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OTFPOTM, 2010-03-17 - Words With Friends, NCAA Tournament and Beer!

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Scruffy's OFFTOP is starting to slow down a bit in comments and size, so here's a new one with some new topics!

  • Words With Friends on the iPhone/iPod touch is fantastic. Do you have it? If you do, what's your username? Play with me @SeattleBruin!
  • NCAA Tournament starts tomorrow! Who's in the Final Four? Upset specials? South regional - bad region or worst region ever? (I mean seriously, Duke and Villanova are the top two seeds? There's a region where Baylor has a legitimate chance to lose in the first round OR make the Final Four? ugh)
  • BEER!! - it's been a while since we had a beer thread, so feel free to discuss here (not that we don't just do that anyway).
    • Recent things I've liked - Dogfish Head Festina Peche, Russian River Salvation, New Belgium La Folie, Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle, The Bruery Trade Winds, Russian River Pliny the Younger, Ballast Point Victory at Sea.
    • What have you had that's been good lately? What's in your cupboard? How drunk are you right now?
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For me, St. Patrick's Day and Cinco de Mayo are
awesome
4 votes
awful
4 votes
boring
24 votes
drunk
10 votes

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This can't be good.

I have an eerily similar bracket to the POTUS. Crap, he got killed last year.

TouchMyIchiro

by brayden04 on Mar 17, 2010 11:04 AM PDT reply actions  

Mine just has chalk all over it

there’s no one even remotely interesting below the three line except maybe A&M and Maryland.

I loved Purdue until the Hummel injury

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

Since I've mostly avoided hoops this season

I decided to use the consensus pick for 95% of my bracket. I threw in a few of my own ideas but the rest is just wisdom of the masses.

I expect to be fucked in round 2.

[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]

by bluemax on Mar 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Eh, I don't like Maryland.

Greivis Vasquez is a dick. Seriously, I never found one redeeming quality about him. And Gary Williams is a dick too. Even if he did coach at my Alma Mater. I’ve never seen someone berate the officials so distastefully.

TouchMyIchiro

by brayden04 on Mar 17, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

"the POTUS. Crap, he got killed last year."

and brayden’s on the FBI watch list now…

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

by JY on Mar 18, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have been keeping up with my favorites recently.

That is, Paulaner, Franzinskaner, Hacker Pschorr and Dogfish Head 90 minute.

I also have a bottle of Fin Du Monde in my fridge, but haven’t ever had it before. Anyone had it?

by seattlesundevil on Mar 17, 2010 11:11 AM PDT reply actions  

Had a Fin Du Monde last week

It was excellent. According to Beer Advocate it’s a tripel, but it tasted less thick than a tripel to me.. It was as light, crisp and refreshing as a hefeweizen, but more complex.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

This makes me REALLY want it to be Friday night.

Hefe’s are my favorites. The last Tripel I had (don’t remember what it was) had a very syrupy mouthfeel. I am down to try another, but a bit iffy on them. Good to hear some great reviews!

by seattlesundevil on Mar 18, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Fin du Monde is one of my favorites.

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

by JY on Mar 18, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Best bottle I've had recently would have to be Red Poppy 2010

or Supplication. Both are signs that I’m not opening bottles fast enough. I think I am going to drink my bottle of Cuvee de Tomme 2008 during the NCAA tourney on Friday

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:14 AM PDT reply actions  

Definitely

Cal over Duke too if it goes that way, not that I know anything about hoops. I just feel that, based exclusively on everyones Pac 10 hate this year, the Huskies and Bears will light the tourney up.

by FizzleDrip on Mar 17, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

I don't see it.

Duke has some fighters, which for them is admittedly rare. I can see them having trouble with Villanova though. They are a tough squad.

Louisville is too inconsistent, it’s tough to bet on a team that plays as high and low as they do.

TouchMyIchiro

by brayden04 on Mar 17, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nova's looked really poor as of late

I’m not sure they get by Richmond, much less Notre Dame/Baylor

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

With regards to Duke, I just don't think they match up with more athletic teams without a Gerald Henderson (Bobcats) or Elliot Williams (Memphis)

they just don’t have the defensive ability to stay in front of fast guards and I could see someone like Edgar Sosa going for 30 against them pretty easily.

Vazquez torched them twice this year, and he’s not nearly as quick as Sosa or Donald Sloan of A&M who they would probably face in the Sweet Sixteen

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Answers!

1. Nope
2. A tournament without Arizona is a rotten husk of a thing that I have no interest in (and what 108 said).
3. No new beer in the last week or so but I’m going to Bailey’s Taproom this weekend so I’ll probably find some good stuff there.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 11:20 AM PDT reply actions  

It is really strange to have no UCLA or Arizona.

The Pac-10 really was terrible this year wasn’t it?

by Sec 108 on Mar 17, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

Insanely

Thus a 22-win ASU team making the NIT… and then losing to Jacksonville.

by seattlesundevil on Mar 17, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

"Unbelieveably awful" is only the beginning of the description

it’s probably the worst major conference season in the history of the Power Six

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Recently had Three Philosophers again.

Tasty, but not as mindblowing as I remembered it. Think my palate’s probably changing. I’m much more amenable towards darks and stouts now. Delirium Nocturnum and Stone Imperial Russian Stout are delicious.

by sammy on Mar 17, 2010 11:20 AM PDT reply actions  

Had some Three Philosophers recently too.

I liked it a lot, but it was a little too sweet for me to really drink a lot of it. Stellar Pizza had it on tap, which I thought was interesting.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

My favorite app

except Im pretty sure my brother is a damn cheater

by FizzleDrip on Mar 17, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yes. But it's dangerous.

It starts as a team-building thing, everyone thinks it’s cool, hey, it’s like scrabble only on your phone!

It gets more and more competitive, people scrounging for more and more words, and boom, your manager’s busted for doing cocaine. Slippery slope.

by marc w on Mar 17, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

I hate QI

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 17, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

I fucking love it.

They need to hurry up and release the ‘D’ series on DVD, it’s been forever since ‘C’ was released and ‘G’ has just finished airing.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 17, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I didn't even know they were on DVD.

I used to watch them on youtube, but just download torrents now.

by sammy on Mar 17, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

It probably isn't in America

from Wikipedia:

There have been several attempts to broadcast QI in the United States. U.S. networks that have tried to broadcast the series include Comedy Central, PBS, Discovery Channel and BBC America. Lloyd said that one factor in the failure to get the show broadcast is due to the cost. As QI features several images during each episode there are copyright issues. Lloyd said in an interview with TV Squad that: “No country in the world has bought the original show and this is partly a matter of cost. The pictures in the background of the show are only cleared for UK usage, so until the show is bought by a Stateside TV company and the rights cleared for World, the programme (is) unaffordable by smaller countries.”31 Amongst the famous names also to express anger over QI not being shown in the US include comedian John Hodgman, who appeared as a “fifth guest” in the second episode of Series G.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 17, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

The fuck it isn't

Words with Friends has become an addiction for me. I need more challengers!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 17, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nbeaver

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 17, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can't use my phone right now, but my name is the same as on here

Start a new game and I’ll step into it in just a few

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 17, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Done

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 17, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

My one shining moment of NCAA picking

I picked Vermont over Syracuse in 2005. Wouldn’t shut up about the pick before, during or after the game. Led some friends of mine to create a Facebook group (now deceased) bitching about it.

by seattlesundevil on Mar 17, 2010 11:23 AM PDT reply actions  

The players have to know this is a stupid idea

A strike kills MLS and most of them aren’t good enough to play anywhere else. It would set US soccer back years.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 17, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

I am refusing to read these things anymore.

I am going to wake up on Wednesday and everything is going to be fine.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm with you. Between the last World Cup and the Sounders re-emergence,

I finally became a big soccer fan. Now there’s the threat it’s being taken away? Fuck the Sonics – THIS is NOT going to happen.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

Free agency seems to be the bigger sticking point

but both the owners and the players have got to consider the short-term. They can’t afford to squander the momentum the league has generated the last few years.

by BrianL on Mar 17, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

No. I mean, they have completely legitimate grievances that don't simply relate to pay.

But they also have zero leverage. See Graham’s point above.

Really crappy situation all around.

by marc w on Mar 17, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

They really should do it for two years.

Wait until after Vancouver and Portland play their first seasons and then see where things are at.

I am having a very hard time being sympathetic to the players when well over half of the people I know make less now than they did two years ago.

by Sec 108 on Mar 17, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

But as Freddie pointed out, what would you do if your firm fired you, and then wouldn't let you

take a job with a new employer until that new employer paid the firm that fired you?
If you cut a player, the team shouldn’t have control over that player’s rights. That’s what it means when you fire/cut someone. Only in MLS could they screw up something as simple as that.

by marc w on Mar 17, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Right. Over time, that sort of thing is going to cause any player with a modicum of talent

to choose the Belgian league, the Norwegian league or the 2 Bundesliga over MLS.

At present, 90% of the people voting to strike wouldn’t get a lot of attention from the Norwegian league. But if the league does develop, it could become a problem. It could also become a problem if every decent player bolts and the ridiculously-named “super draft” involves players that every other league in the world have already passed on.

by marc w on Mar 17, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

All I know is if the Norwegian Premier League

(fun fact: It’s called the Tippeligaen!) suddenly gets a vast influx of American players and gets reasonably good I’m going to be upset.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loved Flo.

But the golden generation of Norsk footballers seems is gone. The mid/late 90s had Solskjaer, Ronny Jonsen, Henning Berg, Flo, etc. all in the premier league, with Carew about to move to Europe, Steffen Iverson and Oyvind Leonhardsen about to move to the EPL too.

Now? Eh.

by marc w on Mar 17, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Tippeligaen basically means the lottery league

which I think is kind of funny.

Also, total sideline, the Norwegian lottery had all these signs everywhere on shops where you could buy a ticket. They showed a woman jumping into a man’s arms – it sort of looked like he was hoisting her up, or just catching her. The signs said “play here” in Norwegian, which is “Spill Her.” It was really confusing at first to see a guy holding a woman up in the air as the bright red text demanded “SPILL HER!”

by marc w on Mar 17, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's why I think the issue should wait until the league does develop

and the players actually have these options.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe so - they'd clearly have more leverage if the league was successful.

But I think they may be worried that the league will never grow much beyond what it is now if it’s got these bizarre restrictions on player movements and the single-owner concept. Which is true.

I think the players also figure that the league now has a tv deal and some successful new clubs, and if they don’t get a larger share of the pie now, they may help perpetuate the current inequitable system. I don’t know. I’ve said from the beginning that they don’t have a lot to gain with this, but I also understand that they’re probably thinking it’s a decent time to stand and fight given that management now has serious money to lose.

Also, I am sad.

by marc w on Mar 17, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

I actually had to sign a non-compete as many sales people do.

It does not keep me from taking a job elsewhere, but for two years I am not allowed to contact a vast majority of my clients. That in itself makes me a difficult hire. If I leave where I work now I would most likely have to find a new line of work. It is a choice I made though because I wanted to work here.

I have no feelings of sympathy for someone signing a contract and then bitching about the stipulations. I know I come off as an ass in regards to this, but now is the wrong time for this. Seattle is still in much better shape as far as job markets go than most of the country so it may be hard to grasp, but attendance was crap in most cities last year and if they strike it will never rebound.

by Sec 108 on Mar 17, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Non-competes are almost unenforceable in real life.

My company has lost 4 managers/executives in the past three years and brought in 3, all with NCA, and out of the 4 that went to trial, all were thrown out.

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

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Of course you would (wink wink)

I’m just saying that at least in my industry, it’s not even a consideration anymore, it’s more a tradition to sign a NCA.

Hell, I signed one, and I was working in the warehouse at that point.

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

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I know some people at a different shop who all jumped ship

recently and totally broke their NCA’s. Like you said the lawsuit will get thrown out. Their situation was different than mine though in that I truly like and respect my boss. I am not a screw people over kind of guy anyway. Might be why I am very middle of the road in terms of my success, but at least I like myself.

by Sec 108 on Mar 17, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes it does, but they will never lay me off.

Unlike most employees I am not a liability because I only make money when I make sales. If I fail to make sales then I just don’t get paid. If I was an hourly employee I wouldn’t have signed such an agreement because there is no need.

by Sec 108 on Mar 18, 2010 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

There's a huge difference between not being automatically picked up by another company

and not being allowed to sell your labor on the free market.

It’s simple. If you believe that people should be allowed to sell their labor on the free market when their current employers no longer wish to employ them, you’re with the players. If you believe that organizations should be free to control the market for your labor after they have decided not to be a part of said market, then you’re with the owners.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 18, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

I am not opposed to the concept, my issue is the players signed on

knowing full well that the league is a single entity employer. Unlike other leagues they technically do not sign with a particular team, but rather with the league itself. It is a funky set-up, but the analogies I keep seeing do not fit.

I think a more accurate analogy is if an employee did not like working in the Salt Lake office of whatever company they worked for and asked to be transferred to Seattle. Would we be outraged if the company said no and that if they chose to stay as an employee that it will only be in Salt Lake? I just think everyone is looking past the fact that MLS is set up this way and not the way the players are trying to paint it.

by Sec 108 on Mar 18, 2010 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well, it's not that clear cut either

It’s not requesting a transfer, it’s being able to move around after one branch decides they don’t want a player – even if another branch does.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 18, 2010 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

If the fuckers don't like their situation, then they shouldn't have become professional players.

Very little sympathy for football players who have willingly joined a MLS football team of their own free turning around and ruining the game for the fans and the people that have put so much effort into trying to make football in America a success.

The owners should fly in European lower league players to fill the void.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 17, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I'd love to see a bunch of footballers bother to form a picket line for the replacement players to cross.

They just aren’t low paid enough/have a shitty enough job for me to give a shit about their supposed cause now that they are threatening the enjoyment of all those new fans. Agree to carry on the previous CBA for one more season, and let the union and league sort the issues out in that time via compromise.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 17, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

They're not good enough at their jobs to be making that demand

While the current MLS system is completely idiotic, I have zero sympathy for any group that overplays their hand that badly.

Fuck both groups for not compromising.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 18, 2010 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

How good they are has nothing to do with it.

The question is, how strong is the league as a business venture? Do they absolutely NEED this bizarre structure to fend off the inevitable NASL-style collapse, or is it a perfectly viable minor sports league? I think it’s in better shape than management is pretending, and not in as good of a shape as the players obviously think it is.

I worry that playing in Seattle helped convince the players that the league had ‘made it’ or whatever…to all MLS players for other teams: we weren’t cheering for you or your weird little league. Sorry for any confusion we may have caused.

But fuck both groups for not compromising.

by marc w on Mar 18, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

How good they are has plenty to do with it

The closer the league is to generic replacement level, the less leverage the players have in a strike.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 18, 2010 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

Replacement level compared to what?

Europe? The relevant comparison in my mind is to the A league or USL or whatever it’s called now (and isn’t THAT league killing itself now too? Did it split?). I think the MLS players can convincingly say that they’re better than the average Vancouver whitecap or Rhochester Ragin’ Rhino or whatever. The question is, what’s that worth?

Given the league has a TV deal with ESPN, FSC and HD Net, they obviously think it’s worth something. It’s obviously not worth as much as the players think, but there’s some money on the table here. Are the players vastly overestimating their leverage? Sure, but it’s not zero.

by marc w on Mar 18, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's just a branding thing.

I’m not convinced that the talent gap between MLS rosters and the lower league is huge. Granted, I’m basing this off the fact that Zach Scott exists, but still.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 18, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not exactly related

but could someone explain to me the love affair fans have with James Riley? Granted, I don’t know much about soccer, but it looks to me that he fucking sucks.

by BrianL on Mar 18, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Some internet knowitall wrote about him

here.

Stat-heavy fan probably doesn’t even know how to play the game, but NOOOO, he’s got James Riley sussed.
Honestly, I’d read that article, and the comments below it. People do love Riley, and I think it may be because people just love watching overlapping runs. It’s easy to be impressed by a defender who’s playing at every level on the field. And when done right, they ARE cool. But Riley just isn’t much of a defender, and that’s a problem if you’re a…defender.

by marc w on Mar 18, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe the players know how thin the ice is and that's their leverage.

If both parties realize a strike would be the end of the league it’s a pretty strong tactic, mutually assured destruction. Hopefully the players demands aren’t outrageous and the league can afford to acquiesce.

by Kermit. on Mar 18, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Last weekend I had Lompoc's Organic Portland Roast Stout.

It was really good and not too bitter for a coffee stout. I can’t remember the full name and my 2 minute Google searching revealed nothing, but it had a picture of coffee beans on the bottle.

I also had Deschutes Hop Trip IPA for the first time and this was good as well. It too wasn’t so bitter for an Imperial IPA. I’ve grown tired of the super-duper-kill-you-with-hops brews and this had some other flavors that made it enjoyable.

by Jed MC on Mar 17, 2010 11:23 AM PDT reply actions  

Lompoc is awesome.

Don’t like coffee beers but everything they do is amazing.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

I detest the taste of coffee

even in beer. Pipeline’s my wife’s favorite porter, pretty much.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I totally agree with this.

I love the way coffee smells, but it never tastes that good. Somehow coffee beer harnesses everything that’s good about coffee smell in a way that coffee itself does not.

This is based on a sample size of Pipeline Porter (which my wife and I are now hooked on thanks to the last beer thread).

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

I go through coffee beer phases where I love them and others when I hate them.

If I kept track, I probably like them more when it is cold and rainy.

by Jed MC on Mar 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is going to suck.

My restaurant is going to be packed to the rafters with drunk, vomiting Fremont pseudo-fratboys tonight. Those fuckers rack up $150 tabs and tip $4 if you’re lucky.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 11:24 AM PDT reply actions  

Do what my bartender friend in London used to do

and top off obnoxious people’s beer with 1/4 glass of the stuff that gathers in the dripmat under the taps. This obviously only works with dark beer, but it’s very gratifying.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Like that hasn't happened before.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

How was your coffee this morning?

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

And fuck it - we Germans don't need a specific day to get drunk and act like assholes.

Oktoberfest was created for non-inebriates.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bear Republic 11!

And I sent you a game request.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 17, 2010 11:26 AM PDT reply actions  

How was the Smoked Porter with Chipolte?

I’ve been tempted to pick one up for the novelty, but I always seem to pass.

by Jed MC on Mar 17, 2010 11:31 AM PDT reply actions  

I will trade for a bottle of that in a heartbeat

that and I saw that Bell’s distributes in Arizona. Would be willing to trade tons of stuff for those two

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

For the Bell's, the Tucson store stocks

Bell’s Amber Ale, HopSlam Ale, Kalamazoo Stout, Oberon Ale and Two Hearted Ale

by seattlesundevil on Mar 17, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, their list is insane

I’m going to have to insist on stopping in a Phoenix area one while I’m out there

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

Never a bad idea... Well there is a Total Wine next to IKEA on Warner

I know there are a few in Glendale / Phoenix, but I don’t know where. If you are in Tempe, the Warner one is probably the closest. You just take I-10 east to Warner (or Elliot) and get off there, it’s JUST off the freeway

by seattlesundevil on Mar 17, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why the hell is Phoenix so damn big

and how do you have SIX Total Wine & More’s?! They’re like not-shitty BevMos!

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well.. It's the Phoenix-Metro area...

That includes Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Chandler, Avondale, Mesa etc…

by seattlesundevil on Mar 17, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

And "Old Tempe" - Gunfights! Boom mics! Tour buses! Aged religious zealots!

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's fun for about five seconds.

The one with vanilla beans is far better.

by Teej on Mar 17, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Seen Beer Wars?

I had no ideal Anheuser Busch was evil for more than just crap beer.

by FizzleDrip on Mar 17, 2010 11:32 AM PDT reply actions  

Hey.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 17, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I dunno,

I think Temple is alright. Didn’t they beat Nova and almost took down Georgetown. Although those were early in the year. Cornell kinda seems like the popular upset pick that might start hearing too many good things about itself and underrate their higher seeded opponent.

That said, I did pick Cornell. So I’m an idiot either way.

TouchMyIchiro

by brayden04 on Mar 17, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

The thing about A&M is that they have a small-school coach and big-school talent

so they lock up on the perimeter, help intelligently, run offense and shoot well, but with more talented athletes than the small schools

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

As an FYI, if anyone starts a Words With Friends game with me and I don't play back for a while

it’s because I have an iPod Touch and we are definitely not allowed to have a wireless network at work, so I really can only play at home. I’m not ignoring you, I promise

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 11:49 AM PDT reply actions  

Picked up Strangford Lough Brewing's St. Patrick's Best

in honor of today’s holiday (Evacuation Day). Not bad; finishes a bit tart but it’s a very clean taste and not too heavy on the palate. Don’t know how far West this beer’s made it but I’d definitely recommend picking it up if you find it.

by ThomasG on Mar 17, 2010 12:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Finally heard me some Justin Bieber.

Wow, that is terrible, terrible stuff. What is Ludacris doing?

by waldo rojas on Mar 17, 2010 12:22 PM PDT reply actions  

What's a Justin Bieber?

Is that a Jonas Brother or something?

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rick Rolls are a dead meme?

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

No. 5 as I write this

I don’t get it. It’s not just that he’s really popular with tween girls, because it’s not like the Twitter user base is skewed toward tween girls. This has to be some weird spambot at work. Bieber probably created it after getting high and jacking Raaaaaaaandy’s beats. He’s a crafty fucker. Or maybe TigerBeat Magazine promised a free poster to the reader who writes Justin Bieber the most in her tweets this year.

by Teej on Mar 17, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yuck.

Blame Canada for that one.

2009 Safeco Field Record: 6-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 10-4

by Fin on Mar 19, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Picks (tentative)

Midwest - Kansas, Northern Iowa, Michigan State, Maryland, San Diego State, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Ohio State || Kansas, Maryland, Georgetown, Ohio State || Kansas, Georgetown || Kansas

West - Syracuse, Gonzaga, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Brigham Young, Kansas State || Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Kansas State || Syracuse, Kansas State || Syracuse

East - Kentucky, Texas, Cornell, Wisconsin, Washington, New Mexico, Missouri, West Virginia || Kentucky, Wisconsin, New Mexico, West Virginia || Kentucky, West Virginia || West Virginia

South - Duke, Louisville, Texas A&M, Purdue, Notre Dame, Baylor, Richmond, Villanova || Louisville, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Villanova || Texas A&M, Villanova || Texas A&M

Finals - Kansas, West Virginia || Kansas

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 12:58 PM PDT reply actions  

I think K St.

Is going to offensive rebound Syracuse out of the game.

TouchMyIchiro

by brayden04 on Mar 17, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not convinced Kansas State gets that far, so I hedged my bets

otherwise, agreed. I think Syracuse will always be vulnerable because of that 2-3 zone, but they have a moderately easy draw this year, so I think they have a chance

by seattlebruin on Mar 17, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone here like Ted Leo?

I didn’t realize his new album was out last week. I must acquire it!

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by bluemax on Mar 17, 2010 1:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Love most of his stuff.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

it's a great record, I've been listening to it all day today

and he’s in Portland (at the Doug Fir) Saturday night. Can’t wait.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've only seen him live once

and it was a short set but he was my favorite band of the night.

They’re going to be in LA next weekend so I need to try and get there.

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by bluemax on Mar 18, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wow!

Hey Aaron, Jeff, Paul, Mark, etc. Listen to this. It’s long, but hang with it…

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 1:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Wha??

Ron Washington trying out for the Nats?

Sorry if late…

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 17, 2010 1:41 PM PDT reply actions  

Baylor doesn't have a chance of losing in the 1st. You crazy.

They’re making it to the Final Four.

Other picks of note:
Kansas over Kentucky for it all.
BYU in the Elite 8.
Siena to the Sweet 16.
Richmond to the Sweet 16.
Marquette in the Elite 8.
SDSU, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Utah St., and Wofford get 1st round wins.

by SethGrandpa on Mar 17, 2010 1:56 PM PDT reply actions  

I have no fucking clue what to do with Marquette in my bracket.

After watching them all season, they could just as easily power to the Elite Eight as get stomped by UW. Naturally I hope for the former, but they’re so damn wily.

by Torrid on Mar 17, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ehh

In college St. Patty’s day was a big deal because the bar at which my frat* drank was an “Irish Pub,” and we would pretty much take it over…so despite the fact that some of us were douchebags, at least we were all friends with each other (and the bar staff and owner knew us/liked us). But my favorite bars in Seattle are packed like sardines, so I usually don’t bother. I’m actually doing trivia with some friends tonight.

Yeah, I was in a frat, but at an engineering school of <2000 undergrads, so I like to refer to it as a nerd frat. I don’t think I really fit the stereotype.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 17, 2010 2:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Go Spaztecs! Go Dawgs!

I’ve got Huskies upsetting Marquette and New Mexico, then losing to West Virginia in the Sweet 16. I have my alma mater SDSU beating Tennessee then losing to Georgetown. Winning one tourney game would be ginormous for the program but am obviously hoping for a deep run.

Happy St. Pat’s everybody, from an Irish-American (by surname/ancestry).

by lemonverbena on Mar 17, 2010 2:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Weird modem troubles

I’m back home for ~Spring Break and it appears my router only works occasionally. It’s working now but in 5 minutes it probably won’t be working but in 20 it will work again. The modem is working fine and if I use an Ethernet cable connected to the modem it works without interruption. It’s just way more convenient to use wireless. Any idea what’s up? The router (AirPort Express) worked fine for about a year until I came back a couple months ago for the weekend. I believe they got a new modem. I’m getting a signal just fine but it’s not actually working. Should I call Qwest?

by Mariner John on Mar 17, 2010 2:40 PM PDT reply actions  

Give them a call.

I swear modems and routers actually go senile.

by BrianL on Mar 17, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've had a friend that worked for Comcast in their aquisition department.

There’s some weird programming in those modems. They use so many different models and different firmwares, it’s insane.

He talked about a person that had a modem for 6 months, and then it stopped working. When they decided to autopsy the modem (as it was a current model they were currently buying) they found that on a clear loop, it worked fine, but once you introduced the same model modem with newer firmware on the same local loop, the older firmwares would refuse to pull data.

It turns out that one of the firmware revisions changed an encoding bit in all the packets, and when the old firmware saw it the interface would lock up on the bit. It would still send, but not receive.

From that story and a couple others, I’ve realized that literally anything can happen with the modems, and getting a new one from the latest batch fixes just about everything.

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

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

This reminds me ...

I went to the Toyota dealership because my passenger airbag light was lit to “OFF”. I actually went in rather than just calling, as I’d just had it serviced, and they’d forgotten then to turn the ’MAINT REQ" light off and I wondered if this was yet something else.

It turned out the airbag was off because I had buckled in a bag of groceries, and the car seat sensed it was too light to be an adult, so it turned off the airbag just in case my groceries were a small child. They had me unbuckle the bag, turn the car off, and then back on again, and all was well. The kid I talked to said he only knew that trick because it had happened once before, and that five of them stood around the car, trying to figure out what the problem was…

I can’t get used to these cars that think for you.

by msb on Mar 17, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Two things:

1) words with friends sn: andrewross

2) if anyone is going to the m’s / rangers game tonight in Peoria, hit me up on email (in my profile) and we’ll meet up and I’ll buy you a beer.

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on Mar 17, 2010 2:50 PM PDT reply actions  

FUCK

STOP DESTROYING MY TEAM YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?

by Benne on Mar 17, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

After thinking about this perhaps the silver lining is that Hasselbeck may finally be out the door.

That’s a ton to give up for a backup QB. I’m beginning to think that Whitehurst is going to be the starter before all is said and done.

by BrianL on Mar 18, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

What kills me is that the organization could have gotten Brady Quinn cheap.

Quinn may have sucked in Cleveland, but hey it’s Cleveland and Quinn is younger than Whitehurst.

by BrianL on Mar 18, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Eh

We got Quinn and I’m not all that excited about him. Pretty sure Orton is still better, albeit way more goofy looking.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 18, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

He didn't cost you guys much and at the very least he's an interesting player to look at.

We on the other hand got 28 year old perennial backup Charlie Whitehurst for a 2011 third and 20 spots in the second round.

by BrianL on Mar 18, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Totally agree on the cost

I feel “eh” about Quinn as a player but it’s pretty sweet we got him for basically nothing. Sorry y’all got shafted.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 18, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just think people are discounting Whitehurst for not playing.

There have been QB’s that have gone from nothing to quite good instantly. (Rodgers, Schaub, Cassell)

Quinn has played terribly and I don’t think its just the Browns.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just have a hard time getting past the age.

The way Trader Pete is running this show it’s going to be a while before the team is competitive again. Whitehurst might be 30 or 31 before the Seahawks show any kind of on-field competence.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I still think he is a stop gap 4 year QB rather then a "QB of the future"

2 year contract. And with Rookies contracts getting under control next draft I think we’re going to be looking for the QB of the future in that draft.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

I would have rather that 40 and next year's 2011 third round pick be used on something other than a stopgap QB.

As much as I complain about him, I don’t mind letting Matt play in a season that’s probably a lost cause and signing a stopgap via free agency.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

But Schneider knows Brohm.

And knows he is probably available and whatever the reason didn’t pursue him.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

Schneider and Carroll haven't done enough to earn the benefit of the doubt from me.

Given the odd reports that Seattle didn’t engage in any kind of meaningful negotiations to drive the cost of Whitehurst down, I’m not entirely convinced that this front office is even aware they have options.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

I don't want to "use Matt" for another season.

I want someone with any type of upside to pair with a decent defense and some good skill players.

We knew since we didn’t have a third we would have to over pay. Just giving them the 2011 3rd round pick wasn’t going to be enough.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

I don't really want to either

but Carroll and Schneider needed to walk away from Whitehurst once the price got that steep, and that’s really the problem I have with the trade.

I think Whitehurst is moderately interesting, but not interesting enough to go that far over what he was tendered by San Diego.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

I mean, once Arizona had signed Anderson we were the only team interested.

It just doesn’t seem like the team did any kind of serious bargaining, which sadly seems to be backed up by some quotes Sando posted over the weekend.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

So offer them a 4th this year and a 3rd next year

That’s still too much in my opinion, but it’s better than the Cards offer and more excusable than this.

by OlSalty on Mar 22, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

McCoy would need more time then I think he would've been allowed.

This is a very winnable division in a league where teams don’t need “3 year rebuilds” especially with some of the talent we have – its not out of the question that this team performs well.

If we didn’t trade Tapp for what we did. This Whitehurst trade wouldn’t be nearly as bad.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

This could also be the only way I'm coping with this.

And on a unrelated note I totally forgot my wife changed my avatar again.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Isn't Starcraft II supposed to be out soon as well?

Admittedly, that’s been the case for roughly a decade, but apparently it’s actually close.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm almost hoping that it never comes out.

I’m not looking forward to losing my job and family because I couldn’t tear myself away from the computer for six consecutive weeks.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Early beta

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by bluemax on Mar 18, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

this is some bullshit right here.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I now want a D'backs/M's World Series so we can talk about the bad blood started this year.

Plus we took Byrnes and that adds some edge to it.

It’s not going to happen, but hey…

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

So long as Arizona loses, you're damn right.

Especially if it comes at the expense of the Dodgers or Rockies in the NLCS.

FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!

by Goose on Mar 17, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

But that means Eric Byrnes will win something!

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

(sigh)

I have no iPhone, nor want one; I care little for the NCAA tourneys but Go Huskies by default (because cheering for an Ivy League team is not advised), and St. Paddy’s Day means little to me since my ancestors were orange (though no one had the heart to tell my great grandpa, who went out decked in green anyway), so I’ll be hanging out here sober most of the night, then head out and get some beer from the store tomorrow to atone for how good I’ve been lately (a local corner store sells Delirium and Stone stuff), and go out and get properly trashed on Friday at a dive bar my friend tends at.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 3:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Even though your ancestors were orange you're still OK in my book

Patrick predates the bogus political boundaries of modern Irish island anyway.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Green hair, orange skin.

Oompah Loompahs are offensive parodies of Irishmen!

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or extremely confused leprechauns.

That may have been the point.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

As much as I love a soccer shirt with a collar

If this is truly Arsenal’s kit for next season it’s the most excited I’ve been about a new kit in forever. This is awesome. Mostly because the sponsor logo is tiny, but also because it’s a throwback in the best sense of the word.

by pdb on Mar 17, 2010 9:05 PM PDT reply actions  

If I purchase it it will have no name

Not a big fan of jerseys with names on the back.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

But. Andrey.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 18, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not my favorite player

I like him, but he’s no Fabregas. If I were to get a name on the back of any shirt it would either be Tony Adams, Ian Wright, or Dennis Berkgamp anyway.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

All I've got right now is a 'but'.

Perhaps that is because I hate Fabregas though.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 18, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Very cool.

I love the ringer look.

by Teej on Mar 18, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Liverpool has a new kit as well

and for the first time in 17 years, they have a different sponsor. It’ll be weird not seeing them in Carlsberg-branded shirts. Why the hell they decided to make their away kit look like Blackburn Rovers is beyond me.

by pdb on Mar 20, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, the Standard Chartered logo doesn't feel right.

But apparently the new contract is far more lucrative than the one with Carlsberg, and money never hurts when your team is massively in debt.

And dammit, I really like the white (Gerrard in front) and black kits they have right now. I shall miss them.

by Teej on Mar 20, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

I walked six miles today trying to find a black Liverpool jersey.

No one has them because the kit is changing.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 20, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

You never said you wanted anything!

And no I cannot find Yossi anywhere to steal his hair.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 21, 2010 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hooray for simple fixes for scary problems.

My laptop seemed to be on the blink and was crashing erratically whenever I had to use anything with video. I ran a few virus scans just to be sure (there were other weird behaviors involved and I’ve seen issues like this before with trojans), which turned up nothing, and after installing a new driver, everything’s normal again.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 11:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Apparently.

I wasn’t doing anything new either, I was just booting up Civ4 like I’d done on Sunday, let’s say, but this time it flipped the fuck out. For a while when I was starting it up again, I wasn’t even getting the swirling bits of light 7 usually does, I was just getting a black screen with scattered colored lines up and down that got gradually lighter and lighter until it turned white and the start screen appeared. So that was…. disconcerting.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

My answers ...

Words with friends – username “hafner”, but I’m reluctant to recommend playing with me. I tend to get distracted and forget that I have a game going. I also typically prefer the games in which both parties are openly and wildly cheating, though I wouldn’t inflict that on anybody here.

Beer – I’ve really been enjoying Pipeline Porter (now my wife’s favorite beer), Old Rasputin Stout, Three Philosophers, Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout, Skullsplitter, and La Fin Du Monde, but my recent favorite has to be Brother Thelonius, which I think is just excellent.

Thanks to you guys, I’ve revamped our whole approach to beer; we now some proper glassware and a beer fridge stocked with Stone Vertical Epic, Stone Smoked Porter, Stone Old Guardian, Stone Ruination IPA, Ommegang Chocolate Stout, Russian River Damnation, Weihenstephaner, Hacker-Pschorr, a Great Divide IPA, Trois Pistoles, Chimay White, Bear Republic Racer 5, Bear Republic Big Bear Stout, Pliny the Elder, Ninkasi Oatis, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy and Old Chub, Rogue Dead Guy Ale …. and a few others. I even took all the beer suggested in the last beer thread and created a spreadsheet that lists them out, with the Beer Advocate ratings and ABV, fleshed out with all the commercially available beer, sortable by style, brewery, and overall rating. There are 343 beers on it in all, from Pliny the Younger as the top-ranked beer all the way down to the lowest, Michelob Ultra. If anybody wants the spreadsheet, I’d be happy to share – it helps me when I’m shopping at Full Throttle Bottles (another suggestion from the last beer thread).

So my most hearty thanks go out to the LL Beeristas. You’ve changed my life for the better, I think, by making it considerably more beer-addled.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 8:55 AM PDT reply actions  

I forgot - I also recently had a Dogfish Head Midas Touch ...

And it was really interesting, in that it was both really tasty and interesting but I didn’t want to drink that much of it. I’m looking forward to trying the 120 Minute IPA.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

I adore the 120 minute. Just as long as you only have one

Just having one knocks me on my ass. The 90 minute is by far my favorite.

How is the Bear Republic Racer 5? I have seen it at my beer store and countless times have almost picked it up, but haven’t for some reason.

by seattlesundevil on Mar 18, 2010 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Racer 5 is my favorite IPA

Relentlessly hoppy, but in a non-overpowering way.

How different are the 90 and 120 minute IPAs in terms of character? I have the 120 at home and am wondering if trying both side by side is in order.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

The 90 is sweeter than the 60 and the 120 is sweeter than the 90

They all are delicious and have a whole lot of hoppiness to em. The 120 also seems a bit thicker to me. But man oh man is it delicious.

If you were going to try them side by side, I would personally swig the 90 first.

by seattlesundevil on Mar 18, 2010 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not to be a downer

But you know what really sucks? Being 22, completely in love with beer, living in an awesome little microbrew community, and finding out you have celiac. On the day that your all time favorite beer is most celebrated.

by BigR on Mar 18, 2010 11:36 AM PDT reply actions  

That does really suck. Sorry dude.

I suppose it’s not much consolation at this point that other alcohol is available to you. I’ve heard that awareness of the disease is increasing in this country, so maybe someone will get on that sorghum or buckwheat-malted recipe that will allow you to properly drink again.

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

by JY on Mar 18, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

In fact, if you know any other those brewers, I'd suggest talking to them about it.

It’s a niche that could be exploited quite well if marketed properly.

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

by JY on Mar 18, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

I appreciate it.

Just started doing research and it looks that I’ll have maybe three or four choices here in town. I really don’t drink beer to get a buzz though, so being able to still drink alcohol really isn’t much of a primer.

by BigR on Mar 18, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wine is a good substitute

and there’s Redbridge, which is gluten free beer. Doesn’t taste as good as most beer talked about here, sure, but still, it’s beer. And it’s not terrible – it’s better than Bud, I think.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've already read about bard's.

It’s definitely the most tempting of the beers I’ve read about. Even looks like it’s carried locally, so that’s good.
Redbridge doesn’t look too intriguing, but appears to be by far the most well distributed and cheapest option, so I’m sure I’ll end up drinking a bunch of it. Looks like there’s a brewer called Green’s that has some options too, and it appears one of the distributors here can get it in.

by BigR on Mar 18, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Refresh my memory as to where you are

Bard’s is all over Portland, as is Redbridge – Fred Meyer carries them both. Green’s is an English brewer, I believe, and I’ve never seen them down here but also haven’t really looked.

Redbridge really isn’t terrible – it’s a completely different taste than beers made with wheat, but once you get used to the totally different flavor profile it’s not too bad. I have a celiac friend who made me try Redbridge once, and I was rather pleasantly surprised by how not horrid it is.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm in Missoula

I found Redbridge at a albertsons that has a pretty limited selection of anything, so that’s a good sign. I read online that the Good Food store carries bards, so I’ll have to swing by and check that out in the next couple days.

I’m just really not wanting to get my hopes up. I’m really into dark scotch and brown ales, and I really don’t think I’m going to find anything close to that.

by BigR on Mar 18, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, that's probably a closed avenue to you now

If you drink for taste as opposed to strictly get drunk, you might start considering getting into wine. Of course, you can get hammered on wine too, but the hangovers are way worse than those of a beer drunk. But there’s a whole world of good wine out there.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Appreciate the input man.

Just stopped by good food store and they carry Redbridge, Bards, and a couple of the Green’s brews. Although they were out of Bards. Brought a six pack of the redbridge home, and it isn’t bad. Its kind of like a ginger ale/beer blend. I guess I’ll grow to like it.

by BigR on Mar 18, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bummer

Time to drink lots of tequila. At least that’s what my one gluten-free friend does. Personally I can’t stand the stuff.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 18, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

There is Gluten Free Beers.

My brother is gluten intolerant and his wife is celiac.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

You keep reminding us and it keeps making me sad.

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

by JY on Mar 18, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're assuming there isn't already one up there that the government doesn't want you to know about

I’ve been on the internet long enough to know that conspiracy theories are all 100% true.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

that's what they want you to think

but in reality the CIA took JFK up there before they killed him.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can't wait to get home and watch the highlights

For whoever was talking about finding a Premiership team upthread, this is exactly why you should find a mid-table team to follow – nights like this, when a club pulls off an upset of a team they really have no right to beat, don’t really happen for the Man Utd/Arsenals/Chelseas of the world, but to them. As much as I know I’m spoiled by being an Arsenal fan in this day and age, I really love the fact that a Fulham can beat a Juventus and desperately wish I were a lifelong Fulham supporter right now because that’s probably the most awesome feeling in the whole wide world.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

My only note of warning

Not sure how much this matters to Brian or anyone else, but keep in mind that if you root for a mid-table team like Fulham, you have to understand that they’re seldom on TV and you’ll have to find a stream to watch them. I started rooting for Liverpool mostly because a friend of mine is a fan and I got attached, but the fact that they were on TV every weekend (or at least every other weekend) was a nice bonus.

ATDHE can be a godsend on days your team isn’t on TV in America, but it can also be really finicky.

That said, I love Fulham because of their stadium. Anfield aside, that’s my top destination when (if?) I can pull off a honeymoon in England.

by Teej on Mar 19, 2010 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

Try this site

myp2p . eu which has a link to pretty much most sporting events in the known universe

by ChelseaMariner on Mar 19, 2010 3:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Aaaaaaand Arsenal get Barcelona in the last eight of the Champions League

whee! If they can avoid getting their keeper sent off this time they might have a shot.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yep

My interest in this competition is sustained for another round.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 19, 2010 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

I am almost ludicrously excited for this game and I don't really even care for the Champions League that much

I’m excited, and I’m terrified – I have a feeling it’ll be a battle of who gets to keep the ball longer, which means it’ll come down to who can score on the break, and Barcelona are lethal at that. Arsenal can’t play their usual “shoot 97 times and hope one comes close” against Barcelona and hope it works, because with that same 97 shots Barcelona could score 65 times. Which would be a record.

Still, an entertaining one for the neutrals, as they say.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Game thread is up, guys.

Oh, and happy Hyphen Day!

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 18, 2010 1:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Wow. Quite the uninspiring lineup.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 18, 2010 1:21 PM PDT reply actions  

TORRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Lucas!!!???

Now please don’t go obnoxiously defensive and let Lille have the ball in your half nonstop for the next 40 minutes. I hate the prevent defense in all sports.

by Teej on Mar 18, 2010 2:11 PM PDT reply actions  

You got your wish!

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 18, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bringing it here so Jeff doesn't throttle me for making fun of Levale Speigner's name

But Coastal Kitchen up on 15th Ave E in Capitol Hill has beignets, now.

And they are fantastic.

disappears in a cloud of powdered sugar

by Jeff Nye on Mar 18, 2010 2:24 PM PDT reply actions  

Casting my mind back lo these many years ...

it was still pretty much like high school— the same cliques came together at the party, just as they ever did.

later ones were better…

by msb on Mar 18, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

I went to mine, six years agao and it was not too bad. We just hungout a drank.

It was a little sad to see some of the smartest girls ended up just being moms and housewives.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 18, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh shit, they cost money?

It makes sense that they do, but this never occurred to me before. How much are they usually?

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 18, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not really wanting to go to mine, but my wife really wants to go.

We went to the same high school, and she wants to see the looks on everybody’s faces when we show up together.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 18, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

Hilarity will ensue – you just won’t necessarily remember it. And if you don’t remember, no regrets!

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Slightly complicated in this case by the attendance of pip's wife

who, if she wants to go, probably wouldn’t look too kindly on or let him forget anything he drunkenly did.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not if she buys into the same strategy!

But yeah, it would probably be smarter to just watch the drunk people and draw your amusement from their hijinks instead.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have never been to a reunion and don't plan to start now

it just seems pointless – the people I still want to talk to from high school I still talk to, the rest of them I don’t care about. I think of a high-school reunion as a three-dimensional Facebook; you’ll small talk with people you really don’t care about for a while, then find that one person you really wanted to reconnect with and realize that that person is also someone you do nothing but small talk with. Is it worth it? Depends on how much you like small talk. I mostly don’t so I never bothered to go to any of mine.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Facebook has definitely changed the reunion dynamic.

Most of the talk at my 10-year centered around:
- what’s your work status
- what’s your family status
- what else of interest happened in the last 10 years

It was almost completely that formulaic – and Facebook has made a lot of that obsolete.

I will say that in my specific case, I derived more enjoyment than I expected from making small talk with people I had forgotten completely about in the intervening years. We haven’t stayed in touch, and I don’t really have that much desire to stay in touch with those people, but it was nice to see them.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm pretty sure that's the way reunions have always gone though

I can’t imagine what the hell I would say 10 years later to some guy at a reunion that I met at four different high school parties but never hung out with besides that, or someone I had a bunch of classes with, other than the work/family/milestones topics; I don’t think that’s a Facebook effect as much as it is a “what the hell do I say to this person because I’m standing in front of them and I don’t know them and they’re expecting me to talk to them” thing.

by pdb on Mar 18, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah I mean I'm already facebook friends with everyone I largely was friends with

minus a few here and there, and even some people I’m not friends with who give me awkward windows into their existences that I don’t give a shit about.

I think the only reason I’d go is because I never take vacations to begin with and it would be a chance to see my family.

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by bluemax on Mar 18, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I refused/

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 18, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

I enjoyed mine

It was actually more fun than I expected – everybody had mellowed out and enjoyed catching up. The really interesting thing was how many people got absolutely plastered and started hitting on each other. I guess I hadn’t considered the 10-year-reunion a hot opportunity to hook up with old schoolmates (some of whom looked a little worse for the wear a decade later), but hey – more power to those that succeeded.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mine is next year

I just realized this the other day. I thought I’d be further along in life at this point.

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by bluemax on Mar 18, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm actually looking forward to mine,

but my high school class was all of 26 people, so we were all pretty close. The majority of them still live in Boise so it will be a good excuse go back there, catch up with a lot of people, and also see my family as a bonus.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 18, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

If I l still lived up there I'd probably go to mine.

I went to a small school, knew most of the people I graduated with and liked a good chunk of them, so it would be pretty fun. But as it stands, I don’t think it’s worth the trip. I’m still pretty close with a good dozen people I graduated with and see them every year or two, so I’m good.

by Teej on Mar 18, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wasn't able to go to the 10th

Why they decided to have it the weekend of Thanksgiving, I’ll never know. Ugh – I’m officially now closer to my 20th than my 10th.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 18, 2010 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm only 3 years out of graduating high school, not sure if I plan on going at all.

Out of my small class, half of the people I don’t give a shit about and haven’t talked to since graduation.
Half of the rest are losers that I can hang out with whenever but choose not to.
I’m in consistent contact with one, occasional contact with 3 others.

I don’t see any reason to meet a bunch of people I don’t care about. I do “reunions” with all my classmates I still care about every summer when everyone’s home from college.

@ERiC_UW

by lailaihei on Mar 18, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

My favorite all time comment (overheard) regarding high school reunions.

“You can’t suck in your gut while you’re taking a piss”.
Probably had to be there, but that one really cracked me up. In my head everybody was still exactly as they were at 18 and I hadn’t seen them in so long, so 10 years difference was very startling.

by Kermit. on Mar 19, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I've been a long debate with mysself as to whether to go to mine.

I could number the people from my graduating class to whom I was not persona non grata at the time on a single hand (okay maybe two hands). At the same time, the perpetual optimist in me would like to hold out some hope that people have matured since then and some of the social cliquishness has dissipated, which I realize is totally irrational.

The pragmatist, meanwhile, says “hey, at least I’m not fat and have generally been more successful that people thought I would be. Might as well go and have a few laughs.”

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

You know what's alarming?

It’s time for my TWENTIETH high school reunion. I’m going. We will have a float in the annual Rooster Crow parade.

by royalcurve on Mar 19, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

20th was a lot more entertaining.

I talked to people I never talked to in HS— and was ticked in retrospect that the social classes had allowed that to happen.

by msb on Mar 19, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

The odd part for me were the people I thought had everything going for them.

Then finding out years later how they thought that was everybody else. Such a weird perspective looking at that time period so many years later. The novelty of tripping down memory lane quickly wears thin for me, so it was nice when that part was over.

by Kermit. on Mar 19, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hung out with a number of valedictorians in high school

Their entire lives had been building to getting into a good college, and once they did, they lost all bearings on what was supposed to define them and in many cases became alcoholics for a time.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah that kind of makes sense, kind of a false horizon setting that as the finish line.

The people that were passionate about moving away all moved back, that was a bit of a theme for our class.

by Kermit. on Mar 19, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

90 percent of my class (there were 53) still live in Rogue River or its surrounding areas.

I almost can’t wait to sit on a float in a tiny town and bust out my old new wave clothes. Or wait – you ARE supposed to dress up in oldies style, right?

by royalcurve on Mar 19, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Has it come back around yet? Style right now reminds me quite a bit of '82-'88-ish.

Just a bit out in front of my class but close enough. There’s no way in hell I’m wearing pegged jeans again though, especially now with the low hips.

by Kermit. on Mar 19, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hard to tell. PDB always wears a top hat and monocle.

I’d say go for it, though. Don’t forget your moon boots.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 19, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey that sounds like me!

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I wasn't a Valedictorian

but I was among the top 5% of my class.

I went to college and had no idea how to do work, I flunked out in 2 years. I then did a 1.5 year stint at CC, got back into University, graduated with an awful GPA and got a job in the industry I wanted (but had not originally planned to go into) at the lowest possible end of the payscale. In 2 years I haven’t really progressed from that point.

OTOH a kid who was in my AP English class that I thought was intelligent but kind of a jokester went to UW, got his 4 year degree, then went to MIT and got a Masters and appears to now have a nice job and be happily married.

I know plenty of other kids who went to CC and didn’t get much further. A guy I graduated HS with in 2001 is still at CC (or at least singing in the choir still, hopefully that is all).

Anecdotes FTL.

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by bluemax on Mar 19, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is kind of the opposite of me.

I nearly didn’t graduate because I nearly failed some of my required classes due to various circumstances. I didn’t really have the mindset of “must get As” because at that point I was pretty nihilistic and saw little reason to, assuming I’d get into college anyway (which I didn’t).

Flash forward a couple years and I’m learning time management on the fly thereafter by starting community college and near full-time employment in food service around the same time. That taught me two things mainly: “fuck, I don’t want to be doing this my whole life” and work a week ahead of time when you can so that it barely makes a ripple when shit drops on you. And with that working as an operating basis, now I’m here.

It just goes to demonstrate that the perceptions of how things should go from an early age based on talent and drive, don’t, for a variety of reasons. I think maybe we should just sit everybody down and have them watch the “Up” series of documentaries and tell them to calm the fuck down about all of this life business.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm pretty sure I got into college based on good looks and charm.

I had all the “college track” courses in high school and performed at the B-level in my APs and then I basically lost interest in the courses that didn’t demand as much from me.

Then I got to college, ran a 3.5 GPA, ran two clubs at once, and became the campus chairman of Random Fun.

Then I got into grad school and got incredibly de-motivated by business courses, left, and now I work at a bowling alley. I enjoy it, but I don’t make as much as I really need to in order to move out. I do have several part time jobs, though, so that’s pretty nice and makes me somewhat upwardly mobile.

Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 20, 2010 2:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

I could end up doing similar things.

Mainly because my degree/s aren’t going to yield all that much, so I’m starting to take bartending classes in case I can’t get an academic gig. Wheeeeee!

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

by JY on Mar 20, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm two years away from my 25th

and I’m not going to that one either.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Heh - Me and my friend hold a $1000 in a account that was left over from high school

That is supposed to be used for this event. But no one knows about the money. I told him we should just cash it out.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

What the fuck is wrong with all of these NBA guys?

Good lord.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 18, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was last summer, I believe, but yeah

I was reminded of it because I saw an ad for the Spyder Roadster during the March Madness games.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 18, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sounds great to me.

After watching Desperado, who wouldn’t want wildly weaponized guitar cases?

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

You don't really think I'm a metal musician, do you?

There’s a lot of hobos out there to take care of. I’m currently undercover.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 18, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

How can Letterman possibly not get Tracy Morgan.

His is the whitest, blandest evening show in the world. Morgan is making him look like a fucking tool.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 19, 2010 12:08 AM PDT reply actions  

"The movie was initially called 'A Couple of Dicks."

“Yeah, I get it, Tracy.”

“No! You make it sexual! It was “A Couple of Dicks! Stop laughing! It was A Couple of Dicks! A Couple of Dicks!”

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 19, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like it.

Same recipe as 48 Hours, etc. Still funny. And Letterman somehow has gone from really funny to a supremely white prick as I’ve aged.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 19, 2010 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

This seems to confirm what I've kind of feared about the Apple computers I own

Security by Obscurity

I fear the day when malware creators decide that my MacBook is finally worth their time.

by BrianL on Mar 19, 2010 8:27 AM PDT reply actions  

Back when I was in college, the most prevalent computers on campus were Macs

And they were absolutely riddled with viruses.

Granted, that was a while ago, but Macs have an illusion of being more secure solely because their market share makes them a waste of hackers’ time, not because of any inherent quality that the OS or machines have.

by Jeff Nye on Mar 19, 2010 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Great. Back in the early '90's there were about 8 Mac viruses and you could get rid of most all of them by rebuilding the desktop.

No one was paying bills online either. There was an article last year proposing anti-malware being put out on the internet, like an inoculation. Very interesting, but I haven’t heard a peep about it since.

by Kermit. on Mar 19, 2010 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

They won't

until Macs are a presence in the enterprise app world for big businesses, which will probably never happen, there’s nothing of value to be gained from writing malware for a Mac.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Looking through the comments

to see what people think of Linux…some good ones:

“Linux is like living in a soviet missile silo, nearly impenetrable, hard to navigate, infested with penguins, but packed with crazy awesome stuff that could probably destroy the rest of the world”

“Linux is like an underground bunker that nobody, for the life of them, can figure out how to get into and use.”

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well, spring training was fun.

Even if Goose got to watch Bedard be all charming and funny and I didn’t. :/

by royalcurve on Mar 19, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions  

For some reason, I think Eyebrows will enjoy this site

It takes YouTube videos and coverts them to ascii. For instance, this Edgar commercial. It’s fantastic. Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” is freaking mesmerizing if you click the “simple ascii” box.

Also, since the is a beer thread: my old roomie got me a six pack of Founder’s Centennial IPA yesterday. RateBeer seems to like it, but has anyone here tried it? If so, what do you think?

by Robert Lintott on Mar 19, 2010 11:35 AM PDT reply actions  

I've got a decent shot at breaking 500 points in a Words with Friends game!

One more move to make and I’m sitting like 481 or so

(Sorry, MarinerJohn)

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2010 12:11 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm holding my own against SB and have a good lead over toot.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 19, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Having no vowels for the first 3 or 4 turns put me in a bad hole

But you have definitely made a few good plays in it

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just discoverd an amazing time suck for the Iphone/Ipod touch.

It is called Adoodlefly.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 19, 2010 12:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Spider. Definitely.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 19, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

After further reflection on this picture I have decided to question the picture taker's sanity.

Why would you take a picture of a spider and it’s 1000 little babies fucks instead of getting the gun and shooting it.

by Kirk on Mar 19, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Seriously

There’s no excuse for not either running like a bitch or going all Jeff Daniels on your house. Standing there dicking around is not an option.

by Teej on Mar 19, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe they had a 1000mm zoom lens

Actually, forget it – that’s nowhere near long enough. A 1000km zoom lens is more like it.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 19, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Supposedly putting an inside spider outside is tantamount to a death sentence.

I still take spiders outside because I generally like spiders and it assuages my conscience. But … yeah, apparently inside spiders can’t really hack it outside.

Of course, now I can’t find the reference …

by Chris Hafner on Mar 19, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Uh oh.

My catch and release policy is now out the door. Fuck.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 22, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Meh, I still practice catch-and-release most of the time.

At least then I’m not killing the spiders. Not directly anyway. That’s my rationalization.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 22, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

But I like spiders.

It’s my wife that makes me deal with them somehow. I need a new plan.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 22, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

I could hurt YOU.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 19, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

That's a cute one.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 19, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think this one is pretty cute as well.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 19, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's a jumping spider, I think

They have really good eyes and can leap something like 50x their body length onto prey.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 19, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

This was probably not a good thing to tell her.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's true! I have mild spider heebie jeebies, but these guys are cool.

We’ve got tons of little black/white ones in the garden, and I remember trying to move one when it jumped off the paper I was carrying him with.
Now, they just hang out and watch what I’m planting, give me a good stare, and basically act nothing like those fucking giant house spiders.

by marc w on Mar 19, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

I love those guys

They’re my favourite bugs around here.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 19, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know about that, but they're certainly my favorite spiders around here.

I’ve been trying to figure out how to test their jumping ability, or to have a little jumping spider olympics on my deck.

by marc w on Mar 19, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was going to say rats, absolutely, that spiders aren't really that frightening ...

… until I saw this and soiled myself. Thanks. Spiders are completely terrifying.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 19, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can deal with small spiders

but when they are that big there’s no way. I have the heebie-jeebie, creepy crawlies from looking at that picture.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 19, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are the worst person in the history of the world.

I was hanging out with Hitler and Pol Pot the other I night and I said “hey, do you know Kirk Harbaugh” and they said, in concert, “total dick.”

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 20, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   3 recs

Pet rats or subway rats?

I’ve had several pet rats and they’ve been awesome pets. Subway rats are a different animal entirely, if you’ll pardon the pun. Those fuckers are feral.

I love spiders.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hell yeah.

I had a rat when I was a kid. Named Splinter, obviously.

by Teej on Mar 19, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Obviously

I had two turtles growing up, Leonardo and Donatello

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Spiders

But snakes are the ones that can and will kill you at any chance they get.

by Robert on Mar 19, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Snakes are pretty awesome Robert.

You’re the reason I don’t own one. Bastard.

by Kirk on Mar 19, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rats.

Spiders, for the most part, are pretty scared of people and are easy to squish. They also eat lots of biting insects, which is really nice.

Rats are vicious little fuckers, especially those sewer rats that are bigger than cats.

by Jed MC on Mar 19, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

A friend of mine had a rat appear in his toilet one morning as he was getting ready for work

Did you know the city has a “rat in the toilet” hotline? Neither did I, but it turns out they do!

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

I am glad they have that.

That being said if a rat shows up in my toilet then it did a lot work to climb up 4+ stories of plumbing and I’ll commend it before freaking out.

by Kirk on Mar 19, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

According to my friend

that process of commending prior to freaking takes approximately .000054 second.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

There was a Stranger article on this within the last couple of years

Apparently it’s an increasing problem in Seattle. The best way to deal with them is to squirt dish soap into the toilet bowl to make it slippery and then slam it shut.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah

I realized after posting that that I didn’t really provide a means to get rid of the rat…I like your idea.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

As you may have guessed

my answer to this question is spider.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 19, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rats are filthy disgusting creatures.

Whereas, spiders serve a very important ecological purpose, which I respect.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 19, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Spider

I used to keep rats as pets growing up. I suppose a rabid, wild, sewer rat would be somewhat scary, but spiders freak me the fuck out.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rats, I've gotten used to.

You can generally bet walking down the street in NYC that the rustling you hear around the trash bags is not the wind’s doing. Rats provide some level of subway entertainment too, on those long waits in the late hours when you start to see one vainly attempt to scale a sheer wall. My favorite, of course, was walking home late on a Friday night, and seeing a rat climb out of one gutter and run directly into a lamppost, BONG, and then stumble into a different gutter. I suppose I’d feel differently if I were ever closer to one of the fuckers, but they don’t generally bother me.

Spiders, while I respect in a natural context, I dislike because I’m used to there being a fair amount of them around and when I walk into a web I spent the next few hours either thinking I still have web on me or thinking I may have spider on me. The rats are out of sight, out of mind.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Have you read

This book? It’s really quite fascinating.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Perhaps I should.

But perhaps after I move away? (t- 9mos or so)

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Walking through a spider web but not finding the spider is the worst

I don’t mind rats because they mostly keep to themselves. Unlike spiders who randomly decide to drop onto your face in the middle of the night. Assholes.

by OlSalty on Mar 19, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

That reminds me...

Cracked – The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm helping by making it self-expanatory.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

You will quickly get caught in the web of amazing shit that cracked has

Seriously. I click on one link on Cracked and then end up reading 15 other stories and waste hours

by seattlesundevil on Mar 19, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Happens to me every single time.

Although I usually find myself less impressed with #1 than I am with something on the first page of it.

The lost books one was really great from what I remember, but the ones about historic coincidences and badass feats of revenge were also quite awesome.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I had to click.

And oh my god, that video of the ritual involving bullet ants… words cannot express.

by Torrid on Mar 19, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wasps scare me more than bees

Oh yeah, something that bothers me: why the hell can’t you Yankee folk tell the difference between bees and wasps?

by Graham MacAree on Mar 19, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not as far as I can tell

A wasp buzzes someone and they’re always ‘a bee! A bee! Aaaaaaah’

by Graham MacAree on Mar 19, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

No allergies, just a phobia

I used to work landscaping during the summers for a school district so I had plenty of opportunity to build up a healthy fear. Getting stung by like 20 bald faced hornets mostly did the trick.

by OlSalty on Mar 19, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bumble bees are basically the panda bears of the insect kingdom.

Can’t understand anyone being afraid of them. Honeybees are a little bit more like ants, but hey, HONEY!

Wasps do look mean.

by marc w on Mar 19, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Except when they're Africanized honey bees.

Then shit gets real.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's not their fault nature made them that way.

Oh wait, we made them that way. Well fuck that guy that did it then.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can identify wasps pretty easily from the sound they make

It’s the hornets I have a tough time separating from the less asshole-ish bees on the fly.

by OlSalty on Mar 19, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hornets are gigantor wasps

They look mean because they’re mean enough to EAT YOU

by Graham MacAree on Mar 19, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Whyhello there, do you have bladed wings?

Why yes I do, and thanks for stopping so that I might more easily sting you!

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 19, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

We can, or at least I can.

Had a bunch of bees set up shop in my wood box a few years back. It was awesome seeing the beekeeper come out and scoop them up.

by Sec 108 on Mar 19, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmm, interesting.

I’ve only ever had to deal with paper wasps. Usually every few years, we’d get a nest about the size of a cantaloupe in the backyard somewhere, and it was always my responsibility to dispose of it, but there was one time, a few years back, when we didn’t have any one nest, but about seven or eight different small nests around the deck ranging from inside the outdoor lamp to underneath the weather covering for the deck furniture (which was real fun).

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Same.

It’s gotten routine though. Just bust out the Raid, or some of that mint stuff that advertises itself as “nature’s neurotoxin”, bundle up a bit just in case, and then go to town.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hornets bother me even more than wasps.

Irrationally so, because I’m not even sure what the difference is other than the fact that “hornet” is just a bad-ass-sounding word.

Also, according to Charlie Kelly, hornets make delicious honey and, when packaged in a brown box with “H” written on the outside, an excellent gift.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 19, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Actually fire ants are worse than hornets; which seems counter-intuitive since they can't fly.

But the difference with a fire ant is that they can be anywhere, and you won’t know until the white hot shooting pain shoots up your leg and your brain goes into convulsions. Mowing a lawn that has fire ant hills is just the worst.

Oh, and they can swim. I’ve had fire ant bites in a swimming pool.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 19, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Charlie Kelly is a man to be trusted.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hornets are giant monster wasps

They are generally pretty damn unpleasant. Also! Ants are wingless wasps.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 19, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

"Ants are wingless wasps."

I’m not sure what to make of that. Somehow that’s simultaneously:
- surprising to an eyebrow-raising degree
- weirdly unsurprising
- completely unsettling, for some reason

by Chris Hafner on Mar 19, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep

Which makes sense when you think about it, their body structure is incredibly similar.

by OlSalty on Mar 19, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bees, hornets and wasps are also scary as all fuck.

The fact that they can fly really bothers me. Also that they show up in the weirdest places and then fly around and scare the shit out of me.

by Kirk on Mar 20, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Spiderscan be horrifying.

When I lived in Japan, these motherfuckers (or something similar) were all over the place

The spiders themselves are pretty big, maybe up to 1 1/2 inches across not counting the legs, 3+ inches across counting legs. But the worst part was the webs. They could be like 7-8 feet across or even more, and were always strung between two large objects, like trees or buildings. I walked into them on more than one occasion. Absolutely terrifying.

by I Lick Squirrels on Mar 19, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was curious, but worried about what SpiderScan might be.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Come now...

It looks scary as hell, but it’s more nuisance than threat, and the way you get it to loosen its grip is by tickling it.

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

by JY on Mar 22, 2010 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

Me too.

They’re pretty cool looking and if they don’t snap at people they could be a very unique pet to have around.

by Kirk on Mar 22, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

They are sometimes used to guard coconut plantations.

Juvenile ones are sold as pets in Japan, but one must make sure it is kept in a cage that it cannot break out of, for its claws are mighty indeed.

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

by JY on Mar 22, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Indeed!

But I’ve already read it a number of times, so this time it was just double-checking.

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

by JY on Mar 22, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

See, I went to TV tropes once and then swore off it about four hours later.

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

by JY on Mar 22, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

You know what's annoying?

Sitting inside your office on a gorgeous Friday afternoon, when you’d rather be out riding your bike. You know what’s even more annoying than that? Getting multiple picture texts from your mother-in-law who is sitting at a Spring Training game right now.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 2:32 PM PDT reply actions  

I have something to add to that.

Setting in an office while it is amazing outside writing a letter of rec for a kid you wanted to fire, but your boss loves.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 19, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Tell me about it.

I’m looking over my cube wall and outside the window to see just a gorgeous view overlooking the NOAA dock on Lake Union.

by BrianL on Mar 19, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least you have a nice view

I can see a retaining wall and a sliver of sky. It’s nice to see sky, but still.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Office buildings and I-5.

Wooo traffic!

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can sympathize.

It is nice outside. I am not outside because I’ve been sick since Wednesday. Also I have like 360 pages to read (done 120 already) by Monday which is blarg.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

I bike to work

and I leave late enough in the day when its nice outside, and then I go home when its dark/almost dark.

Its a little soul crushing to ride your bike to work in gorgeous 70 degree weather most of the year.

[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]

by bluemax on Mar 19, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Has anyone tried BrewDog's Sink the Bismarck?

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 19, 2010 2:50 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh my god how did I just find out about this today

There’s a new Lucky Lab in my neighborhood! If you’re in North Portland and you remember the late, lamented Roux, which was a fantastic restaurant, it has been replaced by a Lucky Lab. Whee!

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 2:59 PM PDT reply actions  

I knew about that one, that's the original

but the one on Killingsworth is new. And a ~5 min bike ride from my house.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes but less applicable to my choosing a neighborhood needs.

I’m feeling selfish today.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 19, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep

Didn’t realize that’s where you needed to be. Mult VIllage is pretty awesome too. That’s probably where we’ll move one of these years, if our house ever recovers all the value it has lost and we can someday sell it for more than it’s worth.

by pdb on Mar 19, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lewis and Clark is almost as SW as you can get without getting into Tigard, I think.

And considering that the bus routes down there aren’t that wonderful, I’ll probably like to be as close as I can.
Lots of factors though and beer bars just might be involved.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 19, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm sure some of you have heard of this

But a friend introduced me to Vitamin String Quartet the other day. Pop/rock/etc songs played on strings…kind of like Apocalyptica but with all different kinds of music. Lala.com has more than 3000 of their songs, through which I’ve been browsing today and yesterday.

Really bad, horrible songs actually sometimes sound cool (e.g. Bodies by Drowning Pool). And then songs you would think would be cool sometimes suck.

Good background music for work…

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 3:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Contract extension!

Or maybe buying a house or something?

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's sunny out!

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

On further review, he's probably just getting his foot checked up or something.

This is nothing to panic over.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

and now we make panic.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Weee Eric Williams at TNT is saying that Trader Pete is going to unload both Rob Sims and Chris Spencer.

Matt Hasselbeck will be dead before the first offensive series of the regular season is over.

by BrianL on Mar 19, 2010 5:07 PM PDT reply actions  

Let's see if the Q/PM can get good return on these moves

Crossing my fingers. Hopefully he doesn’t pull the trade for older players and get low draft picks move again.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 19, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

I guess that's ONE positive out of this mess.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 19, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure how much that would change things.

If Hasselbeck does indeed die during the first offensive series, would that be enough to finally justify his removal as starting QB? I’m guessing no; and even if it did, there would still be a vocal component of the fanbase that would loudly opine that we’d be better off with the lifeless husk of Matt Hasselbeck leading the team.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 19, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ok, this is getting silly.

AAA umpire Jon Berry, behind home plate, calls a very high, very wide pitch a strike after Bradley starts down the line on what he (and everyone else) believes is ball four. Bradley apparently says something en route to the dugout, and is tossed.

by msb on Mar 19, 2010 8:10 PM PDT reply actions  

We're filling up our quota now so we don't have to during the regular season.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sure, why not?

At this point, I’m hearkening back to the Lou years where losing records in ST invariably meant winning records during the season, and vice versa.

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

One of the finest Intentional Awkward Moments on Television just on Buffy.

Wesley & Cordelia share their first kiss. Wesley has absolutely no idea what to do with his hands. Faces mash badly. Sparks do not fly. Fine, fine physical comedy.

by msb on Mar 19, 2010 10:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Indeed, one of my favorite moments of the series

him reaching up and fidgeting about like he doesn’t know whether to hold her face, then eventually gives up and dropping them

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

that was more coherent in my mind before I actually typed it

(sigh)

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

by JY on Mar 19, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

So good!

And then that kiss gets referenced again in Angel. Awesome.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 22, 2010 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

Watching Fulham vs. Juventus

Holy hell costly, costly penalty by Juventus’ captain. Twenty seven minutes in and this match is awesome.

by BrianL on Mar 19, 2010 10:57 PM PDT reply actions  

The red card?

I think I might have missed something.

by BrianL on Mar 19, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wrong terminology

That was a free kick and a sending off. Penalties are given for fouls inside the box and don’t necessitate a card.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 19, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Gotcha, I'm still trying to get a handle on all of the terminology.

I actually went and googled that before posting. Wikipedia confused me.

by BrianL on Mar 19, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Aside from that

Wow, I knew there was a pretty big talent gap between this and the average MLS match but watching this is eye opening. Everything just seems so much more fluid and polished.

by BrianL on Mar 19, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I felt the same way

It’s weird to see teams actually pass to each other, instead of just slamming the ball 70 yards and hoping for the best.

by Teej on Mar 20, 2010 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

Fantasy question:

Does anyone know of a good (hopefully free) way of ranking fantasy players with custom league adjustments?

I run a league that is your standard 5×5, except we subbed OBP in for BA. CBS’ rankings obviously favor BA, so I’d like to skew that a little bit, but going through the entire list manually seems like way too much work. I used to have a favorite site to do this, but it started charging money.

Any good ideas?

by Teej on Mar 20, 2010 12:44 AM PDT reply actions  

HELL YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WAS GOING TO MISS OUT ON NOT BEING ABLE TO WATCH SOUNDERS GAMES IF THEY WENT ON STRIKE.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 20, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey now.

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 20, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't really get it either.

I took from your comment that you didn’t want to miss out on watching Sounders games. What do I know, though.

by royalcurve on Mar 21, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

His comment actually said

he didn’t want to miss out on “not watching sounders games” which implies to the reader that Mr. Since_81 does not like soccer. In which case, Mr. Since_81 would have been better served in a thread with people who LIKE soccer who were TALKING about soccer to skip it and move on to a thread of more interest to him instead of making a stupid snarky comment.

by pdb on Mar 21, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oops that totally came out wrong, sorry.

I meant to say that I was going to miss watching the Sounders games if they went on strike. I enjoy watching soccer and am excited that they signed the CBA. I didn’t mean for that comment to come across as making fun of anyone, just in my excitement of reading the news that they signed the CBA, I got all befuddled and mis-typed the comment. Again I am sorry that it came across the other way.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 21, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sorry dude!

7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 23, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

No game thread today?

Guti just went deep and Felix struck out Justin Upton, which was cool.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 20, 2010 1:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Did you know that Michael Saunders isn't black?

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

by JY on Mar 20, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Huskies up 76-57 with four minutes left.

Wheeeeee.

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

by JY on Mar 20, 2010 5:01 PM PDT reply actions  

82-64 Final

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by JY on Mar 20, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ozzie Guillen's account is verified now!

I am so happy!

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

by JY on Mar 20, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Via son Oney's Twitter:
I am starting to get the feeling tyou don’t want to know what is really happeneing in the organization. You would be ashamed

I love this shit.

I wonder if they have room for Bavasi in the org? Match made in hell.

"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93

by kevin_ess on Mar 21, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Beer.

Ommegang Rare Vos = delicious!
Drinking Ommegang Rare Vos outdoors when it’s 72 and watching college basketball at the same time = awesome.

by thebyron on Mar 21, 2010 3:03 PM PDT reply actions  

I saw the 2-D version of the Hubble movie this weekend.

While it would definitely benefit from being in 3-D, it was still so awe inspiring to see it on the giant OMSI IMAX screen, a couple of times I started actually crying.

Incredible, incredible movie.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 22, 2010 8:30 AM PDT reply actions  

With the Sounders opening match coming up on Thursday

unfortunately I do not have a ticket. Is there a favorite bar for LLers to watch the matches at when they don’t have tickets? I would like to watch Sounders soccer with LLers this year instead of watching it just at my house.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 22, 2010 9:28 AM PDT reply actions  

Well if you want a ticket you could overpay by a few dollars with a reseller.

Normally I don’t do this, but I make an exception for opening day games.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like to watch with ECS which made it difficult last year when I didn't have season tickets since they are all obviously all at the game.

For pregaming Fuel is my favorite bar and it’s the absolute best place to get the atmosphere. Away matches I frequent College Inn, Shultzy’s Sausage’s, Sinners and Saints and Atlantic Crossing.

by Robert on Mar 22, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

And the Seahawks let Cory Redding walk.

They’ve lost Tapp and Redding in the span of a week, leaving a mighty Kerney, Cole, Mebane, Jackson starting rotation.

If Trader Pete has a plan I sure as hell don’t see it.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:33 AM PDT reply actions  

The plan is to get the number one overall pick next year.

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

by JY on Mar 22, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

He was.

So was Tapp.

Noticing why smart Seahawks fans are flipping the fuck out?

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

He was

Just horribly misused last year. Like Tapp.

Its finally happened.

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 22, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

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