OT, Oct 22nd-- happy birthday, Ichiro! I got you a ...
by msb on Oct 22, 2010 1:41 PM PDT
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Jeff's post about Ichiro's birthday made me think-- what do you get a suave worldly fellow, who already pretty much has everything? (except a tasteful World Series ring of his own) .
Any shopping mavens out there with some good ideas?
or maybe a little something for Ikkyu-- like a new dog house? Dancing lessons?
For the rest, there are still on-going topics from the last few OTs, including beer, beer, and Halloween.
hmm, wonder who Ichiro would dress up as for Halloween....
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I can barely figure out what to get my wife for her birthday or Christmas,
Trying to figure out a gift for Ichiro makes my brain hurt.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
There is a good idea!!
Or, we could just by him Cleveland! It would be a great gag gift, and it should be pretty cheap!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Yeah, but then you'll get regifted Cleveland, and no one wants that.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Oct 22, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Very good point.
Screw that idea then.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Here we go:
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Even better:
http://www.gifts.com/search/product/MonsterHoodies-Whale-Bite?ideaID=14409&prodID=349921
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
You mean Mr. Tiny Rack-O-Ribs?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I get it, you want to keep him around a while and fatten him up,
until he’s Mr. Huge Rack-O-Ribs.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
by Thingray on Oct 22, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Just ask Madison Bumgarner where he got his
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
What do you get the guy who has everything?
One of these guys.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Is that an arctic fox or something?
He already has a dog.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Yes, it's an arctic fox.
He has a dog, but I bet he doesn’t have an arctic fox. Who wouldn’t want an arctic fox?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I wouldn't, but I have cats and other animals it would hunt.
Otherwise I’d be all in!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Holy crapola is that cute!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I hope you're not saying the fox would hunt your cats.
Cats are an apex predator. You can’t stop cats. It’s only a matter of time before they decide to eat you.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
That's why I don't let them in the bedroom.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I would be more worried about this happening
Woopsadoodle.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Those are cool.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
(insert expletive here) YOU!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
The HTC HD2
I really want a better phone, one for taking pictures and videos. My tmobile MyTouch is sucking it up and though I’m not a “phone guy” based on how much I pay per month, I think I should upgrade to something of higher quality. Friend at work will sell me his for $180, though Im trying to work him down to $150 and Red Dead Redemption.
Anybody have an opinion of their own on this phone?
I was going to suggest a sword cane for Ichiro, as I feel it would be the perfect accessory for the stylish bad-ass.
But then I saw this package deal of sword cane, derby hat, and white suspenders – it would be very difficult to resist buying this package for Ichiro.
Please.
What do you get the guy that has everything?
A boob mouse pad.
...and now I'm here
Where are those from, I know a couple of friends who will be getting those as gifts!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I know they are on Amazon. I'm sure you can guess the search terms.
Possibly one of the most unusual gifts you can get a person, with the added bonus of being funny and probably pretty comfortable.
...and now I'm here
seattlebruin
I just had a crazy idea for the next ucla head coach:
Mike Belotti
He knows the Pac 10 and is a proven, winning commodity and has shown an openness for new ways of thinking (ie hiring Chip Kelly and his spread, the uniforms). He’s older but not “old”.
Only thing is he might not be ready to come back yet, or might not want too. Might also be more expensive than the bruins can afford.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Apparently he is open to returning
and the Gophers are interested.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
On the other hand I just saw this quote
As you may know, the last UCLA head football coach who wasn’t an alumnus or former Bruin assistant was Red Sanders, and he’s been dead 52 years.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Not saying that there is any truth to it, but I heard Belotti's name mentioned in reference to the Cougars a few weeks ago.
This was probably only speculation from someone who is a booster or something, but I think I believe the part where Belotti isn’t fully retired and could be had for the right job. Definitely not going to be the Cougars unless he just loves impossible reclamation projects.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 22, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
He's gonna show up in every major college job search until he takes one
or the school hires someone else.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
im in the belly of the beast - the american apparel men's section. if i dont return, i leave my recs to joof and msb.
by Decatur on Oct 22, 2010 4:09 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
I've been to the main store in DTLA
and I don’t even remember it having sections other than hoodies, tshirts, and underwear.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I prefer to eat when there is food in front of me.
I prefer to be where there is oxygen.
I prefer not to be on fire.
I prefer underwear that doesn’t ride up.
I believe we’re clear on where both of us are coming from now.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
None of these has anything to do with beer.
And the author of this OT specifically mentioned beer twice in noting the topics that should be discussed. Now get to it!
I prefer beer to be in my belly.
I prefer beer that tastes good.
I prefer that my beer be given to me for free.
I would prefer it if my beer could drive me home, but I haven’t worked that out yet.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Well, the logical gift for Ichiro would be a case of beer from the South Pacific Brewery.
After all, he once indicated that there are situations in which he would theoretically not mind drinking some.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 22, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Great call!!
I can’t believe we didn’t remember that!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Make sure you straighten it out with US customs beforehand.
Anyone here a customs broker?
I'm not licensed but I work for a big customs broker/shipping company.
It’s almost impossible to ship beer legally. USPS won’t ship alcohol (they won’t even ship liquids, technically). And it’s against Fedex/UPS policy to ship alcohol, and you do have customs/tax stuff to mess for it to be “legal” (you’d essentially have to hire a customs broker to clear it).
However, for those of shady character, I will say that if it’s packaged well enough, most people working at Fedex counters are too busy to give a shit what the hell you’re shipping and won’t bat an eyelash at it. It’s not like you’d put “FRAGILE, CONTAINS BEER” on the package right?
Tons of actual companies even ship wine and beer without any problems, and the feds haven’t bothered to care.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
It's not against UPS policy to ship alcohol. I get shipments of wine all the time.
(You just have to sign for it; they won’t just leave it at your house). People import wine from france (or beer from Belgium) all the time, so it can’t be that the shipping itself is the problem. The issue in this case was making sure that this particular vendor could export to the US. It wasn’t so much the alcohol as it was the vendor.
(The vendor was in PNG, but was set up to export to Australia. They weren’t set up to export here. I keep thinking a customs broker could GET them set up, but absent that, they advised those of us who’d ordered New Guinea beer that US customs would probably confiscate it.).
They'll do it for licensed companies, but not consumers. Direct from the UPS website:
“UPS provides service for other alcoholic beverages (beer and alcohol) on a contract basis only. For shipments containing beer or alcohol, shippers must enter into an approved UPS agreement for the transportation of beer or alcohol as applicable, must be licensed and authorized under applicable law to ship beer and alcohol, and may ship only to licensed consignees. UPS does not accept shipments of beer or alcohol for delivery to consumers. UPS accepts shipments of beer or alcohol only among and between selected states.”
That being said, if you packaged win in a sturdy box, made sure it didn’t break, and took it to UPS they would almost certainly not give a shit what was in your box.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Aw shit, sorry folks. UPS does wine no problem. It's the beer/liquor that they don't do.
Hence the “other alcoholic beverages” line.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
But yeah, vendors need to get set up to import stuff.
They won’t let just anyone do it.
One of our branches in South Africa shipped me an engraved champagne flute and a bottle of champagne as a thank-you gift… Customs confiscated the champagne and let the champagne glass through.
It felt pretty silly, considering I work in the Import department, and the dude who sent it worked in Johannesburg’s export department.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Is beef jerky really that good?
...and now I'm here
By that I mean, salty, dry... anything you can describe that I could imagine?
...and now I'm here
You've never had beef jerky??
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Been a vegetarian since I was 6.
Before then I had limited meat exposure.
...and now I'm here
Oh.
Well then… Beefy, salty…. Then it depends on what flavor you get? They make it spicy, they make teriyaki, they make black pepper…
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Turkey jerky is the best.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Rich and woodsy, smoky
It’s pretty hard to describe without using the word “meat” somewhere in there.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I didn't even think about the other types of jerky.
Good point though.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
It's also prone to getting stuck between the teeth.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
And the black pepper jerky makes this even a bigger problem, at least for me.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I'm with you, and I'm fairly sure you eat guys like me in prison.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I love you, baby. I'll see you after my squash session.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
It has the taste and consistency that one would assume salty tree bark would taste and feel like.
by ToddK on Oct 22, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not a fan obviously.
I love the stuff.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
There is definitely some shitty jerky out there.
But overall it’s a great snack.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't need caffeine in my jerky, thank you.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
How do you even get caffeine IN the jerky?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
You feed the cow coffee until it dies of a heart attack
...and now I'm here
So, the usual way of growing meat these days.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Flavored with guarana.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
That's how you grow meat?
I’ve been doing it wrong.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 22, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
If you need help growing meat, I have some websites I can give to you.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Oct 22, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Wow, no jokes on the name yet?
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I fail to see how you could interpret the product name as anything besides caffeinated, dried beef.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I am continually surprised by the imagination of LL.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I jest, I jest...
I’ve thought of a dozen sexual innuendos in the last 5 minutes.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
The first thing I thought of was an off-color joke,
but I figure we’ve had enough of those this week.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
No it just tasted like really low-quality jerky
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 22, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
This is like buying the smaller pack of jerky because maybe you need to save a few bucks but in reality you are getting a completely different product.
Okay, maybe its not exactly like that, but I feel the smaller packages are really just a lower quality jerky in smaller quantities.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 22, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That stuff was so cool when I was little.
I imagine it tastes like salty sawdust now.
Oh gross, yes, I remember that product.
I bet salty sawdust describes it exactly, now.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I loved that stuff. Even up until high school - then I abandoned it for real chew and finally cigarettes.
Beef jerky is a gateway drug.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Even when I was 12, I recognized this coming.
I figured I had the chutzpah to stave off addiction, but I knew other kids were going to move from jerky to chew by the time they were 15.
I say this only half in jest.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I started smoking at 13, so there you go.
MY GOD, I WAS FUCKING COOL.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
God, way to make me feel bad. 20 years old and I've gone through maybe one pack...
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 25, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
GIVE IT UP - SMOKING SUCKS.
Yes, I still do. At almost $10/pack. Every time I buy a pack I feel retarded. Oh, and I’m slowly killing myself.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
It's about $13 in NYC.
Huff puff.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 25, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember when they were like $2 in Idaho only a couple years ago. I still think they are less than $4.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit.
I think once I get back I’m just going to drive up to a reservation and by a carton of American Spirits.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
And by by I mean buy. Buy buy buy!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
...and by a carton of American Spirits, I spotted a Native American man shedding a single tear.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I'm one of the good ones.
I use an ashtray or some other form of non-sidewalk disposal whenever I can.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes but if given the option of throwing a butt on the ground or just pushing the cherry out and sticking the butt in a pocket, what do you do?
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep. If I'm not near a garbage can
I usually use the cellophane wrapper to hold it until I get near one.
Mine always go in an appropriate receptacle.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Knock the coal off, make sure there is nothing left burning then tuck the butt in between the celophane and cigarette pack.
Voila! It’s out AND you haven’t littered.
I have done this once or twice.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Stub it out on the nearest building side and toss it in a trash can.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
For smokers, this was the best part about Pullman. Broke college students spending $100 at the start of each semester and actually having 4 cartons ready to go as a broke college student.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I wouldn't say that.
Basically, broke college students have to save money because they’re broke college students. Three things about broke college students that you need to know: they’re broke, they’re in college, and they’re students. And that’s basically it. When I talk about broke college students, what I’m actually referring to are students that are broke in college and collegebrokestudentsbrokestudentcollege.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
... in my life.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 25, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
i also found a legit giant walking banana
Costume at redlight on broadway for 24 bucks
by Decatur on Oct 22, 2010 4:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
We should try to coordinate something...
where on the anniversary of the banana sighting, we have people in various stadiums across the country also dressed up as banana and wandering around.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
For Ichiro's birthday I'd get a couple buddies together
and re-enact this video for him.
by Jed MC on Oct 22, 2010 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
BRAK!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Who wants to meet me at Columbia City Theater tonight
for good rock and roll (Aaron Campeau) and drinks? Motherfuckers betta recognize. It’s my label’s release party for one of our two new albums (yes vinyl + CD).
FIVE. DOLLARS. And ME. Wait – did I just undersell this thing??!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Oh, and I'M REALLY PUSHING FOR RELEASING AN ALBUM BY CHINESE (Aaron Campoopoo).
And I usually get my way, but the only way to do it (300 radio stations, both US and Canada – soon to be Europe and Asia) is to SUPPORT!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Ahem - so even if you despise me here, please go for Aaron's sake.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
He's like a starving child who likes soccer, which you all know is more important than a starving child who likes futbal Americano).
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I'm booking a ticket back to Seattle as we speak.
Estimating for traffic and the fact that [DELETED NO POLITICS] is in town I should be there by 2 or 3am!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I will have fucked all of the bands and theathre goers (by myself in shame) by then.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Well I don't know what else to say
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
There's nothing you can say.
Just curl up next to PDB and take it.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Damn, had I seen this before I left work, I might have gone.
I dig checking out local bands/etc, since I’m a child of the music biz, and I hear you guys talking about it all the time. What label are you, if you don’t mind me asking?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
F U Bill Simmons
Q: Now that Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt are playing for a World Series, did we ever replace them with a new guy who makes you say, “I feel bad for them, I wish they were on a good team?”
— Kenny, Bethesda, Md.
SG: Not officially. Let’s turn over the title to Felix Hernandez and Chris Paul. Enjoy it, fellas. See you in a big market in a few years.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I didn't mind it until the final line.
Then I wanted to break shit.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons is annoying. =/
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Oct 22, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's also about as anti-Portland as you can get. =/
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
What are LL's thoughts on mixing energy drinks and booze?
Red Bull and vodka?
Four Loko?
I’m just curious…
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
I did Red Bull and vodka once.
I’ve been fucked up before but that brought things to a whole new level for me. It’s the only time that I don’t remember everything I did while drunk. However, from what I do remember and from what my friends have told me to fill in the blanks it was one of the best nights of my life.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Hospitals.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 24, 2010 2:32 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
If you are in Las Vegas and need to be awake for 24 hours straight go for it
but if you are not, drink like a grownup person and only mix booze with traditional mixers.
Aside from the fact that it's incredibly dangerous it is also pretty douchetastic
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 23, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
In retrospect you guys letting me drink heavily before/after the USOC Final was a terrible decision.
Irish Coffee is a different matter, however.
Delicious.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 23, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate it when customers ask for esspresso drinks.
They take FOREVER to make, and seemingly only get asked for when we’re slammed. As long as you’re patient, they’re OK.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Why is it dangerous?
Increases heart attack risk? Do people feel awake so they think they can drink more and end up with alcohol poisoning?
Energy drinks and Alcohol both dehydrate you.
So by the end of the night you have a shit ton of caffeine in your body and are very dehydrated.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
The latter, as well as the fact that mixing high levels of uppers and downers is always dangerous.
You’re confusing your nervous system.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 25, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
That's a big part of it
Energy drinks are bad for you anyway, as is high amounts of alcohol. You’ll drink to excess and become dehydrated, and probably end up with kidney stones at some point because you’ll have crystallized your kidneys
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Not much a fan
Plus as Aaron mentioned, it’s not very good for you. It’s a dangerous mix anyway and energy drinks like nuclear waste mixed with sugar. On the occasions that I’ve drank energy drinks I’ve felt like shit afterwards. Not sure why I’d want to mix that with alcohol
by tootthekazoo on Oct 23, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Energy drinks are good for you.
They got electrolytes; it’s what plants crave.
by ThomasG on Oct 23, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Oh god. I had a Joose and I think I then played COD with Toot.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
You were on the edge of a panic attack the whole time, I believe
That thing put a hurtin’ on you
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I had an entire can of Joose 1 time
And felt the same. 1 was enough to get me legitimately smashed. Not tipsy, not drunk, smashed. Plus the caffeine jitters… hoo boy.
I’m a BIT of a lightweight, but that was still ridiculous.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
The only thing I've ever drank that was worse than Joose was Evil Eye.
Evil Eye tasted like a cross between fruit punch and hard cider made from rotten apples.
I used to drink Red Bull's and Vodka every time I went out to drink hard.
I became a nightmare on the dance floor those nights.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you and I made out at the Lady Gaga concert.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
And coincidently ...
“Central Washington University officials say a potent alcoholic beverage, and not drugs, was responsible for sending nine students to the hospital after passing out during a party at a Roslyn home.
CWU president James Guardino said the investigation revealed the students drank “Four Loko” — an alcoholic energy drink where one can has an alcoholic equivalent to 4-6 beers, and is caffeinated. The drink has been nicknamed “blackout in a can.”
During a press conference Monday, officials said there was no evidence of drugs found and the students were just heavily intoxicated. The blood alcohol levels of the hospitalized students ranged from .123 to .335, officials revealed, with an average of .23. For reference, the legal limit to drive is .08 and alcohol poisoning can become fatal at .30."
If they went to a real party school, they'd know how to handle themselves.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 25, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously. At WSU we would have been all "What the fuck is this? Did somebody break out the wine coolers? Get this weak ass shit outta here!"
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I thought wine coolers were for sobering up before class at WSU.
by Sec 108 on Oct 26, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We called it a power shower. You shotgun a beer while you take a shower.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Every once in a while I will sip a beer in the shower.
I don’t think a man should ever have a knife in one hand, a beer in the other, and be naked while doing so
I'm afraid to ask, but why would you take a knife into a shower?
Do you frequently need to pare an apple? Or have to defend yourself while in flagrante delicto?
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I think it would be to open the beer to shotgun it?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
.335!
That’s a goddamned party right there
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe flirtation with death begins at about .3, if I'm remembering my RA training
That sounds awesome.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Or if you read the last sentence msb posted...
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 25, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Reading is for morons!
Skimming is where it’s at. You always catch everything important.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
This is all I've had and it didn't taste like shit.
I assume this is the only way Jaeger is palatable.
by Mariner John on Oct 25, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I did one this weekend
and the thing smelled like gasoline or something.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Back in my early 20s, I would have to restock my bar with a new bottle of Jaeger every week.
These days I have a bottle that’s been sitting there for two years that I can’t give away.
Anyone doing anything fun before the Seahawks game tomorrow like tailgating or meeting up at a bar?
My friend and I are going tomorrow, and this will be my first ever Seahawks game, so I wanna do this right.
I'll be working at Six Arms tomorrow, so anyone going to the game (or coming from) should stop by.
We open at noon, and I make a badass bloody mary.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
You never know - I might even buy a beer or two for people.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Shit, too late!
I barely made kickoff anyway, my pre-game plans went to shit.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Bullshit fucking yellowcard against the Sounders.
I hate officials.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Every Sounders match I watch, I thank god KC is no longer commentating.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I had winter ball once.
No more mountain climbing for me.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I've heard of winter ball.
As I understand it, the Mariners watch it every year on television.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I was asked to the winter ball.
I thought it was a dance, but it turned out to be a bunch of bears fishing around my hole.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Goddamnit - at least one of those should go green.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
From Twitter:
Hasselbeck Matthew Hasselbeck
How did u know my middle name? RT @BHCORI: http://twitpic.com/307y7e it’s MATT fricken @Hasselbeck!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because we say some variation of that every time you throw to the wrong fucking team.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Is there any chance something in beer provides vitamin D?
Any? Any at all? Has to be something in there with nutritional value.
Drink in the sun.
Or drink in HUGE quantity, then black out and think you’re in Maui.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Apparently microbrews and homebrews are the better option nutritionally
But no vitamin D.
Sure, if you fnjkggdhbs,sss,.
FOUR LOKO!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Oct 23, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Note previous subthread started by me where I was drunk off of one.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 23, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely not Vitamin D.
That’s provided mostly by fish, sunlight, and certain types of mushrooms. It’s not something that people got a lot of historically, which was why it was added to milk and such to make sure people were getting enough of it and therefore not getting rickets.
If anything, I’d say beer probably inhibits a bit of vitamin D synthesis because if you’ve had too much to drink, you’re probably not going to want to go out in the daylight with all the brightness to start synthesizing some that way.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 23, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Beer is actually quite good for you when consumed in moderation
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 23, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Doing a little internet surfing on the topic has been interesting. This might call for a trip to the bookstore
To make sure this is within the rules of LL, anyone have any suggestions on history of beer or items of particular note to read about?
BASEBALL!
Still… sort of…
- RR-S is working out in a mixed martial arts gym over the winter.
- The potential Yankees trade wasn’t quite what we thought it was. As it turns out, the M’s were asking for Eduardo Nunez or Ivan Nova as part of the package, at which point the Yankees balked.
Also there are rumors going around that the M’s have had RHP Chin-hui Tsao in workouts.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
"It was too much for a rental"- Cashman. Wow, that statement kind of blows my mind a little bit.
Between the cost of a WS ring and what this may/may not mean if you apply it to the fate of Jeter. Huh. Jeter has been the SS in NY since I was 20. Just another mark of time, ugh.
I can't recall a situation in which a midseason acquisition, a big named one, made quite this much of an impact on a team making the World Series.
And it is quite hilarious that he did it over the Yankees given the circumstances. If the boss was still alive, he’d probably be none to pleased that he wasn’t given Cliff Lee.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone tell Jeff he needs to start writing worse because we seem to be getting an influx of people from other sites that have the writing skills of antenna-less dung beetles.
...and now I'm here
The beginning of next season is going to be awesome.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 25, 2010 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope we never win again.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 25, 2010 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it's mainly in the the Congrats Giants, Congrats Rangers posts.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Best song to sing at Karaoke?
I vote for “I Want it That Way”
...and now I'm here
Getting a bunch of strung-out friends wailing Honesty is also a good route, as the Billy Joel stuff goes.
I have also heard an entire bar erupt for Scenes from an Italian Restaurant but I don’t know that it’s so much a karaoke song.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
It was surreal.
This was a small sports-oriented bar that attracts a mix of 20-somethings and regulars in it for the cheaper beer. The entire bar was singing along from the first line, I kid you not.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
"Any Way You Want It" by Journey
“More Than a Feeling” by Boston
“Rocket Man” by Elton John
“Rainbow Connection” by Kermit the Frog
“Ordinary World” by Duran Duran
“Sloop John B” by the Beach Boys
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Rainbow Connection is wonderful at karaoke.
With the added bonus that people almost always join in and sing with you. Personally I have found that the best song is the theme from Greatest American Hero. Everyone knows it, it’s catchy and it’s short.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT IIIII'M WALKING ON AIR
by marc w on Oct 25, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Meatloaf really needed an editor.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 25, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
No way.
Bat Out Of Hell is the most perfect slice of musical cheese ever created. Nothing else comes close, and he should have stopped after that album because there’s just nothing wrong with it – it’s over the top, it’s flamboyant, it’s ridiculous, and it has Phil Rizzuto on it.
I like Paradise by the Dashboard Light
but that song was 8:28. I’d be happy if they cut some of the repeated lines, but don’t touch Phil Rizzuto.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 26, 2010 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I swear to God I have already claimed this somewhere on LL, but I cannot find proof
by seattlebruin on Oct 25, 2010 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I had Jeff hid that subthread so I could keep up the illusion that I have original ideas.
...and now I'm here
Mangini for third.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 25, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
People appreciate Kenny's smore knowledge.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
We want smore of it.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 26, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Karaoke is a blight on the face of civilization.
Seriously. If you can’t sing, don’t. Subjecting innocent bystanders to your abrasive caterwauling is cruel and inhumane.
Singing is fun, though, regardless if you can or can't.
I don’t expect karaoke singers to all be able to carry a tune. But if they’re energetic and look like they’re having a good time I can still enjoy their singing.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess this is my biggest problem with it.
Bad singing is like fingernails on a chalkboard to my ears. I literally get angry when stuck listening to someone that can’t carry a tune even though the rational part of me knows it’s beyond their control. It is primarilly for this reason that I never listen to Karaoke, Neil Young or Bob Dylan.
Now this is not to say that I’m a great singer, I’m not. I couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket so I don’t bother others by trying.
I tried to sing the Ramones at karaoke once and was annoyed because I can't do a passable Joey Ramone imitation
I can usually mimic other singers reasonably well but I could never get Joey Ramone’s voice right.
I disagree. I am the most musically inept person that has ever existed, but I love having a few drinks and then making a fool of myself.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Total Eclipse of the Heart.
I will fight anybody who says differently.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Fill them with air guitar solos.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
This is a good one.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I've always enjoyed the Divinyles' "I Touch Myself"
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
My former boss knows the words to that entire song.
Troubling-yet-hilarious music video here.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 25, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It's such a fun song to sing when you're drunk and naked.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Hello, restraining order.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 25, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Worst Karaoke songs: everything by Lady Gaga.
by Fuckmikereilly on Oct 25, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't Stop Believin'
Because that’s soo original.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
A lot of Journey songs lose their appeal when belted out by some douche.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Has anyone else played through ME2's "Lair of the Shadow Broker" DLC yet?
Honestly I think it’s the best DLC I’ve picked up for any game I own.
YES!
Challenging as hell (at least on Hardcore), but also really really fun. Fighting the Shadow Broker was a really well done “boss” battle.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Uber on tap.
I would buy so much if they bottle it.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 25, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
This is funnier in light of recent developments.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
This link led me to
This post which I hadn’t seen before and oh my lord.
by Eyeball Kid on Oct 25, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
That post is probably why we have a MeLLtdown of the Year LLemmie.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
This ain't the LLemie thread, chief.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Does anybody else hate Kotaku's new review style?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 9:30 AM PDT reply actions
Yes.
Their old review style provided the best reviews of any gaming site/blog out there.
Yes it has, it was actually helpful to read reviews on Windows Phone 7 and the Samsung Focus
I’ve been reading through Anandtech’s review on WP7 and it has me convinced to get a Samsung Focus on November 8th. I haven’t been so excited for a cell phone in my life. WP7 looks amazing
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
It's lousy
But I don’t read game reviews too much anymore these days so it’s not a huge deal. I rely on word of mouth for whether I should get a game or not
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I really don't reach past my comfort zone in game purchases anymore anyway.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Same here
My game library is loaded with sequels and games from trusted developers.
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Or stuff that I waited on and purchased for like $15
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
This is what I'm waiting for with Fallout 3
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I think around Christmas time I will.
When I have some time to play it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait for a Steam sale
they’ll probably bundle it with the DLC for cheap again
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I won't ever play it if its one my computer.
Because my Mac Pro is at my office.
All I have at home is a old 13inch macbook.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I had bought it on PC
because I read about all the mods and fan made fixes and feel sad that I can’t use them.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
See but as much as I would love to play those.
I not sure I’ll even have enough time to get through the game.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I still had a ton of stuff that I wanted to do in the game but eventually had to give it up for that very reason
I just couldn’t put in the time that I felt it needed. Playing it for an hour every other night or so just made it tough to follow
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I didn't finish the game
that’s why I bought none of the DLC and didn’t buy the new one.
That game depresses me too much.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
However I think I might've played more with mods
at least the ones that fix/improve the base experience.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh shit Scruff, you missed game of the year for $20 some months ago.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I've stopped listening to any game review, because there isn't a single reviewer that values the things I do in video games.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Have you tried Zero Punctuation or no?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 25, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I have. I love them because they're funny, but still don't really suit my tastes.
No one is going to rate Dwarf Fortress, Morrowind, Alpha Protocol, and Crusader Kings over Call of Duty, Oblivion, and Mass Effect. =/
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
These guys might
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'll check them out.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Rock Paper Shotgun is probably one of the better PC centric games sites out there
and Tom Chick at Fidgit plays a lot of stuff. I don’t always agree with him and he can be controversial (the man who hated Deus Ex!) but I think he does a good job of explaining his opinions on a game.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
And hey
here’s a post where he lists 11 ways Alpha Protocol is better than Mass Effect!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I like this guy except for the hating Dues Ex thing.
Who does that?
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AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
At least his reasoning for doing so
was better than “the graphics suck” or “no multiplayer”
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
He probably wouldn't be allowed to.
Most of the stuff he ends up having to review, I don’t think he has any interest in, but someone would flip shit if he didn’t acknowledge its existence i.e. Halo.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm actually leaning to not getting it...
by seattlebruin on Oct 25, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was more cause you don't have time to play it anymore.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
That's the biggest reason
engrossing multiplayer games just suck my time like crazy
by seattlebruin on Oct 25, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably
Maybe not right away, but maybe at some point. I’ve got a $20 game credit with Amazon that they gave me for buying Halo: Reach so that makes buying a new game an easier proposition.
Reach has been occupying enough of my time lately that I would be ok with not getting Black Ops. Plus, I’ve been playing the shit out of Super Meat boy, which is an incredibly challenging puzzle platformer
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't play enough Reach.
Because all I want to do is dick around in the forge.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 25, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not much of a forger, but I keep meaning to try something in there
There’s just so much more variety in Reach multiplayer compared to MW2 and Black Ops that it should be able to keep my attention for longer. Not to mention that Bungie actually continually tweaks playlists, releases maps, and will also promote community-created forge maps, so there will always be plenty to do
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck Activision
Also my 360 is dead so pass.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I mentioned this above,
But is anybody else looking forward to the launch of Windows Phone 7? I’ll be getting AT&T’s Samsung Focus and selling my iPhone to pay for it. There are a few things lacking in the launch version of the software, but nothing that will be too different usage-wise coming from my iPhone. Microsoft will update things as needed, and I can rely on the community to develop the proper apps and perhaps even cooked ROMs to keep the experience top-notch
I am very excited for Windows Phone 7.
I’m not upgrade eligible ’til next year, though. In some sense, this might be a good thing—it gives Microsoft a year to add some functionality (true background multitasking, copy+paste) and bug fixes.
I really want to gray market import an HTC 7 Pro from the UK, though. My goodness is that phone gorgeous.
Well, everyone loves the "little guy."
I mean, because Apple is a huge monster and all.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
It looks awesome
Have you watched any video walkthroughs? I was planning on jumping into it anyway, but Anandtech completely sold me. Engadget’s review was fucking lazy and biased, Gizmodo was really positive, and Anand loved it. I am very much looking forward to it
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Mostly I'm shocked because the one constant in smartphones the last five years or so is that Windows Mobile blows.
I’m actually really eager to take a look at these phones.
I'm already planning on getting the Samsung Focus, but I also want to play with one as soon as the demo units hit stores
I just don’t know when that will be. I downloaded the SDK just to play around with the OS, and it is awesome. If I knew how to code then I’d make sweet apps but I have absolutely no fucking clue how that works, so I’ll continue to just dick around in the SDK emulator
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason I'm fully eligible for an upgrade after less than 15 months of having an iPhone.
The Zune functionality may be my biggest selling point to the OS, aside from how amazing it looks and performs. Most of the complaints I’ve been hearing about individual apps should be taken with a grain of salt considering that the official launch is still 2 weeks away and I trust that developers will continue to figure things out as they continue to code. More than anything I just hope that it sells well so that devs will be more likely to jump in and support the device
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Going into a bar full of a Seahawks jerseys
in Los Angeles was a pretty crazy experience this weekend.
It was weird to watch as people ordered so much PBR that the bar ran out of it.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I can't seem to find a single Seahawks bar in Portland.
It’s rather depressing.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Were you there?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Not this week. Did you go to the Backstage?
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
I figured big divisional game, battle for first, and I now have a car so it wouldn’t be too hard to get there. I didn’t expect as many people as were there but it was fun. Sat at the bar next to some dudes in ND gear (who seemed to be rooting for Seattle) that were pretty cool.
Did a green shot of something at halftime with everyone else. Laughed at the drunk regular who was there from an earlier game trying to get the waitress to come home with him.
The food was pretty good too.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Yeah, the games there are really fun. I was going to go but had an itch to go to the Commerce Casino instead.
I’ll definitely be there most Sundays. Hopefully they keep winning because last season by the middle fo the year, there were maybe 10 Hawks there.
But wow, if we make the playoffs this season that place is going to be jampacked. Usually in week 1 there are at least 70 Hawks fans in there, so if we win the West, I’m guessing its going to be as loud and rowdy as any bar in Seattle. Great atmosphere.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The atmosphere was a lot more fun than my previous visit to a sports bar
during a game (this years World Cup Final at Joxer Daly’s). I feel sort of awkward being at a bar on my own, especially one where everyone seems to know each other.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Go away Jerramy Stevens
I had no idea he was still around.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
They missed the best one.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
After I had read through 16 I was like "Wow, NO MENTION OF ROSEANNE?!?!?"
They vilified themselves at the end though.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Who is going to Back to the Future tonight?
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 11:44 AM PDT reply actions
I realize now that I may have actually heard about this somewhere else besides here.
AMC Theaters is showing BttF tonight for the 25th anniversary.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Tonight only?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Only one theater around me seems to be showing it
and they’re only showing it at 7pm. There’s no way I can make that.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
A friend of mine does this with Walla Walla Sweets.
It is the kind of fascinating that inspires fear; that you can’t look away from.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I would do this.
I love onions so much.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
You and your kind are animals!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Oct 25, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whenever I'm cutting onion to put in something
I always cut one piece for the dish, then one piece for my mouth.
Dish, mouth, dish, mouth, repeat until entire onion is chopped and/or eaten.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I assume you are fairly lonely.
Try this method next time with mint leaves.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I assume you're both very,
naw, I love onions too.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
You are history's greatest monster.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
My wife and I have destroyed civilizations with our oniony firebreath.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
by HititHere on Oct 25, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently he missed a bunch of time for personal reasons
and that time period coincided with AJ Burnett starting to suck.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Quick Fallout: New Vegas impressions
It’s pretty much Fallout 3, but that’s fine since Fallout 3 was a blast.
That said, Bethesda’s parent company owns ID Software now. If they make the next Fallout game (instead of sourcing it to Obsidian) I’d love to see them use the Rage engine or whatever ID’s latest toy is.
Bought it this past weekend
I played it most of Sunday since the weather was crappy, and I’m enjoying it so far. I haven’t actually made it to the city in the title yet, just wandering around and questing in the desert.
"Imagine" by John Lennon is coming to Rock Band 3 in its entirety.
God, I love Harmonix.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 2:15 PM PDT reply actions
I'm still giddy over the Billy Joel pack.
A copy of RB3, some DLC, and the keyboard MIDI adapter and I’ll be set.
Unfortunately, the MIDI adapter doesn't come out until the end of November.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably for the best.
I won’t have the time to devote to RB3 until then anyways.
When I heard that the MIDI adapter wasn't going to be available when the game was released
I went ahead and preordered the keyboard bundle. It’s more expensive, but I can’t wait the six weeks.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 25, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Brian Wilson's stats are ridiculous
1-0 with 5 saves. A 1.16 WPA, which is better than he had in all of 2009. Plus, an 88.9% strand rate. 9 Ks and 4 BB in 9 innings.
That WPA is higher than all the Mariners’ pitchers this year except Felix and Lee.
He's going to be a popular Halloween costume, that's for sure.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
More than all the other Mariners combined.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
If you wanted to dress as Jack Wilson you just have someone bash you in the face with the back end of a stapler for 10 minutes.
Throw on a jersey and you’re good to go.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 25, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Jack's face, just get a gargoyle mask.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
When I started I thought I would get 1 or 2, but I only missed 5 so that's cool.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 25, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You only MISSED 5?
I only got 6 total, meaning I missed 9. And I thought I did pretty well for myself.
I forgot some of those guys even played baseball. And a few really, really shocked me, like 1997’s.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Dude, I can remember about two WS winners and one WS loser in that entire stretch.
I’m pretty sure I didn’t even find out who the Series MVP’s were to begin with.
Danger Jim Foreman is sooooooooooooooo jealous.
A high wind warning has been issued for the Chicago area Tuesday when a strong cold front could touch off one of the strongest storms to hit the Great Lakes region in decades, with winds clocking at more than 55 mph. A squall of thunderstorms is expected to rake the area around daybreak, followed by strong winds throughout the day and into Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Dustin Ackley just walked on seven pitches.
It is the second time he has walked today and the third time he has reached this evening.
It is only the third inning.
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And he now has more walks than strikeouts.
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by JY on Oct 25, 2010 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you think he wins the starting job next year?
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 25, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
They might leave him down for a little while to keep the clock from starting too early.
But it’s hard to imagine a scenario where the solution at second base this offseason isn’t a stopgap and short-term.
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by JY on Oct 25, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah yes, go the Strasburg service time route.
I can see the benefits of that.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 25, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
This makes so much sense, money-wise, and yet it's terrible
Baseball should get of this stupid rule and other stupid rules, please.
I hate this so much.
Its irrational but I rather start the clock and watch the players that are supposed good enough for this clock starting thing to be a problem.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
How is the clock affected by his "major league" contract?
Does he even have a “clock” in the traditional sense of major league service time?
I believe he still gets 6 years of ML service time before free agency.
He just gets arbitration once his contract ends.
by Mariner John on Oct 26, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
Here’s what Dave Cameron wrote back when he signed:
Essentially, the M’s have pre-paid for Ackley’s first five seasons, buying out all of his pre-arb years and up to two years of arbitration, though more likely just one year of arbitration (assuming he spends 2010 in the minors). This is pretty standard stuff for premium draft picks. The M’s still control his rights for six full years. It’s a big contract, but it was still worth doing. He’s worth it.
I still think this means he wouldn’t become a free agent until his clock hits six years.
Do we still want him to be more aggressive? Especially in the AFL, to start swinging away?
I am still not sure which version of Dustin Ackley was better, the AAA one or the AA one. (April excluded, which no one wants to see again.)
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
We're getting both right now.
6/9 K/BB, 6 H, 2 2B, HR
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope he doesn't start to resent baseball because we make him play it so much.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was the one that didn't want to stop.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
This is accurate.
I’ve read stories that said things like he had to drag his dad, a former minor league catcher, out to throw him batting practice as a kid.
He seemed to enjoy his time off earlier in the fall but I don’t think he’s complaining now.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
After 3 weeks he was probably bored as shit.
Just in his back yard playing with a pitch back.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Five, 5, V, however you want go get at it.
Five walks.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Wilhelmsen 90-92 over 2 IP. Hmmm.
He’s still been sharp and he’s getting GBs, but I can’t say I like a 3-4 MPH drop in the span of a week or two.
That's uncomfortable.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Any stolen bases? That's one part of his game I guess I was a little disappointed in.
Not that it really matters in the minor leagues, but would have been cool to see like 25 stolen bases from him.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Meh.
His problems seem to be less about catching balls and more about where to be on cut offs.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. I'd like to see him in more cutoffs.
With denim that’s so tight he can hardly breath.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
That's not where I want him to catch balls.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
One.
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That you'll ever do.
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We should have this as one of the karaoke songs!
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Now I am thinking we need to do an LL karaoke night.
by Sec 108 on Oct 26, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
YES YES YES
It’s a fine line between horrible and amazing.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Tony Romo - BROKEN COLLARBONE.
Jesus – I loathe the Cowboys, but they are FUCKED.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I was interested,
Until I read that you’d be inside of me.
by BigR on Oct 25, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Hey buddy, the league is an exclusive club
If you don’t want to be a part of it, I’m sure that there are plenty of others who would be happy to let Kirk inside with “the details”
by tootthekazoo on Oct 25, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't hurt yourself tooting your own kazoo...
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 25, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck fuck sorry for neglecting my team
someone else can take them, I just don’t have the patience to manage them, I think.
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
They will never love him the way we loved him :(
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
It will never be tainted because he was always good and always smiling.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
If Lee signs a long-term contract with the Rangers, I'm going to like Justin Smoak less.
Unless he only hits home runs all the time.
The hell you say.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting to read the various comments/tweets on the spitting incident
essentially:
- grow up, we spit on the whole family section, not just you personally
- dude, have you seen her? he could do so much better
- if that keeps him from signing, we know wears the pants in that family
- that’s ok, the Yanks’ll just give him more money
- #suckit
Are you that guy who has to keep using his phone on planes prior to takeoff, even when you've been told not to?
Do you think it’s SO UNFAIR that you have to put away your precious electronic device just so the plane can take off without you holding what could be, in the event of a sudden stop or crash, a potential missile in your hands?
When I flew out of Bangladesh the guy next to me kept talking on his phone despite being told not to.
All the way to the point where we were taking off. Then got frustrated when his call was dropped because we had left the cellular range.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
The sense of entitlement in modern society really pisses me off and this is the best example of it I can find
People that don’t think rules and laws apply to them should be punched in the face.
It's astonishing just how far out of line that juy was.
But at least he learned the hard way that rules and laws do apply to him. It’s much more annoying when there are no consequences for such behavior.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
But you know full well
this guy will now turn around and sue the airline for putting him on the no-fly list in the first place, and demand apologies and compensation.
If he's that delusional, yeah. But I'm guessing he's like most people and somewhat more rational when he's not in an airplane.
He should count himself lucky he didn’t get treated like the hysterical woman in Airplane!
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I was flying back from NYC during game 4 of the 2001 ALDS and I tried to get a radio signal on my walkman the entire flight.
I didn’t know if I was allowed to do that so I would fumble around with it under my seat and try to make sure that nobody watching. And since I was really nervous I appeared to be really sweaty and jumpy.
Amazing.
I hate those people so much. I know it’s a dumb rule, but the lack of respect you show in directly making someone else’s job more difficult is appalling.
by Eyebrows on Oct 26, 2010 10:07 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Treating somebody poorly who is there to assist and be polite to you has to be one of the primary marks of the asshole.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a lot of respect for flight attendants
It’s one of the last jobs I’d ever want.
by Eyebrows on Oct 26, 2010 10:12 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
But it's not a dumb rule
And it has little or nothing to do with electronic interference, either. If a plane is approaching takeoff speed and suddenly has to slam on the brakes for some reason, or is landing and has to land short and quickly, a cell phone/ipod/ipad suddenly becomes a very dangerous object that can easily fly out of someone’s hands and cause a lot of damage to someone else’s head or body.
I think it's dumb - or, at least, inconsistent.
A book can be a much more dangerous missile than an iPod, yet those are allowed. More to the point, children under two can sit on people’s laps without being belted, and so the scenario you describe would be much more dangerous in that case than a small piece of electronics. And the electronic interference defense seems odd too – airplanes are lashed with all kinds of electronic interference all the time, and they are (quite properly) hardened against it.
But ultimately that’s the rule, and if people don’t like it then they should challenge it in the right way rather than being mean and childish to the people who have to enforce that rule.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll grant that it's inconsistent
and I think the “electronic interference” reasoning was invented so airlines wouldn’t have to deal with the inconsistency – I think there is electronic interference, but I don’t think it’s bad enough to bring a plane down or affect it in any serious way.
According to the Virgin Airline pilot I was sitting next to on my last flight.
He said all it does is click in your ear and its just kind of annoying. But everyone had their stuff on then it becomes even more aggravating.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
On the flip side, *I* might bring down the plane if I'm suddenly surrounded by loud, cell-phone-talking jackasses.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
That's when you lean over to the person and, in your lispiest man-voice possible, ask him if he'd like to join the Mile High Club.
That will shup him up.
Now I'm thinking of Phil Ken Sebben....
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Is sex on a plane even possible given security measures?
You can’t exactly do it in the cabin, and I’m pretty sure if two people entered a lavatory shit would go down
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
I haven't.
But could of easily pulled it off on the 777 from SF to Dubai.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I think this is the main reason for the ban.
Imagine 200+ people trying to talk on their phones in that small space. Somebody would snap.
So is a hardcover book, which people are allowed to have out during takeoff and landing
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Dear Chris,
I hate you for making me seem late and ignorant and reinforcing that I should read threads before replying to them =(
SB
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
A harsh blow to the young rookie's LLemie campaign.
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I have turned to substance abuse to help cope with the pressure, and it has not gone well.
I didn’t have the budget for drugs, so I began abusing Little Debbie pastries instead. Again, it has not gone well.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Yellow Number 5 is a hell of a drug.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was wondering about the icteric appearance you have going on.
You aren’t supposed to swim in the stuff man. Just a little sip or two and you should be set.
by ToddK on Oct 26, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That explains "Bus to Beelzebub" by Soul Coughing.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nicely done, and recced.
I was wondering if somebody would catch the Soul Coughing reference.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
See now you're just toying with me.
Because ThomasG got my Unmarked Helicopters reference a few days ago and now I just don’t know how I’m going to vote when sb gets the post up.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably ThomasG, based on that criterion.
I have to admit that my brain 404’d on Unmarked Helicopters and now I feel dumb after Googling it.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
But he cited Songs in the Key of X, not SC...
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was implied...
Or implode.
by ThomasG on Oct 26, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is turning into the NLCS.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Interference
According to this article the biggest risk of interference with cell phone use on a plane may be overloading base stations on the ground, not messing with the plane itself.
I haven't read up on the topic much
but it just seems ridiculous that a low powered device like a cell phone would cause any interference whatsoever. I mean, FAA, use different frequencies? You got bajillions of our dollars, use em
you do know that there are only so many frequencies available, right?
And also, the FAA is…not cutting-edge when it comes to air traffic control systems, so it’s not as easy as changing frequencies and being done with it.
The FAA is an interesting organization to work with/for
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
In the real world, the FAA has no money and has to deal with various other governmental agencies, including the military
all pushing their own agendas
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
My comment was made out of sympathy, not contempt
I really feel bad for the FAA because they are so far behind the curve, everyone there knows it, and there’s not a goddamn thing that anybody there can do about it.
We're allowed to use our phones on our charter flights
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
The only thing worse is when these fucks behave like that on really long flights.
I was on a plane from London to LA and a guy got drunk and belligerent. He pulled the classic “nobody can tell I’m smoking if I smoke in the lavatory” and when the flight attendant reminded him that it was a no-smoking flight he went on a 30-minute rant about the attendant’s sexual orientation. When we landed, all the passengers had to remain seated while LA cops boarded the plane and arrested the guy.
HOURS of drunken yelling.
I would of knocked him out.
Seriously if anyone is unruly on a flight I’m on I’m not going to fuck around.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
My father was once ordered off a plane at gunpoint
Burma!
by Graham MacAree on Oct 26, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Wanted him to build a railroad, not an airport
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a 50/50 chance this joke will work
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait no wrong side of the family.
But you get the rec for trying!
by Robert on Oct 26, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He was on a flight to Malaysia
It stopped in Burma to let people stretch their legs, he asked for permission to stay on the plane to nap. He got the OK, then 5 minutes later had a gun in his ear and was marched off the plane. He was allowed back on 45 minutes later.
DON’T TAKE A NAP DAD
by Graham MacAree on Oct 26, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't know how many of you are into Tell Tale's adventure games
but they’re giving away code for their upcoming Back to the Future game:
http://www.telltalegames.com/bttfoffer
All you have to do is sign up for a Tell Tale games account, takes about 1 minute to do.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Seeing BttF in the theatre last night was somethin' else.
I didn’t think it could be that much better after some 25 viewings in my lifetime, but this was the best BttF experience yet. The whole crowd was into it and I never quite appreciated the mannerisms of Crispin Glover or Christopher Lloyd quite as much as last night.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 26, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
What theater did you end up seeing it at?
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Who's in favor?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5728656
I would love to see a system kind of like Dave Cameron suggested that we should add one Wildcard team per league to make winning the division matter.
I'm in favor of more double headers.
But I want a play in round of wild card teams of 5 games then 7-7-7
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
AND SEC 108 IF YOU DON'T LET ME HAVE THIS.
I WILL DRIVE DOWN TO BURIEN AND SHOVE YOUR FAVORITE FRISBEE GOLF DISC IN A MAILBOX!!
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Part of my problem with that is I enjoyed the playoffs more when there were fewer teams.
I’m already done with the playoffs now and the World Series hasn’t even started. I really do not want the baseball playoffs to become like the NBA or NHL where it literally is a whole second season of games.
But even at 10 teams its still no where near the 16 the NBA or NHL have.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure what you want is what will happen anyway.
Like Eyebrows said, it is all about more revenue.
But thinking about what you're saying. Maybe the play in round should just be a 3 game set.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
The thing that sucks about a play in round is that getting time off in baseball
isn’t really a reward. It is such a sport of repetition that I fear giving a team a week off is a bad idea.
Which is why a 3 game.
Would only make like a one day difference then it is currently.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
Add a small play-in series of 3 games to start immediately after the season ends. You could start the other series to overlap that a bit or something to cut out down-time for players. I would also say that you do 7/9-game series as 108 mentioned beyond that. It wouldn’t add anything to the current pace that it is on but will have the benefit of games being played instead of 4 day breaks between series
by tootthekazoo on Oct 26, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Doubt the owners would approve anything like this that would cut their revenue.
by Eyebrows on Oct 26, 2010 10:14 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'd love the doubleheaders
one per team per month. That will shorten the duration of the season and allow for the expanded playoffs without the season ending in December.
I say 2 per month
One home and one road. That on its own makes up 12 games, or a half a month’s worth. The playoffs could start that much earlier and allow for more compelling baseball
by tootthekazoo on Oct 26, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I'm in favor
but then again I was opposed to the original wild card and it turns out that I really like it. But I’m more thinking along the lines of 108’s suggestion of a seven-game DS and nine-game LCS and WS.
Yet another formative piece of my youth has died
Alex Anderson, the creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, which is the best cartoon ever.
This has been a rough month for your youth.
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I would also like to know if you have ever seen someone get a bonus for performing a task
and then later be relieved of duties for their failures on that exact task they had earlier received a bonus for
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I have mixed feelings about this.
On the one hand, I hate it when co-workers give me variations of “it’s not my job” when they could very easily help me with something trivial. But on the other hand, I’ve done a lot of different things here, and it gets very tiresome when people can’t be bothered to contact the appropriate person and keep asking me about things just because they know me and it’s easier. If you don’t eventually start directing people over to the actual new owner of the project then a) they won’t get the most up-to-date information and b) you’re basically signing up to keep answering those questions forever.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
The problem in this case was that the question wasn't about current work -
it was to ask about something that had happened in the past when this person was responsible for the work in question
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Ooh, that's the worst.
Because the old guy is fobbing the question off to somebody who doesn’t know the answer. i’m with you on this – that’s not at all helpful.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
"Old guy" is actually "young girl"
and it’s not the first time I’ve seen this particular young girl shrug off requests for help from people (some of whom happen to be her actual friends at the office) with nothing else to do because she had a thin excuse to get out of it
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
At least you can talk to the person whose work it was/is
I’ve had multiple situations where either the person didn’t work there anymore or worse it was a code base from another company and we had no way of communicating with them.
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Some people watched Fight Club a few too many times.
“Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessle’s life. His breakfast will taste better than any meal you and I have ever had.”
by Eyebrows on Oct 26, 2010 11:04 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
He didn't use the safety word though.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
He wasn't allowed to/it would have no effect.
by Mariner John on Oct 26, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Somebody is going to get hurt.
They are going to try this on some person, survival instincts will kick in, and somebody is going to be lying on the ground with a collapsed trachea.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
This was my exact thought.
Either that or cause a heart attack or cut off someones air. Or get fucking shot when they try to do it to someone packing.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 26, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Or someone has a panic attack/heart attack/what have you.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Safety word was ineffective!
I have played too many video games.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
That's beyond fucked up.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
This whole thing is probably a huge adrenaline rush for the kidnappers
Think about it from their perspective for a second. The series of events, kidnapping someone, moving their car, burying them, then turning them loose. Absolutely has to be a rush, kidnapping and burying someone alive are pretty taboo and way outside of the boundaries.
Some people wait until they're held prisoner to get Stockholm Syndrome.
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by JY on Oct 27, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
A playoff game to boot.
Where are your seats?
My first Sounders game was a playoff game last year
Enjoy it
by tootthekazoo on Oct 26, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, it is halloween
I guess I could rock that
I would yeah.
Not everyone wears them but they’re not too expensive and it can make things more fun.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 26, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Twist the knife a little more why don't you
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I have to admit that they seemed like somewhat legitimate concerns at the time.
Just because you don’t see many dominant starters at his size, and do you want to put your job on the line by being the person who says “Yeah, lets give this little guy with the homegrown mechanics a shot!”?
Personally, I think it comes down to “can you pitch or not”, but I can see where it would seem like a risky move if your job was at risk for it.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Except we drafted Morrow who actually had arm trouble already in college.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
They felt better about being able to deal with that medically?
I’m not saying it was the correct decision.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
In retrospect they made the wrong decision.
Their reasoning at the time was valid. Even if I didn’t agree with it.
No, their reasoning was based on the idea that height was a better predictor of future injuries than injury history
(Or substitute flying Js or inverted Ws or whatever for height).
I’m not sure they get to use the ‘right process, bad result’ card here.
That could be.
I thought of it more in terms of Fontaine’s tendency to draft guys who looked like they might have just broken out in the hopes that they’d keep building on it and become awesome. That worked less often than I would have liked.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah.
I’ve got no problem with that strategy in the later rounds.
And even still, Lincecum was clearly the breakout guy in the draft class, as he was picked in the 42nd round as a draft-eligible sophomore after a good but not truly amazing year.
Hopefully he got over it quickly when he saw how poorly Brandon Morrow was handled.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds as much like it's his Dad that is disappointed.
But I think this kind of goes without saying. If I were a person who could play at a professional level, I would always hope that my home town team would draft me.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
What I got out of that was hungry for Puyallup fair scones.
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by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
They are becoming like Disneyland churros.
You have to take a loan out at the bank to buy them.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I haven't even been to the Fair in like twelve years.
I used to go every year without exception up until that point, sometimes multiple times.
I would put down money for those scones. I would eat the hell out of those scones.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't even remember the last time I went to a fair.
Fests are a different story.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Fair food is very good but fairs themselves?
I dunno; I guess if tractor pulls and pig races are your bag…
I can deep fry things at home too.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Farmer's Market.
Less hassle than a fair, same good homemade food, and far less children biting at your ankles.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
After not having gone in around five years, and going to large scale amusement parks, going to the Puyallup Fair is like that scene in the Venture Bros where they depressingly talk about an old stripper.
Mournful, mournful things.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Oct 26, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Like two suicide notes stuffed in a glitter bra.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm really, really into spectacles and midway games, and fairs have both
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
So take a librarian to an arcade.
Same thing, minus the entry fee.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
by Thingray on Oct 26, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Where at the arcade do they have the game where I can throw baseballs at clowns to win prizes?
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Shit, you don't need an arcade for that!!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Don't a lot of them have the one where you can shoot balls at a clown for prizes?
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I'm right with SB, but I'm also a big fan of the rides, crafts and a ridiculous variety of tantalizing food.
I really wouldn’t care to look at pigs or knitting every day, but the novelty value of seeing it once a year makes fairs fun.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't remember seeing either.
I remember the roller coasters, and the spinning swing things, and the other spinning thing, and that weird walk through rock and roll ride, and how the cow milking machine was still strangely as fascinating as it was when I first remembered seeing it, and wandering around aimlessly in anticipation of some concert.
There was also my stepmom’s grandma’s house, on a hill overlooking an orchard and the fairgrounds and I used to go to sleep in the attic watching the roller coaster outside.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
This reminded me of my room last time I was in Vegas.
NY NY, looking over the roller coaster. My wife and I would take bets about how loud a car would be on the big drop based on seeing it come up the incline.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Fairs are literally the worse things in the world
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 26, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Question:
If the only fair is in Temecula do you go?
If the Rev is the one making the elephant ears do you buy them?
Followup clarification
The dunk tank above which the Rev sits is infested with piranhas that haven’t eaten in a week and are cranky. What do you do? WHAT? DO? YOU? DO?
I don't go
it requires setting foot in Temecula
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
We should do the halloween kidnapping thing
But instead of burying SB alive we’ll just take him to Temecula.
by Eyebrows on Oct 26, 2010 3:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I say we drop him off drunk with 5 gallons of gas and a book of matches
Then we all just sit back and enjoy the show
And the Everett Softbowlers take Thin Gray as their first pick of the second round.
“He’s going to be our primary 3 frame reliever with potential to be our split-balling specialist. We have very high hopes for this kid.”
I thought it was Thing Ray.
/mind blown
by Eyeball Kid on Oct 26, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it is Thing Ray, as in Stingray.
Isn’t it? Because if it’s not, my mind is blown as well.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Thing Ray.
Long story. But I am thin, and I am showing signs of gray.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Thank god. I don't think I could handle thinking your name was thin gray.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Leave it up to an old GF to stick me with a nickname that I have to explain.
Couldn’t have been something simple, could it?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Ahh. I must have read it wrong.
But I had to have 2 words there anyway. It’s a fucking professional draft people!
"Thing" is a reference to the Fantastic Four character.
“Ray” is just a random sound she threw on the end.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Funny thing is,
my wife knows where it came from, and still uses it for me when she sets up online accounts for me for things like photobucket accounts and stuff.. You’d think she’s hate it, but she doesn’t seem to care.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
She's an ex from over a decade ago,
why do I care?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Never saw it...
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
It could have been worse, your nickname could have been HulkPlop.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
True.
Or Flamingscreeeeeee!!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Wait, that doesn't work.
It’s the “Human Torch”, isn’t it?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Yup. Though Mr. FantasticWhooo! might work
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Oct 26, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
It might be a stretch.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Oct 27, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If you only need three good frames out of me, I might be your man.
It’s stringing together 10 in a row that’s a bitch.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Ahh, some tough guys, eh?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Oct 26, 2010 2:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
While we're posting gifs
I can’t decide if this is really sad or really cute
by Eyeball Kid on Oct 26, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Dumbo's gotta learn how to fly eventually.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Time to play Kick the Baby!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Since it's parent (ostensibly) did it, it's cute.
If a human did it, it would be not only sad but rage-inducing.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems to be no worse for the wear, so it's funny.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I have not cared this much about the World Series starting since 1995
GIANTS GIANTS GIANTS GIANTS!!!!!!
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I can go with you there.
I still want Cliff to do well though.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
What song is on your iPod/iTunes/Winamp/Zune/etc right this instant?
This should be kinda interesting…
Mine – Taylor Swift
Tim Rogers - Happy Anniversary
from his excellent solo album What Rhymes With Cars And Girls.
Also, seattlebruin is a gay 13 year old.
by pdb on Oct 26, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Although I'm not currently listening to my Zune,
The first song in my playlist for when I get back into my car for the drive home is Anasasis by Parkway Drive.
by tootthekazoo on Oct 26, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Winterpeagant (Nickelson Remix) - Nickelson and Aromabar
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I have none of those things,
but I have “Enjoy Every Sandwich” waiting for me in my car CD player. It’s a tribute albim to Warren Zevon with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Don Henley, etc.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
It'd be the first track of the last album I listened to
So current sleepy time favourite Akino Arai.
Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra - Heartache
In my car the CD player is queued up to either Dance Hall Crashers’ The Old Album, or a book on CD that my daughter is listening to (Prince Caspian, of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series).
by Chris Hafner on Oct 26, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
And after seeing this list, I officially feel ancient.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I don't tend to play songs as much as albums?
Last played was Cat Power’s “You Are Free”, next would probably Radiohead’s “Hail to the Thief”
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
How can we ever be sure about anything ever again?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Just an inside joke that I bring into public fora as much as possible.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it because that's not a question either?
...and now I'm here
It's more of an end to fruitless debate.
I swear I live outside of my own head sometimes.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I imagine the inside to be squishy and comfortable.
...and now I'm here
No, it seems like I'm playing Irresistable Bliss again.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I meant like right at the current instant, what song was on your (music player)
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, then it's Soul Coughing - Soft Serve.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Mike Posner - Please Don't Go.
...and now I'm here
The Big Three have opened the game 4-21, and I find it kind of hilarious
by seattlebruin on Oct 26, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I won't lie
I opened up NBA Gamecast on ESPN to see how they were doing. I smiled to see that they were doing poorly.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Now they are
7/27 7 rebounds 2 assists and 21 points.
Money well spent!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm so happy the NBA is in huge financial trouble.
Can’t wait for it to fold and the ABA rises from the grave with the Seattle Sonics as ABA champs.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Stern is doing a nice job of fucking things up
I was trying to find a game of the NLCS on the radio the other night and got the tail end of the Lakers pregame or whatever and whichever former player they had on their was saying how monumentally stupid it was for Stern to say what he had.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
The Candy Hierarchy
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I disagree with pretty much that entire chart.
Caramel (and nougat) are disgusting. There is no way Snickers should be considered top tier over Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
Also, hard candy rocks.
I don’t care if it makes me sound like an eighty-year-old but Brach’s candy kicks ass.
Just because you can pubstomp with Hard Candy doesn't mean its top tier
Shit, wrong kind of tier list.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I was wondering about that particular choice, but figured we'd get discussion if nothing else.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Tootsie rolls are way too high in my opinion
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Tootsie rolls have a good deal of value when it comes to Halloween candy trading.
They’re like the Theo Ratliff Expiring Contract of candy trading: there’s no tangible value to them but, in a trade scenario, they’re much more desired than Mary Janes or Smarties.
by ThomasG on Oct 26, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd take the Smarties.
I got so sick of tootsie rolls after a while.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
What kind of horrible creatures like Tootsie Rolls?
That was always the cast off candy. Everybody had them at the end of the November because everybody hated them.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
You must be referring to candy corn and Necco wafers.
by Mariner John on Oct 26, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I bought a little bag of candy corn in early September, as soon as the store got it.
I’m also going to load up on Nov. 1.
Necco wafers are ok, if you get the right ones.
the purple and the white ones are good, the green ok in an odd way.
I used to work by their factory when it was in Cambridge and it smelled great
when they were making the wafers or the mints. At least it smelled great compared to the rest of Cambridge.
Nobody likes Tootsie Rolls.
But they do have instrinsic comedic value, especially when placed strategically in houses that have cats.
Dots and Swedish Fish lower than candy corn?
by Fuckmikereilly on Oct 26, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
A thousand times this.
Somebody put melted plastic in a bag and has tricked generations into thinking it was candy.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
A good friend of mine jokes that they don't actually make candy corn.
They’ve just been recycling the same world supply since the ’70s. I am inclined to subscribe to this theory.
This is a joke from Lewis Black.
Although I suppose your buddy could have beat him to it.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I first heard the joke from him in 2001.
I didn’t even know Lewis Black’s name ’til 2006. So…
I think the routine aired on Comedy Central circa 2001.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 28, 2010 2:22 AM PDT up reply actions
The fuck?
Swedish Fish are wonderful.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Correct
I can’t stand the other ones, but I would gladly eat my weight in Red Fish
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep, got to stick with the original red.
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Oct 27, 2010 7:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That candy is like a massive orgasm in your mouth.
Fucking love it.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 27, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
...
It would be distasteful to say what I really want to say right now.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Oct 28, 2010 2:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wait a minute... Mike and Ike's are "Always Fat Free"
I’m sensing a disturbing pattern.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Somehow I don't think fat is a big problem with candy
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
To Wikipedia!
The Jelly Bean Rule
These foods can’t claim to be healthy, even if they crammed a multi-vitamin in each Mike or Ike.
I was making a joke more about how the sugar is a bigger issue
than the fat content in candy
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't understand why Mounds is over Almond Joy.
The contrasting texture is great. These may also be my favorite type of chocolate coating.
Booo!
Laffy Taffy is my favorite candy.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Liddi so far tonight, 2-2, 2B, BB
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
What's cool is that B is the 2nd letter of the alphabet.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 26, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Anyone going to go the Hamlet route with this is going to have to be damned clever or get flagged.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So it's Hamlet with a stutter?
...and now I'm here
No, that's not good at all. Flagged.
...and now I'm here
Ororoororoorooroorr nnnnnnnnot 2-2, 2B, BB
th-th-th-th-that iss th-th-th-th-th-th qqquestquestion.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 26, 2010 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
This would have been a more clever response.
When I get mod powers i am going to go back in time and hide everything but that answer.
...and now I'm here
It is well known that mod powers at LL grant you time travel abilities.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to mention it's like a magnet for the ladies.
...and now I'm here
We've uncovered the main reason Graham had to leave LL.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 26, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
I'd flag this
But it would just be a bunch of laughing over your display of chutzpah
3-3, 2 2B, BB
What a difference a game makes.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't even see that Grube was on the mound.
7.0 IP, 3 H, 7/0 K/BB. Not bad for triple-A filler.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
*AA
He was like a shooting star that arc’ed across Tacoma skies before setting in Tennessee.
Not like a bright shooting star though. One of those ones where your friend thinks they see it, but you didn’t, and then they’re not quite so sure, and they had a lot to drink, but maybe Science tells you it’s Leonids time, but fuck if you saw any shooting stars. Just Jupiter all yellow and subtly twinkling in the atmosphere. Shimmering maybe, but stationary, and that’s something that your dumb friend would do – mistake Jupiter for a shooting star because they’re drunk and moved their head.
And then you check to make sure and yeah, OK, he was there for a while but you get distracted by Mark Worrell and you think b-ref is making an obscure and unfunny joke.
by marc w on Oct 26, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
I need to drink with you more often.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You just want to look at the stars with me.
Take a fucking number, buddy.
by marc w on Oct 26, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Liddi added another walk before the game was through.
I’m feeling a bit better now.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 26, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Lawson has now walked three times tonight.
I don’t know which 3 BB game is more unexpected.
Ooops, Liddi only had 2?
Then Lawson’s is more unexpected in that it is the one that actually happened.
Cleto found a way to stop giving up so many hits: throw a ton of balls.
So is it easier or harder to expect things that don't happen?
We also got a dinger from Tenbrink, which is neat.
I wish Cleto didn’t suck so bad/had any pitches other than his fastball.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I completely understand why they acquired the guy
and if a pitching coach ever teaches him pitching then we might just have something. I’ve just not come across too many guys with 97 MPH heat and nominal breaking balls who can’t succeed in the low minors. This is not a distinction you want to be known for, Maikel Cleto.
I can't really remember the last guy we've had to outright teach a breaking ball to.
I don’t think Pineda quite counts because he’s kind of a freak, and he had the slider before, it just wasn’t good until recently.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
We don't need to teach him one, strictly speaking. We just need to make all of his pitches better.
I’m wondering if it’s a delivery thing, where batters are picking up the ball (and the pitch) much, much earlier than with, say, Pineda.
His secondary pitches, you mean.
The fastball is pretty awesome, it’s just that he can’t really throw much of anything else. Could be delivery issues though, I heard that he wasn’t great on that front.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
ALL of them. His fastball is fast but I don't think it's awesome yet.
He should be able to hold his own in the low minors with ‘just’ an awesome fastball.
The secondary offerings are technically there, and they occasionally find the strikezone, at least in his tiny Pitch FX sample. I’m more concerned with the fact that people routinely square up his FB.
He was holding his own with just an awesome fastball to start this season.
Then he got injured, and later, his ass handed to him after he got back. There could be something wrong physically or mechanically there that we don’t know about. Or he could have just blown his confidence and High Desert is the wrong place to get it back. I’m not exactly inclined to rip apart his present performances either because it’s a league for hitting and the climate is harsh, but we could be seeing something lingering from that.
I don’t know. I just remember the league and organization reports coming in that would say, emphatically, Cleto has the best fastball in the system. Maybe he’s lost something off it. Maybe you’re on to something. Maybe something else is going on.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely, and that's why the pitch fx we had earlier this month was so...interesting.
It’s not much, but it makes it harder to believe he’s still got physical problems. The velo’s there. This isn’t a Foppert situation. He was, at least for a few innings a week or so ago, throwing harder than Pineda. And in those innings, he was getting hit hard.
When you guys talk about the minor leagues, I love it...
but in reality I feel like I’m reading your private text messages to one another because clearly nobody else can quite jump in when it comes to this level of knowledge on our prospects.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
oh sure you "lost it"
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It depends on the situation though.
When Fields had the oblique issues, he was throwing about the same velocity, maybe a little lower, but the curveball wasn’t snappy and the placement was spotty. This could be different from elbow (goodbye command) or shoulder (goodbye velocity and future) type injuries. Not that I have any good info on what was holding Cleto back.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, and like I said, the velo data on its own isn't dispositive
But it DOES make it a bit harder to chalk it all up to injury. It’s a thumb on the scale.
Of course, it also complements the evidence we had from his pre-injury, pre-M’s stint in the Mets system. Scouts loved the velo, hitters loved hitting against him (OK, that’s hyperbolic, but still: a FB touching 100 and he misses a less-than-league average number of bats?).
He could be overthrowing.
That’s one possibility we haven’t talked to death yet. Of course, that’s pretty much negated by the fact that scouts like him. So we’re back to all the pitches needing work and him needing to stop being so much of a thrower.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
He is indeed.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this something we should actually be paying attention to?
Could Lawson become a our stop gap SS?
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
It's possible, but unlikely.
The move seems a bit bold for the tastes of current management, which has voiced some concern in the past with too many rookies on any one roster. We’re already going to have Pineda, Ackley, and various pieces in the bullpen that are rookies next season, so it might be a bit to ask to bring in Lawson, who doesn’t have much of a bat and has never played the position regularly before. I think of Lawson as our future RH utility guy.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I've never heard of this band
but that’s pretty impressive
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Where's the best place to buy NFL tickets?
I don’t ever buy NFL tickets, so please be kind. I am considering going to the Hawks-Cards game. Money is an object.
Is the game sold out on the Cardinals website?
Otherwise you could go with stubhub or check ebay or craigslist.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I use Craigslist and while it can be really risky I haven't been burned by it yet.
When I sell tickets I use stubhub.
For some reason whenever I've gone on stubhub the tickets have seemed ridiculously priced.
But I rarely go to events of any kind where I need to buy tickets. I just gave Craigs a brief look, I’m sure I could find something there too.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't find video of it
but at Jon Stewart’s autism-education fundraiser last week Conan auctioned off a chance to learn how to be the Masturbating Bear. The winner got to fly to LA, put on the suit, and have Conan show her how to masturbate like the bear. At the end of it “NBC” served her with a court summons for copyright infringement as Conan left the room. It was hysterical.
Pics please.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Its really more my wifes work then mine. I just carried them around.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 13 recs
Yeah those are awesome
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Wow that is amazing
Needs follow-up pic of a scarecrow pointing and laughing at them after they get smashed in the street
I'm not sure if I'm going to this year
I did the last two years but this year I’m not feeling it.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Somebody needs to do this again
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by JY on Oct 27, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
Amazing
Also, if I did that I would let that thing slowly rot away in my yard because it would be awesome
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy awesome Batman!!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
The trick is making the best of it until your "candle" doesn't "light" anymore.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
How to hype your league's draft
move it from New York to New…. ark….
I refuse to believe that anyone can go to Newark willingly without the airport being involved somehow.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Speaking of Jersey, Faux's gone missing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
This is not the PSP2
I have to say I’m intrigued.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Analog stick support?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
That looks like a cheap toy to me
I’m hoping it is prototype hardware. The idea is certainly intriguing
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Have you seen a PSP Go in person?
Its not much more solid looking than this.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
The recent price drop was an absolute joke
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Dropping the price is what it needs
the problem is they didn’t drop it enough, the product was over priced to begin with.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It had a price drop?
I haven’t paid any attention to it. The more I heard of it near launch the less I wanted it.
$50 less as of last week
Really needed to go at least $100 less
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
They only dropped the price $50?
Seriously? That’s still no where close to what I’d consider shelling out for a gimped out device like that.
Exactly
Also the horrible support of titles on the PSN store (ex, the new Kingdom Hearts game which I don’t want to play but was a BIG IP and didn’t show up on PSN store).
SCE needs some new leadership.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
SCE has been in need of new leadership for a few years.
Their business model seems to be “Customers will buy our shit because we’re Sony, bitches.”
I have and you're correct, it's pretty chintzy as well
I just don’t see this product doing all that well. Like I said, it’s an intriguing idea but I don’t get the purpose to a built-in gamepad
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Have you tried to play any traditional game genres on an iPhone?
Gaming without tactile feedback is obnoxious and not something I really am interested in.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Some are ok. But I really do want a gamepad perifial.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The best games on iPhone are non traditional ones
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I guess what I meant with that
Was that if you’re going to have a gamepad like that built-in, why not just get a QWERTY pad instead since it will have buttons for gaming. By having a dedicated gamepad, I would imagine that developers will now have yet another control scheme to code for. I guess I just don’t see the need on the market.
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Because not everyone likes playing platformers with QWERTY?
The 8 direction D-Pad is pretty standard.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
This is one of those things where I'm having a hell of a time putting my viewpoint on paper
If I were standing here with you I’d give you a well thought out and compelling argument as to why this game-phone doesn’t make much sense, but I’ll concede here in this written forum
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Sony sees all those games that the iPhone is selling
and all that market share they’re gathering. Sony sees the market share of the PSP dwindling.
Sony says to themselves we can make better hardware than Apple with a better interface for gaming and attract all those disenfranchised hardcore gamers back.
Is this sound logic or reasoning? Probably not, but this is how Sony operates.
Personally if convergence devices are the future of portable gaming then I’ll take the one with an actual d-pad over crappy touch controls.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm with you on the d-pad
I just don’t see why they couldn’t add a d-pad with a qwerty keyboard. I have always said that I would love it if my old PSP had phone capabilities. Obviously they could make it smaller, but I don’t agree with the idea that phones have to be as small as possible. I would prefer them to be larger (slightly) if they came with a d-pad.
The top half of your post there is kinda what I'm getting at
I don’t know that gamers are buying iPhones just for games, I think they are buying games because games are available and they are bored. As you mentioned, the best iPhone games are casual titles that are designed for touch. I prefer tactile controls as well but wouldn’t buy a phone with a physical d-pad just because I may use it for games.
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Right I agree with you on all this
if the next PSP is a PSP AND a phone then I might buy it, but I’m not gonna buy a phone that has better gaming controls. I didn’t buy an N-Gage for example.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Playing Zelda on the DS using almost only the touch screen wasn't terrible.
I couldn’t imagine doing something like that without a stylus though.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Should I feel bad for having to use the Womens restroom in my office complex?
There is about 14 people in the complex and only 3 are women.
Think of all the women who have used the mens room in desperation when the proportions are reversed.
Speaking of office bathrooms
We have four single-toilet bathrooms in our building marked women’s only (along with a multi-stall bathroom for women) and one two-stall bathroom for the men. Why a single-toilet bathroom is designated as women- (or even men-) only is beyond me.
Yeah, single-occupancy restrooms are typically unisex.
That’s odd that they’ve designated them as women’s only.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
At my previous job
I was the only person in the office late one night and there was no TP in the men’s room so I went into the women’s room to get it and I still felt strangely odd about it.
Mind you this was a company that at its PEAK had 3 women working at it and at this point there was only 1 employed.
Social conditioning is weird.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
by bluemax on Oct 27, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whenever I get the opportunity I check out the ladies room at high end establishments because
they are always plush and have amazing sitting rooms. The ladies room in the Columbia Tower Club has a fantastic view. I guess it is kind of like the episode of The Office where they hung out in the woman’s restroom all day.
I don't think I could ever do this
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
When I was 6 I walked into the girls bathroom at school once
Couldn’t figure out where to pee but some girls came in, awkwardness ensued, and I never got over that.
Also, I had to poo at a friend’s place in the same apartment complex as I lived in when I was 9 or so.. he had no TP at all. No napkins, etc. There were a bunch of people over hanging out and a baby sitter of sorts.. I had to just go home with a muddy butt. To this day I check the TP level every time I go.
.. hm, not quite sure why I felt like sharing that though..
Less long term trauma about pooping probably.
But more long term trauma about socks.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe not: it happened to a friend at college once during a party.
He ends up using his sock in a pinch. Instead of discreetly discarding the sock, he left it on top of the garbage in the bathroom trash can. Later on during the night, one of the kids that lived in the suite comes busting out of the bathroom, screaming, wanting to know who left a shitty sock in the bathroom. He went around the entire party demanding people pull up their pant legs to show they had both socks. Fortunately by that time my friend had gone back to his dorm to properly clean up.
I’d imagine discarding such a sock in any situation would be next to impossible to get away with cleanly. Pardoning the pun.
Why? That's not even a poop joke - that's a decent bit of advice.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Which of these do you think is the healthier breakfast option?
I am trying to decide between oatmeal and a monster energy drink, or a breakfast burrito loaded with eggs, cheese, hashbrowns.
On one hand, oatmeal. On the other hand, I feel my addiction to monster is slowly draining me of my lifeforce.
Why do I have to get either/or? $5 minimum.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions
Breakfast burritos are not good for you.
I’d go with the oatmeal and Monster.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
On the other hand, protein.
Oatmeal, with or without the sugar, and an energy drink is just asking for a crash later.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Good point.
However, eggs, when consumed with other fats, are bad news with respect to cholesterol.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, those eggs...
Usually I will tell myself that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and its where you should eat your most calories. But the burrito doesn’t seem like a good idea.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Bran muffin as a snack sometime later to offset that?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I'd go with oatmeal, a multi-vitamin, and a cup of coffee.
Even if you go with an emergen-c or some other packet of vitamins along with coffee, you’ll get less high fructose corn syrup, food colorings, etc. and you’ll still get all of those vitamins.
Instant Oatmeal isn't that good for you.
Most of its nutritional value is lost in that conversion process. At least that’s what Alton Brown says.
Steel cut oatmeal is so good
I have to give that one up to Alton Brown. Throw some steel cut oats, some dried fruit and a little milk into the slow cooker before bed and wammo, awesome breakfast waiting in the morning.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I can't tell if this is a serious suggestion or not
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'd try it out.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
It is.
Since I’m lactose intolerant and I prefer savory to sweet, I usually touch up my oatmeal right at the last minute with a splash of bourbon.
Fair enough
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
My bad. Should read "do you *ever* use frozen"
I’m still learning the nuances of the English language.
And baby, you've got yourself a stew goin'
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
There's a place up the street that sells a "breakfast soup"
I can’t remember what all is in it and they don’t have it on their online menu. All I recall is poached eggs and black beans.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I usually use something prepackaged
because I don’t generally have my own pre prepared fruit.
The reason to use dried fruit is that it absorbs the moisture and becomes less dried. I assume that fresh bananas would end up kind of mushy.
Obviously using something you freeze dried yourself is probably a lot healthier than some store bought raisins or whatever that have probably been pumped full of artificial preservatives.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
You can get unsulphured and unsweetened dried fruit,
but usually you have to go to a natural food store’s bulk section. They are generally more expensive than the sulphured and sweetened versions.
That works too
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I've tried to get away from dried fruit
Mostly because of the price; the only quality and healthy prepacked dried fruit around here is at Whole Foods, which runs about $6-$7 a package. I don’t really use dried fruit outside of oatmeal and, occasionally, sauces and it often goes to waste. Since I usually buy fresh and frozen fruit, I’ll use that in oatmeal but I’ve never been able to get the timing right. I’ll usually throw the frozen stuff in an hour or two before serving but the texture doesn’t come off right. I’ll add fresh fruit right at the last minute but it often falls apart in the bowl before I’m done eating.
I'll start experimenting with frozen fruit and see what I can come up with
I’m sure someone out there has written something up on this.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'll see what's available and on sale
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm not sure if its instant. I tried to ask once but I couldn't get a straight answer.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it from a restaurant/cafeteria?
If it is, it’s probably just Quaker Oats or something – probably not instant, but not steel-cut either.
If it's served in a caf, it's most likely instant.
Preparing steel-cut oats takes forever. Even rolled oats takes a while.
Yeah the package on my steel cut oats
says something like 18 minutes to boil, which is kind of long for the morning. Hence my above suggestion of doing it in a slow cooker.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
There is nothing healthy about a breakfast burrito or an energy drink
Have the oatmeal, and get some water or juice or something instead.
In this case, I think the answer is "wait til lunch" which is probably what I was hoping to be convinced of anyway.
Everything is such a ripoff in the cafe downstairs.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Eat at home?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Well I meant for breakfast
but yeah I used to bring fruit for when I got hungry around 5.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Question for people with an iPhone 4
Have you ever gotten a temperature warning? Mine just told me it needs to cool down.
Getting that much out of it, huh?
rawr
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
The MLB.tv app makes my iPhone 3G really hot
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
The only thing I've done with my iPhone in the last hour or so is manually fetch my Exchange e-mail.
I haven’t been running any resource heavy apps.
Maybe its an OS glitch?
I get these “hard drive is failing warnings” all the time on my netbook, but googling it tells em its some weird OS eccentricity with Ubuntu and some flash drives.
Shrug.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
That was my first thought.
If I can’t get it to behave I’ll do a system restore on it when I get home.
My old Droid would ocassionally tell me the battery was almost dead,
but if I restarted it, it would come back as 85-90% (where it should have been). Could just be a glitch, does it feel physically hot?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
No, it's cool to the touch.
It’s just been sitting on my desk as well, so it’s been out in the air.
My 3GS has been running like shit lately
I’m so done with the thing, and WP7 is going to seem like it’s running at light speed when I have it
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope WP7 hits the ground running.
I’d love for this to be the last Apple phone I own.
I'm so excited for it
I wanted to go in and preorder a Samsung Focus and they wouldn’t let me, so now I’m going to have to find a way to get one on the 8th, probably on my way home from work or something assuming that they don’t sell out. The OS looks amazing, and the few things that are “missing” will be coming to it soon enough
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Hell, go stand outside.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I sstarted doing that when the battery was dying on my first phone.
They told me not to do that because once you take it out, the condensation from the atmosphere starts getting water inside the electronics and making everything worse.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Unrelated, but if you have a hard drive that's suddenly gone wonky because of perhaps a physical issue
toss it in the freezer for about two hours and then plug it back in to try and extract data. Causing the components to contract occasionally can buy you just enough time to do some emergency data recovery.
Well The Force Unleashed II looks like an awful game.
What happened to Lucasarts?
I dunno, X-Wing Alliance was fun.
But yeah, probably died when Lawrence Holland left the company.
No way it's awful
It’s got Guybrush Threepwood as an unlockable character!
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Bad management
bad product decisions, an over reliance on the SW brand, inability to develop internal talent and IP, massive layoffs, no clear direction (one year they wanted to strengthen internally the next they wanted to bring in external studios then a year later it was back to internal only).
Its really sad because some of their best talent (Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer) have underachieved since they lost them, clearly they just had some kind of magic that they can’t find again.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I just saw a Ford Crown Victoria pull up to a stop sign alongside an Escalade
The Crown Victoria stood taller than the Escalade, thanks to being donked up on what appeared to be at least 26" wheels. It was amazing. Anybody else have any stories of completely ridiculous car modifications?
I hate people who aren't cops that drive Crown Vics.
by BrianL on Oct 27, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
I hope you realize how perfect this comment is.
by Sec 108 on Oct 27, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And a special fuck you to people who aren't cops that drive white, black, or blue Crown Vics.
by BrianL on Oct 27, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I sense that your "very special fuck yous" are different than everyone else's
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
That means he buys you dinner first.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I think I'll wave the white flag now.
I really haven’t made it much of a secret that the ribbing over an incredibly stupid accidental comment bugs me. A lot. It’s gotten to the point where I don’t comment here nearly as much as I used to because having every third comment I post have a reply referencing tranny porn is really getting under my skin.
I’m sorry everyone. I’m not very good at dealing with the constant teasing. I never have been.
by BrianL on Oct 27, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
If you're the guy at the party with one sock,
and there’s a shitty sock in the bathroom garbage, you’re gonna get shit for it. For a very long time.
It’s all good natured, no need to get your undies in a wad.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Dude's make fun of other dude's
when you have a reason to be made fun of it just means we’ve accepted you. Or something.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Pretty much!
If I didn’t give my friends a ton of shit, then we’d have nothing to talk about! :)
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Go screw a tree you ugly sumbitch.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Tucking it in doesn't make you a woman.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Yeah, if you've got a friend thats down in the dumps...
“Hey man… hey… hey…….. it’s cool.”
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
"Now quit being such a pussy and let's go get a beer."
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I will say I understand BrianL's point
that sometimes something just runs its course and isn’t enjoyable anymore.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
by bluemax on Oct 27, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
There wasn't even anything witty about most of the times it was brought up
It’s one thing to rib a guy a bit over something, but it should at least be funny
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Which I think is why it isn't enjoyable anymore
Not that it ever was
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It's like this time you were with your best friend's sister in high school,
but they you realized later in life that you, your best friend, and his sister all had the same dad. So the whole time you were with your best friend’s sister, you were actually with your own sister. It’s funny when you first mention it, but not funny when your brain really recognizes what happened.
Reverse the sexes, and that's part of the first season of Veronica Mars!
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Agreed.
We know it bugs BrianL and its not really that funny anymore. To me “BrianL likes tranny porn” is a dead meme.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's pretty much it.
It was funny for a while but after a certain point it started to get old and has gotten to the point where the volume and frequency of the ribbing feels almost mean-spirited even though that almost certainly isn’t the intention.
I really like you, Brian - know that, for what it's worth.
There are like, two people here who apparently are not fans of mine, but the amount of quality people I’ve met here FAR outweighs any of the bullshit that sometimes floats up to the top. Beers on me next time you’re around.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Your grammar on that comment was also a little suspect:
“I hate people who aren’t cops that drive Crown Vics.”
So, you only like cops that drive Crown Vics?
I’m not sure why else anyone was giving you grief.
Fuck that guy. I've seen him get away with paying kid's prices at the theater.
by Sec 108 on Oct 27, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I only do that to make up for not being able to get on the rides at the fair :(
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but since you're lower to the ground, bowling is easier for you.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I had a great comment here,
but I deleted it for fear of friend-retribution.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I drive a Crown Victoria
So that should have been the only grief he got. Not sure how/why sb connected it to what he did.
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Because he was offering "very special fuck you's".
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
So?
When there’s a “special level of hell” reserved for somebody, that just means that they are extra deserving of punishment, or in this case extra deserving of a “fuck you.”
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Fucking (you) + "special" = tranny
It would normally be a stretch, but since he made that mistake with the link, well….
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
You're going to get a LLemie out of it though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I'm willing to give it to cat on keyboard.
...and now I'm here
Concession?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason that comment has me shedding tears.
Probably because it’s a sabermetrics blog and the cat breaks out the numbers.
...and now I'm here
If it's any consolation, I've never even seen the accidental comment and I actually skim past all the "BrianL Tranny Porn" comments because I just missed that day.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a Monte Carlo SS running around my neck of the woods that looks like this.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Was it maroon?
There is a guy in Bellingham with the same thing.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Bright blue
It was incredible. I think donking is my favorite form of auto-customizing subculture
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That's bigger than the wheels on a Metro.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Reverse donking?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Geo Metro convertables make me giggle.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 27, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
My older sister went to junior prom in a pink Ford Ranchero
I’m unfamiliar with the proper technical terms, but it had a slight body lift and as a kicker it had a hydraulic lift. The guy that owned it was bored and installed hydraulics (this was in 1990) because he’d seen it done in a Dr. Dre music video. I’m not sure why he chose pink. Lemme see if I can get a screen shot.
The lifted Ranchero is so hick.
The pink vehicle with hydraulics is so sick.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 27, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
AMAZING
I’m more of an El Camino guy, but this is fucking great
by tootthekazoo on Oct 28, 2010 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
This is amazing
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Red Dead Redemption fans!
Is anybody else looking forward to the Undead Nightmare DLC that launched today? It adds a ~5 hour campaign as well as some more multiplayer modes involving the zombies that have now been added to the game. Of more intrigue, though, are the new mythical creatures that have been added. You can now find and tame the 4 Horses of the Apocalypse (Death, Famine, Pestilence, and War), each with their own special abilities. In addition, there are now zombie bears and cougars as well as 2 other wild, fictional animals to find: a Unicorn and BIGFOOT. That’s right, you can hunt motherfucking BIGFOOT
Dammit!!
Now I need this game more than ever. But I already need to buy the new COD and the new MOH, and we just got into Fable 2 (thanks all you jerks!) and Sims 3 showed up via UPS last night.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
It sure seems that way
You didn’t buy it, did you?
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
It's awful?
Don’t tell me that, I love that franchise…
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I've heard that the single player campaign is laughably short
Like around 6 hours
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Then you might enjoy it but its buggy.
I’ve always disliked the franchise compared to CoD.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
CoD is better, yes.
But I still liked MOH as well. Although I preferred the historical stuff to the more modern warfare.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
In multi-player, it doesn't really matter as far as "when in time it occurs".
Although I do miss the old tank levels, just because they could be your only chance to kick some butt on teams that had been whupping on you all night long.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I was not really interested in the DLC at all, but I spent a few minutes reading about it and now I can't wait to load it up
BIGFOOT
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent question.
I can imagine buying the game then having to spend $100.00 on points to get all the upgrades.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
800 points
Not a bad deal, in my opinion
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Only if we all make camp together.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck yes
We can hold hands as Phil suggested while riding unicorns into battle against Bigfoot
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm..
I need to have my oldest boy pick me up some more points cards at Fred Meyers. He gets an employee discount on them.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
We make it a totally Heterosexual experience.
Just 4 dudes looking for something Big.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
And holding hands apparently.
Although I need to purchase the game before the points will do me any good. And then fight my wife for the Xbox since she just got the new Sims.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Hit her in the eye and break one of her hands
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
This will work great until she wakes up and uses her good hand to castrate me.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Some things are worth sacrificing.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Oct 27, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I better knock her out good then.
Because I’ve got a ton of games that I want to play.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Whaaaa?!
How big of a discount? Also, this is the exact reason that I love MS points instead of having to use a credit card
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on what other specials they have going.
But I think on MS points it’s only like 5 or 10 percent, but it’s still something.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
My brother got seasonal employment at Toys R Us
I need to start getting the hook up
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I wouldn't be surprised if they got a discount too.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I'm assuming so
hoping to get some nice Black Friday deals
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
They combined Toys R Us and Babies R Us into one store in Southcenter.
Babies R Us sends me 20% off coupons every other week. I’ll sell them to the highest bidder.
Wait, you can use the coupons for anything in the store?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I have it, and I love it.
It’s suitably creepy, and fighting off a horde of zombies with a melee torch is pretty amazing.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 28, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, Scruffy should get some love on the LLemmies for the story about his grandfather
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/9/13/1686132/offtop-the-little-things#46870710
Maybe we should start a most heartwarming in a hallmark channel sort of way category?
by Decatur on Oct 27, 2010 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
God Dammit
I can’t re-read any of that comment without crying.
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Those are too cool.
I wonder if they’re for sale somewhere?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I'm saving that link.
I need to figure out if it’s worth $20.00 to me or not.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Has anyone made a Timmy for Prop 19 shirt yet?
by Scruffy Lefty on Oct 27, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a great idea too!
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Might be venturing into no politics
but a pro-Prop 19 ad ending with a “this message is endorsed by Tim Lincecum” message would be amazing
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Kind of a weird question,
Is there any reason a dvd from the UK won’t play on my U.S. made player?
Region locking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_locking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Because DVDs are locked to either US, Asia, or Europe. =/
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Never mind, I've just put in a region 1 DVD
You can change the region, but only a certain number of times
Suuuuuuuuuucks
I don’t want to be able to watch my Look Around You DVD a finite number of times.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 27, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And I've had no joy with VLC, KMPlayer or Media Player Classic
VLC and KMP ‘play’ the DVD but not well.
Oh, god. I love Look Around You.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Seriously?
I had no idea this existed. Is it to help prevent pirating or something?
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Movies and other videos get released at different times in different parts of the world.
Though this has changed a lot during the past few years.
I did post two wikipedia links explaining this
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
And you trust the internets?
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 27, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
On some things, yes
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Basically a European DVD player will play normal American DVDs but the only difference is that the movie thinks its so much better than you now.
If you put Iron Man into a European player, it plays in black and white and Tony Stark is a depressed socialist fighting against repression of art in the 17th century, but with guns.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 27, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Has anyone noticed Lincecum blinks one eye at a time?
During the game they kept airing close ups of him in the dugout… and he regularly blinked one eye or the other but never both at once.
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