OT for Apr. 21 -- Looking for a hero edition.
by msb on Apr 21, 2010 10:08 PM PDT
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PrintWe have Felix ("Felix (Latin for "happy" or "lucky"))
And in ChiTown, they have Carlos Silva ("Carlos Silva added six crisp innings to his surprising comeback')
Of course, on the other hand, there are always the guys who you wish would become winners of the Darwin Awards:
Seattle police arrested a man in Wallingford last week after, a police report says, the man left the scene of an car accident to get a tattoo, and then attacked a police officer.
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I know streaming video is really good on the PS3
Netflix looks AMAZING at 720p. The interface is clunky, but I heard that mlb.tv’s interface will be all kinds of dynamic.
Early indications that this will NOT work outside of the US.
Which is just dumb, and makes me very upset.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It does work in Canada.
(That obviously doesn’t help you, but I figured it was worth mentioning somewhere.)
For those not in North America, if you set up a US PS3 account, you can work around the silliness and simply run the app from the US PSN.
Took me five minutes to do, just make sure you have a valid email address and US address [I used a limo firm in NYC!].
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This is what I was alluding to in the Fanshot
I just wasn’t sure if it would IP check or not.
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I was worried that it would but thankfully everything went perfectly and it's working great.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome!
I’m actually legitimately happy for you, since you can now watch the games on TV which I’m sure is better than using the computer
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly, thank you! I haven't watched a TV quality feed of any baseball game since the 2007 World Series which was the last baseball game broadcast on UK terrestrial television.
This is like a dream come true for me! Not just the picture quality either but the sound as well – I’m used to hearing the game through my crappy laptop speaking, but now it’s coming through my surround system and sounds great!
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm having a hard time thinking of something that I could compare that to
I guess maybe going from Youtube for all my video watching, and then getting it in HD on my TV instead, but even that isn’t the same because baseball is much better
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
So if it doesn't do an IP check, is it possible I could watch M's games with it?
I love John Carew.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 22, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh shit.
Damn, I wish I owned a PS3 now.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The Playstation Blog has a demo video.
You can still pick the home or away feed, jump to an inning, etc. Looks really cool.
Wow, that's actually really, really awesome
And cheaper than Extra Innings on the TV, is it not? If the Xbox picked that up as well, I would give consideration to using it maybe later in the season
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's standard MLB.tv pricing.
Which is roughly half the price of the Extra Innings package, depending on when you buy and all that stuff.
I wouldn't be surprised to see it show up on Xbox late this season or before next season.
Sony has exclusivity through the All-Star break.
Sweet lovin' that looks nice.
Makes an mlb.tv subscription way more worth it.
IT'S OUT I AM USING IT AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING AMAZING!!!
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
The quality on my 32" 720p is great, a lot better than when I run it through my DVI cable via the laptop.
Can’t wait to try it on the 42" 100Hz over the weekend to see if it is even better!
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Great to hear
I used to run MLB.tv through my tv via a DVI and it never looked that great (mind you this was 2 years ago and they’ve improved the quality since).
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The playback seems to be a lot better than via mlb.tv as well, no slowdown at all, excellent picture quality ... what's the catch with this? It's absolutely perfect so far!
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It even links with your favourite team and integrates that into a calandar so you can easily find all the M's games so far this year and watch them with no spoilers.
Playback quality seems to just as high for archived games as for the live broadcast.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It was already available through roku as well
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 23, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Either Piniella has really lost it over the last 10 years....
Or he took way too much credit for the good M’s run of the 90’s.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
We had something like 5 hall of fame calibur players in the prime of their careers and didn't win a world series.
So take that as you will.
...and now I'm here
He says it is because the bullpen needs more help
“You look at these box scores every day around baseball and these games, especially in the National League, they’re won in the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth innings”
Okay, so my second point stands.
He couldn’t manage a bullpen then, he can’t manage one now.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Clearly this means he does not understand that relief pitchers are less valuable than starters if he thinks Zambrano is better.
Which, what the fuck.
This might be one of those false memories.
But if memory serves the M’s used to carry 13 pitchers a lot when he was manager. Match up stupid from the 7th inning on.
Is the move going to end up like Zito's trip to the bullpen?
Zito’s move seemed more like a potential confidence builder than anything else. I’m wondering if it’s the same for Zambrano.
by yakvalleycardinal on Apr 21, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to the Cubs - Brewers game on Friday with some Cubs fans.
I can’t wait for some of the discussions we’ll have.
You! Cake or death?
We've talked about favorite nostalgic animated films, let's talk about our favorite nostalgic television cartoons.
A few I grew up with and loved
Animaniacs
Tailspin
Histeria
Pinky and the Brain
Batman TAS
Gargoyles
Gargoyles and Animaniacs were fucking awesome.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Going old school.
Rocky & Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody’s Improbable History, Fractured Fairy Tales .
Rocky & Bullwinkle kick ass
I have the first season on DVD somewhere around here and have never finished it…for shame.
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by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I too have that, and it has served useful purposes as first-date-watching-material.
If I meet a girl who I’m into but doesn’t like Rocky and Bullwinkle? That’s pretty much a dealbreaker.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 22, 2010 4:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm seriously pondering getting a Bullwinkle tattoo on my calf
That cartoon is pretty much the best thing to happen to animation ever.
The legendary Bill Scott
He was also Bullwinkle, Dudley Do Right & George of the Jungle. There was wonderful voicework on those shows— Paul Frees, June Foray, William Conrad, Han Conreid, Edward Everett Horton, Charlie Ruggles, Daws Butler …
So underrated. Never liked the cartoons where a "voice" sounded like the
Never liked the cartoons where a “voice” sounded like the person was squawking and choking themselves. Or those high pitched nasal tones, ugh
Speaking of great voicework...
Is there anyone as talented in the field now as Billy West?
Looking at the IMDB
Gargoyles looks like it was a revolving door for half the cast of Star Trek: TNG.
I knew we were missing something.
SPOON
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
SPOOON!
"Why did he run when I was going to throw him out?"
- Ichiro Suzuki
by Slow Country on Apr 22, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Histeria is responsible for me winning $20 off of my US history teacher.
He was telling a story about how someone at an official party made a bet that another guest couldn’t get more than three words out of Coolidge in a conversation. My teacher offered the cash to anyone who could guess how Coolidge responded when approached by the guest.
Thanks to Histeria, I knew the answer was Coolidge responded by saying “You lose.”
Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain were amazing
My favourites were the Cartoon Cartoons. Dexter’s Lab, Powerpuff girls, Ed, Edd and Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, 2 Stupid Dogs, etc.
Oh, and Samurai Jack. Genndy Tartakovski is awesome.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 21, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd also like to add that I don't get the Thundercats nostalgia.
I never really liked that show.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 21, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked Thunderbirds
I preferred Captain Scarlet and Stingray though.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 21, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd say it's a generation thing.
Kids of the 80’s loved shit like Thundercats and He-Man, kids of the 90’s like us loved shit like Power Rangers and DragonBall Z. I’ll call it a push.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I think I still have it too
That thing has gotta be worth some bank now.
Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab and Samurai Jack are great.
Could never get into Ed, Edd ’n Eddy or Cow and Chicken. Johnny Bravo was sort of hit and miss.
I loved, LOVED Dexter's Lab.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
And you're walking...and you're walking...and you're walking...
Yes and?
…
…
And a dragon comes out.
Dexter's Lab was pretty much the best thing ever.
ROB JOHNSON IS THE WORST PERSON EVER
by I Lick Squirrels on Apr 22, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I was with you for Dexter and Powerpuff Girls, but I could never get into the rest of them.
I feel like the writing for those just surpassed every other cartoon on TV at the time.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 22, 2010 4:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed on most of those.
Johnny Bravo was probably my favorite:
Luke Perry: “Hey thanks man, you saved my life.”
Johnny: “Hey! You’re Fidel Castro”
“Uh, no. Luke Perry?”
“Right. What did I say?”
“Anyways, I gotta go. Thanks again”
“No, please don’t go! I modeled my life after you and the rest of the cast of Baywatch!”
“Uh, don’t you mean Beverly Hills 90210?”
“Oh, Luke Perry!”
A Mariners fan in Seattle
Agreed.
Very well done. A coherent episode-to-episode plot and character development? In an American cartoon!? What is this madness?
Any addition of Mark Hamill's Joker improves anything.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I was vaguely hoping for Hamill to make a live action turn before Heath Ledge was cast.
His inflection and voice are downright creepy while still being totally clown like. He mocks, and he’s really, really dark and angry. Plus, anyone who’s watched the end of Empire just once knows he can do crazy things with his face muscles. Rubber face Luke screaming “No!” It would have been interesting, to say the least.
Doug!
Animaniacs and Pink and the Brain were brilliant, too. But seriously, Doug, Rugrats (before the movie) and Hey Arnold! were very good shows. I still love Doug.
On bad days I sing the Doug theme song in my head and everything gets better.
and Patty Mayonnaise was a cocktease.
Go! Huskies!
Hey Arnold!, Doug, CatDog, Dexter's Lab, Rocketpower, Rugrats
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by Griffin Cooper on Apr 22, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Another youngin agrees.
Except I never watched Dexter’s Lab and would add Angry Beavers and Rocko’s Modern Life to the list.
by Mariner John on Apr 22, 2010 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I hated Angry Beavers.
Rocko’s Modern Life was awesome. And wow, go YouTube Dexter’s Laboratory or something. ’Cause it was awesome.
I just never watched Cartoon Network. I was a Nicktoons kid.
Then As Told By Ginger came along and everything sucked.
by Mariner John on Apr 22, 2010 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions
If you liked Rocko's Modern Life
you should try to check out Phineas and Ferb over on the Disney Channel. It is hands-down the best cartoon on television today.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 22, 2010 4:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I watch it with my younger sister every now and then.
It’s surprisingly well done and smart.
A little bit past my time
But I did love the Catdog theme song
"Alone in a world with a little Catdog"
Yeah, I remember that one as being pretty good, though the show itself was not so interesting to me. I kind of lost interest in the Nicktoons era around the time Rocko went off.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
That song still pops into into my heaad occasionally
I never even really liked that show.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 22, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Animaniacs (including P & tB)
Exosquad
Batman TAS
Ummmmm yeah that’s about it
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by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions
No love for the Tiny Toons? They were a pretty big deal for a while.
But I notice something here in your list. I’m pretty sure all of these were weekday cartoons. I never really did Saturday Morning Cartoons, but I have to think some of them were excellent, or else we wouldn’t have Saturday Morning Cartoons as the kind of institution that sometimes warrants capitalization.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 22, 2010 4:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah yes, tiny toons were pretty sweet
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by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I haven't watched these since I was a kid, but my favorite cartoons were the 80's versions of
Transformers, GI Joe, and Duck Tales (I can still remember the theme song).
I still really the 40’s and 50’s era Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons.
by Jed MC on Apr 22, 2010 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Space Ghost, yes!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah after that I decided not to pick up any more DVD sets of shows I used to like
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Fraggle Rock is still as good as ever.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I tried watching it a few months ago and found it awful!
I guess I never liked it that much to begin with, really
I'll be in the corner, artfully changing the subject whenever pressed about Fraggle Rock.
What a bad show. I’m sorry, I want to level with y’all. Baaaad show.
Non-Muppet Show and Sesame Street Jim Henson is bad.
And yes that includes Labyrinth.
by Mariner John on Apr 22, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, Labyrinth is awesome
Never seen Dark Crystal though
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by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I imagine if you watched it now it would be pretty terrible.
I can still see past some of the schmaltz and semi-bad effects with kid eyes. But the Chamberlain! Still so creepy!
It actually holds up really well
Just watched it recently via NetFlix.
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
Labyrinth sucks, I'm sorry.
Even if the songs are catchy.
by Mariner John on Apr 22, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't be sorry.
I get why people think it sucks. I can see it. I just love it, I do. I mean, Ludo. Sir Didymus. Ho hooo…. they give me a chuckle
Good selections, especially Histeria.
One that I’d add that no one has yet mentioned is The Real Ghostbusters (80’s! that wasn’t GI Joe), which was almost always awesome except for the Slimer one-offs which were not nearly as smart and kind of tedious.
Also, Darkwing Duck, because, eh, why not?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I would have mentioned RGB but I saw that series on DVD when I was much older.
Darkwing Duck is a good one. Let’s get dangerous!
I didn't realize it was out on DVD.
Well, I guess it will be time for me, sometime within the next year, to buy the box set and spend the better part of a week being five again.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, the second Sonic the Hedgehog was kind of interesting for how dark it was.
But the first was HORRIBLE
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
In a somewhat related discussion
Your favorite theme songs growing up?
My absolute favorite theme was from Reading Rainbow
Take a look, it's in a book, a reading rainbow
My favorite theme songs were from Darkwing Duck, Animaniacs, Pinky and The Brain, and Tiny Toons, also the aforementioned Reading Rainbow.
by seattle_since_81 on Apr 22, 2010 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
To answer both your questions. One of my favorite cartoons growing up and one of my favorite themes:
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
Hmmm...
that was one of those areas where it started getting into the “which came first, the show or the toy line?” territory that I was generally suspicious of.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
The toyline came first, but the show was surprisingly fantastic(if a bit short, only two seasons)
Fun fact, Tim Curry was the voice of Skullmaster and Frank Welker was the voice of Lavalord!
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
The last episode of that series made me furious.
Instead of some great conclusion, he went back in time to the first episode and the series literally started over.
That is one of the worst possible endings to anything.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Fuck you Mighty Max writers
You cheaped out on the ending so you could have an easier sell to cable channels.
Hive fivin' white guys?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Yes, but with... maturity. Gravitas.
The Lame List with less hair.
by marc w on Apr 22, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"Believe it or not! IIIIIIII'mm walkin' on air, I never thought I could feel so free ee eee."
We used to sing that about a guy I “dated” who looked just like Mr. William Katt, who was great in American Hero, but fabulous as sweet Tommy Ross in Carrie. Too bad Tommy burned to death.
William Katt useless factoid
son of Barbara Hale (aka Della Street) and actor William Katt, who had his name changed by the Hollywood studios to Bill Williams.
Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers had a pretty badass theme song
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
This is not a "growing up" one.
But as contemporary stuff goes, The Venture Bros. theme song is awesome.
So was the Harvey Birdman one.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Damn it Brian stop this.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I get these songs wedged in my frontal lobe and it makes me crazy.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I've already got a cacaphony of mixed-up theme songs buzzing around in my head
It’s made even worse by the fact that I can only barely remember certain lines of many of them, so they are stuck on loop
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Good thing I already predicted you would say that and installed countermeasures.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Of course, no discussion of cartoon theme songs can be complete without
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
Oooh here's a gem.
I never saw it while it was airing regularly, but rather saw it in the classroom.
The theme from 3-2-1 Contact
I despise you.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry Kirsten.
Dammit that doesn’t have the same ring.
Oh well, DO IT ROCKAPELLA!
Oh dear.
This reminds me how last week, I walked past a children’s book store and saw a new Magic Schoolbus book on display, and then, because of my brothers watching the show constantly, had the damned theme song stuck in my head for the next day and a half, which I could do nothing to avert because my computer was in the shop and someone stole my mp3 player.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I am never going to click on that.
Not ever.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I don't wanna!
(stamps foot)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
If we are talking about Rockapella
then we can’t skip the theme song to “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?”, can we?
by seattle_since_81 on Apr 22, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Man I didn't realize how many shows on PBS I've watched through the years
Sesame Street, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Magic School Bus.
I’m sure there’s a ton I’m forgetting.
3-2-1 Contact, Square Four, Electric Company?
Now that I have kids I also have seen Super Why, Sid the Science Kid, World World, Dinosaur Train, and a few others that I’m blocking out right now. Super Why and Sid the Science Kid are really good kids shows.
3-2-1 contact's Bloodhound Gang sub-program had a great theme.
What show was ‘Mathnet’ a part of? The Dragnet parody/let’s teach kids math thing? Anyone?
Square One had Mathnet.
I believe that was what Jed MC was referring to with Square Four. Square One was always on right after school at my house.
by seattle_since_81 on Apr 22, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh. I don't remember anything about Square One, but I remember Mathnet.
I suppose I remember the Bloodhound Gang more than I remember whatever else was on 3-2-1 Contact too.
It was kind of a sketch show teaching about Math.
Square One was my favorite show on PBS.
by seattle_since_81 on Apr 22, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I loved Square One and Mathnet
There are a handful of Mathnet episodes on YouTube, as well as some of the Square One music video parodies.
Angle dance!
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by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
What no Ghostwriter?
I used to tune in for the new episode every week! The cliffhangers!
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Also that PBS Spanish Educational show
Started with a D, about some woman who was like a nurse or something trying to find the long lost son of some old man she worked for and she ends up finding love, awww.
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Oh my god!
I had forgotten all about Ghostwriter! I loved that show.
Don't rewatch it now
I think I caught an episode at some point and it was hard to take seriously.
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I kind of figured.
Good news! After torrenting and watching some Bill Nye last night, I can say it’s still awesome.
Educational shows generally age pretty well
unless whatever they’re educating you about is woefully outdated.
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The "Computers are the Future!" ones from the 70s are always good for a chuckle.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
My terrible 9th grade science teacher
used to use Bill Nye videos in place of teaching.
Go Tacoma Public School District!
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At least it was related to the subject matter.
We used to watch Geraldo every thursday. Friday was “clay day” where we played with clay.
This was 11th grade Language Arts (bka English).
Yay Seattle Public Schools!
by waldo rojas on Apr 22, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
In my 11th grade Chemistry class
we would watch Jerry Springer sometimes while the instructor was preparing grade sheets or lab materials. I think its no wonder I dropped Chemistry in college.
Go Bethel Public Schools!
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For our final, teach let us pick a movie to watch.
It came down to Terminator or Scarface. We chose Scarface, natch. There was a test at the end.
In a related note, I was woefully unprepared for college.
Just so I understand the comment, your final (as in final exam, or final day of class) was
watching an action movie? In English class?
This is correct!
Of course, well over half of the students in the class were functionally illiterate so as a teacher, whatareyagonnado?
AP English my senior year was similar.
After the AP test, it was used as a study hall/entertainment period. Most of us stuck around for the entertainment, and we watched “This is Spinal Tap”, “Strange Brew”, “Dr. Strangelove”, and a few other movies.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
We watched an episode of Friends
in AP English after the AP test, simply because I told the teacher it was an awful show.
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I think the number of inappropriate movies
for the class I watched them in to movies that made sense is a bad ratio. School teachers love movie days.
Also the dreaded class party, I fucking hated those.
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My honors English teacher made us watch the video of the guy driving a Ferrari through Paris seven times
I love John Carew.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 22, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean the one where he makes it through all of the city in record time?
That video is amazing and I’ve sat and watched it dozens of times
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
We were so thrilled when they showed
Hemo the Magnificent and Our Mr. Sun in class— they were so much better than anything else we’d seen.
Feel free to use NOLA
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Oooh, good one
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I watched it up through the first couple of seasons
then some serious weird stuff started going down and I completely lost track of what was supposed to be happening.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Yeah it got weird after the reformat and all the characters were older.
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
I think I watched through season two and then it lost me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
A few that I haven't seen mentioned
Starblazers (2nd best theme song ever)
Jem and the Holograms (truly terrible if I look back)
Silverhawks (the retarded twin of Thundercats)
Cowboy Bebop (best theme song ever)
Justice League (eventually JLU)
The Bebop theme song is indeed fantastic.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
DANGER MOUSE!
Count Duckula?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Graeme Garden lives like 6 miles from me.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 22, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Sadly,
I can still remember all the words to the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen.
by ExiledToSoCal on Apr 23, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me!
WHYYYYY didn’t you believe me?!?
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
I can't watch that show anymore
the second iteration of it soured it me on it. Also reading the guys animation blog didn’t help.
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I am old.
So.
Captain Caveman
Duck Tales
Animaniacs
Flintstones
Smurfs
Strawberry Shortcake
Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies
Hey I watched Duck Tales, Animaniacs, and Looney Tunes growing up.
You can’t be that old, sister!
Captain Caveman was great.
Remember Jabber Jaw?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Nyuck nyuck nyuck
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
If Hannah Barbara is to believed
All teenagers in the 70s ever did was solve mysteries and sometimes play in bands.
Scooby Doo
Josie and the Pussycats
Jabberjaw
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
the list can probably be a great deal longer.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Good thing I chose to live my life by Hannah Barbara's example.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't play in a band in about eight years.
I also haven’t solved a mystery in nearly as long.
Correlation is always causation.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
The commericals with Troy Polamalu from the Steelers remind me of CC
I keep hoping he’ll run a interception back for a touchdown and pull a bottle of head and shoulders out of his hair Captain Caveman style then wash his hair right there in the end zone.
Moving further back in time
Looney Tunes, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Flintstones, Jetsons, King Leonardo, Underdog, Magilla Gorilla, The Beatles, George of the Jungle, Hercules, Sinbad the sailor, Jonny Quest, Top Cat …
later they began to move to things like the Banana Splits & HR Pufnstuf
I split my time between TMNT and judge shows.
With a sprinkling of ECW wrestling. I was kind of a weird kid. I always felt bad for Bebop and Rocksteady because Shredder was so mean to them. They seemed like nice guys that just fell in with the wrong crowd.
by waldo rojas on Apr 22, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
re: Bebop and Rocksteady
they were also turned into mutants and forced to live underground, being ordered around by a belligerent brain from another dimension.
Couldn’t feel sorry for the turtles though. Whatever else happened, at least they were walking around on two feet and being awesome.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Man
Can’t believe TMNT hasn’t come up in this thread! TURTLE POWER
Ima go look to see if this has come out on DVD yet…
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Showing my age, but ...
this new slogan, Drop, cover and hold on, doesn’t so much say ‘earthquake survival’ to me as remind me of duck and cover drills
It's not duck and cover anymore?
Now I feel old.
Well, maybe we can still duck and cover to survive that pesky A-Bomb
but apparently when The Big One hits, we need to Drop, cover and hold on — and for gosh sakes, don’t run to stand in the doorway!
That's what I was taught too.
What’s the advice now? Drop, cover (with what? If you don’t have a desk, will a blanket do?) and hold on (to what? Seems like a doorway’s a good thing to hold on to).
You are actually supposed to lay next to something solid.
When people lay under something they get crushed, but lay next to a desk and the falling roof tends to hang from the desk to floor not going into the open space between.
We just had a 4.7 aftershock, and we've had so many that I literally did nothing but stop typing
by lemonverbena on Apr 22, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
OK, I thought that was an earthquake
I never know if it’s a small quake or one of the fat people walking by my cube
by seattlebruin on Apr 22, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmm...
DROP down onto your hands and knees (before the earthquakes knocks you down). This position protects you from falling but allows you to still move if necessary.
COVER your head and neck (and your entire body if possible) under a sturdy table or desk. If there is no shelter nearby, only then should you get down near an interior wall (or next to low-lying furniture that won’t fall on you), and cover your head and neck with your arms and hands.
HOLD ON to your shelter (or to your head and neck) until the shaking stops. Be prepared to move with your shelter if the shaking shifts it around.
During the 7.2 I got under a doorway. Reflex.
by lemonverbena on Apr 22, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was never taught the hold on concept.
It was throw your hands over your head to protect your skull and spine.
Which is hilarious, if you think about it
Because giant pieces of drywall or other things that might fall on you are going to render your hands useless. This is somewhat akin to the airplane drill of putting your head between your knees, which I recently figured out was just mercy killing, not for safety. :/
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
MythBusters busted this myth.
It’s significantly safer to be in the brace position than not.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 23, 2010 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh.
I wasn’t even aware it was a “myth” – it was just a passing thought I had when once on a plane.
I really can’t imagine that the force of impact wouldn’t shove the top of your head into the seat in front of you, therefore effectively snapping your neck? They did something about this on Mythbusters?!
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
That they did
Although, in the interest of fairness, they did mention that you’re pretty much fucked no matter what in a “real” plane crash (i.e. falling from 25k+ feet)
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 23, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just looking for it on YouTube, but no luck
But yeah, they did it falling from like, 5 or 10 feet if memory serves me correct.
by seattlesundevil on Apr 23, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
15 with the dummy.
Six with humans.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 23, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
That's about right, yeah
And then they referenced a couple of instances where people had survived minor crashes like that, and one where a lady miraculously survived a bad crash, but they had basically nothing to show that a major plane crash was even survivable, regardless of how you were preparing for it
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 23, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, if you're flying at 30k feet at 500+ MPH
And you go down? You’re fucked.
by seattlesundevil on Apr 23, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I'll be dipped
I really had no idea it was a “thing”, it just occurred to me on a flight to Australia a few years ago. Crazy.
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
They forgot the graphic for the anticipated Big One
In which you put your head between your knees and kiss your ass goodbye.
by lemonverbena on Apr 22, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this the new altar boy training manual?
by PDXTai on Apr 22, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
How this hasn't been rec'd is beyond me.
by seattlesundevil on Apr 22, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh... My campaigning for it has gotten 3 rec's
Oh well, I laughed!
by seattlesundevil on Apr 22, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Put your head between your knees and kiss your ass goodbye.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
In my grade school our earthquake drills were "drop, cover and hold."
And you’re only a year younger than me, so….
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I learned it as duck and cover.
My grade school compromised my safety dammit.
Don't worry, in US Embassies it's still duck and cover.
We have a drill once a month or so where “DUCK AND COVER” gets repeatedly blared out of the intercom loud speakers.
100 minutes of a guy talking about his life of Starcraft.
And the best 100 minutes of casting I’ve ever watched.
Hilarious, inspirational, and motivating. I never would have thought that a pro video game player could be a role model but this guy is great.
If you don’t understand RTS, the progaming scene, or games in general at all maybe it’s not the best thing… but if you’ve ever competed and gave your 100% toward something that most people don’t understand, then you’re missing out if you don’t watch it.
One of my secret shames is watching audio commentaries of RTS games and Warhammer battle reports.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I love watching RTS also.
SC2 proleague will probably become my favorite sports league to watch after MLB.
Hey Lailaihei, don't know if you got my email, but I got the Beta.
So you should give me your Beta username and identifier so we can play 1v1 and 2v2.
A Mariners fan in Seattle
Oh cool, I just got your e-mail as I don't check more than once I day any more...
My username/identifier is…
ChThoniC.rmdax
Everything just got reset though and I haven’t played any games yet… I’m probably copper or silver levelish right now.
I’ll see if I can get on a bit this weekend, I’m pretty busy though.
For those of you that don't have this yet, get it now.
BBC’s Planet Earth on BluRay, for a little cheaper than usual.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And if you don't mind the inferior US-narrated versions, you can get both PE and Life for 50$
http://store.discovery.com/detail.php?p=262366&v=discovery_sale_blu-ray
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Too many animals died in that show for me to enjoy it.
:(
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Not to pick on you, but I don't understand this mindset.
It’s how life works. You eat something else, or you’re a plant.
Being disgusted about documentaries involving meat packing or oil slicks I can understand, because that’s not how it’s supposed to happen. But the natural world (and our world before the invention of supermarkets and industrial meat) is full of predator vs prey scenarios that end up like that.
To put it another way, it’s not like the film crew threw a puppy into the lion’s cage at the zoo. They were out in the middle of nowhere observing what happens in the world.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I understand this.
I still eat meat. I just have a hard time watching shows or movies that show animals dying.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Old people slide into dementia and then die. It's perfectly natural.
It would also make for a bummer of a documentary. There’s nothing weird about thinking that certain aspects of the natural world are cruel an not relishing the prospect of watching those aspects in stunning high-definition for several hours.
by marc w on Apr 22, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
See, that's the part I don't understand.
I don’t consider myself normal in any sense, so I could easily be in the minority.
If they could make a doc about death by natural causes interesting, informative and with amazing scenes that you’d never be able to see any other way, I would watch it in a heartbeat, not avoid it because I don’t want to watch someone die. Nor would I understand why anyone else could not do so.
That isn’t to say that if you don’t like watching animals or planets or whatever the subject matter is that you should watch it anyways, but if you like the content other than the death, it seems pointless to not watch because you don’t like death.
If you have an interest in something, don’t you owe it to yourself to know all sides of that interest?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
No, not really.
I’m really interested in baseball, but I don’t need to watch some of my favorite historical players die.
(to be fair, I enjoyed Planet Earth, but I understand where Phildopip is coming from)
That's not really the argument I'm making.
If you were watching a documentary about a famous baseball player, would you not watch it if it showed his tragic death?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's weird, I feel worse for animals than people.
It’s silly, I know, but the death of an animal hits me way harder than the death of a person. Perhaps it’s because people can understand death, and the animal doesn’t. To me, that’s too tragic.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Neil Gaiman short story, Babycakes. He wrote it for PETA so it's probably on the internet.
Also why I won’t provide a link. About two pages, really creepy. Gaiman says it’s one of the few things he’s written that still creeps himself out.
Oh my, that's so much more horrifying
He’s such a great writer.
You can find Babycakes in Smoke and Mirrors, by the way.
I’d recommend it.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 22, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that is where the bit about PETA and the creepy originated.
He wrote a little blurb about each story, interesting bits of background and the like.
Yup.
A fable, written for a publication to benefit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). I think it makes its point. Its the only thing I’ve ever written that has disturbed me. Last year I came downstairs to find my son Michel listening to Warning: Contains language, my spoken-word CD. ‘Babycakes’ started as I arrived, and it caught me by surprise when I heard a voice I scarecely recognised as my own reading this aloud.
For the record, I wear a leather jacket and eat meat, but I am quite good with babies.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 23, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I think most animals "understand" death better than people.
We try to insulate ourselves from death and pretend we have mastery over it with our technology. Animals seem to understand that death is the natural consequence of life.
I took Phildopip's reference to mean self-aware animals in general, but excluding humans.
Self-aware is not a concrete definition, but useful to distinguish a jellyfish from a monkey.
This borders on religion so I’m trying to tread carefully. I don’t believe that it is possible to completely understand death at a rational level. My experience is that animals live with a much more constant awareness of death and have a better “understanding” of it. This may not be a provable hypothesis.
I presume you are watching the World Championship?
I’ve been to loads of games there because I was a student in Sheffield and I live nearby in Manc. My best experience was when me and a friend invaded one of the family and friends boxes that was empty during a game – the security is very lax inside the auditorium so we took full advantage!!!
I don’t even like snooker any more, it’s probably the hardest game in the world. Also the people that play it are soulless minions with no personality. But going to the Crucible is quite special.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 22, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Snooker is really tough but a lot of fun
I’m horrible at it, but I love to play. There was a stretch of a few years when I always found myself in England in late April, so I’ve watched the World Championships a lot – it’s oddly hypnotic.
I think it's the best game in the world.
I’m horrible at it, but I love to play.
That sums me up perfectly. Playing it really makes you appreciate how much work the pros have put in.
I've been trying to watch the World Championship. My internet connection really doesn't work all that well during sensible hours
and there’s no way my dad’ll have snooker on all day downstairs.
For a second I thought season 2 of Jersey Shore had already started airing
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I am disappointed in myself for both knowing what this means and having a similar reaction.
Fortunately I’ve never seen it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Do not, I repeat do not, research it.
Coming Soon to SBN: Aston Villa!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Mobile rec!
I love the Sitch in some strange twisted way
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Keep it that way.
Unless you want to know exactly how awful people from New Jersey can be.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
The irony
is that most of the cast isn’t actually from New Jersey but New York and other nearby metropolises.
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Research it only if you like watching car accidents
because that’s basically what this show is. Unfortunately, I loved the show because the Unintentional Comedy Rate was so high.
by seattle_since_81 on Apr 22, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
It’s my one guilty pleasure. In general I can’t stand reality TV, but it’s so over-the-top ridiculous…I’m not ashamed to say I’m looking forward to season 2. DON’T JUDGE ME
Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle
by appleshampoo on Apr 22, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Again, fuck the NFL for spreading out the draft so much.
It was bad enough that it used to happen during a two-day period, but stretching it out over the span of three days with the first day containing nothing but the first round?
Just get it over with. I’m so tired of all of the stupid mock drafts and the endless streams of bullshit from draft “gurus.”
I remember when all fifty rounds of the baseball draft went in one day.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Apr 22, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
My plan for the day is to watch the Sounders match and flip over to NFLN right as the pick is being announed
then switch back. Truthfully after pick 14 I’m probably checking out.
You aren't the least bit curious where Tebow lands?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
He said he's checking out after #14, so he'll know where Tebow is going
by seattlebruin on Apr 22, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think that's what he was saying too
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
He's getting pretty easy to troll, that's for sure
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I want us to trade for Mark Sanchez now
by seattlebruin on Apr 22, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be in a car, probably listening to the Sounders
I’m glad I won’t see the draft on TV. The buildup and speculation followed by over-analyzing everything has gone too far. I’ll check the website to see the pick, then look at the FG implosion that will inevitably follow. Have fun with that one.
by Brian Floyd on Apr 22, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Aw what the hell!
Looks like we’re driving and live updating the phone.
by Brian Floyd on Apr 22, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
It's these type of things that have caused me to pare down sources of information.
Just too much chatter most places, it’s gets to the point where it becomes a mental health issue.
I have read far too many mock drafts
I’ve now seen updated mocks that have Clausen anywhere from 4 to 30. And NFLN is paying Jim Mora to talk like a draft expert all day, which seems a biiiiit of a stretch to me.
by lemonverbena on Apr 22, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure you can get one of those at Toys in Babeland...
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
by section331 on Apr 22, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Why buy one when I was born with one?
by Sec 108 on Apr 22, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd say Purple Rain.
Thriller has higher highs and lower lows, Purple Rain is more consistent. Both have tremendous intro songs.
Yes you did fuckface
See if I ever say hi again
by Graham MacAree on Apr 22, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Way to try and recover.
Coming Soon to SBN: Aston Villa!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Hi!
Coming Soon to SBN: Aston Villa!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I have never heard anyone say "starshine" before
by seattlebruin on Apr 22, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Out of curiousity, does your computer read LL comments out loud to you?
Coming Soon to SBN: Aston Villa!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
On that note
Logitech clearly had you in mind when they developed this
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
IT WORKS SO WELL
It’s like fucking magic. I’m a tech guy, and I know how they do it, but I still use it and smile.
It currently controls my Mac Mini media center for my TV. I spent months looking for a good compact keyboard and mouse, only to have this hit me in the face and it was fucking free.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This makes so much sense.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
One of these days we'll learn that the "dumb girls" in his office are actually symptoms of his multiple personality disorder
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Apr 22, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
For music, or for advice?
Coming Soon to SBN: Aston Villa!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 22, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the worst song I've ever heard.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I just heard a song by Marina and the Diamonds on the radio
It’s a good thing I was in the shower so that I didn’t have to worry about cleaning up the blood that was dripping out of my ears.
by Eyeball Kid on Apr 22, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
NCAA Tournament expanded to 68 teams with a new $10.4 billion, 14-year deal with CBS and Turner Broadcasting
The great news is that all games will be shown live across both networks. Very cool.
Now we can only miss the tournament by 200 teams next year instead of 203!
by seattlebruin on Apr 22, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
UCLA won't be in the wilderness forever
But the fall of LA college basketball has been something to behold
by lemonverbena on Apr 22, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Amazing how quickly they changed the NCAA tournament
but the BCS takes a few years before they’ll make the tiniest tweak.
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