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by Grant Brisbee on Jan 28, 2009 12:35 PM PST
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PrintGIANTS ACQUIRE GREG JACOBS FROM KANSAS CITY T-BONES
Slugger has .333/.405/.549 career minor league line
Best first base option for the team in ten years
I think my brain just snapped. I'm done with the offseason. Baseball needs to start. This happens every year around this time.
MARINERS SIGN TYLER WALKER
Plan to give him chance to win closer's role.
Move made after MLB owners agree to ban left-handed hitting
I have nothing. You came here expecting something, and I failed you, for I have nothing. As long as I'm making fake headlines...
METS SIGN MANNY RAMIREZ
Slugger to hit cleanup
Mets trade Daniel Murphy to Giants for Jack Taschner to clear roster space
First person to think of a clever hijack gets the thread. Open bang-your-head-against-your-desk-out-of-baseball-boredom thread.
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What would you change about MLB?
The strikezone. Call it like it is written in the book. Would speed up game and remove the boring BB from the game
Relievers must now fight it out in an octagon of doom to determine who comes into the game.
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even better
for a reliever to come into the game, they have to knock the current pitcher off the mound. Sabathia would never come out of a game.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
You clearly don’t watch enough MMA. Even our lil’ Lincepoo could get CC off the mound with a vicious anaconda choke or gogoplata!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
oh ya….wikipedia that stuff.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Real rubbers for the rubber!
Now that’s just gross Goofus….
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Your 2009 Opening Day starter at second base*: Eugenio Velez
*For the Fresno Grizzlies
Ban Scott Boras and Selig!
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
REAL BALLS FOR THE BALLS!
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For a IBB the manager of the team pitching has to literally kiss the ass of the hitter he’s walking. I mean bare ass!
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I tried
but I work for govt and would be fired if I opened anything like that
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Now that I am home!!
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
- water pits in between the bases.
- Playboy bunnies in the dugouts
- umpires dress like clowns
- cutouts of various sizes dispersed in the outfield fence that count as automatic 4, 7, and 10 run homers.
- salaries determined after each game played: Winners get millions, losers get league minimum. Bonuses for various stat categories. Penalties for errors, double plays, and mental mistakes (throwing to the wrong base, taking the wrong route on a ball, passed balls)
- fans allowed to run the bases after each game.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Batters not allowed to adjust batting gloves in between pitches.
Hector Sanchez: really getting tired of playing baseball in foreign countries...
We call it the ritual at my house
and extra credit is given to players who just say no to it. /ahem BLB
We call it “The Richie” at my house. Example: " I wish this guy would quit doin’ The Richie and just hit. "
No disrespect to Rich Aurilia. OK, a little disrespect.
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Hijack!
What was the year, make and model of your first car and how old was it when you bought it?
Mine was a 1964 VW Squareback that I bought in 1981. Bought it for $500 and it was total POS, but it was mine.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
I have never owned a car, although my wife had a crappy old Geo Prizm for the first couple of years we lived together.
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Same here
My best car is the back seat of the bus. You know the area that old folks can’t get to so you don’t feel bad when they are standing.
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
1978 Chevrolet Suburban
Got it when I started driving in 1997. Only 6 miles a gallon, but gas was cheap and I could put a shitload of my friends in it on the weekends.
by W8ingForATitle on Jan 28, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
6 miles per gallon?
Wow…I’m probably getting about 8-10 with the truck I’m driving now. I need to get a little car.
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Is that because you don’t trust the road supply?
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
White 86 Chevy Cavalier (hand me down from my older sister) given to me by my parents in ’93. What a piece of shit.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
1989 Pontiac Sunbird
I paid 2500 dollars for it. Three years later it was totaled by some old lady who forgot her medication and I got a check for 2000 dollars from her insurance company. That car was so totally worth the 500 dollars I paid for it.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
1983 brown Honda Civic named Humphrey
got it in 1996 from my aunt and uncle, so I was 19 at the time. I had it until 2000 when I bought a 1993 brown Honda Accord which I still have.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
1980 Lime green and white Ford Bronco...Fullsize
400 ci engine, thing could tow a house if needed, and I got a cool 6 MPG on the highway!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t this already done? I remember talking about my severely thrashed ’69 VW Bug once before on this site.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
1987 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer. Had no power at all but was fun to drive because it was tiny with a great turning radius. Great to park in small parking lots. What I really miss though is if I was ever early anywhere I would open the back window and pop down the tailgate and listen to music while sitting on my tailgate. I loved doing that.
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'89 Nissan Sentra
That thing was light as a feather… it was underpowered, but man could it accelerate. I guess I got it back in ’96 when I was in high school (hand-me-down from my sister who went off to college), and it broke down in college sometime. I remember being on the side of the highway 10 miles south of King City with smoke coming out from under the hood. That sucked.
1964 Plymouth Barracuda
Truly , a sled.
Bought it off my Dad in 1976 for $175. Put Pioneer’s first FM auto reverse cassette deck in it , w/Jensen 6X9 coaxials in the back deck. I used to spend happy hours cleaning that back window listening to “Let Me Roll It” by Wings (Also did a lot of rolling , heh heh)
When it died I ran hot/ground wires from the car through the bedroom window. Hey , I didn’t say the tape deck died – it just got relocated.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Wow
Nice ride.
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Pushbutton transmission.
One night while idiotically stoned and streetracing I looked up and saw that the light was red so logically I threw the PARK lever…the shower of sparks on either side of the car was awesome , duuude…
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
MOPAR OR NOCAR!!!
While a 1963 Ford Falcon Van was my first car here is a list of Mopars I have owned.
1969 Plymouth Satellite (318)
1968 Plymouth Valiant (Slant 6)
1970 Plymouth Barracuda (440)
1970 Dodge Dart GT (340)
Drove them all into the ground…damn was I stupid
’80 Chevy Luv Pickup, red. My parents got tired of hauling my junk to college so they got me a truck. Needless to say I had many passengers riding in the back of the truck at school and on those trips back from LA to the dorm, many folks got mooned on the 210.
1991 Honda Accord EX I inherited from my grandmother. Before you all flip out and swkawk about the damn kids on your lawn, I didn’t get my license until last year at age 26. Then my gran died and oh look there’s a car.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
Condolences about your grandma.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
Thanks.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
1969 Ford Thunderbird, not nearly as spiffed-up as this one but not too bad.
$300, split even up between my brother and me. I was 19. Lasted all summer, and then I went back to school and my brother bought me out. Didn’t buy another car for 10 years after that.
I shot high
1992 AUDI 100s. It was awesome. Then I slid on some and and smashed into another car. Then it wasn’t so awesome.
But it lasted a good 4 years.
1976 Chevy Impala 4-door sedan. Fit three in the trunk for the drive-ins and the back seat was the size of our couch.
Drive-ins are where you would park and watch a movie while still inside your car.
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 28, 2009 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
1993 Dodge Intrepid
Peeling paint. 3 hubcaps. But it went from point A to point B so I can’t complain.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 28, 2009 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
1989 Mercury Topaz
My dad bought me a new Chevy S-10 in high school, but like it so much that he gave me his old car instead. It’s cool though: it had the all-red upholstered interior. Sweet. And 5-speed 4-cylinder that couldn’t get me to 85. Driving on 280 was rough. No AC and the light on the radio didn’t work, so no clock either. Lucking 105.3 and 680 were the only stations I ever needed. Did I mention the all-red interior. We drove it out to Boston one time and donated it when we got there.
More Powerful than a 2CV (barely)
1969 Citroen Dyane, illegally imported into US (not by me) — it was one year old when I got it but the engine had been shot after being driven without oil so we had to order a new one from France. I had it for 7 years, drove it cross country twice and then sold it to my brother.
by NearestNorwich on Jan 28, 2009 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know how many times I got lucky in HS thanks to this car
Oh wait, yeah I do.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
1982 Chevy Citation
It was 1993, and I believe I paid $1,100 or something like that for it. A nice old lady had it before me and only put 65,000 miles on it in 11 years. It lasted about 3 years, making me think perhaps there were more than 65,000 miles when I bought it.
-Eric
by Eric Stephen on Jan 29, 2009 11:55 PM PST up reply actions
Hijack
In the shower, which part of your body do you wash first, and which do you wash last?
LinceCain and pray for rain .... or for someone to take Zito off our hands.
I bathe in beer. I don’t trust the water system.
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Now this is an idea I could get behind!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
Hair, face, front, then turn around and back.
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I start at the top and work my way down so I don’t forget anything. I have a bad habit of getting out of the shower without rinsing the suds from my armpits
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
I’d take a Kansas City T-Bone right now.
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And which would require several people to accomplish…
by Johnny Disaster on Jan 28, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
But he IS their best 1B option in years
I don’t get it?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 12:51 PM PST reply actions
Highjack
What uber-hip band do you not understand the appeal of at all?
For me it’s Vampire Weekend (third rate Graceland-era Paul Simon with inane lyrics) and The Hold Steady (second-rate Springsteen wannabes)
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Kanye (just sucks)
Bob Dylan. Can write the tunes but sounds like groaning tortoise
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I love how Dylan sounds.
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I so laughed to hear that Dylan and Petty were touring together.
For years my homemade joke was wondering whether a blind man could tell them apart.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Totally different to me.
But listening to the Wilbury’s records I always find it hard to tell Harrison from Lynne.
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A favorite game I subject my family to, on long car trips...
Put my ipod on Beatles shuffle, and make them guess which Beatle is singing lead.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Ha.
I can tell in a second for everything, even post beatles stuff I don’t know of. But yea for others it’s difficult.
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Same here...
and for the life of me, I can’t understand why my family can’t ID the different voices after all this time.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
I think my dad could by now, but my mom just doesn’t care. She listens to *shudder * “80’s, 90’s, and Beyond.”
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Odd...
If anything, you’d think it’d be the other way around—your Mom liking the Beatles, and you going for the later music. My Mom passed away two years ago at the age of 86. She really didn’t like much in the way of rock music, but she loved the Beatles, bless her heart. I think “Hey Jude” was probably her favorite Beatles song.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Yea..
I’m strange I know. My mom grew up after the Beatles and was more interested in The Who or Led Zeppelin (because their singers were hot).
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Panic! At the Disco makes me want to die, yet they remain popular.
I know we’ve got a lot of Animal Collective fans here, but I don’t care for them much!
Have you heard anything from Animal Collective’s new album? Their previous stuff didn’t appeal to me, but I like the few songs I’ve heard from the new one.
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I’ve heard ‘My Girls’ and it was OK. I’ve got the whole album on my HD, I’ll try to listen to it later.
I’m glad you didn’t mention how Pearl Jam is overrated again, although I suppose that’s because they’re not considered uber-hip.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Well, they are my favorite band, but I’m willing to admit that it would be nice if he could enunciate a little better. Also, there seems to be a group of really terrible bands (Creed, Nickleback, etc.) that popped up in the later 90’s and early 2000’s that seem to want to sound like PJ, so now people associate them with that butt-rock.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
It’s cool, though, your favorite band is your favorite band. I really love Primus, but most can’t stand Les Claypool’s vocals, but for some reason, I think it’s really cool.
Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes
Shut up and die already.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Just about all of them
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Animal Collective.
I just do not get them at all.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Coldplay
F’ing wankers…every last one of them.
They’re literally one step up the “douche-ladder” from Oasis.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Rush
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Rush is so not hip, though.
I’m always amazed that people actually like Rush.
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Hey, if you want to waste your life listening to technically talented but ridiculous Canadian nerds sing about Ayn Rand…
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Be cool or be cast out.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
That’s what I was thinking, but I would throw it out there anyway because I never liked them and know its good for 4 or 5 comments from xanthan.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
YES
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
vampire weekend was the first band i thought of before i even finished reading your post. most bands i don’t like i can see how other people would like, but vampire weekend just stupefies me. i just don’t get it, no matter how many times i hear someone gush about how awesome it is that they’re inspired by afro-pop. privileged white art kids liberally borrowing from black musicians, you say? shocking!
Do The Killers count? I actually don’t care if they count or not. I hate them….so much. I need to put a CD player in the car so I can stop listening to the radio.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know what any of their songs mean.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
This is my close minded mind working...
Any new screaming emo band. Doesn’t make any sense to me.
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I agree with Vampire Weekend, one of the most boring albums I’ve heard in awhile
And Rush, of course.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I still don’t get the appeal of Fleet Foxes. I know plenty of people who like them, but their music strikes me as kind of dull.
I agree.
I saw their album make a lot of “Best of ’08” lists and decided to listen to those 30-second samples online to see what all the hype was about. That’s some of the blandest music I’ve heard in a while.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
That is true.
But I did see them on Saturday Night Live recently and I still thought their music was a bit bland.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
Ultimate hijack
Favorite movie of all time?
Lord of the Rings trilogy (I count them as one epic story & film)
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 12:53 PM PST reply actions
o brother, where art thou?
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
This Is Spinal Tap
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I would so totally buy an amp that goes to elevenn!!!
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Counter Hijack!! Favorite Baseball movie lines.
The grounds crew in Major League, "Their still shitty." Complete with subtitles, sweet.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
For...ev...er
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
IAWTC
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
I was told this about 3 times last week. From totally different people who don’t talk to eachother. It doesn’t help that I am small.
AND THAT ISN’T WHAT SHE SAID THEY WERE ALL GUYS.
Wait…
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by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
You sayin Jesus Christ can’t hit a cureball?!?!?
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I will answer for EliminateMe, his favorite baseball movie is For Love of the Game.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
I’m so flattered you remembered! And my favorite line from that movie is…
“Hi.”
It really captures the thrill and excitement of the movie.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
Hey Yankees… you can take your apology and your trophy and shove ’em straight up your ass!
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
What Crash Davis said
Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
I say fuck you Jobu! I do it myself.
I chant this to myself whenever I get frustrated by finals. Also love the Jesus Christ and the curveball line.
Swingers
You’re so money, and you don’t even know it!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Shawshank Redemption
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Before Sunset and Hero (not dubbed, pre Tarantino)
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
catch 22
not a perfect adaptation, but still a masterpiece
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
they left out a lot of stuff that makes me sad, but the scenes they adapted well, they adapted really
well.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
have you checked out the commentary on the [old] dvd with Mike Nichols and Steven Soderbergh? They talk about the decisions nichols made that worked and which didn’t, eg. almost NO music in the film, no extra actors. One of the more insightful commentaries i’ve listened to. great access to a great director’s modus. very inspiring.
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
Not yet, but my dad’s got that dvd at home, so I’ll check it out when I get the chance.
My biggest disappointment with the movie is the lack of Dunbar :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
clevinger’s trial is a pretty huge ommission too.
The case against Clevinger was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge him with.
This madness has never been more relevant
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
Every freaking line
In that book is as funny, witty, and relevant now as it was 50 years ago.
Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian’s fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
If you’re doing a trilogy, Star Wars original trilogy.
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Doesn't count.
Not a trilogy.
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Casablanca
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I love Casablanca
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
love that soundtrack.
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
The Boondock Saints.
Favorite baseball movie of all time: The Sandlot.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
<3 The Sandlot
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Baby Ruth lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
We could kill everyone.
Also, this is encouraging news.
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Been waiting on that for a long time
The scene with the cat is still :o
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
I definitely own this shirt
And naturally I was wearing it the one time I got pulled over by a cop. Yeeeeesh
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lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
This thread is going to be chaos.
Sheer and utter chaos.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Nah
We usually have upwards of 5 or so aimless meanderings. This one is going to have dozens and dozens.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
I think Grant is just trying to outdo Xanthan’s thread.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Didn’t Dwight settle this already?
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
NEXT ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL
WILL GRANT SURVIVE? TUNE IN TO WATCH HIM EAT SOME BUG TO STAY ALIVE WHILE THE COMPUTER JUST SITS THERE PLUGGED IN AND LIVING.
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by WalrusMan on Jan 28, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hijack!! (for east coasters)
Does america really run on Dunks?
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 12:54 PM PST reply actions
I have never had their coffee, although when I spent a year studying in Germany I was amazed that their were just as many DD’s as McDonalds in most of the former Eastern Block countries.
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I’m from San Francisco but I moved to NY 5 years ago for school. So I’ve been exposed to Krispy Kreme before Dunkin’ Donuts. KK owns Dunkin’ Donuts. Also, the coffee tastes like turd.
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I never got into Krispy Kreme the donuts are too sweet, and the name is terrible.
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+1
I always like the little donut shops
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
I’m on a mission to die of diabetes before I’m 30.
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I'm ready to try those cheesy flatbread things.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
what the f happened to Winchell’s Donuts?
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Why do we get these goddamn commercials in the Bay Area when there are NO DUNKIN DONUTS ANYWHERE NEAR HERE
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
There's a Dunkin Donuts right down the street.
On the roads near 85 and 17.
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That’s an hour drive at least and the last time I went that way I got a speeding ticket. Me and Santa Clara County are not getting along right now.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
I just read an article on MSN that stated that drivers should watch their p’s & q’s with the economic downturn. Police departments are looking to bolster their incomes with more ticket / traffic violation revenue.
Blarg.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
Mr. Merope just had to pay a speeding ticket on Monday. He’s not real happy about it. He’s got a WRX so did he get a ticket for going 110 on 80? Noooooooooooooooooo. 10 miles over in a construction zone, where there was no construction going on, and he was just keeping up with the normal flow of traffic.
next time tell the cop you are in a hurry for sex. It worked for…wait it didn’t work for Barkley
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve got a pokey old 2002 Impreza Outback Sport , which is also my first ever car, that I bought new. I got tired of taking the bus in the Sacramento heat!
Mmm
I loooove the fast wagons. One of my dream cars. Practicality and the ability to put your bowels in your back pocket. Lovely.
Me and my shitty Honda got picked up for doing 79 on the freeway. >:|
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
No need to be so demonstrative , Baroness...
I’d pick you up for smiling.
Reasonable cause , and all that.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
at the same time
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
+1
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
DO NOT RESCUE (me)
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
TRUE STORY!
My uncle used to rent summer vacation homes back in the 1980s and once rented a place to Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann. She showed up with her dogs, all of whom had been “de-barked”. I could never watch an episode of Gilligan’s Island again after hearing that.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
The Professor
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Beer 'jack
What’s in your beer fridge right now? I’ve got a few cans of Young’s Double Choclate Stout kicking around, some Star Hill The Gift (like a winter bock), and a mix pack of Redhook (IPA, ESB, Blonde Ale, Winter Special).
Finally...a topic I'm overly-qualified to comment on...
- 12er of Newcastle, cuz it’s mandatory.
- a few singles of Dead Guy Ale from Rogue River Brew Co.
- 2 cans of Boddington’s
- 1 old, old, old, can of Coors Light for anyone who might come over and is overwhelmed by the “real beer” on hand
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
- 1 old, old, old, can of Coors Light for anyone who might come over and is overwhelmed by the "real beer" on hand
Elitist!!!!
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Wanna piss me off real quick like?!?
Call me an elitist for my beer choices, or a pinko commie socialist in another thread floating around out there!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Socialism is exactly what this counrty needs right now.
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
do you like the Apricot Ale?
those are the only two they sell around my parts. Both are excellent.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not oldjacket, but I’ve had the Apricot Ale and it’s pretty good if you’re into fruit beers. They make an Apricot Heff that’s really awesome, I like it better than just the ale.
Fruit beers = INSTA-FAIL!
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by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Have to try the Apricot Ale.
I love Pyramid Hef though.
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Something called Shock Top
It was cheap and i mistook it for a different brand that a friend had suggested.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Ah.
I’ve got a few Blue Moons left. My dad has been drinking Jubilale (I think it’s called) but I haven’t tried it yet.
I’m going to have to find some of these beers and try them. BTW if you didn’t catch it earlier, try and find Liney’s Fireside Nut Brown, very nice beer although it is a seasonal.
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Those who are serious about their beer
check out a new bar called Church Key in North Beach (around Grant and Green, I believe). The grand opening is this weekend. They have a serious beer collection and a nice assortment of exotic meat pies! The guy who owns it also owns Broken Record.
A 30 rack of Coors Light. I like good stuff too, but I am not very picky.
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I’ll either drink something elitist or have miller or bud light. I can’t take Coors light.
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I like Bud Light as well, but I can’t stand Miller.
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There are subtle differences, but nothing crazy. I’ll drink practically anything, honestly:
Bud
Coors
Keystone
Natural Light/Ice
PBR
If we’re talking good beers, my favorites are:
Newcastle
Full Sail
Almost any seasonal winter ale
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Keystone?
Man that was so “It’s cheap and I’m still under 21 so I’ll grab something cheap.”
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I don’t purchase it anymore, but I’ll drink it if someone has it.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
I recently witnessed just this. Young crowd at a show ordering PBR and trying to be very cool about it. Very amusing.
Did they have fake tans, lots of gel in their hair, and popped collars as well?
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by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
I only drink PBR (sometimes) so I can quote Blue Velvet.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
PABST! BLUE! RIBBON!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Pabst should so be paying Dennis Hopper royalties.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
Yea.
I prefer Bud Light as a light beer now, or High Life if it’s a non light beer.
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No haven't..
Been pretty scared to so don’t plan on trying it.
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Just Yuengling, unfortunately. It’s cheap, but not disgusting (e.g. Coors, etc.). I’ve been spending too much money lately, and I’m trying to cut back on the beer budget.
3 Old Godfathers
2 Murphys Stouts
A bunch of Natty Ice
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Jan 28, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
OMG I JUST TURNED 21 LAST MONTH AND CAN FINALLY SHARE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS!!111111
I have blue moon- my early favorite. And a bottle of Sam Adams cream stout, which is probably the shittiest tasting beer I’ve had in my very short drinking career.
Sam Adams.
Always a bad choice. If you like Blue Moon try Pyramid Hef, a bit milder, or Lienenkugel’s Sunset Wheat, a bit more strong of a taste.
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does this actually matter? someone tell me what to think! and why did it take 5 days for anyone to say anything?
T-Bones veteran outfielder Greg Jacobs, 32, has been sold to the San Francisco Giants organization. Jacobs signed with the T-Bones in July after starting the year with the Dodgers organization. He batted .384 with 11 home runs and 50 runs in 44 games with the T-Bones.
"It’s no surprise that the Giants are interested in Greg," T-Bones general manager Andy McCauley said. "We’re happy to see him get the opportunity and wish him the best of luck."
Best Sandwich in san francisco?
The two that I always hear about are Little Lucca’s (actually in South City) and Roxie’s by Balboa Park
If you expand it to Oakland, I’m a fan of the sandwiches and Genova’s Delicatessan and the fried chicken sandwiches at Bakesale Betty’s.
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liver pool lil's
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
I haven’t been yet but I hear good things about Yellow Submarine on Irving St.
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
I've been there once...
It was good, but it doesn’t compare to Little Lucca’s for me. Their Garlic Sauce is just to die for and their Dutch Crunch is fantadtic
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
There’s this little place down the road from the ballpark, at the train depot for CalTrain. I can’t remember the name, but they have great footlong sandwiches and fresh-ish veggies. Anyone know the place I’m talking about? It’s really good and everyone should eat there.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
In the city I like Guerras and West Portal Subs
But best sammy in the bay goes to Lorenzos in Belmont
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Jan 28, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Lee's?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Your 2009 Opening Day starter at second base*: Eugenio Velez
*For the Fresno Grizzlies
Video Game Hijack!
What are you playing?
I’ve been playing Mass Effect again after not playing it for months. I really like the game though, very well done. I’ve still been playing a good bit of Little Big Planet.
I, personally, really dig the expanded world. But I liked the main quest from the first one better. But I like the secondary quests from the second one better. It still needs to be longer.
B-, I’d say.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
I just started playing it but am enjoying it so far. It’s the kind of game I should avoid because I’ll spend hours on end doing everything and nothing. The first few hours were spent doing jobs so I could have money for new clothes.
ever since my daughter was born, I just don’t have the time for these epic video games. I miss them.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
by the way,
thanks for the help with that video card. it works like a charm, and having never opened a computer before in my life, I’m pretty pleased that I was able to install it sans help.
Left 4 Dead looks beautiful and is incredibly fun. Does anyone play it on PC here? Would be fun to play a round with someone i semi-know.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
sweet
I’m ltos55
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
I read that..
Farble II
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This is exactly what I’m doing as well.
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Neglectful father of David Quinowski
1) Always have NBA 2k9 going on in some form
2) Fallout 3 – don’t think I’ll ever finish this one, I don’t have 190 hours on my hands
3) Left4Dead – It’s aweome, but I need to convince my dumbass roommate to buy it for his xbox so all 4 of us can play
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Tiger Woods 09 for the Wii…..very addictive.
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Left 4 Dead and Eternal Sonata for the 360, Crisis Core and Hot Shots Golf for the PSP,and Trama Center for the DS. I can’t wait for Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad to come out!
I got to the big space station thingie on Mass Effect and couldn’t play any more. I don’t really know why. It just felt tedious.
And this was during the month I had to stay home and sitting/laying on the couch when I had a dead toe.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
I put it down for a few months because I got sucked back into Oblivion for like the 100th time.
/clubs Ogre
You know what game really disappointed me? GTA4. I got it on release day, played it for like 5 hours, and it’s been collecting dust ever since.
Yeah, I don’t know why either. I really liked the previous games (I played the heck out of San Andreas) but the new one is just different to me.
it freakin assume when you get like 6 or 7 players in your dorm with each team in a different room
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’m an old PC FPS player, so I still don’t think you can do a FPS right with a controller. I need a mouse and keyboard, dammit.
+1
I can’t imagine trying to aim shots in quick succession without a mouse, though I suppose you get used to it after a while.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
For me, I like the atmosphere of Halo. As a shooter, it’s meh. My friend hates it because the guns have no physics (he likes guns). And I don’t really care one way or the other about the guns. I just liked the atmosphere of the alien worlds/ships.
I don’t go gaga over them (I still haven’t played Halo 3). But I like them well enough.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Halo certainly isn’t the best or most original FPS out there, but the attention to detail and effort put into it is excellent. Everything is well-polished and put together so well, from the story to graphics to gameplay. It’s not perfect, but it’s still pretty darn cool. The racist, homophobic frat/12 year old mulitplayer crowd sorta tarnished the series though.
ouch..
FYI.. I am not racist. I voted for BARRACK
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
I remember my old roommates used to play Halo all day, every day. I saw them playing it a little, and even did some of the multiplayer with them, but was never amazed by it.
One of my roommates later went on to spend 24 hours a day, seven days a week, playing Counter-Strike. I think that has to be THE single-most overrated FPS style game I’d ever seen! Run to attack, get shot, wait for the match to end, repeat. Do this for countless hours on end on the exact same handful of maps. Hooray!
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
Quick games I could understand
Planting your fat butt on the couch for (literally) hours upon hours of CS is completely mystifying to me. Seriously, here’s the formula:
-Start match
- Run to a point, or defend a point
- Try to shoot someone
- Get shot and die
- Wait for the match to end. If you have a persistent couple of people involved, this can take a while, so you might as well get yourself a drink now.
- Repeat
How does this make for hours and/or days worth of entertainment?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
I feel the same way about Spore, after all of the hype.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
They rush you through the early stages, and once you get to space it becomes really repetitive: 1) Terraform planet, 2) Build colony, 3) Once you’re half way across the galaxy, rush back to defend said colony, 4) Repeat.
Despite what they say, it really doesn’t have the wide-open sandbox-type feel you get with SimCity or The Sims.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
This might sound weird, but it’s almost too realistic for me? I found all the cars incredibly hard to drive.
By the time I figured out how to drive well, the game was over.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
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I could beat GTA 4 all over again….I loved that game
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
I would have, but I sold my used PS3 copy to my roommate, which is pretty much the same as me owning it anyway
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
I completely agree RE: GTA4
Go here. This guy is hilarious and does an excellent job breaking down why the new one kind of sucks.
Oh yeah
and I’ve been playing Fable II, Rainbow Six: Vegas (just finished), and College Hoops 07 (I don’t know why, but I am addicted to this game.)
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
How is Rainbow Six: Vegas? I saw about 50 copies in a bin for $14 last time I went to gamestop, which made me think it might not be so good, but actually I have no idea.
It’s especially great if you like doing co-op missions with your friends.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Yes, this.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
sports games
Alternating between NHL 09 and FIFA 09, waiting for baseball season to arrive.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Stalled on Fallout 3. Just finished Assassin’s Creed, so I’m going to get back into it or move onto Fable 2.
omg too much fo3
Plus I ran into a bug that keeps me grom entering the DC area. That’s a game breaker right there and I’m not about to repeat the hours already spent. Hopefully the patch fixes that.
On a related note, I bought Fallout 1 & 2 and started playing 1 about a week ago. I should have played it years ago ‘cause think it’s too klunky for me now.
Or pretend it’s 1987 and it’s miraculous
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Vic 20 REPRESENTIN'
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Doan’ rrreprazent wit’ nothin’ but a 40. Um…yo.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
Fallout 1 and 2 cant compare to games now a days when comparing graphics, but the plot and story in those are still better then stuff they make now a days.
Oh, absolutely. The story and dialog of Fallouts 1 & 2 are head and shoulders above Fallout 3. I think a lot of it is because mainstream game-makers nowadays feel they have to have voice actors for all their characters, which slows down dialog and reduces the amount of exposition and detail you can put in the story.
FIFA '08
I’m kicking some serious Premier League tail with Newcastle, yo…
Have upped the difficulty before the start of the season I’m currently on (2010 I think) and am 2nd in the league, just got knocked from the UEFA Cup by Inter Milan, but am still alive and kicking in both cup competitions. Obafemi Martins has 20 goals already, and I’ve still got another 2 months of games to go, I believe.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, and I just got done beating Command and Conquer Red Alert 3….time to whoop that ass on the multi-player now
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
PES 09
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
That is definitely a good one as well!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 29, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
GT4 (PS2)
IL2 Sturmovik 1946 (PC) – overwheming
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
- Ultima: Exodus on a NES emulator on my laptop. I had to go back to it, since I didn’t get it the first time I played. The documentation on the game was piss poor, so I wanted to go back now and try to beat the game.
- Madden 07. I love going back and drafting a really crappy team, then building the team up over seasons. I have one team that’s completely unstoppable, it’s awesome.
- Quit playing Oblivion recently, as I found there are just too many things I don’t really like about the game, such as a lack of personality from the NPCs, lack of distinction between any NPCs, awful character interaction, a lack of unique weapons or armor without the Mod communitt getting involved, and not enough of an interactive world in general. I mean, couldn’t they release an expansion where you help rebuild Kvatch?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
Fallout
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2 on PC
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
A lot of Guitar Hero 3 and World Tour. And I was playing through Legend of Dragoon (just so I can finish it already, I’ve been playing it for like 5 years) but I haven’t played it again since coming back to school. I don’t know why. I get frustrated by the horrible translation.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
The battle system is awesome, but the story and characters and translation are really bad, imo. Still, it’s fun.
I still only have a PS2, so I mostly play old PS1 and PS2 RPGs I never got around to finishing.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Wii hijack!
Anyone have any good, cheap Wii games they’d highly recommend? Since buying the console, we still haven’t purchased any new games for it.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
That's from the Sega Genesis?
After playing Ultima: Exodus, I might actually need something a little more updated, but I might have to check it out anyway. Is it cheap?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
+1 for Wii Play
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
I hear de Blob and Boom Blox are pretty good. Mario Kart and Galaxy are fun. I have to mention Okami, even if it may not be your type of game.
World of Goo
It’s a Virtual Console game, I think it’s $15.
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Jan 29, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
NES-Bad News Baseball
XBOX- COD4 and CIVREV
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Jan 28, 2009 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Counterstrike and Starcraft
Yes, I’m Korean. Yes, you can add me* if you wanna pwn a n00b (steam id: abae33).
*Does not apply to computers.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Your 2009 Opening Day starter at second base*: Eugenio Velez
*For the Fresno Grizzlies
I haven’t played Counterstrike in too long. That game was fun. Between that, Diablo II, and FFX, I missed my entire sophomore year of college.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Food hijack
What did you have for dinner last night?
I made chicken thighs with soy sauce & lime, thai peanut cauliflower, and brown rice.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Two Famous Stars for 3 dollars…that’s over 70 grams of fat…. =(
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
my wife attempted a chicken and rice casserole. The recipe called for you not to cook rice before baking casserole. Not good, hard rice.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Hot honey roasted turkey and provolone sannies with normal yellow mustard and some dill pickles on the side.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
old leftover hamburger
this puppy of mine might be dying, and didn’t have the heart to cook.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
A tough time..
My family went through this around 5 years ago but it’s still strange. We just had a family friend make a “tombstone” mosaic to put near where we buried her. Makes it a little better thinking about her.
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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Our condolences. I still miss my old kitty – she died at 13, we had been through the quake of ’89 together! Everytime the quake is mentioned I think of her in the hallway of our apartment in the Hayward Hills, holding on for dear life! New kitty is sweet [but stupid] and we know to take lots of pictures.
good news, puppy seems to be fine
Must have been some kind of one-day bug, but she’s up and about again.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
that’s good to hear. man, it’s hard to absorb the loss of a loved pet. heart breaking stuff.
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 29, 2009 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
Looking at the puppy again..
Puppy looks like my first dog a lot in the face. She lived until 14 so hopefully you’ll be as lucky.
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Mac-N-Cheese
made a poor choice of cheese (by going with the relatively mild stuff we just had in the house). I’m going to go with something sharper next time.
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
Last night…..umm…..I think I just had a few pieces of some herb, garlic, and cheese bread. Was hungry in the morning.
Tonight I’ll probably just have a snack in a few hours and hit the sack. I have work at 3 am tomorrow. :-(
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We had Beach Hut Deli, ham and something or other. They give their stuff weird names that I can never remember.
Ooooooooooh Beach Hut Deli
a large Spicoli (turkey, bacon, ranch dressing) FTW!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Top Ramen
That’s how we roll. Nah I had to meet a deadline and I worked a full day at my temp job, sat in traffic on 680 all the way home, and by the time I got home I said “fuck it” and made myself a bowl of ramen.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
I wound up working until 1am, came home, made a PB&J and went to bed. That Thai peanut cauliflower sounds delicious.
Is reading MCC a risk...
for salmonella?
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
Ta-taco, anyone?
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 29, 2009 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
Comic book hijack!
Marvel or DC?
Personally, I like Marvel better.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 1:07 PM PST reply actions
Marvel is better overall, but DC has the best overall character in Batman
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
I prefer disney
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
idk much about comics
but Marvel has Deadpool.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Hijak...
favorite prospect bust…
all sports..
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
Prediction:
Bust of 2012 Sarah Palin has intelligence
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
She’s got a PAC set up now too, ya know!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
She needs to support her stylez!
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Him or Tony Mandarich or Robert Gallery
Football busts are so much more enjoyable since they’re labeled “can’t miss”…and then do
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Gallery?
Come on, he’s not very good (although since he’s been moved to guard he’s played better), but he’s no Tony Mandarich or Ryan Leaf. Those guys were out of the league in less time than Gallery has played so far.
But Gallery really had the “can’t miss” label pushed pretty hard. I also had no idea he was still in the league.
That's a good sign, actually
(that you didn’t know he was still in the league.) For an O-lineman, if they’re mentioning your name, you’re screwing up.
Well
actually Gallery is really an awesome Guard. I’d want him on my team. He was never a tackle. Tony Mandarich was exactly the same- he actually played a number of really good years as a guard, but you never really hear about that. He even protected Peyton Manning a couple years. Those guys were very very good guards but you don’t hear about Olinemen and hear even less about interior Olinemen.
Absolutely
Nobody wrecked a franchise more effectively than cryin’ Ryan. Well… him or Zito.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
little premature there aren’t we? He’s still nowhere near 100% and he’s averaging 17 and 10 in his last 4 games
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
I like the guy but he’s always going to be one misstep away from season/career-ending surgery. Also, he just turned 40.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
Please
he’s not a bust yet just because there’s the possibility of injury. Amare had the same surgery and is a really good player now.
It saddens me to say this...it really saddens me....
Joey Harrington.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Darko Milicic
not only was he taken over Bosh, Wade, and Carmelo….but his agent had the audacity to suggest he could be taken over LeBron
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Jim Druckenmiller.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Favorite?
What makes a bust your favorite? (Insert joke.) Anyway, Sam Bowie certainly has to be on the list. Also, Vince Young.
Perhaps Michael Vick qualifies as my favorite simply because he was the most spectacular disaster for his team.
+2349823749728937p
every now and then I pick up one of the books and then end up reading all of them in a week’s time. In the middle of one of those right now.
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
According to Wikipedia, they aired 8 of the 9 episodes in the first season, but I’m not sure if that’s correct or not.
I liked the idea of BatManuel….who coincidentally enough the actor went on to star in the Dark Knight as the mayor
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t notice that until the third time I saw Dark Knight. I also saw him in an episode of Scrubs recently.
he's everywhere
He’s also on LOST, serving the usual purpose of creating more questions that the writer’s never intend to answer
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
/ thumbs up
It had enough satire in it that some ppl were comfortible with it. IMO.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Ben Katz from Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
Ralph Wiggum.
Zap Brannigan.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
same here
I also enjoyed Sealab in the earlier days.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
AdultSwim video is bookmarked.
JUST LAST NIGHT I was watching Sexy New Brak Show Go! and blowing valves trying not to wake the house laughing.
Photoshop enthusiasts should see this.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
yes
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
"Play me to the desk , Zorak."
See , this is like Disney/Pixar ’s adult humor references – if you grew up watching Space Ghost and Birdman as serious cartoons you really roll at the parodies.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Pinky & the Brain.
Some days I am more like Pinky. Other days like the Brain. Rarely am I like niether.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Speaking of How I Met Your Mother...
Monday’s repeat of the “Best Burger in New York” episode had me remembering the greatest sandwich experience of my life.
i was around 9, so this was 20 years ago, and it was a little liquor store, must have been near Geneva and the bus station by the freeway, which made sandwiches from behind the counter in a little toaster oven.
they used this amazing bread, just the right amount of succulent turkey and cheese, and the memory that has haunted my taste buds for decades- the perfect red onion. just finely sliced, and somehow stuffed into this ballet of meat and cheese so harmoniously i regret each and every day only having it once.
my kingdom for whoever can tell me where this place is. i live in l.a., just five minutes from LAX, so if you know you are correct i can be there in less than three hours.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
I’m sorry I can’t help you. Loved the episode though.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Great episode.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
hopefully you see this
Growing up in the area you have to be talking about the holy grail of sandwiches. Hope this helps.
by wheresmyhauf on Jan 30, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
you know we can’t share that.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Spring Break, the college years…left SLO a little after midnight, pulled into Vegas early in the morning and by 8:00 AM I already had a screwdriver in my hand and was playing blackjack. Memorable moments during the trip include, drunken singing with pals down the strip “Luck be a Vulva, Tonight” ala Sinatra was our song of choice, someone in the group was making a pass at a married woman who was in town without the hubby, and if only his boys wouldn’t of stopped things….sigh….oh, I cried in public after having a few too many brews and losing my ass on the tables one night. The elderly couple across from us on the monorail train were trying to give me $40 because they felt a bit sorry for me and the way my boys were treating my failed exploits.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
How long is the Vegas drive from SLO..
I’m going late May.. Mapquest says somethign like 6.5 hours but I just have a feeling it won’t take that long.
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
yup….like he said…we went through LA and on the 15…took like 7 hours or so. Hit LA in the middle of the night so there was zero traffic…wouldn’t suggest that route in the middle of the day.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Any midnight drive between Vegas and Phoenix that featured Midnight Replay was wonderful.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t traffic the major factor? We got caught up in that mess once driving down to San Diego, it was like a 2 lane (in each direction) road traffic was backed up for MILES. And this was still in the central valley, but it was at the junction of whatever road goes to Vegas.
That’s why we chose to drive through the night…well, that and I was a drunkard back then…some things never change!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Only been there twice so far...
Once was when I was about 10 and then on my move back across the country so neither time I really had time to do anything. Can’t wait for sometime this summer though with my boys.
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IF YOU GO TO VEGAS...
…it ain’t all ugly.
Mapquest/Google Red Rock Canyon State Park…or just take the 216 west from the airport to Charleston then left again…or take Charleston west from anywhere. It’s purty out there , and a nice place to chill out from battling Vegas traffic..
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds cool.
Perhaps it’ll be on my dad and my SW trip to Zion and Bryce and Canyonlands someday. I’m not sure the partying crowd I’d go with would be into it.
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2004 One Year Anniversary with the Mrs. I finally took the time to see other things besides the bars & the tables.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
Personal history highjack
What was the first job you ever had?
Mine was in high school, when I worked for Black Oak Books in Berkeley. I started out with the very glorious and exciting job of cleaning the shelves and later graduated to being the bag checker.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Hijack Hijack
First job you ever had – babysitting
Best Job you ever had – Dishwasher at Olive Garden
Worst Job you ever had/job you hated the most – Concessions at Century Ten in Mountain View. I’ll never look at a movie theater hot dog the same way again.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
First job: Hollywood Video cashier….it was retail, but I loved it as a teenager
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Dishwasher , Howard Johnson's , Santa Maria , 1976
It ended the day after I loaded the stolen case of Coors into the trunk of that sled up there.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Wetzels Pretzels at Hillsdale Mall
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Jan 28, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Dishwasher/busboy at Leonard’s Charcoal Broiler (now defunct) on Castro in downtown Mountain View. I got let go after a couple months, and went on to raging success for the remainder of my high school years as a busboy/cook/host/baker/night manager at Marie Callender’s in Mountain View.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Blockbuster Video. I’m scarred for life.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
I was a student working at USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. I cleaned labs in their cancer research center and fed and cared for the animals they used for experiments.
It was the worst job in the whole wide world.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 28, 2009 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
31 Flavors
The one on Middlefield in Palo Alto. It was my job to make sure the stoners didn’t smoke too much weed.
whoa
I live a couple blocks from it.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
Best Fast Food Value menu???
To me it comes down to Wendy’s vs Jack in the Box. Both have tremendous variety and I don’t know if I could pick between them
Wendy’s. No question.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I love the Frosty option, and the side salds are quality, but they have no answer for Jack in the Box Taco’s (2 for .99)
That’s a gamebreaker
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
For me, the Frosty ends the argument. everything else is just a compliment to the Frosty goodness of a Frosty. In fact, Now I really, really want one.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
good point…the Frosty really seperates Wendy’s from the pack
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
A DQ Blizzard or Peanut Buster Parfait takes a poo-poo on your beloved Frosty!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I agree that a DQ Blizzard is better than a Frosty, but that wasn’t the question. Unfortunately, the Blizzard is a bit more expensive than it should be.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
wtf is with that? It’s like 3 bucks for a small if you’re lucky. It’s just ice cream with some oreos!
But they are mighty tasty
Make that a Vanilla Frosty..
Then that’s a gamebreaker though.
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Is it true they only cost 2 dollars and you get chips and a drink or something? A friend of mine told me that and I was like no way.
Costco
Also has the best ice cream bar I’ve ever had. It’s 1.50 and is the size of my face and it coated in milk chocolate with nuts…..MmmMMMMM
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
that is pretty unbeatable...
but it lacks variety unfortunately
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
GASP
Who needs variety when you have a miscellaneous pork product in your hand? Add some mustard to that sum’bitch, sit down, and shut up!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
That’s when you splurge and spend an extra dollar for a slice of pizza or that weird chicken bake thing.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
it was probably the chicken bake…..something about it never quite sat well with me either
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
Costco food = awesome and cheap.
I miss their pretzels though.
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Sam's Club FTW
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yes.
In WI there was a Sam’s Club right next to where I worked and one of the people there had a card so we’d always give him money and he’d come back with like 5 lunches for everyone. Hot Dog, soda, and a pretzel for around $2.50 I think.
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There’s one near my school and when I took daytime classes I’d go there for lunch. I’d get the slice of pizza, soda, and a churro for about that much. Total win.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
oh god yes.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
El Pollo Loco
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
Hijack: Best Far Side
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:33 PM PST reply actions
I see your Farside and raise you...
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
I prefer Ziggy.
“I wish I were taller.”
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Ziggy is back at the complaint dept again
“The New Yorker is stealing my jokes”
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
I bought a shirt of this very comic
It doesn’t get any better than the Far Side
They were selling the 2 book collection with every comic ever at Costco a couple years back.
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Jan 28, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
NERDIEST HIGHJACK EVER
Who is your favorite Doctor Who?
David Tennant is really good, but I have to stick with my man Tom Baker.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
I love Dr. Who and I actually really liked Christopher Eccleston. I need to watch more of the new series, I stopped after season 2.
Who was that lttle brunette assistant of his?
Classic PBS from the Seventies..Dr. Who , Doctor in The House , Monty Python.
All viewed on a 13 in. black – and – white Zenith.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
It just came to me...Sarah Jane...Smith?
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 6:16 AM PST up reply actions
Billie Piper was pretty cute
never watched the show but she was on top gear once. I know she’s not Dr who but close enough
Dessert Hijack
I’m compiling a list of bakery in the SF Bay Area so help me out people! Best bakery and favorite dessert?
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:36 PM PST reply actions
Victoria Bakery in North Beach. Their tiramisu is my favorite in the world, but everything they make is excellent.
It’s funny that I’ve been in and out of Chinatown my entire life and I’ve never even walked inside the Victoria Bakery. I’ll make sure I go there next time. The best tiramisu I’ve ever had was at a small Italian restaurant called Franchino’s which is also in North Beach.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
No contest
Tartine 18th & Guerrero Streets in the Mission.
Bread sweets, pannini, wine, coffee drinks, pies. Yes, pies.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
Ah, maybe I went on a off day because I really didn’t enjoy Tartine too much. The bread pudding was pretty good but my croque monsieur was burnt and really not too great. I also got a lemon bar which was underwhelming.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Go there everytime we come down for a game. Mmmmm…Click the link to get hungry.
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Favorite dessert
Black & white sundae from Fenton’s on Piedmont Ave. in Oakland.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Oreo cake at Flames
On Winchester in San Jose
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Dianda's italian american pastry
Can’t beat it. It cannot be beat. You may not challenge its unbeatableness.
2883 Mission St
(between 24th St & 25th St)
"They can trade me," Bonds said. "I don't think they will, though. It's not like I want to be traded, man. I'm a Giant. I'm stuck here till the end."
Infomercial hijack
What’s the best infomercial/paid programming/ad that’s been on TV?
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 1:40 PM PST reply actions
Have you ever heard that guy do his thing in spanish on Telemundo, etc?
For non-spanish-speaking honkeys like myself, that’s 30 mins. of guaranteed entertainment!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
I need to start watching Telemundo more often.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Mas uno
Tetas bonitas!
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
my favorite part...
When he spills the soda on the carpet and gets rid of it using the shamwow, you can clearly tell the soda is removed prior to him putting on the shamwow (it was once leaking onto the table and then is no longer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRISkyV_B8
Fast forward to 0:44 and see the difference before he puts on the shamwow
by NeifiChicken on Jan 28, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
ANYTHING BY
BILLY MAYS
Oh, I thought you said worst informercial.
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
That guy’s beard is hypnotizing
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Question:
Best beard? Billy Mayes or Jerome Bettis?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
we don't use that language in this house
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
The Bus in on some TV show I keep seeing adds for!
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Billy Mayes
Ensuring I will not fall asleep in front of the TV.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
christine brinkley and Chuck Norris…Beauty meats power
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
That informercial
has really weird sexual overtones every time the machine is being demonstrated. It’s sorta creepy
Magic Bullet
The personal, versatile, countertop magician! I got one as a gift a year ago and have only used it twice.
My favorite part of that infomercial is the old lady in her nightgown and a cigarette.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
ohhhh, i HATE broccoli!!
I thought his name was Vermin. Mick and Mimi FTW!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
The spying neighbor one, cracks me up every time!!
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know if it still exists, but the Nad’s hair removal infomercial was epic.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
oh god, that one with the blanket with sleeves? Every time it comes on I go into hysterics.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I was in a hotel a few weeks ago watching reruns of procedurals on the television and the ad came on and I was actually rolling on the floor laughing.
When they show up at a football game in the Snuggy, I lose it! Amazing.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I wish they could cut to a quick shot of the poor, miserable child they’ve come to cheer on; humiliation bleeding from every pore.
Then again, even better might be: cut to the field, and the child is rocking a Snuggy as well.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Can you imagine going to a NFL game or something, like in Philly or Oakland, wearing one of those?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
A whole roomful of people wearing them.
Reminds me of the “Landru” episode from the original Star Trek.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
FESTIVAL!! FESTIVAL!!
For me, the “Beam me up, Scotty” reading light seems to go right along with the overall theme.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
MIRACLE BLADE III SERIES
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
You forgot Chef Tony's
Now with video goodness !
"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."-Leroy "Satchel" Paige
My adopted son Matt Downs . Utility Infielder with a Bat !
Is I've fallen and I can't get up an infomercial?
That is so hilariously wrong.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
I love that one too. And the clap-on clap-off one for the lights.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
you mean this?
the-clap.com/
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
I actually bought my ex one last Christmas as a gag gift..
Considering how well they work it’s a wonder they’re still around…they either go off whenever someone sneezes or you have to detonate gelignite.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
MCC is the most powerful blog
IN THE WORLD
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 6:05 AM PST up reply actions
Sheer and utter chaos!
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Favorite Baseball moment
that doesnt have to do with actually playing baseball…
other sports too.
Mine Pedro knocking down Zimmer
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
Off the cuff - Eastes throwing behind Clemens.
Funny how Roger Rocket was not so brash, loud and obnoxious about throwing at a hitter once he had to stand in the box.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Speaking of Clemens
I was at this game, my one and only trip to Fenway Park, and Clemens gave up back to back homers to Pete Incaviglia and Rob Deer and then drilled John Shelby with the next pitch. Shelby charged the mound, causing a bench clearing brawl. Fenway went completely nuts. However, only Shelby was ejected. Roger stayed in and eventually won the game. It was unreal.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
I take an unhealthy amount of glee knowing it will forever burn Clemens that even he knows he is not worthy enough to carry the used stained jocks of Ryan or Gibson. Should he make the HoF, yes. But he aint in the same class as those 2 IMHO.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Clemens was so much better than Ryan, it’s not even close. OK, maybe it’s kind of close, but really, Clemens was better.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
ummm no
and ryan didn’t need butt injections to do what he did.
by bondslegend on Jan 29, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Ummmmm yes
Nolan Ryan was overrated. But I don’t want to have this overrated conversation with you again.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
BUT HE THREW 7 NO-HITTERS OMG
Yeah you’re probably right here. But clemens is a dick, so that’s clouding my judgement.
Clemens certainly was, although, it’s sort of funny considering your handle is bondslegend. Basically everything you’ve said about Clemens is what everyone else says about Bonds.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
SHHHH
he played for my team so It’s OK. I thought the same about TO until 2003. I know, I’m a hypocrite.
Though that said, Clemens is a bigger dick that Bonds.
OK
Let’s say that Clemens used steroids, and that every year in which he did so doesn’t count. So we’re judging him by what he did between 1984 and 1996. Look at Clemens’s 1986: As a 24 y-o, he pitched 254 innings of 2.48 ERA, 169 ERA+. He struck out 238 and walked 67. The next year, Clemens pitched 282 innings of 2.97 ERA, 154 ERA+, with 256 K’s and 83 BB’s. In 1990 he pitched 228 innings of 1.93 ERA, 213 ERA+, 209 K’s to 54 BB’s. He also had similar years in 1991 and 1992. Ryan never had a single season as good as any of those five. He came close in 1973 and 1977, with his ridiculous number of IP, but that’s it.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
If you look up
you’d see that I already conceded the point. But thank you.
by bondslegend on Jan 31, 2009 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Since you mentioned charging the mound does anyone remember the name of the guy that charge Ryan during his few seasons?
That was pretty classic as well. Ryan side steps, puts him into a head lock and gives him the bussines. A lesson in Old Age & Treachery over coming Youth & Skill. Well in this case Ryan had 3 of the 4 factors but you get the point.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
Robin Ventura
Ryan was 46 at the time. Rome called Ventura “Nolan Ryan’s punching bag” for the rest of his career.
Feliz catching, Winn at third and Noah in left field. Too bad they lost. They should play a preseason game with everyone at the wrong position. I would love to watch that.
Being there in person for Dave Dravecky’s comeback game. J.T. Snow’s bottom of the ninth homer to tie Game 2 of the 2000 NLDS (just don’t ask what happened next). Bonds hitting #71. Clinching the NL West after almost a decade out of the postseason in 1997. Hearing the Giants had signed Bonds on the radio in 1993.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Favorite moment
I know it’s playing-related, but I’m gonna say it anyway. It’s a tie:
1) Lofton’s NLCS game-winner
2) JT’s homer off Bentiez
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
I’m still trying to find a highlight video of number 2.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
i have as well
but with no luck
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
2001 World Series
I’m not a Yankees fan but I still get chills every time I see those comebacks in the 9th off BK Kim. Those games really brought NYC back to life.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Heh. I was watching those games from my residence hall room in Lower Manhattan, rooting like hell for the Yankees to finally lose. So I agree it was a great moment, but for different reasons.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Opening Day 1993
The beginning of an incredible year (ignoring the final day, of course). The Giants were saved from Tampa, the Dusty/Barry era was about to begin, and Clark, WIlliams, & Bonds in the same lineup. As an 11 year old kid, it was pretty awesome.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
off the cuff
When BLB hit a home run in his 1st at bat after being intentionally walked (1st time ever) by the d-cracks.
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Work hijack
You people are keeping me from getting anything done.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
You ain’t the only one.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
No kidding…stop it you guys!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Have been z-ing through and reading comments aloud to co-worker who thinks my imaginary internet friends are crazy.
this hawt chick I found on MySpace oh man she lives in canada but says she is coming to cali soon and will be visiting me OMG
Name that reference!
“She lives in Canada, I met her at Niagara Falls. You wouldn’t know her.”
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Nay.
Clue: the character who said it has the same name as a Giants catcher from the 90s.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
There you go.
That was Brian Johnson’s sad attempt to deny being a virgin.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Aside
from the numerous girls in the Niagara Falls area… presently you and he are riding the hobby horse"
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
High-minded Highjack
List your top five literary idols.
1) James Baldwin
2) Flannery O’Connor
3) Frederick Douglass
4) Philip K. Dick
5) Margaret Atwood
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
david foster wallace
donald barthelme
joseph heller
david hume
jp sartre
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Fact
Everything awesome comes from Scotland.
David Hume, Adam Smith, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
Psychocandy is almost always playing in my car. I still can’t believe that album is 20 years old. It sounds so fresh.
Word
Of course part of the reason it sounds fresh is that the indie kids decided, once they were done ripping off Joy Division, they’d start on Jesus and Mary Chain, so half the “new” bands sound like them now.
Vonnegut x5
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
\o/
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I hope you like it! It was my first too (and it thoroughly traumatized me as an 11 year old.)
I liked it a lot more when I read it a couple years later though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Sherman Alexie
Hunter S Thompson
Mary Shelley
David Foster Wallace
Ambrose Bierce
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Hijack
Predict the title and rough subject matter of TakeAGiantStepnGo’s next fanpost.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
NO ONE CARES ABOUT BASEBALL AT MCCOVEY CHRONICLES. COME TO MY BLOG TO TALK REAL BASEBALL.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
And then links to sfgiantstoday.com
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
OT (as if) - RIP Billy Powell of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Purportedly died of what sounds like a heart attack, after missing an appointment with
his cardiologists.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
I’ve taken classes in German, French, and Mandarin Chinese at various points, but it would be a vast exaggeration to claim I can speak any of them.
I’m presently thinking of getting a PhD, though, and in that case I would have to manage to learn two. Whee.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
English and Legealese.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
that would be Legalese.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 28, 2009 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
English, Klingon and Mandalorian.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I was enough of a nerd to once own a set of Klingon language cassettes. What can i say – I was twelve.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
english, spanish and, er, ancient greek.
benefits of a classical education
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
English
Mandarin (competent but not fluent)
Spanish (largely understand what’ being said, but unable to use it)
French (a smatter)
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
and like many third generation Greeks, I can say “Christ is Risen” and “Indeed He has” in Greek.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
I went to school in Thessaloniki
I can say “One beer”.
I can say “Two beers.”
I can say “Ouzo”
…but I never learned “Stop serving me beer and ouzo , I’m seventeen and can’t handle it.”
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Does anyone speak Dutch?
If so, how did you learn it? I was looking at rosetta stone but don’t know if i want to make such a big investment
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
We’ll be study buddies. I’ve wanted to learn Dutch so bad for a long time.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
English and really crappy French.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Didn't you go to a foreign country for school?
Didn’t you learn that language?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
je suis la jeune fille!
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
I can read and speak French with strong proficiency. My Japanese isn’t that great, but I can read it better than I can speak it. I can get the gist of something in Spanish if I read it. I plan on strengthening my grasp on both those languages and adding Dutch and Korean to the mix later on.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
German is my only foreign language
Wo ist mein Loefffel?
Die Himbeeren sind lecker.
Ich habe ein Schraubenzieher in mein Arsch verloren.
*shakes fist*
I’LL GET YOU, WALRUSMAN.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Cylon Hijack
Would you be a Cavil Cylon and get to hit-up Grace Park or be the Six model and just feel yourself up?
it's always noonan somewhere
i read the body of this post eleven times
before i realized i wasn’t having a stroke
Dodgers fans eat their young.
BEARS
BEETS
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Seattle
Although I’ve only visited the West Coast stadiums so far
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Camden Yard
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
THIS
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Since the only non-Giants ballpark I’ve been to is Dodger Stadium, I’m going to have to agree on this one based on pictures alone.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
The Bank in Philly
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Coors Field
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
Metrodome
oh, sorry, thought you said WORST stadium. It’s the only one I’ve been to, though. It’s terrible for baseball.
I’ve never been to the Metrodome, but it definitely looks worse on tv. At least the A’s don’t use garbage bags for their outfield wall.
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Never been to Oakland
but yes, the metrodome is worse. It’s worse than any other baseball stadium (well, maybe tropicana is worse, but not by much). It’s not really that the fan experience is that bad (though it’s nothing special), but the layout is stupid, it’s INDOORS (which is stupid), and yeah, there’s a trash bag in RF.
Though that said, I went there for a playoff game where they hit b2b homers to tie it up and it was pretty effing loud in there. No complaints about the noise.
Oh yeah, and the roof is awful. There are literally baseballs trapped in it.
are there mosquito-breeding pools of stagnant water? Oakland has those.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
Not inside the park
no, but outside. This is Minnesota we’re talking about. State bird=mosquito
by bondslegend on Jan 31, 2009 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
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everythiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
everythiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
everythiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
in its riiiiiiiiiiight plaaaaaaaaaaaace
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Nope, but I love the Hard N’ Phirm cover of Radiohead called Rodeohead, it’s a collage of their songs done in a bluegrass style.
Dread Zeppelin
Where they marry Elvis and the Zep.
“Heartbreaker Hotel”
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I thought the Manny thing was true at first when I logged on :(
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Hijack
How long did it take you to get through this thread?
Took me about 30 mins I think.
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I like how while I’m two fingering my way through typing comments a veritable wall of new – comment – author names appears to the right.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
That's the way to do it.
When one finger isn’t enough, use two.
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I must admit - I've gone as far as fisting my keyboard.
They’re not too responsive after that , though…
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
My z key is getting a workout. It also makes my screen freak out from all of the bouncing around in this thread.
by rightcenterfielder on Jan 28, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Hijack
Give Grant post ideas for the next three weeks until pitchers and catchers report.
How about a completely fictional Gameday Thread? Grant lists the starting lineups and pitchers for Giants and Team X, and we all comment in real time based on what we think would be happening.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
How about a completely fictional Gameday Thread? Grant lists the starting lineups and pitchers for Giants and Team X, and we all comment in real time based on what we think would be happening.
This is a cool idea.
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know all we need to do is make up fictional teams
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know =now
Best sign you didn't see on TV during the 2008 WS...WS tickets $250...Parking $30...Beer $9...Not having to listen to Joe Buck...Priceless
by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Rank Beatles Albums
1. The Beatles
2. Abbey Road
3. Magical Mystery Tour
4. Revolver
5. A Hard Day’s Night
6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. Please Please Me
8. Help!
9. Rubber Soul
10. With The Beatles
11. Yellow Submarine
12. Let It Be
14. Beatles For Sale
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1. Revolver
2. Abbey Road
3. Rubber Soul
4. The Beatles
5. Magical Mystery Tour
6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. A Hard Day’s Night
8. Help!
9. Let it Be
10. Beatles for Sale
11. Please Please Me
12. With the Beatles
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1) Abbey Road
2) Revolver
3) Rubber Soul
4) White Album
5) Sgt. Pepper’s
6) Help!
The other ones I’ve never gotten around to buying. I need to, though.
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I've bought some..
I have all on vinyl, but supposedly there are a new round of remasters coming out. I’d like to hear what they sound like, as the early 90’s remasters are not that great.
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1. Rush – Moving Pictures
2-15. Anything by the Beatles.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
disgusting.
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yeah, I'm sorry about that.
1. Rush – Moving Pictures
2. Rush – Hemispheres
3. Anything by the Beatles
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing named Rush has ever been good.
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except
Rush?
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
apparently neither are you!
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
1. SPLHCB (mono)
2. Abbey Road
3. Revolver
4. Rubber Soul
5. Beatles for sale
6. the White Album
7. magical mystery tour
8. the rest might as well be tied for 8th
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Really want to get the mono albums..
But they’re just so damn expensive. and I don’t have a quality turntable to play any of the vinyl on.
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i can get you a high rez digital conversion of mono Pepper if you like. i don’t have the mono version of the others. some audiophile in england sorted it all out proper-like :-)
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
else, i’m pretty sure that Apple will release the mono versions on CD this year or next since they’ve put out all the capitol stuff.
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
They only got up to the U.S. version of Rubber Soul. Not there’s another volume planned — but ‘Yesterday and Today" and the U.S. “Revolver” haven’t been covered. Lots of talk online about what a Capitol Albums Vol. 3 would include, if it ever happens.
That's one thing I can pick up..
The Capitol Albums. Although I’m disappointed that the United Artists A Hard Days Night isn’t included.
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Many of the songs are on Something New, of course. But I agree it would be nice to have all the original LPs available on CD.
I'm talking more about..
The instrumentals. I’ve got the LP and always was interested in the instrumentals. Perhaps I’ll make a dub sometime.
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I doubt this..
At least for the legendary mono/stereo albums. They were later and only released in stereo in America I think (or else just a straight mono dub of the stereo). The Pepper and White Album mono mixes that are different were only in the UK.
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You strike me as a smart guy....
So tell me where the hell I can find some good Beatles stuff on iTunes. I had to download the effing soundtrack to Across the Universe to get some tuneage on my player.
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by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
Boozer to McCartney
You’re a douche and after giving some of your wedge to that ex-wife of yours, you’ll need my money now more than ever!
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by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Don't find it on iTunes.
Either buy it at a store or go to the library and rent it and make a copy.
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A woman I knew in Phoenix "had some records."
Among them -The White Album. On white vinyl.
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- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
*drool*
I’ve got an original serial numbered.
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The Rutles!
All You Need Is Lunch
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 30, 2009 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
Top 5
1. Rubber Soul
2. Revolver
3. Sgt. Pepper
4. White
5. Abbey Road
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
1. Revolver
2. Abbey Road
3. Please Please Me
4. Rubber Soul
5. Beatles For Sale
6. A Hard Day’s Night
7. Help!
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band
9.The Beatles
10. With The Beatles
11. Let it Be
12. Magical Mystery Tour
13. Yellow Submarine
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
First PPM that's up high.
I like it’s rawness and knowing that other than their two singles A and B sides the album was cut in a day. Twist and Shout is just an amazing vocal performance.
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Yes!
The way that album was cut—with John’s throat absolutely raw by the end of the night, when he nailed “Twist and Shout” in one heroic, gotta-have-it-now take—is one of my favorite Beatle stories. I love the energy and the promise that rings throughout PPM, from start to finish. “I Saw Her Standing There” is another electric, seminal, quintessential, indispensable Beatle moment (there are so many), along with “Please Please Me”, which, for me, is one of the most perfect, brilliant pop songs ever written. “There’s A Place” is a mostly unknown little gem, and unlike many, I actually like most of the covers—particularly “Boys”, “Chains” and “Baby It’s You”. Even “Anna”, which I don’t think is a great song, is elevated by John’s impassioned vocal. I was seven years old when I first heard these songs (my brothers and sister were in high school and they bought every record). Lots of great memories.
So yeah…PPM goes third for me.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Agree on "There's A Place"...
I can’t put it up above some of their later stuff, but I do really like it. I love Ringo’s vocals on Boys too.
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Of all the Four Ringo OWNED AM radio in the Seventies.
Good nostalgia food , om nom nom
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
"All right, George..."
I still remember what a kick we all got the first time we heard “Boys”, with Ringo belllowing out the vocals. I think the Beatles were the first band I ever heard that sounded like they were really having fun as they recorded their music. “Boys” was a great example of this.
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Related
Favorite Beatle song from each member
Paul: Eleanor Rigby
John: A Day In The Life
George: Something
Ringo: Octopus’s Garden (not that much choice here)
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Tough so many..
John: A Day In The Life
Paul: Not a big Paul fan…I Will (pathetic choice but I like it)
George: Something (just a great song, can’t pick any other)
Ringo: Can it be one he sang but was written by someone else? If so, Boys, if not, What Goes On.
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KILL THE ANTI-PAUL BLASPHEMER!
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Here's what I think of Paul...
Great musician, good song writer, but basically willing to follow the trends to make money. And most of the time it seems like he was in to most things just for himself. I’ve got the Let It Be sessions bootleg and he really is just bossing everybody around.
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Paul = douche, but he wrote some fantastic songs as a member of the Beatles.
the only solo career I really have any interest in is George’s.
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Some of John’s solo albums are about as good as any albums ever in my opinion.
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I have Plastic Ono Band, Imagine and Double Fantasy and they’re all okay (except I really didn’t like DF), but they don’t do much for me.
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Not liking Double Fantasy = WORST BLASPHEMY EVER AND I WILL FIGHT YOU IN A CAGE MATCH
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
I wanted to like it, I just didn’t. And it wasn’t Yoko either, it was everything. (I actually like Yoko.)
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Maybe I’ll forgive you a little for having the good sense to like Yoko.
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Hearing Yoko sing makes me want to claw my own eyes out, get two glass eyes and pop those out and throw them at her.
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I’ll forgive you a little for having the good sense to like WIlliam VanLandingham.
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: )
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 29, 2009 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t hate her singing, I’m not the hugest fan, I just like her because I think she gets way too much undeserved shit.
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+1
I love how people try to blame her for John acting like a prick, as though he wasn’t perfectly capable of being a prick long before he ever met her.
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Seriously
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I don’t blame her for that. She actually seemed like a pretty cool person. I just don’t like her singing.
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 29, 2009 7:56 AM PST up reply actions
The first time I heard Julian singing on Valotte I thought it was a reincarnation.
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Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
If you ever see...
The Concert for George, Dhani Harrison is playing guitar and he looks IDENTICAL to a early George.
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The Concert for George was amazing
and I could watch Anoushka Shankar play sitar, or read names from the phone book, all day long.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
George 1959.
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Not '59...
But you can see the resemblence.
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Hmm..
Sometime in the next month? I’ve heard some of his stuff and it’s….interesting…
Another thing I see, George was only worth 16 million pounds? Wow.
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paul = douche? i’ll never understand the anti-paul thing.
why? according to emmerick, their studio engineer, paul was the only beatle who wasn’t a total stuck up asshat.
he surely never beat his wife. he didn’t show up to all the sessions too drunk to drum. he wasn’t bitter about being second to john.
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by The Gene Hackman on Jan 28, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
But.
He is a douche. I’ll never drop that position after listening to the Let it Be sessions.
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“Devil’s Radio”.
ha.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
Paul: I’ve Just Seen a Face or Yesterday
John: Help! or You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
George: Something or Here Comes the Sun
Ringo: Octopus’s Garden
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
Paul: Helter Skelter
John: I am the Walrus or Hey Bulldog
George: Here comes the Sun
Ringo: N/A
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 28, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
I'll re-hijack your re-hijack
Best post-Beatles song by each Beatle
Paul: Live And Let Die
John: Starting Over
George: My Sweet Lord
Ringo: It Don’t Come Easy
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Paul: Band on the Run, I guess
John: Working Class Hero
George: What Is Life
Ringo: Photograph
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Ha
Crackerbox Palace. Now that’s a song I haven’t heard in a while.
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Seen the video for that?
It’s so….70s.
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Yep.
Crazy video.
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Also...
No really, it’s This Song.
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John: Working Class Hero
Paul: Right now “Mr. Bellamy” from his new CD.
George: All Things Must Pass (Or Handle With Care if you count post Beatles groups)
Ringo: Photograph, even though he didn’t write it.
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Ringo did co-write it.
Then again, that’s what it says on Wikipedia.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
Paul: Jet
John: Instant Kharma
George: All things must pass
Ringo: it don’t come easy (i think Hoyt Axton wrote the no no song)
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Paul: Band on the Run
John: Starting Over
George: What is Life
Ringo: He made music post Beatles?!
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Paul: Maybe I’m Amazed
John: Instant Karma
George: Wah-Wah (his ode to Paul)
Ringo: It Don’t Come Easy
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
noted apaulogist here
Paul: she came in thru the bathroom window
John: Rain or She Said She Said
George: Taxman
Ringo: i actually really dislike “don’t pass me by” and i think that’s his only comp.
the beatles would have SUCKED without paul.
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I’m pretty sure RIngo wrote Octopus’s Garden.
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Yep.
His only two composed songs were Octopusses Garden and Don’t Pass Me By, with a writing credit on What Goes On.
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Paul: I’ve Just Seen a Face/All My Loving
John: In My Life
George: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Ringo: Don’t Pass Me By
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Paul: We Can Work It Out
John: You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
George: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Ringo: Don’t Pass Me By (a great country song)
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Favourite part of "We Can Work It Out"
“Live is very short…So I must ask you once again.”
John’s bit lol.
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John: A Day in the life, Norwegian Wood
Paul: Blackbird, Fixing a Hole
George: Something
Ringo: With A Little help from my friends
As the group:
Revolution
Getting Better
Please Please Me
Ticket to Ride
Lucy in sky with Diamonds
I’ll just keep going
Favorite Beatle song from each member...
Paul: You Never Give Me Your Money, etc… through The End (long medley) I realize some of the songs within the long medley are John’s songs (and I love the Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam section), but the majority are Paul’s, as was the idea of tying all the little snippets together.
John: I Should Have Known Better
George: Old Brown Shoe
Ringo: Octopus’s Garden
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
“I Should Have Known Better” is a great song have to agree. Great to sing along with.
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Favorite class you took in college:
Non-traditional sports. Played games like rugby, croquet, handball, etc.
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my “City in Lit and Film” class I took last semester was great. I also really enjoyed Lit & Society in the 1920s and I’m loving this US Foreign Policy since 1920 class I’m taking this semester (mostly because the lecturer is fantastic and does a great FDR impression)
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History of Rock and Roll. Nothing like taking filler classes in your last semester.
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@ West Valley?
That class and that teacher is awesome.
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It was actually called The Origins of Rock. I also took Rock Since The Mid-1960s that same semester.
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Probably either my Advanced Nonfiction Writing Workshop or a literature class called The Fortunes of Odysseus, where we ready the Odyssey, Ulysses, another other works involving the Odysseus character.
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Anthropology 250…we learned about monkeys and how they do it…well, more specifically we discussed relative genitalia size and it’s direct relationship to mating/social habits.
I also took Racquetball 5…count it…5 TIMES!
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I took a class at SF State like five years ago where all we did was watch porn. I don’t remember the name of the class but every week we watched a new porn and then wrote about it. The funniest part was if you missed a class you could go to the library and check out the porn.
I had a class in grad school where we had an assignment to bring in a piece of visual culture and share it with the class, and someone brought in a documentary on films of a more adult nature, filled with scenes from them, and we watched a bit. That was…interesting.
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Cryptography
It was awesome. For a school with only ~4000 undergrads, having 100+ people in a math class was a pretty solid endorsement.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Cultural Politics of Sport
We examined race, politics, class in sports and the class was so open-ended that I was allowed to do my final project, a 10-page research paper, on Bonds and the faulty logic behind his skewering by looking into the philosophies against PEDs.
Algebra 101
Which has the added distinction of being the only class I took in college.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
Most useful class
It wasn’t my favorite, but I think what I learned in all those Spanish classes (it was my minor) is the only class related “knowledge” I actually use from my undergraduate days!
Yes you are. Anything psychiatric in our curriculum (med school) bores me to tears. And all the drugs bore me so it’s not a good combo. And yes, I am going to be a doctor. Who hates drugs.
In many ways its good you hate drugs, since once you’re a doctor (1) you can prescribe them for yourself and (2) many drugs out there are overprescribed. Psychopharmacology as a subject is all about how it’s taught, and I had a great teacher. Memorizing drug names is boring, but understanding how they influence the brain and behavior I think is really interesting. And the field of psychopharmacology is filled with many interesting anecdotes.
Coastal Field Ecology
I got to hang out on a beach on Cape Cod on the weekends and the professor bought us sandwiches. Oh, and we played with baby turtles.
Myth and Movies
We watched a bunch of movies set in classical times. Sadly, Netflix sent me the extended cut of Caligula.
Archery was pretty awesome.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Fresher Hijack : Favorite iPhone/iPod touch apps
Mr. anti-everything Apple finally bought him an iPod Touch and loves it!
Best Free App: Facebook or AOL Radio (lets you listen to any CBS owned radio station live, COOLNESS!)
Best Paid App: iShoot (stupid tank game that I’m good at)
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
MASSIVE HIJACK FAIL...I SUCK!
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Low-brow highjack
Favorite Jerry Springer show topic.
“I’m in Love with my Uncle!”
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I think it’s a Maury Povich thing, not a Jerry Springer thing, but I love the shows where they have people who are terrified of certain foods, like peaches. Then some staffer brings out a huge plate full of the food in question, and the guest runs screaming around the studio trying to get away. Good times.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
800 comments
On a Wednesday afternoon. In January. On a baseball blog. With no Giants news to speak of today. Lord help us all.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
I’m sure we’ve all got something to procrastinate …
Hijack:
What were you supposed to be doing while you were contributing to this thread?
I have a paper due on Friday… It’s an online course, it’s the first week of class, and it’s a group paper. And so… I’m here. Well that and the neighbors are blasting some obnoxious hip-hop and I can’t concentrate!
Writing an online help system.
What’s ironic is my company issues a modified version of IE that is the only browser I can use while on the VPN. It takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r to load long threads. I would have been more productive if I could use Mo (zilla).
That’ll teach them.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
Truly nothing. I got home from work, came on the Chron, went out to the library, came back, and I’ll eat and go to bed.
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You masterbate into a newspaper?!
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
those Penny's adds...
ahhhh
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 28, 2009 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
writing a story for the student publication i work for (Go Cardinal!)
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 28, 2009 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
In three days , when the comment count clears 3K
I’ll link this over to Az Snakepit.
Show ’em how to run a site.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
I was supposed to be preparing for tomorrow's lessons
I only got about half of what I should have gotten done, done.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
I’ve never been so terrified in all my life.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:12 PM PST reply actions
ya, is it like talking about a no hitter in the eighth inning to say that this thread is pretty epic? I say no, cuz it’s teh epic already.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 28, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Need some help...
Best late night comedian?
Leno
Conan
Kimmel
Letterman
or that scottish guy
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colbert
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
I loved when he had O’Rielly on
That reminds me what athlete has the best post sports career?
That is besides George Foreman
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
+1
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jan 28, 2009 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Stewart
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I definately go Stewart and then Colbert, but not by much.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 29, 2009 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
I watched some of the Drew Carey Show lately.
Why did I ever like it?
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I cant figure out why liked it either!
The only reason maybe I was young and thought Kate was hot!
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
That scottish guy.
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Leno
Have a special place in comedy heart for Jay since we saw him prior to the big time (late 80’s) at the Comedy Store. Leno had a 40 minute routine and never used a four letter word. One of the absolute funniest rountines which had us laughing so hard that our sides ached.
Best jokes...
Are the cleanest ones.
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/ throws down the Mike Myers movie quote gauntlet
"If it isn’t Scottish it’s crap!"
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
An incredible opportunist?
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Hes in denial
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
Craig Ferguson is my favorite. The other four listed here are tired.
I understand that you may not speak the language like CF does, or
dig his hyperactive intro, but he is far-and-away the best of this bunch.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
I love his intros.
He’s just gotta make up the entire first segment.
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Open Baseball Mogul Lineup Hijack
I started in 1998 and let the computer sim it’s way through, then took over in Sept or so once Sabean was “fired.” Last season I was 3 games out of first and this year (2000) I’m looking to take the west.
SP: Shawn Estes
SP: Kirk Rueter
SP: Derek Lowe
SP: Chuck Finley
SP: Russ Ortiz
CL: Robb Nen
SU: Cory Bailey
SR: Joe Nathan
SR: Mike Myers
MR: John Johnstone
LR: Ryan Vogelsong
C: Mike Lieberthal
1B: Mark McGwire
2B: Jeff Kent
3B: Bill Mueller
SS: Rich Aurilia
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Marquis Grissom
RF: Tim Salmon
All the way baby.
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Note:
Mike Lieberthal was injured for the first two games, first game he went 3/3 with a walk, 2 home runs, and a double. Two at bats into the next game 1/2 with a home run. I like this free agent pickup so far.
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You are really weak at catcher. You should definately look at AJ Pierzynski on the Minnesota Twins. You could probably get for that little used reliever Joe Nathan. He is always injured, so you might as well cut the cord now.
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Jan 29, 2009 8:14 AM PST up reply actions
That's a bannin'
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Nah I'm fairly confident in him.
Very good defense and above average hitting. He’s not a world beater, but he can bat in my 8th spot. :-)
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who would...
this
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=asS1zHAN0Z34&refer=home
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
A tribute to the late, great George Carlin
Landmines in the outfield… “he’s going back on it, looks to have a read…boom holy shit!.”
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Meta Hijack
Favorite MCC thread hijack.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
I need a life
is it normal to get into arguments with your spouse over MCC.
Damn you MCC you bring such joy, yet your destroying my life!
Destroying My LIFE I Say!!
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Thanks guys, I already feel like a part of the dysfunctional family here
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
Somewhere Grant is sitting back with his hands behind his head thinking “take that you stupid computer.”
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
I see it as a victory, not only for mankind over machines, but also for Tom Waits over Rush.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Every one's a winner!
Comments galore!
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
The large threads giveth...
but the small Fanshots taketh away
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
Christ , you don't know the meaning of hijack , Buddy...
This just in...Bobby Estallela can suck a dead donkey dick.
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Removes embarrasing posts from your posting history, that's right
And it entertains visiting SBN members, it turns a Best Sandwich hijack into a banquet
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
Hijack!
Which has more of an influence on human-beings’ development: nature or nurture?
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Rush
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
In a good way.
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A perfect example of this is in the comment above.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Not a mention in the thread until now!
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It’s true. I judge you based on the Pokemon you chose back when you played Blue/Red for the first time.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
FAIL
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I'm judging you.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Squirtle is the only choice.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Sure, if you like boring turtles who spit a little water here and there. I want a freaking kick ass lizard that breathes fire!
sry2say, but Blastoise would kick Charizard’s ass.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
water beats fire in pokemon, man.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Paper beats rock, but that doesn’t mean that paper is the better choice. Also, I’m pretty sure I could kick Squirtle’s ass. I’m with chilibean. But my first Pokemon game was Gold, so go Cyndaquil!
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
All three starter Pokemon Gold/Silver were kind of lame, sry2say.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Chikorita?!
Totodile and Cyndaquil sucked but Chikorita was the shit. Probably my favorite grass starter of them all.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
I still think the three originals were the best starters.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I liked the third gen starters the best as a group
All three were good. I hated the fire starter for fourth gen though.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
If anything, Chikorita was so much more awesome than Bulbasaur.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 29, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Venosaur pwns Blastoise.
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YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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First time?
I was Squirtle.
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Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I never played Red/Blue :(
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
:(
what was the first one you played?
do u liek mudkipz?
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Ys I liek mudkipz
First PKMN game for me was Silver and I had Chikorita as my starter.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
I think I went with Totodile in that one. WATER POKEMON YEAH.
This really makes me wish I knew where my DS charger is. I want to play some Leaf Green and Emerald so I can get all the starters from those into my Pearl.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Ugh, I even bought Pokemon XD two summers ago for it. :\
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
lawl
Don’t worry, I did too.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
I love water PKMN but Totodile sucks. I really dislike him.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
The horror.....THE HORROR
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I always play Yellow so I can use pikachu even though he sucks.
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
Vacation Hijack
If you could go anywhere in the whole world where would you go and why?
For me, it’d be Egypt and a cruise down the Nile. I’ve wanted to be an archaeologist when I was a kid and my fascination with the ancient Egyptians have carried on to my adult life.
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 6:23 PM PST reply actions
I really want to visit India. Also Spain, Scotland, and Australia, but especially India.
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You wear panties Natto? I learn something new about you everyday. I think I love you more now.
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but they usually rip by the time I stretch them past my nose.
by Natto on Jan 28, 2009 6:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That's going up and over right?
You really want to get that wedged in the crack don’t you?
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Damn so many places...
I’d probably say the Andes right now, around Macchu Picchu.
Right now though I’d like to get up to a little lake near Yosemite, such a quiet place.
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I love Yosemite. One of the few non-profit groups we haven’t excised from the budget is the Yosemite Fund. I’m thinking of going up there late February, but I don’t want to (cuz I never have) drive in the snow.
Yosemite is, indeed, awesome.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Our best Yosemite pics. I got 2 of these enlarged to poster size for Mr. Merope’s birthday a few years ago. Best not-ridculously-priced birthday present ever.
Nice photos..
The one from Tunnel View is my favourite.
Probably my best photo of the Yosemite area. This is Gibbs Lake, just to the east of Tioga Pass. About 9500 feet and there is no one that ever goes there.
Can’t wait to get there with my DSLR instead of the point and shooter that this was taken on.
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The one from Tunnel View is one that I had enlarged, it hangs over our fireplace. They’ve apparently totally remodeled that area, to the point of trimming some trees that were blocking the view!
Yea..
I’m curious about that.
Are you looking for hiking around Gibbs Lake? Not exactly. It’s just outside of the park to the east and the trail into it is only about 3 miles and it ends at the lake. A lot of fun off trail hikes around there just into the upper reaches of the canyon but probably not for a family and not for this time of year. If you’re going to the valley and there isn’t any snow there, try a hike to Carlon Falls. Mostly flat, 2.8 miles round trip (so says the book, I believe it’s a bit more, probably around 3 or 3.25 or so but I could be wrong). It starts just outside the park and enters it, follows the South Fork Tuolumne River to Carlon Falls. Only about 100 feet of elevation gain, so it’s a nice stroll. there is one moderately strenuous part where the trail used to go straight but there was a landslide and you have to navigate along a use trail up the canyon wall, but it’s a short segment and it’s still just hiking, only steeper hiking. Have fun if you do go!
(not my picture)
To hike it take 120 into the park and turn left on the road to Hetch Hetchy before the entrance station (or turn right after leaving the entrance station). Go down until you hit the river you’ve been dropping into and park there (Carlon Day Use Area). Take the trail on the north (left if you’re facing upstream) side and that will lead you there. The trail on the south (right) is Old Big Oak Flat Road and will take you to the Sequoia groves along the Tioga Road (Probably snowed in right now).
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The last time we went was to take a friend who was moving back to Texas and hadn’t yet seen Yosemite. It was late April and we had planned to hike the Yosemite Falls trail up to the top. We got caught in a snowstorm about halfway up and had to turn around.
I’ve been turned back in July by those surprise thunderstorms, but now I’ve got my gortex so I’m a bit more adventurous.
Just keep down off of a mountain...
Lightning =/= good in those thunderstorms.
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Best chance..
Take 140. I hope to get up there sometime in the next month or so just to be there again. Honestly, besides friends and family, that’s what I missed most about California.
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But then..
You wouldn’t have all this to read!
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Den Haag, Netherlands. I can see them play honkbal, view old architecture, and chill in liberal heaven.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Portugal
Any small seaside town will do just fine thank you very much.
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Jan 28, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
999 comments, 2 new
That makes this #1000!
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It's like New Years!
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Aren’t we supposed to kiss or something?
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jan 28, 2009 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
I hate nothing more than people typing 1st, 2nd etc in the comments of articles
with that said I am out.
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
It's a fact , we pad our numbers with nothing.
Which is why I’ve questioned why folks call these things “epic”.
Don’t get me wrong , it’s the most interesting nothing I’ve ever seen.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
Is there a comment limit on SBnation?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
By finding the heart of SB Nation and ripping it out. Don’t quit we almost found it
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by say hey nation on Jan 28, 2009 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
DOWN WITH SBNATION COMMENT LIMIT TYRANY!
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Alright..
It’s time for me to leave this thread for the night. Thanks for the great day McCoven. Unfortunately, work tomorrow at 3am calls for me to sleep.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 7:44 PM PST reply actions
I saw a trailer for Coraline a few weeks ago at the cinema
I’m not familiar with the novel but I think pretty much anything Neil Gaiman does is made of win. I’m planning on seeing the film. Anyone else?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 7:48 PM PST reply actions
I’d like to, but I don’t get much of a chance to go out to the movies nowadays. I will get a chance in a couple of weeks, but I also want to see The Wrestler and Doubt, and there’s probably other stuff my wife has in mind, so the competition is thick.
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I still need to see Frost/Nixon. The theatre near my house lowered ticket prices to under $7 (for regular shows!) and it’s playing there. So that will be a to do.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
I'm watching it
The movie doesn’t look as if it’ll retain the creepiness of the book, but hey, it’s Gaiman and stop-motion, so twice the awesome. Also the director Henry Selick did The Nightmare Before Christmas
I just can’t wait for him to start telling stories about Camaros and the Jersey Shore so that his three songs end up taking about an hour.
It would be awesome if he did that.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 28, 2009 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
two separate threads
eighteen hundred plus comments
we are teh awesome
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
The Office porn
Really. Link isn’t NSFW but the video in the link is.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 8:24 PM PST reply actions
Link fail
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/31863556.html
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
The video has been yanked from Youtube for TOS violations. OMG SO SAD.
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D:
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 28, 2009 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
This thread makes my computer hurt. First it crashed my Firefox (a couple times) and now it’s making explorer really really slow. I think this means I have to go. Sad. Why must you be so epic, ellipsis thread?
OMG this thread
it’s going to take me the rest of time to read it. But it’s quite awesome. But also very long.
I do not have nearly the energy to sort through this one….
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 28, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Dude
If a TAGSAG post hits any time soon, we’re all fucked. All the good hijacks have been hashed out. How could we be so careless?
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Question:
Do you folks mind if we throw a half dozen or so desalinization plants off your coastline so we can water the desert?
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 28, 2009 10:55 PM PST reply actions
Yes.
You have the Colorado.
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This just in...Bobby Estallela can suck a dead donkey dick.
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Well..
LA shouldn’t be getting any, and they shouldn’t be getting any water from the Sierra and Owens Valley either. WHY DON’T YOU BUILD A CITY WHERE THERE’S WATER INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT IN A DESERT???? DIE OF DEHYDRATION HYDRATION STEALERS!!!!
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LA
can suck it out of their river.
Oh…hi , Pops!
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Wowie
I’m gone for the whole day and I miss this epically monsterish thread. Good times.
New hijack: what was the stupidest thing you ever thought related to the Giants?
I have a few:
1. Eugenio Velez was going to be a stud third baseman in 2008.
2. Jason Schmidt was going to be the “third-starter at best” (not my words exactly) in 2005, with Noah Lowry being the “new ace” of the staff.
3. Barry coming back in 2005 was going to lead the Giants to the playoffs.
4. Pedro Feliz should have been a “good hitter in the clutch” in 2005 because ZOMFGH, HE LED THE TEAM IN HR AND RBI!!!! and if had only been “more clutch”, the Giants would’ve won the West.
5. Barry Bonds should’ve bunted more to the third-base side in 2006 and 2007.
6. There was a Game 7 of the 2002 World Series.
6. I hoped that the Giants would lose the 2002 World Series so that all the fairweather fans I knew would stop being so fairweather-y
/awaits lightning bolt from the Mays
7. The length of the Rowand contract is bad.
7. The Giants have A WHOLE LOTTA PITCHIN DEPTH RIGHT NOW CLOSE TO THE MAJORS FTW SO LET’S TRADE BOTH CAIN AND SANCHEZ!!!
And plenty more that I’ve already forgetten.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
Your 2009 Opening Day starter at second base*: Eugenio Velez
*For the Fresno Grizzlies
Final out , 1971 NLCS Playoffs
I labored for decades with the notion that Tito Fuentes remained on second simply because he was so stunned that Willie Mays would bunt rather than swing away.
Or earlier than that…in the first radio game I ever listened to…how immediately after hitting the ball a batter was already rounding third base. This was before the notion that there might already be runners on base entered my feeble brain.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 6:53 AM PST up reply actions
Oh Good Grief so many choices.
Off the top of my head the biggest couple in the last handful of years would be:
1. I thought Mr. Roberts would be more productive and not play CF in his first 2 years when signed. FAIL.
2. I thought Niekro would be a league average first baseman with power. FAIL.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
I actually thought burris would start 2009 as SS
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
Pete Falcone
My first prospect crush. I was certain he would be the next Sandy Koufax.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
I thought they should have signed Andruw Jones
Thank Gawd Sabean passed.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
I thought Jerome Williams was the best of the three W-named rookie pitchers in 2003. D:
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Wait, who were the other two?
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?
Ainsworth
Fwoppert
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Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Ohhhhh
Other teams are included…I get it.
Williams
Willis
Webb
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Neglectful father of David Quinowski
And while we're on the topic
Willis winning the ROY over Webb is another egregious error by the BBWA. You can tell I’m super serial since I used such a big word.
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Neglectful father of David Quinowski
You are correct though..
On Number 5.
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Get rid of the juiced ball
Return to pre-1994 style baseball that was the standard since The Say Hey kid joined the majors, basically.
http://highboskage.com/juiced-ball.shtml
Adoptive parental unit of Kevin " 2007's Most Spectacular Pitcher" Pucetas.
"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
"Woo hoo" - Tim "The Kid" Lincecum
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Jan 29, 2009 8:24 AM PST reply actions
there is more to this than the ball. Going back to the old ball is like a gun ban the only bans guns only over 9mm caliber.
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
So...
Grant, with your apparent lack of ideas and/or the slowness of baseball season, might you grace us with another CYOA? It’s been a while!
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Thread is slowing... need a new hijack...
The chick flick you most enjoyed, but can’t admit to actually liking (I love anonymity)
Mine: The Reader and The Notebook
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Legally Blonde
It’s actually really funny and well written. There’s a scene in the law classroom where the class is discussing a habitual sperm donor’s right to communicate with a child that his sperm created. Elle, the titular blonde, asks about every sperm emission recorded in this man’s life and commented on masturbatory releases as “reckless abandonment.” lol
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I saw the sequel against my better judgement
It was really awful.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I agree, the sequel was terrible, but the original was great and it had an awesome message.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
i hate to be serious and everything...
But I thought the message of the original was terrible. Beautiful rich protagonist as plucky underdog because the world is so titled against her. Yeah, she’s lived a life of oppression. Infuriated me no end. Am I officially a curmudgeon now?
I got one word for you: "youneverknow"
I saw the message as a smart gal who never realized she was smart until she was actually challenged and engaged in a dynamic field of study, and she did well.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Plus it was funny and fluffy
.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
Anonymity? What's that?
The Devil Wears Prada
27 Dresses
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an-o-nym-i-ty Spelled Pronunciation [an-uh-nim-i-tee] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ties. 1. the state or quality of being anonymous.
2. an anonymous person: some fine poetry attributed to anonymities.
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t call it a chick flick, but Say Anything makes me mushy.
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I have no problem admitting that, though. I’ve never been accused of being a manly man.
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Not many of us have..
At least not many who have posted in this thread.
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Insulting and Patently Offensive Highjack
Are the women of MCC more manly than the men of MCC?
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Well..
At least I have MAN in my name. Some of you people are just letters, or food items, or irrelevant terms. Not me, I’m descriptive.
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My 9 is VERY VERY MANLY.
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That probably qualifies as a TMI.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
I’d scratch my balls if I had some. Just for you.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
I am sure someone will volunteer theirs.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 29, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
the notebook was really really good and really really really really sad.
Also the devil wears prada
by bondslegend on Jan 29, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Just a couple
P.S. I love you (until the retarded ending where the mom falls for the dad of her daughter’s boyfriend)
Love, Actually.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Not An Affair To Remember. And not Sleepless In Seattle either.
Does The Rock count as a chick flick?
sleepless in seattle
possibly one of the worst movies evar.
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by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Do these count?
John Tucker Must Die
Mean Girls
Because those were both pretty good I think.
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Mean Girls is funny as hell
FOUR for you Glen Coco you go Glen Coco
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Mean Girls was pretty hilarious. I was very skeptical, but I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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Yea that's what I was thinking..
John Tucker Must Die I’d say was though.
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I’m sort of disappointed that it didn’t get an R rating. I bet it would have been even funnier if it was allowed to raunch it up a bit.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
In a vaguely similar vein
Who’s going to be watching the Puppy Bowl, Sunday? I’ll probably catch about 10-15 minutes of it before I grow bored.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Note to the women: We don’t mind chick flicks if there’s hot women in them. I’m looking forward to watching Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore & Scarlett Johannsen for an hour & a half next week.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
Which movie is that?
I’m tempted to watch Vicky Christina Barcelona for that very reason, but I heard Woody Allen somehow managed to ruin a kiss between Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson. My mind is destroyed with how impossible that task that sounds.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
kiss between Penelope & Scarlett? Sounds watchable.
Answer: He’s just not that into you.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
Ah yes, I want to see that as well, although I want to read the book first.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Or date a woman who thinks chick flicks are stupid?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
I used to like Valley Girl, I haven’t watched it in eons so I don’t know if I still would. Nicholas Cage’s best movie role ever < wink > < wink >
and as I said on a different thread To Wong Foo which I guess is not exactly a chick flick but I don’t go in for sappy melodramas. I hated the way they played up the love story bit in LotR. Get to the damn Orc smashing already ! I didn’t put this on to watch smoochy smoochies!
fess up time
It Could Happen To You. Saw it twice. Cried both times. I swear I’m a manly man, really I am, but stil…
I got one word for you: "youneverknow"
Plus it is a good investment..
Everytime you watch The Notebook or All the Pretty Horses with a girl it pays is bigger than a wall street CEO’s bonus, ok maybe no that big
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Not always
I had to drag a boyfriend to see Ali. He said he hated it and he was pissy with me for a few days after. I got tired of being the dude in that relationship.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
What kind of an asshole gets pissy because he didn't agree with a movie you wanted him to see?
Jesus fucking Christ , that’s so lame you should have seen it before the incident.
This just in...Bobby Estallela can suck a dead donkey dick.
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
He was a pain, needless to say.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
He must have been pretty. That kind of whining tendency can usually be identified right off the bat.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 29, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
His hair was also longer than mine. That was when I went through my short haircut/red dyejob phase, but he still had hair down to his shoulders. He also mooched money off me because I was working and he wasn’t.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
I bet he hated baseball, too. And puppies.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
Smart women bad choices
He did hate baseball. :(
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
You must be an unrepentant terrorist who hates America to date such a man.
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It was the year 2001 when we dated
too soon to joke?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Nope
Knock-Knock
Who’s there?
9/11
9/11 who?
You said you’d never forget!
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Bitching and moaning highjack
What’s annoying you right at this moment?
For me, I have a pinched nerve or something in my neck, and it’s pretty bad. How did this happen? As far as I can tell, I injured myself sitting on the couch and reading. Oy.
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My feet
And the fact that I haven’t had time to give myself a pedicure with working, cleaning up and packing up the house preparing to move at the end of February. It may seem like a dumb gripe but it’s indicative of how stressed out and overworked I am.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
My back...
I gotta sit in one of those swivelly doctor chairs all day, at table that my feet don’t fit under waiting for doctors to finsih so i can ask the patients questions!!!! LAME!
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Yea..
My feet as well. I need to get new cushions for my shoes, then I’ll be better. I’ll tell you what, those are the greatest things ever for a month or two after you put them in your shoes.
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Congress is also pissing me off…God Damit work together or dont get paid!!!
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Software vendors delivering crappy code and then bitching when I write up something like 900 defects during a UAT phase!
Don’t get made at me because you never bothered to unit test your code, you asswipes!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 29, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
now that is pain
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by say hey nation on Jan 29, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
Getting told at work that I spend too much time socializing personally
When I’m doing the least of said socializing amongst most all the employees
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Manny to the Mets rumors
Who started that crap, anyway?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Bobby Fucking Estalella.
Is it noticeable?
This just in...Bobby Estallela can suck a dead donkey dick.
by victor frankenstein on Jan 29, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Work.
I hate that I work such sucky shifts that force me to either go to bed early while my friends are partying or forces me to be tired the next night so I need to fall asleep early while my friends continue to party.
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1234 comments, 1 new
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Comments about the number of comments shouldn’t really count
in the number of comments.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
HIJACK!
Worst comment about the number of comments?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Wait a second
Is this one of those pictures of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture, after which my head explodes?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 29, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
The monster at the end of this thread was me after all.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
IT'S NOT DEAD YET
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
That’s what you think!
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Oh damn..
That’s what I thought…
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I'm sorry.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
My prog phase has long since passed and I didn’t like Rush even then, sorry :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
A lot… Floyd, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, ELP, bit of Van der Graaf Generator (didn’t really get into them either) and shitty prog metal like Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Ayreon and Symphony X. And I tried to listen to Rush many times (you can look on my last.fm! They have well over 100 plays!) but they just never did anything for me. It makes no sense, I know, but that’s how it is.
The only one of those bands I still listen to regularly is Pink Floyd… though I think I still at least like In the Court of the Crimson King, Aqualung, Thick as a Brick and maaaaaaybe Selling England by the Pound, Red and Larks Tongues in Aspic. I never listen to them though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Oh and Porcupine Tree, who probably aren’t really true ~prog and who I still listen to as well.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
PTree on McC!
Never saw that coming. They would be much more psych than prog in my book.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
I really dig King Crimson and ELP. Awesome prog! I think I’ve asked you this before, but did you check out Rush’s 2112? If not, try it once!
also, lol @ Dream Theater.
Dream Theater was my very favorite band for a long time! Now I can’t listen to them without wanting to vomit.
And yeah, 2112 was the closest I ever came to liking a Rush album.
Here’s how the breakdown of my Rush listening went.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
2112 is def my favourite, but I’m not sure what to put next. I think Snakes and Arrows just because it’s newer and less listened to.
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Hemispheres, baby. It’s all about Hemispheres, though I’ll also accept debates on the behalf of Farewell to Kings.
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 29, 2009 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve got Counterparts that I got at the library and I haven’t listened to it yet. puts it on
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Have you ever eaten a sandwich that was good it made you want to punch someone in the face?
I just made it. Smoked turkey, fresh tomato, garlic, black pepper, mozzerella, and bacon. Toasted the bread and then put the entire sandwich in the oven to finish it.
This bread is amazing: http://usbakery.com/index.php?page=oregon-bread-western-hazelnut I got it at the grcoery because it was the best looking inexpensive non-white bread there. I can’t stand plain white bread. This bread turned out to be the greatest bread aside from sourdough.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 8:24 PM PST reply actions
Link fail
Google Oregon Bread Western Hazelnut and you’ll find it.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
BETTER THAN SOURDOUGH?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Second only to sourdough
Nothing can defeat sourdough.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 29, 2009 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
NOTHING IS BETTER THAN SOURDOUGH
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jan 29, 2009 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t like sourdough. Thinks Los Angeles Wheat Berry is the way to go.
/wilriv
by Grant Brisbee on Jan 30, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Sucks to your asmar.
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