…where Poppy’s only Halloween treat is some nasty crud she gets to drink in preparation for, uh, some routine followup trick that will be performed on her tomorrow morning.
Just figured hey, keep tripping over the rosterbating, so new Lounge… why not! I might be around here & there… now & then… when it’s safe…
I heard some kids outside, so I hurried up and turned off my reading lamp. I used my cell phone to read until it was silent. I have no shame.
27 reasons why kids are the worst
Cute pet costumes
Ex:
This is hilarious. The look on the dogs face is perfect.
I laughed really hard with that post.
This is my favorite:
14. They’re functionally useless.
I love this one:
It’s like a she-Chucky.
Dude, you could have warned me about the gratuitous Honey Boo Boo at the end…
Should be written by Magary
I used to do that, too! Well, not using my cell phone to read, just hiding in the dark so I don’t have to open the door. Now I’m just sitting here trying not to vomit.
That looks a lot like my dog.
Trick or Treaters are arriving! Going out with mine shortly. Whee!
No trick or treaters here. Not one. Which is fine, I have no candy. Is it bad of me that I’m hoping Ozzwife has tons of them showing up? She has to go down stairs to give them candy.
do you wish her ill?
Not really, but I wouldn’t mind if her legs are a little sore tomorrow.
Tonya Harding her ass and her legs will hurt tomorrow.
I’m no Gillooly.
WHY??? huWHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???
American sports at their finest.
I read that in her voice.
Same
Out loud, I hope?
so not real ill, but not good?
Something like that.
Like a deep longing for ozz but nothing in the way of like physical or other emotional harm?
thats big of you
That would work.
And no, bigamy is when you have 2 wives.
so youre going for littamy? 0 wives?
No, it’s going for me.
I hope all is well with the Bed family.
I wonder if they dressed Baby Bed in a costume.
I live down a long dark driveway behind an unmarked gate in a decaying brown shingle cottage that’s not visible from anywhere except my neighbor’s back yard. And now, as a result of the construction next door, I’m also behind a graffiti-covered portable fence next to an ominous hole in the ground that would accommodate the corpses of every trick-or-treater in town. So I can be pretty sure I won’t get any kid in his or her right mind, although I did buy some chocolate just in case.
But earlier in the day, I had to go supervise an intern’s reporting project as she interviewed middle-schoolers learning to play lacrosse in Oakland. Most of the kids had not changed out of their costumes, since it was a short gym period and they were going home right afterward. These tweens had some badass outfits that mostly looked handmade, although sadly none of them involved the A’s. A group of girls scampering around with lacrosse sticks, one with a starry cape, one in long skirts, and one in a sort of punk witch dress with yards of trailing tulle, looked for all the world like outtakes from a Harry Potter movie. Two other girls had excellent ancient Egyptian costumes, but they had to discover for themselves that the straight, tight skirt to the ankles doesn’t let you run after a ball. A trio of junior Harajuku girls in nipped waists and lace petticoats and heels, one with an extravagant gray curly wig like Marie Antoinette, didn’t try to play but looked disdainful and gorgeous and uncomfortable on the sidelines. And a boy who was keeping goal did a great job despite, or maybe because of, the chicken suit he was wearing. I really wanted to take a picture of the chicken with a lacrosse stick, but we can’t take pictures of minors without getting a release. After that, I don’t care to see the store-bought princesses and superhero brats of the Peninsula.
You know, Burlingame is not actually a good representative sample of the Peninsula. Said the person who was raised here and raised someone here.
I’m relieved to hear it!
“Cast Your [Vote] to the Wind” to close today’s CA Report? Inspired! You make it worth getting up at 6.
I did notice grown-ass men roaming around with plastic bags tonight. I have to assume that they’re in their late teens and out getting free candy.
Or they are looking for victims.
Possibly. I’m safe.
Really?
Unless they’re killing for food, and they like their man-steaks well marbled.
It makes me sad when I see little kids trick or treating with Walmart plastic bags. Every child should have a proper plastic pumpkin to collect their goodies.
Plastic pumpkins don’t hold NEARLY enough candy. Pillowcases FTW.
My little cousin is using my Comic Con swag bag. Because 29″x23″ stores much candy.
Now that you mention it, I think they used to make bigger pumpkins. I remember when I was little, my sister had a bigger pumpkin than me and I never thought that was fair.
They’ve had to scale down the plastic pumpkin size due to all the lawsuits over Halloween-related juvenile lat strains, carpal tunnel, and tooth decay.
My parents sued the pumpkin makers for making me fat.
It’s possible they scaled them down so they can’t get stuck on stupid kids’ heads.
A kid who’s stupid enough can also get stuck in a pillowcase!
Um, hello, walmart plastic bags are made for stupid kids.
Yup. I insist that the Upgrade kids have pillowcases. Nurse Upgrade wanted to give them little paper Peets bags. Pffft.
we off load from small plastic buckets to pillow cases that I carry
Spawn1’s bucket was big enough; Mrs. PDX’s costume included a net (she was an entomologist; Spawn2 was a ladybug), so Spawn2 could offload some of her loot into the net. It worked well, mostly because Spawn1 got tired out after about two blocks. Surprising, since we must have covered about 4 times as much ground last year.
My friends dressed their older boy as a zombie, and their younger one as a brain. Last year, the older one was an alien and the younger was a Man in Black.
Spawn1 was a Park Ranger (which we talked him into because we really didn’t want him to be a soldier) and I was his “wildlife” (I wore a chimpanzee mask – it was all that I could find).
Haha, that’s pretty good.
Lily goes for the bizarrely specific … last year a baby harbour seal, this year an Egyptian fruit bat.
Pics!
A child after your own heart?
Are you kidding me? Loves dogs, taunts Red Sox fans, likes my cookies, cute as a button… I love that kid!
And dresses as a bat…
Yeah, that too!
I had a vampire cow and a race car driver
Primera was a Saucy Pirate. Segundo was a Banana.
Pillowcases at all times! If it doesn’t make you half lurch and switch arms every few steps when full, then the bag isn’t big enough.
Agreed!
Okay, I lost track of the NBA for a while, late last season. Did Phoenix suck? Because their arena is only about half-populated for Opening Night, which I think is weird.
I lost track around 1996, so I can’t help.
They suck, and they no longer have Steve Nash.
Yeah, I knew about Nash… but I thought there must have been more to it. And there is. They’re not looking too spectacular.
And yet they’re still going to beat the Warriors.
Nope. They out-sucked us.
Steve Nash is a Laker… and that just seems fundamentally wrong. Did every player in the NBA either sign with LA or Miami in the offseason?
Real Ray Fosse: you want to really be a good color man?
Do you need to smoke weed to eat Dibs?
I’m selling chocolate-covered cookie dough for skool. I thought about Ray. I wonder if he wants to buy any?
Yuck. I hope you don’t ever decide to become any sort of health care practitioner.
It’s good for business.
My sister used to work at a hospital in Cleveland that replaced the cafeteria with a McDonald’s.
Also, in Mentor (OH), there was a Johnson Medical Center. Right next door was Mentor Funeral Home.
Ew, no. Nurses suck.
Oh really?
Back off.
You started it.
Calvarial bone.
Hehe, you said bone.
Shit. I just had a cross-country wedding added to my schedule for early next year. On top of three other weddings in the first six months. I am never going to have any money again.
Where is it? Do they need a photographer?
Maryland? And no idea.
Tell them to call me.
Don’t. Unless you’ve done it before and/or like that. I shot a friend’s wedding, and I swore I would never, ever, ever, ever shoot a wedding again. And I was super thankful that I wasn’t doing it for strangers, because I don’t need that kind of pressure.
Do you know who you are talking to?
From the sound of that, I apparently don’t…?
That’s his job, yo.
Bwahaha! So you’re saying he’s done it before and/or likes it?
Like, MANY times a week. [shudder]
Yeah, I’ve shot a few weddings.
Do you know I’ve already posted more tonight than I often post in a week? LOL
The A’s were distracting you.
I’m a bad influence.
Gotta go though. I skipped out on a few friends’ far away weddings for lack of money and/or time and have always regretted it.
Yeah, this guy was my best friend in college, I can’t imagine missing his (first, bwahaha) wedding. It’s just I have no idea how I’m gonna make it work. Especially since I think I’m out of town on a trip that’s costing some $$ two weekends before.
Sell plasma. Or your eggs. Or a kidney.
You just need to make a crapload of money playing Bombs Away! Or persuade Ralph to invest for you.
Ralph’s magical secrets don’t work for me. :( I am such a gambling failure.
When is it? And a weekend trip?
May. It’s on a Friday, so I’d probably fly there Thursday and maybe come back Sunday?
The sad part is A) it’s reasonably close to Baltimore, BUT THE ORIOLES ARE OUT OF TOWN and B) getting down to DC would also be feasible but oh, THE NATIONALS ARE OUT OF TOWN TOO. I have never been to any east coast stadiums, and it seemed like a nice chance, but nooooooo.
If I randomly come into some serious $$$ between now and then, however, NYC is only 200 miles away and the A’s are playing the Yankees that weekend…
No problem, assuming it’s a day game at Yankee Stadium.
Thursday SFO/BWI (UA558 leaves 4:05pm arrives 12:05am)
Friday wedding
Saturday BWI/EWR (UA4897 leaves 10:37am arrives 11:45am or UA4249 leaves 4:51pm arrives 6:08pm)
Saturday night on/off Broadway
Sunday day at Yankee Stadium
Sunday EWR/SFO (UA968 leaves 7:45pm arrives 11:10pm)
OR
Sunday night on/off Broadway
Monday EWR/SFO (UA558 leaves 6:18am arrives 9:52am)
Can you plan all my vacations?
My only concern is getting in after midnight to Maryland, depending where I end up staying.
Yeah – there wasn’t an obvious direct flight earlier in the day. Is Dulles too far from your Maryland destination?
It’s not too bad if I rent a car, about 60 miles.
Thought of us:
Oh my god this is so true.
Trains? DC Metro system (which rocks way harder than BART)?
The wedding is kinda in the middle of nowhere.
I originally read that as ‘welding’ and got confused.
I’ve taught my new smart phone far too many baseball-related words in the month I’ve had it. It keeps trying to insert “Cespedes”, “Fosse”, “Verlander”, and “playoffs” into conversations where they really don’t belong. If it were that smart, wouldn’t it know that baseball season is over?
Fosse?
Yeah, I know. I must have been complaining about him to someone (probably my sister) in a few too many text messages.
Haha!
You should let your phone have its way with your conversations… that can be fun, too. You can start a whole new language.
My phone also likes to change “you” to “thou,” so adding a few random “Cespedes”s in there could only lead to good things.
If only you’d been calling him Sexy Feet all year. “Thou Sexy Feet…”
I don’t know what is going on this year. We typically only get one or two trick-or-treaters, so this year we bought one small bag of sour patch kids. So far we’ve had two groups of about 8 kids each. In the first group, one girl totally sticky-fingered the bowl, leaving us with 2(!) candies. We scraped up some of last years sour patch kids (sorry parents who are reading this–those things can’t possibly expire, right?) and now those are gone so we’ve filled the bowl with leftover southwest airline peanuts. (Which are probably also expired.) These kids really need to just head down to Michael and Tabitha’s house where I’m sure since they have kids they might actually have ample candy for the entire evening.
You just let kids reach in and grab?! Noooooooo…
We do too, but only because we’re in the same usually-only-get-a-handful-of-kids (I think the most has been about 30. Seven so far tonight.) situation.
We’re seeing maybe half the volume of trick-or-treaters as usual and will have lots of leftovers.
A clear sign the economy is improving. Kids have plenty of candy at home, and aren’t looking for handouts from hardworking taxpayers.
FKing “victims.”
What we need to do is give more candy to the Candy Creators.
I dunno about no sour patch kids, but I did find a use for some cabbage patchers:
That’s FKing glorious!
OMG!!! I love that!
Haha!!
Off to drink Round Two of nasty crud… :(
I am so sorry, and well understand your pain.
Oof. At least you can be pretty sure Colon won’t be back next year.
asvd
{snerk}
(Everything looked good, btw. Still just need to drink some different nasty crud in a few weeks for CT scan.)
I think we should have a CT Thread for that.
And no!
:-(
I’ve been up since 3:30 am…it would be good if I could go to sleep for a few hours. Tomorrow I have to clean the house sufficiently that my catsitter can get in and out, do about three hours of editing, and drive a couple of hours to a conference. But I deserve no pity — it’s my annual trip to an international food conference at the CIA, the tasty one not the nasty one. It’s still work, I have to find some stories there, but the nicest work I have all year.
That sounds so much more yummy than my work… enjoy!
Try the Cassoulet Covert and the Provocateur au poivre. Avoid the Coq au venal.
Zoinks! A friend of mine who lives in a very family-friendly neighborhood in Santa Ana posted on facebook that she gave out 1500(!!) pieces of candy last night. 2 per kid, none for adults.
She had 1500 pieces ready? Or did she make a paniced Wal-Mart run at 7:05?
I gather it happens every year!
Geez, that must have cost a fortune.
If I had to pick one near-election-time article to make every liberal read, it would be this one.
I agree with all of it.
I strongly disagree that these are the reasons for any disillusionment, but would rather point to moral compromises like drone-execution of suspected terrorists (and anyone who happens to be in the vicinity).
Agreed. I am very uncomfortable with the drones policy, and able to abide it only because I believe that Obama understands the Constitutional gravity of his actions. In the hands of his predecessor, drones would have actually become the terrorist recruiting tool they are charged with being.
My only other regret about Mr. Obama is that he is not a better politician and negotiator. He doesn’t love it, and he disdains the bully pulpit and has not taken most opportunities to inflict political damage on his adversaries. I still don’t completely understand ObamaCare, for example, and I’m trying. I also think he has given away too much in his negotiations, esp. as regards the Bush Era tax cuts. He has tried to be trans-partisan, even when it was blindingly obvious that it wouldn’t work, per Sen McConnell. And he settled for a verry impotent Dodd-Frank bill, now being decimated in the regs.
On the flipside, I think the Obama Doctrine in foreign affairs is FKing brilliant, and well-nigh perfect. And I cannot blame him for the economy he inherited, rescued and tried to do more. I wish he’d have been more of a moral leader on SSM, instead of playing its politics with all that evolution nonsense — but I guess I understand it.
On extra-judicial executions I’m more concerned with his successors than his predecessor. However much he might appreciate the gravity (and I’ve certainly heard counterpoints to the claim he does) the day will undoubtedly come when the US has a president who does not.
Since said predecessor is constitutionally prohibited from ever again inflicting himself on the electorate, I was using his “dam’ piece of paper” approach to make that same point — I can hardly imagine anyone worse, unless its the current GOP standard-bearer. I’m basing my understanding of gravity (in-favor) on the Vanity Fair piece by Michael Lewis.
This is well written and argued. I endorse this position hardily.
I strongly disagree with the idea that Obama could have somehow persuaded the GOP to act differently. There is some, but still little, chance that he could have corralled Nelson/Lieberman when they mattered.
Could you substitute “Clinton” or “LBJ” for “Obama” and still say that? For all his excesses, Clinton loved the game, and played it better.
Nope. In LBJ’s time, party affiliations were much weaker and 50 senators could pass a bill.
In Clinton’s time, the Senate Minority Leader wasn’t giving speeches about how his party could not afford to allow bipartisan legislation because the primary goal was to defeat the president, and the public sees bipartisan legislation as a good thing. Also, 50 senators could usually pass a bill.
Also, in neither era were strong conservatives actively/successfully primaried for not being tea party enough.
This is why I have been disappointed with him at times. He misread the GOP effort to undermine his Presidency and failed to be a communicative leader on policy (especially health care).
It’s funny, as a candidate he seemed to be exceptionally good at communicating with the general public because he was willing to tell it like is. As president, he seems unwilling to just say “Here’s what we need to do, and here’s how it works. And here’s why the other guy’s ideas are bad.”
andeux bait
Another rediscovery
D’oh! But the full paper I linked to is even better:
(i) she compares her method with 3 previous methods in the field that fail dismally, so apparently the whole field was ignorant of elementary calculus.
(ii) to prove her method is best, she compares all 4 to “a standard (true value), which is obtained by plotting the curve on graph paper and counting the number of small units under the curve”, so she doesn’t even understand her own method!
Mercy, this is horrible. I just put her data into excel, did a simple numerical integration using rectangles only, and got 14340 for my answer, in about 5 minutes (and I was distracted part of the time). Also, she has the units wrong: mg/dl/120 mins – the 120 is already incorporated into her result, and since this is an integration and not a rate, the units should be mg*min/dl. And, the experimentalist in wants to grab them by the neck and tell them to take more data between 0 to 60 minutes (or at least 0 to 30 min), because otherwise they don’t really know where the curve peaked.
Tangential, but I got one of my regular “here is my theory of the Universe and it is mine” emails today, this one mashed up with a conspiracy theory about the local secret police preventing them from publishing in physics journals, forcing them into the cunning ploy of using email to sneak their work out …
We live in a world where Who’s The Boss? is in syndication, but Benson isn’t. Let that sink in.
Who?
You are so fired.
Yay!
And once again, Tony Danza laughs in Robert Guillaume’s face.
But really it’s probably because of Alyssa Milano. Who hasn’t been in the news for gettin with baseball players nearly enough lately.
If she wants to take a break from ballplayers and try a barely employed, separated photographer, I’d be willing to give her a shot.
Why is the channel called “History International” and not “Christian Mysteries”?
I miss DirecTv.
I don’t.
Thanks, and go As.
Hello from the Sydney airport! My layover is like 12 hours. Does anyone know a spot here with power outlets?
I found one! Gate 25 FTW
hi colin! i hope you find something fun to occupy you for the next 12 hours! ;)
um… Free Kraut?
i will do my best! :P
Challenge Accepted?
why is it in capital letters? (hi matty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Hi Witchy!!!!
<3
i miss you!!!
back atcha babe :)
HUGS!
bewbs!
Thanks, and go As.
No wifi in the Star Alliance lounge.
How long is your layover?
10 hours. But I’m around the halfway point already.
Man, the AFC West is just horrible. So maybe there’s a chance!
Speak for yourself–Peyton’s just starting to get his groove on ;)
It’s quite possible that Denver is not-horrible enough to totally dominate the rest of the execrable division.
Wheeeeee!!!!! We’re
#1Not Horrible! We’re#1Not Horrible!Better than last year’s “Horrible But Lucky and Secretly Fueled By Satan” club.
We’re #1! We’re #1!
Thank you Andrew Luck!
Quite a year for the forces of batgirl in the AFC.
But man, yuck. I can’t imagine myself rooting for any of the top 4 AFC teams under almost any circumstances. So I guess I’m hopping on the Andrew Luck bandwagon.
football outsiders has Denver as the best team in the league, and KC as the worst. I suspect they’re 50% right.
Denver seems to have its share of flaws to me. But I’ve watched much less football this year so far than I usually do. I am going to the game Sunday though!
Not only that, but more likely to make the playoffs than the Niners. Which seems odd.
their division fucking blows.
Thanks, and go As.
Sure, but they’ve got an ugly record (i.e. W/C should be hard) and they just got crushed by a team one game behind them.
Seattle must be pissed to not be in that division anymore.
You know what I think is funny? No, besides Bed. I think it’s funny when they have a commercial for Halo with guys playing and acting like idiots, and then the voiceover guy says “Rated M for mature.” Clearly, maturity is not required to play this game. In fact, it may act as a hindrance.
I know that nearly half my comments these days are to nominate other comments as taglines, but still…
I still get a laugh out of the potting soil one. And the one about being angry at coherence.
And the white baby one.
Rarely though it comes up, “Let a thousand blooms flower” provokes a mixture of pride and sadness.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that one.
damn all of this leftover candy! i can’t stop.
Send me some, silly.
come here and i’ll share.
Just candy?
there’s wine, too.
I don’t really drink. I could go for a glass of chocolate milk, though.
ick. :(
Freak.
So, the local dungeon was going to have a womens’ night, and it was one of those things where it was sort of meant for naturally-born non-transgendered women, but transwomen weren’t specifically discouraged from attending, and I kinda butted my head in to the planning thread on the appropriate social networking site and said, “Hey, what about me? Can I come?” which totally torched off some kind of epic shitstorm of public and private meta… And then the dungeon responded not by clarifying that any female-identified trans people were also welcome, or even by taking the low road and excluding trans people from the event, but by cancelling the event altogether. CUT OFF NOSE TO SPITE FACE OW PAIN BLEEDY!
So now I’m half mad at the people who were planning this event and half wishing I hadn’t butted in in the first place.
Wow. I’m sorry about that.
That really sucks.
I’m having trouble seeing their logic…
1. Piss off a big customer base segment
2. Then, piss off another big customer base segment
3. ?
4. Profit!
something like that, I guess…
Then again, it was good to find out who in the local lesbian kink community sees me as one of them and who sees me as a man in a dress.
Well, I see you as a woman who is a man dressed as a woman in a man’s body.
If you’re gonna be binarist, that’s the way to do it.
I love how you implied a gender spectrum through using man and woman like the 1’s and 0’s of binary code in order to create a more complex program that more accurately represents me.
I can’t tell you how confusing it was to try to write that. At the end was about ready to delete it all and just say “he’s a chick.”
What’s funny about this whole thing is that my wife is a combination of very accepting and very much a hermit, so it didn’t occur to her at first that I and others were being discriminated against. I was explaining the situation to her, and I had to remind her that many people don’t see me as a woman or a transgendered person but as a man in woman’s clothing, and THEN she got pissed off.
I’m going to confess that the only time I’ve spent any significant time around a transgendered person, I saw her as a man in woman’s clothing. That person is my SiL’s ex-spouse and my main reason for seeing her that way was that she was a chauvinist pig in how she treated my SiL.
I imagine my reaction to you would/will be much different given how you’ve described your relationship with your wife and your general interactions with the world.
I might still do that, but I’d A) feel like an asshole for it B) would know it’s wrong C) probably not dwell too much on it unless/until I made an ass of myself as a result D) not think/feel any less of Kay as result of my assholelyness. So it mostly just balances out to “I just don’t give a shit, be happy being you, I’ll figure out how to accept it all later.”
It’s the accepting part that’s difficult when I know my sister-in-law was left with raising the kids on her own (which, admittedly, she was doing anyway) and still living with her parents at age 40. I know that’s an issue with the ex-spouse as a person rather than as someone who is transgendered, but it colors my viewpoint nonetheless.
On the other hand, it couldn’t have been easy living with my MiL and FiL, who didn’t accept her orientation.
That would get in the way of things for sure.
I don’t think you even need to feel like an asshole for it.
The way I see it, if people treat me well, I don’t care what pronouns they use or if they still have the gender binary internalized where everybody falls into the categories of “man” and “woman”.
However, in the LGBTQ and BDSM communities, I have higher expectations. Maybe that’s naive of me. Maybe it’s not.
So now nobody gets to play Dungeons & Dragons? That’s a shame.
heh.
Methinks they wanted to play Dungeons and Dykes and should have made their event private and invitation-only.
You need to organize your own women’s night, and make it inclusive and tell those other fuckers to fuck off.
I don’t particularly care if there is or isn’t a Womens’ night as long as they don’t try to exclude me and my trans sisters from it if there is one.
It’s over now, though. They’re not going to have any more mens’ nights or womens’ nights, unless private groups rent the space for private invitation-only parties, then they can invite whoever the FK they want.
For you car-types, is 194K too many miles for comfort on a 2006 Outback 2.5i? And what should I be asking on the phone before undertaking a trip out to Sacramento? It’s dealer-listed at $7K.
I can’t tell you much, but looking at the value on edmunds of the lowest model of that car with nothing added it would have to be in between rough & average condition to hit that dealer price point. That would concern me a little.
It’s confusing – for a clean vehicle with this mileage Edmunds gives $9,500, Blue Book gives $8,000, and CarGuru gives $6,600.
I wouldn’t pay even half that much for any car with almost 200K miles. And that’s a lot of miles in six years.
Yeah, that’s an awful lot of miles. If it were something that you wanted to work on, like an old muscle car or even a truck, that would be different. But I’d hesitate to sink that much into a car that will almost surely need a good deal of work in the years to come.
I wouldn’t touch a vehicle with mileage like that. Not just because of the engine but that’s a LOT of miles on the chassis, suspension, etc. Especially for a 6 year old vehicle.
Thanks, and go As.
I may have been lulled into a false sense of security by our current Corolla wagon, which we got with 175K and have put another 50K on without any work except replacing the (original) starter motor.
After human beings self-destruct, the only things that will be left to run the planet will be cockaroaches — and Toyotas.
The excellent British show Top Gear did a series of tests to see how much punishment the famed Toyota Hi-Lux pickup truck could take (which is what essentially my truck is). Well worth a tour through youtube to see. They threw one in the ocean and they retrieved it when the tide brought it back in a week later. They put one on top of a 6 story building which was then imploded. In both cases the truck basically started right back up.
It really depends how the miles were accumulated. If it was someone who took lots of long highway drives and was scrupulous about maintenance, that’s not so bad. If it was someone who delivered newspapers every day with lots of stops and starts and turns and low speeds, that’s bad.
That’s also a lot of newspapers.
So, the power is back on at Chez Beebo after sitting in the dark/45 degree weather for a few days. Did I miss anything?
Hurray Power!
Glad you came through ok. The only thing you missed was a thread where we solved all of the world’s problems. But then nevermoor accidentally deleted it, so whatever.
Well played, sir.
A liberal conspiracy, no doubt!
Here’s what things look like out on the east coast.
Hope any of you other FKers who live out here stayed out of harm’s way. My town got pummeled pretty hard (Greenwich), but my family was very lucky. Only lost power for about 14 hours, and a small piece of siding from the house.
I walked through Hoboken yesterday because I was going stir-crazy in my freezing apartment. It’s pretty bad out there. You can still see where the water level reached on buildings and cars (in some places, it was up to my shoulders). There’s a ton of garbage and refuge sitting around on the streets. People are still pumping tons of water out of their basements and garages. It smells like Lysol, burning plastic, and motor oil everywhere. The National Guard is out in full force, too. Needless to say, it was pretty surreal, especially since the only news I’ve been able to get all week has been coming from my hand crank radio – hard to get visuals with that.
I live a five minute walk away from all of that, but my neighborhood is perched on a decently sized hill, so we were relatively safe. We got really lucky, since we only lost our screen door, a mailbox, and a couple of trees near my building during the hurricane itself, and we had power until about 10pm Monday. Cell phone service didn’t come back until last night, too, which just added to the discomfort. People have been just wandering around because there’s really nothing else to do but wait.
On top of everything, it’s getting pretty damn cold here. A few of my neighbors (who don’t have their power back yet) might be coming over later tonight to warm up and catch up on a week’s worth of TV.
Ugh. As a former Hudson County resident, that’s depressing. Glad you’re OK.
Have you heard anything from Jersey City?
That’s actually where I am. Water from the Hudson flooded parts of Exchange Place, but things are comparatively ok. As of last night, the JCPD imposed a night time curfew from 7pm to 7am. Listening to the police scanner, it sounds like the biggest challenge here is maintaining some semblance of order at the gas stations near the Holland Tunnel.
Luckily most of JC is at elevation. I heard that parts of downtown and near the medical center flooded, but I’m sure Paulus Hook and Newport were the hardest hit.
That curfew doesn’t sound good at all. Jersey City isn’t the safest place at night under the best of circumstances.
KOTD:
Oh my God that looks so damn good.
Indeed.
And I have decided that Sando is just Tweet speak for Sal Bando.
Darned sorry I missed that one.
Speaking of which–who won the scavenger hunt?
Duh. Me.
You’re kidding, right?
I want confirmation!!!!
now i actually have to send an email, don’t i? dammit.
No you can give us our bragging rights right here for all the
worldFK to see!!!I think she did post pictures of the sslingers wearing their richly deserved championship crowns. I contributed by watching her take the pictures, and applauding…
Dan Haren just got traded to the Cubs for Carlos Marmol.
No, seriously.
Thanks, and go As.
Wait. Haren + 3.5M for Marmol.
Haren’s option year is 15M. He had a 3.5M buyout. Marmol is making 9M.
What the hell are the Angels thinking?
Thanks, and go As.
Excellent!
Now the twitterverse is saying it may not be a done deal yet.
Thanks, and go As.
Marmot on the **gels!
Looks like a natural for a sulk-off.
so the angels get a sucky reliever for $6.5M and the cubs get a lotto ticket for $6M?
am i getting this right?
Haren’s drop in velocity may be real, but regardless, while he may not return to his 2011 form, I would be stunned if does not pitch dramatically better in 2013.
I don’t know, but this doesn’t seem like a smart move for the Angels.
and here i was, feeling nothing about it. :/
I broke my headgear. :( Tried to superglue it and ended up supergluing my lip to my teeth.
I didn’t just laugh. I swear.
I didn’t think it would stick.
There’s a law you should read up on, written by some guy named Murphy.
I need my headgear. I can’t sleep without it. :( It’s too expensive to replace right now… I’m still paying off my last dental work.
I’m sorry. :( [hugs]
Can I have $10?
I’m not that sorry.
Superglue didn’t work. I bit through it.
That scares me.
I bit off part of my tongue. Hence the need for the headgear.
Why’d you go and bite off a chunk of tongue? Was it black and hairy?
like a spider? FROWNING FACE! :(
Not a fan either.
Google photos of it. It’s caused by antibiotics…. not sure what her’s was caused by because she hasn’t been on antibiotics.
We always read about adverse reactions like black furry tongue and explosive diarrhea caused by antibiotics, but we never get to see it. This week I had patients with both.
I read that it can be caused by radiation treatments to the head and throat.
It’s all the same concept: the balance of bacteria in the mouth is thrown off and overgrows.
Yeah, I got it. It’s still not the most disgusting thing you’ve ever made me look at.
I did it in my sleep.
And the doctor started treatment on the furry tongue today. THANKS TO ME. Granted, what he ordered probably won’t cure it. Today, the same patient complained to me about having a headache. I asked her when it started. She said,”A few weeks ago.” Yeah, that’s a tumor.
This is the one that doesn’t know?
Yes.
So sad again.
Dad’s buying me new headgear.
Yay!
Thanks, and go As.
I may or may not have taken home little red riding hood on Halloween.
Judging by the glint in your eye, I’m going with may.
she also took me out for drinks last night instead of going home to Sac.
So many potential lewd responses to this.
I would like to hear all/many of them
You Big Bad Wolf you.
Bed bait
hi.
Hi, Beautiful!
Life is good. How are you this fine evening?
good? it’s been a weird week. good, though. i think i’m just busy. how are you, love?
I’m great. I’m going to a party tomorrow in Nevada City.
Marinating steaks in advance for the BBQ…
where is nevada city? forgive my unknowingness, plz.
Take 80 North to Sacramento, then keep going. Get on 49 North in Auburn, and 30 miles later you’re in Grass Valley. Shortly after that you’re in Nevada City.
Both are former gold-rush mining towns, and both have a lot of cool freaky people living in and around them.
gold! :D
what cut? what marinade
Hanger steaks…
Apple cider and pomegranate vinegars with fish sauce and freshly brewed tea… Sounds strange but it’ll do fine.
what kind of tea?
cheap orange pekoe/black lipton analogue.
I should have used something a little more fancy, but I was multitasking and made myself some tea, and figured I’d pour some into the marinade to cut the vinegar and fish sauce a little before I started drinking the tea.
huh
have you done this before?
No.
I’ll let you know if it turns out particularly good or particularly nasty.
hello
hello, beauty. how are you?
exhausted. little red riding hood kept me busy the last two nights and my sleep schedule generally had been pretty fucked even before that.
Also they are retaliating against me at work now that Im back.
how is work? i meant to check in with you today and then time went too fast. message me if you want. <3
They took away all of the fun parts of my job and gave me more of the shitty parts. They are obviously trying to get rid of me. Im not 100% sure how I should play this gambit, but I will be updating my resume and starting to legitimately look after the election.
wtf. this sounds insane to me. :(
why?
I expected them to target me.
that’s…not a good work environment.
Why? I know not the story.
In a nut shell:
I got hired by my old boss who is an A’s fan, had vision, and was a good boss
I had an amazing lead who made work fun
My boss got pushed out because he was good at his job which threatened his bosses
We didn’t have a boss and we said that shit was about to hit the fan
We got labeled whinners and they started targeting my lead
The gave us the boss that got pushed out of a more prestigious division because she let the division crumble and all of her workers hated her
My new boss decided to screw over my workers by being incompetent and pushing my lead out
I fight my bosses on behalf of my lead and the staff union
My lead left and I am alone and miserable because I challenge my boss’ stupid ideas and she compells them anyway
Upper management sides with her on the long standing communication failures she has, labels me arrogant white man asshole
I take a leave they don’t want me to take but i am contractually entitled to and try to deny it, I fight it and they mostly cave.
I came back and they are retaliating against me for the above.
Yeah, corporate America sucks hairy assholes.
Heh heh.
I work for a union
Yeah, the influence of corporate America sucks hairy assholes.
Bummer. Sounds like it’s time to bail that joint.
long past
What’s up?
<3 how are things, ozzie? you've been on my mind today.
Things are… things. It’s weird, you’d think I’d feel better as time goes by, but I feel worse.
grieving sucks, yet is necessary. HUGS. there are parts of what you are experiencing that i know. <3
I’m sad to know you’ve been through any of this. It sucks.
it really, really does. and i experienced it from the opposite side of you, but the grief was just as strong, yet in a different way. just commit to feel the horrificness of it. seriously. it serves better in the end. and know you are on my altar of love and joy. <3
♥
Thank you. :)
seriously, if you need me, you know how to get in touch. don’t hesitate.
Thank you. I think the A’s provided me with a good distraction for awhile, and then work/school filled that void, but now I’m caught up with school and work is slowing down. And everything is really starting to hit me.
it’s that time of year. :(
And football is only once a week. And this is the 49ers bye week. Frankendepression.
bye week here, too. i don’t know what to do. withdrawal.
A nap on Sunday afternoon seems like a brilliant idea.
nothing else to do. :(
unless someone wants some arugula.
I fking LOVE arugula!
come over here now. there is so much and unless more people take some, i’ll have to throw it all out because it will be too old and gross. i have given away fifteen 1 gallon bags of arugula this week and i still have 3/4 of a bed full.
and i need to plant other things STAT.
When me and the girl I was suppose to marry broke up, the first month wasn’t that bad. The next four were awful.
i’ve been told, and it has made sense to me thusfar, that the most difficult parts of grief last half as long as the relationship did.
So I’ve got 7 years of this? Wonderful.
Ever been to Hawaii?
Might be time for a trip. Except that I have no money. Maybe I can make a trip to Ladson, SC.
Well, I’m about to enter Month 2. I guess hell starts now.
it was like 3 weeks but yeah.
I might be happier next week, when I get my car back.
i want a car.
What kind?
one that works.
You’re so demanding.
i am. and i won’t apologize for it.
I thought you guys had a car you liked.
i would like my own car. it sucks to be stuck at home all the time. it makes me feel icky and weird.
Sounds reasonable. Reliable used cars have never been more affordable than they are today. Happy hunting!
lol. you make it sound like things will change. <3
Ugh .. the hunting is not happy here. The things I’m looking at (reliable, low-to-moderate mileage wagons) seem to be selling for ~20% over book.
It also seems hard to find models whose original owner didn’t take the leather trim/multi-CD player/sunroof options which bumps the book, further increasing the dealer’s price, and now for things I’d actually rather not have.
Sorry to hear it. You’re obviously being picky, which is good. Wagons just weren’t quite popular enough 5-8 years ago to give you a good base. There’s always minivans…
Yup – that wagon-free zone between the late 90s and mid 00s really hurts.
However well they might meet some of our criteria, minivans, bmw/merc wagons, trucks and cubes are variously vetoed.
The other problem is we’ve already donated our old vehicle to a fundraiser auction, and the winning bidder is reasonably interested in when they can actually take possession!
What are your thoughts on the post-2009 Jetta SportWagens? I know the older (2005 and earlier) Jetta wagons had some reliability issues, but I can’t find much on the newer ones.
I have no info beyond my general VW distrust.
We have a 2010, but only bought it a few months ago and so far so good. We had few problems with the 2004 we had for five years.
We both drive VWs, Passat and Jetta TDI both circa 2002. We’re relatively low mileage drivers. No major problems, good to drive. FWIW.
Finally found it – a 2007 Outback with 91K on it, with the price reduced by the cost of a mechanic of my choice doing a pre-emptive head gasket fix and a while-you’re-in-there-anyway timing belt that would have fallen due in 10K, and the whole thing coming in $1000 under our budget.
That sounds like a good deal! Congrats. I would inquire of the owner, and then of the mechanic, what precipitated the gasket fail (and/or suggested the preemptive replacement). It’s a smart move, and doing the timing belt at the same time is extra-smart. But you want to know what symptoms suggested doing the gasket job…the difference, say, between white smoke in the exhaust and black smoke can be a big deal.
All this said, what you’ve described really does sound optimistic.
It’s a known issue with this engine – it’s just a poorly designed gasket. Replace it with a better design (people often use the one from the turbo version of the engine) and it should be a solved problem.
Huh. I have the same engine in my Subaru, and I’m at 101k. I might want to start thinking about replacing my head gasket as well.
Do you have any seepage? It “only” affects ~25% of the engines I’m told, but you don’t see smoke or an oil stain.
On the other hand, the timing belt is part of the 105K routine maintenance, and while you’re in there …
I don’t know if there’s any seepage, but the last time I was under the hood, my landlord/mechanical guru said it looked pretty clean. I lose about a 1/2 quart of oil every 3000 miles.
As long as they’re gonna have the timing belt off, you might want to think about changing the water pump too.
Is that a common failure or another “have to pull the engine to fix it, so do it preemptively while you’re there” kind of thing?
It’s a pre-emptive thing. But they’d have to take off the timing belt to do it anyway. Why pay the labor twice?
I just spoke to the mechanic (to confirm the timing of the car being dropped off with him) and asked about this, and he patiently explained that of course they replace everything else that could wear out – hoses, gaskets, water pump – while they’re in there.
Ok, cool. You should be in pretty good shape, then.
I hope so – I do worry about being spoiled by the Corolla’s trouble-free longevity.
FWIW, I have an ’06 Impreza with the same engine and the only problem I’ve run into is a bad synchro on 4th gear (mine is a stick). And I haven’t always been religious about my oil changes.
That’s change the first time you see an oil spot on your driveway that looks like Jesus.
It’s already changed now that I have access to a lift and can do it myself.
I wish I had access to a lift. I guess in South Carolina every apartment carport comes with one.
Actually, my landlord had to fight with city hall to get permission to put one in his garage. Having the mayor as an old buddy from high school didn’t hurt. The city was concerned that he’d run a repair shop out of his home, but it was because he used to build and race dragsters.
Get a bike? bike + Bart can take you most places
seriously, I think a bike to bart form your house should be easy. that has been my plan if i ever go to your house
the park closest to our house is the staging area for dia de los muertos. There is more people here than ever this year. The playground has zip ties on all but one of the entrances and there is a parks person at each gate. the gate you can get in, the parks person won’t let you in without a kid.
are you going? i wanted to be there tonight but things just got out of control. i’ll complete my ancestor ritual here tonight.
i have been most of the night, prolly won’t get back there
So you’re thinking of renting yours out to desperate childless would-be partygoers like DFA?
Psht. I would just promise a krautling that I would throw a baseball with them and they would swarm me trying to go with me.
I bet little kids punch you in the nuts.
no but if i pick them up and swing them around because we won the division i do get kicked there.
And puked on, if the universe is in a whimsical mood.
(multiverse!!!!)
Sorry, multiverse!
i haven’t been puked on.
But i did make out with a girl after I threw up about two months ago after leaving the rickshaw stop. I really was confused when I woke up in my bed alone and she wasn’t there
wth. that is fucking gross. i think my opinion of you is being messed with.
I blacked out. Also she was there for me throwing up so its really also her fault.
I saw her out and deep in a convo with a different dude like 6 days latter. She was giving me evil eyes. I was going to appologize but i didn’t want to screw up her date too.
still. seriously.
not one of my prouder moments
Mmm, tasty.
Have you ever had a baby’s poopy diaper overflow and get all over your arm? And shirt?
Ever had that happen with an adult’s diaper?
Besides my own?
hee
Damn right, Pops!
I think Sunday might call for a ribeye and asparagus on the grill. Maybe a twice baked potato. And some ice cream for dessert.
That sounds like a glorious way to celebrate the good things in life. Excellent choice!
Thanks! I’d invite you over, but it’s kind of a long trip for you. But if you somehow wake up Sunday in SC, give me a call.
Frankly I’m not sure where exactly I’ll be waking up on Sunday, or with whom.
this is a plan i can support.
Amen.
I have so much fun planned that I want to gush about, but I probably shouldn’t.
I will say this, however… $37 worth of duct tape.
sounds like a plan
I’ve been craving steak for a couple of days now.
Ok, I better get some sleep. I have a long fking day tomorrow. Have a good night, folks.
‘night, babe. <3
Is google offline for other people?
Just got word that my office (in lower Manhattan) has power again as of this morning. Still not sure if I can even get there on Monday, since the trains in my neck of the woods are still out of commission. Normally, this wouldn’t be an issue (especially since I have power/internet access back), but after a week of being stuck at home, I feel like I’m turning into Jack Torrance.
All work and no play…
I feel kind of pukey today and there have been way too many comments about food in this lounge…
I would suggest drinking less fernet… oh wait your not a hipster… try pepto bismol?
Sure sign you are about to lose a presidential campaign: your running mate’s acolytes are openly discussing what he will do when you lose.
Oh, and this too, flowing in the other direction. Also, barf:
So…Bartolo Colon. Again. For another year.
Yup, I’m hoping there are more ‘veterans’ to be signed, He only has 11 more games to sit out next year?
I’m guessing it was a really good deal.
$3 million + incentives per Slusser.
Thx!
Hrm, 3M + incentives, not as big of a deal as I thought but he does seem to get on well in the dugout- always smiling.
Seems like a no brainer to me then. We always need 10 SP, so why not make one cheap/good
Yup, worth more than a couple Jim Miller’s.
Looks like some of those incentives have to do with pitching in the bullpen too, which is interesting.
that wasn’t covered in the playoffs?
Was he on the roster? If so possibly, fwiw mlbtrade… said it’d roll over to 2013.
The playoff games counted, but I don’t think there were enough of them.
stupid home plate umpire in game one
and two
I’m on board. He’ll provide depth (and width) to the rotation, and will be easy enough to send packing should he not produce.
Girth and grit.
Me too, glad to have him back.
yup
I guess I’m the lone dissenter. Three million bucks is a lot to pay for an old pitcher whose effectiveness without whatever he was taking is questionable.
I know very little about it, nothing in fact, but my guess would be PEDs have effects around the margins. Colon was throwing 90.2 MPH fastballs 90% of the time. To me, that doesn’t scream PED help.
Sure, getting on the field may be the benefit of HGH, but he is not Greg Gange anyway.
It’s essentially the amount that was earmarked for Braden the last two years. Colon figures to at least provide more production than that.
I’d still sign McCarthy (and it appears that the A’s are thinking the same) and add another starter on a short term deal. A 8-10 million 1 year deal for Shaun Marcum would be great.
Anderson
McCarthy
Marcum
Colon
Parker
Is Marcum all that likely to be significantly better than Milone?
Probably not, but the point is, as usual, to acquire quality depth that doesn’t hamper you long term. The top four of that rotation all have serious questions; even if it happens, I seriously doubt we’d see all of them in the rotation on opening day.
Also, I think it’d give the A’s further leeway to trade pitching for a SS/C.
I wonder if Aviles now with the Indians if Cabrera might be obtainable using our depth.
One of Anderson Braden and Marcum is significantly likely to be hurt at all times
Signing Ben Sheets would probably work out really well.
Fixed
Should have been Brandon
that rotation still gives Milone an opportunity for 100 innings.
I don’t have a better idea, but why wouldn’t the A’s want to spend money on a SS/C upgrade? The only free SS is Drew, right? and there are no good catcher FAs.
What about the workload on parker? does that look like a problem?
Rotation depth chart:
Anderson
Colon
Parker
Milone
Griffin
Straily
Blackley
Ross
Peacock
Ross still too high for my taste.
What if he was around 25th? On the Astros’ depth chart?
Why can’t ross just give it up and be a set up guy?
That’s what the A’s current plan for him is.
Curt Young better do his magic(k) this spring.
I don’t know what making a quarter coming out of Tyson’s ear will do to help him pitch, but sure, if it helps.
(that is magic. not magick.) :P
I don’t know which branch of the Cult Of Pitchers he belongs to, which is why I used the provisional K.
i know YOU know ;)
i was sharing with matty. <3
I’d say Parker above Colon. And probably would put Blackley above Straily, but that’s more nit-picky than anything else. And agree with GM’s assessment.
with signing McCarthy, that pushes Ross back and sets up really nicely I think.
Agreed.
Pool on how long before he gets popped again?
Isn’t a Colon-pop generally regarded as a fart?
Ha!
You mean if some one pokes his belly with a sharp object?
he is now subject to more testing, right?
One would think, I vote more stem cells!!!
What a slimy way to keep Granny of the streets and out of the polling places, ugh…
Via Pamcakes on FB, pathways to the white house
That’s very cool. Five tie scenarios out 512. Four involve Romney winning Nevada, the other involves him winning everything but Virginia, Colorado, Nevada and New Hampshire.
Its why 538 predicts what it does. If Obama wins Ohio he has 244 ways to win and Romney has 11.
you have your math, I have THE math
laugh out loud
This election is close enough for the Republicans to steal, which makes me uneasy. And I grew up in Ohio, so counting on Ohio also makes me uneasy. Yes, the state poll numbers are somewhat comforting in Ohio, and promising in several other states. Also, people surveyed seem to think Obama is going to win, and undecided idiots want to go with the winner.
If it makes you feel any better my brother just made his undecided vote for whoever had the fewest negative ads over the past week. And he’s a Colorado voter.
How did I just learn that it’s “Daylight Saving Time,” not “Daylight Savings Time”????
what now?
I did not know that. If the popularity of Google searches is any guide, way more people think savings than saving.
However, daylight saving time (DST) is considered to be the correct term for the practice of advancing clocks to save energy because it refers to a time for saving daylight.
i am 99.9999999% done with my yule shopping. i am very proud of myself right now!
I’m the other 0.00000001% done.
i like to be done by halloween so i am a bit off this year. but that is okay because…playoff baseball. <3
Yeah, haven’t even started. I’m sure I’ll have time for that once the baby comes…
heh.
actually, yeah, you will. You will be sleep deprived, but the first few months are easy after the adjustment.
Must be absolutely awesome to be a new dad.
Certainly get to skip a lot of the hard parts.
I’m upset. My family doesn’t really celebrate Christmas, but we do Thanksgiving. It’s my holiday to work. :( I have two days off and my mom works both days.
That sucks. Competition for days off on Thanksgiving and Xmas off is fierce at Nurse U’s shop.
You and your mom could make it a serial event…each make great stuff for the other to find in the fridge the next day.
We work every other. I’d work Christmas for someone but no one is willing to work Thanksgiving.
that sucks, Jennifer. :( :( :(
can mom switch one of her days?
She works Wednesday and Friday. I work Thursday, Sat, Sunday.
Man, that really sucks hairy goat balls. I’m sorry.
You want to take my place at the table?
What, and miss out on sitting at home alone and eating Cup O’ Noodles?
We’d have homemade noodles.
And other human beings.
And they’d be delicious.
Well, there is that.
I’ll teach you a few talking points. They’ll never miss me.
I guess this is as much of a smack-down as we are going to get.
Too bad its so late and its only the Washington Post
That was freaking epic. I can’t remember the Post ever taking a national politician to the woodshed like that.
but its two days before the election and its only one paper. It should be every paper and it should have started in October. Of 2011
I agree. But I do think the full extent of Romney’s mendacity has only been laid bare in the last couple of weeks. It seems to me that the false claims about Chrysler really disgusted a lot of establishment types who regularly tolerate a whole lot of tactical lying by Republicans.
The elephant that speaks Korean
Sitting in beastly the same seats I had for ALDS games 1&2. Weird.
Raiders fans aren’t all that bestial.
Today, their defense certainly was.
The countries never invaded by the British:
Andorra
Belarus
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Republic of
Guatemala
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe
Sweden
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
Have they technically invade the US? We fought our independence, but it wasn’t via invasion.
1812, yo.
Didn’t we invade them in that case?
Meaning Canada? Yeah, but they invaded us back.
Is that really invading though? That seems more retaliating
They occupied our capital and burned down the White House. I’m scoring it for them.
When did the British invade Mexico?
They assisted the French.
thats pretty half ass invading
Half ass is more than no ass.
See also:
Luxembourg must have been invaded en route to somewhere important in Europe, you just wouldn’t notice having done it.
#France
The one not on the list that I find hard to believe is Switzerland. When did that invasion happen?
The British military showed up to invade, saw their army knives and chocolate and said “fuck this shit, I’m joining *their* army instead.” You could call it an invasion, sure. But in reality it was more of a military relocation program.
That makes sense. I figured they got fondued.
Chocolate. Fondue.
That’s an American invention. A snooty waiter in Switzerland told my friends when they tried to order it.
Yes… but Chocolate… Fondue…
Wait, are you offering?
Offering, no. Thinking about it, yes.
I’m thinking about Mexican food. But not mole.
Is colonization considered invasion? When did they invade Greenland?
Greenland’s not really a country, is it? I thought it was a semi-autonomous region of Denmark.
Oh, maybe it is. I don’t know.
There was a dj on the radio today who was telling some story or another and kept saying “Kuh-ZACK-uh-stan.” I can only assume he meant Kazakhstan.
Good thing it wasn’t a story on Kyrgyzstan.
He probably would’ve peed himself.
That always makes for excellent radio.
Nothing like the soothing sound of pee running down someone else’s leg.
ick. wtf.
Not my pee. Their own pee.
still.
today i was watching some game, and there was PEE all over some guy’s pants. gross.
When you’re on the field, you do whatcha gotta. They don’t have potty breaks in the NFL.
i can’t believe there is no time to go and pee. there must at least be a portopotty. how long does it take to pee??????? seriously. it’s not like you suddenly realize it and can’t wait. or maybe there is something i don’t know about boys.
You know, this never once occurred to me in all my years of watching professional sports.
i think it only happens in football? this is what nathan said, and i didn’t even believe him until today. i am still so grossed out.
This is why they invented Depends.
i doubt that is why. :(
Well, it’s as good a use as any.
It happens: sports and the Tao of Poo
This is fascinating!
and horrifying! ;)
Whoops, Full link
yeah, i read that. :(
It’s worth reading twice.
for you, maybe.
I guess I shouldn’t mention that when you flush the toilet, poo particles can be flung up to 8 feet. How far is it from your toilet to your toothbrush?
On longer runs, especially when I’m in training for something, I sometimes fear that I will have a Paula Radcliffe moment somewhere relatively far from home. It helps to plan accordingly.
it doesn’t seem like a 24 year old would mis regulate like that. there are bathrooms available, no?
Listening to a Lakers game online, I just heard a political ad opposing a local measure to require condoms in porn movies. You’ve gotta love L.A.
I thought that was a done deal.
I remember a debate about it a while back too, but I guess it was never made law.
Huh. They kept it under wraps, I guess.
hey-o
And here it is again. “The adult film industry has the most stringent HIV testing standards of any industry in the state.” I should hope so!
Earthquakes!
Where?
On the soccer field!
lol
Oh, good. I was afraid I missed the big one. I was even more afraid that the big one hit and your first thought was to lounge.
No more natural disasters, please.
I’ll see what I can do.
Right through the wall, right through the keeper’s hands. In the fourth minute of stoppage time. Insanity.
FK Headline of the day
That’s not unusual.
Neil is a pretty needy guy.
I would absolutely hang up on Neil Diamond, I don’t care who he’s calling on behalf of.
Aww…cracklin’ Poppy get on board!
Fuck you and your fucking earworm! AAAAAARRRRGH
LOL! how did i miss this!?!?!
Someone is back online after a 10-day self-imposed vacation from computers and the chaos they cause.
Someone missed happy birthday wishes here
awwwwwwww I just saw that thank you guys!!!!! {{{HUGZ}}}
1. “The Netherlands is the world champion participation exemption,”
2. Seriously. Other than Cape Canaveral, is there anything good about Florida’s existence?
3. Weather Repor….oh wait, not that one. This one.
4.
So, you guys elected your prime minister or whatev yet?
Trying (not) to.
Especially what with all the black people.
That’s not really fair. They’re no worse than all the Hispanics and women.
Republicans – It’s the guys who make the rest of the world think of the Democrats in positive terms.
Nailed it.