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7/17/09 OTFPOTD - Beating A Dead Horse

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I talked about him yesterday, most everyone here loves him, but when people ask me why I like Joe Posnanski so much, I will now point them to this piece and not belabor the point.

I like summer.  I really do.  But this whole 95 degree weather thing is just kinda BS.  I didn't move back to the NW to have it be this hot this often.  Give me the upper 70's/low 80's and I'm golden.

If you live in Portland, next weekend is for you.  It's brewfest!  I hate crowds, so I usually go Thursday after work.  If you're in the area you should come check it out - there's a bunch of good brewers there this year.

Anybody got big plans for the weekend?  I'm going on a 6AM bike ride Sunday because I'm insane.

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You are insane.

6am is farming time. Not bicycle riding time.

This weekend is Sounders v Chelsea – my first Sounders game, FINALLY. I have no scarf to raise though, sadly.

by royalcurve on Jul 17, 2009 8:47 AM PDT reply actions  

I really wish I could go to that game.

I got my first piece of Sounders apparel yesterday. My girlfriend’s co-worker — whom I have never met — went to Seattle, met up with a friend who I guess has a Sounders blog and a lot of T-shirts, and got me a shirt for free. I was confused, but whatever. FREE SHIRT!

by Teej on Jul 17, 2009 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

The only reason I'm going on a 6AM ride

is because I have to drop my lovely wife off at the airport at 5 so I’ll be up anyway. This way I have no excuse to not ride the 80 miles I was supposed to ride last weekend.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm currently lusting after

these and my friend I’m riding with has offered to let me ride his bike for part of Sunday so I can check them out, see if they make as big a difference as they’re supposed to as far as damping the ride goes.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'd be wary to buy carbon handlebars if your bike gets any sort of abuse.

All you have to do is have a mild crash and they’ll be completely useless.

by abender20 on Jul 17, 2009 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

I've heard that

and of course while I can’t predict crashes I do take really good care of my bike in normal use. I’m just intrigued because my bike (Klein Carbon Pro) is the bicycle version of a German sportscar – handles like a dream, quick as hell, but I can feel every single pebble on the road, and after about 60 miles it gets irritating, even with that schmancy gel tape. Carbon bars are supposed to relieve that. We’ll see.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mine's aluminum with carbon fork/seatstay

and I think my next bike will in fact be steel. I love the aluminum, but there’s something about steel that’s just that much more awesome.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

As a Chelsea (and Sounders!) fan

I really want to watch this game. Does anyone know if the mlsnet match center day ticket will let me watch it online or is that just for normal/cup games?

Fuck Anaheim.

by Eyeball Kid on Jul 17, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Brewfest Brewfest Brewfest!

I didn’t go last year, but I’ll probably make it there this year.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 17, 2009 8:53 AM PDT reply actions  

My weekend is seriously similar to last weekend.

Birthday parties tonight, two of them.
Sounders match tomorrow with my first ride ever on the new light rail.
Sunday will be recovery day.

by Sec 108 on Jul 17, 2009 8:56 AM PDT reply actions  

Weekend:

I already mentioned it in the last thread, but I’m going to the Siren Music Festival at Coney Island this weekend, which should be pretty sweet. I’ll make up for the concerts I haven’t seen in the past several months (Blonde Redhead in Brooklyn, for one, though it rained pretty hard that day) by seeing seven or eight bands at once.

After that finishes, I’ll be headed to a birthday party, where I don’t actually know the birthday girl but know 85% of the people in attendance and got the invite that way. Normally, I wouldn’t be inclined to show up like that, but whatever.

Sunday, I recover and spend an inordinate amount of time writing to the detriment of my studies.

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

by JY on Jul 17, 2009 9:19 AM PDT reply actions  

I went to Siren in 2002 and it was awesome

that’s a fun festival.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

"Don't start getting the money until I tell you to get off the stage. Y'all just keep fucking dancing."

The recently released Pacman Jones nightclub video is full of so much comedy. I can’t stop watching.

Warning: Perhaps unsafe for work. Everything is blurred out, but it’s still a video of a bunch of strippers.

by Teej on Jul 17, 2009 9:20 AM PDT reply actions  

I'm really disappointed in the rainmaking.

If you want to make it rain, you need a second floor from which to throw the money. You can’t just walk up to a stripper with a handful of money and drop it near her. It needs to RAIN.

by Teej on Jul 17, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Unfortunately, I am scared to watch the video at work so further make-it-rain commentary will have to wait until later.

Instead I will talk about how Rampage Jackson once made it made it rain on a group of my friends at a LV club, except that apparently he’s poor, so my friend described it as “a drizzle” while throwing the money back at him and waving $100 bills.

Also, this Facebook group

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

First, I hate when it gets this hot, because I am a fragile Northwest flower and I wilt with astonishing speed.

Second, I’ve always wanted to go to Brewfest but my weekend is booked for an escape on the Oregon Coast

Third, like quite a few LL’ers, I’ll be at the Sounders v Chelsea game. Unfortunately, unlike many of them, I’ll be with a Chelsea fan. Sigh. Guess I should drink up at brunch first, yes?

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 17, 2009 9:52 AM PDT reply actions  

Welcome to the Seattle area where everyone thinks 85 is hot

(I was one of those everyones until I moved to New England and now here to PDX)

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

85 is perfect.

86 is bullshit. It’s a fine line.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 17, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

.

I’m OK up until 29π°F but then it starts to get annoying

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

If you're trying to be a nerd

why use Fahrenheit?

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by Eyebrows on Jul 17, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

I mean come on

Kelvins represent.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 17, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

I am sorry, but in this case, the Rankine scale would have made much more sense

since this would not have required that I convert to Celsius first, thus making my task easier.

 I would think an intelligent individual such as yourself would have realized this already

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Psh

It’s plenty easy.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 17, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sure, they're delicious.

But I’m afflicted with a condition that makes it impossible for me to stay awake if I drink during the daytime.

by royalcurve on Jul 17, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Man it's hot. It's like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot.

Put me in the wilt category— although I can deal with dry heat better than the other.

It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity, you know.

by msb on Jul 17, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions  

I LOVE THAT PLAY

the movie’s pretty good too.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

Just as an FYI, this isn't hot

last weekend, my car thermometer hit 110 on the way home.

Today it said 80. At 7:30 AM.

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions  

Also, screw you people who live by the water down here and get nice ocean breezes

because it’s probably like 35 degrees cooler in La Jolla right now than Temeula

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's the great thing about living just 30 miles from the ocean.

We only get maybe 2 or 3 days every summer where it gets over 100. The rest of the time it stays between 70-85. Like right now it’s 61, but it’s supposed to get up to 74. Perfect.

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by Goose on Jul 17, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

This summer is shaping up a little differently, at least down here

I don’t mind that death stretch because you know that it’s going to be over soon. But this summer down here has had multiple 90+ degree days every month since May, with no discernible pattern, and it’s annoying. It’s going to be 94 today and 78 tomorrow. Couldn’t it just split the difference and be 85 instead?

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

To Renton or to Chelsea?

It’s a win-win!

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

No, it was just some problem with the roofing tar and stuff

It was pretty damn impressive, though. My brother and I hung out and sat in the bed of my his truck and had a couple beers while we watched it burn

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

It was really awesome to watch

We’ll leave it at that.

Actually, as a shitty aside to the whole thing, that was one of the places that I was thinking of getting an apartment. It really sucks

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

If they don't, then they'd better keep a close eye on the North Building

Wouldn’t want another “accident” like the one that happened to the South Building

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's a nice base you've got here, Colonel

shame if something were to happen to it. Fings break, dunnay?

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

Damn.

I was posting, “Somebody had a wild night in Tijuana.” Well done, sir.

I never really liked the old tagline.

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by Craig Powers on Jul 17, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

I wouldn't feel safe in a tank down there right now.

I’d love to go to Rosarito for a day or two, but Baja is just too scary. I’m kicking myself for not going a few years ago, back when it was an oddity for a 20-minute gunbattle to break out in front of a school.

by Teej on Jul 17, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

Baseball and Tijuana don't mix either.

Back when I was on a Mickey Mantle team, we had a tournament in San Diego and took a day trip to Tijuana. Our pitchers got so trashed and were so hungover the next day that we gave up 20 walks in five innings in one game.

by Decatur on Jul 17, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

holy jebus I thought I was bored at work

but you, sir, win the prize.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just saw an advertisement for Cutco on the Price is Right.

Anyone else work for Vector Marketing at some point?

I never really liked the old tagline.

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by Craig Powers on Jul 17, 2009 10:45 AM PDT reply actions  

Nice.

I actually did it for two summers. Sold 18K worth of kitchen cutlery! I also got to be an AM, so I made money off other people’s sales. That was a pretty sweet deal.

I never really liked the old tagline.

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by Craig Powers on Jul 17, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not Vector,

But I sold Kirby Vacuums door-to-door about 5 years ago. I’ve had better jobs, but damn if that wasn’t a School of Hard Knocks version of learning how to sell stuff. To convince somebody to let you into their home for upwards of 2 hours and then spend $1,800 on a vacuum is to possess a real skill in manipulation

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah that is impressive.

We didn’t really do the cold calling/door to door stuff. We worked on more of a referral basis.

I never really liked the old tagline.

CougCenter

by Craig Powers on Jul 17, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

Fuck that shit.

What a giant pyramid scheme. I went to the interview but didn’t try at all because I could tell it wasn’t worth it.

by Mariner John on Jul 18, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

I guess I should say, the more power to you if you did it.

I just don’t really want to do that. Plus it seems like the lasy who runs that particular one was very pushy.

by Mariner John on Jul 18, 2009 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Same with the vacuums

It may cost $1,800, but it’s a hell of a machine. And as I said earlier, it’s an excellent method of learning how to sell

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 18, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Did anyone mention yet that it's goddamn apocalyptically hot?

The freaking DOG wouldn’t go outside this morning. If it’s been covered, I’ll back off.

by royalcurve on Jul 17, 2009 11:30 AM PDT reply actions  

That's nothing

Yesterday, there was an American Idol audition in Denver. It was in the low 90’s, and people had lined up since early in the morning. One of the hopefuls drove there, and left his dog in the car, with the windows up. After finally having his audition at 2pm, he went out to his car to find his dog, now deceased.

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I wholeheartedlly agree

I can only hope that Simon treated him like complete shit and that the guy was in terrible spirits all the way back to his car. Fuck him

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

That pisses me off to no end.

Aren’t there animal cruelty laws that allow for this person to be thrown in jail?

I never really liked the old tagline.

CougCenter

by Craig Powers on Jul 17, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

He was charged on one count of animal cruelty and has a hearing scheduled

At least, that’s what I understand

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's fucking hot

My office is about 90 right now, and will only get worse as the day progresses.

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Aw dammit

Tucson has lost Spring Training entirely as of 2011, according to Stone. That’s too bad, I always liked going to games down there because it was even mellower than ST in Phoenix.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions  

IIt's not surprising

that of the two TWs, one is leading after 2 rounds and the other will likely miss the cut.

Wait, Tiger’s the one at +5? And Watson’s leading?

What the fuck

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Jul 17, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

TIGER WOODS SUCKS AMIRITE

i’m just practicing for my big debut on the ESPN message boards.

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

bwahahaha

from the ESPN blog of the Open:

2:30 p.m. ET: With quote machine Mark Calcavecchia on the leaderboard, Ladbrokes had him at even money to utter the quote of the week. But that race is O-V-E-R. Tom Watson is your QOTW champion. And here it is, discussing his two birdies on the final three holes:

“At 59 years old, it’s almost as good as having sex.”

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

I feel owned

(note to Jemele Hill: not a comment with subtext)

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Too late

She’s already written 4,000 words about how racist Great Britain is

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sooo...any thoughts about Julio Lugo?

Apparently he was designated for assignment by the Red Sox today. It is expected that the Sox will release him as no one wants to pay him $10 million a year.

So should we take a chance on him? ZiPS projects him for a .324 wOBA for the rest of the year, much much much much much better than lil Ronnie. The issue is that -8.3 UZR he’s put up in only 32 games this year, which comes out to -43.2/150. It seems a little weird that his range would go from above-average every single year to disastrous so quickly. I havent really seen him play much this year, and I wonder if it’s possibly just a case of SSS making the numbers look worse. Because if he is ~avg defensively at SS and hits the way he’s projected to, he’s an average player and an upgrade at SS without trading Bedard/Washburn.

If he really is that bad defensively then obviously we shouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole. But I find it hard to believe that he went from an okay defender to one of the worst in the league so quickly.

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Jul 17, 2009 11:52 AM PDT reply actions  

32 games is a riduclously small sample size

if he’s cheap, sure, why the hell not – he can’t hit worse than Ronnie, that’s for sure, and if he sucks you can always just cut him

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Be more concerned about the link fail

Which team?

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Fulham

I imagine Chelsea will be too after tomorrow

by Graham MacAree on Jul 17, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

And to answer the question

No weekend plans, really. I’ll be taking my son to see Up tonight. Since it’s a Pixar movie, I expect to thoroughly enjoy it. Has anybody here seen it yet?

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 1:04 PM PDT reply actions  

RC and I saw it.

It’s amazing. Pixar loves telling a story without words, and I think they try to do it whenever they can. I mean, 2/3 of WALL-E was pretty much a silent film. The first 10 minutes of this one is the same way.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 17, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Good to know

I read an article yesterday that made me hate Pixar, although for unconventional reasons

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just read that aloud to the company at my house

and it was also deemed hilarious.

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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jul 17, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

The thing is, though, that he is completely correct

Having a kid does that shit to you, and I fucking hate* Pixar for knowing it and exploiting it

  • I actually really love them and their movies but come the fuck on, Pixar

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Need to give a best man speech tomorrow

Suggestions? I was thinking of going the Keanu Reeves route in The Replacements.

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by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 17, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions  

So...

Pain Heals, Chicks dig scares – Glory lasts forever.

Would be perfect?

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by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 17, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of The Replacements...

Does anyone else annoy their friends by pointing out the flaws in rules in sports movies. In The Replacements at the end they get an onside kick then hurriedly call a time out. You don’t need to call timeout, the clock stops on change of possession. Stuff like that ruins sports movies for me.

Also, I just saw Wes Welker on something and he was wearing a Thunder hat. Fuck Wes Welker.

I never really liked the old tagline.

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by Craig Powers on Jul 17, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fuck that guy.

Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.

by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 17, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

And his dumb QB too!

Andrew Raycroft for backup? Does not compute.

by Woodinville_12thMan on Jul 17, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not going to watch this if they replace the voice actors.

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by Goose on Jul 17, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sure they would, if it was cheaper

Why would they put out an open casting call and provide bios and video links to all of the characters? And why would Phil LaMarr mention it on his Facebook page?

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pretty much, yeah

It’s one thing to change a voice actor after a few episodes, or even after a season if it’s a lesser-known character, but to switch an entire voice cast after several seasons and years of syndication is just a completely retarded idea

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

And it doesn't mean that they're definitely out

I imagine that they’ll have to re-audition for their own parts, but I wouldn’t be surprised if none of them would do it

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

See my link above to Phil LaMarr's facebook

He directly mentions it there. Obviously it could be fake, but the casting notice seems awfully detailed, and to have 3 of the voice actors reference this on their respective web pages has me thinking it’s legit

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

This sounds more like posturing on 20th Century Fox's part.

They’ve done this song and dance before with The Simpsons and Family Guy, threaten to recast in an attempt to get the voice actors to lower their contract demands.

by BrianL on Jul 17, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

For what it's worth

Segal, West, and LaMarche are confirmed to be at San Diego Comic Con next week with Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. I can’t imagine they would be there if it was likely they were going to be replaced.

by BrianL on Jul 17, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh I agree.

20th Century did this with The Simpsons once or twice, didn’t they?

by BrianL on Jul 17, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Almost positive that they did

Like I said to Coach and like you two have also now pointed out, it seems largely like it’s just a negotiating snag and FOX is hedging their bets, as well as puffing their chests a little bit. But, until it’s been made completely official that everybody is coming up, I’ll remain slightly concerned. It is FOX, after all

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Try to give me a reason besides "soccer is fun to watch"

I want to root for a local team but I need something specific to cheer for.

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by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 17, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Against who?

I can roll with this.

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by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 17, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmm...well, whenever I'm explaining why I love baseball to someone who's not a baseball fan,

I tell him or her “the trick to enjoying baseball is to find something to root for or against on every single pitch.” Throw a good curveball this pitch – YES! Don’t go to ball three on this guy – DAMMIT! Don’t swing at one six inches outside, where the catcher’s setting up – GAHHH! I don’t know nearly as much soccer as baseball, but this is probably the trick to enjoying soccer too – find something to root for on every play/route/cross – especially what happens off the ball.

by Decatur on Jul 17, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jesus Christ

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

At this point, were I a young teenage male

I would file my front teeth to look like vampire teeth and spike my hair and act all moody. I’d get tons of tail

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fuck, my whole plan is ruined

Might as well destroy the time machine I just built. Thanks for ruining my dreams, NOLA

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Please do not make me go find evidence of this

because I will feel obligated and it will take a long time

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

How would he bite though, if he didn't have them?

I read the books, I just can’t remember them mentioning it one way or another.

by royalcurve on Jul 17, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

implants

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by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

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Physical appearance

Like all the vampires in the Twilight series, Edward is described by Bella as being impossibly beautiful. At various points in the series, she compares him to the mythical Greek god Adonis. His skin is “like marble”—very pale, ice cold, and sparkles in the sunlight. She describes his facial features as being perfect and angular—high cheekbones, strong jawline, a straight nose, and full lips. His hair, which is always messy, retains the unusual bronze shade that he inherited in his human life from his biological mother. His eyes, once green, are now described as topaz. His appearance changes if he goes long without feeding: his eyes darken, becoming almost black, and purple bruises appear beneath his eyes. Edward is 6’2", and has a slender but muscular body.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 17, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Disclaimer: I would not get a Twilight tattoo

But I understand the impetus to put a line from something meaningful on your body. Will Twilight be ridiculous in a few years? Of course. But using la tua cantante or I know who I love is not that ridiculous.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 17, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Since we're on the topic

This is one of my favorite RvB videos ever: RvB: Tattoos Pro/Con

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by Eyebrows on Jul 17, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

There are a few lines from the series that might be worth tatooing on your body

I would not ever theme them as to make it obvious they were pulled from the Twilight saga though.

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

That makes me Ce:Deno.

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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jul 17, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is that in the clubhouse?

And is that an actual NES on the floor that he’s using? So awesome

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Then I hope that's his house

Because the thought of one of my most favorite new players sitting in his house playing NES baseball on a real NES is just awesome to me

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 17, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Looks like a magazine rack on the wall there.

So I’d guess it’s some other clubhouse. Was this taken in Cleveland?

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by Eyebrows on Jul 17, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

According to Drayer, yes

Trey Griffey walked past and was baffled as to what it was.

by msb on Jul 17, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, that's that eye training thing they talked about him doing, right?

It must be!

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by Jack Moore on Jul 17, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Article said he tried to get Ichiro to play.

It’s in the Cleveland clubhouse. Branyan kept taunting Ichiro — this is a Nintendo, you know who they are don’t you, they pay our salaries, etc.

Chicks dig the long ball.

by LauraBu on Jul 18, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Best football chant in the US

From The Guardian:

The LA Riot Squad have taken to bellowing, We Don’t Need No David Beckham, adapting Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, and he must convince them that he is committed to life at the Home Depot Center rather than San Siro.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 3:26 PM PDT reply actions  

I frankly find the whole football/soccer debate tedious and useless

The English call it football, but the English also coined the word “soccer” (it’s a bastardization of “association football”) so whatever. Call it either one, doesn’t matter one way or the other.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 17, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rec'd

And like it or not, America has a different sport called football that is far more popular in this country, so we need another word.

by Teej on Jul 17, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just bought some fucking Pearl Jam tickets!!

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by Fin on Jul 18, 2009 10:33 AM PDT reply actions  

Tom Watson is putting together a Top-10 story in golf history.

I am absolutely captivated. Tied for the lead at 3-under and has a 15-foot eagle putt coming up.

I have always loved Tom Watson, but I wasn’t able to watch him play in his prime. He looks like a young man out there and I imagine this is what it was like. If he can complete the storybook ending, he will be at the top with Tiger and Jack as my favorite all-time golfers. I think he has already entered that realm with the classy show he has displayed this week.

by Wilder. on Jul 18, 2009 11:10 AM PDT reply actions  

It's definitely a hell of a story

He’s playing out of his mind and it’s awesome.

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by tootthekazoo on Jul 18, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

Siren:

Saw Monotonix. Didn’t quite know what I was getting into until they started setting up equipment in the crowd. At one point they had the entire drum set crowd surfing and the lead singer sitting on a stool next to it trying play it. Awesome.

The Built to Spill set was not particularly good. The equipment started screwing up in the middle of Going Against your Mind, and otherwise they were playing a bunch of songs that didn’t really interest me all that much (their poppier fare: Liar, Sidewalk, You Were Right)

Could really get into The Oh Sees. The lead singer was also the only one that seemed to be feeling it. I also sort of enjoyed A Place to Bury Strangers but it was getting really f’ing hot at that point and I couldn’t focus on it.

Liked The Future of the Left. Don’t know how to categorize them, they claim to ba heavy kind of pop, but the delivery is more punk. Their on-stage banter was pretty good too. When people weren’t clapping, the bassist made some comment about not realizing that he was at a freak show, with so many one-handed people in the crowd. Of course, on Coney Island, that joke doesn’t work as well, so they had to clarify. “Well, not like snake girls and all that. I mean, we see that all the time.” “We call it ‘Manchester’”.

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by JY on Jul 19, 2009 11:33 AM PDT reply actions  

Have you ever had to rethink a musical preference that you thought was rock solid?

I hate the Decemberists. HATE. It’s not just one thing, either – it’s an evil soup of Colin Meloy’s annoying voice, the endless affectations, the preciousness, and the overinstrumentation (look what I learned how to play today! Let’s use it!). It’s unbelievably annoying to me, and has been for as long as there have been Decemberists.

But then last night I got a copy of the new album by The Builders and The Butchers. My first reaction was that I really liked it. My second reaction was “OH MY GOD THIS SOUNDS SO MUCH LIKE THE DECEMBERISTS!”. This really threw me for a loop and I feel like I have to re-evaluate the Decemberists, now. Builders/Butchers aren’t as overwrought, and their lyrics are a little less grandiose, but still.

What bands have you heard (recently or otherwise) that have made you want to re-evaluate a previously held opinion?

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 20, 2009 8:23 AM PDT reply actions  

I used to hate country music.

But a few years ago I heard an American Roots show on Johnny Cash and started listening to him a bit. That got me into Willie Nelson, some old Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, and Patsy Cline.

I still don’t like a lot of country, but I don’t dismiss the entire genre anymore. I tend to like the old blues and early rock & roll style instead of the current stuff. For whatever reason, the modern pop-country like that American Idol singer with the Jesus take the wheel song, Faith Hill, etc. doesn’t do anything for me.

by Jed MC on Jul 20, 2009 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm right there with you on that

New country is basically just pop music with a slight twang. Stick with the old stuff for the most part. Have you heard any Marty Robbins? If not, get this. It’s awesome.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 20, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

I had a similar experience this weekend.

I was at a concert, and Ra Ra Riot was one of the opening acts. I’ve enjoyed a few of their songs, and have considered picking up their album. However, listening to their live set I realized that they sound almost exactly like Belle & Sebastian, and I HATE Belle & Sebastian. Oops.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 20, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

They don't really sound like Belle and Sebastian to me

Similar enough that you might have a problem, but if so, then you’d probably have a problem with 95% of indie pop.
(I like Belle and Sebastian though, or at least I like many of their songs, so maybe you can disregard this…)

by marc w on Jul 20, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

A pet peeve

why do motorcycle police officers not wear protective clothing when riding?

Shouldn’t they be the ones promoting motorcycle safety?

by seattlebruin on Jul 20, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions  

Turn signals are very, very costly.

Why do you think most luxury cars have them as an expensive option that few people buy?

by msb on Jul 20, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Look here, if people are wealthy enough to afford expensive option packages

car companies need to make sure that turn signals become a standard part of the tech package. It’s unacceptable that safety options like these are kept out of the price range of the general public.

by seattlebruin on Jul 20, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

Turn signals are a plot by the government to further invade our privacy.

I will change lanes when I want to change lanes, and I’m not giving the CIA the chance to anticipate my movements.

by abender20 on Jul 20, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

But if they include turn signal levers in every car by default where will they put

the sixth cupholder/cell phone dock/iphone port/blender/shoeshine machine that the modern car requires? THINK MAN.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 20, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

I routinely see Vancouver Police speeding on the freeway.

Yet there is almost always a speed trap set up in I-5 south.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 20, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

Now would be an OK time to try to trade with the Mets.
Sheffield’s injury left the Mets with just three bench players, a situation that Manuel admitted is “a roll of the dice” the longer Sheffield is out.

But Manuel, with a straight face, suggested a potential solution: pitcher Livan Hernandez. Manuel claimed that he is considering using Hernandez at first base or third base and as a pinch-hitter. Hernandez has a career .229 average, so the pinch-hitting angle isn’t outlandish, but Hernandez as a fielder?

“He’s a guy that we feel, if need be, could possibly do that,” Manuel said of being a fill-in fielder.

From this article.

by abender20 on Jul 20, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions  

Question for BrianL or anybody else who knows more about computers than I do (read: most of the population)

If my internet is functioning normally (downloads, uploads, Xbox Live) function normally, but I keep getting server timeouts in both Firefox and Internet Explorer. I have to click “retry” 20-50 times to finally get the website to load.

What gives?

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 20, 2009 11:39 AM PDT reply actions  

I would try flushing the dns cache

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Jul 20, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Try this

Open up the command prompt (Star menu, run, type “CMD” sans quotes and hit enter)

Use this command:

IPCONFIG /flushdns

and for good measure issue the IPCONFIG /renew command as well.

by BrianL on Jul 20, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Will do. Thanks for the tip.

Though I can’t do it until I get home.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 20, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Okay, so I'm running Windows Vista SP1 (32 bit)

and when I typed tried to do a dnsflush, I received this message:

The requested operation requires elevation.

Any ideas?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 20, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Could be that you don't have admin privileges

Of course, I default to that response because Vista is a schizophrenic operating system and never really believes that you want to do what you’re asking it to.

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by JY on Jul 20, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Seriously?

Vista requires admin access to perform a simple flushDNS?

Log in with an administrator account if you can and try that.

by BrianL on Jul 20, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Shut the fucking access/user control off!

I understand WHY they have the warning screens, and I understand what they’re for, but it’s my comp., so I turned it off. I’m much happier now.

by marc w on Jul 20, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

One of many great things about Windows 7 is less invasive UAC.

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.398wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on Jul 20, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

One of my Microsoft buddies is picking me up a copy from the company store.

Though I’m not in any particular rush, I’m pretty happy with the RC.

by BrianL on Jul 21, 2009 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Same here.

I will be ecstatic to not be using Vista anymore.

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

by JY on Jul 21, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

I never got onto Vista.

All of my computers ran XP until the Windows 7 beta and RC became available.

by BrianL on Jul 21, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Didn't have a choice.

I bought a Dell XPS in that terrible interim period, after they stopped allowing a Windows XP option on their new laptops and before they realized what an utter catastrofuck that idea was.

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

by JY on Jul 21, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

The fucking pink car cheated in that game after level 24.

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.398wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on Jul 21, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loved RC Pro AM II.

But you could never really beat anyone in multiplayer, because it wouldn’t split the screen. So it just dragged the lagging player along.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 21, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

All those old games will always have a special spot in my heart . . . but they fucking sucked.

by Teej on Jul 21, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

It would be sweet if they already had a service pack out before the RC expired.

Which for me is 3-1-10 at 4:59 PM.

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by Goose on Jul 21, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Anybody know when It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia starts up again?

I can’t seem to find a definitive date anywhere.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 20, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions  

According to the commercials they show during Rescue Me

mid-September. I believe it starts the week after Rescue Me ends.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 20, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Excellent.

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.398wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on Jul 20, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pretty sure that was a home game.

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by Fin on Jul 20, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Either way

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 6:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

Needs more pink.

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

by Faux on Jul 21, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure what that means.

But given the numerous(at least a dozen that I’ve come across) NJ douches with pink polo shirts and white with matches-the-shirt-pink logo Yankees hats, I stand by my statement.

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

by Faux on Jul 21, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

A bleeth is the female equivalent of a douche.

I have not seen the douchebag-with-pink-hat phenomenon firsthand and hope to God that I never do.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 21, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just stay out of NJ

I know it’ll be tough, but I think you can do it.

They’re everywhere here. There was one at my work until he caught three people in one day trying to stifle their laughter. He’s since switched to layered popped-collar polos and Ed Hardy shirts, which is depressingly normal attire in NJ.

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

by Faux on Jul 21, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

One on each wrist, and a necklace to match.

All with the same style weave. Oh, and a pink rubber bracelet that just happens to match the shirt.

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

by Faux on Jul 21, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

So Erin Andrews was naked on camera at some point, and now the video's online.

That being said, I’m sure that links to, or pictures of, are strictly verboten. Or at least I sure hope so.

Why the fuck can’t they leave the good people alone? Go harass Tommy Lee some more or something. I’m sure he’ll be more than happy to show you his parts.

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

by Faux on Jul 21, 2009 8:43 AM PDT reply actions  

I'm not sure I understand the motivation behind wanting to see this.

From what I understand, it’s grainy footage through a hotel peephole. If I wanted to see naked women, I’d go watch actual porn.

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by Goose on Jul 21, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

How do people who work IT do it?

I’d be begging for mercy kill in less than ten minutes

by seattlebruin on Jul 21, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions  

It helps to make fun of them.

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

by Faux on Jul 21, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes, I was punching things.

They were relentless. They deserved that goal. And perhaps seven more.

by Teej on Jul 21, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

After that dicklord spent five minutes rolling around with a pretend injury, then skipped off the field, I wantedadsf;l kasjd

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL

by Teej on Jul 21, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

YEAH!

Let’s make it two title games in one season, Sounders!

by marc w on Jul 22, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

I may be making the heroic personal double this weekend

Cheering on the Sounders, then driving to Portland to boo the hell out of the Timbers for their game at 7pm, so after may not work.

Before is a possibility.

by marc w on Jul 22, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wow, good on you.

We are planning on sneaking into the Mariner game after the Sounders game is over.

by Sec 108 on Jul 22, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Minor Firefox issues.

So with firefox, I can’t view videos on blip nor can I view the comments on deadspin. They work in safari though. Is there any extension that might be muddling this up? Adblock maybe? I downloaded 3.5 and that didn’t help. This isn’t a huge deal but it’d be nice to stay in the same browser to watch a video.

by Mariner John on Jul 21, 2009 11:37 PM PDT reply actions  

So the doubleshot I just drank expired four years ago.

There was a gooey lump in the bottom of the can. I am probably going to die. What a way to go.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 22, 2009 9:35 AM PDT reply actions  

LL Commenter of the Year candidate Eyebrows passed away today at the age of 42.

Eyebrows ostensibly collapsed and succumbed to the effects of a thoroughly expired Starbucks Doubleshot, although doctors suspect that his intermittent methamphetamine usage didn’t help matters.

Known for a quick wit and a disturbing aptitude for making jokes about 9/11, his absence will echo through the now-quiet OFFTOPS like the deranged howls of Tom Hallion after another curveball freezes an Oriole.

He is survived by his two parents, Maicer and DeChonda, and his brother, the Ice-Licking Knight.

by abender20 on Jul 22, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions   3 recs

Oh fuck yes now I really hope I die.

This is going to be awesome guys.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 22, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

(What is the proper collective noun for BuseyGnomes?)

A stammering of Buseygnomes?
A creep of Buseygnomes?
A cackle of Buseygnomes?

by marc w on Jul 22, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

A bustle.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 22, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

That works.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 22, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

As do I

It’s such a perfect concept, perfectly executed. Now I need gifs of Busey in other classic films.

by marc w on Jul 22, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

_

“Here’s screamin’ at you, kid.”

by abender20 on Jul 22, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

My favorite kind of silly photoshop'd pictures

Are the ones where they just interchange the faces of people in the photo. Like a picture of a guy with a beard holding a baby, and you swap their faces. Not sure why I find it so funny, but it always makes me laugh

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

We need to spice up the story of his death to make it more fit for a hero, though

He died while saving a school bus full of children that had been beset on all sides by ten mountain lions, 9 of which he killed by fistfighting them. Alas, the tenth lion proved too much, but later died from internal injuries suffered by a devastating right hook from Eyebrows, thrown after his body was clinically dead

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

What would Brian Boitano do, if he was here right now?

He’d make a plan and he’d follow through, that’s what Brian Boitano’d do

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

What would jolly Eyebrows do if he weren't dead right now?

He’d disturb us all with a .gif or two, that’s what jolly Eyebrows’d do.

by abender20 on Jul 22, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

Some people say disturbing, I say uplifting.

Much like the corpses of the Utah miners were uplifted out of the collapsed mineshaft.

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

by Faux on Jul 22, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

That whole movie creeped me the fuck out

Excellent flick, but not at all what I was expecting.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why would you hate Doug Jones?

He was in Sockbaby 4!

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

by JY on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Some day they will write a song about you.

It will be called “Thanks For the Subject Line”

by abender20 on Jul 22, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions   3 recs

Scientists recently discovered a new fullerene carbon allotrope

Tentatively known as the Shatnerope, this CNT (Carbon Nano Tube) variant is not only extremely strong, but extremely stiff/rigid. They conduct heat extremely well, but may be best known for their ability to mimic (after a fashion) other materials.

by marc w on Jul 22, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Needs more Busey

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

by Faux on Jul 22, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

G-Bus?

Jeebus?
Jesus?

Gary Busey is Jesus?

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

by Faux on Jul 22, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING

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

by Faux on Jul 22, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I can't wait for the day science invents video-wallpaper

Because this would be a silly thing to have displayed on your walls

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

$10 says that gun is not registered to him

I like how he’s all gangstery in front of his high-level WoW character, though, and I’m digging the crustache

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mmmhmm.

So THAT’S how it is in their family.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 22, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

'Sup, bitch

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Jul 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

So a good way to pass a little time at three in the morning.

Look up some Andy Rooney 60 minutes clips on youtube.

Holy shit, that guy has been crazy and on TV longer than I’ve been alive. Some must-see episodes – the fruit one from the week before last, I don’t understand newspaper headlines, bill gates, umbrellas.

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

by Faux on Jul 22, 2009 11:42 AM PDT reply actions  

I was watching the game yesterday

And was marveling at that the size of his ass. I mean, I know there are jokes and all, but I guess I didn’t really pay attention. KGJ has got a caboose.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 22, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's a shelf.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 22, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

From Ichiro's ST visit in '99

“As he swings, Suzuki emits a martial arts-style grunt. Asked whether he shouldn’t emulate the slender Suzuki, Griffey smiled and shook his head no.

“He’s got no booty,” said Griffey, slapping his own bountiful backyard. “Got to get the push from somewhere.”"

by msb on Jul 22, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

This story bears repeating. When we did our first LL Socal Angels game, I was sitting next to sb.

I looked down to the dugout and something clearly stood out. I asked sb, “If you look at the dugout right now, what stands out the most?” Without even hesitating, he said “Griffey’s ass.”

KGJ was leaning against the dugout rail and his caboose was noteworthy even from the third deck.

by abender20 on Jul 22, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Windows 7 is now in RTM.

Link

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by Goose on Jul 22, 2009 5:17 PM PDT reply actions  

What the hell?!?
yo ima chill as lette i spend most my time
wit my homie. and i do sum shit and idk lol

hit me up:)

Or “whoot whoot to my fam” ? People talk like this?

by Kermit. on Jul 22, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is a fantastic explanation of one's day-to-day activities.

I spend most of the time with my homie, but I also do some shit and I don’t know.

by Teej on Jul 22, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Baseball related off topic query:

Have deep, barely foul fly balls ever been tracked via the data? It seems like a young player that hits a lot of those, if there is one, could be a good “diamond in the rough” find, since there would be a chance they’d start to catch up on those and hit them fair.

Just a thought I was having. Not sure if it has been looked at before.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Jul 23, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions  

Introducing

The 256GB flash drive.

FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!

by Goose on Jul 24, 2009 12:45 AM PDT reply actions  

Someone make a new OFFTOP.

I’m lazy and if I did it it would probably be so full of gifs that it would bog down before anyone posted.

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by Eyebrows on Jul 24, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions  

The weekend approacheth.

Site traffic spikes on Monday morning, so we might as well wait at this point.

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

by JY on Jul 24, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sooo slow today. Fuck you employed people.

Someone entertain me. Can’t we talk about the Seahawks or Sounders? Your hot mailman? Anything?

Illegible

by kevin_ess on Jul 24, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions  

Alright, another baseball related thought:

Some homeruns are lucky, in that the pitch was perfectly acceptable and somehow the guy just muscled it out, like when Adrian Beltre hits a pitch above his head and somehow it leaves the yard. Will there be a day where those types of homeruns are taken to account with things like tRA*, since they are a little less indicative of pitching ability?

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Jul 24, 2009 9:48 PM PDT reply actions  

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