OT: The rainy day thread
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 9:23 AM PDT
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PrintIt is just pouring here in the Bay Area. I've already heard stories of blackouts, floods and accidents. How's it looking for you guys out there? I'm in South San Francisco and it's raining really hard but not a lot of problems yet.
I started this thread because I'm going to be stuck at work until 8PM tonight because of a deadline. I want to live through you people! What do you guys do on a rainy day or what would you do? Or anything else you want to talk about. Honestly, I wish I was just at home reading.
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I live in Sacramento
and it’s also pooring down rain. Also the winds have reached up to 50 MPH today already.
On a rainy day I like to watch a movie or read a book. If this was the weekend then I would have the perfect excuse to watch football.
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
I’m in San Mateo and it’s coming down real hard with gusty winds. If I didn’t have work and studying to do, I’d probably run out to Best Buy and pick up Uncharted 2 for PS3. I loved the first game, and the reviews for this one have been very, very positive.
It was pretty terrible when I was going through my commute. At one point on 580 headed toward Richmond on the bridge, the freeway was so flooded that the van next to me was kicking up enough water to completely cover my windshield. Torrential amounts of water, this van was kicking up. I had to slow down nearly to 20… on the freeway… in zero traffic… because I literally couldn’t see a thing without getting out of that van’s splatter-zone. I’m glad nobody was behind me at the time.
It was scary. The bridge was also fun.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
Clarification:
At the time of the splash-fest, I was not yet on the bridge. I was headed toward the bridge.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Was there a lot of water on the bridge?
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
Not on the bridge (I was on the lower deck, so there’s some small protection there), but a hell of a lot of it before and after the bridge.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Were you driving that Toyota I saw in the Hellfire thread? Or is that your “girlfriend’s” car
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s my car, and I was driving it today!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Exclamation!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Feeling under the weather, so I decided to WFH. Good day to do it, I think.
Also: ‘blackouts, floods and accidents.’ and that was just my Saturday night! HEYOO
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
Get rid of Bochy and Sabean, it's time for something new.
Yea, a lot of my co-workers have decided to “work from home” today. Wish I could.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to rub it in, but I also decided to work from home today. Best decision I’ve made in a while.
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
me too
I had been planning anyway, but the windows on our office building pulsate in and out when the wind gets over 40 mph or so, and I am not at all comfortable there then.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m glad I don’t have to go anywhere today, it’s disgusting. I took the dog out and we were getting blown around.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Right now, I am going to have some hot chocolate.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
YOU KNOW WHAT ME TOO!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
OH GOD THIS HOT CHOCOLATE IS SO GOOD
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I’M PUTTING COFFEE IN MINE! WHAT’S THE INTERNET EQUIVALENT OF NOM NOM NOM FOR DRINKING?
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
hooray for McC twitter-rama
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
TWSS!
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
Get rid of Bochy and Sabean, it's time for something new.
by ringleader3 on Oct 13, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
i was in the bay this weekend...
for a bachelor party, saw the niners debacle, then left back for NY yesterday right before the storm hit (according to people i spoke to)… out here in brooklyn it’s super windy but an overall nice day.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
I’d rather be in the Bay Area during a ferocious storm than back in Brooklyn. I just spent 5 years there and there’s no where I’d rather not be at the moment. Where do you live in Brooklyn?
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm actually off today..
So it’s still a day just to catch up on some DVR’d shows and to relax. Not quite sure how much snow is falling in the Sierra, my dad and I were going to go to the high country of Yosemite two weekends from now. So I’ll see what’s going on with that soon. Here it doesn’t really seem windy since I’ve been up (South San Jose), but it’s been raining pretty well
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It’s only snowing in the high elevations right now.
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
10000 is a high elevation i think.
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You think 10000 is a high elevation
You also think 10 is a high age.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Typical! Blah, Blah, Blah, Yosemite, Blah, Blah, Pedophile, Blah, Blah
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
here's tioga pass for you
http://www.yosemite.org/vryos/
Looks a little snowy
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d checked that a few weeks ago to see how it’s looking but it was on some kind of strange loop from earlier in the summer and I didn’t even think to check back. That pretty much rules out Toulumne Meadows I think. I’m thinking maybe the Big Sur hot springs.
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I think they
pretty much shut all that down for the winter after the first snow… beautiful Modesto, however, awaits!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!
by natteringnabob on Oct 13, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, everything is shut down my dad and I just wanted to go up and stay in a campground along Tioga Pass Road and hike somewhere near Tuolumne. But yea, looks like that’s not going to happen.
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After walking in the rain to work, my jeans are rather moist. Not quite soaking, but just stiff and wet enough to be uncomfortable (yes, yes, twss). For once I wish we had blow dryers in the bathroom instead of towels.
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Two hour commute from Walnut Creek to SF today. To top it off, I fell down some stairs this weekend and am very sore, including my right ankle. Stop and go traffic for 2 hours = torture. Should have stayed home.
by kdl on Oct 13, 2009 10:33 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
It’s nice here. 72 degrees and partly sunny.
The best rainy day activities are as follows: making homemade soup, reading, and playing video games.
END THREAD
Also, video game tangent: What are you guys playing right now?
I picked up Valkyria Chronicles again it’s really fun. Not sure why I put it down to begin with. I’ve got a huge video game to-do list. I need to finish Mass Effect and I’d like to start another Fallout 3 character.
I’m really looking forward to Borderlands once it comes out on October 20th.
Halo 3 ODST and The Beatles: Rock Band.
Rocktober tonight!!
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Holy Frank Frazetta!
Why is that vixen in whiteface?
Wait…found my readers…clownface?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 14, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m like 2 years late to the party but I’m playing Twilight Princess.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m finally making my way through FFXII. I started it back when it came out but I, like, didn’t pay attention to the cut scenes at all? And then I didn’t play it for a long time so I have no idea what was going on. Restarting it was a good idea and I’m having fun.
I’m also trying to decide if I want to sell my Wii and get a PS3 or 360. I just am mostly interested in sports games and RPGs and it seems like the other two systems are better for that at this moment in time. IDK.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I mean
I’ve played my PS2 more than my Wii since I got it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I have a backlog of about 10 PS2 RPGs that I’ll probably never get to. :/
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The other two systems will probably be better for those two things long-term. Sports will always be inferior on Wii, and nobody seems interested in making legit RPGs for the system either.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, there are some games for the Wii that I’m interested in but for the most part, nothing has gotten me all that excited. Well, I do still want to play Twilight Princess but I have an old Gamecube lying around somewhere, so…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I’m playing Dragon Quest IV, and when I get done with that I’m starting up Muramasa: The Demon Blade.
Finally, the Wii is getting some half-decent games. I hear the PS3 lineup is starting to look a hell of a lot better, too.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
With the PS3 Slim and games like Uncharted 2, it seems like the PS3 is due for a rebirth.
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I got my dad a Wii for his birthday, but he hasn’t really played it much. I want to get Muramasa because it looks pretty, and I want to support 2D platform games. Speaking of which, I think I’ll get New Super Mario Bros. Wii since that’s going to be awesome, and I’m sure my family would like that one.
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I’m so excited for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I was actually kind of disappointed by Mario Galaxy (and have mixed feelings about MG2… even though I’ll buy it and play it and enjoy it too, dammit), but NSMBW looks ridiculously awesome. I don’t care if it’s basically multiplayer enabled SMBDS. SMBDS was a freaking epically good game. And the one thing Mario has always needed is multiplayer. Count me the fuck in.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
It really does look amazing. I bought a wii a few weeks ago specifically for Beatles Rock Band and Super Mario Bros.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t play much video games. I don’t even have a console system. Sometimes I think I would like to get into video games more, but it never happens. I like rock band games though, cause I like to sing. I won my companies Rock Band competition with rousing renditions of Dead or Alive and Sabotage.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
Get rid of Bochy and Sabean, it's time for something new.
by ringleader3 on Oct 13, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Beatles: Rock Band. Never really got into this guitar hero/rockband thing until a few months ago when I picked up Guitar Hero 3 on the cheap. Drums are a bitch, but I got up to the point where I don’t suck ass on hard level on guitar and bass.
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 Oct 13, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I am playing Mother 3 on a GBA emulator. It hasn’t been released in the US, but online there is a fan translation. Earthbound was my favorite game as a kid.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
The Show 2009. I did the Road to the Show thing for while, but now I’m back to kicking other people’s asses online. I want to play against tougher competition, but apparently I’m not good enough, even though I’m like 25-5 or something.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
Did you like RTS? I tried it as a pitcher and it was way too grindy for me. I just couldn’t get into it.
I was a SS. It was fun for a while. Being a really crappy hitter in the beginning forced me to change my approach develop an approach at the plate, and after a while I became really patient and started hitting well, which was pretty rewarding. I suddenly got sick of it during my first year in the majors. Only having 5 PA’s every game gets really tiring, and fielding was boring as hell.
Playing on the internet is way more fun.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
OT: RIP to Larry Jansen
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/12/SP6F1A4KR4.DTL
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 13, 2009 10:43 AM PDT reply actions
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"BUSTER POSEY
HE SAVES PANDAS!" - sadison bummedgarner
His name's Clayton, not Danny.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 13, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
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Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
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Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 13, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m coming down with a cold, which sucks. I stayed in bed for most of the morning with sickness and dreary weather. I have rehearsal for symphonic band today and nothing else. I hate rain. :(
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:04 AM PDT reply actions
Thanks
The last thing I want to do is put air through a bassoon when I’m congested and my throat is raw. Stupid bassoon.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Today I worked my butt off this morning and now I’m starting to slow down. It’s been raining off & on for two weeks in the DFW area. This Saturday I watched movies.
At the theater: Couples Retreat . Meh, a couple of good lines. The main reason I wanted to see this was because it wasn’t ‘Love Happens’.
At home on dvd with Jr: Toy Story. I still laughed, we hadn’t watched that in a long time.
Rented & watched: Away We Go. I liked it. Me & the mrs connected to it because we did something similar 5 years ago.
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"Nothing important ever happened without me."
Speaking of movies, has anyone seen Paranormal activity?
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
It was good.
Simple premise, but very good execution.
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 13, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Toy Story will never lose its appeal , but yeah - a good time gap refreshes it.
Works like that with books as well.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 13, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw Whip It! last weekend and loved it. It made me want to try roller derby.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 was good to watch.
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Sort of sorry they're pushing this 3-D thing right before "3" comes out.
I smell box – office poison.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 13, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Considering Toy Story came out in 1995, there are lots of kids who never got a chance to see it in theaters. It’s definitely a different experience in a theater than at home.
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The movies were still great
although the 3-D seemed very distracting to me. It was my first, and probably last 3-D movie.
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by UnleashTheGore on Oct 14, 2009 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea the 3D was meh, but since it was 3D it was 3D. I think they need to keep it the same cost as a 2D movie though.
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How much did it cost?
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OT: What's for Lunch today for everyone?
Just a plain Turkey sandwhich and a Diet Pepsi for me today.
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
I dunno, I’m working from home, and I feel ill. Maybe just some soup? I’m still trying to get it together enough for tea.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
Get rid of Bochy and Sabean, it's time for something new.
by ringleader3 on Oct 13, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m craving a good vietnamese sandwich but I don’t know if I should brave the elements.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
You got a Banh mi place you like?
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
Get rid of Bochy and Sabean, it's time for something new.
by ringleader3 on Oct 13, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea, they’re all in SF though. Too far. There’s a place around the corner from where I work that sells banh mi but they’re not great.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
What about Lee’s?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Probably a hot bowl of pho assuming the rain eases up a little. Worst case will be a Taco Bell drive-thru…it’s just across the street.
Pho would be awesome today.
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I went to go get some pho yesterday while I was off from work until I realized our pho place is closed on Monday.
:-(
I was craving some red velvet cupcakes after work yesterday and the bakery that I love turns out is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Perhaps, something I should’ve known.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
omg I’d die for a bowl of Vietnamese seafood soup right now.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Taco truck!
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I had yogurt and tea. I can’t eat much before rehearsal because if I did I’d be picking food out of my horn. I just want some won ton soup and more tea. Last night I brewed three small pots of blueberry vanilla tea (2.5 cups each) and downed them in quick succession.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
… because you’d barf into your horn? /confused
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Oct 13, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Food stuck in teeth can end up in horn, and gross.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Brush before you blow?
…there’s the set…
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 13, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine is a “no sugary stuff” rule, because it causes the keys to stick to the body of the instrument. Does it pose a similar problem for double reeds?
I’m just paranoid about taking the best care of my horn. I’m playing a red maple Renard bassoon that’s easily the nicest model I’ve ever played.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just paranoid about taking the best care of my horn.
TWHS!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 14, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, what do you play?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Hello Pandas
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd describe what I'm eating but it looks better than it sounds:
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Except for the cup of noodles part.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Looks more like a bowl.
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I live in Philly and it is fucking COLD here!
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 13, 2009 11:10 AM PDT reply actions
Best Saturday ever!
I have press credentials to cover this event: http://www.cvbbf.com/vintageshowdown/
Now all I need is a bowler hat and a bow tie. I’m going dressed as a dandy chap, as ladies weren’t in the press corps back in the day.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions
Victor/Victoria
Well , I never!
Okay , once.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 13, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m bringing a date too, a finely dressed lady in her Sunday best for the old ball game.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 14, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s raining while Sabean and Bochy are coming back, could this day get any worse?
FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!
The 49ers could be playing the Falcons again.
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 13, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
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Rain
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Rainn
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by UnleashTheGore on Oct 13, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
GIS for giantsrainman
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Yeah
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Raines
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 13, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: English Beat at Avalon this Friday
We bought tickets to see The English Beat Friday night at The Avalon in Santa Clara. We saw them last year and never had so much fun with our clothes on. Tickets for Friday’s show are only $20 each.
At these smaller club gigs, Dave Wakeling hangs out with the crowd, sighns autographs and will pose for pics with you. He was REALLY cool and the band was a blast. (Yes, I know he’s the only orignal member). Last year, he autographed a set list for me.
Coolest thing ever: He performs the song “Tenderness” as a fundraiser for “Smile Train” and charitbale group that provides facial reconstructive surgery for children in 3rd world coutries. While he plays the song, he asks people to throw cash on stage that goes to Smile Train.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
How is that?
My family moved up to Cottonwood/Anderson area after I left for college. When ever I go home i go and hnag out around that bridge. I don’t really like the redding area, though
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 13, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s raining and miserable here in Sac. Driving to work wasn’t bad, cuz it was 630 in the AM and no one was out yet, that and you really couldn’t SEE all the horrible things lurking on the side of the road, ready to fall on you. Coming home was an adventure. So much fun when traffic lights are out at major intersections.
Only had a third of the class today, it was too nasty to walk kids to school, some of my smaller students would have been Mary Poppins’d in the wind!
Mr. Merope ended up staying home to keep an eye on the stupid window upstairs. The gutters are messed up and the run off backs up and pours down the side of the building, down the window, and into the apartment. It’s been doing this for 2 years now. They can’t quite get the thing fixed.
Blah
Pouring rain in SJ, like everywhere else. I’m pretty sure that I have a tree branch stuck to the bottom of my car. I have to walk all over campus in the rain, and now my socks are wet. I realized that one of my mid-term essays is due today, when I thought it was due Thursday. I just want to go home, but I have one more class. I’m sitting in the library now, listening to The Beach Boys pretending it’s sunny. I’m rambling, I don’t care.
Drizzling/mild rain in the Fresno area, doesn’t sound as bad as you guys have it. I’m just slaving away for the man, like many of you.
Got a new book today, though. The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen. Also just finished The Likeness by Tana French, which I really enjoyed.
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ALSO OF NOTE:
I’m sure you guys will appreciate this. I’m downloading some more Pink Floyd.
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what didn't you have already?
or bootlegs?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Boots. I don’t actually have all Pink Floyd official stuff, I’d really like to get some but they’re pretty hard to find. I still need Soundtrack from the Film More, Atom Heart Mother, and The Final Cut. I don’t have the post breakup CDs either. At least the first two are harder to find than The Final Cut, and I don’t have that much want to get that even.
Currently downloading 7/27/1968 and 3/20/1970
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the final cut is their best album
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I disagree, but I am forever obsessed with Animals.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Animals is actually probably their best, but the Final Cut is my favorite.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Need to listen to it more, I don’t have it at home though, just at work.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
It’s amazing how someone who’s so right most of the time can be so wrong some of the time.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
you just don’t understand its brilliance!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
You are all wrong!
Meddle is the best Pink Floyd album. The End.
by Into the Void on Oct 13, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
What does it matter?
Rush is way better than Pink Floyd anyway. There’s really no need to discuss any other band, ever.
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by UnleashTheGore on Oct 13, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
not a fan, though I will forever respect them for their appearance in an episode of Trailer Park Boys.
by Into the Void on Oct 13, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Meddle is pretty good. But nowhere near #1.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Echoes alone vaults it into the top 3, I think.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
My brother's Concord apartment circa 1978
2 am, stoned and elevating higher.
Echoes comes on the radio, and my brother’s cockatiel answers three pings with his own before figuring things out.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 13, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Meddle is good, but it doesn’t have great songs besides One of These Days and Echoes.
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It’s clearly the Nashville Skyline of Pink Floyd albums.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
hey
I finally finished the rest of my Dylan discography reviews (I am NOT doing Christmas in the Heart), if anyone was still interested.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I haven't heard Christmas in the Heart
Is it bad?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
what jponry said.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
I’m in the hospital (not an emergency, just a follow-up surgery). I just finished watching a girlie movie.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
I think I broke Power Pros 2008
GS: 64
HR: 70
RBI: 133
BA: .519
SLG: 1.36
OPS: 1.88
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
Oh yeah, OBP .519, because I never walk, ever.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
Walking is the toughest thing to do in baseball video games.
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I’ve swung at pitches that hit me.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Shawon Dunston would be proud.
"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings
And video game baseball was the first place I realized that a batter’s batting average could be higher than his OBP
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
You have do that.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 14, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
/totally flips out on you for mentioning my typo
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Easy now
Don’t go all jcb on us.
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I'm logging in some hours on a plane next week
Anyone have any good book rec’s?
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
One I just got done reading was Digital Fortress. I liked it, but it’s your standard Dan Brown so depends on what you like. I’d put it between the Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
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Have you read Deception Point?
The Lost Symbol was a steaming pile of poo. And I’m a Dan Brown fan for the most part.
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by UnleashTheGore on Oct 13, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
anything by Michael Connelly
If you’re into crime novels
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by UnleashTheGore on Oct 13, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
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Meeting with China, again?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Oct 13, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t that jct?
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I thought it was Mike. I even thought about it for a second before I posted the comment as I wasn’t entirely sure. I was thinking of this, but I guess that was just a phone call and it was Marcello, not Mike
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Oct 13, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
WHAT R U TRYIN TO SAY, HUH?
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 14, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Glorious first day back
I was in the Big Easy for about 10 days for business stuff so today’s my first day back in the office. Woke up to the pouring rain and visibility on the freeway is terrible but thankfully, no traffic for me.
Win the inning.
Tempe, AZ
80 degrees, but weather.com tells me it feels like 79
Phoenix, AZ
A nice, bright sunny 80.
Man, I can’t wait to go back to the bay area next month.
by DividedByZero on Oct 13, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Grrrrrrrrr
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 13, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Weirdest thing you've bought on Craigslist or Ebay
I just bought a stack of vintage WWF magazines from 1988-89. I forgot how popular Ted Dibiase was.
Kevin Frandsen's career
Ba-dum-ching!
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by UnleashTheGore on Oct 13, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing I bought but craigslist related
I posted a bunch of comic books for sale and one of the McCoven happened to reply to it.
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I saw Ted Dibiase and Virgil vs. Hulk Hogan and Hacksaw Jim Duggan at the Cow Palace.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Yuck. 3 shitty wrestlers and DiBiase.
"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings
BANNED
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 14, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Also: Ricky the Dragon Steamboat, the WWF debut of Bad News Brown, and a midget wrestling tag team match that featured Little Tokyo.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Steamboat was great. Brown wasn’t much of a wrestler but I liked him. He was a badass.
"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings
Speaking of old WWF wrestlers
RIP Capt. Lou Albano
http://www.pwmania.com/newsarticle.php?page=257529955
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I have a damn midterm tonight. How the hades am i supposed to study with power cutting on and off every 5 minutes? Oh and the very helpful smoke detector that chirps every 5 seconds to let me know that the power is off.
The power in the concert hall cut out in the middle of rehearsal. That sucked.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006. Bringing you all your California League and New York-Penn League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 13, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
My feet are still damp from the walk from BART to the office this morning…
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis.
I’m home! I’m on Vicodin and my sofa. I hear my dog a-barkin’. Boy it’s wet. The drive home was hella hairy. Hydroplaning everywhere.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
Fuck school.
Watching replay of the Dirty-NoNo on ITunes ftw
I’m still in between jobs, so stayed home out of the weather here in San Jose reading blogs and saw one TV show on Fancast. Made a food run for some chili and they gave me a surfeit of crackers (5) at Wendy’s.
Then I saw a pic of some trail mix in a mag, and decided to make a half assed version of my own. I had a big container of salted almonds from Costco, so mixed some of those with slivered almonds (unsalted), sunflower kernals (salted), broken up wheat thins and saltines from Wendy’s.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
I NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER AND MY ROOMMATE’S GIRLFRIEND HAS BEEN IN THE ONLY BATHROOM FOR 25 MINUTES!!!!
That’s what I’m doing on this semi-rainy day.
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He’s talking about his roommate’s GF, not his.
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If she’s anything like Brooke Burns, though, he totally has a chance,
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 14, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
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