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I’ve come to the conclusion that I eat too much beef and not enough lamb.
I eat the right amount of both beef and lamb…about once a week on beef and never, ever, ever on lamb.
Lamb is delicious. But I’m glad you don’t eat it. That leaves more for me.
It’s just not something that has ever been part of my diet.
Love lamb. At least two of my favorite five restaurant meals ever have featured lamb.
I love it too.
yummmm.
PEKA!
For those more into visual persuading:
That looks amazing!
Too bad lamb is so expensive around these parts (decent cuts start around $9/lb.)
I’ll have what he’s having.
When my father first arrived in the US, he spent 2 weeks in LA before deciding that it was a shit hole and he needed to move to SF instead. I don’t think I show him enough gratitude for that single, momentous decision.
LA’s not so bad.
Louisiana or Los Angeles?
Los Angeles. And you’re wrong, FSU. The only place worse than LA is Texas.
I’ll take LA or Texas over North Dakota or one of those frozen wasteland states.
I’ve never been to those states (well, I’ve flown through Minneapolis, but I never left the airport), so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say you wouldn’t enjoy the 7 month long winter.
THe 6 month winters in Cleveland didn’t bother me all that much. The 4 hour spring and 2 hour fall pretty much sucked, though.
You’re a tougher man than I am.
Yeah, wait till you see what a whiny little bitch I am in the heat.
Hmm…heat doesn’t bother me.
Weirdo.
I read that as “wait until you you see what a whinny little bitch I am when I’m in heat.”
That too.
Don’t get me wrong, after my four years in LA I moved back up here and would never move back. But it’s got some good stuff going on, especially if you’re a young urbanite in the 1980s. And with that many people if you can’t find a peer group you enjoy, maybe the problem isn’t that they’re all shallow dickheads.
In fairness, I haven’t been there in a very long time. But other than Disneyland, I never enjoyed my time there. I greatly prefer the Bay Area.
If I was rich I’d love to live in LA.
if i was in colleged i’d a lived in lA
I think I’ve chimed in on this before, but I really hated LA for the first two years I lived there. Now I really miss it…and not just because I moved to an overrated, expensive, freezing cold urban wasteland. I would consider living there again at some point in the future.
I could start half my posts…(pfft 85% of them) with I think I’ve chimed in on this before.
I’ll just post a link to this little diddy before all of mine for now on.
nope, its ok
Lived in Hell Paso, Texas for 6 years…. why they call it Fort Bliss I’ll never know….
When I lived in ABQ, we referred to it as El Pisshole (El Paso, not Fort Bliss).
El Pisshole = Hell Paso = El Paso. Fort Bliss is the Army base that is there.
Yeah, I got it.
Hmm….my people started in Minnesota on the English side and Texas on the Swedish side.
The result being a dead sexy history teacher/golfer who burns within 3 minutes of exposure to sunlight.
Yep, I was not made for the sun…and yet I love being outside.
Your people were meant to stay inside their caves until after dark.
That explains why I like to bury myself under the covers and masturb….uh, um….uh…damn, I can’t think of another word that works here.
Don’t be shy. Say it loud, say it proud!
We’re here…we stroke the gear…get used to it!
Of course, we can always use a hand…
I’d settle for something to rub my junk against. Look ma, no hands!!!
Now that you mention it, I seem to recall seeing a video years ago of a bunch of guys rubbing themselves against an ottoman while listening to gangsta rap.
That was me and my regular foursome at the country club.
I thought I recognized you!!! It’s so good to see you again. Man, you used to shank the ol’ one iron.
change 2 weeks to 6 months. change LA to illinois SF to LA and you got my dad
Change LA to Oklahoma, and 2 weeks to 2 years. (sorry nm)
When I die, I want my gravestone to read “What the fuck are you doing here? He was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea. They never even dug a hole. Now go away.”
Or a normal gravestone, with a bony hand sticking out of the ground, middle finger extended.
I don’t care what you’re talking about, the words “pants” and “chicken” are always funny.
I put on my pants and then I had chicken for my last meal before they put me to death for a crime I didn’t commit.
That was hilarious!
Seriously. Who eats chicken for their last meal?
Everyone, if there’s mayo to dip it in.
I’ve eaten a lot of chicken in my life and never once did I dip it in mayo…I guess I’ve been missing out.
It’s dmoas’s favorite.
Wait…are you saying I’m not dmoas’ favorite?(runs away for a good cry)
You are for talking, but not for eating.
but but but…I’d be yummy in the tummy.
He doesn’t like white meat.
Well, to be fair neither do I…except when it comes to chicken.
I like my meat dark.
………yeah don’t think I can comfortably go there! LOL
Why not?
Chicken. LOL
But you can eat Bed, right?
Do I even actually know Bed? I think I should actually know someone before I go that far. LOL
You only eat the ones you love.
Yowza….there are a few I may consider! Mwahahaha
Humans go great with mayo.
Colonel Sanders?
Naw. He went out eatin’ schicken.
The aliens took me into my ship, removed my pants, and forced me to make love to a chicken.
I mean their ship.
So, I’ve been on FK for about 11 months…kept the same name the whole time (shocker) haven’t had any of my cry for attention threats to quit the site (shocker part 2) and only had one real fight with DFA (shocker part 3)….I need to up my game if I’m going to keep my drama queen title.
If you FK’ers don’t let me change my name to NicoandBedlovegoats I am quiting this site forever and ever right after I get in a fight about the earned income tax credit with DFA.
We have ways of making things happen.
Thanks, and go As.
Shit…The “We” are going to make things happen…I’m done for.
Should we call the next site FKGrillandLounge.com?
only during the offseason
Thanks, and go As.
Shouldn’t it be an .xxx domain?
hmm…I wonder if Bed.xxx is already taken?
Some holding company has registered it, no doubt along with a zillion other .xxx names, as when you go to the site (if you dare) there’s a note that it’s available for purchase.
Cleaned the DVR I have in the office out today. None of the new shows this year caught my fancy. My wife likes Nashville so she’s now more southern than me despite having lived here a much shorter amount of time.
If anyone has interest to work for MLB in Oakland
I’m sure my Masters in American Studies and the fact that I’m a VORP expert makes me the man for this job.
I don’t meet most of those qualifications, although I am more than willing to make mistakes. Witness my very existence as proof of such.
I wish I met more than, like, half those qualifications because yes.
Ooh, power to control Gameday? I would say that everything happened because of defensive indifference.
looks like a job for yon
“Whoa, I don’t know if I’m Internet savvy enough for AOL Instant Messenger.”
-DialC, 1999
Damn, right when I remember what my ICQ number was!
you young ens.
My first email address was given was at college:
izz8ln@something something. something.ucla.something.edu
I still use my very first email address.
I just hope they don’t vet me on my Friendster account before offering me the job.
I actually did delete my myspace account. A friend had entered, “hacked” if you will (he knew my password, not an issue) and made a bunch of jokes at my expense. It was funny and I left if after I mostly fled to nothing, then fb.
But it kept coming up on google searches on myself (which I do periodically, and I would recommend to all). I wasn’t going to use it again so I went through the steps to have it deleted.
Why do you recommend that we periodically google you?
cuz I am awesome
We need google to tell us that?
My Myspace account doesn’t seem to show up when I google myself. That’s probably a good thing.
So, half our stations play Christmas music and the other half play that Taylor Swift song all day…thank goodness for my MP3 player.
I am never, ever, ever listening to that song again.
Shouldn’t have put it on your MP3 player.
It sure seems like the wonderful witch doesn’t come around as much…soon this site is just going to be me and Oz flirting with each other.
I’ll play some Steve Winwood in her honor.
I’ll stop by to quietly judge you both, as the opening keyboard riffs to “Valerie” echo softly through cyberspace.
She has forsaken us. I can’t imagine what she could be doing that would be better than this.
We need to start signing people to more iron clad contracts…this site can’t afford to lose anyone else…well, besides that fucker who only talks about golf and himself.
Ok folks. From now on, if you leave FK for more than 3 days without express written consent from Bed, your punishment will be to spend an hour in a small, hot room with me after I’ve eaten fast food.
That seems fair.
It might violate the 8th amendment, I’m not sure yet.
It’s the strangest thing…when I’m at work it feels like a bunch of teenagers are watching me.
I’m amazed that the Great State of Arkansas lets a pinko commie like you anywhere near impressionable children.
Me too actually…even though I’d practically be a Republican in the Bay Area I’m a freakin’ flaming liberal in Arkansas.
In Oklahoma or Texas, you’d surely be dead by now.
Very likely.
I’d never heard Emily Bergl’s name until today, but she’s awfully pretty.
Wait…I thought I was the prettiest girl you’d never heard of? (runs away for a good cry)
I didn’t say she was prettier than you, just pretty. You know, like how a Corvette is fast, but not as fast as an SR-71.
That bitch better step off!
SR-71 singing in the dead of night..
I think I just Lounged all over myself.
That happens to me all the time.
Any time I hear a Steely Dan song I can’t tell which one it is because they all sound the same to me.
This post about music from the 1970’s was brought to you by the Mustache/Fro combo.
Fast-forward to the ’90’s and I can say the same thing about Mariah Carey.
Hmm…yes, but in the 1990’s I wanted to fuc…uh…meet her…I never wanted to fuc…uh…meet Donald Fagen.
Ironically, I’ve done both with both.
Looks like I picked a bad week to post about how it looked like I had picked a bad week.
Like most folks I write all my love letters using Toto lyrics.
I write all of mine using letters I’ve cut out of magazines. Women like them so much, that they usually show them off to the police.
totoro lyrics?
Consisting of “To-to-ro…to-toro” repeated ad nauseum? You really know how to woo ’em (B)Ed. (Currently Spawn1’s favorite; we’ve watched the movie 5 times in the last month).
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Sigh…so romantic
These verses remind me of a night in Gobi. As we were pitching the tent a pack of wild dogs started gathering around us. We chased them away throwing rocks at them and then went to sleep. We left a load of rocks in front of the tent just in case. So when I had to get up in the night and take a piss, I put on my head lamp, took some rocks and took a piss. When I turned around back to the tent, I was a dozen pairs of eyes reflecting the light, just to the side of our tent. So, I knew I must do what’s right. Upon returning into tent, when my partner, contemplating a piss himself, asked me if there were any dogs around, I said not within a mile.
Was it hilarious when they tore him apart limb-from-limb while he took a piss?
He was richer for the same experience I had – realizing the dogs were there all the time and only seeing the light reflection spark in their eyes upon returning to the tent. Had I told him, it wouldn’t have been a surprise and he would have missed out on it. And, he had rocks on him, too.
I’ll leave you with this…
It doesn’t matter if you win or lose but it does matter how you play the game…that being said if you do lose you won’t be getting a juice box and I’ll never really love you.
See you on the highway to Hell…you FK’ers!
We’re gonna be on Route 666?
I NEED A NAP!!!!!!
Me too. And a drink.
Yes please.
I think I’m going crazy.
See you when you get here.
Thanks, and go As.
Party time!!!!
Let me expand. I’ve been having a tough time with school. I’m not passing. It got so bad, I asked for a sign to show me I was doing the right thing with my life. Since then, a cat has been following me. I get home from school and the cat is nowhere to be found. Ten minutes later I open my door and the cat is sleeping on my doorstep. When I got up this morning, the cat was at my door. I hate cats, so it’s not like I fed it or anything. As soon as I got in my car the cat ran off. I just home from clinical, and the car isn’t at my apartment door. I get my bag out of the back seat, turn around and the cat is there.
Who did you ask for a sign?
Also, didn’t they tell you this part wasn’t a big deal to not pass?
Thanks, and go As.
I’m not for sure who I asked for a sign.
Ace of Base?
It’s your familiar.
My what?
I googled it.
He might be right. You should ask the Witch.
My ex-familiar is in human form this time around and I’m kinda married to her.
I think it’s time for you to invite the cat inside. You may not like cats, but the cat likes you. You should feel privileged.
No pets in the building.
Who said this would be a pet? This would be a roommate.
It just happened again. I open my door to go to my car. No cat. I forgot my keys, so I go back inside. I open the door again, and there is the cat. I’m talking less than 30 seconds had passed.
I’m telling you. Cats are shady as fuck.
Thanks, and go As.
Yup.
But are they shady as FK?
That’s why I have a dog.
It moved over to wherever it likes to hang out. Saw/heard that you were around, hopped down to greet you, PLOTTED TO DEVOUR YOUR SOUL WHILE YOU SLEEP. No real mystery.
You obviously need the pamphlet “What To Do When The Cat Is A Ninja”.
Free your mind and your grades will follow.
Think? Hell honey we’re FK, we’ve never been sane.
I think going crazy is par for the nursing school course. Nursing Student Upgrade certainly did. I remember around the same time, this young student nurse in the South Bay disappeared, and Nurse U was sure she’d gone insane from school stress and developed amnesia or deliberately driven into a lake, because that’s what nursing school does, it drives you crazy. You’re going to be OK. You’re on the right path.
WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY IT’S OKAY TO FAIL?!? I DON’T FAIL. I’m the fucking robot in class. I was working 16 fucking hours a day on weekends. I can’t even work 12 hours a weekend now. I’m the one with experience. Yet here I am. Do you know how much I’ll probably fail by? And by “fail” I mean anything below a B. I’ll probably fail by LESS THAT ONE FUCKING PERCENT.
You’ll be OK if you fail. You probably will pass. And you’ll certainly succeed. That’s all.
I have to get almost 1005 on my final to pass. I’ve never got above an 85% on one of her tests.
OMG, you’re actually human. Nothing wrong with that.
My Auntie Margie is shuffling this mortal coil. She’s at Sutter Santa Rosa. She was my second mom. I will miss her terribly. :{
That is terrible. She was lucky to have you and you were lucky to have her
Thank you, Ed. We were lucky.
She is angel.
*an
I’m sorry to hear that. I wish her the best on her journey, and you on your journey of healing.
Thank you, Kay.
*hugs*
Thank you, honey!
My memories of Margie are so important to my life. I will never forget her!
Sorry sweetheart.
Thank you, darling. This is a sad night.
We had such amazing times together. It feels wrong that I can’t be there. Really wrong. :(
I just want her to be peaceful, and I want Patti to have peace as well.
[hugs] I’m sorry.
Thanks, ozzie. ♥
I’m Commander Bed and this is my favorite A’s related blog on the internet.
Are you sure? bleacherreport probably has one you can click on infinitely.
I think I went on Bleacher Report one time…the writing was worse than anything I’d seen at a High School paper.
Then being bought out for $175 million should give you hope for all bad young writers!
The continued success of “writers” like James Patterson and Mitch Albom proves that bad writing can often pay.
I know enough to know that I don’t know enough.
I know enough to know I need baseball & soon!! Serious withdrawls going on. I’m getting twitchy…when’s the next get together???
I live a 2,000 miles away so I’m the wrong guy to ask.
Virtual get-together to buy some spring training tickets next Friday? I generally buy the weekend games in advance plus the rare high-demand weekday game, and in this case my first game is Friday, March 1 vs. some orange-and-black clad awfulness.
I’d love to go to spring training one of these years…and to play some golf in Arizona too.
My open studio.
Please come, darlings!
:( Okay.
Well, I’d be happy to come if I lived in the Bay Area…everyone likes you here, Lynn. It’s just a slow night on the site so sometimes posts are left hanging.
Thank you, Bed.
You bet.
I’m going to!
SUNDAY THE NINTH!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know I’d be there in a heartbeat, if I could. :(
Thank you, sweetheart.
I have to say I don’t think I’m going to miss Rolando McClain from the Raiders defense…I can only remember a handful of plays he’s made his entire career.
Let’s see, there was the play where he almost shot that dude…that’s all I’ve got.
Even then he couldn’t make the play.
Even still, he’s not at the top of the list of horrible failed Raider draft picks. Sigh…
Yeah, the last ten years have been a little bleak in the early rounds. Sadly, those two 8-8 years of being mediocre might be something we look back at fondly.
I’m thinking these last couple of comments are very similar to what Kansas City Royals fans say.
I was saying that to one of my Raider fan friends the other day. The Raiders are a lot like the Royals….a lot of past success but nothing but failure in years. The only difference is the Raiders had the Gruden run that lead to him beating us in the Super Bowl. The sad sack Royals haven’t been to the playoff since winning it all in 1985.
Ouch, that hurts.
State-bred chupacabras are gnawing at my leg.
Is it hunting season for them yet?
Read that as “capybaras.”
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That looks like a knockoff Ovation Breadwinner if it’s not something Italian from the early 60’s.
See also:
Now when you get to the 7th hole you have a choice to make. Lay up or try to carry the water on your drive. Don’t be a hero here, if you can’t drive the ball at least 290 yards on the fly, then you should lay up.
you know bed, seriously, if you took thins stuff to twitter you would have 1000s of followers.
I don’t know how you could make money doing that, but people would like to read it.
I’ll take the same deal I get here on FK…all the VORP I can eat. As far as twitter goes I feel comfortable here so I feel like I can post pretty much whatever I want and you folks will put up with me. I do this late at night because it’s a way for my mind to relax, and for that I’ll always be thankful that you guys let me do this.
I’ve noticed the late night thing and I’ve wondered: Has Mrs. Hawai’i already received her evening service, or is she lying there waiting for you to get the F off the Internet?
heh…she has so many plates in the air right now with the baby and helping take care of my dad all day that she’s out like a light the minute her head hits the pillow…we’re both looking forward to the winter break and our trip to Hawaii for a week.
That CNN is considering a hack like Jeff Zucker to run their company says how far that organization has fallen.
There really isn’t any cable news I like anymore…FOX is propaganda, MSNBC makes my teeth hurt and CNN is boring as hell. I feel less informed every year…I think I’ll start voting by who has the best hair.
By that criteria, 2008 would have been an easy choice, but what about 2012? It’s a choice between two very different
visions for the future of our countryheads of hair.Hmm…as a balding dude I have to admit I found Mitt’s hair to be very tempting for getting my vote. I just wonder if the President will have all white hair by the time his term ends?
Let’s hope the Republicans nominate Trump in 2016.
Many seem to go that route.
Daily News?
I can’t believe I haven’t seen Lincoln yet…I was able to sneak away for Bond but I think I’m going to have to wait for Abe on DVD.
Lincoln might become the first non-kid movie I’ve gone to in a couple years.
How is it? We have a babysitter for a cancelled event on Friday, and Lincoln is on the shortlist (along with the New Parkway opening).
Might become = have not actually seen yet. But Daniel Day-Lewis always blows me away.
You expect a -6 year old to be able to read?
Favorite philosopher…Plato or Foxworthy?
I am just gonna steal thes and put them on my twitter
Feel free, my friend.
i’m not
Does that mean you’re my enemy or that you aren’t going to tweet what I post?
I’ll get back to you
Fair enough…I could use a good FK enemy now that Ozzman99 joined that cult with the kid from Two and a Half Men.
It means he’s not free. Getting on FK is hard to do from behind bars, but he manages it.
Hey I haven’t been to jail since last tuesday
I told you once or twice, stop playing cards and a-shooting dice.
Look, if we can have someone here posting from Antarctica, I don’t think a correctional facility in Arkansas is that big of a stretch.
Good point…and really I had to take a trip to the big house…just because you can serve road kill to the Governor doesn’t mean you should.
In Arkansas, isn’t that considered a delicacy?
You’d think…fucking Guv thinks he’s better than the rest of us here.
Maybe Benson should tell him that it’s a good way to cut the state’s budget deficit.
Arkansas pays all their bills with cornbread so we’re doing fine.
How many pans of cornbread does it take to buy a roll of toilet paper?
If you believe that human consciousness is capable of comprehending an objective reality, you might really be a redneck!
Win.
I like it…funny stuff.
Awesome
It’s hard to believe but in a week Little Miss Arkansas will be a year old. It’s been the best year of my life by far.
That’s pretty amazing.
It feels like she was born about 6 months ago…time flies when you’re changing diapers.
So does poop, if you’re not careful.
I kinda understand what you mean, though. I was looking at photos of my god daughter today and I can’t believe she’ll be 3 in January.
It’s been a very busy year and I think that makes time move a bit quicker. She’s been a very easy baby to deal with…probably because she’s the greatest baby of all time.
One of my classmates brought her son to school today, so another student could photograph him. He’s 15 months and really sweet. I walked into the classroom just as she put him down. He immediately made a beeline to me. :) Babies like me. It’s adults I don’t get along with.
It’s because you’re bald.
Adults don’t like me because I’m bald? Y’all are a bunch of shallow assholes.
I’m sure bald adults like you, too.
Only Bed.
Do you still buy CD’s, DVD’s or hardcover books?
Used hardcover books at the library fundraiser for $2 or so. I haven’t bought a CD in a few years.
I still buy books and CD’s. I give the books to the library after I read them. I got my dad a Kindle and he loves it so I might make the switch.
I recently finished Telegraph Avenue in hardback, and just starting “Joseph Anton – A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie, also in hardback. Everyone I know who has one loves their Kindle, but I still have a hard time going there. I DL a lot of my music, but still enjoy buying a CD or vinyl from time to time. Never really bought DVDs.
I picked up Michael Connelly’s latest book today…he’s my favorite mystery writer. I have a stack of books in my home office that I want to read.
Me too. Pretty great, eh? And though the references are all brief, it seems like Chabon is a real A’s fan.
Yes, although it took me a bit to really get into it. After it was all set up, though, I loved where it went. I do feel like going back and checking some of the specific geographical references that I think he got wrong, which seemed odd to me. And yes, he definitely had some good A’s references, which I had a hard time reconciling with his apparent disdain for the DH/American League ball in Summerland.
Me three.
Of those, only books.
same here, other than the occasional used CD binge in SF or at The Beat
Me too
All three
Yes to all three. That’s how I roll.
I buy new hardcover books, used hardcovers, new paperbacks, used paperbacks, books on my Kindle, new CDs, music on iTunes, new DVDs, and used DVDs. I’ve only bought one digital download movie (and yes, it is Moneyball, how did you guess?).
Just books. I think it’s been about 3 years since I last bought a CD.
All three, plus records. DVDs are by far the least, though.
1) only kids CDs; 2) never did much; 3) just got a Kindle and probably won’t anymore.
When are we going to get the Gen X Big Chill type movie?
here is a trailer
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Hmm…I guess I missed that one when it came out at the movies.
Looking back, one of the things I most enjoyed about college was being around people who saw the world differently than I did. I do worry that as a society we spend too much time around people who see things the same we do…it’s good to have your worldview challenged sometimes.
As a Raider fan, your view of the world is challenged enough.
Heh…I watch football most weekends with some of the most boring Raiders fans in the world…no tats, I’m the only one with a bike and it’s a Suzuki and we often end up talking about golf or the market.
Do you at least cuss at the TV?
Oh, good god, yes…every time they show Knapp it’s at least 6 F-Bombs from me…my dad hates Palmer so even when he was full of drugs he’d yell at the picks. Cussin’ and football go hand in hand…it’s the same with golf.
Palmer, really? I think they’d be 0-11 without Palmer.
My dad hates him with a passion. I’m mixed on him. I think for the right team he’d be fine but on a team that throws a lot I think he’ll kill you late in the game.
You cuss at the tv when you watch golf? I just fall asleep.
Hey, there was a thing on NPR today about banning anchored putts or some such thing. What’s your take on that?
Uh…when you play golf, you cuss…when you watch golf, you make plans for the Country Club mixer and write checks to the GOP.
Well, fore is a four letter word.
Yeah, you’ve done better.
Sooner or later, we all sink to our actual level of talent.
Ha!….and you’re back!
regress to the mean?
And of the mean.
The only thing I have enjoyed this NFL season is about half my normal group are Chiefs fans….and that team is even worse than the Raiders.
Please try to come to our open studio. It’s a fun time, and I would love to see you all.
10229 Pearmain St. Oakland, CA, 94603
When?
Dec. 8th and 9th. Bring the kids, they will love it!
time?
Details, details.
So, I guess the Alex Smith era is over in San Francisco if Kaepernick stays healthy or doesn’t look awful out there…Smith survived for so long and then when he finally found his niche as a player he’s beaten out for the job.
We’ll see. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old sportswriter, the Niners could live to regret voluntarily changing to a rookie QB midseason on a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
Which would of course be fine with me. I hope Kaepernick panics in the first playoff game and runs backwards through his own end zone twice, then Alex Smith refuses to play out of spite and Randy Moss ends up at QB.
If Kaep were gonna panic, he would’ve done it already. He had to bring them from behind against the Rams, and face one of the league’s best defenses against the Bears.
and wins!
At this point in his career, Smith is best suited to be a really good backup QB. It sucks because he went through a lot of OC’s and awful coaching for years, but it is what it is. Kaepernick is, I think, the better player.
He’ll get another shot as a starter…the guy has a great passer rating and he’s been on the field for a lot of wins the last two years.
Kansas City, Jacksonville, Arizona, Cleveland and the Jets come to mind off the top of my head as places that might give him a look.
I think he’s under contract with the 49ers for 1 more year. But if they shop him, I think someone would give him a chance to start. The thing is, he’ll never be a big play guy. His offense will be a ball control offense and it won’t pile up a ton of points.
I think it’s more likely they’ll cut him in the off-season and then someone will sign him.
That’s possible, but I don’t think they’re looking for any salary cap room. They might be able to keep both of them.
I don’t think the cap will have any effect on the decision….how often does a longtime starter become the backup on his team and then stay for any length of time? When a starter gets replaced at QB he usually moves on.
That’s true, he may ask for his release.
I would think it’s very likely. He probably regrets coming back at this point but the 49ers stuck with him through the lean years and it would seem, small sample size being the only real question, that they’ve found a better QB so they did what was best for their team.
Nah. He essentially signed a 1 year contract. He’s only got 1M guaranteed salary for next season, which becomes a guaranteed 7.75M if he is on the Niners roster April 1, 2013.
The “3 year” contract for Smith was essentially a 1 year, 9M guaranteed deal for 2012.
That said, the Niners will be in a position of advantage with Smith. The absolute worst case scenario would be cutting him and then Arizona picking him up. You really don’t want your QB to sign with a division rival. That’ why I think they’ll keep him and then trade him before the roster bonus kicks in.
Also the QB class int he draft sorta sucks this year. That’s another thing in SFs favor.
I’m calling it now — Jets or Chiefs.
Thanks, and go As.
I doubt that he regrets coming back. Leaving would’ve meant repeating the pattern of his earlier career of having yet another OC and starting from scratch again. His best chance to play and play well was in SF.
I guess McClain will end up with the Patriots…they often seem to take our castoffs as of late.
Like those castoff draft picks we gave ’em for Seymour.
I read this as “McCain will end up with the Patriots”.
Time to get some sleep. Good night, you rulers of FK.
Remember folks, don’t be like Walter White and whistle while you cook meth after just melting someone in a metal vat.
It’s snowing
Nice. I love snow.
I love it on the mountains. Not so much on the roads when driving to work
Generally yes, and I do hope to move back up the hill to the lake in 2013, but those times when you’re running the snowblower 3 times a day for 6 or 7 days in a row do wear you down.
With all this rain = LOTS of snow in the mountains! FK field trip!!!!! Love snowball fights…just sayin’!
At South Shore today: no snow at lake level with this weekend’s storm being rain but a ton of snow up high, say >8000 ft. Most of the forecasts called for another warm and dry winter and so far “warm” has been true but “dry” has not. You can’t say much about the winter on Dec. 3 but it’s an encouraging start, like scoring two runs in the first inning.
I’m looking out my window right now, and no it’s not.
hi.
hi :)
Hi witch! Good to see ya…going to bed now.
how are you all, those who are still awake? happy full moon in gemini!
Doing well – just back from a 5-year plan session in DC. And you?
DC’s 5-year plan is working now. Howsabout checking in with KC or Houston?
full moon ritual was awesome. flowing with the energies of the multiverse right now.
how does it go?
how does what go?
A full moon ritual. I don’t know quite how to imagine it
oh. hmmmmm… i don’t know how to begin.
It was a gorgeous moon from 30,000 feet too.
Glad to hear the multiverse is treating you well.
There’s some hope for KC – Houston has a problem.
That’s ДЦ for you
FUCK YEAH GEMINI!
Thanks, and go As.
Thanks, and go As.
Hi Fkers. It’s nice to see you all. I haven’t been around much lately. My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital, so between work and helping take care of her and my grandfather I’ve barely seen my own family, let alone my FK family. It’s difficult watch my grand parents having such a hard time. I knew that they depended on each other, but I didn’t really realize the extent that my grandfather needs my grandmother, but after almost 70 years together, it makes sense. I think that because my grandparents have been relatively healthy and independent, I’ve had a somewhat unrealistic notion of how healthy they are now.
On the bright side, by grandfather has been teaching me two handed pinochle. I am officially an old man.
Whoa, hang in there aardvark, that’s tough sledding. I’ve usually taken a head-in-the-sand approach to issues of my parents aging, but that’s not goingn to be an option much longer.
yup. gook luck
Thanks, although my family is Jewish, not Korean.
lol
I stared at aadvark’s response for a while and did not get it. I moved on.
Now I see the problem
You’re a reg’lar John McCain.
This is the funniest response I’ve seen on FK in some time.
HAHAHA!
Thanks. This has been one of those “not an option any longer” kinda things.
My siblings and I hit “not an option any longer” about a year ago and it has been pretty brutal, emotionally and financially. I hope your situation plays out with minimal trauma.
It has been both an advantage and a disadvantage being so far away while my siblings have born the brunt of ours.
It has been both an advantage and a disadvantage being in Antarctica while my siblings moved my dad out of his house.
No Bed tonight, it looks like…?
I guess that means I’ll be sleeping on the floor again.