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28 Oct 2012  |  YonYonson  |FK-All

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball.  I’ll tell you what I do.  I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — Rogers Hornsby

114 thoughts on “The Lounge where you can avoid social media”

  1. Future Ed Oct 28,2012 9:33 pm

    so, whats all this then?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  2. Englishmajor Oct 28,2012 9:39 pm

    I just unfriended and/or hella people on FB.

    • whimsical witch Oct 28,2012 9:40 pm || Up

      i like your “and/or”

      • ozzman99 Oct 28,2012 9:44 pm || Up

        And/or… murdered? Excommunicated? Deported? Detained? Enhanced interrogated?

        • Englishmajor Oct 28,2012 9:47 pm || Up

          and/or hid, was what I meant to type. Damn new wireless keyboard!

          • whimsical witch Oct 28,2012 9:49 pm || Up

            i liked the nebulous “and/or”….was having fun imagining what it could be!

          • YonYonson Oct 28,2012 9:50 pm || Up

            I clicked off Twitter and Facebook right after that strikeout. I’ll have to go back tomorrow.

            "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
            • whimsical witch Oct 28,2012 9:54 pm || Up

              this is one of the few times it’s beneficial to have so many east coast family and friends. ;)

    • doctorK Oct 28,2012 10:14 pm || Up

      I have a number of Gnat fans on fb, but they are for the most part classy people who are real Gnat fans, not folks who discovered baseball two years ago.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 29,2012 12:12 pm || Up

      What this has taught me is that I have way too many East Bay Giants ‘fan’ friends. Some of them I know have been lifetime fans for one reason or another, but some of these others are awfully suspicious.

      • Kylianna Oct 29,2012 12:23 pm || Up

        This.

        A couple of my EB friends (including one longtime Oakland resident) I know are blood-and-sweat, Candlestick-bred fans and I am pleased for them.

        But fuck 90% of the rest of my friends posting about this. Most of the cheers are prefaced with “I’m not into baseball but [insert Giants spewing here]”

  3. MikeV Oct 28,2012 9:56 pm

    I’m sad that again I don’t get to have a cool halloween costume this year.

    And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

    Thanks, and go As.

    • whimsical witch Oct 28,2012 10:04 pm || Up

      there is still time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • MikeV Oct 28,2012 10:07 pm || Up

        I’m not doing anything though. Well I may possibly be walking around with the boys but that’s about it.

        and I have no ideas. I need to actually plan and put something together next year.

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

        • whimsical witch Oct 28,2012 10:09 pm || Up

          i still dress up to hand out candy. because i can’t go out and trick or treat anymore :(

          • MikeV Oct 28,2012 10:11 pm || Up

            Yeah but you’re much better at it than I am.

            And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

            Thanks, and go As.

            • whimsical witch Oct 28,2012 10:12 pm || Up

              i just happen to have a house full of costuming items.

              • MikeV Oct 28,2012 10:15 pm || Up

                I don’t

                And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

                Thanks, and go As.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 28,2012 11:25 pm || Up

      Magic Mike. It’s the role you were born to play.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  4. nevermoor Oct 28,2012 10:03 pm

    At least the Niners play tomorrow so I can start moving on.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • JamesV Oct 28,2012 10:16 pm || Up

      Until the announcers bring it up.

      • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 2:44 pm || Up

        Going to a bar. Won’t be able to hear those bastards.

  5. Kay Oct 28,2012 10:16 pm

    I feel strangely free.

    I’ve changed so much in this past year that I wonder how much more will happen in the winter. I seriously wonder how much baseball will mean to me come spring. I hope it’s still there in my heart and I can follow the season and care about it. If it’s not, I hope there’s something else strong and worthy there to replace it.

    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  6. doctorK Oct 28,2012 10:22 pm

    This year’s WS doesn’t bother me as much as 2010. I’m mainly pissed at the Tigers for folding up like a cheap newspaper. Surely they could’ve done that against us and saved themselves any further agony.

  7. JamesV Oct 28,2012 10:28 pm

    I think we can agree with this sentiment:

    • dmoas Oct 28,2012 11:38 pm || Up

      Boringest series since their last one. After the Rangers/Cards, complete and utter snoozefest. But then I didn’t watch a single moment of any of their games while last season I watch them all.

    • beebo Oct 29,2012 8:48 am || Up

      That pretty much sums it up.

  8. YonYonson Oct 28,2012 10:35 pm

    I want to take a boxing class. It looks like a lot of fun (not so much the sparring aspect, but the fitness).

    "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige
    • dmoas Oct 28,2012 11:37 pm || Up

      I just want to beat the shit out of something. Preferably something that won’t hit back and preferably something that won’t feel pain as a result. Neither are deal breakers.

      • Kay Oct 29,2012 1:14 pm || Up

        email me.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  9. Kylianna Oct 28,2012 11:39 pm

    Well, at least we know when we win the WS in 2013, apparently throwing bottles at riot cops is considered “celebration”.

    • Kay Oct 29,2012 1:15 pm || Up

      This is good to know.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • Kylianna Oct 29,2012 1:31 pm || Up

        I want an A’s/Giants WS, so when we win, we can conveniently take BART across the Bay and riot on their streets, leaving them with the bitter taste of defeat AND paying the destruction bill.

        • aardvark Oct 29,2012 7:29 pm || Up

          You are an evil ingenious.

        • DFA Oct 29,2012 7:40 pm || Up

          Or people could just have a good time and not break shit

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • aardvark Oct 29,2012 7:47 pm || Up

            What? What is this crazy idea that you are proposing? I don’t understand.

          • dmoas Oct 29,2012 7:48 pm || Up

            I’d prefer this route. And not have the Giants make the playoffs. We party, IN OAKLAND, responsibly. Put things in perspective and think about the message that sends.

            • Kylianna Oct 29,2012 7:54 pm || Up

              Can we drink tea? And have a picnic in the streets? Because that would be awesome.

              • Englishmajor Oct 29,2012 7:57 pm || Up

            • JamesV Oct 29,2012 8:03 pm || Up

              Unfortunately we’re at a stage where there’s likely going to be stupid, destructive rioting whenever a team wins it all.

              • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 8:11 pm || Up

                Even a Canadian team?

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 29,2012 8:21 pm || Up

                  Canadians only riot when they lose. And their enduring images are positive:

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 8:25 pm || Up

                  Canadians are so underrated.

                • JamesV Oct 29,2012 8:22 pm || Up

                  Well, Vancouver…

                • JamesV Oct 29,2012 8:22 pm || Up

                  And yeah, that was after they LOST.

                • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 8:26 pm || Up

                  I’m surprised they’re not rioting over the lack of hockey.

          • Kylianna Oct 29,2012 7:54 pm || Up

            In an ideal world, sure.

            In reality, however…

            • Kay Oct 30,2012 7:43 am || Up

              Are you saying that maybe cities should have regularly scheduled riots in order to release pent-up tension?

              \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 7:42 pm || Up

          By the time you get off BART, Giants fans will have already torn up their city. Or, they’ll have ripped off their Giants apparel, set fire to it, and then danced naked around said fires.

      • beebo Oct 29,2012 2:13 pm || Up

        I believe this is an accepted practice in LA. (see also: Lakers fans)

  10. Kylianna Oct 29,2012 12:36 am

    Given that Chandler was onboard with our boys before The Game was, I gladly welcome Matthew Perry among us as a man of taste.

    As for the World Series, Perry wasn’t going to commit to backing the Bay Area’s other franchise.

    “These aren’t my teams, so what I hope for are 14 innings and Game 7.”

    • DFA Oct 29,2012 11:33 am || Up

      I don’t think if youve seen his latest sitcom you would really consider him a man of taste.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Future Ed Oct 29,2012 11:52 am || Up

      From another USA today piece following Kyli’s. More proof FOX is horrible:

      If the series goes to a Game 5, however, the cross-promotion dies a merciful death. It will be Aretha Franklin delighting the masses with her rendition of the national anthem.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  11. JamesV Oct 29,2012 12:44 am

    My 2nd Gen 32 GB iPod Touch is on its dying legs. Replacing with a nearly new 4th Gen 64 GB version for about $220. Not bad.

    • DFA Oct 29,2012 11:33 am || Up

      is there a reason you don’t just put your music on your smartphone?

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • colin Oct 29,2012 11:39 am || Up

        I have an iPod classic as well as an iPhone, because the phone only has 16 GB of disk space.

        • DFA Oct 29,2012 11:52 am || Up

          why not use the cloud?

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • JamesV Oct 29,2012 2:56 pm || Up

            I’m not really that far along yet with any of that stuff.

      • MikeV Oct 29,2012 12:22 pm || Up

        Streaming constantly destroys batterys with a quickness.

        And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here -slusser.

        Thanks, and go As.

  12. harensheir15 Oct 29,2012 1:56 am
  13. beebo Oct 29,2012 12:02 pm

    Hurricane watch, 2012: fortunately, I have the day off from work, but I have to keep Twitter/FB/the TV(s) on all day to monitor all this Sandy mayhem. All the delayed reaction “victory” posts from Gnats fans (as in, you’re just realizing what happened 16+ hours later? really?) are, sadly, unavoidable for me today.

    A perfect storm, indeed.

    • Kay Oct 29,2012 1:17 pm || Up

      This isn’t a tagline, but it’s definitely the beginnings of a worthy little NPR segment.

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • beebo Oct 29,2012 2:12 pm || Up

        Sigh. If only they’d let me.

        Meanwhile, I just want the power to stay on here, but that might be asking for a lot, considering the circumstances. Partner in Crime is stuck at work until tomorrow night. Thankfully, cabin fever/dealing with a mangled screen door has been the worst of it on my end thus far.

  14. ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 3:20 pm

    Contrary to popular belief, there’s nothing funny about an adult pretending to be a baby. Especially a baby throwing a tantrum.

    • beebo Oct 29,2012 3:37 pm || Up

      Especially when it ends up on the Nat Geo channel.

      • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 3:43 pm || Up

        How can that even happen?

      • Future Ed Oct 29,2012 3:43 pm || Up

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • JamesV Oct 29,2012 6:18 pm || Up

      Is this about Chris Christie? Because I don’t think he pretends.

      • beebo Oct 29,2012 6:51 pm || Up

        I mean, he did cancel Halloween for two years in a row.

        • dmoas Oct 29,2012 7:49 pm || Up

          Is it his fault people kept thinking he was showing up as an asshole every year?

      • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 7:36 pm || Up

        Haha! No, it was inspired when I was flipping channels and King of Queens was on, and the lead actor was playing a baby. Not funny.

  15. Kylianna Oct 29,2012 6:58 pm

    In case you need more proof that Urban is an idiot, here’s the tweet of the day:

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 29,2012 7:01 pm || Up

      Wow. What an ydiot.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • DFA Oct 29,2012 7:39 pm || Up

      This is fail on so many levels:

      Penny was traded
      Homophobe in the bay area
      Seizmore has to be the odds on favorite at this juncture
      Rosalas has to be the 2nd favorite
      Penny/Weeks could have been on the team with Escobar since we need 3 MIF
      There are hella more options than just Escobar: Cozart or Gregorious probably being my favorites on the trade market.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • Kylianna Oct 29,2012 7:55 pm || Up

        I’m actually really impressed how much Wrong he was able to fit into 140 characters.

      • dmoas Oct 29,2012 8:08 pm || Up

        You forgot “try to be funny/cute.” Because even if he was purposefully being dense, he failed at that too.

      • vignette17 Oct 29,2012 10:24 pm || Up

        I would not be shocked if Yunel became an A TBH. If we’re going trade route though, I’d like Hardy or Andrus. Man, I hope Russell develops…

    • oblique Oct 29,2012 8:08 pm || Up

      Cracks me up with the Giants-fellating “personalities” attempt to pop their heads out of their asses and reconnect with A’s fans every year or so. It’s like Groundhog Day.

  16. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 29,2012 7:03 pm

    NYC Mayor Bloomberg has the most expressive sign language translator I’ve ever seen. Wonderful exaggerated gestures and facial expressions. If it weren’t for the fact that no one in New York was actually able to see that press conference telecast, I’m sure she’d become a meme.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • dmoas Oct 29,2012 7:51 pm || Up

      The Meme would be: “If I speak loud enough, maybe the people of NYC could hear me.”

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 29,2012 8:53 pm || Up
        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • ozzman99 Oct 29,2012 9:06 pm || Up

          For some reason, she reminds me of that guy in Airplane, the one who says “Auntie Em, Auntie Em! It’s a twister! It’s a twister!”

    • Future Ed Oct 30,2012 3:03 pm || Up

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  17. whimsical witch Oct 29,2012 10:43 pm

    Full Moon in Taurus Blessings! <3

    • DFA Oct 29,2012 11:18 pm || Up

      does that mean i will be blessed?

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • whimsical witch Oct 29,2012 11:21 pm || Up

        you already are!

        • ozzman99 Oct 30,2012 10:22 am || Up

          Does that mean I have to drive a Ford Taurus?

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 30,2012 11:05 am || Up

            For SHO.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • ozzman99 Oct 30,2012 11:16 am || Up

              Please sir, try to Focus.

              • 5Aces Oct 30,2012 11:55 am || Up

                Well you may have thought it was a bad line, but I thought it was a Fair lane.

                Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • oblique Oct 30,2012 12:29 pm || Up

                  Great. Now that we’ve settled that, let’s all go have a Fiesta!

                • ozzman99 Oct 30,2012 12:39 pm || Up

                  This is the Cadillac of threads.

                • Englishmajor Oct 30,2012 2:27 pm || Up

                  I think we have to wait to let Future Ed sell a pun.

                • Ice Cream Oct 30,2012 2:48 pm || Up

                  But must Ang Lee?

                  Where is the good in "good-bye"?
                • dmoas Oct 30,2012 3:06 pm || Up

                  Worst. Filmmaker. Ever.

                • oblique Nov 1,2012 3:45 pm || Up

                  All she wants to do..

                • ozzman99 Nov 1,2012 3:57 pm || Up

                  You’re suck a Maverick.

                • dmoas Nov 1,2012 4:28 pm || Up

                  Well… didn’t McCain always consider himself a Maverick? And boy did she suck him good.

                • ozzman99 Nov 1,2012 4:31 pm || Up

                  I thought they both considered themselves mavericks. And she just generally sucks.

                • Ice Cream Nov 1,2012 6:10 pm || Up

                  Going
                  Rogue!

                  Where is the good in "good-bye"?
    • Kylianna Oct 30,2012 12:50 am || Up

      <3 to you, Sister!

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