The OT 12/16
by Fin on Dec 16, 2009 10:31 AM PST
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So as the year winds down and the excitement of the Cliff Lee trade settles, we look forward to our various holiday celebrations to give each other a pat on the back for making it through another year. Let's use this opportunity to either reflect on 2009 or look forward to 2010. I choose to look ahead rather than look in the past.
What I am looking forward to in 2010:
Turning 21
Graduating college
The subsequent summer road trip to Las Vegas
Summer concerts
The Chevy Volt (and other plug in electric cars coming out in that year)
Iron Man 2
The Mariners
UW Football
Anyone got a list of what they are looking forward to in 2010?
Also, anyone know the best brick and mortar place to sell back video games? I want to sell some of my Wii games I never play anymore quickly, but GameStop use their monopsony power to rip off gamers, so I am looking for some alternatives. I realize ebay/amazon might be the best solution, but that takes too much time and shipping costs.
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To what do I have to look forward, you ask?
Mountain Operations school in January, followed by search and rescue team tryouts a month later.
Mariners-related activities, including FanFest for my son’s birthday (Cliff Lee following King Felix!?! FUCK YEAH!).
Hiking about the Pasayten Wilderness with wife and kids all summer long.
Turning 30 (Yeah, I’m excited!)
Building my 20-foot climbing wall and the obstacle course that’ll probably proceed it in the backyard!
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Just for future reference the general OT practice
is to post a new one when the old one either drops off the list or hits ~1000 posts, so this may have been a bit premature. No need to act on that info, just file it away for next time. Anyway…
ANSWERS
What am I looking forward to in 2010?
- Doing three century rides in three months – Reach the Beach, BikeMS, and the Portland Century.
- Going to my cousin’s wedding at Lake Tahoe, after which a pilgrimage to Anderson Valley Brewing on the drive home.
- Attempting to watch every single match of the World Cup, like I did in 2006
- Lots of things that site rules here do not allow me to discuss
My apologies
I didn’t see msb’s post before doing this one.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
B-b-b-blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce another runner in the night
Is it weird that I do this in my head whenever someone says the word blinded
I used to think he was saying, "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night."
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
Kids in the Hall
Actually devoted a whole sketch to this topic…
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
That's awesome.
I also used to think the song “Roll With it Baby” by Steve Winwood was “Go Midget Baby”.
And I thought the song “I’m All Right” by Kenny Loggins was “Animal Rights”.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
Imagine my surprise when it turned out that in Bohemian Rhapsody
they weren’t singing “Miss Miller, we will not let you go”
"Revved up like a douche", was how I used to hear it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Last minute throw-in!
We were going to fly to Reno like we usually do, but then we decided to drive and stop at Crater Lake on the way down since the mrs. has never been. Then it became “oh let’s drive back through Napa” which then became “BOONVILE IS KINDA SORTA ON THE WAY HOME BETWEEN NAPA AND OREGON IF YOU TAKE THE LONG WAY” so we’re making a long driving vacation out of it.
Long driving vacations can be fun though if you can make it such.
I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ
That's the whole point
we’re really looking forward to this trip, I haven’t been on a driving vacation in years and this is the perfect time to do it – it’s at the end of July so the road to Crater Lake will be open, and my wife’s never been to Napa or anywhere in northern CA, so it’ll be a good time all the way around.
Yeah, that sounds good.
I try to drive wherever i go on vacations because I have a huge fear of flying. The only times I’ll fly is if it’s straight back to the East Coast, but if I’m visiting my Dad in Illinois, I’ll drive
I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ
The one thing in 2010 that immediatly stick out is the potental Sasquatch! lineup.
Pavement (!) is already a sure thing and the following artists have released an album recently or are releasing one in 2010, haven’t appeared in a few years, or make a ton of sense:
The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, Tegan and Sara, The Thermals, M.I.A., Minus the Bear, The Antlers, Blue Scholars…and that’s just who I can think of off the top of my head…
If you're in the immediate area, check out Big Al's on the Ave in the U-District
I hear that they will buy back games. I’m not sure for how much, but it’s worth a shot
I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ
Things that I'm looking forward to in 2010:
*Season Tickets for the Sounders
*I suddenly got really excited for baseball today. Earliest that I’ve been excited for baseball since the Cirillo trade.
*Away trip down to Salt Lake with the rest of ECS.
*Heading up to Vancouver for Hockey’s medal round of the Olympics.
*Assorted other road trips that I’ve tossed around in my head.
*Sleeping in a real bed for more than 4 times in an entire year.
*Hopefully leaving radio shack for a real person job.
Yeah most likely.
He doesn’t want to set himself up for failure.
With that said, I now have one clear goal for 2010 that does not pertain to myself. Getting Robert laid.
It just occurred to me that perhaps LL doesn't know all of my house's memes and this was will be misinterpreted.
by Robert on Dec 16, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
"Perhaps LL doesn't know all of my house's memes."
I liked this.
I don't know who Jeff Miller is really
but he’s an awesome columnist, for the first three lines of this column alone.
Superb.
I can’t decide if the first comment is a joke or not:
User Image
angels4life wrote:
Once again Miller I told you before and will tell you again your the idiot!!
12/16/2009 3:50 PM PST
I’m guessing not.
Fuck Anaheim.
I find that comment to be extremely hilarious
My Mariners blog - SodoMojo, Twitter Feed, Fuck the fucking Angels!
Well this is indeed a peculiar yet awesome thing
I was just waiting for an elevator in my building, and the door to one of the four available elevators opened up. Inside the elevator was a table, behind which sat the COO of my company, on which there were a whole array of Christmas cookies, fudge, and other Christmasy snacks. The COO said “Merry Christmas” and asked those of us waiting for the elevator to help ourselves to whatever we wanted, and then poured us some hot chocolate or egg nog. Then the elevator closed and he went on to another floor. This will apparently be going on all afternoon. I may never leave the elevator lobby.
There are worse places to be in January than Las Vegas
you could have to go to North Dakota or some other snow-bound Midwest hellscape.
Hey SBN, whaddya say?
Wanna put my reply to SB in the wrong place? You do? That’s neat!
Like, sigh...Iowa.
Just a few more months.
by Liebkartoffel on Dec 16, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, but this is vacation. Why do I keep going to the same sad city?
It just doesn’t do anything for me. I’m over gambling, I find strip clubs incredibly depressing and last time I ate at a buffet I nearly died.
What’s funny is my friend hates it too and is bringing his PlayStation 3 and a bunch of beer. “Thank God we came all the way out here! This is the life!”
Oh well. Free time share. I’ll get over it. Sorry for the LLLJ.
Well crap
if you’re going on vacation that means you have a choice whether to go or not to go. But if you do decide to go, spend the whole weekend at the Double Down and never leave.
Then yeah, get thee to the Double Down
if you’ve never been, it’s just basically a dive bar – a slick, Vegas-ish dive bar after about 10pm, but a dive bar nonetheless. With a fantastic jukebox. Double Down. Yelp sez.
He's the fucking man.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 16, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Why don't they make the whole food out of the black box?
by abender20 on Dec 16, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
THEN WHO WAS PLANE?
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Dec 16, 2009 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Heat and pressure.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
NO IT'S THE GODDAMN VOODOO
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 17, 2009 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I am looking forward
to the Olympics, baseball and graduating…not so much the figuring what the fuck I’m going to do after graduating.
Already tried.
Apparently none of:
A) reciting the presidents/kings of England from memory
B) writing papers on comparative sociological theory
C) identifying classical music pieces, or
D) snapping with both hands
actually qualify as “sports.” Lame.
by Liebkartoffel on Dec 16, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
I'm actually pretty damn good at that,
but I mostly just do it these days to irritate the various people in my life who can’t snap at all (girlfriend, dad, etc.).
by Liebkartoffel on Dec 16, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
It must kill you to watch Westside Story.
by Liebkartoffel on Dec 16, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
I'm to the point where I find them tolerable,
if only because I’ve been subjected in the past two years to roughly 80% of every musical ever filmed.
by Liebkartoffel on Dec 16, 2009 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Eh,
in high school I kicked around a bit as an upright bass player. The vast majority of gigs were with local community theaters, so you learn to get used to it. “It’s A Wonderful Life…The Musical!” was pretty brutal, though.
by Liebkartoffel on Dec 16, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
The list of musicals I find tolerable:
1. The Buffy musical episode
2. Dr. Horrible
3. Urinetown
4. Glee (not really a musical but still)
Dude...
Newsies. What the hell. It’s the only true Mansical.
Also, if we’re including TV musicals, then the Scrubs episode should be on that list.
...and now I'm here
No Moulin Rouge?
For shame…
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 7:36 AM PST up reply actions
South Park: Bigger, longer, uncut?
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 17, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Mildly not as annoying as other musicals
but I tired of South Park a lot earlier than most people so it doesn’t make my list.
I still like it.
I thought it went through a cold period a couple of years ago, though. I also thought the first two seasons were pretty bad.
Season 1? Anything specific, or even in general?
Kind of surprised to hear that, just curious as to why.
Back in the day it was all fart jokes for the sake of fart jokes.
Now it is still fart jokes, but for the sake of pushing buttons and sometimes subtle humor. Though I haven’t watched it in a few years, I started liking the show far more after the Osama Bin Laden episode in like season 3.
...and now I'm here
I tired of South Park when it became preachy.
The first season was infantile yet unusual which made it fun for a while. I really don’t need those guys telling me what is right or wrong though.
They say anything is right?
I always get the feeling they just attack everyone.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 18, 2009 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
That's kind of what made me go from thinking it was incisive genius to just liking it and thinking i was usually pretty funny.q
When you talk shit about everyone and call bullshit on everything, there’s no risk or danger involved. Yeah, it’s funny, but it’s not especially inspiring.
Except for Woodland Critters Christmas.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 19, 2009 1:38 AM PST up reply actions
You know what, bad question.
Potential for awkward sub-thread high, as well as damage to my self esteem for having substandard taste.
Ha! No worries.
I just found the first season to be overly juvenile without any real biting humor (although I love ""An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig"), and Mr. Hankey was so unfunny that it put me off.
Upon looking at the episode lists, I’ll backtrack a bit. There were some good episodes. I think the bad ones just stick out to me. I thought the show really caught its stride in the third season.
In what? Please publish your entire business plan here
In a related note, I’m starting a business! Soon!
by pdb on Dec 16, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Freelance DP/Photographer/Editor/Color Grading/Web Design/Actionscript/iPhone Dev
And possibly some Digital Video File management consulting.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
And we would prefer not to have to do web work.
Only if we needed some extra money.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
When we don't make enough to live.
Or the job is to big to pass up.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
Whats crazy is most corporate video shoots are one and dones.
Just show up set up lights – push record – hand off footage – take check for 1500.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
And you never have to do anything again.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Crazy isn't it?
Lightning is a different beast but I’ve gotten the handle of it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
You'd be amazed with how little actual knowledge these people have that we pay.
I have double the responsibility on shoots and have to edit and these bitches are making 10x more then me today.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 16, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Looking to hire a sociologist?
Eh? Eh? I got an “A” in my high school graphic design class, so…there you go.
by Liebkartoffel on Dec 16, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe LLLJ, but we just put the finishing touches on this:
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
by JLProck on Dec 16, 2009 5:25 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
This is what Lackey would have looked like had he signed with the Mariners.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 7:36 AM PST up reply actions
So many things
Turning 18
Buying a car
Graduating high school
Going to the Mariners home opener
Everything about the Mariners
Getting a new computer and an HDTV
My Mariners blog - SodoMojo, Twitter Feed, Fuck the fucking Angels!
Computer, car, and an HDTV?
As an 18 year old?
The car is the #1 priority. The other two will be spread out over the year.
My Mariners blog - SodoMojo, Twitter Feed, Fuck the fucking Angels!
Oh, fuck....
ESPN Polls ask: Who is Jack Zduriencik?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
58%?
It’s not terrible, but I see your point.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 16, 2009 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
It's a little terrible
The only people who would see this poll would be people who go to ESPN, and therefore have some interest in sports. I can understand a large number of people who don’t like sports not having a clue who Zduriencik is but the subset of sports-interested people in the state of Washington? A little terrible.
What’s also kind of funny is that 13% of Ohio thought he was Cincinnati’s new head football coach. Clearly they’re not paying attention either.
Nope.
I think it’s more the Seattle folk who think communist kickball is the best sport around.
by SethGrandpa on Dec 17, 2009 12:08 AM PST up reply actions
Damn hipsters.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 7:38 AM PST up reply actions
Those of us who are central know our stuff, though.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Seriously.
But you could ask me who the GM of let’s say, the Twinkees, and I wouldn’t be able to tell you without looking it up, so I can’t blame them.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Oh wow, I didn't think I'd get that right.
Now the Marlins on the other hand, I have no idea. If I remember correctly, there’s two of them.
All Hail Zduriencik!
Larry Beinfest, I think
Or he was. And I only know that because I used to follow them.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
How do people from Philadelphia not know who he is?
Oh, that’s right…because he was behind them…ass raping them out of Cliff Lee. They never got a look at his face.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 7:38 AM PST up reply actions
I'm 100% OK with the rest of America not knowing who he is
that way, he can continue to pants other GMs for free Cliff Lees and Franklin Gutierrezes and no one will be any the wiser
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
except when they look down and see they're not wearing pants any more
it’s the modern day mark of Zorro.
Are you moving back to Washington afterwards?
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Timeline
30-60 days off after graduation (some of which will be in WA)
4-5 months of job-specific training (Ft. Knox)
Then either go to my U.S. Post which I choose in early Feb. (hopefully Ft. Lewis or maybe Hawaii… not sure if I can get the latter) or straight to deployment… most likely a few months at the least at Ft. Lewis though in early 2011.
That whole movie was kind of cool.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Lots of travel, hopefully
January trip with university to Ecuador for 2 weeks
BASEBALLBASEBALLBASEBALL
Summer term class that’s essentially 3 weeks of classroom and a 2-week roadtrip to the Southwest
Hopefully studying abroad in Fall
Home + perhaps travel for Christmas
I think the Mariners goes without saying, really
But other things in 2010…
-Graduating and passing the state exam, if I can obtain all the classes I need by the end of the year (enrollment is high)
-A job. :/
-The USSM event on the 9th (tee-hee!)
-Opening Day, as it is likely the only game I’ll be able to actually go to. :(
I’m NOT looking forward to my husband being on tour TWICE next year, but that’s just because being by myself for several months gets old after a while. :/
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
"Ahhhhh that's a bingo!"
"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."
I don't know exactly...
…but hopefully someone catches it quickly, because everyone who DOESN’T catch it will most likely think you’re a fuck tard. :)
"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."
(Especially if you say it just like Landa does in the film)
"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."
I'd like to have a film buff point out all the references.
It was amazing how many films he touched on, I picked out a couple for certain, but there were so many I knew were there but couldn’t put a finger on. Not just with dialogue or setting either, but with the scene settings and camera work.
Just a guess, but I'm sure a lot of it comes from the Italian "Inglorious Bastards" from '78
I’ve not seen either one, but obviously Tarantino was a fan.
Have that one in the Netflix queue. I'd really like to know what inspired the theater scene.
Something familiar about some parts of that and it’s driving me nuts.
It's next on my list.
I need to watch Public Enemies first. I know it’s not supposed to be all that good, but dammit it’s Michael Mann and I have a duty.
I really liked Public Enemies
It wasn’t as bad as a lot of the reviews would have you think. Is it an all-time classic? Probably not, it’s got a few problems, but I liked it quite a bit.
Yay!
I just went and took a second look at the reviews, and they weren’t as bad as I remember seeing when the film came out in theaters. I must have just caught a few of the less-enthusiastic ones.
The Insider is one of my all-time favorites, and I’ve loved most of his films until Miami Vice crushed me. (acblue will soon come by to call me crazy!)
Showing our appreciation for Jack.
I love Jack Zduriencik. He may be the most important individual in this organisation along with Felix and Ichiro. I think it would be nice if we could show Jack how much he means to us fans.
My soccer team, Manchester City, has been bought by a wealthy individual who has invested hundreds of millions of pounds into our future. He has re-energised the whole club. To show our appreciation, hundreds of fans donated to a permanent banner that says ‘Thank you, Sheik’ that is on display in a prominent location in our ground. Our owner has commented about how touched he felt when he first saw this sign.
If all the M’s fans here that love Jack donated $5 for something similar, I think it would be really cool. Jack has done so much for us and it is the least we can do to show our appreciation. A picture of Jack’s wonderful head with something like “In Jack We Trust” would be pretty cool I think.
Is anybody interested in supporting this?
If we want to make a sign I can get it done for rather cheap and I will
make it a fixture in front of our seats for all of 2010.
OK awesome! What are the regs like for putting up signs in your location for the season? Do you need the clubs permission to do that?
by EnglishMariner on Dec 17, 2009 8:14 AM PST up reply actions
No permission needed to do it once, but to leave it up I need to talk to my ticket rep.
Have the community come up with what it should say and I’ll talk to them once we button that up. It helps to be able to show them what we want up.
It will need to be skinny and long though so it shows above the top of the wall.
We have about 10 feet of length and I would say 2-2.5 feet high.
Oh, you meant the actual head, not the awesome picture
statement retracted…
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
On the wonderful scale here at LL I am replacement level at best.
Now you on the other hand a truly wonderful.
by Sec 108 on Dec 17, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Count me in, as long as it's something tasteful.
I really respect the hell out of this guy, it’s funny how you can read studies about sports teams affecting a persons morale, etc, and think since you’re in the know you’re above that. Then ’08 happens, followed by ’09 and you realize.
Count me in for this when we get the idea finalized
it’s incredible to deeply care about four sports teams and realize that only one of them is competently managed. It makes it just that much more fun to root for them, and bring me out of self-hating fan mode.
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
It becomes part of your muscle memory after a while so it doesn't really go anywhere
all things are cyclical, so when the M’s are crap again in 20 years you’ll know just what to do!
I still have a college to root for, so the self-loathing isn't going anywhere
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Pedro wants you to know that with runners on base, League has an 8.44 ERA.
Naturally that ERA drops considerably with no one on base, leading one to the obvious conclusion that League can’t handle pressure and does not at all imply that runners are probably more likely to score when they’re on base.
Fun Facts!
- Using the same retarded stat, Brandon Morrow’s ERA with runners on is only about .7 different.
- Brandon Morrow had an ERA of 15.00 when the bases were loaded. League’s was only 11.
- With the RISP, League had an ERA of 9.49. Morrows? 10.31.
And I quote from Pedro’s twitter:
Morrow for League, worst trade of Jack’s career. 8.44 ERA with runners on last year, League and Petit will bring back memories of Ayala
These are the types of comments that lead me to believe he’s one giant joke that went too far, because no one – not even people that suck at analysis – don’t check the other player before making random, outrageous statements.
...and now I'm here
Has anyone mentioned Petit since he was picked up?
It probably has happened, but assuming Petit will be doing anything for this club come April seems silly when Vargas, Olson, and Fister are the only ones really being mentioned by the front office in the papers.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 23, 2009 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
Hopefully at least a few of these things happen this year...
- I ditch my piece of crap $600 ‘89 Ford Probe and get a car that actually functions properly.
- The Mariners make the playoffs.
- The Huskies go to a bowl game.
- Greg Oden fully recovers fro…. ehh screw it.
- I finally graduate from college….. finally.
- I quit Lowe’s and find a job where I actually know something about the products being sold.
"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."
How much do you want for the Probe?
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 7:41 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That's not a comment I need to read again.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Dec 17, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
My buddy swears by eBay, too.
I’ve never used it to sell anything, but he routinely buys games for $60 and sells them for $45 a month later.
Yeah eBay can be lucrative if you put the effort in
CL is better for the lazy man. Brick and Mortars will seriously give you 1/10th the value if you’re lucky.
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
Thats what I figured out after calling around last night.
I think I might just go the Craigslist route.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
The only thing that bugs me about Craigslist is sometimes I'd rather take $10 less than drive to some neighborhood and get lost/stabbed.
If it’s close, though, it’s great.
Huh.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 7:50 AM PST reply actions
When JFK died, the world stopped and cried.
But when Chris Henry passes away tragically, everyone continues on doing what they were doing?
by abender20 on Dec 17, 2009 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I stopped to think "Chris Henry???".
and then I thought "you mean you can’t fall out of a moving vehicle and just get up and dust yourself off? What have the movies been teaching me??? "
Groundhog Day
“He could have made it”
Truck explodes
“Well, maybe not now.”
I love that movie.
Seen it too many times.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Andie MacDowell: You speak French...
Bill Murray: Oui…
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Definitely one of the Bill Murray classics.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
I just watched it for the umpteen-hundredth time a couple of days ago
I love the scene where he’s watching Jeopardy with the old people
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 17, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man...
That one sent a friend of mine into fits when I was watching it at his place on Netflix. The way at the end he just stares at them coldly and gives the answer before the question is even asked.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 17, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
What is Titicaca?
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Just claim a source from someone close to Henry's fiancee or neighbor or pet said
that they were fighting about Henry possibly cheating on his fiancee. It’s a professional athlete affair epidemic.
I wonder if the Bengals will follow the Redskins lead and run their first play without a wide receiver
but Carson Palmer will be just dumb enough to throw out there anyway
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Again this joke would have been funnier if 2 of the Bengals 3 best players hadn't been injured on the first play of their last playoff game
Leaving them completely powerless to beat the 6th seeded Stealers which would later lead to some other unpleasantness
Fuck Joey Galloway.
Jon Kitna>>>>>>>>>>Joey Galloway
Heisman Palmer is a scholar and a gentleman
And a better QB than anyone fucla has had this decade.
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
I'm too tired for the expression on my face to change
but no, it would not have been a straight face otherwise
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
That's pretty sad, it seemed like he had finally gotten his life turned around and was a productive member of society/the NFL
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Not getting arrested in a year then dying in a domestic dispute doesn't really count as turning your life around.
by Robert on Dec 17, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
"seemed like" being the key phrase
and not getting arrested for a year is a pretty significant step up for Chris Henry
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Lots of stuff
- graduating college
- moving somewhere in the Lincoln-Des Moines-Kansas City triangle
- getting a real job
- getting a new car
- Jack Z making roster moves
- the Ohio State Buckeyes destroying the Oregon Ducks in the Rose Bowl
- the Boise State Broncos narrowly beating the Horned Frogs in the Fiesta Bowl
- maybe going to grad school
- new decade!
- like you said, the Chevy Volt
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
I can't believe it's been 25 years
since one of my favorite 5 albums of the 1980’s was released. If you consider yourself a music fan and you do not own this album, I have to command you to buy it now. My love for the Replacements is well documented, here and elsewhere, but damn if this album wasn’t one of the finer records of 1984, a year that, as the article says, had some KILLER music in it.
I feel as though I know you well enough and that there is enough mutual respect for me to say this:
I don’t get it. I don’t understand the Replacements revered place in punk history. I’ve tried. Oh lord have I tried/
I guess it’s just one of them things.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 17, 2009 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
I know a few people that share this opinion actually
The only way I can explain it is if you like slightly (sometimes extremely) drunken power pop the Replacements can’t be beat. I think a lot of their legacy comes from their live shows – sometimes fantastic, sometimes trainwreckish, but you always knew you were in for something epic one way of the other.
Is it petty to hope that Jack Wilson has a true Jack Wilson year ...
not because of his value to the team, and because he seems a decent guy, but because of how it will make various Times commentors feel?
Times commenters don't feel, they only destroy
and by destroy, I mean they actively remove knowledge from the world, something that I never thought possible
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
I was thinking this yesterday when i read a bunch of comments in another thread about commenters elsewhere
and I would like to officially propose a moratorium on bashing the inanity of blogs and commenters that are not part of LL. We all know the good blogs and the bad ones, and incessantly pounding on people and blogs that have the temerity to think (or not think) differently gets old really fast and doesn’t do anything to advance the point of view that we are trying to get across.
What I'm looking forward to in 2010
- M’s playing meaningful games in September and October!
- Diablo 3? Dunno when it’ll come out…
- Paying off my mortgage!
Things I'm looking forward to in 2010:
- Video games: Bioshock 2, Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, Aliens vs. Predator, Fable III, Rock Band 3, I Am Alive
- Movies: Hot Tub Time Machine, Kick-Ass, Predators, Inception, The Expendables, Harry Potter VII: Part 1, Paul
- Sports: The Mariners’ meteoric rise, the Seahawks finally enter a real rebuilding stage
- Personal: Starting to try to have kids, my brother coming home from Iraq
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 10:54 AM PST reply actions
Congrats on your brother. A childhood friend of mine came home for good this year from
almost 3 years in Afghanistan. It is good to have him back.
Speaking of Afghanistan (And hoping to avoid politics)
This Documentary looks amazing.
http://battleforheartsandminds.com/
On July 2nd, 2009, four thousand US Marines of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade launched a major helicopter assault into a Taliban stronghold in the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan in order to break a military stalemate with the insurgent group. Independent filmmaker Danfung Dennis was embedded with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Company, as they were dropped 18 km behind enemy lines to seize a key bridge. Within a few hours of landing, fierce fighting erupted and continued for the next three days, during which Lance Corporal Charles Sharp, from Adairsville, Georgia was shot and killed by a Taliban fighter.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, lame
second consecutive time that it’s the weekend after I leave Seattle
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Just when we thought we could trust Salk...
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Mike may have a hard time looking past a sparkly ERA
but he understands that defense matters and being an expensive right-handed hitter in Safeco is probably bad.
I've gotten the impression that he hasn't developed his own notions on this stuff yet and relies on the available articles to decide.
No one has written Wash articles in a while.
Yup. We just need Jeff to write a 10 word piece.
Title: Jarrod Washburn Still Isn’t Very Good.
Same guy. Not good.
Who doesn't want an expensive back-end starter?
Oh right. We don’t.
I think he's (somewhat justifiably) scared of French, Fister and Snell.
Washburn’s a comfortable name.
Too bad they weren't elite pitchers
As a duo you could just call them the Eiffel Tower instead of something lame like 1/2 punch.
by Kermit. on Dec 17, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Just for Robert:
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions
I have no clue.
It’s so ridiculous, I couldn’t help but laugh.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
YES.
One of those great opposition moments in Seahawks history.
Right up there with Shockey showing off for the camera and then turning around to see his team didn’t make the play.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Bring a Cliff Lee poster every day, regardless of whether's he's pitching.
I can just imagine some interleague game in July with Fister on the mound, and some guy screaming into the opposing team’s dugout that we do, in fact, have Cliff Lee.
I would so do this if I had season tickets.
I say we all get t-shirts with Cliff Lee’s face emblazoned on them with something like “Yes, Cliff Lee is, in fact, a Mariner!” running underneath. Then we all agree to where that shirt to every game we, as LL’ers, attend.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Oh, hell.
Wear, even.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Well I doubt they put it as bluntly as that
But they basically said they’re going in a different direction a la the GM job.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
CLIFF LEE AND NO HOLMGREN? SEATTLE FANS CHRISTMAS!
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSFUCKINGPANTSPARTYYESSSSSSSSSSSSS
goo goo gachoob, bitch.
Its like the samething as a mariner fan wanting Washburn back.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
A lot of them probably do
But those are the not terribly smart Seahawks fans.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
OKAY, I'LL TRY TOO!
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by royalcurve on Dec 17, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
LEE!
NO WALRUS! CHRISTMAS! NATURE SHIRTS!
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Where's the Professor when we need him?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
He's a handsome devil.
Fuck Anaheim.
by Eyeball Kid on Dec 17, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YESYESYES!!!
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
I will be happy to let Matthew raise the 12th man flag and get into the ring of honor
But no more lame quarterbacking please
Speaking of the 12th man, apparently JR is the designated flag-raiser on the final home game.
I’m sure the Seahawks would have played better all season had they let him in to tickle a few guys earlier in the year.
Super AIDS.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
My brain says no but my heart says yes.
I know that this is the very best move in the long run and the success of the team is all that matters to me, but it makes me sad to see people celebrating as we cut ties with the greatest figure in our teams history
Yay lateral moves.
>:(
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Things I'm looking forward to in 2010
*Heading to AZ for Spring Training
*Opening Day
*Quitting this job
*The World Cup
*Taking a much-needed vacation (though to where I am unsure)
*Starting law school
*Finishing the first semester of law school (I hope)
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 17, 2009 1:14 PM PST reply actions
Each bid only raises the price by 1 cent too
You’d pretty much have to sit there bidding for days while the price went all the way up to something reasonable
You have to pay 60 cents for each bid also.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
That's crazy
So you can lose a bunch of money for nothing?
So that's the catch.
You have to buy bids in packs of at least 40, which adds at least $25 to the cost of anything. And if every bid costs .60 and each auction is bidded pretty heavily, you’ll need to spend $25 or $50 just in bidding with no guarantee of winning. This sounds SWEET.
So here is some math.
If that imac sold for $45 – It accumalted 4500 bids at 60 cents a bid.
So the company actually sold the imac for $2700.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Well depending how many times you bid. Yes you're out money.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Seems like this would violate the whole ban on internet gambling thing
Because it’s sort of in that territory.
It's not gambling, its 'Entertainment Shopping'
The auctions reset to 20 seconds if someone makes a bid at the end. So it’s always last minute! It’s exciting!
My God I think this company looks to be wildly successful, even assuming that some of the .60 per bid goes to company whose product is being bid on.
Right but it kind of falls in that territory when you have to pay per bid though
Because you’re kind of gambling the money you spend per bid on the chance of getting something super cheap. Maybe that’s not technically gambling but the fact that you can walk away losing a lot of money for nothing…..It all just seems sketchy to me, I dunno.
I'm not saying it's not sketchy because it's definitely that
but I don’t think it’s technically illegal in the gambling sense.
You have to buy bids in packs of 40
you can’t just pay .60 per bid a la carte. So you’ve spent $25 just to get started, with no guarantees, and if it’s a busy auction you’ll burn through your 40 bids in no time.
Because you can get a 50inch plasma for $13!
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Even if the guy did every bid he still got the TV for 225ish.
Its part of the game!
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 17, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
For me it's less about the guy that got the tv for $225
than the dozens of people in the auction that spent the same $200 and walked away with nothing.
Is it LLLJ to mention a guy tried to get me into this deal?
They sell the credits wholesale to you, then as a sales associate you turn around and sell them. Apparently the whole thing is poised to take over the world, sounded kind of fishy to me.
Yeah, reverse auction he called it.
Apparently big in Europe, first thing that came to mind was David Hasselhoff.
Holy shit there's an iPod classic going for $130.00
That’s $7800 in bids, right? These people are geniuses.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Dec 17, 2009 4:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oh, they aren't all penny auctions.
Ok. Still – that’s $650 in bids on this auction.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Dec 17, 2009 4:21 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Incredible geniuses
using people’s stupidity to make money, I love it. I just wish I was creative enough to think of something like this.
by seattlebruin on Dec 17, 2009 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Am I the only one that is absolutely pissed at this stupid NFL network ad on the sides of the page?
I am a compulsive “random-clicker” and have already clicked it about 10 times today, during a total of about 15 minutes spent on the site. It’s not even being picked up by the ad-blockers that I’m running in Chrome. Jesus it’s annoying
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
It is worse than the lexis one.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
I'm more pissed by the fact that it made using the internet at work slightly more conspicuous.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 17, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
I'm running 3 different ad-blocking extensions in Chrome, and none of them are touching it
It would probably be blocked on Firefox on my home machine, but here at work I’m stuck with this GODDAMNED AD
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 17, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
They apparently all had sex with people of their same gender
either that or they turned into little bundles of sticks.
Glee is the greatest show ever to grace television
by .Taylor on Dec 17, 2009 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
I can't watch Glee.
Not because it’s bad, but because it scares the hell out of me. I was in the jazz choir in high school. Every character in that show could be matched to someone in my choir. Hell, we even had the bitchy athletic department teacher who always struggled to undermine the music program.
Same. All the characters are largely archetypal, so it's surprising that they should resemble people we know.
by .Taylor on Dec 17, 2009 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
I watch it and hate myself for it
I was in band in HS and always hated the fucking show choir because they were annoying twats and they got better gigs than we did and better treatment from the administration.
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
Maybe they can make us mod body guards?
Mod entourage members? I will gladly pop some champagne in the auditorium in exchange for a ticket…..
It depends on when he starts pre-gaming for the after party.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 17, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
I got a ticket
Not sure if that proves or debunks your point, but the important part is that I got one
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Dec 17, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
That is unkind!
You should not be thinking that way.
She should tell him that Franklin always catches the ball WITH TWO HANDS!
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 17, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
It likely reminds him of this one time he was playing for the Dodgers.
Now this was soon after the Dodgers had moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Now as he was saying…
Well, I WAS looking forward to the USSM event
Fuck. :(
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
Whoa, since when was Juan Rivera awesome in LF last year?
not that it’s necessarily his true talent, but +13 UZR in LF is pretty solid
One year isn't in any way worth paying serious attention to though.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 17, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
True, but I do find the year-to-year abnormalities to be somewhat amusing.
Raul coming back down to Earth next season will be swell.
It's results, though
results are good, and he helped the team with his defense last year. Not that he’s terribly likely to repeat it, but he was good last year.
by seattlebruin on Dec 18, 2009 1:11 AM PST up reply actions
I thought it wasn't necessarily results with UZR
since it has to do with year to year “zone” calculations as well as positional alignment. Am I wrong?
...and now I'm here
Hmm, you might be correct
but I was under the impression that it was just as much that a player managed to make those plays, whether it be luck or good positioning over the course of that season.
Still stand by my point though, that Rivera posted good results over a one-year sample, and that helped his team, even if he’s unlikely to repeat it.
by seattlebruin on Dec 18, 2009 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
He could've meant to ask what type of ships?
Like cruise lines, commercial ships, military vessels, etc.
Are you living in Virginia now?
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
So this guy apparently made this short film for $300, and now has a $30 million Hollywood deal.
Ataque de Panico! This is seriously cool.
I just saw this.
I really need to finish my 5 episode Zombie Short.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 18, 2009 7:45 AM PST up reply actions
Here's a volcanic eruption
that takes place 4000 FEET UNDER WATER
That is amazing.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 18, 2009 7:29 AM PST up reply actions
2010.
I look forward to climbing slowly out of debt, possibly finding a job that involves a chair and benefits, and baseball. Specifically spring training and a covert trip to Navan, Ontario, where I will be arrested.
by royalcurve on Dec 18, 2009 1:26 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Holy shit, I just got back from Avatar and it was totally fucking amazing.
Great story, tons of action, BEAUTIFUL EVERYTHING, and not terrible acting too. Seriously this movie was fantastic.
I was going to see it, but it got an unfavorable review from Armond White.
...and now I'm here
I can't believe that man has a job.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 18, 2009 7:26 AM PST up reply actions
YES YES YES!
Going to see it tonight in IMAX 3-D. Pumped as HELL.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 18, 2009 7:26 AM PST up reply actions
The reviews I've seen have been mostly positive.
I believe I may be eating my hat soon.
Fuck Ya you will
And of course I’ll be disappointed.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 18, 2009 7:45 AM PST up reply actions
True Lies has some of the best dialog I've ever heard.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 18, 2009 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
*vette
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 18, 2009 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
"She has an ass like a ten year old boy!"
Favorite line from just about any movie, except maybe the Cuckoo Clock line in the Third Man. But that one is useless for quoting.
by Kermit. on Dec 18, 2009 9:32 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It's here! It's here! It's here!!!!!!!
Today is the most exciting day of the whole Christmas season. Today is the day that the Santa Set is released! The guys at Sound Opinions, an excellent music podcast even when it’s not Santa Set day, have a friend named Andy Cirzan whose hobby is collecting bizarre Christmas songs. It started as a goof, he’d find weird stuff and throw it on tapes for his friends, but over the years he’s started diving deeper into Christmas-music weirdness, and made this a full-time hobby. The Sound Opinions guys put him on their show every year at Christmas and he brings a mixtape (well, mix-bunch-of-mp3-files, I guess) of the best stuff he’s found over the last year. It’s always fantastic, sometimes beyond bizarre but definitely worth a listen.
You can download your very own copy (for a limited time) here. And trust me, if you like strange, bizarre and hysterically-funny-in-a WTF-way things, this is not to be missed.
GMZ is awesome and you should worship him.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 18, 2009 9:36 AM PST reply actions
See now this is what I'm talking about, UEFA
the Champions League last 16 are where the interesting games happen.
Inter v Chelsea – Mourinho comes back to London for the first time!
Milan v. Man Utd – Beckham comes back to Old Trafford for the first time!
Arsenal v. Porto – uh sure fine
Liverpool v. oh wait they’re not in the last 16 are they bwahahahahahahaha (sorry Teej)
Can’t we just skip to the knockout round every year and forget the pointless group stage?
Which is weird.
They are the most successful football team from Ialomiţa County, says Wikipedia. The lion should be pleased.
Yep, he is
and that is quite literally all I know about him other than that he’s now the manager of Unilever Unguent or whatever
Looks like we sent them 9mil according to Drayer
So, less awesome, but still a good, cheap, versatile DH who fits the park like crazy.
Oh and I'm also looking forward to all the wonderful things we'll accomplish in the third-to-last year of humanity's existence
by .Taylor on Dec 18, 2009 10:56 PM PST reply actions
Ah man, we almost went this whole thread without acknowledging 2012.
so close.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
Although I haven't been fishing in 40 years ...
often I find myself, of a saturday morning, getting sucked into that fishing show on 710, where I can get “instructions for trolling vs mooching” and hear about “how to rig your hoochie to your flasher”
by msb on Dec 19, 2009 8:39 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Wow, another celebrity death, in a year full of celebrity deaths.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
I should probably make clear that this isn't snark, even though it reads as it is.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4
w/r/t: The latest celebrity death.
We will only have more and more of these celebrity deaths in the years to come. With the internet, and the explosion of media we create “celebrity” at a much higher rate now then ever before. So we will have more and more actors, musicians, sports stars, and other people who were in the spot light suddenly die.
Not that it makes it better, because this actor was young and could have done a great deal more in life and gave some joy to people via her work. But for me at least, by thinking about it this way, I don’t start getting freaked out thinking America is cursed or something.
Happy Winter Solstice! Happy first day of Winter!
The offical shortest day of the year!
From here on out the days will only get longer!
Woohoo!
by mark sobba on Dec 21, 2009 6:28 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Robert probably has a giant Cliff Lee related erection and hasn't noticed we lost yet
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
We're totally gonna draft Jimmy Clausen and then I'm going to be actively rooting for someone else to sucker punch him
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2009 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I will punch Jimmy Clausen right in his OC douchebag face
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
As much as I'd love to have another reason to bait you
I think I’d rather see the team go for Colt McCoy.
I would not punch Colt McCoy on the grounds that Colt McCoy is awesome
plus we could probably use Denver’s pick on him and use our pick on a lineman that way
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I admit a small part of me wants the team to draft him because of the name.
Colt McCoy. That’s just awesome.
The only thing that salavaged yesterday was getting Kasey Keller to sign my ECS scarf a minute after he rose the 12th man flag.
That and winning 5 dollars on a Seahawks lottery card that cost 5 dollars.
How are you holding up, Robert?
I know Matt’s performance yesterday left a lot to be desired.
The only thing that salavaged yesterday was getting Kasey Keller to sign my ECS scarf a minute after he rose the 12th man flag.
That and winning 5 dollars on a Seahawks lottery card that cost 5 dollars.
The official Mariners site has a new article up about Cliff Lee.
They use FIP, reference Fangraphs, a statement from Dave Cameron. Interesting, I’m tempted to check out the fan board and see if the posts have changed their tune from 18 months ago.
Someone convince me that Avatar is good.
If it weren’t James Cameron, I’d never consider seeing it. It looks ridiculously bad. But I’m seeing fantastic reviews from both friends and critics.
I was as skeptical as anyone but now I'm eating crow.
It was a ton of fun. The plot is simplistic to be sure, but it’s a visual masterpiece.
Yeah, I went with 3D. And it's true about the plot.... it's not anything we haven't seen before.
But it manages to be totally worth it regardless.
I saw it because the reviews were great
And I’m still not really seeing what was so good about it.
The visuals were amazing of course…..but the story was completely unoriginal. White mans greed rapes nature, destroys harmonious natives, blah blah blah, just in a very pretty looking package. I don’t think that’s the makings of a good movie, personally.
I've definitely seen worse action movies this year
Terminator 4 and Transformers 2 come to mind, at least this one had passable acting and you could somewhat understand what was happening and why it was happening.
Its great the same way Star Wars was great.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 21, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
And is apparently going to be a trilogy as well?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Dec 21, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sequel is ready.
Just depends how much money it brings in.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 21, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno
Its going to cost me $17 fucking dollars to see it in the optimal experience (and that’s before parking). I want to see it in the theater but fuck if I want to pay that much to see James Cameron’s alt.fiction.furry masterpiece.
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And movies make massive amounts of money on DVD sales as well.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 21, 2009 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Sony and the Blu Ray association seems to be banking on Avatar
to sell their new 3D Blu Ray format they just spec’d out.
Yep. I mean, Titanic only made $28 million its opening weekend.
There is plenty of time for Avatar to make truck loads.
I can't do that because I didn't see it
but I did see Up In The Air and it’s fantastic. Darker than I was expecting, really well written – a very good film. Totally different from the book, though, but it’s probably in my top 10 of the year.
It does!
To be fair, I didn’t even know what it was about when I went. I just went. I only found out afterwards what a big deal it was.
I got dragged into seeing it by a couple friends on Friday night.
I really didn’t want to see it but oh my god I was so very wrong.
Okay, this was pretty fantastic.
It’s a mashing of Ferngully and Pocahontas, which makes it a tiny bit unoriginal, but I can’t really think of anything wrong with the entire movie, and to me that says a lot. I would highly recommend it.
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So I finally came around on Scott McCaughey's voice
It took nearly a year but now I have finally come around and like the Young Fresh Fellows and the Minus 5.
Are there any bands that you have recently grown to like that you didn’t care for previously?
Wait what huh
you didn’t like the Young Fresh Fellows? Wow. I didn’t know that was possible! Congrats on coming around, though – the Minus 5 is a little tougher sell sometimes, but the YFF are completely awesome. I’m slowly coming around on the Pixies – I detested them for years until about a year ago, and now I’m kind of thinking they’re OK.
I'm not really trying to love them
I’ve gotten to the point now where I can listen to them and not want to set things on fire, and I’m pretty happy with that. No need to go any further.
It was his voice mainly.
Also made The Baseball Project tougher for me to fully enjoy for awhile but I came around.
by Mariner John on Dec 21, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
I know a lot of people that have a big problem w/McCaughey's voice. You're not alone.
I don’t think it’s great, but it’s also not completely off-putting.
I think the Basebal Project was a great idea, but it’s kind of a slog to listen to.
It took me a pretty long while to get used to Craig Finn's voice
and, while I still feel like I don’t understand some of their songs, I really enjoy a lot of the stuff The Hold Steady does. (Note: my decision to listen to them was caused by pdb’s great enthusiasm for them, so thanks)
I haven't been able to drive my car for two days due to the snow and it's making me really cranky.
It’s made me realise how much I rely on my car for everything. It also makes me want to blow up my local council for their shitty preparation for this cold weather that we have been experiencing [way to fuck with all the retailers in the biggest week of the year by not treating the roads, you dipshits].
That was me last winter.
Especially frustrating if you need to get around to check on someone else, and the bus doesn’t go there.
Don't take buses even in this hour of need
Their drivers are vicious unprofessional death machines
by Graham MacAree on Dec 21, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Or whatever you call.
I don’t have to be at the office.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 21, 2009 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome.
Have one for me – I’m the guy that’s at the office this week covering for everybody that’s gone all week. Stupid being-a-contractor-who-doesn’t-get-paid-unless-he-works.
Will do!
At least contractors get paid more. (Hopefully thats your case)
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 21, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Like the Llamapillar!
Go on, have another! I don’t feel buzzed-by-proxy yet.
TO THE FUCKING MOON!
I need to go work on that gif.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 21, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
It's perfect
That team’s already used to Tony LaRussa
by Graham MacAree on Dec 21, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I want more of these non-traditional logic articles. Papers wonder why circulation's dropping... maybe too much groupthink, and not enough Bold Thinking
“Gallo Family produces a richly textured burgundy-style blend with lots of ‘heart.’”
“My Car of the Decade? Hear me out: the Pontiac Aztek. While unreliable and terrifying in crash tests, think about what it has to work with – the thing didn’t design itself. Given those disadvantages, it behaves admirably, provided nobody hits you.”
by marc w on Dec 21, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Now, now...
“Butthole” is all one word. Tsk!
I used to want one of these so bad when it first came out. Didn’t help that the first time I saw it was at a trade show, and it was olive green and elevated on a spinning platform, made to look Awesome and all military-esque…I see they didn’t last very long, however….
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
You watch your fucking mouth when you talk about Kool Keith.
But other than that, this website is good.
Okay, I turn to you guys for an answer I can't find online.
I have never had a trainer and know nothing about muscle building. My gym has like… 6 different ways you can work your chests, including a standard bench press, and machines for incline press, wide chest press, and a few others – all machines from the same manufacturer, just all different machines. For the hell of it I was doing all of them, because they were all different machines, but recently I’ve been guessing I’m just wasting my time? I mean, if they all work the same muscles (which I think they do) then doing all 6 won’t really do anything because it would be like doing 18 sets of a single workout. But I can’t find anything to verify this. I have time, so if I did get something out of doing all 6 in one day then I’ll keep doing it, but if it’s pointless I’m going to just do one or two.
Anyone know the answer?
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They will work different parts of your chest muscle. Upper, middle, lower, depending on the angle.
In reality for a non bodybuilder it won’t make much of a difference.
by EnglishMariner on Dec 22, 2009 1:37 AM PST up reply actions
So just use one? Two?
And if so, which one(s)? Also, do bodybuilders do them all on the same day, or do they pick one on each day depending on where they are… I dunno, lacking or whatever?
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Does your gym have any fitness instructors?
I’ve been going to the gym for years but over the past six months I have been using a personal trainer, and it has been very useful. For a new starter with lots of questions I couldn’t recommend one highly enough.
by EnglishMariner on Dec 22, 2009 5:13 AM PST up reply actions
They do, but they have them from 9-5.
I go like… post midnight. They’re all gone. I’m the only one at the gym.
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If you do the bench press you really don't need the incline press
I would focus on either the bench or the incline press, the lat pulldown, and the one that I can’t remember the name of that you sit in, put your arms in at a 45 degree angle (with your upper arms parallel to your legs and your forearms raised), and pull your arms in towards your chest. Those three machines will work the main muscles of your upper body plenty. After you get bored with those three, use the other three for a while – boredom is a workout-killer so it’s good to rotate stuff around every now and again.
Your suspicion is largely correct – it’s not technically a waste of time to do all six machines, because you’re getting a great workout, but unless you want a massive upper body and little skinny legs, it’s not necessary either.
According to Rickey Henderson, 120 pushups and 200 sit-ups a day will do it.
of course, having really good genes helps, too.
Herschel Walker thinks that's about 1/10th of a workout.
Herschel Walker is also now a crazy person, which makes me sad.
Doing all 6 I have noticed minimal growth or strength gains, which was another reason for my suspician.
But sure, I’ll stick to 2/3 and save some time. Maybe it will even help because I can do more weight. Thanks.
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And the key thing to remember with any workout regimen
it’s better to do lesser weight with correct form than to do heavy weight with poor form. The lat pulldown machine is a great example of this – that exercise should be done sitting virtually still as you pull the bar down. A lot of guys rack up some massive amount of weight on that machine and then have to lean very far back as they pull the bar down, which not only defeats the purpose of the exercise (isolation of the muscle in order to build it) but also leads to all sorts of back problems and stuff. So, no matter what weight you are comfortable at, make sure you don’t up that number until you can do so with correct form.
You have more than one chest?!
This I must see for myself…
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
"rawr"
As royalcurve might say…
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
I just received an email with the following subject: "Give her ham wallet a good drilling"
by EnglishMariner on Dec 22, 2009 5:10 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I had to read this one to my husband
And then laugh like a 12-year-old…
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
Stumped by how to use a complicated, old-school scarf?
And who wouldn’t be? All that wrapping, tying, and the potential choking therewith is enough to ruin anybody’s winter. Why bother? Get yourself a Necky!
Does anyone know how to cancel phonebook delivery in Seattle?
The useless things keep showing up on my doorstep and I want to make it stop. For the trees.
My husband has managed to make
Bacon and chocolate chip cookies. They’re marvelous. It took him about 4 batches to get it right, but the result is spot-on.
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
We're not bakers
So it’s a miracle it came out at all, in any form that didn’t involve the fire department. :/
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
I normally couldn't give less of a damn about team owners, team ownership and all its backroom foibles
but if Arsenal’s new American soon-to-be-majority-shareholder-and-likely-owner pisses off Arsene Wenger I will be very, very unhappy. There’s no need for a team with several World Cup-eligible players to do an international tour this coming summer – the players involved in the WC need a break – and if Kroenke pushes this through it could be bad for Arsene’s long-term coaching future at Arsenal.
I'd have to agree with Arsene on this one.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 23, 2009 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
But if he bitches one more time about the fixture schedule
I’d like to offer:
Villa at Arsenal 12/27
Liverpool at Villa 12/29
Uh…
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 23, 2009 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Arsene's bitching about the fixture schedule is as predictable as the sun coming up
it happens all the time, he does it at least twice a month and it’s best to just tune it out. Between that and his invariable claims that he doesn’t see any controversial call that went against an Arsenal player, it’s quite entertaining to listen to him sometimes.
I may be the only Arsenal fan in this country that never wants Arsenal to do a preseason tour here; Arsene knows what the modern player is capable of and how to fine tune their pre-season preparation, and a trip halfway around the world for five days for what is basically a money-grab would be a bad idea. Especially in a World Cup year.
For a billion dollar company, facebook makes the most bizarrre decisions I've ever seen.
Apparently they decided to take away the hide feature from wall posts, so that if you post on someone else’s wall, it shows up on the news feed. Why did they take it away? They won’t say. In fact, according to their FAQ, it’s still there, which it clearly isn’t. I can’t even fathom how this company thought it would be a good idea. It would be like if AT&T decided that, for fun, it would put all of its users text messages online without asking anyone, associated with the names of those that wrote them.
I mean… these decisions are just so mind bogglingly retarded that it’s hurting my brain to try to think of any reason that they would have even remotely thought it was a good idea. What the fuck is wrong with them. How do people this stupid get so wealthy?
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Because nobody stops using it when stupid decisions like this get made
Facebook grows by about 10-15% a month. They’re the 8 million pound gorilla in the social networking room. They pretty much don’t care what their users think, because nobody ever leaves when stupid shit happens – they just post angry statuses on Facebook.
at this point facebook = microsoft
everyone loves to complain about it, while still using it because it’s pretty much the best at what it does for now. in a few years that might change but I don’t see FB going the way of myspace any time soon.
Everyone loves to complain about it.
But I’d argue that, like with SOME of the things about Microsoft, it’s completely justifiable. These are poor, poor business decisions that only work because there is no alternative. Every time they do this they increase the chance that they’ll get replaced someday, when they could simply not make stupid business decisions and virtually guarantee they keep that market share.
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I'm not saying the complaints aren't justified
just that FB doesn’t need to care so much because instead of leaving FB people just bitch about it on FB.
Yeah, agreed.
But if I can’t make wall posts without it interfering with my privacy (for example), I am not going to make wall posts as often, which means I am not going to get responses as often, which means I’m not going to check that often. And that’s not even me taking a stand – that’s simply the nature of not using the products full capacity. They actually can lose money on some of these decisions, even if people don’t leave, because if you don’t sign on, they don’t get the ad impressions.
Not like they care about me anyway since I have adblock, but still.
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Eh back in 2006 I said that Social networking would be dead by 2010
And so far I’ve been wrong.
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Right, it's like the telephone. If your phone started dropping calls you'd still have to give it a try, because too many people depend on it and there are no other options
Where am I gonna go when I have about 70 or so friends that use it so religiously that I don’t even have their phone numbers and we hang out with regularity.
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I really only use the inbox anymore.
I’m tired of having to constantly check my privacy settings as the policy changes every two months. So I’ll peruse the news feed every now and then just to see what links people have posted, but I very rarely update my status or post photos.
I look at my news feed for about 1 min every day
comment occasionally, and other than that the thing just gathers dust in the corner. I can definitely see its utility, but I realized I don’t actually care if the world knows how I feel about what I did after work, or on the weekend, or anything like that, so I kinda let it wither away to nothing.
Pretty much every single one of my friends migrated from LJ
To FaceBook – so if I want to know what’s going on events/parties/whatever-wise, It’s best to check it pretty frequently. I run the risk of having my mother-in-law take everything I say seriously, however – guess who got a 9×9 baking pan and gingerbread mix for Christmas?
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
On gingerbread?
Reaaaaalllly?
"Let this big fucker come in and walk the world here." - Dave Niehaus on JJ Putz
? You can.
The inbox occasionally takes about a day to send any email that was sent to more than 5 people though. And it has scripting errors with regularity. But neither of those really bother me.
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Yes I can you dolt
I complain that I have to use the wap site because the android app doesn’t have any of the neat features that the iPhone app has.
So Avatar is simply the most visually stunning thing I have ever seen.
Its the movie equivalent of the mariners trading for Cliff Lee and Milton Bradley.
Its beyond even trying to argue about – Because if someone needs convincing that its worth it – then thats their own problem that they don’t want to see the most enjoyable theater experience ever.
I sure hope others take note of how Cameron made use of stereoscopic 3D.
No cheap gags to break the fourth wall.
I really hope their is a 2nd one.
Because I want to see what he can do with 3D now that he has a better sense on how it works.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 23, 2009 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
But how is the story?
I like nice visuals, but if the story’s crap it totally distracts from how nice it looks. Exhibit one of that for me: The Matrix. If that were a silent film, it’d be way better than it actually was with the sound on – looked amazing, but the story was…yeccccch. So how’s the story of Avatar?
Which is to say, it's not great but it's not Transformers terrible.
I’ve complained that many recent films abandon story telling in their third acts and go for wall-to-wall action. Cameron essentially does that here, but has invested well in establishing his characters so that it matters what they do in battle and how they do it. There are issues at stake greater than simply which side wins.
Better then I was expecting.
Its something that has been told before but its so well executed that it isn’t boring.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 23, 2009 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
Something else worth mentioning is the soundtrack is pretty darn good
as expected from James Horner.
Even if I'm wrong and you hate the story.
I still think you should go see it. But it has good pacing, good acting, I actually liked the script. It doesn’t try to wow you with action (until the end like BrianL comment above)
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 23, 2009 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
This was my problem with the movie
Visually stunning for sure, but the story was really annoying if you’ve seen a lot of movies that are just like it. So even as beautiful as the whole thing was it was difficult to sit through.
It's interesting that you say it's difficult to sit through but still worth the money
The last movies I heard that about were the LOTR movies, and that’s about 375 tediously-dialogued hours of my life I will never get back.
I know a lot of people have mentioned it
but I think it’s pretty comparable with Star Wars: A New Hope. If completely black and white distinctions between good and bad doesn’t bother you too much, you’ll enjoy the movie.
The action is pretty well spaced out
So it should keep you interested. And if it doesn’t bother you that you’re going to know exactly where the story is heading from the start of the movie, you’ll probably enjoy it alot. That was more the reason I had some trouble sitting through it at times, because the dialogue and story is so full of cliches. But the action keeps it from being tedious.
And the 3D is amazing.
Pretty much exactly what he said.
Cameron did such a good job with the pacing – that it seem to hide the flaws/cliches of the story. (Though I don’t mind these types of stories as much as OlSalty might)
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 23, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like, although lengthy, everything in the story was necessary for the movie to make sense.
It makes the movie very easy to watch.
Oh now this is just sad
You think the M’s were bad in 2008? Try repeating that 17 times in a row. Here’s a look back at the Pirates’ decade. The saddest thing, to me:
May 29, 2004: Latest date all decade Pirates were over .500, at 23-22.
Wow.
I always want to feel sorry for Pirate fans until I remember most of them are Steeler fans.
So they can go fuck themselves.
by Sec 108 on Dec 23, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I hearby vow that I have no ties (emotional or otherwise) to any team from Pittsburgh, save the Pirates.
My love for the Pirates is irrational, and remains unmotivated by any regional connections.
by msb on Dec 23, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Speaking of Pirate fans
My dad gave me an early Christmas present
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 23, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions 10 recs
Wow I hate those info bars at the bottom of the screen that you can't get rid of
That’s something like the third site I’ve seen today that has them and they’re unbelievably annoying.
I enjoy this:
Now look at them. The last two remaining members of the 2002 world championship have left town.
Um… Oh no! We only have one member left of our 1995 team. How are we going to win?!?!
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Nothing says Christmas like Donald Duck
At least according to Sweden. Any bizarre Christmas traditions in your family?
The fact that we don't do ours til January 9th is a little bizarre.
It’s usually the only time we can all get together. So Christmas proper most of my family is in Portland, my sister is in Snoqualmie and I’m drunk at home. When we do all manage to finally have Christmas though, it’s bog standard. Roast beast, tree, gifts, little kids, a nap, a movie.
We're actually doing ham this year instead of turkey which I'm not sure I'm happy about
but I’ll give it a go. There’s still pie.
I like ham when it's piping hot right out of the oven
When it gets all cold and congealy it’s gross. The problem with holiday hams is that there has never been a holiday in my life when ham was served that the ham got sliced, served, and eaten out of the oven. I have been promised that this year that will be the case.
If it is a good ham then you will be happy.
We splurged on a spendy ham a few years ago and I preferred it to turkey. This year we are trying the turducken.
We usually have homemade lasagna for Christmas dinner.
My wife makes sauce and we get good quality cheese – 4 or 5 varieties. We also usually eat about 1-2pm and graze on the leftovers for the rest of the day.
that sounds pretty awesome.
We do enchiladas for Christmas eve, but I could do with a big ol’ lasagna on Christmas definitely.
This year we have a smallish window of opportunity for mutual celebration
so we are buffeting instead of a sit-down.
I am told “….honey baked ham, roast beast, breads, lettuce, cheeses, condiments, chips, drinks, cookies, pies..”
Does anyone listen to Andy Mckee?
He is an amazing guitarist and really, really relaxing. Here are a couple of songs on youtube if you want to check him out.
Africa a Toto cover.
Those are both really awesome
I have one of Andy’s CD’s, he’s an incredible and innovative guitarist.
I wore my Avatar 3D glasses all day. Those things are trendy.
by .Taylor on Dec 23, 2009 11:48 PM PST reply actions
"Do y'all have your 3-D GLASSES?!?"
‘I don’t think the audience got any 3-d glasses…’
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Well that's just sad
George Michael – the Sports Machine guy, not the gay-sex-cruising-pop-star guy, died yesterday. For those of us who grew up in an age when media in general and sports in particular were not a 24/7 firehose of information, and when every game in every sport wasn’t on some channel somewhere, the Sports Machine was awesome – a half-hour show Sunday nights recapping the best of the week in sports, complete with fake “machine” and infused with all the gravitas that sports really doesn’t deserve.
It was an awesome show for its time, and I’m sad that George Michael is gone.
"Let's go to the Machine."
I loved that show! Only place you could get highlights of anything beyond your local teams.
When I was a kid and didn't have cable, I used to drag ass at school every Monday because I stayed up late to watch the Sports Machine.
The firehouse of information did exist, but not in my house, so it was my only option. Thank you, George.
Obligatory awesome Christmas song post!
Slade – Merry Christmas Everybody (bonus points for awesome John Peel appearance!)
Pogues w/Kirsty McColl – Fairytale of New York
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) – John Lennon
Blue Christmas – Elvis (bonus points for being from one of the best TV live music shows of all time, the ’68 comeback special)
Little Drummer Boy – David Bowie/Bing Crosby, (bonus points for being a sketch from an old Bing Crosby Christmas variety show)
by pdb on Dec 24, 2009 9:53 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
'bonus points for awesome John Peel appearance'
Bonus points for John Peel reference!
by EnglishMariner on Dec 24, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
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