CYOOTDOD, Pt Deux
by Faux on Sep 30, 2010 5:33 AM PDT
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PrintHere it is again, another CYOOT. I rather liked last week's formula, so let's give that another go.
Same rules apply. Start looking down, where shortly after posting, I'll have created a few comments marked "Topic:". These will serve as the discussion leads for the day. Don't like any of mine? Make your own!
Although I'd like to see other people follow my convention, deep down I know that only I and maybe two other people will actually follow it, because nobody reads up here once they realize there are no questions, and all this is really just to fill space and give a fresh thread for people to post on.
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Topic: After being through one of these, what changes would you make to the next CYOOT?
Alternatively, does it even matter? Does the format changing really affect you at all, or is it just another hole for you to stick your comments in?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It doesn't change much.
Since most of us are probably navigating via c, x, or z, or some combination therein, it’s not like it forces us to scroll.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
We need to get you to moderate a discussion with submitted questions from the audience.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Topic: What did you want to be "when you grew up" as a kid?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I wanted to be a pilot.
Which I did in the Army for 9 years, so yay me I guess. It’s all downhill from here.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Better than a lot of people. I always wanted to work with computers, and now that I am I want to go back to driving a forklift.
At least you got to live the dream for a little while. My dream turned out to be slightly less sparkly than how I imagined it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That's true.
I would have loved to keep flying for the rest of my life. The pilot part was pretty cool, the Army part…not so much. Sometimes dream jobs come with hitches.
No matter where you go, there you are.
If you leave an Army pilot job, can't you basically walk right into a private-sector flying job?
I had a friend that flew for the Navy that had offers from Delta and Airbus before he even got his final papers.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I could have if I had enough hours.
There are plenty of private sector helicopter jobs out there to be had, but you usually need a few thousand hours to be competitive for them. I was well short of that.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Ah, that might be it. He was flying almost daily (from his account) for almost six years.
That and I’d imagine there are a lot more planes out there than helis.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
There are more openings for planes than helicopters.
It’s all about the hours though and with so few private sector helicopter jobs out there the hour requirements just for them to even look at your resume are pretty steep.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Were you a commissioned officer or a warrant officer?
Being a warrant officer in the army seemed like a pretty nifty position to be in, all of the benefits of the enlisted and commissioned ranks without any of the b.s.
Outside perspective on that opinion. Just seemed like a laid back position that allowed them to focus on the technical aspects of their work.
I was commissioned.
Which led to fewer hours flown. If I had to do it all over again, you described being a Warrant Officer perfectly, and that’s the route I’d take.
No matter where you go, there you are.
I'm not exactly doing what I wanted when I was a child (pilot also!)
But at least we have a forklift here in my shop and sometimes when I’m bored I drive it around and pick things up, which is pretty goddamned great
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I never had a dream job. I'm not sure I actually thought I'd have a job when I grew up.
once I got to college it finally occurred to me that I’d need to do more than clean or page the public library to make a living.
A corvette or a German Shepherd.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 30, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
But that was when I was really little.
A little later? Either a firefighter or an architect.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 30, 2010 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Hrm....
I wanted to be an astronaut at one point, which I suppose is a phase a lot of kids go through. Then I saw Aliens and…
for a while, I wanted to be a vet, but at some point around the age of twelve I realized that my hands weren’t exactly steady and I take failure pretty hard.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I never really wanted to be anything when I was a kid.
In the third grade, when we were had to draw what we wanted to be when we grew up, I went with ice-cream man, probably for no other reason than he gets to drive around and has all that ice cream.
I was not very imaginative.
by Eyebrows on Sep 30, 2010 10:15 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
A cowboy or a smoke jumper.
The first no longer exists in the form I desired, the latter would have been doable for a few years and I regret not trying it out.
Because you're not John Wayne enough already.
Now I know where all that masculinity I wasn’t using went.
by Eyebrows on Sep 30, 2010 10:13 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Does it ever seem odd how people slot into different types of work?
Another job I always thought would be cool is college professor. Head guy of a program, corner office in an ivy covered stone building. How people get there is about as foreign to me as becoming an astronaut
Hahaha ice cream man! High five!
by Eyebrows on Sep 30, 2010 10:15 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Baseball player or musician.
Turns out I wasn’t talented enough to do either, but I realized that before I was 12.
I really wanted to fly
Still do, actually, and I think that within a couple of years I’ll be enrolled in a flight school.
SUB-TOPIC: Anybody paid money to learn/be trained how to do something that would strictly be a hobby for you?
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
No, Scruffy, hookers don't count. Beating it isn't a hobby.
by abender20 on Sep 30, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Jokes on her.
Cause I gave her crabs.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope to take guitar lessons sometime soon.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
You know I'm down to help you with that.
Freebies for friends.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I would consider taking you up on this offer but I am undisciplined as fuck.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I can cure that. Let me know. That's a rough commute, though.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I'm going to be in Seattle again for most of a year starting in December.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
While most of the Northwest shudders at the might of your return to the local blog locale,
I embrace it. YOU WILL PLAY GUITAR LIKE A FUCKING TWELVE-SIDED DIE AT A COMIC-CON MEANT FOR THE SIGHTLESS (if you were the only one who had vision. Or whatever. Well, you know).
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Oct 1, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm going to try to take a few flying lessons when I get back to the Seattle area.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
An ornithologist. Yeah. Birds, motherfucker.
by abender20 on Sep 30, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I still thought it would be cool, just impractical.
I still wanted to be like the MacGyver of wing-splints or something.
DON’T FEAR, SMALL CHILD! I CAN SAVE THIS BIRD WITH A COKE CAN, CHEWING GUM AND COTTON BALLS!
by marc w on Sep 30, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fighter pilot
then I realized you have to join the military and care about your job to do this
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Also required: No genetic predisposition for smashing your expensive plane into things.
by abender20 on Sep 30, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
GOD WHY DO I THINK OF THE GOOD JOKES RIGHT AFTER I POST THE BAD ONES?!
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
True.
And I will refrain from saying it in the future. Thank you, sir.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanted to be a computer programmer.
After the firefighter, policeman, etc phase.
Luckily, I was able to be what I wanted to be. It doesn’t really cross my mind ever, but it is nice to think I actually became one.
First I wanted to be Pele,
then I wanted to be a cop because “you were allowed to drive fast and run red lights”. Then I learned that I wasn’t THAT good at soccer, and that being a cop is mostly about dealing with assholes. Later on as a kid I wanted to be a singer in a rock band. I got closer to that one, but then abandoned the musician life before it killed me.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
A vet.
But then high school came along and was just the biggest troLL and I crashed into reality.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I wanted to be a Radiologist.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I was hardcore into marine biology for a while.
And not just for dolphins and whales – I loved sharks and other fish just as much. Oceans: full of awesome.
You! Cake or death?
In this order:
X-Man
Forest Fireman
Green Lantern
Musician
Bo Jackson (playing for the Mariners and Seahawks)
Darryl Strawberry (pre-cocaine)
I managed to get one of those right. The closest I came to the others was receiving a written personal letter (before the internet) from Darryl Strawberry and living close to Hanford.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
A life as a Green Lantern would be way cooler than as an X-Man.
Outer space! Fewer political allegories!
Topic: Weird food combinations.
Yesterday I was told that putting fries on a burger is somehow odd and disgusting. This surprised me, because I’ve never been subject to that opinion before.
Also, ketchup on eggs?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not eggs, but my sister used to mix ketchup with mashed potatoes.
I found that really gross as a kid.
As for myself, I made a pickle and peanut butter sandwich the other day and my wife looked at me like it was grounds for a divorce.
No matter where you go, there you are.
by KC Mariner on Sep 30, 2010 5:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think most mashed potatoes are too bland to take much in the way of condiments, so the condiments better be good on their own.
My favorite mashed potatoes: skin on, cream cheese, green onion, bacon bits, parmesan.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Parmesan is a mandatory ingredient when I make mashed potatoes at home.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Do you mix it in, or just sprinkle it on top?
I really like making twice-baked potatoes, and I’ve been trying to think of things to add to them…
I mix it in after I mash the potatoes.
Potatoes are great because as Faux said, they are kind of bland on their own and can have a ton of things added to them.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Ketchup on Mac and Cheese, I've seen before and enjoyed.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
It's not terrible at all.
The ketchup adds a little different sweetness and tangynness to the Mac & cheese.
Cholula on Mac and Cheese is wonderful.
My wife likes A1 on Mac and Cheese, which is essentially the same idea – adding some tang and spice to the comforting blandness of the Mac.
by Chris Hafner on Oct 5, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
That ketchup and mashed potatoes or my divorce-inducing sandwich?
No matter where you go, there you are.
Pickles and peanut butter.
Delightful on an English muffin.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
THANK YOU!
No one else I know will even give it a try so it’s good to know someone else out there enjoys them.
No matter where you go, there you are.
I grew up eating those.
Still have cravings now and then.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Oh man, I haven't had that in years.
When my sister would babysti me, she’d make a peanut butter and pickle sandwhich, but only after I’d beg for an hour.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
That's what I make them with.
I’m really not sure if I’ve ever tried bread and butter pickles on them before.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Sweet?
NOW THAT’S JUST WRONG
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I was never that fond of peanut butter.
I do still occasionally need a peanut butter and honey sandwich (bread folded over, of course)
I don't like peanut butter, but I love peanut butter cups.
Peanut butter cookies are acceptable as well.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
For a second I thought that meant PB & Ham.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I might try it, just to see.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I've thought about trying
an hors d oeuvre recipe with high-quality thin-cut smoked ham rolls filled with a light coating of good PB, dill pickle, and marinated vinegar red onion.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Wow! Can't wait to get you over to my dinner party!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Honestly that sounds pretty good.
Granted it’s not the super sweetened PB.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
NO. Not the sweetened stuff.
Possibly some thinly cut cucumber spears in it as well.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Dude, I missed lunch.
You’re killing me.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Pet peeve!
Nothing against you, d0nkey, but I’ve heard that phrase a lot in the last couple months and it drives me nuts. Where else would you throw up? Your elbow?
I think it's meant to express the fact you burped up bile, but it didn't actually leave your mouth.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
So why not say "I almost puked"?
I don’t know why, but “threw up in my mouth” has always bugged me for some reason.
The thought of projectile vomiting just made me throw up in my ass.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
by Thingray on Sep 30, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I feel like "almost puked" could imply that you were just retching or gagging,
while “threw up in my mouth” implies you actually threw up a bit.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I guess I just don't see that as being worse than retching or gagging
I mean, if you’re gonna puke, puke. Don’t swallow it back down. COMMIT.
Tough call if you're at work or some other public place.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I see it as a legit way to get out of work or public.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Not when they already think you're a raging alcoholic.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Once you start puking at work you're not functioning all that well.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
My pregnant friend would beg to differ.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
As an alcoholic.
I’m hoping she’s not both.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Nope. One of her frequent complaints is she cannot go drinking or eat sushi because of her larva.
Even funnier, when her husband tries to console her by saying he will quit too she gets annoyed and says she can drink him under the table embarrassingly fast anyway.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Sep 30, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Good woman.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Dude's got some mighty gag reflex
but then you probably already knew that.
by pdb on Sep 30, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
You're like a mommy bird and a baby bird!
How cute!
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I've throw up through my nose as well as my mouth before.
It’s fucking terrible.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I didn't see you at Thingray's bachelor party.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
We had him tied up out back until he could behave himself.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Is he the dick that stepped on my eyeglasses?
Oh wait. I remember who that was.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
NOTHING HAPPENED!!
YOU SAW NOTHING!! Oh wait, you didn’t see anything because your glasses were all kicked in.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Get rid of the onion and I would try that.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I could go either or, but I love marinated onions.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Any favorite bread to use other than the afore mentioned english muffin?
No matter where you go, there you are.
For those that wonder, ketchup on eggs is delicious and you are all heathens for thinking otherwise.
Not as delicious as hot sauce, but still quite good, especially with a liberal slather of pepper and red pepper flakes.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 30, 2010 5:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
I’ve been told it’s “trashy”, but I don’t give a fuck, because it’s delicious.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 30, 2010 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Not all restaurants have said sauces. Often it's just ketchup.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Siracha should be a staple, right next to ketchup and mustard.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
In my fridge it is.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Generally, yes.
But in greasy spoon diners, I’d prefer not to see it. Tabasco is fine.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Hashbrowns, eggs over medium, bacon (or sausage),
Mix it all together, add Tabasco (and sometimes ketchup), and eat off of either an english muffin or slice of sourdough toast.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Skip the bread products and I'm in.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Shame on you.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Bacon is like sex in the food form.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't do it myself but I could see fries on burgers.
ketchupy eggs on the other hand … there are very few things I put ketchup on.
Back in the days when I ate bologna, putting potato chips into a white bread, mustard & bologna sandwich was most excellent.
I used to do just potato chips, yellow mustard, and Butter Top bread.
Those were some lean times, but tasty.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I used to work at Subway, and I would always put chips on my sandwiches.
Cheetos go great, but Doritos work too.
Being a vegetarian and working at a place that has one vegetarian option but offers free food every day sucks. There was a lot of experimenting done on my veggie sandwiches…
As long as it's chicken or pork, I wouldn't fuss, and I might even try it.
But the second it’s shrimp/seafood fried rice, the most holy of all fried rices, I draw the line.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm curious as to why this needed to be in Japanese.
by Eyeball Kid on Sep 30, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Awww....
I have secretly wanted to get one of these
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Doesn't your face tell people that already?
by Eyeball Kid on Sep 30, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I could have been raised by missionaries....
…..pfffffttttt….
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Feel more Japanese.
Dropping random Japanese words in Japanese instead of romanization in conversation.
Oooh! I have. It was ok. And then I had to grill my own cow tongue
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Sep 30, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I love that my computer made that look like 5 squares
Fuck language packs
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
French fries in a burrito.
I miss San Diego.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Fat Darrell
Chicken fingers, fries, mozzarella sticks, lettuce, tomatoes, and marinara sauce on a sub roll. Only good thing to come out of Jersey in 15 years
Grease Trucks on the Rutgers campus, yeah.
We recreated them for the Superbowl one year and wow.
The best way to class this up
is the middle eastern dish shakshuka. It’s eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce (I use a can of diced tomatoes.)
Right now there's a big fetish for Bacon and Chocolate together.
http://www.dt-works.net/ does a chocolate bread pudding with bacon custard sauce that was one of two bacon related highlights on my last trip. It’s a combination that’s delicious when done well, and awful when done poorly.
Our Chilean exchange student had a penchant for plain corn chips with sour cream, and potato chips with ketchup.
My younger brother (12) likes to order cheese and bacon burgers without the cheese, bacon, or burger.
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Sep 30, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I think i have mentioned this before, but when i was a bartender I had a regular who always ordered
our garden burger with cheese and bacon. I tried it and it is amazing.
Was he under the impression that it was imitation bacon?
Like the meatless variety? That would be a shock if he was a vegetarian.
I’m a vegetarian, and I hate imitation meats of any kind. I don’t like meat, why would I want something that isn’t meat but tastes like meat? I don’t get it.
I don't go out of my way to put ketchup on my eggs
But if they mix on the breakfast plate then so be it. They go together alright, but I don’t mind my scrambled eggs as they are and don’t feel a need to add anything to them usually
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
What is Chamoy?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I nominate you for the LEAST helpful post in the last 10 minutes.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
That doesn't sound good to me, but that little Google widget was AWESOME.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I want to know how that is done.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
So the answer appears to be "ketchup on something"
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the original question got waylaid by the Ketchup On Eggs sidenote.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I don't think it seems weird at all, but everyone else tells me it is-
One of my favorite snacks is berry flavored yogurt with some cereal, mini marshmallows, wheat germ, chocolate chips, cut up fruit, etc., mixed together. Basically whatever I find in the kitchen that looks like it would make a good combination.
Does that seem weird to anyone here? Every time I eat it, I get weird looks. Even from people that see me eat it every week or so…
Also, ketchup on eggs is good, but I prefer salsa. And lots of cheese. I’ll eat ’em any way as long as there is a lot of cheese involved.
Not quite sure where the wheat germ fits in,
unless you’re just going for additional fiber. But other than that it sounds good.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
...I just like wheat germ.
Adds a nutty flavor without being all crunchy and stuff. That, I usually just sprinkle on top, not mix in.
Topic: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
http://blog.xmarks.com/
WHY XMARKS WHY
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Uh oh.
Scruffy is on a fuck rampage again.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 30, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm still sore from the last one.
by Eyebrows on Sep 30, 2010 10:09 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I guess the newer browsers do this already, so it was made redundant.
by Eyebrows on Sep 30, 2010 9:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
But how am I supposed to keep them synced between FF and Chrome and IE on three different computers?
I would pay good money for that service…
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So it seems someone's been sabotaging my experiments at work
Anyone ever have someone actively try to hinder them professionally?
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 7:36 AM PDT reply actions
About half of my 5th grade class
including the teacher
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Sep 30, 2010 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Some people it takes 7 years to get through that hump.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Roughly half my teachers in 7th grade.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
You guys this is serious you guys
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
You do science, so who are we to compete?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Office politics are everywhere
English Departments are some of the worst I’ve ever seen
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the less work people do the more politics seems to come into play.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So I've heard.
Of course, that’s mostly between professors. There are so many students in the department that when I gave them the forms to approve that I’d done everything for the major, the head of the dept. just glanced it over, checked it a few times, and passed it back.
Now, if I do anything at the graduate level, it’s going to get stupid.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean if you want to go there the chick in the neigboring lab that wears hot pants and used to be a dancer is also fucking with my productivity
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
If you say the word, Kermit will show up and probably help you in this case.
You know what word.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
She's 24 and has the best asian legs Ive ever seen
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
24? Not Kermit's type. I'm afraid you're fucked.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I wish I were
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Been there.
But she wore Uggs to work one day and totally killed any interest I had. It was a running gag with the rest of the lab to call her Nanook.
If she were French you could say she has the hottest frog legs you've ever seen
See, this is funny because my name is Kermit
by Kermit. on Sep 30, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
This has to be .gif of the year, right?
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Over the unicorn pissing boob rainbows?
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Better than the Jack Wilson mole men?
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Should we take into account that I created all other suggestions?
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
You just wanted to repost so you could get more recs.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Mission accomplished!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I always rec it. Always.
Same with the Busey gif it’s adapted from.
I love the one that slowly rises up from the lower left
I always hear a little noise in my head that is what I think that thing would make
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
My more serious answer is...
when I was in food service my manager was making me work six days a week and close about four of those, then when my review came up said I wasn’t working fast enough. Meanwhile, the two girls whose shifts I had been covering once or twice a week for months got promoted.
I’m not necessarily disappointed that it didn’t work out though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I've gotten a couple of assholes fired, so I'm really in no position to say anything.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Although if your boss is cool, talk to him/her and bring it up.
Just don’t start the conversation with “I don’t want to sound paranoid, but…”
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I don't think anyone can avoid having this happen at some point.
For me it was at a previous job where a certain person would tell the management that I was saying things I never said. He was only doing it to cover his own errors which I am happy to say showed through when I moved on to a better job.
Fucking a man
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
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De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 18 recs
I want to know Robby, just so I can fuck with him.
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Sep 30, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Psst. Guys.
I’m 99% sure this is fake. Sorry to burst your bubble.
by Eyebrows on Sep 30, 2010 10:32 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I have a friend thats posts that literally give my brain cancer.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Really?
Literally? Like you can feel the tumors forming as your eyes move across the screen? And then you started having behavioral and emotional changes, impaired judgement and senses, and memory loss? And then the left half of your body became paralyzed and you pooped your pants?
And then you went to a doctor and it was diagnosed as brain cancer?
That is some intense posting that your friend does. Maybe you should try not to read them in the future OH WAIT YOU’LL BE DEAD OF BRAIN CANCER ANYWAY. Damn
Still. Funny.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Fake or no, I laughed
Even worse is that it could very likely be real because people these days are fucking stupid
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
People have always been fuckign stupid.
It’s just that now the rest of the world can see how stupid everyone else is.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Way to go, dawg
But you’re very right. Although I think people are more stupid now than they were, say, 10-15 years ago.
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't wait to see how stupid people are in another 10-15 years.
I need to watch Idiocracy again
I have a really hard time belieiving this.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I would not say people are more stupid but that they think less
the ubiquity of the Internet has made it unnecessary to think about things as deeply as perhaps people used to, because hey there’s the answer RIGHT THERE!
I think the average person is dumber now than 10-15 years ago
But the above average person is a lot smarter than the above average person of 10-15 years ago.
I disagree about the dumbness
Think of all the things you have to know in order to survive in this day and age. Now think about all the things you had to know in order to survive in, say, 1950. Are there more or less things? I don’t know, but I do know they’re a different set of things, and those things require knowledge.
Don’t confuse lack of curiosity with stupidity.
I will agree to disagree for now. This could get into a lengthy discussion
and I do not have any facts to back up my instincts. But I will look into this because I am curious. It could very well be that the world has the same ratio of smart to dumb people as it has for decades.
That would not surprise me
and I definitely agree with toot’s post below that people care less about the smaller things.
I guess my point, is if there was a nuclear war (no politics) and 90% of everywhere was destroyed
I feel like the remaining 10% would have a more difficult time adapting in this age, than say in the 50s or 60s.
Maybe I’m way off here, but the amount of stuff people these days take for granted, that is vital for survival, would be hard to overcome.
You're probably not too far off with that, as far as adapting to apocalypse or whatever
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you imagine attempting the great escape with a bunch of modern guys?
That movie wasn’t far off the mark with some of the tricks they pulled in those WWII POW camps, with the forging of documents, tailoring and tunneling techniques. Who knows how to do any of that anymore?
Dude, we do it all the time on World of Warcraft in your mom's basement.
It ain’t that hard. When’s those chicks you were talking about gonna come over? I got my best sweats on.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I know how to magnetize a needle with a hammer.
But yeah, the button compass was nuts
We've slowly slid back to the old days wherein a couple of goof brothers sit in their backyard assembling their own flying aparatus.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Or a moon shot from scratch, given a 10 year time frame starting today.
An engineer friend of mine works in the rocket industry, and we come around to that scenario once in awhile. He’s certain it wouldn’t be possible, with the testing and safety issues.
All those experimental planes and pilots, or the SeaLab experiments. He’s pretty funny in asserting all the ways it would die in committee.
I guess I'll clarify that I'm referring more to spelling, grammar, and punctuation
The internet has made most of the younger people these days care less and less about getting this right. In an age of text messaging and Twitter limiting the amount of characters that can be used, it has caused all manner of fucked up spelling and grammar to come about. In addition, due to the aforementioned text-based communication, people are typing things in the exact same way that they talk, which leads to you saying things like that you are about to watch your grandpa fuck a man and not realize how bad that comes across when read
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
More evidence:
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 30, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Larry Larue:
One would think, after losing 96 games, the Seattle Mariners would have exhausted ways of defeating themselves.
One would be mistaken.
I just remembered Brandon Inge reached 3B on a wild pitch swinging strikeout. Last week?
He scored the go ahead run in an extra innings game on a following single. Not quite the same thing, but pretty unusual.
Found it, Sep. 20th.
Oh, Tampa
You do so many things right as a team. So, so many. So it’s really jarring when you get one so hideously, horribly wrong. Plaid? Really? In a game?
Anyone have anything on the near horizon they are very excited about?
I have not been to any sporting events for about 3 1/2 months and I am currently scheduled for a Sounders match on Saturday, Mariner game Sunday and then the Sounders again next Tuesday. My voice will most likely be shot by Wednesday but I cannot wait to go to a game, or three, again.
Yeah, there's that.
But they’ve been really off-form the past few weeks.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Any rumblings on how many regulars they're going to start?
I hope they don’t care as much as Seattle does.
I have a ten week old at home to blame for my lack of sleep.
I’ve been so tired I could sleep standing up if given the chance.
I went to 3 Mariners games in 4 days just before Labor Day and it was terrible
I think replacing 2 of those with Sounders games would have greatly improved things for me.
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Had I seen this earlier I would have responded the Reds game I went to last night.
Granted, they lost, but I’ve never been to a baseball game featuring a playoff team (granted, I’ve only followed baseball since 2002) and I was hoping (correctly) that I would get to see Aroldis Chapman pitch.
You! Cake or death?
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"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 9:28 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
That fool in the middle shoved BrianL in a locker!
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fuck, really!?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Wasn't there another story about BrianL being shoved into a locker by a local sports figure?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 30, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Washington Nationals SS "prospect" Steven Souza.
Freshman gym sucked.
Revenge!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Somebody that surprisingly wasn't me
established a Steven Souza Sucks forum.
You obviously haven't found about the codes that removes players' clothing in Madden.
by Eyebrows on Sep 30, 2010 9:50 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Don't do it, Robert. John Carlson in the game will never size up to the John Carlson in your dreams.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Here's some for you to start with!
http://timbersarmychants.blogspot.com/
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I think my favorite Timbers chant ever is "We Don't Win A Goddamned Thing Ever"
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
And you know you'll have an axe tattoo by the end of the 2011 season
we’ll save you a seat in our section!
Until the rosters are set I am operating under the assumption that John Carew will be the Timbers first DP.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he was a sub for Rangers last season and has played all of 23 minutes for Hannover 96 this year.
His time in Europe seems to be drawing to a close.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. But World Cup hero!
Wooooo!
Seriously, other teams should be learning from the Sounders in regards to DPs, and few of them seem to be doing so.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Other teams should be learning from the Sounders in pretty much everything
I am really quite impressed at how right they’ve gotten everything up to this point.
I think a team like PDX could really use a WC hero for the ol' US of A
and I think it would make their team extremely strong and scary as all hell for a Sounders fan like myself.
Oh, I just hope they don’t sign a gritty American hero like Damarcus Beasley. Give us a fighting chance, Timbers! You don’t want someone like Alvaro Fernandes. Guy doesn’t even start. Bet the team already regrets that move. You need a name-brand, asses-in-seats American Hero.
by marc w on Sep 30, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
(he's better than beasley though)
You know what? Clint Fucking Mathis, that’s what.
Old Firm or no, being a rarely-used sub in the SPL in your prime doesn't say good things about your abilities.
Clint Mathis would make me sad.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm also assuming Nkufo will move to Vancouver.
These aren’t rational fears.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Only one?
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Sep 30, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
[snerk]
During the pregame ceremony, which starts at 6:40 p.m., the Mariners will honor The Boeing Company as the 2010 Fan of the Year. Thirty-four Boeing employees will be introduced on field representing the 34-years the Seattle Mariners and Boeing have partnered. There will also be some special fan awards presented including Fan Sign of the Year to Amy Franz, keeper of the Ichiro hit tally, the “Ichi-Meter” in rightfield, Fan Outfit of the Year, presented to George King, AKA Moose Man, and Fan Moment of the Year, presented to Iris Skinner, who had a memorable, very close encounter with Ichiro.
Let's just say that back in the Kingdome days it was not uncommon for the team to have
games where they scored many runs in one inning. She would often tear off her shirt and start swinging it around and jumping up and down all while wearing only a sports bra.
How can you call a business partner "fan of the year"?
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I give it a 7/10, missing something.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Topic:
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 30, 2010 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
BOOBLESS
cue zombies laughing as you make your escape
by Eyeball Kid on Sep 30, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Tiny laptop remote :(
Although the finger is actually pointing to a speaker, which may be of more use. I’m slightly annoyed that I can’t use the sword that’s six feet away.
by Eyeball Kid on Sep 30, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
To my right, the giant computer case that is way too big to swing around.
Maybe I could create the Hacker, though. Hmmmmm. All I need is a flashlight…
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
A staple puller.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Hmmm
I have a bag of Salt and Pepper Kettle chips, Old Spice Deodarant and A empty can of Snapellecrino.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Looking to my right would be more useful.
I have a large stool and a Slider Rail that could be used for bashing.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Or at least add to the smell.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
by Thingray on Sep 30, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
When Scruffy's entrails are laying on it?
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
He said he had a large stool.
I’m assuming he’s very scared of zombies.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Snapellecrino??
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Okay, that looks like it is Sanpellecrino, not Snapplecrino.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Is that a "G"?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
It's a shame that you don't have a bottle of said Snapellecrino.
At least glass can do damage to one zombie.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
OH!
I have a power drill on my desk. But the battery is across the room. Also have a component cable and a Laptop stand.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
An armoire?
Or should I go with the towel that is hanging on the armoire or the suit that is in the armoire?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
To my right, a bottle of wine, a suitcase, and my bass guitar.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
You play bass guitar?
That was one of my zombie killing weapons too! Luckily it was the crappy one that I throw around the yard while practicing guitar spins and stuff…
SUB-THREAD: Anyone else here play an instrument? I’ve been in a couple bands over the past few years… I don’t read music or anything but I’m really good at what I do. Namely, playing high-energy pop-punk and bouncing off of stuff while jumping around…
I know kevin_ess is in a band or something. Anyone else?
To say that I play my bass would be exceedingly generous.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Use whatever the towel is hanging on!
Or is on the armoire itself?
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
It is hanging on the armoire itself.
I used to have a plastic hook but then it broke and I remained lazy.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Always know where your towel is.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 1, 2010 2:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone need to tally up the damage.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 30, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A coffee cup, basic calculator, a metal ruler, a mechanical pencil, and a steno pad.
I’m better off throwing my monitor at the zombies.
OK, well can I choose? I have a miniature M's bat, general-purpose hammer, and a cat's paw.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
M's bat is out of the question,
we all know those are useless and can’t hit anything.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
by Thingray on Sep 30, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
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It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I think that is referred to as a cat's claw, not paw.
At least it was back when I worked construction.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
When I search cats claw, I get herbs, when I search cat's paw, I get tools.
I could have just been hearing it wrong, but maybe you have been.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Really could be either way.
You never know with construction workers.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Well there you go.
And I’m not even going to ask why you keep it so close.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Same reason as the hammer, various construction projects.
It acts as a great small-spaces prybar and nail puller.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That looks similar enough to this that I will be following Faux's orders.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Bat'leth
No matter where you go, there you are.
by KC Mariner on Sep 30, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
SQL manuals.
I could bore them to death.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Too bad they're already dead! Hahahaha!
Which brings me to my next point. Can you technically “kill” a zombie, seeing as how they’re already dead?
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
No, you can't technically kill something that doesn't exist.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Hey, man, zombies are more realistic than, say, vampires or werewolves!
Viruses are so complex, who’s to say that one couldn’t evolve to the point that it could bring dead tissue and nerves and stuff back to life?
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Viruses have no way of affecting so many disparate systems at once.
Let alone undoing such a complex occurrence as death.
I’m not pdb-level about zombies, but no. Just no. It’s the same amount of realism, because none of them exist.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
You don't need to be.
Even if the virus could restart a brain cell, a mind-numbingly complex thing in itself, it would also have to restart all the nerves, not to mention feed the muscles energy to get things moving again in the first place.
Where does it get that energy from?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Hey, it's not much more than what it does with rabies.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Besides, look what a simple genetic mutation can do.
The world of science is truly a remarkable thing.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Point mutations change protein expression, protein shape/function, or the disappearance of a particular protein altogether.
They don’t allow a protein to restore cells. You are basically arguing that the rust on a engineless car up on blocks in Rainier Beach could theoretically put a new coat of paint on it and take it cruising downtown.
by abender20 on Sep 30, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm starting to think we should add viruses to the politics and religion list.
The discussions never go anywhere that is good.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
There's a difference. Politics and religion discussions are awful because there is no real right answer and leads to yelling.
There is a right and a wrong in science.
True.
But the discussions still don’t end up being very friendly.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Viruses' lives are entirely dependent on their hosts
If the host is dead, how does the virus survive?
by Fuckmikereilly on Sep 30, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Viruses don't die instantly.
Otherwise we wouldn’t have the problems we do today. At least not on this scale.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't ruin my dreams of fighting in a zombie apocalypse!
NOOOOOO!
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Besides, it doesn't even have to be a virus!
In George A. Romero’s series, it was radiation or something. Or, heck, it could something genetically modified that goes wrong (i.e. Resident Evil)!
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
When I clicked on this link, I thought for sure that it would be
Zombies are real, just not the kind of zombies in folklore or that most people think of when they hear that word. Page two in the above link mentions it… Haitian priests used to collect naturally occuring neurotoxins found in puffer-fish and other things to put bodies in a near-death state. It was good enough to fool doctors, and keep the victims “dead” long enough to be buried and then dug up the next night. They would then be used as slave labor on plantations.
Clairvius Narcisse was a real zombie.
I will now quote Duquan Weems.
Ain’t no special dead. They just dead.
by abender20 on Sep 30, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Neurons are very oxygen-sensitive and die within a few minutes of the start of apoxia.
Zombies don’t exist for a reason.
A more likely occurrence would be some sort of parasite that controls your brain.
Such as can be found in ants and stuff, causing them to crawl to the tops of blades of grass to get eaten by birds so the parasite can infest the bird.
However, it’s still not going to happen. =/
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
A scythe!
I’d say this little exercise went well for me
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
And why, may I ask, do you have a scythe?
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
But I want the answer.
It’s not like Toot is Scruffy.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Have we actually seen them standing next to each other?
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I believe Sec 108 and Thingray can confirm this.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I can neither confirm nor deny anything that may or may not have happened or may or may not have been observed at what may or may not have been a bachelor party.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
by Thingray on Sep 30, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can neither confirm nor deny this due to alcohol intake.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
You forgot the first rule of the club.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
You'll be sent to collections for it eventually.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
We have a lot of old tools and shit hanging all over the walls in my office
Among them is a scythe. I also have several saws, a small hatchet, and even a 10 foot long gaffe hook. And that’s not counting all the heavy duty tools in the shop itself. I also have a forklift here, and it would be fun to drive around and smash zombies with it
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
No way, dude.
Toot may have the best weapons, but I’m the zombie expert here.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
That's like being an expert on santa claus
Somewhat interesting, but ultimately useless.
by pdb on Sep 30, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Niether of you can reach a light switch.
Kermit is in charge.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Just as soon as I get dinner on the table and these kids ready for bed, it's on!
BRING IT ZOMBIES BUT DON’T INTERRUPT NAPTIME OR IMMA KILL YOU
You do realize the danger of this decision, right?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
TOO LATE, SHE HAS SPOKEN
PPPPOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we can file that under bad life decisions.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't you work at
a car dealership or something?
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I don't do that anymore. I now work at a collision repair shop
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Which has much better tools.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I can see why you'd need a scythe for this.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I've seen it! Bunch of single buck saws and an amazing 12 foot gaffe
You could mess some bodies up with that gaffe
A speaker.
I’m fucked.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
It sadly is pointing over the lamp, so I may have to try to crush or confuse them with a cubicle wall.
unless I remove the coat hook and try to pith them.
Thanks to this thread
I will be keeping some sort of bashing tool in my office drawer just in case
A heavy duty camera tripod.
Not terrible.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
A 75 year old pathology professor.
Go get those zombies, Schneider.
by abender20 on Sep 30, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Is this an actual pic of the dude?
He looks like he could go crazy on a few zombies.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey,
back in his day the zombies had to shamble uphill both ways.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Verbatim on the label:
“safe for you, safe for the planet”
DAMMIT!
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The rest of the description is equally amusing:
“it your mission is to put the hurt on dirt, then this is your new partner against grime. it packs a powerful cleaning punch with natural, biodegradable ingredients and a non-toxic disposition. BAM! take that, dirty. to use: spray, wipe, admire”
No, they didn’t use caps either.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
method
Its just what we use in the office I guess. The secondary language on the label? French! Not the 2nd most useful language in Southern California I would imagine.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
This is what happens when you don't have a plan for the zombie apocalypse.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I am using a laptop.
When I first read this, my answer was: A couch. Could probably do some damage, if you could get to a position where you could drop it from some distance onto a group of zombies. Of course, you would likely need help getting the couch into position, so not very practical.
Now that I am sitting up and facing a different direction, my answer is: A bicycle and a bass guitar.
That could be fun. Pedal through a crowd of zombies, whacking them with a crappy Squire P-Bass? Oh yeah.
Of course, if there actually were zombies around, I would carry my computer to the closet and place said computer next to a baseball bat. Or maybe carry the computer down to the gun shop a block from my house…
A dinner plate. =/
It’s going to be like the record scene from Shawn of the Dead.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
And tell us what's on your kids' desk, Picasso.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
A full tang, functional katana.
Huh, I lucked out there.
Hey now, you had like two days to make that magic happen!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Topic: Storm watching desitnations.
Instead of applying floating holiday time my wife had towards our honeymoon (as she should have done) her boss applied standard vacation hours, and she also forgot to inform her of this fact until about a week ago meaning she has until the end of the year to use two vacation days that have to be scheduled at least 45 days out.
Our plan is to take a long weekend and go to the beach, with the hope of some storms rolling in while we’re there. Most of our beach experience is from the Southern coast-Wesport, Ocean Shore, Long Beach, etc- and we’d like to maybe head up the coast a bit this time around. We aren’t looking for anything resort quality, just somewhere with hotels close to (or on, ideally) the beach. We’re probably not going to go anywhere aside from the room, the beach and maybe the grocery store, so the town itself is not a concern. Ability to take a ferry (even if we have to drive somewhere afterwords) would be neat. Suggestions?
Go to Forks and be a sparkly bitch.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
That's like 45 minutes from the beach
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Fine, La Push then?
You’ll only sparkle a little. Or Kalaloch.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
What about Victoria? You can probably get a hotel facing the Olympics for storm watching.
I’m not sure of what the beaches are like, but it would give you the chance to take a ferry and definitely hit up some beaches.
Storm watching up in Tofino is pretty popular.
I believe there is a resort thats out more towards the rocks that the waves actually will crash into a bit.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Wickaninnish Inn
I’ve wanted to go here for awhile. Its also feature in 1000 places to see before you die.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Looking more into this I may book this for myself.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish the stupid jerks would let me into Canada.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
There aren't any hotels right there with a view of the beach, but there are some on Fidalgo Island.
Bowman’s Bay a great spot to camping. The campground at Washington Park in Anacortes is nice, right by the ferry, and is also right by the beach.
Topic: Talking to stupid baseball fans.
Yesterday I posted a comment about a guy who told me he couldn’t hold Felix’s low win total against him because he plays for a bad team with a terrible offense. Then he told me he could hold his losses against him because “you just can’t win a Cy Young” with double digit losses.
Today I made the mistake of trying to engage him again in discussion. In addition another guy from the office was in the conversation who I had considered a pretty knowledgable guy. Instead of talking about wins and losses they both started droning on about the “AL East” and “Safeco inflating Felix’s numbers”.
Has anyone had any luck convincing people like this, or should I just walk away now?
No matter where you go, there you are.
I make it a point to not engage morons in conversation unless I can help it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yet you seem to be able to talk to Scruffy with no problem
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He's a savant.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And in many ways your better, so pipe down sonny.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I wouldn't listen to him, he's five.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That's what was so frustrating.
In the past it seemed like both were open to looking at things other than ERA, Wins and RBIs when discussing baseball. In Felix’s case they both turned into Murray Chass.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Not specifically, but I think that's what they were getting at regarding the AL East.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Or the fact that even if the outcome of the game itself is meaningless
these are still infividual baseball players playing for individual contracts that depend on how well they play
That makes a lot of sense.
I just fired off an email to both of them touching on Felix starting more games on the road than at home, his ground ball rate and how many times CC has actually faced the AL East (hint, less than half of his starts with 6 of those against the Orioles). They both replied but changed the subject. I guess that means they are convinced, but just don’t want to admit it?
No matter where you go, there you are.
I saw a good point from somebody yesterday that argued Felix may be pitching under more pressure than CC or Price
Because he knows that if he gives up even a single run that he will likely not win the game, causing him to be under more pressure to pitch well
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
There is an argument to be had there
the AL East has better players than the AL West – we saw this a few years ago with Cliff Lee/Roy Halladay where Lee had a better tRA, but had faced inferior hitters due to playing in the AL Central
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
But then you're getting more specific with the stats than the voters will usually go
Using just the basic metrics that the MSM point to, Felix has blown CC out of the water in everything but wins. So, the only case to be made for CC is win-total and then intangible stuff like pressure situations and the like
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed, but for the more scholarly debate, there is an argument to be had that pitching in the AL East is more difficult than pitching in the AL West
though Felix gets points because he never got to face us
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
CC and Price should get points for pitching in the AL East.
I’ll agree to that. If all things were equal (or close to equal) in the stat line I’d have no trouble giving the award to either of them.
No matter where you go, there you are.
I do agree.
But, much like that fanpost from a while back, it’s important to think like a voter if you’re going to speculate. That’s why so much of the discussion in the MSM has been related to reasons that Felix does not have more wins/less losses, or conversely why CC has as many wins as he does (run support for both, etc.)
I think my most favorite stat in all of this is that something like 10 of CC’s wins came against the Mariners, Royals, and Orioles
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, and the key is determining whether the argument is being used honestly or dishonestly
Honestly – let’s correct for quality of batters faced and see what happens!
Dishonestly – I believe CC should win; does this argument appear to advance that cause? Deploy!
I’d love to see the numbers, but the disproportionate number of starts CC’s had against the likes of Baltimore and Cleveland (7), and Sea/Oak (6) make me think that Felix might have faced tougher hitters. And that’s putting aside the fact that whatever effect this would have would likely be small.
I wouldn't want to be the one to do it
but it would be interesting to go thru the data and compare Felix to C.C. and see who actually did face tougher batters.
BREF lists all batters faced by year
But you’d have to add the players’ season OPS back in (or, ideally, subtract the PAs versus the pitcher you’re looking at). It’d take time.
Anyway, CC’s top batters faced are mostly Baltimore players, as he faced the Orioles SIX times. Felix’s are mostly Rangers, then Angels with some Yankees thrown in.
OK, now with data (thanks to Jeff's 5 things post)
Felix Hernandez has faced the 139th toughest slate of hitters, with an average .727 OPS.
CC Sabathia has faced the 167th toughest slate of hitters, with an average .720 OPS.
Well, yeah.
I mentioned above that the effect would be small and it is. But it’s still sort of delightful that people who want to give credit to CC for pitching in a ‘tougher division’ can’t rely on quality of batters faced either.
So they’ll fall back on ‘Felix isn’t in the pressure of a pennant race.’ Yay.
I think this argument still fails to overcome the difference in how good Felix was compared to how good CC was.
If there numbers were the same, CC probably should win. But since Felix did so much better, CC should not. Not saying that this is what you’re saying, just my thoughts.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
So he wants to go by the old-timey stat of Wins and Losses but not acknowledge how many losses old-timey players compiled?
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you know the all-time record holder for most losses was a first ballot Hall of Famer?
by seattlebruin on Sep 30, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Heck, he's the guy the freakin' award is named after.
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh and Young's average number of losses per season?
12!
by Coach Owens on Sep 30, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know if he has enough wins for that.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you know that Phil Niekro once led the league in wins and losses in the same season?
So many voters’ heads exploded out of confusion that year no Cy Young was presented.
No matter where you go, there you are.
It's like Lenny Wilkins. No matter what point you wanted to make about his coaching, his W/L record was there to support it.
Winningest coach ever! He’s the man! Losingest coach ever! Fire this piece of doody.
There is a lot of this in sports.
Especially career records. You look at the most touchdowns thrown, and you’ll find similar names as the most interceptions. You have to be pretty darn good to stick around in sports long enough to set the “bad” records as well as the good ones.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
So my roommate and I last night realized that the Giants play the Padres for the last series of the season
however, it’s possible, if Atlanta slips up, that both teams could clinch a playoff bid on the same night. How awesome would it be if the game ended and BOTH teams started celebrating clinching playoff bids on the field at the same time?
And now I can't stop picturing it.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahahahaha
100 baseball players and coaching staffs having a massive square dancing party in the outfield
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Judging by start times it is possible the Braves game could end durint the first three innings of
the Padres vs Giants game. I want them to pop champagne in the middle of their game and get drunk while playing.
Crunchy.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Puffs and it isn't close.
Also, I haven’t had them since I maybe 5 or whatever but Planters Cheese Balls were the greatest things ever.
I enjoy Pirate's Booty as a less nutritionally disastorous way to scratch that particular itch
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate how I have to look like such a pig eating this shit at work
Since I type, I can’t get that shit on my fingers and I have to pour them into my mouth straight from the bag
Same here.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Crunchy.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Crunchy. Not close.
Similar vein. Chex – Corn, Rice, or Wheat?
by James F'n X on Sep 30, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Rice
No matter where you go, there you are.
Here's the spinoff question.
Which ostensibly healthy cereals do you find absolutely delicious and even prefer to the sugary stuff?
For me, Corn Chex, Quaker Oatmeal Squares, Pecan Honey Bunches of Oats (or any of the others, really), the Fruit and Yogurt Special K, etc.
Grape Nuts
This reminds me I have to pick up some this weekend.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 30, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Raisin Bran.
The super boring kind with no sugar.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 30, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Quaker Oatmeal squares don't even hit the radar for healthy though
Or anything coated in yogurt. Cereal is the great pitfall of breakfast, it’s just so much damn sugar.
Getting back to the oatmeal squares, they get points for having 5 distinct types of sugar on their ingredients list. That takes effort. I can’t remember what it was called, but Quaker used to make a cereal with palm oil as the third ingredient behind oats and brown sugar. Now that’s a healthy part of a balanced breakfast.
Corn
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I like them both equally.
They need to put a crunchy one inside a puffy one. Heaven.
This needs to happen immediately.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Crunchy.
Puffs don’t seem as substantial.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
A whole bag of anything is a lot.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I eat cup o noodles all the time!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Crunchy, definitely.
When I was younger, I liked Puffs better, but now it’s crunchy for sure. Especially those Jalapeno Cheddar flavored ones. They’re kind of hard to find, though. I’m not a fan of the “flaming hot” ones or whatever they’re called, though.
My wife loves these.
I can eat about three before I’m done with them for a month.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
So who else has heard the interview
that Jim Mora did with a fill-in host on Colin Cowherd’s show? It’s priceless.
I listened for a bit, but not the Jim Mora part.
All I know is even Doug Gottlieb is more qualified than Colin Cowherd.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Having met Softy personally, I know he means well.
I hope I never meet Cowherd. For his sake.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Amen to that.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
TOPIC: More food preferences
I think I Facebooked this a long time ago – Orange juice, pulp or no pulp?
Honestly I don't care, I just love orange juice.
SImply Orange especially if I can’t get fresh squeezed.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
by Thingray on Sep 30, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pulp is a horrible punishment.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
All y'all are crazy, with your enjoying pulp ways.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
So you're on Aron's side?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I used to sprinkle Tang on buttered slices of Wonder Bread.
by royalcurve on Sep 30, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Only stock I've ever purchased is in a medical company that specializes in diabetes and related health issues
My family has a long history of cattlemen, this way when I look at people walking down the sidewalk I feel closer to my roots. I’m gonna be rich, rich I tell you
When I was a little kid I ate nothing but freeze dried ice cream and Tang one day.
I wanted to be an astronaut and thought that would be a good way to prepare myself for living in space. Needless to say after 3 meals of that I didn’t want to travel to space anymore.
No matter where you go, there you are.
by KC Mariner on Sep 30, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
My Mom thought so too until all the vomit.
No matter where you go, there you are.
There's a joke about skinny and fat chicks in there somewhere.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
They should keep that to when other employees aren't around.
Workplace romances are not to be shared.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 30, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Question for people who know Subarus better than I do.
other than some minor trim/interior differences, are there any major differences between an ’04 and an ’05 WRX that I should consider?
This is all I found
Rev. E (2005)
The WRX received an updated interior, body color rocker panels, black painted headlamp bezels, and wheels that were previously seen on the base US-spec Legacy and a single-port exhaust. Some WRX models have an STI hood scoop that is much larger than other WRX scoops. The suspension has also received a few small updates to make handling more efficient compared to the 2004 model. Cassette players in the stereo system were no longer offered as well.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 30, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
That reminds me - you still have my Doobie Brothers Eight Track.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
It was all about the auto-reversing deck man.
Shit they even had ones that would fast forward to the next song on the tape.
It was like I took a time machine when I finally got one of those.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Like scotch tape?
Or masking tape maybe? Oooh, how about the blue painter’s tape?
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty sure they're talking about duct tape.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't care what kind of tape as long as it keeps your mouth shut.
by Sec 108 on Sep 30, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
I can wait while you get your cane so you can chase me out of your yard.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh shit.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
This is turning out like the Sandlot.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I love that movie.
Favorite baseball movie subthread!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
The Rookie or Major League.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed, and I'm a sad sucker for Field of Dreams.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
But the Original Bad News Bears wins it for me.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Let's ask kermit and friends if they agree.
Guys?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 30, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
It's official then.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
When I was a kid, I was a sucker for Rookie of the Year.
Sandlot beats its brains in now, but at the time I was the exact type of kid it was marketed to and I ate it up.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Rookie of the Year sucked.
Little Big League is surprisingly good.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Huh, didn't care for that one either.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Yeah, RotY was terrible, but I was a Cubs fan at the time and still held the notion if I tried really hard I could play in the Majors.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I remember loving Little Big League as a kid
That’s why I’ll never watch it again.
Wasn’t Timothy Busfield a star player in that one?
I'll check when I get home. Whatever the remake was
I guess part2 isn’t the name for it. That one with Billy Bob Thornton in it
I would gladly send it to you in the mail.
You can keep it too
Thanks, but no
Turns out there were two sequels to the original – Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, and Bad News Bears Go To Japan. Never seen either one, and don’t particularly want to.
That's just rude
he’s not toxic, and he doesn’t require shipping.
by pdb on Sep 30, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was actually asking his advice, but read in this way it's hilarious!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Man, you've got to lay off of that self-tanner.
I can’t even see you in your avatar these days.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Illegal, yes.
Impossible, no! Where do you think I get all that money to drive state highways?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
I had never met her before
and we were doing the usual small talk about jobs, hometowns, etc and she mentioned she was from McCall. The conversation took itself from there.
by pdb on Oct 1, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, good one. I see comedy type baseball movies and non-comedy as different categories.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Who remembers The Scout?
Brendan Fraser strikes out every batter on 3 pitches!
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't care for The Rookie all that much.
Major League for sure.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
The Sandlot. Hands down.
I will probably watch that at least once a year for the rest of my life.
My favorite baseball movie as well.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
That would finally cure my mumbling problem
Thanks for the help, friend
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Those things were awesome.
I remember how it rocked my world when I finally got one.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I wonder if they're DLT or DAT?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Although why you would think to put mission critical storage in your car is beyond me.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Wil Wheaton sums it up.
@wilw Marketing can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. #starwars3D #facepalm #lucasisfistingmychildhood
Even if none of them are "stars" today, who would have ever guessed that four young kids put together on a movie set, 4 unknowns, would have turned out to have careers.
River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman.
I was just thinking that when I watched Stand by Me the other night.
Yes Kiefer, you get a shoutout too. And you too John Cusack.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just going to post that.
Seriously, guy’s a gem.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
You'd probably remember that Ray Harryhausen
supposedly came up with the 80s Clash of the Titans movie to show people that Lucas’ stupid CGI wasn’t as exciting as the classic stop-motion animation. But even he couldn’t resist aping Star Wars, by making Bubo the mechanical owl R2D2 with feathers.
I find it odd that now it’s Lucas who’s feeling that some new technology is threatening to take over, so he rushes out a 3D version. Not exactly the same, as Lucas is actually using it, but it made me think of Harryhausen and his anger at Star Wars.
I love that he used the Lucas is fisting my childhood hash tag.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Yet another amazing thing I missed completely.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 30, 2010 2:51 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Any info on what game this was?
I want to see the real highlight. That’s awesome and I like that Young kept his arm up when he hit the ground, real heads up play there
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm looking.
Shit – I just refreshed, and the image disappeared. Weird.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I was just on that same site
I’m going to look up the replay on mlb.com when I get home and have a real computer at my disposal
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this image...
I like to pretend not to see the split screen shots and imagine an outfield looking like that with a ball in play. Or several, as it were.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
That is a tiny soccer ball.
And the goalie has no gloves on.
I’m confused.
I've seen the gif before
But never in a place where I would be able to ask about which game it was and get a legit answer
by tootthekazoo on Sep 30, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll update my status right now so that Zuckerman can see it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Its funny, I was going to write Zuckerberg but then I told myself "No idiot, you're confusing his name with Eisenberg"
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 30, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It's almost as if you were uncertain
oh wait no that’s Heisenberg. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY JEWS
by pdb on Sep 30, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
If that fails, tell some jokes for money, then direct a movie.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Oops! I can't believe I did that and I can't believe nobody called me out sooner.
I wouldn’t be as excited for David Lynch.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 1, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
He's capable of making coherent movies from what I hear (The Straight Story, The Elephant Man).
He just doesn’t most of the time. And it’s pretty clear why if you’ve ever tried to watch his director’s commentary on anything.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate David Lynch so much.
Not because he’s not a good director, but because he can make the most compelling film for 90 minutes and then just take a dump on the audiences faces. He’s extremely talented and most likely a genius, but fuck you Lynch, I want a real ending to Mulholland Drive.
For a good Lynch movie, I recommend Surveillance to everyone. It’s a good Lynch movie because it was made by his daughter Jennifer.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 1, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Blue Velvet got a real ending and it was awful.
Also now I kind of want to track down and post gifs of the baby in Eraserhead but then people would get really mad at me so I probably won’t.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I have almost no qualm with anything and just a GIS of that skeeved me out.
I’d say it’ll be a good thing if you never post that, because it just has no place anywhere.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Right.
Ice-licking knights and even spiders are one thing but that?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not a big fan of the spiders, really. I just like how other people react.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Interesting.
This time of year, I tend to go on a baseball exploration spree (hence my last couple of topics). I’m sure Matthew (or someone of equally high intelligence) may have either posted or read this before, but I found it an interesting read. Thoughts?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I tried to read that since I'm bored right now.
I got to the word probabilistically and I can’t stop trying to read this. It sounds wrong every time I try to say it in my head.
Okay, so reading into this a bit I have a question regarding fielding metrics.
The first thing this article talks about is the fact that it doesn’t have a starting coordinate for a player before a ball is hit. Does UZR take this into account?
So for a ball that is hit in the gap (the most difficult location for plays on a grounder) where the defense has a full shift on, wouldn’t that show up as a “tough” play?
This is a really awesome read.
I would imagine that the frequency of the balls-in-play where the defense is shifted are so small in the overall scheme of things that they wouldn’t factor too heavily either way right?
Given a big enough sample size, it shouldn't be a problem, right?
Because most teams would use the same plan in implementing shifts, so it should even out.
… I think.
Still, it would be better not to worry about it. I hope there’s something in the mechanism to correct for that, and if there isn’t, there should be.
Beyond the Box Score ranked the offenses in the major leagues.
Park adjusted runs scored:
Pittsburgh Pirates (Last in the NL): 591
Seattle Mariners (We use a DH!): 491
Thats the point. Felix would have raised that the full 100.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 30, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Tacoma Beer Festival this weekend, or rather this Friday evening and all day Saturday.
Friday night’s includes 50 firkins/cask ales from breweries like Seven Seas, Oskar Blues, etc.
Brewers at the festival include Walking Man, Ommegang, Lost Coast, Great Divide, Ninkasi, Anderson Valley, Green Flash etc. Mostly western, obviously.
Link!
Tacoma, you say?
Why, that’s just a short drive down the road, hmmmm. Hey, Engine House #9! Tried their IPA’s twice now and have nothing but good to report. Terrific atmosphere as well, really nice pub.
So on the mlb network, Sean Casey gives out the "Key to the city" to his MVP
‘cause he’s The Mayor.
Geddit.
Anyone know a good post-concert bar near Rose GRden in Portland?
by Don275 on Sep 30, 2010 8:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Define "near".
Are you in a car or on MAX? staying downtown, or elsewhere? Do you like good beer? Here’s a few:
- Green Dragon, on 9th and Belmont. Quick cab ride, not easy to get to otherwise
- Widmer Brewing, just up the yellow line at Interstate at Tillamook (get on the Yellow Line toward the Expo Center, and get off the train at Albina/Mississippi and walk two blocks in the direction the train is going)
- Gotham Tavern, also at Albina/Mississippi MAX stop but right at the stop
- Downtown, there’s Bailey’s Taproom at Broadway just off Burnside
Let me know your mode of transportation and I can give you a bunch more good places to go. the Rose Quarter is notoriously devoid of good places to drink.
The B-Side!
On Burnside, W. of the Doug Fir. I’m not sure how far that is to walk, but it’s justifiable.
(Actually, uh, what kind of bars do you like?)
I always forget about that place
which is annoying because I love that place.
by pdb on Oct 1, 2010 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I want Jose Bautista to eat the same steak as Alberto Contador and be banned from baseball
Roidgate part 2!
by pdb on Oct 1, 2010 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
My bicycle is the only bicycle I'm willing to discuss.
Cycling as a sport is dead to me. For chrissakes, PEDS use is right there in the name.
by Kermit. on Oct 1, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was listening to Jay Buhner on the radio today for a second
I think Calabro was talking to him or something, and asked him about managers. Apparently Buhner would be in favor of a “big name” field manager. I’ve been thinking off and on about Tony LaRussa for a while and I’m curious how you feel.
The thing I like overall about LaRussa is that he seems intellectually curious with his bullpen usage and willingness to buck convention to consider batting the pitcher 8th. I’m not so excited about him that I wouldn’t hear about others, but I’d like to see those kinds of qualities in the next manager.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 1, 2010 1:17 AM PDT reply actions
If Professor McGonagall was our manager, no player would dare cause any club house strife for for fear of coming under her steely, gimlit glare.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Oct 1, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LaRussa is terrible and gets hung up on small sample sizes of past events.
by Eyebrows on Oct 1, 2010 10:23 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
But with LaRussa we probably get Dave Duncan.
Not sure it’s worth it, but it’s interesting to think about.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Seriously?
When?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I don't like him because he refuses to play Colby Rasmus because of his ego.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
If you play the violin, you're a violinist... but if you play the bugle, you're a bugler.
So if you play the tuba, are you a tubist, or a tuber?
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 1, 2010 2:14 AM PDT reply actions
Man, I HATE IT when people say "drummist"
when referring to people who play the drums. I never thought I would hear someone say that, but I have heard several people, none of which had any connection, use the term “drummist.”
GAH.
I always called myself a tubaist.
The first book of tuba sheet music I got had this short, fat kid with a vertical-stripe shirt on. I knew I’d made a terrible mistake.
Topic: They have wrestling now on SciFi? Really?
What next, the Discovery Channel starts showing reruns of Cinemax’s softcore porn?
I already have enough reasons to never watch non-sports TV.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's part of their effort to shed the "geeky" label.
They even changed their name to “SyFy”. I thought they had a pretty good niche on cable tv with the old science fiction shows and first run series like Battlestar Galactica. I don’t care about bad made for cable movies and wrestling. Plenty of channels have that already.
No matter where you go, there you are.
But Sharktopus
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you watch this? I DVRed it and planned on watching it tonight.
Please tell me it’s horrendously bad, even by made-for-TV-movie standards.
No but I would have :(
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
What, are they trying to buck the trend? Geeks are a market now, and they just abandoned them for retarded ex-jocks and 14 year old rednecks?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Hell, even the LISO's brother doesn't watch wrestling, and he probably shouldn't be allowed to drive a car.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Next thing you're going to tell me is that MTV now shows documentaries about teen pregnancy and Cartoon Network has a block of live-action programming.
That, sir, I will not believe.
There's also a rumor going around that Conan is going to be on basic cable.
No matter where you go, there you are.
At least those cater to the same audience.
MTV – Tweens, most that watch will soon be eligible for that show
CN – Adults that watch cartoons, now watching live action shows that mimic cartoons.
Not that big of a stretch.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
But he's a HOF writer with 35 years of experience!
Plus the cowboy hat lets me know that he’s a straight shooter and easy to trust.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Kinda sad that Randy Winn's going to be all alone among the list of active players with most games without a playoff appearance.
I’d be pissed about being traded by the Yankees.
Same here, but he was a bit of a dipshit with stuff
Though that was more that the game, like most Rockstar games, was written with a strong narrative that your gameplay did not have to adhere to. So, you could be in a town and violently kill a hundred innocent people but then get in a mission and John would be vehemently against killing anybody
by tootthekazoo on Oct 1, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I still need to get this game.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
There's situational appropriateness. Wearing a Speedo when you are swimming in the Olympics, fine.
Wearing a Speedo to the Farmer’s Market, well, not quite as appropriate.
by abender20 on Oct 1, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We've had this conversation before.
He’s from Wyoming, he’s mostly written for Midwest papers like the Rocky Mountain News (had a brief stint with the P-I) and plus his name is Tracy and he’s spent a lot of time in Missouri, Wyoming, Colorado, and Texas, I mean he has to do something.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
James Galvin manages without the hat, but I think he's an exception.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Jim Mora is going to get in a fistfight with somebody at some point, I'm sure of it
And it will be over an innocent comment that somebody makes that he views as an attack against him
We thought that anything could be better than Holmy.
Turns out we were wrong.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I've never gone from wanting to love somebody to outright hating them so fast.
I mean this is Lane Kiffin territory here.
Yeah, it did kinda seem that way
But still not really that big of a thing. But as I said, Mora seems to think everybody is against him so he would have read that as a snipe against him
I lean towards joyous and inspirational.
In my head he’s Robert getting an NFL head coaching gig.
Same here,
but for now as long as the players are buying it, I don’t really care.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
His loafers are lighter than air.
He’s fuckin’ Gellin.’
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Hell yes!
R.E.M. 8-pack for Rock Band on Tuesday!! And not shitty songs, either!
Driver 8
It’s the End of the World As We Know It
Living Well is the Best Revenge
Radio Free Europe
Stand
Superman
These Days
What’s the Frequency Kenneth
And three from T. Rex!
Children of the Revolution
Cosmic Dancer
Jeepster
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 9:06 AM PDT reply actions
I might have to dust off my RB2 disc...
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Driver 8 is about my favorite REM song
and when we were in college we figured out all the words to It’s The End Of The World As We Know It – this was before the Internet, kids, so we had to keep stopping the tape (!) and writing them down and starting again. That song is permanently seared into my brain now. Birthday party cheesecake jellybean BOOM!
by pdb on Oct 1, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I used to do that with Jimi Hendrix songs.
I had a lyrics book with all of his songs deciphered…which is tough if you’ve ever listen to him sing.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I had a friend who was a huge Hendrix fan,
and for the first year that he listened to him, this friend thought Hendrix was gay because he misinterpreted the lyrics to Purple Haze as “’Scuse me while I kiss this guy.”
Seriously?
Because that is about the oldest joke around.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I've been hearing that since back in high school when people discovered Hendrix's music.
Are you sure he wasn’t yanking your chain?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Yeah, he was totally serious.
It took some convincing. He didn’t believe me, until I showed him the lyrics on the internet…
That song is a bitch in karaoke.
Especially after multiple drinks or if you’re not the one trying to sing it.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Stand is an awful song and should be wiped from the face of the earth
along with Shiny Happy People.
Totally agree on it being a terrible song.
Though my fondness for that song from my childhood precludes it from being wiped from the face of the earth.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm usually not one of those people that thinks a single album "ruined" a band
but Green and Out Of Time were so radically different than what had come before them that REM were never the same again, and not necesarily in a good way.
Green for REM did something similar to what Rattle and Hum for U2 did to me.
The band was quirky and fun before that album and became awful for me afterward.
I was sorta OK with Green
but I remember when Out Of Time came out I was pretty disturbed by how bad it was, and it has been mostly downhill for me with REM since.
Rattle and Hum is just about the worst thing ever released by any band ever.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh. Green is still quite good, at least to me.
Orange Crush is a great song.
by marc w on Oct 1, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
To be fair most of my problem with Joshua Tree is its production
the songs themselves are pretty good, but it is not a well-produced or mixed album at all. It sounds very muddy and dated.
That's a valid criticism
If there ever was a blemish on Brian Eno’s record as a producer, it was his work with U2 which, strangely enough, is usually his most lauded production outside of the Bowie triptych.
Personally, I think quality of sound gives the album this wonderfully anachronistic and quinessentially soaring 80s sound that works remarkably well with the subject matter. Especially in songs like “Where the Streets Have No Name” and “Red Hill Mining Town”
Errr...should read "of the erroneously-assigned Bowie triptych."
Eno was never truly credited with production on those albums (I believe it was Visconti) though, by most accounts, Eno was in the driver’s seat for most of it.
Having never listened to the Joshua Tree on vinyl
is it possible it just sounds bad on tape or CD?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I have listened to it in all three formats
it’s just a very, very dated production.
by pdb on Oct 1, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It may be to some, but it was a warning sign for me much as Green was for REM.
Some great stuff on both, but they were also a step away from what I had enjoyed.
I'm not trying to imply that this is the case here,
but I always get annoyed when people complain when bands put out albums that don’t sound like their old stuff. For one, don’t they deserve the chance to make whatever music they want to? For two, don’t we complain when bands like AC/DC just pump out the same thing for ever and ever?
Sorry for the rant, it’s just kind of a pet peeve of mine. I like to see musicans broaden their horizons and take chances.
I also hate it when people don’t use turn signals, you lazy jerks.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I hate it when those damn kids run across my lawn.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm absolutely fine with different directions as long as that direction is good
but in REM’s case, the new direction(s) they took were very rarely interesting or good.
Bands are allowed to do whatever they want and we are all allowed to judge as we see fit.
I like AC/DC being true to their style personally. REM was a band I really enjoyed, but I do not like what they became. Some obviously do because their records sell. All that being said I will not apologize for hating what bands become after getting rich and comfy sometimes. It is my prerogative.
by Sec 108 on Oct 1, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
On that note, fuck you, Everclear.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I liked some of their stuff.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Santa Monica is about the only song of theirs I can stand
the rest of their stuff was so emo (lyrically, at least), I just couldn’t get in to it.
World of Noise was emo?
OK… I guess…
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
WoN was their first album?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Oh wait I thought that was the one with AM Radio on it
Did I mention I know about two Everclear albums?
I guess I assumed you knew more because you are a Portlander.
Fair enough.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm not a native Portlander though
I moved here in 2003 when Everclear were no longer really doing much except playing the occasional show. I still see the lead singer guy driving around quite a bit though, at least when I’m back in my old neighborhood.
Aha. I didn't know that, you seem like a true Oregonian.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Huh, maybe it's a generational thing.
I just asked a friend of mine about 5 years older than me and he had no idea who I was talking about.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I played shows with them during their WoN tour.
DEFINITELY NOT EMO.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
THEY WERE SO GOOD UNTIL FUCKING SMFTA
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I was disheartened,
but it’s hard to be mad at friends who made it big off of doing the same shit I’ve struggled with almost my entire life.
Fuck that Elliot Smith guy for quitting Heatmiser and stopping touring with us because he wrote awesome music for a major motion pict— what? Oh. He’s with Kurt now?
Hell is going to be a fucking high school reunion for me.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
That record (and the subsequent ones) turned me off of music for years.
They were my first realization that money will come before talent every time, and it killed 15 year old me.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Sometimes musicians grow up, realize the want to slow down, and make a record that not all of their old fans appreciate.
Sometimes a musician never grows up, records an album they THINK people will love, and throw it all away.
It’s a fine line.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I just liked the riff in Santa Monica.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Playing at the Columbia City Theatre in October!
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe they can get some tweens and their boomer parents to go.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Exactly.
Just like it’s their perogative to make boring corporate music if they want to, or they can decide to put out a rap album. Either way we don’t have to buy it, and we don;t have to apologize if we don’t like it.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I have found that a lot of mainstream bands usually make one good album
and then either turn into cookie-cutter music, or else try too hard to be different. My favorite examples are Green Day and Fall Out Boy. They both recorded small albums before they got super famous, and those albums are the only music of theirs that I will listen to. For Green Day, it’s 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk (Dookie was okay too), and for Fall Out Boy, An Evening Out With Your Girlfriend. Then they got famous and started to suck hard.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs also… Their first couple albums, Fever To Tell and the one before that, were great, and then it just seemed like they were trying too hard to be original and not doing it right.
It may be just my taste in music, but I feel like a lot of bands only record one or two good albums, and then it all goes downhill.
I actually agree with this.
There are very few bands where I have more than one album. Where I really apply that rule is with heavier bands because I find once a band gets signed they lose their angtsy energy that made the music interesting.
My theory on this:
When bands release their first album they have had many years of experience to write songs from, and a large catalog of songs to pick from to make the best or “perfect” album.
Once they release the album and it’s a hit, the label wants another album ASAP, or right after they tour. For this second album they don’t have any time or real life experiences to draw from, so you get sub-par songs.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
As you should, minion.
BUWAHAHAHAHAAAAA
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Not much of a stretch.
It’s something you can take on a case by case basis, but I remember when Interpol released Turn on the Bright Lights (and finding weird MP3s on the internet was still fairly easy) I ended up coming up with a lot of tracks that ended up being released in some capacity on Antics.
There are other examples that are notable as well, Radiohead being a popular one where for many albums afterward, they were still releasing tracks that came together originally around the time of OK Computer, or had been reworked over years of live shows before getting properly packaged, or both. I’d slot them as the more successful version of this phenomenon, but at the same time, I think that sometimes people get excited because it’s a Radiohead album more than the merit of the artistic work necessarily warrants.
Some bands or artists do manage to get better as time goes on. The first album The National put out has one or two okay tracks and doesn’t say anything that seems to come from a clear “voice” so to speak. Or as a different example, Okkervil River had a good debut that had a stinker or two in there, a solid (underrated perhaps) second album that had fewer flaws, and then started to hit their stride for a while until they released The Stand-Ins when they started to slip a little (and in that case, I’d point out that it and The Stage Names were originally planned as a double album, and most of the best material was probably put in there when that idea fell through).
The problem is that particularly with upstart artists on big labels, there’s always a push to be productive when it’s a huge strain to be operating at a high artistic level at all times. Consequently, they end up pushing mediocre material, seconds if you will, that they don’t really give a shit about and burn out somewhere along the way. I’d say one of the reasons Tom Waits has managed to stick around so long without a huge variance in quality is because he’s been able to afford those fallow periods to work things out and keep them fresh for him.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Look, I wrote an essay again!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
On further review....
Waits probably was not the best example because holy shit he was an album a year from 73-78 (nevertheless, Closing Time, The Heart of Saturday Night, and Nighthawks at the Diner are all VERY different albums) and had five albums from 80 to 87. It’s been more recently that he managed to get the gap years in.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Kerplunk! was probably the better of the two.
39/Smooth, I often felt far too much like I was listening to a bunch of teenagers.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Green was their first album after the label switch from IRS to Warner Bros.
I’m sure WB paid a lot of money to REM and wanted their music to be more appealing to the general 80’s audience. REM had also put out 5 albums on IRS plus Dead Letter Office and Chronic Town, had their first mainstream hit with “The One I Love”, got a taste of money and probably wanted more of it.
I agree with your taste in their music that the pre-Green stuff was way better.
Sure. I wouldn't lay all of REM's decline on the record label.
It’s more correlation than causation along with personal preference for their early work. REM made a shitload more money in the Green – Monster days than they did before, so they were probably happy.
You must not get Channel Z.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Please let me take my new Earl Thomas jersey off first.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Besides, I Roam where I want to,
so I might be hard to find.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
by Thingray on Oct 1, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
YES.
I wish that Rock Lobster was actually a lobster that was made of rock so that I could smash all of their heads in.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh, so Bob Rivers is now unemployed
After 21 years on the air, he was unable to come to an agreement with CBS radio about his contract, so he walked away. He has a 6-month non-compete clause, but plans to “re-emerge” after that ends. And so ends a long run of yet another morning show in Seattle. I remember when The End changed up their programming and fired Andy, Steve and Jodi many years back. That was a good show and it was sad to see them go. I enjoyed having Bob Rivers on the radio during the morning while here at work and I am hopeful that his replacement can keep me entertained
I am really curious about something.
Somebody told me the T-Man just upped and quit awhile back to pursue something else. Does anyone know what he was “pursuing”?
I had heard from someone who works in Seattle radio that he was getting paid a good 7 figures a year so I imagine it had to be something worthwhile.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 1, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
It's more of an unwillingness to understand them
ICP are comedic geniuses but they just don’t know it
Fucking miracles.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Faygo and white pancake make-up seem to be part of the process.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm reccing this for the title, not the picture.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So I have two landscape-formatted pages in a pdf that I want to extract and turn into a nice, neat 2-page pdf for a writing sample.
Before, I just used Grab (I’m on a Mac) on each page and attached the two pages separately, but now I need each page nice and neat on one two-page pdf. What do I do?
Mogul or Baseball Manager Online?
I am interested if the latter. I really enjoyed it and think I may have time again.
Yeah BMO
I figured enough time has passed since the last one where memories of the two leagues won’t bleed together. RIP Brian Beavon :(
I'm interested.
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Oct 1, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm trying to figure out if I want to play as the Mariners this time.
On one hand I would get to play in a 4 team division with an extra lineup spot that would allow me to do terrible terrible things to the rest of the league but on the other I would probably be forced to trade Felix in order to build my team the way that I like to :(
Matthew built teams differently than I did.
I like to slash and burn my teams every 15 years in order to get as much elite talent on it as possible and in order to pay for that I need to save money by keeping my payroll as low as possible in the building years. He was really good at piecing in replacements in every few years at a different position so the team never got too old.
His peaks were longer but mine were slightly higher. Also my teams were clutch in the playoffs
I tell him almost every night before the lights go out.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I drink at lease 100 beers per year.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
He was easily the most overrated owner in BMO
Oh look at me. Look at how awesome this pitcher is that I just spent 20 million dollars a year on. I sure have a great eye for talent. BRB gotta go be mediocre in the playoffs until all of the other owners stop playing this game.
?
I figured enough time has passed since the last one where memories of the two leagues won’t bleed together.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I think I'd be up for it again
I’m settled in at work enough now to be able to give it the time it needs
by tootthekazoo on Oct 1, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Random question: does OOTP do online leagues?
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Oct 1, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Oct 1, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll set up a FanPost next week after all of the end of season posts go up so it doesn't get buried.
In "No, duh" news
Joe Morgan still thinks CC is the Cy Young winner, because, hello, wins.
I think [Jon Lester’s] always been in the race in my mind. I like what Felix Hernandez has done, but he has won only 12 games. People say that he doesn’t get support from his teamamtes, but guess what, every award is a team award. You can’t win the MVP without your teammates. Do we look at an MVP candidate and say his team didn’t give him a chance to drive in runs? The fact is that Felix has won 12 games and CC has won 20. It is harder to win in a championship environment in New York than in Felix’s situation. Just look at AJ Burnett this year. Felix has done a good job this year, but he’s not in the same difficulty level of pitching this year as CC.
Joe Morgan should look at the 1996 AL MVP and re-evaluate the sentence "Do we look at an MVP candidate and say his team didn't give him a chance to drive in runs?"
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
No, I think he looks at the 1996 AL MVP as support for his position. RIBBIES!!!
I still can’t quite believe that actually happened.
.
I mean, we give Gold Glovers their award and say that they didn’t actually play!
(Palmeiro)
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Oct 1, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Joe Morgan has finally convinced me.
He’s convince me that you can have a Hall of Fame baseball career and not know shit about baseball.
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 1, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
There was a piece a while back that mentioned that Joe Morgan was the perfect sabermetric player.
I think it was on the Book blog, or maybe BtBS.
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Oct 1, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Considering that the baseball championship has been won 35 times in New York City
and zero times in Seattle, I would suggest to Mr. Morgan that Seattle is actually the more difficult town to win a championship in.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 1, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pretty much the most annoying argument in the whole debate is that you inherently get a legup because you play in New York.
Really? You don’t already have enough of an advantage in every way?
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 1, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Every once in a while Bill Simmons still writes good stuff
Like this column about Michael Vick.
WARNING: If you’ve never read the column he links to about the death of his dog, get a case of Kleenex handy before you do. Not a box, a case. Even if, like me, you’re not a dog person.
That story is soooo sad.
Day-zee Day-zee…
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't agree with his statements about Vick at all.
Explaining away his treatment of animal abuse as cultural? Give me a break. Do I love spiders? Hell no. Would I ever hook up electricity to fry one? Of course I wouldn’t. Vick is a broken man, and I hate his guts.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 1, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, I don't really agree with it either
but it is the calmest, most rational attempt to explain why someone still likes Michael Vick that I have read yet.
I love how, just because he has a string of OK games against bad defenses, it's all right to root for Vick again.
Fucking scumbag. I hope someone decapitates him on the field.
by ThomasG on Oct 1, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Put your pants back on tiger,
we’re not in the SW.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
It is, but that's because the people there are broken.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I won't disagree, but I think his comment in the article is true.
People can grow up in a fucked up place and come out fine, but the odds are against them.
SW? For once the damned Yankees of the North aren't blaming the SE.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
It depends on where you draw that "irredeemable" line.
Everything is s sliding scale. There are people that would think you are irredeemable because you are willing to eat a hamburger, or shoot a deer, or feed your snake live mice. Do you use insect killer or mouse bait?
People that grew up around it or had a neighbor that did it back in the 60s or something probably draw that line in a different spot than you. Does that make them wrong? Maybe in your eyes, but not in everyone’s.
It’s probably not a good idea to continue going down this road, so I’ll stop here and I suggest people watch their words carefully in this subject.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
People in certain MLB offices can stop being jackasses any time now.
So, remember when FanGraphs was having a hell of a time getting minor league data earlier in the season because of negotiations with the MLB? Now, MinorLeagueSplits has been shut down presumably over the same because Baseball wants to keep greater control over certain things.
This is awful. For one, the data that you can get out of the actual MiLB.com sites have always been lacking. Want HBP? Sac bunts or sac flies? Any splits at all on the previous team of a player that was promoted? Too fucking bad. The only way you could get these in addition to fancier shit like groundball rates (instead of ratios) is because the guy who runs minor league splits developed a tool to crawl through and parse game logs. Not only that, his site was the only resource of any form of historical data and thus tracking trends not only year-to-year but within a single year. Now it’s effectively shut down.
Someone’s disrupting the flow of information and ruining the opportunity for analysis (this was how I noticed) for no good reason.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
POWER TRIP!!!
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Minor League Strike!
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Oct 1, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
WHAT THE FUCK
Okay, I just looked up Baseball-Reference and it seems like they had to take down ALL of their 2010 seasons from the player pages.
I need to go find the commissioner’s office and fuck someone’s shit up.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you misspelled "shitstorm".
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
But you know how to create a shitstorm, right Professor?
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I'm sure it's in NY somewhere.
And I’m sure it’s in a fancy neighborhood.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
That means they got more shit to break.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the way you think.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
I'll be there with my crock pots and hobo-knuckles when you need me.
Fairly certain PositivePaul will be in my sidecar.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Statcorner, I hope you've got new servers.
It’s now unquestionably one of the most important sources for minor league data.
I'm worried they'll get shaken down soon enough.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean, nevermind. There is no statcorner, and nobody should look at it, especially not MiLB.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG.
by marc w on Oct 1, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This article on Papelbon isn't all that great but I did find it funny for a few reasons.
- Papelbon was happy he could silence his doubters that said he wouldn’t make it as a reliever, and should be a starter. (Uhhh.. Jon, it is better to be a starter. You should want to not silence them.)
- Papelbon is excited to go into his free agency year next year and “set the market for closers.” (Uhhh.. at 12 million or so next year, you may be a free agent sooner than that.)
Who wouldn't want to set the market for an overrated thing?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Tulip bulbs and cloves.
It might be. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing, on one hand not wanting to do things that jeopardize other people’s future welfare and on the other I get spiteful when people really aren’t paying attention (plus money).
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 1, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
SNOWPOCALYPSE 2010
Strongest La Nina patterns since 1955
I for one would love a huge snow storm this winter.
by BrianL on Oct 1, 2010 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I am soo looking forward to this.
Since I can work from home it will be a nice vacation
I wouldn't ride on a tour bus on back roads during that time.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Oct 1, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Ya'll see real nice. Let's take ya's back to meet mamma.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Did anyone see highlights from the Rangers/Angels game last night?
If not, you missed Erick Aybar’s hilariously bad batting eye. (It’s about 20 seconds in.)
The reaction shots really put it over the top for me.
Saw that last night.
At first glance it looked like it got him straight in the junk, but now it looks more like the thigh. Still hilarious though!
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Yeah, it looks like it missed by about a half an inch.
I don’t think I’ve seen a batter walk back to the dugout as quickly as Aybar did after that AB.
He did stop to check his junk first.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Scioscia looked like he was crying he was laughing so hard.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Oops, reply fail.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
Anybody watch The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret?
Yeah…I’m not sure. It seems to have some promise.
Really? We need to watch the handshake line in a High School Football game?
Instead of going to the AFL Final?
Have you ever seen a DAMENTAL?
It’s basically a retarded Cocker Spaniel/Dalmatian mix that’s been hit in the head with an errant whiffle bat (one of those big red plastic ones).
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Who is watching what in college football today?
My game is South Carolina vs. Alabama. I’m terrified.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
What in the heck is wrong with you, Brian??
GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. Good grief.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
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