RRRR: HSALTP! SL. SLTP!
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 6:27 PM CST
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PrintPer Acting Lord of Rumpusing Rhubarb's suggestion, this Right Rail Rumpus Room's topic is excuses!
Your favorites used? Best you've heard?
Yeah, I got one for not being around here lately! Yeah, it may very well stink!
Crap, I know it does. But I'm still going to shove it under your noses because that's what we, as humans, feel compelled to do.
From what I understand, this is happening around many corporations nowadays; but I have recently become victim to a workplace environment transition. That's right, a WET.
Heh. They didn't really call it that. But they would have it didn't have a sort of double-entendre about it!
For real, the acronyms are way out of control in corporations. I'm sure some of you can relate. I'd even like to hear your favorites. I'll never forget the meeting in which I was informed that I was an SME (a "smee"). A Subject Matter Expert, to be precise. I would have loved to see the irritated yougottabefuckinkiddingme look on my face when that came onto the presentation slide a couple years ago. I refuse to use it.
Anyway, in this new workplace environment, I've been stripped of my unnecessarily big cubicle and high, privacy-permitting walls; and forced into an open, loving, intimate, can't even pick my nose atmosphere. And to make matters worse, my manager and director are now sitting directly in my back pocket. Facing my computer.
What am I supposed to do, SSSers? And more pressingly, what am I going to do when the season starts again!? I love my Thursday 11 AM games. For years, I've had full freedom to watch those games at work. And now? Now I'll have to work or something.
Sigh.
These are stressful questions on el dudette's brain here. In the meantime, I'm sorry for my negligence. If the Rumpus Room was a baby, it would be long dead in the bathtub by now.
I appreciate what has been done in my absence, by 'barb and CSR and the like. Thank you for rumpusing on. Excuses aside, I miss this place. I'd probably be coping through the off-season better if I was around more.
Alright, I'm going to post this to get up a new thread since it's getting into the evening in Chicago and I know it's snowing there and many of you will be around drinking from home. I still have a bit more work to do here before I'm into my Friday evening, but it's high time I fixed myself a gin anyway.
Been fun spending some time here this week while Seattle has treated me to snow and ice and then more snow. Thanks for entertaining the kitty.
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That fucking blows, damn corporations and their seemingly progressive open, moving, shaking, large windowed, transparent environments that show exposed brick and piping
It doesn’t foster creativity, innovation or production—it just makes it so can’t dick around…fucking nazi’s.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Indeed. And I'm the single most self-sufficient person in my group. I never need to consult my manager, whereas others spend all day talking to her. Made no sense to sit me so close. Other than for useless monitoring purposes.
Now, on the days that I’m not actually swamped with work, it’s a full job just trying to look busy for a full eight hours!
Mercy.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe if you actually pick your nose they'll move you out of their sight lines?
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
by Chiburb on Jan 20, 2012 7:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I've tried dancing too much. Our desks are on hydraulics so I can choose to sit or stand at any time during the day. That's pretty sweet. So I've been shaking my ass in my manager's face. Doesn't seem to be affecting anyone.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 7:07 PM CST up reply actions
She probably likes that. Seattle, right? Start picking your ass then.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
ha. Yes, I live in Seattle, father.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 7:11 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Work at home
Freedom baby.
We Americans are a peculiar people. We are for the underdog, no matter how much of a dog he is. - Happy Chandler
by ThreeRunHomer on Jan 20, 2012 7:25 PM CST up reply actions
A clit-dent is one of my most motivating goals in life.
Subtle, sure.
But I’ll know.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:57 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
i got this one chi.
holy christ.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Jan 20, 2012 11:58 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
/laughing in the out-loud position.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 21, 2012 12:02 AM CST up reply actions
Nobody said it would be easy
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 21, 2012 12:07 AM CST up reply actions
I'm just glad you Appreciate the Game.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 21, 2012 12:10 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
you would like that song
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Shorter HSA:
My life sucks and the last thread was getting lardy anyway.
Carry on.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
Wellllll that's a bit of a stretch. My life's just fine, thank you.
More like “work sucks and the last thread was lardy”.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
Ah. A good time of the month!
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
by Chiburb on Jan 20, 2012 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
sigh.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 7:07 PM CST up reply actions
That's what I've said to every woman I've known. For a few days per month.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
Holy Christ.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I was about to add something but then my prune juice/Dr. Pepper concoction started whistling in my tea kettle
White Sox 2012: Helplessly rebuilding?
Add vodka. It's called a Pile Driver.
"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage."
John Kenneth Galbraith
Tell that to hoodlight.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 20, 2012 8:05 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Open work environments are all I've ever known
The only drawback is that it’s difficult to sit on a long phone call. Otherwise, it makes it feel a lot more lively, especially when people start yelling across the room.
And I have a window desk, which is nice.
I do enjoy standing for the majority of the day and being able to talk to lots of people that I wouldn't otherwise interact with, due to my cube walls.
But I’d rather just chill on SSS, plskthxmotherfuckers.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 21, 2012 12:00 AM CST up reply actions
do we need a separate RRRR for a work environment thread?
this was supposed to be about excuses!
White Sox 2012: Helplessly rebuilding?
this reminds me of the joke
I went to an excuses thread and a hockey game broke out
White Sox 2012: Helplessly rebuilding?
Well, excuuuuuuuuse me.
(excuse me).
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 21, 2012 12:46 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Isn't that what work is?
Seems to be for a lot of folks I have to work with.
by South Side Expat on Jan 20, 2012 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
I use this excuse almost everyday
‘I don’t have any cash on me."
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
my area is all shoveled out
and my only two beers are gone. who the fuck only has two beers in the fridge with 6" of snow on the way?
anyways, if I don’t go get some, my excuse will be that I’m tired from shoveling out old ladies.
surely these are euphemisms
my area is all shoveled out
I’m tired from shoveling out old ladies
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Jan 20, 2012 9:55 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
dontcha hate it when i come up with good euphemisms without realizing it?
missed opportunities are the cheese of toes.
I blew all the snow off my driveway then shook salt all over it so it wouldn't ice over before having to do it all over again in the morning
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
JINX
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Don't get too crazy naw, you two!
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
now it's a party.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
got some.
lagunitas hop stoopid big bottle while argus pegasus ipa gets cold. I don’t think i’ve tried the argus, she from chicago.
phew! I was worried about you.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:40 PM CST up reply actions
This party blows.
I brought a box of wine and some Goldfish and for what.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
HSA Loves TP! Sexy Love! Syphiltic Love TP!
presumably.
clearly.
i always knew you three would get together.
I'll allow it.
All this talk about good beer and there is only PBR waiting for me at home. Sigh. Oh, and bodies of loved ones, if you’re reading, ya mind holding yourselves together for the rest of 2012? Cancer, broken hips, heart attacks, etc. are sooooo 2011. Killin’ my buzz, bodies!
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Thanks.
It’s not me, it’s them! I’m A-okay, but I could use classes or some such on how to be a better support person.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Look at it this way
Everyone is going to have to go through this kind of horrible shit in their lives, most people have it all spread out. Your Opponents BABIP is high, there is going to be regression and this year you’ll find a better release point.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
by Rhubarb on Jan 20, 2012 10:52 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Nice. I looooove baseball analogies.
I’m thinking if I can take the mound every five days and give my team a chance to win, I’ll be earning my pay. Banging doubles off the wall and stealing home occasionally are just icing on the cake.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
i count four euphemisms.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Jan 20, 2012 11:05 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
oh geebus, at least.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:41 PM CST up reply actions
try not to hate other people so much
it’ll come easier
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
i make things better
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
In a thrift store sweater.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
*autumn thrift store sweater
now i’m a yo la tengo song
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
it's either that or wu tang
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I didn't realize it was Polo.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
He says as I set my alarm clock to go to the memorial bright and effin' early.
Oh well… hungover and tired is a good way to celebrate life, right?
by South Side Expat on Jan 20, 2012 11:41 PM CST up reply actions
As long as it's sincere.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 20, 2012 11:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Aw keehrist,. I'm sorry to hear this.
I’lltrytobegood.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:45 PM CST up reply actions
Heh.
Who’s got it
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:42 PM CST up reply actions
The punctuation should help with rhythm.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 21, 2012 12:16 AM CST up reply actions
see, the punctuation should have identified that comment as a question
i didn’t know there was a game afoot. IM ON IT
i've heard that before
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
who authorized this sss slumber party?
all of you little bastards keep it down down there in the basement, us adults are pretending to sleep!
hey craig (or anyone i suppose)
what do you think about the fact that sunday fox will broadcast, for the first time in the history of forever, a live premier league game in the U.S. on broadcast tv?
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
arsenal-manU
pregame at 9:30 am central time, game at 10 am. on fox. (not fox soccer. regular fox, whatever that station number is in chicago i don’t know offhand)
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
gonna be at church?
they’ll replay the game on fox soccer channel at 4pm that day.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
won't it still be 0-0 with 4 hours to go?
by Trooper on Jan 20, 2012 10:24 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
i've watched 36 matches so far this year. (34 entire matches and one half of four other matches)
none have finished 0-0.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
well, just got done watching first game of the day, norwich-chelsea. it ended 0-0.
nuts.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
not really.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Jan 21, 2012 6:37 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I saw that today and am excited
Is rooney playing?
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
yes, should be.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i heard he strained his calf in training and is qustionable.
but he doesn’t need to be fully fit, he can always just use his hand.
boom. roasted.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Jan 20, 2012 11:10 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The last RRRR had some people slamming Pumking
Not going to say your opinion is wrong, but it is possible you had a bad batch somehow. Either that or you don’t like pumpkin flavor as much as you thought? It is a pretty highly rated overall beer, and generally considered the best pumpkin beer there is (though it’s had some competition the last 2 years)
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/southern-tier-pumking/77640/
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3818/38394
Pumpkin flavor is not what pumpkin tastes like
If you like allspice and nutmeg then you enjoy pumpkin flavor. Not pumpkin. Imagine if I were to make orange pie with the flavoring from orange pop, it ain’t orange. That beer be called nutmegatron or allspiceenbrau.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Oh yeah, i hate pumpkin flavoring and i probably wouldn't like raw or cooked pumpkin either
Although I had spaghetti squash for dinner and it was a good noodle substitute
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
and statistics.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
euphemism?
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
And who could blame you
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:51 PM CST up reply actions
I like pumpkin ales, but too sweet anything ruins anything for me.
Best pumpkin ale I e’er had so far and I wish I could send one to everyone who enjoys a pumpkin…
Elysian Brewery’s Night Owl. Consistently very enjoyable. And the brewery used to be a mile from my apartment, so I dined there often.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:49 PM CST up reply actions
I think eggnog is the closest thing to pumpkiny flavors that I want to flow down my gullet in liquidy form
but I’ve never had so maybe I’m wrong.
i can't speak to any of that
all i know is it tasted like splenda sweetened placenta.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
its a k-cup flavor
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
*diva cup flavor
fixed.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
kids are the best excuse ever.
you can get out of anything with those bastards. everyone knows your BS’ing too, but they won’t dare say anything on the slim chance that you arent
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
You're the worst person ever, Kenwo.
<3
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 20, 2012 11:51 PM CST up reply actions
thats quite the compliment. you're not too good yourself.
:)
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
by KenWo4LiFe on Jan 21, 2012 1:08 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
boy or girl?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
TTJ
PiNCHE
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Mexiginger.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
the gunslinger.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
The Diner Grill Slinger:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/109899
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
hells yez.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I read that article and I totally thought of you.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:12 AM CST up reply actions
Oh, man. It's good.
I mean, it’s godawful. But it’s so good.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
i've opened a bag of cheetos.
I realize this may interfere with my new-beer-judging-abilities, but fuck you, its my party and i’ll get orange fingerprints everywhere if i want to.
i'll drink some water or something before I try it.
its not even cold yet. GOSH GET OFF MY BACK ALREADY.
I'll have you know you have inspired me to consume in the very near future the
Belmont Sausage Company hot links I had in the fridge and almost forgot about.
So you do whatever you want with those cheetos good sir, you’ve earned it.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 12:29 AM CST up reply actions
boy it is.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Overheard in the RWShow compound tonight:
“You’re not staying for a round of drunk Jenga? PUSSY!”
Straight man to straight man: “Will you stay if I take my pants off?”
Also, the woman is in bed, waiting for me… or passed out. Who knows. Either way, posting on SSS is obviously a party foul.
Drink in my 30s. This is fucked up shit.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
She's passed out already.
If she was still awake and upset, you’d know in the form of a goose stomping trip to the bathroom by her or something.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 1:15 AM CST up reply actions
I may encounter some flak in the AM.
Just wasn’t ready to go to bed. Long week; want to enjoy my buzz.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Stay up, get the most out of it.
This is a test of your long term viability as a couple.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 1:23 AM CST up reply actions
Sage advice, Dr. Expat.
Hee. I do say enjoy the buzz, though. Fuck and yes.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
It hath been poured. Even had to open a new can of Coke to make it happen. That's a two-drink commitment right there.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
"It hath been poured"?
Flag that fucking shit.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I was contemplating not opening another, but there's only one left so I kinda have to.
1 is the loneliest number n shit
Just poured my final as well.
Cheers, you WWF-cheating MF :-)
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
So you're saying pantsless Jenga was accomplished? Seems pretty tame.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Pants remained on. It was downright pathetic.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
So RWShow digs on pantless Jenga.
That is a LONG way from Mr. Greenwood.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 1:20 AM CST up reply actions
Gettin older, my friend.
Prioritizing.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Speaking of which; everybody's asleep and I just finished one.
Do I pour another, or give in to the yawns?
This question is not really a question.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
argus ipa is alright
the lagunitas was kinda strong so I don’t know if thats tainting the buds, but it has a bit of a tang that I dont like. other than that its fine.
She don't listen so he don't speak no more
Nobody’s winning ‘cause neither is keeping score
Don’t wanna think no more, just let me drink some more
Pour me another, cause I can still see the floor
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
how the fuck are you supposed to slide things in between other things with pants getting in the way?
breadsticks?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Drinking Jenga can be lots of fun
as long as you don’t lose.
Back in high school we played a few times. All were half wasted, so jenga was hard to do anyway. Rules were, knock it over, chug a beer. It was even for a while, then I lost two in a row.
From then on, I had no chance. I kept playing because I wanted someone else to lose to take the pressure off. Bad move.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
I've played with the loser drinking an Irish car bomb. At the bar.
Good times.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
it's a good way to start a night
not to finish.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Those aren't popular enough anymore. Love the car bomb.
Now it’s too much red bull.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 21, 2012 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
car bombs dont have red bull
half pint of guinness
jameson and baileys in a shot glass
mix and slam
i believe you are referring to yaegerbombs, which can be good depending where you get them.
i think you're misunderstanding him.
he knows what’s in a car bomb and loves them. he is lamenting the fact that all anyone wants to drink these days are drinks with red bull.
while i’m here i’ll just mention that i am opposed to calling a drink a car bomb.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
ah youre probably right
as far as car bombs go, Ive been to bars that asked protestant or catholic after you ordered one.
catholic had more whiskey and less baileys
protestant had the opposite ratio
A Jain car bomb is the best.
No wait, that’s just a glass of water.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 21, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
that's what i meant.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 21, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
i dislike red bull so much that my friends that are bartenders will open cans of it on the other side of the bar from me,
and if they have no choice but to serve it to someone who is stood next to me they will apologize.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i don't mind the taste, but i can't drink it anymore.
the caffeine is a nightmare for me. anxiety-riddled hangovers where i wake up on 3-4 hrs sleep and can’t go back to bed. i have to just lie around twitching and waiting for the day to end.
that might have something to do with amounts, too, but my drinking nights are either no shots or lots of shots. we’ve been drinking a lot of snowshoes lately.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 21, 2012 12:55 PM CST up reply actions
i only tasted it once. that was enough.
i find the smell of it insulting.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
this.
i don’t understand its existence. like camel spiders.
by obnoxious american on Jan 23, 2012 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
The ones we had at Bacardi at the Park weren't bad.
Thanks again.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
back in the days where i was cool
and used to get bottle service… we’d get bottles of grey goose with red bull as a mixture. then we’d do jagerbombs all night. i’m amazed nobody died of a heart attack.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Yep. Had that night before. That's pretty much the recipe for the hangover I described.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
We had a Jenga set that had "dares" written on the pieces back
in High School. Good times. I got to feel many a clothed breast because of that set.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:51 AM CST up reply actions
just a shame your school wasn't co-ed.
by craigws on Jan 21, 2012 2:53 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
on the other hand, it's a good thing they had cheetos in the vending machine.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
It definitely means I'm popping into 7-11 today for a bag.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 21, 2012 11:42 AM CST up reply actions
I am awesomely well multi-cultured in many ways due to that very co-ed
and not very White High School.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 3:04 AM CST up reply actions
we get it
you had your share of “tuchus” and you know why north shore suburban high schools empty out in late september.
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by colintj on Jan 21, 2012 3:18 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Uhhhh, yes?
North shore high school tuchus is like the BEST.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 3:22 AM CST up reply actions
he touched a brown titty
thats like a gallon of street cred, not really
by e-gus on Jan 21, 2012 3:21 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
someone's all up on the mic
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I've seen the rainbow motherfucker!
What does it mean?
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 3:25 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Amongst the, uh, questionable sexual terms, I was always fond of 'getting your yellow belt'.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 21, 2012 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
Got my US map the other day.
I think I will hang it tonight and examine it drunkenly for a bit. The neighbors will not mind the hammering, nope.
Hooray for polluting threads with mundane details!
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
/dancing horizontally across my living room
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 21, 2012 1:33 AM CST up reply actions
"Just take those old records off the shelf!"
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I know it's old, but just in case no one hath done watche'd (or whatthefuckever):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
for the record I was going for the next logical step after dancing horizontally.
/dancing on the ceiling
but that is new to me and I am disturbed.
Mundane detail: my pipe froze last night.
I wish this was a euphemism.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Jan 21, 2012 1:24 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Dysfunctional cock > no more water line to the fridge.
Hauling bottled water up two flights is horseshit.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
mundane detail:
this afternoon I had to break down lotsa boxes and take them to recycling so I could fit new car in garage before the scary snow came.
girl it is.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
How thick is the stock of that map that hammering is necessary?
Well, I guess I take that back a little. One of the things I’ve done in one area of the showroom that we are going “minimalist” for is take these stupid black and white prints and hang them by Monster gator clips that hang off the wall with shitty “Yet stylish appropriate with their nail heads” nails just pounded in. Makes me cringe how unstable the whole thing is, but hey, it looks pretty.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 1:29 AM CST up reply actions
Not thick, but the map is fairly large. I worry about tears, and I don't have any of those little donut-shaped protectors.
Speaking of donuts, I got the massive and sudden urge to play that vs. level of Mario Kart right damn now.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
I would spend many dollars to play Super Mario Bros at this moment.
If only the broke roommate hadn’t sold his Wii (phrasing).
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I had the good fortune to play MK on N64 a couple weekends ago.
And have since friended the kind lady who owns it, with an open invite to return. Yessss.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Only a 10 hour drive out to Manhattan.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
i play my n64 daily with almost all games they made in possession
no one will ever best me in smash brothers
NAOPOS
Think about making a thin wooden frame just for the back, in no way showing from the front.
I don’t know how big the map is, but standard cuts of balsa or hobby pine may do it. If you wanna really be awesome, make a backing for it that is out of thin pvc, and then stitch the thing to the frame, like making that stupid wallet in cub scouts.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 1:37 AM CST up reply actions
It's 4' x 3'.
That’s… work. It was $30, not $300. I’d like to frame it, but that may be in the price-ranger of ridiculousness. I may wait to get the donuts, though.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Quarter sheet of thin plywood for like cheap.
Chopped into four pieces. Could make a “back frame” super easy. You wanna wait a few days and come over and drink, I got all the shit needed.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 1:46 AM CST up reply actions
P'haps.
We’ll figure it out. Either way, you should see this bad boy.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
"Bloop"
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I wasn't referring to his map either!
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:03 AM CST up reply actions
So just to confirm,
being 30+ and married is all about mansex?
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
the wimmens aren't allowed to stay up late
they either have to be up early to take care of the childs, or they have to practice being up early to take care of the childs.
It's funny cause it's true.
The wife went to bed at like 8 tonight cause she was up at 5 to do paperwork that she couldn’t get done yesterday cause some other shit happened. Her words as I tucked her in- “I’m glad you now have that stupid Star Wars game to play, so I don’t have to feel bad about going to sleep at eight oclock on a Friday night and leaving you alone.”
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:19 AM CST up reply actions
Old Man Winter!
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this commercial kinda makes me all tingly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4X7wTCW6P4
I probably suck.
It's that damn song.
And the fact that we’re a couple of gay old bitches.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Made me have to pee.
Also, lots of guy butt.
/cockfroze
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
There's the Mt. Greenwood I know.
Why you guys always have to pee?
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:04 AM CST up reply actions
I'm an EP kid.
Ever-Peeing.
Worst joke ever.
Flagged.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Jan 21, 2012 2:06 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
that is hot fucking shit
though not tingly inducing. so its not just the song. but I guess also we’re not that kinda gay.
nttawwt.
ARCHER GODDAMNIT ARCHER
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
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PHRASING!
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Jan 21, 2012 1:43 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Do we have to spell out everything around here?
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 1:50 AM CST up reply actions
one part I left out, but should not come as a surprise
all that driveway fucking in the snow resulted in a frozen cock.
so I got back in the house and was all: hey baby, come thaw out my cock
by Trooper on Jan 21, 2012 1:54 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
IMHO, the best way to do that really is
with a slow cooker.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:06 AM CST up reply actions
waiting for have to get it over with i assume
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by colintj on Jan 21, 2012 2:36 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
the whole thing
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
by The Face on Jan 21, 2012 2:50 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Thank God.
I assumed he meant geriatrilingus.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
the colloquialism is
blowing your nose with expired bologna.
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by colintj on Jan 21, 2012 2:17 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
girl it is.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
sometimes when you're on
you’re really fuckin’ on
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
they had one good album
that i listened to in HS. ’tsgood enough for me.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
JL was hot and literate
that goes a long way.
…heh.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
So, people are going to wake up and think "Oh! 900 new comments! Must be great and sensical!"
/fart noise.
Also, this woman at the stand-up open mic on Wednesday talked for 5 minutes about her need to masturbate with gluten-free breadsticks. It was sooo painfully awesome. And she was legit mad that people weren’t laughing.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Where is it that one goes to see stand-up open mic night?
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Cole's in LS on Wed
TP and I go like every other week or so
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Which leads me to,
I am trying to remember the last time I have been north of Soldier Field, within city limits (excluding OHare).
Yeah. Wow. I might as well live in Indiana.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
state motto:
just passin’ through
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i believe it calls itself 'america's crossroads' on its welcome signs.
so if you ever have call to sell your soul you know where to go.
is that what colin, jack and u-god call themselves when they hit the navy pier arcades?
by craigws on Jan 21, 2012 2:24 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
PAGE 13, ASSHOLE!
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
i bet you jack has never heard of BTnH
meanwhile UG is too cool to admit to knowing the words to “crossroads”.
me, otoh, that was my favorite song in 4th grade.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
You over(under?)estimate me.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Really? That's awesome. Writing and performing a 3 minute bit on my to-do list this year.
Just getting started, but I’ve always wanted to. Some place in aurora I think is supposed to be super new comic friendly on open mic night.
Thoughts/experiences at the open mic?
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 21, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
the Cole's open mic is pretty legit.
fairly recently found out it exists. it’s run by this comic Carmen Esposito. saw her open for Maria Bamford in a2, she was excellent. the audience is chill and pretty forgiving, mostly 20-35yo. the folks who go on stage are really obviously aiming to do something in comedy. i would guess a good percentage of them have done classes at SC. overall, it’s a really fun time as long as the speakers are turned up loud enough.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
There are some local cranks, as I pointed out.
Some people are downright hilarious, while others bomb tremendously. I appreciate both (usually; some people are just boring bad). Lots of people have good premises with little follow-through. Each set is only 3-5 minutes, though, so if it’s bad it probably won’t drive you to the door. Most of the more seasoned stand-ups go on earlier, but I’ve gone when even the later sign-ups are very funny. A lot depends on the night, and if the excellent comedians are strung together; if it wasn’t great, come back next week. If it was great, you might be a tad disappointed upon return. Definitely worth checking out.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
Thanks both.
I’ve got to check that out. Read the comedy bible recently. Really helped jumpstart the project.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
have you listened to the Judd Apatow WTF?
that and i think the new Pete Holmes podcast You Made It Weird has a lot of pretty good specific insight. WTF in general has plenty, but the specific eps where they really delve into it is escaping me outside of Judd.
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I'll make a note. Thanks.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
*are escaping
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so i am reading dracula, and old' bram is being none too nice to his characters.
what’s worse is that he named the 2nd coolest character after himself.
i just finished hamlet
but i read a heavily annotated version that included notes on Q1 and F using Q2 as the base text. i’m not sure i got a coherent reading out of it.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Did you cats get to see much Shakespeare in High School?
One of the way I learned to love the guy was through the live performances my AP classes went to. Student only costume runs that theaters around Chicago did. The burb kids get those?
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:34 AM CST up reply actions
the RSC did a stint at UM while i was there
saw the Tempest and Antony and Cleopatra, starring Patrick Stewart. still never seen a great version of Hamlet yet. and yeah, performance makes a huge difference…but from my understanding it comes from either particular reading or particular tradition of the play’s interpretation. i need to see a few before i can really get a handle on what i read is what i’m feeling.
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i love me some hamlet. have the oxford classics edition, which read well.
i recommend the bbc version from a couple of years back with david tennant as hamlet and patrick stewart as the ghost and claudius. four hours long, but damn good.
ugh yeah i know. it's not streaming on netflix.
in fact, there’s no decent version of it on there.
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stewart did a stalinst macbeth with the same director prior to that. wish i coulda seen it.
i could probably hook you up with that hamlet. i have it on my computer.
I'll burn you a copy for next time we methup.
I gotta put it on my list and fire up the burner sometime soon. I’ve got a lot I need to disseminate.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 2:43 AM CST up reply actions
either or both of ye
much obliged. i saw the branagh when i was 12, but believe it or not i didn’t appreciate it at the time.
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has anyone else been reading 'the boys'?
it is garth ennis’ latest series and stuff in it is coming to a head. it is hard to compare to preacher, but it is damn good.
do tell.
comic book? what imprint?
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'dynamite'. comic book, aye.
he said he is doing 70 issues and he up to 61 (not including three miniseries) so it is a good time to jump in. you could probably find them online.
basic premise is a justice league made up of bastards (though with an appropriate public face) and a government group that is meant to keep them in line – the boys.
ennis is basically having a go at the more ridiculous comics stuff. lots of amusing digs in there. lots of faces being ripped off.
i’d say the main thing it has in common with preacher is that it demonstrates his ability to create fantastic characters. he is never really ‘one-note’.
it was the time of the preacher
in the year of ’01
but now the preaching is over
and the killings begun.
aw
was hoping for an achewood reference.
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heh
are you at least happy Onstad’s back in the saddle?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
i got that name from wikipedia after googling achewood
probably saw a comic or two, but didn’t know it by name
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you’d like it.
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every time that show is on ifc its either the pilot or the second episode
id like to watch more, maybe netflix.
yeah they only seem to replay those two frim the first season
found them elsewhere. 2nd season started a few weeks ago, been tivoing that.
a question for the drunk thread
What music if any?
I’m on some nostalgia, Sublime: 40 oz. It’s really my favorite all time album.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
i had recently moved to SoCal as of age 13
guess what they all loooooved.
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3 per?
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this one time i heard WU was old.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
My mom is attractive.
(this is objectively true and I got shit for it all through high school, you fuckers).
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
i heard your mom looks and acts like holly hunter
in o brother where art thou.
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say what you want
i’m bonafide.
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by colintj on Jan 21, 2012 3:17 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
And yeah, who's listening to what?
I’ve got some Gaslight Anthem on. Rock. Previously it was Beck’s Sea Change but that was only because I sulking over this guy saying “I hate white people” three times in my direction tonight on the Blue Line.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
sea change is a major bummer. very good though. didn't he have elliott smith's producer on that one.
Did he? I did not know that, if true.
ES is one of my favorites, all time. Glad you spelled it correctly. I love that sad bastard acoustic stuff.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
some number of ells
some number of tees
fuck that guy. get a better first name.
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he is my favourite solo person.
listened to new moon so many times. especially ‘thirteen’. surprisingly enough, it was a really shitty period of my life.
Buh? New Moon?
You need some of the more lo-fi stuff. Roman Candle and Either/Or are stupid good.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
new moon is lo-fi, it is the stuff that didn't make either/or.
the eponymous album gets underrated. the last four songs are a golden run.
For sure.
Despite the popularity, Miss Misery is one of my favorites. And re-listening to NM now.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
going nowhere is a fave offa that. and angel in the snow.
and it’s all good, screw the popularity. miss misery is awesome. only one I have difficulty listening to is basement on the hill. that is some painful music.
neeeedddllee innnnn theeeee haaaaaaaaaay
ooof.
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None of it is not painful.
But I don’t mind it in the least.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
In 2001 I was working at a record store and had just started to listen to Elliott.
A co-worker went to his show (I believe it was at Metro) and he packed it up after a few songs because he couldn’t feel his hands. Heroin, ouch.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
never got to see him. will regret that for a long time.
have heard from friends that some of his last shows were among the saddest things they’d ever seen. which makes it all the weirder that he was clean at the time of his death.
i believe the phrase you're looking for is
“nod off”
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the last two on the album - half right & see you later
he did them both with heatmiser, so if you don’t have ’em i recommend hunting them down. the full band version of half right is particularly good. can prolly find it on youtube.
Yeah, I'll have to hunt for that. It's not in my (fairly extensive) collection.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
he did some good covers too. jealous guy and waterloo sunset are ace.
there’s a bootleg website that should be easily findable on google, if you don’t have those.
Yeah, I've got Waterloo Sunset.
Gotta say, 90% of the time I’m not a covers guy at all. Dunno why.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
me neither, but those two plus a few others are good.
he does a good ’don’t think twice, it’s alright’ and a mean ‘blackbird’.
it's hard to beat an original
i really like the Raincoats version of Lola. i can’t think of much else offhand, but i’m sure there’s a few. Man Who Sold The World?
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twist and shout,
hurt, hallelujah, all along the watchtower, istanbul (not constantinople), i fought the law, house of the rising sun, blue suede shoes etc etc
i like the story of kids coming up to bowie and telling him that it was really cool that he was playing a nirvana song and he’d think ‘fuck you, you little tosser!’.
yeah avoiding ES while depressed
is like avoiding the Mag Fields or Motown after a break up.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
yeah but fuck smokey
sad bastard.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Loved me some Sea Change while going through some relationship issues.
Still a great album. I’ve got some great Beck booted DVD’s that give me chills every time.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
Indeed. I could see how listening to SC at the wrong time could make it the most depressing thing ever.
But it’s still so damn quality.
Hey, I’m gonna pick on you for a minute. How come you lurkers and semi-lurkers don’t post more often? I mean, from your standpoint.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
hard to say why.
I’m a quiet person even when at the bar with good friends.
I have little to offer about the team, especially in the off-season.
I live in New Albany, IN (Louisville, KY) so I am unable to methup.
My thing is getting to know everyone here without actually being able to meet them. I like to make stupid jokes. I don’t want to be a dick who pretends to know about how to run the team.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
we only tell stupid jokes
and none of us except larry know how to run the team.
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yes please.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
by KenWo4LiFe on Jan 21, 2012 4:08 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I know this.
98% of my posts are bad jokes.
I just like watching the Sox and learning about baseball.
Also I really like the community. It’s amazing how many people have been brought together because of this blog.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
It's fairly crazy. Life-changing thing for me, no doubt.
Well, extended welcome. Hopefully you’ll join for the meth-up, whenever it may be. And make yourself at home.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
My home is Bass Lake, IN. (whrere I grew up and where my family is)
About a two hr. drive from Chicago.
I feel at home here online. Everyone here makes be a better Sox fan.
Thanks for the welcome TP.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
Hell, that's nothing.
We gots peoples that fly in from Orlando, Rhode Island, the Bay Area, Seattle, et al for these meth-ups. It’s good times.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
like anyone needs an excuse to get the hell out of Seattle
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I live outside Louisville, KY now.
Was in Bloomington, IN for a while.
I grew up in Bass Lake, still visit every month or two.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
Go to any games ever?
Watch on mlb.tv or what? What’s your Sox story?
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
my story was a fanpost a while back
Been doing mlb.tv for three years now.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
first baseball game was when I was in third grade and my
cub fan uncle took be to a Sox game. This was right after New Commisky was built. We were in the upper upper deck. I loved it anyway.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
Very few of us would actually know how to run the team.
It’s good to have more facets and input to the stories, though, you know? And nothing wrong with some stupid jokes. I’ve built a career on it.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
you'll have to ask charlie chaplin over there
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
BUT WE JUST SET UP JENGA.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 21, 2012 3:22 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
appeared at my wife's school just before christmas.
the kids acted out some of his radio stuff and a scene or two from his tv show + elf. he was moved to tears and everyone adored him.
Netbook video memorial thing just finally passed an hour stress test.
Toot a loo you drink mofos!
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 3:46 AM CST reply actions
jesus christ.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
by KenWo4LiFe on Jan 21, 2012 3:59 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Step one- Wife wakes you up by smacking you and saying "hey drunky.. get up."
Step two- Tell her she’s the worst, then get Dunkin Donuts.
Step three- Profit?
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 8:27 AM CST reply actions
sign me up for step 2.
how is it that a motorized train thing that kid rides that goes .000000003 mph can possibly be that loud?
Its 2:45 in the morning and I am putting your frozen hotdog on warning by putting orange fingerprints all over it
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so…this is all i got outta this snowstorm
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
by Rhubarb on Jan 21, 2012 8:57 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Words, words, words
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
by Rhubarb on Jan 21, 2012 5:56 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You mean Wheaton's little brother?
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
The only good thing about going there is coming back,
taking the Lawrence exit off the Kenedy to my neck of the woods, and stopping off at Nhu Lan’S bakery along the way for some fine head cheese and pork belly pate bahn mi.
by South Side Expat on Jan 21, 2012 11:30 PM CST up reply actions
You actually like head cheese?
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
It's not bad.
Especially the spicy variety. Once you get by the gelatinous texture, which is kinda weird, you might like it. With beer of course.
I've had it before.
Did not care much for it.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
It depends. Head cheese can be many a thing.
I wouldn’t just get some shit from a deli and dig on it, but the stuff at Nu Lahn’S is fucking tasty when paired with the fixins on their sandwiches.
by South Side Expat on Jan 22, 2012 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
you can always join athletics nation.
/winkysmiley
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Jan 21, 2012 9:21 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
you're welcome
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Your boss can't be watching over you all the time....that'll be creepy.
Your next goal is to work hard to get promoted so you can be the watcher and not the watched and so you can enjoy a better salary more the Sox community.
or…. you can get a monitor privacy screen of those that allows the viewer to see only in a predetermined position. Office-Max!
For 2012 season: ALEX RIOS is my new TONY PENA.
This makes me regret not getting drunk last night.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I spent last night unclogging a toilet
(not a euphemism and not a typo)
White Sox 2012: Helplessly rebuilding?
I got a speeding ticket outside of Leonardsville, Kansas.
$173. Kind of put a damper on the night.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
$98 in "court fees" regardless of if I go to court or not.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I was contemplating telling him I thought I was going to shit myself.
Figured it wouldn’t work.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
if you apologized, you gave yourself a chance
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/what-should-you-say-to-the-police-when-you-ge
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I did.
Don’t think it did anything.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
counterfactual.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I must be imagining the $173 ticket on my table.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
"received lower fines for speeding"
not “no ticket”.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Or maybe things don't always go according to the study.
If the study were performed exclusively in Riley County, it would carry more credence to me. It wasn’t.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
of course
but the mere fact that you received a ticket isn’t even counter to the study.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I know.
But two classmates of mine have been hit with the same fine and I know for damn sure that the one from Jersey didn’t say he was sorry.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
that reminds me about one of my favorites. a truck driver was caught with a whole bunch of child pornography.
this was down around st. louis several years ago. his excuse was that he had plastered the interior of the cabin with child pornography so as to make himself so angry that there would be no possibility of him falling asleep at the wheel.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i don't think i'm ready to condemn him for that. i still don't know he whole story about that. also i thought the charges were dropped.
pete is my main man. out of the stones, beatles and who, i’ve always been a who guy.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
there was a suggestion that he'd been molested as a child and was trying to figure stuff out,
and the charges were dropped, but it doesn’t stop the whole thing from being weird.
well, pete's a weird dude, but don't put him in the gary glitter category.
although oddly enough i did see the who, i think in ’94 when they were touring doing the entire quadrophenia album, and gary glitter was part of the show.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
I saw that show at the UC, but it was in 96.
It was my 16th birthday present from my parents. still have the t-shirt
"I'm holding out hope Reinsdorf can somehow use his amnesty clause on Rios"
-Duck99
i also saw the who at the rosemont horizon in their first final farewell tour in 1982.
i bet you weren’t at that show!
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i consult at a company in Seattle
and they have SMEs and CAT teams. When I was first sent there and recommended a build in their system a person said, “we need to run that by the ninja CAT team first.”
boxcars boxcars boxcars
by soxshenanigans on Jan 21, 2012 11:41 AM CST reply actions
Great thread. Well done.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
I only know it as an app.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
college basketball is infuriating
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
just turn off the sound
so you can’t hear dick vitale.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
it's the variance in shooting and called fouls
NBA still has it, but it’s less of both it feels like. it gets me really worked up.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Al Yellon: Least liked "journalist" on SBNation.
Having a hissy-fit about the Marlins
The comments are hilarious.
"That baseball is the smartest thing out on that field." —Hawk Harrelson
In the past ten years, what are the only two teams to be swept right out of the playoffs in consecutive years?
The Cubs and the Twins. Karma!
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
A professional blogger trashing an entire franchise with a lazy analogy.
Reeks of professionalism. Did anyone bring up his booing at the Cubs convention on BCB? I scrolled a few threads a few days ago, but didn’t see anything.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
i was looking for that, but could only find reference to soriano being booed.
stay classy, cubs fans.
Dunn's gonna get booed.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I don't think anyone did.
The inmates have been getting rather restless with him as of late though.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
It's one of the most lamentable things I have read since I joined SB Nation
and the worst thing is that he didn’t even said why the Marlins are the worst team…it’s just a tasteless opinion…oh crap…. i have been there….sometimes. Not anymore.
For 2012 season: ALEX RIOS is my new TONY PENA.
by JofpGallagher on Jan 23, 2012 7:08 AM CST up reply actions
the first comment:
meh.
Just ask anyone else what they think of the Cubs.
Tequila and pancakes, anyone?
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jan 21, 2012 9:40 AM PST reply 20 recs
by obnoxious american on Jan 23, 2012 10:55 AM CST up reply actions
I feel bad for Seal.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
christ, he's not dead is he?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
by colintj on Jan 21, 2012 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Heidi is leaving him.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
It is better to have banged Heidi Klum and lost her than to have never banged Heidi Klum.
Feel sorry for most everyone else.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Yeah, but not everyone else was bitten in the face by a seal.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Jan 21, 2012 3:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Lupus, is it lupus!?!?
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Loose seal! Loose seal!
"I'm holding out hope Reinsdorf can somehow use his amnesty clause on Rios"
-Duck99
Shoeless, what the fuck is wrong with your backwards ass state?
Newt 2012? Does everyone in SC hate women, minorities and homosexuals?
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
at least it wasn't santorum.
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by soxshenanigans on Jan 22, 2012 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
Newt is premeditated evil
Santee is just dumb
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
A sad story is becoming sadder
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57363385/spokesman-joe-paterno-in-serious-condition/
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
Had etta james in my death pool
Paterno too
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Looks like you're killing it.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Jan 21, 2012 8:33 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
3/4 of the 'diggers' had etta james, i mean leukemia and dementia, c'mon
I would say maaaaaybe 1/5 of them have Paterno
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Paterno was a lock in my mind.
An already unhealthy 85 year old man can’t handle that kind of fall from grace.
by Grinder in Training on Jan 22, 2012 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
it was weird how sympathetic they were at blogabull when they found out he died.
speaking ill of the dead and all, but it doesn’t mean you have to say anything nice either.
by obnoxious american on Jan 23, 2012 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
i was thinking last night as to whether the bad things in his life completely negate the good things.
the man’s life ended up a tragedy in the proper literary sense of the word.
if he is indeed complicit in a systematic rape scheme, i'd say it more than negates.
by obnoxious american on Jan 23, 2012 3:02 PM CST up reply actions
i get that, and i wouldn't argue that the outrage isn't merited,
but it saddens me to think that life becomes black & white like that.
he shoulda went and died 6 months earlier.
Then his defenders could just say, “you can’t besmirch our dead idol’s memory with these accusations!”
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
life is mostly shades of gray.
child rape is not included in that.
so it doesn’t really matter what joe paterno’s grand college football tenure is. big fucking deal. he got rich off teenagers playing sports. what a hero.
paterno had a duty to society and he failed. fuck him. we’re better off without him.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 23, 2012 5:11 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
a lot of them were poor teenagers who think of him as
a father figure and a mentor for good reason. and those are contributions to people in need over the course of 45 years, not to mention his documented charity outside of the game. child rape is horrific and enabling that is beyond fucked up. i don’t know how to put the two sides on a scale together and i don’t think it’s necessary to do so. he did good and evil and now he’s dead.
nb: Orson’s article was really good:
http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2012/1/23/2727042/joe-paterno-death-legacy-penn-state-football
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
you can't put it on a scale because no amount of good deeds can ever equal that evil.
i pity his family. the embarrassment must be horrible.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
how is that not you putting it on a scale?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
because i'm saying they're incomparable.
and a scale would suggest that adding enough on one side could eventually equal the other.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
incomparable because one was so much worse than the other?
or because we can’t measure evil and good?
i just feel like contrary to craig that we should resist the temptation to try to judge the guy on the whole. there’s the good he did and the evil he did and that’s that. trying to do the math seems to me to subtract from our ability to come to the proper consensus. obviously there are way too many people who can’t agree that talking about joe paterno has to mean talking about his complicity. i think at least some of that has to do with not knowing how to assemble the man’s deeds into coherent whole. which is why i liked Orson’s article so much. it managed to do that without losing sight of Paterno’s culpability.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
that was the conclusion i ultimately came to.
you can’t judge his whole life one way or the other.
he did good things, he did an unspeakably horrible thing (and would have sustained that thing to his death). but he still did good things.
bleh
it’s mostly just that people don’t want to reverse course on a guy they rooted for because they feel like that speaks negatively of them, isn’t it?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
though it never ceases to amaze me how people try to rationalize behavior.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
meaning whom? his supporters at penn state and in the media?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
yep. and plenty of people with no connection whatsoever that just like to play devil's advocate.
i’ve heard ‘he did the right thing’ as well as ’it’s easier said than done’ and ‘you can’t imagine how difficult a situation he was put in’.
absurd. every one of them.
i don’t generally go righteous in any argument, but this one is simple. defenseless lives were being ruined. childrens’ lives. if i walked into that locker room, i might have murdered him. and if i was paterno, i’d have seen to it that this animal was immediately dealt with.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
There are thousands of students who had zero connection to Paterno looking like North Koreans in that video.
It’s pathetic. I get being sad or contemplative about his legacy but those dudebros need to stop acting like their grandfather died.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 23, 2012 10:01 PM CST up reply actions
whenever anyone defends him I just say if it was his own kids he would have different
like break his legs and then drag him to the state police himself
NAOPOS
This one is for you, MM:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/jerry-sandusky-ill-never-forget-all-the-things-joe,27169/
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 26, 2012 7:27 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
gold.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 28, 2012 10:32 AM CST up reply actions
how about Tracy Morgan? Is he in your pool?
With his health problems, and the fact that he’s a talented, hard-partying comedian, he fits the mold of a “die young” guy.
Which sucks, because we NEED Tracy Morgan.
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
His end is turning into a cautionary tale.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
yep. i have learned to try to avoid becoming a megomaniacal psychopath.
i’m working on it but i can’t make any promises. i take it day by day.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
by BuehrleMan on Jan 21, 2012 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Fascinating! Elgin has a straaaange history. You're welcome, everybody.
http://www.ElginHistory.com/eaah/
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
We speak English here in America not that bastardized version you Scots speak.
Elgin, Texas is pronounced by locals they way you think it should be, yes Texas.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Texas is the American equivalent to the United Kingdom's Scotland.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Wrong, twice.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I am rooting for the Ravens though.
Too bad one team has Tom Brady and the other team has Joe fucking Flacco. POS
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
i can't bring myself to ever pick the patriots.
fucking tuck rule bs. but flacco did lead the ravens to victory in NE 2 years ago and the Patriot defense isn’t as good as it was then.
I think the Giants run out of miracles at candlestick.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
I don't think they don't need miracles; they're the best team remaining.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
me fail english
the whole thing
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
In that trouncing of NE two years ago he only attempted 10 passes, threw for 34 yards and one pick.
Of course I would love for the Ravens to win. Pats fans acted like babies because for the first time ever someone other than Tom Brady and Belichick got all the media attention. And the only sports bet I made this year was for the NFC to win the Super Bowl.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 22, 2012 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
I'm rooting for the NFC
Giants are fun to watch, but I’d like to see the Smiths make it. So either one beating the AFC teams is fine by me.
by Jim Margalus on Jan 22, 2012 2:59 AM CST up reply actions
That's what I'm hoping for
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
well blackoutsox, you see... when a man loves a woman,
but it turns out that he loves booze more…
by South Side Expat on Jan 22, 2012 4:12 AM CST up reply actions
RE: The Balotelli "stamp"
I’m curious if anyone else thought that wasn’t as obvious a “stamp” as the announcers/everyone else thinks. Seemed to me Balotelli was completely off-balance through his whole post-blocked-shot pirouette. Further, the announcers came to this conclusion that it was clear and obvious after about two replays, which struck me as pretty harsh.
why is it harsh to wait until you see a replay? it's often difficult to see stuff at real speed or if you don't know where to focus your attention.
(like pepe’s stamp on messi’s hand last wednesday)
i thought it was absolutely intentional. i also thought lescott’s elbow to kaboul’s face was intentional.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Piers Morgan?
A familiar brit face for America but not a soccer guru.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
There goes FOX spoonfeeding disingenuous bullshit again
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
I think you misread me
I’m saying I thought two replays wasn’t nearly enough to come to a conclusion one way or the other. You say it was absolutely intentional. Please explain.
(okay, you explain below.)
Again, I’d like to see another replay, but when he “kicks back”, as you say, it seemed to me he was still way off balance.
if he was off balance his weight was going forward
so i don’t think he had a reason for his foot to be going backwards.
also, i don’t think i’m biased. i’ll admit i wanted spurs to win and i am certainly aware of balotelli’s reputation but i don’t think that’s coloring my opinion.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
it was pretty damn obvious.
his legs got tangled up by parker falling on them. there was some accidental contact, then his back leg finally got freed and he kicked back into parker’s head. at least as clear as rooney’s stamp on carvalho’s groin in the 2006 world cup.
and what are you doing up before noon?
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
Here we go -- not sure how long this will be up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFPQVqEXho
Yep — seems to me he’s still off-balance when the stamp occurs. At the very least it doesn’t seem as obvious to me as it does to others.
the more i see it
the more obvious it looks.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
possibly, but it doesn't really speak to concern for his actions.
it isn’t completely over the top to say that he could have blinded parker there (i am surprised that hasn’t actually happened to anyone yet).
shameful dive by rooney.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
I was wondering if the shame i felt was apt
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
he should have gotten a yellow card for that.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i wouldn't really call it a pull.
it was more like he was just pawing at his arm.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
I love city pictures like this
The Ashland stop on the Green line
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
by ChiSoxRox on Jan 22, 2012 11:08 AM CST reply actions 4 recs
arshavin just got pantsed.
good job wenger.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
no kidding.
i’m delighted that this is going to be a regular thing though.
not so pleased if it means morgan will be an ‘analyst’ on each one. he’s never been involved with professional football in his entire life.
an analyst should never ever ever say 'we'.
alan hansen is a liverpool legend, but you never hear him say that on match of the day. same goes for shearer with newcastle.
i wouldn't want to see too much of him but i didn't have a big problem with him. like you said he actually made some sense.
but i know pretty much nothing about him and have never seen his show. i don’t know if he was there to technically be an analyst. i thought wynalda was the analyst and morgan was just there because he’s famous, is an arsenal fan, and has an english accent.
also, messi has just scored another brilliant goal. that’s two so far today.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
and there's the hat trick.
fanfuckingtastic.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
yeah, i watched all four games that were televised. wolves-villa was probably the best of them.
both of keane’s goals could probably be termed “wonder strikes”. i’ve never been his biggest fan though. i wonder if he will be able to hold up until the euros. i’m ready for the shane long era to start and the robbie keane era to end.
dalglish has a mess on his hands. they got their dicks knocked in the dirt. by bolton.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
the liverpool board gave the fans what they wanted,
but they’re ultimately gonna have to break their hearts.
it’d be nice to see a board give a manager two or three seasons to get things going, but at this rate he could be in trouble by the end of the season. their defence was appalling on saturday. need a good centreback.
seeing as how they're owned by the same group that owns the red sox
i am finding it very easy to root against them these days. that t-shirt nonsense sure didn’t help my opinion of them. bellamy has always entertained me though, but i do feel sort of sorry for carroll. he just looks kind of sad.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i too feel bad for carroll.
he’s so young and gets treated like he should be some amazing striker. he’s 23!
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and messi is 24, which goes to show how amazing he is.
the best thing about messi is that he isn’t really about pace. we could easily get another 15 years out of him and he’ll only get better.
but yeah, they spent way too much on carroll. i still feel if he gets a goal or two he’ll be off and running. his passing and movement isn’t bad at all.
messi is 24?!?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
pele is getting touchy about messi:
“When Messi’s scored 1,283 goals like me, when he’s won three World Cups, we’ll talk about it,” Pele told French newspaper Le Monde.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16661825.stm
he doesn’t like to acknowledge how good maradona was either. pele is a prick.
pele can pound sand.
he’s never been known to be very bright. in fact, i would say he is literally dumber than a sack of diapers.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
yeah messi is insane.
he’s my age! i can’t really handle that haha.
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i dislike bellamy.
did you see what reo-coker was saying about him after the game?
on match of the day lineker alluded to shearer having similar feelings regarding the welshman.
oh, he's a real little yapper.
i just find him entertaining to watch play. i don’t know shearer at all (have never seen match of the day) but it seems like most of what i have heard about him is that he’s pretty much a tosser. (not like a barton-esque tosser. more like a dumb jock meathead tosser)
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i wouldn't call him dumb or a meathead.
he is boring, like hoodie says, but i find him likeable enough. seems a decent sort. never let it get to him. not a jock. you have to respect him for never playing for man utd too.
he was a newspaper editor over here (the daily mirror),
and pretty much admitted – in his autobiography – to hacking paul mccartney’s phone. this was about two or three years ago, then the phone hacking thing erupted and he was suddenly denying that it’d ever happened.
he is a colossal twat.
i didn't like the substitution at the time
but in retrospect it really wasn’t the problem. several things:
1) chamberlain had signaled to the bench that he wanted to come off due to a calf problem / fatigue. of course no one knew that while it happened. maybe as the manager you say play through it because he clearly was playing very well, but i can’t speak to that.
2) can’t really fault arshavin for the winner (not that you are, just general commentary). neither walcott or chamberlain were doing much defending prior to the sub, and what can you expect from arshavin, he’s no defender. the main problems in our defense were overall lack of cover, vermaelen playing fullback when he’s really a centerback, djorou having a terrible first half, and the switching of wings causing more lack of cover. could be said that vermaelen was very badly out of position on both goals that were conceded.
3) would have really liked to see walcott come off. he was terrible. so terrible.
4) piers morgan is an idiot
5) its not like afc didn’t have chances to score more goals, just didn’t take them. need to get better at finishing.
6) i thought yennaris was very bright in the second half, that was a good sub. though you could say AW should have made that decision pre-game. doubt many gunners wanted to see yennaris start, though.
7) I HATE the late game tactic of moving Per up to center forward.
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i haven't heard or read anywhere that he wanted to come off.
i read somewhere that he rubbed his calf and also read that wenger said he was fatigued. how fatigued could he have been? he had just made one of the best plays of the game. RVP’s reaction would suggest that he didn’t think AOC was fatigued.
but yeah, pretty much agree with the rest of you comment.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i've seen mixed reports
some saying he did, some he didn’t. considering it was his first premier league start i can certainly see Wenger being concerned about fatigue. possible his fitness levels aren’t as high as other players. they have that tracking technology they use in training to track fitness levels, so not sure.
RVP’s reaction was painful. I really don’t see him signing a new contract, which will suck!
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if that's the case
then eesh. i don’t know how they make it back into the CL w/o him.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
make or break summer for wenger coming up.
needs to turn things around. i think if he makes two or three big signings (and they really need that many) then he could maybe get van persie to stay. i don’t doubt van persie has some affection for the club, but they’ll be sorely testing that if they dont get him some help.
i don't get this make or break stuff for wenger
if he’s getting to the champions league on a consistent basis with a budget substantially less than those who do, what else is there to judge him by? in what sense is he not clearly superior to the alternatives?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
there is the sense that arsenal have the money to spend,
but wenger stubbornly refuses to do so.
and he hasn’t won a trophy in some years (though they really should have put that bugabear to bed with the league cup final last year).
i can’t see him ever getting fired, but i also can’t see them qualifying for the champions league this year. which will be the first time they’ve ever finished outside of the top 4 during his reign.
it is hard not to see them as a club in decline. selling fabregas and nasri was a mistake purely from the point of view of how it reframed the image of the club.
why would there be money to spend that he refuses to?
it’s not his money, no? that doesn’t make any sense to me, unless there’s some rationale beyond stubbornness.
anywho, i think it’s pretty clear that this counts as a rebuilding year. if indeed they’ve got money to spend, it could well be that they need to stockpile cash to spend for next season considering the hit they were almost certainly going to take if Cesc forced his hand. i’d certainly like to think of Arsene as that hyper-rational anyway. i’m not overly concerned about not making the CL in one season since it seems like there’s a decent amount of turnover in those spots. certainly neither Chelsea nor Tottenham seem unbeatable. the Manc clubs are imposing, but no more so than the usual top 2, right?
i dn, i just don’t see the doom and gloom that many seem to see, but what i’d really like is more info. i’d love to read more about the financial side of things or some case studies about falling in and out of the CL.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
every summer he says there is money to spend if he needs it.
but interviews i have read suggest that he is proud of the way he does things, buying young and building up, and he should be proud, but if you sell them before you win, you can get stuck in a cycle.
chelsea will spend again in the summer. wouldn’t be surprised by a complete refit, drogba is about to go and lampard may leave. if lampard goes, then you may as well shift terry, who is years past it anyways.
spurs will be the most interesting of the lot. there are about one world class player away from winning the league. course, they don’t come cheap. they might lose modric.
also, man u are relatively rubbish this year
but they keep winning. they will always be imposing as long as ferguson is in charge. they, unlike john danks, simply know how to win.
and as for your case study point; arsenal are the model club, financially-speaking. so it is tough to compare them to a valencia (who used to qualify all the time for the cl). i don’t think the financial hit from missing out on the champions league would be the biggest concern. the trouble would come with the loss of prestige.
MU's goal differential suggests otherwise fwiw.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
they scored a lot of goals early on when everyone was fit.
then they struggled. i’m comparing them to previous man utd teams though, as opposed to relative to the current league.
I'm surprised you haven't stumbled upon Swiss Ramble yet
(or perhaps you have and your question is still unanswered.)
long story short — even making it to the group stages of the CL and getting knocked out is a huge financial boon. I’m fairly sure you could go all the way through and win the Europa League, and that still doesn’t amount to even half of what a group stage CL appearance pays out.
I will say, though, that Arsenal are well off compared to other big clubs who might miss out on next season’s CL (like Inter, although they’re making a pretty furious push under Ranieri).
got a couple fave posts to link?
i hadn’t heard of that blog til now
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Given your preference for Arsenal, I'd recommend his Arsenal entries. I'm pretty sure he's written about them multiple times, and I think one of them is post-Kroenke takeover
Swiss Ramble (wish I could remember his actual name) himself is an Arsenal supporter, FWIW.
Besides that, just about any of his entries on recent fringe-Champions League teams (Udinese, Juventus, Liverpool, Tottenham — he’s done all of these in the last 12 months, IIRC) will illustrate the importance of CL football.
in fairness to juventus,
they were perennially in the champions league until they got relegated from serie A in 2006 due to match-fixing (ac milan should have went down too, but berlusconi etc etc), and they’ve been trying to work their way back to that position ever since.
Oh, I'm definitely aware of Serie A's 'foibles'
outside of LFC, I’m much more interested in that league than the EPL. An entertaining combo of histrionics both on and off the field.
yeah, that was more for colin's benefit than your own.
i watched a bunch of serie a back in the 90’s because they showed it on british tv, but my interested wained thereafter.
oh yeah i know a bit about the match fixing stuff
didn’t realize berlusconi shielded ACM though.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
it was repeatedly suggested, more than confirmed.
but it wouldn’t be surprising, he owns the club and was pretty much ruling italy at the time.
i hope they'll sign people in the summer
hazard and vertoghen come to mind. they certainly have the funds available.
its a tough spot for him in the January window. ideally he would’ve loaned a fullback at the start of the month, that hasn’t happened. i’m assuming he’s looked and not found anyone up to the quality of djorou / yennaris, i don’t really know what the pool of FB’s available on loan is. and he can’t really buy because then what do you do when sagna / gibbs / jenkinson / santos come back? you end up with more poor / extraneous wages on the books.
the injury crisis at arsenal this season really is an immensely difficult problem to solve. how do you buy a midfielder when you have wilshire / diaby / coquelin / arteta coming back? how you buy a fullback when you have four fullbacks coming back? most clubs don’t have more than two players per position. they certainly need a striker.
and one more point on the sub: he made the same sub in the exact same situation against barcelona in the CL last year, and arshavin scored the winner.
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gotta have good projections re: injuries
otherwise you’re overpaying and expecting more than they’ll provide. is it a fluke or is it the case that they signed guys without the injury avoidance skill?
actually, having just checked last season’s table, they’re on pace for 6 fewer points. lose cesc, nasri and clichy and that’s only worth 2 wins? the signings they made were decent, but afaik the names departing did not match the names arriving, not to mention the timing of the signings. there’s plenty i don’t know about, but it seems to me like they’re in pretty good position to get back to form as long as the lack of CL participation doesn’t force their hand re: RVP.
i can certainly imagine losing out on the CL potentially putting a big damper on the coffers depending on who their financiers are, but strictly in terms of management, isn’t this pretty standard Billy Beane-type maneuvering?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
number of theories on the injury problems
the grass they’ve installed at the emirates and training pitches is an artificial weave that never tears up, and therefore doesn’t give as much as normal grass. some think that’s causing alot of the soft tissue injuries that are occuring. Diaby had his ankle and then his leg broken, ramsey had his leg broken, sagna broke his leg on a track at WHL, vermaelen had a genetic muscle issue that required two surgeries, RVP seems injury prone. so a little of both? i’m not sure if you can point a finger at the club, the signing decisions. or the players.
i certainly think they can right the ship. wilshire and sagna’s return will help immensely.
from numbers i’ve seen missing out on CL is equivalent to ~25m of revenue. so yes its a big deal. also the notion that you can’t recruit top talent to sign if there’s no allure of CL football.
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about your one more point about the sub:
that goal arshavin scored was almost a year ago. i assume you’ve seen him play since then. especially recently he’s been so bad i can hardly believe it. i understand wenger may not have had too many options there but in my opinion it was extremely unlikely that arshavin was going to make a positive contribution and quite likely he was going to make a negative one.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i swear to Q!, at times this season as i've watched him i have thought he couldn't be any worse than the previous time i saw him play
yet he pretty consistently proved me wrong. he needs to go. away. far.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i still haven't been convinced a change was necessary.
and arshavin is just so terrible. have i mentioned that already?
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
hard to say
but it at least helps that RVP is coming out in AW’s defense. i don’t know how the media are there, but i’d like to think that his words are genuine and that it means he’ll be easier to persuade to stay.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
well, if they wanted to get people to ease up on wenger AOC coud have said something
like “my calf hurt” or “i was fatigued and needed to come out.” instead he said
It is always nice to know that the fans enjoyed your performance or whatever but at the end of the day, it’s the boss’s decision. He’s Arsène Wenger, a top-quality manager. He’s done a lot for this club so whatever he does and whatever decision he makes towards me and the team, I’ll have to respect and I do respect that.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/23/alex-oxlade chamberlain-arsene-wenger
also, i haven’t heard a whole lot of optimism about RVP staying, but you never know.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
if RVP doesn't stay, then it's pretty easy to call AW's
performance over the last year a huge fuck up, since i don’t see how they make the CL without him. and if they’re already not making the CL or keeping him, he should be sold asap. isn’t the transfer window still open?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
you generally make more in the summer.
presumably, only a champions league team could afford him and it’d be the place he’d most likely be keen on, but he is cup-tied.
may as well wait. maybe they can win the f.a. cup.
i also don't think
you give up on getting him to sign an extension until the last possible moment
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that's what led to how many dropped points in league this year?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
right but that specifically was probably worth
like 6 points in the first three weeks.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
leaving cesc and nasri late
seemed to be more an attempt to wring more money out of the transfer. i don’t think there was any illusion that they would be signing new contracts. RVP is a different situation, i think. and obviously that forced Wenger to do all of his transfer business rushed and at the end of the window, as opposed to before the season. i don’t know who drove that, the board or Wenger.
that said if they come to the conclusion that RVP won’t renew, then they should move him in the summer, I suppose. all of this is conjecture as clearly I don’t have access to their internal discussions, i wish i did!
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haha i'm not sure if you have or not!
once gervinho gets back, i don’t see arshavin playing much at all. heard some things that if gervinho hadn’t gone off to ACON arshavin would’ve been sold this window. with or without gervinho, wouldn’t be surprised to see him go with AOC before arshavin. its a shame he can’t find his form!
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RVP wrote an essay on his FB page about Sunday:
http://www.facebook.com/RobinvanPersie/posts/240822232661546
I WAS NOT HAVING A GO AT THE BOSS ON SUNDAY
LET me start by putting the record straight.
I was not having a go at the boss on Sunday. I was just sad to see Alex leave the pitch as he just gave the assist for our only goal.
I was not questioning his judgment. I know it’s not my place to challenge what Arsene Wenger does. He is the boss, he makes the decisions and that’s it, end of story. I have worked with the boss long enough to know there’s always a good reason behind his decisions, and there was again on Sunday. When Arsene makes a decision, it is based on a lot of information that everyone else might not know about and he will never betray. I admire him so much for that.
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So I watched "The Next Three Days" last night.
Wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Plus it had the RZA and Ziggy Sobotka in it. And Kevin Corrigan!
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Professor Professor!
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
been holding off on this one, expecting a sunday links (thanks for nuffin, TP!)
http://oldtimefamilybaseball.com/post/16169546633/read-this-comic-the-ken-griffey-jr-special
is it an analysis of the ken griffey jr. comic. there’s a link to the bo jackson one in there too.
a sample:
Starting with Jr. following his father to the Cincinnati clubhouse as a kid, we meet Pete Rose’s kid who, when paired with his already bad haircut, is in for a rude awakening as an adult:
That’s why you don’t brag, asshole. Because you’ll look like a real idiot 30 years in the future.
by craigws on Jan 22, 2012 6:26 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
oh alex smith
you’re not very good
brndnprkns: I'm pretty sure the "badass" value of your life is closer to Gigli than The Dark Knight
I think many of the members on this blog are.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 22, 2012 9:29 PM CST up reply actions
at least better than his kid in the Sox minors.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 23, 2012 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
I sincerely doubt it.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I think so too.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
i want that gif
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
As you wish.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Jan 23, 2012 10:18 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Saw it posted on the Illini SBN blog.
Couldn’t not share. I haven’t learned to make .gifs yet. Not a bad off semester project.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
there's a number of web apps for it
and i think photoshop lets you create gifs too? i used to know.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
The full version of photoshop lets you do them, via layers, which is still
kinda a pain. The web apps (that I’ve found) that do them limit various aspects as to make HD clips pretty much unbearable, cause they limit bit size and rate, or they don’t do compression well and the .gifs turn into Megabite Monsters. It sucks even more if the source you use isn’t originally HD. A third party program once you’ve done the video chopping is the way to go, IMHO. Much cheaper, too. I’ve done some playing around with them the past little while, clearly. <-That was for BM, and the only footage I could find of it was that crappy interview on youtube. The whole thing turned out to be only 3Mb, which is pretty good, but still no where ideal of a .gif.
Still beats that ’effin Marlins .gif that SBNation has floating around though. By like twice.
by South Side Expat on Jan 24, 2012 12:40 AM CST up reply actions
You will need
Avidemux, a video-editor which can turn video selections into a series of jpegs, and GIMP, which is a photoshop-lite that can turn a series of jpegs into a gif. Both are free software. If you do end up trying it and have a question, I can help.
I have GIMP already, so I'm partway there.
Thanks.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
lee evans and kyle williams both let the super bowl slip through their fingers
however, i’m more intrigued by weatherford playing with his wedding ring on. damn punters
brndnprkns: I'm pretty sure the "badass" value of your life is closer to Gigli than The Dark Knight
god dammit. today pissed me off. ravens should have won.
49ers shouldn’t have lost the way they did. lee evans and kyle williams. what a couple of dummies.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Billy Cundiff should be hung by is itsy bitsy testicles.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
evans pisses me off more than cundiff. cundiff shouldn't have even been in that situation.
the ball was in his hands! all he had to do was turn away.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
the nfl is a joke. such a poorly coached league.
i guess nobody is even gonna talk about how the ravens kicked a FG on 4th and a foot from the 3 yard line.
fucking pathetic. and people call belichick a genius. that’s like calling an adult a genius for dominating children in tic-tac-toe.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 23, 2012 10:45 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
I didn't like that decision, either
Patriots were what, the worst team in the league in rushing defense? It was a gamble nonetheless, but I’d have taken it.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 23, 2012 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
there needs to be a data-driven revolution in in-game coaching decisions
The NFL is way behind MLB in win expectancy. There needs to be an org that will absorb the criticism for “unconventional” decisions to lead the way.
For example, with the passing rules as they are, why does anyone run the ball on first down?
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
The NFL is easiest the league with the most decisions
based on preserving job security with being risk averse. Ironically the better decisions really aren’t all that risky and the head coaches would probably keep their jobs longer.
"Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun
run the clock, set up 2nd/3rd & short, keep the linebackers close
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Jan 24, 2012 1:13 PM CST up reply actions
Just met with my ex-NFL client who has played in a SB.
He called the games “impactful”. Would not elaborate.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 23, 2012 11:44 AM CST up reply actions
How about Phil Simms praising Joe Flacco for underthrowing Torrey Smith on what should have been a surefire TD?
This idiot of a commentator sees Smith having to come back for the pass, a clear field ahead of him and still lauds Flacco. I’m not saying bash the guy but have some goddamn guts to provide honest critique. Otherwise, why not just put the E-Trade baby in the booth?
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 23, 2012 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
in phil's defense... flacco usually throws that so the WR doesn't catch it
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Trent Dilfer analyzing Eli on ESPN
was quite the lovefest, too. “This is why QB ratings can be thrown out the window!”
We're all here because we're not all there.
Sounds about right, since Joe Flacco IS Trent Dilfer.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I didn't want either the Pats or NY to make it for this reason.
Cue ESPN analysts: (I’m foreshadowing from yesterday until SB) "Manning, Manning, Manning, blah, blah, blah…" "Tom Brady, Tom Brady, Tom Brady, blah, blah blah…" (2 weeks later & for months after SB) "Manning, Manning, Manning, blah, blah, blah…" "Tom Brady, Tom Brady, Tom Brady, blah, blah blah…"
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Manning took some serious shots and never stopped looking downfield.
I think he was more impressive than his completion percentage would suggest.
by Jim Margalus on Jan 23, 2012 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
yea but
I thought he got very lucky what with having DB’s collide on 2 occasions. One or both could have been picked off. I’m not a Manning hater, but I thought it was more what the 49’ers didn’t do than what NY did.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
i still am not sure how the Ravens lost that game
or how they only scored 30. then again, Vegas had the Pats by more than a TD, right?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
nothing would make dilfer happier than throwing qb ratings out the window.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
i hope the e-trade baby dies in a bonfire
NAOPOS
by blackoutsox on Jan 23, 2012 3:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Pete Holmes would kiiiillll in that role
i am very down for that.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
He is so fucking annoying on Doug Loves Movies.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 23, 2012 5:28 PM CST up reply actions
hahaha
i love it.
…but yeah, i can see that.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I've listened to his podcast a couple of times.
He seems so desperate to agree with people.
by Jim Margalus on Jan 23, 2012 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
i think desperate's a little much
but he has talked about that on the show. seems like conflict avoidance to me, which i think is how he couched it.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I should've said "sounds" instead of "seems"
But it comes off as more than conflict avoidance, and more like an appeal to authority. He can avoid conflict without overlaughing, clapping and shrieking in agreement to a statement that’s not all that profound.
by Jim Margalus on Jan 23, 2012 10:13 PM CST up reply actions
ah i thought you were just referring to his kind of passive acceptance
of certain propositions made by guests, which he’s also talked about. the physical stuff i think is just his very excitable nature. his comedy is the same way. maron was just on (which i thought was great) and read it as an exercise in naivete. you could definitely be right though. he wouldn’t be the first seriously insecure comic, that’s for sure.
either way, i both like it and can definitely see why others wouldn’t. if you can get past it, i think the content of his podcast is very good.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
defend your boy, larry.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
personally so far in the playoffs i think the falcons coach looks like the biggest fool going for it on 4th and short and missing multiple times.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
you're almost there.
the problem wasn’t the decisions to go for it. the problem was the playcalling when they did.
why teams refuse to go 4 wide when they want to run the ball up the middle is a mystery to me.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
for real
do you want more opportunities for the blocking to get screwed up or fewer? that’s why the spread was invented in the first place. in short yardage, odds are they won’t play two-deep, but that in itself can open up some things.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
OK, just listened to the Flobots for the first time. Digging it.
Stop laughing. It takes the OPOS awhile to catch up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA
We're all here because we're not all there.
Wow...paints a rather bleak and depressing picture.
So, in the future, protesters will be gunned down because all they will have to defend themselves with are bottles?
All you “Occupy” folks better watch out.
"They're a dead team walkin'." - Joe Cowley commentary on the Sox 2012 rebuilding year (WSCR interview, 12/7/11)
Sounds like Nirvana to me.
Keep those sidewalks clear, dammit.
We're all here because we're not all there.
heh
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 23, 2012 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
I love that you are just now finding a song released before half the editors and both authors even joined the site.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I have ties older than you.
2008 is yesterday, in comparison.
We're all here because we're not all there.
PS They sound a lot like Cake.
Esp. with the trumpet. Very cool song.
We're all here because we're not all there.
stop trying to be cool. listen to your roy orbison tapes and be happy.
pretty woman was a better song than this junk anyway
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
by KenWo4LiFe on Jan 23, 2012 1:21 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
All Roy Orbison is better.
Roy Orbison Black and White Night
"They're a dead team walkin'." - Joe Cowley commentary on the Sox 2012 rebuilding year (WSCR interview, 12/7/11)
Back to work today.
/sad trombone
Snow’s melted, sun’s shining and everything.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
There was this nifty windshield awaiting me this morning though.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 23, 2012 12:02 PM CST up reply actions
It's a schooner
This used to be my playground
by The Cheat on Jan 23, 2012 12:14 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
That's a lot of bird shit.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 23, 2012 12:20 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
ubiquitous response
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
so those of you married folks out there
what was your wedding song? I’m just thinking of this because i just heard mine. Summer Wind- Frank Sinatra.
(WU you need not answer nobody has time to read that post)
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by KenWo4LiFe on Jan 23, 2012 1:43 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
Jesus, Ken.
Summer Wind. My parents – parents, who were married in 1956 – picked “My Way”.
We're all here because we're not all there.
they had good taste! although i always associated my way more with death...
wait a minute…
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
A truly horseshit song, that is.
Sinatra himself hated it.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Was just in the grocery store and they played mine-
The way I am by Ingrid Michaelson.
We did Frank, Dean and Sammy for the entire cocktail hour.
by South Side Expat on Jan 23, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
Mine was "Thank You Too" by My Morning Jacket
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
oooh, should've gone with "I Will Be There When You Die"
(as long as you keep a straight face)
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 23, 2012 5:12 PM CST up reply actions
I seriously brought that up but I was instructed to keep it classy
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
I also threw out They Ran
But she was into Evil Urges, it had just came out. Tennessee Fire will always be my favorite, gives me serious college flashbacks. We called it heroin music back then before they developed their more triumphant sound
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Big fan of TF as well. Only second to At Dawn.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 24, 2012 1:15 PM CST up reply actions
Our song was
“Crazy” by Pasty Cline. Our dj changed the song on us, without asking, because we used the words “I’m crazy about you”in our vows. It was supposed to be “Maybe I’m Amazed” by Sir Paul… I like “Crazy” better… even though it’s a heartbreak song.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
if you're going Sinatra, it's Fly Me To The Moon all the way
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
We're considering Wouldn't It Be Nice by the BB
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 23, 2012 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
thanks for planting that seed into my brain there, craig.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 24, 2012 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
go with god only knows,
it’s a better song anyhoo.
by craigws on Jan 24, 2012 1:08 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
green by me.
that may be my favorite song, and i’m not even a huge beach boys fan.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
The layering at the end still blows my mind.
One of my favorites from one of my favorite bands. Still like Sloop John B just a hair better, but it’s all great.
Well, check that, some of it is terrible. But that’s not important.
Brian Wilson was the man. And a great closer!
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
Good choice, as well.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice is a bit more upbeat. I’m an awful dancer, so I dunno which to go with personally; the slow God Only Knows or upbeat Wouldn’t It Be Nice.
No matter what I try to dance to I always end up doing something similar to the twist.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 24, 2012 3:14 PM CST up reply actions
i'm in the same dancing boat. learn to skank (easy there!),
then you’ll have two simple dances in your repertoire.
Slow dancing is better than fast dancing, because of the two, it is the closest to "not dancing", which is the preferred method, since dancing is fucking ridiculous.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Jan 24, 2012 3:19 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Which, now that I think of it, makes me recommend "Dance Dance Dance" for your song.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
I had 2
Take a listen (since you’ve asked)
Also this
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
wow... whitesnake! haha
if i went hair band style… given my motley crue preference it would have to be this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLSRuOKF19w
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
I got my Pirates of the Caribbean/Thunderstruck reception entrance,
so that’s all I cared about. Confused at least 3/4ths the people there… when we did our table walk around and visit crap, that was the number one most asked question.
Also, while we did some nice Vivaldi type stuff for the Bridal entrance, for the recessional right after the smooch we went with Walking on Sunshine. The wife wanted it, her mother dissaproved, and it was a nice little fight to say “This is your wedding, not hers.” In the end, She went with what she wanted over what her family expected. Very good indication of how family holidays and other stress inducing events will be, and one of the many reasons I signed up for the lifetime thing.
by South Side Expat on Jan 24, 2012 12:13 AM CST up reply actions
nice i was married in march of 05 so the pirates/thunderstruck thing wasn't going on yet.
my wife and mother in law had many battles about the wedding too. pretty stupid.
when we got introduced i made sure Voodoo Chile played… for obvious reasons.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
It's funny, out of the few things that my mother in law chose to be picky about
as far as the not quite traditional shit we did, the ceremony exit music was the big one. Other than that, she just backed the hell off, and we didn’t hear a peep from anyone else.
It was really frickin’ nice, given the horror stories I’ve heard about mothers and family getting involved in wedding planning.
by South Side Expat on Jan 24, 2012 12:59 AM CST up reply actions
married in '88 so pretty much all the hair metal lovers had that I'd guess
Have you read “The Dirt”? It’s amazing any of the band members are still alive.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
lol yeah i read it... i liked nikki sixx heroin diaries even better. both are awesome reads
i was a big motley crue fan growing up but those books made me like them even more… i’m taking a trip to vegas in 2 weeks to see them play the residency at the hard rock. it will be awesome (all motley concerts are)… but i’m hoping for even more.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
We are going for Train.
“Marry Me.”
Yes. Kiss my ass.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
Yep.
Leap year. Invites say “Come take a leap of faith with us.”
Indeed.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
Invites?!
I got engaged in December 2010 and just got around to Save The Dates last weekend. This is some break neck shit
Not my first rodeo.
Fiancee registered this weekend in one day. Usually takes excruciatingly long weekends that bleed into the next.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
I didn't know you could register for your not-first wedding
If you don’t have a gravy boat by marriage 4, you probably don’t need one
by joewho112 on Jan 24, 2012 11:45 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Divorce is a mutha.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:47 AM CST up reply actions
They've all taken the gravy boats?
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Jan 24, 2012 11:47 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
where do you put the fucking gravy!
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 24, 2012 2:42 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
its not like he ever gets to keep the gravy boat
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
by Nordhagen on Jan 24, 2012 11:47 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
He has half of it.
Gravy all over the table.
Bitch!
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Jan 24, 2012 11:53 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
do people still give you gifts? id assume after the 3rd toaster theyd be like "fuck that guy" lol
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Never have really had a party.
Maybe 30 folks, tops. This one will be 120-140.
We're all here because we're not all there.
Hot damn, you're well on your way to 1/5 of an Indian wedding.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 24, 2012 1:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I was about to say who dis?
and who would marry dis?
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Works in business development for a national accounting/consulting firm.
Met in Sept. via a mutual acquaintance to talk business. She’s great (except she got her BA from Marquette, her JD from Wisconsin, and an MBA from Colombia, so she can out-argue me). 2 boys who bookend my daughter in age, so she’s stoked to have annoying brothers to talk about who won’t ask to share her clothes. Buying a house in 30 days.
Life is good. Except for the wiener dogs.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
You are something else.
Congratulations though. Your adventures give me a chuckle, but I really do hope this one makes you happy.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Jan 24, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Thanks.
Lots of chuckles. We’re having a “real” party in 10 years just to do the “I told you so” thing. Keeping our heads down for now. We’re not stupid enough to be all pissed that some folks might – shudder – have doubts.
We're all here because we're not all there.
If you don't mind the asking, which number are you for her?
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
You're a catch, clearly, and should not settle!
I mean clearly in the sssincere sense of the word. :)
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 24, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
smart move
and best of luck. Even though you go down swinging, you keep hacking. Thats pretty cool.
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
by Nordhagen on Jan 24, 2012 2:00 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm going to be in Florida next week. It'd be horrible if someone broke in and stole the dogs and a large stack of unmarked, non-sequential $100 bills from her house
wink, wink
by joewho112 on Jan 24, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Tote the little bastards back up to Bartlett.
I have an aunt who loves dachshunds and recently had to put hers down. Extra profit!
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
This is great
but I was asking joewho
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Thanks
Soon I’ll be able to stay home all day, eating bonbons and living off her crazy social work cash
yeah, and having all that social worker cash to spend.
by South Side Expat on Jan 24, 2012 4:16 PM CST up reply actions
4 words for you:
gold plated banana hammock
by joewho112 on Jan 24, 2012 4:18 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
where you going to pick it up?
Put Your Butt There?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Not at all
I am very happy for you, sounds like a great gal and smart too
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
an MBA from Colombia?
you’re going to be a mob wife?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
kind of funny hearing paterno apologists call into boers and bernstein today.
by obnoxious american on Jan 23, 2012 2:28 PM CST reply actions
Paterno had allegedly never heard of "man rape"
C’mon now, JoPa never saw The Shawshank Redemption? I thought all men were required to see that movie at least once.
"They're a dead team walkin'." - Joe Cowley commentary on the Sox 2012 rebuilding year (WSCR interview, 12/7/11)
I had to turn it off after Mac and LoHo finished up.
B&B are, of course, dead-ass right about Paterno, but I am so, soooooo done with thinking about him, and more to the point, thinking about those who are even remotely conflicted as to whether or not he was a piece of shit.
Hint: “yes”.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
anybody coming to his defense is a piece of shit.
it’s a shameful commentary on our entire culture that anyone would try to defend his behavior.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
i don't think it's cultural.
but it is fucked up.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
perhaps not the best word choice, but his involvement in collegiate sports left me without a better one in mind.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
mercy. so this is what happens when outside isn't an option.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
Update part two
Youngest son is rehabing well. Out of basketball for now (maybe for good-sigh). We went to HS throw around last night at the school for spring baseball. His arm was/is good. We have to wait ’til Dr releases him next Monday (hopefully). Pitching/hitting/fielding waits until then.
Also, dog lovers/owners: we’re talking about getting a puppy this spring; probably a Labrador. Any advice? I’ve been doing some research, but as they say, nothing speaks like experience. We did have a Yorkie a few years back. I’m a bit scared of raising a big dog in the house.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Do you have a yard or are willing to take the dog on runs?
If not, prolly don’t get a lab. Big dogs aren’t too difficult in the house once they calm down. Problem is, that can be a three year period with labs.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Are you set on a puppy?
I recommend foster dogs that can be adopted permanently.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
"The eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyes offfffffffff an angelllllllllllllllllllllll"
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
by RWShow on Jan 23, 2012 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
(( changes station ))
fuck that ad.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Jan 23, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
You fucker.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
(Now it's in your head and you can do nothing to stop it, bwahahaha)
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
WU just heard this song called "Tubthumping"
seems to work pretty well
This used to be my playground
by The Cheat on Jan 23, 2012 4:40 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
"i get knocked down.... and i think i hurt something."
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Jan 23, 2012 5:00 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Used to be your playground.
Until you stopped caring, Ozzie. ;)
We're all here because we're not all there.
gotta get a puppy so if its an asshole you know its your own fault
if its already a year old and not properly trained you’re fucked.
get a mutt. always a mutt.
agreed on the mutt thing.
a pure breed might look nicer, but it’ll make your life much more difficult.
eyes of the beholder and all.
all my dogs were mixed and they were all lovely.
by obnoxious american on Jan 24, 2012 8:51 AM CST up reply actions
yeah, i wasn't suggesting mutts are all ugly,
but looks motivate a lot of ill-informed people on the pure breed front.
You're actually not fucked because you can give them back to the shelter.
Kind of like foster kids.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
No need.
ACE hotdogs and Fatal Plus.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Though I have used a captive bolt gun before.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
And I recommend adopting from here.
http://www.dupageco.org/AnimalControl/AvailableAnimals.aspx
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
group comments
I do have a large yard so that’s no problem. I certainly want to pay the proper amount of attention to the dog. I grew up with Lab’s so there’s an affinity to them with me. I’m curious on the mutt/purebread comments? No preference on purbreads BTW.
I have a couple of friends & family that have done/tried the adoption route. It was a pain in the ass for both of them, so I have that ringing in my ears. Regardless, I do want a puppy so it’s habits are easier to train. I know it’ll be trying so that’s why I’m waiting until spring. I want to be able to use the outdoors to aide with training & exercise.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
purebreds have far more health problems because of the inbreeding.
and personally i think they’re a lot dumber, in lot of cases. collies are incredibly smart though.
by obnoxious american on Jan 24, 2012 8:53 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
what's that girl? timmy's in a well? take us to him!
funny thing is I’ve always had mixed breeds except for a miniature collie (or shelty? i forget), and he was sooo dumb. I suppose he could have been smarter than all of us and knew he didn’t have to do shit he didn’t want to.
i had a friend with a shelty. those things are a nightmare. if purebreeding didn't lead to enough issues,
add choosing the runts to create a new breed.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Pugs are the result of selective breeding from mastiffs.
Makes me laugh every time.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
big dogs are generally way cooler looking. and as puppies they're adorable.
but something ain’t right about those miniatures.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
You're talking to a guy with a 106 lbs lab/mastiff mix.
Very adorable as a puppy.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Jan 24, 2012 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
9-10 years, most likely.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
what the shit
you have to stop posting images because it drives me batshit insane when they dont show up.
its only yours, too.
It only seems to be you they don't show up for.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
if you want a dog that you can handle
meaning that you have job and can’t be home all day, stay away from breeds that have large “rescue communities”
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
My dog was a shepherd/lab/collie mix.
Dumb as a wilted carrot.
by South Side Expat on Jan 24, 2012 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
sometimes it's how they're raised,
but sometimes yeah, there’s nothin you can do.
by obnoxious american on Jan 24, 2012 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
You gotta read to them from a young age.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 24, 2012 12:48 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
my dad has a couple belgian tervurens. those things are smart as a whip.
that ain’t great either. fuckers are sadistic if they don’t get what they want.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
there's a lot to be said for dumb and happy
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
wu's getting married!
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 24, 2012 5:15 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I hate you.
I miss the wine you bought me. Let’s bet again.
We're all here because we're not all there.
i got an australian shepherd/ dalmatian
shes the best now that her suicidal tendencies are gone.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
lol no. she ate a bunch of pills. it was a horrible experience.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Love labs and retrievers. German Shepherd mixes are the best, though.
Am marrying into TWO wiener dogs. Fer Chrissakes, they are fucking awful. One barks as soon as he’s let outside (the neighbors love it at 5:00 AM) and the other craps in the house if you don’t crate her. They also develop leg and back problems as they age. Nice upside. I would seriously pay someone to kidnap them and never return. Am counting the days until they shuffle off the mortal coil.
THEN I get my Shepherd mix once again!
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
I have not talked with anyone who did not personally select the dog itself
(i.e. usually the husband or relative of the goofball owner) who is happy with the breed.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
and if they're long haired...
they can kinda sweep the hardwood floors for you.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 24, 2012 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
yes, i currently have a shepard mix and she's the best.
she’s really smart, but the other half is yellow lab. i assume that’s the excuse for when she does something dumb.
by obnoxious american on Jan 24, 2012 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
I have no tolerance for stupid things whatsoever
& that’s another thing that scares me. But, in my experience if the mama/dad is smart, the pup USUALLY follows. But, I did have a male Lab when I was a kid that ate its own feces. The other 4 I grew up with were smart as hell—-all females.
Stay tuned… U-God your services may be required at a later date.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Don't many dogs eat their own poop?
The best dog I’ve ever had (that I lost in my last divorce) ate its own crap for years. Instead of her nickname being “puppy” we called her “poopy”. But she was smart as hell in every other way.
Maybe it just tastes good.
We're all here because we're not all there.
same thing with this guy -------------------------------------------------------------------------->
only really noticed him doing it when it was frozen. think he just liked the crunch.
he would search out the rabbit shit though. now those fucking rabbits have taken over my yard.
Lots of animals engage in coprophagia.
Rabbits and horses get extra nutrients out of it.
I killed a dog named Poopy on the 4th of July back in 2010.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
We nicknamed our dog poopy as well
also because its similar to puppy and because he shits a lot
NAOPOS
Bitch took your gravy boat AND your dog?
That’s just cruel.
by South Side Expat on Jan 24, 2012 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
If you don't mind large amounts of drool, I'd say go mastiff.
You get all the fun of a larger dog without really having to do any work. They’re very lazy, but with great personalities and are amazing with kids.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
So apparently the Giants were trying to concuss Kyle Williams.
After the game, reporters crowded around the locker of Jacquian Williams, who’d forced the second fumble, hoping for an angle: Had the Giants noticed something about Kyle Williams’s technique, some weakness in the 49ers punt-return scheme? “Nah,” Williams said. “The thing is, we knew he had four concussions, so that was our biggest thing, was to take him outta the game.”
Devin Thomas, the reserve wide receiver who recovered both of Kyle Williams’s fumbles, was even more explicit. "He’s had a lot of concussions," Thomas told the Star-Ledger columnist Steve Politi. "We were just like, ‘We gotta put a hit on that guy.’ … [Giants reserve safety Tyler] Sash did a great job hitting him early and he looked kind of dazed when he got up. I feel like that made a difference and he coughed it up."
http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2012/01/did-giants-strategically-concuss-kyle-williams.html
Hooray, football!
time to lose the facemask and go back to leather helmets.
im totally serious.
you’re much less likely to leave your feet head first when your own beak can get crunched up in the collision.
this
I agree, it’s like cars. We put in airbags and crumple zones and what not in them hoping they would save lives. The death rate stays the same because people instead drive even more insane.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. ~Joe Schultz, 1969
This is so far off it's incredible.
Talk to any property and casualty insurance person (yawn) and you’ll know that anti-lock brakes and airbags have reduced fatalities by an incredible amount. The reason that insurance premiums are still so high is that there are MANY more cars on the road and drivers are fucking OLD! (At least in FL…)
We're all here because we're not all there.
I can only imagine the furious fine Stern is writing now
and I’m sure Thomas won’t even notice a loss in his paycheck
NAOPOS
I'm a NYG fan, and I gotta say that is reprehensible.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 23, 2012 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
yeah being a NYG is pretty reprehensible
NAOPOS
by blackoutsox on Jan 23, 2012 11:44 PM CST up reply actions
*fan
why does my brain randomly delete words as I type them?
NAOPOS
by blackoutsox on Jan 23, 2012 11:45 PM CST up reply actions
Sigh.
I thought this mentoring relationship was going so well.
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 24, 2012 10:16 AM CST up reply actions
Says the fucking Packers fan in Chicago.
Keeeeeerist.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 24, 2012 1:35 AM CST up reply actions 6 recs
when I was 8ish I went to a game and my dad told me michael jordan wasn't playing.
I asked ‘what about air jordan?’
good times.
i was angry about that.
but bringing noah in for scal with 3 minutes left was just comical.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Yeah the noah in at end was baffling
I gave Scalabrine a new nickname tonight, Fizzy Ginger. 6 double figures, 2 Double-Doubles. Nice game. Rip’s 15000 they made a fan fare about but 90% of that was with pistons…Benji the midget bull was a huge hit.
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
Can we just end the season and let the
Bulls and Heat play like 25 times? Man are they playing well right now.
"Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun
Just bought plane tickets to New York
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
Aw, not even one?
Blogabull’s GIF fever must not spread here
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
This isn't Blogabull.
Check your lease, man.
The lords of dawn are men such as Mr. Lucy.
by Uribe Down on Jan 23, 2012 11:39 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
old meme is old
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
i got warned for posting one the other day there.
by obnoxious american on Jan 24, 2012 8:56 AM CST up reply actions
They're very particular about GIFs; only playoff advancing threads anymore
I shoudl have thought better, but I was on an adrenaline rush from buying my first ever plane tickets. I would live out of a suitcase if I could.
I have an idea for the MS Pain thread to make up for it
We play on the "bad" side of town, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
started flipping through the PnJ and P4k best of 2011 albums
there’s been a lot that’s either boring or not quite finished. i was really disappointed by the m83 album. the palette is great and the single (Midnight City) should be terrific but he pulls up and fades out just as it’s finally getting there. the rest of the album is basically like that. made me remember how good Dead Cities and Kim and Jessie are at least.
Real Estate is pretty good, but they still sound too self-conscious to actually fucking rock. same with Destroyer so far, which really bums me out. i already knew that Girls album sucked. these people are either too smart or they aren’t doing enough drugs/alcohol.
anyway, is there any rock and roll or punk that came out this year worth listening to? admittedly i’m not even close to working my way through what came out this year, but so far i am put off.
oh yeah, Bon Iver is good. i’d love to hate him (see: Foxes, Fleet), but i don’t.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
Boris came out with three or four albums this year
I love Cerebral Ballzy mostly for the name but they rock like they give not a fuck, a band called Yuck, fucked up album is good, the Obits moody standard and poor former hot snakes rick froberg is excellent, cloud nothings
It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity
i also enjoy yuck. they're impressively 90's-y. a female bassist is always a good thing. didn't realise they were british until recently though.
i have also been enjoying ‘i might’ offa the new wilco album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxhbdPx7Sc
very catchy.
In regards to M83, he sang (or wailed) way too much on that album.
And in a year of The Weeknd, Washed Out, etc I can’t take that much of dudes over atmospheric synth beats.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 24, 2012 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
vocals rarely throw me off
how is that Weeknd album? i tried a bit of it and was bored.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
He's released 3.
They’re ok. I found it amusing at first because the lyrics are quite raunchy. It’s more palatable than Drake’s whiny bullshit, that’s for sure.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 24, 2012 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
hate the drake.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 24, 2012 2:59 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Tdogg, defend your boy.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I hate this last album
I really do. Got into a fight with chef about it.
"Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun
rae's a drake fan?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
"they may take our lives, but they'll never take our, um, 'take care'."
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Jan 24, 2012 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
I hate when I have been away and come into a thread cold.
I feel like I haven’t called a buddy to wish him happy birthday. The days mount (or comments) and it becomes harder and harder.
"Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun
Saw this commercial in Canada as they push Toronto's Andrea Bargnani's for the allstar team
Kanye would proud. Bargnani
"Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun
If y'all been following the WI governor recall saga
A Walker supporter has responded to the million signatures. In musical form.
This, apparently, is no parody
He’s lucky Walker is easy to rhyme.
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
by Nordhagen on Jan 24, 2012 11:52 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
This is fantastic.
We're all here because we're not all there.
by winningugly on Jan 24, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
you just watched LEADERSHIP
Side note: do politicians in Illinois regularly appear in parades and such on motorcycles in leather? Or is that just a Wisconsin thing, since we’re home to Harley?
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
sports related:
has anyone on here thought about attending the sloan sports conference at MIT? march 2nd-3rd. just did a twitter chat with a panel of ric bucher, daryl morey, jeff ma, bill barnwell, and jeff luhnow; #SSAchat
Easy chief
We’re a community - Tdogg
There's always a lot of fun stuff that comes out of the NBA panel.
But I would not want to pay to see Simmons, Cuban and Gladwell jerk each other off for being the smartest people in the history of the universe.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 24, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions
We need a new place for rumpusing.
I have a major mouth-drilling this afternoon (AT THE DENTIST, pervs), so I’ll probably be able to arrange for a medicated post this evening (PST) before bowling league.
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
don't get all excited. you can't talk about soccer there either.
CUB FAN!
by Trooper on Jan 24, 2012 1:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
im not one for the rrrr
but has anyone seen the walking dead? just started ep3. its fuckin awesome
"Rhubarb, if you wouldn’t mind, ram your taint into your monitor as hard as you can." - joewho112
I've only seen season 1
I loved the first episode. I enjoy the middle episodes. I hated the finale. No reason to introduce that character and conclude that storyline that way.
It's hard to express how awful the show gets.
But if the first few episodes were like the 2005 World Series, the rest of the series to date is every Alex Rios and Adam Dunn miscue from 2011.
by Ozzie Montana on Jan 24, 2012 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
ive yet to try that flavor
any good?
"Rhubarb, if you wouldn’t mind, ram your taint into your monitor as hard as you can." - joewho112
by BoeJouma on Jan 24, 2012 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
i hear the rabbit poop absolut has nutrients.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
by MarketMaker on Jan 24, 2012 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
season 1: tremendous
season 2: long slow slog through an ever-deepening shit field. You keep thinking it will get better because s1 was so fun.
I won’t be there for s3.
Dave Martinez woulda had that.
fuck that show
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
But...but....but....
/winding up tears
"Don Cooper, to the O.R! We have a bleeder!" - SkanchoDanza
by homesickalien on Jan 24, 2012 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
Fits in well with the rest of my fantasy squad:
Rose (toe)
Lopez (foot)
Allen (ankle)
Hawes (achilles)
by Shoeless In SC on Jan 24, 2012 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
its fucking awful. the zach randolph injury did me in in my 20 team "eliminator" league.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
i've had injuries to:
chauncey, dwade, kidd, blatche, brook lopez
Easy chief
We’re a community - Tdogg
killed my buddy's team
that and horford. i assume i’m not the first to suggest that the irregular season is fucking with the players?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
oh absolutely. in another league i have D. Rose, S. Curry and rondo... who have all missed time.
in that league Kris Humphries has been my best player.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
what the fuck is in the water at the UC?
injury bug on both teams.
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Jan 24, 2012 4:06 PM CST up reply actions
It seems like the lockout crippled the NBA.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
"we no can dunk, but good fundamentals. that more fun to watch."
I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.
by thatshortkid on Jan 24, 2012 4:46 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
And now for something completely different
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/in_for_bad_spell_6P0ucEX2cUYafpF8K5zp3L
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
wow. AAPL just put on a hurting on those numbers.
how about a $97B cash balance?
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
what's the deal with the huge cash balance?
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
In case they decide, they want to buy...
by Trooper on Jan 24, 2012 5:37 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
who in the fuck introduced bruno mars to my wife.
shes listening to her ipod singing billionaire. i want to whack myself
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
i just showed her this and she told me to go fuck off.
haha
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
if ever there were a broad we need on this site.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
I think Ken's wife and SSE's wife would both add a ton of hilarity.
"I considered throwing a volley, but since I'm considerably closer to Ford City than Dodge City, I figure it might have been misinterpreted."
what about Lockport Sox?
brndnprkns: I'm pretty sure the "badass" value of your life is closer to Gigli than The Dark Knight
by whitesoxmatt on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
how you like them apples, Purdue?
Vegas had us as 5 point dogs too.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
sucks to your assmar
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
yeah i guess so
they only really played badly against Iowa. gotta get to .500 in b10 play and everything should be fine and they’ve already got 6. would like to see them split the rest of the way, but that might be asking too much. i’d guess they’ll only be favored in 4 of their 10 remaining regular season games. fortunately, there’s not a ton of height in the B10 this year so i don’t think they’ll get run out of the gym against anybody unless they have another off-night. should be fun.
So fast he could hit a ball up the middle and it would hit him in the ass sliding into second.
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