I think the first day of Spring Training games calls for Elton John? Why? Why not? So what’s on your mind tonight? I’m sleepy as hell, personally. Should we talk about that?
Saturday Night’s Alright for Loungin’I think the first day of Spring Training games calls for Elton John? Why? Why not? So what’s on your mind tonight? I’m sleepy as hell, personally. Should we talk about that? 383 comments to Saturday Night’s Alright for Loungin’Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. |
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Hey, where the white women at?
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In my pants. Whassup, Chickie???
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My soon to be wife is out at her wedding shower and I’m sitting here with no pants on. You?
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I’m at your soon to be wife’s shower with no pants on.
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So, thats what all the blood curdling screaming and crys for call the police are about
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No, they just pointed and laughed.
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Why do you think I didn’t go?
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Because you didn’t want to point and laugh too?
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Yes…yes. Lets go with that.
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Chickie rides his horse into a town in the old west, walks into a bar and says to the bartender, “If I make my horse laugh, will you give me a free shot of whiskey?” The barkeep agrees, because who can make a horse laugh? Chickie walks back out, and a moment later, the barkeep sees the horse laughing, through the window. Chickie comes back in and takes his shot. He then asks, “If I make my horse cry, will you give me another shot?” The barkeep again agrees. Chickie walks outside, and sure enough, the barkeep sees the horse start crying. He sets up the next shot but says, “You can’t have it until you explain to me how you did that.” Chickie replies, “The first time, I told him I had a bigger dick than him. The second time, I showed him.”
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I like you
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And…why do you think Gigs is marrying me?
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I thought it was just for your money. And for a green card.
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And my cookies. Can’t forget them.
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I didn’t know one needed to marry you to get those.
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But, she will get my cookies all the time, not just at get togethers
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That sounds dirty.
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Because it is dirty.
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Y’all are a bunch of pervs.
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Yes.
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No wonder I love every last FKing one of you.
It disgusts me that you’d consider lounging after a loss. A LOSS!
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In my book, if no one gets hurt, it’s a win.
Besides, we need a place to console ourselves after a game that could very well have devastating consequences on our playoff chances.
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That’s loser talk. LOSER TALK.
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We’re fucked. SEASON OVER.
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WE’RE ALL GOING TO DYE!!!!
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Burn it down!
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where is the game recap with the descriptive title?
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I don’t do those.
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And now you know what I am. Thanks.
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Plus now we’ll know not to bring Jesse Chavez in to face Ryan Braun with the World Series on the line.
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If the Brewers reach the WS, we’re already FKed.
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are the brewers in the AL or NL now?
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Do they even know themselves?
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Well, let’s see… it’s a Saturday, but not a full moon. I do have fresh milk in the fridge, but I don’t own a garden hose. That means they’re in… the Southern League?
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Good question.
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If Jesse Chavez would be on a postseason roster, I think we’re already fucked.
I was without pay tv for many years. Now, after having it again for a few months, here’s what I’ve learned: at any time of day, there’s an excellent chance you can find “Friends,” “How I Met Your Mother,” or “The Shawshank Redemption.” One or more of those is always on.
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Also usually at least one of the Die Hard movies.
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I guess we could do worse.
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I’m a big fan of “Redemption Mother and Friends,” the post-Acid Jesus kids show for children of certain cult members and ironic hipster parents…
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Hmm, don’t seem to get that show in SC.
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TNT should be renamed the Law and Order channel
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And History Channel should be sued for false advertising. “Ancient Aliens” has absolutely nothing to do with history.
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this
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It has ‘ancient’ right in the title!
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It’s not the Fictional History Channel.
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Well, it’s also not called the Honest to God History Channel either. Though if it were, it would probably have a lot of non-fictional shows anyway…
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Ok, how about calling it the Verifiable, Evidence-Based History Channel?
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That pretty much nixes every since a lot of the stuff isn’t 100% verifiable.
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I give up.
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That’s not a bad name for the channel. IGU!
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I’d be into the Historiography Channel.
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How about the Histrionics Channel?
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Isn’t that one called Fox News?
I went on a pretty rad OKC date today. This girl is really hot and we got along quite well. Also there is nothing better than when a girl bite your lip when you are kissing.
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OKC?
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Oklahoma City….DUH!
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That’s what I was thinking!
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People go there?
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Ok Cupid
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Ah. And what’s that?
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It’s where you let a guy in a diaper set you up. WTF Dude, you ARE that guy. How could you not know??!!
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I usually get set up WITH the guy in the diaper.
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Its an online dating site that is particularly popular with my age and geographic demographics. If you are single and my age in SF you are pretty much on it. You see people from it all over the city and you recognize them from their profiles. Its quite funny.
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Interesting.
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Ah, just like the heady early days of Tribe.net 9 years ago when I lived in the Mission…
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Wow, totally forgot about tribe.
Can I say how effiecent efiling is? I already have both of my returns from my state and federal taxes.
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Been doing it for years. Never took more than a week to get my refunds.
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Taker!
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Excuse me? I prefer the term “moocher,” thank you very much.
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I need to sit down and do it.
Next weekend.
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8 hours putting everything together yesterday. meeting with our tax lady next monday. i can’t wait for it to be over.
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Ozz(ex)wife and I worked on it together the other day. We filed separately, of course. She owes a small amount, and I’m getting a small refund. She had the nerve to ask me if I’d file jointly so that she wouldn’t owe anything.
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wth
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tbh she sounds pretty horrible
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She has her moments, but she can also be really selfish.
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Oof, me too.
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Which one did you use for federal e-filing? I’ve already ranted on FK about how I don’t like all of the crappy options they give you, so I just printed out the paper forms. But that does really slow down the processing a lot. Fortunately, I filed my taxes back at the start of February, so I did get my refund a few days ago.
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I did Tax Act. Its pretty good and its cheap. Further I have like nothing interesting for mine. I rent. I standard deduct. I am single.
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Mine is going to be complicated. Sigh.
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Yeah, I would imagine.
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I’ve been using TaxAct for several years now, even though the brokerage offers me Intuit’s TurboTax for free. There are a fair number of nag screens to go through but overall it’s quite good. The basic version of TaxAct is free for federal e-filing. If state taxes are mostly a matter of transferring numbers from the federal return, which is basically the case in CA, and you don’t want to pay the fee for state e-filing, you could always file with the state on paper.
Ever have those times when you’re hungry but nothing sounds good?
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like almost every time I’m hungry
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Sounds like a good way not to overeat.
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Often. When that feeling strikes it prompts me to drink beer that night instead of whiskey.
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I went with cereal, and a banana.
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You’re a wise and flexible man.
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he is also hawt.
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Swoon!
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<3
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Oh. I see how it is.
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tell me how it is, matty!
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Please. You aren’t flexible. You’re glass.
Oh, wait…
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I didn’t forget about you! You’re a… wisely pantsless and flexibly lounging man.
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Well now I know you’re lying.
The other shows that are always on are TBBT and That 70′s Show.
What do you want your last words to be?
I’m gonna go with “I left $1 million dollars in the…”
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“I did it all…for the nookie.”
I got to photograph the coolest bread today. I haven’t downloaded the images from the camera yet, but it’s made with Holy City porter. So they put a Holy City tap handle over the bread and sprinkle flower to bake in the logo.
Here’s what their logo looks like: http://www.holycitybrewing.com/
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Beer is liquid bread, they say.
I did not know until now that Charleston was nicknamed “The Holy City.”
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Yeah, there are churches freakin’ everywhere.
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This is not my photo, but here’s what the bread looks like: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151422168614536&set=pb.102386614535.-2207520000.1361677183&type=3&theater
So “bunion” is a funny word.
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“moist” is a disgusting word
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You remind of the mom from “Dead Like Me.”
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I live in Vancouver BC and call it Seattle?
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I’m pretty sure you do, yeah.
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“poop” is a funny word
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Truth.
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I think “poo” is funnier.
How come there are no diesel hybrid cars or trucks on the market?
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I’ve often wondered that myself. Although I wonder if making a diesel car hybrid will take away from of the nice zippiness of diesels.
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With the natural low end torque of a diesel engine and the instantaneous torque of an electric motor, it seems like you would have lots of zippiness, plus you could use really tall gearing. Although I wonder if a diesel would benefit from a CVT at all.
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Fk that. Manual tranny all the way.
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I like having a manual, but if you’re buying a diesel hybrid then mileage is probably high on your list of priorities. More so than a fun driving experience, I would assume.
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Or ever having the coolness of your car help you get laid.
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Wait, driving a stick is supposed to help get me laid?
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There are in europe
People in the South are obsessed with that UFC/MMA stuff.
Tell me more about yourself.
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I believe there is poop forming in my colon
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Fascinating. What have you eaten in the last 24 hours?
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chips. beer. whiskey. bread. egg. strawberries. water. beans lettuce onions rice corn tortillas jalapenos. honey.
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You should definitely post photos.
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I have horrendous gas.
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Right now, or in general?
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Yes.
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Good to know. Only hang out with dmoas at outdoor events.
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Don’t stand so close to me.
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Take my breath away.
So I’m probably gonna score a press pass for certain events at the Charleston Food + Wine Festival. Here’s hoping I come away with some good shots.
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Good. Take food porn back from the amateurs.
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That’s the goal. Also, to see if I can find a sugarmomma.
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Steal as much as you can and run. That’s usually the best option at these kinds of things.
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You have no idea how out of shape I am. If I use the word “run,” it probably involves a bathroom.
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Oz, you’re in a shape of your own.
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Round is a shape.
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The two above comments pair nicely.
Early on in “Iron Man,” Tony Stark claimed that his math is always right. Later, when he’s testing his new thrusters, he starts off at 10% and promptly gets hurled into a wall. Um, wasn’t his math a little off?
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I am watching this with the boy right now. Stark also seems to do remarkably well when his body is flung into hard objects at high speeds.
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He is remarkably resilient, isn’t he? Are you watching it on FX? I have the DVD somewhere, but this seems to have extended scenes.
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Yes, on FX right along with you. I like the way Direct TV lets me live on east coast TV time.
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That’s pretty cool. We have Xfinity Comcast.
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I am in week three of DFAing it up with no cable but hulu.
I haven’t watched tv in that time.
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I lived for about 8 years without pay tv (unless you count Netflix). I only have it now because the roommate has it. I don’t even own a TV.
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Hulu rocks. Great selection of British shows.
Right now Im watching Wild Sex on Youtube. Fascinating stuff and the biologist who does it Carin Bondair is incredibly hot.
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I miss having all the east coast feeds. Now I only have a handful of them.
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First world problems.
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Ok, there again. How did he not know that the suit was too heavy for the roof and floor to support?
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He didn’t actually do the math.
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What a slacker.
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DirecTV is up to $92.42/month now and still no Pac-12 Network. Hmmm. Options are limited though. The area isn’t wired for AT&T U-Verse. Charter Cable tries to force you to be a Giants fan (CSN-BA yes, CSN-CA no). A’s are blacked out on MLB.tv. That leaves Dish as the only realistic alternative.
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I illegally stream A’s games
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No. It was correctly at 10%.
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Shouldn’t he have known what would happen at such a high thrust level?
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Who’s to say he didn’t?
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So he’s a masochist?
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Couldn’t you tell?
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Are we playing that question game again?
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What do you think?
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Why didn’t you tell me?
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How could you not know?
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Do I strike you as being naturally intuitive?
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Do I strike you as someone who cares?
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Do you want me to strike you?
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Why do you even have to ask?
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Do you know what my lawyer would say if I didn’t?
When I’m in Italy, the plan is to smoke a Cuban with my instructor. A cigar, not a person. What should I have to drink with it?
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A Cuban. A man’s cum, not a cigar.
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Ok, I was thinking alcohol. But if this is your recommendation, Farty McFarterson, I’ll give it some thought.
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What about a tawny port?
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http://img.spokeo.com/public/900-600/tawny_little_1988_09_08.jpg
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Not quite what I was thinking of.
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You know you were thinking of a Duke, oz.
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Daisy, not Bo. Hell, even Uncle Jesse would be preferable.
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Good call.
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This is a baseball blog. There’s only one Tawny.
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What’s up with Finley’s old lady?
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Once Alameda’s own Tom Hanks leaves you behind it’s a sexy crazy tumble down to rock bottom.
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Then damn it, I wish I’d get there already.
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Cuba Libre?
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Now that I can get down with. Good call!
Is “The Americans” any good?
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I’ve heard good things, but I haven’t seen any of it. So the question is, how much do you trust the opinion of people who know someone you talk to on an A’s blog?
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Probably more than I trust the opinions of the people I talk to on an A’s blog.
Have you ever seen those chocolate cockroaches? They’re not chocolate covered roaches, they’re just a chocolate bar made to look like a roach. What the appeal of that is, is beyond me. But the funny part is that they offer them in both genders. The difference is the males have nuts.
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people are weird.
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If you build it…
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I prefer all my candies female.
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This coming from the guy who wants me to drink semen.
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Well someone’s got to do it and it sure as hell won’t be me.
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Since when?
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I’ve never had the desire to drink cum. Not a good consistency for me.
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You’re very picky.
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Yes.
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Well, if you’re not gonna drink it then your recommendation no longer carries any weight.
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If I’m not going to drink then someone else has to step up to the plate and do it for me. Ergo, you must. It’s simple science here, oz. You gotta do it.
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Are we the only 2 people on Earth?
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No. There’s also the Cuban.
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Let him do it. It’s his anyway.
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Okay. But you’re the one who’s going to have to deal with him when he gets all pissy.
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And you can deal with him when he gets all cummy.
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I think we’ve established that I can’t oz. That’s why I was going to have you drink the cum.
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Fair’s fair.
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How so? I’m already dealing with him when he’s swarmy.
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I get emission of bodily fluids from the penis (pissy), so you need to get the same.
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Then I’ll take blood.
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It’s gotta come out of his penis. You want to deal with a bloody dick?
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I’m sorry, if those are the rules, I’m out. You can now deal with all three.
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He’s your Cuban, take him with you. All I bought was a cigar.
A friend of mine started a photography group for women. She does workshops every couple of weeks. Her next one is a week from tomorrow and she asked me to be her guest instructor. :)
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cool.don’t fuck it up
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Thanks! You’re so encouraging.
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Fixed that for you.
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What change did you make?
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Look closer.
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Did you change a to her?
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…
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Haha, I finally saw it! Now I will kill you.
I don’t like lemon, except on seafood. I’ve never had a lemon dessert I liked.
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I find they way over do the lemon in desserts. When it’s understated it can be quite good.
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That could be the problem.
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I love lemons.
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Which is why I buy Fords.
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Haha, well-played.
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I like our Mustang but our Explorer doesn’t do much for me…but that’s basically my wife’s car really. I don’t drive it all that often.
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So it’s her problem, not yours. Nice.
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Lisa loves her Explorer…she’s the one that picked it out. I liked my Jeep better but the Explorer is better for the baby seat and stuff.
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Well, that works out nicely. Gotta keep the wife happy.
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I like lemons a lot. Use it for my rum sauce a bunch, though right now Im using cara caras instead.
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Lemons are delicious additions to most things.
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This is why I don’t trust your judgment.
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I largely agree with you about lemons and desserts though. Not really my thing. But on vegetables, chicken, seafood, and in sauces, lemons are great.
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Also in cocktails.
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Yes, truth.
Wow. Mike Tyson is a vegan and in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Except for eating children.
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I think that’s a universal exception. They’re delicious.
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Actually Mike Tyson is now what he’s always been…a con man.
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Aren’t con men usually smart?
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Mike Tyson is a smart guy in a lot of ways. He’s also basically been a criminal since he was around 12 or so.
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He’s a vegan? And yet he eats meat.
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Maybe he meant he eats vegans.
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They do taste way better than carnivores.
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I think that depends on what you mean by eating.
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I was talking cannibalism. What were you talking about?
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A more enjoyable kind…I’ve tried both vegetarians and meat eaters…I’m fine with both. I haven’t tried a vegan though…I don’t date hippie/commie chicks because they all hate America.
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Also, I hate the smell of patchouli.
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In the one realm I have experience in, yes, there is a distinct and statistically significant difference in favor of vegetarians over meat eaters.
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I have no experience with vegetarians. Yet.
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What’s your sample size? Actually, don’t answer that.
yay, hello, i miss you!
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I was just about to message you on FB! What are the odds?
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ooooh. what were you going to say?
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I was gonna say that I hadn’t heard from you in awhile, and ask how you’re doing. And is Benito fully recovered?
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his fur is still growing back and he looks mangy, but he is back to his little god self. :)
today is an intentional break in the fabulous insanity of my life, and i am so happy to be able to talk to you. i have been wanting to check in here with all of you and tonight i can, yay!
always know you can pm me. if i don’t get back to you right away, please don’t think it is intentional. <3
thank you for checking in about my baby!
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Always! I’m glad he’s doing well. What have you been up to?
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stirring ten billion cauldrons and hoping nothing burns. ;)
it’s been great, but i tell you–i am not sure how i am successfully managing everything right now so well and i am so freaking grateful i am doing it.
and…KEN ON THE RADIO TODAY. le sigh. <3
how are YOU?!?!?! moving date?
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Looking like early June right now. I’m doing pretty well, thanks. :) Life is good right now. I’ve got a couple of girls I like that seem to like me, photography is mostly going well, I’m reasonably healthy. What more can I ask for?
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the only thing is to be here with us. <3
yay! i am so proud of you, ozzie. you are doing it.
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:) Thanks! I’m getting there.
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Witchy!
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i have been thinking about you!
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pretty lady
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how are you feeling, babe? that xray freaked me out.
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Good. Getting better every day.
Physically anyway.
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that part is good.
know that we are here for you. let me know when you know when the three of us can get together. :)
So Don Cheadle seems bitter about losing the Oscar to Jamie Foxx.
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Jamie Foxx might be the worst actor to ever win an Academy Award. I’ve only liked him in one film and it wasn’t the one he won an Oscar for. He was okay as Ray Charles but he didn’t even do his own singing in the movie and ultimately that performance is nothing special in my opinion.
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Agreed on all counts.
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Agreed, but it’s been a few years. And Don Cheadle has a much better chance of getting nominated again.
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Well that’s because Foxx can’t act worth shit.
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True.
Man. Adam Sandler should probably just go ahead and quit making movies, huh?
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Please!
I really should go to bed, but I don’t want to.
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don’t then. ;)
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I slept 3 hours yesterday, and I have to be up 6 hours from now. :(
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blargh!
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Oh well, I’m getting paid to hang out with Marybeth, the hot event coordinator. :)
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it’s always nice to be paid to do fun things. :P
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I agree!
Over/under on A’s walkoffs in 2013: 8
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more than that. is that over?
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Yes.
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over. 13+ xo
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See, I’m thinking that this year they’ll already have the lead before the last inning more often. Which is less memorable, but a lot easier on the old ticker.
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i welcome that, too. :D
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I’m so happy baseball is back.
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this, this, this!!!!!!!
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The end of football was very bittersweet for me. I need a distraction.
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it slayed me. as usual. :(
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That was a stressful game.
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so freaking happy for baseball. i am looking forward to a lllllllllloooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg season filled with laughter and joy.
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I feel really good about their chances right now.
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Me too, hey witchy!
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My football season wasn’t all that stressful…it was that darn salary cap.
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I’m sorry your team has hit a bad spell.
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I’m sorry your team lost the Super Bowl. I’m still pissed 10 years later about my team losing one. Hopefully you’re a more sane person than I am.
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I’m a bit bitter, but not terribly. I’d feel better if they’d lost to a team I could respect.
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I’ll be over the Raiders losing that Super Bowl when I’m dead but not before. The thing is you never know if your team will ever get back so to lose that game is really tough.
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I actually have a lot of hope for the 49ers. They’ve got a core of good young players.
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The recent history isn’t great for teams that lose the Super Bowl however. That doesn’t mean the 49ers won’t be great but you never know when it comes to football.
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That’s true. If Kaep goes down, they could really be in trouble. And of course every team they play next year has months to dissect game film. But the talent is there.
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regular season?
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Yes. That would be a lot in the postseason.
i am feeling proud and joyful tonight. persistence and graciousness has paid off in a way i though i had given up on, and i’m glad i secretly never really gave up on it. huzzah!
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Yay!
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it reminds me why i do what i do and i am HIGH on it. seriously, mountain top FTW.
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I’m so glad to hear that!
Now, do you have an spells that will make my roommate a little less passive-aggressive?
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probably. let’s talk about the situation.
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She’s nuts. She left me an angry note about leaving crumbs, along with samples of the crumbs. They were paint chips. I asked her if I could put a mat in the bathtub and she said yes. A couple of weeks later, she threw it out and said she didn’t want a mat in the tub. She has thrown away my food, and gives me literally one shelf in the fridge. I can’t use the freezer. Now she’s started using my dryer sheets. I don’t mind sharing, but she has her own. Not only that, but after I used one (ONE!) of her ziploc bags, she started hiding them from me.
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wow. let me think about this.
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I’m so happy I really only had one roommate situation and that was 20 years ago and it was with my best friend so it went really well. Even with that though I got my own place after a year.
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Was it the guy you play pranks on?
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Yep…needless to say when we lived together some uh….bad things happened.
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I’m guessing you didn’t get your security deposit back.
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Actually the house we lived in no longer exists…it was over 100 years old when we lived in it. I loved the $65 a month rent though.
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That sounds fun. An old house with cheap rent.
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It was an adventure but we were 18 and everything is fun when you’re 18.
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I love old houses.
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I love new houses.
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I’d like to have one. an old one would be fine.
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Old houses have their charms but usually you have to fix so much stuff. I have friend that bought a 70 year old house last year…wonderful place but he’s had some money pit type issues with it.
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What I’d really like to do is build my own.
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Was that here or in Kansas?
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‘cuz there were some FIGHT CLUB houses in Sac in the early 90′s, let me tell you!
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I can’t imagine you ever giving up on graciousness. Seriously.
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you might not be able to imagine how much it takes out of me to be gracious at times. ;)
i am a violent, angry person in my heart a lot of times. i’ve been intentionally cultivating honey instead of vinegar for many, many years now. and realizing the people who push my buttons are there for me to learn better. <3
and wow, holy shit, am i so proud of myself tonight. harmony between humility and pride…pride is at the top right now. :D
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Well, it sounds like you’ve found a way that works for you.
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I probably could learn some tricks from you. I generally try to do the same thing (honey>vinegar), but have found it more difficult the last couple of weeks. Partly lack of sleep, partly having my buttons pushed more often, partly (maybe) seasonal doldrums.
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I am happy that you’re happy
Ok, I must get to sleep. Take care, everyone. Welcome back, Witchy! See you all tomorrow.
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sleep well and wake!
Thanks to all for the book recs on my last bleg. I’ve now got thousands of pages to read.
Next bleg: Mrs. N and I are talking about a road trip up the coast to Seattle (and probably back down I-5 through PDX). I’m sure you fkers have a ton of suggestions, and it’s an area I know FK-all about.
My rough plan is one night somewhere on the coast, two nights in seattle, and one night somewhere on the way back, but not even that is set in stone. Mrs. N is thinking we should stay somewhere where there is stroller-friendly hiking before we hit the road in the morning.
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how much driving do you want to do the first day and how much of the trip are you doing on the coast?
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I’m thinking going all the way up on the coast, and all the way back on I-5. But I’m open to suggestions.
It would be cool to have done all the west coast from San Simeon to Seattle, though.
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It’s a very beautiful drive. I’ve done that one before, definitely recommend. Also, there’s a weird spot in the middle of it where you’ve got a river, a desert, a forest, and a small town all intermixed.
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I know that I’ve asked you about this before, but can you remind me the details of your literary contact. Is it an agent or an editor, and where at? My fiancée is once again shopping a book, this time middle-grade fiction.
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She’s an agent and InkWell management.
I’d be happy to put ‘em in touch if you want.
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Ok. She is already querying someone at Inkwell (Charlie Olson, so it’s not your friend), but hasn’t heard back yet.
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Fair enough. If she doesn’t hear back, I can get it read.
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It’s awesome that you have that connection and that she’ll listen to you.
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Mutual benefit. She needs to find authors to establish herself, so she promises a read and feedback to people her friends refer.
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Fair. Win-win relationships are the best kind.
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If you’re willing to detour off I-5 through Oregon, downtown Bend comes to mind as stroller-friendly with lots of restaurants, brewpubs etc. From Portland I’d turn east for ~60 miles through the Gorge to Hood River, then south from there past Mt. Hood to Bend. If you’re in more of a hurry to get back, Eugene is a nice college town with a lot of park area along the river which would be stroller-friendly as well.
Depending on how far you stick to 101 heading up the coast, that can be a very long, slow drive. Getting from the Bay Area to Seattle with only one overnight stop going that route sounds a little too ambitious. It’s been too long since I’ve been north of Crescent City along the coast to give any specific recs on the Oregon coast.
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I agree with the idea that if you want to do it in one overnight, you are going to have a hard time making just one stop if you want to do the whole coast depending on how much time you want to spend out of the car and when you leave.
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Hmmm. It doesn’t seem too bad from raw miles (~900 total), but it sounds like it is slower going than I would have expected.
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Way slower than expected. Great places along the coast. Tillamook, Florence, Bandon Lincon City and Astoria.
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Florence is rad, Sea Lion elevator FTW!
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exactly!
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Thanks. Slow because it has parts that wind like Highway 1, or just because it is a lot of miles?
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More that it’s winding like Hwy 1. It is a beautiful drive, but more worth it if you can take your time than if you’re trying to get to your destination quickly.
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A good portion of 101 in California is freeway or at least 4 lanes, but north of Crescent City into Oregon it’s all two-lane road passing through a lot of small towns. The further north you go in Oregon the more small towns and traffic you hit, so it’s not likely you’d get much beyond Florence or Newport before wearily bailing over to I-5. Which is unfortunate because the northern Oregon coast up to Astoria is probably the most interesting part.
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So when would you suggest cutting over south of Astoria? I know legitimately nothing about this stuff.
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It depends on when you get tired of driving the coastal route and are ready to make the beeline to Seattle. There are a number of highways connecting 101 to I-5, starting with 199 from Crescent City to Grants Pass. Assuming you make it into Oregon on 101, you would probably at least proceed to Florence and then head east on 126 to Eugene. From Newport you can go east on US 20 to Corvallis, or continuing to north of Lincoln City you can take OR 18 through McMinnville to the southern Portland suburbs. If you somehow make it all the way to Astoria you can go east on US 30 along the Columbia, which you cross at Longview WA to connect to I-5.
If trying to get to Seattle in 2 days using 101 for much of it, you should probably shoot for at least Bandon OR on the first day (464 miles from SF) and then decide on the second morning how quickly you want to get to Seattle. The mileage isn’t all that much different going through Astoria vs. going through Eugene but it’s that freeway vs. two-lane road issue.
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Thanks. Great info.
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Also, you can take Highway 26 from approximately Seaside straight into Portland (faster, but less scenic than Highway 18).
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You can also, depending on how tired you are when coming through, skip the Gorge (because really, who the hell wants to see really beautiful waterfalls and an insane landscape sculpted by the results of natural climate changes) by going up the south flank of Hood (there are some nice places to stop along that way). Going through Hood River would probably add two hours of driving time.
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Not sure I understand this. Isn’t Hood east of both I-5 and 101?
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This is if you wanted to take a side trip to Bend – going via Hood River would be a long, but literally gorgeous drive…going around the south flank of Hood would be less beautiful, but faster.
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Ah, got it.
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I have nothing to add to this except to say the one of the most fun and weird weeks of my life was spent hanging out with a buddy’s extended family in Sisters, OR.
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Tailgate story, for sure.
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I use to fk the mayor of sister’s daughter.
True story.
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did he or she (the parent) call themselves “the mayor of sistertown”
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no
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They were looking for some stroller-friendly hikes, and though most of my Gorge hikes have been less baby-friendly (love that Eagle Creek trail) IIRC there are paved routes in the Multnomah Falls area that would work well.
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I got my last speeding ticket in and around those spots. They have so interesting beast-like highway patrol cruisers.
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Yeah – you can (and I have) take the stroller up to the bridge beneath the falls and a little further up. Not my favorite way to hike – I’m assuming they have some sort of Ergo/Mobi/other baby carrier, which makes it easier to hike some of the shorter waterfall trails without having to worry about stroller-bility.
So, did anyone else feel the earthquake about 20 minutes ago?
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Well, I didn’t feel anything.
Back to back posts put up by Oz…this fucking guy is out of control.
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You can’t stop me, you can only hope to contain me.
No matter when I go to bed my body clock goes off at 5:30 in the morning…the good news is I’m a morning person and the dog loves it as he gets his morning walk in. It’s also nice to be up while the house is still quiet as everyone else is still asleep. In about ten minutes this will all start to change.
I had to take a break from the Oscar pregame show…I told Miss Hawaii to yell at me when the big show starts…the chicken came out tasty.
hi! today was good. i hope it was at least as awesome for all of you.
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good here.
I am glad to see you here
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same! i have been thinking that i haven’t seen you in forever.
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had some bidnezz of which to take care