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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

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

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

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

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

My brother went through a lot of different phases through Middle/High School

At one point he went from listening to rap and dressing the part to listening to country, dippin’ Copenhagen, sporting belt buckles, boots and a cowboy hat. He listened to a lot of David Allen Coe and I flipped him tons of shit for going from rap one month to a song like the one you linked in the next.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 11, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This was too crazy not to share. Felix's career totals according to Baseball Mogul 2010

W/L: 401-185
Career ERA: 3.14
Total K’s: 4764
18 All Star Games
9 Cy Young Awards
12 Gold Gloves
2 World Championships
Best Year: 2018 Age: 32 W/L: 26-5 ERA: 2.43 K’s: 243 BB’s: 59
Worst Year: 2030 Age: 44 W/L: 10-5 ERA: 7.32 K’s: 70 BB’s 76
Playoff Totals: 19-8 with a 2.90 ERA Including 2-1 in World Series play

Yeah I know it means nothing, but these numbers were just ridiculous. And yes, he played for Seattle his entire career.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on May 11, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The first seven were seven years in a row.

The computer even showed saber metric savvy as his win loss record one of his Cy Young years was a relatively unimpressive 14-9.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on May 12, 2009 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

2016 and 2018

Jose Lopez is a Hall of Famer too.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on May 12, 2009 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've missed you.

And you stupid fuck, it’s 2015 and 2019. What the fuck is wrong with you? You smell like oil and fish, by the way.

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by kevin_ess on May 12, 2009 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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by seattlebruin on May 12, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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by abender20 on May 12, 2009 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since we're doing this, here is a blurb from one of Dave's articles from USSM today (emphasis mine):
The Mariners outfield has posted a UZR of +15.3 so far this year. The infield has posted a UZR of -6.5. I know the pitching staff will need some attention for 2010, but this really better be the last year I have to watch Lopez and Betancourt. Man, do they suck.

by abender20 on May 12, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've always wondered why Dave hates Lopez

when his UZR/150 had never been negative until last year, and was only -5 runs at that.

by seattlebruin on May 12, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've hated Lopez since he came up. Outside from his apparent distate for hard work,

I thoroughly despise his approach at the plate. In his first few years, I got sick of him flailing off-balance and anything near the outer-half as a measure of plate coverage. He basically preferred to concede easy outs over chancing a K. While he’s not so bad at that anymore, he hasn’t shown all that much growth at the plate. His results last year seem to me to be the product of bad process. Yeah, he can turn on mistakes, but most major leaguers should.

by abender20 on May 12, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, Jesus

I read that as “I liked Lopez before he fucked up his wang”.

I need a vacation…

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

by section331 on May 12, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That sounds like a rather subjective reason to hate him.

I wouldn’t be crushed if Lopez was moved, but he’s not awful and he’s cheap.

by acblue on May 12, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So do I.

I really don’t like him, but from an objective standpoint he’s not really murdering the team.

by acblue on May 12, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's not really his fault that his potential usefulness is squandedered

because the entire offense is brutal. I still think he’s a lazy sod.

by abender20 on May 12, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I should point out that if his hitting doesn't come back to career norms

he can go jump in a lake because he’s just as bad as Yuni. And since I do actually think he’s a lazy waste of talent it’s entirely possible he’s gotten worse at the plate.

by acblue on May 12, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would add

that while I wouldn’t just punt him for nothing, I’ve advocated getting rid of Lopez for a while because I don’t think his ceiling is much higher than what we saw last year and I think changing the approach of this team is important and that starts with the double-play hacking fatass twins.

by JI on May 12, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I know but if I mimicked your comment with what he says it might have confused you

WHAT THE FUCK NO WAY YOU’RE KIDDING HE SUCKS DAVE WHAT ARE YOU DOING SWING

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 12, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck. Yes.

I don’t know what features they’re planning for it. I hope, probably in vain, that the difficulty is more in line with the original than the SNES version, but I also think that the heart system for stamina rightfully went away.

Either way, very excited indeed.

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

by JY on May 11, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sooooo

1. NO.
But if I had to choose, Jim Goad.

2. I have no idea, but I’ve sung a song about it

3. Going back to school. Also, baseball.

4 and 5 I just don’t have the energy for.

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

by section331 on May 11, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What happened now Capt. Dew

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

by Fuzz on May 11, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

?!

Hockey?
Retarded?
You should your whore mouth!!!

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

by section331 on May 11, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I meant to say

SHUT your whore mouth…but my brain wasn’t connected to my hands. :/

And yes, that is very much like rain on your wedding day.

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

by section331 on May 12, 2009 5:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

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

by Woodinville_12thMan on May 12, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Late to the party

but I can’t believe you posted Copper Head Road as your sample. That’s painful. Especially when songs like this were available. (warning, song could be construed to contain political statements)

But the obvious answer to your Country Outlaw question is Howe Gelb… who also recorded as The Band of Blacky Ranchette, OP8, and most famously: Giant Sand (two of whom went on be be Calexico.)

Secondly, does anyone have one of those CD/DVD lens cleaner discs I can borrow?

by johnbai on May 11, 2009 8:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Link fail

Alternative Steve Earl song was supposed to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISFNTRaXRiI

by johnbai on May 11, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, I just listened to that song 3 times over and over

it may be the most punk rock country song of all time. Especially considering when he wrote it.

by johnbai on May 11, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aw, man!

I remember Giant Sand. Good live show. :)

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

by section331 on May 11, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess I just like that it makes Geoff seem incredibly human.

Beat writers get flaming screeds on their voice mail and inbox every day, and it’s gotta be frustrating. It wears on you knowing that so many people hold personal grudges against you based on every other word you write. I know it’s the professional thing to just ignore it, but sometimes you just snap and want to say something, and I’m glad Geoff did. It’s a blog, he didn’t name names, etc. And he didn’t do it just to air out one moron; his rebuttal was very relevant to what’s happening with the team at this moment, and it needs to be talked about.

by Teej on May 11, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly.

I think many of us here in the blog-o-sphere are spoiled, considering the Mariners (seemingly more so than any other MLB team) have a plethora of insightful web destinations, so when the average joe fan comes around and voices their “expert” opinion, we tend to take it worse than, say, a Phillies fan, who must be bombarded day in and day out with bullshit comments and calls to radio.

Geoff is right in the middle, both as a blogger and also an outsider who can remove himself from the homegrown knee jerk nostalgic reactions. I say good on him.

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by kevin_ess on May 11, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And in case anyone hasn't seen it,

The sequel to “Dick in a Box” aired Saturday night for Mother’s Day, and it’s fantastic:

Motherlover

by Teej on May 11, 2009 11:04 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Peter Berg, but couldn't care less about Dune.

Then again, same goes for Abrams/Star Trek, and that appears to have turned out well.

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

I'm not a Star Trek fan, but what is it that has you upset?

Is it the lack of “camp,” or something else?

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

See below

Basically it’s a pretty thing to look at but (without spoiling it) nothing that happens in this movie fucking matters so it was really hard to care.

by JI on May 12, 2009 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought the first 45 minutes or so was excellent

Then it devolved into a bunch of stupid, like everything Abrams writes.

by OlSalty on May 12, 2009 2:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a feeling I might share this opinion once I see it.

But that would require me to go out of my way to see a Star Trek movie, and I just don’t see that happening. I hear that it’s entertaining as hell, but I still won’t see it unless I’m bored and someone has it on DVD. I just quite simply don’t care.

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

Berg's alright, from what I understand he came up under Michael Mann. I might be wrong about that.

Mann is one of the directors I’ll go out of my way to check out. Berg’s directing work has been ok, I’m not sure about taking a shot at Dune. Talk about a Mount Everest of sci fi, pretty ambitious to say the least.

by Kermit. on May 12, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Michael Mann gives me a raging clue.

I don’t know much about Berg other than I loved the Friday Night Lights movie (and liked the TV show for at least the first two seasons).

Disclaimer: I know jack shit about sci-fi and don’t intend to change that. I know the genre is popular around these parts and I have nothing against it — it’s just not really my thing, with the exception of certain standout films.

by Teej on May 12, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Oh, man. I love you, Aaron, but you're killing me here.

I went into it wanting so much, but expecting so little, and I was still disappointed. Nothing about it gripped me — and I’m a Mann fan, so I have no problem with slow storytelling. I’ll give it another shot someday, just to be fair.

Maybe I should be stone sober? Because I had a drink or two while watching it and kept thinking, “Hey, you know what would be fun? Everything else ever.”

by Teej on May 12, 2009 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno man, there are a lot more people like you than people like me.

I had super low expectations, and I absolutely loved it. It’s strange that you generally like Michael Mann and didn’t care for it though; most people I talk to that weren’t fans of Miami Vice didn’t like (or were indifferent to) Michael Mann going in.

by acblue on May 12, 2009 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have absolutely no allegiance to Miami Vice.

It was on when I was a kid, but it meant nothing to me. I just wanted a good Michael Mann movie, and I felt it was long and slow like a good Mann movie, but I didn’t get any of the rewards I’m used to getting. I didn’t get that feeling that I got from Heat or The Insider (one of my favorite movies ever). The plot didn’t seem to build toward anything I cared about.

As I said, I probably owe it another shot, but I was disappointed. Mostly because the Mann name on it made me so excited. Maybe my expectations were too high.

by Teej on May 12, 2009 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Michael Mann is the bee's knees.

Miami Vice should have been called South Beach Cops or something. It would have been a smash hit.

by acblue on May 12, 2009 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ehh, it's not horrible

but if you have reservations it’s in no way shape or form like any other incarnation of Star Trek, tv or otherwise (which would have been fine had the script been for an audience more sophisticated than “retarded”). I don’t recommend it, but if you like mindless special effects romp then it’s ok.

by JI on May 12, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome is waaaaaay too strong of a word.

As an action movie it was good, as a Star Trek movie, it was terrible.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 12, 2009 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Something along these lines

the script was awful and it comes off as being little more than a transparent attempt to wring every last dollar off of nostalgia for the original series

by JI on May 12, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So I just got back from seeing it. WARNING! SPOILER ALERT!

And I gotta agree. This was a good action/sci fi movie. But this was a below average Star Trek movie.

The Uhura/Spock relationship was already talked about, but the other thing that seemed random and unnecessary to me what the alien that Scotty was with. I mean, what purpose did it serve?

And wow, the guy that did McCoy was perfect. If you would of told me that was actually a young DeForest Kelley, I would of believed it. I quite enjoyed his performance. On the other hand, the Checkov character was horrible. The rest were believable and did a good job of portraying the originals.

I can accept this as a part of Star Trek. Seemed like kind of a cop out to me to go with the whole alternate timeline thing, but whatever. And I do think it was better than Nemesis and MUCH better Insurrection.

Also, they are now 0-2 in their attempts to do the Romulans justice as a villain. Maybe at some point they’ll do a movie about the Earth/Romulan war and they’ll get it right.

There were some enjoyable moments. The Enterprise looked fantastic. When the first full shot came up my reaction was “Woa….” The relationship between Spock and Kirk was well done and held true to whats established.

All in all, it’s not the “end of Star Trek as we know it”. but it’s not the “awesome reboot that breathes life back into a stale franchise” like Batman Begins was.

Yeah know what would of made this better and they wouldn’t of had to change much to do it? Two words. Mirror Universe.

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.428 wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on May 13, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree with most of this

except that the whole alternate timeline thing is beyond lame because that means that nothing matters in these movies, and the only way it will end is in a big press of the reset button: therefore it is not worth my time. Dramatically, it’s Voyager at it’s worst.

*I wanted to murder Chekov. God damn what an obnoxious prick.

by JI on May 13, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's why I'm saying they should of done it with the Mirror Universe instead of an alternate timeline.

They still could had the same basic plot, still could of done whatever the fuck they wanted without disrupting established history and the Spock/Uhura thing might of made some sense! And there’s a good chance it would of been legitimately awesome. Because even if you hate Enterprise, you have to admit that the Mirror Universe two parter was awesome.

Hell, they could of even appeased Shatner in way by setting up some of the events in his books that involve the mirror universe. The death of Kirk’s father and the destruction of Vulcan could of set up some nice motivations how things panned out in those books.

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.428 wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on May 13, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And one more thing. The lensflare. Oh my god the lensflare!

Hey Abrams, ehen they said you have to adhere to Roddenberry’s vision of a bright future for humanity, I don’t think they meant blindingly bright. Jesus.

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.428 wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on May 13, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dallas! Dream sequence! They should do a few more episodes, then have Kirk wake up in a suburb on a Sunday morning.

Kids, laundry, toys everywhere. He could sit up in bed, scream ’NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" then have a cup of coffee and mow the yard. Make him Hank Hills neighbor or something.

by Kermit. on May 12, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This may sound weird, but I'm actually filming a remake of your wedding using chimps and donkees.

Thingray has also contributed some midgets. It’s going rather well. We have a post-apocalyptic space theme, set in the Wonka Factory.

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by kevin_ess on May 11, 2009 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

By the way, in case you're curious,

I received the copy of your wedding video from Lindsay Lohan.

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by kevin_ess on May 11, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's a good thing I denied that skank when she requested mine.

It’s also a god thing I’m not married.

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

by Willie Mays Haze on May 12, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm POSITIVE it's a "God" thing.

There are some people that should not reproduce. I’m one of them, but I slipped through the screening system. You are a dangerous man.

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by kevin_ess on May 12, 2009 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YES.

And God love him, he’s awesomely Manson-esque in person, but a sweetheart. I would let him babysit my son provided he plied me with his now-unused alcohol collection and taught Jr. better guitar than I am.

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by kevin_ess on May 12, 2009 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I watched The Wire for years and had no idea that he was a famous musician.

It just makes me love the show a little bit more — if that’s even possible.

by Teej on May 12, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love him more.

Put your middle finger firmly up toward Nashville, and buy an album of his. Email me. I’ll tell you what to buy.

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by kevin_ess on May 12, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good. The Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift thing needs to be killed. Country,

GOOD country western is akin to punk. Fuck the good guys, we’re working class folks who speak the truth. Steve Earle embodies this, and has even done the punk: He released an EP with the Supersuckers, wherein they each played on each others’ material. This is one that Earle did of theirs, though he’s not actually in the video. They in turn did some bluegrass awesomeness of his. And they combined for an incredible cover of a Stones song. Awesome EP.

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by kevin_ess on May 12, 2009 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Your last statement is incredibly true.

I am God’s own prototype, never meant for mass production. Too strange to live, too rare to die.

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

by Willie Mays Haze on May 12, 2009 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're perfect.

Someone that needs to live the petri dish life. We’ll all just watch you, simultaneously horrified and full of awe.

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by kevin_ess on May 12, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Another one?

Jesus this feels like the 4th Dune remake in the last decade. And still nobody can seem to get it right.

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

I agree

though I think they downplay the smack usage too much. Aside from that it’s spot on.

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

by Willie Mays Haze on May 12, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If only that were true....

Peter Jackson needs to lower his ambition and make a schlocky TV series. Then I would watch a TV series.

by marc w on May 12, 2009 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah!

Peter Jackson sold us all down river the minute he made “The Frighteners”. He needs to return to his Feebles and Bad Taste era. But on TV.

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

by Willie Mays Haze on May 12, 2009 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Such bullshit.

The David Lynch version is so fucking under appreciated.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 12, 2009 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's why I'm not liking yet another remake. And like abender says below, have an original thought.

Looking at movies the other day all I could see were directly attributed remakes and thinly veiled ones.

by Kermit. on May 12, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I strongly disagree.

And this is coming from one of the biggest Lynch admirers around.

by sammy on May 12, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Sounders apparently get to attach a report

to the formal review MLS is doing.

Sounds like Sigi had asked the NCAA to not allow Weyland to ref UCLA games when Schmidt coached there, so there’s some history here. Which makes it worse.

by marc w on May 12, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was poking around...

…and I found a list of the 2009 referee directives. In the directive on free kick management, the following is stated:

Instances of delaying the restart often result in game disrepute and mass confrontation as they provoke opponents and lead to physical contact. This is especially true when players hold the ball forcing the opponent to grab for it to gain possession. Referees must be cognizant of the potential for game disrepute or mass confrontation and should take preventative measures.

Which is essentially word-for-word what happened on Sunday.

Usually I’m an apologist for officials in general, but what happened on Sunday was inexcusable from the standpoint of letting the game get totally out of control.

Plus, who on Earth decided that Ricketts was man of the match? The Screen Actors Guild? That was nearly as baffling as the officiating.

by ubelmann on May 12, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Ricketts

I thought it was a joke. I think the Qwest Field announcer thought people would get a laugh over it, and we did.

by marc w on May 12, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah.

Fun player to watch, thoughtful guy, etc.

by Teej on May 12, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I assumed you missed and were referring to Posnanski.

I haven’t found Granderson’s writing to be anything special, but I’ve always enjoyed him on TV. He’s surprisingly eloquent and thoughtful for a baseball player.

by abender20 on May 12, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really respect pro athletes who are well-spoken

it’s really not their job to do anything with speech other than give stupid soundbytes, so it impresses me when a guy goes above and beyond in an eloquent, well-spoken manner

by seattlebruin on May 12, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tim Duncan strikes me as "that guy who is just like us!"

or would be, if he weren’t, you know, seven feet tall and extraordinarily athletic

by seattlebruin on May 12, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My love for him as a player only got stronger after seeing a Magic/Spurs game in Orlando last March.

Duncan, who by no measure has special athletic ability by NBA player standards, dominated Dwight Howard using a deft mixture of footwork, positioning, technique, and angles. Howard was basically helpless. I loved it.

by abender20 on May 12, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Geoff's got another good piece up on his blog examining the team's UZR, RZR, and OOZ rankings.

Link

Some of you are jumping on Adrian Beltre because of his errors total. But as I’ve told you before, errors are the wrong way to judge a fielder’s total package. These new metrics are more reliable because they tell you how a fielder did even when he never got close to a ball. With errors, a good fielder may get to a ball and not field it cleanly. A bad fielder may not get within two feet of the same ball. But the good fielder gets charged with the error, while the bad fielder gets off clean. How can that be a good way to judge?

by BrianL on May 12, 2009 10:48 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"errors are the wrong way to judge a fielder’s total package"

Pray tell, what is the best way to judge a fielder’s package?

…..sorry, I can’t stop

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

by section331 on May 12, 2009 11:25 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Cup size?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- P&P&Z

by Two Rs and Two Ls on May 12, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

Too much information. wince

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

by section331 on May 12, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yay I won.

After a misfire on level three, I figured it out.

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

by JY on May 12, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you actually lose it?

Or did you run to the bathroom to rinse your mouth out?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 12, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Basically I went to grab a paper towel to get it off my tongue

Justin, who was filming it, thought it would be better if he cut off the video with me running away.

by Fin on May 12, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa

That’s crazy – I was just going to write a little blurb about that story, having just found it myself from a different source….

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

by section331 on May 12, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know much about either of them

I vaguely remember hearing something about a batter who went – pardon the pun – batshit on the other team, and thinking ‘yikes’ about it, but never really bothered to follow up on it. I love the lawyer’s response: “Oh, I don’t think it’s as bad as several million dollars” WTF, dude? That guy took his LIFE away. He’s lucky Nathans isn’t asking for more…

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

by section331 on May 13, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He was having people call in and give their thoughts on whether singing Griffey was a good or bad idea

Somebody called in and said their name was “Terrence” and that they were very anti-Griffey. Calabro, reading this on his computer, took the call and was ready to hear what “Terrence” had to say. Immediately greeted by incredibly heavy breathing sounds, the caller identified himself as “Percy.”

Percy: Hello Kevin *breathes heavily
Kevin: Wait so you aren’t Terrence?
Percy: Hi Kevin this is Percy
Kevin: Sorry about that. So why do you hate Griffey?
Percy: Yes Griffey is very great I love him *breathes heavily
Kevin: But it says here you can’t stand Griffey
Percy: *breathes heavily
Kevin: I thought you were calling to say you didn’t like Griffey
Percy: I love him I have his Jerseys and Hats *breathes heavily
Kevin: Terrence did you just get off the treadmill or are you just a mouth breather?
Percy: No I’m just sitting here *breathes heavily *breathes heavily *breathes heavily
Kevin (mumbling under his breath): Sitting there in your mother’s basement…
Percy: No I’m in my mom’s attic where my room is *breathes heavily
Kevin: Alright then. So you actually like Griffey?
Percy: Yes I do *breathes heavily
*Very obviously fake door-knocking sound
Percy: Oh no wait a minute it’s my dad knocking on my door *breathes heavily
Kevin: *Laughing hard at this point
“Dad”: What are you doing who is on the phone?!
Percy, to “dad”: I’m on the phone with Kevin. Kevin Calabro!
Dad: Why is he calling you?!
Percy: No I called him!
Dad: Why are you calling Kevin Calabro?!

  • Kevin begins laughing so hard that he may have tears at this point
    Percy: Kevin I really like Griffey and I’m happy he is back on the Mariners *breathes heavily
    Kevin: Yes, ok thank you Terrence and I am glad you love Griffey. Take care

Calabro mentioned, after he calmed down from his laughing, that he thought the voice sounded very familiar to him. It was just bizarre and once the knocking sound started Kevin just lost it

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 12, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

My favorite part was that Calabro comes off kinda like a dick when talking to people

But he was trying to restrain early on because I think he, like I did, thought the caller was retarded or a kid or a retarded kid. Hopefully that gets into the online archive for the show, because it was incredible

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 12, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, very dick-y to callers.

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

by Woodinville_12thMan on May 12, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think this merits its own post, so I'll just ask here.

If you could choose a 25-man roster of LL posters/mods, who would you choose (and at what position)?

by Taylor H on May 12, 2009 7:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wolves Feeding Babies?

Wretched Frat Boy?
Winos Find Booze?
Wlad Farts Bisquick?
Waldo Found Bleeding?

Illegible

by kevin_ess on May 12, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can I be the Moose?

It was my High School mascot after all.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on May 13, 2009 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, apparently zombies can happen now

Link

I’m going to go read the Zombie survival guide now :o

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on May 13, 2009 3:12 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

FAKE.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 13, 2009 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy shit.

$80 for a 30 GB Zune on woot.com. Is it worth it to make the jump?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 13, 2009 8:23 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

80 bucks for a mass storage device?

That’s 40 dollars cheaper than a Zune 16

by JI on May 13, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not a bad deal, and the 30gb is a good unit

Like JI says, though, the 16 is only a bit more and has a much nicer form factor. I do love that Microsoft has made all of their software backwards compatible, so Zune 3.0 will run on the original hardware (the 30gb). I love my Zune 80 and wish more people would give them a chance over the iPod. It’s a really great MP3 player. Definitely a good deal though

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 13, 2009 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Zune is awesome

My only complaint is the the 30 gig I have recently broke.

Otherwise, the Zune pass is incredible. But I would caution you that certain file types that iTunes uses are not compatible with the Zune because the iTunes people are enormous bitches.

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

by JY on May 13, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't buy through iTunes, so I think I'll be fine.

Thanks for the input, guys. I went ahead and bought it. It’ll be nice to have the entirety of my music available to me on the go.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 13, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which color did you get?

I always found the brown one to be awesome

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 13, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That works.

I’d strongly recommend getting the Zune Pass. $14.99 a month and you get unlimited downloads within the Zune marketplace. Plus, you also get to keep 10 downloads per month which is a pretty solid bonus. Great way to introduce yourself to music you may not have otherwise listened to.

One thing I’d suggest for you to do is download the software now so you can get familiar with it and how it works. Definitely play around with the “mixview” feature. That has contributed to a lot of random downloading going on

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 13, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome. Thanks for the info.

How does the Zune pass work? Do you get unlimited temporary licenses which expire at the end of the month, 10 of which become permanent licenses?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 13, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You get unlimited use of the music until you stop paying the subscription

I think the licenses go dark after 3 days of not being checked through the software with a web connection. When you have the Zune Pass, all you do is click “download all” on an album page and you’ll get the whole thing. Once a track has been downloaded, all you have to do is click the “buy track” button to start the transaction. When it asks for payment, one of the options is to use one of your 10 credits to pay. Pretty straight forward

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 13, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I like the fact that it uses Microsoft points too.

Interchangeable with my Xbox 360.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 13, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Your tag and everything are universal

You’ll have a friends list there that will be populated by any of your Xbox Live friends with Zunes (Me!). It’s definitely cool that it uses the same points as Live as well, because it makes it easier to justify buying points for a Live Arcade game or something.

Also, Pro-Tip for anybody with Xbox Live that wants points, just go to Zune.com and you can buy your points in bundles as low as 400 points, as opposed to the minimum purchase of 2000 (or something to that effect) through Xbox Live. Perfect for purchasing 800 point games

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 13, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bad ass!

Though, I just bought a 500 point bundle through Xbox Live yesterday. They have 500, 1000, 2000, and 5000 point bundles.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phildopip on May 13, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs