interesting.
MST3K. My brain is fucked today.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 14, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Oh shit, really?
That’s fantastic. I only have one boxset (they aren’t cheap!), so this will be infinitely awesome.
So Jake Locker is heading back to the UW
so says Mike Salk.
Not to mention the Huskies schedule is absolutely brutal next year
I’m thrilled naturally but seriously this is incredibly risky when the whispers were that he would go top ten this year.
I think he's potentially giving up a great chance to get financial security for life.
There’s a ton that could go wrong between now and the next time he’s draft eligible.
Yeah
His stock is potentially much more volatile than Bradford’s was this year but at least Bradford had the allure of a possible National Championship. Count in the fact that he could lose millions of money with the new CBA even if he goes top 5 and this doesn’t make any sense at all. Irregardless wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
It's not a sound financial decision by Locker
But hey, I will love watching him play at UW one more year and it gives the Huskies an easy opportunity to redshirt Montana. So hooray!
It makes no sense to me.
Didn’t he see what happened to Bradford this year? It’s not like he’s going back to win a title. I’d tell the kid to take the money and run. The risk far outweighs the reward.
Except he made amazing strides last year as a QB but is still a fringe QB prospect.
Another year in school could make him a franchise QB.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 14, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
I thought he was a top 10 pick next year.
Maybe the local hype machine filled my brain with falsehoods.
You have to look at it from a second contract perspective as well
the most likely scenario is that the CBA isn’t getting done this year. It might, but it’s a lot more worrisome for a 2012 prospect than a 2011 one.
If he jumps now, he gets the money now, but he’s an unpolished QB in a league looking for results. If he waits one more year, he can be big man on campus while continuing to prep himself for his pro career, whether that be in baseball or football.
By coming back, the money will most likely still be there in 2011, as Scruffy points out, the money doesn’t matter to him that much, he’ll put himself in line for a much larger second contract (rather than a CFL one), and he doesn’t leave anything on the table at UW.
by seattlebruin on Dec 14, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Ok, now I understand why he'd like to stay.
At his age and responsibility, the money doesn’t have the same weight in his decision as it would for me at my age and responsibilities. Being a college superstar QB has benefits as well.
Plus hes gotten about 300K from the Angels.
Its not millions but its not chump change.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 14, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
He will play baseball anyway. This does not stop him from playing rookie
league this upcoming summer.
Syracuse, BYU and Nebraska?
Seems no worse than this year’s.
by Mariner John on Dec 15, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Though this year's was also fucking brutal.
I forgot they played Idaho this year. Syracuse is not good though.
by Mariner John on Dec 15, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Hopefully the Pac-10 isn't as strong next year.
by Mariner John on Dec 15, 2009 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
That's a pretty poor hope since everyone but Washington State and Berkeley looks like they'll be better next year than this year
by seattlebruin on Dec 16, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Uh Washington State projects to be quite a bit better next year.
Not necessarily in terms of actual games won, but better nonetheless.
If you say so
there’s still almost no talent coming in and bad freshmen tend to become bad sophomores
by seattlebruin on Dec 16, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
You guys have to remember he is from Ferndale.
He doesn’t need a ton of money to be happy.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 14, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
I heard his reasons from someone close to him.
He doesn’t care about the money.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 14, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Well what the fuck
I thought everyone cared about nothing but money
Both sides make a lot of sense here
on the one hand, that’s an absolute crapton of money to turn down, but if the guy’s having fun in college, no amount of money is going to replace that
by seattlebruin on Dec 14, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
That makes sense.
He’s at a point in life where the money from the Angels is plenty for the moment. There’s no hurry to head to the NFL.
One of the other neat things is that because he's playing baseball, he can't be on scholarship
which means that UW has an extra scholarship to give, as well
by seattlebruin on Dec 14, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
In a victory for sane people everywhere
Courtney Love has lost legal guardianship of her daughter due to Ms. Love being batshit insane.
English people!
If you haven’t already, be sure to buy a copy of Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name before the 20th December!
Fuck Anaheim.
I've heard it on the radio three times over the weekend, after not hearing it in about a decade.
I so hope they pull this off.
by EnglishMariner on Dec 14, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
If Cliff Lee makes you feel more benevolent towards all mankind...
Toys for Tots is 60,000 toys short this year
I can't stop listening to the Hannukah radio station on SiriusXM
because it’s both hilarious and awful all at once. It’s like there’s a Brill Building for Hannukah songs, with one room for raps, one room for country, one room for rock, and one room for novelty songs, all pumping out music that’s somewhat beyond description. I don’t know anything about traditional Hannukah music but I’m betting this ain’t it.
My favorite so far
has been “Feliz Hannukah”, sung, of course, to “Feliz Navidad”. Sample lyric:
I want to make a potato latke
I want to make a potato latke
I want to make a potato latke
even though they’re bad for your heaaaaaaart
I've always wondered which of our primate ancestors
would have made the best baseball players.
I’ve always thought Neanderthals.
Maybe not the best
There’s a Richie Sexson joke in here somewhere; I’m just too tired and not drunk enough to think of it….
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
Interestingly, modern evidence is suggesting that Neanderthals aren't ancestors to modern humans, but were a competing species.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 15, 2009 7:35 AM PST up reply actions
I didn't want to put too fine a point on it, since I haven't read anything in depth on the subject.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 15, 2009 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
First flight of the Boeing 787 in a half hour.
Webcast here: http://787firstflight.newairplane.com/ffindex.html
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Dec 15, 2009 9:27 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I have trouble getting excited about rockets not launched by Space-X
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
I really hope Space-X is successful.
I’d love to see NASA get out of the astronaut ferrying business.
Hopefully it will work because that company has literally mortgaged their entire future on that airplane being as awesome as it projects to be
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
It's about to start
there’s a boeing PR hack talking right now, engines are started, and it should only be a few more minutes.
Yeah they made a surprise announcement late last week.
If the runway and taxi tests were successful (they were) they would immediately gun for a test flight.
Currently, I am chatting with a girl from Everett, WA who works with me at Northrop
she does not know what the Dreamliner is.
I’m not even surprised
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Then I said "they have a live stream up!"
and she replied “what’s that?”
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
I need to work for a big company.
So I don’t have to do anything.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 15, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
If you came and worked here your job would literally to keep me sane
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Highly doubtful
did everyone else’s feeds just go black?!
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I want to know how Everett girl who works for an aero company doesn't know what the Dreamliner is
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
There are no other nominees
Balloon Boy is getting a LLemmie next year whether I have to make up a category or not
by seattlebruin on Dec 15, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Do I get an honorable mention for breaking the news?
That was such a fun subthread though
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 15, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
can we trade some decent minor league prospects for it?
That thing’d look good in a Mariners uniform. A really big Mariners uniform.
I hate having to be so measured at FG.
I want Holmgren signed by someone else so very bad.
Sure why not
I don’t know if you know or not but the Lee deal’s not done yet so it’s time to freak out apparently.
Once we knew what pieces were involved, we stopped freaking out.
Now it’s just semi-coherent banter.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Are we talking you just looked in the fridge at 2am and you have no more beer freak out?
Or a Red mill is temporarily out of bacon freak out?
Wife got me 2 charlie shirts for christmas.
And I’m thinking about just going full force.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 15, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Explanation?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And how is that a nature shirt?
Or is that part of the show as well?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Aha, I get it now.
Thanks.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
mmmmm.... Mountain Three....
Three-part harmony of power, grace and freedom.
Me too. Almost as much as a Busey-Cerberus braying at the moon.
Eyebrows, call your agent. Your fortune awaits.
We are actually having a NYE party
Based on the three wolf moon shirt this year.
Mine, however, is powder blue and has kittens on it….it is also FAR too large for me, just like Nature intended…
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
I was just joke about this last night during the Cliff Lee freakout!
The curmudgeon is my new idol.
Bowtie or no bowtie?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Awwwww....
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
I've been listening to
this song a lot lately. It’s catchy and poppy and happy and free! on his website when you sign up
Holy shit
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 15, 2009 11:31 AM PST reply actions
Yeah, incredible and weird at the same time
…after exhaustive movie viewing research and analysis ThinkGeek Labs has isolated the exact synthetic compounds needed to re-create Tauntaun fur
It’s 100% polyester. Also with printed intestine pattern on the inside of the bag?
Interesting.
from Drayer:
Bud Selig announced in a conference call this morning the formation of a new committee to examine what he called on field issues. The committee will consist of fourteen current and former managers, general managers and club presidents. Mariners President Chuck Armstrong is included in the group.
Ehh
Selig declared that there will be no “sacred cows” and that this group would address issues including scheduling, post season format, umpiring, time of game and instant replay and make recommendations.
The group includes managers Tony Larussa, Joe Torre, Jim Leyland and Mike Sciosia along with four general managers and four team presidents. Also invited to sit in and participate were Frank Robinson and journalist George Will.
Yeah those old timey baseball guys are sure to be fans of the whole instant replay thing. I’m skeptical that there will really be no “sacred cows” when the committee consists of those people. But we’ll see I guess.
Cantillon makes a faro.
I did not know faro existed until this moment.
Now I must travel to Anderlecht to find Cantillon Faro.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 15, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
I will never understand how shipping rates are calculated.
I just sent two packages containing the exact same items – one to Tucson and to Rutland, VT. The package going to Tucson was over twice as expensive to ship as the one to Vermont. I know it’s all about routing and stuff, but still. I’d love to dig into the logistics of shipping someday. It’s fascinating.
That's always funny to me
I ordered a laptop from a company on ebay. They were in Bothell and it was being shipped to my house in Renton. It took 3 days, and ended up somewhere in SoCal at one point. Bizarre
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 15, 2009 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
This is awesome
Apparently they hollow out coconuts that’ve sunk to the sea floor and carry the shells around to use as a mobile shelter.
This was on the USSM twitter list thing, by the way.
Doesn’t make a lot of sense without that bit of info.
Fuck Anaheim.
This is one of the coolest thing I have ever heard about.
This just makes me want to change my major to marine biology.
Pfft, my house is better than that.
Seriously, though, that is pretty cool.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 15, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
It can be cold in Bikini Bottom.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 15, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think it's so they can go out looking for food and still have some kind of protection if a predator comes along
Like a clam shell basically.
Also, at the Seattle Aquarium a while back, they kept noticing that the fish/anemones/shellfish/whatever in the tide pools kept dissappearing, and they didn't know why.
So they set up a security camera in the room, and they discovered that the octopus would crawl outside of its uncovered tank, make its way across the floor, then gorge itself in the tide pools, then go back into its tank all in the same night.
No way.
This would be the creepiest thing to watch. There has to be video of this somewhere.
...and now I'm here
This has happened at a number of aquaria, 'tho I don't recall it at Seattle.
Seattle did have the shark-eating octopus
oh, and
coconut video
My favorite part...
is at the end of the second one when it goes after the camera.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 16, 2009 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
Yep, octopi have been known to do that.
They also sometimes climb onto crabbing vessels, break the cages open, have themselves a bit of free food, and then go on their merry way.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 16, 2009 7:27 AM PST up reply actions
I love love love Chone.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 15, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Amazing.
Ignore the rumors, I am still not convinced Zduriencik would spend over $15M a year on Bay for 4+ years; Z overvalues defense too much.
Until they begin tweeting and podcasting, there is no competition.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 15, 2009 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Just for this comment.
Biggest loser of the winter: Jack Zduriencik. Figgens=average, Josh Wilson=joke, Corey Patterson=horrible, Yusmeiro Petit=terrible.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 15, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, there's a button on the bottom that switches it to mobile.
Why anyone would choose to do this I don’t know.
by Mariner John on Dec 15, 2009 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
I still haven't seen past season 2.
>:(
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 15, 2009 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
Uuuuuugggghhhh.
I don’t know…. I just…. I don’t know about that kind of shenanigans.
(Is it possible to love getting kicked in the face? Psychologists study these things, right?)
Must....contain...neediness.....
I got into college! Yeah!
http://sodomojo.com/
by .Taylor on Dec 15, 2009 6:01 PM PST reply actions
Thanks, although this means I'll probably miss most M's games due to the time difference...
http://sodomojo.com/
by .Taylor on Dec 15, 2009 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
Williams College in Massachusetts. I'm now a Purple Cow!
http://sodomojo.com/
by .Taylor on Dec 16, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
So Apple is requiring Safari if you want to buy music on iTunes?
This is annoying, and on first pass appears to be a less than stellar business move.
I think that's optional.
And fuck iTunes for using their own format and not mp3s like normal people.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 15, 2009 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Says I have to and it won't load the music store in Firefox.
I was about to buy $40 worth of music too.
Wait how are you loading the music store not through itunes?
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
Cause it still directs you through itunes to purchase.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Yup, still doing it.
Pops up a window “iTunes requires Safari 4.0.3 or later be installed to use iTunes store within iTunes. Click on updater…”
That is the message that pops up when I load iTunes, and nothing else open. No browser, nothing.
It’s checking my computer and telling me I need Safari on it, I don’t like Safari and I don’t want to load it just to make Apple happy. I’m a Mac fan, I’ve always had a Mac, but this is the kind of mickey mouse shit that they’ve always pulled, and it costs them customers.
wait I'm confused.
I have a Mac, and I use iTunes but have never opened up Safari in my life – I use Firefox, and I’ve never had a problem with iTunes at all, whether it’s the only thing open or whether I always have FF open, iTunes loads without a hitch. Your iTunes requires you to have Safari open when you use it? What version of iTunes are you on?
9.0.2 (25). Must be the latest update, I just bought some music last week. It updated shortly after that.
Now this. This is probably stupid to a lot of people, but I don’t like being forced into stuff like this. If I wanted Safari, I’d be using Safari. But somewhere a few years back they were doing a poor job of keeping it current so I jumped ship.
I just don't understand why your iTunes is forcing you to use it
It’s not so much stupid (nothing stupid about wanting to choose your own browser) as it is confusing. I’ve used iTunes on a Mac for almost two years and never once have I been faced with that issue. Are you on Leopard or Snow Leopard, or an older OS?
I'll have to play with my iTunes when I get home
because I can think of no earthly reason it should be requiring you to open a browser to use it but I don’t have iTunes installed at work.
That's the thing, it never has asked me that and I have Software Update run automatically
so I’m always on the latest version of iTunes.
It looks like the new safari is using webkit
Which is why is asking you to have safari. I don’t know why you uninstalled it in the first place. Just remove it from your dock and make firefox your default browser.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
I just read that, in the link pdb put up. It's in there, just out of date.
Hopefully that fixes this after restart. Thanks for the help guys.
Fixed! Huzzah success!
All that aggravation just to rock out on 20th Century Boy by T. Rex. This Cliff Lee signing has me stoked
But in my quick whip around the Web it seems like upgrading to Leopard might fix this for you
if that’s an option you’re willing to consider. I guess they rebuilt the way the store works from the ground up in iTunes 9, and it doesn’t always play well with 10.5-era OS X:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2150840&start=0&tstart=0
From what I've read, Leopard doesn't work on the old processors.
Wasn’t it designed for the new intel stuff, and part of why it is so streamlined is they dumped the backwards compatibility?
Could be
I have an intel Mac, wasn’t aware yours was an older one. Maybe try using an older version of iTunes?
It works with leopard but you already have that.
Non intel It doesn’t work with snow leopard.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
I guess that's out then.
Instead, let’s just stick it to major cable networks by watching Hulu!
I second this nomination.
It’s a good service.
I'll third it.
After I got burned a couple of times by getting things on iTunes that wouldn’t load onto my Zune, I switched to Amazon for the stuff that isn’t in the Zune marketplace. They don’t have everything either, but their selection is pretty solid.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 16, 2009 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
They'll make a concrete football to celebrate
by Graham MacAree on Dec 16, 2009 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
Don't forget the mighty Plymouth.
Enjoy your five hour drive from Heathrow…
by EnglishMariner on Dec 16, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
The south west is really nice, however. I'd much, much rather go to Plymouth than Sunderland. Or Milton Keynes.
And Plymouth isn’t exactly land’s end… it’s close enough to Exeter that it wouldn’t be so bad. Esp. as you can now fly to Cornwall.
I'm sure it's possible. I always had a blast in Preston, even before it got cleaned up a bit.
Two things: 1) Sunderland isn’t a pretty town at all, and anywhere in the UK can get you drunk. 2) How can you defend Sunderland and still not like Glasgow? Seems like preferring Longview to Portland.
I didn't say I liked it, just that I had fun there
I have also had fun in Minot, ND, Birmingham, AL (and England, for that matter), and Penticton BC, none of which I could claim that I liked. Your point #1, at least the second part, is key to why I had fun in all of these places.
Yeah, and I guess that's why they put it there. It also gives them a nice geographic spread
Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, Midlands, London.
I guess I don’t really get Bristol AND Plymouth, but as I said, I like the southwest, so I don’t mind that.
The Jew Claws shall not be retracted until victory has been achieved!
by marc w on Dec 16, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YYyyyeeeeeaaaahhhhhh! Extra Claw-y.
Just how we like it.
"Mad World" by Tears for Fears
Only because of this dance.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 16, 2009 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
Without even clicking the link I will agree with you
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 17, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Its hard to not go with Don't Cry by GNR
But I have to say this is my favorite for obvious reasons
Kenny Loggins
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Man, I used to have such a huge crush on Stephanie Seymour.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 16, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Hm
Favorite pseudo music video: A Glorious Dawn
Favorite legit music video: Weapon of Choice
Favorite “What the hell!?” music video: Chris Dane Owen’s “Shine on Me”
Oh my god.
A friend recently insisted that I see the Chris Dane Owens vid. I’m still trying to recover.
And what’s up with that alligator?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 16, 2009 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
It doesn't make a damn bit of sense when you look at it closely either.
Are those witches on his side or not?
When he’s escaping the shipwreck, where the fuck does that rope come from?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Heaven's on Fire - KISS
It hits all the 80’s high points:
- Ludicrous song: Check
- Lots of spandex, in patterns and stripes: Check
- Big hair: Check
- Fire: Check
- Writhing, scantily clad women: Check
- Gloves on single hands: Check
- Blatant and yet poorly done double-entendres: Check
- Finale with flaming hoop: Check and mate
Other than Shout At The Devil, you won’t find a better 80’s video.
"Right Now" by Van Halen
I just found it thought provoking. Maybe it’s not as thought provoking the 100th time, but hey.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 16, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of Muse, how horrible is the song "Supermassive Black Hole"?
I want to punch the radio every time that song comes on.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 16, 2009 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
Another great WTF video:
Attack Attack – Stick Stickly (CRABCORE!)
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 16, 2009 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Oh shit. How have we not brought up "Smack My Bitch Up"?
That’s a ridiculous video.
YES YES YES!
Good luck finding the full version on youtube though, it always gets deleted. :(
by EnglishMariner on Dec 16, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Wind of Change - Scorpions
powerful stuff there.
by waldo rojas on Dec 16, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
With the slow-motion wall-smashing, the mullets
and then the lighters kick in! Man, I need a cigarette now.
by waldo rojas on Dec 16, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I love videos like this.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 16, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
This is probably one of my favorites because of the orange thing.
Things That Rhyme With Orange by I Set My Friends On Fire.
I don't really get into videos per se
But this one is pretty high up there…
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
I love how people immediately zone in on the DH as everything that's wrong/right with baseball
I really hope this commission does what it says it will and address pace of play issues, scheduling and umpiring before anybody even mentions the DH.
We shall see if there are any productive outcomes.
I am skeptical as baseball seems to committee action into the ground as well as north-westerners do.
Yeah, I know I'm probably just being naive in hoping stuff gets done
but the fact that they’re even considering talking about this stuff is a good thing.
So here's a somewhat Twitter-based question
Does the use of hash tags in applications outside Twitter such as Facebook actually serve a purpose, as I understand it is in Twitter, or is it just an annoying Twitter-carryover affectation? As I understand it, hash tags in Twitter are used to group a subject together (I don’t use Twitter so I’m not 100% sure, correct me if I’m wrong), but when I see people in FB and other places preface things with the pound sign it’s just irritating.
I think I'm at least partially wrong on that.
If you’re consistently tweeting in regards to a certain topic, the hashtag helps group the subject when you’re not actually mentioning the subject in your main message.
For example, if you write “RIP Michael Jackson!” you don’t need to put #michaeljackson after it, because Twitter searches the body as well. But if your message didn’t include his name and you want it to be part of the group of messages about MJ’s death, you’d put a hashtag in there.
Or something. My brain hurts writing about it.
This is amazing:
What English sounds like to Italians — The Musical
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 16, 2009 10:54 AM PST reply actions
I love this.
I occasionally force my brain to think that I don’t understand English (used to practice this in junior high), then try to listen to a song read something without understanding it. English sounds bananas that way.
Facenda and Kalas came up in a Cliff Lee thread, and I enjoyed them both.
Facenda was pretty good though, Autumn Wind still gives me goose bumps.
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