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Who have you gotten to meet that knocked you on your ass?  I met Steve Earle today.

 

Pictures later on MC.  Holy hell.  He was so good to my son and I, and even signed my dear aging mother's Mother's Day card.  My son is goddamned lucky - between my music and basevall friends, we're having lunch with Churhill, Drayer, most of Alice In Chains, PJ, or now Steve Earle.  No one is going to believe my child when he is older.

 

So...

 

1.  Favorite "outlaw country singer"

2.  Why do the refs suck so bad in the MLS???

3. It's summer soon - what is you're biggest summer plan?

4. How goddamned idiotic and stupid is Bill Bavasi?

5. (BONUS QUESTION): How should Bavasi pay for his mariners sins?

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1)I’m not all that familiar with country so I’m gonna have to go with Johnny Cash. I love Live at Folsom and San Quentin, quality albums.

2)I don’t watch soccer. Though I think this question answers itself. MLS refs suck because they ref MLS. I wouldn’t be happy about my lot in life if that was my job.

3)He’s so stupid and idiotic that even(polish people, blondes, other stereotype) mock him for his poor decision making.

4) I think he should be forced into an eat off with Carlos Silva…FOR ETERNITY!! Or just for a day, it’d be like the movie Seven but with more baldness.

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on May 10, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Try one what?

Eating contest with Carlos Silva? That’s a fools game. To use a quote from Adrian in Rocky IV “You’ve seen him you know how (fat) he is!” “You can’t win!”

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on May 10, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like a log truck coming out of a tunnel!

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on May 10, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Classic scene from a classic movie

I dunno how many times I’ve seen that but it never gets old.

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on May 10, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite Stephen King film adaptation, Shawshank is up there.

Had to give it another look the other day, I forgot John Cusack played the older brother

by Kermit. on May 10, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to agree

Cusack, Jack Bauer is in it, and the group of friends is so believeable too.

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on May 10, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Umm...
3)He’s so stupid and idiotic that even(polish people, blondes, other stereotype) mock him for his poor decision making.

That’s your summer plans? Ha.

by SethGrandpa on May 10, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

B'OH!!!!

3) I will be back in Seattle for the summer after 6 months of school out in Spokane. I will be free of all the bs that I’ve had to deal with for the past year and ready to PARTAY. I don’t start work back at Safeco til the All-Star break so I definitely plan on attending some games. I’m also planning on attending Reggae on the River, my buddy has gone the past 3 years and loves it, his sister is the promoter, so score!! And I am gonna try to volunteer at the Summer Meltdown festival in Darrington as well. I may go to bed, bath and beyond. I dunno. I dunno if I’ll have time!!

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on May 10, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, scratch that no Meltdown

The Yankees are in town that weekend and I could offer my first born and my work wouldn’t give me those days off. Lame :(

"I call the big one Bitey."-Homer J. Simpson

by Willie Mays Haze on May 11, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Buck Owens and the Buckaroos (plus Merle Haggard), didn’t like the Nashville system so much they went and created their own deal. The Bakersfield sound!

I wish baseball would mess around with commercials like MLS, kind of neat how they run commercial banners on the screen while the game is in play. Mix in a little of that and maybe you shave some significant minutes off the games.

by Kermit. on May 10, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm bad at this round

1) I don’t listen to much country?

2) Why are the umps so bad in the MLB?

3) I’m working and going to school. It’s pretty awful, but I get nearly a month of come the middle of August. I don’t know what I do then.

4) Chris Tillman, Adam Jones, George Sherrill, Kam Mickolio, Tony Butler, Rafael Soriano, Shin-soo Choo, Asdrubal Cabrera, and that’s just an incomplete list of players we let go. It doesn’t even include the terrible players we signed.

5) Kneecap every team’s best player except for the M’s and then self-immolate?

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

by JY on May 10, 2009 11:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I can settle for the self-immolation on #5

I was just at a loss for how to compensate for the talent we gave away.

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

by JY on May 10, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, I enjoy The Interview as much as anybody.

But with negotiations with him for the future presently unknown, the other 3/5ths of the rotation an absolute mess with few if any viable SP prospects on the immediate horizon, and the outfield producing primarily defensively, I could go for a future #2 and a potential all-star CF right about now. And a lefty in the ’pen.

The two years we’re currently getting out of him (subject to change) aren’t worth nearly what the Orioles are going to get out of that deal. It sucks for them that they have to play in such a strong division, but if we had the same pieces again, we’d probably be trampling over everyone within a year or so.

Actually, if we had all those players back, and had, say, Choo over Chavez, Jones over Gutz, Drubie over Yuni, and Sherrill and Soriano in the ‘pen over pretty much anybody, I’d say we lead the division right about now. We’d still have hell to deal with in the rotaiton, but I imagine that a stronger ‘pen might have led to more patience with Morrow. There’s no sense in pissing and moaning about it, and revisionist history has perils we’re all aware of, but the fact is we got screwed over pretty badly in all the exchanges.

And in the interest of not being horribly depressed, this subthread should die but quick. This may be worse than looking at the draft record the M’s had under Mattox.

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

by JY on May 11, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I kind of hope

that the JJ Putz trade will be the baseball gods’ way of evening things out.

by Fin on May 11, 2009 1:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

3. It's summer soon - what is you're biggest summer plan?

I got to do a lot photography to do this year. I really want to get some models together and some art and crap!

by mark sobba on May 11, 2009 12:58 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I met Bruce Campbell once.

Yes, he is as much (if not more) of a badass as you would imagine him to be.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on May 11, 2009 1:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

We totally should.

I had a little impromptu LL baseball with jimmimoose and johnbai yesterday. It was good times.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aren't you anxious to meet me in real life?

you know, except for that other time you met me

by seattlebruin on May 11, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How 'bout Memorial Day weekend?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would work for me

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Could work for me

I could bring my brother too.

by Fin on May 11, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answers!

1. Is Johnny Dowd considered outlaw country? If not, Merle Haggard.
2. Because soccer is an incredibly hard game to keep an eye on.
3. My biggest summer plan is to spend most of the summer on my deck, barbecuing with a beer in my hand.
4. Somebody else’s problem now, I don’t give a damn
5. See #4. Trust the new guys.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on May 11, 2009 8:34 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

My favorite Merle Haggard song:

“I Ain’t Ridin’ Bareback Anymore”

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I doubt it.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heeeeere we go.

1. Does George Thorogood count?
2. They shouldn’t have recruited NBA refs
3. I’m hopefully going to get a nice vacation in somewhere and also I would like to make it to the next LL event.
4. Bill Bavasi, by all accounts, is a bright man. I just wish he had exercised that conehead on someone else’s talent.
5. Bavasi should be forced to change his pigmentation a la John Howard Griffen, lie about his age, sign with the Mariners, and become the best baseball player in the organization under the pseudonym of Asdrushin Choonesmanler. If he fails to become at least a 5 WAR player, he will be traded to to Royals.

by abender20 on May 11, 2009 8:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm pretty sure George Thorogood is neither outlaw nor country

but he’s still pretty fun.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on May 11, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A different way of managing for Ozzie Guillen.

While Wak has taken full responsibility for any of the missed signs or player goofs this year, Guillen wants no part of the Bobby Jenks pitch behind Kinsler yesterday.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said Jenks’ pitch behind Kinsler wasn’t as a result of a bench order, and that he thought Millwood’s pitches that hit Getz and Quentin weren’t intentional. “That’s his problem,” Guillen said of Jenks, according to the newspaper. “I know what I see and what I think. I don’t think it was the right moment to do it because we can get in trouble. But if he says he did it, I respect his word and I can’t do anything about it right now.”

What an asshat.

by abender20 on May 11, 2009 8:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ehm

1. Don’t listen to outlaw country

2. Hate soccer

3. 4 weeks in Qatar, 3.5 in Israel, spend the rest of the time at SAFECO

4. Bowden + Bavasi = Bowden or Bavasi

5. He should be locked in room where the walls are giant TV screens that display nothing but LL Dance Party GIFs. Forever.

by Fett42 on May 11, 2009 9:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I sorted through a briefcase of baseball cards last night

which included several Jamie Moyer cards (with the Cubs), Gary Sheffield’s rookie card, a card of Bob Melvin, and hundreds of others.

I was hoping I’d find a 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken card, but I had no such luck. Fortunately, I have tons more cards to look through.

Anyone have a particular favorite card?

by Two Rs and Two Ls on May 11, 2009 9:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I shoplifted that Billy Ripken card when I was a kid.

I felt guilty and told my mom and we returned it to the owner.

by waldo rojas on May 11, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In 1989 I was 10.

I always wanted that Billy Ripken card. I only ended up with the blackout version. Not sure what I would have done with the FF version.. I would have had to hide it out of fear of my dad burning the shit out of it. Like he did with my Garbage Pail Kids cards.. I never got over that one.

by d0nkey on May 11, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even if I could only find the blackout version, I'd be happy.

I have a girlfriend right now who studies things like obscenity law, so I’m finding as many back-door ways into teaching her about baseball as I can.

For what it’s worth, I was only 3, but my brother was 12… the cards are mostly his collection from that time and earlier.

I also forgot to mention I found a 1979 O.J. Simpson 49ers football card. That was a strange moment.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on May 11, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've never met anyone that people on here would think as cool.

Taylor Swift is, of course, my favorite outlaw country singer.

Clearly those refs had some sort of strange Galaxy bias. While I realize soccer is hard to ref, those calls were ridiculous and seemed to go against the Sounders each time. And another red card? C’mon.

Summer plans are studying for the LSAT, trying to see each team that comes to Safeco, the Chelsea game, and lots of beer.

I’m tired of Bavasi.

by NOLAmarinergirl on May 11, 2009 9:40 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

RE: Taylor Swift

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

by Robert on May 11, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

That would be the only reason I'd go to one of her concerts.

I’d go with my iPod and listen to something other than her for the length of the concert for 2 reasons
1) I don’t like country music
2) From what I hear, from multiple sources, she is absolutely terrible live

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on May 11, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A lot of the newer crop of female counrty singers are bad live

They have such an overproduced studio voice and it just doesn’t work well when live. Of course, the same goes for many pop singers as well. That’s why they all lip sync

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Samsies just a few years ago

That place was more high pitched than any Seahawks game I’ve ever been too.

by Robert on May 11, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The officiating in yesterday's game was bizarre.

There were stretches of time where it seemed like the officials were going to let anything go, and other stretches where they were calling the game like it was the NBA playoffs.

by BrianL on May 11, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They let too much chippy shit go on in the early minutes..we say people shoving and jawing at each other.

The ref had no control of the game and then went all ‘mall-security’ on the Sounders the rest of the game. Throwing out yellow cards and acting like a total prick.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on May 11, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

we saw* people shoving and jawing.

In any case..I doubt he refs again in the MLS.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on May 11, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Towards the end when I think Donovan took down Ljungberg, the referee was running with them but was looking directly at the goalkeeper.

I have no idea why he wasn’t looking at the play and how he missed it. It was one of the most frustrating sporting events I’ve ever witnessed.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on May 11, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I almost bought one this weekend but realized I didn't know when we were starting.

We also need to decide if we are going to discuss as we go or read it all beforehand

by NOLAmarinergirl on May 11, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, let's set groundrules. I've never done a book club, but I think it would be fun to discuss as we go along.

We should set attainable goals (I haven’t looked at chapter lengths, but I’m willing to go through and figure out some milestones for us to hit) and have a discussion every couple of days.

by abender20 on May 11, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The way I imagined it would be we'd have volunteers who had read the book already or would read ahead

and set chapter guidelines, with nothing to be discussed past that point. We’d probably set a guideline for every two days or so and spend like two weeks on each book.

Also, we’re definitely reading Twilight at some point.

by seattlebruin on May 11, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Definitely

I was thinking we’d have a core of discussion moderators that would rotate from book to book, and books would be decided by some sort of suggestion-box-in-the-thread type deal.

by seattlebruin on May 11, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This guy

nailed it.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 10:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

For anybody that's interested

Shuttle mission STS-125 (flown by Atlantis) is set to launch at 11:01 Seattle time. Watch the launch live here. This will be one of NASA’s most complicated and dangerous missions, with an objective of repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope one final time. This mission is actually so dangerous that a second shuttle, Endeavour, will be on a launch pad with a 4 man crew on standby in case a rescue mission becomes necessary.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 10:44 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Instead of playing the radio as I usually do during the day

Today I’ve had NASA TV audio on my PC speakers since 8 am. I’m such a dork

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Except realistic

And without the impending threat of Global Destruction. Plus the Endeavour stays grounded unless a rescue is needed

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Armageddon could totally happen

you should trust me – I’m a rocket scientist

by seattlebruin on May 11, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just want to see a shuttle launch before they end the program next year

I wish they launched from the west coast so it would be easier to plan a quick 2 day trip to see one

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd even go to Florida for that.

My brother has watched one go up, and says the noise is amazing

by msb on May 11, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Occasionally you'll get a Minotaur rocket from California

I’d love to watch one of these go up at night. The guy and his kid in this video sound exactly like what my kid and I would sound like

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would love to go to Florida for a launch

It’s just more expensive to fly to than, say, California would be. Especially if the launch is scrubbed for some reason or other, then I’d have wasted a bunch of money to go to a state that I have zero desire to see

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to head over to Kennedy Space Center to watch them after they re-instated the program a few years ago

It’s awesome. Depending on how they would take off too, sometimes you were able to see it from Tampa if it was a night launch

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on May 11, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We used to go and sit on the beach on Merritt Island

It’s about as close as you can get without running into idiot tourists

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on May 11, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

T -9:00!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

T- 5:00!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

T- :30!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

God I get all giddy when they launch. I feel like a little kid

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I woke up to the Columbia disaster

I had the final day of a bowling tournament and was up early. Turned on the TV and caught the Breaking News update within 3 minutes. I was in a shit mood all day. The risk these people put themselves against for the betterment of mankind is humbling

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was a bad day.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I bowled really well though

Like I said, I was incredibly humbled by that happening. Put me into a kind of serene focus as a result, for some reason

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What can I say

The Columbia sure took a detour, amirite?

by Two Rs and Two Ls on May 11, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I laughed at that

And you and I are nerds because we’ll be the only ones

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know what sucks?

Being in a western Washington high school jazz band that isn’t Garfield or Roosevelt.

Fuck Garfield and Roosevelt.

by BrianL on May 11, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah no kidding

The one year we were invited to the Lincoln Center festival was ruined by 9/11

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mercer Island is apparently pretty good

But they never compete…ever. I guess the director doesn’t believe in competitions

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on May 11, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah Woodinville!

Yeah! Yeah. Ya……

Current listening enjoyments: Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Parenthetical Girls

by Woodinville_12thMan on May 11, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's one of those looks that has a different meaning for every individual isn't it?

He could be saying:
 “Ask better questions and I might answer.”
Or “I should say something? And sound like every other blathering idiot you’ve ever met?”
Or “I’m Eric Bedard, you’re not important to me.”
Or “What, you’ve still got your clothes on?”

by Kermit. on May 11, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions   3 recs

Door number 4!

Zing!

~The Official LookoutLanding Poster Who Dreams Of Doing Naughty Naughty Things To Russell Branyan~

by section331 on May 11, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm.

1. Cash, Haggard & Jennings
2. Stupidity?
3. Hoping to still be working?
4. Moderately.

Drinkies with John Waters. Director Sam Fuller once grasped my elbow to illustrate a directorial choice, and then out of his wallet pulled a slip of paper, and showed us a phrase of music written by Ennio Morricone for Fuller’s film White dog.

by msb on May 11, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Baseball players discuss hr/fb rates.

Todd Wellemeyer may be a sentient human being.

So if 14 home runs in 177 1/3 April innings last season were considered good, what, then, does that make of the four homers Cardinals starters yielded in 135 1/3 innings this season?

"That it’s going to catch up and bite us in the ass?" Wellemeyer said.

by abender20 on May 11, 2009 1:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I threw a no hitter with him in MVP 2005

Thats still the only No No I have ever thrown and I must have played 1000 games, no hyperbole.

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

by EnglishMariner on May 11, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

Hey pdb, could you track this guy down for me?

Illegible

by kevin_ess on May 11, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

There is so much wrong with article I don't even know where to begin.

1st. Categorizing the mans actions as torture. This is dismissive and clearly biased due to acceptable cultural norms.
2nd. Provides no details of the mans conditioning program that are of any use.
3rd. Attributing the alleged “emotional scarring” to the father’s conditioning program is lazy. There is no evidence provided to support claims of emotional scarring, also there is no evidence provided to identify and separate the emotional scarring from normal childhood experiences. This piece of “journalism”, my friend, is suspect.

by Kermit. on May 11, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Xbox announcement

CoD: WaW gametime tonight, before/after 24. Come play!

by seattlebruin on May 11, 2009 2:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm there dude

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SSD said he would be on all day

and RC said she will get it for tonight, too. BTW, you missed out last night. I played 12 games and had below 23 kills once and below 2:1 K/D twice. I also lost 8 of the 12 games…

by seattlebruin on May 11, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't even know you were playing last night

I was doing absolutely nothing and would have gladly played. If RC is playing tonight then extra good times will be had

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hooray!

We’ll have to run you through a few practice matches first, to get you up to speed. And although I’m jazzed that you got Call of Duty, I still contend that you’d love Fallout 3

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm just happy that I can play past the ending now.

Thank god for Broken Steel. I played for like 4 hours on Sunday without completing a single quest

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hooray!

Now we just need sb to get Left 4 Dead and we’ll be good to go on that one. I only ever really play it with Scruffy Lefty, and he screams like a girl while we play. If I have to listen to his girl screams then I’d prefer a girl be there to help me laugh at him

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hooray!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But also, I hope when we get Modern Warfare 2, we'll have a solid team right out of the gate

and we’ll just dominate for about three weeks while everyone else gets used to it

by seattlebruin on May 11, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

RC will have to be a big part of that team

But yes, that would be awesome

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I saw that yesterday

I don’t really need a trailer to get hyped for the game, but I’m happy to see whatever they have to show off

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now I wish I owned a copy of COD.

RC playing an FPS? Wonderful.

by BrianL on May 11, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine is in magnet form on my cabinet.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 11, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah that's a trap question

My kid asks those all the time. He’s too smart for his own good

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, obviously the answer is...

“Because.”

and sometimes, “Because I say so.”

by msb on May 11, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

by the way

there are a lot of intro to science question/answer books

by msb on May 11, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My grandpa taught me that the proper response

Is to launch into a long-winded explanation about evolutionary niches that they cannot possibly understand. Eventually they will become so bored that they leave the room and will be forever hesitant to ask you overly-complicated questions again.

One time I asked him about the stock market….never again.

by OlSalty on May 11, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My grandfather is the same way

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on May 11, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So you can set them on fire with a magnifying glass

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on May 11, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's just a further illustration of how smart these types can be

If you light the legs on fire then you allow the flames to climb, as well as limiting the movement of the unsmart

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

3. This summer I will go to Europe for 3 weeks.

England, France, Italy, Greece.
Lived in Italy a few years ago for 3 months and am excited to see it again, also half of my family is in Greece. Should be a good time. The only bummer is that it’s during Capitol Hill Block Party and I really wanted to see The Thermals and Sonic Youth. But I’ll take Europe over a concert any day.

Current listening enjoyments: Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Parenthetical Girls

by Woodinville_12thMan on May 11, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

How about a concert performed by Europe?

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good compromise.

Current listening enjoyments: Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Parenthetical Girls

by Woodinville_12thMan on May 12, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dick Gasket

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn you.

Gasquet’s backhand is an absolute thing of beauty.

by abender20 on May 11, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure it is

I just clicked the link and the first thing I saw was the name Richard Gasquet and my inner 13 year old couldn’t resist

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I met David Lynch at the DMV.

Which seemed an appropriate place to meet him. He said I had cool shoes and we made some small talk about recent projects.

3. Teaching myself Objective-C. I’ve never learned a programming language before, not even BASIC or AppleScript. It’s been fun. Other than that, I’m thinking about a road trip with my gf to southeast Utah. Not getting fired would be nice, as well.

5. I’d love to see him run the Angels or BoSox or Yankees. It would be remarkably soothing.

by sammy on May 11, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Java is much easier to start on, and it is a good primer for C based languages.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 11, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My goal is to be able to code iPhone apps

so Java is kind of useless to me. Going in, I knew there was probably a 50% chance that the learning curve was going to be impossibly steep. The book I have is awesome, though, and I’ve been picking up the concepts about as quickly as I could have hoped to. My brain constantly feels a bit fried since every bit of spare time seems to be spent trying to grasp what the hell is going on, but it’s a lot of fun.

by sammy on May 12, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hell.

YES!

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 11, 2009 3:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a few summer plans.

Learn to make more kinds of cheese, save for Australia this winter and get to 6 miles when I go running.

♥

by royalcurve on May 11, 2009 3:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

1: Does Chuck Prophet count?

And really, I respect chuck prophet more than I actually enjoy listening to his music. I have no idea what the boundaries of outlaw country are, but I’d accept Haggard.

2: I don’t want to talk about it. My voice is still a little ragged today.

3: Don’t know yet. I’ll probably go somewhere, but have no idea where at this point. Maybe the UK, because I always seem to go there.

4: Very. He took my wee Venezuelan buddy from me, and that’s fucking harsh.

I once met Crispin Glover in Heathrow. He’s a small, weird guy. Still though, people that I’ve been just speechless/babbling child to meet maybe aren’t so well known. And now that I think about it, I really haven’t met many famous or even semi-famous people.

by marc w on May 11, 2009 3:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm

1. David Allen Coe

2. It’s the MLS and the assumption (maybe not the truth) is nobody is watching anyway, so they figure it doesn’t matter

3. Work

4. He’s not very smart

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on May 11, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

RE: 2

How do you make the assumption that nobody’s watching when the Sounders are selling 25,000 tickets per game?

by Graham on May 11, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's very impressive indeed.

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

by EnglishMariner on May 11, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's why I qualified it

Without looking at ticket sale numbers and not being anywhere near Seattle I would have assumed it was nowhere near that much

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by I'm NOT Corco on May 11, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know you don't know

MLS sort of has to know though

by Graham on May 11, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah yes, who could forget

this charming little number.

Not safe for sane human beings.

It’s a shame too, because his songs that aren’t obscenely racist are pretty good.

by acblue on May 11, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh you beat me to it

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by I'm NOT Corco on May 11, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Surprisingly.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on May 11, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs