4 September OT: Oktoberfest
by KC Mariner on Sep 4, 2010 8:49 AM PDT
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PrintWith this being my first FanPost, I thought I'd stick with a safe topic: beer.
September doesn't just mean the start of football and pennant races, it also means a new round of seasonal beers for the fall. Fall seasonal beers to me, mean Marzen (Oktoberfest) style beer. If I had a favorite beer, Oktoberfest style beer would be it. Here in Kansas City, Boulevard makes a pretty good one named Bob's 47. While I know you can find Oktoberfest style beer year-round, I enjoy the wait. With so many seasonal beers throughout the year it's easy to pass the time waiting for fall to come around. So, with seasonal beer and Oktoberfest in mind, here are some prompts.
- What is your favorite Oktoberfest style beer?
- What is your favorite seasonal beer?
- While Oktoberfest might be an ocean away, are there any good beer festivals in your area that you go to?
- Germans pride themselves on their beer, but so do several other countries. What is your favorite beer made outside the states?
- If you take festivals and beer maid outfits out of the equation, what is your favorite European country to visit and why?
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My answers!
- The afore mentioned Bob’s 47.
- Outside of Oktoberfest beers, probably a good winter lager (I like Sam Adams Winter Lager a lot).
- KC Beer Fest is pretty decent. Not as large as Oktoberfest by any means, but they have a really good selection of local beers and that’s where Boulevard will sometimes give the public a first taste of any new styles.
- I’ll stick with German beer as my favorite, although I do love me a Belgian Wit Beer.
- Probably Italy for the atmosphere and history there. Although, if I ever get my ass to Ireland that will probably bump Italy out of the top spot.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Answers!
1. Not sure i hsve one – Oktoberfests and Belgians are the two categories of beer I have yet to explore in a lot of depth. Widmer makes Okto, which is pretty good, but that’s about my entire exposure to Oktoberfest beers.
2. Man, that’s a huge question. Which season? Since we’re heading in to fall, I’ll limit myself to fall/winter seasonals and say Jubelale. Also, Gritty McDuff’s Halloween Ale is awesome and sadly unavailable way out here in the west. Fall is a great time for brown ales and the like.
3. There are two main beer festivals in Portland, the Holiday Ale Festival in December, and the Oregon Brewer’s Festival in the summer. They’re both huge, they both have a ton of really good beers on tap, and they both need to be avoided like the plague because they’re overcrowded and overrun with douchey frat boy types that do nothing but find the highest ABV beers on the list and drink them all afternoon/night. Try to have a conversation there and it’s interrupted about every 10 minutes by dozens of people going WOOOOOOOOOOO because they just drank themselves a strong beer. I hate them all. Which is too bad because there are definitely good beers to be had at both these events.
4. I honestly don’t drink a lot of non-US made beer these days; in the US, and particularly in Portland, we’re spoiled for choice with domestics and while I have nothing at all against foreign beers, there’s so many domestics I love and so many more I need to try that I don’t really feel the need to dive fully into the foreign beer world at this point. S omeday.
5. Ireland. I have family there, so I’m a bit prejudiced, but it’s just a stunningly beautiful country with a lot to see and do. Also Spain, if I get sick of going to Ireland in July and having it be 56 degrees and raining.
Anyone recommend me a brand of air bed?
Had a Coleman and it developed a couple holes within the first week.
I have an Aero.
It got a hole in it after a few weeks of sleeping on it every day, but they have great customer service. You simply cut out a piece of the bed and mail it to them as proof it’s destroyed, and they send you a new one. They even have real people pick up the phone — no robots whatsoever. The warranty is for 1 year.
I wouldn’t recommend them for everyday use like I do, but for guests who stay a week at a time, they’re excellent. If you do use it every day, don’t, erm, rough house on it.
Also, I only had to send mine back because it got a hole on the velvet-like top.
If you puncture it on the vinyl, it comes with patches. I’ve never used them, but they look like they would work great. Don’t buy one with the velvet top, if possible. Perhaps you won’t ever have to send it back.
Mine got a hole in the thin part too.
You can spend 3 bucks at a hardware store for an airtight/watertight glue for upholstery made by Loctite. They market it for boats, if I’m not mistaken, and it’s super thick and takes a day to completely dry. Works really well, but I decided to return mine as long as the warranty was good.
Got a full refund (AAFES yay), they did have an aerobed but it looked more like it was for light camping use.
Had two holes in the same area and used duct tape + rubber cement. However after deflating the seal came off. Thinking about just getting a foam pad and a korean bedding pad.
I'm a beer rookie.
Not 21 yet, but currently in Europe so I’ve been exposed to lots of different kinds of beer but I have no idea what’s good considering my favorite beer before this summer was Corona, which apparently is dog piss.
1. I plead clueless
2. Again, clueless. Favorite beer overall, I guess, is this Belgian one I had over here in Croatia… Gulden Draak. Wikipedia calls it a Dark Triple Ale, and it’s 10.5% alcohol. It’s delicious.
3. Currently in Croatia, and they’re in the middle of this 9-day festival “Dani Piva,” or Days of Beer. There are huge concerts every night and cheap beer everywhere. They also put a few carnival rides in so it’s fun for the whole family.
4. Again, this Gulden Draak thing. Also, Tuborg is pretty cheap around Croatia and good value… from what I can tell.
5. The only European country I have visited is Croatia… but I could definitely see myself over here. Slower lifestyle, easygoing people, and lots of fantastic things to go see. Mountains, coast, islands, you name it.
I don't know if it's because I'm a pussy or if it's a genetic malfunction or what,
but I can’t stand any alcohol. No beer, no wine, no nothing; to me, it’s so bitter that I can’t even swallow it.
Am I the only one?
I don't think you should be labeled a pussy simply for not liking or not being able to stomach alcohol.
Sometimes people are just wired differently.
You! Cake or death?
Any alcohol is an aquired taste.
I’m a believer that there is something out there for everyone. I didn’t like beer the first time I tried it either. Of course, it was Natural Light, so that would be expected.
I’m not pushing you to keep drinking if it’s something you don’t enjoy, but if you want to keep looking try thinking about non-alcoholic drink flavors you like and talk to a bartender. They can probably make something for you that you would like and you can start out that way.
With beer, there are a ton of options out there and hanging out on the OT boards long enough might give you some decent ideas of what you could try.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Yes its an acquired taste, most people are going to dislike the bitterness at first taste.
I wasn’t a fan of beer before and I would force down shitty beers at parties, but I eventually found one I could tolerate (Pyramid Hefe) and I kept drinking that until I opened up to other beers. I am still a fan of lighter beers like blondes, wheats or hefeweizens, and ambers, but I am starting to take a liking to IPAs, even though that isn’t an entry level beer by any means.
Two things, you could either start off with mixed drinks (alot of times you can barely taste the alcohol) or hard cider. A hard cider (pear or apple) is still a guilty pleasure of mine. I really enjoy a good cider on tap.
Just like KC Mariner said, this is only if you want to start drinking. If not then you don’t need to listen to me.
2010 Safeco Field Record: 2-1 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 12-5
I like Woodchuck.
If I remember correctly they make about 3-4 different types of hard cider too so you have a decent selection to choose from.
No matter where you go, there you are.
I love Wyder's cider
The pear is awesome, as are a few of the others I’ve tried.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I agree--Nice and dry and crisp. I also enjoy Ace, if you can find it.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Any of you guys ever tried Samuel Smith's?
I picked up a bottle to try tonight.
First beer I liked was High Life.
I’ve just now acquired the taste for IPA’s (After 6 years) and can’t drink anything else.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
That's how I am, Hefe's and IPAs are about it for me
Anything else I have a hard time tasting. Some strong stouts I can taste too, but beyond that..
by seattlesundevil on Sep 7, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I still like Hefe's and Pale Ale's
Everything else just seems kind of boring.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
*Norton
Also yay.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 5, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Interesting(Per Rotoworld)
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has confirmed that Colby Rasmus did ask for a trade earlier this season and also added that the outfielder asked to be traded during his rookie season, as well.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Joe Strauss, Rasmus made the request during the team’s July 23-25 series against the Cubs after he was late to a game and La Russa berated the outfielder during a closer-door meeting, threatening him with a demotion to Triple-A. It’s becoming increasingly likely that one of Rasmus or La Russa won’t be back in St. Louis next season, and the overwhelming odds would be that the manager would be the one to go.
You're dead to me.
Rookie... asking for trade.... what?
This isn’t quite on the level of the Drew brothers but wow.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 5, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I realise I'm not treading any new ground here
but Joe Morgan needs to go to a very far away place with no microphones or television cameras.
Can Tim McCarver go with him?
No matter where you go, there you are.
A little help?
Sorry to bother folks with this but I really don’t know enough about current hacking tools/applications.
My friend has been taken over using what I believe to be a key logger. Her computer works but anytime she changes a password it’s known immediately to the other user and gets posted to her via notepad (yes it’s windows, Vista) and she won’t let me erase her drive and reload with a backup because she’s afraid it will still be there.
Since I have never had to search out an unknown key logging program, what should I look for? Or what software should I use to find it?
Can anyone help?
First
download this. Second, disconnect her computer from the Internet. Third, run not only the keylogger detector, but AdAware, Spybot, and CCleaner.
The most important thing is to get that computer off the Internet ASAP.
Download and run Avira AntiVir as well.
You’ll need some internet connection to download the updates, but it’s the best free anti-virus/trojan/what have you available on the market. Malwarebytes is good, but it’s not on the same level.
But mainly, as pdb said, it’s important to get off the internet.
Depending on the results of the Avira scan, get in tough with someone on Bleeping Computer or some similar site, not using the computer of course, and describe the symptoms and they should be able to tell you if they need you to run rkill or get a system log or something like that. This actually should probably be your first line of attack, and they should be able to point you to something, but there’s a non-zero chance Avira would fix the problem anyway.
It’s possible to get trojans and keyloggers off of a computer without reformatting, it’s just inevitably time consuming.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
*Get in touch
blah blah blah stupid typing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know AVG personally.
Avira is really good though, and free for the first sixteen months or so.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 8:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
AVG used to be a good deal better than it is now.
It’s gone the MacAfee super-bloat route.
Free for sixteen months ago, better surely.
MacAfee is super obnoxious. Avira, not so much.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
So now it's no longer free? I'm looking for a less annoying AVG.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Drrr....
I don’t know what exactly I was thinking when I wrote that.
I’ll just use an example, I downloaded it in May, or early June, my subscription is free until September 1st of 2011. They give you a long enough trial to really know whether you’re interested in keeping it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks Jay.
I’m serious when I say I trust what you tell me.
By the by, I have these cupcakes balanced on my nipples like you told me to do, but I’m still not getting the feed on radio in my brain for the Rays game. What gives?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
They need to have those sprinkles that look like ball bearings in order to work.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I missed those, but I have to tell you,
these fucking jumper cables are killing my balls.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
You need to bite down on the cable to complete the circuit.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
"All this buttoning and unbuttoning"
-Anonymous 18th century suicide note.
>>>Dear friends of kevin_ess,
Unexpectedly, kevin passed away this evening after drinking four Dixie Cups of Lysol and inserting [himself] into a car battery. We here at Shameless, Gottit, and Gonne are very sorry for you loss, but would like to offer you the opportunity to invest in about nine albums he plans to put out over the next three years. Nevermind that they will all have recent historical drop-ins – the dude is clearly dead. By the way, for you fans of kevin_ess – on his death bed he mentioned he was sorry about the knifing of those two “really” white dudes on the connecting bus to Capitol Hill, and he sincerely wishes you all get through the arctic freeze and flood of 2011. He also mentioned something about polar bears and a gentleman named simply “thewyrm.”
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 7, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm glad I'm not the only one thats been thinking this.
I’m getting pretty close to abandoning AVG after using it for quite a while.
You're dead to me.
It's been causing havoc on machines at work.
Really disappointing, it’s almost as much of a resource hog as MacAfee and Norton now.
Thanks a bunch.
I already use AdAware, Spybot and CCleaner but didn’t know about KL.
You’ve been a great help sir, and I owe you a few decent beers.
natty light!
a guy’s gotta have his standards.
by pdb on Sep 6, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds like some rather malicious malware.
I’ve tried this with other forms of malware, so maybe this will work for you.
1. Grab a thumbdrive and download rkill and MalwareBytes onto it
2. Load into Safe Mode with Networking
3. Check your proxy settings to make sure you can reach the internet
4. Install Malware Bytes
5. Run rkill
6. Run Malware Bytes
7. Update the definitions
8. Run a full system scan
SoftbaLL: it happened.
That was only one of the scores though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Goddammit Robert.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Batting .400 in 30 AB for Rocky Diablos, PSSBL.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Sep 6, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Very much so.
Someone can correct me on this, but from what I remember we got the first three runs and then it was two outs and bases empty, at which point we just hit single after single until katal scored the winning run and pinned Robert against the fence.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I know you didn't get my foul pop out to Robert, who apparently had the ball fall into his mitt.
Super embarrassing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Dammit, I wish I could have attended this.
I could have guaranteed a home run, Three strikeouts, and dry-humping the pitcher’s mound just for fun. I miss all the cool shit.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I had another version only one error.
But Two Rs and Two Ls insisted on changing it to reflect your participation.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
There should be a "with" in there.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Awww! Sorry.
I didn’t realize you brought the treats (or that you were msb, although I had my suspicions) until after the games. Thank you!
I didn't get names to faces, either.
hope they all got eaten (or given to small boys)
by msb on Sep 6, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
So I get the impression that Craigslist is an increasingly less reliable resource for apartment listings.
Does anyone have any other recommendations?
I find that even though it takes a lot of effort to sift through all the garbage listings
CL still is the best place to find a place to live.
Ehh I've found that too be untrue in LA
CL ads for apartments in LA (at least at my price range) are all the people who are too cheap to list with a service, so you end up with all the shady slum lords.
Most of the nice places seem to be owned by either a large rental service with its own personal website or can be found on Westside rentals (an annoying pay site).
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
Well, what the fuck -- didn't you just move?? BTW - Sad times that Vid Isle is leaving the 'Mont.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Okay, LLLJ -- Just email me. I want to talk to you anyway.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Where do you need to be?
there are a number of vacancy signs on places just up the hill from Fremont…
by msb on Sep 6, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I highly recommend rent.com
Free $100 all-purpose debit card if you find your apartment on the site doesn’t hurt either.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Dear Portland area baseball fans:
Fuck off.
I have been a Beavers half-season package ticket holder since 2003. Every year, I go to at least 15, sometimes as many as 30, games. In all that time, the biggest attendance I’ve seen for a non-“event” game (not counting the exhibition against the M’s or the AAA All-Star Game last year) was about 8,000 people – and that number was the exception, not the rule. Typical attendances were more in the 4-5,000 range. 2009’s opening day drew about 1,000.
Today was the last Beavers game ever, and PGE Park was sold out. About 15,000 of you showed up today, to celebrate the Beavers and draw down the curtain on summer.
I love crowded baseball games, and I love that the Beavers drew 15,000 people today. But, you know what? Fuck you. Had ANY of you even shown up to even ONE additional game this year, or heaven forbid TWO games or so, you would have realized how much fun AAA baseball is, and you would have done more to keep the Beavers in town. But no. You had to show up today, for the first game you’ve been to in forever, to say “yes I’m a Beavers fan and I’m sorry they’re leaving town”.
Fuck you.
A special “fuck you” goes to the woman who was sitting in the row in front of us, wearing the Beavers hat and jersey, who when the beer guy came down through our section said “Oh, I didn’t realize you could get beer at your seats at these games – I thought you had to go to the beer garden!”. Another special “fuck you” goes to the fan who sat by us who swore he was a “huge Beavers fan” but then said this was the first game he’d been to in three years.
I understand that baseball is a commitment – to go to any more than two or three games a year, especially with a family, is probably pretty tricky, even at minor league prices. But that’s the thing. If you don’t go to any games at all, and have never been to a game, you don’t get to show up on the day of the last game EVER and get all misty and say “oh I’m going to miss this team it was awesome that they were in Portland and now I’m sad they’re gone” and you ESPECIALLY don’t get to give the manager a standing ovation when he says “it’s up to you, not the politicians, to bring baseball back to Portland”. IF YOU WERE THAT UPSET ABOUT THEM LEAVING, WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU IN MAY?
So, in closing, Portland, I’d like to say fuck you. I love living in Portland, and I loved having Beavers tickets, I loved going to the games, but today’s final game really pissed me off, because most of the people there hadn’t been to a baseball game in years, if ever. I really wish this game would have been like every other game I went to this season, which would have been me, my wife, and 2,000 of our closest friends watching baseball and being sad that it was over. That would have been a fitting sendoff.
To keep this from being totally LLLJ, have you ever been to a “final” sporting event, of any team in any sport? What was it like? Did it make you sad? Angry? Blase?
by pdb on Sep 6, 2010 9:09 PM PDT reply actions 22 recs
By that I mean it's not onlu going green, but likely into the HOF.
At the very least, the Hall of Pain.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
pdb rants!
I can only say “the last game before renovations at Cheney Stadium”, in which 8286 people attended.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 6, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Dear god yes!
I went to the last game in 1998 for the Independent league Grays Harbor Gulls years ago when they played in Hoquiam at the Olympic Stadium(I always got a kick out of playing High School ball on the same field they played on) along with many many others growing up wjhile they were town. And they way you just described your game and your feelings were fucking identical to my own that day.
So a fuck you as well to the people of the Aberdeen/Hoquiam/Cosmopolis area.
You're dead to me.
Fun fact! The Gulls were managed by Charlie Kerfield during most of their lifetime, who is now currently a special assistant to the GM in Philly!
(and IIRC think may have worked of the M’s at some point as a crosschecker)
You're dead to me.
He was the scout that signed Sherrill and Madritsch from Winnipeg
So yeah, he worked for the M’s for a number of years and then went and rejoined Gillick.
I didn't go to the last sonics games.
But I went to a few games during their last year. Can’t say I’ll miss them terribly, but it was nice to watch a couple games in person before they left. I’m sure that’s how the thousands of people of Portland felt. It sucks loosing something that’s been in your community for a while, even if it wasn’t something you were passionate about.
On "Baseball is a committment" and my fandom in general.
I’ve only been to one Mariners game, and it was at Safeco 4 years ago. For someone as avid about the Mariners as I am, I’ve barely been able to see them live. (For kicks, they were playing the Giants, my hometown team, and Barry Bonds struck out to end the game.) I still consider myself a great fan of the team, I just haven’t had many opportunities to support them. I own many hats/jerseys, but not being to games has really put a damper on my fan experience. I’m 18 and grew up in the Bay Area, and as you can guess from my signature, am currently in Pennsylvania. So my question is, how much do you dock my fandom, and how big of a fan can you be if you’ve only ever been to one game?
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
You do what you can.
I picked the Pirates to follow in my teens, and got to my first actual Pirates game in my 30s…
by msb on Sep 7, 2010 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
But I've been a fan of the Mariners since I was 7 (1999).
I just feel terrible that I haven’t been able to see them at all.
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
I don't dock your fandom at all, really
If you don’t live in Seattle, it’s tough to get to a lot of games at Safeco, and I get that. But I was at a minor league ballgame – minor league games don’t typically draw people from much wider than the city in which they’re based. There isn’t some 18 year old sitting in Wichita saying “I’m a huge Portland Beavers fan and I have to go to their last game because it’s my only chance” – if that were the case I’d break the liquor laws and buy that kid a beer because he came a long way to see the team he loved.
These people were all Portland-area residents, and had many chances over the last 10 years to go to many games, and didn’t until the last ever game. That’s what pisses me off.
by pdb on Sep 7, 2010 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
That's not completely true.
My dad and stepmother went to the games and they live in Central Oregon. My dad grew up going to games in Portland though. (They’ve gone to five or six games over the last few years.)
Though I’m sure that by and large you’re right.
by thehemogoblin on Sep 7, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
And at age 18, your opportunities are fairly limited
No matter your car/job situation at 18, it’s tough to have the money, friends, and opportunity to go to very many games.
I’m 27 now, and I was a passionate fan my entire life—but went to no more than 3 or 4 games, ever, until I hit about 22 and was done with college and everything. I just didn’t have the money, vehicle, or time.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I went to the penultimate Sonics game, and I brought my daughter.
In retrospect I guess I should have felt about like you did. Most of Seattle seemed to have forgotten about the Sonics and did very little to show support over the last few painful years. Even my friends who had been Sonics fans back in the 1990s had tuned out and didn’t really seem to care throughout the arena battles, the sale, and the lobbying to try to get Clay Bennett to sell. I understand why, but it was frustrating for those of us who were still true-believers and doing all we could to support the team and to get them to stay. The media, the politicians, and the NBA could say, “Seattle doesn’t care about the Sonics.” And the frustrating thing is that they were right.
Given all that, I should have been as angry as you when the last few games were packed, the Key was rocking, and the Sonics were playing well. Intellectually, I said to myself, “where were you people when it mattered? This is a classic case of too little too late. You’re willing to say goodbye, but not to work to avoid the need to say goodbye.”
But emotionally, I was glad. It was fantastic to see the Sonics win a last-second game, with my daughter in my arms, with the people around me going nuts. It was a reminder – albeit a bittersweet one – of how great it was to have the Sonics here. It was a proper send-off for a team that brought me a ton of excitement through the years. It would have been immeasurably more sad to have the team just slip silently away.
I didn't get too emotionally involved because it was a fait accompli
I’m all for fans getting together and showing that they can support a team, but I’m not big on lost causes. OK, yes, if the Sonics had sold out every game for years, then Bennett doesn’t buy them. But everything after the Bennett sale went according to script, and attendance wasn’t going to change that.
Many people fail to realize this.
Plus, people also fail to realize that the Sonics’ departure from Seattle was the biggest example that the NBA is broken.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I don't blame Clay Bennett for anything.
I blame Howard for selling the team to people from out of town.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I can get some of them in there, but others I need help with.
can you see the Facebook pictures without being a FB member?
by msb on Sep 7, 2010 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Logos, broseph.
Don’t need to throw an apostrophe in there every time there’s an s coming up.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 9:48 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
That's not a logo, that's a malfunctioning dot-matrix printer
by pdb on Sep 7, 2010 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Before someone makes the joke, there are places that still manufacture these.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
We still use them in my office.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
You know what? Fuck your non-drunken smart-alec attitude.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Dear PDB,
I hate you. You fucking rock a whole lot of the time. I love it when you get your panties in a bunch over some stupid shit like biking in a predominately white zone or not being able to buy Thunderbird after two AM at your local Stop ‘N Go. Why can’t you just be angry and drunk all of the time? It seems to work for my ex, and I must say, although she’s slightly the bigger bitch, she’s much, MUCH better looking than you.
As I see it, you have two ways to go here. You can either stay on as the level-headed “pleasestopthissubthreadyoudumbmotherfucker” kind of guy, or just get drunk and rant all of the time. I (for the UK people) realiSe you have a vocation, but it would be helpful to other readers if you could simply resign yourself to posting inane shit on blogs from now on.
Might you have a photo of a douchebag standing next to a woman with exposed [COMCAST REGRETS THAT THIS USER HAS BEEN DELETED FROM OUR ACCOUNT]
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
by kevin_ess on Sep 7, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
I haven't been able to figure that one out myself.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I think this one is because they are beginning to roll out live updating search results
As in the results populate and stream as you’re typing, which is probably going to be pretty cool
Also this team is about as structurally sound as the twin towers.
by Robert on Sep 7, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
So you're saying that they're actually quite structurally sound
And can only lose if someone flies a fuel-laden jumbo jet into them.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 9:49 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe he's talking about those warships that were made from scrap steel from the towers
Those are also quite structurally sound. Since Robert is the most passionate Seahawks fan I know, I’m now back to being excited about the upcoming season
Maybe he meant the Big Bossman/Akeem wrestling tag team.
They had a nasty breakup, after all.
by katal on Sep 7, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You'd think it would be safe to buy season tickets the week before the season starts, then the FO goes and blows up the whole roster.
It’s been amazing to watch. I hope there’s a master plan in place, but it feels more like intentional sabotage.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I have confidence in Coach Pete.
Trader Pete on the other hand….
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Coach Pete I'm willing to see out.
Trader Pete scares the living bajeesus out of me.
Coach Pete gave us Jeremy Bates.
Trader Pete gave away Josh Wilson….
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Trader Pete sounds like a Trader Joe's catsup/mustard/relish brand.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Beer!
So I just got my dads home-brewing setup as a gift for the upcoming baby, and I am completely excited about trying the home brew process. I know there were a few people on here that do it, but I cannot find anything in the search. Basically, it all just seems a bit overwhelming when reading recipes and whatnot – any tips?
Also, about how much does it cost for the ingredients that go in to the typical home brew beer? (just like a basic IPA or something)?
And yeah, I haven’t been around much, the wife was in early labor all weekend long – still no baby, though!
wait what
you’re going to make beer out of your new baby? Dude.
oh wait.
by pdb on Sep 7, 2010 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Errr, it also sounds like I am getting it FOR the baby... Guh. Whatever, I am exhausted.
by seattlesundevil on Sep 7, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Seems like a fair exchange.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
It'll sure help with sleeping and teething.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Thanks! I am going in about completely blind - YouTube videos about brewing are about it.
Makes it look a lot less complex than the recipes do, so that’s encouraging.
And yeah, this baby needs to come soon – the wife is having a rough time to the power of 10.
by seattlesundevil on Sep 7, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Can't help either. All I've done is help in the bottle-filling process.
Remind her she’s allowed to have the baby now.
by msb on Sep 7, 2010 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Um, beer-bottle filling.
Though I have done my share of formula bottling, too.
by msb on Sep 7, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, believe me, she knows that all too well right now!
Hoping if this is still going on that she can be induced this weekend.
by seattlesundevil on Sep 7, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Two bits of advice about brewing beer.
Make sure everything you use is super clean. Brew the beer sober.
I have a couple of the packets of the no-rinse cleaner, which really doesn't seem like it would work right
But everyone that I read or see or know that do it use the stuff, so I guess it works!
by seattlesundevil on Sep 7, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
No it has to be clean.
But I’d rather brew drunk.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
This apparently might be good advice,
but I can assure you Mcmennamins does none of the above!*
*kidding, pleasedon’tfireme.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
For the first time I would say forget trying to do something specific
Do a darker beer, get some friends and get drunk.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
That's why I was thinking IPA
Just continuously hop it and then ferment (with a few steps in between) – seemed simple enough!
by seattlesundevil on Sep 7, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Its kind of hard to screw up a IPA.
I want to know if anyone here has successfully made a Lighter Beer?
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I knew the first thing about beer.
But I skipped straight to the 2nd thing; Getting wasted.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 9:44 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I am terrified to try this out.
No matter where you go, there you are.
What I got out of mine so far is.
Feeling pulled in several different directions simultaneously. It is also indicative of your creative energies and sensitivity.
Which make a lot of sense to me right now.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I really need to start keeping pen and paper next to my bed at night.
I’ve had some really odd dreams over the past few nights but can’t remember a lot of details.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Nope, nothing on zeppelins.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Really?
I stabbed a Octopus with a Trident.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure that means all kinds of things.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
It apparently meant what I said above.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it just means you want to have sex with an octopus.
It’s okay. We all have that dream.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 10:12 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I get what two are for, but is there something I slept through in sex ed?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I may be a robot but I know how to pleasure a woman.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 12:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
John Madden! John Madden! John Madden!
aeiou
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 12:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Joses! Joses! Joses! Joses!
hoses hoses hoses hoses hoses hoses hoses hoses hoses hoses hoses
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 7, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
NO POLITICS
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
My brothers informed me that they got drunk and started a crab circle last night.
I’m not sure if I’m proud of this.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 1:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I need a re-link to this or what do you use as a search term?
I need to spread the word to my friends on this.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Scruffy Lefty or Phildopip can probably get you the proper link.
I can’t get to youtube at work, but it’s from people screwing around in Moonbase Alpha.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 1:59 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The professor's got the link up above!
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 1:59 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What's a movie that you just started watching on TV because it was on but you knew nothing about it, but you really liked it.
I watched Boys Night Out (1962) on Sunday on TCM and it was pretty good. James Garner and Kim Novak. Also, it gave me an opportunity to fall in love with Kim Novak.
TCM is a good channel to just catch some old flicks you may have never heard of.
Boyz in the Hood
I had no idea it even existed until I saw it on TNT or something. I bought an un-edited for TV version, and my mind has been blown ever since.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
That movie is fantastic.
I love Larry (Laurence) Fishburne in it. He’s fantastic.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 7, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, Alan Tudyk.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
What was the low budget movie that came out a little while ago, Bitch Smack or something like that?
It definitely had “Bitch” in the title.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Movie titles and premises are edging towards the lowest common denominator
We’ve gone from “Silence of the Lambs” which makes people scratch their heads quizzically, to “Kick-ass” which makes people think they PROBABLY know what the movie is about, to “Hobo with a shotgun” which is abundantly clear.
Snakes on a Plane fits into the latter category as well, and we are only a few generations removed from “Ass,” the oscar-sweeping sensation featuring Some Guy’s Ass.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
by HititHere on Sep 7, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I eagerly await "115 Minute Violent Film"
by pdb on Sep 7, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This was obviously Sly's original title for The Expendables before someone convinced him to go with something more eloquent.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
"Gone With The Wind"? Is that a sequel to Twister?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 7, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Note to the person that rec'd this:
Thank you. I will pass it along to the girl that uttered something eerily similar to me a couple of years ago.
I believe her exact words were, “Is that new tornado movie?” when she saw it in the TV listings.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This makes me hate Hawk Harrelson and Ozzie Guillen just a hair less.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Mariotti
At Soxfest in early 2004, Chicago White Sox broadcaster “the Hawk” Ken Harrelson called Mariotti “the biggest sports fraud” … the two were eventually involved in a physical altercation in July 2004 … Mariotti suffered a broken nose …
In June 2006, Ozzie Guillén … publicly apologized for calling Mariotti a “fag.” However, he did not apologize to Mariotti, only for the slur
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Chicago fans have a whole website it seems.
Jay the Joke is dedicated to unifying true fans of all Chicago sports through their shared contempt of the daily offerings from writers who emulate Jay Mariotti. We’re also not too fond of Jay either.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
So...ThanksKilling was...interesting.
There was some good stuff about it (some interesting flashback scenes, with hilarious and well done animation), but Turkey was just too foul for it to be a movie worth watching.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 7, 2010 10:18 AM PDT reply actions
Too.... fowl?
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by JY on Sep 7, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 13 recs
No pun is too dumb for me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
My favorite moment from last nights Virginia Tech/Boise State game.
After the tight end made an amazing one-handed catch for Boise Stats 2nd touchdown of the night while falling out of bounds and the refs reviewed and came back to say “The ruling on the field is confirmed” they cut to a guy and a girl (I assume a couple, maybe just friends) who are both Virginia Tech fans and the girl mouths the words “That is bullshit!” while you can see the guy stand there for just a second and then say “No, it was a catch.”
It was like the camera cut to them close-up at the perfect time and then cut away at the perfect time. It was seriously one of the most awesome moments I’ve seen watching a sporting event that didn’t happen on the field. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been to a sporting event with someone or watched on TV and they got upset at the refs and I had to say “No, you’re wrong and they’re right.” especially when its against your own team.
That's always a fun way to start a fight.
But I know what you mean. Even if it’s against my team, I’ll admit when the refs are right.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I'll do this most of the time, but not for the Yankees or Angels.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
There was that time the Fox reporter botched the proposal after Boise St-Oklahoma.
by perfectstrat on Sep 7, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I never realized that he jumped the gun on that when I saw it live.
Ouch.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
New question - favorite game-time proposals?
I’ll start with mine:
At a Devil’s game, they had a boyfriend and girlfriend do a puck-stacking game, which the guy lost on purpose. They brought out a mystery box prize, which the guy was holding (it was an obvious proposal at this point). Out of nowhere, a group in the section behind them started a Se7en-style “what’s in the baawwx” so loud it drowned out the announcer.
When the box opened and the guy went to one knee, the same section started chanting JUST SAY NO
Needless to say, I wish I had the whole fiasco on tape.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 7, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't really remember any proposals during games.
My thought has always been that it is a personal thing, and should stay out of my sports viewing (unless she says no and kicks him in the junk or something).
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Part of me is "what a bunch of douchebags" and the rest thinks they're funny as hell
It’s so confusing
That's the risk you take when you decide to propose in front of 50,000 strangers.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
There's an easy two-fer with the verb "snatch."
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 1:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Or you can go with alliteration!
Pernicious poacher purloins poly-pounding participant’s pussy.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 1:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 6 recs
You're too good for me sir. I'd just go with "Worlds Luckiest Cat Burgler"
or unluckiest if orgies are anything like on Real Sex.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Has anyone else here seen the TV show Archer?
It’s an animated spy show, and it’s absolutely hilarious. I found the first season on Netflix, and just couldn’t stop laughing.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Made by the same folks that made Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo.
It’s on my “to watch” list, somewhere down the line.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Frisky Dingo rocks too.
My wife typically doesn’t like cartoon shows, but there’s something about Archer and Dingo that she loves. Which is fine with me.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
If I can get her hooked on Ugly Americans I'll be all set.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I love this show.
I haven’t seen it on TV in a while though.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Well it had a short season 1. Season 2 will premiere sometime in early 2011.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what I thought.
I knew I saw the season finale, I figured it must be on hiatus.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I don't know about Archer, but all the other great FX shows are coming back!
I’ll have to check out Archer though. I find new cartoons harder to get excited for than other shows.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I really enjoyed the 1st 6 or so episodes. Then it started to fade a bit.
But I still really like it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Loved it. I would separately put Planet Terror and Death Proof in my top 150 or so.
Out of the trailers, I actually probably disliked Machete the most, but they were all good.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have to think you'll enjoy it then.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
When I found out that Robert DeNiro and Steven Seagal were finally starring together in something...
how could I resist?
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't know anything could be a bigger trainwreck than Steven Seagal's career and yet Lindsay Lohan has two things that qualify.
And by trainwreck, I mean Under Seige 2.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
So you're happy to have Housch and Wilson then?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Good additions for you.
Makes sense on a team in your position.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
This is true.
But I understand his feelings about him being gone.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
No one was going to take on his contract.
And his touches were going to goto other receivers. So why keep around a complainer?
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
But he didn't fit the offense. Was going to be gone after 2011.
And would directly take away from the development of Tate, Carlson and Butler.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
My distaste for Housh runs deep.
On a winning team he won’t be a issue. But he is like Jose Guillen. So when you suck he becomes a problem.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You'll love him. Because he wants to win.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Him and the Seahawks don't have that in common.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The Seahawks want to win,
he just won’t be around when we do.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
But the Seahawks do love Maple Bars and that's why Golden Tate will be successful here.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
All jokes aside,
I’d rather watch Tate learn and develop than watch Housch bitch and moan on the sidelines.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I think Housh had every right to bitch in my opinion.
The amount of times I saw him wide open only to have Hasselhack not even look in his direction must have been frustrating as hell.
Also, I bought his jersey, and that makes me angry.
To me, there is better way to handle that than throwing a temper tantrum on the sideline.
But that’s just my opinion, and I know other people have different ones.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I agree actually. I would have handled it differently.
But he still had every right to be upset. And for the money he was/is being paid, it should have upset more people than just Housh.
My eyes tell me that he wasn’t being thrown to for personal reasons. If a player can win you some games if you give him the ball, do it. Even if you don’t like him personally.
It wasn't personal reasons.
It was progressions. He came from a Offense that targets players. Then came to offense that doesn’t matter who the receiver is. Housh is even quoted saying he would complain to Hasselbeck and Hass would tell him he was the 3rd option on the play.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 7, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly.
No one player is bigger than the team.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Yes, but when the rest of the receivers can't catch the football, give it to someone who can.
Honestly though, this would be a non-issue if I didn’t buy his jersey last year.
At least there are a lot of letters on the jersey. I can color in some of them and make a new name out of it
It could easily have been turned into a Losman jersey, but we cut him
Now you better hope we sign a guy named Shmaz.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I don't follow football much, but Ray Lewis is a funny dude in interviews.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I expect to hear that about every football player.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Punters are considered football players?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Oh, well then I amend my statement.
Are there any other players that aren’t allowed to be touched? Because they should probably be in there too.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Quarterbacks.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Matt Hasselbeck is made of bone china, stands like a golem, and I loathe him.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I bet he was smiling as he did it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So?
It’s not like he took steroids, cheated on his wife, or contemplated retirement and then changed his mind. Let’s not hang him for a little murder when there are more important issues affecting the NFL.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I can picture John Madden doing play-by-play already.
“Now see what Lewis does here as he attacks and gets the blade between the 3rd and 4th rib on the left side. (Marks X’s on picture of victim) What’s important to remember here is that if you want to be succesful at murder, you gotta make their heart stop bleeding and Ray Lewis does it better than anybody. Brett Favre.”
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 7, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey man it's like Terrelle Pryor said
“Everybody kill people, everybody murder people”
Or however that quote goes.
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
See you next year then.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Say you are a head coach of a football team that is 0-1 and considering making changes to your ugly defense from the first week
you have eleven starting players, who played as follows
SDE – Bad
DT – Awful
DT – Good
WDE – Average
SLB – Good but erratic
MLB – Good
WLB – Awful
RCB – Bad
FS – Horrific
SS – Great
LCB – Average
If you decide to replace one starter, which starter should you replace? Should it be the All-American free safety who ran himself out of at least five running plays, failed to cover his gaps and repeatedly got run over by their star tailback? How about the defensive tackle who was consistently getting blocked back ten yards on every play? How about the 150 pound corner who was run at on the outside on nearly every off-tackle running play or sweep?
No. If you’re Rick fucking Neuheisel you stupid fuck, you fucking take out the other safety who had a great game, was good in coverage, made a bunch of big hits in run support, and was always in position.
I HATE YOU SO MUCH
Sounds like you need another man back on kick returns.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Hey now, Mr. Neuheisel is a proven winner, so I would trust him.
Just ask the other guys in his betting pools.
by seattle_since_81 on Sep 7, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
It was the great play of the SS that didn't allow the FS to rise to his potential.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 7, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Obviously.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
It's a black guy pointing to the camera, with a caption that says:
“YOU MAD”
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
He seems to be chuckling as well. This is important.
by Eyebrows on Sep 7, 2010 4:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
He has raised eyebrows as well, with a look of surprise.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 7, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
They should commit lots of recruiting violations and get some better players in there
If only they had someone in the program that knew how to make that happen
We will win one game in the Rose Bowl if this happens
wait a second…
Perhaps their players miss their special parking passes?
Maybe they should call up DeShaun Foster and ask him what the best way to get around LA is.
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
Still his for the time being
Let’s count ucla’s Heisman winners this decade:
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
It's all we have. I know many friends who would trade a Cougar win for a Husky loss.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 8, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm a Cougar fan, but I wish the Huskies the best unless we're playing them.
Why not root on a team from our home state if they’re doing well on a national level?
Why is it okay for Husky and Cougar fans to root for Gonzaga in the Sweet Sixteen, but not each other? Rivalries have their place, but you have to admit they’re a bit silly.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I'm a Husky fan first,
but then I root for the Pac-10 teams when we’re not in direct competition. Why wouldn’t you want your conference to do well?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
If you ever root for your rival to do well, I cannot tell you how wrong you are doing it
unless their succeeding directly helps you
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
So I'm supposed to root for a different conference?
If the Cougars are in the Rose Bowl, I’m rooting for them over the Big-10 team.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
We'll have to agree to disagree.
When another conference beats a Pac-10 team, it makes us all look worse.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Pretty sure I'm happier when my rival looks bad then when I look bad by general association with the same area as my rival
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems like you're supposed to be happy when bad things happen to teams you don't like
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't have that kind of hate for the other Pac-10 teams.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
If I may ask
are you a University of Washington graduate?
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think it matters, SB.
I didn’t go to either UW or WSU, but my brother attends WSU, and many of my friends went there. I’ve been a fan since childhood. Haven’t you ever liked and followed a team for no other reason than that you just liked them as a child? I loathe most sports teams from New England, but for some reason as a child I latched onto the Boston Bruins and have followed them ever since.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I will say that if you attended the school,
you probably get a bigger connection to it. I didn’t go there personally, but I didn’t go to any university. My niece goes there, and my nephew is about to go there, but it’s still not the same.
That being said, I’ve been a fan for over 30 years, so I think my fandom counts.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
You do realize much of the Husky fanbase never went to school there right?
Up until the arrival of the Sonics in the 60’s and then Seahawks and Mariners in the 70’s the Huskies were the only show in town. I have a friend who is a 4th generation season ticket holder and not one member of the family ever went to school there.
I'm well aware of this
and yet, as a non-attached person to the Seattle Mariners, I would never root for their rivals to do well at anything, much less a college team that has more defined rivals.
So you have no allegiance to your division or conference?
Only to the one team you root for?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Teams that directly compete with mine can, for the most part, go and fuck themselves.
But that’s me. This whole argument is weird, because we’re talking about something so innately emotional as which sports team we hate.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 8, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I go down the line (with certain exceptions)
Team
Geography
Division
Conference
If my team is out of it, then I have no problem rooting for the next closest connection.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
If it was possible, if the Mariners couldn't go to the playoffs, I would rather the AL West not send anyone to the playoffs.
Because screw the rest of those guys.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Pretty much yeah
I hate Texas a little less than the Angels and A’s by order of who has screwed us over the most, but Nelson Cruz can still go fuck himself, and so can Rafael Palmeiro wherever that asshole is.
To each their own.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I root for my team
I happen to root for another team in my conference because they are the team I grew up watching.
I root for one of the other teams in our conference because they are considered a friendly rival and big brother to my school.
I root against the rivals of my hometown team and current team. I do not give a flying fuck where they are from, only that they are our rivals and I want them to lose at everything.
There are some teams I just hate.
The Yankees for instance. I don’t care what division they’re in, or what league or anything, I just hate them. I’m not a big Angels fan, but I’m fine with Texas and Oakland as long as we’re not in direct competition.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
But that being said,
I’m a big fan of Jeter and how he handles his business.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
To this point, so?
You seem to be headed down the path of one type of fandom being superior to another.
Not to pile on, but that is what it seemed like to me.
But I am with you on this one. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and that is the only time it would ever be true.
Well I am sorry you are insulted,
but I honestly was not understanding why you kept at it like you were. Seems like a to each their own thing to me. You stated you position well but then took a shot at Thingray with the SoCal fan comment which in its own right was insulting.
Yes, the Seattle Mariners Baseball Club
I would never root for the Angels under any circumstance unless it directly helped the Mariners.
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I definitely celebrate when bad things happen to Gonzaga.
Watching Adam Morrison cry was one of the highlights of my freshman year of college.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Sep 8, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I would literally root for the Angels or usc only in the circumstance where it directly helped the Mariners or UCLA
because then them winning would just upset them more because it helped us
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
ZOMG THEY ARE FROM A DIFFERENT CONFERENCE HATE HATE HATE HATE
pretty sure that rivalries work like this.
Favorites teams
1. Your Team
2-x. Other local teams who you have no particular animosity towards
x-y where y > x. Everyone else
Last. Your rival.
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
I lost a huge amount of respect for many of my fellow 12th man when a large portion of them rooted for the Cardinals in the Super Bowl. I don’t care who they are playing, you never ever ever root for rivals to win anything especially if they are in the same division.
Okay, that's fine,
but for me, I call bullshit. Why not root for a team that beat your ass, but is in your division?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Because they beat your ass and are in your division.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Sep 8, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But what's done is done.
Or we can still complain about the Super Bowl.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I see your point, but I couldn't bring myself to root for a team whose success is directly at the expence of our failure.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Sep 8, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn't cheering for the Cardinals. I was cheering against the Steelers.
There’s a damn difference.
I knew they'd basically be one and done. That ain't a threat to the Seahawks.
Guess what team does not have a quarterback? The damn Cardinals!
WELCOME TO SEATTLE.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT NEXT TO ANY OF THE CRYING PEOPLE OVER THERE.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
More than I was the Steelers having another ring.
Maybe you just don’t understand how painful Super Bowl XL was, Robert.
Don't give in to hostage taker demands!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Sep 8, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I, like most Huskies, barely consider WSU rivals.
They see us as rivals though. WSU grads make great employees so I have nothing against them.
Hahaha! You dick.
But you’re right. Listen, if you went to school in the armpit of your state, wouldn’t you? Just think about those poor kids in Sacramento.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I never root for Gonzaga but will root for the Cougars any day.
Mark Few is a piece of shit and as long as he is at Gonzaga I will root against them.
I root for Gonzaga since the first year that I followed the NCAA tournament was the year that they made their orginal deep run and I didn't have a UW team to root for (Fuck you very much Wally Szczerbiak)
In the years since them my love for them has subsided as the Husky’s have established themselves and I root for the UW when they play each other no questions asked but when they do well it still makes me happy.
Don't you have to win a game before you can trade it?
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh fuck off. Y'all wear light blue like a bunch of pussies.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
If the Sounders lost, wouldn't you cheer if the Timbers lost too?
the two events should be independent
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, but in the mdist of a "playoff" atmosphere, if your team is done and gone, isn't it at least nice to root for another team from your state?
Granted that only works in college sports generally, but I do find it a bit easier to swallow if the M’s or Hawks don’t do well in in their respective divisions, but the team that killed us does well or goes to the championships. Maybe I’m just weird. Or, wait – I’m weird.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I typically am this way too.
I want the team that beat my team to go as far as possible, so it appears that we were beaten by the best. Or something like that. DayQuil is good stuff.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Totally. Exactly. It makes little sense, but think about most sports superstitions...
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Exactly.
Why do we root for complete strangers from all over the globe, simply because they wear a certain jersey?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Unless you're rooting for the Storm.
Then you’re totally fucking gay. Just kidding, go Storm!
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Awww, poor RRLL
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I think the problem is that UW and WSU are so far apart
geographically that the rivalry is almost meaningless. Having only a few miles of free way separating you makes things more interesting.
Also the fun things like public school vs private school etc.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh come on, UCLA isn't going to be that bad.*
*I actually have literally no idea as to the state of UCLA football, other than I think Rick Neuheisel is probably still the coach.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 7, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I think ten-tenths of Pac-10 fans agree.
by thehemogoblin on Sep 7, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Personally I'm a big fan of what he's doing in Westwood
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Acquiring talent and putting UCLA back on the national map so when his incompetent on-field ass gets fired and we hire Mike Leach we'll be good?
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I would have very mixed emotions about Mike Leach coaching ucla
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Well of course not
But I want to see him do well and be awesome, I do not want to see ucla do well or be awesome.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Why would you do such a thing?
The one time I’ve had Consecration on tap, it was like a slice of heaven barely contained by the surrounding glassware.
Because he hates himself.
Didn’t you read?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I learned more and more about why I am very selective about people that I will attend baseball games with
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
"Padres fans are so lame, if this were a DODGERS home game, we would be doing the wave right now!"
(said during the top of the eighth inning, Dodgers down 2-1 with a runner on second, one out and Heath Bell on the mound)
by seattlebruin on Sep 8, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
M's and Clinton Lumberkings extend agreement through 2012
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Is this good?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I think so.
It’s a slight pitcher’s park, they have a great front office and broadcasting crew, and if I somehow end up Iowa next year I could go to games pretty easily?
The only downside that I can see is that we’re turning down the opportunity to be River Bandits (Quad Cities) or BEEEEEEEEEES (Burlington), but those might not be open anyway as the offseason gets underway and the parks might not be as good a fit. Teams seem to be re-signing with their affiliates really early this year.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm genuinely surprised that the MLB teams don't own their lower-level affiliates directly.
It seems that if you want to keep your system consistent all the way through, that would be the way to go.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Some do.
It’s pretty common in some places. Boston bought their advanced-A affiliate merely to prevent them from ever having to go to Lancaster again. Most of the affiliates in the Florida State League and the Appalachian League are team-owned. The Braves own all of their affiliates except at advanced-A.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Good to know.
I know the answer to this, but how do you find time to know all this shit, and movies and music and books and go to school, and still have time for anything? I only sleep ~3.5 hours a night and basically only stop doing things to post here when I’m eating dinner (or at work waiting on installs), and I’m still left without time at the end of every day.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Your life sounds similar to my life of five to six years ago,
except I was in community college then too.
The short answer: I read fast, have a freakish memory, and in some cases I might not do as much as it seems like I’m doing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 7, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to be the same way. Enjoy it while you can.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I would also think the work schedule is having an adverse effect on you.
This is getting LLLJ though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
If you're still in NY, give me an email (fauxsnax, gmail).
I think it’d be awesome to pick your brain in person, with a beer on me.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Why don't the Mariners do this (own their affiliates)?
Any idea?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I think we can take him.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Do any teams own their affiliates?
The only other minor league teams I’ve been familiar with were all their own companies.
There ya go.
I thought they were all individually owned as well, until I read JY’s response.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
It's not too common a practice.
I don’t know why it’s so common in the Appalachian League, but in the Florida State League it’s mainly because teams have training complexes there and such.
This makes it a bit of an east coast phenomenon, as the only west coast team involved is the Giants, who own San Jose. Otherwise, the teams that do own affiliates are the Braves, Phillies, Marlins, Rays, Mets, Yankees, Red Sox, Pirates, Blue Jays, White Sox, Twins, Tigers, and Astros. So just under half.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I dodn't remember if High Desert is still for sale.
But we could theoretically buy them out and find our own park to put them in. Not that it would make sense to do so.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Aquasox win their first playoff series.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I wish I could get into the Aquasox but Steve Baron is the only player I have any interest in following and that's saying something.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 8, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Eh, Kevin Rivers, Anthony Fernandez?
Now you see my dilemma when trying to preview the team this year. Lots of summer league vets, returners, late drafted college picks, no one interesting from a prospecting standpoint, and they still broke the single season record for wins.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm worried that the Mariners entire system is going to drop from top 10 in the majors to bottom 10 by midseason.
Aside from Nick Franklin, Taijuan Walker, what young guys that won’t graduate do we really look forward to? Not much I see below West Tennessee, at least next year after the HD guys go to West Tenn. James Paxton, Kyle Seagar… I guess its just too early to tell. But there’s not much for me to get pumped up about below Clinton, at least I don’t think so. That’s pretty common though I’m guessing. Erasmo hopefully skips High Desert.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 8, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Morla and Ji-man Choi are neat-o.
We also have Guillermo Pimentel, and Phillips Castillo theoretically debuting, and Jabari Blash is sort of interesting as potential three-outcome guy.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I think so.
I like Matt Cerione a bit better at the moment though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Good call, James Jones is very interesting now.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 8, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Its good to see a project prospect actually start to become interesting.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 8, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
How is Greg Halman not interesting?
I think even his biggest detractors would agree that he’s at least entertaining/interesting.
I am mad as hell that Kalian Sams is drawing walks now.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
But he was always interesting
James Jones went from a curiosity to genuinely interesting instead of say, Alex Liddi who went the other way around (and then back again)
Liddi started as a curiosity.
Italian players aren’t terribly common. He then sucked for a while, got good suddenly, and then settled for being pretty good at the double-A level at a fairly young age.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I always thought that Liddi was supposed to be super talented
and was both interesting and curious at the same time, and then after he got good all of a sudden was just interesting
That kind of makes sense.
Except his physical abilities were nowhere on the scale of Halman’s, let’s say. He was just a guy who they thought could hit for a decent average, maybe 20 dingers or so, and play a competent third. It just took him a long time to get there.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 9, 2010 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, in the beginning of the season I had picked James Jones as the guy a lot of people were calling a sleeper that I was calling "Overrated because now you think there's something there"
And then he proved me right for awhile but lately he’s been making me look silly, and I’m perfectly fine with that.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 9, 2010 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
He had more flaws than people were willing to acknowledge before the season.
Now, he seems to be working through them, and that’s a good thing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 9, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this his 1st season as a Full time OF?
Because he pitched in College right?
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 9, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Correct.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 9, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking more the Mike Wilson type of draft picks.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 9, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
There's always Denny Almonte and Jarrett Burgess.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 9, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope!
Probably won’t until late in the offseason or around spring training.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Prioritizing.
Since he didn’t need to be signed by the August deadline, they barely started negotiations with him and focused on the guys that did. In the offseason, they’ll be doing what they need to do to add or subtract from the team, and then once most of that dies down, they’ll get to it. Same deal with Fields a couple of years ago.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Better never than late:
-What is your favorite Oktoberfest style beer?
Harpoon has a really nice one.
- What is your favorite seasonal beer?
It used to be Sam Adams’ Old Fezziwig Ale but they must’ve tinkered with the recipe because the past three releases have been rather subpar. Now I’d say it’s Cape Ann Brewing’s Pumpkin Stout
- While Oktoberfest might be an ocean away, are there any good beer festivals in your area that you go to?
There’s a small Oktoberfest in Hamilton that is sponsored by Ipswich Ale. The food’s a bit of a letdown (mostly American BBQ) but it’s still a fun time.
- Germans pride themselves on their beer, but so do several other countries. What is your favorite beer made outside the states?
Irish stouts
Troll 2 is on the Netflix Instant Watch! Hell yes!
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 8, 2010 9:35 AM PDT reply actions
Awesome
I’ve only seen a few tiny bits of the movie and look forward to getting drunk and watching it. Instant Watch party, anybody?
by tootthekazoo on Sep 8, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
As a proud owner of the DVD, Troll 2 is readily available to me.
Did you know: Troll 2 is in no way related to Troll 1? Also, there is a very unkown Troll 3 that is pretty hard to find and I have never found it though I’m pretty sure its just so bad its bad.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 8, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Favorite song written for a crappy movie?
Mine is Vide Cor Meum written for “Hannibal”.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 8, 2010 9:49 AM PDT reply actions
Remember when Eidos got Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot for giving a bad review to the first game?
That was stupid.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Apparently, that was the first thing he talks about.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Square Enix Eidos can kiss my shiny metal ass
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Does anyone read 27b/6?
His new post isn’t my favorite, but the end seals it into the category of “I’m glad I read it,” for me.
I appreciate what he did in the early to middle parts.
The fake profile was also a nice touch.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 11:44 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
COPY EDITORS SHOULD BE PAID A MILLION DOLLARS AND EVERY SITE SHOULD HIRE ONE
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 11:44 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
HEY
HEY. MLB.COM. HIRE ME, BECAUSE I WON’T DO STUPID SHIT LIKE THAT.
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 11:44 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'D HIRE YOU BECAUSE YOU FREAK OUT ABOUT IT
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
HEY FRANK HOW'S IT GOING?
BUSY EDITING HEADLINES FOR ALL THE GAMES TODAY?
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 11:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
ACTUALLY THERE'S ONLY ONE GAME.
WIETER’S GOES DEEP TO GET O’S ON BOARD. LOOKS GOOD TO ME!
NOW I CAN GET BACK TO SNIFFING SHARPIES AND MASTURBATING TO PICTURES OF CANTALOUPE THAT LOOK KINDA LIKE BREASTS.
I AM THE GREATEST COPY EDITOR THAT EVER LIVED.
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 11:48 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Masturbating to pictures of cantaloupe that look kinda like breasts?
How do you come up with these gems?
Also, cantaloupes bear a strange resemblance to other portions of the female anatomy.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Anything can look like anything if you've got a knife.
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 12:15 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't worry. I've already divined that your body has manifested its true form.
It’s those that are hiding their real natures within that should be wary of my methods.
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 12:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh thank sweet jesus!!!
I just keep applying this lotion every day. People think I’m crazy, but it’s working!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
At least you're not getting the hose anymore.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true.
And just so everyone is aware, “hose” is a horribly misleading euphemism.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
You just ruined a perfectly good Silence of the Lambs reference :(
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
With a dick joke.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's ok Kevin, today's crowd just isn't receptive to anatomy jokes
I mean, that picture of a vaginal cantaloupe is majestic, but not even a peep. Bollocks.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I was Googling for other fun images of cantaloupe and found one with a banana stuck in the middle of the half-cantaloupe's hole
I think I’ll keep this one to myself and giggle like a schoolgirl for the remainder of my shift at work, though.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
All it's missing is a hyphen:
Wieter’s goes-deep to get O’s on the board.
“Goes-deep” apparently the new slang for home run.
by ThomasG on Sep 8, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm stoned on cough medicine,
what am I missing here?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Wieters is his last name.
“Wieter’s” with the apostrophe makes no damned sense.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I see.
Thank you!
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I thought he was yelling because it sounded somewhat dirty. >_>
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Because I am as pure as a fresh snowfall.
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 12:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
No, just it seems writing a double entendre as a headline seems like a bad plan.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
ESPN talked about "The Sweet Smell of Colon" several years back when Bartolo was good.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Still my favorite headline ever.
Royals To Get A Taste Of Angels’ Colon
http://www.wsoctv.com/sports/13222064/detail.html
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I think it was last year when the front page of ST's sports page read something akin to
“Angels Limp From Brilliant Fister.”
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Yup
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/4/16/1426161/funny-headline-tsn-travis-zajac-ing-off
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Machete has some of the most awesome moments in movie history!
At time’s I was like “hmm, I dont know about this” but at other times I was like “Wow. Thank you so much Robert Rodriguez and company for doing this in a movie, I LOVE YOU!!!!”
See, now you're just trolling me.
by Eyebrows on Sep 8, 2010 12:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I wish the middle third wasn't so damn boring
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I fucking love
this song. Makes any bad day good. Anyone else have one of those?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I don't know that show well,
but that’s a hard hit to the face. I’m surprised she looked as good as she did afterwards.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I don't even know what the show is, just stumbled the video.
I can’t believe she wasn’t really mangled from it.
You'd think she'd have a bloody nose or something at least.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
That looks like one of the dumbest shows in history.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
So I just took an amazing poop.
Goddamned camera crews everywhere. Lindsey Lohan just drank all of my wine and Paris Hilton just blew my gardener.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Things are getting pretty bad when those two are at your place, and it's the gardener getting action.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I made a million dollars on photos.
Oh fuck I wish.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Pictures of them are still worth money?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Would you rather pictures of them, or me in the shower?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Tough call.
Both pretty skanky.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I'll have you know that I am a tasteful gentleman.
Now get out of my dreams and into my car, you bitch.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I'm not your queen.
Caribbean or otherwise.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
ATTN: Faux
Interview got bumped back to today.
Brushed up on line conditioners all weekend.
Interview consisted of a half hour of B-D shouting about how awesome the product is, and then telling me to show up on Monday ready to work.
Thanks for the help.
That always scares me a little bit.
When they’re too anxious to hire me it makes me wonder what kind of job it really is.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Luckily it's just an internship, so no investment on my part.
They’re evidently doing pretty well though from everything I can tell.
Internship is different.
Do your time, earn your points and move on.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
No problem, bud. I wish that the stuff I gave you would have turned out to actually be useful in the interview, but at least you know something that you didn't before.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And I've got a better idea of the product going in.
Definitely helpful.
A friend of mine had a status update of "Deliver me from L.L. Bean"
I didn’t really think of it at the time, other than “hey, any time’s a good time for Beetlejuice”, but now that I understand, this sucks.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to post this picture of a cantaloupe/banana intercourse so bad, but it just LOOKS like it's NSFW even though it's just fruit
Thus, I give you the link instead. Warning, it will look NSFW if someone walks by, but really, it’s just fruit.
I’m just a middle schooler. Tee hee hee.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
That IS totally harmless,
but looks completely NSFW.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Who is Desmond?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
If you haven't watched Lost, this wouldn't make much sense.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 8, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You are correct sir.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
What the fuck is wrong with people?
http://boingboing.net/2008/08/11/contact-lenses-for-a.html
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That seems pretty tame by the usual standards.
Nothing like this.
(yeah the link isn’t working for me right now either)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 8, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Comment by Zuzu at the top of the column there is... uh... people like that really exist?
Then I remembered Dolly Parton, so sure whatever.
Hey now, watch what you say about Dolly
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 9, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Best Little Whorehouse In Texas just jumped to the top of the netflix list
I’ve never seen an un-edited version
Chicken Ranch
The other one was too many words
A brief poll from my Facebook
Why do people on Craigslist continue to list the cross streets of houses they have for rent as streets that run parallel to each other and do not intersect?
The far more annoying trend, in my eyes at least
is the tendency to claim that apartments are in neighborhoods that they clearly are not. Sorry landlord, 23rd and Jackson is not Capitol Hill. It is as far from Capitol Hill as the University District is from Capitol Hill.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 9, 2010 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I once looked at an apartment that was listed as "north Green Lake" that was on 89th and Greenwood
by pdb on Sep 9, 2010 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I was there last night.
I can’t believe how much shelf space they have dedicated to pork cracklins.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 9, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I find those inaccurate CL listings to be fake most of the time
Like ones around here that say they are located in West Bellingham. Nobody in this entire town calls anything West Bellingham.
Current favorite Oktoberfest may be Chuckanut's Marzen
though I may just love it so much because I had it at Bailey’s Tap Room, which was a welcome oasis from heat and underwhelming bars.
Favorite seasonal beers are probably Winter Ales, so I’ll say Alaskan Winter for right now. Picked up some English winter ales on my trip, and I look forward to trying them when the time is right.
Favorite beer brewed outside of the US? This will just be influenced by my trip to Europe, so I’ll embrace it and say either St. Austell’s ‘Tribute’ or casked Fuller’s ESB.
England/Scotland are great to visit because I know people and it feels less like a vacation and more like a second home – a home where you have money but somehow never work. This is a good feeling, but obviously, it’s also fun to really feel like you’re on vacation and it’s fun to struggle with a new language.
Tacoma’s 2nd beer festival is in early October, so I’ll probably check that out. I’ve been to the Oregon brewer’s festival many times and I’ve had a full range of experiences; the whole thing feels like the stages of culture shock. Initial elation, then enjoyment as you feel more comfortable and less like a tourist (but also become aware of drawbacks/problems), then a quick, sharp turn towards disgust (it’s hot, the beer’s gone, I think I hate everyone I can see), and then, with time, some balanced view. The Tacoma one is going to be tiny in comparison, which I like.
Happy 50th Birthday to Mr. Mariner, Alvin Davis!
No matter where you go, there you are.
October 17-28.
So more like a restaurant week-and-a-half.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 9, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Mine's just a weekend ):
Not nearly enough time to get to all of them.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I love restaurant week so much
it’s the perfect excuse to get dressed up, go hang out with friends at a nice place and not spend too extravagantly
by seattlebruin on Sep 9, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure it is.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Usually.
My guess is they’ll clamp down on what parts of Adobe’s tools will be allowed, and people will slowly realize that they neutered the tool that was supposedly going to be opened up.
But the Ad thing is going to be a pain in the ass of ordinary consumers, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it go away again in the future.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
iAd's aren't going anywhere.
Its already received over 70 million in funding from companies trying to get in. Apple is hiring like crazy to managed it.
And as long as the Adobe outputs clean code. Then I think they’ll take it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 9, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I just liked the headline that King 5 news used for this bit of news this morning
“Apple lifts its ban on Flash”
I got excited, thinking they were going to finally allow a flash player for the phone. Instead, it just meant that the devs could use the tools for porting flash content. What a lazy headline
by tootthekazoo on Sep 9, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably because they didn't understand.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 9, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I just don't understand.
They make Kindle porn?! (Link SFW in pictures, but not something that you’d want your boss reading over your shoulder)
If you’ve never seen a picture on a Kindle, it’s like trying to follow one of the original LCD handheld video games in the late 80s. There’s a reason it’s called a reading device.
I mean really, people. What on earth would drive you to spend money on grainy, pixelated black and white pictures, in the time of free HD smut on every color screen from 4.3" to 108"?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Absolutely.
Also, NES and SNES pron exists too
This I'm familiar with.
Virtual Boy would be a whole nother type of fantastic.
So it would appear that purchasing phones through Amazon can save you some pretty decent money.
$200 for the Samsung Epic 4G as opposed to $250 everywhere else, and they also have the HTC Hero for free, which would be a pretty great phone for my wife.
Has anyone bought phones through Amazon before? Advantages? Drawbacks? I’m new at this.
I assume you're talking about Amazon Wireless
I got my latest phone there. I was looking for a particular slightly older LG phone, and most places had just ran out of stock. Those that still had it, I’d have to pay $50 or so to get the phone with a contract renewal.
I found Amazon Wireless had the phone for free, so I went with them. Quick, easy, no problems. Totally recommended.
by Eyebrows on Sep 9, 2010 1:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Best Buy is also usually a pretty good destination
Generally if a phone is available with a rebate through the carrier, Best Buy sells it straight-up for the post-rebate price. Not a bad way to save around $100 up front on a phone purchase
Fucking seriously?
School snipers? Terrorists? I can understand kidnapping and dangerous strangers and even drugs, but really?
I gave my kids PTSD as soon as they were old enough to walk
That way they’re always on their toes. Never know when Charlie’s gonna jump up and bite your ass you know
by Kermit. on Sep 9, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
I fucking hate most parents.
I raise my son to be smart. It’s not that hard. Granted, it’s much easier to be a lazy dumbshit prick of a parent. I cannot fathom why you need to take an exam to drive an automobile, but any ass-eyed diddler can spread their seed without an aptitude test. That’s the problem with this fucking world.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
"Timbers's"?
Also, awesome.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I approve of this, but only for you Robert.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Merritt Paulson's wife is of no concern to me for she does not play the games
by pdb on Sep 9, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
And you had to be looking at the Timbers FB page to see that picture anyway
you know you’re going to be in Section 109 by the end of next season. TIMBERS ARMY. Embrace it.
by pdb on Sep 9, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Joshua Myers retweeted it.
It’s a good thing that I saw this because this is right next to my super secret always open parking spot and if I had scene this when I got to the game in a few hours I would have driven my car into it.
Which one is the wife?
I neither care about the Paulsens nor watch Amazing Race.
by pdb on Sep 9, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
This is of particular delight to me because The Amazing Race 3 was the first TV show that I ever followed religiously, it ended in Seattle and I hated this particular team.
Fast forward seven years and to find out that she was on the team that lost because they were too dumb to read directions is like finding a puppy under the christmas tree.
I always wanted the soccer league here to be called American League Soccer, because then the acronym would be ALS.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Wow. As they say, "Dems fightin' words!"
Clearly the Sounders need to retaliate by putting their logo on something important in Portland. I have no idea what that would be.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Sep 9, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
What's your favorite weekend of the year?
I’d rank this weekend in my top 3 or so… a full two days of football? That would be lovely!
Normally Memorial Day Weekend
Because it always involves my Birthday and a Beer Garden.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 9, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
So I'm apparently the only one awake right now.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Fuck you guys.
I wanna play some whiffle ball.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Sorry 3000 miles away.
Not apologizing for being slightly drunk.
BTW, Southern Tier’s Harvest Ale: it’s good!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 9, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Man I wish I had local friends who wanted to play whiffle ball at random hours of the night
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
The third season of Dexter was off the chizzain.
I can’t believe how good Jimmy Smits was. And from what I’m hearing, the fourth season is even better. This is a show that keeps getting better with every passing season, which is saying a lot, because it was a very good show from the very beginning.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 7:37 AM PDT reply actions
The fourth season is probably the second-best season.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
So far the third has been my favorite.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the 3rd was my favorite.
I still don’t really know what to do with the fourth. It may be the best, it may be behind 3 and 1.
Most people don't seem to know what to do with the fourth!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
For me, I think I'd rank them First-Fourth-Third-Second.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
It's a little over the top at times.
Also a lot of the things that happen in it don’t seem to have a lasting impact.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I'm actually feeling like I should skip ahead.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
There is a noticeable absence though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
And huge huge huge holes in character development.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
As I'm currently watching it as I type this, I've decided to push through and keep watching season two.
My marathon will only be broken up this evening by the delightful interruption of the Menomena concert. Today is a near perfect day.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I thought their first album was good.
Their new one is fantastic.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I think we've learned we can trust each other's musical advice,
and I’m telling you buying that album will make you very happy.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Also plot development, w/r/t disposal.
Dexter isn’t really one of those shows where you ought to skip a season because there’s too much going on. Besides, even though it isn’t the strongest season, it’s still a really good season by television standards.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't mind the second season at all.
Except for the British gal I guess.
I thought Dokes was a pretty cool character though.
I think I'll probably go back and watch it, then.
Not sure if that will happen before the new season starts, though
Now, if you try to skip the fourth season, you will have trouble.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I still have not been able to start season 4,
Making me crazy!
Not slaughter someone crazy. just sort of cranky.
Is Facebook acting strangely for anybody else?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 8:33 AM PDT reply actions
Why should you always pay attention to the ball?
by pdb on Sep 10, 2010 8:55 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Wow, that is hilarious!
That goalie deserves to be pissed. Who would have seen that coming?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Huh
I would of thought the ball was dead after he blocked it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
Soccer doesn’t work like American football in that sense. As long as the ball stays in the field (not over the end lines outside the goal or the sidelines), play only stops when the whistle blows. The first thing you learn as a soccer player is “play to the whistle” – if you don’t hear the ref’s whistle, you have to assume play has not stopped and act accordingly.
Interesting.
I just thought since its a shoot out it would of been a little bit different.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Amazing
I like how the keeper struts away while tapping his chest while the ball spins back into the goal
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Pre-Ordered from Amazon with release-day delivery
I am very much looking forward to it
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm excited about it, but probably can't afford it right away
New games are so expensive. Most of my collection is old/used, but even used games aren’t cheap anymore. I wanted to pick up Left 4 Dead 2 the other day, and it was still like $47 used. Shame.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Reach is the first game I'll have purchased at full price since Mass Effect 2 came out
I’ve gotten to that point where I just wait until something goes on sale and then pick it up, unless it’s a game that I am positive will get plenty of play from me (as with Reach). I got the Ghostbusters game in July for $15, the new Splinter Cell last month for $20, and I’ve picked up a few other games for super cheap this year. Only downside is that I now have a library full of games that ain’t worth shit because I waited to buy them after their market value had gone to pot.
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like a downside, but really you net more cash by buying them on the cheap
Games depreciate, so buying SC for 60 bucks and selling it a year later for 20 loses you 40 bucks, while buying it for 20 now and selling it for 8 later is only a loss of 12.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
It only counts as a downside if I want to trade them for credit
I don’t view it as “losing” money, since I got a year’s worth of enjoyment out of that $40. But, I think I prefer to only buy top-tier games that I’ll get multiplayer use out of
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
The thing about modern gaming that gets me is so much of it is online now
Makes waiting for the price drop kind of a bust. Though I still have a humongous back catalog of PS2 games to play at my leisure, they’ll probably have 3D t.v.’s out by the time I catch up
I know what you mean.
If you wait for the price drop, by the time you get online and play, everyone is already WAY better than you are, and it’s almost impossible to catch up skill-wise.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I bought the new Splinter Cell for $0.90!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I only wait if it doesn't have a solid Multiplayer aspect.
Hence why I still haven’t purchased Fallout 3
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
That's just wrong on so many levels.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I've been considering picking it up again
Still mad that I sold it before. There’s just too many games and not enough time to play them all
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
See but I can play it whenever.
I’m going to play through eventually. In fact I was going to pick it up before summer but Toot made me buy Red Dead.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
err.
Games like Halo and COD lose their fun value when the multiplayer loses their community. And I only ever really play multiplayer.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair though Halo never really loses its community
With Forge World and matchmaking for all multiplayer/co-op modes it will be tough for the game to not stay relevant for a long time. Hell, Halo 3 is still like the #2 played game on Live.
CoD multiplayer is a bit different because there is no community aspect to it. You just get on and play for a while, and then you play some more. The CoD games have been criminally under-supported by their developers the last few years. Overpriced map packs and very few, if any, playlist updates worth noting do not help keep a game relevant in my opinion. I’m shocked that MW2 is still the #1 game on live
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Well Treyarch does a way better job the IF at supporting the online community
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That is for sure
They’ve already started talking about how they plan to continuously support the game with new maps and modes as often as possible to retain consumer interest and keep people from trading/selling the game
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I am strongly leaning towards not purchasing Black Ops
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm actually surprised by this.
To much of a toll on your health?
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I just have too many other things to do to get sucked into playing Call of Duty fulltime
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid life interfering with video games.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Stupid bars interfering with video games.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
This irks me to no end. I finally got even in K/D in MW2, and then it's all house repairs all the time.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I got to 1.35 and realized that certain people were getting too good for me
plus I got really busy. I don’t really regret the decision to consciously play less Xbox
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This is what makes it hard for me...
I don’t have tons of time to play, so when I do jump on I’m the worst player there, so it’s usually not that fun.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I played it a ton till the day before they fixed the glitching.
After I died 50 times in back to back matches.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they ever bother to fix all the glitching?
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, but I was playing with him that same night and I also quit forever
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The next day they did.
I still was never going back though.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I think both will be able to keep my attention
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Forge and Firefight will fulfill a completely different need for me than a CoD game could ever provide. I give a slight edge to CoD multiplayer, but there are plenty of other things to do in Halo that I’ll give them both plenty of play
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, don't blame me for that one
That game was worth every penny. More of an issue was you making me buy Battlefield 2 and then never playing it
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, you missed out.
Steam sale weeks ago had Game of the Year for $25.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I can't play that type of game on the computer.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh right...
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Steam on VMWare Fusion works amazingly well.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
There have been some good bundle deals on FO3 and its DLC
I’m actually really mad I bought it near launch because of this.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm also so broke.
This might be the first time in a long time that I return games to pick it up.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I would do that, but I just returned all my extraneous games to pick up the wifi adapter
Since I got a shitty, non-wifi 360 right before they released the new one.
I’m broke AND don’t have any tradeable games.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Do you have an extra controller or something you could trade?
Those will net you something like $15 a pop. I’ve got an extra that I will trade along with a game or two to help fund Black Ops when it comes out
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait
Fuck trading them in. These bitches are going on Craigslist.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't feel like paying $60 for Halo 3 again
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I didn't like Halo 3, but am hoping Reach is more like the original Halo, which I think is one of the best games ever.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
See thats how I felt about the Beta.
But keep hearing from trusted friends that its way better.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Definitely better
And plenty of replayability added with Firefight being customizable, not to mention that they now have matchmaking for Campaign and Firefight in addition to normal multiplayer. I’m really looking forward to it
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm also dirt broke
and I’ve never been a fan of the Halo franchise to begin with (which is probably why Bungie keeps rejecting my resume)
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
See, Halo 3 was just fine in my opinion
Single Player was very enjoyable. With the addition of Forge 2.0/Forge World and Firefight 2.0 there will be plenty to justify the purchase amount in my mind.
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
No, but my original mortgage from last year was FHA.
That might not help much, though, since I’m guessing the refi is a much different process.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Trying to do it as a employee was a lot easier then trying to do it self employed.
Even though it would be make life easier on me because I would have a lower payment.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Sadly, this is the plight of many people right now.
Refinancing would help immensely, but banks are reluctant to touch anyone with a 10 foot pole.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Wait, was it a coincidence she spelled that word?
I don’t understand.
Basically, Countdown is an anagram-based quiz show.
She picks either a vowel or a consonant depending on which the contestant asks for. This was a set up (so says one of the comments) but it sort of happened for real one time.
Oh my god I could do this so easily.
Fuck yes! Thanks toot.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait shit focal lengths.
I may be stuck with 50mm.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you have a beam splitter, or whatever that was they used to get 2 identical frames from 2 cameras?
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a slider rail with 2 base plates.
That will allow me to mount the cameras right new to each other. I’ll probably have to crop it down to get it to fit – But it should work.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
But if they aren't shooting the exact same angle then won't you get more of a weird 3D-look to it?
I got the impression from the description that they used something that essentially allowed the same shot from both cameras. Either way, though, I look forward to seeing the results
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn't look real, and I don't mean that in a good way.
That’s not how we naturally see light with our eyes. The HDR looks stylized. It looks really great artistically, but it doesn’t convey a sense of reality, at least not in the video shown.
I might have finally found a pair of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Acoustics-Voyager-12-Subwoofer/dp/B000UPBVQ2
If true, my neighbors are going to hate me for a good long time, and my dream of lounging on my deck playing video games in full 5.1 comes true.
Story time! What’s your best “I know I shouldn’t get this but I just can’t help myself?” story?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So many things.
But probably my 2010 Mazda 3 5 Door.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
You have fine taste in automobiles, my friend.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I love the car.
I just hate my payment. If you think of the typical got owned customer by the dealer. That was me.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
This seems like something someone on LL could have helped with...
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
My 95 electrocuted my wife.
She was not waiting.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
This sounds like an interesting story...
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
*blazer.
She tried to plug in a AC adapter while driving and it fucking shocked the shit out of her on the freeway.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Pet peeve alert!
Electrocute means to die or be killed by electricity.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that was worth it.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I dropped $900 on a pistol when I already had a perfectly good one
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Sold the other one to pay for the newer one
But I’m going to get one again because I loved it. Those Czechs can sure make a hell of a gun
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel the same way about the MCD P+2.
Just feels great in my hands.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
The only problem is it takes forever to fire,
and then the reload time seems to get longer the older it gets.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I'm not familiar with that particular handgun.
But I would advise replacing the recoil spring if it’s cycling softly/slowly.
I was makng a joke about my junk,
which makes your response even more hilarious!
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
by Thingray on Sep 10, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yes, very nice.
I currently own a CZ-75 in .40 cal and, except for the stock sights, I like it quite a bit.
Not that I'm advocating it, but there's ways to recoup your losses if you own a pair of pistols.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Sep 10, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was thinking that.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Friends...
I also highly recommend the Roomba Cinema of Citizen Kane on the previous page.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I love the Citizen Kane one.
One of the better achewoods in a while.
It seems so.
There have been good ones too.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Also now I feel like I want to check out the Roomba cinema again.
Wrath of Khan was one of the first things that really “sold” me on Achewood.
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by JY on Sep 10, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I say "ding dang worm" all the time.
I’m sure it drives my friends crazy.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I have often articulated a concern that something was going to "hella kill me"
We know that’s not true, but still.
Now I wonder about kinds of events that would prompt the use of “ding dang worm” aside from tequila drinking.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
When cats have their legs tucked under them, I often think they look like worms.
A good number of my friends have cats. Hence, I use that phrase a lot.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Many hits on this.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, it's going to suck to fly in ten years.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-09-10-airlinestanding10_ST_N.htm
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Other companies have proposed things like this before.
The problem is that they can’t pass the vertical G-force requirements set by the FAA to absorb impact during a belly landing or crash.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
It sucks to fly now unless you can afford business or first
I love going places, and will probably never stop, but flying just pisses me off.
I don't mind flying, even coach.
It’s the airports and all that crap that pisses me off.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Once I got Elite my view of airports changed dramatically.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I consider all that "flying" though
and then when I get on the plane, I’m 6 foot 2 and 260 pounds so it doesn’t get better.
My issue is that I'm not that tall, but I have long legs.
And I’m scrawny, so the seats always hurt my ass.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I hate flying commercial with a passion except the following
Virgin America, JetBlue.
I love our chartered flights, though, if they went somewhere other than Palmdale
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Virgin America is freaking ridiculous and they have some amazing sales, too
hopefully they will be able to expand sooner rather than later
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I've spent way to much time on Southwest apparently.
They get me where I need (or want) to go. Or Alaska,. I always seem to fly on one of the two.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Southwest is my favorite as long as it's only one flight
I flew across the country on Southwest once because I got a free ticket. It wasn’t worth it. Portland/Vegas/OKC/Charlotte/NYC. Stupid.
I've only used them for flights to Vegas,
once we had a quick stop in Boise, but it wasn’t that bad.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Southwest is reliably really awesome
because there seems to be an understanding that the crews all have that flying in general kinda sucks these days, so they try to make the best of it. I’m not crazy about the occasional crew that sings and whatnot, but they’re generally really cool people who do a ridiculously hard job with a sense of humor and perspective, and I love that. And the planes are always really clean, too, which isn’t a given on most major airlines.
Seattle-Boise-LAS?
That’s an odder one.
Then again, to go LAS to PDX, most airlines want me to go through SF, so I guess it’s not too awkward.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yeah, Boise was weird, but the flight was cheap.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Ugh, don't get me started on Southwest.
Here was the San Antonio to Seattle flight:
San Antonio to Phoenix
Phoenix to Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City to Spokane
Spokane to Seattle
A fucking six hour flight became a twelve hour flight.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
Flying up and down the coast on Southwest is awesome because you can get nonstops. Anything further, though, and you might as well go Greyhound.
What if you're a 16 year old girl from a trailer park looking to meet a serial killer?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I had this same thing happen to me from New Mexico.
New Mexico → Phoenix → San Jose → Salt Lake City → Spokane → Seattle.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahahaha, San Jose to Salt Lake City?
Fuck that shit.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I like SW, but still have 2 gripes
1. They don’t scan their checked bags. This means your baggage can get loster than it can at most other airlines, because rather than looking in their system for your luggage, they have to call around to random airports where they think it ended up until someone finds it.
2. Many of their “non-stop” flights stop in other airports to drop off/pick up passengers. If you don’t get off the plane though, it counts as non-stop, right? RIGHT?!
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
That was how it worked with my Boise stop.
Just a touch and go, still considered “non-stop”. I’ve never checked a bag with SW, so I have no idea how their luggage system works. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I checked a bag on any flight. I’ve never gone anywhere where I couldn’t take what I needed in my carry-on.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I live near a Continental hub, which is good since I only fly Continental for work.
But bad in that Continental is more expensive for not-work.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Allegiant and Alaska for me.
Only because both will fly direct Bellingham to Hawaii here in a couple months.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually theres no reason to goto Sea-tac anymore for personal traveling.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be flying out of B-ham for my flights if they keep expanding service.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I would if I was you. The runway extension should be done by the end of the month.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Takes me just as long to get to SeaTac as it does to get to Bellingham most of the time,
and Bellingham “International” would be much less crowded I would think. Plus I could leave my car at my grandparents house and not have to worry about it.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Question - how safe is it to drive on a temporary tire?
I’ve got a tire with a pretty noticeable bulge that I was going to take to go get looked at tonight… but then a different tire went flat and I’m going to need to swap it out with my spare. I can’t really get anywhere without going on the freeway, is it safe to do that for about fifteen miles?
I've done it before.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the biggest reason you shouldn't, I think.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 10, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
We all know that's nowhere near the dumbest thing I've done driving a motor vehicle.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me guess, tranny porn?
{Rimshot}
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by Faux on Sep 10, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm going to assume that by "tranny" you mean "transmission" and then laugh.
But I am not BrianL?
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by JY on Sep 10, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
What can I say? I'm a sucker for a bad pun.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
This needs to go green immediately
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
This was the exact same picture I was about to post.
You sly devil.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Dude, NSFW.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
You need to find other parts to fuck it seems.
You may want to try parts on OTHER PEOPLE for a change…
Stick shift > Automatic
I’m not exactly sure what I’m even saying anymore other than I feel my brain is fried today.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 10, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Spares are rated for 50mph.
Make sure it has full pressure, though.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yep, 50 is usually the rated speed.
But for short distances (like 15 miles) I wouldn’t worry about doing normal speeds. I once drove a friend’s car from Wenatchee to Seattle on a temp spare (without knowing), and I was doing about 90 down the pass. Came to find out later that he had been driving on it for several months.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I wouldn't push it, unless the spare is new.
It’s hit or miss once they hit a couple years in a trunk.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Definitely. Only drive as far and as fast as you absolutely have to.
But more than likely you’ll be okay for one trip of 15 miles.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Was in a car with a friend and he got a flat, so we put on the spare.
It made it 100 yards before basically exploding.
This is why people need to check their spares more often.
Or be like me, and don’t carry one for some damn reason.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
At regular speed, like 80, but pretty sure I could manage to drive the speed limit for twenty minutes or so
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
This reminds me of back when I was 16.
I had a VW Bug with low profile and very wide tires (and wheels). This meant that I couldn’t fit a spare of the same size under the (front) hood, so I had to carry a standard (tall and skinny) spare. I hit a pothole and blew a tire and bent the rim, so I have to go to the spare to get home. The whole trip I felt like I was leaning WAY forward and WAY to the left.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Be sure to put the temp wheel on the rear
In a front drive car you want the spare on the back so that it won’t have any negative effect on driving or steering ability. Don’t exceed 55 on the tire and you’ll be fine
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I love that you know what kind of car I have and thus can offer a specific reminder to put the tire on the rear =)
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Your kind don't drive anything with RWD.
Don’t you watch movies?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Sep 10, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Should I just avoid the highway if possible?
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Considering that if you go ~50 on a CA highway, you'll be smashed into small pieces by motorists trying to get around you on the shoulder, yes.
Anywhere else I would say you’d be fine.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'd say this is a vast overstatement of a problem only particularly found in the city of Los Angeles
by seattlebruin on Sep 10, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was passed by two trucks and a taxi doing 80 on the shoulder in between SF and San Jose.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Can't hurt.
Lower speeds are always safer, especially when you’re running on a known weak link.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Absolutely
20 miles of driving 35-45 on a spare is infinitely better than 10-15 miles at 55+
But seriously, it is imperative to put the spare on the back. Put the bulging tire up front if that is the one that stays on the car of the 2 bad wheels. This way if it blows you aren’t relying on a spare to support things. For example, spare on RT Rear, bulge on LT Front
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He needs one of those racks like they have on trophy trucks,
so he can haul four or five full size spares at a time.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Hey audiophiLLes
Can any of you recommend a good set of sub $150 over-the-ear noise cancelling headphones?
That is a good deal
but I’m actually looking for more of a cupped, over-the-ear design. I’ve never done well with in-ear headphones.
Ah, I misconstrued over-the-ear as meaning the cable and not the headphone itself.
Whoops.
I can’t help with headphones but the Head-fi forums are pretty useful.
I know we do beer a lot, but...
anyone have a mixed drink recently that knocked your socks off?
I’m at my usual Friday hangout, and because they know me, the owner passed me a chamomile/gin/lemonade item that’s kicking my tastebuds’ collective asses.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Made a homemade blackberry magarita the other day that was pretty awesome.
But most of the time I’m just throwing shit together.
I’m still fond of a Hokie – Pint of Beer, Shot of Gin and a shot of Sweet N sour mix. Mixed together.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a little Mexican place up the street from my work that makes about 30 flavors of margaritas,
all with real fruit. Those things are insanely good, and could get me into trouble really quick. But I mostly stay with standards. Rum and coke, screwdrivers, etc.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
This isn't helping my craving for a margarita right now.
I just need to walk up the street for some happy hour.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
If I hadn't been sick all week, and still sick,
I’d be stopping for a margarita as well, they do sound good at the moment.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
A drink I had at a whiskey bar called Blood and Sand.
Scotch whiskey, cherry heering, sweet vermouth, orange juice, and orange bitters. Delicious.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
What is cherry heering?
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Sounds interesting...
I might have to make the tenders at my bar try to make one of those for me next time I’m out and about.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
I ended up with a bottle of Banana Liqueur
That has been surprisingly good.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 10, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Peter North brand Banana Liqueur.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 10, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like that even Scruffy was left with nothing to say other than "Gross"
That’s a new level of gross then I guess.
by Kenneth Arthur on Sep 10, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
My wife's favorite (Ok, I think it's good too) is a chambord/vodka/sprite mix that is really excellent.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
At a wedding last week I saw something like
Vodka, Midori, orange juice and sprite… It was supposedly pretty good, but I feel like I left out an ingredient.
"I’m taking two beers and popping the slide"
Jack and Coke, though I wouldn't say it was a recent/new thing
I can drink them down like water. I also love mixing Crown Royal and Safeway Lemon Lime soda. Cheap and tasty
by tootthekazoo on Sep 10, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
On that note, Vanilla Vodka and Orange Soda.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a really good creamsicle the other day.
It was mixed with whipped cream vodka and orange juice. It was better than any other creamsicles I’ve had.
by seattle_since_81 on Sep 11, 2010 9:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Ohh - not really a fan of the sweeter mixed drinks, personally.
Although I’ll allow buying some “chocolate cake” shots on birthdays.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Everything at this place:
At one point they had a drink incorporating gin and muddled spruce tips, amongst other things. I hope they bring it back this winter.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 10, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn.
I mean, I was sold in principle on the drink ideas, but then I saw the literary section. It’s like the place I was at and The Dead Poet somehow had a baby in Tacoma.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 10, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooh, that was a good one.
Sort of like the spruce schnapps-type stuff that someone in Oregon distills. That’s good too, and I’ve had it at the same bar.
100 cats are released into an IKEA just to see what happens.
I wish there were more actual footage instead of people talking about what they’re doing and generally not being all that interesting.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Okay:
Dear Pete Carroll,
I just wanted to say that if you prove me wrong this season, I will openly apologize for calling you the worst possible candidate for coach (and skinny white douche). Mark my words.
That said, I’ll take this one step farther. If… IF you somehow magically find this team’s way to the Super Bowl for A WIN, I will run nude across Edgar Martinez Way in front of a crowd of MarinerCentral and LL onlookers (should they be so inclined to feel nauseous). You have my word on this, Pete.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
* And I realize I should of course add Field Gulls fans. The other two are simply my more trodden sites.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Yeah, but I have "12th man" tatoo'd on my
[THIS MEMBER HAS BEEN BANNED FROM THE INTERNET]
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Hehe, member.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Sep 12, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
THIS COMMENTER HAS BEEN BANNED FROM THE INTERNET.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
Ohh, I misunderstood what was banned from the internet.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I think I'm cool with Carroll the coach.
It’s Carroll the dude with front office power that scares me.
I've already stated my case for not being worried about trader pete.
If he does what hes been doing with the player he brought in. Then I’m really worried.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
He might be my most favorite coach ever to watch on the sidelines.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
That are less then 10 yards please.
Did you see the first pass? Hasselbeck even stepped into that throw and it had nothing on it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I did not because I was still walking to my seat when it happened.
After about the 3rd drive I almost started crying and had stomped my sunglasses into a crumbled little mess.
So you're Mike Holmgren with a bit more carelessness?
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
I listened to his press conference yesterday and it's really hard to believe
he hadn’t taken some sort of illegal substance immediately beforehand.
I can imagine you get that a lot.
I loved how the refs had to restrain him and push him back towards the sidelines after one of Williams' catches
My wife was like “Is he mad??! Oh, no, he’s just super excited. Weird.”
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I love the suck it
He was doing towards Hasselbeck.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I did not notice this
Did it really happen?
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Yes he was basically telling Hasselbeck that he had a huge sack
After the TD run.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't imagine Holmgren ever making such a gesture.
Badass.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
That was so awesome
I loved how he greeted every single player individually after a scoring play. He stood in one spot (the only times he appeared to be standing still all game) and congratulated each player while looking like he was so excited to be able to do it
by tootthekazoo on Sep 13, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
After the Branch catch he seemed more like a Fan.
Just going “WOW”
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
He’ll be a ton of fun for that reason alone
by tootthekazoo on Sep 13, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Anybody else seeing an annoying yellow/black background on LL?
I’m also getting yp.com ads that will not go away regardless of adblock. This is both in Firefox and Chrome.
You're dead to me.
I've got it here too and it won't block with AdThwart in Chrome
If I try and block ##Totally_yp_reskin it wipes out the entire page and LL just loads to a blank screen
by tootthekazoo on Sep 13, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
That would explain it
I’m getting the background but no ad, I’m running adblock and flashblock. It’s confusing and somewhat annoying.
I'm not running ad block and am just seeing colors.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmm
I guess its for the header ad for yellow pages.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you have LL set to "wide" display?
Because I think that’s why it’s only colors. On the main SBN page last night it clearly showed the yp.com logo and everything for me
by tootthekazoo on Sep 13, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
A link or two away, there's a "liveblog":
1:35: High-speed video of Bengie Molina hitting a home run. I’ve never seen his belly jiggle with such remarkable clarity.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Question
Does anyone have DRM issues with their blu ray players? (people that have non PS3 ones)
Its happened a couple of times. With the Bond Blu Rays I was able to “skip” the security check by hitting menu 30 times. But I got Book of Eli from netflix and it plays through the previews and then the Menu is blank with just the sound playing. Though it might be the disc but apparently ever samsung player can’t play this disc even the top of the line one.
Fuck Sony.
Have the latest firmware/software updates from Samsung?
That fixes all the problems people have asked me about.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
My player is actually a Memorex.
That they stopped supporting.
This is beyond ridiculous. I want my HD DVD back.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, they would have the same problems.
The only reason HDDVD didn’t have the same issue is that it didn’t last long enough to be extended into things it wasn’t originally made for.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not so much though.
HD DVD was a finished format. Blu Ray was rushed before being “done” to ensure it didn’t get killed.
Fuck I’m just going to have to get a PS3.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I disagree.
Neither was meant to be “finished” in any sense of the word, as part of both format’s specifications specifically allowed for online use and updating to allow for new kinds of content.
I had a few discussions with one of Toshiba’s regional sales directors in the beginning of the format war. His main point of why HDDVD would win was at that time was that BR players did not have the ability to update themselves with new extensions to their firmware, and thus couldn’t keep up with the new features that HDDVD players were sure to put out in the next couple years. (This was before the PS3 of course)
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Basterds!
This is only driving me to Torrent more.
by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 13, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I would love football significantly more if I did not root for UCLA
by seattlebruin on Sep 13, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I am just going to start pre-emptively texting you my kill Rick Neuheisel rant on Fridays instead of waiting for the game to actually take place
by seattlebruin on Sep 13, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Greg Pirkl signed rookie card, bitches!
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
He may have been a better pitcher than Kieschnick too
He actually converted to pitching in the CLE org after his time with the M’s/Boston.
We need a new OT.
I don’t have any ideas so I’m delegating this one to Someone Else.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Like you need ideas, just throw a couple wiki pages up and ask a couple questions in the first few comments.
Ta-da! OT!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I vote against beer.
I like beer, but eventually get tired of talking about it. Less talking, more drinking.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Aw, and I feel like I could have talked a little about beer this time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Hot damn!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
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