3/14/10 Offtop - Visual Awesomeness!
My first Offtop! And somehow its not going to be a gif dump.
Since the Oscars there has been a lot of movie debat which led to some tech talk so I just wanted to share this.
Its a real interesting look on how Color is assisting the movies storyline.
Normal discussions topics are permitted but I also want to know - What are some of your favorite cinematography moments in film? Favorite Cinematographers? Favorite Photographs? Favorite Photographers?
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Just putting this out there...
But I’m not liking how ESPN is making a lot of their content Insider only material
I agree with this part:
I’m not liking a lot of their content
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Mar 14, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"Sign in with your Insider account to continue this article!"
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 14, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, ESPN sucks all right.
Like check out this clown. Or this one. Jeez, what a bunch of morons.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I would
except those clowns write on other sites where they produce more interesting material and don’t charge.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Mar 14, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
People have been bitching about ESPN Insider's lack of quality content for years.
Now they’re actually doing a pretty good job of providing quality content and people bitch about that, too. ESPN is far from perfect but the amount of shit people flip them is bizarre.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
For a mainstream site, ESPN does a very good job of catering to all types of sports fans
also, it’s not even as if Insider is expensive – order a year of ESPN the Mag for $8 or whatever and you get Insider access free
by seattlebruin on Mar 14, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
And they're responsive to criticism!
Their programming reflects this; more soccer, a wider variety of teams being shown on their national baseball broadcasts, better analysis on their studio shows. Then there’s the aforementioned improvement in the quality of Insider content, better website design, etc. Considering their size and scope, they’re doing a terrific job.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I've grown tired of the "East Coast Bias" mentality. Fuck you - you live in the top corner of the country
with few sports teams surrounding you. Be thankful for what you have and stop fucking complaining.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
I've never really complained about them unless they were saying something like 'Ichiro needs to do more'
they are what they are. I like the channel cause they often show sports and I like to watch sports. I have never gone to them for any kind of news or analysis, and I wouldn’t dream of paying them however little for their content given what’s freely available. That is all.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Mar 14, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm with you on this
Considering the breadth of their readership/viewership and the sports they have to cover, they really do a great job. There are annoying things on ESPN, but it’s fairly easy to ignore the annoying and hone in on the useful and entertaining.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Buster Olney has become the reason why I will not contribute any money to ESPN.com for Insider Access.
Today’s article on a Pujols for Howard trade is the worst thing ever. And I know stupid shit like this is always produced by Olney in his Insider Articles.
Here’s the public relations kicker: Howard was born in St. Louis, and is regarded as a hometown kid in that city.
How fucking stupid is Olney? Howard being from St. Louis would never be the kicker in this deal. Pujols played high school baseball in Missouri and married his high school girlfriend whose family lives in Missouri. Pujols is just as much as a hometown player as Howard would be. What a dumbass assertion made by Olney.
And then to even report something so ridiculous as a Pujols for Howard trade… there are no words.
Okay, so assuming Pujols loses -.5 wins a year from his Chone projection of 7.2 WAR this year (we'll round it up to 7.5)
Age 30: 2010: 7.5 WAR
Age 31: 2011: 7.0 (last year of his current contract)
Age 32: 2012: 6.5
Age 33: 2013: 6.0
Age 34: 2014: 5.5
Age 35: 2015: 5.0
Age 36: 2016: 4.5
Age 37: 2017: 4.0
Age 38: 2018: 3.5
That’s 35 wins over 7 seasons.
Ryan Howard:
Age 30: 2010: 4.5 WAR
Age 31: 2011: 4.0 (last year of his current contract)
Age 32: 2012: 3.5
Age 33: 2013: 3.0
CLIFF……………..
On a related note, M's GM Jack Zduriencik said today
that he was “considering” a swap of left-hander Garrett Olson for the Mets Johan Santana
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it bad that I'm so confident in Z that I believed this for about 3 seconds.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
That's an interesting question...
I don’t think there is a right answer. Both have their obvious benefits, but really what it comes down to is how you match up with the teams you’re playing in the tournament. Being a high seed would seem like it keep fewer “good” teams in your bracket, but more important than the overall quality of an opponent is how you match up with them. If that makes sense.
I’m not a UW fan, but I will root for the Huskies in the tournament cause I root for all PAC-10 teams. If I were a Huskies fan I’d probably want to them to go to Spokane, that way I could go to the game easier.
TouchMyIchiro
WAAY more well-put than my answer, of course.
And cheers to you, my friend – I hope Turkey is treating you well.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Been great so far!
The only bad thing being I’m quickly becoming addicted to bartering for scarfs at the Grand Bazaar. Haha
TouchMyIchiro
Well, since they're UW and the NCAA is the NCAA, they will probably get neither
But I would prefer a higher seed. I don’t think any home-court effect Spokane would offer makes much of a difference.
by lemonverbena on Mar 14, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Though now that I think about it, the Huskies probably will be in Spokane.
Conference champions usually get regional consideration now that they have flexible venue scheduling. They could be in the East regional and still play in Spokane.
by lemonverbena on Mar 14, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how the NCAA is going to fuck the Huskies this year
too bad UConn isn’t getting in =(
by seattlebruin on Mar 14, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably a 2nd round matchup against a traditional power
by lemonverbena on Mar 14, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The Huskies should be thrilled they're getting in this year.
They earned their spot, sure, but they didn’t earn any favors.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I will be rooting for Kentucky this year
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope their team plane gets hijacked by the world's most sadistic terrorists
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Would that Al Qaida or the Oregon football team?
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Mar 14, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hard to tell the difference: both make equally bad choices in uniforms
But Al Qaida at least isn’t sponsored by Nike.
by wandergeist on Mar 14, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He is on my "people I would murder if I knew for sure I could get away with it" list
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we get your top 5 list on that? I'm intrigued.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Boy I sure hope the FBI has a sense of humor
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
And you better hope Pearl doesn't die of suspicious circumstances any time soon.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Like I'll ever go anywhere near Tennessee again
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That ewe never called you back?
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
I think that this is a year that 5 or 6 seed wins the whole thing.
Granted that I haven’t watched all that much basketball this year but from what I have watched no team has terribly impressed me.
The top teams are too solid to be upset by a team of that level
and none of the middling teams are quite good enough to go win it all. Ohio State maybe
by seattlebruin on Mar 14, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
NORTH CAROLINA.
Oh how easily the mighty fall…
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
SPOKANE.
Good luck – I personally do not root for the Huskies. My Cougs suck, and Gonzaga is my last hope.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
So yeah, after reading Brayden's post, of course I'll root for any WA team to win out,
but in general? Fuck the Huskies.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
As a Husky fan, I root for almost any Pac-10 team when they're playing against teams from other conferences.
Like Cal? I hope they beat Duke.
I love crushing WSU, but if they were in the tournament I would root for them.
Oregon, though, and Oregon State… I almost never root for them.
With you there - fuck Oregon.
Which is funny because I adore the city of Portland over Seattle, but for different reasons.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Neither Oregon university is in Portland so the connection is vague at best.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I root for PAC-10 (and Washington schools)
in the NCAA tourney and the BCS games. But in PAC-10 matchups it’s all WSU!
TouchMyIchiro
Wong Kar Wai and Christopher Doyle
“In the Mood for Love” got all the attention, but I thought some of their earlier work was actually better (more effective by being less obvious) — “Chungking Express” and, especially, “Fallen Angels”
David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” is visually spectacular and certainly worthy of being seen on a really big screen (the Cinerama shows it occasionally) — especially when you realize all that photogenic sand was getting into their equipment the whole time they were shooting it.
Favorite cinematography
The drifting down the river scene in “Night of the Hunter”, the hallway fight scene in “Oldboy”, and the two long, one-shot tracking shots (car attack and baby rescue) in “Children of Men”. Apparently there are a few incredible tracking shots in Bela Tarr’s “Satantango” but the movie is eight hours long and I haven’t been able to find the time to watch it.
Hallway fight scene, YES
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Finally re-watched Children of Men.
The amount of single take shots in that movie is baffling and amazing.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 14, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I just got around to watching it about a month ago, and I was really impressed.
Sometimes I cringe at certain things that a filmmaker will do that seem more like showing off than actually enhancing the film, but those scenes in Children of Men (particularly the car one) did an amazing job of putting you right there. Incredibly tense.
Especially the "Car Chase"
Where they’re trying to get it started.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 14, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck that movie is so good
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 14, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Obligatory P.T. Anderson reference
It took two or three viewings for me to really wrap my head around There Will Be Blood, but I have to say that if the cinematography and score weren’t so hypnotic, I might not have come back for those later viewings. That movie just sticks with me.
Boogie Nights and Magnolia had some great shots, too.
I agree on all counts with Oldboy and Children of Men (haven't seen Night of the Hunter)
The fight scene in Old Boy especially. I love how after a few minutes worth of fighting, they all stop and try catching their breath before it picks back up
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 14, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Did it leak?
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by tootthekazoo on Mar 14, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
It did.
The most impressive song to me so far is Guns of Summer because holy shit it’s amazing. As a whole it’s still a pretty damn good CD.
You have a link for it?
Email me if you do. I’m definitely buying it anyway, but would love to hear it early
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 14, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Also I did preorder the CD so I feel far less bad about downloading it.
I would have had to download it anyway when I got the CD because my disk drive is broken.
You rule, man
I was having a bit of trouble finding it after some very lazy google checking
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 14, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Only got about 5 tracks deep
And there was a lot of noise going on around me. I’m going to listen to it at the gym tonight, so I’ll have a better impression of it at that point
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Gameday Audio is far too quiet.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 14, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It's doubly disappointing that this game isn't on TV
Obviously no Felix but also no Ubaldo Jimenez pitch face.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 14, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The Danny Boy scene in Miller's Crossing is a masterclass
For all its noise and insanity, the House of Blue Leaves scene in Kill Bill Vol 1 is genius too.
That Kill Bill scene is definitely great
The random cut to black and white in the middle is done so well that I didn’t even notice it until my third viewing
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 14, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
In five years every D1 team will be in the tournament anyway at the rate they're proposing to go
so Lavin’s just ahead of his time.
It's hilarious, they're talking about the bubble team, and no matter who it is, Steve Lavin thinks they're in
literally every single one, except Georgia Tech, who isn’t even on the bubble
by seattlebruin on Mar 14, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Just catching up to football where half the teams are in bowls every year
and they’re adding more!
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Anyone else ever straddled the eastern and western hemispheres?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 14, 2010 1:39 PM PDT reply actions
No.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I blame you still likely being drunk.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 14, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Bahahaha
Dave and Rick were talking about Felix’s grand slam and how he was using a Jose Vidro bat.
Dave: Felix got more hits out of that thing than Vidro.
You beat me to it
that was hilarious.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 14, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Having now read the 'color' link ...
I want to mention Rok spokojnego słońca/The Year of the Quiet Sun
Out of Africa had some beautiful cinematography. North by Northwest scene with the crop duster blows me away every time.
Jeez, I’ve thought of so many brilliant shots that really make a movie before and now I’ve got nothing. The giant crowd shot in Gandhi, how they managed that one is really something.
Gamer being shot entirely on digital camera really blew me away.
Watching the special features they profiled this camera, I thought the quality was amazing. Especially after watching the shitty digital quality Michael Mann has been putting out. He’s one the directors I’ll watch anything he makes, but c’mon already.
I was more impressed with Crank High Voltage doing what it did with Consumer cams.
Then what they did with the Red Cam and Gamer. (District 9 was also shot on the Red)
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 14, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes and no
Until they really finalize the pricing or give me a exact launch date. I love their mini primes they’re releasing for the camera. If I priced it out to what I needed I think it was about 8K.
But for what I’m doing now the Canon 5D Mark II is cheaper and available now.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 16, 2010 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
John Ford had very good taste in cinematographers which led to some remarkable collaborations
George Schneiderman, Gregg Toland, Winton Hoch, Gabriel Figueroa …
I went to BYU and even I hate BYU.
I am still more of a UW fan when it comes to sports. Although, I will cheer for BYU when they are doing well because they are my school. But I am very fair-weather about my support for BYU. I don’t care about them unless they win.
Oh hey!
The bracket I was looking at is apparently wrong. I thought they were playing UW in the first round…
It's a shame that neither UW or Gonzaga will be playing in Spokane.
That said, both teams are ranked higher than I would have guessed.
I enjoy the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament.
Everything else about it feels extremely drawn out and annoying. The Championship Game is on Opening Day. Guess which one is more important!
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 14, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
The Madness only really lasts until the Sweet 16, then it gets dull.
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I dunno...
Kansas-Memphis two years ago was a damn fine game.
TouchMyIchiro
by brayden04 on Mar 15, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My school is also usually out by the Sweet 16 so I tend to stop caring
unless the bRuins are getting embarrassed.
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Basketball lasts for an eternity.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Basketball is a beautiful sport
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Basketball on every tv in every bar for ten months of the year
drives me to drink.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Turns out I drink less when I have to pay attention to football.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The soccer kind. The American kind makes me leave the bar.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Basketball is the best sport on earth ...
At least it was until it ceased to exist about two years ago.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think the NBA
has ever had the insane amount of young talent that it has now. Fucking Clay Bennett.
TouchMyIchiro
Yeah, I know. It's such a shame that it's an NBA golden age ...
… but yet it’s hard to care when my heart has been ripped forcibly from its chest.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I'm kinda fortunate
that the miserable Schultz years started to turn me away from Sonics basketball.
TouchMyIchiro
It annoyed me to see how good the Zombie Sonics have become
the other day.
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My pain and disillusionment have remained constant.
Part of that might be my annoyance with the people who didn’t care about the Sonics leaving because they were bad. It was just such an annoyingly short-sighted reason to let a team leave – (most) bad teams get good, (most) good teams get bad. Sports are inherently cyclical.
Had the Mariners left when they were bad, we wouldn’t have had 1995-2003. Had the Seahawks left when they were bad we wouldn’t have had the SuperBowl team. We will no doubt miss some fantastic teams and great memories because we let the Sonics leave, and the mindset that “the Sonics suck, who cares?” helped pave their way out.
None of this excuses the NBA or Clay Bennett for being colossal jackasses, but had there been a popular groundswell of support for a beloved team we might still have said team here.
Time for more scotch.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
There was a popular groundswell of support for the team.
But the people wouldn’t support the owners or city leaders because they were all scumbags. And the people were right not to support them.
The NBA was stolen from Seattle. I would like to see the league go bankrupt.
I mostly agree, particularly on the owners, city leaders, and wishing the black plague on the NBA.
I slightly disagree on the groundswell of support. The Save Our Sonics movement was really impressive, but it was fighting an uphill battle against the raging hordes of general indifference.
I think a lot of the problem was we didn’t really know the crisis was upon us until the team had already been sold and the whole thing was (in hindisght) already a fait accompli.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The fait accompli you spoke of made it hard for some of us to join some 'Save our Sonics' move
What was the best solution here? Supporting Bennett’s clusterfuck of a bill in the legislature?
Bennett owned the team and the league assisted him in moving it. 300,000 people in downtown Seattle wasn’t going to change that. Some times you just know when you’ve been conned.
Yeah, the timing really sucked.
By the time we knew there was a real crisis, Bennett owned the team. I think the frustration was that when there was a positive alternative – the Ballmer plan – and we needed some action to get a commitment to that plan and try to use it as leverage to keep the team, we just couldn’t get it done. Part of the problem there was messaging it, I think – it wasn’t a guarantee of keeping the team, so it was hard to get people really motivated about it. This was actually the basis of my first FanPost here.
None of this takes away from the fact that all the major powers at play in the situation either didn’t care (local leadership) or were actively working to move the team (the league, the owners). It was always going to be a longshot, but for years the electeds claimed they wouldn’t do anything for the Sonics because nobody in the area cared about the team. Admittedly, it’s also really hard to get people to care about a team when the league has a business model that allows owners to play cities against each other to blackmail the populace into providing a new building.
There’s not a whole lot of happiness anywhere in the situation.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I saw some highlights on ESPN News the other day and
they made me sad. Because the team looks young and good and fun and if they were still the Sonics I’d probably buy tickets to see them every time they came to LA.
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Yet the longest flipping season.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
But they don't show it in bars.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Right now I'd be glad if it were over.
Bloody Liverpool.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
And also, it's a matter of context.
Again I don’t go into every bar in the US and see soccer on each screen.
Every.
Single.
Bar.
Shows basketball.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Go San Diego State!
I fucking hate you Mariners
Florida AND Minnesota in..huh
I fucking hate you Mariners
When you don't run the table in a conference like theres you deserve to be that low
They had a few run ins with St Marys (?) during the season, but thats really the only team that I think should have had a legitmate shot to beat them. I know that they lost to somebody else in conference too, which really hurts them
They were an 8 seed with a much worse team a few years ago.
Seems a bit low even though they disappointed sown the stretch.
There's got to be a way to turn that hatred toward the people who work hard for an honest living.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Refuse to Lose? Fuck Kentucky.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Ruptured Achilles.
On the plus side, Ashley Young!
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
When Everton buy Donovan the Galaxy are going to blow
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 14, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if he'd still plot evil against his own club?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:19 AM PDT up reply actions
The Galaxy just recalled him
Couple this with my Sounders Season Tickets coming in the mail today and it’s just adorable how obvious the MLS is acting towards the strike that’s coming in 10 days.
Adorable is not the word.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
That and the Lennon injury
Could open it up for Young,Downing and maybe even Johnson.
by ChelseaMariner on Mar 14, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Adam Johnson?
Over Young or Downing? No way.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:20 AM PDT up reply actions
If Ash goes to SA, America loses my vote.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck you Crosby-cheerer
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The best part of this is how the only reason Beckham was playing for AC Milan was to make the WC squad
Whoopsadoodle!
Should have ended two years ago
I don’t wish injury on anyone but Beckham really probably should have hung them up and been a coach or something.
so are the Huskies...
should be a fun game to watch!
by hairofthedawg on Mar 15, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Marquette is a bad 6 seed, New Mexico is the worst 3 seed,
and West Virginia has to play one of Clemson/Missouri. We have the easiest road for an 11 seed.
Well this is going to be awkward (I go to Marquette).
I’m actually a little surprised we got as high a seeding as we did, getting stomped by Georgetown.
This is the best draw UW could've hoped for. Stunningly good luck.
Not that Marquette sucks, they don’t. They’re better than UW, but at the same time, the Huskies match up with them very well. Then you’ve got UNM in the 2nd round if you get past Marquette. Contrast this with Cal’s draw, or Gonzaga’s.
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UConn didn't even make the tournament.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Man, fuck UConn.
Washington had the Huskies first.
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by JY on Mar 14, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I blame myself because I'm a Zag grad who just got accepted to Syracuse.
I called this 2 days ago to my Gonzaga comrades. Fuuuuuuuuuuck.
Hahahaha awesome
one of my really close friends did the exact same thing last year, he got into VCU for med school and called VCU-UCLA in the first round in like December, and then the game actually happened in March
by seattlebruin on Mar 14, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Boy I'm sure glad I didn't drop 200 large for tickets and airfare.
by Robert on Mar 14, 2010 3:49 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
How the hell did you find that deal?
Tickets + airfare for 200 is a steal.
200 large is almost three times my yearly salary
by seattlebruin on Mar 14, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think i used to date "200 Large."
It was a hazy time in a packed strip club.
Nice guy, though.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Can someone explain why the matchup for the final 16th seed isn't hitting Kansas?
Shouldn’t the lowest 16th seed be hitting the highest 1?
I thought only the #1 seeds were actually ranked.
After that, I thought the rest of the field was placed based on record, RPI, schedule and balancing out the tourney geographically.
I doubt it.
Aside from 64 and 65 I guess.
Although I do wonder how they would decide which team is home and which is away if a couple of low-seeded teams met in the final four….Maybe they do rank all the teams…Now I’m confusing myself.
TouchMyIchiro
In fact, I can
Kansas is playing Thurs./Sat. The play in team must play Fri/Sun. Due to scheduling in the pod Kansas is in, they can’t play the play-in team.
Opening... oh....
Relevant baseball!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 14, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Most things on this earth are worse than beer talk.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 14, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Oh dear, how can you not love the best of college basketball? And the glorious upsets!!
Even if you hate it, think of it this way; The day March Madness ends is the day baseball begins. So whee!
Because since the Sonics were ripped from me.
I really could care less about the entire sport. (Sorry Brayden)
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 14, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha it's ok.
I hate not having an NBA team to root for, but over the past two years I’ve watched more NBA than I have since the Payton/Kemp days. Although this could be due to the absurd amount of young talent in the League right now. I really, really wish we still had Durant. :(
TouchMyIchiro
UGH
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the first year in a whole lot of years
that I don’t even have a marginal interest in the NCAA tournament. I’ll probably still watch the games on Thurs/Fri night, because they’re fun, but I haven’t followed who’s in and out except for Arizona which was a foregone conclusion in like January anyway so meh.
Yeah. *yawn*
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Mar 16, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to lose so hard
My Mariners blog SodoMojo, My Twitter Feed
by Griffin Cooper on Mar 14, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I have also created a FanShot to include those who do not read the off-topic posts.
Might be a good place to keep the trash-talking in a single thread.
I've got like one bracket of all favorites and then I have a six seed making it in another one...
I want to put Georgetown, Syracuse, and Kansas all in the final four, but they had to put G-town and Syracuse with each other.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 14, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
For those with multiple entries in the LL group, we would prefer you keep it to just one entry.
Thank you.
I joined.
Filled out my bracket as fast as I could and have three #1 seeds in the Final Four….hmmmm….
TouchMyIchiro
I definitely thought that was going to be a sendup of Booty Sweat from Tropic Thunder.
And I was terribly wrong.
Do they make cars with bench seats in the front anymore?
That was one of the best things about the old Buick. I’d rather have better fuel economy than retain the bench seat, but I gotta say I enjoyed having a “Shotgun Bitch” seat.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 14, 2010 8:55 PM PDT reply actions
I hope so, if only for the phrase "bitch seat".
A friend of mine has a pickup, so someone always ends up in the bitch seat if he takes more than two. His old pickup used to have a bar running along the bed to fasten things to, and those were referred to as the “bitch rails”.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 14, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the Harley-Davidson T-shirts
With this inscription on the back
If you can read this
the bitch fell off
by wandergeist on Mar 14, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
My old pickup did
That thing was great
by seattlesundevil on Mar 14, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Lots of pickups do - usually the domestics
Cars, not so much.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
A volley from Maverick to Goose?
Shoot…
“Favorite Photographs? Favorite Photographers?”
This is probably still my favorite photograph:

If anything, it emphasizes the point that Ansel Adams himself was very much into post-processing techniques a la modern photographers who use Photoshop. This photo shows the straight-out-of-camera print on the left, and the “Photoshopped” version on the right:

Like a bajillion others, I’d say seeing Ansel’s photographs is what made me really want to kick up my photography a notch. So he was an early inspiration for me.
Nowadays, I’m much more into Alfred Stieglitz (aka Mr. Georgia O’Keefe) and Minor White. And several others…
Does the World Series trophy come with a plate of bacon?
Love Ansel
His stuff has always just stuck with me.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Not anything to do with great artistry
but I have mentioned Elaine Thompson before, working for the AP locally. She has a good eye, and very often, when I see a shot I like, there is her name underneath.
here and here and of course, the Mariners
Good gravy yes!
Between her and Trujillo, we’re pretty lucky here with some fantastic PJ’s…
Does the World Series trophy come with a plate of bacon?
by PositivePaul on Mar 15, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Favorite photograph?
The Earthrise taken from the Apollo 8 command module.
Good pick.
Every time I see those photos, I can’t help to think what those guys were thinking. It had to be the most amazing experience ever combined with the loneliest feeling ever. I can’t think of any place on earth you could experience that feeling unless you could somehow stand at the top of Mount Everest while floating in the middle of the ocean at the same time.
Favorite cinematographer?
Yay for random photographers.
My brothers photography teacher in college was a war photographer during World War 2 (I believe – could’ve been Korean/Vietnam) But he had taken this photo while being blown up by a grenade. So its this shot that he took of his foot while flying through the air.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
No, that's totally fair. You'd think you'd get the name right if you're calling him a favorite.
Deakins, Deakins, Deakins.
Ok - I was wondering who the hell you were talking about.
Speaking of Coen Brothers – I love the camera work on Raising Arizona which looks like it wasn’t a Deakins movie.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
The cinematography in O Brother..., No Country for Old Men, Miller's Crossing, etc. is tough to top
at least for me.
Fargo, The Big Lebowski… yes, I love the Coen brothers, but it’s also really easy to see how much worse – how much less memorable they could’ve been without Deakins.
Whoa - I just learned about this book about the 1995 series
http://www.amazon.com/Baseballs-Greatest-Yankees-Mariners-Matchup/dp/0813546621
Here’s the interview on 1995 Mariners with the author.
Anyone read it and have reviews?
I have never heard of this whatsoever
but I have to say that the M’s vs. Yankees 1995 ALDS was indeed one of the best, most ridiculous postseason series ever.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 15, 2010 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Burton Albion 5-6 Cheltenham
You don’t see many professional football games end with this scoreline!
[Not sure this link will work for non-UK people].
Link technically works.
But the media doesn’t.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yay, Dave Cameron starts his Organization Rankings today!
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Will anything top
The Mike Jacobs comment insanity?
by wandergeist on Mar 15, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Ciders?
Thanks to the last major beer thread, I’m now plugged into Full Throttle Bottles and have a beer fridge full of delectable beer. So thanks for that!
Now I’m intrigued by ciders. The idea of hard cider has always struck me as attractive – I like a good non-alcoholic cider, and adding a flush of alcohol seems like a winning idea. I’ve never even tried one, though – are there really good ciders out there? Can anybody recommend where I should start?
My personal favorite was Okanogan.
But I was young and didn’t like beer at the time.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It may be an east coast phenomenon...
but a lot of the cider drinkers I know here tend to drink Original Sin.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 15, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm a big fan of Strongbow
I’m not really up on smaller ciders, but on a hot day Strongbow is really good stuff. It’s dangerous, though, it goes down faaaaaaar too easily. But it’s great.
I think we share beer tastes, so I'm going definitely going to try this
And Full Throttle has it. Whoo!
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Strongbow's not hard to find
it’s pretty mass-market as far as ciders go. I’d love to try some smaller ones though, so I might have to search out Original Sin and Okanogan. I love cider.
I've only found Okanogan in Canada.
And I’ve really compared it against is Wyder and Hornsby.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
It's spelled Okanagan in Canada, BTW
“Okanogan” is the American spelling. At least, that’s how the WA state county is spelled; in BC, the neighboring region is the Okanagan.
Not that either one is likely to be a particularly good transliteration of the way the first nations pronounced the word.
by wandergeist on Mar 15, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Washington used to be a significant cider producer
With orchards dedicated to growing cider-specific apple breeds. But when Prohibition hit, those orchards were useless so they were cut down and replaced with eating/cooking apples. As a result all the “venerable” cider producers are in Canada or the UK, where Prohibition never happened, and only relatively lately has cider production returned to the NW. (At least they don’t have to wait for trees to grow, since cider apples, like most commercial apples, are grown from branches grafted to established root stock).
by wandergeist on Mar 15, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
They sell it in two liters here.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
My fiancee absolutely loves that stuff
And you’re right, it does drink really, really easily
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
After my trip to the Museum of Flight yesterday,
I absolutely have to see this
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, and are there any Xbox Live experts who would be willing to offer some advice to a hopeless newbie?
Judging by my ability to figure out Xbox Live and have my fun level exceed my frustration level, I have an IQ of roughly 7.
I'm suffering from general frustration and GET OFF MY LAWN-type emotions, but ...
- I tried to Live-enable my primary profile but somehow created an additional profile – which means that I can either play online or access all of my unlocked assets and saved games. I’ve thought about canceling my new Live account (of course, I can’t figure out how to cancel – only upgrade! – from the Xbox itself) and trying again to upgrade the first account. But apparently you have to pay MS to merge the old profile with the new which strikes me as complete BS.
- How essential is a headset? I don’t have one, and I’m not sure I really need one at this stage because initially I just want to play some PGR4 and run some races – not sure I’d need to chat too much for that. But I got caught up playing some new game modes that I completely didn’t understand because OH MY GOD THE GAME MATCHMAKER IS CONFUSING AND YOU DAMN KIDS …. but anyway, playing this game mode I had no idea how to play, and everybody was talking, and I couldn’t hear them and it was probably about how horrible I was because I didn’t know how to play and ohmigod and ohmigod … So yeah. I’m basically just confused.
- I’m just having general difficulty figuring out how to access the Xbox Live functionality in some of the games – like in GTA4 not only did I lose all of my weapons and saves, etc. with the new profile, but I can’t figure out how to play multiplayer over Live.
- Generally speaking, do people on Live just play with their friends and they share gamertags offline? Or do people go online and just get a random match? Because I’m having difficulty in the games I’ve tried to find a good random match in a non-frustrating way, though that could be because I’m not playing the latest games.
Most of this is LLLJ, and I apologize, but … I at the moment I’m leaning towards just killing my membership and playing off-line, but I get the feeling that this is supposed to be really, really fun and I want to figure it out if I can. I’ve never been the technology idiot before and it’s an unhappy feeling.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Headset is only essential if you play with friends.
If I ever jump into a random match (which I’ve only done a handful of times) I don’t wear my headset, because I don’t want to hear the dumbasses who populate Xbox Live.
Good to know, thanks
Though I’m one of those dumbasses!
I’d totally play on Live with LL folk, if they don’t mind my glacially slow learning process. Is sharing gamertags something we can do without violating site readability rules?
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I am TootMyKazoo
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
As for Cinematographers I have a soft spot for Shane Hurlbut. (The guy that got yelled at by Bale)
Because of his blog supporting the Canon 5D Mark II for film. (The camera I mostly use)
After trying really hard to like Last.fm (mostly for the Xbox Live functionality)
I’ve come to the conclusion that it sucks. They have such a ridiculously limited library, and they repeat artists like crazy. I’ve been listening to my “Recommended Music” station since about 7:30 this morning, and they’ve played Spoon three times, Sebadoh five times, Mother Love Bone and Great Lakes Swimmers twice, and Guided By Voices three or four times.
I haven't touched my last.fm account in years ever since I discovered Pandora.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Pandora has its problems too.
Wasn’t there another similar website that someone really liked a while back?
by Mariner John on Mar 15, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I honestly think Pandora might be worse
at least for my musical tastes. I either get the artist whose name I used to create a station or a bunch of crap that isn’t related.
If Pandora is the be believed the only punk bands in existence are Bad Religion, Blink 182, Sum 41, Green Day and NOFX. It doesn’t matter what other punk band I start with, I always end up with alternating Blink 182 and Green Day.
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Possibly Slacker Radio?
I use the Slacker iPhone app instead of the Pandora app.
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's hilarious that they haven't figured out how to make unique pages for bands with the same name.
That was a deal-breaker for me
by Manzanillos Cup on Mar 15, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could watch this but the ban on YouTube is still in effect.
I should be a Viking for Halloween!!! Thanks for the idea.
TouchMyIchiro
Dangit thats right.
This is simply the best March Madness advertisement I’ve ever seen.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we dodged a bullet with Holmgren going to the Browns.
We’ll see how PC does, but good gravy.
It's cliche, but I'm always blown away by the shower scene in Psycho.
The cinematography throughout the film is amazing.
Doc Minus I need your help!
My body is currently trying to kill me with flu like symptoms. Is there anything I can take in order to get better before say Wednesday Night? I’m willing to try anything!!!
Please hurray?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I'd be excited about not getting the flu too.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I wish we had a camera following Robert around 24/7
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes then we could watch him while he sleeps
by Dewey N on Mar 15, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
See Fogel, only like four hours of wasted footage every day!
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
We'll turn the camera off for a day if he ever brings a cucumber home
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I really just wish I had a camera on him when he stayed at my house and interacted with my cat.
….. Not meant to sound sexual.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
And watch you strike out while Kirk is playing as Garrett Olson?
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Kirk isn't better at 2k10 then me.
Kirk is better than me at the show because I have played the played that game a grand total of once.
There would be some merit in it.
Awkward interactions with belligerent customers, culminating in a night of heavy drinking and claims that sober Robert will have to solve this problem because fuck that guy.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I just want to know what's so important about Wednesday night
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently not
but apparently, it is observed by “Irish People.” Thank you, Wikipedia
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Dutch and Belgian name origin
Dutch and Belgian (Westerveld): habitational name for someone from Westvelde in Drente, Westerveld in West Flanders, or Westervelt in Ebblinghem.
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That's the orgin of my last name but the main line of the family has been over in America for 350 years so I am only 1% dutch
I’m like 70% German with my Grandmother having lived in Germany for a few years before the war . The rest is a mix between Polish, Irish and a touch of Scandinavian.
In the Haasølbäck
Does the World Series trophy come with a plate of bacon?
by PositivePaul on Mar 15, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Is he really German or is that just where his family tree goes back to?
I thought most people were over that by now if it was the latter. I’m certainly not Icelandic.
I must go study up for "Irish Quiz" at pub quiz this week
Any tidbits or trivia would be appreciated to help the Americans not lose face.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone helpful around?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Ireland has won the Eurovision Song Contest seven times.
“more than any other country, including an unprecedented three consecutive victories in the 1990s (the most consecutive wins accumulated by a country) – that decade also saw one more victory and two second place finishes (1990 and 1997)to ensure the best overall performance by any country in the Contest for any decade.”
Oddly enough our team knew this much.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
The Irish drink a lot and were once almost entirely dependent upon potatoes and nearly died because of it.
by Mariner John on Mar 15, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they might still be dying from their dependence on potatoes.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what it's called? Thanks.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, want to come over and have a seat at our quiz table?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
People were cheating with their iPhones last time.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Red Hand of Ulster
supposedly marking the boat race for control of Ireland won by a chieftain of the O’Neill clan (Heremon) who cut off his hand and threw it on shore when he saw he was losing the race.
This is where I get to express outrage that the English think it's cool to celebrate St. Patrick's Day
and then I’ll duck behind zomg no politics and go away.
The English just want the opportunity to drink.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
As a willing participant I am certainly not judging.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Right. Americans picked up on a minor mexican regional holiday and got another excuse to drink.
I know, I know, there are reasons it’s weirder in this particular case, but they’re not all that convincing.
But the Mexicans beat the French!
Oh wait, that’s the English that care once again.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Which might plausibly, if you squint, make it understandable for the Americans
who sent troops to Mexico after the civil war to fight/threaten the French.
That's a big squint.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Or it could just be that frat boys like to get blottoed
List of Amateur Nights when I refuse to go out:
New Years Eve
Fat Tuesday
St. Patrick’s Day
Cinco de Mayo
4th of July
there’s probably a few more as well but those are the biggies.
The patron saint of Cornwall is said to have arrived from Ireland by essentially surfing on a mill stone
across the Irish sea.
Seems like a funky dude.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
In 1970, the MacRory cup (the top prize in junior Gaelic football) had to be moved from County Antrim to County Tyrone
due to the controversy surrounding a player for St. Malachy’s college – the player also played association football, and playing ‘foreign’ sports was strictly forbidden by the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Who was the controversial player? Martin O’Neill.
MON is always stirring up shit.
I hope this question turns up.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
At least he didn't throw a tantrum and fling his coat aside like some managers I could name.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
MON needs space to roam and pace and jump and wiggle.
He can’t do that in a suit (although Aaron will tell you differently)
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I just find it ridiculous that MON does his job in clothes that chavs grocery shop in
and it’s not just MON, it’s any manager of a top-flight side that doesn’t wear a suit.
Chavs do everything in trackies.
I’ve always thought it ridiculous when managers of sports teams wear suits. Why bother? It’s a sports team.
And I’m a person who bemoans the casualization of society.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Same reason big bosses in real jobs wear suits while the rest of us are in biz casual
it projects authority, even if just in a small way. I’d rather see Lou Piniella in a suit than stuffed into a manager’s uniform any day.
The 'rule' that MLB managers wear a uniform is silly, but it's just as silly
to have a manager wear a suit while positioning his players.
If a manager needs a suit to project his authority, he’s got much bigger problems than his wardrobe.
Do they, though? I rarely see a man in a suit in the States, unless he's going to court.
I guess, though, my issue isn’t so much with the suit as it is the fact that every other one of those managers wearing a suit sits back and chews his cud while watching the game. They all look entirely impassive. I would rather have a manager that gives a shit.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the Belichick look
I’d love to come into work and see my boss in a headband and a sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off.
You haven't yet -
by the way, my trophies still need polishing.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Sir Alex wears sweatpants.
He tries to make it look like he’s wearing a suit, but if you look closely they’re sweatpants.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 15, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
He can get away with it because he's won eleventy billion trophies
so people just think he’s eccentric.
I think he's a drunkard
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
The dominant team in the Irish Football League/IFA Premiership/Irish Premier League whatever
is Linfield, having won the first league title, and 48 titles overall.
No, no, that's the free state league/ROI league. Irish Premiership/IFA is for northern ireland.
the team that’s won the League of Ireland the most is Shamrock Rovers.
Y'all are making my head hurt.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Y'all are making my head hurt.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I fear the Irish sport section.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Please hurray!
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 15, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
How does Facebook come up with its friend suggestions?
There are some people on there that I know as we share many mutual friends – and about half that I have never heard of, and some of those will maybe have less than a dozen friends. And be from India, or somewhere else where I have no links. What gives?
by EnglishMariner on Mar 15, 2010 11:27 AM PDT reply actions
I have no idea.
I get some suggestions from people who went to the same high school as I did, but from different years and with whom I’ve never had any interactions with. I get similar notes on occasion from my college, or my city network. What baffles me though is that there are people signing up for Facebook for the first time, from God knows where in many cases, who get my profile popping up on suggested friend lists for lack of anyone else they’ve added just yet, and then THEY add me. I have a profile picture of myself and a unique enough name, so you’d think they would be able to figure out whether or not they actually know me when I’m pretty damned sure I don’t know who they are. Maybe they’re in it for the networking, I don’t know.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I wish they would go away.
I’m tired of being told to interact with people I see everyday who don’t use facebook often.
by Mariner John on Mar 15, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It's almost like Facebook has decided that they are their own little virtual world
where people don’t interact outside of it
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't see many of the people I know if not for Facebook.
Or rather, I would see them in the first week or two of classes, after which they would hole up somewhere for the next two, if not four months.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
The best is how it keeps suggesting that I message my best friend's wife.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 15, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
See, that I think I know the source.
Facebook knows when people haven’t logged on for a while, and the messaging them is in an effort to get them to start using Facebook again. There are plenty of people on FB whom I have very little desire to interact with, and haven’t on there, for months (often they are blocked), but it doesn’t tell me to go talk to them even though I haven’t commented on anything they’ve done in probably a year.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 15, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
That's how it works.
People who gave up Facebook for lent are showing up.
by Mariner John on Mar 15, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Drayer...
“You know who helps Lopez break in his gloves? Felix. Saw a Lopez glove in his locker earlier this spring and Felix laughed and said that he was really good at breaking them in. Beats them up, puts them in the microwave…”
So normally sitting atop my desk is a small bell, along with a "ring for service" sign, in case I'm in the back
The boss got bored over the weekend and replaced the bell. He replaced it by WIRING IN A GODDAMN ALARM BELL FROM A FIRE STATION. Now there is a switch sticking out of the counter, which activates a REALLY FUCKING LOUD BELL.
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
Has anybody else had something annoying replaced with something exponentially more annoying?
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
One time we had a guitarist who never showed up to practice so we canned him.
Turned out the guy we replaced him with was a meth addict.
by Sec 108 on Mar 15, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Holy crap I have an irresistable urge to drive all the way to your shop just to ring that bell
I love this story ahahahaha you poor bastard
I've been playing with it all day and laughing. It's kinda cool, actually
But the first customer to touch the thing gets a pair of scissors in the neck
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
That has to be one of the most annoying sounds in the world.
Other than the General Lee horn.
That's another thing I've always wanted to see
a bench-clearing brawl in ST. Complete with punches, not one of those little mill-around things.
@Ryan Divish
WE have a fight in the game, as Cliff Lee throws a pitch up near Chris Snyder’s head. Snyder takes exception, starts walking to the mound.
Benches clear, mostly a lot of jawing. Snyder has been ejected. Someone should tell Snyder it’s spring training
Maybe Snyder hasn’t been ejected.
Apparently Lee has been ejected, not sure what reason.
Divish updates on the blog
“So we have tempers flaring a little. Cliff Lee buzzed the tower on Chris Snyder, sending a fastball up and in on Snyder. Snyder took exception to it and started walking toward the mound. Benches cleared, but it was mostly jawing. Lee was ejected by home plate umpire Brian Knight.
Here’s the backstory. In the first inning, Lee was covering home on Chris Young’s RBI single. Snyder, who was on deck, ran to the back side of home to tell the runner Mark Reynolds to slide. Snyder laid on the ground telling Ryenolds to slide. Lee didn’t see Snyder there and tripped over him. They both exchanged a few words. And Lee let Snyder know in the next at-bat that it wasn’t ok.
So Lee was ejected and Shawn Kelley is into the game, pitching to Snyder."
I'm still having trouble believing that CLIFF FREAKING LEE is a Seattle Mariner
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
from Drayer
Just got back from talking to Lee… who said that there was no intention behind the pitch to Chris Snyder that got him ejected. “I was trying to go inside. A couple got away from me, the guy hitting got mad, came toward the mound and I got thrown out in the process.”
Lee said tripping over Snyder who was on deck when he was running to back up a play at the plate had nothing to do with the pitch that got away. Of the play at the plate Lee said, “All I know is I was rolling on the ground, got knocked down, I really don’t know what happened there. I didn’t see it at all. I wasn’t looking at the play.”
As for his shortened outing, Lee said he went out to a back field and threw more pitches. Command of the fastball was a challenge all day, one that forced him to keep going back to the pitch to try and get the right location.
“I knew I had to really focus on locating fast balls. I needed to do a better job of 0-2 and 1-2 pitches getting it on the black or just off the plate. The right handed hitters I kept trying to go in a little bit and it was kind of out over the plate. I tried to really emphasize getting over there in the last inning I pitched. A couple got a little too far in and I got thrown out of the game because of it. What can you do.”
The outing reminded me a little of his first simulated game where he struggled with command a little and ended up hitting two minor leaguers. He has told me recently that his approach in these early games is to work on what is not working, if something is not working. We saw this today as he kept going to the inside on the righties.
Anyone else notice that there was a goddamn bench clearing brawl/mill around and talk during our game today?
It’s ST guys.. He wasn’t throwing at your head
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 2:02 PM PDT reply actions
Interestingly enough, the word "octopi" is a hyperforeignism.
I just learned this a couple of weeks ago, but since it is Greek, it doesn’t get pluralized with an “i” on the end. “Octopuses” is the correct pluralization.
Hippopotamususus
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes my lyrics are sexist
but you lovely bitches and ho’s should know I’m trying to correct this.
Tickle tickle,
here’s my sweet pickle/ don’t be fickle it’s cold outside, dammit. I try to hide it, but it went inside it. Let’s Charlie Pride it/fiddle around.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Why does St. Patrick's Day have to fall on a Wednesday this year?
Wednesday is dollar beer night at the bowling alley I work at. I’m going to be so very fucked.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 15, 2010 2:16 PM PDT reply actions
That's correct, you will be very fucked
I have my league night on Wednesday. I’m already begging the fiancee to drive, especially since it is also our “stay late and bowl pot games with one of the other teams” night
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I have already been appointed designated driver for our Thursday league
My wife’s huge horrendous work IRS filing deadline is today, she’s taking Friday off to sleep, and she’s already told me that the first thing she’s doing when she walks into bowling on Thursday is a shot of tequila. Which will no doubt be followed by many beers. All of which she richly deserves, and I’ll be happy to drive home.
I've actually been helping him set it up for his Business.
And its working surprisingly well.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
What is a spam follower?
Are they the people that follow me even though I’ve never twitted anything and don’t plan to?
I have a new client that wants a web design with "media out the ying-yang, flash, a music player and a sensory rich presentation"
This has potentially terrible written all over it.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 2:47 PM PDT reply actions
Convince him to do a video.
Then sublet it to me.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
That would require you to come to Tucson... Which I wouldn't wish upon anyone!
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I will let you know when I get his budget number out in the open!
How are you at making videos about furniture?
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
If he is a crazy as you make him sound I think we could make this awesome.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I really hope he isn't as outlandish as he is seeming to me right now
But I guess we shall see… I’ll put out some feelers for video content!
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Fantastic
You should deliver:
- a huge, intricate animation that takes minutes to load and doesn’t allow you to skip it
- loud music that plays on page load and that doesn’t allow you to stop it
- bright colors for your fonts and backgrounds
- a structure that’s hard to understand and impossible to navigate
- media “out the ying-yang”
by Chris Hafner on Mar 15, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the "ying yang" comment.. Cracked me up!
I tried to make sure he understood that music is a terrible idea… But, judging by how douche-y he looks in the pictures I have found of him, I don’t think he is gonna get it.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
New GM Corner! This time with all the GMs in the Lee/Halladay deal talking about it
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 3:04 PM PDT reply actions
And good lord... "At the end of the day" thrown about limitlessly!
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
As fucked as his brain is, his "show" continues to be one of my favorites.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
I'm about 30 hours into Final Fantasy XIII and I'm pretty sure I hate this game.
There’s no end to the dungeons, and they’re not even interesting dungeons. They’re straight fucking lines with wave after wave of monsters. Finish a dungeon and what are you rewarded with? Another goddamn dungeon. I think I’d like this game more if they just pieced all of the cutscenes together and gave it to me on a Blu Ray disc for $20.
As things stand now XIII just passed X as my most despised Final Fantasy entry. Anyone else annoyed by this game as much as me?
Games Radar gave it a perfect score?
Oh come on. If the fanboys over at PSX Extreme think it’s flawed, the game is fucking flawed.
I keep waiting for something redeeming but I'm fairly certain nothing is coming.
I don’t think I’m going to finish this game.
I can't wait for Faux to chip in.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 15, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Good thing I decided to save my money for God of War 3 instead.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Good God.
I just got to pulse and the difficulty curve went from gradual increase to Mt. Everest.
But is there a payoff?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
If by payoff you mean another insanely difficult boss fight or a dungeon yes!
This is about to pass Xenogears as my most hated JRPG ever.
But it's pretty, right?
Why aren’t you admiring how pretty it is?!?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
My love affair with Squeenix is officially over.
Anyone want to buy a used copy of FFXIII?
Find the little penguiny guys
near the NW peninsula of the one really big open area. Put Sazh in your party and go nuts. You get about 1300 CP a fight but fights last about 45 seconds.
Avoid the Behemoths and the other things that are even bigger than them.
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Didn't Jim Presley block Edgar?
Not that this takes away from the fact the Phelps was a dick to Larry Stone.
by seattle_since_81 on Mar 15, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
He sure did.
My sleep addled brain is mixing up 80s Mariners personalities.
Ken Phelps was Edgar'd himself.
Phelps was a god damn batting savant at a time when no one cared about stupid OBP and power. He was awesome up until he broke up Holman’s perfect game.
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This is kind of a cool read about the replacement players that he briefly talked about
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
So I guess we just learned that Jeff has coulrophobia
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Doens't he have ailurophobia too?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 15, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Everyone gonna buy the new MW2 map pack on March 30?
Includes 3 new maps and 2 COD4 maps (Crash and Overgrown) – downside is the fact that it is 1200 MSP…
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 4:16 PM PDT reply actions
I'm waiting to see how that lawsuit plays out
before I send any more money to Activision.
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I just don't play MW2 all that much right now, am currently hooked on MLB 2k10
But yeah, Activision is really fucking over IW right now
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see why John Carmack and ID decided to merge up with Zenimax.
Get away from using Activision as a publisher to avoid Bobby Kotick and company.
I forgot MW2 still exists, honestly...
but probably yes
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe this new map pack will get me interested in MW2 again
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Though I really would like some smaller, more hectic maps
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
And I really did like Crash.
Great sniper map, even though they completely neutered sniping in MW2
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Crash was my favorite sniping map... With Overgrown my second favorite - so yeah, I like the inclusion of those two!
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a hilariously awful sniper in MW2, though
by seattlebruin on Mar 15, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I am not the best. I have gotten a whole helluva lot better at running and gunning
and sniping with the RPD… That is, until my recent obsession of RPG’ing during games of Demo.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably not going to buy it,
1200 points is a bunch, especially considering that 2 of the maps are direct ports. They are calling them remakes, but all they did was port them into the engine which bumped a bit of lighting and textures. At this point, I think I’m done with competitive multiplayer in that game. Just co-op and getting 1000 gamerscore
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I got my 1000 gamerscore a few weeks ago
It was quite awesome hunting down the intel
by seattlesundevil on Mar 15, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
And if the new maps are anything like COD 4's map back.
They’re going to suck ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 15, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose if you have a really, really uptight internet use policy this could be borderline NSFWish
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 15, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
What the fuck those are real people
Cool
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 15, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I just got back from seeing Mono
I could have quite happily stood there and watched them for weeks on end.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 15, 2010 8:30 PM PDT reply actions
How was their energy?
I can imagine some of their songs getting pretty out of control (in a good way).
The songs were pretty much as they are on CD, actually
which is no bad thing. I wouldn’t say they got out of control but they were pretty damn intense up there. I couldn’t really see the two guitarists that well as they spent most of the time sat down but the bassist and the drummer looked possessed at times.
I met them after the gig and they were all smiles, signing thigs, posing for photos, like completely different people.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I just watched "The Big Tease" again last night.
Best Craig Fergusen gay movie ever.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
So, there's this film out now called Remember Me.
It stars Robert “Twilight” Pattinson, and … well, I’d like to talk about the ending. So – spoilers ahead if you were going to watch it!
SPOILERS * SPOILERS * SPOILERS !!!
After spending a romantic night with Ally, Tyler agrees to meet with his Dad at his Dad’s office one morning. But that morning, Dad does something he never does before: he offers to drive Caroline to school, which makes Mom happy. Dad calls Tyler to tell him that he’s late, and Tyler says it’s okay, he’s already at the building, he’ll go in and wait in his office.
Cue sweet scene where Tyler finds out that Dad’s computer’s screensaver is photos of him and Michael. Dad’s secretary walks in and sees Tyler all sad looking at Michael’s pic. She asks how old he would’ve been. Tyler says 32… “It’s been that long?” “February 26, 1993.” “I should be able to remember that.” “Why? No one else does.”
YOU SEE, THE TWIST IS THAT MICHAEL DIDN’T DIE ON 9/11, BUT IN THE FIRST WTC ATTACK!!! AND YOU SEE, TYLER’S BITTER BECAUSE PEOPLE FORGET.
But wait, there’s more. We cut to Caroline now in class, and her teacher asks the students if they can write the date on the blackboard. Caroline goes up and writes…. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
Cut back to Tyler in his Dad’s office. The camera zooms back… reveal that OMG! HIS DAD’S OFFICE IS THE 92ND FLOOR OF THE WTC!!!
Then there’s a sad montage of 9/11 with Tyler’s melancholic voiceover. And later, a shot of two tombstones side by side, one says FEB 23, 1993 and the other SEPT 11, 2001.
I mean….holy shit, right guys? Who thought this was a good idea?
angels fan in seattle
That would have been a much better title! Lightning Strikes Twice!
It’s like a sequel, you could have an entire series. Lightning Strikes Again!
I had to read that twice to figure it out and now I'm just perturbed.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 15, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Why did you watch this movie?
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions
First draft of my dad's taxes.
Going through the deductions table & checking against last year’s return, I was suddenly sure that I had somehow horribly screwed back in 2008. Then I realized I was misreading the instructions for the calculation table (ohhhh. Skip line 3).
Time to put things aside, and head for bed.
So I looked at the Seattle top 100 list on Urban Spoon, and I've eaten at about 10 restaurants there.
I hadn’t even heard of almost all the others, and I was kind of taken aback about that.
http://www.urbanspoon.com/lb/1/best-restaurants-Seattle
The one’s I’ve eaten at are Red Mill, Ray’s Boathouse, Kisaku, Taste of India, Gorditos, Cedar’s, Ezell’s, Macrina, the Tamarind Tree. I thought they were all good, and get my thumbs up. Anyone eaten at some of these other restaurants on the list and think the world of them?
Yep
5 Spot is really good, casual but well-prepared food.
Honey Hole has awesome sandwiches.
Kingfish is definitely worth the crowds and the wait for their Southern food.
Met Grill, douchey and expensive though it is, has the best steak I’ve ever eaten.
Canlis is where you go to impress your girlfriend/fiancee/wife, it’s really good in an old-school way.
You know, I've decided that while Kingfish is good
soul food should never be $80 for two people. A side of greens shouldn’t cost $4. This might be snobby of me, but so be it.
Their breakfast is still worth going for though.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Paseo is no. 1?
I am struck first by how many are on my “I should go there” list, and how many of those are (sadly) within a 5 mile radius of me.
Been to Paseo (very good, no room at all, now there will be even less), Kingfish Cafe years ago, Agua Verde (which I have never liked as much as others), very fond of the Pink Door (and that may be memories even more than the food), Bakery Nouveau, Ezell’s years and years ago, Portage Bay for breakfast, haven’t been back to Brouwer’s since it opened, Canlis is a good fancy happy hour locale …
I find Via Tribunali to be massively overrated.
Otherwise that’s a good list (aisde from my reservations about Kingfish) but I’d put Seattle Deli on there as well.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2010 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I will admit that Neapolitan style pizza is not generally my favorite
but even objectively I don’t find it to be all that good.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2010 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it's fine, but I've never met anyone who thinks it's amazing/great
Always surprises me when it shows up on these lists.
I like that style of pizza just fine, but there’s no way it’s as good as Veraci.
All Purpose Pizza on 29th(?) and Jackson is pricey but really good.
They have terrible hours so despite me living 3 blocks away from it for the last year, I’ve only eaten there once.
By far the best pizza I’ve had on the West Coast is Milano’s in the U district. It’s a hole in the wall carry out place that looks like it’s going to get shut down by the board of health but its absolutely phenomenal . Sooooooo greasy * Homer Simpson drool *
Wid Ginger as #6?
Senor Moose is delicious but get there close to opening time as it fills up quickly on weekends.
MSM, while not in Seattle, is one of the best things about Tacoma
Mae Phim is great for cheap Thai downtown
Cafe Campagne is mouthwatering
Nishino is good for the 3 course meals that they do for things like Dine Around Seattle
Elliott Bay Brewery makes it really, really hard to choose an entree
Brouwer’s makes it really, really hard to choose a beer—but make sure your meal involves dragon sauce
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
MSM on a top 100 restaurants list?
That place has its supporters, but I’m stunned by this. Nice beer selection, I’ll give it that.
Unless you failed US History you already know the broad arc
but so far it’s quite good at the detail level too. I’m looking forward to the rest of it.
I just downloaded part 1 last night...
The intro is EPIC.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 16, 2010 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I watched the first episode last night and liked it.
It is what you think it is. It feels like Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, so I could understand if people find it kind of shopworn. But I hear it gets really good in the later episodes.
That review is a little overwrought isn't it?
Those pens scratching out the drawings of our heroes as they crumble on the paper is a metaphor for so much more than you can possible even fathom.
Really? And I guess that implies the author can, so jeez. I don’t know.
I'm digging the retro clothing on the Mariners MLB shop, but it's bloody pricey.
I love the 1977 white replica jersey, but $150 is a hell of a lot of money. I am also concerned about buying something like that without trying it on first due to the beef involved in sending it back if it doesn’t fit! Does anyone else here own one of these? link.
I bought a Felix one of these a couple of years ago.
I went through eBay and got it for like $120 (shipping included).
But yeah, the main problem with buying jerseys online is making sure it is the size you want.
Congratulations, you hired Pete Carroll as your head coach!
by seattlebruin on Mar 16, 2010 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he's only "General Manager" because "Pete Carroll's Doormat" isn't an official position.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Fuck!
I thought I was through with watching Mays whiff on big hit after big hit when he graduated.
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
Mays could still be a good safety but not if his coach is still Pete Carroll.
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I'm not convinced he'll ever be a good safety.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 16, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone think that they might be able to move him up to WLB where his coverage skills wouldn't be such a problem?
he would be small for the position in the NFL, but not like a 195 lb college linebacker – he’s still 6-2, 230 or so.
by seattlebruin on Mar 16, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
He would be great in that position in a 3-4.
Then they could also use him as a speed blitzer.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 16, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I know he'll never be one under Pete Carroll
I wish Pete was still the Pete who loved forcing turnovers, instead of the Pete who seems to love big hits and kill shots. I blame this on Ken Norton Jr being a dirty bRuin.
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They are using Hyphen!
That makes me happy!
by seattlesundevil on Mar 16, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
The Jr. and Ichiro one is pretty amazing too..
These are definitely better than years past
by seattlesundevil on Mar 16, 2010 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Bullpen face is so full of gif opportunities
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 16, 2010 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Spider Bavasi?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So I'm at yet another show, in Tampa.
If the Hard Rock casino is the best in the area like they say, don’t bother going to a casino in Tampa. Just go to the Grand in Biloxi or something.
I found this site (before Lifehacker for once) and it’s changed my morning routine forever, so I’m going to share it.
http://www.750words.com
I used to take time to write every day, but once I started working at my current job I could never keep my notebook with me, so that habit fell by the wayside. Being online, I can always get to it. Even if you don’t write normally, give it a try for a week. You’ll find that it makes it easier to get things down in type easier for the rest of the day if you put down four or five paragraphs of whatever in the morning.
I wish I had brought my XBox here, now I have to do work instead. I never even got a chance to start FFXIII, last week was a flurry of 16 hour days and packing and house flooding, and now I’m in a fucking casino. In that vein, I’ve skipped through this OT and anything by Brian I’ve scrolled past. Sorry, bud, it’s for my own good.
On the plus side of this horrendous weekend, I saw a moron getting rescued by a boat during the flooding, then promptly stood up in the boat and fell back in the water. I guess Jeeps can’t go through a four foot high river after all. More tragically, I saw a lot of people that probably don’t have flood insurance that are now completely fucked when the dams broke all around NNJ.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Does anybody know when Tiger Woods is coming back?
by Robert on Mar 16, 2010 9:56 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I heard he only needs a ten minute break
facepalm I swore I would never make Tiger Woods wise cracks, so so bad.
I think pdb put it well.
It’s amateur’s night. Plain and simple.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I go out because it's one of the only nights of year where a bunch of my friends go out drinking
Normally we go to drive bars towards Maple Valley and it’s been ok but this year we are hitting up the U district and I can already tell it won’t be pretty.
I've never gone out for St. Pat's day before
But this Wednesday is my league bowling night and I am going to take advantage. I’ve already got a driver set up, so I plan on bowling horribly (because I’ll be really drunk, you see)
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 16, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
My Mariner annual has just arrived, and it looks absolutely amazing!
After a very quick glance I absolutely love the graphs and charts, they looking brilliant!
by EnglishMariner on Mar 16, 2010 11:00 AM PDT reply actions
Did you find out why it took so long to get there?
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
It takes a long time to swim the Atlantic.
by msb on Mar 16, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Marlins annual would have beaten it out.
But on the whole, it should have made better time than most others.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 16, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So far I think it is fantastic. I have read Dave's, Jeff's and Larry Stone's amazing interview with Wak, and have been very impressed.
I can’t wait to get home and read some more tonight! Well done to all involved, it is truly something to be proud of.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 17, 2010 2:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
Can’t say I’m enjoying it much.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Well that was about as cast-iron as penalty claims get.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That must be about 8 stonewall penalties in a row in this competition that Chelsea should have been given but weren't.
Mind you, 4 of them were in that one game against Barcelona.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
We're never going to win that bloody cup.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Why the fuck is this round of the Champions League taking 17 weeks to finish?
Why did they change the schedule this season? This is dumb.
Ranty pdb!
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It's what I do!
I just don’t get why this round is so far spaced apart – it seems like the fist leg of these games was like a month ago.
I wondered that as well--why can't they all be in the same week?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Well the Chelsea/Inter first leg was played a week after the others because of the stadium clash with AC
Still, I’m not sure why this game needed to be played a week later as well. Or the CSKA/Sevilla game.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
UEFA changed it this year for some reason
so there’s an extra week between these ties for all teams. I have no idea why, it’s not like they make any extra money this way.
The competition's always been like 9-10 months long.
I’m guessing the clubs asked for a bit of a break, with domestic leagues/cups all sort of stacking up these days.
I agree that the whole thing drags on, but is it better to have a week between legs or have an even longer winter break thing. This thing started in July, and it’ll end in late May.
It's two weeks between legs now though which is the problem
It used to be a team would play on a Tuesday and then the following Wednesday; now it’s Tuesday/off week/Tuesday. I’d be willing to bet the clubs liked the old schedule better because it was a break between rounds, now it’s just a weekly slog. I really don’t like the Champions League all that much, it’s a big bloated moneygrab and I wouldn’t mind it going away. Which of course it never will.
I know, and while that's annoying, they could play them on back to back days
and the competition would still last 10/11 months. So is this better or worse? I don’t know. Probably better for the teams, indifferent from a TV perspective, so… OK.
No but all of the rest of bloody England is.
Damn country forces me to watch league games through a stream as though I am still in the States.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
A Villa victory!
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
We're inching up.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I see that.
I don’t like the fact that Villa, Liverpool and Citeh are all right there. At least two of those teams need to do the honorable thing and collapse.
Liverpool keep giving it a decent shot.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you instead watch a match in which Wigan lost?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That's not a Wigan loss.
THAT’S a Wigan loss.
Hush you I was trying to bait the Red.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
In which Gerrard throws an elbow and no one bats an eye?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Steven Gerrard is allowed to beat people up, it's fine.
God forbid he should ever cheat on his wife, there’d be hell to pay if that were to happen.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Mar 16, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just found out that I'm going to be interning in DC this summer.
I’ve never been (absurd, I know) and while it’s still a little over three months away, I’m excited and would like to maintain this excitement.
Tell me all the cool things I need to do while I’m there, no matter how obvious or how obscure. Already checked the Nats’ schedule, which was full of disappointment.
Air and Space museum!
I could spend days going through the exhibits there.
All the museums in the Mall, or really the Mall.
if you’re drinking age and still in your twenties Adams Morgan. Take a tour of the Capital and try to get in the gallery, it is amazing. Prepare to melt it is super hat and humid there in the summer.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Unfortunately I'll be six months shy of drinking age.
Which is a shame because it seems like DC would be a place with all kinds of neat little bars to explore.
Its more about smart single people who care about things.
And less about how cool the bars are. Think there are only handful of places that service good beer.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Holocaust Museum is a must.
• Hirshhorn Museum always has interesting works of art.
• Georgetown is a cool place to walk around.
• I think you can write your Senator or Congressman for a tour of the Capital building. I think the White House tours are still closed (since 9/11).
• Annapolis might be worth visiting (haven’t gone out there myself).
• Go catch an Orioles game at Camden Yards.
• Take a trip out to Mount Vernon.
• Don’t go to FedEx field. It’s ghetto all around.
• Don’t go SE of the Anacostia River. Unless you want to find yourself in the projects.
• Unfortunately, no golf tournaments in the Bethesda/Potomac area this year. Tiger’s AT&T National is usually held at Congressional golf course during the summer, but it has been moved to Pennsylvania as Congressional is preparing for the 2011 U.S. Open.
• Find yourself some good Maryland blue crab. Can’t say I recommend anywhere specifically, but ask around and you’ll find a good place.
There’s plenty of stuff to do. You just need to find out what you like doing and research it out. I am sure history overload from the museums is not how you want to spend your summer, though. What are you doing for your internship?
Not sure yet what the internship will actually be.
It’s through a program at my school, and they do all the internship finding work for me (as well as secure housing—they have their own apartment building right by the Capitol). I specified an interest in think tanks, embassies or other internationally flavored orgs, but if that doesn’t work out I’ll just end up with a congressperson’s office (which obviously isn’t that bad of an alternative).
And thanks for all your pieces of advice! Storing all of this away.
And an Orioles game is a good idea--I don't have a strong sense of geography out there, so I forgot how close Baltimore was.
Do you know if there are any easy ways to get between DC and Baltimore? I just checked and the Mariners will be out there while I am.
Amtrak
There is a train that goes right up to the ball park. I don’t think they cost very much.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Yeah, they are not far apart at all.
I went to my cousin’s wedding when I was about 12 in Baltimore, and my family visited Washington, D.C. a couple of days. It is a very easy trip.
by seattle_since_81 on Mar 16, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear that the crack rocks in that area are especially effective
Also try and get an opportunity to murder somebody. It’s all the rage over there
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 16, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Nationals Park is amazing.
I sat next to the ball girl for $30 and even got a free beer from the vendor. (They work really hard on customer service)
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 16, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
NASA finds a shrimp under 600 feet of Antarctic ice, 12.5 miles away from open water
Until now, scientists thought that only microbial life could live under these conditions. Stacy Kim—one of the biologists in NASA’s ice science team—says that they don’t really have a clue about what is happening down there, but that it is highly improbable that these animals swam all the way from open water.
The most important consequence of this discovery, however, is the impact on the search for complex life forms in other planets and moons in our own Solar System. Could this mean that we would be able find complex lifeforms under the seas of Europa? We don’t know, but at least now this may be a possibility.
Yeah, Boeing was shooting rockets off oil platforms awhile ago.
I don’t know if the program is still going, they had some spectacular mishaps. Not sure how much of a heavy lift capacity you can get off an oil platform either, but that was the biggest private (joint government?) rocket I’m familiar with.
SeaLaunch
they were fairly successful, all things considered. Now SpaceX just needs to get their act together and we’ll finally have affordable, commercial spaceflight
by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Because they're the Ryan Feierabend of the commercial space industry
they’ve been around forever, and had lots of potential initially, and now everyone just forgot about them, in spite of the fact that they still might carve out a decent niche in the industry
by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Blue Origin, bitches
(I only mention this because my company’s CEO runs that one)
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Mar 17, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
God of War 3....Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I don't know how Santa Monica continue to top themselves every time.
This is the PS3 experience we’ve been waiting for.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I played the opening sequence and was pretty stunned.
And I’ve heard there’s at least one part in the game that matches it.
It gets better from there. Trust me.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Yeah that first hour was amazing
I was on the edge of my couch the whole time. I stopped at a few moments just to admire the visual effects they have going on. So so cool.
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Lou on Jo-El:
“He’s a very competitive young man and he’ll battle the heck out of you,” Piniella said.
Watching Greg Halman hit is hilarious.
Swing like a blind drunk at curveballs, then destroy a fastball 450 feet, all in the same at bat.
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
I'm no scout, obviously, but I'll be blown away if he ever becomes an MLB regular.
I’ve had a bad feeling about him for years.
The best tracking shot I'll ever see
is the opening shot of “I Am Cuba”. The movie is full of the mindblowing shot after mindblowing shot, but the opening one is staggering.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
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WITH THE 6TH OVERALL PICK, THE SEAHAWKS SELECT TAYLOR MAYS
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Locker better turn into pass completing machine next year
because right now he doesn’t look like a franchise savior to me.
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I'm crossing my fingers.
UW’s wideouts are pretty good and a year older. The OL is still a work in progress, but should get a boost from a great recruiting class. If they can keep Locker on his feet (and if Locker doesn’t run himself into injuries) he’s a Heisman candidate.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I don't think he'll ever be a Heisman candidate
I know the talent has gotten better around him, but I don’t think it is good enough to prop him up that far. Too have any shot at a Heisman he is going to need to absolutely destroy both Oregon AND USC, plus put up consistent numbers against the rest of UWs tough schedule.
@BYU, @USC and @Oregon are the three biggies, but also home vs Nebraska is gonna be big too. If they lose/he sucks in any of those then his chances are gone.
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Tebow won the Heisman on a 9-3 Florida team two years ago
as long as Locker looks like he is the one carrying the team, he’ll have a shot with at least 3 losses
by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
He also set the all time rushing touch down record for a single season
Sure you can win it on a bad team, but you have to do something absolutely ridiculous statistically.
If his 3 worst games come against the 3 best teams on his schedule he’s gonna have a tougher case. Especially if the Pac 10 is down again.
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Which it won't be
the Pac Ten is going to be very good next year
by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
You've got to trust the process.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 16, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The FG comment thread is getting intense.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Yeah for trollers
I hadn’t commented until PattyB and Roy Stuckey tried to spin this move into a good thing.
by seattle_since_81 on Mar 16, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably the same people who defended Bavasi's many, many bad moves.
Like the few Dayton Moore apologists left.
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But TOM BRADY!!!!!!!
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Incidentally, I'm beginning to believe that the Brady thing is more of an indictment of the scouting process than any kind of visionary genius on the Pats' part.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Yeah, and TERREL DAVIS!
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Mar 17, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadly, you may be giving them too much credit.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Are you guys finally going to cut Wulff loose this year?
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I'm typically a believer in giving a new coach, FO, etc. a few years to get their feet under them.
But yeah they’re looking pretty bad. Hmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmm hmmmmmm.
Me too.
I really don’t know how Wulff could possibly be glamorous enough to attract talent up there, but there has to be someone of higher ilk who wants a challenge.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
He couldn't
but he also doesn’t seem capable of at least getting, maintaining, and developing the same tier of local talent as his predecessors.
The guys had a hard life and I’d love to see him succeed but I don’t think he’s the right fit for WSU at this time.
I do think it is funny how people have wanted to dump WSU from the conference despite them appearing in a Rose Bowl more recently than half the conference.
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Me too.
I’m fully aware of his weaknesses (QB? Who needs a stinkin’ QB), but at least he never made any moves as ass-backwards as this.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I'm already depressed about the new regime.
“Fuck you, Rams. We’ll show you how to properly dispose of a Super Bowl franchise.”
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Yeah, I know.
I felt sort of dirty for thinking he was all smoke and mirrors there for a while. Or rather, I think I felt the way seattlebruin did about Ben Howland a year or two ago.
I could definitely see why people would think that.
Still, I think I recognized that while Ruskell wasn’t great, he was a middle-of-the-road GM and we sure as hell could do a lot worse, and hey wouldn’t you know we got way worse!
I keep wanting to see how things play out, esp. regarding the draft and all that
But holy shit, that’s a bad trade.
So far we've created a gaping hole at safety but cutting an unspectacular but solid Deon Grant
franchised an easily replaceable kicker, let the WR depth somehow get worse, made a lateral move at best by dealing Wallace, and created their very own Soriano for HoRam moment.
Things are trending very badly.
Ruskell franchised his kicker too, so Carroll loses points for originality
Seneca needed to be traded. It wasn’t working.
The WR ‘depth’ WAS the Soriano for HoRam moment for the last front office, but yes, point taken.
Things are trending in the direction of an absolute, top-to-bottom rebuild. In general, I think that’s probably the right thing to do. The problem is trading Tapp for a much-older-Tapp. I don’t see how that fits with the rebuild strategy.
The return we got on Seneca was equal to or less than what we would have gotten if he had just walked.
What’s the harm in retaining him as a backup for another season or until they’ve secured the services of someone else?
If you’re talking about the first for Branch trade, John had a good writeup a year or so ago that made a convincing case that it was a fair move all around.
But yes, the Tapp move makes no sense no matter how you look at it. Trading him for a scrub and a significantly less valuable 4th is just odd.
There's no harm whatsoever in retaining Wallace as a back-up for another season
in that having a not-that-awesome back-up on a losing team means nothing. But what’s good about it? Why do we want a 30 year old back-up on a rebuilding team? Can’t imagine Wallace would’ve wanted it either.
The Branch trade was bad, because it basically came hand in hand with the Branch contract. I know John’s written quite well about how to view the trade, and he’s sort of gotten me to move from ‘abomination’ to merely ‘really dumb.’ The argument that he’s been worth more than the 24th pick or whatever is fine as far as it goes, but it’s not fine to pay Deion Branch like he’s an elite WR. The Housh thing is similar. Housh is a good player (as is Branch), but the amount of payroll going to good WRs while the line and QB could not get passes to WRs was astounding. All the money was going to the wrong players, and that’s just really, really Bavasi-ish.
Which is why Tapp was a good player for the Hawks to hold on to and holy moly, why did they do this?
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by Robert on Mar 17, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Is this sober Robert?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 17, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
THIS IS ROBERT WHO HASNT HAD A DRINK IN ALMOST A WEEK CAUSE HE'S BEEN DOPED UP ON FLU MEDS AND MY GREATEST LOVE IN LIFE JUST SIGNED UP FOR A INNER CITY GANG BANG
by Robert on Mar 17, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I would not underestimate the flu meds.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 17, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
He's got a valid reason to be angry, though.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
And equal validation to be inebriated.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 17, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Without spoiling any GOW3 I just want to say this:
WHAT THE FUCK KRATOS? WHAT A BASTARD.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I'm nowhere near where you are
but I mean, he’s Kratos, he’s a dick, its what he does. I can’t be surprised by anything he does.
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The Seahawks have broken my heart.
I’m taking advice on Premier League teams to investigate. acblue has recommended Everton.
Any other suggestions?
Fuck those sons of cunts
They’ve employed Landon Donovan and thus deserve several kilotons of nuclear death.
Wait they had Landon Donovan?
I’m sorry ac, fuck Everton.
Evertin are like seventh on my list of EPL teams I give a shit about.
Mainly I like Marouane Fellaini
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I just don't know if I can root for a non national team associated with Landon Donovan.
In my ever so brief relationship with soccer, I have come to two conclusions.
A) Fuck the LA Galaxy
B) Fuck everyone on the LA Galaxy roster
So why don't we like Landon Donavan?
My only experience with him is his catastrophe of a 2006 World Cup performance, but otherwise I know little about him.
Some of us like Landon Donovan
Graham does not because he broke Chelsea player (and I mean player in every sense of the word) Ashley Cole’s ankle.
American soccer found a pretty good ambassador in Lando. I hate him when he plays for LA, but as someone who can bring more attention to the game, and who is fairly decent at the sport, he’s not really someone to hate.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow I think someone might have mislead you
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Moreover, Liverpool doesn't have anywhere near the money that the others in the "Top Four" have.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Liverpool fell out of the elite level for a few years. Perhaps permanently.
Well, that's what I meant.
Being a Villa fan means being okay with finishing outside of the top four.
But since you mentioned it, Aston Villa have won the first division seven times.
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Why yes, Teej
Aston Villa is fifth in the All-time FA Premier League table. Aston Villa has the fourth highest total of major honours won by an English club with 20 wins
.
And they were runners-up (ie second) once.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions
And this only refers to the Premier League in its current inception since 1992
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually really like that you support Liverpool in their season of not doing so well.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Arsenal?
I have determined that Liverpool is a joke.
Arsene Wegner is a pile of shit so if you like piles of shit then Arsenal is your team.
(Sorry pdb. I just really, really hate him.)
by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
NONONONONONO
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd go with Arsenal myself
solely because they’ll still be solvent in five years’ time. Not a lot of other teams can guarantee that. Plus there’s Arsene Wenger – people can and do hate him, but he almost singlehandedly hauled the English Premiership into the modern age as far as styles of play. He’s…stagnated somewhat in the last couple seasons, but he has done more for the game in England than any manager anywhere, and for that alone he’s a legend.
Plus they have a cannon for a logo.
Absolutely agree from a player perspective
But Wenger almost singlehandedly destroyed the pint-and-a-smoke-after-training culture that permeated Arsenal’s changing room, which then forced other teams to do the same. He changed how English footballers look at their diet, their training regimens, and their general approach to the game.
Zola was the first smash-hit successful “mainstream” foreign player (not a washed up old man playing for a relegation threatened side), and he opened a lot of doors, to be sure.
I wouldn't pick Everton simply because every American choosing a team right now will be picking Everton.
But that’s just my contrarian nature.
Everton have an excellent manager in David Moyes and if they didn’t have so many injuries at the beginning of the season, they’d likely be in the hotly contested race for fourth. They have a fun nickname (Toffees) and a built-in rivalry against Liverpool. They really aren’t a bad team to get behind right now.
But if you can’t get past Lando, I’d say you want to stick with at team in the upper ten, because as exciting as relegation battle is, do you really want to choose a team and then next year have them in the Championship? That’s even harder to follow. Unfortunately, I have quite a few prejudices for top-ten teams: I hate Harry Redknapp and for some reason the Spurs style of play irks me. Chelsea, ManU and Liverpool are all out simply for being too hated. Citeh is playing just to win and seems to believe that throwing oodles of cash around should buy them respect. Birmingham are scum.
Fulham could be an ok choice—London club, played the Europa League this year, although their League standings aren’t as high as last year. Made the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
But clearly I would recommend Villa to anyone. And it’s not just because it’s my club (although that helps). They have a young squad that will likely stick together for the next few years, but it’s not so young that they aren’t able to win anything. They made the finals of the Carling Cup this year, are facing Chelsea in the semis of the FA Cup, and are seventh in the table while still having two games to make up. They focus on English players rather than players from abroad and Martin O’Neill is a respected manager. Randy Lerner owns them so there’s an American connection, as there also is from Brad Friedel, our keeper. They’re a side on the rise and when they open up and play attacking football, as they did against Wigan last night, they’re even fun (read: terrifying) to watch.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Did you just call my team ... Citeh?!
by EnglishMariner on Mar 17, 2010 2:49 AM PDT up reply actions
EM bait!
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 4:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Also I like how this was your only issue with what I said.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I love David Moyes, and Everton's youth system is legendary, but they're going to struggle to crack the top 4
Think of Everton as the Oakland A’s of the premiership, where they often get a lot from their smallish budget (no, they’re not the smallest club in the game or anything, but neither are the A’s). That’s cool and all, but they’ve got so much to overcome that they’ll bounce from 5th to 15th. Again, I support Tottenham, so I’m cool with bouncing from 5th to 15th, and I’m even cool with getting not a lot from a comparatively larger budget, but just know what you’re signing up for.
But I don't want to be a douchebag :(
I just want a team that’s not going to stab me in the back as often as the Seahawks have been lately.
Well you're pretty stuck then as most teams will stab you in the back in the PL.
I’d suggest supporting Man United if you are a bit of a cunt and want to eat children.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 17, 2010 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
The bar is set pretty low right now as far as back stabbing goes.
As for being a cunt and wanting to eat children, I’d have to say I’m not very interested. Punting orphans, maybe, but not eating children.
No offense intended, but isn't this the cycle of pro teams?
Six years ago the Mariners were shitting on us while the Seahawks were at the beginning of a very nice run. Now the roles appear to have swapped, but there are no guarantees the Mariners won’t be pissing us off again in short order. It just kind of goes with being a sports fan.
I've been meaning to find a Premier team for a while but now I have a good excuse.
Spreading out my emotional attachment a little more seems like it might save me from a padded white room.
Glory, glory Tottenham Hotspur
In general, it’s wise to be on royalcurve’s side.
(But spreading out one’s emotional attachment in sports is more like a one-way ticket to a padded white room. Sorry. You just get a different group of people crushing your spirit! And this time, they’ve got accents!)
Truthfully I'd be looking for a Premier team even if Pete Carroll wasn't being a flaming idiot right now.
Long term, yeah a new sport/club is going to abuse me just like every other sport/club I love does but hey, soccer is new to me so for at least a while it’ll be fun regardless of the outcome.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
It also helps to stop caring as much, but then you have to fill that void with something else.
I used to become so infuriated as a fan and then my wife and I had a monumental argument about it at one point. I stepped back and realized I needed to be less worked up over things that I have zero control over. Now I care far more about things that I actually do than I do about the teams I root for and it has actually made being a fan more enjoyable.
Note: This may not work for everyone.
by Sec 108 on Mar 17, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I find it helpful to view sports as a soap opera
It works – the stories all take place in the same place, and come complete with a rotating cast of heroes and bad guys, and no matter what happens along the way you know at the end you’ll watch no matter what.
The Field Gulls thread is officially nuclear.
Sorry Brian. My brain hurts too.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Wow, skimming that thread is like revisiting my brain in 2003-08 with the M's.
Only on fast forward and more amperage. I’m still absorbing the fact Pete Carroll is the new coach and he’s already rearranging the deck chairs.
I have so much more appreciation for Jack and Co. after today's episode
There is still time for Carroll to redeem himself, but the precedent he’s set early on fucking terrifies me.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Someone at KING5 is not doing much on the fact-checking to help out Meeghan Black in Peoria this week.
yesterday was “he is known as The Hyphen”, tonight it is listing ‘the light bat’ as a Mariners commercial.
It's a little late to be doing a push for Edgar in the HOF, don't you think?
Putting it in the mind’s of the voters I guess.
by seattle_since_81 on Mar 17, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Just filled out my Census form
And this is the first time in my life I got to fill out a Census form by myself. Yay!
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Percentage points not percent!!
It drives me nuts that people routinely say things like “Chone Figgins O-Swing% is down 7.4% from 2007.” Because it isn’t true. A 7.4% reduction from 22.3% is 20.6498%. It’s not like it’s harder to say “Chone Figgins O-Swing% is down 7.4 points from 2007.” Okay, maybe slightly, but come on.
I wish that was the case
but I see it on Fangraphs fairly frequently (in the posts, not the comments).
by Ike Clanton on Mar 17, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
That's no Jim Street article.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 17, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
But still better than Street.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 17, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Careful someone might trip over that bar.
by BrianL on Mar 17, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I want Corey Brock back.
Not that I’ve been paying attention to his work with (snickers) the Padres…
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
At this point if Washburn came back to Seattle he's going to be coming back really cheap.
I don’t think I’d be opposed to it if it happened, but I’m doubtful he returns.
I'd love for Baker to interview
the self-proclaimed genius of baseball BaseballGuru from MLBTR comment thread fame. Quite the ambassador of Mariner baseball.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

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