OT 9/27, Cripes, someone has to do it
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 11:28 AM PDT
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PrintHere we are, I suppose.
Stream of consciousness prompts:
-I've been spending the last half hour or so wandering though Accidental Mysteries, which is a collection of photographs collected by a husband and wife along their trips through American yard sales. This raises a few different questions I suppose:
* Favorite photographers/individual photographs?
* Found art: does it work?
* Role of art in society. Is it something one can be trained in? Is it something one should be trained in? How do you express yourself creatively?
-I've also been taking a class this semester in "The Lyric Essay", non-traditional non-fiction, so to speak. Among other things, we've read "Wrens" by Eliot Weinberger and "Consider the Lobster" by David Foster Wallace and a whole lot of pieces thus far by Lia Purpura. Favorite essayists? Favorite essays? Why?
-The existence of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus has been recently brought to my attention by friends back home. Favorite Seattle area oddity? Favorite regional oddities non-specific to Seattle?
-And since we're mostly here for one reason alone, what relatively simple tasks do you put off more than seems reasonable?
Have at it.
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I hate hate hate having my hair cut.
I used to be really good about it (cut it every two or three weeks), but now six weeks…sometimes eight. There’s just something about sitting in a chair having my hair cut by a stranger really bothers me.
And I don’t want to spend the money to go to a salon where I get the same person every time. Ugh.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 27, 2010 11:33 AM PDT reply actions
I am less paranoid than you about this but still worse.
I have an assortment of cowlicks and other weird things to deal with, so it’s been a pain in the ass to find someone who can provide me a decent haircut, and if I wanted a reasonable price around here, I’d be pushing it unless I got a friend to do it.
So I only get a haircut every three to four months. Whoops.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I have the same cowlick problem.
When I was in HS/college, I grew it long so I didn’t have to find someone who could cut it. When I got sick of combing my hair towards the end of college, I shaved it to a 1 on the clippers and now just do that ever month or so. I ended up buying a decent, but not professional, pair of clippers and do it myself. It’s a cheap and easy haircut.
I'm a little odd; I get my hair cut probably every three months or so.
It’s usually a bit on short side right after it’s cut, but still looks right. I probably hit the sweet spot about a month in, and then only go get it cut when it’s starting to get in my eyes.
As for needing to go to a salon to get the same person, I really like Rudy’s in that it’s cheap and you can request a specific stylist. It’s a bit hit or miss sometimes, but once you find someone who cuts your hair well, you’re set.
by Eyebrows on Sep 27, 2010 11:53 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I am nearly the same about this
If it weren’t for my wife scheduling appointments for me I would probably go 3 months between cuts. I hate doing it because it is boring and I don’t give enough of a shit about my hair style to care about having it done by the same person every time so that they can recommend styles and shit
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I hadn't had a haircut in almost four years when I met my wife.
Now she makes me get it cut every three months.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I usually wait until it starts poking my ears
so yeah a couple of months. I also have a tendency to forget how short I want it and then end up with it being way too short, thus prolonging the need for a haircut even longer!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Here, here!
These young whippersnappers that actually have hair, whining about how difficult it is to maintain!
Maybe I should have started with this comment
So as not to appear that I’m making light of any phobias and personal space issues.
I hate it when people pick me up.
I don’t know why, but no matter where I go, if there is drinking involved, someone always decides they have to pick me up over their shoulder for some reason.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Awww sorry man.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit that octopus is in a fucking tree.
by Eyeball Kid on Sep 27, 2010 11:34 AM PDT reply actions 10 recs
They probably just go after the pic-i-nic baskets
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
The whole "Republic of Cascadia" thing wasn't a give away?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I saw a picture and said "Oh hell no" and then ran to Wikipedia.
I didn’t read any of those words.
Reminds me of another one of my favorites.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Dihydrogen monoxide is dangerous.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Spread the word.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Water we going to do to protect America from its dangers?
by thehemogoblin on Sep 27, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Once everyone soaks in the news, we can get to work!
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
This is precious
Hydrogen Hydroxide…
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 27, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Paying bills or having to call a company to make a change or adjustment or confirmation or anything out of my normal schedule, I hate to do it.
With my car being stolen (and now recovered last night) I am having to make and answer a lot of phone calls I don’t want to deal with.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 27, 2010 11:36 AM PDT reply actions
In a similar vain
I hate contacting universities to deal with business. Whether it’s me just submitting my form to graduate in the winter at Wyoming or calling graduate schools I’ve applied to to make sure they’ve received my materials or emailing a professor a resume in hopes that it will lead to funding, I always put it off because I can’t stand doing it.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Programming tests for jobs
They always seem to have unrealistic expectations and or they provide no feed back on what you didn’t do correctly. So I spend 2-5 hours coding up something that I’m probably not gonna re use, only to submit it and get a one sentence rejection email.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I should probably save this for the music thread
but I’d likely forget before then.
The new Bad Religion album is the most generic Bad Religion album ever. It feels like someone doing their impersonation of Bad Religion.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
To me, all of their songs sound exactly alike
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Once upon a time you could always tell if Greg or Mr. Brett wrote the song.
They had two distinct sounds. Now I would agree with you.
Really? I avoid Nickleback like the plague but do they write such intense lyrics?
Or am I over thinking this?
Their lyrics aren't the problem.
Their songs all sound the same and the lead singer has ZERO vocal range. They play in 3 keys, he sings in 1.
You aren't bothered by the "I HAVE A RHYMING DICTIONARY" quality of their lyrics?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I find it hard to even realize the lyrics exists upon listening.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Look at this photograph / Every time I do it makes me laugh
That’s about as far as I get before my artistic sensibilities kick into survival mode and it’s either block it out or shoot up the place.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a big hit for them.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm more of a Rhyming Becktionary person anyway.
Throw your hands in the air like you don’t care and we’re done.
Exactly
This list for me also includes bands like Rage Against the Machine and AC/DC, among others
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing for me is that I like that in some bands.
When they push outside of their zone it can suck so I prefer they just hit their sweet spot.
To each their own, obviously
When it is hard to differentiate between different songs for me then I lose interest. It’s one thing for the lead singer to have a certain vocal style because that’s obviously how it will be, but when every song has similar-sounding everything then it starts to fade into one big, long song.
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
But it's horrible when you sing like you have half a loaf of bread in your mouth.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I am with you on both bands.Can't stand either for that reason.
I also have that problem with Muse. I am not sure why.
Their first two albums were fun and a bit cutting edge.
Then they became U2 doing a Gary Glitter impersonation.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I like their older stuff.
Haven’t really kept up with them to be honest.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Compounding my problems with AC/DC is that they got played SO MUCH
In fact, to spawn a subthread, what bands have been ruined for you due to overexposure? I’m not talking one song that is overplayed, I’m talking bands with large catalogs that are played so much on the radio that you change the channel when you hear an opening note?
For me, listening largely to KISW and KZOK, it’s Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Guns and Roses, and Nirvana.
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I can sorta see where you're coming from with Tool and Metallica,
But at the same time they only really have a few songs each that get played repeatedly. AC/DC have 5+, as do Led Zeppelin and Nirvana
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
KZOK plays Led Zeppelin almost once every hour
Too much Led can really ruin it for someone.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 28, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It's out of control
And then on Saturday while I’m sitting at work they do Lunch With Led and play 45 minutes worth of them, even though they were played the hour before
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It's increadibly painful when you hear the same song 3-4 times in one day.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 28, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This reminds me when Funky Monkey first started broadcasting in the late 90s.
One of their blerbs was “The only station with the balls to play 3 Korn songs in an hour.” I wished they had less balls.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
YES YES YES
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's your daily dose of
I always put off cutting my fingernails. I don’t know why, but I hate cutting my fingernails.
I want one of those.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
by Robert on Sep 27, 2010 11:53 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
WWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNN
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 27, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
That's supposed to say Leon Washington.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 27, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
LEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY---
Aw… fuck it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Not hard to do in our division.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
As a fan of Seattle teams, you should know better than to have such hubris.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Cardinals are awful, Rams are awful, Niners are 0-3. We need to be 3 games better than the Niners for 13 weeks.
When I think of it like this, I have confidence definitely.
Week 4 @ STL
Week 4 SF @ ATL
YAY!
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 27, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
At this point I'd have to agree with that sentiment and we can't look past how big a win it would be on Sunday.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 27, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Jackson is hurt too
And Bradford has a balky shoulder… that’s not a recipe for long term success, even in this division.
Apartment maintenance
The maintenance people at my apartment are such assholes- I have things that need to be fixed that they would be responsible for (eg my bathtub has a slight leak and my garbage disposal keeps locking up- I have not abused it, it’s just really really old), but I don’t call because it’s not worth the hassle
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Be careful with something like the bathtub leak.
It may be your responsibility on the lease to notify the landlord about problems like that, especially if by not fixing the leak significant damage occurs. At least if you tell them (via email or on-line form for record keeping) and they do nothing, you won’t be responsible.
And it probably wouldn't hurt to call them about the disposal too.
Be sure to get all the mangled silverware out of it first though. ;)
I've got a lot of posters/prints that I'd probably like to have framed
but I’ve put it off forever because I’m a cheapass and I can’t justify spending hundreds of dollars on custom framing when having clean white walls doesn’t really bother me.
by Eyebrows on Sep 27, 2010 11:56 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
As do I...
An old school Achewood print, a concert poster from one of the times I saw The National, this thing (soon enough)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
But you're talking to us....
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
You know, it's just not the same over the Internet or via text.
It’s so much easier to ignore people those ways.
by thehemogoblin on Sep 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't talk, eating.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
No real incentive to be interesting, since the selection of available foxxxy ladies has decreased in recent years.
R.I.P. Gram Grams
by Eyebrows on Sep 27, 2010 12:10 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Favorite essayists is pretty easy
DFW is of course quite good, I love Heaneys essays and Milosz. Twain had some good ones, and Orwell if he qualifies though maybe he does not. Favorite essay though? That’s a doozy.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 27, 2010 12:37 PM PDT reply actions
Stephen Jay Gould is my favorite.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 27, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I've read some of his essays
where he’s all like “proof? trust me, I’m Stephen Jay Gould, bitches.” But maybe that was atypical.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
His book "The Mismeasure of Man"
on the history of the IQ test and other ways of measuring intelligence was pretty interesting. It’s been a while since I read it, but when I was a freshman taking Anthropology 101 I enjoyed it.
I've mostly only read his stuff on evolution, due to my philosophy class.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Milosz - very good call.
Orwell too.
I keep thinking I’m missing a bunch of good ones, and the names will come to me at inopportune times throughout the day.
Goddamnit they fucked up our Felix-Cliff sex org...Uh game.
No Felix Navidad,
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 12:38 PM PDT reply actions
Are they skipping Lee?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Yep, moving him back to Thursday.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
If you wrote a book of comments, I'd be first in line to buy it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 27, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll wait until I get mainstream attention and my popularity has peaked
and then make a quick cash-in book with maybe 10% new content. Look for it in the 75% off pile at your local bookstore two months after release, and thrift stores soon after that.
by Eyebrows on Sep 27, 2010 12:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought you were going to parlay it into a shitty TV show on CBS starring, I don't know, Michael Cera as you
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Cera won't do TV anymore.
Hell, I can’t even get Eisenberg now that he’s “going big” with this facebook movie.
Assholes. I can play quiet awkward white guy better than either of them. To hell with them!
by Eyebrows on Sep 27, 2010 1:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Seriously I didn't even realize until I went out for my lunch break. People are saying its getting into the 100s this afternoon?
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 27, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I was told that Temecula hit 107 about half an hour ago, it's 96 in Rancho Bernardo right now and projected up to 99
hot damn am I glad I live by the beach
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
According to weather.com
It’s 106 in Mar Vista. I don’t believe that but fuck it is hot.
I’m wearing shorts in September unironically.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
If hell freezes over, does that make the temp on earths surface hotter?
Because UCLA did crush Texas in Texas as you know.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 27, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on where you think hell is and how well you think the mantle conducts heat
if it’s somewhere near the core of the earth and the mantle conducts heat well, hell freezing would likely lower the earth’s surface temp, not raise it
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Goddamnit.
Fuck that shit. HOW THE HELL DID YOU LET THIS HAPPEN LONGHORNS
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It's muggy as hell here
It is complete bullshit. I’m actually looking forward to it warming to the upper 70’s later this week just so I can avoid the humidity and the upper 70’s is pushing my limits of comfort, especially when it will be October by then
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
110.
It is one hundred ten degrees outside right now.
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
You live in Southern California. It's always hot down there
I live in Western Washington, near Seattle. We typically do not have problems with humidity here, but today is unseasonably humid
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
It is not 110 hot outside
it’s going to be in the mid 80s for the next two weeks and today is just the day from hell out of nowhere
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
No kidding. It feels like a sauna outside it's so muggy.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
It was hot last week.
Now it’s mild and raining.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a love/hate relationship with this guy's photo:
Okay Steve, we know you’re supposed to be a professional journalist or something, but let’s make this look a little more friendly and casual. Here’s a baseball that’s never been used, and some sort of windbreaker. Now, give us a nice big smile!
by Eyebrows on Sep 27, 2010 1:01 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
And maybe I should include the link
by Eyebrows on Sep 27, 2010 1:01 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think it's something with the eyes but he appears drunk and high at the same time.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
And whatever is going on with the facial hair.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
So, it's almost time for the 2010 LLemmies
Does anyone have recommendations/nominations for awards?
Off the top of my head, we need awards for Commenter of the Year, Comment of the Year, Image Comment, FanPost, FanShot, Front Page Post
I wonder if they have purple drank on the moon
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 27, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I find myself breathing in while I talk now sometimes so that I sound like a robot voice
Just so I can say shit like CRAB CIRCLE and I TOLD YOU BRO
By the way, I say I TOLD YOU BRO to everybody, male or female
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
YES
I think we need to split up the Comment of the Year nominations this year in separate categories
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Off the top of my head, I nominate Professor, Scruffy, Kermit and Robert for Commenter of the Year
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
He's been on some really terrific rolls.
There were any number of comments that have crossed my mind lately. Of course, as soon as anyone asks I remember none of them.
I swear I'm bookmarking my favorites as I find them from now on
It would make voting in the LLemmies so much simpler
Chris Hafner for Rookie of the Year
though his current injury absence might be hurting him with the voters
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Our rookies have been inconsistent this year.
They’ve come and gone.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
We're a lot like Michael Saunders.
Low average, flashes of greatness and some waffling out of the bigs.
Would I be in the rookie of the year noms?
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Sep 28, 2010 5:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
In the Alex Rodriguez 1995 way
not the Yankees fan with stupid FanPost earlier today way
by seattlebruin on Sep 28, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Never mind, according to our strenuous research, you qualify more easily than anticipated
by seattlebruin on Sep 28, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Well then I think he gets it.
Went to Dante’s, goes to events, participated in softbaLL. He’s been everywhere.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I get the Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf award?
Come into the league and change my name in my 2nd year?
I’m willing to convert to Islam.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I'm deserving.
I’d like to think my rate stats are okay, but my counting stats suck. I’m guessing there’s somebody more prolific who
deserves this more than I do.
Plus, I’m on heavy performance enhancers, and I wouldn’t want this award to send the wrong message to the kids.
(hooray, necropost!)
This is what happens when you stop reading the gamethreads in like May
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I think BrianL needs to be recommended for this as well
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, I meant a real nomination for Brian
but we can also nominate him for tranny porn as well
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Shucks.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Good God, we should pay you.
You get my vote hands down.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I refuse my nomination.
There’s no way I’m close when the discussion involves JY and BrianL.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Don't you have donkey doing your work for you?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Graham, Kirsten and Aaron for Biggest Traitor
for ditching LL for other SBN blogs
by seattlebruin on Sep 27, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think there's really any need to vote for comment of the year
by Eyeball Kid on Sep 27, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I want to rec that again.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Retro rec.
How the hell did I miss this?
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, was I supposed to get an error message on that?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
There's a gif of a guy setting his face on fire in that thread!
Holy cats I do not remember that thread at all
I see lots of fire, but I'm not seeing this gif.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Shit, how did I miss this before?
That guy’s a moron.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I think our LLeaders were gone to the game.
Along with some of the regulars if I recall.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I do not want to be part of any club that would have me as a member
I’ll just be over here with Groucho Marx.
Yeah, if he's not allowed on my lawn he can't be a curmudgeon.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Being a bitter old fart is more a state of mind than anything
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a lawn
Can I become bitter and shake my fist?
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 27, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope to be old enough and crazy enough that I yell GET OFF MY LAWN
From the 2nd floor balcony of the retirement condo I’ve been sequestered to by my family
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I plan to do this at the park or the mall.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I nominate the Nyjer Morgan meme FanPost of the year.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 27, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there an award for Best Sub-Thread?
Sometimes a few people start volleying back and forth riffing off each others comments, and it’s absolutely incredible taken as a whole.
I think the first lacrosse subthread is my nomination for subthread of the year
by seattlebruin on Sep 28, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
The best part was when Robert admitted to knowing little about the game
and then how quickly that was forgotten
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
If I do not win best comment I am going to empty Jose Lopez's parents' nest
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2010 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I would say your likely runner-up finish cements you as the early 90's Buffalo Bills of Lookout Landing
by seattlebruin on Sep 28, 2010 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
QB BILLS. ALL DAY.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 28, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of the early 90's Bills
I’ve only recently wrapped my head around the fact that THEY WENT TO THE SUPER BOWL FOUR YEARS IN A ROW! I’ve always known that fact, yet it never really sunk in until about a year ago. That is an incredible feat.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
OT of the year?
Probably RC’s one about Scrappy’s.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
HIS REAL NAME IS JOSEPH
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Sorry!
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That subthread produced one of my favorite dumb things I've said this year.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this is my best comment this year
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
But it only makes sense in relation to this comment
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That's one of those sub-threads that slay me every time
Especially when you’re catching up, so the back and forth is just bang bang
When did SBN get all of those fancy new gadgets under the post datelines?
Forgive me, but I missed a few weeks…
B-Action
I don’t like the horror genre at all, B or otherwise. They all try too hard for cheap scares (musical cues and shit jumping out of nowhere) for me. B-Action finds a way to make everything explode and shit, which is always awesome
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
B-HORROR!
Horror movies are where its at and much more inclined for b-status. I have a large collection of horror DVD’s that no normal person should ever want to own or see. But watching them makes me happy.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 27, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
B-horror.
There’s only so many ways you can explore explosions with a limited budget. Gore? The only bounds are your own imagination.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
B-Horror
B-Action movies neer fail to bring cheesy entertainment yet, at the same time, never really rise above their cheekiness. While there is a greater chance of screwing up a B-Horror movie (too arthouse, too schlocky), there still is a potential for legitimate greatness that B-action can never reach.
I consider myself a pretty decent astronomy buff
but I’ve never heard of Nemesis. I think I might have a new obsession, though. This topic seems fascinating.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 27, 2010 3:01 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Nifty.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a book of the same name by Isaac Asimov.
It was pretty good, but I can’t remember much of anything about the plot (it’s a standalone one and not part of the Foundation series)
I don't remember seeing this.
Seattle native Kevin McCarthy died a few weeks back.
You may remember him from such classics as UHF and Innerspace.
Or Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Death of a Salesman. I don’t know.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
My work playlists are so weird
I just followed up Daniel Powter with Jesse McCartney. I made these playlists.
THERE IS AN ARMY OF SPIDERS SURROUNDING MY HOUSE
There are at least 25 of these giant spiders, each with its own super-web at different points outside my house. SOMEONE HELP I CAN’T GO OUTSIDE.
I looked them up online – easy to match to a photo, since a heaving giant one is dangling just on the outside of my living room window! Hello, giant terror! They are European Cross Spiders. Now, they are supposedly not aggressive or poisonous. But you know what? I’m not letting them stick around long enough to find out the hard way. I need a flame thrower, and I need one NOW.
If I accidentally walk into one of these or touch one I am going to die of a heart attack.
I've noticed tons of spiders out recently.
The other morning I got up and walked out on my deck, and the whole railing was covered in spiderwebs. And last week they were all over the building here at work, and those were BIG ones.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I actually had one build a web on the window of my car.
Not between the window and something else, but actually flat against the window. I had never seen THAT move before.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
It seems like it.
And my wife is NOT happy about it.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I used an entire can of insect killer.
IT KILLED EXACTLY ONE. It was coated in the stuff and still moving. I am going to have nightmares.
It's not instant.
It takes a while for them to die.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Free entertainment?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Then I recommend stepping on them.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Hope you got your galoshes.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
They are nowhere near the ground.
They’re hanging out in their webs between bushes and trees. I did that to one earlier today that I managed to ground, and it was like stepping on an egg. Disgusting.
Latest method has been just a mop handle/long stick
Scoop the entire web with a swirling motion which wraps up everything, else the spiders tend to drop straight to the ground and come back later. Then just scrape them off on something.
I've found Windex works better and faster than most insect poisons.
I killed a whole ant colony with some.
I've also found just plain WD-40 works pretty good.
Used it on a black widow that somehow got into my coat closet shudder. Still creeps me out thinking about how it got there.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
This was my first thought as well.
Mostly because he linked me to the single most gratuitous use of a high speed camera ever a while ago that centered around a flamethrower.
Now I want to build a flamethrower.
How complicated could it be anyway? Some compressed air, some one way valves, tubing, pipes. Something to take up the pressure when you let off the trigger? Bet it could be done with off the shelf parts.
If you're doing this over next summer, I want to help.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
You're looking for Kermit and Jay?
Yeah, they’re the guys with no hands or faces.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Yet another situation where we should probably just call 911 in advance.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Watch list!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And believe me.
Searching through page after page of spiders on google image search was not the walk in the park you’d think.
I did the same thing with the spiders hanging over my front door.
I decided I didn’t care if they were poisonous and killed them all. If they wanted to live, they should have built their webs somewhere else.
I agree. Stay out of my way and live.
Or build your nest where I can walk into it and die.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
If I find a non-pest bug in my house that won't bite me, I'll take it outside.
If it can bite me and it is in my house, it will die a quick, squishy death.
Enlist Eyebrows' help.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn't seem very helpful.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Or you could go with a lighter and some WD-40 or hairspray.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
In that case, we'd need to enlist Robert's help.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
And also keep a burn kit handy, if not an ambulance on call.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
You should really probably just call 911 before you start.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I have had this same problem all summer
Triazicide seems to work. Any Fred Meyer would have it in their garden section.
I usually spray with it about once a month
and it really keeps the population down. I neglected to do it most of this summer and SPIDERFEST 2010. But now, two days later after spraying, nothin’.
Segway Owner Dies In Apparent Segway Accident
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2010/09/segway-owner-dies.html
James Heselden, owner of the Segway firm, died Monday in what appears to be an accident while using the futuristic scooter. He was 62.
Although some reports are claiming that Heselden, often called Jimi, invented the self-balancing two-wheel device, that honor belongs to American Dean Kamen.
Heselden, one of Britain’s richest men, bought Segway from Kamen early this year.
Heselden was found dead at the bottom of a cliff after in West Yorkshire. A Segway was found near his body.
Poor guy.
Also, BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. A FUCKING SEGWAY!
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
0-2 in 19 seconds flat
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
People are trying to force some irony or something into this story.
It doesn’t matter that he was riding a segway. Dude could have been hauling ass on an ATV and flown off a cliff just as easily. The mode of transportation does not make this a story.
You can't really haul ass on a segway though.
The max speed is 12.5 mph. It makes you wonder what he was doing to either not notice a cliff or figure out how to jump off in time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 27, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It is ironic though.
The guy who owns the company, makes a living off these things, dies using one?
It doesn’t mean anything about Segways though, and it doesn’t mean they are dangerous or anything. It’s just funny that of all people to die in a Segway wreck, it’s that guy. It’s like if Jared choked to death on a Subway sandwich or something.
There is zero irony in that statement.
HEY GUYS WE’RE ABOUT TO START ARGUING IRONY ON THE INTERNET THIS HASN’T BEEN DONE BEFORE
Speaking of irony...
It would NOT have been ironic if this guy had died, but it would have been more gratifying.
Wow. I was not really expecting that to be on purpose...
What would drive a man to do that? Especially without clothes?!?! I would think it would be pretty painful to do naked.
Wow.
There’s some good publicity. “Buy a Segway and it will turn against you and throw you off a cliff!”
See? That's what I'm talking about.
More likely than “OMG segway killed him”? He’s a 62 year old guy tooling around at probably close to 20mph on property he’s never checked out before. Which means, “Hey I’m gonna floor it up this hill OH FUCK IT ENDS CLIFF CLIFF FUCK FUCK!”
There is a certain irony in the fact that he died on one of his own products.
If Ray Crock had died choking on a Big Mac…
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
That's funny.
I just said the same thing on Eyebrows other comment.
And just for clarification, my first comment about it isn’t exactly what I think. It’s just how I know the media will spin this story.
But there's zero "safety aspect" to using a Segway.
So what if he died using one. Using a segway isn’t supposed to prevent your death in any way.
I'm not sure I follow you...
The irony is that he died using his own product. It has nothing to do with safety. If Billy Mays died form snorting Oxy Clean it would still have been ironic in a way.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Eh.
There’s a certain dramatic irony in having something that helped him making a living leading to his undoing (gasp!), but it’s not like “hero’s strength proved to be his downfall” or anything hubris-like. Dude was riding around on his toy and met an untimely death. It’s hard to claim he was using it improperly or, further, that use of it was advertised as leading to a decrease in cliff-related mishaps. Ergo, coincidence?
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by JY on Sep 27, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
It is just a coincidence.
But a tragic (and funny) one.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Exactly
It wouldn’t be considered ironic for a pilot to die in a plane crash, or a race car driver to die in a race accident
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
But it would be ironic for the owner of Cessna airplanes to die in a crash in a Cessna.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
It would be ironic for the owner of Cessna airplanes to die in a crash in a Cessna.
If he had recently touted the safety of his product and was taking a trip in said product to avoid the risk of a crash that he might have found via driving, and thus that which he intended was the exact opposite of his ultimate fate.
by harkening on Sep 27, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly, the first wouldn't since the owner of Cessna probably flies in airplanes a whole bunch, increasing his risk of death.
And most of those planes would be Cessna’s.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 27, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
THANK YOU
BOTH OF YOU. YOU BOTH GET RECS FOR GETTING IT, AND FOR SAYING WHAT I COULD NOT SAY IN A COMPREHENSIBLE MANNER DUE TO NERD RAGE
However, it WOULD be ironic if it rained on your wedding day.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 28, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Or a free ride, when you've already paid.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Meeting the man of your dreams,
then killing his beautiful wife.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
by Thingray on Sep 28, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is this supposed to be right after his hypothetical "Big Macs don't pose a choking hazard speech"
Because I fail to see how a guy who makes food choking on food is ironic.
I seem to be all ornery.
This is one of those things that gets to me. I will excuse myself now. Sorry dudes (and dudettes).
I feel like the meaning of irony is changing due to improper use.
Language is a living and changing thing as much as many do not want it to be. It reminds me of the colloquialism argument that seems to come up often here. I see both sides. Yes there is a certain amount of ignorance in abusing language, but if people understand the misuse properly is it wrong?
I am not 100% on board with either side of the discussion myself. Some days I react like you do and other days I think it is fine.
Unless he was murdered to obtain the coveted Segway fortune!
They said they found his body at the bottom of the cliff next to a Segway. Sounds like a setup!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I'll bet it landed on its wheels when it hit bottom though
by tootthekazoo on Sep 27, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok now this makes the story for me.
Why didn’t I think of this? Just take a photo of the scene, the perfect ad for a segway. Fell all that way, landed and uprighted.
Apparently not all nature documentary footage is real
I guess it’s not really a big surprise, but apparently a great deal of nature footageis staged.
I can't believe I'm rooting for the Packers,
But I hate Cutler and the Bears so much.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Plus Rogers deserves to make Favre look like a punk bitch.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
So Darvish is going to ask to be posted this Winter.
You can read here in Japanese if you have a mixi account.
Pretty cool deal, hope the Yankees don’t take him.
I want the Mariners to get him so badly.
Utterly irrational.
That's a bit much.
51 million for Dice-K. Dice-K was 26, Yu is 24. Dice-K was a Japanese legend as well. Dice-K was represented by Scott Boras.
Will he beat 51 million? Probably. But I don’t think he will double it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 28, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone know much about the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League?
I just found out about it a week or so ago. I’m thinking of trying out next spring… haven’t played baseball in about 7 years, but hey, what the heck. I’m just entering my prime, right.
Is there anyone on here that plays in the PSSBL?
Anybody else ready for fall to show up?
I’m done with the humid weather.
Holy shit, it's muggy out. If I wanted to live in an armpit, I'd go live on the east coast.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I was down in Chehalis for work today and it was absolutely miserable.
What really wigged me out was the disparity between what I was seeing and what I was feeling. It looked like it should have been 58 degrees outside but instead I got 74 and absurdly humid.
It is legitimately too hot to sleep here
I live on the beach. What the fuck.
by seattlebruin on Sep 28, 2010 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Though I guess one of the bad things about the beach is that the temperate climate maintains temps better than being inland
so work would be a comfortable 72 now instead of the 110 that was recorded earlier
by seattlebruin on Sep 28, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
The radio said it was the hottest day LA had ever seen.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Out here, I refuse to pull my AC units until the first weekend of November.
There’s always some random 100 degree, 85% humidity day like late last week that murders you if you don’t.
Then again, I also put them in in the first week of March, even if there’s snow on the ground.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
UW reports that yesterday was the most humid day of the year in Seattle.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I don't need to hear things like that when I already want to move back out west.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's much better today. Still a touch muggy, but not too bad.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I meant that as a point in the Seattle's favor.
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KCDW/2010/9/27/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Boonton&req_state=NJ&req_statename=New+Jersey
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KBFI/2010/9/27/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Seattle&req_state=WA&req_statename=Washington
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I get it now.
It was only bad humidity for here. I’m sure east coast people wouldn’t even bat an eyelash.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Does anyone remember what post the "But rocks." line was from?
I was trying to search for it, but there were hundreds of results. =/
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Question?
http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/lookoutlandingglitches/question9.htm
...and now I'm here
That's why I couldn't find it.
Such a legendary thread.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Oh, thank you for re-posting this link!
When I first started reading LL, somebody posted a link to it and I read the whole thing and laughed until I cried… I am now bookmarking it so I can read it every day!
I've read that thread a few times now and it still amazes me.
I only wish I was around to see it first-hand.
Hahaha
SB had Lol as a subject line and didn’t use it ironically
Ahh, the good old days
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I noticed that too.
WHEE JUST READ THE WHOLE THING AGAIN
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 9:41 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm really fucking pissed that that fucking tree octopus does not exist.
I nominate JY for temporarily least helpful commenter. Ass.
...and now I'm here
Ah man, I can't stay mad at you.
C’mere.
...and now I'm here
Awww I'm sorry :(
Reality’s loss is cryptozoology’s gain, I guess.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Okay, that accidental mysteries site is fucking creepy
A lot of those photos look like something out of Bioshock.
Carlos Silvelite
People Take Pictures of Each Other
Pretty much like everyone else I suppose, my first exposure (ha! pun) to artistic photography was Ansel Adams. Unlike most people, however, I never really grew out of his work and, to this day, he’s probably the biggest influence on how I view/appreciate nature and architecture vis-à-vis natural formations.
From an artistic standpoint, I am a huge fan of Robert Frank’s work.
Burns was on Countdown with Kieth Obermann last night promoting the show.
They showed a few clips. There is an extensive interview with Ichiro in it.
I hate the Texas Rangers
Didn't he throw some shit fit about the last one and how inaccurate it was?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
With Burns' original documentary.
I can’t find the actual article, but here’s Olbermann talking about it on his blog:
http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/05/the_ken_burns_cat_out_of_the_p.html
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
For a little more detail, Olbermann went through and documented like 300 things wrong with the movie, called it crap on a number of radio outlets, and told people to not see it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yeah, I can't find anything about it, at least from here at work.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
How big of a media presence/influence does Obermann have anyway?
I haven’t kept up with him since his Sports Center days.
He's got one the MSNBC prime time [ZOMG] shows, so I'd say he's a little more well known outside of sports circles now than he was.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Up until above comment I had no idea he had ties to sports broadcasting
aside from an affinity for baseball.
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by JY on Sep 28, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been drinking Glenlivet 18 after I finish my dinner at 5:45.
Are we still on for pinochle this weekend?
Speaking of which I'm pretty sure you took my bottle of
low dose aspirin after water aerobics last week.
Are you still coming by to water my Gardenias?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
You are a trollop.
Why is it every time he tends to my hedges, you come waddling in with a request for your wilted excuses for flowers?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
They took the Blue Ribbon at the County Fair!
Can you counter that, Mr. Ess?
I took your sister's Blue Ribbon at the soda shop.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I hate hate hate Cisco.
Not a huge fan of gardening, but that man is too happy. I’ve met him in person, so I know it’s not an act. Just too happy.
I hate him too.
I have (thankfully) never met him, but every time I see his face I am overcome with the urge to smash something little with something giant. With spikes that happen to be dripping with poison. Or acid. Or both.
Are we talking about the happy painter guy from PBS?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Happy gardener.
I remember him from his radio show, when I kept turning on hoping there was a game on.
No. That was the late Bob Ross
and if anyone wants to smash something poisonous in HIS face, they have to get through me first.
I'm always trying to make
the little bush happy.
by Jed MC on Sep 28, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I don't want to over-promise, but I think it's popcorn shrimp night as well.
I think we’ve all earned two trips to the ice cream sundae bar.
Oh, and I may be late, as I’m polishing off a letter to the editor.
by marc w on Sep 28, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Crazy kids playing rock and roll music?
Or out of control dogs barking in your neighborhood this week?
The Beatles had no place on Lawrence Welk's fine show.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I HAVE NEVER WATCHED ESPN ASIDE FROM GAME BROADCASTS
CAPITAL LETTERS
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree. Even the episodes based on people I either
don’t like or don’t care about have sucked me in.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Does anyone keep having the issue that every time they see 30 for 30 on ESPN and what looks to be an interesting episode and they flip to it, it's some obscure sports coverage and NOT 30 for 30?
Cause that keeps pissing me off.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 28, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Curling is NOT OBSCURE.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 28, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
FUCKING AWESOME were the words you were looking for.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would much, much rather watch curling than women's softball.
And that’s not a slight against women, it’s a slight against all non-professional baseball. It just so happened women’s softball was the last thing to pre-empt a 30 for 30 episode for me.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
He was the last decent person left Sportscenter.
After he left it was all cliche and various glue-eating.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Who's the "Cool as the other side of the pillow" guy?
He took over the entire channel for awhile with all kinds of shows and specials, really put me off the show. That and the guy with the 4 pack a day voice, didn’t they run contests to pick both of them?
I remember that i always watched Sunday nights because of them.
Olbermann was always a bit high and mighty though so I think his current gig fits him better.
I just found out where to listen to Dan Patrick in the morning instead of Colin Cowherd and wow what a relief.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 28, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I find out that Colin Cowherd was the guy on SportsNation
I can’t believe I went so long not knowing who that was
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 28, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
He's also from Seattle which just sucks. Everything he says is awful and I admit I like listening to him in the way that conservative people listen to Howard Stern.
Sometimes I just want to call someone an idiot in my own head.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 28, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be in the garage with my pal Willy Loman.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 28, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm an instigator!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
SI claims his list was 160 errors, misidentifications, etc
one of which was showing a picture of Jackie Robinson from the year before that which was being talked about.
I know how to get that song out of your head...
I could teach you, but I’d have to charge.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 28, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
PDB, no luck on the Really Old Brown Dog Ale
In fact, no luck getting into the Portsmouth Brewery at all.
Instead of wasting this post on a personal message, I’ll throw this tangentially-related question out there: when you’re traveling to a city you have yet to visit, how do you decide where to eat? Yelp? Word of mouth? Wherever Rachael Ray suggests?
I appreciate the effort
and I usually decide by picking up a local alt-weekly and looking at their food reviews.
The three times we tried getting into the restaurant portion of the brewery downtown
the shortest wait was an hour and a half. (End of September is apparently their biggest tourism weekend – go figure) The good news was that it forced us to make reservations elsewhere and allowed me to spend more time in Bull Moose, much to the chagrin of the wifey.
Also, the Friendly Toast has vastly improve in quality since my last visit.
A combination of things.
I usually do a bit of research before traveling. I like to have a short list of places I want eat when I get somewhere. Yelp, sure, and Google are helpful. Sometimes I’ll use search terms like “best dive bar cheeseburger Kansas City” or whatever and see what I find, then use that as a starting point for further research.
I realize, however, that I take snacks very seriously.
If I don't have anyone to ask, I'll look on Google where the highest density of restaurants is.
Then I’ll wander around at peak meal time (for whichever meal it happens to be) looking for the longest line. That’s usually the best spot to eat in the area.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I usually talk to a doorman at the hotel on the first day,
and make it clear that I don’t want the touristy stuff, I want the places that THEY would eat at.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Get ready for the Tenth Inning!!!
Red Sox! Yankees! Griffey who? RED SOX! George Will being really fucking boring! Bloggers are irresponsible! Jon Miller says something to piss off statheads! YANKEES! RED SOX!
BASEBALL!!!!!
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 9:43 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Then I will watch.
Right after I watch Felix destroy Texas.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I wanted to post this one but refrained from doing so.
Weird, huh? Me showing restraint? What the fuck.
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 11:04 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Then don't do it?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
As with most things that make giggle like a loon
I wanted to share.
by Eyeball Kid on Sep 28, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
That's cool and all, but what is Minecraft?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Minecraft is really interesting to me, though I really don't want to play it.
However, the whole story of it, a game made by one guy that’s in alpha and being updated every Friday, that the purchasers are given basically a lifetime pass to all future versions of the game, that there really is no clearly defined point to it, that it’s absolutely taken off and is highly popular in a lot of online circles, that it’s made up to $300,000 in a DAY, etc etc etc
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 11:08 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
To try to explain it:
It’s an open-ended game with no real objective other than exploring, harvesting resources, building tools and other items, defending against enemies and building whatever you want.
To put it another way: Lego exploration/survival
People have made the following things in minecraft: Castles, water rides, elaborate minecart transportation systems, tree forts, 9/11 recreations, and much MUCH MORE!
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 11:12 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Sounds pretty cool actually,
but also sounds like something I just don’t have the time for.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Its fun but I don't want to pay for it.
Though I think a LL minecraft server would be a blast.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 28, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
RUN THE FUCK AWAY
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I saw this yesterday and I'm still not sure quite how to react.
Even though I’m a huge nerd there’s still this voice in me that wants to scream “NEEEEERD!”, but also, hey he’s making something that takes skill and effort, so good for him.
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 11:06 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It takes a little away that he apparently didn't actually make it in minecraft, but imported a framework into the game.
Still impressive(ly nerdy) as hell.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
From the archives:
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Really?
Jesus, Pete. “Tell The Truth Monday?” I’ll bet his inter-office memo avatar is a My Little Pony with Seahawks colors.
Hell. they’re doing better than I thought. Perhaps I should lay off.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Since we lead the division I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.
A road win would be nice though.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
When are they just going to give SB Nation to Jeff?
He’s on the front of the DRaysBay page, he does the weekly 5 numbers thing, generally rules the sports realm of the internet…..what am I missing?
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Sep 28, 2010 12:52 PM PDT reply actions
He hates kittens.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Afraid of clowns.
(please note I am making this shit up, and know very little about Jeff personally)
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
And although he hid it, you can still find this:
I’m cool with clowns now
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 11, 2010 2:39 AM EDT on 23-37, Chart
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
We need to test the veracity of this by sending several clowns to Jeff's place.
several clowns at a time. Several times.
Isn't this like almost every LL meetup?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 28, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Do they deliver?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Sugarweasel?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Umm, work people might not want to look this up.
Just saying.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Because he seemed like he would have some good stories.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Or at least that's why I did.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Send in... the clowns....
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I bet he does it anyways.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Sep 28, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, his Seahawks game recap made me feel all good inside.
And I’m not even a Hawks fan.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Sep 28, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That was an amazing piece of reading.
Jeff needs to write a book or something so he can seriously cash in on his writing ability. Jay too.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
"Shucks", again.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
There was an article on Fangraphs recently that was all, "Jeff Sullivan is sooo good at writing that it's a celebration of human potential."
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Also, did anyone else see Sweeney on Sportscenter this morning?
They were showing clips from the phillies division clinching celebration and he dropped a quote that went something like, “I’ve spent a whole lot of Octobers hunting and fishing up in the mountains and I LOVE fishing, but it’ll be really nice to play some more baseball for once.”
He had a grin a mile wide. I can’t help but feel stoked for him. He got a non-roster invite to Mariners ST, somehow made the team by hitting well off of AA pitchers, shared the DH spot, got injured twice? three times? then he hit some dingers, then he got traded to WS contenders The Philadelphia Phillies for CASH and now he’s in the playoffs.
Baseball.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Sep 28, 2010 1:21 PM PDT reply actions
Good for him.
Maybe if something happens in the playoffs in Philly he can offer to punch someone in the face.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Can't help but like him.
All the more since he’s on a different team.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Even more crushing than missing the playoffs I'm guessing.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Sep 28, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I posted this in the last thread, but it may have been overlooked by other dramatic posts
Due to poor timing. I know some of you enjoyed the prior two editions of this online game, but this one is eating all of my spare time!
It’s a full-on campaign, beginning from little league up to the majors, and it’s hard but really, really fun.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I've been playing it.
Fielding sucks, but I think I’m starting to get the hang of it… I’m in year 2 at the Minor level. I’m really happy it saves the progress because I don’t have the time to sit that long with it, but it’s easy to play a couple quick games before bed.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 28, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't field at all either.
It saves? I’ve left it open the whole time.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I just hate when I make 6 errors in a game and it costs me the win.
Grr. Argh.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 28, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear you on that.
I can catch some line drives, but almost no fly balls.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
And now 9 hits in three innings, but no runs scored.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I'm actually better on the fly balls
I think the key for me on that is to first track the direction of the ball, then I camp out on that line and slowly move deeper into the outfield as the ball continues to travel, then click almost immediately when I see the ball drop off the top of the screen.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 28, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what I try, but I still miss them somehow.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Yeah, I'm either barely legging out singles or I'm smacking huge home runs.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I've managed about 3 doubles. I'm in my 5th year.
Also, I can’t hit homers in the majors. I smacked a ton of em in sandlot, and a few in the minors, but haven’t been able to in the major leagues.
The fielding sucks -
you have to click the mouse JUST when the ball drops, but half the time you end up clicking off of the screen and fucking it up. Other than that – what a fucking GREAT free online baseball campaign. I haven’t had this much fun with a baseball game since Super Baseball Simulator 1000.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
No homers for me either. Every good hit that looks like a homer gets caught by the second baseman.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Yeah, I'm getting doubles in my second year. But I always seem to play on the road.
Bowie must be renovating their stadium.
I played that one a little bit
but for a while I was addicted to Jumpers for Goalposts, from the same people. Never played version three, gotta go try that now.
Neat, new Jimmy Eat World album today
who’s dropping by Best Buy to get the deluxe edition later?
I dunno, I have to save up for the next Spice Girls record.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I love me some Jimmy Eat World, but I'm not about to rush out and my their new 2010 record.
Their discography is impeccable, though. I particularly love the hidden gems like their songs off the Jebidiah split and the b-sides EP from the “Clarity” sessions.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Sep 28, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Michael Chiklis has a new show coming out, looks like a bit of The Incredibles in live action.
Not a bad looking preview, I’ve been waiting to see what he’d do next after The Shield. Anyone find any new shows interesting? Previews are so hit and miss.
I'm not a big fan of zombie movies and horror in general
But The Walking Dead looks like it will be awesome.
Is it weird that I’m kinda glad I haven’t read the comics, so it will all be a surprise?
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 1:43 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Trailer here, though I bet everyone has seen it by now
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 1:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I might actually give that show a try.
But I’m pretty sure it gonna be terrible.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, just kinda lowering my expectations.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
After The Shield, Chiklis deserves my attention
I know that the show will almost certainly suck wind, but dammit I need my Vic Mackey fix
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah that kinda where I'm at.
It looks fun.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he needs to return to The Shield as The Thing.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
The thing is too whiny and emotional
Mackey was a badass and he should have played The Thing without the costume, just as super-cop Vic Mackey
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
What was the incredibly milquetoast cop show he did in the '90s?
Basically the opposite of ‘The Shield’
Those Fantastic Four movies were terrible, so I have no great fondness for him.
I’m really more excited about Benz from Dexter being in this show. I’m expecting the pilot to stink, but maybe it’ll work.
A lot of people hereabouts wouldn't point to Benz being from Dexter.
In fact, I’m surprised I’m the first one to mention this?….
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Benz from Buffy/Angel!
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Yayyyyyyyyy
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
She was in Buffy huh?
Not that I didn’t watch a lot of Buffy but its been awhile. I would love to see her as a youngin’. The first time I remember seeing her was Saw 3.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Darla!
She plays a minor role in the first season of Buffy, but a pretty major role in the second and third seasons of Angel.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
A very different character from Rita.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I would say you should watch it and then wait for others to say the same but much more emphatically.
I’m not going to fault you because my own TV watching history has numerous gaps.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
If you have Netflix, both Buffy and Angel are available on the Instant Watch.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
The problem is, I have about 10 new shows I'm watching.
Good thing Lone Star got canceled!
Also, it’s way easier to get invested in a show like Rome (which I just finished) since I know it’s only two seasons.
I haven't seen season 4 of Dexter
but now I’m expecting something to happen to Rita since Julie Benz is now on another show. :(:(:(:(
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I was considering talking about the Season 5 premiere
which Showtime made available through YouTube, but I’m glad I didn’t.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish we could talk about it. Why do all the good shows have to be paid for!?
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not going to be able to watch the rest for months!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Months + a year in your case.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I have not and now will not read the comic
I am really, really looking forward to this show though. Looks excellent and it’s on AMC so that’s enough reason to tune in on its own
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
So, I'm trying to find tickets to this weekend's epic Padres/Giants showdown
What’s the best way to do this? Stubhub? Craigslist? Go pester scalpers 2 innings after the game starts? Also, are there places in ATT park that have better than anticipated views for decent prices?
Also, the Giants sometimes come out to Radiohead's "Idioteque."
Sometimes, for reasons that are absolutely incomprehensible to me, they do not. Here’s hoping that they do for you.
This song may play at Storm games next year.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 28, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone catch Eastbound and Down on Sunday?
2010 Safeco Field Record: 2-1 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 12-5
This old man can't stay up past 10 pm on work nights.
I plan on checking it out On Demand tomorrow.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 28, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was pretty good and I'm interested to see where they take it this season.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 28, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems like there should be more actual baseball than last season.
Probably a Bad News Bears type story line with the usual Eastbound and Down twists.
2010 Safeco Field Record: 2-1 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 12-5
It was absolutely absurd, I enjoyed it.
The mexican midget dude was unreal.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Sep 28, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit, I forgot.
Happy Felix day all! I really hope he doesn’t suck it up tonight. He hasn’t been great against them.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
I define absolute crap as anytime someone doesn't throw a no-hitter.
So Close, but yeah, absolute crap.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
And I was thinking of a completely different game. The 8/5 one, but even that wan't that bad.
And holy shit I went to the almost no-hitter. My brain is total crap today.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Boy, what I miss during the day with that silly working business.
home early, and here is a 1956 episode of Cheyenne with guest star James Garner as the kindliest minister you ever did know.
I hadn't heard of this. I might have to go check.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
In order to give a satisfactory answer to the question you will have to visit every McDonald's
better get movin’.
I'm gonna get really sick of McDoubles by the end of this one...
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Open question:
Are there any small towns or areas, preferably within 2 hours of Seattle, that have nifty little shops, coffee shops, and a few restaurants that you would recommend?
...and now I'm here
Bingo
I worked at the Auto/RV lot there for a bit and went fucking broke eating Pick-Quick every goddamned day
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure if Leavenworth is within the 2 hours and it's been a while since I've been there, but it used to be kinda fun.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah about 2 hours up SR-2.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Tons of them. Try something over on the penninsula or Bainbridge.
Paulsbo, Port Orchard, Port Towsend…. Or try heading up out I-90 or SR-2.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
The Taprock on SR 305 in Poulsbo Village is nice
Famous Dave’s in Silverdale is probably the best BBQ place on the penninsula.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 28, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
You can get Famous Dave's at Everett Mall, Tacoma, etc, etc.
It’s just a BBQ version of Applebees (although I’ll agree it’s tastier).
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I've never seen them anywhere else
I knew it was a chain restaurant but I just thought the other ones were in like Spokane or Memphis.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 29, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
They’ve been spreading thoughout the NW. I think the Everett location opened in 2009.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Is there still a Mr. Bill's?
I remember trying to eat their 500lb burger when I was a young buck and I loved that place
Is that place named after this guy?
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Not at Everett Mall.
It closed a long time ago when they remodeled.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Yeah, we even have one in the Tri-cities now.
Excellent food.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 29, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Port Townsend and Poulsbo for sure.
Port Orchard is pretty much an armpit.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Gorst is the armpit
Port Orchard is on the other side of the armpit.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 29, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Bonney Lake has one of the best sushi/sashimi places I have ever been too.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Also, the Olympic Bagelry in Port Angeles is fantastic.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Port anything is usually a pretty good idea.
They’re always scenic and touristy.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I'm just gonna assume you're referring to Sushi Town.
Because holy fuck delicious. The same guys run Trappers in Covington and it is also A++.
Seconding Poulsbo
As for specific restaurants, no real idea, but Poulsbo’s a neat little town. As is Anacortes.
Anacortes is cool, nice drive over the mukileteo ferry and deception pass too.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
For some reason, anybody I have ever known from Anacortes was batshit insane.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Do they have oil refineries around there? I seem to kind of remember that.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. There are two right next to each other.
They are just over the bridge past the casino. Periodically, people get blown up and oil gets dumped into the bay.
Does Bellingham count as a small town?
It seems like the perfect place for a fall trip.
by Eyebrows on Sep 28, 2010 4:04 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes. All of these are good ideas. Thanks
...and now I'm here
If you do come to Bellingham let me know. And I can give you some tips.
Especially if you want to add a day hike.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 28, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Maple Valley!
Come visit the QFC and if that isn’t enough we have a Safeway! Hungry? Visit one of our 2 mcdonalds or 5 starbucks! We even have a lake!
Only if Walmart sponsored the lake.
...and now I'm here
And a golf course!
And a dance school that used to be a library! And one of the McDonald’s has a huge, bitchin’ McPlayplace!
by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
So Ballard is Seattle's Brooklyn?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
This is how I always saw it
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 28, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably still a lower overall density of trust funds
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Wherever he goes, I would recommend the mushroom ravioli
by seattlebruin on Sep 28, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This is so fucking funny it's not even funny.
...and now I'm here
Port Townsend was the most notorious town on the West Coast after San Francisco at one point.
Now sounds right up your alley.
Longer than two hours though.
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by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh how about that.
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by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
The valley between Woodinville and Redmond are a good place for mildly classy booze.
I also like driving past the totem poll in Fall City. A nice diversion on the way to Snoqualmie Falls.
So what's up with Derrick Saito?
With all the Cortez talk, I looked him up and he only had pitched a few innings this year.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
He broke earlier in the year.
I don’t know the specifics because for almost as long as I’ve been doing this, any injury information like that is hard to come by and I think at the player’s discretion.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think he broke before the season started, as he didn't make any appearances until late Aug.
I guess the good news is that he made a few appearances in late Aug, so we can be reasonably sure that he still has one or more arms.
If he has more than two arms now, I'm concerned.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 28, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The recovery time fits with an amputation....
I’m just sayin’.
21% for Felix in New York is more than I expected.
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by JY on Sep 28, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
They need to be found by an angry mob and beaten.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, no mention of Zimmerman for MVP...
Or Beltre.
And no JOSH JOHNSON for NL Cy Young?!?!
Whoever made these polls is very funny.
Oh man, I wish we really got Reid Brignac.
Not for his play, but for his dancing. Reid doing the Dougie.
Oh hell yes. Old Spice Guy is playing a spy on Chuck.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Was he the one employee in the Buymore?
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
25 feet? I can do better.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
On the original topic here...
I took a class on ‘Humanities through the Arts’ a couple quarters ago. It was really interesting, and I learned all the rules of what is and what isn’t art. Technically, “found art” is not art because art is supposed to be made with the intention of being art. Found art is basically just taking an object and calling it art.
I don’t really like all the rules to what is art, though. It ruins it for me. I think art should have no rules, and I think a lot of people would agree. Taking that class kind of made me bitter toward a lot of art, because instead of being able to enjoy it, I had to search for it’s form, meaning, etc… Why is it enjoyable? Looking that hard with that purpose makes it less enjoyable, to me anyway.
That said, I really enjoy all of the works of Marcel Duchamp, the father of found art. Not because all of it is actually artistic, but because he forced the question of what art is.
Rules?
Seriously, rules?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. It made it so much harder to enjoy art.
We had to look at different pieces of art and decide if it was truly art or imitation art, according to the rules. It was kind of BULLCRAP. I can’t really remember those rules, because I wasn’t that interested in remembering that malarkey. But one of them is that the piece must have been created to intentionally “be” art. Therefore, found art is not art at all.
And who created these rules? Are they governed by the International Academy of Art?
I’m guessing your instructor just had fun fucking with all of you.
I found there are two schools of thought on this.
Many people who are “trained” have a deep hatred for natural and untrained artists. Sadly, since they tend to be the ones who run academic art they shove this notion down many throats.
I love that people from Tolstoy to Aristotle have wrestled with this
but some professor has produced a handy set of Rules. Thousands of years of argument, debate, consideration rendered moot by this great man/woman.
Right.
The reason I had to quibble with it is because back when I was at community college, I took, or rather attempted to take a History of Jazz course which read like an an instruction manual and even provided bullet points as to what jazz contained structurally and thematically, down to an attempted mechanical analysis of what exactly a “swinging feeling” was. Then at the bottom of the first page there was “As jazz historian Harvey Pekar stated” and then I stopped reading the book and never looked at it again. I really wanted to learn the subject. The presentation killed me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
My definition of swinging feeling involves more than 3 people at once
Therefore I must be a jazz artist.
by Kermit. on Sep 29, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Not really, just head to his house on any Wednesday night and join the party.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
This comment is awful and I regret posting it
Typically I do not offer excuses but I’m making an exception. I just got off work and my brain has yet to kick back into gear
I do not and will not regret reccing it.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Blame the bee sting
Pumped your brain full of poison
by tootthekazoo on Sep 29, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
WHAT THE FUCK
89 DEGREES TOMORROW? REALLY? WHERE WAS THIS IN JULY?
I love heat but it’s pretty much October.
It was very odd drinking Jubelale the other night when it was 82 degrees outside
but that didn’t stop me.
It's supposed to be ~75 here tomorrow.
I think I’ll have to see if it’s odd drinking Jubelale while basking in the sun on my patio.
Looks like the death rattle, though.
The rain on Monday looks like the “fall” switch. The high temperatures next week are supposed to be in the mid 60s and sunny.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Humidity sucks.
I went for a run yesterday and it took something like 45 minutes for the sweat to fully evaporate. For the longest time I was just slick with sweat. Fucking disgusting.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to the gym and then rode the six miles home
and I really thought I would not stop sweating for the rest of my life. Fortunately I was wrong but it took a long damn time.
This is basically what's happening in NYC right now
tornadoes and thunderstorms aside, it’s been around 80 or higher since I got back, or mid-to-high-70s and muggy. After Friday it’s supposed to snap and just be in the mid-to-high-60s and sunny, which I will welcome.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh god, fresh pumpkin shakes are now available at Burgerville.
See you all 40 pounds from now.
Is there another fast food chain that has as many good seasonal options as Burgerville?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 29, 2010 9:45 AM PDT reply actions
I wish the burgers at Kidd Valley were better :\
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I loved the olive oil rosemary shoe string fries they had a while back.
They were just so good.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
That was such a great OT, everybody was in a good mod or something all at the same time
Have to give credit to you for setting the stage.
And how could we have possibly forgotten this?
There were a lot of recs in there!
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Last year we had to separate comment of the year into Fett's GMZ .gif and everything else
this year we might have to have an entire LLemmies separate from the Kermit division so other people will win
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah well there's class and then there's crass
Honestly, I did not know that ‘facials’ was an actual porn industry term until after making that comment. I wonder if that comment was flagged
by Kermit. on Sep 29, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Art of that quality should be on a tshirt sold at a bait shop in Minnesota.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
ZomBcon?
Evil Dead isn’t zombies.
And since when is Seattle the zombie capital of the world? I thought that was Toronto, or Pittsburgh.
Fuck - who cares?? The Evil Dead cast live, and on the big screen?
Complaining about this is like saying, “I really wish this million dollars I just found wasn’t making my fingers so dirty.”
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I'm not complaining.
Just questioning their event naming abilities.
Also, I’m a huge zombie fan, but never really got into Evil Dead. I’ve only seen the first one, and I liked it and all, but I didn’t think it was amazing or anything…
Even though the 2nd one is in many ways a remake of the first one, it's the superior movie and I recommend it if you like horror.
Also, Army of Darkness is brilliant.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
University of California baseball program being disbanded
Wow. I guess it’s not the best program in the world but it’s still surprising a college that big is cutting their baseball program.
I was talking to Toot about this.
How does a PAC 10 Athletic department go 13 Million over budget? Their football revenue should easily cover all their sports.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 29, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
How does that work anyway, the Pac-10 has some funny revenue sharing rules.
I’m unclear as to specifics and percentages, other than I’ve read this fact the last time WSU went to the Rose Bowl.
Why is Cal so bad at baseball when Fullerton and all those other CSU's are so good?
Is it just that southern California likes baseball so much more?
It is easier to recruit to warmer schools. The Bay Area is much cooler than SoCal.
Also Cal has a much tougher set of entrance requirements.
Best Google IM I've ever been a part of:
Jen: ugh, so i’ve been trying to get tanya to bring me back my menomena poster
and she can’t find it
me: The signed one I got you?? I bet she left it at the show.
Jen: no. i left it at her house
me: Didn’t you give it to her? I remember being surprised that you were parting with it.
Jen: yeah kinda but i’m indian.
me: HAHAHAHA
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 29, 2010 1:39 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I don't understand at all
what does this mean? Is it supposed to be an inside joke we’re missing here?
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Indian giver?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
She actually IS Native American.
She’s just giving it back to whitey.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
That's what I thought the joke was.
But then again that is how I think.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Thanks Kirk.
HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD FUNNY EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Well, it did not contain a question but it also was not an exclusive comment.
REGARDING LIVEJOURNALING: What is and is not LL LJ needs some clarification, as the lines dividing an off-topic thread and a chatroom have been blurred quite a bit in the OTFPOTD. Off-topic threads are threads that almost anyone reading LL should feel welcome to participate in, and should not be a place where you communicate with friends about specific things only you and that friend know or care about.
An easy way to make sure others feel welcome is to tack a question on to the end of whatever you want to say. By making it a question instead of a statement, you invite other people’s opinions to come along.
Seems to me he was just sharing an amusing story.
The problem is the story is incomplete from either age range.
If you’re too young, you don’t know what an “indian giver” is and therefore don’t get the joke.
If you’re too old, you can’t really tell if she’s referring to herself as an Indian who fits the phrase (funny) or just as an “indian giver” (meh).
Therefore it’s something that is the definition of an inside joke, because only kevin from this site knows that she is in fact Indian for sure, and therefore it only achieves its true humor for him.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I just checked with my Ouija board and Andrew Jackson found it to be a very amusing comment
by Kermit. on Sep 30, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Hahaha! Thank you!
Bah – I totally admit I should have given some back story – it was a simple mistake of me thinking everyone would be on my particular wavelength. Sorry guys.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
That's funny!
Sorry guys – it was my mistake in thinking everyone would “get it” without putting thought into a back story or explanation.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
No surprise.
Accidental?? Well, I guess he didn’t mean to kill himself, but I’m sure he meant to take the drugs.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I suppose the difference is between:
FUCK YA, let’s do mroe drugs and get fuckin’ WASTED!! KKkkkkhgggghh (vomit) ghrgtgghh…… (dead)
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Weird, it left the other option off:
My life sucks, I’m taking ten bottles of pills and ending it all
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
This never happens to people who aren't funny.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Chris Farley died and he was incredibly unfunny
HEY LOOK I’M A FAT GUY LET’S MAKE FUN OF THE FAT GUY KKkkkkhgggghh (vomit) ghrgtgghh…… (dead)
by pdb on Sep 29, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The odd thing was that he HATED doing the fat guy jokes.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I feared for a while I was one of the few people that thought this.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to disagree here, he was pretty far into the slapstick camp.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So, entry into the slapstick camp means that funny/unfunny no longer applies?
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
MY PANTS ARE FULL OF CHOCOLATE PUDDING!!!
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
???
HEY LOOK I’M A FAT GUY LET’S MAKE FUN OF THE FAT GUY
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And no, that's completely subjective and to each their own.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Right, I was only agreeing with the subject line.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't make me slap you with a stick.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I liked Farley, but it has been many years since I've watched his movies.
Beverly Hills Ninja was one of the worst movies I remember seeing. I was more a fan of the SNL/Tommy Boy stuff and his cameo in Billy Madison was good.
Billy Madison was my favorite performance of his.
I can recite every scene he’s in word for word.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
you remember that?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
It took my quotes.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
So this proves that drugs actually DO make you more creative?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I think Bill Hicks had an entire routine about it,
although he probably wasn’t the first or last to make jokes about it.
Not Diet Coke.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Diet Coke is a hell of a drug.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Sep 29, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This sucks.
Greg Giraldo was maybe the funniest comedian I ever saw in person and I met him afterwards and he was totally a nice and gracious person. I’m just curious why it’s comedians that seem to hit the hard drugs more than any other celebrity. Maybe because comedy is often a direct result of tragedy. Nobody wants to see Donnie and Marie do comedy.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
When I tried to think of famous overdoses and known drug problems, comedians came to mind first.
Richard Pryor, Chris Farley, Jon Belushi, Mitch Hedburg just as a couple examples.
But if I think about it more, musicians obviously have their problems. I guess with actors, you have your incidents, but it seems like there are a lot more famous actors than famous comedians but less that I can recall overdosing.
It would require a lot more research.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a few comedian friends.
It’s a really, really tough lifestyle. You do it for the love of performance, but it really wears on you.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Oh my is right.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
The Star Wars films are being released in 3D starting next year.
This will end well. Please, Uncle George, give the franchise to someone else.
Boy am I glad I've never seen more than 15 minutes of any of those movies.
I can’t imagine actually loving something that much and having it destroyed slowly while you watch.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Have you heard of the 2010 Seattle Mariners?
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
That wasn't exactly slow. Rocket through the floor!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
There wasn't a lot of hope after May. This has just been the corpse rotting.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
The who now?
Actually, I gave up on the season when we picked up Figgins.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Indy 4?
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I honestly did not mind that movie as much as most people.
It wasn’t great but I didn’t think it was terrible.
I might too...
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Two things bothered me about it, he lost his bumbling charm and the sword fight/car chase
That pacing in that scene was so very very slow, especially when compared to the chase scene in Lost Ark.
I might if I didn't irrationally hate Shia LaBeouf.
I fear Lucas is going to start a new series of Indiana Jr. starring LaBeouf that will be even worse than Star Wars Episode 1.
Yes there is that.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't wait for the inevitable crossover
where Shia ends up on a rebel planet fighting off killer Ewoks with a bullwhip, and where Ewan MacGregor ends up with a paralyzing fear of snakes.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought this was a certainty after I saw the movie.
His dumbass comb thing and all. Jesus Christ he is annoying.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 29, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet we could make it look like an accident.....
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 29, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I've heard of a thing called an "accidental" overdose which could help us
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Sep 29, 2010 9:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The reaction might have been overblown.
Nevertheless, nuked fridge, aliens!, Shia LeBoeuf, and Indy suddenly being more patriotic than a G.I. Joe when facing the Commies while never really doing the same with the Nazis…. those were all major drawbacks.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh agreed.
It wasn’t good by any stretch of the imagination, but it the disaster a lot of people made it out to be.
It honestly did nothing for me.
The only nice thing to come out of it is the term “nuking the fridge.”
It has completely augmented my vocabulary with phrases nobody around me understands.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
"Narm" has become my favorite word thanks to TV Tropes.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I just found out about the origins of that.
I think narm charm would then be the similar rendition in the second season in the drive thru when you quickly go “hahahahahoh my god.”
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
But also a timesink.
Enter, emerge three hours later.
Speaking of nuking the fridge
I finally saw Live free & die hard. That entire movies nukes the fridge.
I saw Live Free & Die Hard with a bunch of friends who were programmers.
Their first comments on leaving the theatre were about a server only used for storage that required that much cooling.
But then we also started calling it Bruce Willis 4 and that’s been cool because we’ve been able to do that outside of the group and people are surprisingly quick to pick up on what we’re referring to.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Shia was the only truly unforgivable part of that.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 29, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I can forgive the nuked fridge scene because it gave us the scrub scene. The look on Indy's face when the one cleaner starts scrubbing downstairs is priceless.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I think I saw the one with the guy tearing out the heart when I was like 10, but I don't remember much about it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Temple of Doom.
That was George and Steven throwing everything out the window that made Raiders fun and going for the gross-out factor.
And when it wasn't grossing you out it was just being annoying.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That was the worst one of the originals too.
Well, now I’m grasping on series. I’d say Ghostbusters 3 but we don’t know what it is yet or if it will actually get made and it wasn’t like the second one was that special.
I don’t know. Someone can try an assist here I barely pay attention to popular series.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe this, but I don't even remember the second link coming out, and probably wouldn't have known it was him anyways.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316/#Director
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112896/
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Well, fuck you too, imdb.
The first link was supposed to go to the directing career of Mel Brooks, and the second to Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yeah that wasn't good, but he stopped there.
The first movie I saw of his was the Robin Hood spoof and I have no idea if that’s held up.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't want to know, he got more topical as he went on.
Spaceballs, HOTW:PI and Life of Brian are still good, and that’s all that matters to me.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Or alternatively, some of the guys who made Airplane! and Naked Gun...
going on to produce or direct Scary Movie 3 and 4 along with Superhero Movie.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Men in tights is very spotty
some of it was out-of-date when he made it;, some of it works as a parody of the genre, aided greatly by Amy Yasbeck & Cary Elwes
You forgot the best part, that it's being released in chronological order.
So we’ll have to wait 3-4 years to actually get to the good movies.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I hope they make don't use the remade versions of A New Hope through Return of the Jedi
and stick with the originals, but he’ll probably make a new, new version that is even worse.
If he replaces the puppet Yoda with CGI I'm burning Skywalker Ranch to the ground.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
I don't mind him adding touches to the special effects of the original trilogy so much
It’s changing elements of the plot that piss me off.
He'll probably release both versions in 3-D.
If you ever go to Scarecrow Video, check out the shelves of Star Wars films.
For those that don’t know, the deal with Scarecrow (under the original owner anyway) was to attempt to obtain every version of every film ever. So they have Star Wars in every release, including format. So there are laser disks ( Spielberg and Lucas may have been the driving force behind that format), versions on beta max, CD’s. Multiple versions of Director’s Cuts and Special Issues. It’s absolutely ridiculous, the part that really amazes me is his hard core fans haven’t staged a major backlash.
It's a real moneymaking engine.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you best use "the Twitter"?
I want the famous people tweets on Greg Giraldo. If I search Giraldo, do the most popular tweets come first? I suck at twitter.
It actually sorts by time, if I remember correctly.
So ones closest to now come first.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I have a technical question for everyone.
I know it has been brought up before, but I am wanting to connect one of my computers to my TV. I seem to remember someone saying it could damage the TV. Is this the case? Are their any bits of info I should know to make this work the best?
Not that I can think of, at least in the past 15 or so years.
The best scenarios are if your computer has an HDMI out, or the TV has a VGA (computer monitor cable) in.
Otherwise you’re looking at adapters and pain.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Mainly.
TVs that have VGA ports tend to just work, as do computers with HDMI outs.
It’s when you get into trying to get a computer’s VGA “out” to turn into a HDMI or Component Video(RedGreenBlue) “in” that you’ll have problems getting video to work correctly.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Here's your tee shirt
“Another satisfied customer of Faux” He really is a helpful guy
Don't you start this.
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He's inferring that you are a cheap whore.
by Eyebrows on Sep 29, 2010 3:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
And that all your customers get t-shirts.
by Eyebrows on Sep 29, 2010 3:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'd prefer that, and if I were that wouldn't be a bad idea.
I spent $10 on a blowjob and all I got was this lousy case of hepatitis
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by Faux on Sep 29, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
SBNigga stole my quotes.
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If we're going along with this presumption, can you please fix your SQL injection problem so you can stop stripping leading and trailing quotes?
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I thought you were supposed to be the helpful one
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think you want me touching your servers.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/9/27/1715219/ot-9-27-cripes-someone-has-to-do-it#48055552
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I’d love to query your tables and natural-join our columns.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
You just want your 1 near his 0.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 29, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
That was actually the only query programmer pickup line I could find ):
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Stand back. I'll fix this shit with regular expressions.
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by joof on Sep 29, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You really are a helpful guy! Ahahaha!
I’m doing my Ray Liotta impersonation from Goodfellas, if you couldn’t tell.
I would respond, but I've never seen that movie.
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I would love to watch that movie for the first time again.
Such a great movie, if you’re into the gangster thing. My personal favorite for the genre, maybe Miller’s Crossing which I often forget when the conversation turns to gangster movies. Maybe because it’s Irish?
I think Goodfellas is juuuuuuuust a bit better than Miller's Crossing
but that’s like saying that $1,000,000 is better than $999,999. They’re both amazing.
by pdb on Sep 29, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You actually need to lubricate the cables with about a pint of your own blood
so the data can flow freely.
by Eyebrows on Sep 29, 2010 3:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, I get what could cause damage.
If you had a plasma or LCD made more than a couple years ago, they could burn in (leave ghosts of the frozen picture).
Ones made more recently take steps to prevent that from happening, and it takes leaving it on the same screen for a couple weeks to burn things in now.
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Plus hey, this thing called screensavers.
by Eyebrows on Sep 29, 2010 3:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't know of a computer damaging a TV.
Actually I’m running my primary computer through a TV right now.
What Faux said is right. It’s either VGA or DVI-to-HDMI and it works pretty well.
Now that we've weaned him off Rob Johnson, we need to figure out how to take care of Loafie.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Bad hops at third?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
He takes, what, a week off for each one?
Does he have 24 siblings left?
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Clone Guti.
It’s the only way.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 29, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
You'd think an album with Nick Hornby lyrics and Ben Folds music would be good
You’d be wrong, for the most part. It’s not terrible, but Ben Folds’ music is easily the weakest link. It’s just kinda pedestrian, which is somewhat disappointing.
ESPN guys calling the Braves/Marlins game say Felix deserves the Cy Young.
It’s getting interesting. More and more of a following for the lad.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
First you get some well respected smart guys on the bandwagon, maybe the rest follow?
Still bothers me quite a few of them will vote for him for the wrong reasons but hey, you have to start someplace.
OK, maybe it's just me, but I have never understood the complete follow-the-leader dynamic that some social groups exhibit
for example, I was planning a trip to Las Vegas with some friends from college over Halloween – however, our group leader from college said he had to work and couldn’t go, and suddenly people who were going to go out there to celebrate their birthdays said they couldn’t go just because this one person wasn’t going.
Not like “suddenly busy,” but like “I really wanted to go, but since person x isn’t going, I can’t”
Is this what Lookout Landing looks like to outsiders?
That just sounds bizarre.
I’m not familiar with that particular dynamic. But usually the groups of friends I have tend to have a regular cast, but can operate without a key figure or two. I can’t say I remember anything being outright canceled for want of one person showing up, and the only time I’ve really bailed on such situations was when I only cared to see that one one person anyway.
I also don’t know that this applies to LL either, at least from my experience. We do have the authors, but events such as going out drinking at Dante’s or what have you aren’t dependent on them being around, and there are enough personalities around in the gamethreads/OTs to allow them to survive if a few pieces are missing.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
This doesn't happen to me often,
but I have experienced it before. You get a cancellation or two, and all of a sudden people start dropping like flies. Then you’re left there wondering if nobody wants to hang out with you unless all the other people are around.
Or I have a friend that I’ll call up and say “hey, wanna go grab a beer and watch the game?” and his response is “are there any hot chicks up there?”.
I don’t know, I’m not there yet, but what does that have to do with meeting me and watching the game? I’m married, and you have a live-in girlfriend…
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I don't know if its just the situation or not.
I was just talking to somebody today about going to Vegas for Halloween and my basic attitude on the situation was “Give me a reason not to go”
Not “I don’t want to go” but “That sounds like a lot of fun, but also there’s a lot that can go wrong and some effort that I have to put into it” and especially during Halloween, when you ALWAYS have a backup plan. So I’m like “Sure, I’ll go” but not a firm guarantee. I’ll only go if the details sound good enough, it really feels like a “I want to go, but one little thing that I don’t like about it and I’m out”
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 29, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a really fascinating topic, the small group dynamic type thing and how people fit or make/find space
Sometimes I theorize that people seek like minded people but enjoy the differences. For instance, if I wanted an opinion of a new horror movie I don’t want to hear from people that don’t like the entire genre. I want to hear from people that enjoy horror movies and will grade the movie within that spectrum.
So for something like LL, you have a dedicated group of mods that weed out the chaff (example: people that refuse to use proper spelling and grammar) leaving a reasonable selection of people with varying backgrounds but common ground in baseball and the M’s.
From there it’s interesting as to how each individual relates personally to the dynamic of the entire group. Which is where you’re at, and that’s really something. Since I know you, I’d likely not notice this persons withdrawal from the trip. But I am familiar with this scenario, and it’s a bit insulting when that happens.
It's just weird because there's a whole group dynamic
but it’s as if this one person who was the leader when we were in college controls virtually the entire dynamic of the group – if he doesn’t want to go, suddenly 80% of the rest of them don’t want to go either
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
We have the same dynamic in my friend "group".
Some people are along for the ride, and other people are leaders. Weird how that dynamic works.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Those groups don't seem to last out of your early to mid '20's though.
Most that had that going on fell apart because guys like SB don’t appreciate it, likely he’s not alone. Groups that have this dynamic after tend to have something outside the personality motivating the group. Like a boss bowing out of a function he had planned.
I’m going pretty anecdotal here, from what I’ve experienced or witnessed. Anyone have some psychology to lay down?
We're all in our 30's and 40's,
but we still have some people that you can tell “finish your drink, we’re going bowling!”, and they’ll just go “okay”. Then there are the people that make the choice to go bowling.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
That's just weird.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I finish my drink first?
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Woah dude, I don't roll on Shabbos.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 29, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is he the only true tie between people in the group? If so that isn't LL at all.
We are more a bunch of overlapping subsets that all enjoy the writing of Jeff.
by Sec 108 on Sep 29, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
But this is absolutely how outsiders see LL.
This view is especially common amongst fans who believe a stat-based argument is roughly on par with saying “player X has a huge heart” or “I like the cut of player Z’s jib.” When people give more weight to the stat-based argument, it generates more agreement quicker, and that looks like mindless leader-following if you’re the type who weighs arguments based on quantity and not quality or whatever.
That said, there’s no denying that people generally line up with the mods feelings about players whether statistically based or not.
I see what you are saying, but the mods since I have been here deserve credit for being
willing to listen to a well crafted argument. Do they shoot down a bunch of “Well I believe” or “That wasn’t how it was when I played”? Hell yes and it is a better place for it.
Absolutely they do. I think my point is more
that they rarely get well crafted arguments. It’s just not that common for regulars to disagree, and that exacerbates the notion that we’re LLemings. Again, most of that is completely unjustified.
No, it's literally the group we ran with in all of college
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn't see the point.
Once this one guy is out, everyone is OUT out
My college group does this, but it's because only one person does any planning for anything, so if they back out, the rest of us just shrug.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
The Blue Jays have six players with at least 20 home runs.
The M’s top home run hitter has 15.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And how many of those were hit with the Mariners?
by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
15
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I guess you could say Branyan has 25, but I don't think that should count.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And Travis Snider pulled a Cedeno eyeblack moustache.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Don't think I've seen this here before:
Logorama: the short film created entirely out of logos for characters and settings.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Orioles won.
We’re two games ahead with four games left to play.
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Perhaps it is incredibly self-centered of me?
but I would have liked for some acknowledgement by Ken Burns of the record season being had by the Seattle Mariners before 9/11
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THAT.
Ridiculous. I read some of the reviews about the Marlins not getting much of a mention, but yeah, the omissions were really tough to understand. You just HAD to give Mike Barnicle more screen time?
So who's got stupid Craigslist buyer/seller stories?
Right now I’m trying to sell one of my saxophones. I’ve been having a back and forth e-mail exchange that goes something like this:
Buyer: I will give you $400 for your saxophone
Me: No. I can bring the price down to $1000 but that’s it.
Buyer: No deal.
Me: Okay.
Buyer, thirty minutes later: I will give you $1000 for your saxophone.
Me: Okay, deal.
Buyer: I will be giving you payments.
Me: Absolutely not. Cash upfront or no deal.
Buyer: I will sign a contract
Me: No, how the hell am I going to enforce that without going to small claims court?
Buyer: I will give you $1000 upfront.
Me: Fine. When do you want to make the sale?
Buyer: I need you to sell my violin for me first
Me: …what?
Any other tales of horror from Craigslist?
by BrianL on Sep 29, 2010 8:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hmm...
When I burnt out the clutch in my Mazda I went looking for a Honda on craigslist. The first one I went to, it was a black coupe with a sunroof, tinted windows, etc. I talked to the lady who was selling it and another person had inquired about it but then failed to follow up. So we arranged to meet, I test drove it to my mechanic to get it checked out, and when I got back I discovered that the other person who inquired had shown up and now wanted to test it for herself. So we drew lots for it and I lost.
Second shot was my current car, a former rental, advertised at the Blue Book price because it had only had two owners (technically) and was well taken care of. Seller failed to mention that certain things that were standard that model year (A/C, power windows/locks, sun roof, tinted windows) were actually not present in this car. Feeling misled, I backed off, but he was leaving town soon (moving to NYC, coincidentally) and caved, cutting the price by a K, and I took it because I needed wheels.
Those were my only two experiences with craigslist.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I dread next month when I finally start looking for a car.
I’m just glad I’m not in the Honda market.
It's a lot of page refreshing and calling as soon as possible, at least the craigslist route is.
Inquiries, visits to the mechanic, this, that, the other thing.
My car is less than ideal but I’d like to hold on to it as long as I can considering.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone out there wants to trade a kidney for a vintage Les Paul.
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by JY on Sep 29, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
After a long day of throwing unprofessional Mariners bloggers under the proverbial bus,
he wets his reed and fucking Kenneth Gorelick’s the ever-loving shit out of the sax.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I just had literally the same conversation with someone I am trying to sell my old laptop to.
The same exact conversation. This is odd.
by Kirk on Sep 29, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
You think that's weird?
I just had the exact same conversation from somebody that I was trying to buy a laptop from.
by Robert on Sep 29, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
You think that's weird?
Fleep florp flarp!
Well, this is awkward…
You think that’s awkward? Me bathing in public with your mother!
This is an OT thread,
the batshit crazy thread is thataway————>
by ToddK on Sep 30, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I've only ever bought cheap stuff (a crummy TV, Sounders tickets) and had absolutely no problem.
Same with selling. I illicitly posted a bed. The ad was taken down, but not before some dude with a truck came and bought it.
So I'm going to the game tomorrow because it is my last chance to use free tickets I got last Christmas
And I was wondering what is the best time to get to the field to get an autograph. I had planned on getting one when I went in June but there was too large of a crowd for me to even attempt.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Red was just in The Tenth Inning because they showed Ichiro's over the shoulder catch in center field
and then showed a crowd shot in Safeco with him in the center.
"How do you think my anus feels?"-House
by seattle_since_81 on Sep 29, 2010 10:01 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I watched the first 10 minutes
Even though it was full of tripe about the strike and such, I immediately knew I was going to love it.
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