11/04 "I respect you, but don't know why" OFFTOP
by Thingray on Nov 4, 2010 3:07 PM PDT
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PrintThe other one was getting big, so I decided to make a new November OFFTOP. We can carry on somewhat from the old one.
Subjects:
1) People you respect the hell out of, even though they probably aren't that talented.
2) People who are really famous, and you probably should recognize, but you don't care about them and wouldn't recognize them or their work if they punched you in the face.
3) Usual random subjects: MIP's, beer, baseball, football, the thing the Washington state colleges call football, etc..
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MeLLtdown in 5, 4, 3...
The Atlantic: “When LOLcats are Poetry”
Who wants to read poets when you have the Internet? That’s exactly the problem that some are trying to solve with “flarf,” which puts Web memes into verse.
I'd flip shit over the poetry part if I weren't heading out the door right now.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 4, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
1). My unwholesome man crush on RRS continues.
2). Any famous architect ever. I know I should probably appreciate their towering pillar of glass and steel, or the ingenious use of arches, but I feel a whole lot of meh to the entire field.
3). I am planning another trip to Disneyland coming up in the middle of January. Should I expect the holiday gauging to still be in effect or will airline fare be more reasonable?
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I would guess by the time the kids are back in school, prices will have dropped a bit.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I have no experience with Disnelyand per se, but experience with flying a lot.
Fares will have dropped somewhat by then, but not as far as if you wait until, say, February. As always, shoot for midweek flights instead of weekends. The prices can be literally half of weekend flights.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Yeah, nuts to weekend flights. I'd go weekday just to avoid the increased traffic at the airports.
Mid January is looking like the best time for myself and the friends I am staying with when I go down there. Plus, Jan is horrible at my job and I think I’ll need a break or I will hack somebody to bits with a hatchet.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Expedia's got mid-January roundtrip tickets (Seattle-LAX) starting at $160.
I’m actually surprised at how low that is. I may need to take a vacation in January.
Well that's pretty reasonable. I was counting on the fact that most people take vacations during the holidays, not immediately after.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, holiday travel is insane.
But once New Year’s Day passes everything goes back to normal.
My advice is Tuesday.
I’ve had good lucks with Cali flights that leave or arrive on Tuesdays, as far as cheap goes. Use Expedia or some other site and compare tickets leaving on Tues, Wednes, Thurs, to see which is cheapest. It can make a big difference.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Your problem will be that California is a winter destination
for example, for me to fly home over the holidays – $235 round trip.
For my parents to come visit me, same travel dates – $375 round trip.
Gawd, that's around $100 more than what I paid for a round trip during the summer.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Check Allegiant if you don't mind flying out of Bellingham.
Direct to Long Beach starts around $140 if you play your days right.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 4, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, that's a great fare.
If I lived closer than Puyallup, I’d be on it like a bonnet, but man it’s a long drive just to get to the airport.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Any Allegiant flight out of Bellingham is incredibly cheap
But the gas/parking/etc. issues tend to kick the price back up to Sea-Tac prices, IMO.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Oh God. Flag for IMO. WTF was I thinking? Aw shit, now I can't stop.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Depends where you live.
From Everett it’s not bad. Especially since I could park at a relatives house.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
My roommates sister lives in B-Ham and flew down here through Allegiant.
It was $20 one-way.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 4, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
So you're telling me it basically cost the same for a person to fly down, as it costs for a checked bag to make the trip?
Nutso.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Is Cody Ross applicable for #1?
Or should we just induct him into the hall of fame right now?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
He's a perfect example for #1.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
To go OFFTOP early in my own OFFTOP,
Dan Aykroyd: Succesful on TV (SNL), succesful in movies (Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, Grosse Point Blank), succesful singer (Blue Brothers), succesful business man (Skull Vodka, House of Blues). Shouldn’t this man get more respect that he does?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I only respect him because he makes car parts for the American working man because that's who he is and that's what who cares about.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 4, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
Ooh, Tommy Boy??
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Yup. Auto rec for that movie. Probably the the two's best work.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
He kinda went batshit crazy about UFOs
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
He can think what he wants, it doesn't seem to affect his ability to be succesful in his ventures.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Not UFO's that I know of.
He believes in ghosts and those were his inspirations for making Ghostbusters.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Truth.
Taking the Ghostbusters route, I kind of wonder why Harold Ramis hasn’t done better of late.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 4, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It's hard to be so good for so long.
He’s one of the most important comedians in movie history.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Ramis was the only real reason I was interested in Year One
but after it bombed so hard I avoided it.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I heard the writing process in it was a disaster.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
2) Pretty much anyone who got famous in the past year or so, reality TV stars in particular.
by Eyeball Kid on Nov 4, 2010 3:25 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I disagree with your implication that anything reality TV stars do can be construed as "work"
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
In the way that a train wreck is amazing, yes, but I don't think he's an artist with a body of "work"
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Or amazing as in "amazingly stupid and should be shot" then yes.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Apparently, he met with Marc Cuban to discuss how to better monetize his fame and Cuban described him as really quick with everything.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
He's still a douche.
I’d rather be an unknown than be known for being him.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
by Thingray on Nov 4, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He seems like he's actually self-aware and hamming it up.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
From now on I would like to be referred to as "The Issue".
I will now take off my shirt, show my six-pack abs, and let people watch my jack-ass life on TV.
No thanks.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I should probably go tanning before I rip off my shirt,
but the six-pack is there even if it’s blindingly white.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
The dude has made Millions off those abs.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 5, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
And to me, that says something very scary about our society.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Nothing that isn't already represented by supermodels making million.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
This is different somehow.
He’s famous because of his behavior, his “looks” are a bonus (I assume).
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I wouldn't know, I've only seen one episode of Jersey Shore and thought it was stupid.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I've never seen it,
but everyone keeps talking about his six-pack, and I’m assuming if he was ugly as hell he wouldn’t be famous (for this at least).
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
He's doing a book signing
at a mall not too far from where I live. Also doing a signing there, The Kardashians!
High times.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
He never would have had a shot at fame if he didn't have the looks.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
But he wouldn't be famous if he didn't act the way he did.
Nobody is going to watch to see him sitting in a chair reading a book, then going to the store to get some milk.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Danzig made music if I recall correctly.
It’s one thing to have your shirt off all the time, but to be famous for being an overgrown frat boy is another.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I missed that.
I was thinking of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode he’s in.
Link: http://video.adultswim.com/aqua-teen-hunger-force/meatghost.html
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Quick! Hit the bars and act obnoxious!!
Maybe you’ll be discovered!!
I think we have too many media outlets to fill, so we end up with “celebrities” like this.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Have you seen those abs!
Makes cougars froth in their loins.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 4, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I saw that Joe Flacco dressed up as him for Halloween
I’m sure I’d have found it funnier had I seen any of Jersey Shore.
Or that anything they get can be construed as "fame"
because 10 years from now, nobody will remember who was on Jersey Shore.
by pdb on Nov 4, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you!
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Rec'd for the reailty stars.
I’m okay with some, like the guys from Deadliest Catch, or American Chopper (those kind of reality shows), but the Jersey Shore and “I’m famous for being a prick/douche/whore/alloftheabove” can burn in the darkest deepest hole of evil fury you can imagine.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
You know who should be a reality star?
That creepy crawfisher from Dirty Jobs who only smiled once when Mike Rowe made a joke about murdering somebody and hiding their body in the bayou, but the smile was “Haha only serious” kind of smile.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm surprised that only that oen exterminator from that show has gotten a reality series (that I know of).
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
#1 Justin Bieber. Justin Timberlake.
Maybe JT doesn’t fall into the “isn’t really talented” category for some people, but I do respect both of these guys. Mostly Timberlake obviously because his career has been going on much longer, but I see Bieber going down that path. Timberlake is an incredibly talented dancer and singer, I think, and gets a lot of shit for his NSync days, but I think what’s most surprising is that he’s actually pretty good at comedy as well. Watching a bit of Justin Biebers backstory on VH1, it seems like he actually is a pretty good drummer and if he werent doing douchey little songs, I think he would be making a career in music anyway. But if I had the opportunity to be Justin Bieber, I would take it. Who wouldnt?
I once wore Jim Zorns ring that he got for winning the NFC as a coach with the Seahawks.
Subsequently, no girls followed. :(
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 4, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Timberlake is okay in my book, because he's willing to laugh at himself,
and he’s GOOD at what he does.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Sexy Back is one of the most powerfully hypnotic songs ever created
Or whatever the song name is. That song makes women dance, without them realizing it.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Timberlake's spot on SNL was pretty funny.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I was refering to the "Mother's Night" song he did with Lonely Island, but that's a good one too.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
What was the one where he was dressed as an egg or something?
Omellete World?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Land? Something....
I keep trying to run it through my head, it was funny but I can’t remember the words.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
OMELLETEVILLE!!!
That was it!! Finally. Fuck you Google, my brain can remember stuff too, it’s just not as fast as you are.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
That was my halloween costume this year.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Possibly, however, inside the box was a picture of Kanye West.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Now THAT is more insight than we needed.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
No no, it's because Kanye West is a dick. Hasn't anybody seen the Taylor Swift Grammy incident?
I do not like black penises, as seems to be implied.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
by HititHere on Nov 5, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I will amend to say I have no problem with black penises
I just don’t… oh nevermind.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Someone sure feels the need to explain himself....
Wanna talk about it little buddy?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
"HititHere doesn't like black people"
Somewhere Mike Myers is feeling very awkward.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't it called dick in a box?
Irrelevant I suppose.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Nov 4, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The first one was "Dick in a Box"
“Motherlover” was actually a follow up to that.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Yes, dick-in-a-box makes my halloween costume make more sense.
If people were thinking the name was cock-in-a-box, I understand why my costume confused some people.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I'm really frightened to Google "justin timberlake dick in a box" when I'm at work
I dressed up in a sleazy 90’s dress outfit like Justin Timberlake did in the video, then giftwrapped a shoebox and tied it around my waist. Inside the box, I did not put my actual genitalia… but rather I put a picture of Kanye West inside, because many people think he’s a dick.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
How did you prevent the box from sagging around your waist?
It seems like your junk would provide nice built-in support.
How did you prevent the box from sagging around your waist?
It seems like your junk would provide nice built-in support.
I cut pretty wide slits in the box, and put a belt through it.
The slits were fairly close to the top of the box. It sagged a little bit, but not much. If I can get ahold of a picture I might post one.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
NSFW by the way.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
It's talking about a dick in a box, and it's the uncensored version (apparently).
Either way, I wouldn’t crank up the volume on “dick in a box” in my office.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
The "Single Ladies" skit with Beyonce was also pretty good.
No matter where you go, there you are.
The more I've heard about Justin Timberlake, the more I like him
Apparently he’s always been a goofy class-clown type of kid, who has just been really creative and rolled with his opportunities. I respect that more than the douchey, I’m-better-than-everyone type of success.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
People at the Seahawks bar call him Chucky-dub. Can I call this the stupidest nickname ever pleeeeaase?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 4, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I've never heard that one before, but the first time I do someone is getting a broken face.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
The way you described someone getting a broken face
I imagined a doofy Californian getting a big envelope in the mail, saying “oh look, a package from Thingray!” and tearing open the side, and your fist popping out of the letter into their unsuspecting mug.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
by HititHere on Nov 4, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just like a punch from Chuck Norris' beard.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I hadn't heard this one when I went there
Man, I was gonna stay home and watch since its on local TV, but the first Whitehurst start might be worth being around other people for.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm definitely going to make it out this week since I haven't been since the Rams game.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I'm gonna go to Sounders vs Galaxy instead
can’t afford to do both right now.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
People I respect:
Any person who was a “one hit wonder” and is okay with that, and not trying two decades later to regain their former glory.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
by Thingray on Nov 4, 2010 4:13 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I respect people who know when to hang it up, regardless of how big they were at one point.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Sir Mix a Lot IS Baby Got Back. Jump on It was pretty awesome, but he's Baby Got Back all the way.
And he knows it and he loves it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 4, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved some of his stuff.
“Swap Meet Louie”, “Sprung on the Cat”, “Rappers Reputation”.
I used to be the little white kid in the big 4×4 Blazer with Mix rocking out of the speakers… Great summer music.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Did Broadway come out before or after Back?
I can’t remember now, but I remember he was the first rapper (and maybe the only one) that ever mentioned the Seattle/Tacome area, and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
One day I kissed my freak
hit the street
lookin for something to eat
in an 18-wheeler
lookin real swass
all the girls smile cause I’m the big boss
now I gotta eat now
can’t eat later
made a lotta noise to attract my waiter
the boy walked up, and what did he say?
BUTTERMILK BISCUITS ARE FREE TODAY
Well what ya waitin on boy
get up shake a leg
gimmie 10 of them suckers with grits and egg
add a glass of cool-aid and a whole stick of butter
them biscuits make me a super fast cutter
Think I should go buy that CD again
And by again, I mean for the first time, cause well.. I owned the tape
Also, Kid Sensation had a brief period of Seattle-related fame thanks to Mix.
Fuck, I’m old.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
He's a smart dude too.
I heard he is a ham radio enthusiast. Or at least was back in the day
He is a smart guy.
I’ve heard him speak on a number of subjects, and he is always very well informed and eloquent.
Sounds like I’m giving him a job reference…
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Don't see him at EQC, do you?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
That's what I'm saying.
I love some of those ads: "Coming to the EQC hallway on Wednesday the 17th at 2:30pm!! Vanilla Ice!! With hits like “Ice, Ice Baby”, and “Ice, Ice Baby!”… All the great hits you remember!! Who can forget “Ice, Ice Baby”, and of course “Ice, Ice Baby”… Get your tickets now, or at the EQC box office!!"
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
How quickly we forget.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Same with child actors/stars that have a career thats dead at age 13.
Are you going to be all Corey Feldman about it or are you going to look back at your days on TV and laugh about it and be so happy that your childhood involved being on a hit TV show?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 4, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Or at least pull a Fred Savage on not be all shitty about it.
Stay off “B Grade Celebrity Boxing” and all that crap.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Savage took the smart option of directing with some voice work tossed in
by msb on Nov 4, 2010 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
His directing credits are ridiculous.
There’s a lot of ABC Family, and also a lot of good shows. Reading his IMDB page also reminded me of his guest-voice on Justice League as Hawk, when the brother from The Wonder Years played Dove. That was neat casting.
Shit, that's actually him, isn't it?!?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Oh, I've never seen that.
It was funnier when I thought he did that just for that skit!
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
But he will go out on top
Cause Always Sunny is brilliant
Rhea Perlman! Fred Savage!
This is the greatest show I’ve never watched
They aren't regulars on the show
though Savage directs a fair number of episodes. He also has directed episodes of The Witches of Waverly Place.
I can definitely see that opinion and it's certainly a subjective thing
but as far as I am concerned I’m never going to begrudge anyone for doing what it is they love. I mean yeah, it looks kind of pathetic from the outside when the Knack or someone play Emerald Queen Casino on a Tuesday night but everyone has to eat and if they can pay the bills playing “My Sharona” for 50 year olds and they can have a good time doing it, more power to them.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 5, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
If they're doing it because it's fun and they make money, fine.
It’s the people that still think “the next crappy song I write is going to have me filling up arenas again” that annoy me.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
My first response was "a stupid character in a poorly written book?"
I don’t suppose that was the answer they were looking for.
by msb on Nov 4, 2010 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
No politics but you get a rec for the response.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 4, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Making fun of Ayn Rand is politics?
D:
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 4, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems to have turned into that in a lot of places.
But until someone flat out tells me otherwise I’ll probably keep doing it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 5:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Guess I'm too much the former English major ... politics is never my first thought there
by msb on Nov 4, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I took a Masterpieces of Western Literature course last year.
There was a fellow in the class who was prone to arguing that the final book of the syllabus, Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, should be replaced by The Fountainhead, because, you know, the latter was far more influential and the former wasn’t interesting anyway.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 5:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I gave that comic to a former coworker
after he read Atlas Shrugged for the first time.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I was considering a more direct alternative
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
After I shut the computer, I immediately thought of the ways it could be political, and the ways you could teach it as a political book
but my knee jerk first reaction was still about the writing
by msb on Nov 5, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
That's the issue.
The people I’ve met who tout it as a good book don’t generally know good writing, or sound philosophy.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe they were looking for
“A manifestation of a poorly thought out philosophy that you clearly do not understand.”
Who is Andrew Ryan?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
by bluemax on Nov 5, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This is awesome.
I’ve destroyed the Earth several times over now.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 5, 2010 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Needs more video.
I wanted to see Kjerkoffistan wiped off the map.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Bahahahaha
I had a diameter of 500,000 miles of iron hit earth square on as fast as it would let it go and under global damages I got this:
The Earth is completely disrupted by the impact and its debris forms a new asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Venus and Mars.
100 percent of the Earth is melted
Depending on the direction and location the collision, the impact may totally change the Earth’s rotation period and the tilt of its axis.
Depending on the direction and location of impact, the collision may cause a change in the length of the day of up to 2410000000 hours.
The impact shifts the Earth’s orbit totally.
On the “global damages” tab it says “Day change: not significant”. This is hilarious.
This has killed my productivity at work.
I’ve spent the better part of the last hour trying to re-create the asteroid from Armageddon. That movie is full of shit because I haven’t been able to destroy Earth with an asteroid the size of Texas.
Well, being a Michael Bay film I expected realistic scenarios.
Apparently I was wrong.
I cried so hard when that stripper came running aroung the corner....
sniff
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Upon further review
Armageddon’s scenario doesn’t hold a candle to Deep Impact’s assertion that a 7-mile wide comet would wipe out all of humanity, which is completely asinine.
Was it the Los Angeles Asteroid of Anaheim?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
by Thingray on Nov 5, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Actually it was...
The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the River Porciuncula Asteroid of Anaheim
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I'm lobbing marshmellows the size of Asia at differing velocities
It’s the overpressure estimates that crack me up. 174000 psi? Ahahahahaha
Anybody watched or watching First Ascent on the travel channel.
What a well done and interesting show,
Warren Miller-esque.
Number one!
Taylor Swift. Her songs are all the same but they can be catchy and while she’s famous, she isn’t bizarre like the rest of the female mainstream artists like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga or Kesha or trashy for that matter.
You got slurved!
Did you see the Teenage Dream music video where whip cream shoots out of her breasts?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
And crap like that is why she is bizarre,
and also why I could care less about what or who she is. I’m assuming since she had a video, that means she’s a singer of some kind?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
That's not bizarre, it's just retarded
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 5, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why this is certainly safe for work and public places.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not as bad as it looks, but it looks BAD.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Flying dildo, you had to look at for a while to figure out what was going on.
This you can see out of the corner of your eye and know that no good will come of it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
And she is fairly horrible live...well at least her SNL performance was horrid.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Don't get me started on the trashy awful female artists out there.
Both Katy Perry and Ke$ha, I absolutely despise.
One, because all her songs are about fuckin’. (“I kissed I girl and I liked it…..” “let’s go/all the way tonight…” “we freak/in my jeep…”
The other because she makes millions of dollars writing lyrics like “I threw up in the closet and I don’t care.”
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
"I despise Katy Perry and Ke$ha enough to actually know the lyrics to their popular songs"
and for Ke$ha, it’s funny because she actually did it
by seattlebruin on Nov 5, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, is she the "I kissed a girl" singer?
My niece listens to that, she’s 12.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Katy Perry's first album was gospel music.
I continue to find this amusing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
You pretty much exist just to try and make people jealous, don't you?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This works better as a response ot the tank thing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I could not go :(
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 5:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Without getting anywhere near the politics of the event
I just didn’t find the content of the Rally to be all that funny. I was expecting typical Stewart humor, and Stewart/Colbert interplay, and I got Father Guido Sarducci? And Sam Waterston reading a horrible pun poem? And the Mythbusters doing….whatever they were doing?
I was sorely disappointed in the comedic content of the Rally – it was kinda painful to watch, with the exception of the Peace Train/Crazy Train/Love Train skit.
by pdb on Nov 5, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
They really should have just done dueling shows..Colbert vs Stewart going back and forth on topics.
I fucking hate you Mariners
That's kinda what I was hoping for
but it really just felt like they threw it together in 20 minutes the morning of the show.
by pdb on Nov 5, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I listened to Stewart's speech after the fact and liked the content, but it wasn't that funny.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I was bummed that they didn't do anything for the whole first hour, except music.
Other than that, I thought it was pretty good—I liked the awards, the Chilean miner bit, and the giant puppet. Plus, all the signs that have been posted since are pretty amusing.
Also, Waterston’s poem was great.
Couldn't go? No matter. Go again. Go better.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This doesn't work but I wish it did.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Short answers to deep questions
1)I respect the heck out of Latin American players that pretty much have to surrender their entire youth at such early ages in order to have the opportunity for a marginal chance at a better future.
2) Toby Keith; any of those neutered-dog-growling bands (Nickelback, etc.);
3) Great Divide Hibernation Ale is really good. Space planning may be the most useless department in any large corporation.
Here:
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Most people don't recognize lmgtfy, so I figured I was safe.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Hmmm
1) Garbagemen. Even though they actually make really good money in some jurisdictions, talk about a shitty job that really does keep society functioning. If every garbageman in America decided to strike, we’d be pretty screwed for a couple weeks.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
and by garbageman I don't just mean the curbside pick up people, but all the folks who work at the dump processing new trash, all the folks who process recycling
Basically anybody in the business of taking care of garbage
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
So my Gmail may or may not have been hacked by a spambot this morning.
Tips on things I need to check/change right away?
Your password?
Also if you have stored contacts, you might want to give them the heads up.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Also, anyone with Android - I changed my password, but it's now giving me an account sync error on my phone
I started typing in the letter strings, and it just keeps putting new ones up – I’ve probably done 15 of these by now. Any ideas?
Never mind, the only way to reset your Gmail password in Android is to.... factory reset the device
by seattlebruin on Nov 5, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
That sounds completely retarded.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
So Conan is back on Monday!!!!!!!
I fucking hate you Mariners
Conan!
It’ll be interesting to see what he can bring back from his old shows.
I'm actually more interested to see what NEW things he'll do.
I’m pretty dang excited for this. And Andy is still with him, so that’s awesome!
I fucking hate you Mariners
I'm kind of bummed that Max is gone
but at least Labamba and Pender are still there.
This goal last night was pretty sweet
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
What the hell? Anyone seen this angle of the famous Byrnes picture?
I stumbled into it. This one is equally amazing. I can tell it’s right about the same moment, because of the flying sunglasses. Crazy.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
by HititHere on Nov 5, 2010 11:40 AM PDT reply actions 8 recs
I can finally rec something you've done.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you talking to Byrnes?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
No. Byrnes gets a rec in life.
HitItHere I like to give an especially hard time to. He knows why. :)
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I really wish you'd quit following me into the bathroom.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I really wish you'd stop doing that in the bathroom.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
My wife doesn't like it when I do it at home, so what other option is there?
Besides, your scented soaps are very nice.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
It's an "intelli-hancer"
(trumpets)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
What do you mean? I just have a wide stance.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
The smiley made this much creepier.
If you weren’t in LA, I’d be checking my morning coffee for cyanide every morning.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I gotta find a way to die now
Go out on top. Life’s never getting any better than it is right this second.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
And Kool-Aid.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Jeff's music post lead me to wonder how do you define what is you consider your "hometown"
I’ve spent nearly an equal amount of time in Maple Valley that I did in New York for the first 10 years of my life but I don’t hesitate to answer MV. Is there any particular way that you assign where your from or is simply “where the heart is”?
I say "home is where the heart is",
but your hometown is wherever you reside now. I suppose where you were born would be where you’re “from”. I don’t know, I was born and raised in the Seattle area, except for the time I spent living with my dad in Hawaii as a teen.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I always say "outside Seattle," since no one gives a crap about Woodinville.
If they get all interested, I say it’s where the beer and wine comes from.
I say Seattle if someone asks who isn't from these parts. Even though Bellingham isn't really near Seattle.
As far as my hometown, I say it’s where I went to high school. But if you moved around during high school, it would probably just be whichever place you liked best.
Good question though
Well I was born in Edmonds at Stevens Hospital,
we lived in Lynnwood when I was born and I grew up there (my mom is still there), and I currently live in Everett (but I’ve lived in Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood & Mukilteo).
If I’m talking to someone from out of the area, I usually say I’m from Seattle. If they’re from around here I say Everett.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Sounds like you've lived in 4 different versions of the same city.
That’s how I view all those cities at least.
I went to Lynnwood/Edmonds a ton as a kid (the mall and other stuff)
so Everett seems completely different to me.
How can you lump Renton and Auburn together and leave out Seatac and Burien
Which are in between Auburn and Renton?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I think of Seatac and Burien as being to the west of I-5,
and the others to the east.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Kent is sort of East and West
It almost touches the Puget Sound, and is legitimately straight South of Burien.
But whatever. Diss Burien if you guys want, but understand that public dissing of Burien is likely to result in a thug shanking you when he’s out on parole.
Yup, it was probably someone I went to high school with, too.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Don't go trying to claim Federal Way, you thug.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Also, we're home to Mary Kay Letourneau.
Dangerous in many ways, apparently.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
To be an honest jerk,
I never have any idea what city I’m in when I’m down there. I think of all of it as “South Seattle”.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
There are places in Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace where you can barely tell where you are too.
But at least I know which way to go if I want to be sure I’m in a specific city.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I hate any cop that is that bored.
It just means trouble.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Bonney Lake cops
gave me a 4 mph over ticket in a school zone, then the officer showed up and was very condescending to me in court. I may be too far away from this geographical discussion though.
by marinerschas2 on Nov 5, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Wife is probably cheating on him with some hick out in Enumclaw.
I’ve heard nothing buy bad things about Bonney Lake cops in regards to barely over speed limit tickets.
I fucking hate you Mariners
An Auburn cop just gave me 2 parking tickets for having expired tabs
Within a 24 hour period. Exact same cop, exact same fine, everything. I understand I committed the offense, but really? 2 tickets? 24 hours apart?
I was parked in the exact same spot, too. Fucker pisses me off. I highly doubt he didn’t remember he wrote me a ticket already, what other purpose would he have for writing a 2nd one besides douchiness?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
What you hear is true
4 years ago I got a ticket for 30 in a 25. $105. Subpoenaed the cop, which they accepted, then the judge said I worded it wrong and still had to pay. Same cop pulled me over that time too.
If your heading to Crystal Mt, or for some reason passing through town, watch out for the cop on the BMW motorcycle. He’s the guy. Doesn’t matter if its raining or snowing. He hides in bushes along the highway.
by marinerschas2 on Nov 8, 2010 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
Most people have only been to Burien when they got lost on the way to the airport.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Getting turned around in Kent road construction inspired a recent tirade of text messages
“FUCK ME I’M IN KENT!” was pretty much the capper. Toot had an excellent response which I’ve unfortunately deleted. Boooo.
"That's what everybody in Kent says"
by tootthekazoo on Nov 5, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What was the name of that sandwich shop down in Renton?
Without exaggeration, that was one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had.
That was still in Kent, but it is called Little David's
It’s amazing. Meeker and Washington (aka West Valley Highway), everybody
I grew up on East Hill back before Covington existed and am a semi-proud Kentwood product.
As a result, I find Covington to be an incredibly pretentious name and concept. That used to be Kent and it still is.
I’d love to see Kent actually militarize, invade Covington, and wipe away this smear on its East Hill hegemony.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 8, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Especially with neighborhoods like Timberlane.
That town needs to quit trying to be the “upscale” area in kent.
Federal Way is distinct from the other three because it is not in the valley.
It doesn’t have an industrialized region or loads of family farmland. It’s pretty distinguishable. Kent, Auburn and Renton, though…yeesh.
It's probably because I used to live somewhere on that side of the hill that was technically a Kent address.
So I associate that with Kent, even though it’s not really.
Also because home sweet home is strip mall Hell.
As shitty as Auburn is, it actually has a viable economy unto itself with the Boeing plant, little manufacturing companies like AIM, warehousing, et cetera. Federal Way has…Weyerhauser, I guess.
Weyerhauser and the Commons! And Wild Waves!
And a robust 90 thousand people for some reason. Gotta love strip malls and a dying actual mall.
Nope, Star Lake.
I moved when I was in Kindergarten so yeah not really a grad. My brother was noted for going to a Federal Way school whose address was in Auburn when he lived in Kent (Thomas Jefferson). Boundaries are fun.
by Mariner John on Nov 7, 2010 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
I went to Covington Elementary for like 2 years
I remember they put in that other elementary after my first year and my best friend had to change schools because the new one was right in his backyard.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I still don't get associating Renton with Auburn
They are like 20 miles apart. Just because they’re sort of on the “East” side of whatever doesn’t mean they’re even remotely close to the same region.
Renton is well North of Sea-Tac Airport. I grew up in Burien, have lived in Auburn, Kent, Federal Way, and Des Moines, and have worked in Seattle for years.
I have been to Renton maybe 5 times in my life, total.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I live in Kent on East Hill.
To the south of me is Auburn, to the north is Renton.
by Mariner John on Nov 8, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Straight shot up 167.
Auburn to Renton in less than ten minutes, economically indistinguishable, and until you get near Sunset Boulevard very similar “scenery.”
Pretty much.
It’s all the same area, although technically I did leave Snohomish county once (my Mountlake Terrace place was actually in King County).
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Incorporated urban areas are pretty arbitrary, so I think it's fine for someone from the suburbs of Seattle to consider "Seattle" his or her hometown.
People’s identities aren’t cut and dry things, anyways.
The actual reality often isn't that cut-and-dried either.
My home has a Seattle mailing address, is in the Renton school district, and King County utilities and services.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 8, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
I say "near Seattle" because it's easier than trying to explain Bothell.
Plus, it was really just a Bothell zipcode. I was somewhere between there, Kenmore, and Juanita.
I also usually tell people that I used to live in London even though that was such a small portion of my life as to be not all that chronologically significant.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
But much more interesting than Bothell.
If I want to mess with someone, I’ll tell them I spent my teen years in Hawaii (even though they were really mostly here, I was only there with my Dad when I wasn’t in school).
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I've never really known how to describe Bothell.
When I was younger, I would say it was sort of like a Norman Rockwell painting. These days with the storage facility and McDonalds and all the flat strip malls, the claim seems less valid.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
"Bothell"
“Everything closes at sundown, but we’re about to haave a McMennamins!”
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
"Kenmore"
“We’re like Bothell, but with shady massage parlors”
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
"But we do have a bowling alley"
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
With a casino thing in back.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, they do...
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I lived across from Kenmore Lanes once.
Wasted youth.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
My step-dad worked there as a pin-setter back in the OLD days.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
They did host the '07 and '10 Seattle Lebowski Fests
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew they hosted the 2010 one because I got an invite from some friends who know I'm a bowler.
The alley itself is just large, really well maintained, has a first rate pro shop (and, naturally, a house pro), modern…and their shot is really consistent. There’s obviously a slide point on the lane, but whatever kind of oil they use doesn’t track down nearly as quickly as other houses.
This is me being a bowling nerd, but I would bowl at Kenmore Lanes all the time if it wasn’t in Kenmore.
There's a landing?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
"PARK CLOSES AT DUSK"
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Like the rest of the city.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I think there used to be a Jiffy Lube and a Parker Paint too.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
They do war re-enactments there?
I don’t remember it being big enough for something like that.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
And what is a Pop Keeney?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Pop Keeney is the football field.
It is Americana.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
They re-enact the little known "Battle over of the Smithtown Outhouse" I guess.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
You do want the re-enactment to be as historically correct as possible.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I've seen re-enactments of the Battle of Concord and Lexington (I think) on the Fourth of July
Pop Keeney is the old crummy stadium where the three high schools in the district play their football games.
I think I played soccer there once,
but I didn’t know the name of the stadium.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
As the sign used to say about once a year.
“Welcome to —-hell,
for a day or a lifetime”
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This was the first place I spent a good long time at.
we moved 5 times by the time I was 7.
by msb on Nov 5, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It was to a nice little suburb-y area called Lake Hills
which at some point (after I moved across the lake) decided to rename itself after the local mall.
by msb on Nov 5, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I consider it to be where you came of age.
I lived in Memphis for seven years but I have little emotional connection to the area. I’ll always be an Olympia kid.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 5, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Define "coming of age"...
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
What if I'm not fully formed yet?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
How is Thingray formed?
How Thingray get pragnant?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 5, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Speaking of Olympia,
I’ve been all over that area my whole life, and just over a year ago was the first time I had been “downtown”…. Weird, huh?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I lived in Lacey for 4 years and have walked through downtown Olympia maybe twice.
Olympia just isn’t an exciting place to be.
I finally went there because we went for drinks and to watch MMA after a day at a softball tournament down there.
The guys go “wanna go downtown and watch the fights?”.. I’m thinking, downtown where??!?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
It does??
I saw what looked like an old abandoned Safeway, is that what you’re talking about?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
That isn't downtown anymore than the Red Lion is downtown.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I was thinking of the Ramada :-/
The old Safeway is absolutely downtown though.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 5, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That I'm sure of.
Red Lion is up the hill (towards Gravelley Lake if I remember correctly).
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Yeah, the Red Lion is almost in Tumwater
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 5, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It looks right over Capitol Lake,
but I guess Tumwater is pretty close at that point?? I’m not exactly sure where the line is.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Nah, it's just plain old west side.
I guess I’m not really sure where the muni boundaries are, but as the crow flies it’s quite close to downtown; just the other side of the lake.
I refer to anything that sucks in West Olympia as Tumwater and anything that sucks in East Olympia as Lacey.
But in reality, it’s really not at all far from Tumwater; Tumwater Hill is on the other side of the freeway.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 5, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I think of Tumwater as down by the brewery.
I know that’s not correct, but that’s how I picture it.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
But it extends far beyond that, which I know.
But I don’t think of it that way.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Seattle is my hometown
San Diego is my home
I moved so many times that I don't really have a home town.
I’ve lived in Los Angeles now for longer than anywhere else I ever lived growing up.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I spent the first three years of my life in Edmonds and then moved to Bellevue for the next 17 years.
Bellevue is my hometown, I don’t give a crap about Edmonds. All Edmonds is, is the answer to my security question “Where were you born?”
When I moved to Pullman, I never thought anything about it would make it feel like home. But after a year, I felt a really strong connection to that crappy little town and its like my 2nd home. I don’t think I will ever feel that way about Los Angeles.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, we've got his security question.
We’re halfway there.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
by Thingray on Nov 5, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I always have to think a moment about that.
the Naval hospital was across the state line from where we lived :)
by msb on Nov 5, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't use any questions that could leave any room for doubt about the answers.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
"Which kitty did you love the most?"
See, this could change over time.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly.
I prefer things like “what was your first car” or “what was your high school”.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I have a terrible memory so I'm afraid that one day I'll pick a category like that and never get the right answer when I need it.
I think my first car was a Corolla. But I also owned this other car once, and it was either blue or silver.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Then that wouldn't be the question for you.
They should offer questions like “where did you lose your virginity?”, or “what beverage have you puked the most from?”
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Most of the time I say Oxford because it's the nearest city to me that people have actually heard of.
I live about 25 miles away from it though.
Where the hell is Oxford?
:)
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I'm not riff-raff.
I’m more like raff-riff. Is it still a problem?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I've never known how to explain where I'm from.
I was born in Cincinnati, lived in Florida for ten years and have lived in Spokane for eight years. Certainly I feel my strongest ties to Spokane, but saying I’m from there doesn’t really give the full explanation of “me”, such as why I have a slight southern accent (my mother is from Kentucky) or why I’m also a Reds fan.
You! Cake or death?
The 253 is quite a big area.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Beyond area, it also describes an era
I can remember back in the olden days before 253 and 425. We dialed seven numbers for a phone call, and we liked it.
We used to remember my grandma's number like that.
I don’t remember what it was anymore, but I remember it being words.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
The scary thing is, I remember when they first introduced 425, and when 253 didn't exist.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Yep.
Blew my mind when there was more than one area code all of a sudden, and mine was one that changed!
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Something I never thought about, because who calls long distance when you are a kid?
“Area code 206 was one of the original area codes created in 1947. In 1957, area code 509 was created for the area east of the Cascades in a flash-cut. It split to form area 360 in 1995, and underwent a 3-way split in 1997 to form areas 253 and 425.”
by msb on Nov 5, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, 360 keeps 425 firmly in it's grasp.
Being the older sister, 360 has to watch the over the brash younger brother to keep him out of trouble.
It makes sense though.
206 is basically the city of Seattle, then your first ring of suburbs (broken into two), then your exurbs/non-Puget Sound areas.
We would call relatives sometimes, so we had to know the long distance stuff.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
We will not forget you Sonics!!
Thank you to whoever this was: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/archives/227400.asp
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
by Thingray on Nov 5, 2010 1:31 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I just deleted my entire contacts list from my phone
I amaze myself sometimes
On the positive side,
the contacts you kind of wanted to delete but never had a good enough reason to are no longer there.
You actually managed to delete all of your contacts on google?
I didn’t even know that was possible in one action.
This saved me when I killed my last phone.
Unfortunately since my wife and I are on the account, for some reason it gave me her contact list, but it was 90% the same as mine so it worked out.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Why is there even a button for that?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
And people wonder why I am afraid of flying
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 5, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
No, because the people that make them don't know how to use a phone.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I heard this last night,
We’ll miss you Sparky! http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2008/06/wkrp-episode-sparky.html
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
"I'm in a hurry to get things done, I rush and rush until life's no fun"
I’m in a hurry and don’t know why…." That one?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
No, I've never listened to a country song before. But this sounds like the title of one.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Never?
Interesting.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
He's repressed the memories of his Acky-Breaky Heart days.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 5, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I totally misspelled that.
Achy-Breaky Heart
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 5, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
OH fuck...
My dad used to listen to that a lot. And various Alan Jackson numbers and some Garth Brooks.
I try to not remember this as much as possible.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Ackley-Brakley Heart
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Getting closer.....
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Quick, somebody superimpose this onto a picture of the band Hart.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Almost there.....
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Oh yeah, I meant "Heart"
All I really know about them is that they went to my high school. Yay.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I just spit all over my phone when my original intention was just to blow a hair off of it.
What are stupid things you do, as if your brain was functioning on a subhuman level for a fraction of a second? Such as.. trying to put the cover on the pickle jar onto a coke bottle instead of a pickle jar.
Trying to take a drink from a water bottle with the cap still on.
But the worst is pouring juice over your cereal.
Man if I tried to keep track of all the stupid shit like that I wouldn't have time for anything else.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Recently...
Handing another cigarette to a friend outside after I had just given her one on our way out.
This time last year:
Microwaving my mug with a new bag of tea in it without adding water.
Repeatedly:
Taking the elevator down to the basement to do some laundry without taking the detergent with me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
At least you didn't light a cigarette with a lit one already in your hand.
I’ve done that before (although booze were involved).
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
No, but I have burned myself by trying to do things with a lit cigarette in my hand.
Booze was also usually involved.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like a recipe for choking and hacking and such.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
You've never done that? I think I've done it on back to back cigs before.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No, mine are usually colour coded.
Also if they’re all filter end up to start out, it’s a pretty straight trajectory to the mouth. Not even I can fuck that up.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
You will eventually, and you'll think of us.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Sometimes you put the cig in your ear and for a moment when you pull the cig out of your ear youre not thinking about if its facing away or towards you.
Mine are not color coded. I thought I could beat the system.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh right, I can see that happening.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Easy to do, especially if you smoke cigs that are all one color.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I've done this before too.
Do you mean tricks with the cigarette, or just trying to accomplish some random task?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Just trying to accomplish random tasks.
I don’t know any good cigarette tricks. I should probably learn some.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't bother.
They mostly just cause pain.
Like the one where you reach up to pull the smoke out of your mouth, but it sticks to your lip. So you just end up pulling the cherry off and crushing it in the webs of your fingers.
That’s my favorite trick.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I knew a guy that didn't smoke but he put the cigarette in his mouth, lit side first and blew the smoke out of the filter.
This isn’t so much a trick as much as it is… something.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he's doing it wrong.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
A friend fondly recalls the first time she saw me at work I was using the paper cutter
and carefully sliced my earphone wire in half as I cut my sheet of paper.
by msb on Nov 5, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure that I have either done this or nearly done it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 5, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sorry, but that is REALLY funny.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Typical, though.
I too fall into the “more than I can remember” category
by msb on Nov 5, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite is pushing the "on" button on my electric toothbrush when it's still about three inches from my mouth.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
"BZZZZZPHHHHFFFFTTTTT!!!!"
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Then your wife wonders why there are so many spatter marks on the bathroom mirror
And you’re like “I dunno, weird”
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Or I guess you could just wipe it off, huh.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Yes, quickly before she knows I did something retarded!
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I recently gave my wife a baby bottle and my baby a glass of wine.
Red wine stains are not easy to clean.
by Jed MC on Nov 5, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Pics or it didn't happen.
And if it did, party on baby!
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Shit, you're serious??
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Yep. They were on separate couches that are right next to each other.
I fell asleep, woke up to a crying baby, and my wife requested the wine since she was still awake and I was already up and in the kitchen.
HAHAHAAA!!
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Also, I have a bad habit of turning off the light when I exit the bathroom at work. Even when there are still people in there.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That happens to me often.
Thank goodness for cell phone camera lights.
I once preheated the oven and set the timer for 45 minutes without actually putting my pan of brownies in the oven.
That was disappointing.
You! Cake or death?
I had a preheating accident the other day
Didn’t realise there was already a tray in there and managed to burn my arm removing it
Cereal box in the fridge, milk in the cabinet.
Done this a coupe of times, sadly, only to realize it well after the fact.
Container of tzatziki in the sink. Knife used to spread said tzatziki in the refrigerator.
Ice cream in the sink. Scooper used to scoop said ice cream in the freezer.
I’ve also accidentally thrown away bowls instead of putting them in the dishwasher.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
This is near to what I do.
I’ll open something like a packet of lunchmeat with a tearaway top, and stare at my hands, one containing a bag of ham and the other containing a piece of plastic. I’ll stare and stare, then throw the meat in the trash, and shout “Crap!” before it hits the bottom.
I took food out of the freezer to put in the microwave, but instead put it in the fridge and walked away.
The damning part is I’m sorta mad my fridge didn’t heat my food up.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Just last week I was cleaning out the burners on my stove.
I had apparently forgotten that I boiled some water not 10 minutes earlier. My stupidity was rewarded with some nice welts on my hand.
Additional appliance mishaps include setting the microwave timer and then walking away…only I didn’t set the timer, but rather I just turned on the microwave for 20 minutes. Good thing the smell of melting plastic let me know I made a mistake!
Pan of sugar water to make hummingbird food on the stove.
Walked away, sat on the sofa, and started to read a book.
One room full of smoke later …
by msb on Nov 8, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
My mom did that with a pot of tomato soup.
Also the stirrer she had been using before she left, which was left in the saucepan, had a plastic handle, soooooo…..
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
I once bought some KFC snackers and waited a couple hours before I remembered them.
Put them in the microwave and started making fire.
Guess I should have checked the bag because they were wrapped in foil wrappers. DERP!
Those Snackers are pretty good though.
At least pre-microwave fire.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I can't remember what it was I nuked the other day,
but it would usually take about two to two and half minutes. One minute in the stuff was so molten hot it was almost melting the bowl it was in.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Posnanski/Bil James talking about Hall of Famers kinda like we did yesterday
Joe likes Albert Pujols. And Vlad.
Its funny how he mentions that he pretty much forgot about Chipper.
Did anyone mention Chipper yesterday? ANYBODY? Because yeah, Chipper is first ballot for me.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 5, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe it's just the fact that he hasn't posted a new one in like half a month.
But today’s Achewood was delightful.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
For those of you that care, I have fantastic news. Maybe the best news I've had in a long time.
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Cosmos-The-Complete-Collection/70061728?trkid=1406702
Cosmos is on Netflix Instant Streaming, right now, the whole thing.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Nov 5, 2010 8:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Ackley had three hits today, two of them doubles.
Now batting .422
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I try to watch this and get distracted by the rapidly forming long sleeve.
It’s just…. ah!….
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
So apparently a rage-virus like that in 28 Days/Weeks Later and Left 4 Dead is
totally possible according to a virologist at the University of Miami. There’s your 2012 apocalypse.
I would laugh if you were the first to die in a Zombie Apocalypse.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
Not because I want you to die.
But because you want it to happen so badly.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
It would only be mean if it were a thing that could actually happen
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
They're mindless, homicidal creatures.
The only difference is that they’re technically not dead. Either way the world would be doomed.
A zombie is a fictional thing that is dead and then alive again and is fictional and doesn't exist
the things in the story you link to are still alive and thus can be cured.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
No, they're not alive
They have ebola. Ebola means they are dead.
Also, it’s clearly just something made up by a virologist with a sense of humour in order to sell a story to a deviant little subculture.
by Graham MacAree on Nov 8, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
But if you took rabies, influenze, genetically-modified fruit and added a variant of tarantism
You could TOTALLY see giant, walking bananas that feed on human flesh.
I will publish a pamphlet on this possibility called ’Chiquita’s Dance of Death’ for a truly bizarre subculture I found on some baseball blog.
by marc w on Nov 8, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It's worse than you thought
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Shit, Plant 42.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
OK, I misread/didn't really care about that part
but yeah, it’s not something rational people should worry about unless OH MY GOD I’M OUT OF HAND SANITIZER NOW THEY’RE COMING TO GET ME
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ehh, there are zombie movies and stuff where the zombies don't actually die, but are just diseased.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
But just to be clear those are zombie movies, not zombie documentaries, right?
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
That's only because the zombie documentaries have been ruthlessly suppressed by the government.
If the public ever saw those documentaries, panic would spread like wildfire. We would then be overrun by PANIC ZOMBIES.
That was one of the premises behind Return of the Living Dead.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Totes McGoats.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Baseball!
“Ackley and Mariners pitching prospect Josh Fields, a right-handed reliever, were named Tuesday to the West squad for Saturday night’s Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game. The game, scheduled for 6 p.m. in Surprise, Ariz., will be televised on the MLB Network and online at MLB.com”
Laundry Room Etiquette
How long do you need to wait after the dryer finishes, and no one comes to empty it, to empty it yourself?
I've had someone empty a washer for me in <5 minutes.
I’m patient to a fault on this, but on the whole I think that if there’s a basket or a bag nearby that seems to be attached to said dryer, that’s a good enough excuse to empty it. If they forgot to set some kind of timer and ended up leaving clothes in there for upwards of an hour, fuck ’em.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I decided 45+ was enough, even if I could tell the (overfull dryer of) clothes was not quite dry and would need a 2nd go-round
by msb on Nov 6, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a good amount of time to wait.
I once had a roommate that took my clothes out of the WASHER because he couldn’t wait. (We had the device in the unit) and then decide to leave them out for however long until I came home.
Thanks roomie.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
Not that I'm complaining, but when did Driveline Mechanics shut down and why?
...and now I'm here
Since before September it seems.
Dave talked about how people flooded his blogs (USS Mariner and Fangraphs) saying that Strasburg deserved this or that it was easily predictable. This was a major reason why I stopped writing at my SB Nation blog: Driveline Mechanics. Far too many people took my observations and writings as gospel or misinterpreted it as a concrete example of what not to do or what should be done in the pitching delivery. People flooded various blogs saying that such and such mechanical flaw leads to injury, when that’s absolutely not true. I’m building a motion capture laboratory in Seattle with the hopes of studying this myself and publishing the data for all to view as an open source project (unlike every other motion capture lab in the country). And when it’s nearly complete, Graham Macaree of Lookout Landing fame (Biomechanics and You is an excellent piece by him) has a standing invitation to come critique it and hopefully give me his ideas on how to improve it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Wow, that's actually a great article.
Plus they gave shout outs to the LL homies!
...and now I'm here
I'm happy to share...
That we’ve made a lot of progress. We know that the Wrist Resultant Velocity is being generated incorrectly, but here’s an idea of what’s going on at our facility (pitcher video redacted for privacy):
Hope the image is not too big.
Anyway, anyone in Seattle is welcome to come by to see what we’re all about. We’re in Lake City, right behind the Ying’s Chinese Drive-In in a warehouse you’d never know was there. I’ve emailed Graham a few times but haven’t had a response ever since he emailed me asking about progress a few months ago.
Driveline Baseball - Advanced Training for the Baseball Athlete (located in Seattle, WA)
by Kyle Boddy on Nov 6, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Interesting stuff, Kyle.
Glad you dropped by to share. For future reference though, we usually have a 300 pixel limit. I think it’s okay in this case because it would be detrimental to re-size, but maybe you could provide an external link instead.
I didn’t realize you guys were local either. We certainly have a lot of baseball analysts in the area….
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, whoops.
Feel free to delete it and provide a link to the image instead. Didn’t mean to flood the page.
Just saw you guys in the referral log and figured I should check in since I haven’t heard from Graham. But yeah, we’re just north of Seattle and all set-up. The lab’s not much to look at since it’s just a cage with high-speed cameras filming pitchers, but the whole facility is pretty neat. We have a full weight room and three batting cages. I’m there Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday/Sunday nights, so if anyone is interested in dropping by, they’re more than welcome.
I also have a combined PITCHf/x and injury database that I’ll be sharing with the sabermetrics world shortly. My original intention for it is to do regression analyses with variables like # of pitches thrown, average release points, fastball velocities, and so forth to see if we can correlate some patterns with arm-related injuries. The beta web application goes live shortly and I’ll be sure to share it with everyone here.
Driveline Baseball - Advanced Training for the Baseball Athlete (located in Seattle, WA)
My goodness.
TV commercial for the original Legend of Zelda game
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
That should qualify as a war crime.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
Watching the Rising Stars game?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think that last pitch to Ackley was a strike.
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by JY on Nov 6, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Josh Fields!
How is it that we don’t have radar gun readings?… Wild. On the plus side, that last breaking pitch really messed the hitter up.
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by JY on Nov 6, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
On replay, that is a nasty breaking ball.
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by JY on Nov 6, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Free for all!
MLB.com!
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by JY on Nov 6, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
We don't need radar gun readings when we have pitch fx.
91-94 MPH on the fastball, but only one swinging strike/foul tip that I saw.
Sort of like with Cleto: If it’s a particular form of ‘nastiness’ that results in contact, was it ever truly nasty?
I think I might chalk it up to some wildness in his case.
He was having a hell of a time finding the zone in some cases, so he could have been going between avoiding the zone and centering pitches without the middle ground that allows him to “spot” things. That’s just based off of watching him for a few batters though.
At least he has a breaking ball. A damned fine one at that.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, he was supposed to have an MLB-ready curve ball the day he was drafted.
I’m just not seeing anyone in the AFL have trouble getting bat on the ball against him. It’s worrying.
I’ve given up on the idea that he throws as hard as Tom freaking Wilhelmsen, but a swinging strike or three would at least hold some hope that his pure stuff will play at higher levels. As it is, you’ve got a pitch-to-contact guy with no GBs.
It is worrying, and disappointing.
His mechanics are supposedly back on track (they still look unbalanced to me), but he’s not throwing with the same velocity he used to. In this system I can’t really see him as anything other than a setup man, which is even more frustrating if you’re in the crowd that never wanted the pick in the first place, and only swallowed it to have an actual reliever anointed as closer of the future. In my case, I’m just glad that he’s doing anything at all after throwing fewer than thirty-five innings in each of his first two seasons.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
If there's one thing this system has, it's set-up men.
Who knows; maybe he gets with a coach who works well with him and he gets a 3rd pitch (I see he’s messing around with a change-up). But as is, I see Anthony Varvaro, minus a few swinging strikes. That’s not a good thing.
Like I said,
I’d be more panicked if he’d thrown any significant number of innings in the past two years. As it stands I’m just frustrated/disappointed.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
He also almost started talking about Groundhog Day.
Bonus points.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Before he got his hair back, he could've dressed up as Ned Ryerson for Halloween.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
But Scotch.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 6, 2010 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not my favorite scotch, but I would've taken you up on that.
I’m not trying to be rude, but have you considered the possibility that the refusal has 0% to do with Laphroaig and 100% to do with Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth?
If that’s the case, then these people should be burned alive. I’m just throwing out a hypothesis.
Definitely a possibility, I was pretty hammered last night.
They’re not normally ones to turn down a free drink though.
Tonight, Jamie Moyer pitched to Carlos Peguero. This happened tonight.
Moyer K’d Mike Wilson and got Peguero to pop out to shortstop.
Yes?
and then he came back out for the 3rd inning, and left with a sore elbow
by msb on Nov 6, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
And I think the manager of the team said Moyer will probably never pitch again.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
Moises Alou, who speculated that in the same interview where he mentioned Moyer would go see Yocum again
by msb on Nov 8, 2010 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
Kirby Arnold this morning:
“Seems people are preparing to wave the flag on the end of Jamie Moyer’s career after he suffered another elbow injury while pitching winter ball in the Dominican Republic. Moyer hurt the elbow in July while pitching with the Phillies and, despite being nearly 48 years old (his birthday is next week), he was working his way back. Moyer was headed to California to have his elbow examined.
It may not look good for Moyer, but I’m not ready to jump on the this-is-the-end bandwagon. He’s been told for 20 years that his career was done and proved those people wrong. Even if he has Tommy John surgery, it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if he tries to come back from it and pitch again."
Watch after he has Tommy John
He starts throwing 90.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
That was an abrupt end to the game.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
That was the equivalent of Renteria's 3-run shot.
Off the bat, I gave it a 1% chance of leaving the yard. Ahhh, Arizona.
Anyone watch the end of the ASU/USC game?
Holy crap what an exciting finish, but what the hell was ASU thinking on their last field goal attempt?
They ran the ball to the outside on 3rd down, when they were inside the USC 35 yard line and centered on the field. Seemed like a good time for a 3rd down field goal attempt.
That game was ten kinds of aggravating
And yet after the UW and Stanford games I couldn’t get too worked up over it.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Ah, Babelfish.
“Pérez (2-1) sent four entrances and two thirds and only allowed an unquestionable one, abanicando two and giving two tickets after to enter the knoll by Jamie Moyer, that only left with an injury elbow after two entrances and a third work. Moyer did his third opening in the Dominican Republic when it left the knoll and the general manager of the Selected Moisés Alou informed that she will not send more in the country. Jose Goatherd retired last out of the party to obtain his second rescue of the campaign.”
which was: “Pérez (2-1) lanzó cuatro entradas y dos tercios y solo permitió un indiscutible, abanicando dos y dando dos boletos luego de entrar al montículo por Jamie Moyer, quien salió con una lesión de codo luego de solo dos entradas y un tercio de trabajo. Moyer hacía su tercera apertura en la República Dominicana cuando salió del montículo y el gerente general del Escogido Moisés Alou informó que no lanzará más en el país. José Cabrera retiró el último out del partido para conseguir su segundo salvamento de la campaña.”
I don't think I even know what a floor is anymore.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 7, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Today's sign of the apocalypse
Stanford, Central Florida and TCU are the highest ranked college football teams in their states.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't know how high your roofline is
but I just use a stepladder and go at it from the ground rather than trying to get to the top.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, unless you have scaffolding you're gonna have to roof it I think
at least for the peaked part.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
I have a slight fear of extension ladders.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Yes and nope.
I’m thinking of stringing the lights to PVC pipe and installing snap clips on the house that I’ll just leave there. That way it should be easier to take down.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
That's not a bad idea.
I’m trying to figure out how to do the lights at my new house this year. Everything is 20+ feet up. My old house I could put most the lights up standing on the ground.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
That's not a bad idea.... I think I'll give it a shot the old fashioned way this year,
just so I can figure out what kind of “look” I want, then maybe go with this set-up once I’m sure about everything.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I also have a new house, with awnings that are scarily high up.
My dad built a makeshift pole out of like 5 broomsticks, with a hook on the end, and used that to put up the Christmas lights every year.
We had hooks screwed into the awning that made it pretty easy to do. Installing the hooks is the part that scares me.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Thats kind of my plan.
Get the clips up there. Then everything after that I can use a poll.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Pole question:
Will Scruffy fall off his roof?
A) Yes
B) No
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
by Thingray on Nov 8, 2010 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Survived last year.
Not liking my odds.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
This is the infamous gambler's fallacy
Your odds are still 50/50.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Yeah, most of my roof on the new house is at least two stories high.
I’ll probably run to Harbor Frieght and grab a harness so I can lock into the roof before I attempt anything this year.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I'm not hanging off a skyscraper, and I only weigh 140,
so I don’t think I need to splurge too much on a harness. I know they don’t sell top of the line stuff, but for this 2-3 times a year application, I’m not going to go spend big money.
Besides, if you are careful about looking closely at the products they sell, some of it is pretty quality stuff. But if you’re buying a sawsall for $3.00, you kind of know what you’re getting.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
That's how a friend of mine does it.
He just buys them in bulk and throws them away as they break down.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I know next to nothing about Tim Tebow and that little story makes me want to punch him in the throat
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
All you need to know about Tim Tebow is the following
1. Tim Tebow loves God
2. Tim Tebow was a great quarterback in college
3. Tim Tebow is not an NFL quarterback
4. Tim Tebow was inexplicably drafted as a quarterback in the first round
5. Tim Tebow really, really loves God
I do wonder though..
What if Tim Tebow is a super nice, genuine guy who is fun to hang out with and one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Like just a sweetheart who would give you the shirt off his back… do we hate him simply because he does seem so “perfect”
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I just mean, he seems really nice. And I wonder if people despise him because he seems so nice.
Dont get me wrong, I’m not in his corner for any reason, its just an interesting look at celebrity.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Ned Flanders never wrote a memoir at 23.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I saw a youtube video once
of him and some other football dudes pranking some guy.
He seemed like your average semi obnoxious jock type.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It doesn't surprise me. He's just been hyped as the Golden Boy for so long.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Happens with lots of QBs in college
Tebow also had the whole being almost puritanically religious outwardly while playing for a team in the deep south.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
He says
In a statement released by HarperCollins, the 23-year-old Tebow said his book would be a story “of faith, family and football” and inspiring people to “fulfill their dreams.”
by seattlebruin on Nov 8, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I would love if, just once, a celebrity wrote a book that dissuaded young people from following their dreams.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 8, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
They didn't always write books.
Allen Ginsberg started a poetry school once with a bunch of the other surviving beats. The applicants to the school, they basically used as errand runners and forced into demeaning work. During actual lessons, they’d usually show up drunk if they didn’t otherwise blow the whole thing off. The stated intent was to convey the message that your idols are fucked up people and you should figure out how to do your own damned thing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe it was their way of saying "Beat poetry sucks; go read Yeats."
Allen Ginsberg was secretly an anti-postmodernist.
Allen Ginsberg made a career out of copying Walt Whitman and making it a bit more lewd and modern.
Plus no one can name anything significant he did in the post Kaddish/Howl era despite the fact that he lived well into the 90s.
I’d say he can go eat a dick but he’d probably enjoy that.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
"You too can sit on the bench for 98% of a football game, occasionally and inexplicably coming in when your team is at the 1 yard line and rushing for a TD."
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
His fantasy line for this weekend was better than some of my teams starters. (Not that anyone cares.)
If he’d just move to tight end or fullback, he could have a bigger impact on the game.
I'd complain, but younger more vapid people seem to be writing memoirs these days.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
On the other hand
Justin Bieber has already written a memoir.
His book is 240 pages. Justin Bieber is 16-years old. I’m not sure I could stretch my own life into 25 pages.
I think I could sum up Justin Bieber's life in 2 sentences.
What the hell does he have to say for 240 pages?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
The little guy that struggles with his lesbian identity?
Aren’t they making a movie about him also?
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Reminds me of a Simpsons quote:
Lisa: This biography of Bart came out awfully quickly. It’s not even about him.
Bart:: Sure it is! Look at the cover.
Lisa:: But inside it’s mostly about Ross Perot. And the last two chapters are excerpts from the Oliver North trial!
Homer:: Ah, Oliver North. He was just poured into that uniform.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hi, I'm Justin Bieber. I'm just an annoying kid who made Youtube videos,
then got insanely lucky when someone influential noticed me. I may be a talentless assclown, but I am living proof that incredible marketing will cause teenage girls to pay money to see a talentless assclown butcher pop songs.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I'm sorry, Justin.
I’m afraid you have to cut some material from your book, as you’ve exceeded the two sentence maximum.
Shouldn't his book be limited to 140 characters?
by Jed MC on Nov 8, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
...uh Shit My Dad Says...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit_My_Dad_Says
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
And CBS also has another Twitter-based show in development
I wish I could say that sound you hear is the bottom of the barrel being scraped, but there is no floor.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
I am imagining it being kind of like The Guild
and it follows around a few main characters and then interspersed is LL thread posting
This is the exact thought I was having with this concept.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I would cast Justin Bieber as Coach
by seattlebruin on Nov 8, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I'm not sure I'd buy Jackie Chan listening to Taylor Swift and putting together TwiLLight events.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 8, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not sure I want a world where Jackie Chan DOESN'T listen to Taylor swift while putting together TwiLLight events.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
Gedde Watanabe.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Not at the same level of absurdity.
Plus, including AK1984 brings in the AK Translator, which was quite possibly the most fantastic sock puppet in LL history.
.
God, I loved to hate AK.
This sentence fills me with intense schadenfreude:
As it is, though, I’m not trying to stir up some bedlam and start a chaotic brouhaha. Hell, it was mentioned solely to provide your joke with a bit of substance.
There are people who use words because they like words and there are people who use words to be a dick about things.
AK seems to have been the latter.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
With a really big spoon.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
It would fit right in.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
This is a good place to start
Just as background, AK1984 wrote as if he was trying to impress everybody with his language, was incredibly pedantic, and usually made no sense at all. He was also well-known for this all over the Seattle sports blogosphere before most places finally banned him.
I think he's still around Prospect Insider.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Recurring villian, Rev Halo?
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
I smell the next OTPOTD
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
The barrel goes on forever.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
I don't understand how your sentence applies to me. I'm Justin Bieber!
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
He is annoying yet catchy
think of him like the Backstreet Boys in 2000 or so
No, this is wrong.
Backstreet Boys are amazing.
I saw them this summer. I was disappointed that there were just four of them.
They sang five songs. I was was disappointed that they didn’t sing just four of them.
I probably hear his songs once a day at the gym...
Its whatever. Its catchy pop music, nothing more.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I just wonder if there was a huge backlash against Shaun Cassidy and the Osmonds in the 1970's
because Justin Bieber is nothing more than the current tween pop sensation, of which there have been dozens throughout the years and of which there will be dozens more in the future. Benign, pointless, and disposable, unless you’re 13.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Good question.
My guess is that there probably was. There is a backlash against anything that is popular at some point.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Yeah, I would imagine so. I think the male population could ignore the tween sensations if it werent for the fact that they are jealous because of how crazy the girls go for them.
And that’s as old as pop music. So I imagine this has been happening since Presley or whenever.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
I think with Elvis it was more hatred and fear than envy and jealousy though
Elvis was so different than anything that had come before, what with the greased back hair and the swerving hips and all, that he mostly just terrified parents and thrilled kids.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Dammit, hit reply too soon
I don’t think any modern teenage heartthrob-type performers terrify parents the way Elvis did.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that makes sense.
Elvis was pretty cool anyway.
Its more of the straight teeny-boppers, the ones you mentioned, that annoy the bajeezus out of 80% of the non-female population. And some of it is “god they’re so lame” but mostly its “GOD THEY ARE SO LAME AND THEYRE SO POPULAR BUT THEY DONT DONT DESERVE IT!!!!”
I think we can sit back and say some deserve it and some dont. And the donts flame out after a few years anyway.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Who knows why Bieber would come out with a book so early...
I mean for years and years young stars have gone on to make music and television and movies without degrading their art, or “selling out” all they’ve really ever cared about in the business is about making good music and making people happy. It’s about time that SOMEBODY finally used their talents to make money in other areas.
I know, I know, who is going to buy a book on Justin Bieber? If consumerism has taught us one thing, its that young tween girls are not only the smartest shoppers, but also the ones who purchase the least amount. But if Justin Bieber wants to write about his life and put a book out there, let’s let me him do it. Even if it won’t sell many copies, and the record and book companies will probably lose money in the deal.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know if I should rec or flag this....
:)
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Its a pretty impressive piece of marketing.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I like how realistic it is.
Even has the guy randomly firing the shotgun at nothing.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
I love that Kobe's M203 says "MAMBA" on it
by seattlebruin on Nov 8, 2010 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Kimmel has Proud Noob
on his rocket launcher
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Him being so shaky at handling that rocket launcher was amusing.
It also points out how different using a video game controller is from the real thing. Then again, I suck at these games, and I’d be equally terrible in an actual war scenario.
Judging by my experience playing video games
In an actual war scenario, I’d end up getting shot thirty seconds in and spawning into a wall.
by ThomasG on Nov 8, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 6 recs
I can't carry enough ammo to account for my crappy aim.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Further proof that LeVar Burton is awesome
by BrianL on Nov 8, 2010 10:23 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Make it so.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Great googly moogly this movie looks pointless.
But if it has footage like that it also looks so cool!
So the Gold Gloves are announced tomorrow.
I don’t really care all that much, but the M’s have had a representative on the AL squad every year going back to 1987 and I think that’s just neat.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Longest streak in the AL?
Griffey and Ichiro just make it too easy.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I was going to make red beans and rice for dinner tonight
but then I realized you have to/should soak the beans overnight and cook them the next day. it’s too late for overnight soaking for tonight – does anybody know if there is a good shortcut to soaking beans overnight?
(and by “know” I mean “have used myself and trust” not “looked up on the internet” – I’ve found several methods for shortcutting, but don’t know how reliable they are)
Have beans for dinner tomorrow?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
But then I gotta come up with dinner tonight
which I can definitely do but I wanted beans and rice tonight. /whine
A sack full of KFC Doubledown sandiwches.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Of course.
Bring your truck, it also comes with a 50 gallon cola.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
You can always substitute lentils for the beans.
They don’t need to be soaked overnight.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Not in red beans in a rice.
But generally yes.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 8, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I guess lentils and rice wouldn't be a very good combination.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I love lentils and rice.
Indian spices+lentils, some basmati rice? Yum.
If you have a good recipe I'd love to have it
I haven’t ever made it before and I’m just using a recipe I found online.
I've yet to find a recipe online for it that I liked.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Slow cooker?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I am overly amused that you used the phrase "red beans and rice" in the same thread where we discussed Sir Mixalot.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Pinch of salt in pot of water, bring to boil. Toss in beans for 5 minutes (reduce to simmer)
Then turn off heat and cover for 45 minutes or so. Should soften them right up, try a couple and make sure they don’t need more time in the hot water.
I'm way late to this party, but here are my answers:
1) People you respect the hell out of, even though they probably aren’t that talented.
Single parents. That’s probably not what you’re looking for, but that’s my answer.
2) People who are really famous, and you probably should recognize, but you don’t care about them and wouldn’t recognize them or their work if they punched you in the face.
I completely don’t recognize the names or faces of an increasing number of people featured on the covers of the supermarket tabloids, to the point where I wonder if they’re just making people up now. “ERIC CHEATS! WHAT WILL GEORGEINA DO?” “MEG FLABASTER ANOREXIA CRISIS!” “JOHNNY WINKLEHORN’s HEALTH NIGHTMARE!”
What? I don’t know any of those people.
The gap is probably coming from reality shows. I’ve seen about five minutes combined of Dancing with the Stars, Real Housewives, and whatever show Snookie and the Situation are from. I wouldn’t recognize any of those people.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 8, 2010 11:08 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Johnny Winkelhorn's got nothing on Johnny Dicksmelt.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Magnum of Beer
Anybody have any experience storing magnums of beer? I know the conventional wisdom is to not lie it down on its side as doing so severely compromises the quality but I don’t have the room to refrigerate it standing up. Should I leave it out and chill it a few hours beforehand or can I leave it on its side in the fridge without serious issues?
I'd leave it out and chill it for sure
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 8, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
It will be fine on its side as long as you're not storing it long term.
Since it sounds like you’re talking about 3-4 hours, there shouldn’t be a problem. The biggest problem with storing beer on it’s side tends to be sediment collecting in the side of the bottle and cap contamination of the beer, neither of which would be a problem with storing it short term.
I store bottles in my fridge on their sides, too. As long as it’s less than ~2 weeks, it should be completely fine. It’s probably even fine beyond that as well, just not for long-term aging.
by seattlebruin on Nov 8, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I'm looking more towards long-term storage (~ 1-2 months)
Right now my inclination is to keep it upright in a cool, dark place and then chill it a few hours before serving. Problem is I live in a smallish apartment with very few cool, dark places. The only two options I have are my pantry or in my basement. (The basement is a last-ditch option; it’s shared space and I don’t altogether trust the building maintenance crew or my neighbors.)
I’ve never stored beer long-term before so I’ve never had to think about this kind of stuff. Storing wine is easy compared to beer, apparently.
Pantry should be fine, as long as it doesn't get above 75 in there
by seattlebruin on Nov 8, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
If you can, just put in in the far back corner of the pantry, on the floor.
That should be the coolest, darkest place you can find. No way I’d leave it out in a shared space.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Thanks for the advice all. Follow-up question: how long can I feasibly store it under near-ideal conditions.
The pantry temp fluctuates with the temperature of the apartment but never deviates out of the 60-75-degree range. Am I looking at merely a few weeks or should I drink it as soon as possible? (I was hoping to have this particular bottle last until Christmas Eve or New Year’s but I may be getting another one which I’m hoping to drink in February-March.)
If you store it in the back of the pantry, you should be fine for a few weeks at least.
I usually keep mine in a dark corner of the garage if they won’t fit in my beer fridge, and they’ve alway done okay, even in the summer.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
That's fine.
I’ve had some beers stored in my basement for a few years.
All things being equal, the basement is by far the best choice. But just hearing about nice beer in a shared space is making me nervous, so go pantry. Do you know how cool it is in there?
Whoops, OK, you do.
It’s fine until X-mas/New years.
And if his apartment stays 65-70,
then the bottom of his pantry probably stays at least a bit cooler than that.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Beer topics!
This week is San Diego Beer Week and holy shit are there some amazing things going on
Phil’s famous BBQ is having beer/BBQ pairings every night, starting with Lost Abbey tonight. Toronado SD is having nightly features as well all week, and SD Tap Room is insanely having a night where they are tapping multiple versions of Sublimely Self-Righteous, Vertical Epic 10-10-10 and Lost Abbey Deliverance.
Who else has awesome beer news?
Diamond Knot always has something special going on:
“Diamond Knot Brewery and Alehouse Industrial HO is being released today @ the Alehouse – this is one BIG robust ‘Winter Warmer’ Ale, ruby brown in color with a slight sweet, fruity nose. Very hoppy, yet balanced with a residual sweetness. Can’t come down to the Alehouse, how about picking it up in a convenient 22oz bomber at your local grocery store.”
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I picked up another few bottles of Jubel 2010, some Avery IPA and Quad, and some DFH Burton Baton last weekend.
That’s not beer news per se, but it’s awesome news for me.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 8, 2010 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
More of the same,
I picked up LA Angel’s Share (brandy), LA Deliverance, LA Inferno, Pliny the Elder (x4), Rogue Chocolate Stout (x2), DFH 90 minute IPA, DFH India Brown, DFH Jaihu, Stone Vertical Epic, RedHook Eisbock and a Hopworks Abominable winter.
Now all I need is for The Dissident and The Abyss to come to the party.
If you have not had Deliverance yet, I cannot understate how incredible it is
it’s probably in my top three overall right now, ahead of Saison Athene and Veritas 007 and just barely behind Isabelle Proximus
I don't, but given that it's Lost Abbey and a mix of two beers that do age well, I'd assume it does
I would never let my last bottle age, though. It’s way, way too good to do that
Nothing much within the past two weeks.
I had Founder’s Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale on tap at a local burger place and it was delightful. I also had Ithaca’s Flower Power IPA and was pleased with it, but preferred Dirty Bastard on the whole.
I also made a trip down to Pony Bar and got Left Hand’s Warrior IPA, which was pretty solid. I didn’t stay though, because it was a Friday night and there were people having a party there, so I didn’t feel inclined to stick it out through all the din to start filling out an All-American card.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
What is an "All American Card"?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Well, since you asked.
Drink 100 beers and fill them out on your card, get an official Pony Bar All-American Shirt.
If I had found out about it when I got here, I would have totally done it, but as it stands, I only have a month and a half left of living in New York, plus the change of coming back in May, so it may take me a while. But I want the damned shirt.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Check Ebay.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
And bypass the drinking of ninety-nine new beers?
I think not!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Think of it though,
you could still try 99 new beers (or 99 luftballoons), but do it while wearing the shirt!!
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I don't know.....
This would be like opening presents before Christmas.
Actually maybe that’s bad analogy. It would be like several nights of Christmas but opening the thing you really wanted before everything else.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
It's Chanukkah!
We always were given the biggest, best present the first night and cheap toys, clothes, or gelt (chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil) the rest of the nights.
Huh, I guess you're right.
Well it all makes sense then.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
You're a man who likes to earn his shirts.
I respect that.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I tried La Fin Du Monde 2 weeks ago
does that count for anything?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Today I crawled out of my sickbed, went to Capitol Hill, and touched Felix.
He smelled amazing, was delightful, had diamond earrings the size of my car, a super sparkly bedazzled bro shirt with a popped collar, and I love him. Now back to bed. Photo will be posted when I find the cord that attaches my camera to my computer.
by royalcurve on Nov 8, 2010 12:38 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
This sounds like a wonderful dream.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
The photo of us together would be better, if I hadn't decided to wear my sleeveless Accept "Balls to the Wall" shirt.
by royalcurve on Nov 8, 2010 12:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Why are you wearing a sleeveless shirt in November?
It’s tuppin’ cold out there!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Felix is in California?
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
I'm moving into an apartment!
Does anyone have recommendations about Internet service? I was thinking I might go with Clearwire.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 8, 2010 1:00 PM PST reply actions
Fuck you.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Nov 8, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Clearwire is great if you live right next to a tower.
Otherwise, it’s spotty, unreliable, and has pretty shitty customer service.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Nov 8, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I use Verizon with relatively few problems
but I’m in Los Angeles
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm on Clearwire. It's cheaper, but slower.
I’ve only had two connection issues in 10 months, both lasted less than 6 hours.
Comcast if you want the fastest.
I dunno if you’d be able to get it there, though, since it’s all fiber-optics.
I have Clearwire and have had no problems at all.
Compare this to multiple problems with Comcast and Qwest.
Clear is slightly slower, but definitely fast enough for me (I’m not downloading movies or anything). Relatively inexpensive.
I live in the middle of suburban Pacific, which feels like BFE to most people, and never have reception problems of any kind.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I have found that most apartments have at least one unsecured wireless connection available.
I would not recomment Clearwire if you need a low latency connection (obviously).
Qwest sucks, they don’t seem to be able to route traffic very well.
Comcast is the best, but fuck comcast.
Comcast repeatedly got mad at me and my wife because someone was breaking into the cable box (that was unsecured) in our apartment building and stealing our cable.
They threatened to charge us ridiculous fees for having someone come out and fix it.
Fuck Comcast.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Prefered in that I would rather be punched inthe gut than kicked in the balls.
Comcast aint no great shakes either.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
The question is whether you can withstand Comcast's customer service problems
enough to use their service. I think that it’s worth it.
It really shouldn't be an issue unless you pay your bill by phone every month.
How often is it a need to talk to them? For most folks, myself included, you almost never have to talk to them at all.
I have had to talk to Comcast a few times over the last couple years
and without fail, they’ve been helpful, quick to respond, and able to solve my problem. I understand that a lot of people hate Comcast’s service with a passion, but I honestly have never had a problem with them.
Qwest is freaking horrible all the way around.
We used to use their “DSL” at work. Turns out we were paying DSL prices for a 128 ISDN for like 3 years. They don’t even HAVE DSL in our area and they were billing us for it. When we figured out what was going on we tried to get them to pro-rate our account back for all that time. They said “no”. We said “take your service and shove it and we’ll see you in court about the money you owe us”.
They finally “settled” out of court with us for every dime they overcharged us.
I cannot express how awful my customer service experience was with Comcast.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Ackley today: 2-4, with a HR. Tenbrink: 3-3, 2 2B, 1 HR.
Let’s get Wilhelmsen in there for a scoreless inning just to underscore it.
Is it too early to get excited for ST?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
There seems to be a stain underneath my desk.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 8 recs
No, but my right shoe is all gooey.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Don't put the sock back on after you use it.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Who the fuck uses a sock?
Just hope that you don’t Peter North yourself.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
What did Peter North do with a sock?
His Wikipedia page turned up nothing. Well, nothing except he used to do gay porn but is apparently straight.
I don't know where your desk is
Otherwise I’d be there in 30 mins or less.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I still can't get the stain out of my blue dress.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
by HititHere on Nov 8, 2010 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well maybe you can think of alternative ways of averting those spills.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Negative. Can't think of any other options.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Update! The Javs keep scoring, so no Wilhelmsen yet
but Tenbrink added a walk and has now scored 4 runs.
George Kontos gave up a 2b to Tenbrink and the HR to Ackley. His line is 2/3 of an inning, 5H, 3BB, 8R, 2 HR.
You know, this is why I never thought Christopher Reeve would be a good baseball player
didn’t walk nearly enough
by seattlebruin on Nov 8, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 10 recs
I don't know where this even came from.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Looking at the Javelinas roster...
Adam Loewen is an outfielder now? He didn’t seem to do too terribly last year but it’s good he’s trying to make a career for himself after getting hurt so much.
If Rick Ankiel can do it....
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Hopefully his goes better than Ankiel's has.
I’m not saying it’s impossible, I was just surprised. Maybe since he’s been in the AL mostly.
Ankiel hasn't done too badly for himself as a position player.
His avg sucked this year, but still.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Yeah he hasn't really been good since '08 though.
Royals fans and Braves fans seemed frustrated with him this year to say the least.
Except that HR he hit in SF.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Yeah, he announced this when he went under the knife the last time.
He’s been an OF for a bunch of 2009 and all of 2010. Sadly, his stats are a bit more reminiscent of Brian Bogusevic than Rick Ankiel, but hey, why not. He’s athletic and shit. Also, he’s doing better this year than last year (he was in the AFL as an OF in 2009).
Is there any added utility beyond what an PS3 or other gaming system/media center offers?
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 8, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure what those offer.
I just got my Roku because it streams both Netflix and MLBtv. I understand they’ll be adding Hulu soon as well.
by Eyebrows on Nov 8, 2010 1:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, my PS3 does both of those.
If they add ESPN3 streaming to the Roku I’d have to seriously consider buying one.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 8, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I know Roku works really hard on constantly adding new content.
So I wouldn’t be surprised. I have a 360 that does everything the Roku does. But got it mainly for the other living room.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Have you had any problems with netflix watch instantly giving you errors?
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
I've had the service be down once, but that was the entire Netflix streaming
and not Roku. Can’t say I’ve had any problems with the device itself.
by Eyebrows on Nov 8, 2010 1:42 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I had borrowed my brothers new iTV and it seemed to get progressively worse.
But all the issues seem to stem from the iTV and my wireless router hating each other. (Seems to be a common problem)
So I order the XD|S this morning.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Wheee!
I love that movie so much (maybe too much).
by Eyebrows on Nov 8, 2010 2:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
We showed SOTD to a friend of ours over Halloween weekend and her reaction was
“wow that was really dumb!”.
I was absolutely stunned. Dumb is about the last reaction I would have to that movie.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
So Pat Gillick is on the HoF ballot for the Veterans' Committee.
(Also on it are George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin) Good luck to him.
I hate him, but Steinbrenner seems like defition of Hall of Fame baseball.
He influenced the game more than anyone else in the last 25 years.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Marvin Miller should be in the HOF for the same reason
but no way in hell the old guard lets him in.
by Eyebrows on Nov 8, 2010 3:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I thought those were in December?
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
No no no no
it’s spring forward fall back, so we’re repeating October again. THERE’S ONLY TWO OCTOBERS.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I was thinking what you are thinking of but there are GM meetings next week
NOV. 16-17, 2010
General Managers Meetings, Orlando, Fla
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
So my roommate and his cousin decided to arrange the CDs I had in the house in order from "most gay" to "least gay"
By far most gay? Dashboard Confessional. Least gay? Red Hot Chili Peppers and… The Fray.
I think I got the last laugh on this one
Red Hot Chili Peppers is the least gay thing you have?
You need to go back to man school my friend.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
It's his roommate's CD collection.
SB knows better than to post his own collection.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Oh wait nevermind.
Hey reading comprehension.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
It's not a bad place to be.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
It's my CD collection
but of course A) the vast majority of my music isn’t in CD form and B) this was just the CDs I happened to leave in the living room
So, do you leave those out as oblique hints for women that you have a sensitive side?
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
I was wondering where the Taylor Swift was if they were yours
perhaps that landed somewhere else on the spectrum.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
How is The Fray not ranked as gay?
and while RHCP may not be gay, to listen to them you do have to wear a backwards hat and probably a popped collar.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
(exactly)
the cousin was super keen to make fun of me about this, but when I actually looked it over I realized that they had somehow put The Fray as least gay and have been constantly mocking him about this all week
I think it's a recursive list of gayness. There is no beginning, there is no end.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think that's why he was laughing about The Fray.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
The Chili Peppers are a band that likes to perform naked, and while that doesn't make them gay, it does seem odd that they would wind up on the "least gay" side of the spectrum.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
But right next to The Fray, which seems ideal.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I've never heard an Arcade Fire song, nor do I know a thing about them.
But they seem to be popping up everywhere in pop culture references. Where do they fall on the spectrum? Are they actually good?
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man.
Marc and I could rant the hell out of this. The short of it is that they aren’t untalented, but they aren’t particularly original either and speak directly to the underdeveloped arms-folded in the back of the venue crowd.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Are they like MGMT or something? Thats how I picture them.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
No.
MGMT is electro-pop. Arcade Fire is a slightly darker Coldplay.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
And MGMT have the distinction of actually writing a great song
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
They are tremendously overrated in my opinion
They’re not bad, really, they just write these sorta overwrought, Springsteeny songs that don’t really do much for me. They’re mostly known for being one of “those bands” – the bands that critics drool over no matter what they do.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
At least Springsteen kind of had this working man aesthetic.
The Arcade Fire is “things didn’t end up like I thought they would be in my now idealized childhood abloobloobloo”
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
I'm ashamed to say I'm not particularly interested in lyrics, which might be why I'm not as annoyed as you are.
It’s weird – much of my career has been spent working with words, but when it comes to music I don’t really listen to the lyrics.
by Chris Hafner on Nov 8, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Lyrics aren't the first thing I notice but they're what gets me to come back.
The lyrics are a part of the reason why I don’t like them. It’s more that they’re ten years of musical development in the Montreal music scene watered down and forced to write saccharine four minute ditties.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
I enjoy their music when I hear it but don't actively seek it out.
I’m not nearly as well-versed in recent music as others here, but I enjoy their huge, sweeping sound. I don’t love it, but I like it.
I like their first two albums, but can't get into their new one.
I really like working out to Funeral.
"It is nearly certain that Miller will be replaced by Dan Schulman, who will be joined by Orel Hershiser, whom ESPN added to "Sunday Night" last season. Bobby Valentine might be the third voice if he does not get a managing job. "
by msb on Nov 8, 2010 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Jon Miller's going away!
Noooo!!!!!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
He will probably still be doing Giants play by play
so if you have MLB.tv you can still hear him.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately, I don't really give a shit about the Giants.
So, for me, he’s gone.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I'm kind of in the same boat
but I would be willing to bet either Fox or TBS will snap him up for the playoffs next season.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
He's got a strong-ass arm, but jesus he's inaccurate.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Stokely is open in the flat!
And Whitehurst’s pass sails into Lynnwood. 3rd and 10.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
That 3rd-and-1 play where we overthrew Baker on the flea flicker was terrible.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
That throw was so bad it can't be counted towards accuracy.
More then a fluke that happens because of lack of experience. He saw Mike Williams deep. Realized Baker was wide open and just split the difference.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is the best description of that throw I've ever heard.
(Its the only one I’ve ever heard, but I love it.)
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Whitehurst is so good he tried to hit 2 men at once!
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
I actually had the samething happen to me in Baseball when I was pitching.
Comebacker. Fielded it. Thinking one all the way. Hear my SS yell “TWO” and I just threw it into RF and walked off the field.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
It looked like he was also trying to clear a defender underneath, so that might have affected his throw too.
Still, and NFL QB needs to put that throw at least somewhere in the neighborhood.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Definitely
But I think 99 out of 100 times he hits baker.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure a trick play is the best call with a backup QB on the field who has never started before in his career.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
He had time to make the throw though.
No red jerseys on game day Charlie.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Kind of where I sat last week.
I want to watch him play more.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
I am sad that those are our only 2 options.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Well, ok. I guess I'm thinking more about PLAUSIBLE options.
I.e., I am an option at QB, but I am not a good one, so I do not include myself on the list of options.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I am still bothered by what a terrible trade that was and it doesn't help me get over it that he was pretty bad
As bad as the whole team got thumped he still had a pocket to throw from all day and open receivers. The love for him and the level of hate for Matt just doesn’t seem rational to me at this point if it continues past that game. Do people just love his arm strength and mobility because those are things Matt doesn’t have? Because I think people are kind of falling into that classic trap with quarterbacks where arm strength and physical build are overvalued relative to the comprehensive set of skills necessary to succeed at the position. That said, I hope he gets better, I just have a hard time envisioning it happening at the level it needs to for him to be our QB of the future.
I agree.
I don’t understand the move in the first place, but now that you spent all that money and picks on him, you almost have to give him a chance. But I don’t (and never did) think he was a good choice for “QB of the future”.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
He was never the QB of the future.
More the QB of the present.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
I am still sad that he is being considered our best option.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
The game against the Cardinals was surreal.
Of the three QBs to take the field, Derek Anderson was far and away the best of them.
You're really going to say that after a single start in game where theres was no running game to support him?
With a patched up line that had to keep in a extra blocker on 19 of 23 passing plays taking away a extra receiving target?
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
That loss wasn't his fault,
but I haven’t seen anything from him in the pre-season or yesterday to make me say “he’s the man” going forward.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
The 2 Skinny posts he threw to Mike Williams.
The one that was the TD that lead to the INT. And the other that went for 20 yards. Its something that has been sorely missed in this offense since 2008. Also his out route to Butler that was dime for 6 yards and the first.
He has everything he needs to succeed. Just needs playing time to see wether or not he can develop the consistency.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
The TD/INT was a great throw in some ways,
but he also stared him down and threw it late. I’m not saying he sucks, and I’m not saying he’s not better than Hass at this point, but I am saying I would like to draft a real QB of the future yesterday.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Like I said, the whole team got beat so it's not like I'm laying the whole loss at his feet, we would've still gotten trounced if Matt was in there
But the things he did have control over he was bad at, and they are things a QB has to be able to do, and they are things he has always been bad at. So to me while it’s certainly not the death knell for his career or anything, it’s further confirmation that he’s not ready. But that’s just my opinion.
From what I saw he had reasonably open targets all day, so I don’t think the extra man on the line was the problem. And that extra man on the line did a pretty good job of giving him lots of time to throw. He just couldn’t throw the ball where he needed to.
Accuracy and progressions are 2 things that need improvement and can only be fixed with playing time.
Accuracy may never come around but we need to find out. Besides he was 2 fluke throws away from 59% completion percentage and another TD instead INT (I know this is a cop out)
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 9, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
This is my thinking.
Matt has no place in this team’s future plans. Might as well see if Charlie can hold his own until another QB can be found.
And while both quarterbacks are likely bad
Charlie’s skillset fits the offense better.
I'm far less sanguine about our chances after the last four games.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
Will people enjoy getting destroyed at home in the Wild Card round?
I’m pretty sure that is what happens if we make the playoffs.
I dont think there are very many strong teams in the NFC. The Wild Card might be 9-7, not like the AFC.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 9, 2010 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
I'd rather get destroyed at home in the playoffs than not make the playoffs, especially given my expectations coming into the year.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 9, 2010 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure how I feel on that.
Early exits always hurt worse than not making it at all. The 1997 Mariner season still hurts to this day but 1999 doesn’t bother me one bit.
Good point. That was awful.
Maybe for me it is a function of expectation then. I may very well enjoy getting in and getting drilled this year since I do not expect this Seahawks team to do more than that.
Yeah, it's definitely an expectation thing for me.
I thought this team would be lucky to win four games. (They still might!) So anything close to .500 is neat, anything beyond that is cake.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 9, 2010 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I'd love to see them exceed expectations
but draft position is in the back of my mind now. This team needs a good QB, and while going 6-10/8-8 isn’t going to make a huge difference in draft order…I guess I’m just fine if they don’t make the playoffs and figure out what they have in Whitehurst. A competitive 6-10 is still a bit better than I thought they’d be.
I'll take making the playoffs.
I’ll deal with the outcome of the playoff game when it happens.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Agree 100%
Going into this season I was going to be fucking overjoyed with 4 wins. This is a rebuilding season, and we have a chance at the playoffs. Gotta step back and look at that for a minute.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Nov 9, 2010 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Question for the public at large:
Why do people think it is okay to round up or down when paying an outstanding invoice? Just because it’s only a few cents, doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay it.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Math is hard.
All those zeros are pleasing.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Who is doing the rounding?
In a tipping situation, rounding is fine (though up would be the only acceptable option, I would think). But for any real company that deals with invoicing and accounting, precision is incredibly important.
Without being to LLLJ,
we invoice clients for utility charges in some circumstances, and we’ll send them a bill for say…. $17.03. At least 85% of the time, they will send a payment for $17.00 instead, then two months later they wonder why they have a past due balance.
Well, you owed $17.03, and you paid $17.00. So yes, you still owe us three cents. Then they get irate and say “well it’s just three cents”.
So if you went to the grocery store to grab something, and it ended up costing $10.03, you’d hand them ten bucks and expect to be able to just walk away?!?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I'd love to do this.
“Hey, it’s only a few cents, what’s the big deal?”
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
People wonder the same thing with US Customs.
5 cents, times 500,000,000 entries into the country = 25 million dollars.
Pay the damn 5 cents.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Yeah, it's not just YOUR five cents.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
I think people think "it'll all even out in the end"
which works when you’re splitting dinner with your friends, but not so much when you’re submitting invoice payments to a business.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly.
If you grab lunch for me and it ends up being $6.97, I’ll hand you $7.00 and it doesn’t matter. But if your rent is $695.00, don’t randomly pay $700.00, or $690.00, then call months later and want a full payment history because you don’t understand the balance on your account.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
What song best defines the 80s, in your mind?
This isn’t the right answer, but I’ve had the theme from Mannequin stuck in my head all day.
I think the song that best defines the era for me, is Dont Forget About Me by Simple Minds.
First one that came to my mind as well.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
"Wait For a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
There is no single answer to that question and it could spawn a 1000 comment thread all by itself
but I would say that Don’t You Forget About Me is a pretty good start, just because to me the Breakfast Club typifies the 1980’s experience for me (came out when I was a sophomore) and it’s the song that most identifies that movie.
But there’s dozens more:
For embodying everything that is wrong with the 1980’s, there’s A Flock Of Seagulls (pick any song)
For embodying the continued co-opting of the indie movement by big business/big media, Rock The Casbah.
For embodying the un-coopted indie movement, there’s Bastards of Young.
For embodying the concept that rock and roll could still be scary, Welcome To The Jungle.
And those are just the ones people are likely to have heard of.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Say what you will about A Flock of Seagulls
but Space Age Love Song is a legitimately great tune.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
And I'd say "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder
is everything that is wrong with the 1980s.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
That's a whole different discussion
and it’s called "What formerly fantastic artist who made interesting, challenging music shit down their own leg the hardest in an attempt to “evolve” as an artist?"
Rod Stewart
Stevie Wonder
Liz Phair
any others?
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Her most recent three albums are unlistenably bad and the latest includes a Bollywood rap about money problems
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
I find much of Johnny Cash's late music to be awful
Until he started covering every single song in existence, just because he’s Johnny Fucking Cash.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Oh but a couple of those American Recordings records are absolute genius
I don’t necessarily think he should have made 37 of them, but the first two or three are amazing.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
Right--I mean, I agree, I like the cover stuff.
It was his original stuff that he was making in the 70s and 80s that bothers me, as he was trying to conform to what “modern” musicians were doing then.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Yeah, I can see that
some of those were pretty bad.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
That Rod Stewart covered "Downtown Train", which was originally a Waits song, blows my mind.
Bob Dylan might be cited by some. Recent examples, I would say I’m not into recent developments on the Modest Mouse and Cat Power fronts.
Yo La Tengo transitioned from angry noisy rock to shoegaze, and somewhat successfully, which is just weird.
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by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
That's the least of Rod Stewart's musical sins, even
This is the guy who was in the goddamned Faces, and whose first three solo albums are amazing, and now he’s pumping out bilge like this.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
I'm a sucker for that type of music,
so I don’t mind that he’s doing it.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
If it were anybody but Rod Stewart I would have no problem with it whatsoever
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
This is a man who was capable of
This
This (ignore the animation)
This
and this
and while I certainly do understand that artists evolve over time, and would expect them to, what Stewart did to his career is nothing short of criminal – the disco stuff was kinda interesting and then shitty, and now it’s all just a massive waste of talent.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
From what I understand,
He loves the genre and is having a blast making the albums. More power to him I say.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Doesn't mean you have to like it.
I like weird stuff like that. I’m the kind of guy who would buy a Christmas album by Kid Rock.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Honestly, having grown up with the late 80s era Stewart,
when a friend started talking about him and started playing songs like “Maggie May” all I could think was “what the fuck happened?”
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by JY on Nov 8, 2010 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
I've had that song in my head for days
Not heard the Rod Stewart version though. Not sure I want to.
Yeah, bypass that one.
Let’s replace weird solo guitar elements with sparkly synth! durrrrrr
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by JY on Nov 8, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
Master P.
He stopped caring about the music and nothing ever matched “Make em say Ugh”
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Homer Simpson/Smiling Politely.
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by JY on Nov 8, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
This is true, there's lots of songs that define different movements and feelings of the 80s as a decade.
And there is no 1 right answer of course. But I like the songs you’ve thrown out there as good representation.
by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 8, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
So many different one-hit wonders come to mind first, though that may be lazy.
I was thinking of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love”, and found this out:
“Usually, an artist releasing a cover version as a single would opt to write the song that appears on the B-side as this would still entitle the artist to some songwriting royalties stemming from sales of that single. However, as Soft Cell wrote neither “Tainted Love” nor “Where Did Our Love Go” (the 7" B-side track), they lost the opportunity to make a greater sum of money from songwriting royalties stemming from one of the most popular songs of the 1980s. Almond expressed regret for this in his book, and attributed the error to naïveté."
Whoopsadoodle.
by Eyebrows on Nov 8, 2010 3:42 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
If I'm not mistaken "Tainted Love" was written by the same guy that wrote "Dirty Water"
Talk about two cash cows for royalties.
Damn, I heard a song on the radio the other day and thought 'fuck, this is the most eighties song I've ever heard'
I can’t remember the name of it for the life of me :(
I’ll go with Come on Eileen for now.
The Heart of Rock n' Roll, by Huey Lewis and the News.
It’s cheesy, enthusiastic, and a lot of fun at the time – preferably listened to in the driver’s seat of a Chevy Camaro IROC-Z. I’d say that typifies my memory of the 1980s.
Little known fact about Huey Lewis and the News
They, or parts of them in their prior incarnation as Clover, served as Elvis Costello’s studio band on My Aim Is True, which is one of the best albums of the 1970’s.
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
If not I'd like Robert to blow up a hospital please
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
This will be the Very Special Episode with guest stars, I assume
by pdb on Nov 8, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
I can't wait for the Christmas episode.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 8, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'm looking forward to the St. Patrick's Day episode!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 8, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I promise not to wrap my dick like a candy cane this time.
by Eyebrows on Nov 8, 2010 3:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
But oh man, the gifs were worth it.
CandyCaneSpin.com will outdo meatspin in the annals of internet history.
by Eyebrows on Nov 8, 2010 3:53 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
That explains why your commenting has been fantastic today.
...and now I'm here
Oh no wait, that's always.
((hugz))
...and now I'm here
Congrats Wak on landing a new job.
I wish I worked in an industry that I didn’t have to use Monster.com for when I got fired.
Mets?
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
Not yet.
He was named Toronto’s bench coach, but he’s still technically in the running for the Mets manager job.
At least he has a job.
Seemed like a nice enough guy.
"Pine cones go in here, party liquors comes out here"
He should have thrown more bases and got ejected more.
Then he’d still be empl… hey wait a second.
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by JY on Nov 8, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
My sincerest apologies to the entire LL community for not announcing that Felix Hernandez was making an
appearance on Capitol Hill yesterday. I found out late last week and then went out of town and forgot to post it here.
IT'S TIME TO START BLOWING UP HOSPITALS
TO THE ROBERTSIGNAL!
by pdb on Nov 9, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Uh oh,that's a lot of rage I sense coming my direction
better put down Breaking Dawn and get to posting the LLemmies
The LLemies and the new OT cannot co-exist in the same post.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 9, 2010 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Hop to it, man.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Nov 9, 2010 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone have a good rec for an Android music widget?
I’m using Winamp right now, but I’d really like a good equalizer and for it to not horribly drain battery.
It really whips the llama's ass.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Nov 9, 2010 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The ZiPS projections for the 2011 A's are out
Their offense looks terrible, with Barton and Cust as the only above average players. Their pitching is solid, especially the bullpen, which is projected to have a 9+ K/9. Darn that Henry Rodriguez!
FanGraphs has the Bill James projections, but it takes a lot of clicking. James doesn’t think Figgins will have much of a bounce-back. He expects Ichiro to get 210 hits, though. Felix only gets 13 wins.
Yeah, the Bill James M's projections are pretty ugly.
Fister looks OK, and many of the hitters bounce back, but just not enough to make it respectable.
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