11-29-2010 OT Post Turkey Day Edition
So the last OT seems to have died out a bit (or everyone is catching up on emails after 4 days off) thus I feel compelled to start a new one!
Topics up for discussion:
Black Friday, did you brave it? Did you get anything good? Personally I've found it to be pretty lackluster the last two years, but I did get some good stuff on Steam and Amazon.
Leftovers! Do you have them? What will you do with them? I have an entire pumpkin pie in my fridge that was supposed to go to my ex, not sure what I'm gonna do with it.
Holiday Music! Do you like it? Hate it? Is it still too early for it? Same thing with decorations, too soon for lights?
This weekend Charlie Weiss's offense finally bested Pete Carroll's defense. Also USC lost to Notre Dame. :(
RIP Irvin Kerschner, director of the best Star Wars :(
And of course, beer is always on topic in the off topic!
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by Eyebrows on Nov 29, 2010 10:50 AM PST via mobile reply actions 6 recs
Didn't venture out on Black Friday but did buy a new BluRay player after throwing my old one out a 2nd story window.
Then peeing on its remains.
I would have figured you to have a PS3 or perhaps you do and you need a seperate player for another room?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I've always hated the design of the Playstation controller. And don't feel the need for that pricey of a Blu Ray player.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
If you are only going to use it for blu-rays, it certainly is too expensive.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, you should at least use it for MLB.TV
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
They also added NHL!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I barely know what a Roku is.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
So it's not just a six!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
No leftovers as our Thanksgiving plans changed due to snow.
Lights went up yesterday. Hired some help to do the high parts instead of dick shimming across my roof again.
I consider myself pretty "typical male" in most respects but I admit to loving two things in music that most guys like myself would probably never agree with.
1 being Boyz II Men and 2 being Christmas music.
This is my favorite month in terms of radio!
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 10:59 AM PST reply actions
We belong together. And you know that it's true.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
"And you know that I'm right*"
Oh yeah, I know way too many lyrics.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
I would prefer to win a bar fight, but "Know Your Lyrics" with Boyz II Men will have to suffice.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
We should be happy together forever....
You and IIIIIIII……
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I always wanted to be the tall skinny dude that talks real deep during the interlude.
Baby, you know I love you.
I’m sorry I shat in your purse.
You just get me so worked up, I wanna sleep with your sister and your aunt Clarice that wears the cat sweaters all the time.
When we met at the swap meet last summer, you told me you wanted to be my bitch. And you are a bitch. You’re my bitch, baby. For ever and ever…
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
No leftovers as we went to our neighborhood bar for Thanksgiving this year because we didn't want to cook
but the dinner was great. No shopping, either, because Black Friday is dumb. Holiday music, however, is awesome – I haven’t started listening to any this year but I do love good holiday music.
"Mom's cooking chicken and collard greens"
My favorite Christmas song, modern or otherwise.
No leftovers for us because we ended up with 16 people at our house.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I love that song so much
Like G_, that is absolutely my favorite Christmas song. The beat is so great
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
This makes me smile.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Nov 29, 2010 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Finally they will have a BCS Caliber team!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
How will powerhouses like UCONN and CINCINNATI feel about this?
Oh wait, you mean the Big East is clearly WORSE than what the Mountain West was?!?! SHOCKING! Maybe we shouldnt have made them a BCS conference.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Who is going to be left in the Mountain West?
Mainly just the teams that are jumping from the WAC? BSU, Nevada, Fresno St, SDSU, Wyoming, New Mexico, Air Force, CSU, and UNLV, right?
I always confused the Mountain West and the WAC and now this.
We obviously need to have a few crappy conferences. And those conferences shouldn’t be so crappy that not one team would be considered “great” but it just seems that Boise State could never catch a break. Although, this year, they shot themselves in the foot.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
According to Wikipedia
AFA
BYU
CSU
UNM
SDSU
UNLV
Wyoming
BSU
Fresneck
Hawaii
Nevada
Still better than the WAC, but not an overly good conference.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I thought Hawaii was in the WAC?
Did they jump also?
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Starting in 2012 apparently
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Ah Hawaii
Hawaii is currently in the WAC, but apparently has reached a deal to join the Mountain West, although it is not official. Hawaii was also considering going independent.
Of all the schools
Hawaii going Independent would make the most sense.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
for football, yes
for all other sports (and Hawaii really promotes the other sports), it would be a disaster. No school is voluntarily going to pay the expense of sending its volleyball/woman’s basketball/other non-revenue sport to Hawaii.
Derp I knew that
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Independent in football....for all other sports they will join the WCC.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Try to avoid Black Friday
With the limited availability of the featured items (the fine print will usually say something like the store may only have 20 of a particular heavily discounted item in stock) , the crowds, and the early times, Black Friday only seems to make sense if you want a big ticket item like the 50% off the HDTV that you have been saving for. Waiting for hours to save $5 off a $40 toy that was on sale the previous week is just not worth it. For the big presents that might run out of stock later (e.g., toys, electronics), I usually try to buy them before Thanksgiving. Stores are trying to expand the holiday shopping season earlier by offering good sales and free shipping (online) throughout November, so I try to take advantage of that.
Holiday music is great but wears out its welcome quickly, so I try to avoid it until closer to Christmas, although most of the original Very Special Christmas never gets old.
And also the Phil Spector Christmas record
I can listen to either that or the first Very Special Christmas year-round, they’re both stellar.
the Spector album is up there too
I am also partial to the the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack (a highlight growing up was my cousins pulling out their vinyl copy on Christmas Eve) and James Brown Funky Christmas.
Who's excited to see UW knocked out of a Bowl game by Wazzu?
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:06 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
The Crapple Cup!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
This guy.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 29, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I AM!!
I’m thankful that Washington is one win away from bowl eligibility. We owe them one from the last time either of us were 1 win away from bowl eligibility.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
FUCK YES.
Also – GO GAMECOCKS!!! BEAT THE PISS OUT OF AUBURN!!!!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Is this all because of Steve Spurrier? Is this what it really means to get a "name" coach?
This would be their first BCS bowl right?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Unbelievably, yes.
By the time that Holtz came along, he was past his prime. I’ve never necessarily been a Spurrier fan – I hate his whiny grimmacy face when things go wrong, but he can definitely coach a good game.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
He still needs to win a bowl game right? Is he 0-4 at South Carolina?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
It's adorable that for as terrible as the Huskies have been for the last 8 years the closest the Cougars have been to relevence is by possibly playing spoiler to the Huskies.
Even when the Huskies are bad you guys will always be worse. It’s the natural order of things. Accept it.
0-12 I believe was the Huskies record in 2008. Not exactly "spoiler alert"
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
On that particular Saturday WSU was better than the UW.
There is no way somebody can say over the course of the entire season that UW was worse than WSU. The 2008 Cougars were the worst team that I have ever seen.
Just because they gave up the most points ever in the history of the conference doesn't mean we were bad...
Like I said, blocked out memories other than actually winning the apple cup and pretending like it was the national title game.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Rivalry games transcend suck year after year. Alas...
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Wandering around the airport yesterday, I heard Christmas music
and that did away with the whole “I’m pissed at most things” mood I was in at that moment.
(No Black Friday, no leftovers)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
So who still wants to see this Seahawks team in a playoff game?
I say no because I want them to get a good draft pick. If they make the playoffs they get at best the 21st pick.
Holy shit the defense is broken.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
The defensive line is pretty much nonexistent right now.
Same goes for the offensive line, really. It’s hard to win games when you can’t win the battles in the trenches.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 29, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
KC is the best running team in the NFL
But ya without the 3 headed monster of Red, Mebane and Cole. We can’t stop the run for our life.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I mean, you're talking about drafting 21st and getting a playoff game (a HOME playoff game) or drafting 15th and no playoff game?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
This is a 7-9 or 8-8 team. The draft pick will be middle 1st at best. I'd rather have a home playoff game.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly
We won’t suck enough to justify not making a playoff game. We’d have to lose out just for a shot at a top-ten pick and I just don’t see that happening
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not trying to be argumentative or snotty, but one more bad week and we could still be tied for first.
I’ll take what I can get.
This week we got the Panthers and the Rams are at the Cardinals.
Week 17 is looking more and more like a home playoff game.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
After yesterday I'm honestly starting to think that this is the Rams division.
The Seahawks offense and defense is completely broken.
I feel like he's gone the Miles Austin-lite route.
He’s not nearly as physically gifted as Austin, but, like Miles, has worked his ass off to become something valuable.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
He was always there. Just under appreciated.
I think part of the Housh thing had to do with Obo as well as the other guys.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
We'll probably be 7-8 going into the Rams game.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
You think we'll lose to the Niners on the road?
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
You sir need to watch more 49er football :)
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
SF's DVOA is actually not terrible.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Ya we're boned.
Though Frank Gore is done for the season.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, like I just wrote elsewhere in the thread, I'd much rather lose Frank Gore than what we've lost on defense and the amount we've played without Okung.
I don’t love our chances anymore.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Either/or, but I think in both cases we are somehow playing for the playoffs
Just seems like that is what it is headed for
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Im not saying that the Rams arent better even, but they play a similar schedule.
@ Arizona. (They JUST won their first road game of the year) @ New Orleans, Chiefs, Niners, @ Sea
They split those first four games at best, I think.
Seahawks are CAR, @SF, ATL, @TB, Stl
Its a much tougher four game split.
The odds are probably 60% Stl. But we can do just as good over the next four games if we take advantage of the Carolina game. Then its just one game for all the marbles.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
According to the Pro Football Reference Simple Rating System, the worst team in the NFC is the Panthers with a -13.3
The next 4 worst teams are all in the NFC West.
In the entire NFL, only the Broncos are as bad as the NFC West.
That would be
32. Carolina
31. Arizona
30. San Francisco
29. Seattle
28. Denver
27. St Louis
Yikes.
Of course, I dont know how trustworthy SRS is, but yikes. You’d think in a division so bad, at least 1 team would have a winning record by default.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Week 17 should be huge and I'm excited for an important football game
You aren’t being argumentative with him, but we may not have a choice but to go to the playoffs or at least play week 17 as a win-and-in situation and at that point, WIN
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
I hate must win games against St Louis.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Me too, but at least we're at home for this one
As I said, though, we may not have a choice but for that game to decide if we make the playoffs or not and if we are in that position then we’d might as well win. 7-9 and losing the division would have us picking probably like 15th, so I’d much rather have the playoffs instead. Marginal difference between picks at 15th to 25th and if there’s somebody we like that’s higher than that we’ll probably try and make a trade for them anyway
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, this isn't a fight for a really high and valuable pick.
Take the win, make the playoffs and see what happens.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I guess my bigger contention is that we'll almost certainly trade up to get a QB or something
Carroll and Schneider have already shown that they have no qualms about trading for value and I don’t see why they wouldn’t make an effort to trade-up if the opportunity exists
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I hate the idea of picking a QB in the middle of the first round.
Andrew Luck is great. But after that, I just don’t really know what to think. But I do know that Nick Fairley has been the best player I’ve seen play defense in the college games I’ve watched this year. And I know that LaMichael James has been the best offensive player I’ve seen. (I know he’s a sophomore right and not draft eligible, I’m just saying, those are the two best players I’ve seen this year)
I dont want a QB as much as I want players around a QB and a better defense.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
I don't hate the idea, but I'm not a fan
If we trade way up for a QB then I’m ok with that (assuming the trade isn’t batshit crazy). But, at face value, there is no real benefit to losing and picking at about 10th compared to making the playoffs and picking 25th or whatever. Another high draft pick will sour the fans even more, but a playoff game will bring them right back into the fold
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, even a 7-9 playoff team will have Qwest rockin' for the first time in years.
The city really needs this.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Looking over the standings again,
If only we had beaten STL in our first meeting earlier this year. We’d be a game over .500 and already a virtual lock to make the playoffs thanks to owning the divisional head-to-head tiebreakers and having a better record in all the other tiebreaker categories compared to our divisional rivals. Amazing how much one game can swing things in the NFL
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Right now we just aren't a better team than St Louis and if we make the playoffs it will be an "upset" as weird as that sounds to say about St Louis.
Nobody else in the division is even close to having a Sam Bradford type QB on their team.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
That's the best part
If we had beaten them we’d have a commanding hold of the division while not being the best team in said division
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
LaMichael James is actually draft-eligible.
He redshirted in 2008 when the Ducks had Jeremiah Johnson and LeGarrette Blount in the backfield. I doubt he turns pro though, based on his size and his durability concerns.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 29, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Over the last few years, mostly watching Pac-Ten games, I've heard same things said about guys like Jahvid Best and DeShaun Jackson.
Those were players I would have drafted in a heartbeat. LaMichael James is going to be gooood.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't say he wouldn't be good. His speed is absolutely killer.
It’s just that I don’t think his draft stock would be as high yet.
(Plus, if he stays in school even for one more year, he will likely own the record books at Oregon so thoroughly that he would surpass Joey Harrington as the program’s all-time golden boy.)
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 29, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I know what you're saying. I agree, he won't be drafted high, but I think it will be a mistake.
If I was a GM, I’d just be the guy who has him higher on his draft board than everyone else.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
And thanks for the heads up, even if he does go back for his senior year.
Pac-10 took a beating this year, but almost everybody good could be back next year. Lots of freshman-soph-junior talent in the league.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
I guess my bigger contention is that we'll almost certainly trade up to get a QB or something
Carroll and Schneider have already shown that they have no qualms about trading for value and I don’t see why they wouldn’t make an effort to trade-up if the opportunity exists
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I don't see it as argumentative or snotty.
I am aware my position is an unpopular one. I just worry that making the playoffs may hurt us long term.
It sure might hurt us, but what other choice is there?
We can’t throw the games and honestly, at this point, the average fan is going to be pissed if we aren’t in a position to win against STL to make the playoffs. Sure there should have been no expectations of playoffs anyway, but as of yesterday morning we were in sole possession of first place which, to an average fan, means that we should continue to contend for the playoffs until the very end.
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
The biggest hurt I would see is winning and signing Hasselbeck again.
I’m worried the fans will be pissed or the players won’t see that he’s done and the front office will be blinded by that, a la Griffey.And having Hasselbeck start another season will be really, really bad for the team long term. I just hope Schneider and Carroll are smart enough to know better.
by Mariner John on Nov 29, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
It was still a bad move, but in retrospect we did the same thing with Shaun Alexander and he was still gone in two years.
NFL contracts are almost always team-friendly.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Well yeah, but I mean if we sign him for next year, I'm pretty sure he would start.
Which hurts us that much more because not only is he BAD at this point but it also doesn’t allow us to develop another quarterback who could be good. It’s already happening this year, I don’t want it to keep going on.
by Mariner John on Nov 29, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Come in Cleveland.
Dump a bunch of money on Hasselbeck’s lawn.
This would be ideal.
I feel like Jake Delhomme is too much washed up quarterback though.
by Mariner John on Nov 29, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
I watched a Jake Delhomme highlight over the weekend.
My first response was “At least we have Matt instead of him.”
Colt McCoy?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Why the hell did they start Delhomme?
McCoy has looked really good for them
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'd still rather have Hass and Whitehurst and say... I don't know... some other veteran.
And build around those guys, than get another QB with a big contract.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
I;m not saying a big contract.
But either drafting a quarterback or trading for a decent backup (Kolb maybe) or at least going with Whitehurst for the year. We know Hasselbeck is bad. We don’t know what unknown QB will do.
by Mariner John on Nov 29, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
The post today on Field Gulls really summed up how many holes we have on defense and we're already one of the worst defensive teams in the league.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
There are a lot of holes.
All I’m saying is don’t waste money on Hasselbeck since, hey, he’s bad!
by Mariner John on Nov 29, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, he is bad. I think my mistake is forgetting that Matt is a free agent after this year, right?
I’m getting all confused.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
He was also good (comparably) when he was in the playoffs last.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 29, 2010 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I wish we were in a better division
so that we could just chop this season up as a loss and develop either Whitehurst, or someone else. Instead, we are an awful team, in an awful division and will probably make the playoffs.
After last nights game, I put our chances of making the playoffs at 25%
We are a bad team and a worse road team. Now we have to go to San Francisco later this year with perhaps only a 1 game lead.
I just don’t like our chances nearly as much. Next week the Niners and Rams play. If the Rams win, we’re still tied for first (if we beat the Panthers) and if the Niners win, they’re still only 1 game back.
Of course, its better of the Niners win and then we beat the Niners it should still come down to week 17 against the Rams. But it seems like its a 3 horse race again and I’d put the Seahawks in 3rd because of how awfully they’ve played the last 5 weeks compared to the other 2 teams.
Frank Gore is out for the season, but running back replacements are much easier to find than us trying to replace Red Bryant and Colin Cole.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
That would be nice. At this point, anything we can get back would be nice.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
No I get what you mean. We are in a tough spot but at least there's a chance we'll make the playoffs I guess.
And making the playoffs means home playoff game which means players are happy and money for the team. Hopefully we dont get right into the thick of things in week 17 and lose, that would be the worst case scenario I’d say.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
We HAVE to win week 17 if that would put us in the playoffs
Like I said yesterday, this is a crucial year for retaining fans and to lose a huge home game to make the playoffs would piss off a lot of people
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
I'm also compelled to mention the 2008 Cardinals again.
Make the playoffs and get healthy, thats all that matters.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Make the playoffs and see what happens.
You never know what will happen in any given game, especially if we get to play at home somehow,
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
The only way we make the playoffs, we'll get a home game. We won't be a wild card.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
If we make it, first game at home.
I’m not sure how it works after that though.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
First game definitely at home, 2nd game definitely on the road. 3rd game depends on if a wild card makes it to the NFC championship game.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
That makes sense.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
How fucked would that be for us to win a home game, get an upset on the road in a potentially favorable matchup,
and then get the NFC Championship game at home because one of the wild cards went nuts and won themselves into the NFC Championship?
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
As it stands right now, the Bears would be the #2 seed.
We could get a team like New Orleans in the wild card round. And then if somehow we beat the Saints and the Eagles beat the Giants, we go to Chicago. Its not that daunting, considering we already beat the Bears in Chicago.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
It just blows my mind that there are scenarios that exist which involve the Seahawks hosting the NFC Championship as a 7-9/8-8 team
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I completely agree
In fact, I’d be shocked if we could win the first game. But like I said, the scenarios exist, however unlikely they may be
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
It's going to hurt like hell when those pigs fly out of my ass.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
How fucked would that be for us to win a home game, get an upset on the road in a potentially favorable matchup,
and then get the NFC Championship game at home because one of the wild cards went nuts and won themselves into the NFC Championship?
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Through week 7, we gave up 77 rushing yards per game.
In our last 5, we’ve given up 177 rushing yards per game.
If you don’t count Arizona, we’ve given up 204 rushing yards per game in 4 of those 5 games.
Somebody help me out here. What changed?
I know Mebane didnt play against Oakland, but he played against Kansas City, was he not at full strength? Is it just Red Bryant since he hasn’t played since Oakland?
A combination of both?
Its pretty sad.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Good question.
I don’t think Bang-Bang was at full strength yet, and losing Bryant sure hurts, but it’s been a radical change with just those two differences. Of course the Chiefs are awesome at running the ball versus anyone, so it’s hard to judge that game by itself.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
The other thing to think about are the games themselves.
A team is going to look bad against the run (as far as total yardage goes) when they are way behind and the other team is burning clock.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Damn, that Raiders game killed us in so many ways.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
We can't keep DTs healthy for whatever reason.
The Marcus Tubbs curse!
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Ooohh, forgot about Cole...
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Sigh. Did we place Red on IR? What are the chances Cole comes back or is he on IR?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
I'm 99% sure Red went on IR.
I’m not sure on Cole.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Bryant is on IR, Cole, while not on the IR, is probably out for a while with a high ankle sprain.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
So he could be back in a few weeks theoretically.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Fuck. When can we finally come up with a surgery that removes your high ankle?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
But then we'd all be an inch or two shorter.
That would be weird.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Besides it doesn't matter where we are in the 1st round.
Cause we’re going to draft Jake Locker.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Get ready for him to be in Seahawk Blue.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
There is a special place in hell for Mitch Mustain
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
No I got that one right
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
His throw was like the best punt ever
I would think you guys would have been happy
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
If we lose this weekend I might kill myself for real
as this will officially be the worst year of my life.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Would it have been better to go undefeated?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Honest question. How much would that have sucked, or would you say "Well, we WOULD have been in the title game"?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
I would take that over losing to our two biggest rivals every time
if anything it would kind of show how fucked up sanctioning players who weren’t involved in that mess is.
I’d rather go undefeated than lose to my two rivals though, regardless of playing for MNCs or not.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Yes.
And it was rumored that when he called Pete back to tell him he wasn’t attending. Pete said “Thats biggest fucking mistake you’ll ever make” – Then handed the phone to Sark.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, interesting. I didn't know much about his recruitment when he was in high school.
Anyways, the list of players I’d rather draft with first round talent over Jake Locker is long. There’s a lot of impact players at positions we really need. I’d love to get Nick Fairley in Seattle.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I want nothing to do with Mallett.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The White Jamarcus Russell
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
This is the first time I've ever heard this story
Would’ve been interesting had he come to USC, since Sanchez came in 2005 and then Aaron Corpse came in 2007. Could Locker have beat out Sanchez?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I can't verify any truth to it.
Its been a local Whatcom county rumor.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Fair enough
I don’t remember Locker’s recruiting that much, but I thought it was consensus he was a Husky from day 1.
Would’ve rather had him than Garett Green that year!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Your right he was pretty much a Husky from day one.
But it didn’t stop some of the big schools from coming to him. USC wanted him to compete for the QB position and Texas wanted him to play safety
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, wasn't Jake Heaps a Husky from day one?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
I wasn't sure, I just remember Husky fans being upset and I wasn't sure if it was because they thought he was a sure thing.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
From somebody that I know that sorta went to HS with him
He was a uber Mormon and it was never in doubt.
There is a very good chance that the last game of the year will deciede that we will either make the playoffs or have a top 12 draft pick!
He wouldn't have made it.
Also his scramble in Seahawks-Deadskins I is my defining moment for the 2005 Seahawks.
Minus the fact if I was a defense and it was 3rd and whatever
I’m jumping the Stokely route.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
The Rams aren't making the playoffs.
I think that the biggest threat for us is the 49’ers which haahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah
Matt doesn't deserve another playoff game.
He deserves to be a backup to Matt Leinart.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I enjoy Christmas music.
I’ve got a Diana Krall Christmas album that’s getting heavy play right now.
Elf blood is a bitch to get out of the carpet
by pdb on Nov 29, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I enjoy the Christmas music
I usually keep my car radio on to Warm 106.9 between now and Christmas.
2010 Safeco Field Record: 2-1 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 12-5
Niners-Cardinals tonight??
Did they only do that “moveable” schedule for Sunday nights? I can’t remember. Clearly, MNF needs to change some things up, its week 12. We can do better.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:44 PM PST reply actions
I know, horrible matchup.
I’ll still watch, but only because it’s our division.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
In a way, the Niners could still hold their fate in their hands.
4 of their last 6 are on the road and they haven’t won a road game yet. But if they win tonight, 1 back of Seattle and St Louis with a game left against both and they already hold the tie breaker with St Louis.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
This division will be wide open until the last game is played I think.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Watch the Cardinals win the division as possibly the worst team in the NFL right now.
They’ve got one of the softest schedules I’ve seen.
Niners, Rams, Broncos, Panthers, Cowboys, Niners.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
That would really piss me off.
I could handle the Rams getting it if we piss it away, but not the Cards.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
The more I think about it, the more I realize how important tonights game actually is for us.
Cards must win the next two weeks. (SF and STL)
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
I'm so going to be watching this tonight.
I hadn’t thought of it that way.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I still think the Niners are holding onto a pipe dream with 4 road games, but tonights game could be the nail in the coffin.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Our remaining games SHOULD be cake (with exception to the Rams).
But I’m torn. Of course I always want my team to win, but I also want them to get rid of Matt.
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I wouldn't say we've got it easy for the rest of our schedule
Both Atlanta and Tampa Bay will probably stomp our dicks in, meaning that we will need to win the other 3 remaining games to finish 8-8 or preferably at least be in a position to beat STL for 7-9 and the division
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
ATL should destroy us, I'm still not sold on TB but its on the road and we certainly have sucked for the last 5 weeks.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
ATL, yes - but TB hasn't looked all that sharp of late, and actually match up to us well
(when we actually play like a fucking NFL team).
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That's where I'm at with it
Win at home against Carolina, lose to both Atlanta and Tampa Bay, win at San Francisco, and then you have STL at home for (most likely) all the marbles
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Flex is only for Thursday and Sunday I think.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm sure it would be a headache to flex Mondays but isn't that a headache worth the cause?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
From an entertainment perspective?
I’d say yes. I would have LOVED to have Falcons Packers tonight instead of Cards 49ers.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh geez, that was a great decade.
Question: Favorite 80s movie?
This must be split up like the Golden Globes, comedy and drama (or other, anything that is not strictly comedy), because 80s is almost defined by comedies for me and was weaker in the drama category. But there were some excellent dramas and I don’t think one should be compelled to not pick a comedy because of the label “Best 80s movie” or “favorite”
Comedy: Back to the Future? Its almost perfect.
Drama: Platoon. It would be Goodfellas but that was 1990.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Sci-Fi nominees:
Aliens
Terminator
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Predator
E.T.
The Abyss
Robocop
Total Recall
Blade Runner
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Meh.
Okay movie, but not one of the best of the 80s.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Great great list. I would just add The Thing to that. Might be my #1 80s Horror.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I'm mortified that I forgot The Thing.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
He beat me to it.
But my first response was “WHERE IS THE THING!?”
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Back to the Future or Ghostbusters?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Ghostbusters is pretty awesome, but I just think BttF is on another level.
Especially when you ignore the sequels. I love them, but BttF worked better as a solo project.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
I watched most of it for the first time lately and it is a brilliantly funny movie.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
God, yeah, it's got to be by genre - there are just too many.
Almost any movie starring John Cusack.
Almost every John Hughes movie.
The Gods Must be Crazy.
Romancing the stone.
Princess Bride.
Neverending story, Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Goonies, Howard the Duck, Godfather, Platoon – oh my god I miss the 80s.
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I was all set to be righteously indignant that nobody mentioned Goodfellas but that came out in 1990
I love The Gods Must Be Crazy, though, that’s a great movie.
I suppose if you're one of those who believes decades start in the 1 year not the 0 year you could make a case for it
Yes, but there was no year 0, so the first decade only had 9 years?
Sorry, playing devil’s advocate, so you can ignore if you want.
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Nov 29, 2010 10:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You Gen Yers can GET OFF MY... Sigh. You know what? Go buy me some beer and we're cool.
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Years should be 0 indexed.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Maybe I'm missing something but why wouldn't there be a year 0?
If you start from 0 and then after 1 year it becomes year 1?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
Because dates are based on an estimated date of Christ's birth.
And there is no year zero. There was merely Before Christ and After Christ. There might be a “day zero” (the original Christmas day), but every day thereafter would be the first year after his birth. I know it’s hip to write CE and BCE instead of AD and BC now, but they could have come up with a better date system instead of just slapping a different abbrevation on the back of the same year to cover it.
Gotcha. Interesting. I never really thought about that or researched that before.
by Kenneth Arthur on Dec 1, 2010 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
Y2K!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 1, 2010 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
Which is why I had to point it out when I picked Platoon because it was so close to the 80s...
Goodfellas is where its at. A perfect gangster movie.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Big Trouble in Little China.
Next Question!
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 29, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Dramas
Do The Right Thing
Hoosiers
Blood Simple
Eight Men Out
Diner
The Untouchables
Drugstore Cowboy
My Left Foot
I just watched Eight Men Out last week and wasn't that impressed.
I thought the acting from John Cusack and D.B. Sweeney was awful.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I have had several people say the same thing
but for some reason I will always put it in my top 80’s dramas list – it just resonated with me the first time I saw it and it hasn’t degraded with multiple repeated viewings.
I didn't really "get" Diner when I first watched it. Haven't seen Drugstore Cowboy. Is it better than Gleaming the Cube?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Comedies
Raising Arizona
Beetlejuice
Spinal Tap
Breakfast Club
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Ghostbusters
Tootsie
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Trading Places
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life
I've seen Fast Times many times and I'm still not sure why its so iconic.
I swear that 100% of the success is owed to 5 seconds of Pheobe Cates!
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
If you went to high school in the 1980's it would have probably been more resonant for you
Between that movie and the Breakfast Club, those were most of the people I went to high school with.
Also, for Comedy/Musical, a movie I stole from my moms this weekend:
Labyrinth! Brilliant!
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
You remind me of the babe
what babe?
The babe with the power. The power of voodoo. Who do? you do. Do what? Remind me of the babe.
My cousins are 12 and 16 year old girls and they never heard of it and it made me realize that as generations pass there are so many movies that they'll never see.
Of course, this happens to all generations.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I enjoy making my 6 year old watch '80's movies with me
But mostly because when he sees the special effects he always says “Dad, that looks so fake” while he laughs at it. But then I remember that shit looking REAL when I saw the movie at his age. Technology has certainly come a long, long way
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Its hard to know if a movie is truly great or if its just something you love because of the age you watched it at.
I have a hard time believing any kid wouldn’t love Sandlot or The Goonies but maybe I’m wrong. Why would a kid want to watch The Karate Kid when they could watch The Karate Kid (2010)? Although I’ve heard that upon rewatch, the original is absolutely terrible. I haven’t seen it in years.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
The original Karate Kid is still amazing.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Of course, I saw it for the first time last year, but it was really good.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Are you ever going to repay me that bottle of Geritol I gave you?
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Better be triple strength. Today's paper is pretty big.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Maybe it was 2 years ago?
My roommate and I were playing MLB the Show 2008, and it had on it’s sound track Sweep the Leg by No More Kings. He realized while we were playing the song was about the Karate Kid, and I mentioned I hadn’t seen it. He immediately turned off the game and put in the Karate Kid, really upset that I was in my 20s and hadn’t seen it.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
This happened to me, but substitute MLB the Show with Halo 3 and Karate Kid with The Godfather.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 29, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
This also happened to me but replace Halo 3 with Space Invaders and The Godfather with a VHS of Porky's.
God Porkys is so stupid.
Did I watch it more than any other movie when I was 12 though? Yes.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Elisabeth Shue is in it and plays herself.
I really think its one of the top 5 comedies to come out in the last decade and its wildly overlooked.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Raising Arizona and Spinal Tap are my favorites of that list.
But although I know it’s not a huge favorite here, I think Blues Brothers (1980) deserves consideration as well.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 29, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
It's completely underrated and still totally hilarious.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 29, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I love the Blues Brothers but I wouldn't go so far as to call it a great movie
it is a lot of fun, though.
I might throw Planes, Traines & Automobiles into this list as well.
It’s sort of a forgotten John Hughes movie, but I think it’s easily as good as his more well known movies, and it has a ton of heart as well.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
I watched that the other day and for me at least it didn't hold up at all
I remember liking it when I first saw it, but last week it just seemed dated, predictable, and “wacky”. Which was too bad.
Also THrow Mamma From the Train.
What about Beverly Hills Cop? Any Richard Pryor flicks? Big?
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Throw Momma From The Train is brilliant
Beverly Hills Cop was pretty good, and as far as Richard Pryor movies go, I’ll stick with his comedy records I think. Except for his cameo in the Muppet Movie.
Big is a very sweet and charming movie and I’ve always loved it.
You couldn't make Big now.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Reasons:
1) The movie is about an adult sleeping with either a child or a mentally challenged adult.
2) They would have found the carnival machine in 10 seconds with Google, and the movie would be over.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
But the carnival machine could change into a carnage-inducing killing machine.
And titties!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Reminds me of
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Nov 29, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Good point.
You may be more well-known at this point.
I’m holding out for the Mork and Mindy movie.
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Step by Step movie is what I'm hoping for.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
The world desperately needs more Patrick Duffy.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
I understand the Coen Brothers are in production for the movie adaptation of the brilliant sitcom series Small Wonder.
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At least Alan Thicke is on How I Met Your Mother.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I think Elf comes close to the tone and sentiment of Big in a lot of ways
and it’s also why Elf is another of my favorite holiday movies.
I was going to watch Elf with my four year old during the snow in
but I am not sure how she would handle the “Santa is not real” dialogue.
by G_ on Nov 29, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Peter Dinklage is pretty much my hero.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, but See no Evil, Hear no Evil was pretty awesome.
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It's on Instant Watch
Along with another 1 or 2 Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder movies
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
Sheesh
10 top-grossing films of the decade
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), $435 million
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), $309 million
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), $290 million
Batman (1989), $251 million
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), $245 million
Ghostbusters (1984), $238 million
Beverly Hills Cop (1984), $234 million
Back to the Future (1985), $210 million
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), $197 million
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), $179 million
How can Spielberg and Lucas NOT afford to pay off the national debt?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
If you could get four or five of the richest people in the US to do this,
wouldn’t we have to carve a mountain for them or something?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Good idea!
4 people pay off the debt, and then we use the money to build them a monument!
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You can just put my donation as "Anonymous" and then I'll just have people spread around the rumor that I'm "anonymous"
That makes me both humble and philanthropic.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Already mentioned it myself, but yes!
And now my four year-old loves it!
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And that reminds me:
Lucas!
No, its nowhere near The Goonies for me, but Lucas is quietly one of the most iconic movies of the decade yet few people seem to know about it. But I swear its rehashed over and over again since it was released.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
That's the movie with Corey Haim and Charlie Sheen and Corey Haim is a nerd who joins the football team.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Oh... RIGHT!!!
So then, I guest I should mention Lost Boys. Also, Point Break.
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Lost Boys does not hold up AT ALL.
“You’re a goddamn, shit-sucking vampire!”
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
I beg to differ, but I think that's objective.
It’s allure was it’s campiness, right down to the shitty Danzig ripoff band playing People Are Strange.
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Because, no - the "lead singer" was NOT in Echo.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I don't think Echo were the ones in the movie
but they’re the ones who recorded it and they appear on the soundtrack. I guess Faux Danzig looked more otherworldly than Ian MacCulloch.
Lost Boys is awesome but I watched some of it last year on TV.
The rock band part is ridiculous how those guys are dressed.
what Phildopip said, it doesn’t hold up.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
I've noticed that several of the games referenced involve RR-S pitching
I wonder if it is foreshadowing of some kind
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Depending on your perspective it just might be!
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 29, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Until the next time they meet this year!
And until they meet in the Champions League!
And until they play twice next year!
I meant this particular game.
I find it to be pretty awesome.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 29, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
It is a very awesome game indeed
but I could have done without the incessant buildup by everybody and their dog.
It’s also not a surprising game, at least to me – Barcelona are a much more balanced team than Real. I didn’t think they’d be 5-0 better, but I’m still not all that surprised by the result – I figured it’d either be a rout by one team or the other, or a 0-0.
Looking for a second person for a big two bedroom in Queen Anne, as well, since you posted it.
$500/Month.
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And then probably subthread closed, so email me.
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All this 80's talk got me thinking...
I almost forgot the commercials that made PDB famous for a while.
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No, just yet another annoyingly affected deep voice.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Holy crap, it is! Why did I never put that together??
I loved his book, It Only Hurts When I Laugh.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Silk shirt was a brilliant touch.
Bitches love ’em tucked into da Jordache Jeans.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I just wish I would have gone with the acid wash that day and not the black
but the Jordans were still pretty awesome.
I was down under the stairs with the other rejected Kennedy spawn.
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Quiet Riot is not 80's to me.
Those guys started in 1975 and still play. They made one radio friendly album in the 80’s that everyone remembers them for though.
Me too
I have absolutely no idea why. One of my favorite songs is Round and Round, by Ratt. This is strange to me for some reason
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
That was the Presidents of the United States.
“We’re not gonna take it” was Twisted Sister.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
They'll out you "under the blade".
Don’t go down any dark alleys.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
"put", not "out".
Stupid cold fingers.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Lay off Tesla,
they were ten kinds of awesome. Probably still are.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
The list goes on.
Great White, Faith No More, Duran Duran…
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
That's when they started.
I suppose they didn’t really “hit” until the early 90’s maybe?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
When they had a good lead singer was mostly the 90s though.
Though I guess The Real Thing came out in 1989 so who knows?
by Mariner John on Nov 29, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Mock all you want but they had some great songs that didn't get airtime.
“It’s A Feeling” from Toto IV was brilliant.
Check it:
The high temperature in Vancouver, WA on November 3rd was 71 degrees. The high temperature on November 23rd was 31 degrees.
Twenty days. Forty degrees. That’s crazy.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 29, 2010 3:45 PM PST reply actions
What I learned on my trip home back to Washington for Thanksgiving:
Living in Washington IS crazy.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
At SeaTac, over the same timeframe,
74 on the 3rd, 25 on the 23rd. Twenty days, 48 degrees. THAT is crazy.
And in some places up here the gap was even bigger. My dad’s weather station in Enumclaw didn’t pass 20 on Tuesday, and I know that on the 3rd his was pushing 80 since the foothills were even warmer on that day
by tootthekazoo on Nov 29, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
At one point last week the high in El Paso was 41. The day before it had been 71.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 29, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
The last time I was in Austin
I got there on a day that was 34 degrees and snowing. The next day it was 79 and sunny.
So Warner Brothers is rebooting Buffy as a movie without Joss Whedon.
Bad idea or terrible idea?
Horrible, awful, pointless, moneygrubbing, cash-in
Buffy was already a movie, before it was Buffy. Nobody now remembers that Buffy movie because the series was so fucking amazing. What made that series amazing? Joss Whedon and his cast and writers, none of whom are involved now.
Since I know all you big Hollywood producer types and movie stars read LL, I beg you. Please don’t do this.
Interview with the new screenwriter
citing the whole Nolan/Batman re-boot theme.
Interestingly, they people behind it have changed:
UPDATE: From a press release that hit after this post went live: Atlas’ Roven and Steve Alexander will produce the feature film alongside Doug Davison and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment (“The Ring,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Departed”). Warner Bros. optioned the rights from Fran and Kaz Kuzui and from Sandollar Productions (Sandy Gallin and Dolly Parton).
Honestly I don't see how they couldn't involve Joss.
He’s expressed that he was never satisfied with the original Buffy movie. It was a start in the right direction, but not fully realized.
Let Joss produce a movie, bring Tim and Jane in, and reboot that movie.
They don't want to involve him because that ratchets up the price of producing the movie
Honestly, I would just not bother at all – the original movie is fine for what it is, the series is awesome…just let it be.
I'd prefer they leave it alone as well
but it just feels like a total dick move to reboot this franchise without the involvement of anyone from the series.
That's what they do, though
“reboot” means “make something and convince/fool people that it’s good so it becomes a hit without having to pay a fat salary and a piece of the royalties to Established Name Guy who wrote the original”
I'm not sure what to think of Whedon's film credits.
He discredits Alien Resurrection, Twister (per wiki, he did a re-write that wasn’t really used), discredits his work on Waterworld, and I’m not a fan of Serenity. Plus he wrote the original Buffy.
Though Toy Story…
If you only look at movies he wrote and directed, I wouldn’t say he’s the best ever. But it seems unfair to do anything Buffy without him.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
Serenity fell into the trap of trying to do too damned much in a limited timeframe.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 29, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
Read the interview with him about that....
He came off well, but the point about “why exactly are we rebooting something that’s not that old?” remain valid, even if they were delivered a little tongue-in-cheek.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 29, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
The Moyer Foundation: It's official - Jamie is having surgery Wednesday and we are cautiously optimistic superman will make a comeback! – Karen and Jamie
I was just talking to my step-dad about this on turkey day.
Do we know what type of surgery? TJ? Bone chips?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I just read, it's TJ.
He plans to be back for 2012.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I hope he breaks Satchel Paige's record for oldest pitcher.
by Mariner John on Nov 29, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
He really has a chance to do something special.
Paige’s appearance at age 59 was somewhat of a stunt as we all know.
Other than that, Hoyt Wilhelm, Jack Quinn, and Phil Neikro are the only pitchers to play “regularly” at an older age than Moyer.
If Moyer comes back at age 49, he’ll easily be the oldest person to ever pitch on a regular basis. Wilhelm and Niekro only pitched a handful of innings past age 48.
If Moyer could start 20+ games at age 50, that would be awesome.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 29, 2010 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
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Black Friday, did you brave it? Did you get anything good? Personally I’ve found it to be pretty lackluster the last two years, but I did get some good stuff on Steam and Amazon.
Brave it? Wasn’t that hectic. My friend and I are both night owls, so we decided to go and just see if anything neat was going down. Obviously we avoided Best Buy because we weren’t there to fight for cheap deals. Everything else was not on a special sale at all in the entirety of the mall. I had been to the mall twice in the 2 weeks before Black Friday to look for a few things I needed, and I can tell you 100% that at least 95% of the Black Friday “deals” were simply normal sales with a Black Friday sign. The only interesting one was 50% off everything at the Gap. I don’t shop at the Gap, but that was clearly a Black Friday thing, and the only one that was impressive.
Leftovers! Do you have them? What will you do with them? I have an entire pumpkin pie in my fridge that was supposed to go to my ex, not sure what I’m gonna do with it.
I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, but I do have my own fun tradition where I make macaroni and cheese and chocolate chip pancakes and yes, I have 2 whole pans of baked M&S and I am warming it right now and it is going to be delicious and yummmmmmm.
Holiday Music! Do you like it? Hate it? Is it still too early for it? Same thing with decorations, too soon for lights?
I hate it, it’s too early. Holy crap it’s everywhere and I want it to be upped by Robert.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Nov 29, 2010 6:06 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I remember old navy having the same kind of sale a couple years ago.
And jeans were 8 bucks a piece. I bought 6 pairs and still wear them to this day.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah Old Navy was the only store I went to this year and last
for some cheap jeans. The ones I got last year are still in great shape but they don’t fit anymore cause I lost weight.
I went to Old Navy at the Tacoma mall around 11am or so and they were super organized and super helpful and I was in and out in about 20 minutes, including time to try on pants.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I hate to admit it, but I do like their clothes.
I just HATE their TV ads.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
The teenage punk rock version of me is horrified that I shopped there
but these are some comfortable jeans.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Good shirts too.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I've only bought pants there
I bought enough cheap tshirts during threadless sales to last me awhile.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
WHAT!?!?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
What I want to say is:
“YOU ARE INSANE”.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Haters gonna Hate.
I think I’ve said this before – But I’d rather watch 20 well done commercials over a sitcom any day.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, I thought you didn't wear pants.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
He probably meant he still owns them
They haven’t worn out yet cause he doesn’t wear them
Its cold outside.
I can’t ruin the myth.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Slightly less than it cost to Bedazzle them.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
"I have an entire pumpkin pie in my fridge that was supposed to go to my ex, not sure what I’m gonna do with it."
how can this still be so? At my house that pie would be so gone 4 days later…
Because I was out of town from Wednesday until Sunday
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
This has never made sense to me.
If the speed limit is 60 and you’re going 60 in the left lane, why do you need to move right if there are cars behind you that want to go faster? If they want to go faster than you, they’d be breaking the speed limit, so why can you be ticketed for driving at the speed limit and preventing others from breaking the law?
Because you are disrupting the flow of traffic
Unless you’re going 90 or weaving like crazy, you generally won’t get busted for going 70 in a 55 as long as everyone else is going 70. if everyone else is going 70, and you’re going 60, you’re the one presenting the danger to traffic, even though you’re technically going the speed limit.
So why even have a posted speed limit if it's just a suggestion?
If someone is considered to be the larger traffic danger if they’re going the posted speed limit when everyone else wants to exceed it, why do they even post a speed limit? If the defacto rule of highway speeds is that everyone should go the same speed regardless of what’s posted, then there shouldn’t really even be speed limits, or the posted limit should be the real limit at which exceeding it is truly dangerous, perhaps something like 90 mph.
I need Corco support for this
the posted speed limit does indeed vary by area, which is defined by danger level – it’s 50 or 55 in city limits/urbanized areas, 65/70 or even 75 (?) in more rural areas. Regardless of the speed limit, though, it is much more important to ensure that you drive in a manner consistent with the other drivers on the road – if they’re all driving the speed limit, you should be as well. If they’re all driving 10 mph over the speed limit, then you need to either drive at that same rate, or be in the farthest right lane that you possibly can be, because it is accepted practice (if not law – I’m not sure) that passing be done on the left.
If you are in the left lane going 10 mph slower than anyone else on the road, no matter what MPH, you remove the ability of people to pass on the left in the accepted and safe manner, therefore you are a danger to other drivers.
Nobody’s saying you can’t or shouldn’t drive the speed limit. But if you do, please do it in the leftmost lane.
I think I remember him saying something about this.
It could either work extremely well. Or if our drivers really are to stupid go horribly wrong.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
This
The first rule of driving is that if anybody notices you driving, you’re doing it wrong.
Nobody ever notices good drivers, we notice bad drivers, especially on divided highways. The safest way to drive is to blend in as much as possible with your surroundings. Driving in the left lane without passing is noticeable to people, ergo it is a bad behavior.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
by Corco on Nov 30, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
The excessive speeder is doing it wrong too
If they’re going 90 while everyone else is doing 70, they’re noticeable and therefore driving poorly. If you’re in the left lane and you’re passing somebody and 90 MPH guy comes up on you, finish passing, wait for a decent gap, and then get over. As long as you’re moving faster than the traffic to the right, you’re under no obligation to get over to allow that guy to go 90.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Driving safety is the ultimate goal.
Yes, there is a speed limit, but it is a means to the end of highway safety. Driving the speed limit in the left lane (which is supposed to be used only when passing) or disrupting the flow of traffic in an unsafe manner is contrary to the ultimate goal of a safe driving environment for everyone.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 30, 2010 9:39 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think driving safety is the ultimate goal
People may say it is, but if that was true people would all be going at about four mph.
The goal in driving is to maximise happiness, which is a function of stress reduction (safety, lateness) and enjoyment. Those factors vary per person.
by Graham MacAree on Nov 30, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
The only way I'd be happy driving would be if I had the road to myself with no speed limit or obstructions.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
As long as I can take my wife and beer, then okay.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Can't pull me over in a spaceship
I’d just fly out to the nearest black hole and do a few donuts so enough time has passed by on earth to get me past the statue of limitations
That's why I want the beer.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I! Can't! Drive! Point-Five-Five Past Lightspeed!
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
This started off with Sammy Hagars voice and finished with William Shatners
That was a really trippy sentence
by Kermit. on Nov 30, 2010 9:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't mean that driving safety is the ultimate goal of the driver.
I mean that driving safety is the ultimate goal of the law. It’s not always enforced that way, obviously, but the law certainly doesn’t have driver happiness as a goal.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 30, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I would lean more towards $$ being the ultimate goal of the law.
But I tend to get these questions wrong sometimes.
I think driving safety was considered the goal when the laws were created.
I think enforcement’s goal is often revenue.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 30, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
Speed limits started out as safety measures.
People didn’t like their horses spooked. But you can’t tell me a speed trap is a safety measure.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
It can certainly be rationalized as a safety measure, but I agree that in practice they are primarily for revenue generation.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 30, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
I hate it when I use both the singular and plural forms for the same subject.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 30, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
The thing I don't understand is that they sit in the same place every day, and nobody seems to figure that out.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Speed doesn't kill, difference in speed kills
I suppose that to accept the “keep right accept to pass” approach, you have to inherently accept that there will be speed variation on a roadway and people will speed.
There’s a reason fatality rates are significantly lower on speed unlimited portions of the Autobahn that have more traffic than your average rural interstate- drivers look at lane discipline as the most important part of driving.
I guess that’s the fundamental difference. People like you who value speed limits above all else have trouble seeing a need for good lane discipline. People who value lane discipline above all else tend to not value speed limits as much.
Unfortunately, as long as you accept as fact that cars will speed no matter what you or the police or anybody else want, then lane discipline is more important.
And honestly, I don’t get this argument. If I’m going 90 and you’re going 60, why the hell would you WANT me to approach you in the left lane? From a safety standpoint you’re just endangering yourself- somebody is going to rear end you. If they’re speeding excessively it’ll be their fault, but why even risk it?
The error is in the assumption that “the defacto rule of highway speeds is that everyone should go the same speed regardless of what’s posted”- that’s an ideal hope, not a rule. I can’t think of a freeway in the country where all lanes travel the same speed.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
by Corco on Nov 30, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
There's other safety issues in play as well
Passing on the left is safer than passing on the right by no small margin- every left hand drive car in North America has better visibility on the left than the right. The other issue is that exits are generally on the right side of the road, so traffic is more likely to change lanes to the right than to the left.
It’s better to keep faster traffic on the left in all circumstances just because of that. A free form highway where all lanes are fair game would involve in lots of passing on the right and lead to more accidents because of visibility and excessive lane changes
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
For what it's worth,
I wasn’t arguing that I should drive at exactly the speed limit when everyone else is exceeding it by 10 mph. I agree that it’s safest to drive at the same speed as the flow of traffic. As you said, “difference in speed kills”.
My point is simply that cops regularly pull people over for exceeding the posted speed limit even if they’re going the same speed as the traffic flow and even though many modern cars are safe at higher than posted speed limits. What annoys me is the inconsistency between the posted legal speed limit and the societal norms about regularly exceeding the speed limit for reasons of safety.
Maybe I’m not explaining this very well…
I doubt that the intention of the law was to promote speeders
In theory, everybody would go the speed limit always and we wouldn’t need multiple lane roads.
There’s basically two relevant things that are accepted as safe driving in an ideal world:
1) People shouldn’t speed
2) People should keep right except to pass
Now, if you’re going the speed limit and you need to use the left lane to pass a car (because there are cars that go under the speed limit, obviously), then the left lane is your burrito to do as you please.
The enabling of people exceeding the speed limit are just sort of a collateral consequence of the second part (just as people driving under the speed limit are a consequence of the first part), but in no way should impact your driving behavior. If you’re going the speed limit and keeping right except to pass, moving into the left lane to pass cars as needed, then you’re driving safely.
On the other point, the thing a lot of “ZOMG DON’T SPEED” people don’t realize is that a great majority of speed limits set in this country are arbitrary. One need only point to any two lane road in eastern Oregon for a good western example. It’s pretty widely accepted as fact that the “safe” speed to drive is the 85th percentile speed on any given road, which very often isn’t the case. If 85% of cars are going 70 MPH, the speed limit should be 70. If it’s posted at 55, then we’re drifting into ZOMG NO POLITICS territory.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
That's one crunchy tortilla.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Eastern Oregon highway speed laws blow. Just let us go 65 legally like we do now.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 30, 2010 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Oh those annoy the shit out of me.
Like whatever highway goes south to Bend from the gorge, it should be like 80 there. Theres not a fucking thing.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
Highway 97. And don't trash Highway 97 between the Gorge and Bend.
My hometown is on Highway 97 between the Gorge and Bend.
But you’re right. I’m semi-actively campaigning for it to become Interstate 7, just so that the drug runs from Mexico through Oregon and Washington are sped up just that much more.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 30, 2010 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't mean to trash the highway. That is one beautiful drive.
It just annoys me that I have to drive 55 when there are no cars within 5 miles of me. But, eastern Oregon is one of my favorite camping/road trip destinations.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
I meant as in disrespect. Not as in rubbish.
And I love how you can plan anything for any day of the year over there and the weather won’t suck more than you expect. Hate the constant drip-drip-drip of the Willamette Valley.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 30, 2010 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
I know what you mean.
Portlands a pretty cool city and all but the weather is depressing as hell. I couldn’t live there.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
I'm in Eugene. It's the same, but in miniature.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 30, 2010 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
The basic speeding law in nearly every state does not call out exceeding the posted limit
instead, it calls out driving in a manner unsafe for the current conditions or impeding the flow of traffic – the speed limit is a guideline as to what speed becomes unsafe for the current conditions, but many speed limits are designed around vehicles built in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
You would have a very hard time convincing me that my current vehicle cannot safely operate on an open highway at 85 mph
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
"The speed limit is a guideline"
Try using that in court when you have to fight a ticket for going 8 mph over.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I would argue it is a guideline.
Yes, it is a legal maximum, but enforcement is dependent on officer discretion and often that decision is made based on safety. Not always, but often. Also, driving at the legal limit in an unsafe way or in unsafe conditions is still a ticketable offense – the speed limit is no defense in those cases.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 30, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
A friend of mine got a ticket for “speed too fast for conditions” for going 50 mph on the freeway in a very heavy rain.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
He got pulled over for going to fast in the cops opinion.
He was almost the only car on the road.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Bothered him too.
But it got thrown out in court, so there’s that.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Yep.
He was not a happy man.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Happened to me once.
Got pulled over on my Suzuki GS850 and the cop asked for proof of insurance. Well since motorcycles are not required to carry insurance in this state, and I really couldn’t afford it at the time, I didn’t have any. I asked the cop why he wanted insurance card on a motorcycle and he said “All motor vehicles in the state of Washington must have insurance”. I told him that motor cycles were the exception and he looked at me like I was crazy, so I let it drop. He wrote me the ticket, I went to court (with proof of the exemption printed off of the RCW website) and wasted half a day of work waiting for them to get to me and litterally let me leave 30 seconds later without having to pay a dime.
All his mistake lack of knowledge cost me was a half day of my pay.
Me too.
You should have sued him.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Aren't you allowed to ask for his badge number?
If he is handing out citations for something that is legal, isn’t that robbery?
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I think you're right.
Although the officer’s name and badge number should be noted on the ticket.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
He might not even be a Seatac cop anymore.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
You're not sure if you might have already beaten a cop?
That could be a problem.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Then stay drunk and don't worry about it.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
You are totally allowed to ask for a badge number.
And if he doesn’t give it to you, you can file a complaint with the police department.
While I completely agree with you
How many people out there are driving poorly-maintained cars that are dangerous enough on the road at 60mph, let alone at 85mph? Bad tires, bad brakes, mechanical issues that could cause problems, etc. It’s the same principle as most have about driving in the snow/ice: “It’s not ME I worry about, it’s the other drivers on the road that scare me.”
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
That's why most places require a safety inspection to get tabs instead of (or in addition too) an emissions test.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
This line cracks me up
“Somewhere along the line, most of Western Washington forgot how to drive on the freeway.”
That would imply that they ever KNEW how to drive on the freeway in the first place.
On the 509 I see people every day purposefully move into the left lane to drive ten miles under the
speed limit. It drives me nuts. I would love to learn the psychology behind this.
Vigilante speed enforcement.
What the hell possesses people to do this?
I seriously hate that having a driver's license is treated like a right and not a privilege.
This country loses more people every year to bad driving but we do nothing about it. At minimum 25% of the people who are on the road do not have the skills required to participate safely.
And it's a privilge that the DOL can revoke for any reason they see fit.
Too bad horrible driving or lack of skill don’t seem to be on the list.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Oops, missed an "e" in there.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I hate hate hate when people do this.
“Dammit, I’m not going to ALLOW you to break the speed limit!”
/crotchety old man
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
It annoys the hell out of me.
I’ve got a thing about driving behind large vehicles like buses, eighteen-wheelers, and other large things that I can’t see over the top of. If I can, I will pass them so I can have better visibility in front of me.
I can’t count the number of times during the week I try to do that but can’t because some asshole is doing 59 in the far left lane.
Fucking 509.
I drive it for work and run into those left lane campers constantly.
by Eyebrows on Nov 30, 2010 10:04 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
His old headshot looked like it was taken on the toilet
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 30, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
I was thrown off by less of a mullet on this one.
Now it looks like he’s pleased with what he just finished on the toilet.
by Mariner John on Nov 30, 2010 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
They say they pull people over for this and ticket them, but I've NEVER seen this happen.
How can they possibly find and ticket these people when they spend 90% of their time sitting in one place running a radar gun?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
The Rockies just handed out a ton of money. Rotoworld:
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that Jorge De La Rosa will receive $32-33 million over three years from the Rockies.
In other words, he’ll get virtually the same deal Ted Lilly signed with the Dodgers. We suspect he won’t be worth it in the end, but at least Rockies general manager Dan O’Dowd didn’t cave and guarantee him a fourth year.
Tracy Ringolsby reports that Troy Tulowitzki will receive $157.75 million over the next 10 seasons.
As mentioned earlier, the Rockies will pay the remaining $23.75 million left on Tulowitzki’s current contract, as well as pick up his $15 million option for 2014. The new contract will give him $119 million over six additional seasons, taking him through 2020 and his age-35 season. It’s a hefty commitment, but the Rockies obviously view Tulo as their franchise player.
Holy shit.
RIP Dave Neihaus.
That would do nothing for me.
I am one of the few who hates the Yankees far more than the Sawx. Now Sawx fans are a different matter.
One of the few? I thought it was still wildly popular to hate the Yankees much more than every other team.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
Well I'm with you. Its too bad horrible contracts never hurt the Yankees too badly.
A-Rods contract could cripple a franchise and the Yanks don’t even blink an eyelash.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Angels >>>> Yankees and Redsox are tied.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:25 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I think I still hate the A's more than the Angels.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
As do I, but I think that is because I am older and remember endless years
of getting killed by them. The Angels have only been good recently.
For me its half their fans and half the team itself.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
I just do not know many if any Angels fans.
When I lived in Santa Barbara in 1990-92 everyone was a Dodgers fan and no one cared about the Angels.
For me Halo's Heaven carries a lot of weight of my perception of their fans.
Even though the few actual Angel fans I’ve met have been rather pleasant.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers gave Ted Lily a big contract?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Dodgers quietly signed 3 starting pitchers. I didnt even realize until two days ago.
Mostly because Kuroda and Lilly were already there.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
Sadly no one in Los Angeles cares about the Dodgers right now.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Nobody cares about your fantasy team.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
:( So true
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm a big fan of Tulowitzki, but I don't yet see him as a franchise player.
I know that would probably put me in the minority since he’s a shortstop who can hit and be a perennial MVP candidate, but I guess since 2008 doesn’t seem that long ago, it makes me think about what would happen if you had to pay Nomar Garciaparra 20 million a year for the final 6 years of a 10 year deal.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
Black Friday, did you brave it? Did you get anything good?
Worked Friday. Wife left at 10pm Thanksgiving night to head to the outlet stores, waited three hours to find a parking spot, gave up and went to the local mall. I, on the other hand, enjoyed sleep and not spending money.
Leftovers! Do you have them? What will you do with them?
Nope. Had dinner at a restaurant.
Holiday Music! Do you like it? Hate it? Is it still too early for it? Same thing with decorations, too soon for lights?
Hate Christmas music and I won’t decorate until mid-December. Bah humbug.
RIP Irvin Kerschner, director of the best Star Wars :(
Star Wars Holiday Special?
And of course, beer is always on topic in the off topic!
Got a bottle of Ommegang Adoration for my birthday this past weekend. (Along with a lot of scotch.) Also, Clown Shoes’ Pecan Pie Porter was really, really good.
Forgot to post this while in season. Another dumpster toss.
I went to elementary school with Kotchman. Broke my arm at recess being an ultra competitive douchebag. Kissed my crush in middle school. Now I have blood feud with him that he is not aware of.
I even plunk him in The Show no matter what the situation.
That would be a great M's commercial.
Gutz just going about his day, unintentionally foiling somebody at every turn. Merges in front of him in traffic. Gets the best cantaloupe at the grocery store. Parks in the front row of the cinema’s parking lot. Saves a baby from a fire while the guy saves a box full of kittens. Last shot is Gutierrez leaping up to rob a home run Random Guy would have caught in the bleachers. He shakes his fist at the sky. GUTIERRREZZZZZZZZ!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I finally got Operation Mincemeat from the library
(Decatur mentioned it a while back)
Aside from the wonderfully improbable tale that makes up the main story, there are a multitude of digressions that each would make a wonderful film or television adaptation
Challenge!
Go to The Way Back Machine and find/post the most interesting or fun archive that you can find!
Let me start! Hint look at the sidebar
Trade proposals from AK?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 29, 2010 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
`
The place to find what meager amounts of gaming news got onto the internet. I remember I used to scour that site looking for interesting looking PC demos.
by BrianL on Nov 29, 2010 11:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
HOLY SHIT!
A Happy Puppy reference? I completely forgot about that place. I used to spend hours download demos from there.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
Happy Puppy was place where I spent the majority of my time on the Internet.
So many PC demos downloaded on a slow-as-hell 28.8k faxmodem. I remember being excited when my download rate topped 2 kb/s
My dad was a early adopter of a cable modem.
So when he got that – I was downloading the shit out of demos.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
We got DSL just as Napster was getting popular.
I was the most popular pirate at school.
I remember being one of the first kids with a CD burner.
Just downloading a burning CD’s for 3 dollars a pop.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
I did the same thing.
We had this gigantic external SCSI burner. One out of every five burns would fail and you’d have to try again (back when blank CDs were expensive).
God napster made everything easy
I had to download 30 .rar files off of newsgroups or eggdrop bots on IRC to get the good stuff.
Yeah, a shitload actually.
EFnet is still running warez channels actually. Newsgroups still exist for piracy too.
I'm on IRC right this moment
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't think I've been on IRC since I quit hosting on the old MSN IRC servers before they went to a web based chat.
Actually it was kinda fun testing different scripts against mine to see which was faster on a split.
I loved writing custom scripts.
I remember having hacked shell accounts at UW to host eggdrop bots to takeover channels. Was hard to compete with those connections back in the day.
I'm on IRC almost daily
its actually rather pleasant these days because the channels I go to are generally by invite only.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm on IRC right now, because I'm a cool kid!
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Actually I scripted mine in mIRC.
I didn’t get to know Bitchx at all and pIRCh just wasn’t flexible or quick enough. Plus it had serious trouble with raws which I used extensively while scripting. The speed on a split was incredible.
I don't care for mIRC without the use of a good script.
Bitchx was what I used because my internet access was dialup to a unix box at first. And hey, unix!
I think that is the number my mom gives people who will sell it to telemarketers now
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 30, 2010 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
867-5309?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Ah, NYC
@ bkabak R[iver]A[ve]B[lues] Mailbag! "1 man does not make a team but lets face it, all NYY games are sold out for one particular reason & that reason is Mr. Jeter."
I don't think you understand how people bask in how classy he is.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Has anybody heard anything about Hulu coming to Xbox 360?
I remember reading about it back in June or July, but now that we’re within a month or so of the announced roll out date, I haven’t heard anything in a long, long time.
Is it still happening? Is it still on target for January?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 9:18 AM PST reply actions
It'd probably be Hulu Plus, which has more shows but costs $7.99 a month.
That’s what’s been ported to other devices, I think.
Yeah, that was my understanding.
It’s a helluva lot cheaper than Comcast Xfinity.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
One thing Comcast does pretty well is provide reliable, fast internet.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Unless you want to use it to watch movies
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 30, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I thought that was what you meant.
I have had no issues streaming up to now, but I also rarely do it.
At this point I'd imagine that it will hit with the Spring dashboard update
I heard some scuttlebutt yesterday that Microsoft is looking into turning the 360 into a Google-TV-style device, which would probably include Hulu in some capacity. That may be a ways off from coming to fruition, but with Microsoft typically only updating in the Spring and Fall, it may be a few more months still before we see it
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
This is kinda neat
Know a line from a movie, but can’t remember what movie? Not only does this give you the movie that the quote is from, it gives you the time in the movie it appears and the context. It also links to IMDB and Netflix.
Holy shit.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Hey, look at that. A Firefox search tool.
Fucking sweet.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I'm disappointed that the movie Bangkok Dangerous never had a quote that included "Bangkok dangerous"
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I think it should be a rule that all movies have to say the title at some point during the movie.
“Well, this sure ain’t no country for old men!”
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
What about the opposite like Ghostbusters?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
"Who you gonna call?"
“Those guys that trap ghosts!”
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
"Trapping makes me feel good!"
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
In ASL, you sign "Ghostbusters" as Ghost Cops
Makes me laugh when I see it
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder what other things get lost in the translation.
How do you sign “nobody steps on a church in my town!”?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
So in a week's time a new laptop will arrive at my doorstep.
The last laptop I bought I paid Geek Squad $10 to get rid of all the bloatware and do some registry tweaks, but this one is coming straight from the manufacturer. Anyone have any tips on software to use to get rid of stuff in one fell swoop (I presume CCleaner but I’m sure there are others) or other adjustments I should look at making?
The last time I bought a Windows machine
I used both CCleaner and The PC Decrapifier. Between the two programs pretty much every piece of bloatware was gone.
These are what I use also.
They work great. Then load Spybot S&D and scan your drive and you’re set.
For registry, I personally use Registry Clean Expert.
$30 bucks for a copy and one few upgrade (though I got it free, hehe). For viruses and stuff, if you don’t want to pay, Microsoft Security Essentials is a solid product. Most products I’ve seen usually either fix viruses or registry, not both, so if somebody knows of one that does both that would probably be better.
by Coach Owens on Nov 30, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Everything is free if you know where to look.
by Coach Owens on Nov 30, 2010 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Freedom isn't free.
Or so I’ve been told.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Sometimes, it's not stealing, only copyright infringement!
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I think you mean "free".
If It’s a program that is sold and I didn’t buy it, I am not going to use it.
In this day and age there's really no need to steal software for stuff like this
because there are just as many free alternatives that are just as good if not better.
Stealing my heart is not, pdb...
♥
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Morals are nothing but burdens on the society.
by Coach Owens on Nov 30, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
You clearly do not know what morals are.
Morals are a means of personal motivation based on one’s perception of right and wrong. It is not a societal issue at all.
You guys really thought I was serious with this, didn't you?
Nah, I was just seeing what the reaction would be.
by Coach Owens on Nov 30, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I knew you were just trying to get a rise out of us.
I was tempted to reply just saying “ME BEER” to highlight that, but decided against it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 30, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, so trolling is okay now?
Well I’m off to Halo’s Heaven.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
CCleaner, PC Decrapifier.
Then go through add/remove programs to manually remove what’s left.
"The last laptop I bought I paid Geek Squad $10 to get rid of all the bloatware "
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
There's absolutely nothing wrong with what you did.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Assuming that they actually did remove all of it, then whatever
$10 is not that much and you basically paid it as a matter of convenience which saved you 10-15 minutes of doing it on your own. No big deal
by tootthekazoo on Dec 1, 2010 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
While I think it's absolutely absurd you have to pay someone to remove bloat from your computer
because it shouldn’t be there in the first place, $10 really isn’t all that much to pay to get crapware removed.
They did some other stuff to it as well.
And they’d done it before I bought it. It was either buy that one for an extra $10 or wait another two weeks.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 1, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah that's a really shady tacit that they use.
I can’t remember where I read it but alot of the times but there more of the same computers in back. Bloatware might be the most annoying thing about technology and I would really like it if I could remove it from my own cellphone without having to void my warranty.
I'm so happy that I can uninstall the AT&T apps on my Windows Phone
That was the first thing I did upon firing it up. I’m amazed that the carriers allowed Microsoft to make that a requirement
I'm glad that you are enjoying your Windows but I can not see the buzz behind it.
I really don’t see what microsoft can do that iOS and Android already does minus further fragmenting developers resources.
YOU'RE PROBABLY ON YOUR PHONE RIGHT NOW!
WHILE TOOT IS OUT THERE SLINGING DEALS AND BANGING IN 20 MINUTES!
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I will say that the UI on the Windows phones are exceptionally nice.
From a developers perspective, though, there’s a real allure to it. The Windows phones have a unified OS like Apple but has a more Android-like open marketplace. Combine that with the fact that if you can code in .NET, you can code for these phones.
It really does seem to have struck a great balance between iOS and Android
Like you said, it is unified and Microsoft has minimum standards for hardware which makes it much easier to develop for and really sets it apart from Android in that regard. Some of the apps are really, really polished and can only stand to get better as the developers learn more about what they can really do with the platform.
I’m very happy with my phone already and I can only see it getting better from here, starting next month with the first major update to the OS
I find the UI to be incredibly boring and ugly but that's just me.
And while the theming/specs of the different android devices leads to some real problems, I don’t see any better interface than what Android presents.
It's a Jitterbug!
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Dec 1, 2010 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
Android has a way of disabling the bloatware without voiding the warranty
Needs root access to do it (which can be done without voiding the warranty, look for the rage hack depending on what phone you have)
- pm list packages (lists the bloatware / packages installed )
then
- pm disable XXX (example: pm disable com.amazon.mp3)
Interesting, goooooo on
I have the Evo 4G and am looking to rid myself of every unnecessary battery draining process that I can find.
I will look into what it takes to get root access for that phone.
Give me a few minutes
Although to be honest, if you go about putting Cyanogenmod's rom on it
and backup the original rom, they really can’t do anything about you breaking your warranty if you flash the original rom before you turn it in.
Have you looked into how to get the CM rom on it yet?
I put the CM rom on my G1 but I wasn't happy with the performance so I reverted back to stock.
The big thing is that I don’t want to lose 4G (I’m using it right now to tether in the middle of a parking lot and its amazing). Although this rom is making it mighty tempting to resist…
The G1 was seriously lacking resources to run CM
I am seeing that the 4G isn’t working on CM yet so I would follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787304 and do the rooting process but don’t install a custom rom.
When you get root, then open a terminal emulator and do the # pm disable xx commands and you should be golden.
You know, when he posted that I was fully expecting you to make a comment about how you had already done this
I’m shocked that you didn’t know about this. Don’t you ever go to the xda-developers site?
I know that when you root your phone you can install custom roms sans bloatware but I didn't know you could selectively remove it.
Also I was pretty sure that there was no temporary root for the EVO. I’m waiting for news on 2.3 before I go about permanently rooting it.
The method I posted doesn't remove it, it just disables the software you choose and doesn't let the system restart them
But it is essentially the same thing. Except that if you had removed the software, any future updates to android would fail because of how the update process works.
This method is fine if you don’t want to go thru the rooting process, but it is not possible without root access, so unless there is a temp root method, that won’t do you any good.
Heh
I bought an “optimized” computer from Best Buy a bit over a year ago, but since it was the only one they had in stock and I didn’t want to pay for that, they didn’t charge me for the optimization and I paid normal sticker price
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
It was an extra $10 and was already marked down $150.
I’m okay with having spent that extra $10.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 1, 2010 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
You did just fine with that
Assuming they actually did get all of the crap off of the computer, $10 is a pittance
That bloatware is what keeps PC's price points so far below Macs despite equivalent hardware.
It’s subsidy from those software companies—they pay the OEM to basically advertise as a vendor on your machine.
Hahahahahaha
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 10:03 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
Hyperbole and a half is wonderful.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Simple dog's thoughts pretty much killed me.
by Mariner John on Nov 30, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
If you liked that, you should go back to the blog post where she realizes simple dog is probably retarded.
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/07/dog.html
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Yeah I remember that.
Her drawings are so excellent.
by Mariner John on Nov 30, 2010 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Holy shit, my dog can't walk up stairs and failed the same tests.
My wife is convinced he’s retarded but I keep telling her otherwise. He’s dumb as a rock but wants nothing more then to be near me and make me happy in whatever way his limited mind will allow and I wouldn’t want it any other way.
No matter where you go, there you are.
This blog is wonderful.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Nov 30, 2010 11:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Jamie Moyer needs Tommy John surgery.
Link.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 10:45 AM PST reply actions
Fun Jamie Moyer facts time!!!!! Yay!!
When Tommy John actually had “Tommy John Surgery” Jamie Moyer was 11 years old.
Tommy John and Jamie Moyer careers overlapped from 1986-1989.
Tommy John pitched until he was 46. He and Jamie Moyer are two of the oldest lefties to ever play in the majors.
Jamie Moyer needs 22 wins to pass Tommy John as the 7th winningest left-hander in league history.
Tommy John is a perfect example of why Jamie Moyer will not make the Hall of Fame.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I never really thought Moyer was a HOF candidate anyway.
But he is an interesting player, and maybe belongs in the Hall of the Very Good.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Hopworks is having a tasting at FTB tomorrow.
It seems they only make organic beers. Has anyone tried their stuff yet?
Depends on how close it is to you and how much you like tastings.
I cannot stand going to stuff like that, but if you generally enjoy them and FTB is close by, I’d do it. Their beer isn’t amazing but it’s decent enough to try, and you might like it more than I did.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 30, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Topic: ugly hats
This is the ugliest Seahawks hat I’ve seen not involving neon green. I like this one, though.
Those blue-green gradient hats are just the worst, with the pink gradient hats a close second. I’m kinda glad baseball isn’t aware of breast cancer.
It's working then.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
"Hi!! I'm a Seahawks fan, and also a giant douchebag!"
That is what that hat says to me.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I expect the person wearing this hat also wears clothes with sparkly dragons.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
My step-son is not a douchebag.
He’s a dork, but not a douche.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
That's probably an apt description.
It’s also the reason I drink.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
But she beats me because I drink...
I think I have a conundrum on my hands.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Not when your wife is a "sports model".
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
by Thingray on Nov 30, 2010 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So I was looking through Sean Smith's WAR database and thought I'd see what his TZ calculations
said about Derek Jeter. For his career, TZ has him at -103. For comparison, I randomly looked up a few other HOF SS who played after 1953, such as Ozzie Smith, Cal Ripken, Jr., and Luis Aparicio. None of those guys had career TZ ratings under 100. Jeter is so hilariously bad that it’s funny to see how many people think he’s good at defense.
Derek Jeter is good at defense to the casual fan
the casual fan only recognizes defense in terms of how many errors/bad looking plays a player makes, and Jeter has always had good hands and scored well on the error runs calculations.
It’s simply a matter of many fans now becoming more and more educated about the game and leaving those casually following in the dust behind them.
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
The age old softball debate....
Do you want the flashy, rangy SS that occasionally botches the easy play, or throws one into a stroller in the stands? Or do you want the guy who just makes every single play he gets his hands on, even though he has limited range and won’t “wow” anyone.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
He made the flip play.
Thats all that matters.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Slide you idiot.
Fuck you Giambi,
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I don't know. He can get a grounder and then jump up in the air and throw it to first. Gold glove!
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
And when he catches a ball and his momentum carries him into the seats?
he can pop up all “I meant to do that”
You know we've been looking for a SS....
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Within the next 5 minutes I will be switching my PC at work from XP to Windows 7. I hope its good. See you on the other side.
You'll be happy.
I installed the Windows 7 RC on my PC at home two years ago and never went back to XP.
Speaking of Windows 7, I forgot to upgrade my laptop with the free upgrade when I bought it last year
does anyone know if these are still valid, or another cheap way I can pick up Windows 7? Is it still true that students at major universities can get cheap/free copies of Windows OS?
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I think you can still get a heavily discounted copy if you're a study.
Not sure though, I tend to get free stuff through my school MSDN account which is only open to CIS/IT students.
Short of that, track down a Microsoft employee and they can get you a copy for $30.
Microsoft has always confused me this way.
Their stuff is never ever cheap, but then they have random ways for you to get it free/really cheap. My mom works at a hospital that has a deal that gets you Office Pro for $15 unlimited copies.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
It's a calculated thing for them.
Offer their products for cheap/free to people like computer science students who, after graduating, may be more inclined to bring in Microsoft products to future employers.
That hospital may have cut a deal with Microsoft to get their employees personal licenses on the cheap in exchange for buying a fuckton of their product.
Adobe occasionally does the same thing for students if you ask.
VMWare is another company that gives their rather expensive stuff away to students.
I'm hoping I can get some good shit once I sign up for some computer classes.
I probably can now but I’m to stupid and lazy to go find out how. Mostly lazy.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
My student email was still valid last January
so I bought it cheap through some online deal.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
My wife's student email still works after nearly 2 years
And she was also employed at a local community college last year for a quarter and still has a valid address with them. I bought a laptop at a pawn shop a few months back and get Windows 7 Pro 64-bit for $30, which is fucking awesome
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
They finally closed my student email account off :(
Which kind of sucks cause I had one of my loan accounts tied to it, but otherwise all I got was university spam.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
You should like the change quite a bit.
But probably not as much as I loved the change when I went from Vista to 7. Gawd Vista sucks!
Am I the only one who didn't have any real problems with Vista?
Sure the UI is a bit clunky, but my old computer had it and I never experienced crashes or other issues.
I haven't had any problems with Vista either.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Del Boca Vista?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
"You're telling me that there's not one condo left in
all of….Del Boca Vista?"
by Coach Owens on Nov 30, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not a single one.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I'M GONNA BE IN THE POOL!!
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
What kind of boot times did you get with Vista?
My laptop was taking 3-1/2 – 4 minutes to boot up. And that’s with zero programs in startup and 3 gigs RAM.
With 7 my boot time is ~40 seconds and that’s with a bios password.
Not that long.
That computer has slowed down quite a bit over the past couple of years so I don’t really remember but I would say under a minute.
That's easily my most favorite feature of Windows 7
I close the laptop lid and it goes to sleep, I open it back up and I’m on the internet in less than 20 seconds. Vista would take a lifetime to do the same thing
by tootthekazoo on Nov 30, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
I've never had any problems with Leopard and that's all that matters.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
I don't recommend Cougar though.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
True.
I’m scruffy as hell, but my left is worthless.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Holy crap you're a genius! Cougar goldmine!
Rich! We’re gonna be rich I tells ya’!
So many wild cougars at a Mary Kay party.
WITH PENT UP FRUSTRATION!
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
Can't you hear them?
“YOU WILL KNOW US BY OUR PINK CADILLACS!”
Call me!
(but keep in mind that I will not in be SD from the 24th on)
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
WE CAN PLAY CALL OF DUTY ON TWO XBOXES IN THE SAME HOUSE
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
GET OFF MY LAN YOU DAMN KIDS!
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
... says the guy who in a stroke of irony plays the game on Xbox Live ...
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
I had a stroke?
Do what now?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I think that will get me fired, but whatever you say...
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
You guys should go here:
http://www.afktavern.com/about.php
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
It's really close to my house actually.
Guess I’ll have to build that nerd fence after all…
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
If they had an Axis & Allies night, I would *so* be there.
Their “bug fixes” section is pretty fun – I’m glad they’re reducing the spawn time of their waiters and waitresses.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 30, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently you can organize your own events there.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I'm sure it could be arranged.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
That's about a mile south, at my place.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
According to what I've read, it's open.
But it’s only been open for a short time.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I actually kind of wish there was something like this in LA
I need a way to make some more IRL friends.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I smell a business opportunity.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I know there's a place down the street that's sort of like
a Japanese cafe you might find in Akihabara coupled with also being an art Gallery. Seems a little too artsy for most geeks though.
The comic book shop around the corner does nerd Wednesdays but I don’t really feel comfortable around the guy who runs the place.
You would think in a city that is a semi hub of game development there would be something like this.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
All you need is some space and a liquor license.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Make sure it has the correct nerd zoning first though.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Pfuzzy navels.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Well space isn't cheap
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Then you must go on a quest for the riches of Oldendork.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Word
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Up?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Everybody's heard about the bird.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
BRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRWAKWAKWAKAKAKAKAKAAKK!!!!
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I BELIEVE IF ITS NOT BEFORE THE 21st IT WON'T BE TILL JANUARY!
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 30, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
LOWER HALF CLOTHING: DEACTIVATED
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 30, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I HAVE VOICE MODULATION DISORDER!!!
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Really?
a commercial from “Divorce Lawyers for Men” lauding Dave Niehaus … which seems more abut them, not Dave.
Cool... I guess?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I wonder how my wife would react if I Tronitized my wedding tackle.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Glow in the dark cock ring, here I come!!!
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I know that somewhere, out there, beyond the pale moon light - someone wants to talk about Pac-Ten basketball.
I have nobody to talk about it with!
I think the Cougs could be a real contender next year. That is all.
I think the Huskies need to learn how to play half court offense.
Still. This has been a problem since Brandon Roy left.
But they will win every single game that Isaiah Thomas' jumpshot is on
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
True of a few of their shooters but especially him.
I also am amused that our best senior is not Venoy Overton or MBA but rather Justin Holiday.
GOD
Remember when Ben Howland passed on Justin Holiday because he wasn’t a UCLA-level player? Yeah, I remember that, too.
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
*UCLA-level defensive player?
you mean the best defensive wing in the Pac Ten? ugh.
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Jrue, and he is my least favorite player to ever play for any team I have rooted for by a fairly large margin
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
I know it's Jrue.
But Jrue is a stupid name.
by Mariner John on Nov 30, 2010 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
Jrue Holiday and Ben Howland combined to destroy the UCLA program
it’s remarkable how much damage one player could really do
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
But we need to figure out what to do when it's not.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Bam, Abdul Gaddy.
The guy’s much improved already and if Scott Suggs can as well then the Huskies will be unstoppable.
UCLA is back to a hilarious terrible after a season of just being regular terrible
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
At what point did UCLA start to lose it? How were there not replacements for Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
This is one place where I think mid-level teams in good conferences can benefit in basketball.
The Cougs will rarely get players that leave after 2 or even 3 years and experience matters.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 30, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
They were very, very unlucky with Russell Westbrook
he was taken because he was a guaranteed four-year guy who was unlikely to be a future pro who could bring some stability to the program
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
During the 2008 Final Four
or slightly before that. Probably the Washington game that year. Howland is probably the worst coach in the conference
by seattlebruin on Nov 30, 2010 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
I listened to last nights USC game on my drive home
and it was almost as depressing as football. No defense, no hustle, no energy. Bleh.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
0-18 forthcoming season says yes.
Oregon’s been 250th or worse each of the last three years in three-point percentage defense.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Nov 30, 2010 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
Attention anyone who wants ESPN Insider but doesn't really want to pay anywhere near full price
I found a super good deal: $2.00 for a year subscription. The deal ends at 9:00pm Pacific tonight, though, so for most of you reading this it’s probably too late.
(So I realize this is kind of spam but I have no affiliation with ESPN. If it’s spam enough for this site then the mods can hide this. I’m really not trying to shill here.)
I bought it and I’m having trouble activating my account but I’ll let you know once I get it to work (or if I don’t).
OK so I ran into a hitch:
You need the account number to access it, which is found on the address sticker on the magazine when they send it to you. So I won’t be able to access it until my first magazine arrives.
Be careful, they tried to get me on that, and the trick is that they use your credit card to auto-renew it each year at their full rate unless you cancel.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Naw, man. You're confusing that with your subscription to Disney Girls Gone Wild.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Nov 30, 2010 6:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Insider used to be free (with no strings) when you had a subscription to the mag.
Not anymore….
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
OK, so as usual I'm late to the pop culture party.
While normally I watch an ever confusing mix of News channels, Sports channels, and scientific programming, I’ve been on a three day marathon of Big Bang Theory episodes, and I’m in love. If this is what I’m missing on network television (with the exception of the brilliant Craig Ferguson), I am remiss.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Yeah I just caught onto that show about a month back.
I had heard of it(I admit mostly from Family Guy) but never really checked it out. That show is fucking hilarious.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe I'll need to give it another chance because I got bored of it really quickly.
That was 3 years ago though so maybe it’s gotten better. I’m a big fan of Community on NBC. They make a lot of pop culture references and they make them absurdly. Lots of deadpan humor too. And no laugh tracks either, which is a plus.
Community is ahead of its time almost. They're a show with self-awareness about being a show and its absolutely absurd.
Next weeks episode is animated.
by Kenneth Arthur on Dec 1, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Also, yes, I agree.
I was trying to put that into words but was having trouble. I kind of associate it with ‘Noises Off!’ and ‘Airplane!’
Whats Noises Off!
Must be something I’ll like.
by Kenneth Arthur on Dec 1, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
It was a play that was later made into a movie.
The premise is that there’s a play where everything goes wrong, and you get to see what led up to the mistakes backstage. It’s been a while since I’ve seen either the play or the movie, but as I remember it you get to see several train wrecks in slow motion before it actually happens, and then there are the train wrecks that come out of nowhere and catch you by surprise.
If you like Community then look in to Derrick Comedy on Youtube. Danny Glover is a writer and it's great.
by Kirk on Dec 1, 2010 5:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Danny Glover is beyond talented.
He first started out as a writer for 30 Rock out of college. His rap is pretty good, too.
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Dec 1, 2010 8:17 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This interview
on the Sound of Young America made me appreciate, and later love, Donald Glover.
Also, Danny Glover is this guy. Donald is this guy.
Still looking for that right Christmas gift?
How about the entire Playboy catalouge on a hard drive for $300?.
That’s actually not a bad deal I think. And boobies aside, it’s a fascinating look into how the world has changed over the last 50+ years.
RIP Dave Neihaus.
Yup, totally about the history.
I mean I didn’t even know it had naked chicks.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Nov 30, 2010 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
If I'm not mistaken, you can read old issues of Playboy online for free with Silverlight.
But you have to download Silverlight first. That’s how they get you.
Why would you not download Silverlight?
Good Lord, Silverlight is behind Flash…right behind, raping it in the ass.
I just don't have the energy to care which one is mildly superior.
by Double06 on Dec 1, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Pay for porn? - No
Pay for porn without penetration? – Double No!
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
After re-reading it you may be correct.
But clearly we know what I would pay for.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
NO MORE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
(sorry SB)
http://mynorthwest.com/category/brock_and_salk_blog/20101201/Source:-Mariners-to-let-Jose-Lopez-go/
by Eyebrows on Dec 1, 2010 9:32 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Does this mean we're planning on playing Jack Wilson?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 1, 2010 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
THEN WHO PLAYS SHORT?
LUIS RODRIGUEZ? SEAN KAZMAR?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 1, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
DON'T WE STILL HAVE TWO WILSONS?!
by Eyebrows on Dec 1, 2010 9:41 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
WE HAVE THREE
MIKE WILSON WILL BE PLAYING SHORTSTOP
OFFENSE!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 1, 2010 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I DON'T KNOW BUT I DO KNOW IT MEANS WE'RE PLANNING ON NOT PLAYING JOSE LOPEZ WHICH IS THE IMPORTANT THING
by Eyebrows on Dec 1, 2010 9:41 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I EXPECT A KILLER WHALE FEEDING FRENZY SHORTLY
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 1, 2010 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
Fuck this shit.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I've found the real life equivalent of Eyebrows' tongue gif.
First, the gif for those who haven’t seen it:

Now, the video (this is totally safe for work): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLveMNQ9U9w
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 1, 2010 9:43 AM PST reply actions
By possibly, he means not.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Dec 1, 2010 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
Safe for Scruffy's workplace, possibly not safe for anyone else's.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 1, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Newton found eligible likely because NCAA wants to cash in on the ratings he will provide in the next 2 games.
A year from now we’ll find out he wasn’t eligible.
Don't forget the part where he wins the Heisman in a landslide and then will have to give it back in a year
Thanks to Reggie Bush for allowing that precedent
by tootthekazoo on Dec 1, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I still am dumbfounded that they are allowing this to happen unless I am completely off-base and Newton is an innocent guy.
Look, I know that a lot of BS gets spread around the media and you’re not guilty until proven innocent. Still, the evidence seems pretty solid and though the reports didn’t come out of the University of Auburn, it seems unlikely that a player would choose one school when another school offered him a boaload of cash (unless I’m mistaken)
The longer you let him play, the longer you risk making the championship game and the Heisman trophy an absolute mess down the line. Not that it already isn’t a mess, and the Heisman is really whatever, but there’s some really good schools out there that might not be able to play for the title because Auburn has one of the best players in the country and possibly has him “illegally”
by Kenneth Arthur on Dec 1, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
From what I've read Auburn still isn't off the hook
but it does sound like the NCAA is massively contradicting itself on this. It is mind boggling and as a USC fan especially annoying.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
If Auburn goes to the title game and wins, there won't be much you can do to punish them retroactively that will piss off the Auburn fans.
They wont take away the title and even if they do try to do that the fans will care but they’ll also be like “Well, we were undefeated and won the title game and we’ll always know that.”
NCAA isn’t going to act now, so they’re letting the almighty dollar win out. Maybe if TCU wasn’t third and Ohio State was, they’d do something about it?
by Kenneth Arthur on Dec 1, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
I hate this. Best solution is for Oregon to beat them in the title game.
Then, the Tigers can get Memphis-ed and lose their runner-up finish.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Dec 1, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm rooting for the Ducks anyway.
Even though they’re a rival, they’re still Pac-10.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Good point.
I shouldn’t have even mentioned it.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
The question is, who are the Sounders going to sign now that Montero doesn't take up
an international player slot?
From a purely humor stand point: Wayne Rooney.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Ichiro Suzuki - Ten seasons later.
Heres some links from the way back machine, November 2000:
We expect him to be a .300-hitter.
Its a stretch to call Ichiro a superstar
Also lots of talk about A-Rod’s free agency. Interesting stuff to read.
Oh, noes!!!
somehow the not-to-be-aired-due-to-music-copyright-issues cold open to the Craig Ferguson Doctor Who show has appeared online! How can that be?!?!
Anyone else this content right now?
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 2:32 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I'm at work, how could I possibly be that happy?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I go on spurts - Played for 5 hours straight on Saturday afternoon.
I literally have zero time and want to try to play tonight.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Amazing, the only night of this week I likely won't play at all...
but I would like to point out that I got good at this game, apparently. My K/D is nearly 1.70 and I’ve been under 1:1 like one time in the past 35 games
I've gotten mine up to .99 after a few 20 - 5 rounds
I was stuck in a pit of awful for a while.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
You're in my neck of the woods.
I might be lucky to be at .5, although I haven’t really looked lately.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
When I can get my wife to stop playing Sims 3.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
My wife just asked for that for Christmas.
I’m not sure I’ll be able to get in any time on the Xbox once she gets it.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 1, 2010 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
I have to admit it's pretty cool,
but you’ll be fighting for Xbox time. My wife’s going shopping tonight, so the Xbox is all mine for once!
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I haven't even started!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It's not very enjoyable to me
I’m terrible at it for some reason and prefer to not spend my precious little gaming time getting my ass whupped. I picked up the new Assassin’s Creed last weekend and have been playing that instead. Much better gaming experience. But I’m still happy to get on and play with our LL group from time to time
Weren't you pretty good at Modern Warfare and the other CoD games though?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
This one is a little weird in that the run-and-gun style really doesn't work except on a few maps
and sniping/long range engagement is horrible.
Basically you need to excel in the mid-range game and shoot well around corners. I think a lot of it has to do with stopping power going away and stealth being so much easier this time around – stealth is really, really, reallllly good
It does play differently than past games.
Toot, just keep practicing and you’ll eventually find a style and weapon package that works. At least that’s what I keep hoping for. Adding perks can help too.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
It doesn't help there is no go to guns until level 21.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Go to guns?
I don’t think I’m at 21 yet…
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
That's my biggest complaint
I’ve got a whole bag of suck to deal with until I can get some good guns available, but I don’t want to put in the time to get them because I’m not enjoying it
Just play capture the flag or something to level up.
That’s what I’ve been doing. Less frustrating that way.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
FAMAS is solid this time around
but goodness, AK-47 is just the bees knees. My AK-47 K/D is 3.2. Of course, this doesn’t take into account second chance deaths, but I think my overall K/D with that loadout is like 2.7
Yeah, I haven't unlocked any of those yet (or I haven't bought them yet, I can't remember).
Sounds like I should work on that.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Well you've unlocked the FAMAS since it's unlocked at level 14.
The Galil is unlocked at level 20 and the AK-47 is unlocked at level 38.
Then I just need to go buy it (if I have the points).
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I had around a .4 K/D ratio in CoD4, around a .5 K/D ratio in WaW, around a .95 K/D ratio in MW2
and I’m back down to .62 in Black Ops. So you’re not the only one.
Like I said, I'm happy to get on when we can all play together
But the game is no fun to me at all if I’m playing by myself. At least with you guys I have somebody to talk to while I’m going 5/15
Lets play tonight!
My Macbook Pro shows up tomorrow so I’ll have even less time because I’ll be working every waking moment to February.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'd be in for some gaming tonight.
I suck, but I’ll play. What time are we thinking?
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
You guys always play so late...
Just kidding. About 8:00 works for me. Gives me time to get home and eat/practice/warm up before we start.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I think I'm gonna check Red Box and see if I can't rent this game
Then I can play with you guys tonight since my new 360 came like 20 minutes ago!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'd still be playing after ten probably.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Let's at least play a few matches of HC CTF or HC HQ, alright?
I’m far better at that than regular TDM.
I'm up for mixing it up too.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
I flipped a switch on Saturday.
I hadn’t played for a week and my first match I went 27-8
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
I play it all the time.
So I guess I’m just offline when you’re playing and you’re offline when I’m playing.
I see you guys playing individually quite a bit,
but I haven’t had the chance to join in much.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
So I've finally caved to Pandora after realizing I was spending roughly a hour a day trying to find music to listen to.
Anyone else have some time saving epiphanies?
Drink until you don't know or care what time it is.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
Gee, I've missed this one:
Death On The Diamond (1934)
A rookie pitcher tries to stop someone from killing the St. Louis Cardinals. Cast: Robert Young, Madge Evans, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Edward Sedgwick. BW-71 mins
Will have to listen and see how it compares to 8 Bit Jesus
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Until this afternoon I wanted England to get the 2018 World Cup but now I hope they don't and that it gets blamed on Birmingham City fans
Who would have benefitted most from an expanded playoff system?
Looking back at the last 16 years, the Mariners may have made the playoffs four more times (though there would have been one game playoffs)
Still a terrible idea.
Have they given any insight as to how they're going to reformat the first round?
That will ultimately determine my thoughts about it, I think
They should do more games and in less days, no matter how it would be reformatted.
The amount of days off they get is ridiculous.
by Kenneth Arthur on Dec 1, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
I definitely agree with that
I’d have to think the players would as well. In a sport where you get 3 days off per month, it seems asinine to then change that to 3 days off in a week. I’m sure that players would prefer to finish the playoffs by, say, mid-October so that they could spend time with their families
Not that I know of
I think its just assumed its a 3 game wild card match up.
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
I would have to assume byes would be involved, so I automatically hate it.
Byes are dumb enough in the NFL, and would work more poorly in baseball.
I also assume the season would be shortened by a few games, which I don’t have much trouble with.
by Fuckmikereilly on Dec 1, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
There won't really be "byes" just the wildcard teams will have to play each other to get in.
It gives you a reason to win your division which the yankees tanked so they could play Minnesota
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What about this scenario:
Six divisions, four wild card winners total, split evenly for each league. So 10 playoff teams. The wildcard winners play against four of the division winners in the first round of the playoffs. This gives the team with the best regular season record in each league a first round bye. I think it would be kinda cool to have regular season dominance mean something.
How much of an effect would there be on hitters because of the huge layoff between the end of the regular season and the start of the second round of playoffs?
In college basketball, the Big East tried this with a double-bye for the top four regular-season teams in the 16-team conference tournament. The teams with double-byes consistently complained about the layoff, and it often showed up in the results (anecdotally, at least; I can’t seem to find brackets for the tournaments where the double-byes were awarded). I would imagine the same concerns would apply in your hypothetical scenario.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Dec 1, 2010 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
I can't see old fans leaving baseball because of this.
Sure, there are reasons to complain, but I can’t see someone abandoning MLB for it.
Yeah I guess that probably wouldn't happen
So then it would be nothing to lose and everything to gain by making a change like this then.
Bullshit.
Change means, weeping and fire and catastrophic failure. Next thing you know people are gonna be asking for robots. WHEN DOES IT END.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Dec 1, 2010 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
I won't abandon the MLB.
But fuck this shit.
The Wild Card, multiple divisions, that made sense. This bullshit does not.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 1, 2010 7:17 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This may have been posted before,
but oh, the memories! I managed 145/200.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.

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