OFFTOP 7/13/09
by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 3:58 AM PDT
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PrintHi everybody, how is everybody doing? I decided i would give this whole off topic thing a try. Let's begin.
1. If you were a professional baseball player, what would you want your batter's entrance/pitcher's entrance music be?
2. Favorite role that Hugo Weaving has played.
3. Your opinion on who is more dominant in their individual sport: Tiger Woods v. Michael Phelps. (Also if you think Roger Federer belongs in this discussion).
4. Favorite childhood cartoon.
5. Bands that you have recently discovered that you like.
6. Whether I should get lasek eye surgery or just keep my glasses.
7. Defend your argument for the following poll.
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Night Goat-Melvins
Rex in “Babe: Pig in the City”. That movie is actually really, really underrated by nature of its being the sequel to a kids movie about a pig, but it’s pretty fucking great.
Michael Phelps.
TMNT
Glasses
I dunno man, Wolverine I guess.
(As an aside, OT posts should generally only go up when the previous OT post falls off the front page or reaches 800+ comments. There was a time on LL when the fanpost sidebar was 85% OT posts and the comments on the blog in general were more often off-topic than on-topic, which is something I think it would be best for the community to avoid. But thanks from providing good discussion prompts!)
Wolverine would win because Captain Planet isn't real
Seriously though, you should totally get the lazik done. I had it done over a year ago and it’s been great. I’ve had no complications or issues at all. Well, except my are a little bit more light sensitive than they used to be. But they’ve always been abnormally light sensitive so nothing really changed as far as how I take care of them. Getting lazik was the best $3,000 I ever spent.
Oh yeah walk up music
There’s a version of Even Flow out there where Eddie yells “yeah!” right at the beginning. It’s a bit less polished version than the original. That’s my choice.
Entrance Music
Damn, Todd Coffey beat me to it:
http://brewersbeat.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/the_crews_ultimate_warrior_fin.html
All right...
I’m awake… whole Eastern time zone thing…
1. Probably something by The Black Keys. I haven’t decided on what yet, but I think that would have the right feel to it.
2. I didn’t see V for Vendetta, so I’m stuck with Agent Smith or Elrond. Agent Smith.
3. I have never watched any of the above. Which is not to say I wouldn’t enjoy other sports, I think that I would, but I don’t have time for much else aside from baseball and the occasional football game in the offseason. Also, I do not have a TV.
4. The Real Ghostbusters. No contest.
5. I’ve been listening to some A.K.A.C.O.D. lately, which is taking the premise behind Morphine (they even share a saxophone player) and substituting in Monique Ortiz from Bourbon Princess on vocals and bass. It works out pretty well, but their first full-length trails off a bit towards the end and so I can’t give it a strong endorsement.
A friend of mine has also gotten me to listen to Sunny Day Real Estate, shocked that I could be from Seattle without having heard them. I find them to be agreeable.
6. My grandma had Lasik years ago and it seemed to have helped her. I haven’t seen her with glasses since.
7. Captain Planet can be taken down by anyone spraying him with a sufficient amount of pollution whereas Wolverine has the healing factor and requires either Cyber or Magneto tearing the adamantium off his skeleton to even flinch. I suppose the answer was obvious, but it’s still silly.
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Good choice on the Black Keys. I can't get enough of them.
Maybe “Just a Little Heat” or “Thickfreakness” could really get the adrenaline pumping.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions
re: "4. The Real Ghostbusters. No contest."
I’m about 85% convinced that we’re related somehow. Not sure how, but… 85% sure.
This seems increasingly possible.
I would suggest we get a beer or something, but I remain on the other side of the country for the next five weeks.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
I wish I had been born earlier in the 80s so I could have enjoyed The Real Ghostbusters' original run.
I’ve got just about every episode on my computer at home (thank you bittorrent), but it would have been fun to grow up with that cartoon and the many awesome toys it inspired.
Yeah.
I bought some when I was living in London. Real weird action figures at that. One was a possessed football player who had some crazy demonic alligator head coming out of his back and another was a garbage man who could put the trash bin on his head and turn into something out of The Fly. There was also a demon thing powered by a ripcord that shot sparks out (this was before they cared about such things), other action figures I’ve also lost, proton packs with wobbly foam beams. I had a lot of those things… wow.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
The only Ghostbusters related toys I ended up with as a kid
were from the lame Extreme Ghostbusters spinoff with the multiracial, politically correct cast (complete with a wheelchair bound character).
Lame though it was
It was still better than most of what was on TV at that point. There just wasn’t the cultural enthusiasm for it anymore.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
True, compared to just about everything else on at that point it was decent.
I will admit I enjoyed the two-part episode where they brought back the original voice cast of RGB to reprise their roles.
I still have a bunch of them
My 5 year old loves them
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed on the Black Keys
If you’re a closer, “When the Lights Go Out” would be perfect.
by James F'n X on Jul 13, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Sunny Day Real Estate:
I recently got their first, Diary, having missed out on their time as an active band and I really like the album. They’re touring again this fall, might be worth checking out.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 13, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I got there cover of Junior Kimbrough, Chulahoma.
It is fantastic.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree. He played it from beginning to end once at the Rendezvous and I don't think I've seen a better show.
Diary I have been air drumming to for donkey’s years.
Me too.
I heard they’re touring this year and just playing ‘Diary’ from beginning to end.
Yeah!
They’re in Seattle on Oct. 16. I think they’re playing Music Fest 2009, which is nice.
By the way, music fest NW includes Explosions in the Sky, Bad Brains, SDRE, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Mudhoney, etc.
Please excuse my erection.
Bad Brains!
Team Dresch!
Riverboat Gamblers!
This is gonna be a fun weekend. And I should be in town for it. Whee!
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CHECK IT HOMEY
here ’tis. Scroll down a bit for the lineup.
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JESUS FUCKING CHRIST MONOTONIX AND BAD BRAINS WHAT THE FUCK
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 15, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
So pretty much all of these bands are playing in Seattle the weekend of the 19th
Which is nice. No EITS, no Team Dresch. Still, the gut punch is that Bad Brains and Monotonix are playing the same night in Seattle in different venues. No, no, no, that’s not how it’s supposed to work.
I have a guest room
although Saturday night I think it’s already spoken for.
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WAIT WHAT TEAM DRESCH?
What the fuck is going on?
Last year it was Scared of Chaka and now this. I don’t get how you get to have this.
Because Portland is the awesomest place ever
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I be illin'
Musically speaking, Portland is what Seattle was in the late 80’s – a bunch of friends who all know each other and make great music all the damn time. Add to that the “big time” musicians that live here (Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, Scott Motherfucking McCaughey, the Decemberists, the Thermals, etc) and this place is one big bowl of musical goodness these days.
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I'm pretty jealous of the Portland scene.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 16, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Marc, they get Dillinger Four too :(
Not that I’ve heard the newest album, or particularly cared for the one before it, but still, Dillinger Four.
Crap.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 15, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh fuck. Hey Aaron, they've got Monotonix too.
This is remarkable. Guess I have to go now.
Why in God's name am I at school and on the other side of the continent?
Oh well, I’m going to Siren Music Festival this weekend. That’ll have to do me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 15, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh hey, you get Monotonix too!
Some overlap there. I really enjoyed seeing A Place to Bury Strangers when they played in Seattle a year or two ago, so there’s that.
Oh wait, Thee Oh Sees, Future of the Left, Japandroids.. Could be pretty damn good. Good on you, Mr. Yencich.
Wantage needs to stop dicking around and announce the full TotalFest lineup.
I already took time off from work to go but they’re announcing two bands a week and it is driving me fucking apeshit.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 15, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Do not go see Horton Heat unless you like totally canned shows that have no personality
Motorhead, however, rules.
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He'll play the exact same show today as he did 15 years ago
He used to be all kinds of awesome – I first saw him when he was doing the religious revival schtick – but now he puts on a Slick Polished Big Show complete with Genuine Crowd Banter. It’s airless and soulless, and not a little disappointing – Taz is the only one that even seems like he’s having any sort of fun with it any more.
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I wasn't aware that he'd left to be honest
but when I saw them two years ago he was most definitely there.
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Huh.
The last time I saw them (lo these many years ago) was just after Taz moved on (‘94? maybe) and they’d brought in …. can’t recall his name, but I don’t think he lasted very long. It wasn’t spontaneous combustion, though.
I assume Jimbo is still there.
Holy shit.
No way. What a line up.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 16, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll second the "Hot damn"
I may have to find me some tickets for that.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 15, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Diary is a solid work.
I’ve heard How It Feels To Be Something On a time or two as well, but Diary is the one that resonates more strongly with me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 13, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Everything they released after Diary was a huge let-down.
at least to me. Cool to see Diary back on vinyl.
I saw them a couple of times during the "How It Feels To Be Something On" tour.
They were quite good – I like them better live than recorded, but I like most bands better live. I’ve also seen Enigk play a solo show – mostly Return of the Frog Queen material. His lyrics are also much easier to understand live and I think his voice plays better in person than on a record.
1. GNR - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
2. V for Vendetta
3. Phelps
4. TMNT by a long shot
5. The Hold Steady, Massive Attack, Jones Street Station, Bon Iver,
6. Lasik
7. Unless Wolverine is blindfolded, handcuffed and passed out in a drunken stupor….forget it, he’d still win.
Forgot a band for #5
The Builders and the Butchers….Portland-based group that plays Southern Gothic Americana and kicks ass live.
1. "I'm on a boat"
5. I just found “the Films” last week and can’t stop listening to them, they’re awesome.
Answers!
1. “”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AON7GxnPF3s" target="new">In The Summer" – Fastbacks. Although then I’d want to pogo all the way from the dugout to the plate.
2. I have no opinion of him one way or t’other so I’m going with Rex the dog from Babe.
3. Woods, simply because of the longevity of his career and the quality of his competition. If Phelps stays at this level for 10 more years he’s definitely worth considering as Most Dominant. I don’t know enough about the level of Federer’s competition to know whether he’s truly dominant.
4. Speed Racer.
5. The Oh Sees (hat tip marc w!)
6. If you can afford Lasik I’d say do it – I have a couple friends that had it and it’s been huge for them. It ain’t cheap though.
7. No opinion.
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I think the Woods-Phelps discussion comes down to whether you value extended dominance or short bursts of incredible dominance
from what I know, Phelps also dominates his contemporaries at all non-Olympic events – we just only care about how he does at the Olympics (and apparently whether or not he smokes weed)
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
My question about Phelps is the quality of those non-Olympic events
On the PGA Tour, it seems like even non-major tournaments draw a pretty strong field, and I don’t know if swimming’s the same way or if swimmers gear their work towards the World Championships/Olympics.
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On the other hand though, Phelps has been much more dominant in all the other events
whereas Tiger just wins ~20% of the tournaments he enters (yeah I know that’s still an incredible number)
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
My one and only beef with Tiger (and with most top golfers)
is that they cherry-pick their events and only enter the ones they want to play in. If they were required to enter a certain number (or percentage) of events every year it would be easier to compare Tiger to other athletes.
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Totally true
but on the other hand, he picks events like the majors and the Players which are clearly going to be attended by all the top pros, and thus when he does win, he’s always beating his best contemporaries
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
You could extend the same argument to Lance Armstrong.
There’s hardly a question that Lance has been the most dominant cyclist of this generation if not all time*, but he only rides a handful of events.
*Eddy Merckx was a freak. He won in the era before specialized domestiques really took over, and he won the sprint points challenge, the king of the mountains challenge, and the race overall. He just destroyed people.
But who was he competing against?
I honestly don’t know…. was the sport advanced enough at that time that he had dozens of world-class competitors, or was this a Jim Brown/19th century soccer thing where a great athlete could dominate upper-class amateurs who were the best by default?
It's hard to know really. It's probably reasonable to assume that the level of competition
in any sport increases over time due to an increase in awareness, technology and sport science. Is it fair to say that Babe Ruth wasn’t one of the greatest baseball players of all time because he played with a bunch of stodgy white men? Do you think Ruth would have a chance against the 2009 Mariners? Merckx owned the sport of cycling during his time in a way that no one else ever has with the exception of Lance. He deserves some credit for that.
Every generation has its day in the sun
The recent Bill James abstract has some stuff about past generations of baseball players playing a lesser quality of baseball, but he also makes the point that if a player (like Ruth) dominated then, they almost certainly would dominate now.
I feel compelled to point out the obvious, they didn't have UZR back then
See, it wasn’t the players that sucked it was the stats. So, not their fault.
From what I heard they led wire-to-wire with no drama whatsoever, right?
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2001, I feel compelled to inform you they won 116 games that year
Maybe you were in a coma
So that was the year they breezed to the franchise's first World Series, right?
I like my world. It’s a very happy place.
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You should go back to the coma
Scoot over and make some room
Yeah, you definitely could
At his peak Lance raced twice a year, and did a handful of other rides.
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I know the answer to this question regarding swimming training and such.
Usually the training for swimming is geared towards the World Championship and Olympics or whatever “big” meet we compete in is but there is usually a meet a month that draws a lot of the world’s top swimmers to get races in. So although Worlds and the Olympics get the biggest draw for competition it is similar to golf in the way that the elite compete against each other 9-12 times a year and not everyone shows up for these meets.
You also might find it interesting that most swimmers consider a meet without a best time a 5 at best on a scale of 1-10 even if they win every event. This is just the way that we are brought up through our training and such.
It seems to be a very little known fact that swimming
is a sport that you race yourself moreso than the competition. Generally speaking. Most swimmers know they aren’t good enough to win so they simply try to advance their own best times.
Thug Life
by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Answers
1. “The Plan” by Built to Spill
2. Definitely V from “V For Vendetta”
3. Woods.
4. Since “The Simpsons” premiered when I was 7 years old, they probably qualify.
5. This list will be enormous: Alaska in Winter, Andrew Bird, Army Navy, Bon Iver, Choir of Young Believers, Faunts, Jonathan Coulton, Malajube, The Manchester Orchestra, Mute Math, North Twin, Patrick Wilson, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Sarah Siskind, Sholi, Speck Mountain, Vitality
6. I’m partial to glasses myself.
7. No opinion.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 8:39 AM PDT reply actions
The opening.
I just love the triplet chords that open the song.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Good call on Built to Spill.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 13, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody do STP this weekend?
I saw a ton of riders in Chehalis on Saturday morning and wished I was out there.
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Wait, are you from Chehalis?
Because why else would you be there?
by Robert Lintott on Jul 13, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Driving up to Auburn for a wedding
so I wasn’t so much “in” Chehalis as “driving through Chehalis as fast as possible on I-5”.
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The only way to see Chehalis.
I hate having to go home there for xmas.
by Robert Lintott on Jul 13, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I love the big sign on the side of I-5 around there with Uncle Sam's face on it
Always has some kind of racist joke on it, or something about topics we can’t discuss here. It’s always worth slowing down to read.
I actually saw it saying this before:
“Why is there no Mexican team for the Olympics? Because all of their best runners, jumpers, and swimmers have made it to the U.S.”
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure they are
It’s just fun how I can be on a road that goes from Seattle to Olympia to Portland and come across a sign like that somewhere in the middle
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Once you get outside Puget Sound
Washington is pretty dang conservative. Same with Oregon once you leave Portland and then again past Eugene.
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Yeah I have family all around Washington so I know all about that
And having made the trek out to Monmouth/Independence as many times as I have, I’ve seen and heard plenty in Oregon
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't really go into it here but there was quite the...interesting message on it this weekend.
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I know that sign
I drove past it once and saw some comment about Clinton requiring us to have a license to carry Sex Pistols.
I knew who the Sex Pistols were at the time, but it didn’t make sense for them to be making that joke. Or for anyone else to be making that joke really.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 13, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew this would happen at some point.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31853449/
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This is the best argument I can think of for keeping manholes open at all times
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by pdb on Jul 13, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I want to sue Deacon Butler
I think I’ve walked into him while texting before
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Darwin never sleeps!
Awesome, people aren’t even responsible for not paying attention.
Go time.
1.) Positive Contact, Deltron 3030
2.) I guess V for Vendetta
3.) I’m most impressed with Federer and Woods. It’s hard to compare the two across two different sports, but both tennis players and golfers face an unbelievable variety of opponents in what are both difficult mental sports. Getting to the finals in so many Grand Slams or being near the top of the leaderboard every Sunday is bloody impressive. I’m going with Federer, though. He has dominated a sport that has been fairly strong over the last several years.
4.) Duck Tails (Woo ooo)
5.) I haven’t been listening to much outside of hip hop for the last month or so, but Doujah Raze and Cool Calm Pete are fantastic.
6.) Follow your heart.
7.) Wolverine. You don’t fuck with a slightly mentally unstable man with metal claws.
by abender20 on Jul 13, 2009 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Animaniacs was quality.
But I still think I end up siding with Freakazoid! Self-referential Ricardo Montalban wins every time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
These answers are long-winded and I apologize, but pixels are cheap, so....
1: I’ll have to confess I thought about this one too much. There are so many things a walk-up song can do, so my answer depends on what I want the song to do. If I was a reliever, I like the slow, unstoppable darkness of “I Don’t Love” by Have a Nice Life. Or something happier/more fun like ‘I Must’ by Scared of Chaka. As a hitter, I’m torn between ‘Dead Cowboy’ by Lightning Bolt, because hearing that echo around a stadium would be cool, and it might freak the pitcher out a bit. ‘My Shadow’ by Jay Reatard and ‘Weekends of Sound’ by 764-HERO would also be under consideration.
2: Mitzi in ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.’
3: This is such an apples to oranges comparison. Phelps doesn’t lose, so he’s the obvious answer, though the best swimmer in the world always wins, because that’s the nature of the game. It’s so damned hard to win golf tournaments, and Woods wins more often than most people thought possible, but he still loses plenty. I just don’t know how to compare the two. I think Woods and Federer both transformed their sports and, in the process, actually worried sponsors/organizers by appearing too dominant. Nobody cares about that in swimming, just like they didn’t when Ian Thorpe was kicking ass or when Matt Biondi won all those gold medals (or Mark Spitz, obviously).
4: The Real Ghostbusters. Loved it. I remember there being tons of little allusions to things, but I may be making that up.
5: The Ax (hat tip acblue)
6: Glasses, but that’s because I’m still nervous on the lasik thing. One day, perhaps. For now, I like glasses.
7: No idea.
1 (addendum):
“Keep A Knockin’” by the Sonics
“The Father, the Son, and the Homosexual Single Parent” by Dillinger Four
“Someday I’ll Send You a Rainbow” by The Bartlebees
“Underdogs of Nipomo” by Archers of Loaf.
No, you're not.
4: The Real Ghostbusters. Loved it. I remember there being tons of little allusions to things, but I may be making that up.
There were lots of allusions. They played around with the Jersey Devil, they fought Samhain and the Grundel, there were some haunted house scenarios (a two-parter, IIRC) that was based on the Hell House I think, and lots of others that I can’t quite remember at the moment. The Slimer segments they added on in later seasons were fluff, but when they were working on plots, they worked their asses off to make it laden with rich imagery from mythology and horror literature. I ate it up, naturally.
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So Larry Stone has quite a big scoop...
Lincecum…added, speaking of tonight, "I’m going to have (Giants teammate and fellow All-Star) Matt Cain put a leash around my neck and keep me in my room.’’
Answers:
1. My walk up music would probably be Motley Crue “Girls Girls Girls”.
2. I liked him as Elrond. But I don’t like him much in general.
3. I have no idea whatsoever about this one. I’ll guess Tiger?
4. Captain Caveman
5. Styrofoam (hat tip, Eyebrows)
6. Keep your glasses.
7. Adamantium!
Captain CAAAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAAN!
What a great toon.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Name 'em!
No hitters since 2001, that is.
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But he didn't count.
The Sanchez that DID count was Anibal Sanchez, and now I’m pissed off I didn’t just type sanchez despite the intro saying that JONATHAN Sanchez wasn’t on the list.
(I got 8. I swear I don’t remember some of those happening…. weird).
Is that more/less bizarre than Bud Smith.
Bud Smith? He had 7 career wins.
I somehow remembered his. Maybe because it was so obscure.
I fucking hate you Mariners
I got 5
and missed a few kind of obvious ones =/
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, for you new posters, remember - no spoilers.
You can post how many you got, but wait at least a few hours before posting which ones you missed, etc.
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Got 6! Missed some obvious ones and remembered some obscure ones.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Jul 13, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I expect a glorious 20,000th LL comment from you today
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
It was terrible
I forgot and was posting in a gamethread
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
19 comments to go.
Or 18 now, I guess. I should keep tick marks.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 13, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes it will.
That was one I got.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
This is just bait, sort of
I actually thought he was up there and spent a bit trying to think of alternate spellings beside Edmunds. Any of the names surprise anyone (or lack of)?
Could have fooled me, until I took the quiz.
SPOILER ALERT
He and Larry Walker, thought they were both in the 400 club. I wouldn’t have guessed Dawson or McGriff in a million years.
Not THAT embarssing. SPOILER ALERT
More like single season home run king embarrassing.
I missed a bunch of obvious ones.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
My Answers
1. Entrance music would be Burn by Nine Inch Nails – famous from the Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
2. Noah the Elder in Happy Feet – how can you go wrong?
3. Michael Phelps – he still wins when he’s high.
4. The Tick – SPPPPOOOOONNN!!!
5. Coldnote – Saw them once in Fremont at Nectar and loved them.
6. I should get lasik – ME
7. Captain Planet could take Wolverine because he’s got all those kids. That Russian girl seems dangerous
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1. The part of “Turn Blue” by Iggy Pop where he’s going off on being black and strong. “Jesus? This is Iggy.”
2. I don’t know anything he’s done other than the Matrix and LOTR trilogies and V for Vendetta. So… V, I guess.
3. Tiger > Federer > Phelps
4. Batman: The Animated Series.
5. Young Marble Giants, Townes Van Zandt, Les Baxter, Irma Thomas, the dBs
6. I’ll probably get Lasik once I’m absolutely 100% positive that my eyes aren’t going to immediately regress to the point where I need corrective wear again.
7. I’m not totally positive what Captain Planet’s powers are, and, according to Wikipedia, neither were the writers. They would just make shit up as needed.
It took me a long time to appreciate what Batman was doing.
For a kid’s show, that was fucking dark.
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The noir-ish, detective episodes are the ones I remember best.
And the art was a cut above. I haven’t seen the show in ages, but I remember being impressed by the quality of the stories. The Ras Al-Ghul episodes were always dependable.
I loved me some Batman as a kind.
Hugo Weaving also did the voice of Megatron in Transformers
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Answers
1. I’m not sure, but I’d want something that sounds like it’s the intro to some sort of B-grade spy flick. You know, guitar over a heavy string line. Something like this.
2. Honestly I can’t think of a film he’s been in, so I probably can’t answer.
3. Tiger, but I think Phelps is capable of giving him a run for his money.
4. sigh Pokemon. It consumed every aspect of my life in elementary school. I watched the show, had the cards, played the games. The entire phenomenon was enormous and I got sucked into it.
5. I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m enjoying The Faunts (especially their M4 EP)
6. Personally I like wearing glasses, but if being blind out of your peripheral vision bugs you go for Lasik.
7. Wolverine because all you have to do to down Captain Planet is hurl some freely available sludge at him.
Captain Planet could just fly Wolverine up and then wind blast him into space.
Let’s see your mutant healing powers overcome a total vacuum, fucker.
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by Eyebrows on Jul 13, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
If you don't win Commenter of the Year, it's an utter travesty
by seattlebruin on Jul 13, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Also he'd probably tear the Planateers limb from limb before they had a chance to put their rings together.
What chance does a group of conveniently racially diverse, hiking-boot-wearing fruitbaskets have against the fury of a manbeast?
by abender20 on Jul 13, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He'd probably take time to rape the monkey first.
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We said Captain Planet vs Wolverine
Not the planateers vs. Wolverine. This question is assuming that captain planet has already been summoned. I still stand by the fact that all of his ranged attacks (wind, water, fire) would allow Captain Planet to just fly 100 feet above Wolverine and nuke the shit out of him.
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Hold the phone.
No way Captain Planet makes into space. He’d die as soon as he hit all the smog, CFCs, and “bad” radiation in the upper-atmosphere.
Keep lighting up, Wolvie. Your victory has been assured by our third-world countries.
Well this is interesting and anticlimactic
the AAA home-run derby is also tonight. Your participants:
Int’l League:
Shelly Duncan, 21 HR so far this season
Andy Tracy, 17
Justin Huber, 12
PCL:
Brendan Katin, 19
Terry Evans, 17
Chad Huffman, 12
High School:
Kevin Taylor, 11
Sid Jensen, 3
Shelly Duncan? Chad Huffman? This’ll be the saddest Home Run Derby ever. I’m pulling for Sid Jensen.
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I was hoping they'd open the HS competition to all HS players just because of that
but it’s only Portland-area schools.
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Why? Better than the one 'won' by local real estate agent Rob Stratton?
Best. HR Derby. Ever.
Also, I’m a teensy bit surprised Bryan LaHair isn’t in the PCL team.
Yeah, that surprised me too since he's on the ASG roster
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Answers?
1. Damn You Look Good and I’m Drunk (Scandalous), Cobra Starship.
2. All I know about this name was that he was in V for Vendetta, a movie I have actually seen.z
3. Federer—only because I care about tennis more than swimming or golf.
4. Care Bears
5. I need new music! I finally have a car and my ipod is begging to be loaded up.
6. I wish I had the money for Lasik. Imagine being able to wake up and see things!
7. Hello, Captain Planet has all the elements on his side.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 13, 2009 11:23 AM PDT reply actions
Being able to see clearly when you wake up was actually quite a shock.
Also, learning to not poke yourself in the face pushing up non-existent glasses.
AHAHAHAH CITY JUST SIGNED CARLOS TEVEZ FOR £25 MILLION.
I’M FEELING VERY SMUG ABOUT MY SEASON TICKET RIGHT NOW. ROLL ON AUGUST.
[I don’t think Tevez is that good of a player, but him leaving United to join City is just absolutely hilarious. I’m going to get his name on the back of my new shirt just to piss off the Scum].
NOW WE MUST RUIN CHELSEA BY TAKING TERRY AND DESTROY ARSENAL BY TAKING ADEBAYOR … ONLY THEN CAN I REST.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 11:31 AM PDT reply actions
Congrats?
I think they overpaid based purely on talent, but yes, the possibility of Tevez scoring the winner in the derby is just too good to pass up.
And it’s not like City’s owners need the money.
Oh, and you could TOTALLY fuck up Tottenham by taking Darren Bent for the bargain-basement price of 16m GBP. Seriously, don’t do it… I don’t know what I would do, and you guys would cruise to the league title.
All City is doing is throwing money at players.
I’m all for y’all taking players from the big four, but I’m convinced that this team is not going to work very well.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 13, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we will do well this season because the owners have gone out and bought proven Premier League players.
Plus, Robinho has a year of Premier League experience behind him; Shay Given will be in goal all year; Ireland is coming back stronger than ever [seriously check out his workout videos on the City website, the guy is the most unlikely ‘professional’ professional footballer in the world] and RSC gives us a new option up front as opposed to kicking the ball to little dwarves. And our squad is pretty good – when you have guys like Elano, Petrov and Bellamy as reserves, you are in good shape.
I am excited for the future![???!].
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just a bit bitter because we're doing shit-all and so I'm forced to read the gossip columns each day.
And then I have heart attacks.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 13, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Become a City fan!
No one needs know of that ‘phase’ you went through with Villa…
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
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by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It's too late.
I’ve become oddly attached.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 13, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I understand only too well.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
3-4!!!
Greatest comeback ever!
I was still at Uni back then, me and my mate [a red] went to watch the game on TV. We got destroyed and were 3-0 down at HT. I told my mate that we should leave so that I could drown my sorrows at a cheap boozer. An hour later I went to the pisser and overheard some guy saying “greatest comback ever” … I asked the guy what he was talking about and he said that City had one. I said that he must be wrong, so I phoned my dad who broke the news. I had mixed feelings: joy at the comeback, but shame that I left without being able to see it.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck you. That was so unnecessary.
Although it makes me feel better for laughing at your leaving-early story.
AHAHAHA
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
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by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Adebayor leaving Arsenal would make me happy and not destroy Arsenal in the slightest
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I hate that he's Arsenal's version of Yuniesky Betancourt
so if he leaves I’m perfectly fine with that. Loads of talent, no desire to push himself to maximize it.
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Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum are starting the All Star Game.
Now I can see Lincecum over Danny Haren(if barely). But Halladay over Grienke? That’s retarded.
The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.425 wOBA, 21 years old.
At least it wasn't Wakefield.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The reasoning is that he has been the better pitcher for longer.
Personally I wonder if Halladay being on the block has got anything to do with it.
I just hope Felix gets to pitch and is awesome.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
An other reason why Zack might not be starting is to take some pressure off of the guy. This is a person with previous anxiety problems: the pressure on starting the ASG is much greater than the pressure pitching second in the game.
The more I think about it, the more I believe this is the main reason that Roy is starting.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know.
This is off topic, isn’t it?
2009 Safeco Field Record: 5-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 9-4
Why?
It’d be dumb to throw away all the name recognition his dad had built up.
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Emilio Estevez
AKA brother of Charlie Sheen and son of Martin Sheen.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 5-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 9-4
WHOOSH
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Brock and Salk are on right now.
Why are you listening to Ian Furness?
Because I forgot, and then I became appalled
Furness: “Rob Johnson is the best defensive catcher since Dan Wilson”
Caller: “We need a big bat.”
Caller: “Northwest fans are idiots … we have three of the top ERAs in the league and people want to get rid of one of those pitchers!!! Well, maybe if you got Jermaine Dye in the middle of that line-up, but pitching and defense win championships!!!”
3) Federer and it's not even close.
The main reason is consistency. 21 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals appearances. 21. TWENTY ONE. Taking it a step further he’s been in 15 of the past 16 finals in those events. His numbers would be even more mindboggling if he didn’t happen to run into the greatest clay court player ever (Nadal) because he’s almost inarguably the second greatest on the surface. On top of that the shots he’s able to hit are beyond insane. You can kind of understand if you don’t know tennis, but if you do there are usually a dozen or so times a match where he takes your breath away because he hits a seemingly impossible shot. It’s laughable that he gets compared to Sampras because Pete isn’t even in his league. He’s that good.
I don't know how you can defend Federer.
Until he can prove that he can beat Nadal consistantly. If he isn’t clearly the best, then he isn’t dominant in my opinion.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Longevity counts for a lot, in my opinion.
If Phelps repeats 2008 in 2012 then he can enter the discussion.
5:
Japandroids, The Avett Brothers, Peter Doherty (lead singer of the Libertines solo)
Japandroids sound is fantastic, very Thermal-ish for fans of them. Doherty’s solo effort is really surprising, nothing like the Libertines but still fantastic. The man can write, when he isn’t drinking himself into a stupor…..
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 13, 2009 1:51 PM PDT reply actions
I like the Japandroids song 'Wet Hair', but the rest of that record was sort of OK....
(I think they were going more for No Age than the Thermals, but I hear what you’re getting at)
Yes, I definitely see No Age as well.
But I think Japandroids have more melody and less experimental vibe than No Age. On the other hand they have less melody and more experiment than the Thermals. Their sound is pretty much a combination of the two.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 13, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Answers!
Walk up music: the opening guitar riff from Plug In Baby by Muse.
Hugo Weaving: His best acting was as V.
Dominance: Michael Phelps. As a lifelong competitive swimmer, I marvel at his perfect swimming physique.
Cartoon: Robotech. Interracial relationships and people actually dieing in war on a Saturday morning cartoon? Yes please.
Glasses are cool.
Wolverine could survive almost anything. What could Captain Planet possibly do to him that Magneto and Apocalypse have not already tried?
Fear the NPE
Oh and band recently discovered.
Graham is responsible for turning me into a raging Metric fan. Seriously their new album is just fucking fantastic.
Fear the NPE
I love their single from their newest album.
Haven’t listened to the rest though.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
If you mean "Help I'm Alive" then yeah, that may be the best single I have heard in at least five years.
Seriously, why doesn’t music like that get played on mainstream radio? It has everything a song needs to be a huge hit.
Fear the NPE
It's a pretty big hit on alternative radio.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
What on earth
Ron Artest selected #37 for the Lakers to honor Thriller’s 37 weeks at the top of the charts
Yeah I didn't even bat an eye when I saw that over the weekend
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty much, yeah
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
1) Berlin, by BRMC
2) Agent Smith (we assume here that no stupid sequels were ever made)
3) Federer since my definition of ‘sport’ requires a defence and thus swimming and golf do not qualify
4) Considering how much the song gets stuck in my head I’m going to assume that I was obsessed with Inspector Gadget?
5) I stopped listening to new music a while ago, sadly
6) Whatever floats your aquatic vehicle of choice
7) Ezio
You heard it from Graham:
NASCAR is a sport.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes but it's a stupid sport whereas golf and swimming are interesting games and athletic competitions respectively
by Graham MacAree on Jul 14, 2009 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions
How can you say a sport that is founded on running from cops with illegal liquor is stupid?
Seems like something we all can relate to no?
Is that AC 2's Ezio?
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That game is going to be so great
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 14, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I got way too caught up in the grind of the first one.
I liked it enough, but it’s not for everybody.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 14, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Offered without comment
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by pdb on Jul 13, 2009 2:30 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
I wish I could rec this a million times.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHA
sb’s a laughing stock!
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll answer the rest when I get home, but the first question was begging for my input
I would love to walk up to the Magnum, p.i. theme song. It starts off so awesome, and would get me pumped up. Plus, I could randomly yell “Holy FUCK! Dammit!” and start running towards the batter’s box when it started playing (this one’s for you, Phildopip — NSFW Language!)
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GET OUTTA MY WAY, BITCH!
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I love that he yells PISS so loudly that his calendar flips backwards a few months
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Calm down! Calm down!
Don’t get a big DICK!
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to see you walk a mile in MY SHIT
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, I'd make like Ochocinco and set up a separate fund over the offseason to pay my fines
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Goddamn hidden subthread sure fucks up the "z" scrolling.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 3:50 PM PDT reply actions
About the sign in Chehalis.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoops
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 13, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Newsflash: Baseball players like burritos
Specifically mentioned, Tony Gwynn Jr. and Strasburg prefer California burritos.
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What?
Burritos remain something of a Southwest phenomenon, but they’re gradually making headway coast to coast, particularly with athletes and college students.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 13, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I also wondered about this.
And then realized I seek out different foods than others.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 13, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 13, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
But as national chains go I gotta admit you could do worse
I’d still prefer Cha Cha Cha or the Fuego cart here in PDX, but if I want a burrito and Chipotle’s all that’s around it’s pretty decent.
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It's passable.
There’s one near campus that I frequent, in part due to a dearth of other options in my price range.
One could do a great deal worse and the company itself seems to be in that honeymoon period where they are perceived of as caring about things.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 13, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
They do use organic meats and whatnot so that's better than most
which is not bad for a company that used to be funded by McDonald’s.
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...
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/7/13/947390/offtop-7-13-09#18174501
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I remember eating burritos as a small child in Memphis and my family could not be whiter.
I am sure burritos are more popular in the southwest but it’s not like we are talking fusion cuisine here.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 13, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
kids these days and their food logs amirite
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What's a burrito?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 13, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I shall now plan on meeting Cole Hamels at El Indio
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 13, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
He may look and sound like a douche
but his taste in restaurants is spot on with mine. He was just in Portland and he went to Pine State Biscuits, Blue Plate, and Otto’s Sausages – all fantastic. I’ve been to places he’s recommended in Austin, Phoenix, and San Diego and never once had a bad meal.
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I was actually using dirtbag in a positive sense. He really knows his greasy food.
In a slightly related note, I will not be astonished when he undergoes a coronary bypass within the next several years.
I just wish his own restaurant was better
It’s basically a glorified Red Robin, and the places he recommends are uniformly better than his. The two times I’ve been there it’s been packed, though, so there’s that I guess.
The one that surprises me is that the Man Vs Food guy, whose name I forget, isn’t 900 lb at this stage in his career.
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He still looks like a complete idiot, though.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 14, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn't he that guy who whores out for T.G.I.F's?
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by JY on Jul 14, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Strasburg's mother lives in my neighborhood
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 13, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
You should tell her son to not sign and go to Japan, come back as an IFA and sign with the Mariners for $50M
by seattlebruin on Jul 14, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I stopped reading when I saw
Bell said the bean-and-cheese at Taco Bell is "to die for,"
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Seriously though
That pissed me off. You live in SD, and you’re talking about TACO BELL!?
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I know it.
Even in Portland, where the Mexican food is mediocre at best, there’s some damn good burrito places around.
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You missed it redeeming itself.
Gwynn, also a local product, is something of a snob when it comes to burritos. He prefers local mom-and-pop eateries to corporate restaurants, and he avoids burritos sold in other parts of the country.
"I don’t even try to get a good burrito in Milwaukee or Nashville. It’s not worth it," Gwynn said.
Then Peavy talks about being from Alabama and his distrust of burritos.
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by JY on Jul 13, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
That's good to know
I would be curious to see if it’s possible to get a good burrito in Nashville. I’d bet against it.
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There is no good reason why it wouldn't be.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 13, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I've only been to Nashville once but I did not see any non-Taco Bell (or other chain) Mexican food
and I did in fact look. Doesn’t mean I looked comprehensively but most of what I saw was decidedly not Mexican. There’s good food in Nashville, to be sure, but I’m skeptical that they’d do a good burrito. I’d love to be proven wrong though.
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I am skeptical that such a thing as a bad burrito exists.
Although California burritos sound disgusting to me.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 13, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
They do.
Bad cheese, catsup as sauce.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 13, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Carne asada fries sound fantastic though
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 13, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
What? There is no catsup in a California burrito.
Carne asada, fries, guacamole, pico de gallo, a little sour cream, and some shredded cheese.
How have I lived here for so long and never heard of this?
Hold the guac and go easy on the sour cream, and that sounds delicious.
I live right next to what used to be Aiberto's. Now it's Rigoberto's, I think.
They’re all the same, pretty much. Unless you’re speaking of Roberto’s Very Mexican Food.
I was saying that bad burritos exist.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 14, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
This entire conversation prompted me to bring a burrito to work today.
Also burrito starts to look funny when you type it enough.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 14, 2009 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Use enough r's and it starts to sound funny in your head too
burrrrrrrrrrrrrito!
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Well that's clearly just a freezer burrito.
by abender20 on Jul 14, 2009 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
My friend tried to convince me to buy the supplies for them once.
I believe he was substituting tater tots as well.
I politely declined. He asserted that it was the best thing ever.
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by JY on Jul 13, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
A "burrito" made from eggs, tater tots, jack cheese, salsa might be the best breakfast ever.
Even though I wouldn’t qualify it as close to an actual burrito.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That was the problem.
I would be happy if that were the case, but he wanted nothing but the tater tots in it. Totrilla, tater tots, maybe some ketchup, that’s all.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 13, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Diced potatoes are better than tater tots.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 13, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree.
Then again, my favorite food ever (may be nostalgic) are the tater tots Taco Bell used to sell.
I also prefer to dip my tater tots in (good) salsa, so there’s also that.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Taco Bell, not Taco Time.
Taco Time – MexiFries
Taco Bell – Mexi-Nuggets (Unfortunately named)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tater_Tots
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Mmmmmm, Crisp Meat Burritos...
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
As far as fast food goes
Taco Time is damn good.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 13, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, but when you order two crisp burritos and a coke and you're asked for $14, you need to slap a motherfucker behind the counter.
Horribly overpriced.
Illegible
Haha,
True. I will give you that.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 14, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Worth every penny.
It’s not something you get every day.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Well, you could get it every day for about 6 months until the fatal heart attack.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The main distinction between TB and other tater tots -
TB ones were like half the size and covered in some sort of salted seasoning to the point of dust blowing off of them.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'd never heard of them, and I live in California.
I can’t imagine any of the trucks I frequent ever serving such a thing.
I always want another burrito.
But it is more difficult for me to procure one.
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Does it get more difficult each time?
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by JY on Jul 13, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Guess who owns the second-hardest hit home run for the Mariners this season?
That’s right, you all got it in one try! Ronny :(edeno’s shot in NY had a speed off bat of 110.6, second only to Branyan’s 110.7
BTW, Nats... Riggleman... haha.
“We feel with a different voice and possibly a different feel in the clubhouse that we can have a more successful second half of the season.”
Technically the shot after was a foot longer.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Was there a given reason that Ichiro didn't participate in the All Star game?
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He did get some distance on that last one, Boonie swinging strike was pretty funny
Didn’t Boonie whiff on the last out?
Josh Hamilton just said, "[NO RELIGION M*****F*****]"
I fucking hate you Mariners
Anyone watch the shows Kings on NBC.
I know its on its way to being cancelled, but man the show is real good. It seems like it is too intellectually stimulating for the average viewer.
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It has been officially cancelled.
I watched the first five episodes and they were interesting. I hope that since they know it is being canceled they give it a real ending.
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I watched the first two episodes and enjoyed it.
But then the local station quit broadcasting it. I didn’t realize there were more episodes; only now do I know.
Go to hulu.com
That has been where I have been watching the episodes. They have been uploading them every week. I think the season finale is next Saturday though.
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Forgot to mention.
That there are up to like 11 episodes now I believe. And they actually are getting better. Its such a shame that it never got popular.
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Shameless cry for friendship:
I finally broke down and joined Facebook. I would like to be friends with all of you! Find me here.
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by thewyrm on Jul 13, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Now for the reason I made this post: So i could put my answers!
1. Clint Eastwood – The Gorillaz
2. Elrond, but probably becasue I love me some LOTR.
3. Phelps, mostly because I am a swimmer but I can understand either answer.
4. I loved Hey Arnold! and I watched a ton of MIB: The Animated Series also Pokemon (I am not ashamed).
5. i recently started listening to Fleet Foxes, not being from Seattle I am probably a bit behind. Still, they are amazing. Also LCD Soundsystem.
6. I am still undecided but leaning toward just getting new glasses.
7. Gonna go with Captain Planet because, “the power is mine!” (or yours)
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I went to the theatre alone to see the first Pokemon move.
I chose a random 8 pm show on a Wednesday to avoid people I know seeing me. I got a lot of strange looks from people.
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One guy actually put his arm around his daughter as I walked up the aisle.
I wanted to yell “Come on!”
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To this day, that is the only movie that I have seen that has made me cry.
I realize I am setting myself up here.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I've never seen Shindler's list but
I’ve seen some tear jerkers. For whatever reason Pokemon was the only one that worked. Of course I was only 9 or 10 when Pokemon came out.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I started getting old after they stopped drafting pitchers the same age as me.
Now I flinch whenever someone the same age as one of my brothers is drafted.
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by JY on Jul 13, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You could use Jamie Moyer as an example?
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by JY on Jul 14, 2009 5:30 AM PDT up reply actions
If you are not a rockstar and also dead by the age of 27, you have failed.
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by JY on Jul 14, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Also Dragon Ball Z.
Don’t know how I could forget that.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously?
Man, I remember entire episode of Freiza and Goku just staring at each other intensely and having some inane inner monologue.
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by JY on Jul 13, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't really understand it now either.
There were entire episodes of powering up, which was really just yelling. At the time though I watched it everyday.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Finally, someone let me outta my cage...
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 14, 2009 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Dare? Can? Am I bismirching?
The fun lies in filling in the mad libs blanks.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 14, 2009 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't dumb yourself down to look cool dude
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I love that word
primarily because not many people know what it means.
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Well that's just illetist
You need to learn to be magmanamous.
by marc w on Jul 14, 2009 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
<3 Ichiro
The Seattle Mariners have outfielder Ichiro Suzuki’s dog to thank for the All-Star MVP signing a five-year contract extension with the team.
When a reporter asked whose opinion the star hitter valued most during the eight months of contract negotiations, Suzuki said through an interpreter, "Ikky, my dog."
Turns out the dog said "ruff, ruff, ruff," according to a smiling Suzuki during the press conference to announce the contract. "That means, ‘Stay, stay, stay.’"
"Of course, I listened," Suzuki said.
by Decatur on Jul 13, 2009 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
He may have said "wan wan wan"
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by JY on Jul 13, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I'ev read this before too.
Still good though.
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by Slow Country on Jul 13, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, not really
this did happen two years ago and was a pretty big story at the time.
Now what we should do is have a thread in which we compile every great Ichiro quote for posterity (and can link back to when necessary!)
by seattlebruin on Jul 14, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I compiled a bunch at one point in a two-part blog post
And juxtaposed him with Gilbert Arenas. The parts are here and here. Anybody strongly agree or disagree with the comparison?
by Robert Lintott on Jul 14, 2009 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
So the AAA home run derby was mildly entertaining as these things go
One of the high school kids won the first round, which was interesting as there was no provision in the rules for the HS kids to go past round 1 – but he hit 8 HR so they had no choice but to let him advance. He was last up in round 2, and he only needed two HR’s to advance, but he went HR-less.
One of the BP pitchers – a Beavers coach, I think, and an older guy – got so gassed after the second batter that he started bouncing pitches, throwing them over batters’ heads, you name it. He got the hook in probably the most embarrassing moment of his coaching life.
The final was Shelley Duncan v. Chad Huffman, and Huffman won – and got $1000 in cash right there on the field for his trouble. Not a can’t-miss event, sure, but it was pretty cool seeing a HS kid jack balls onto the MAC (he did that twice) and to see a bunch of balls fly onto the street and hit buses and stuff.
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Did the high school kids get to use an aluminum bat?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 14, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
I was hoping that if he made the final he’d have to use wood but it became not an issue. All the ML guys were taking practice swings with the aluminum bats, too, it would have been fun to see them hit with metal – everyone except the HS kid was a righty, so there would have been balls hit off the Oregonian building and bouncing off max trains pretty regularly if that were the case.
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Did anybody get one up onto the street?
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 14, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
Shelly Duncan put three or four up there, as did Huffman and Terry Evans, who has possibly the laziest power swing I’ve ever seen. I have no idea how he hits HR’s with a bat speed that slow, but it was pretty fun to watch.
Duncan put one under the big CF scoreboard, too (the top one on the street level, not the one built into the CF wall). I was hoping he’d hit it but not quite.
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It took me a while to figure it out
but I came to the conclusion last night that Tim Lincecum is the older brother of Wiley Wiggins in Dazed and Confused.
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by pdb on Jul 15, 2009 8:03 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Only decent McConaughey role as well
That movie is pure genius.
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More than you should?
I don’t think that’s possible.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 15, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Time for the Gif of the Day!
I figure that since everyone was such a fan of the Licking Knight, we’d continue with that theme:
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by Eyebrows on Jul 15, 2009 8:58 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can't stop staring at his slightly vibrating nose.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Just finished the 6th season of Buffy, and I have to say that I simply cannot handle it when Alyson Hannigan cries in that show.
For some reason it just rips me up. It is some of the most realistic, unpretty crying I’ve ever seen. Her scene in the episode where Joyce dies, and again when Tara dies…wow.
Do you guys have actors who just rip you up with their on-screen crying?
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 9:01 AM PDT reply actions
Not really, but I must say that Julia Ormond crying is one of the most annoying things in cinema history.
Also, far as I can tell that is all she ever does in movies.
When Elizabeth Berkely cried on top of the car in Showgirls
I laughed so hard I almost cried.
by Jed MC on Jul 15, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not so much a specific actor
but there’s one scene in one movie that will always, always make it dusty in my house. The scene at the end of Cinema Paradiso, where the adult Toto sees the reel that Alfredo put together for him of all the screen kisses that were cut out of every film at the Paradiso from when Toto was a kid, always slays me.
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I've had Buffy sitting on my computer for about a year now, not a single episode viewed.
Should I get into this show?
YES YES YES.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes yes yes a million times yes
It is unbelievably awesome. Except for 85% of the final season, in which it didn’t seem like Sarah Michelle Gellar wanted to be there (but even a bad season of Buffy is better than 90% of what’s on TV).
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Yes, but...
be patient with the first season. it is campy, they have no budget, and it is frequently dumb. Get about halfway through the second season before deciding against it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 15, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, I wasn't wild about the sixth season.
The villains were clever, but they were literally fanboys, which I cannot handle. Season five sometimes rubbed me the wrong way too, and seven is really serialized….
Gah…. don’t blame me. My friend reviews the series as a hobby and at times I never hear the end of it. He loved the whole thing. I enjoyed 90% of it but had problems with certain parts.
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by JY on Jul 15, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I loved the fact that fanboys were evil though
it was a nice twist and I liked how they were portrayed. My only problem with the series, as I said, was the last season, when it seemed that SMG was totally just going through the motions; otherwise it’s pretty phenomenal.
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I loved the sixth season; there are some amazing episodes.
“Once More, With Feeling”, “Tabula Rasa”, “Normal Again”, and “Seeing Red” are all pretty fantastic episodes.
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
The episodes themselves were great.
The villain moments were just nonstop groaning from me until the scene switched.
They did well to develop them by the end, and the characterization was strong if it was enough to annoy me that much, but that was just it. I was annoyed most of the time they were on screen.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 15, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, no, I loved the nerds!
Sure, they sucked as villains, but that season the big bad was supposed to be life itself.
That, I got,
That I could buy, with all the Double Meat Palace stuff and everything else that was going on. Except for that one episode of “and now Willow’s on drugs magic” episode, which was too heavy-handed to work.
But the nerds, their dialogue was just pandering. My friend loved it and would point out every time he’d had the same argument. I just rolled my eyes. Sure it worked in the context of “all this trivia will not save you from the great evil in men’s souls” or something like that, but that didn’t mean I had to like it.
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When I heard about that, I wasn't the least bit surprised.
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by JY on Jul 15, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't believe I missed a semi Buffy subthread.
Willow crying – devastating. Yes. The scene when Oz left town in season four is one of the saddest cries I have ever seen.
Brian L – do so immediately. JY is right about the first season, but try and make it through.
Oh shit! I forgot about when Oz left.
Yeah, broke my mighty heart.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll keep this in mind.
I tried to stomach the first few episodes last year but couldn’t make it through.
I'm not a massive Dave Chapelle fan
but this is pretty cool.
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Dave is awesome.
His brilliance led to some really annoying catchphrases, but I can’t hold it against him. Dude is extremely talented, and when he even sniffed the line between capitalizing on his popularity and completely selling out and pumping out a bullshit show for the money, he just up and left, leaving millions of dollars on the table. And then he started doing surprise shows in weird places, like this. Like he’s starting over again.
I love him.
by Teej on Jul 15, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I fucking love Dave Chappelle.
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by Slow Country on Jul 16, 2009 4:48 AM PDT up reply actions
So this may have been on here before, but if not, you should all know it.
The “I’ve hooked up with Jeff Sullivan….or at least wanted to” Facebook group.
Haven’t we all?
Am I really the only Harry Potter fan here? There's been no HP discussion.
Also, whoa Hermione grew up.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions
Well me, of course
and Emma Watson is kind of hot
by seattlebruin on Jul 15, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 16, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to see the movie tomorrow.
WOO!
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm waiting for Harry Potter and the Bag Of Dirty Socks to come out
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by pdb on Jul 15, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Master gave Dobby a sock!
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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Now that Hermione's all grown up that should be fixed
Amirite?
by Robert Lintott on Jul 15, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
To me they are simlar to the recent Lord of the Rings movies.
The movies are good movies, but can’t capture the entire book because the books are so long, detailed, and complicated.
Chopping out a lot of overwrought dialogue would be one way to do it
Maybe start with exclamatory sentences in non-action sequences, but that would pretty much eliminate Hermione
You can finish a Harry Potter book in like 150 minutes
by Graham MacAree on Jul 15, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Let me sum up book six for you in even less time than that
Dumbledore dies. The end.
by seattlebruin on Jul 15, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait, what?!?! Dumbledore died????
Come on man, I need a spoiler alert.
by Robert Lintott on Jul 15, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Noooooooo!
You bitch!
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Jul 15, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not that fast at reading, but the book plots are more complex than the movie plots.
I don’t think Harry Potter and LOTR are equals as far as literature. I think the relationship between the respective books and movies are similar.
I will see the new one out of a bizarre sense of obligation
since I’ve seen the rest of them. But the last one seemed a bit perfunctory and I’m thinking that the further away pop culture gets from Harry Potter-book-mania, the more these last three movies will feel like punching the clock and fulfilling a commitment rather than feel like exciting films that will stand the test of time. I could be totally wrong, though.
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What'd you think of the movie. I don't know when I'll get to see it.
by Robert Lintott on Jul 15, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, this is the first movie that I've waited past the premier.
I even went to Chamber of Secrets in Nicaragua, for goodness sake. But I’ll see it on Friday.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Not a HP fan.
And I get to deal with the incessant speculation of whether Hermoine is heading to Columbia or Brown.
It’s times like these I’m glad I don’t hang out with CC students.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
It's like basketball recruiting for Ivy Leaguers
by seattlebruin on Jul 15, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I had hoped people would act less retarded about it.
But no. Most famous entertainer types who have gone here have dropped out. That list includes Anna Paquin, Jake Gyllenhaal (sister Maggie graduated), and Lauren Hill, among others (Jonathan Taylor Thomas graduated, long after no one could recognize him on the street).
James Franco gets stalked all the time by eighteen/nineteen-year-old fangirls. People won’t even let him do his coursework.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
*Lauryn
I looked it up but didn’t change it.
Art Garfunkel finished though. Pfftt…. sorry…. pfffft… okay moving on…
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
People never act less retarded about celebrities which is annoying
Side note: My dad went to Columbia. His diploma is signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of the university at the time. Pretty neat.
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Ike? That's cool.
From a historical perspective, of course. He wasn’t a particularly good university president. He didn’t have a lot of interest in it, was notoriously difficult to reach, and took a leave of absence to become the NATO supreme commander. The most significant thing he did while being president of Columbia was to run for and win the Presidency of the United States.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Yeah, I just think it's a neat bit of history
I notice he was only president there for about six years and kinda figured it was something like that. I’m just mad I applied to Columbia before it became fashionable to admit legacies regardless of academic performance. Stupid academic standards.
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Ugh, legacies...
I mean, it would have been nice if you’d had that opportunity, but legacy students tend to make things awfully homogeneous I think that most of the college kids I encounter come from the same general background and are here via feeder schools.
It makes me wonder why they let weirdos like me in.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
Yeah, I'm not sold on the idea of legacies in general
My dad wanted me to apply because he went there; I’m sure they looked at my 2.6 HS GPA and no extracurricular activities whatsoever and had a jolly good chuckle before throwing my app in the trash. Which is fair enough.
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That was me in high school, pretty much to a letter.
After that, I did this and that and came back to community college, where I met someone who pointed me in the direction of what is known as the backdoor to Columbia. That wouldn’t have existed in the same capacity back in your father’s time. The faculty itself hasn’t even been fully-integrated for twenty years.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
That happens :)
I am curious to see what happens with the house elves, as they dropped them as a subplot— but they return as plot points in 6 & 7…
I know enough smart, well-read people who love Harry Potter that I would never dismiss it or insult it.
But I just couldn’t care less. I don’t like wizards and orcs and space and shit.
S'ok.
There are a vast number of genres that I have no interest in— but it is a treat when you find something you enjoy in a genre you might not usually read, especially if it sends you to read further examples of the genre such as Anne Ursu’s Cronus Chronicles, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series, or even Dave Barry & and Ridley Pearson’s Peter Pan prequels …
Yes, absolutely.
This would be a great topic for discussion, actually. What are books from genres that you don’t usually read but really enjoyed?
I guess some I liked are Lonesome Dove (Western), The Peloponnesian War (ancient stuff), and Pride and Prejudice (Austen).
Oh, also for any space geeks out there (like myself)
“We Choose the Moon” is acting as if Apollo 11 were today (well, tomorrow) and using the tech we have to “broadcast” it. Twitter feeds from CAPCOM and the crew and audio feeds throughout. Should be pretty cool. Worth taking a look at.
by Robert Lintott on Jul 15, 2009 10:57 AM PDT reply actions
Please tell me Tom Hanks will be nowhere near this
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This is a good thing
Nothing against Tom Hanks but I hate it when celebrities have pet vanity projects that they won’t let go of.
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This has me so excited
I went through the whole site last night, and can’t wait for it to really get moving along. As an aside, I recommend everybody watch the Discovery Channel’s documentary When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions. Lots of declassified footage from the early days of the space program, including video of the first space walk. Gigantic Brass Balls, for every one of those involved
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 15, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well the launch was disappointing. No CAPCOM-Capsule communications or anything like that
I hope there is more as this goes on
by Robert Lintott on Jul 16, 2009 6:58 AM PDT up reply actions
This reminds me
I need to find a copy of the Discovery Channel’s “When We Left Earth” documentary on Blu-Ray. Anybody know where I can pick that up locally?
Also, NASA is in the process of restoring and cleaning up the original footage from the black and white video camera that was aboard the Eagle. A few clips can be seen here
I ordered a package off of Amazon once that shipped from Bellevue.
It was shipped the day of the order and it took four days to reach me.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 15, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I purchased a laptop from some people in Arlington
They shipped it to me. Routed through Tacoma, and then back to me in Renton, and took four days as well. Fucking stupid
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by tootthekazoo on Jul 15, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't choose how the Mariners team store ships things
but I want my package now =(
by seattlebruin on Jul 15, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Given my jersey choices
the over/under on how long until I end up on straightcashhomey is like three years
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Is this a contest?
I bet I could get a Vin Baker Sonics jersey for like ten bucks
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Never seen this site before, but given its central premise (a good one)
What is Ellis Burks doing on it?
Because it's a Cleveland Indians Ellis Burks jersey, mainly.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 16, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That might do it. But still, in his Cleve. decline phase he put together two years
of .385 wOBAs and one of .341. Not bad, or at least not Ndudi Ebi bad.
I actually thought it was a bit unfair myself
but he updates every day, so there are bound to be a few that are kind of eh.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 16, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
I really need more random jerseys to go with my starcrossed memorabilia. Wonder what Bobby Madritsch is up to these days?
Love that site.
Which jersey’s of yours are candidates?
Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 16, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how many Shawn Kelly jerseys there are in the world?
I’m guessing 5. Home, Away, Alternate, mom and dad.
What if he has brothers and sisters? Or is married?
Sadly Shawn’s wikipedia is not expansive
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 16, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I have not decided if I'm actually going to get a Kelley jersey yet
I’d say I’ll likely buy another jersey next year and right now it would be like 10% Kelley, 20% Ichiro, 10% Griffey, 10% Felix, 50% Gutierrez
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
And you seriously think you can compete with a Doyle, Clement, and Cedeno?
Pssh
by Graham MacAree on Jul 16, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh God I forgot about the Clement one
you’ll win.
People probably just think your name is Doyle or something when they see that jersey.
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I'M AN IDIOT.
That should’ve been really easy.
I got a 40-yard long AFC WEST banner with old-school Hawks logos
when the Kingdome went out of business for five dolla. I need to buy a bigger house so I can display it properly.
Body Integrity Identity Disorder
Basically, your brain stops recognizing a part of you as your own, and so you get the undeniable urge that your limb (or whatever) is alien, and you want to cut it off.
It’s pretty interesting stuff. If you don’t want to watch the video, there’s a transcript too.
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There's starting to be a treatment for it now
The same mirror therapy that is used to treat amputees with phantom limb pain – which is a way way cool therapy, by the way. Abstract of a profile of the doc who developed it here (the full article costs unless you’re a subscriber but it’s worth it because it’s fascinating).
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Bahahahaha.
Click to embiggen.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
Looks like congrats is in order for abender20.
Link.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 1:01 PM PDT reply actions
Fantastic! Congrats. Maybe you can keep Bedard healthy when you're done.
by Robert Lintott on Jul 15, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Pshaw
Haven’t you learned anything from Driveline Mechanics? All he has to do is reinvert his W’s and he’ll be fine.
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Reinvert? Does that mean invert, and then invert again?
So is the W the same, or are we doing 90 degrees and he now has Sigmas. Cause that would be fuckin awesome.
by Robert Lintott on Jul 16, 2009 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions
This is a big deal.
Congrats man.
Thug Life
by Slow Country on Jul 15, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd congratulate him,
but then again he’s just propagating the stereotype. Jerkface.
...and now I'm here
Looking for transportation options between Seattle and Portland?
I just found out about this service. It’s about $2 more than Amtrak for one person, but if you’re traveling by twos it’s a lot cheaper – and it’s door to door!
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Holy wowsers I wish I had known about that a week ago.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 15, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I know it, it's an awesome thing
I think I’ve found my new way of getting up to Seattle.
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Only 70 bucks to get yourself some sweet, sweet Burgerville.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 15, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Which totally beats the $30 in gas it would cost
oh wait
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Dear friends, I present the Helen Keller
by royalcurve on Jul 15, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Inaccurate, but funny.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 15, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh my god David Beckham is a fucking dimwit
he as much as takes credit for MLS’ expansion here. Money quote:
Despite failing to lift the Galaxy into the MLS end of season play-offs in each of the last two seasons, Beckham insisted he had been good for the game in the United States, although some of his examples had been in place before his arrival.
He said: "What I’ve done for the league so far has been very successful, I’ve had a successful effect on the game here. You know, there are eight new franchises coming into the league, new stadiums going up (and) attendances, wherever we’ve played as a team. If you look at the attendances we have had throughout the seasons, there’s not many Premiership (teams) that get the average attendance that we’ve had, excluding Manchester United and Arsenal and teams like that.
So I think there’s been a positive effect. We want to carry on growing this game here, it’s the reason that I wanted to be involved in this, but like I said the first day I arrived, this is not going to happen over one or two years. People want quick results but it’s never going to happen over one or two years, it’s five or 10 years and if I’m not playing by the time it really takes off like we hope and know it will then I’ll still be part of this. I’m committed to it and I’m committed to the cause."
My other favorite:
Seeking to further balance criticism, raised amongst others by Galaxy team-mate Landon Donovan, that he lacked commitment to his MLS team, Beckham defended his decision to stay in Milan beyond his initial loan deal.
“I was given to chance to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world,” Beckham said. “If you ask any player in any league in the world, if they were given the chance to finish the season with one of the biggest clubs in the world, they would have said ‘Yes’. I’m a very honest person. If I didn’t want to be here, I wouldn’t be here. I’ve always been committed to every contract I’ve ever had, and that hasn’t changed. I’m a very committed person. If people want to question my commitment and my professionalism, the fact that I’m willing to travel thousands of miles to play for my country says it all.” (emphasis mine)
It’s not your commitment to England that’s being questioned, fucktard.
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I'm so glad Beckham is taking credit for the Sounders attendance records.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 15, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to mushroom stamp that asshole so badly.
by Sec 108 on Jul 15, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
You want to what his what?
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Jul 15, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
This is quite possibly the most vividly homoerotic comment in LL history.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 15, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Easily
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Jul 15, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to look this up on either Urban Dictionary or Eyebrows' porn taxonomy
but then thought that maybe I was lame for not knowing it.
It's where you smack your dick on someone's face and leave a mark shaped vaguely like a mushroom.
Popular as a frat (read: gay) alternative to making the first guy to pass out piss himself or covering him in marker or something disgusting.
I think the term fits in the LL vocabulary perfectly.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I obviously did not intend that since it isn't a mushroom stamp
unless it goes to the forehead. But that is what I get for not thinking it through.
David Beckham is such a tool.
Thug Life
by Slow Country on Jul 15, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The ironic thing about all of this has to be that Yuni was our Angel Berroa
a guy who should have been so much better, a player who flashed so much potential in such a short time, and thereafter was nothing but a constant source of disappointment to the team and fans.
Now he’s gone, and to the Royals of all places, the originators of the Angel Berroa phenomenon.
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
It might be a kraken this time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 16, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Yuniesky Betancourt this year as a Mariner had .270 wOBA.
Rey Quinones had a career .284 wOBA.
Over a full season, Yuniesky Betancourt's 2009 offense
would be worth ~20 runs over Ronny :(edeno’s 2009 offense
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I still irrationally hate Rey Quinones more.
Hopefully Jack will find the Omar to replace our current Quinones.
Best quote I somehow missed?
And if you don't get him tamed he'll make several lovely pots of glue
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Ahahaha
Oh, Twilight fans.
The Coast Guard had to be called in Tuesday to rescue a 22-year-old man who got stuck on Little James Island near La Push.
Officials with the Quileute Indian nation say the person was a tourist from Georgia who went to the island to scope out a site where Twilight’s main character Bella and the Quileute wolves go cliff diving in the second book, “New Moon.”
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WHY WHY WHY WHY
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jul 16, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
He should have asked sb for directions.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I always go after the low-hanging fruit.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I mean, it was either going to be this or a joke about it couldn't be a Georgian because they can't read.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Gutz is a continental soldier.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 16, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
She went out of her way to make me e-mail her the e-books!
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Those books would have been a lot better if Bella just drowned in book 2
but then less Alice, so I guess it all balances out
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
She is a girl.
It’s very slightly more acceptable for her to read Twilight. Also, this story is about a guy.
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Tried, got 75 pages in, couldn't be bothered any more, stopped
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Please try again
it’s my honest opinion that the first 100 pages of Twilight are awful.
It gets a LOT more entertaining after that.
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Train wrecks are entertaining.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Why does this have two recs?
Did you rec yourself?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 16, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why does this have a rec?!
did you rec yourself?
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Direct Twilight references by user:
Elusive = Closet Fan
SB’s way out in the open.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This a bad way to figure out how many Twilight references each of us has made
for example, it ignores this comment here
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was a euphemism for your penis.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not that I'm judging.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Tom Watson shot 65 at the Open!
Tom Watson!
For those people who don't like Joe Posnanski
Read this and re-evaluate your opinion. Seriously. He’s awesome.
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People who don't like Joe Posnanski really shouldn't get opinions
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree but still
as much as J/M/G et al try to convert people from ERA to tRA, I try to convert them from Scoop Jackson to Joe Posnanski.
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I desperately wish the Mariners had a long history rich with legendary players and success
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That doesn't cover the last six words of the sentiment
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Your optimism makes the sun shine brighter
and counteracts my dark bitter cynicism.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
OH HELLS YES
that’s awesome. He’ll never win, but that’s awesome.
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Yay!!
speaking of optimism, Dick Fain thinks the M’s are right in it because the Angels have ‘a debacle of a pitching staff’ and the Mariner pitching is great, and that balances out the difference between their two offenses (“it’s a wash!!”), and so all that is left is defense and attitude, and the M’s come out on top with that!!!!!
Must stop putting in earphones without checking on the channel.
Answers: A Female Perspective
1. Batter: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”, Pat Benatar
Pitcher: “Vertigo”, U2, or “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham!
2. Elrond of LOTR, but that’s because I totally forgot about Priscilla
3. Lance Armstrong
4. “The Tick” or “Underdog” (Dog of Lightening, Dog of Thunder)
5. Earth, Wind, and Fire; KC and the Sunshine Band. Going through a disco phase. Bill Veeck didn’t kill it after all.
6. Do one eye then the other, keeping your glasses/contacts until both are fine. Do NOT go to the discount places. Think Priscilla Presley’s face.
7. Wolverine, because Hugh Jackman has killer abs and doesn’t mind showing them.
Chicks dig the long ball.
Bahaha, from Wiki, in the section devoted to Harry Potter shipping
Other couples, such as Harry and Draco or Lupin and Sirius Black, are favorites among fans who read fan fiction about them. There is also an unusually large number of Severus Snape and Hermione Granger fans, with several large websites such as Ashwinder devoted only to this pairing. These shippers point out the shared love of books, innate intelligence and courage as reasons for the match making sense, along with Hermione’s maturity. 4748
Assuming there are not any LLers that are actually gay.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 16, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking about blowing a lot of dudes and seeing if they like it.
But that works too, I guess.
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by Eyebrows on Jul 16, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Do you have any idea how many straight dudes seek out gay men to blow them?
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 16, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think at that point they really aren't straight dudes
no matter how often they refer to themselves as “str8.”
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On Wikipedia there is a section devoted to Harry Potter shipping and couples who are often written about
this text section was quoted from there
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm assuming you get a tracking number and four days later Harry Potter shows up in a box on your doorstep
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Wow, what is the world coming to
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Jul 16, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Figured somebody here would like this link
Oatmeal Stout and Heath Bar Ice Cream
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Bluebird on Capitol Hill makes Elysian Stout iced cream.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 16, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Next time I'm up I'll try it
Speaking of Capitol Hill I saw this this morning and it made me laugh.
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Yes, if there is anything that will turn off U-Village shoppers,
it is cookie-cutter corporate chain stores.
You need to show more FanPosts in the sidebar then
it’s still in the top 40% of mine.
by seattlebruin on Jul 16, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
So what does it say about me...
…when I thought this actually was a tribute to Wesley Willis?
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