October 17: Happy Anniversary grill ← FREE KRAUT!

October 17: Happy Anniversary grill 282

Well, happy is maybe not the right word. Mindful Anniversary Day, perhaps.

Unless you’re a Cyrus the Great fan. In that case, Happy Anniversary indeed.

In other news, if you like scary clowns, I got your scary clowns right here.

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Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty

282 thoughts on “October 17: Happy Anniversary grill

  1. PDXAthleticsfan Oct 17,2013 9:00 am
    A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
  2. Soaker Oct 17,2013 9:11 am

    Our GOP Senator was one of the 18.

    I wanted to be able to support a deal, but this proposal makes no underlying structural changes that will prevent this exact same crisis from happening again in the very near future. Considering this legislation does nothing to place our nation on sound fiscal footing or cultivate a growth economy that will produce jobs in the long term, I cannot support it.

    We’re stuck with him until 2018. My Congressman of course has to defend this next year.

    This has been quite an education serving Nevada for the past 25 months. We have turned over every rock and undertaken this latest effort against the Senate, the Administration, the national media, and the other side of the aisle in the House. My conscience is clear with respect to an all-out effort in a four against one fight. I now know how those folks at the Alamo felt.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Glorious Mundy Oct 17,2013 10:07 am || Up

      [T]his proposal makes no underlying structural changes that will prevent this exact same crisis from happening again in the very near future.

      Hard enough to draft legislation that will prevent future manufactured crises in the best of times. Even harder when your wing of your party has a loaded gun pressed to the temple of the global economy, Senator.

      • andeux Oct 17,2013 11:06 am || Up

        The wingers are committed to the fiction that “this exact same crisis” is “the government is running out of money!” Some of them are probably even dumb enough to believe it themselves.

        TINSTAAFK
    • doctorK Oct 17,2013 10:16 am || Up

      Your congressman also has won two elections, each time with 58% of the vote while carrying every county in the district, so I doubt he’s losing too much sleep over the matter.

      • Soaker Oct 17,2013 12:44 pm || Up

        If a Democrat ever wins the Nevada 2nd it means the Republican party has ceased to exist. The token Democratic challenger will certainly bring this up though.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Glorious Mundy Oct 17,2013 12:49 pm || Up

      I now know how those folks at the Alamo felt.

      Jesus FKing Christ, these people.

  3. doctorK Oct 17,2013 10:28 am

    Here’s the story behind the car atop the infamous 101-280-680 interchange in San Jose. I’m pretty sure that the interchange was not actually completed until after Brown left office in 1983.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 10:48 am || Up

      That’s a fantastic story!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  4. JediLeroy Oct 17,2013 11:07 am

    Places they could send me for my first implementation of the year:

    Saskatchewan
    Manitoba
    Washington
    Reno
    Texas
    SoCal
    NY
    Ontario
    Massachusetts
    Wisconsin
    Alberta
    Alabama
    Colorado
    Indiana
    Oregon
    Arizona
    Florida
    New Jersey
    …and Gilroy.

    And guess where I get to go.

    az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • JediLeroy Oct 17,2013 11:23 am || Up

      Silver lining–I get to be home with the fam for Halloween.

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • AV Oct 17,2013 11:28 am || Up

        kids loooooove carving garlic for halloween. oooh! and bobbing for cloves!

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 17,2013 11:34 am || Up

          Vampire costumes not welcome here.

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 11:49 am || Up

      Honestly, compared to many of those choices Gilroy doesn’t sound so bad, at least in this time of year (the Canadian provinces) or ever (Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arizona).

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • JediLeroy Oct 17,2013 12:57 pm || Up

        I’ve been looking forward to traveling for a long time, so it’s a bit of a bummer that I don’t get to fly and accumulate miles. And it’s a solo job, so I don’t get to spend time with anybody else from my company.

        Also, the last time they sent me to install in Gilroy, I got Bell’s Palsy and lost half my face.

        I can certainly find positives in being close to home, but I always enjoy new new people and places. Saskatoon in the winter was brutal, but I made a great friend in the company on that trip.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • DFA Oct 17,2013 1:12 pm || Up

          I hope you found the other half of your face.

          Also can I just say your Belle and Sebastian Boy with the Arab Strap recommendation was really really spot on.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • JediLeroy Oct 17,2013 1:19 pm || Up

            I did find it within about a month. Scary, scary thing.

            That’s a great album–glad you enjoyed it.

            az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
            • DFA Oct 17,2013 2:27 pm || Up

              I really liked that post there were definitely some good albums on there

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • Glorious Mundy Oct 17,2013 1:39 pm || Up

            Presumably if you liked Boy with the Arab Strap you have already listened to Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister, but if not, get on that.

            • DFA Oct 17,2013 2:27 pm || Up

              Have not but will.

              Ive been listening to a couple of really good albums Baby by Tribe and Wildlife Pop by Step Dad. Highly reccomended both of them.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • colin Oct 17,2013 6:15 pm || Up

              Hell, I even like Dear Catastrophe Waitress.

  5. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 1:25 pm

    I can’t find much to argue about in Burneko’s hilarious ranking of each State’s signature foodstuff…Mission-style burrito in the upper pantheon, Carolina pulled-pork sandwich solidly among the “Good” entries, New York style pizza properly derided as the mediocre crap it mostly is. Also, LOL @ Arizona and Nevada.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • andeux Oct 17,2013 1:38 pm || Up

      All the bbq items should be much higher, and Chicago pizza should be about 30 spots lower.

      TINSTAAFK
      • nevermoor Oct 17,2013 4:55 pm || Up

        Now I remember why we can’t be friends.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Glorious Mundy Oct 17,2013 1:38 pm || Up

      This is great, although ranking Chicago pizza above shrimp and grits is insanity.

      Also, I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Indiana and never been served that sandwich (which is basically just weinerschnizel in a bun, in which case yum?). I would say Indiana’s signature food is Steak ‘n Shake.

      • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 17,2013 1:52 pm || Up

        I never had that sandwich in Indiana, either.

        I used to love Chicago pizza when I lived there and was in college and didn’t give a shit about instant heart attacks. Now it repulses me.

        A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 1:58 pm || Up

          I’m living in the prime heart attack years, and I’ll eat Chicago-style pizza any chance I get. My wife and kids’ preference for the prevalent wood-fired thin crust kind may be the only thing saving me from death.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 17,2013 2:58 pm || Up

            Chicago-style pizza is one of the premier advances in pizza history. Although, I’m speaking more from Zachary’s experience than any actual pizza-in-Chicago experience.

            • nevermoor Oct 17,2013 5:12 pm || Up

              For what it’s worth, eating deep dish pizza probably means less carbs/calorie than other styles (because neither cheese nor meat have carbs). Which is not to say it’s healthy, but no pizza is.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 17,2013 5:23 pm || Up

                I’m young and not forward looking. This is not a concern for me. I have so many arteries left to clog!

              • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 9:09 am || Up

                1750 calories. vs. 980.

                It all depends on how many slices you eat.

                Also, yikes!

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • nevermoor Oct 21,2013 10:45 pm || Up

                  Calories aren’t really the point I was making, though.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Englishmajor Oct 17,2013 1:40 pm || Up

      I was sure Minnesota would get assigned the lutefisk, but North Dakota got stuck with it instead. Ha ha, no backs!

    • Glorious Mundy Oct 17,2013 1:46 pm || Up

      Mission-style burrito in the upper pantheon is undoubtedly correct, but his claim that you can now get a tasty one just about anywhere is some serious bullshit.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 1:55 pm || Up

        Yeah, that’s totally false, and I have the scars left by burritos from Wisconsin and D.C. to prove it.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Jennifer Oct 17,2013 2:40 pm || Up

          Pics or STFU

        • nevermoor Oct 17,2013 5:12 pm || Up

          Also, too: New Haven, CT. Those fkers are absolutely clueless about burritos.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • andeux Oct 17,2013 5:17 pm || Up

            Among other things.

            TINSTAAFK
            • nevermoor Oct 17,2013 5:40 pm || Up

              ::shakes fist::

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • colin Oct 17,2013 6:20 pm || Up

            All of New England. It’s really sad, but the best burrito around here come from Chipotle.

          • Future Ed Oct 17,2013 8:56 pm || Up

            But fuck me do they do deli sandwhichs right

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • nevermoor Oct 17,2013 9:53 pm || Up
              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • mikeA Oct 17,2013 2:06 pm || Up

        Hate to say it, but LA kills the bay area in quality of Mexican food, and actually in food overall I think.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 2:27 pm || Up

          While I have not eaten in LA in quite some time, your opinion is wrong and deserving of great scorn.

          Actually, back when I was travelling the state frequently my opinion was that LA was much better for full service, sit-down restaurants with Mexican food, SF was best for burritos, and San Diego was best for taco stands.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • mikeA Oct 17,2013 2:56 pm || Up

            San Diego is not best at anything. The food, culture, and baseball team are all very very bland.

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 3:05 pm || Up

              1. Weather, which many believe to be the best on earth.

              2. Fish tacos. 20 years ago they were among the best, but the rest of CA may have caught up since then.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 17,2013 3:10 pm || Up

                1. Yes.
                2. Long Beach, in my limited experience, has better fish tacos.

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • AV Oct 17,2013 3:53 pm || Up

                  huh. where at? i lived in LB for 5 years and for mexican, mostly went to supermex for carnitas. never got beyond curiously eyeing the fat fish tacos of theirs. DID I MISS SOMETHING??

                  (gotta add, to me the LB supermex will always be the glitzy extension of sunset beach supermex, the birthplace of my mexican food love).

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:02 pm || Up

                  I would love all LB recs you got. I spend a ton of time there.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Oct 17,2013 4:17 pm || Up

                  oh man. it’s been forever. and i was in college. mostly we ate tommy burger or norms or stuff you can only stand after you’re drunk.

                  but, supermex, for sure. classic.

                  there used to be great thai BBQ but i couldn’t find my favorite spot last time, so we ended up yelping a place called crystal thai cambodian, on E 10th, that i’d like to live nearby to really get to know. we got 2 soups and 3 entrees, and 4 of these were amazingly great, and the other one was frankly disgusting… but in that way that you know you need to develop a taste for it. couldn’t tell you what it was off the top of my head, probably something wet, with pork and fish together.

                  i could tell you about some egg place if i could remember where it was, etc… but really, so much has happened in food since 1995 that even if the places i used to go to are still there, they’d probably be sad shells of what they used to be. if i was there this weekend, i’d mostly go exploring any place with cambodian writing on the wall.

                  ok, if it’s still there… DON’T eat at 99¢/entree chinese on LB blvd. hey, i was in college.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:29 pm || Up

                  ok, if it’s still there… DON’T eat at 99¢/entree chinese on LB blvd. hey, i was in college.

                  Ill eat anything but chinese food is probably my least favorite type of food

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 17,2013 4:03 pm || Up

                  I was there for two days about 7 years ago for a conference and stopped at some place downtown, the name of which is escaping me and my Google-fu. The fish taco I had there was probably one of the two best I have had. The other one was in Baja and so I can’t use it for comparison.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • AV Oct 17,2013 4:27 pm || Up

                  i have to know!!!!

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 9:19 am || Up

                  Location-wise, from what I remember, the place that makes sense is Taco Beach, since I never really strayed from Downtown on that trip (other than the conference party on the QM).

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • AV Oct 21,2013 9:54 am || Up

                  now i’m hungry.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:29 pm || Up

                  There is a good bro ey place with a bunch of tap beers called the Abey something that has a really good short rib burger

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • Poppy Oct 17,2013 7:45 pm || Up

                1. I beg your pardon, but San Diego’s official motto does not contain the words “climate best.”

                There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
            • Glorious Mundy Oct 17,2013 3:12 pm || Up

              It really is the blandest baseball team around, especially since they dropped the brown and yellow.

        • DFA Oct 17,2013 2:40 pm || Up

          as someone that lives in LA this is pattenly false.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • mikeA Oct 17,2013 2:54 pm || Up

            The mission is (much?) better than any similarly sized place in LA, but LA has greater riches overall, especially when it cmes to Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese food, which are my favorites.

            • AV Oct 17,2013 3:58 pm || Up

              it’s been a while, but when i used to date someone in LA and would visit from oakland, we tried to find pho that was as good as what we get here and just couldn’t. then again, the best pho we could find we also termed “hipster pho,” a clean place with a mostly youthful nonethnic clientele on sunset and silver lake. i’m saying maybe we didn’t dig deep enough.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:01 pm || Up

                I might have been there.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Oct 17,2013 4:20 pm || Up

                  anybody who’s anybody might have. it’s the place to be seen maybe being seen.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:25 pm || Up

                  its in a strip mall type thing with no sign?

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Oct 17,2013 4:31 pm || Up

                  yep.

                  though the first part of your sentence describes 75% of all commercial spaces in LA…

                  but i’m sure we’re thinking of the same one.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:39 pm || Up

                  Its ok. Nothing great.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:01 pm || Up

              The whole of San Francisco is better than any similarly sized section of LA.

              The west side has some trendy shit. But lets be real I could drive to the French Laundry during rush hour faster than I could get there from down town LA. Most of LA is a food desert. Korean food is the exception. However, Thai food I have found to be better in Long Beach.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • mikeA Oct 17,2013 4:25 pm || Up

                A lot of the best stuff is in la county, but not the city. Alhambra, Monterey park, and Rosemead have many outstanding restaurants. In west la, they want to charge you for being in west la even though it kinda sucks.

                • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:26 pm || Up

                  I live in Silverlake/Echo park. Have really been disappointed by the food for the most part. And the grocery store situation is horendus

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Oct 17,2013 4:43 pm || Up

                  this mike take some bicycling… good ethiopian restaurants on olympic near LACMA. also by LACMA, canter’s has classic motza ball soup. luz del dia in olvera street has excellent handmade tortillas and carnitas that are pretty dang nice. is gorky’s still there? (shit, i think gorky’s is way not still there.)

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:53 pm || Up

                  Been to Ethiopian food over there. Luz del dia i was really meh on. The mole wasn’t good but the tortias were very good. I have no idea what gorkys is but will investigate

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Oct 17,2013 4:57 pm || Up

                  gorky’s is closed. just googled it.

                  i’ve always gotten carnitas at luz. my complaint is their guac is too thin. but yes, those tortillas!

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Oct 17,2013 5:36 pm || Up

                  I ate bowls of their guac. No kick :(

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • DFA Oct 19,2013 10:43 am || Up

                  Went to Langers yesterday. They have an amazing Ruben, which is better than their special sandwhich.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 19,2013 1:12 pm || Up

                  I used to get the Reuben at Canter’s a couple times a year when I lived in LA. Have not had a reuben near as good anywhere in the Bay Area.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • DFA Oct 19,2013 1:45 pm || Up

                  Will try it out

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • AV Oct 17,2013 3:47 pm || Up

        “california is awful.” automatically makes all other opinions in this list of no concern and forced me to stop reading even before i got to it. (given the sentence that phrase comes from, i’d say the editor shared my experience.)

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  6. Englishmajor Oct 17,2013 2:28 pm

    One of my bleacher comrades:

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 3:07 pm || Up

      Wow, tough stuff. I bet he was an A’s fan too.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  7. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 4:14 pm

    Joke I heard last night: Why did the hipster burn his mouth on his pizza?

    Because he ate it before it was cool.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • DFA Oct 17,2013 4:27 pm || Up

      Dude I heard that joke a really long long time ago. Im pretty sure on AN.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2013 4:46 pm || Up

        Before it was cool, no doubt.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • AV Oct 17,2013 4:52 pm || Up
          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Englishmajor Oct 17,2013 4:59 pm || Up

            Everyone who liked that joke is here.

            • andeux Oct 17,2013 5:01 pm || Up

              But the real avant garde folks left ** about 2 years before that.

              TINSTAAFK
        • DFA Oct 17,2013 5:45 pm || Up

          I made a joke about how PNTBLs Plank stuff wasn’t very hipster because he waited for the universe to cool before studying it.

          Tis a good joke… glad you found it.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  8. Soaker Oct 17,2013 8:27 pm

    Tar Heels made a heck of a game out of it but in the end North Carolina, Kansas and Cal still combine to be quite the FKing pile of suck holding up the BCS conferences.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  9. natehst Oct 17,2013 8:41 pm

    Can anyone help me find an article? I want to say it was written by danmerqury or elcroata but I can’t remember.

    It was looking at which minor league stats were best predictors of a prospect’s success after he was promoted to the next level.

    Also, hello everybody!

    • Englishmajor Oct 17,2013 11:06 pm || Up

      natehst! s’up dude.

      • natehst Oct 18,2013 1:43 am || Up

        Just finishing up school. Only one semester left until I student teach.

        How are you? How are things at FK?

        On a related note, I need to come around more often.

        • grover Oct 18,2013 11:37 am || Up

          You do.

          There was an article on Addison Russell on AN that compared K-rate, BB-rate and ISO to predict success at the MLB level but I don’t recall anything re: MILB level-to-level jumps.

          • natehst Oct 18,2013 12:35 pm || Up

            That article does do a lot of what I’m looking for, but I don’t think it’s the one I’m thinking of.

            Anyways, thanks. I’d forgotten about that article too.

    • DFA Oct 18,2013 6:59 am || Up

      k rate no?

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • natehst Oct 18,2013 12:33 pm || Up

        I think it was one factor, but I think the best stats changed between levels. I want to say for hitters it was BB:K between High-A and Double-A, and ISO from Double-A to Triple-A.

        However, it was too long ago to remember where I read it (if it even exists), let alone the stats examined within the article.

  10. brian.only Oct 17,2013 9:01 pm

    One less sad grumpy fan in Arlington…

  11. elcroata Oct 17,2013 9:47 pm

    I just had to say that Poppy rocks. And Pam, but she is never here. That’s all.

    Because survival is insufficient
    • Poppy Oct 17,2013 11:06 pm || Up

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • Poppy Oct 17,2013 11:07 pm || Up

        I had to give up on trying to resize that. Not letting me. I apparently don’t rock hard enough… :P

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • elcroata Oct 19,2013 12:10 am || Up

      And Nina.

      Because survival is insufficient
  12. Englishmajor Oct 17,2013 11:19 pm

    I had a ticket to a concert in Berkeley this evening, so I drove over there after work. One of my colleagues called me as I was at University and San Pablo to say that the host had made a mistake in a program I was filling in as producer for, and part of it needed to be revoiced and remixed. So I had to bail on the concert, drive back to SF, and spend an hour fixing the program. On the way home on 101, something huge crashed into my windshield — I’m not sure what, possibly a ceiling tile or piece of concrete; it was white and square. So I had to get off at the next exit and pull into a gas station, where I hung out for an hour or so waiting for AAA. The windshield is completely smashed, I don’t think there’s a square inch left without a crack, and there’s a fine dust of broken glass on the dashboard. There’s a nice dent and scrape of paint on the hood where it bounced. I’m happy to be alive. And the host of the program has already got his punishment; he drew the short straw of hanging out at BART until the picket lines go up.

    • Poppy Oct 18,2013 2:44 am || Up

      Well, that was probably a much crappier evening than you had planned… (I’m happy you’re alive, too.)

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 18,2013 7:38 am || Up

      Whoa, that sounds horrible. Glad you made it through intact.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 18,2013 9:12 am || Up

      Holy crap! Glad to hear you’re ok! I’ve had a few small rocks kick up and chip my windshield, but now I have something new to fear on my commute.

    • AV Oct 18,2013 9:33 am || Up

      where did the tile come from? just fell from the sky??

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Englishmajor Oct 18,2013 11:03 am || Up

        Fell off somebody’s truck, I imagine. I think it was lying on the road in the lane next to mine. A car a couple of lengths ahead of me in that lane drove over it. I heard a loud noise, and then somehow it became airborne, smacked into my car, and I’m not sure where it went next. I saw the car that was ahead of me pull over to the shoulder, so it might have blown out a tire or ripped something off their undercarriage. I didn’t have time to be scared, I just yelled “What the FK!”

        • Englishmajor Oct 18,2013 11:10 am || Up

        • AV Oct 18,2013 11:14 am || Up

          i just couldn’t imagine a heavy tile laying on the road getting that much height. so scary!

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • batgirl Oct 18,2013 12:21 pm || Up

      Jeez! Glad you’re OK!

  13. Poppy Oct 18,2013 2:42 am

    Fire escape QOTY:

    me and my roommate rappelled down in our boxers and now I’m trying to get my snake back

    (If you know how to shoot/edit news video, I recommend that you do NOT watch the video attached to the article.)
    (Not because it shows guys rappelling in boxers, which it doesn’t and which would be entertaining… but because it sucks.)

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • DFA Oct 18,2013 7:08 am || Up

      what is on that dudes face

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Englishmajor Oct 19,2013 1:06 am || Up

      Not sure whether that’s his hoodie from Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota, or whether it’s part of a collection of random unisex warm clothes the firefighters have on hand for people who have to escape fires in their underwear. And that somehow reminds me of my thoughtful tow truck driver from last night, who told me he keeps a pack of cigarettes on hand for his customers who’ve been in an accident and need a smoke. “I was thinking I should maybe have a fifth of Jameson too”, he said, “but then I thought that might not be cool if the CHP had to get involved later.”

  14. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 18,2013 7:42 am

    What? Michael Schnur, the former Fire Joe Morgan blog guy, is now a writer on the show Parks and Recreation? I never would have guessed.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • andeux Oct 18,2013 9:49 am || Up

      He’s the creator of P&R, and wrote for (and occasionally appeared in) The Office before that.
      I somehow missed that shot in last night’s show.

      TINSTAAFK
      • natehst Oct 18,2013 12:37 pm || Up

        It always made me laugh that the guy who played Mose, the creepy bumpkin farm neckbeard, was the guy who spent years of his life trying to get people to realize that David Eckstein wasn’t that good at baseball.

    • colin Oct 18,2013 10:15 am || Up

      Seeing “Vorp” just makes me miss Bed.

    • Englishmajor Oct 18,2013 10:56 am || Up

      Tremendous!

    • natehst Oct 18,2013 12:40 pm || Up

      I think Schur is actually the executive producer of Parks and Rec, too.

    • nevermoor Oct 18,2013 5:39 pm || Up

      Paging Bed!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  15. DFA Oct 18,2013 8:37 am

    Yeah because thats not going to bite them in the ass.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • colin Oct 18,2013 10:18 am || Up

      I don’t know a ton about Abreu, but wasn’t he putting up similar numbers to Cespedes in Cuba? I could see some teams making an offer like that to Yoenis, even after his crappy 2013. On the other hand, my memory is that Abreu is a 1B, so he wouldn’t offer as much defensive value.

      • DFA Oct 18,2013 11:28 am || Up

        He is an abysmal 1bman according to reports and hit for a lower average in Cuba. When you see a prospect compared to Ryan Howard, you don’t have to go all Ruben Amaro and give him the same disaster contract.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • colin Oct 18,2013 12:47 pm || Up

          Sounds like a pretty bad deal then. I do think that CespedesPuig’s emergence is probably making a lot of money for Abreu.

          • DFA Oct 18,2013 1:32 pm || Up

            fixed that for you

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • DFA Oct 18,2013 3:05 pm || Up

                Im framing this comment and putting it on my wall.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  16. AV Oct 18,2013 10:56 am

    now pitching being pitched for TV: the ports.

    password: thefarm

    hat tip: chickie!

    starring: danny glover!!!!! (maybe)

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  17. DFA Oct 18,2013 1:34 pm

    Dumbass doesn’t understand how contracts work.

    Along those lines, state Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar (Los Angeles County), has been asking a very good question: What about that no-strike clause in the existing BART workers’ contracts?

    The unions’ argument has been that such clauses expired with the end of the contracts this summer. But BART extended all the other elements of the contract – wage scales, benefits, job protections, work rules, etc. – while the two sides remained in negotiation. Is it really fair to taxpayers and riders to allow only some elements of the contract – those most favorable to workers – to extend past the deadline?

    Huff has introduced SB423 to compel BART unions to honr the no=strike clause in their existing contracts.

    Bart workers agreed to show up for those days. If Management wanted to lock out the workers they could even though there is a no lock out clause. It would be political suicide, but they could do it if they wanted to. The rights are reciprocal.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • DFA Oct 18,2013 1:34 pm || Up
      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  18. Glorious Mundy Oct 19,2013 11:20 am

    Ugh, the camo uniform craze has reached the French soccer league.

    (Yes, I am really just looking for a reason to post this ridiculous Zlatan goal.)

    • AV Oct 19,2013 3:18 pm || Up

      they couldn’t find a defense against the behind the head back heel.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  19. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 19,2013 1:13 pm

    Looks like Primera Upgrade is gonna go to her first Cal football game tonight. This may not help with my “stay close to home for college” campaign.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Soaker Oct 19,2013 8:40 pm || Up

      If she takes after Dad she was smart enough to ditch this hideous game and is at a party right now.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  20. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 19,2013 1:29 pm

    Superhero baseball league! Four teams…the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the X-Men, and the Avengers…determine who’s the best using the Out Of The Park baseball simulator.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 9:37 am || Up

      Aquaman’s 26 overall rating (out of 80) is the lowest in the game because baseball isn’t played on water, you useless joke of a hero.

      Particularly funny after having watched The Justice League Recombination episode of Big Bang Theory last night.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
  21. nevermoor Oct 19,2013 7:06 pm

    Fox news: complete and utter B.S., 24/7.

    Alternate headline: if this is the best Fox News can do, Obamacare is pretty fucking awesome.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  22. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 19,2013 7:12 pm

    So, turns out the idiot who ruined the 140 million year old rock formation in Utah recently filed a personal injury lawsuit claiming debilitating back pain. So he’ll probably get screwed on that front, at least.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  23. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 19,2013 7:21 pm

    I guess this explains why FK has (at least) three of them. Check out 1970 through 1984:

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • batgirl Oct 20,2013 11:52 am || Up

      In my case, I was actually named “Merrill.” However as our family lore goes, my dad had an undying affection for the movie Love Story and started calling me Jenny and wouldn’t stop. Finally my mom got so tired of it, she went down and changed my name to Jennifer. In my kindergarten class there were 5 of us and my teacher was having none of it. One by one on the first day she pointed at us “You’re Jennifer, you’re Jenny, you’re Jen, you’re Jen Marie…” I can’t remember what the 5th girl got. I was Jenny and that was that thanks to my dad and my kindergarten teacher.

      In retrospect, given the popularity of Love Boat at the time, my dad saved me from a bunch of Captain Stubing jokes.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 20,2013 12:55 pm || Up

        But you would absolutely rock the Captain’s hat!

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Jennifer Oct 20,2013 2:46 pm || Up

        Jennifer D, Jennifer K, Jennifer L, Jennifer M, Jenni, Jennie, and Jenny.

      • Poppy Oct 20,2013 9:26 pm || Up

        I hate my name. My mom wanted “Gina” but my dad vetoed it because he thought I would be teased for having an “ethnic” name. Guess they hadn’t been in RWC long enough yet to notice the very large Hispanic and Italian American population.

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
        • dmoas Oct 21,2013 10:09 am || Up

          I’d be more worried they stick a Va in front of it.

          • AV Oct 21,2013 10:34 am || Up

            i’d be more worried to come within shouting distance of martin.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Englishmajor Oct 21,2013 11:27 am || Up

          My parents were indecisive enough to wait until I was several months old to name me. My dad wanted Lena after his great-grandmother who emigrated from Norway, but my mom said it would be cruel to send a child to school in Minnesota named Lena, because she would be constantly asked where Ole was. So they eventually ended up with the much more upscale Nina, with the result that I was constantly asked about the whereabouts of my sisters Pinta and Santa Maria.

          • Future Ed Oct 21,2013 2:15 pm || Up

            My parents had my name picked early: Elizabeth.

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • nevermoor Oct 21,2013 10:46 pm || Up

              We did the same thing (genders reversed) for Yonessa.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 9:48 am || Up

      As someone in the comments pointed out, these maps could be somewhat different if you combined the homophonic names, such as Catherine/Katherine, or the 3,000 different spellings of (BRIT-nee). Although the Jennifer maps would probably be largely the same, I’m sure (I think we had at most four in some of my classes in school).

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • DFA Oct 21,2013 10:08 am || Up

        was really wondering why Catherine/Katherine were homophobic names there for a moment

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • Jennifer Oct 21,2013 11:14 am || Up

          Same. lol

          Trufax: I was originally going to be named Mary Kathryn but my cousin arrived first. :-(

  24. Englishmajor Oct 19,2013 7:38 pm

    • Englishmajor Oct 19,2013 7:41 pm || Up

      I wish someone had made it of the whole play, including the interminable seconds when Prince gazes at the approaching Pedroia before apparently deciding that lying down and playing dead would be the best survival tactic.

      • Englishmajor Oct 19,2013 7:43 pm || Up

        Saltalamacchia, I mean.

        • Jennifer Oct 19,2013 7:52 pm || Up

          It’s like most of the A’s playoff heartbreak at once.

          Slide! Keep running! Run him over!

          • Poppy Oct 20,2013 9:20 pm || Up

            Bwaha!

            I am very, very happy that THAT gif for some reason does not FK with freezing up my computer.

            There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • dmoas Oct 20,2013 9:25 am || Up

      “I believe I can fly…”

  25. Jennifer Oct 19,2013 7:42 pm

    My mom’s analysis of the Fielder rundown play: “Saltalamacchia runs HIS knee up that guy’s ass and they run out to check oh HIM?”

  26. Englishmajor Oct 19,2013 8:35 pm
  27. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 20,2013 9:48 am

    It’s not paranoid to fear clowns, it’s just good sense. Drug lord shot dead by clowns.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  28. Soaker Oct 20,2013 12:18 pm

    I was buying alcohol at Raley’s over on the wrong side of the state line this morning. So if you have alcohol in your basket in California now you’re forced into one of the full-service lines? It used to be that in self-service your transaction would halt until the monitor hit the override button, then I noticed a year or so ago that they started making me pull out my driver’s license so they could punch in the actual birth date. Until today though I haven’t been told I can’t use self-service at all. Is that a Raley’s policy or is that the actual law?

    That plus having to pay a bottle deposit in California…grrr, makes it more likely I’ll do my shopping east of the line when possible.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • whimsical witch Oct 20,2013 2:16 pm || Up

      the law changed again on friday. :(

  29. nevermoor Oct 20,2013 6:50 pm

    GOP’s next attempt to cover itself in glory? Combining its war on women with its war on non-GOP voting demographics.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Poppy Oct 20,2013 9:43 pm || Up

      I’ve had a really long, difficult, frustrating work day (which isn’t over yet), so I just had a really profane wordstream run through my head when I read that. I would like some pats on the head, please, for restraining myself from posting my profane and thoroughly unconstructive wordstream anywhere (or even saying it out loud in a room full of cats).

      Or we could do it MadLib style:

      Poppy was [adverb] [adjective]. “[Expletive]!” she said [adverb]. “Those [expletive] [plural noun] should go [expletive] [verb], [verb] and [adverb] [verb] themselves in the [body part] with a(n) [adjective] [torture implement]!”

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • dmoas Oct 21,2013 11:11 am || Up

      It just adds a nice incentive not to change your name. Along with pissing off conservatives on the general principle.

      • DFA Oct 21,2013 11:37 am || Up

        I would consider changing my last name to my partners name if she wanted to have the same name

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • dmoas Oct 21,2013 12:02 pm || Up

          Me too. But mostly b/c my last name is a major pain in the ass. No one can spell it, no one can pronounce it. Either way, I sure as shit wouldn’t force it on someone else.

          • Jennifer Oct 21,2013 2:13 pm || Up

            And no one wants the last name of Asshole.

            • dmoas Oct 21,2013 2:20 pm || Up

              Unless you’re a proctologist.

            • JediLeroy Oct 21,2013 8:25 pm || Up

              Hunh. I think “Mrs. Stick” has a nice ring to it

              az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
              • Jennifer Oct 21,2013 8:34 pm || Up

                The kids will be Twig 1 and Twig 2, etc.

          • colin Oct 21,2013 2:26 pm || Up

            Is your last name really “dmoas”??

          • Poppy Nov 1,2013 7:44 pm || Up

            Let’s get married and hyphenate our last names (yours first, that’ll be harder to say). We could really hurt some people.

            There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
        • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 12:34 pm || Up

          A friend who just married and her husband just both changed their names to something equally agreeable. While I don’t dispute their right to do that, it seems pretty odd, as there is so much history tied up in a family name.

          A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • DFA Oct 21,2013 12:58 pm || Up

            I don’t particularly like my dad. I thought about changing my name to my moms family name for a long time

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 1:01 pm || Up

              That’s a bit different situation, in which case I understand. In my friends’ case, both have pretty solid relationships with their families.

              A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
              • DFA Oct 21,2013 2:02 pm || Up

                Its more for the desire to do something that isn’t traditional

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • dmoas Oct 21,2013 2:07 pm || Up

                  Tradition is something you only do because you can’t think of anything better to do.

                • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 2:19 pm || Up

                  I get it, on one hand, but it cuts off a tie to the historical context of family, which is quite important to me. Of course, since her last name is the 12th most common one in the US (hint: same as a current A’s left-handed pitcher whose arm frequently falls off), it may not have the same historical context as mine, which is tied for the 149,328th most common surname.

                  A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
          • natehst Oct 21,2013 1:06 pm || Up

            I’ve always wanted to do the same. I want to change my last name to something cool like Youngblood just for kicks.

          • colin Oct 21,2013 2:27 pm || Up

            Some friends toyed with that idea: Roosa + Cohen -> Rohen (or maybe Rohan?)

            • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 2:34 pm || Up

              That makes at least some sense to me (I know others who have thought about it), but they chose a name completely different from their own.

              A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
            • AV Oct 21,2013 2:37 pm || Up

              i’m sure someone here knows this food-n-garden berkeley couple, a cornforth and a cohen who became cornhens.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 2:43 pm || Up

                Shit, now I’m gonna have to play matchmaker for the Spawn so that one of them marries the name of a prominent US City – then they can combine to form the (name of city)roks.

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
              • Future Ed Oct 21,2013 3:03 pm || Up
                I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Future Ed Oct 21,2013 2:24 pm || Up

          it never came up. I was surprised when people asked me if SLF was changing her name.

          it wasn’t make or break but I did want my name with the kids because I like it better than her’s. Less common. but if she wanted her name on them I would have shrugged it off.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 2:33 pm || Up

            Mrs. PDX decided to change mostly for the sake of the future spawn. And also because of the less common last name. I didn’t pressure her one way or the other, but she was reacting somewhat to her sister’s kids, one of which took the last name of the mama and one of which took the last name of the mommy*.

            * – transgendered, but biologically-speaking the sperm-provider.

            A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
            • Future Ed Oct 21,2013 3:06 pm || Up

              I suggested that #2 take her name, I think. I thought it at least, but it appears my name won out.

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Jennifer Oct 21,2013 2:34 pm || Up

            My mom has the worst maiden name ever. And I hate her dad, so I think God every day she decided to take Dad’s name.

            • Future Ed Oct 21,2013 3:07 pm || Up

              woman next door to work took her husbands name and is now Harriet Butts

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
              • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 3:10 pm || Up

                We know someone related to Mary Koetter Bottorff.

                A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
                • dmoas Oct 21,2013 3:15 pm || Up

                  Just be glad his last name wasn’t ditka.

              • Jennifer Oct 21,2013 3:55 pm || Up

                This conversation reminded me of a nursey school acquaintance.

                Her name was Kelly Rubert (Colbert pronunciation). Two years deep into skool, we find out her REAL name is Rhonda Jones! She goes by her middle name, and when she got married her husband took HER name and changed her legal middle name to her husband’s maiden(?) name.

                We also found out her mother had manic depression and during a period of mania dug out a swimming pool for the family BY HAND. Mom had also made a 2 story tall paper mache kangaroo. The kangaroo had a robotic pouch that delivered candy.

                • DFA Oct 21,2013 4:32 pm || Up

                  Mom had also made a 2 story tall paper mache kangaroo. The kangaroo had a robotic pouch that delivered candy.

                  tagline?

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • doctorK Oct 21,2013 3:37 pm || Up

              Back in Iowa I knew someone whose first and middle names were Amy Sue. Several of us tried to convince her to change her middle name to her maiden name when she got married, because she was marrying a guy whose last name started with S. She refused. I still regret not buying them monogrammed bath towels with both their initials.

  30. PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 11:03 am

    A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
    • natehst Oct 21,2013 1:03 pm || Up

      Hopefully they hire someone who still feels obligated to give Don Kelly 250 plate appearances every season.

      • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 21,2013 1:08 pm || Up
        A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
        • natehst Oct 21,2013 1:30 pm || Up

          Wow, never heard of the guy but that part about Clemente is interesting.

          Tom helped Roberto Clemente load a plane carrying relief supplies to survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua after Christmas. He offered to accompany Clemente on the trip to the Central American nation, but the plane was full and Clemente told him to stay behind and enjoy his New Year’s Eve. A few hours later, Tom returned to his condo and saw the news reports that Clemente’s plane had crashed

  31. Englishmajor Oct 21,2013 8:22 pm

    Fascinating live video of an empty mike stand and the outside of the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter because everyone thinks there’s maybe some kind of BART strike news coming.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2013 8:28 pm || Up

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 21,2013 8:31 pm || Up

      Once the judge solved this problem, the rest of the work rules discussion was simple.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  32. JediLeroy Oct 21,2013 8:27 pm

    az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • Glorious Mundy Oct 22,2013 9:44 am || Up

      Incredible.

      • AV Oct 22,2013 10:06 am || Up

        meh. two touches too many. slightly not serious, it’s one of those goals where if the players’ skills were more refined, they would have had it in already. like, if the pass to 10 lands in front of him, he can just slot it. or, ibrahimovic takes that same heel and puts it in from there instead of going for one last wall*.

        (* whatever “pared” is called in english. touch-and-go?)

        the last pass is genius though. wiast-high between three dudes who just have to stand there looking.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • AV Oct 22,2013 10:09 am || Up

          while we’re translating, how do you say tiki-taka in londonese?

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Glorious Mundy Oct 22,2013 10:10 am || Up

            “wanker bullshite”

            • AV Oct 22,2013 10:13 am || Up

              …and there’s my mid-morning LOL.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Glorious Mundy Oct 22,2013 10:14 am || Up

          I don’t know. I think Norwich had that pretty well defended if not for the one-touch passing at the end. Sure, Ibrahimovic probably scores earlier in the play, but as far as I know the spaceship that landed here from the planet Zlatan was carrying only one soccer player.

          • AV Oct 22,2013 10:25 am || Up

            i brought zlatan in for continuity.

            there’s a really annoying ad on this, but after, the angle shows that the pass to 10 forces him to heel it back (brilliantly) but there was an angle for it to land in front of him, and had it, he had the space to put it in.

            i’m over dissecting a bit, of course. a series of improvised one-touch passes is my favorite kind of play.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  33. Englishmajor Oct 21,2013 10:27 pm

    Because giant Coke bottles and seagulls shitting on you are so tremendously romantic.

    • JediLeroy Oct 22,2013 7:51 am || Up

      Perhaps I’m a puritan, but the romance factor of proposing goes way down once you already have a kid with someone

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • dmoas Oct 22,2013 7:52 am || Up

        I don’t disagree.

      • ptbnl Oct 22,2013 8:25 am || Up

        My son just proposed by dressing their 1 year old in a “Will you marry daddy?” onesie he’d made and sending her in to wake up Mama, which worked for her.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • JediLeroy Oct 22,2013 4:07 pm || Up

          That’s pretty awesome.

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • ptbnl Oct 22,2013 6:26 pm || Up

            Hard to say no to, for sure.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • doctorK Oct 22,2013 8:31 am || Up

        The romance factor of proposing by attention whores like these two is basically a vanishing quantity.

      • Poppy Nov 1,2013 7:54 pm || Up

        Not true. I would love to have had a proposal that I never got to have because he figured there was no point when we already had a kid. Certainly the *surprise* factor wouldn’t have been there, but something more romantic than a pragmatic/shrugworthy comment along the lines of “So I guess let’s get married next year” would have been nice.

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • dmoas Oct 22,2013 7:52 am || Up

      Well Coke was the official sponsor of their proposal.

    • DFA Oct 22,2013 8:41 am || Up

      Are you sure it isn’t just apart of the tour and they do it at every show?

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2013 9:17 am || Up

        “Thank you San Francisco, you rock the most! Speaking of rocks…”

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • dmoas Oct 22,2013 10:22 am || Up

      And the crowd goes mild!

  34. Englishmajor Oct 22,2013 1:55 pm

    Poor Blevins.

  35. nevermoor Oct 22,2013 9:06 pm

    This link just ate your evening.

    Connect any two NFL, MLB, or NBA players. Like so:

    DARIC BARTON played on the 2011 Oakland Athletics with …
    Hideki Matsui, who played on the 2003 New York Yankees with …
    Drew Henson, who played on the 2004 Dallas Cowboys with …
    Vinny Testaverde, who played on the 1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers with …
    John Reaves, who played on the 1972 Philadelphia Eagles with …
    Kermit Alexander, who played on the 1963 San Francisco 49ers with …
    LEO NOMELLINI

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • andeux Oct 22,2013 9:11 pm || Up

      I was just playing around with that.

      My two favorite players of all time both played with Deion.

      Also

      Brett Anderson played on the 2012 Oakland Athletics with …
      Brian Fuentes, who played on the 2001 Seattle Mariners with …
      Jay Buhner, who played on the 1988 New York Yankees with …
      Tommy John

      TINSTAAFK
      • Englishmajor Oct 22,2013 9:12 pm || Up

        JIMMER FREDETTE played on the 2012-13 Sacramento Kings with …
        Francisco Garcia, who played on the 2005-06 Sacramento Kings with …
        Corliss Williamson, who played on the 1997-98 Sacramento Kings with …
        Mark Hendrickson, who played on the 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays with …
        Paul Abbott, who played on the 1990 Minnesota Twins with …
        KIRBY PUCKETT

        • Englishmajor Oct 22,2013 9:16 pm || Up

          Despite the fact that the instructions include hockey, when I tried Maurice Richard and Mark Ellis, I got:

          There is no link between these two players. No professional hockey player has ever played at the top level of a different pro sport.

          • nevermoor Oct 22,2013 9:19 pm || Up

            Yeah. It was an odd choice to include Hockey given this.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • nevermoor Oct 22,2013 9:14 pm || Up

        BOB MELVIN played on the 1986 San Francisco Giants with …
        Steve Carlton, who played on the 1965 St. Louis Cardinals with …
        Curt Simmons, who played on the 1948 Philadelphia Phillies with …
        Schoolboy Rowe, who played on the 1934 Detroit Tigers with …
        Cy Perkins, who played on the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics with …
        Harry Davis, who played on the 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates with …
        CONNIE MACK

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • andeux Oct 22,2013 9:17 pm || Up

          Bill Bradley played on the 1968-69 New York Knicks with …
          Dave Debusschere, who played on the 1962 Chicago White Sox with …
          Charlie Maxwell, who played on the 1958 Detroit Tigers with …
          Jim Bunning

          TINSTAAFK
          • nevermoor Oct 22,2013 9:20 pm || Up

            I’m including this one just because the linking player is hilarious.

            BOB GEREN played on the 1993 San Diego Padres with …
            Bill Bean, who played on the 1988 Detroit Tigers with …
            BILLY BEANE

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • doctorK Oct 22,2013 10:19 pm || Up

      Stephen Vogt played on the 2012 Tampa Bay Rays with …

      Kyle Farnsworth, who played on the 2005 Atlanta Braves with …

      Brian Jordan, who played on the 1989 Atlanta Falcons with …

      Malcolm Taylor, who played on the 1982 Houston Oilers with …

      Dave Casper, who played on the 1974 Oakland Raiders with …

      George Blanda

    • batgirl Oct 23,2013 10:11 am || Up

      It only takes 3 degrees to get from Ryan Langerhans to Bubby Brister!

      Ryan Langerhans played on the 2006 Atlanta Braves with …

      Brian Jordan, who played on the 1989 Atlanta Falcons with …

      Scott Campbell, who played on the 1986 Pittsburgh Steelers with …

      Bubby Brister

    • dmoas Oct 24,2013 2:09 pm || Up

      Took me a while, but I finally broke 9 degrees:

      Connie Mack played on the 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates with …
      Jake Beckley, who played on the 1906 St. Louis Cardinals with …
      Babe Adams, who played on the 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates with …
      Paul Waner, who played on the 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers with …
      Gil Hodges, who played on the 1962 New York Mets with …
      Ed Kranepool, who played on the 1979 New York Mets with …
      Jesse Orosco, who played on the 2003 New York Yankees with …
      Drew Henson, who played on the 2004 Dallas Cowboys with …
      Terence Newman, who played on the 2012 Cincinnati Bengals with …
      Andy Dalton

  36. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2013 9:39 pm
    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Jennifer Oct 22,2013 10:29 pm || Up

      There are things you learn in nursey school you will probably never see in practice. This reminded me of one I thought I’d never see: posturing. When the brain is severely damaged it just starts doing shit on its own. Depending on the direction the body positions itself indicates where the brain injury may have occurred. Ended up seeing it on a family member I worked on.

      • MikeV Oct 22,2013 10:54 pm || Up

        is that like the fencing pose?

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

        Thanks, and go As.

        • Jennifer Oct 22,2013 10:59 pm || Up

          It’s all abnormal posturing. Decerebrate and decorticate posturing are seen in severe brain traumas.

          • natehst Oct 22,2013 11:13 pm || Up

            What do you mean by abnormal posturing? Is it visible in the video? Also was Leal’s injury/death caused by a last, single, unfortunately-placed punch, or was that just the one that pushed his brain over the edge?

            Boxing as always fascinated me, as morbid as this situation is.

            • Jennifer Oct 23,2013 6:38 am || Up

              This is abnormal posturing:


              The video is a little goofy at the end. Sorry. :( It’s a good video to see what I’m talking about, though.

              The fight video doesn’t really show anything other than Leal being limp (as in the third position depicted). He can’t hold his own head up. He isn’t even blinking, including when the flashlight is flickered in front of his eyes. That’s the corneal reflex, an autonomic reflex. You’re born with it, you can’t control it, and you have those type if reflexes so your brain can protect your body even when your body can’t. Your autonomic reflexes stop working when there’s no signal from your brain to the nerves.

              The article FSU linked mentions Leal being “rabbit punched”. I had to Google that. It’s possible. It could have detached the brain from the brain stem (that would certainly stop autonomic reflexes). Another article indicated he died because of a brain bleed. I honestly don’t know enough details to say.

    • Glorious Mundy Oct 24,2013 11:37 am || Up

      As someone who feels uncomfortable watching football these days, I really don’t get how anyone can sit down and enjoy boxing. The sport is about damaging the other guy’s brain worse than he’s damaging yours.

      • MikeV Oct 24,2013 12:54 pm || Up

        people enjoy violence.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

  37. lynnzgal Oct 22,2013 10:20 pm

    Happy anniversary to all y’all. Thanks for being a place where I can be myself. I appreciate that I can always do that.

  38. Glorious Mundy Oct 23,2013 9:48 am

    Anyone else weirded out by the fact that the World Series hasn’t even started yet? I feel like I’ve been mourning the 2013 A’s for a month.

    • PDXAthleticsfan Oct 23,2013 9:51 am || Up

      Just tuned out entirely beyond the knowledge of who is playing.

      A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
      • Glorious Mundy Oct 23,2013 9:56 am || Up

        Same. I could not possibly care less about these games.

        • AV Oct 23,2013 10:36 am || Up

          baseball is dead.

          whatever number jogging can give us any hope that small-market teams can become competitive over the long haul does not equate to that same team having success in the small sample of a playoff. it seems antithetical even. the A’s, the pirates, the rays, the native americans of the NL or the AL, they may never win it all again. FK it.

          long live baseball.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Oct 23,2013 12:19 pm || Up

      They didn’t cancel the World Series?

  39. Glorious Mundy Oct 23,2013 10:32 am
    • AV Oct 23,2013 10:39 am || Up

      404 point 0? maybe that error message is on the richter scale…

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Oct 23,2013 10:43 am || Up
        • AV Oct 23,2013 2:03 pm || Up

          yep.

          i was at the nugget, cal state long beach’s on-campus bar, with very few people paying attention to the sporting event about to start in the background, probably because it was early and serious drinking hadn’t begun for the day, or because we were in college and sports were not music videos, also, i may have been preoccupied with getting my roommate and bartender to find the right moment to slip me an underage guinness, when everybody started pointing at the TVs going WTF, and a minute or two later, we felt the jolts too.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Future Ed Oct 24,2013 1:27 pm || Up

            I was stopping by the record store I worked at on a day off. the other guy was there and had the TV on ( I wouldn’t have unless it was a target vid put on to get people to leave) I turned to watch because of the novelty of watching baseball, something I hadn’t done in a while. thought huh. then went on with my day/night.

            I am guessing I got drunk/high. (unrelated)

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
  40. AV Oct 23,2013 2:16 pm

    someone remind me, around july of next year, that the defremery pool’s backstroke flags are orange and black and are in serious need of a midnight ratfucking to replace them with more oakland-sensitive colors. seriously. it’s a safety hazard. someone could drown. be all: flags; 5 strokes till wall; 4 strokes till wall; 3 strokes till wall; why am i thinking of the giants?; FK’ING GIANTS!!!; clunk; glug glug; dead.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.

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