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  1. Bed Feb 15,2015 10:48 am

    Frozen muggy.

    But seriously, folks...
  2. Bed Feb 15,2015 10:50 am

    I’m pretty sure the War of 1812 was fought so we wouldn’t have to learn the metric system.

    But seriously, folks...
    • Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 11:16 am || Up

      I thought it was so we wouldn’t have to measure our football players in “stones.”

  3. Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 11:19 am

    I was all geared up to inhale a burrito from my local burrito place, only to find out they are closed on Sundays. My stomach is so mad at me now.

    • 5Aces Feb 15,2015 12:46 pm || Up

      I swear that the only time I think about having Chik-fil-a is on Sundays.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • nevermoor Feb 15,2015 3:13 pm || Up

        The number of times I’ve gone to costco and wondered why there isn’t a drive-thru line only to curse myself…

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 15,2015 6:38 pm || Up

      Closed on Sundays! I hope you dumped a half-ton of garbage at the bottom of their 15 foot cliff.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  4. 5Aces Feb 15,2015 12:47 pm

    It is such a beautiful April day today.

    I really wish I could take the time and head over to beautiful Pete Bieden field today to watch the Diamond Dogs go for the sweep against UC-Irvine. It was always been fun for me that the start of the college baseball season falls around my birthday. As a kid it was a great present.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  5. Bed Feb 15,2015 1:31 pm

    Predictions…

    AL West (aka the only division that matters)

    1. Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles/Fresno/Topeka
    2. Your Oakland Athletics
    3. Seattle Rainpeople
    4. Dallas Non-Cowboys
    5. Houston we still have a problem

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  6. Bed Feb 15,2015 1:34 pm

    Predictions…

    AL Central (In the land between the lands that matter)

    1. Motor City Kitties
    2. Cleveland Jake Taylors
    3. The Other Chicago Baseball Team
    4. 2014 American League Champions
    5. Do they still have a team in Minnesota?

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  7. Bed Feb 15,2015 1:37 pm

    Predictions…

    AL East (Sponsored by The World Wide Leader in Sports)

    1. The Every other Year Team (American League Version)
    2. The City where The Wire was filmed
    3. Toronto Maple Leafs
    4. The Evils
    5. Turn out the lights the party is over in Tampa

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  8. Bed Feb 15,2015 1:41 pm

    Predictions…

    NL West (Like the AL West bunt buntier)

    1. The Evils (LA Version)
    2. The Padres…wait…what?
    3. The Every Other Year Team (National League Version)
    4. The Dave Stewarts brought to you by Tony La Russa
    5. The Team in Denver that virtually no one cares about.

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  9. Bed Feb 15,2015 1:44 pm

    Predictions…

    NL Central (Beer, Bratwurst, and Bowling)

    1. The Cardinals usually win in the end
    2. Uh…Pirates?
    3. Pete Rose is betting on this team
    4. The North Side Losers
    5. Juuuuusssttt a bit outside of Green Bay.

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  10. Bed Feb 15,2015 1:47 pm

    Predictions…

    NL East (The AL East’s ugly cousin)

    1. Washington Senators
    2. I don’t know…Atlanta, I guess.
    3. Florida Marlins of Miami/Orlando/Topeka
    4. Are the Expos still around? No, okay I’ll pick the Mets
    5. Philadelphia Flat Earth Society

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  11. Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 1:49 pm
  12. Bed Feb 15,2015 1:53 pm

    Predictions…

    World Series

    Washington over Detroit

    AL MVP

    Babe Ruth

    NL MVP

    Whoever does the best job covering up his PED use.

    AL Cy Young

    Cy Young…he’s back and he wants what’s his

    NL Cy Young

    Brigham Young…he’s back and he wants what’s his.

    AL Rookie of the Year

    Uh…someone I’ve never heard of.

    NL Rookie of the Year

    You know…that kid that plays for that team in the National League.

    AL Manager of the Year

    Derek Jeter

    NL Manager of the Year

    Derek Jeter…Yep, he’s just that damn good.

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  13. Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 5:39 pm

    NBA All Star Game time, y’all.

    • Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 5:39 pm || Up

      Chazz Palmentieri hasn’t gotten this much screen time in 15 years.

    • Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 5:41 pm || Up

      Bed bait: Bill Clinton got a huge ovation when they panned to him during the anthem.

      • Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 5:46 pm || Up

        Sitting next to Dikembe Mutumbo

      • Bed Feb 15,2015 6:51 pm || Up

        I’d guess that Bill Clinton is one of the more popular people in America. People tend to like former Presidents and he has a bigger than life quality to him.

        But seriously, folks...
        • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:22 am || Up

          There’s a pretty big overlap between NBA fans/players and Bill Clinton fans for sure.

          • Bed Feb 16,2015 1:15 pm || Up

            Well, hoops are his favorite sport so that makes sense.

            But seriously, folks...
  14. Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 5:53 pm

    The opening bloatstravaganza for this game featured Christina Aguilera with seemingly CGI cleavage singing “Living for the City.”

    First: Yes, that song is about New York, but it’s kind of about how New York is scary and horrible, no?
    Second: No. It’s not OK for her to sing that song.

    • Bed Feb 15,2015 6:52 pm || Up

      I’ll just assume CGI cleavage is something MikeV created.

      But seriously, folks...
    • dmoas Feb 15,2015 9:00 pm || Up

      Implants, not CGI. But very implanted.

    • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 6:48 am || Up

      ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

      (man, some of this ages poorly)

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Feb 16,2015 9:06 am || Up

        (it was pretty awkward back then too.)

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 9:57 am || Up

        That is just ever so punk rock.

        • AV Feb 16,2015 10:02 am || Up

          don’t buy it. lee ving is all premeditated abrasive persona.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  15. Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 6:02 pm

    For the soccer fan contingent: Steph Curry headed a loose ball to himself.

  16. 5Aces Feb 15,2015 6:40 pm

    So the Saturday Night Live anniversary stuff starts shortly and goes for like 5 hrs.

    My question to those of you who have ever watched it-is the cast that you consider the “best ever” the same cast from when you were in High school? I have talked to a few different people and this seems to be the case. I think it is a similar disease to the “baseball was best when I was 10” syndrome so many people get as they age.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • AV Feb 15,2015 6:46 pm || Up

      nope. they were horrible when i was in high school. some of their worst years, with hans und fran_, and they’re gonna bore you out.

      (my last letter of the alphabet key still doesn’t work.)

      i’ve always been a fan of original and 2nd wave. i should maybe admit these reruns were on M–F at midnight when i was in high school and i’d watch pretty much every night.

      mystery of the week, someone bought my wife a subscript for rolling stone, we found out when the SNL issue arrived. anyway, pretty decent ranking/rundown of all 141 cast members in there.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 6:49 am || Up

        good golly those were bad years. but it freed me from ever watching the show again.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Feb 15,2015 6:49 pm || Up

      That’s always been my theory. Your favorite SNL cast is the one that was around when you were 16.

      But seriously, folks...
      • AV Feb 15,2015 7:04 pm || Up

        i do love phil hartman. and possibly they fired joan cusak, robert downey, anthony mh, and randy quaid to pave the way for my 16th year season. but still, i think you’re saying i imprinted on the church lady. and frankly it does explain a lot.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Bed Feb 15,2015 7:08 pm || Up

          The Hartman, Carvey, Myers, Farley, Miller, Hooks, Nealon cast is my favorite and yes that cast was around when I was 16.

          But seriously, folks...
          • AV Feb 15,2015 7:17 pm || Up

            good cast. college years for me.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • Bed Feb 15,2015 7:21 pm || Up

              Early 90’s was a strong period.

              But seriously, folks...
          • 5Aces Feb 15,2015 11:00 pm || Up

            Same as you. And I very stable period in the cast from about 86-91 or so.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • doctorK Feb 15,2015 8:11 pm || Up

        Aykrord, Belushi, Radner, Chase, Curtain, Newman, and Morris.

    • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:09 am || Up

      I haven’t watched the show in more than 10 years, so I’m not qualified to say. But I still have no doubt that the best cast was when I was in middle and high school (the Hartman/Carvey/Farley era), and the second best was when I was in college (the Ferrell era).

      • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:14 am || Up

        Once Ferrell left I kind of lost interest.

        But seriously, folks...
        • andeux Feb 16,2015 10:52 am || Up

          Once Ferrell joined I lost interest.

          TINSTAAFK
  17. Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 6:55 pm

    This Ariana Grande person is distressingly young looking.

  18. Bed Feb 15,2015 6:56 pm

    Which four Americans should be on Mount Rushmore?

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    • andeux Feb 15,2015 7:01 pm || Up

      Rickey.

      TINSTAAFK
    • Glorious Mundy Feb 15,2015 7:04 pm || Up

      Rickey.

      • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 6:51 am || Up

        you split Rickey in quaters and you have 4 people that should be on Mount Rushmore

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 15,2015 8:10 pm || Up

      Tough to answer. To really represent America it should probably be Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and the Koch brothers.

      To the intent of your question, though, I’ll go with Jefferson, Lincoln, MLK, and, hmm, maybe Edison.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • nevermoor Feb 16,2015 1:38 am || Up
        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:07 am || Up

        I think Washington and Lincoln are no brainers and then everything else is up for debate. Jefferson wouldn’t be on mine and Teddy wouldn’t even be considered. I wouldn’t want it to just be four Presidents but FDR would be tough to leave off.

        But seriously, folks...
        • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:25 am || Up

          FDR replaces TR. Abe and Washington switch spots. I’ll leave Jefferson on there for the Louisiana Purchase alone.

          • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:33 am || Up

            I’m not a big Jefferson guy. You have to have at least one founding daddy and I’ll stick with George. Right now I’m leaning George Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and Phil Collins.

            But seriously, folks...
            • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:41 am || Up

              How about we leave TJ’s spot blank for now as an incentive for future prezes to step up?

              Only problem is Congress would have the biggest, ugliest Reagan bust imaginable up there within a week.

              • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:44 am || Up

                If Reagan somehow got on there I would root for some sort of natural disaster to tear it down. Once we’re all dead Reagan will be a mostly forgotten mediocrity.

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                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 16,2015 11:04 am || Up

                  I don’t see that happening. History written by the victors etc, but even beyond that, Reagan ushered in a fundamental change to the American body politic. The death knell of New Deal/Great Society thinking in favor of the corporatism which still dominates the political framework now, three decades later. I despised the man and his policies, basically shaped my life around the need to combat them, but 50 years from now the American history books will still treat Reagan as a monumentally important figure. And that’s probably accurate.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:09 am || Up

                  You can definitely make the argument that he was successful in getting what he wanted done…it’s an argument I’ve made before…I just don’t think history will be kind to him because most of his policies didn’t end up working. Fifty years from now he’ll definitely still be studied but I have my doubts he will be in a hundred years.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • colin Feb 16,2015 1:24 pm || Up

                  This argument seems to assume that the changes FSU describes will get rolled back, yes?

                • Bed Feb 16,2015 1:29 pm || Up

                  Yes. As time goes on I expect America to have economic policies closer to Western Europe. Our population is aging and we’re going to have to spend less money on defense and tax cuts for the wealthy as time goes on. A lot of conservatives will need medical and financial help as they age too and then they’ll suddenly see the wisdom in the safety net.

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                • andeux Feb 16,2015 1:45 pm || Up

                  we’re going to have to spend less money on defense and tax cuts for the wealthy

                  We’ve been having to do this since (at least) the Reagan/Bush years. Changes in campaign finance laws have only made it more difficult.

                  A lot of conservatives will need medical and financial help as they age too and then they’ll suddenly see the wisdom in the safety net.

                  Again, the politics of that end up not being so simple. Even beyond the most blatant “get your government hands off my medicare” cognitive dissonance, people in general are much more sympathetic to Social Security and Medicare than they are to things like welfare and food stamps. Part of that has to do with racial stereotypes, and that will still be an issue for at least a couple more generations.

                  TINSTAAFK
                • Bed Feb 16,2015 1:57 pm || Up

                  I’m not trying to imply these things will happen in the near future. I’m talking 30 or so more years from now at the very least. I think we’re in a rough transitional period that still needs to be played out.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • DFA Feb 16,2015 3:32 pm || Up

                  At least around here the new tech libertarianism embraces that lazy miniorities who need to get off welfare/foodstamp philosophy,so I don’t really see it going away.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • DFA Feb 16,2015 12:08 pm || Up

                  I agree with this 100%

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:03 pm || Up

                  Mount Overrated: Reagan, Wilson, JFK, Jackson

                • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:08 pm || Up

                  Mount Underrated: Truman, Grant, George HW Bush, Polk

                • Bed Feb 16,2015 12:20 pm || Up

                  Interesting list. I’m a well known Truman guy of course. Polk is one of our best one term Presidents. I think the first Bush was solid and history will be fairly kind to him. Grant is such an interesting case…he’s easily on the great American’s list but his Presidency was hit or miss…with some corruption mixed in for good measure. Everyone who loves history should read his autobiography.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:34 pm || Up

                  I probably give Grant too much credit for his good intentions. He really tried to keep southern blacks in the body politic and avoid the horrors of the next 80-90 years. He couldn’t pull it off, but his heart was in the right place. Which is more than I can say about nearly all of the other 19th Century presidents not named Lincoln.

                • Bed Feb 16,2015 12:45 pm || Up

                  Grant’s Presidency is an interesting one to study for the reasons you laid out. It seems like his Presidency is growing in esteem with many current historians. I’d be curious to come back a 100 years from now and see if the trend continued.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:49 pm || Up

                  If you could graph such things, views on his presidency over time probably have more ups and downs than any other. Not surprising since he’s so closely associated with Reconstruction, and all of the shameful “history” that was published about it during the dark years. I feel like historical resentment over his anti-racism probably informed a lot of the understanding of the corruption and other stuff.

                  That said, the economy did go deep in the toilet on his watch.

                • Bed Feb 16,2015 12:53 pm || Up

                  I admire him as a person. There are about ten figures in American history I’d love to be able to write a book about…he’s one of the ten.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • Bed Feb 16,2015 12:10 pm || Up

                  Yep on all four for me. I wrote a paper as an undergrad, that I wish I had kept, whacking Wilson as our most overrated President. My Prof thought I was dead wrong but he liked my passion.

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                • nevermoor Feb 16,2015 11:04 pm || Up

                  How was Wilson overrated? People hate hate hate him.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Bed Feb 17,2015 4:56 pm || Up

                  Historians who rank Presidents don’t seem to hate him. He is usually ranked in the top six or so.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • nevermoor Feb 18,2015 11:08 am || Up

                  Sounds like I need to read your paper.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Bed Feb 18,2015 8:13 pm || Up

                  I was proud of it at the time…I imagine some of it would make me cringe now.

                  But seriously, folks...
    • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 9:54 am || Up

      I think we should have a reverse Mount Rushmore, sort of a cautionary sculpture: Andrew Johnson, George W Bush, Warren Harding, and James Buchanan

      And then we should hold inaugurations in front of it to remind the new guy how badly it’s possible to FK up the job.

  19. Bed Feb 15,2015 6:59 pm

    SNL is an American institution at this point but it strikes me that it is also perhaps the most self congratulatory one as well.

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  20. Bed Feb 15,2015 7:18 pm

    Well…okay, Miley Cyrus doing a Paul Simon song. Fifty ways to turn the channel.

    But seriously, folks...
    • colin Feb 16,2015 10:30 am || Up

      Yeah, that was terrible. She even managed to slow down the uncontrollably peppy chorus.

  21. Jennifer Feb 15,2015 7:19 pm

    A friend of mine at work gave me a self defense key chain today. People apparently fear for my safety.

    • Bed Feb 15,2015 7:22 pm || Up

      Pfft…safety should fear you.

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      • Jennifer Feb 15,2015 7:26 pm || Up

        I should have had it while I was in California with all the FKers.

        • Bed Feb 15,2015 7:33 pm || Up

          I never head back to Cali unless I’m strapped.

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          • Jennifer Feb 15,2015 7:35 pm || Up

            I’m not heading back to Cali any time soon.

            • Bed Feb 15,2015 7:41 pm || Up

              I will actually be in LA for two days in a couple of weeks.

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    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 15,2015 8:14 pm || Up

      So they’re not afraid of you any more?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Jennifer Feb 16,2015 6:39 am || Up

        My sweet Upgrade. That’s wonder and amazement, not fear.

  22. Bed Feb 15,2015 7:23 pm

    All the schools have canceled school for tomorrow and it hasn’t even snowed yet. This is not how we won World War II.

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  23. Bed Feb 15,2015 7:42 pm

    We’re now at hour 12 in the SNL anniversary show…hey, another music act…great.

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  24. Bed Feb 15,2015 7:48 pm

    Your Arkansas Weather Update…

    We have THUNDER SLEET!

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  25. AV Feb 15,2015 7:57 pm

    this west indies bullpen is just giving the game away.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Bed Feb 15,2015 8:01 pm || Up

      Must be the power play.

      But seriously, folks...
    • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 6:53 am || Up

      I was out. and the bar refused to put it on.

      Looked exciting

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Feb 16,2015 9:10 am || Up

        i watched to the end. basically, WI ended its innings looking on top of the world, but the irish were relentless in taking advantage of poor bowling and about half way through their innings there was little doubt (unless WI changed pitchers. don’t they know about changing pitchers??) the match would end with pie, probably shepherds.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 9:55 am || Up

        This thing is on regular TV?

    • AV Feb 16,2015 9:00 pm || Up

      someone explain the NZ–scotland score to me.

      NZ: 146/7, overs: 24.5/50

      scotland:142, overs 36.2/50

      headline says NZ won by 3 wickets.

      i’m confused because it looks like NZ won by 4 runs. especially since it doesn’t say in the score itself how many wickets scotland suffered. and i don’t get how neither team got to 50 overs.

      did scotland go first, and wicket itself out of the game at 142 runs in 36.2 overs? so NZ just had to get over 142 without wicketing itself out? if this is the case, how come the headline isn’t “NZ won by 4 runs”?

      or did NZ go first, and as scotland was trying to reach 146 it ended up all out. sorta makes more sense except, then how come NZ only batted through 24.5 overs instead of all 50?

      also, how many wickets do you get in a game? i thought it was one per batsman (11), so how come it looks like scotland was out at 10?

      this is all so confusing!

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • vignette17 Feb 16,2015 9:14 pm || Up

        did scotland go first, and wicket itself out of the game at 142 runs in 36.2 overs? so NZ just had to get over 142 without wicketing itself out? if this is the case, how come the headline isn’t “NZ won by 4 runs”?

        This is correct. The idea is that the Kiwis could continue to get a bunch more “runs” in their 3 remaining wickets. Basically like a walk off win saying the A’s won by 2 outs.

        • AV Feb 16,2015 9:29 pm || Up

          ah, ok. thanks.

          i had it in my mind that the walkoff situation was yesterday, with ireland getting as many runs as WI while they still had overs they could use to keep scoring.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • ptbnl Feb 16,2015 9:44 pm || Up

            And you have to have 2 batsmen available for the game to continue, so all-out is indeed 10 wickets.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • AV Feb 16,2015 10:20 pm || Up

              i just cleared the table in a hurry to come here and say i’d figured it out! only took me an hour to do the math, and a steak to keep me going.

              is it still 10 for an all-out if the overs are not limited for one-day play?

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • ptbnl Feb 16,2015 11:24 pm || Up

                Yup. If there aren’t two batsmen left you’re all out whether it’s one day or five.

                If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • MikeV Feb 17,2015 8:38 am || Up

        There are words there but I think they’re in the wrong order.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

  26. Bed Feb 15,2015 8:07 pm

    This Lounge is brought to you by stamps.com. If you type in lounge in the top left box on stamps.com you will receive a ten percent discount on your first order, as long as the order is for over $6,000, and you make the purchase between 4 and 5 am, on the third Thursday, on any month whose last letter ends in H.

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    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 15,2015 8:13 pm || Up

      So help me out here. Why would one buy stamps from a third party when you can have USPS send you stamps for face value plus a dollar?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Bed Feb 15,2015 8:22 pm || Up

        Here’s all you need to know…Reggie McKenzie buys all his stamps at stamps.com.

        But seriously, folks...
  27. Bed Feb 15,2015 8:23 pm

    …and now Paul Simon is going to sing…I guess he should do a Miley Cyrus song.

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    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 15,2015 8:29 pm || Up

      I hope he twerked.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Bed Feb 15,2015 8:33 pm || Up

        I think he would have broken a hip if he tried. Even his fake hair looked old.

        But seriously, folks...
  28. Bed Feb 15,2015 8:25 pm

    This SNL show is so bloated I’m starting to think Dick Ebersol produced it…when does Anthony Michael Hall show up?

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    • 5Aces Feb 15,2015 11:03 pm || Up

      What I like is that it is bloated, yet I heard the one of the most famous alums, Eddie, did basically nothing.

      I am recording it to watch once the kids arent at home and I can blast it loud enough that even my deaf ears can hear everything. I assume since I can skip the bloat I will be done in about 23 minutes.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:11 am || Up

        The Eddie Murphy part was about as funny as his films the last 20 years or so.

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  29. AV Feb 16,2015 9:56 am

    US soccer, new away kits. the design department takes another cue from successful soccer forwards (by completely changing directions unexpectedly and confusing the hell out of everyone over and over).

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 9:59 am || Up

      Yuck. I hope it looks better on the field.

    • MikeV Feb 16,2015 12:34 pm || Up

      I miss the Centennial kits.

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:35 pm || Up

        There is no good reason not to just wear those forever.

        • MikeV Feb 16,2015 12:52 pm || Up

          I would also accept the Where’s Waldo jerseys and the Rocket Pops.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

      • AV Feb 16,2015 2:48 pm || Up

        i say again: jim. thorpe.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  30. Bed Feb 16,2015 10:11 am

    SNOW DAY!

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    • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:12 am || Up

      BEACH DAY!

    • AV Feb 16,2015 10:14 am || Up

      isn’t it a holiday anyway?

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:15 am || Up

        Not in San Francisco schools. They’re in today so they can be off Thursday and Friday for Chinese New Year.

        • AV Feb 16,2015 10:25 am || Up

          [makes plans to sip his puer extra slow in begrudging protest]

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 16,2015 10:42 am || Up

          I read about that. If I was a parent of an SF school kid I would be furious that I had to arrange for special child care while schools were closed yet I worked in Thursday and Friday, then take the kids to school on my holiday Monday.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:50 am || Up

            Yeah.

          • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 11:20 am || Up

            but holiday with no kids…

            And lunar new year is always off and a “WTF, really?” day for us every year.

            I have a plan this year

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 16,2015 11:23 am || Up

              Malcolm X’s birthday is my annual “WTF, really?” Berkeley holiday.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 11:24 am || Up

                Is that for real? Amazing.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 16,2015 11:34 am || Up

                  3rd Monday in May, yes indeed. All Berkeley schools and city offices closed.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:44 am || Up

                  This might surprise you folks but we don’t get that day off here in Arkansas.

                  But seriously, folks...
              • AV Feb 16,2015 11:31 am || Up

                there’s only one holiday this week. and i’m honestly pissed we didn’t go.

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 16,2015 11:35 am || Up

                  I’ve never been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, definitely something I want to see some day.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • sslinger Feb 16,2015 1:23 pm || Up

                  Not quite the same, but there is this local parade tomorrow.

                • batgirl Feb 16,2015 1:28 pm || Up

                  One of my favorite customers sends us a King Cake every year. OUrs arrived today I’m already several pieces in.

                • Bed Feb 16,2015 1:31 pm || Up

                  I’m pretty sure most weddings happen so people can get a cake.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • AV Feb 16,2015 2:52 pm || Up

                  and some happen because they already had the cake… and “found the baby.”

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • batgirl Feb 18,2015 10:45 am || Up

                  Turns out it is really unsettling when you find the baby and it’s missing an arm.

        • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:48 am || Up

          Any chance I’m younger and still have my hair in the Chinese New Year system?

          But seriously, folks...
      • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:21 am || Up

        It wasn’t for me…we don’t celebrate your federal holidays here in the South…WE WILL RISE AGAIN! YeeHaw!!!…now, where’s my cousin/wife?

        But seriously, folks...
        • AV Feb 16,2015 10:24 am || Up

          oh ok. i better go to work then. i’ve been sipping my coffee extra slow in begrudging protest.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:36 am || Up

            I can’t make an argument that the creation of President’s Day is the worst thing Nixon did but it’s in my personal top 5. Hey, great let’s celebrate Rutherford B. Hayes. We should have just stuck with celebrating Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays.

            But seriously, folks...
        • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 16,2015 10:49 am || Up

          Not for me either

  31. Bed Feb 16,2015 10:38 am

    Your favorite Weekend Update anchor?

    But seriously, folks...
    • Bed Feb 16,2015 10:41 am || Up

      I’ll start this by saying I never saw Tina Fey or Seth Myers do it, and add that my pick has become an unfunny crazy person, and go with Dennis Miller. Norm Macdonald is a fairly close second.

      But seriously, folks...
      • 5Aces Feb 16,2015 8:10 pm || Up

        Agreed with Dennis Miller. He was the first I remember seeing. So later, when I saw Chevy and the others who did it like a real newscast I was totally confused.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  32. Bed Feb 16,2015 10:47 am

    Who is on your Sports Mount Rushmore?

    But seriously, folks...
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 16,2015 10:50 am || Up

      Non-Rickey division?

    • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 10:53 am || Up

      Ford, Obama, TR, JFK

    • batgirl Feb 16,2015 11:01 am || Up

      John Elway, Terrell Davis, Mark Ellis, Jackie Robinson

      • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:05 am || Up

        Hmm…the odds of that first fellow making my list are…shall we say…slim?

        But seriously, folks...
  33. Bed Feb 16,2015 10:58 am

    I’m going with having only one person from a sport.

    Babe Ruth, Wilt Chamberlain, Walter Payton, Jack Nicklaus.

    Okay…it’s too American-centric and there are no track and field people or boxers, but there is a golfer, which might be silly. Also I’m taking Wilt over Jordan or Magic and Walter over Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, or Jim Brown. It’s tough to come up with just four names.

    But seriously, folks...
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 16,2015 11:31 am || Up

      Well, it’s an American mountain so that seems fair. Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali are the two no-doubters for me. After that I’ll say Jordan. But there probably has to be an NFL player, since that’s the definitive American sport of the last 50+ years. And since NFL MVP = QB, then I guess it’s Joe Montana. But I don’t feel good about it.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • AV Feb 16,2015 11:38 am || Up

        technically it’s a native american mountain. jim. thorpe.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:46 am || Up

          He would have to get serious consideration. There really needs to be a great movie made about Thorpe.

          But seriously, folks...
          • AV Feb 16,2015 11:55 am || Up

            it’s 2015, bed. great movies aren’t made anymore. they’re reloaded.

            is burt lancaster still available?

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • Bed Feb 16,2015 12:15 pm || Up

              I wish he was…I love Burt Lancaster…great actor.

              But seriously, folks...
      • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:43 am || Up

        My Dad loves Ali so he’d agree with you and I’m sure he’d make most people’s lists. I was going with people I thought were the most dominant in their sport but it’s certainly something that can be debated.

        But seriously, folks...
      • andeux Feb 16,2015 11:46 am || Up

        It’s certainly true in general that “NFL MVP = QB” but to me the football analogue of Gretzky or Jordan, not merely better than his peers, but seemingly playing the game on a whole different level, was Jerry Rice.

        TINSTAAFK
        • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:47 am || Up

          I have Jerry Rice as the second greatest football player ever. I have Sweetness number one but Rice has a very strong case.

          But seriously, folks...
    • MikeV Feb 16,2015 12:37 pm || Up

      Ruth, Jordan, Gretzky, Rice

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:39 pm || Up

        No Canadians please

      • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 12:41 pm || Up

        might be a time and place thing, but I will always think Magic and Wilt ware more transformational than Jordan.

        Jordan was just good.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:45 pm || Up

          Your LA bias is disgusting.

          • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 12:47 pm || Up

            basketball has been fixed for a while. How the hell did the lakers get magic?

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 12:52 pm || Up

              They traded for the Jazz’ pick and won a coin flip.

              • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 12:57 pm || Up

                “won” a coin frlip

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 1:00 pm || Up

                  That was a bad draft other than Magic, too.

                • Bed Feb 16,2015 1:03 pm || Up

                  How dare you rip a draft that had Mark Eaton in it! Yeah, it was a pretty mediocre draft.

                  But seriously, folks...
                • MikeV Feb 16,2015 1:04 pm || Up

                  you dare sully the name of Bill Cartwright

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

        • MikeV Feb 16,2015 12:56 pm || Up

          Wilt was just bigger than everybody and played in a different era.

          Magic was great, one of the best of all time.

          Jordan transcended the sport.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

      • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 12:41 pm || Up

        might be a time and place thing, but I will always think Magic and Wilt ware more transformational than Jordan.

        Jordan was just good.not gonna fix it

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Bed Feb 16,2015 12:48 pm || Up

        Gretzky has a strong case. He might have dominated his sport more than any athlete ever.

        But seriously, folks...
    • 5Aces Feb 16,2015 8:11 pm || Up

      None of you have Secretariat so I assume this is just all make believe.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  34. AV Feb 16,2015 11:21 am

    i’m glad to’ve already flogged it to death.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:37 am || Up

      I’m looking forward to what someone writes about this post in 2019.

      But seriously, folks...
    • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 11:46 am || Up

      I don’t like mandatory. I mean, I always wear one, except when I don’t.

      I think it would discourage people from riding. that is a bad thing

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Bed Feb 16,2015 11:49 am || Up

        I think it’s crazy to have a law forcing adults to wear bicycle helmets. My bias might be showing here though as I don’t tend to like Nanny-State laws.

        But seriously, folks...
        • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 16,2015 12:04 pm || Up

          My bias might be showing here

          A helmet would cover that right up

          • DFA Feb 16,2015 12:09 pm || Up

            very nice

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • Bed Feb 16,2015 12:14 pm || Up

            Dial C for Concupiscence wins the lounge.

            But seriously, folks...
        • Future Ed Mar 3,2015 7:06 pm || Up

          this is why you should always listen to the radio and god bless the boys at KFJC for the timely airtime:

          ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • AV Mar 3,2015 9:23 pm || Up

            wait. WHAT kind of geek??

            wondering if there’s a little bit of danny elfman’s inspiration for peewee’s great adventure soundtrack there at the beginning.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • 5Aces Mar 4,2015 8:14 am || Up

              Has to be. In fact, I was half paying attention when I started it after reading your comment and thought it WAS PWBA.

              Then youmade me think about Big Top Pee Wee and all the Elfman music I played in HS marching band. Time to go buy Music for a Darkened Theatre…

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • DFA Feb 16,2015 12:02 pm || Up

        I like mandates because Im a liberal.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 16,2015 12:41 pm || Up

        Yeah I agree. I think it’s foolish to not wear a helmet, but that doesn’t mean you need to drag the law into it

        • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 12:45 pm || Up

          When I get my bike out to go on an errand in the neighborhood and the helmet is not hanging on the bike and I have already locked the door, I might not go get it. but that is rare, and I might go in anyway

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Bed Feb 16,2015 1:08 pm || Up

            I wear a helmet when I ride my motorcycle. I don’t ride bicycles…I’m a Republican.

            But seriously, folks...
    • DFA Feb 16,2015 12:07 pm || Up

      “I’ll take my chances,” he said. “If you don’t know what you’re doing you should wear a helmet, but I know what I’m doing.”

      Because cars really care if you know what you are doing when they don’t see you and plow into you.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 12:38 pm || Up

        which is why wearing one is good.

        What differentiates bike helmets from motorcycle helmets is the danger in single vehicle accidents. With a motorcycle, if you lay down even by yourself, you are fucked and my ER has to deal with you. On a bike, its possible but less likely.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • DFA Feb 16,2015 1:02 pm || Up

          oh i strongly disagree. I don’t care about single vehicle accidents. If idiots want to die, whatever, its more as a society thing. As a driver, you should want people that you hit to be less injured. Lowers insurance rates for everyone. Also I don’t see anyone here arguing against seatbelt laws, despite them being basically the same thing.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • Future Ed Feb 16,2015 1:04 pm || Up

            excellent point

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • DFA Feb 16,2015 1:14 pm || Up

              thanks!

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 16,2015 2:37 pm || Up

            Oh, I’m not a big fan of seatbelt laws either

            • Bed Feb 16,2015 2:41 pm || Up

              It’s not something I’m willing to go to war for but I don’t think there should be laws forcing adults to wear seat belts or motorcycle helmets. I always use both but I don’t think there should be laws forcing it.

              But seriously, folks...
          • AV Feb 16,2015 3:48 pm || Up

            there’s one major difference between mandatory seatbelts and mandatory helmets. that even if mandatory seatbelts lower car drivership as much as mandatory helmets lower bike ridership, we want there to be fewer cars; we do not want there to be fewer bikes.

            so i’m as fine with an arbitrary obstacle that makes driving inconvenient as i am with berkeley mid-neighborhood turnabouts and blocked intersections.

            but i’m not fine with an arbitrary obstacle that lowers biking numbers, especially under the guise of safety, when it’s been demonstrated that higher numbers of riders is one of the best ways to raise bike safety.

            in fact, i’m as fine with separating the issue as i am with separating bike lanes from car lanes. especially if single-vehicle (and i’d add, bike-on-bike) accidents are, as you imply, negligible.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • DFA Feb 17,2015 8:28 am || Up

              There is a simple answer. Use the proceeds from tickets or additional fees from cars to buy helmets and give them away to low income people. Problem solved.

              Also I didn’t say that single vehicle accidents were negligible just ask anyone who has tried to cross light rail tracks. What I said is that from a societal prospective we should support the laws (along with free income based helmet and light distribution programs) because they lower total societal cost.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • AV Feb 17,2015 9:08 am || Up

                if that’s the answer, we may not be on the same page about what the question is. in simplest terms, what’s the problem we’re trying to solve? lowering a cost?

                i thought we were after bicycle safety. how to increase it.

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Feb 17,2015 1:24 pm || Up

                  Cost to society. Lack of safety is one type of cost.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Feb 17,2015 4:15 pm || Up

                  safety isn’t about cost. safety is about safety, despite the cost. ie, spend the money on separated bike lanes. now. that moves the safety needle more than helmets do. if the question is how to increase safety, that’s the answer. everything else is jibberjabber. and then increase ridership. not only does that move the safety needle more than helmets do, helmets move the needle in the wrong direction as a sub-category of what ridership does.

                  that’s real safety, better safety, and in higher numbers. not mitigated helmet law safety, which is BS in the big picture, a red herring where you can still get hit by a car and have to rely on getting lucky enough with your injury that it’s in that slim percentage of instances that the helmet actually affects the result positively — somewhere between getting killed or suffering brain injury even WITH a helmet (which could have been avoided if the bike wasn’t in contact with a high velocity vehicle in the first place), and suffering a head ouchie that hurts but doesn’t represent real danger even though you weren’t wearing a helmet.

                  and if cost is of actual importance (though i think cost is a red herring too, comparing say, the cost of making sure commuters don’t have to shatter their sense of personal space and individualistic bumper sticker pride by building and re-building more voluminous bridges across the bay that allow them to park their cars close to work for 8 hours a day), i’m pretty sure down the road separated bike lane the vastly increased number of car-bike collisions will save tons of money (to the health insurance industry and the price-fixing medical-related administrators it’s in cahoots with!).

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Feb 18,2015 12:44 pm || Up

                  Building separated bike lines is not mutually exclusive.

                  You can do both require that people wear helmets and also protect them with protected bike lanes and lower deaths.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Feb 26,2015 9:57 am || Up
                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Feb 26,2015 12:43 pm || Up

                  you realize that what they are using to prove that helmet laws decrease ridership is 25 year old data from a different hemisphere right?

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Feb 26,2015 1:07 pm || Up

                  they’re using more than one source. (because basically, they don’t stop reading when they find one item to pick on that doesn’t necessarily disprove the point anyway.)

                  http://bikeshare.com/2013/04/debate-rages-over-mandatory-helmet-laws/

                  http://www.vehicularcyclist.com

                  http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Pete+McMartin+Forget+bike+helmets/10135397/story.html#__federated=1

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Feb 27,2015 9:37 am || Up

                  One of the studies in the article you linked to says that mandatory bike laws are effective depending on the riding case, and the one I pointed out is super flawed.

                  At the end of the day, your argument is essentially

                  Helmets decrease ridership by placing a barrier to entry -> larger ridership increases overall safety -> overall safety decreases from lower ridership > head trauma minimized or prevented by helmets.

                  But if your first premise isn’t correct, which you are relying on for the totality of your non because i don’t want to argument, the rest falls apart. The first article in this post suggests a 15% mortality reduction in kids with mandatory helmet laws.

                  One of these articles basically says that the plan that I have proposed, massive subsidies of bike helmets and making them available to bike sharers is being implemented by Melbourne. Finally the vancouer sun piece contains no hard evidence either way, and merely attacks strawmen. No one thinks that a helmet prevents you from getting in a crash, or that building bike lanes doesn’t make folks safer, and guess what, you can do both.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Feb 28,2015 7:45 am || Up

                  i appreciate you read through.

                  at the end of the day, they have to convince me that helmets are that effective per incident, that often, and always positively in a crash for me to treat the argument for mandatory helmets as more than jibberjabber.

                  you can’t get to having both lanes and helmets without getting to one first, and i’d rather focus the energy on the one that’s more beneficial to riders.

                  ie, i’m more into preventing crashes with vehicles than providing brain buckets for when crashes with vehicles happen, yet somehow the argument rages on for the one that’s infinitely arguable, and there’s not enough talk about the one that’s no argument.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • DFA Feb 28,2015 3:53 pm || Up

                  Are there people that are saying that helmet use negatively correlates to head injuries in crashes in some circumstances?

                  This study showed that helmets are highly effective

                  At realistic impact speeds of 5.4m/s (1.5m drop) and 6.3m/s (2.0m drop), bicycle helmets changed the probability of severe brain injury from extremely likely (99.9% risk at both 5.4 and 6.3m/s) to unlikely (9.3% and 30.6% risk at 1.5m and 2.0m drops respectively). These biomechanical results for acceleration and HIC, and the corresponding results for reduced risk of severe brain injury show that contemporary bicycle helmets are highly effective at reducing head injury metrics and the risk for severe brain injury in head impacts characteristic of bicycle crashes.

                  This study shows that bike sharing programs which usually don’t offfer helmets increase head injuries in cities that implement them.

                  Im all for bike lanes. But helmets work. At the end of the day I think your argument is essentially we shouldn’t mandate airbags or seat belts because we should be spending all of our money putting in traffic lights to prevent accidents.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Mar 1,2015 10:28 am || Up

                  that’s only one type of possible hazard, the straight linear drop. straight falling off your bike, which is more likely among children.

                  doesn’t account for rotational and angular possibilities.

                  and it’s about impact at 12-14 miles an hour, so it’s not about getting hit by cars.

                  and it’s not a reduction to zero.

                  gray areas in a narrow margin.

                  as they say, “the difficulty in conducting epidemiology studies that will be regarded as definitive.”

                  i still call jibberjabber.

                  separate bike lanes, nao! close off entire streets to bikes.

                  which this law is not geared toward. the second part of the law wants everybody to wear reflective vests when riding at night.

                  it’s clearly about second-classing biking, furthering the view that it’s a freaky allowance of society, so that cars don’t have to lose any ground in their quest for surface area domination, and it provides a cop out for insurance when there’s a problem. it’s not a “we’ll do both things” gesture. it’s like… [stretches an awkward analogy, but the sentiment from the lawmaker feels about right] this.

                  so enough with this helmet distraction. let’s not waste any more words on it.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • elcroata Mar 1,2015 11:00 am || Up

                  You are so getting an A’s bicycle helmet for your birthday…

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 1,2015 1:25 pm || Up

                  He takes an extra-large.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Future Ed Mar 1,2015 1:31 pm || Up

                  any size will do, he can then affix stickers

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • AV Mar 1,2015 9:01 pm || Up

                  it’s like she said… my head’s not extra large. just seems that way because it’s extra hard.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Glorious Mundy Feb 26,2015 1:10 pm || Up

                  You realize that “you realize…right?” is the single most obnoxious way to frame an argument on the internet, right?

                • AV Feb 26,2015 1:14 pm || Up

                  real eyes realize real lies!

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • 5Aces Feb 26,2015 1:22 pm || Up

                  The ayes have it.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • AV Feb 26,2015 10:05 am || Up

                  hey ed, remember what i said about taking san leandro to go to lynn’s?

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Future Ed Feb 26,2015 11:25 am || Up

                  check

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
              • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 11:03 am || Up

                forum just had a piece on this. not having thought too much about it, maybe the answer is make bike riders liable for head injuries that would have been prevented by helmets.

                Appeal to the insurance industry which, although totally evil, is the onnly player the legislature cares about

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • 5Aces Feb 17,2015 1:22 pm || Up

                  Thats funny. The last time I read Forum it was about a guy who was driving to Las Cruces and saw a van broken down on the side of the road. It was being driven by the local college girls volleyball team. And you wouldnt believe what happened next…

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • DFA Feb 17,2015 1:36 pm || Up

                  Well I think its a couple of things.

                  1 Most head injuries/fatalities nationwide are with kids on bikes, having adults wear helmets gives kids positive adult role models with helmets so its no longer seen as cool to not wear them, so you will increase kid safety, primarily teen, an age where a large number of fatalities occur.

                  2 I strongly believe that arguments about access to helmets are super overblown or easily fixed based on an equipment giveaway programs viability.

                  3 I believe that there reaches a point where there is less marginal utility with increasing ridership for safety. At some point people just look for bikes and some of the marginal utility of increased ridership is lost.

                  4 It would be a legal nightmare to decide what part of a head injury was caused by lacking a helmet. It would dramatically increase court costs.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • AV Feb 17,2015 4:33 pm || Up

                  1) huh. so… if most injuries and fatalities are within the one group that wears helmets by law, doesn’t that say something about the law not providing the real safety it purports to?

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • dmoas Feb 17,2015 9:18 pm || Up

                  Not really. It could just as easily say something about how much that law is actually followed, not necessarily the validity of the law itself.

                • DFA Feb 18,2015 12:37 pm || Up

                  Not all riders are created equal. Younger riders are more likely to do stupid things because of lack of experience/their brains not being fully formed yet, etc.

                  Other groups of high risk are young college age males and older nearing retirement age males. All of which is pretty easily explainable.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 6:19 pm || Up

                  on 4) at first blush, I don’t see that as an impediment. Law firms and experts are also big campaign donors, this means more money flowing to them in the short term. Within 10 years at the most, it will be fairly settled law what is and isn’t caused by the lack of a helmet, and only the most marginal of cases.

                  I would guess by that time even more bike lanes in uban communities* will be set up and a higher percentage of people will be wearing helmets anyway.

                  Civil lawyers may correct me on this, its really just a guess.

                  *I wonder what the breakdown of fatal accidents are in urban/suburban/rural communities are

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • DFA Feb 18,2015 12:38 pm || Up

                  70% of the fatal accidents are urban according to the NTSB

                  I think this is the link i was looking at yesterday.

                  http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/listpublications.aspx?Id=45&ShowBy=Category

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Future Ed Mar 30,2015 10:19 am || Up

                  So I just arrived at my parents house in orange county. I have a conference in downtown LA tomorrow. planned on taking metro link. fine. easy enough.

                  Go to the metrolink website, type my parents address and my destination, it tells me what station and when and how much. Along with DRIVING directions to the closest station. and no option to change that.

                  Fine. GO to the local transit autority, type in the addresses. straight shot, 2 buses (no transfers) $4. bus 1 takes you far out of the way north, to connect wih bus 2 going SE.

                  Now I am trying to find a bike. No one seems to have one. One of my Nephews (18 years old) does not know how to ride one. He is waitlisted at Davis.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • dmoas Mar 30,2015 12:47 pm || Up

                  I thought it was common knowledge that OC sucks ass.

                • DFA Mar 31,2015 12:47 pm || Up

                  It cost 50 bucks round trip from union station to Anaheim stadium like 5 years ago, and it also took me over an hour to get there.

                  transit out of la is terrible.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • Future Ed Apr 1,2015 7:22 am || Up

                  much much better now.

                  an hour 10 from tustin. $10.

                  Union station is bustling.

                  many trains, many tracks. lots of directions to travel

                  Metrolink is wrking I think. I even saw a station from MOCA to the valley and the west side.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Future Ed Apr 1,2015 7:25 am || Up

                  but the trains? each train car has spce for 2 (two) bikes. 6 car train means 12 bikes can board.

                  I only saw one bike on board. in my morning commute, I saw the bike car symbol on the side of a car and I walked forward to another car as is the custom pn carltrain not to be a non biker on the bike car.

                  I feel dumb

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • doctorK Apr 1,2015 8:15 am || Up

                  If your nephew ends up at Davis, he needs to learn to ride. Now, if not sooner.

                • colin Apr 1,2015 8:42 am || Up

                  Yeah, that campus is enormous.

                • Future Ed Apr 1,2015 8:55 am || Up

                  I don’t know how you get from 8-16 without a bike. especially in the suburbs.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Future Ed Apr 1,2015 8:54 am || Up

                  He is accepted at UCI, Pomona and a few others. I think he wants SLO or davis though.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • vignette17 Apr 1,2015 12:46 pm || Up

                  I did not know how to ride until right before I started at Davis. I still walked a lot in Davis, but I’m a big walker.

  35. Bed Feb 16,2015 1:07 pm

    To drive traffic we should just change this site to blog about bicycle helmet laws.

    But seriously, folks...
  36. Bed Feb 16,2015 1:23 pm

    There’s starting to be too much stuff in the house. It might be time to trade in one of the kids. What’s the market for a “like new” 1 year old?

    But seriously, folks...
    • colin Feb 16,2015 1:32 pm || Up

      Eh, you lost like 50% of the market value when you took him/her out of the box.

      • Bed Feb 16,2015 1:36 pm || Up

        Damn…oh well…I guess we’ll keep him.

        But seriously, folks...
  37. Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 1:52 pm

    Hang on just a FKing minute here. Liam Neeson has another goddamn movie where he’s a tough guy dad murdering the isht out of people to protect his child, but this time it’s his son and he’s not the same guy from Taken? This is out of control.

    • Bed Feb 16,2015 2:00 pm || Up

      He was solid in Walk Among the Tombstones but it was a flop. It was more of a character study and a slow burn detective story and I think people prefer him as Mr. Badass.

      But seriously, folks...
    • AV Mar 12,2015 10:26 am || Up
      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • MikeV Mar 12,2015 12:37 pm || Up

      Taken 5: You Are NOT Gonna Believe What Happened… AGAIN.

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • dmoas Mar 12,2015 1:01 pm || Up

        “I have a particular set of pills…”

  38. MikeV Feb 16,2015 2:27 pm

    So Giambi retired. I’ll always remember that time he snubbed us for the Yankees. Dick.

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

    Thanks, and go As.

    • Bed Feb 16,2015 2:43 pm || Up

      Well, this is news to me. I thought he’d retired three years ago.

      But seriously, folks...
    • andeux Feb 16,2015 4:52 pm || Up

      I’m now officially too old for MLB. Damn it.

      TINSTAAFK
    • vignette17 Feb 16,2015 5:10 pm || Up

      If he had signed with the A’s, we get 3 more years with Giambi added to Miggy/Chavez/Big 3 core (a 6.6 win, a 4.8 win, and a 0.0 win season). We also may not have signed Chavez to the long term contract.

      I have to think it would have meant a ring or two.

  39. batgirl Feb 16,2015 3:10 pm

    Calling all record enthusiasts for advice: I have a fairly old Bang and Olufsen turntable and Bang and Olfusen speakers that were my grandfathers– is there any market for trying to sell them? I can only assume the turntable works, because it does not have a needle, so I can’t test it.

    • AV Feb 16,2015 3:20 pm || Up

      i’d look up ebay sold items to see what the actual amounts have been, to see if they make sense to you and how much effort you want to put into it.

      (do search, bottom of left column, hit “more refinements,” hit “show only,” check “sold listings.”)

      http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40%7CR40%7CR40&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&_stpos=&_nkw=bang+olufsen+vintage+turntable&_sop=3

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  40. Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 7:23 pm

    Here’s one pitcher reporting:

    • lenscrafters Feb 16,2015 7:31 pm || Up

      Hah. I don’t mind this.

      • Glorious Mundy Feb 16,2015 7:42 pm || Up

        I’m honestly shocked he’s even interested in a comeback after all the money he made. Maybe he secretly wants to be a country musician and this is just an excuse to move to Nashville.

      • andeux Feb 16,2015 7:44 pm || Up

        As long as he doesn’t get anywhere near Oakland.

        TINSTAAFK
        • lenscrafters Feb 16,2015 7:52 pm || Up

          But they finally got someone who could beat Verlander in the playoffs!

          • andeux Feb 16,2015 8:00 pm || Up

            Watch Detroit counter by bringing back Nate Robertson.

            TINSTAAFK
      • Bed Feb 16,2015 7:58 pm || Up

        Me neither. If it works, great. If not, no biggie.

        But seriously, folks...
    • Englishmajor Feb 16,2015 8:07 pm || Up

      He’s TWENTY-SIX!

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-rq-9mYm0%3Frel%3D0” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 16,2015 8:22 pm || Up

      Excellent addition of essential whimsy to the Hohokam spring. This delights me greatly.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • DFA Feb 17,2015 8:29 am || Up

      What happen to all those reports about how we weren’t interested.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 17,2015 9:04 am || Up

        Zito only likes you if you play hard to get

  41. Bed Feb 16,2015 8:03 pm

    Goodnight and never watch Good Luck Chuck.

    But seriously, folks...
  42. lenscrafters Feb 16,2015 8:05 pm
    • MikeV Feb 17,2015 8:41 am || Up

      Also Monday, MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez reported that Olivera “is seeking a five-to-six-year deal that rivals the contracts awarded to Arizona’s Yasmany Tomas (six years, $68.5 million) and Boston’s Rusney Castillo (seven years, $72.5 million).”

      Isn’t that kind of a lot for a 29 year old who hasn’t played for a year?

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

      Thanks, and go As.

    • MikeV Feb 17,2015 8:48 am || Up

      hahahahahahaha

      Consider this: Olivera was one of the most prolific offensive players in Cuba when he was healthy, and by all accounts, the infielder is literally in the best shape of his life.

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 10:26 am || Up

        Fantastic

      • batgirl Feb 17,2015 11:06 am || Up

        I’m imagining this as said by Chris Traeger.

        • DFA Feb 17,2015 1:45 pm || Up

          win

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • AV Feb 17,2015 4:34 pm || Up

          OMG. i totally read it in that voice.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  43. AV Feb 16,2015 8:42 pm

    i know i said no more baseball gear for me, but…

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 8:57 pm || Up

      how about this?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Feb 17,2015 9:15 pm || Up

        i do like the colors of some of these unis. bright combos. bangladesh now, india the other night.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Future Ed Feb 21,2015 5:20 pm || Up

          Too many vest uniforms in this world cup.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 21,2015 5:27 pm || Up

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • AV Feb 21,2015 7:27 pm || Up

            loving the s. african getups they’re wearing in the stands, not sure if they’re warmup jackets or actual game unis. they hit a lot of notes for me, with the main color on the body and second color on sleeves, plus adidas stripes. if i had any need for green and gold in my life, i’d be looking at those.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • Future Ed Feb 21,2015 8:21 pm || Up

              Just got back. Haven’t seen that yet

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
  44. nowBodhi Feb 17,2015 10:04 am

    Blessed vibes to all of Tuesday’s children this morning, as we fire up yet another birthday tribute to yet another astonishing innovator. Composer, teacher, erstwhile Henry Cow-boy, Art Bear, Aksak Maboulian, and dweller in the Naked City… welcome to the 66th Earth-i-versary of a man who never met a nail clipper he couldn’t affix to a stringed instrument of some sort. Blog along with us now as we sample a sweet 1989 FM broadcast — remastered by me all day yesterday — of KEEP THE DOG, better known as the band that plays nothing but the compositions of their leader, the one and only Fred Frith!

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
  45. Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 2:42 pm

    Someone got a long-term contract.

    • Bed Feb 17,2015 5:03 pm || Up

      We’re not athletes…we’re ballplayers.

      But seriously, folks...
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 17,2015 6:03 pm || Up

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 6:06 pm || Up

          Is that Cutty from The Wire before he went to the joint?

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 17,2015 6:27 pm || Up

            And/or Tyreese from The Walking Dead before the zombies got him. He probably got fatter in Walking Dead because he couldn’t get his hands on smokes.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • elcroata Feb 18,2015 2:53 am || Up

      Assuming that a circle is a perfect shape, then Panda is indeed in the best shape of his life.

      Because survival is insufficient
      • andeux Feb 18,2015 11:49 am || Up

        Consider a spherical panda….

        TINSTAAFK
        • colin Feb 18,2015 12:10 pm || Up

          …then add a -2e charge at second base, and +1e charge at first base. Describe the resulting electric field configuration assuming Sandoval to be a perfect conductor. Next, suppose he eats so much cake as to become effectively dielectric with index epsilon. What is the difference in the total potential energy of the electric field between these two states?

      • andeux Feb 18,2015 12:08 pm || Up
        TINSTAAFK
        • Future Ed Feb 18,2015 12:42 pm || Up

          is it me? am I the one with a terrible memory?

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Feb 18,2015 2:29 pm || Up

        geometry may say it’s perfect, but cinematography asks a deeper question.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  46. Englishmajor Feb 17,2015 2:56 pm

    The cake falls down in front of him now.

  47. Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 3:36 pm
  48. AV Feb 17,2015 5:07 pm

    libertadores started, btw.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 5:18 pm || Up

      Featuring one of my favorite soccer team names: Club The Strongest

      • Bed Feb 17,2015 5:29 pm || Up

        My favorite cricket team is Toad the Wet Wickets.

        But seriously, folks...
        • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 6:36 pm || Up

          makes sense, Mr. toad and Jiminy Cricket were always a good pairing

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Feb 17,2015 8:07 pm || Up

        i’m reading they were originally called strong football club before adding the article and the suffix. no mention about being the stronger in the interim.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 8:17 pm || Up

          Other personal favorites:

          Heart of Midlothian
          Borussia Monchengladbach
          BSC Young Boys
          Newell’s Old Boys
          Tottenham Hotspur
          Vasco da Gama

          • AV Feb 17,2015 8:39 pm || Up

            i like schalke 04 and BVB 09. just weird to have numbers.

            river plate is pretty classic if you think about it. it all starts with a river, that supposedly led to a mountain rich in silver. then, to make it sound authentically english for soccer purposes, someone mistranslates plata (silver) into plate…

            all boys sharing a league with old boys.

            deportivo wanka. if you’re a fan, you’re a wankero.

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FL_Fart

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 9:16 pm || Up

              Torn between wanting to show that link to my kids and wanting my wife to continue speaking to me.

          • andeux Feb 17,2015 9:10 pm || Up

            Sheffield Wednesday
            Hamilton Academical

            TINSTAAFK
          • MikeV Feb 18,2015 8:50 am || Up

            Borussia Monchengladbach

            that one is so fun.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

          • AV Jul 26,2016 9:42 am || Up
            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Apr 6,2016 5:17 pm || Up

        not living up to their name… the strongest is receiving a 6–0 beatdown from river plate right now.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Feb 17,2015 8:11 pm || Up

      and thank goodness. i don’t know how else i’d survive this day off from the ICC WC.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 8:13 pm || Up

        This super-sized NBA all star break is killing me. A full week with no real games.

        • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 8:16 pm || Up

          82 plus playoffs, right?

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 8:18 pm || Up

            Yep.

            • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 8:24 pm || Up

              bangladesh is hitting dot ball after dot ball. no wickets, but I think they may have to lower the mound for this game

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
              • AV Feb 17,2015 8:43 pm || Up

                ohhhh. it is the 18th over there.

                ICC is ON!

                also, bangladesh flag… if you see the RED DOT…

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 8:47 pm || Up

                  right? confuses the fk out of me every time

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • AV Feb 17,2015 8:54 pm || Up

                  ha ha! how’s lent treating you, new zealand?! give something up! assholes.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  49. Jennifer Feb 17,2015 6:40 pm

    It’s Tuesday and this week already sucks. My doggy is really sick again. I had an ER pt this weekend I had major concerns about. The pt went home and died today.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 17,2015 7:41 pm || Up

      Sorry Jennifer, that sounds horrible.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Jennifer Feb 17,2015 8:39 pm || Up

        Puppy might get to come home tomorrow. He hasn’t had any vomiting and diarrhea yet today, so that’s an improvement. Had been doing both since Friday night. The vet has been sharing his sandwich from lunch with him, but that’s all he’s been eating a day. He’s just really old and the vet said he probably won’t make it too much longer. The vet said he’s sick, but isn’t suffering. He was really bad Saturday night and the vet didn’t think he was going to make it through the night.

        Friday night he woke me up in the middle of the night and had had diarrhea through the entire house.

        • Jennifer Feb 18,2015 1:10 pm || Up

          Puppy will have to be put down on Friday. :(

          • batgirl Feb 18,2015 1:17 pm || Up

            Oh gosh–I am so sorry. Hugs to you

            • Jennifer Feb 18,2015 1:30 pm || Up

              I don’t have many friends, but he was my BFF. He didn’t care what I looked like or how much my day sucked. He was always there wagging his tail.

              • Bed Feb 18,2015 8:19 pm || Up

                The unconditional love our dogs give us is one of life’s great pleasures. I’m sorry to hear yours is sick but I’m glad he was there all these years to wag his tail for you when you needed him.

                But seriously, folks...
          • dmoas Feb 18,2015 2:35 pm || Up

            NO!!!! :( DO NOT LIKE.

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 18,2015 3:30 pm || Up

            So sorry Jennifer. Most I have ever cried as a grownup was when I had to put my dog down.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Englishmajor Feb 18,2015 3:36 pm || Up

            So sorry to hear that, Jennifer.

          • MikeV Feb 18,2015 3:56 pm || Up

            I’m sorry :(

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

            Thanks, and go As.

          • Future Ed Feb 18,2015 4:44 pm || Up

            oh, that’s terrible

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • ptbnl Feb 17,2015 9:18 pm || Up

      Really sorry to hear it :-(

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  50. Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 7:45 pm

    Holy shit

    • AV Feb 17,2015 8:01 pm || Up

      but nobody notices the hand-shaking twin in the background is wearing a 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl-amphetamine shirt…

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 8:48 pm || Up

        You do a lot of acid av? back in the joe morgan days?

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 17,2015 8:39 pm || Up

      And here I thought 10 cent beer night was cool.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • andeux Feb 19,2015 1:58 pm || Up
      TINSTAAFK
      • Glorious Mundy Feb 19,2015 2:44 pm || Up

        There’s no way that’s not a drug reference. At the height of Timothy Leary? Even Texans aren’t that oblivious.

        • andeux Feb 19,2015 2:48 pm || Up

          Yeah

          It does appear that it could have been a drug reference

          seems like a big understatement, specially since, as they note, his middle initial wasn’t even S.

          TINSTAAFK
  51. Jennifer Feb 17,2015 8:41 pm

    I’ve decided to handle my stress, anxiety, and depression by eating ice cream in bed and crying in the shower.

    • AV Feb 17,2015 8:47 pm || Up

      i’m sad you’re sad, and i hope the plan works out. if it’s any help and you need to consolidate, eating ice cream in the bathtub is pretty nice.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Jennifer Feb 17,2015 8:51 pm || Up

        I really did consider eating my ice cream in the tub. I didn’t want anyone to hear me crying though. The shower masks the sound of my sobs a little.

    • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 8:50 pm || Up

      A woman with a plan is a force to be reckoned with

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • colin Feb 18,2015 7:17 am || Up

      My wife’s parents had to put their cat down on Monday, so it has been a pretty sad animal week around my house too.

  52. Future Ed Feb 17,2015 8:54 pm

    did that dude just say “the wicket is intact, yes, but they aren’t really going for the gravy?”

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Feb 17,2015 8:57 pm || Up

      can’t help. sound off.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 9:04 pm || Up

        now the two indian fosses are talking about chocolate and biscuits

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Glorious Mundy Feb 17,2015 9:09 pm || Up

          Two Fosses?! I really don’t understand cricket.

          • ptbnl Feb 17,2015 9:16 pm || Up

            It’s really very straightforward:

            You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • andeux Feb 17,2015 9:21 pm || Up

              Now I want a double double.

              TINSTAAFK
              • AV Feb 17,2015 9:24 pm || Up

                have an orange instead.

                *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
            • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 9:22 pm || Up

              how great is that explanation, ptbnl, which is what you do, explain things, in an english way, the country, not the language, although you use the language too.

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • AV Feb 17,2015 9:16 pm || Up

            lol.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Feb 17,2015 9:18 pm || Up

      he got all of that one.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 9:23 pm || Up

        yup. he seemed very happy

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Future Ed Feb 17,2015 9:25 pm || Up

          He was smiling a lot. I don’t know about the unwritten rules of cricket, but I bet the next bowler throws at him for that.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
  53. FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 18,2015 11:43 am

    Fuck Duke.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • dmoas Feb 18,2015 11:56 am || Up

      Sorry, no picture, no hanky panky.

      • ptbnl Feb 18,2015 11:59 am || Up

        Fixed

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 18,2015 1:07 pm || Up

          Thanks. My first try at pic posting on phone. Needs work.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • ptbnl Feb 18,2015 1:30 pm || Up

            It just had the double http:// thing.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Soaker Feb 18,2015 1:22 pm || Up

      Footnote: It’s the first time in the history of ESPN that they’ve carried a UNC-Duke game (they’ve shown about 50 of them) and Dick Vitale won’t be there.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Glorious Mundy Feb 18,2015 1:25 pm || Up

        Wow, I actually feel kind of bad for him. And they replaced him with a double Duke grad!

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 18,2015 3:28 pm || Up

          I’ve never been a Dickie V hater, though I can certainly sympathize with that view. But plain and simple, Bilas is a very good analyst, and Vitale is a cheerleader. So no argument here.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Glorious Mundy Feb 18,2015 3:40 pm || Up

            Bilas is a smart guy who hates the NCAA, so he’s OK by me.

            • Bed Feb 18,2015 8:20 pm || Up

              And most importantly he’s bald.

              But seriously, folks...
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 18,2015 9:06 pm || Up

      Damnit. So close. Got back off the mat a bunch of times, had the game in our hands at the end of regulation, couldn’t seal the deal.

      With the exception of the occasional blowout victory I pretty much never enjoy myself while watching Carolina basketball.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • elcroata Feb 21,2015 7:47 am || Up

        I’ve just seen the recording. That was definitely winnable. I’m not sure that taking Tokoto out in the final minutes of the regulation helped. I get it that you want your better free-throw shooters in when leading, but he was one of the best rebounders and also the man most likely to pass into the post successfully. That shot that Paige took was horrible, just like the most of the ones he took.

        Because survival is insufficient
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 21,2015 3:56 pm || Up

          Yeah, Paige is having an hard year. Trying to play through plantar fasciitis is tough (cf Mark McGwire). Last year his MO was to be unstoppable in the second half; this year he mostly hasn’t been able to find that stroke.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 21,2015 4:35 pm || Up

          Also, as I’m watching Heels vs Ga Tech from earlier today: Tokoto is an absurdly gifted athlete, great ballhandler, passer, and defender. Almost tragic that he’s such a horrible shooter; he’d be like Dominique Wilkins.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • elcroata Feb 22,2015 12:32 am || Up

            Yeah, he is really a pleasure to watch, unless he pulls up for a jumper.

            Because survival is insufficient
  54. Glorious Mundy Feb 18,2015 1:18 pm

    Real Madrid is rocking hot pink from head to toe today.

    • Glorious Mundy Feb 18,2015 1:23 pm || Up

      Chicharito looks especially ridiculous.

    • AV Feb 18,2015 2:39 pm || Up

      soccer?? who cares?! when there’s a futbol game on…

      bo’! dale, dale bo’!

      1–0 at the half against palestinos in chile.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • AV Feb 18,2015 3:46 pm || Up

      yay, 2–0 in the opener.

      but the game to watch is coming up. corinchans v sao paulo, 4pm.

      a note to pass the time… tomorrow river plate is going up to oruro, bolivia (higher than la paz, at 12,250 ft), and they’ve announced that they hope to fight the elevation by taking a cocktail of caffeine, aspirin, and viagra. the color guy on fox sports goes, not sure i’d want to be in that locker room after the game.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Feb 18,2015 5:02 pm || Up

        mikeV bait.

        corinthians 1 – sao paulo 0, at the half.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • MikeV Feb 18,2015 9:34 pm || Up

          Damn, that “defense” got torched.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

          • AV Feb 18,2015 9:38 pm || Up

            watching live, my eye followed the wrong guy twice on that one.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Feb 19,2015 5:00 pm || Up

        river – san jose de oruro is coming up at 5pm, fox deportes.

        as planned, river took their viagra cocktail.

        and it’s working… i have a boner for a trainwreck. hope my vision doesn’t blur.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • AV Feb 19,2015 7:08 pm || Up

          apparently the blue pill works. they didn’t look that breathless. but i guess river’s goalie had his mind on other things.

          san jose 2 – river 0

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Glorious Mundy Feb 19,2015 8:44 pm || Up

            It sounds like it will be a hard flight home.

  55. Glorious Mundy Feb 18,2015 3:26 pm

    Fancy burger joints need to stop with the house-made ketchup. It’s all bad.

    • dmoas Feb 18,2015 3:35 pm || Up

      “We can make better ketchup then Hunts or Heinz.” No. You can’t.

      • Glorious Mundy Feb 18,2015 4:07 pm || Up

        It’s the one thing in this world that has been perfected.

        • MikeV Feb 18,2015 4:20 pm || Up

          boobs

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

          Thanks, and go As.

          • AV Feb 18,2015 9:23 pm || Up

            um… that’s two things.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • DFA Feb 18,2015 4:56 pm || Up

        Actually they can, you just think that heinz is what ketchup tastes like, because it is omnipresent. Just like people think that all rye should taste like it comes from here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/28/your-craft-whiskey-is-probably-from-a-factory-distillery-in-indiana.html

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • 5Aces Feb 18,2015 5:26 pm || Up

          That’s just, like, your opinion man.

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • DFA Feb 18,2015 8:02 pm || Up

            Absolutely. Also my eating profile is that usually Id rather have strange things than familiar things, which is more rare.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • AV Feb 18,2015 3:37 pm || Up

      it looks like ketchup. it tastes like ketchup. but brother… it ain’t ketchup!

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Bed Feb 18,2015 8:22 pm || Up

        I don’t remember the last time I ate ketchup. It never did much for me. I’m not big on French Fries either…it’s possible I’m a communist.

        But seriously, folks...
        • AV Feb 18,2015 9:18 pm || Up

          i consider it essential on cold meatloaf sandwiches. and i like it on burgers. and fries (but not exclusively. roughly, i dip in ketchup once for every 3 fries dipped in mayo). we don’t keep it in the house. would rather have mayo in most condimentable food circumstances.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • MikeV Feb 18,2015 9:34 pm || Up

          I prefer mustard to ketchup. It’s not even close, really.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

          • Bed Feb 19,2015 9:53 pm || Up

            I prefer mustard over most of the members of my family. I love it.

            But seriously, folks...
            • DFA Feb 20,2015 7:04 pm || Up

              agreed.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 18,2015 3:45 pm || Up

      It’s one of the burger elements that doesn’t need tinkering with

    • ptbnl Feb 18,2015 4:05 pm || Up

      But pan-seared artichoke bracts muddled in a mango reduction are an essential ingredient of craft ketchup.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • DFA Feb 18,2015 4:55 pm || Up

      I disagree. sriracha ketchup and curry katchup are great.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • Glorious Mundy Feb 18,2015 5:17 pm || Up

        Both of those sound bad to me, but then I don’t like the taste of sriracha. Either way, that’s different that what I’m talking about where they’re ostensibly just trying to make a better standard ketchup and failing.

        (Plus I wouldn’t be surprised if sriracha ketchup’s ingredients are sriracha and heinz)

        • AV Feb 18,2015 5:45 pm || Up

          surprise!!!

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • DFA Feb 18,2015 8:03 pm || Up

          Flavored Ketchups are great with fries.

          Rosamunde has some curried ketchup thats great.

          Also I now feel inclined to make one for a fk up.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • dmoas Feb 18,2015 8:21 pm || Up

            Ketchup is not meant to be gourmet. By it’s very nature it’s meant to be cheap and “lowbrow.”

            • AV Feb 18,2015 9:19 pm || Up

              it’s got a pretty long history for anybody to say what it’s meant to be. well, unless you want to say it’s not meant to be made out of tomatoes.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • MikeV Feb 18,2015 9:35 pm || Up

          Nor do I.

          I find Sriracha to be vile.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

      • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 19,2015 10:23 am || Up

        I have yet to find a sriracha or curry ketchup that I prefer to your standard Heinz-type ketchup. I always try them, because I naturally lean that way with most foods and food preparations, but so far I have a 100% disappointment rate on this front.

        Ketchups and flavoring just doesn’t mix well to me. Tinker the shit out of some mayo or mustard and I’m all over it, but ketchup is simply good as it is

    • 5Aces Feb 18,2015 7:14 pm || Up

      The only one that I have ever really liked was here. Their bacon ketchup is pretty damn good. But then again, most everything at 50/50 is like that. One of the few things to enjoy in SoCal.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  56. Future Ed Feb 18,2015 8:50 pm

    Zimbabwe and UAE is getting exciting

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Feb 18,2015 9:21 pm || Up

      ooh, a nailbiter!

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • AV Feb 18,2015 9:34 pm || Up

        yay zim!

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  57. Future Ed Feb 18,2015 9:29 pm

    I assumed during the world cuo in brazil all the white people rooting for African countries were austrailians and new Zealanders on holiday having a lark, who are the white people having a lark rooting for Zimbabwe if they are already in new Zealand?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • AV Feb 18,2015 9:34 pm || Up

      i don’t know. but i’m rooting for chigumbura’s buttocks.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Future Ed Feb 18,2015 9:39 pm || Up

        sean Williams was born in zimbabwe

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • AV Feb 18,2015 9:42 pm || Up

          i had no idea you were a birther.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • ptbnl Feb 18,2015 11:25 pm || Up

      Rhodesians.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  58. MikeV Feb 18,2015 9:40 pm

    So the World Cup in Qatar is being moved to winter.

    Fuck you so bad, FIFA. I honestly hope we see teams boycott.

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

    Thanks, and go As.

    • Future Ed Feb 18,2015 9:46 pm || Up

      it will only be a problem for the eurpoean leagues, and the south American, and African.

      no problem for the MLS though

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • AV Feb 18,2015 9:55 pm || Up

        don’t know the exact numbers, but most players going to the WC would be playing in european leagues anyway. and it does totally fuck up the schedule. 5 weeks prior training, 4 weeks WC, several weeks recovery… right in the middle of the schedule.

        what hurts the US is the TV scheduling, with lowly soccer trying to gain an audience during NFL/NBA season…

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • Dial C for Concupiscence Feb 19,2015 10:31 am || Up

          Corruption cares not for schedules

      • MikeV Feb 18,2015 10:29 pm || Up

        Having the World Cup at the end of the MLS season will be hell on the players, and European players will be in midseason and not nearly as worn out.

        Not only that, but Qatar’s bid was for a FKing June-July world cup. Pretty sure if the US or Australia also got to bid for a potential WC in November/December they wouldn’t have to promise to invent new climate control technology to somehow cool outdoor stadiums when it’s 120F outside and literally build a new city where the opening and final games will be held.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

        • AV Feb 18,2015 10:37 pm || Up
          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • MikeV Feb 18,2015 10:53 pm || Up

            I thought I mentioned that, too. Only 1100 deaths so far, no biggie. Oh, you also can’t drink in public in Qatar and being gay is illegal.

            Forget the whole country, California alone could host the WC with basically no notice. So could Texas.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

  59. Future Ed Feb 18,2015 10:04 pm
    I have $5. No I don\'t.
  60. Soaker Feb 19,2015 6:21 am

    I’m hoping to get a glimpse of the guests in the adjacent hotel room before I leave this morning. When Screamin’ Sally wakes you up at 3:40 a.m. the curiosity about what she looks like wants to be satisfied.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  61. Kay Temple Kirk Feb 19,2015 7:13 am

    Kay’s weird predictions for 2015:

    1- If the A’s are healthy, they’ll get a Wild Card spot. If the A’s don’t get it, the Astros will. (86 wins)
    2- Alex Rodriguez will be traded to the A’s midseason and actually be productive.
    3- Scott Kazmir will win 20.

    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
    • colin Feb 19,2015 10:32 am || Up

      hmm… I actually think that #3 is the least likely out of those.

      • Kay Temple Kirk Feb 20,2015 1:49 am || Up

        Me too.

        I kinda want the Yankees to trade us Rodriguez and $45m for a bucket of used balls and Barry Zito, or something stupid and fun like that.

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • colin Feb 20,2015 5:54 am || Up

          And I’m not even pessimistic about Kaz. It’s just so rare for any pitcher to hit 20 wins these days, and I don’t think the 2015 A’s will be an offensive juggernaut (even if they are good).

  62. Englishmajor Feb 19,2015 2:13 pm

    Even if you’ve already seen the awesome photobomb of the Levi’s Stadium ice installation cam by a crow, you must read my colleague’s awesome take (particularly nevermoor).

    • sslinger Feb 19,2015 3:38 pm || Up

      Excellent, and the headline is brilliant too.

  63. Future Ed Feb 19,2015 8:06 pm

    I think Mccullum is going to beat England singe handedly.

    At least the stadium is full

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Future Ed Feb 19,2015 8:28 pm || Up

      they changed bowlers, finn was absolute crap, and Woakes dismissed McCullum, after 77 on 25, 84s 7 6s, on some straight up high cheese. The Ian even called it a “baseball shot”

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • MikeV Feb 19,2015 8:44 pm || Up

        I don’t think you are putting words in the correct order, Ed.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

        • Future Ed Feb 19,2015 8:46 pm || Up

          you are right, that should say “8 4s”

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • AV Feb 19,2015 8:54 pm || Up

            and shite, not crap.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • MikeV Feb 19,2015 9:00 pm || Up

            See, now it makes complete sense.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

      • Future Ed Feb 19,2015 8:49 pm || Up

        the studio Ians (we are on a lunch break) are lamenting the changes in one day cricket, I mean, they are saying Englnad sucks, to their credit, but its basically fosse.

        (PS one of the honey shots was of a blond in a yankees cap that she hadn’t pulled on her head correctly)

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Future Ed Feb 19,2015 8:56 pm || Up

          I mean, England is 123 all out (33 overs), NZ 112/1 9 overs!

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • AV Feb 19,2015 9:02 pm || Up

          few days ago, there was an asshole in a giants hat.

          but that’s redundant.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  64. Jennifer Feb 19,2015 8:42 pm

    Someone sedate me.

    • Future Ed Feb 19,2015 8:50 pm || Up

      so what you are saying is, you want to be sedated?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • Jennifer Feb 19,2015 9:07 pm || Up

        Yes. I am doing a terrible job at managing life right now.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 19,2015 9:22 pm || Up

          Dude, give yourself a break. There’s no way to “manage” life in times of sorrow. You’ll be OK.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 19,2015 9:18 pm || Up

        She’s too young, Ed.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Jennifer Feb 19,2015 9:21 pm || Up

          No, I got it. I just didn’t give a fuck. I literally want to avoid tomorrow and possibly the next two to seven weeks.

        • Jennifer Feb 19,2015 9:23 pm || Up

          I don’t want tomorrow to get here, but at the same time I never want it to end. I don’t want to say goodbye.

          • Future Ed Feb 19,2015 9:37 pm || Up

            that sucks

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • Jennifer Feb 20,2015 8:28 am || Up

              So today was THE DAY. We call to check on him, and he’s been up wagging his tail and had SIX donuts for breakfast. Hasn’t had any more vomiting or diarrhea, either. The son of a bitch is on his way home now. I’m floored.

              • Future Ed Feb 20,2015 8:35 am || Up

                Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
                • Jennifer Feb 20,2015 9:21 am || Up

                  I don’t know what to think anymore.

                • 5Aces Feb 20,2015 9:30 am || Up

                  Don’t think. Feel happy, enjoy every minute of it and be thankful.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • dmoas Feb 20,2015 10:16 am || Up

                  Enjoy the time you have regardless of how long it may be. I’m hoping for the best.

                • batgirl Feb 20,2015 11:51 am || Up

                  Just enjoy the heck out of what time you have. Spoil the hell out of him, take photos, take video. My heart is breaking for you. I’m already terrified of when the day will come for Bronte. I think what I may miss most that I can’t photo or video is her wonderful musky smell.

          • AV Feb 19,2015 9:39 pm || Up

            hug.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  65. Glorious Mundy Feb 20,2015 10:50 am

    OK, I was unsure at first, but after enough listens, I’m ready to call it. The new DFA-friendly Belle and Sebastian album is really good.

    • Glorious Mundy Feb 20,2015 11:04 am || Up

      Definitely top five in their catalog, maybe higher. I’m not sure what the precedent is for a band making an album this good and this fresh sounding 16 years after their debut record.

      • colin Feb 20,2015 11:39 am || Up

        I listened a couple of times when NPR was streaming it. I’m inclined to like most everything they do, so I’ll back you up on your assessment. But I’ll also point out that even though they’ve been around for a long time, “top five in their catalog” doesn’t mean anything more than top half — this is their ninth full-length by my count. I very much enjoyed Enter Sylvia Plath, which is the most immediately obvious new sound (though still clearly a B&S song, if you ask me).

        • Glorious Mundy Feb 20,2015 12:02 pm || Up

          It’s an album that rewards multiple listens with headphones, for sure. Good point on the number of albums. It’s more that I’m surprised they can put out something that’s among their best at this point in their career together. Also I really like all of their albums (though a couple of them less than the others), so for me this is saying something.

          • Glorious Mundy Feb 20,2015 1:06 pm || Up

            My rough pre-existing mental B&S non-instrumental studio album rankings

            Tier 1: If You’re Feeling Sinister; Tigermilk
            Tier 2: Dear Catastrophe Waitress; The Boy With the Arab Strap
            Tier 3: The Life Pursuit
            Tier 4: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant; Write About Love

            I think this one belongs somewhere in Tier 2.

      • lenscrafters Feb 20,2015 12:51 pm || Up

        Love B&S…will definitely be checking out

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