OTFPOT(SAOT) Starting 2009-05-04
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:07 PM PDT
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I have no purpose in posting this OFFTOP. I have no particular subjects I want to discuss (except beer!), no particular links to share or images to chortle over. I just need a dose of LL off-topicness, especially given that the last two are both well over 1,000 comments and no one seems to be posting in them.
So please, come, enjoy, talk about stuff related to the Mariners or not (we should rename Scrappy's to the Rally Puppy!) and don't think about how little effort I put into this FanPost.
I can't believe I strung that out for more than 75 words.
EDIT: One of my life goals is to be able to view the rec leaderboard on my own. What are your random life goals?
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Some of us don't have to report that they're leaving early to their bosses and as such can just work a short day
by Jeff on May 4, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some of us have work ethic.
The rest of us get to watch hockey!
by ningwers on May 4, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The NHL playoffs really irritated me on Saturday.
I wanted to go somewhere to see the Pacquiao-Hatton fight.
But with the Canucks still in the playoffs, literally every place in the city with a television was showing hockey (and admittedly, they were all packed with crazed hockey fans). But I wanted to see the Pacquiao fight.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
by Llewdor on May 4, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure one of the bars could have spared a TV for 8 minutes to allow you to watch the fight
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lousy attempt at sarcasm
If he had tried to change the channel somebody would have re-enacted the final 3 seconds of the fight on him
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There were plenty of places to see it down here.
I wasn’t terribly interested given that it was a colossal mismatch, but hey.
Ricky Hatton seems like a great guy, and I’d buy him a beer if I ever find myself in his parent’s pub. But he’s so clearly not at the Pacquiao/FMJ level.
by marc w on May 4, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beer talk!
I had another Anderson Valley that I was disappointed in, the High Rollers Wheat.
On a positive note, Midnight Sun is finally widely available in WA!
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, RateBeer completely re-did their profile sections.
I’m liking a lot of what I see, but so far haven’t been able to find the state and country maps yet, which I loved.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, if you go to place ratings, it takes you to the old profile version which you can then see the maps
but I don’t think that’s intended to stick around, so they better bring those maps to the new format. Otherwise, how will I ever complete my life goal of drinking at least one beer from every country?
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, the new stuff is in beta and the maps and lists are getting ported over eventually.
Phew.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're welcome
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on May 4, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Corco's RSS feed strikes again
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Find a loose girl or a hospital
one or the other
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ratebeer is a valuable website that many users here utilize.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have ceased sending you warnings after your last warning to me.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You promised in the LLQC thread to stop doing this.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel so excluded and that hurts my self esteem
by JI on May 4, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I demand to get special privileges just for showing up.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
let me know how that works out for you
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I had Souther Tier Jah-Va Stout last night.
The second half of the bomber was a chore to get through. It was really good, but man was it sweet and viscous. Moreso than Choklat even.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a bomber of oak aged unearthly in the cellar now.
Southern Tier is good stuff.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
East Coast breweries seem to be moving this way more and more, which is awesome.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Need more midwest
Though I finally found a beer store out there that’ll ship so Bells, Founders, Three Floyds et al are coming my way soon
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you should have each game brought to us by beer
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a hard enough time doing it once per series.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only solution is to drink more
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have plenty of beers to recommend,
I have limited time and patience. Also, I try to avoid featuring more than one beer per brewery and in general with the series previews am highlighting good breweries, not so much individual beers. That is, I try to limit myself to choices where I would feel comfortable having someone like you say to himself “Matthew recommended beer X by brewery Y. This store doesn’t have X, but it does have Z. I will give that a try instead.”
I am finding it increasingly difficult to maintain that status level.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only solution is to drink more
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only solution is to have guest raters.
Or drink more.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nicely linked. The other issue would be tracking down all the beers Matthew comes across.
It would be one thing if the less-educated-but-eager all lived in Seattle, but we’re just going to have to start our own SoCal beer trial.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not even close to 100% of the beers I list are available in Seattle.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What percentage of your beer do you mail order in?
That seems like it would get pretty expensive.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very very small. It can get expensive.
But a healthy percentage of my beer is drunk while traveling.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was stunned the first time I had Yuengling in Florida.
I figured it was East Coast Coors, and it most certainly was not.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's like East Coast Widmer I would say without putting more than five seconds of thought into it.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's probably fair. I happened to order a pitcher of it at a bar because I'd never even heard of it ("What is Yoongling?")
and expected nothing.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The best part of Yuengling is that many generic chain restaurants are willing to carry it
in addition to their usual crappy fare and at the same price.
by ningwers on May 4, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yuengling is an amazing beer.
Tools Whore
by Tyler on May 4, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Living out here in DC, I like it
But you slowly realize that it’s pretty standard-rate. I used to love the stuff, and now it’s really kind of down to Sam Adams level for me: certainly not bad, but nothing you go out of your way to get
by rlintott on May 5, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also I could probably go my entire life without drinking another American Micro wheat beer and be pleased as punch.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My wall of beer is starting to become a distraction
it is on top of my desk, and when I put the bottles too close together, they clink against each other when I’m typing, which is kind of annoying. Suggestions?
No, I’m not taking my beer wall down.
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Expand your beer wall to the point where your desk is not usable for typing, then move your computer.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling this is the most likely and best solution
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At some point you'll just have to stop being sentimental about old beer bottles.
Imagine the joy you’ll feel when you realize that you get to rebuild a new wall.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only ones I've kept
are Elysian Loser Ale, a St. Bernardus bottle we use for a flower vase and a Speedway Stout bottle.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah.
For a period I was into saving at least one of each new beer bottle I tried (carried over from my father who passively did the same thing). When I reached about 50 in my tiny little dorm room I said screw it and just recycled them all. I do sometimes save bottle caps though figuring that’s the economically efficient way to accomplish the same goal.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's definitely a better way to cherish the memories of your beer exploits.
I don’t really enjoy clutter, and the bottles become just that after a week of the novelty wearing off. I even recycled my first ever Speedway Stout (thanks sb!!!!) bottle.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For me to save a bottle it has to be impossible to find (Speedway) or limited edition and awesome (Loser)
or my girlfriend decides she thinks it’s too pretty to throw away (St Bernardus.)
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those are all perfectly fine criteria.
I don’t figure anyone else will be wildly impressed by what I’ve been drinking and I know I’ve had, so to the recycling they go!
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are some bottle I wish I had kept because they were awesome.
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous springs to mind.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can still find that easily to remedy your regret.
Also, an underrated annoyance with keeping large number of bottles; you have to make sure to clean them all.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is very true. It's difficult to convince myself to thoroughly clean what is effectively garbage.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is after you get an invasion of fruit flies attracted to the left over particles in a 20 year old bottle of wine you accidentally left out for a few days unwashed.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fruit flies invasions are easiest to deal with via a can of lysol and a lighter.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it was much easier to just throw the bottle out.
Also, washing the bottle was easier.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Incidentally this is exactly how you make a fly trap
works like a dream.
by Jeff on May 4, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Random life goal:
Get a haircut that I am actually happy with.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Random life goal:
Give a rats ass what my hair looks like
by royalcurve on May 4, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm so vain.
I probably think this song is about me.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like a haircut that I can then ignore.
I found someone who can do that, so I’m good.
by msb on May 4, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Space talk!
BLOW YOUR MIND!
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2706/spaceb.jpg
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 4, 2009 12:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've seen that thousands of times
And I still find myself awe-struck when I come across it. I actually just watched the Youtube video of that last night. The Hubble Deep Field is more often than not being featured as my desktop wallpaper. Absolutely incredible
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently, I have given almost 2.5x as many recs as I've received
I’m apparently much too easy in giving recs and people need to rec me more
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
I'm a rec giving whore.
I also have little pet favourites that I rec more than I should, like Robert.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 4, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't spoil it, man
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that was one easy life goal to accomplish.
by royalcurve on May 4, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My goal is to be able to view it on my own
I needed someone else’s help to be told of my own rec activity =(
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Figure out where the sexy people live and take the command console by force.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(In Seinfeld Cockney accent)
Current listening enjoyments: Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Parenthetical Girls
by Woodinville_12thMan on May 4, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't it stated the Graham lives above the Lusty Lady?
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Knowing Graham he probably has countermeasures already in place.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you were smart you'd steal Matthew's phone (while he was logged in)
change the password, mass ban all the mods accounts and go to town.
by JI on May 4, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The home opener GT was posted from my phone.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I get to 10,000 recs I want to be able to trade them all in for a SBN blog of my own.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was told a rough figure for you, I don't know the exact number
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It may have been exaggerated, but hey, here's a pity rec!
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Flagged for pity rec'ing
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hooray!
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've been struggling ever since your white hot start
by Jeff on May 4, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's losing market share in the GIF economy.
by Matthew on May 4, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the problems is when gifs first appeared recs weren't given as freely
someone needs to devise REC+
by JI on May 4, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone is better at gifs than you now.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't .gif recs be worth less than witty comment recs?
and that would make your rec+ like 85 or so
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So your saying that JI's contributions to LL are shorter than average?
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if he has to sit on phonebooks to reach the keyboard
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he can trade in some of his de-valued .gif recs for a stepstool
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet his legs are significantly larger than a child's and he would get stuck.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've read this twice, and I fear it makes no sense.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to put JI in a child's highchair because I would enjoy watching him get stuck
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But not as much as I would enjoy seeing him fit comfortably
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At summercamp one year (three weeks long, so we had laundry done midway through), our cabin's laundry inexplicably came back with a baby uni.
The kind that is made to button under the crotch with pudgy baby legs sticking out the sides. We discovered that our undersized friend (this was 10th grade, and he was maybe 5’3") fit into it.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better than a baby Yuni.
Which I imagine would just throw feces.
by Mariner John on May 4, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the rankings would go
Ms. Jeff recs
Unsolicited witty comment recs
Original .gif idea recs
Original Photoshop idea recs
Obvious witty comment recs
Horrible MS Paint recs
Obvious Photoshop recs
Robert being drunk recs
.gifs of plays recs
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All I am missing is the most worthless of recs
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Volume is worth something too
and you have the most valuable of all recs
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And perhaps the most treasured of all rec phenomenons, the pdb/Corco double rec
by Jeff on May 4, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had to rec that
because there is, sadly, no WTF button.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
pdb recs are worth slightly more than original photoshops
Graham recs are worth slightly less than pdb recs.
pdb/Corco double recs are worth ~Robert drunk recs
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Approaching scary CL posters recs
by NOLAmarinergirl on May 4, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will Fett pass you once I grow bored of this dimension?
by Robert on May 4, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The answer to that question is the same as the answer to the question "have you ever consumed a beer that was purchased for you by Felix Hernandez?"
by Jeff on May 4, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The rules of karma suggest that I will one day visit Six Flags with Felix.
by Robert on May 4, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What would the theme of this blog be?
SBN needs more football blogs. If I was a) a good writer b) have the time c) care about the team enough I’d like to have a Manchester City blog!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 4, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure Robert's SBN blog would consist entirely of drunkposts and MS Paint threads
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh. I'd join.
Robert’s better than cable.
by royalcurve on May 4, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Imagine how fast he would accumulate the second 10,000 recs on his own blog
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'd create 9,984 alts and rec himself
Since nobody would be able to ban the alts
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How can you know he hasn't done that already?
Maybe you and Robert are the only people on this site.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I'm not really me
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that must get confusing at holiday dinners and family occasions
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh god I knew it I'm the only real person
and you’re all aliens/robots and you’re acting out the world to study me as if the Earth was still real.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something like that
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the definition of reality is Jim Carrey I want no part of reality
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, I liked the movie.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if that's the case
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Robert's standards for rec integrity are admirably high.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure he's posted the "Will drop pants for recs" picture more than anybody here
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He started it
But I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re the one who has posted it the most
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would I need to do it when the posters eat out of my hand so much that I can post this in mocking fashion and still get a rec out
by Robert on May 4, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Flagged for a smug sense of security
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Random life goal?
See a no-hitter in person. A triple play too. Never seen either one.
by Sec 108 on May 4, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I have actually seen that one in person.
I was as confused as the baserunner.
by Sec 108 on May 4, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Felix Slam again!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 4, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he lives in Leeds so that luck balances out
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on May 4, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought you lived in Leeds?
from your comments about your stag night. Could be completely wrong, if so apologies.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He went to Leeds for a stag do, which perhaps only makes sense if he lived there
but of course not everything about English Mariner makes sense, hence he’s Mancunian.
by marc w on May 4, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That does seem a strange trek
unless the groom’s from there or something. Leeds is very toiletesque. But I’ll run with the manc vibe.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would love to go to check out the pre-Colombian ruins in Belize/Yucatan
Calakmul, etc with the added bonus of Yucatecan cuisine.
by waldo rojas on May 4, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually do-able: Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, New England foliage tour.
Mildly likely if someone gave me airfare: Australia.
Not really as likely: Galapagos, Easter Island
by msb on May 4, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I highly recommend both the foliage tour and Australia.
If you do the foliage tour, don’t let it fool you into thinking New England is a nice place.
by Jed MC on May 4, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Larry Stone has both feet firmly in the trolley
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
and if you follow on down, he has a draft note
with a shout out to Conor Glassey
by msb on May 4, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a fundamental distrust for anyone named Tanner Scheppers.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will be quite vexed if we draft Scheppers
by Graham on May 4, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stone's talking about him at #2
Which would be good golly retarded
by Graham on May 4, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be bad
though I think no matter what happens we’ll be disappointed at 2, even if we get a really good player
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless of course Washington idiotically passes on Strasburg
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well Jim Bowden said they won't, and I trust Jim Bowden.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Washington's draft card says "Dustin Ackley,"
how long before the Mariners pick? Three seconds? Less?
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it's still done over a phone conference and I was the GM, it would sound like:
“Withthesecondpickinthe2009STEPHENSTRASSBURGSTRASBURGSTRASBURG MARINERS STRASBURG.”
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
10 minutes
Our whole draft room will have passed out in happy shock
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
by I'm NOT Corco on May 4, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's an absolute homerun pick, right?
Has the potential to pan out to something spectacular, but could far more easily just blow up?
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Seattle Pet Shelter had a fire this morning
by msb on May 4, 2009 12:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
crap. hit the wrong button.
The Animal Shelter had a small fire this weekend, with tno injuries, but is asking for donations of blankets, towels & pet toys
by msb on May 4, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is the creepiest thing ever. The way the Silvahead quivers is offputting
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we need a non-Silva'd gif of PuppyPower
I also want one that is just Ichiro leaping on Lopez.
by msb on May 4, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm open to suggestions
I made a variant with Silva having a gremlin body.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on May 4, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where's the button that let's me rec something ten times
I just got a weird look from my secretary because of how hard I started laughing
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just flashed on PeeWee Herman running in and out of the burning pet store.
by msb on May 4, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny that you say "flashed" and "PeeWee Herman" in the same sentence
(And I also thought of the same)
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
by msb on May 4, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
oh good lord I love this movie so so much
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You made that picture a thousand times better by using the subject line like that
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wanted to find a gif of him running out of the store with the snakes
so I searched pee wee herman pet store and the search was blocked as “adult content.” At first I was like “oh, shit,” but it turns out they just don’t like the word pee.
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by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh dear lord laughing so hard
just barely able to keep it down enough that people don’t find out what a terrible person I am.
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by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're lucky no anipals were hurt buddy.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anipals are just dinners that can deliver themselves if you train them right.
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by Eyebrows on May 4, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my biggest life goals is to travel to space
I’m pretty sure I don’t need to explain why and I probably couldn’t anyway, aside from the obvious. I just want to experience the sight of something that cannot properly be put into words
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Eat right, exercise and play the lottery.
by waldo rojas on May 4, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only it were that easy
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But acid may be my only hope to achieve the sensation of space travel
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Playing the lottery is super easy
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't even need to be literate!
by waldo rojas on May 4, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would imagine literacy is inversely proportional to propensity to play the lottery
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I once made a very drunken argument that not playing the lottery was insanely dumb from a risk/reward standpoint.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And to further prove my point, I doubt you were very literate at that moment.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It actually made some sense when recounted to me the next day.
by acblue on May 4, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It makes reasonable sense to me
but in order for it to keep making sense I have to ignore the odds and just think about it from a purely “what else was I going to do with this one dollar bill” standpoint.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right. As long as you completely ignore the probabilities, it makes perfect sense.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The key is the value of the dollar to you.
If you need that dollar, don’t waste it on the lottery. If that dollar isn’t necessary for your life, the minimal chance of winning the lottery is worth the risk of losing that dollar.
by Jed MC on May 5, 2009 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like with any gambling, you also have to factor in the entertainment value of playing.
I know for myself and most people I know, although the marginal value of a dollar is pretty low, we don’t play because the chances of winning and the entertainment we get out of playing are so low that the benefit we will get out of that dollar doing something else is still greater.
by ningwers on May 5, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And a guaranteed good investment strategy
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by pdb on May 4, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but I'd barely have enough to pay the Russians to let me hitch a ride
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait until the Chinese Space Catapult is operational.
by waldo rojas on May 4, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That sounds mildly dangerous
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's actually safer than Rocket-propelled entry.
It’s the re-entry that gets a little tricky.
by waldo rojas on May 4, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Minus the whole immolation-as-you-exit-the-atmosphere thing
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sign me up!
Although since I’ll be in the vacuum of space I won’t be able to hear the sound of the bubble wrap popping as I pinch it :(
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you pop bubble wrap in the vacuum of space
you will probably go back in time, or rip a hole in some continuum and let some hideous aliens into this side of the galaxy.
/not a scientician`
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on May 4, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then I'll be sure to wear my HEV suit and bring a red crowbar
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That should take care of it
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by pdb on May 4, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man traveling to space is complicated
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn't you be busy dismantling the Large Hadron Collider right now?
by BrianL on May 4, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's what the red crowbar is for, duh
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by pdb on May 4, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The G Man would find a way to stop me
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought you were smart
if you win the lottery once, you can win it again. Thus, win it once, then invest all your winnings into winning it 650,000 more times! Then they’ll have to let you fly!
by seattlebruin on May 4, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How could I lose!
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously though, I want to be this guy
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has anybody rediscovered a video game they were originally very frustrated with, only to find that it is one of the best games they've ever played?
I started Mass Effect about a year ago and became so infuriated with the game that I returned it to GameFly without a second thought. At some point I decided that I needed to give it another shot, and this time I’m actually playing it correctly (the first time through I was playing it like a shooter, but this time I’m actually making use of my tech and biotics), and holy shit, the game is amazing.
In the span of one week it has entered my top-5 games EVER. I can’t wait for the sequel.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phildopip on May 4, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It was definitely an incredible game
I’ll be giving it another run through at some point over the summer. Aside from some wacky texture loading issues, I had no complaints with the game. Although, ever since I played it, I am terrified to ride an elevator in real life because I don’t have nearly enough time in my day to wait
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really like Mass Effect but wish it were more sandboxy
Having random city planets that aren’t main story related would be neat.
by Graham on May 4, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping the sequels will make this possible.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phildopip on May 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't surprise me if they did
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A bit more of a sandbox element would have been a nice touch.
That said, you can definitely go too sandboxy. I’d rather the game have a more linear story than get completely lost (See: Farcry 2).
by BrianL on May 4, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just wanted to have some non-hostile interactions outside the citadel that weren't related to the main plot
Generally, everyone I met on a planet was wanting to blow me up, and that gets tiresome.
by Graham on May 4, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mass Effect is one of those rare games that compels me to preserve the game disc for time and all eternity.
It’s right up there with Full Throttle, The Longest Journey, and Fallout.
by BrianL on May 4, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still have my original discs for
Full Throttle, The Secret of Monkey Island (playing through it again-started last night!), The Secret of Monkey Island 2: Lechuck’s Revenge, and Grim Fandango. I’ve had to use SCUMM VM to play all the older adventure games, so I also have backup copies of these and many others on my Hard Drive
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure I have Carmageddon lying around somewhere at my parent's house in Spokane.
by abender20 on May 4, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that's a game I haven't thought about in a long time.
For some reason, that reminds me of another game I loved during that era.
Road Rash.
by BrianL on May 4, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I played Road Rash so much on my Sega Saturn that the disc wore out and stopped working
I love how the title screen for the game always played either Outshine or Rusty Cage in the background
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is any of the Fallout DLC worth the points?
by waldo rojas on May 4, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Pitt is pretty good, Operation Anchorage sucked.
The one releasing tomorrow is one everyone who owns Fallout 3 needs to get.
by BrianL on May 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anchorage was pretty good
Haven’t touched The Pit yet. Broken Steel comes out tomorrow, which extends the game past the original ending, and raises the level cap.
I’m foaming at the mouth for Broken Steel
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by tootthekazoo on May 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just finishing the Pitt
and I can’t say I really liked it.
Art direction: they try to get a little Portal-like on you (the last part of Portal where you’re in the rusty innards of the testing facility.)
Game play wise: the additional weapons are nothing special… the silenced sniper automatic rifle is a stupid idea that has terrible accuracy. The auto axe is lame in a game where guns kick ass. Close quarters combat is for combat shotguns and flamers… NOT melee weapons.
The maps get tricky… with a lot of vertical ramps and 4 or 5 levels of upward sprawl.
Plot wise: it’s a basic… do good or do evil, with the requisite twist where maybe good is actually evil and vice-a-versa. When the twist came, I just decided to stick to my original plan and shoot any upset mothers that got in my way. Which is to say that I broke with how I would typically role play my character because I thought the plot was too obvious and manipulative.
Also, I was never able to find my old stuff. I think it’s in The Mill somewhere… but damned if I could find it. But after a while, I didn’t care. Even on hard difficulty I had managed to find enough replacement gear.
Lastly, a minor spoiler: you will eventually find a workbench. I didn’t for a LONG time and figured they planned it that way. You also find a couple bottles of Quantum if you’re a grenade throwing sort.