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Life is good 167

27 Dec 2010  |  the llama  |The Grill

I am here:

instead of here:

I rode this to my office:

instead of struggling with the stroller like this:

Tonight, I relaxed with a warm cup of this:

Instead of this:

Life is good.

167 thoughts on “Life is good”

  1. nanotrebuchet Dec 27,2010 9:17 pm
    • Poppy Dec 27,2010 11:25 pm || Up

      NEEDS MOAR BANTHA.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  2. sslinger Dec 27,2010 9:24 pm

    Welcome home.

    I had someone ask me where home is over the holidays, and I said Berkeley. She said “I know where you live, but where is home?” and again I responded Berkeley. I may have lived elsewhere when young, but I’ve been out here now longer than anywhere else, and the years have been at least as formative as those before moving out here.

    Welcome home, if this feels like it for you.

    • mother pucker Dec 27,2010 10:29 pm || Up

      I hear ya. Having spent most of my years elsewhere, and now having the luxury to spend the last six in Berkeley and being able to stare up at Grizzly peak to start my morning, is indeed special.

    • ptbnl Dec 27,2010 11:05 pm || Up

      On the one hand, at this point in life wherever the missus and Lily are is home. On the other, there are ways in which England will always be homeland. But a couple of years ago Oakland overtook my birth town as the place I’d lived longest, and it really struck me just how home it has become.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Poppy Dec 27,2010 11:30 pm || Up

      During Poppy Jr.’s infant/toddler/preschool years in Stanford community daycares, I met a lot of other Stanford-affiliated parents that were quite nonplussed by my being from this area. Like no one was born here before their babies.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • Leopold Bloom Dec 28,2010 11:27 am || Up

        The flipside is it’s annoying as hell to hear how many generations your family’s been in CA, especially if it’s less than five or six or eight.

        • Future Ed Dec 28,2010 6:03 pm || Up

          when my great grand pappie settled in Fresno, he would take one look at you and kick you off his farm.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Poppy Dec 28,2010 7:19 pm || Up

          So you won’t be annoyed if I tell you I’m a 5th-generation Californian?

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
          • Leopold Bloom Dec 29,2010 12:01 am || Up

            I would remind you all this means is that your relatives came when the great dust bowl happened. Steinbeck thought your ancestors were parasites.

            • Poppy Dec 29,2010 5:39 pm || Up

              You weren’t a history major, were you? Or an American lit major? ;)

              There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  3. nevermoor Dec 27,2010 9:38 pm

    I’m sitting in Vegas waiting for a delayed flight to SF. Life is about to be a lot better on my end too.

    Megachurches are scary.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Future Ed Dec 28,2010 6:05 pm || Up

      they wouldn’t let me board at SFO (on the way to MA) on sunday, thus missing my 2 hour layover at the Kraken airport where I surely would have made my fortune.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 9:10 pm || Up

        Release the Kraken!

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  4. nanotrebuchet Dec 27,2010 11:42 pm

    There are 20 playes in baseball history who have cleared 100 WAR. Six played for the A’s. Who were they?

    • JediLeroy Dec 28,2010 6:11 am || Up

      Rickey, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Reggie, Joe Morgan…

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 8:00 am || Up

      Frank? Piazza?

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • sslinger Dec 28,2010 9:03 am || Up

      Eck or Rollie?

    • ptbnl Dec 28,2010 9:26 am || Up

      Baseball Reference lists 26 – are you using something different?

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • nevermoor Dec 28,2010 10:48 am || Up

      Todd VanPoppel

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • MikeV Dec 28,2010 12:00 pm || Up

      With the A’s, or 100 WAR players who have played with the A’s at some point in their career?

      Ty Cobb

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • JediLeroy Dec 28,2010 2:57 pm || Up

        Tris Speaker

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • nanotrebuchet Dec 28,2010 7:11 pm || Up

          well done.

          cobb, speaker, rickey, morgan, collins, lajoie

  5. linusalf Dec 28,2010 12:14 am

    I am moving out of my house and found out i have THREE travis buck bobbleheads. any one want one (or all?)

    • Poppy Dec 28,2010 7:21 pm || Up

      Isn’t moving just the most awesome way of finding shit you didn’t know you had? Like, for example, finding you have not enough friends with trucks?

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  6. monkeyball Dec 28,2010 8:06 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  7. FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 28,2010 10:23 am

    Life IS good…but the wrong circle of hell is waiting around every corner:

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • nevermoor Dec 28,2010 10:49 am || Up

      Clever.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Leopold Bloom Dec 28,2010 11:29 am || Up

      prostitutes will wear blue gloves if you ask pay them.

  8. nevermoor Dec 28,2010 1:27 pm

    Heh:

    “I have three top political heroes: Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and now Nancy Pelosi. She has such a spine, like Reagan and Bush, they all have that in common: a spine of steel that comes from conviction.”

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 2:07 pm || Up

      Heh indeed. My guess before clicking over was Camille Paglia.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • ptbnl Dec 28,2010 4:11 pm || Up

        Even she isn’t that dumb.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  9. FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 28,2010 1:29 pm

    I like wrenching on my cars. If you’re buying auto supplies in the East Bay, don’t put yourself at the mercy of a Kragen clerk who can’t squint through his hangover well enough to tell the difference between a Sierra and a Ciera, or the engine idle and an Idler Arm.

    There is one and only one place you should go: the World Famous Lee Auto Supply in Alameda. Best car parts store in California.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 2:09 pm || Up

      Tan Ciera! Tan Ciera!

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • andeux Dec 28,2010 4:00 pm || Up

        TINSTAAFK
        • ptbnl Dec 28,2010 4:10 pm || Up

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 5:14 pm || Up

          We just had Reubens last night from Miller’s.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Dec 28,2010 2:24 pm || Up

      But… Kragen understands every car, truck, wagon, or van.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 5:14 pm || Up

        Release the Kragen!

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Soaker Dec 28,2010 4:54 pm || Up

      I’ll probably be looking to replace my 1996 RAV4 (170K miles now) at the end of this winter, after one more long trip to spring training. It’s been practical for me so I’ll likely buy something similar. I definitely need AWD. So this is basically the list of candidates. The RAV4 and the CR-V are the best-known names in this class; any thoughts about a darkhorse or two to consider? I’ve kept this last one for 15 years so I’d much rather pay an extra $5K up front for something reliable.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 5:18 pm || Up

        I’ve zipcarred a CRV a couple times. Found it to be surprisingly cheap and shoddy.

        Haven’t driven the Mazda SUVs, but their sedans are really nice.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • nevermoor Dec 28,2010 5:43 pm || Up

          I wonder if that’s just ZipCar choosing a stripped-down model. I have too many friends with CRVs and all seem satisfied. It’s probably the early front-runner in the “when we need a minivan for family-reasons and I refuse to buy one” race.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 9:13 pm || Up

            Unless stripping down involved replacing all the exterior panels, interior structural panels, and seats … I mean, it was a cheap, tinny-feeling car. The Honda hybrid sedans are ok-ish.

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 28,2010 7:15 pm || Up

        I don’t know much about SUVs. I drove a Mazda CX-9 for a few days in Denver earlier this year and liked it, but you can’t tell much about a model’s staying power from that. With your positive RAV4 experience I’d imagine Toyota would seem pretty attractive.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • sslinger Dec 28,2010 7:29 pm || Up

        If you need AWD you really can’t go wrong with a Subaru. I drove mine (Legacy, not Forester) to around 180k and it was great. If I ever get a new car again I’ll probably go back to one.

  10. nevermoor Dec 28,2010 1:59 pm

    You’ve gotta love K-Thug.

    I hear that a lot of journalistic insiders were annoyed when I began calling out self-styled deficit hawks like Paul Ryan as flim-flammers. But they are; nobody, and I mean nobody, in a position of influence within the GOP cares about deficits when tax cuts for the affluent are on the line. Deficit hawkery is just a stick with which to beat down social programs.

    But, of course, Ezra has the implications pretty much (depressingly) right:

    This is the sort of comment that I think gets one dismissed as a hopeless partisan, but is also unambiguously true

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 2:10 pm || Up

      He’s really taken well to blogging — if he had minions, he’d be able to compete with Sullivan.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Dec 28,2010 2:24 pm || Up

        Ezra actually is getting minions. There are three people credited on his daily “wonkbook”

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 5:22 pm || Up

          I was referring to Krugman. I’ve found Ezra to be unreadable since he moved to Kaplan Test Prep.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • nevermoor Dec 28,2010 5:43 pm || Up

            Ah. Interesting, I really liked Ezra’s HCR stuff, but his fin-reg stuff less so.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • JediLeroy Dec 29,2010 5:40 pm || Up

        Release the Krugman!

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
  11. nevermoor Dec 28,2010 3:01 pm

    This is a clever idea, as I pretty routinely bang the concentration-of-WAR-counts drum.

    The second part, on pitchers, makes Kevin Brown look pretty darn good too.

    I don’t see any sub-median candidates on either list I want in the hall, so there’s clearly something to it.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • sslinger Dec 28,2010 7:35 pm || Up

      Kevin Brown was filthy. All those pitches and all those arm angles. I loved watching him pitch.

      I’d love to see where Pedro Martinez would slot on that list.

      • ptbnl Dec 28,2010 8:09 pm || Up

        75.9 WAR
        36.1 WAE
        10.7 WAM

        Total = 122.7 puts him somewhere around 17th – 18th just behind Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton.

        Unfortunately they omitted an abscissa scale from the plot, so it’s hard to be more precise without recalculating individual scores.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • monkeyball Dec 28,2010 9:14 pm || Up

          Christ, what an abscissa hole!

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • aardvark Dec 28,2010 10:26 pm || Up

      Jeff Bagwell at 34 just feels wrong.

      • nevermoor Dec 29,2010 12:41 am || Up

        Yep. Hard to believe he was really that good.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  12. nevermoor Dec 28,2010 5:43 pm

    I learned something today about foie gras.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Poppy Dec 28,2010 7:39 pm || Up

      The ducks are all stunned in electrified water before we slaughter them, so they’re completely unconscious…

      So electrocution doesn’t hurt?

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • aardvark Dec 28,2010 10:20 pm || Up

        Yeah, I remember the last time I stuck my finger in a light socket. It totally didn’t hurt.

      • batgirl Dec 29,2010 12:00 pm || Up

        Also, I’m calling bullshit on this:

        Foie gras production should be judged not by the worst farms, but by the best, because those are the ones that I’m going to choose to buy my foie from if at all.

        • nevermoor Dec 29,2010 12:20 pm || Up

          Nah.

          If the question is whether Foie is inherently bad, the next question is whether it can be produced well. You answer that by looking at the best producers.

          Anything can be produced poorly, from veggies to eggs to normal meat.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  13. nanotrebuchet Dec 28,2010 7:30 pm

    Douglas Hartree is usually remembered for the Hartree-Fock equation, but he was also pioneering computer scientist. He constructed the first mechanical differential analyser, which was an analog computer used to compute the trajectory of ballistics, solve fluid mechanics problems, and other equations requiring numerical solutions. Reading through his 1937 paper (and later wikipedia), I was amazed by the fact that he built the differential analyser out of Meccano – basically, an Erector set. Now that’s science on the cheap!

    • batgirl Dec 29,2010 12:03 pm || Up

      Ah ha! That’s why I’m not a scientist. When I was about 9 I was snooping around in my mom’s dresser, probably looking for some jewelry I could play with, and I found two small erector sets. My mom walked in on me and got really, really mad that I had found these stocking stuffers. And when Christmas rolled around, those erector sets never appeared.

  14. Poppy Dec 28,2010 8:00 pm
    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  15. nanotrebuchet Dec 28,2010 9:18 pm

    Dotel signs with the Blue Jays, which will make 11 teams in a 13-year career, 9 over the last 7.

  16. Jennifer Dec 28,2010 9:35 pm

    I wonder if this still works….

    • nanotrebuchet Dec 28,2010 9:42 pm || Up

      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

    • Poppy Dec 28,2010 9:55 pm || Up

      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAnswer the email I sent you a few weeks ago!!!

      And HI! :)

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • Jennifer Dec 28,2010 10:04 pm || Up

        Dude. You emailed me during finals, I totally forgot. (I’m going to nursing school.)

        You can trash them… I don’t have a need for them anymore.

        • Poppy Dec 28,2010 10:57 pm || Up

          Okay, I guess I’ll take that as an “I’m not going to email you?”

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
        • nanotrebuchet Dec 28,2010 11:03 pm || Up

          Jennifer in nursing school?

          • grover Dec 29,2010 8:01 pm || Up

            And I thought all those comments about the lab in her basement were meant as jokes…

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 28,2010 10:11 pm || Up

      Hi Jennifer!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • nevermoor Dec 29,2010 12:46 am || Up

      You’re rusty. Keep trying.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  17. monkeyball Dec 29,2010 8:14 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Leopold Bloom Dec 30,2010 3:23 am || Up

      Where is the woman who wrote an entire book about risks to children (and knows a thing or two about safety) choosing to raise her own family? Yes folks, a city. Actually, the city: Manhattan.

      I thought your city was the city and how’s come none of you FKers is showing LB the magic of the East Bay/SF?!

      • nevermoor Dec 30,2010 9:35 am || Up

        True, but forgivable in the face of such parenting heroism.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  18. Soaker Dec 29,2010 9:01 am

    Fortunately the above-mentioned RAV4, visible at right, was safely tucked into the carport last night or I would be looking to replace it this morning. As it is technical difficulties will be preventing me from going anywhere for a while today. That was quite a storm last night, wind and heavy snow, trees and wires down all over the place.
    12-29-10

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • nevermoor Dec 29,2010 9:09 am || Up

      Wow.

      Looks like that tree just missed your house too. Is everything ok besides the lock-in?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Soaker Dec 29,2010 9:15 am || Up

        Oh yes, that tree is so close to the house the only way there would have been significant damage was if the branch came through a window. Lost about 1/3 of the tree though.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 29,2010 10:07 pm || Up

      Chron says 100 mph gusts and a foot of snow. And 10,000 customers without power (not you, I gather).

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • nevermoor Dec 30,2010 12:43 am || Up

        Sounds like dear departed Henry. 100 mph gusts and can’t even hit the side of Soaker’s barn house

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Soaker Dec 30,2010 7:30 am || Up

        We lost power about noon yesterday; it came back up sometime in the wee hours this morning. <20 degrees by nightfall, made it easy to decide what to do with the stuff in the freezer. No internet, no television, just a flashlight and a book. Somehow I pulled through.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  19. nevermoor Dec 29,2010 10:19 am

    This is hilarious.

    I especially like the sprinkles part.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Leopold Bloom Dec 30,2010 3:25 am || Up

      It is not hilarious. But it is cute, clever and touching.

  20. FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 29,2010 7:33 pm

    Hey, look what we got!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • grover Dec 29,2010 8:02 pm || Up

      Free child labor?

    • ptbnl Dec 29,2010 8:10 pm || Up

      Happy children!

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • Poppy Dec 29,2010 11:11 pm || Up

        Because one of them wanted to be turned into a dog?

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
        • ptbnl Dec 29,2010 11:47 pm || Up

          I was taking her brother as read.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • nanotrebuchet Dec 29,2010 8:27 pm || Up

      dinner for two?

      • ptbnl Dec 29,2010 8:41 pm || Up

        A puppy isn’t just for Xmas.

        Carved carefully, it can last through the New Year.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • nevermoor Dec 29,2010 9:53 pm || Up

          OBAMA URGES AMERICANS: CARVE PUPPIES CAREFULLY!

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Leopold Bloom Dec 30,2010 3:26 am || Up

      Dogs. Rock.

    • batgirl Dec 30,2010 6:47 pm || Up

      Uh, details….!!!! Name, breed, where did you find this charming pooch? Inquiring minds want to know.

      CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 30,2010 8:11 pm || Up

        His name is Gadget, he’s around three years old, 10 pounds, from the Oakland office of EBSPCA. They got him from another shelter first, so almost nothing is known about his past except for “stray.” EBSPCA guesses spaniel-terrier mix, but a dog-savvy friend of ours thinks he may be mostly Papillon. Very easy-going and smart, not barky, is taking to the household routine very quickly, so while we’re “crate training” him, I suspect that won’t need to last very long. Helps that one of us is almost always at home.

        We took him on a hike to Little Yosemite in Sunol Wilderness today. He was great on the trail, though he barks at big dogs (little dogs he just sniffs). After not having had a dog for about 15 years, I was quickly reminded about the joys of the post-hike tick check.

        My kids, needless to say, are elated.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • batgirl Dec 30,2010 8:46 pm || Up

          GREAT name. Looks like a super dog!

          • nanotrebuchet Dec 30,2010 9:17 pm || Up

            super dog?

        • Leopold Bloom Dec 31,2010 6:32 am || Up

          I love dogs. You rock, Daddy FSU!

  21. nanotrebuchet Dec 29,2010 8:28 pm

    Russ Atkins commented on his own photo.
    18 hours ago · Like · Comment
    Susan Slusser likes this.

    The fuck?

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 29,2010 10:08 pm || Up

      SuSlu loves the funny guys.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Poppy Dec 29,2010 11:16 pm || Up

      I think I’ll like that photo, too, so I can have something in common with SuSlu.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • Poppy Dec 29,2010 11:19 pm || Up

        There we go…

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • Leopold Bloom Dec 30,2010 3:27 am || Up

      Dude, I am popular. I live in a garage.

      Ever see The Tao of Steve?

  22. ptbnl Dec 29,2010 8:47 pm

    Tone deaf?

    One thing of interest to me is that none of the people who said that this would cost next to nothing in 1999 seem to be being held accountable in any way. Or those who advised that it was OK for neither employer nor employee to fund the UC pension plan for so many years.

    Entirely coincidentally the list of signatories includes a lot of Office of the President/financial management types.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • nevermoor Dec 29,2010 9:54 pm || Up

      The current generation’s refusal to invest in education when tax cuts can be had is one of our countries great shames, and one which we will be paying for for a long time.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • nanotrebuchet Dec 29,2010 10:39 pm || Up

        Dirty fucking hippies?

      • monkeyball Dec 30,2010 7:46 am || Up

        Strike “in education” and I’m all in agreement.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Dec 30,2010 7:46 am || Up

      Agree with you entirely; however, Debra Fucking Saunders does not have the right to do so as well, as it’s inconceivable that she’d hold the same position were UC a private corporation.

      Now, if UC were private and the signatories were union members, though …

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • ptbnl Dec 30,2010 9:41 am || Up

        I’m actually conflicted about it. It’s certainly tone-deaf, but the general push from the right to make public sector pension rights revocable is abominable – and in that context DFS is on-message.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • monkeyball Dec 31,2010 8:19 am || Up

          It’d be on-message if the UC fatcatasshats were advocating for anything more than their own payouts.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  23. ptbnl Dec 30,2010 4:22 pm
    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • nevermoor Dec 30,2010 4:25 pm || Up

      Whisky?

      Nah.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 30,2010 4:38 pm || Up

        Those both sound delicious. Not cheap, though…~$70/month plus shipping from the UK for the “gold” level whisky assortment (5 x 30ml), and $150 plus shipping for six monthly deliveries of 12-16 oz. of “heirloom” bacon.

        Speaking of tasty, spendy treats, I received a bottle of Highland Park 18 y.o. for Xmas. Yum!

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  24. batgirl Dec 30,2010 8:47 pm

    Stick it, UCONN.

    • nevermoor Dec 30,2010 10:35 pm || Up

      Wow. Very cool.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  25. nanotrebuchet Dec 30,2010 9:18 pm

    boy, nothing like a day at the dmv to turn you into libertarian, huh?

    • nevermoor Dec 30,2010 10:35 pm || Up

      Probably.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • nanotrebuchet Dec 30,2010 10:38 pm || Up

        sure worked for me this morning…and this afternoon…

        • Leopold Bloom Dec 31,2010 6:34 am || Up

          The rotten economy seems to have very negatively affected the DMV. That’s why LB is STILL sporting Florida tags–tags, I may add, that last two years.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 30,2010 11:59 pm || Up

      I’m not sure I’m willing to let market forces alone govern who’s allowed to drive.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  26. nanotrebuchet Dec 30,2010 10:20 pm

    Only two members of the 3000-hit club posted career batting averages of under .280. The players were contemporaries, and both played primarily in the eighties and nineties.

    Can you name them?

    • nevermoor Dec 30,2010 10:36 pm || Up

      Rickey.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • nanotrebuchet Dec 30,2010 10:39 pm || Up

        yes, although you are probably beginning to notice that rickey is an anwer to almost all of the questions i pose.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 31,2010 12:02 am || Up

      Biggio? But he’s more a 90s/00s guy.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  27. monkeyball Dec 31,2010 8:21 am

    Schadenfreude of the year. Not “decade” bc I still hope that someone higher may yet be held accountable …

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nanotrebuchet Dec 31,2010 5:03 pm || Up

      hilarious that one of the comments is:

      t is nothing new for the pentagon and the cia to “infiltrate” and co-opt the newsroom, parroting the official lies and need for wars the elite only need and want in order to increase their always and already obscene profits at the expense of PEOPLE worldwide. unconvinced? google “operation mockingbird”, patriotsquestion911.org (REAL PATRIOTS DO!)

      MARK STEPNOSKI, former football star has just pledged $10,000 in matching contributions to the 911 family members’ “buildingwhat?” campaign, calling for a real investigation into the events of the CRIME OF 911. there is no statute of limitations on murder. the official story is a lie and denial of the laws of physics. 1400 architects and engineers agree.

      wingnuts are everywhere

  28. ptbnl Dec 31,2010 12:46 pm

    A little late, but maybe for next year …

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Poppy Dec 31,2010 1:14 pm || Up

      “If we could gather all the electric eels from around the world…

      …we could light up an unimaginably large Christmas tree.”

      o_O

      That’s not where I thought that quote was going.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • nevermoor Dec 31,2010 1:52 pm || Up

        Seriously. Think small dude, think small.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  29. batgirl Dec 31,2010 1:26 pm

    Christ, what an asshole.

    • Poppy Dec 31,2010 1:42 pm || Up

      Bwahahahahaha!!!

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • nevermoor Dec 31,2010 1:53 pm || Up

      That might be the funniest letter I’ve ever seen

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • grover Jan 1,2011 8:23 pm || Up

      Awe.Some.

      I’d have more faith in the legal system if those types of responses could still be found.

  30. FreeSeatUpgrade Dec 31,2010 8:55 pm

    It’s a slow NY Eve here at Casa de Upgrade. The missus is working the NY Eve night shift in the ICU…fun! The kids have vowed to stay up until midnight. Four years ago before they could tell time I was able to con them into believing that the ball dropping on TV in NYC was midnight. No such luck anymore. They’re probably a better bet to see 12:00 AM 1/1/11 PST than I am.

    I’m taking the opportunity to refine my Manhattan recipe…I’ve edged down to 10:3 bourbon-to-sweet vermouth ratio, have settled on an eighth of a teaspoon as an acceptable “dash” of bitters, and am enjoying an extra quarter teaspoon of juice along with my cherry from the maraschino cherry jar. Sweeter than some might like, but just right for my NY Eve sweet tooth.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Poppy Dec 31,2010 9:12 pm || Up

      Mr. and Jr. Poppy are working (Mr. at home, but poor Jr. at Denny’s — at least he won’t be on the road before 5 a.m.)… I’ve just stuck a random bunch of freezer appetizers into the oven and as soon as I finish off an already open merlot, I’ll start on the sparkling pinot grigio that I decided to try instead of champagne. Wooooooooooo!

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • ptbnl Dec 31,2010 9:30 pm || Up

        I’m perfecting my dry martini … so far it seems to come down to carrying a glass of freezing gin past an open bottle of vermouth.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • nanotrebuchet Dec 31,2010 10:06 pm || Up

          sake for me, any more and i’ll fall asleep. we had a fun evening of showing pico how to do wii bowling. one thing about being away from the city – the last few years, we just hopped downtown, looked at the ice sculptures, caught the fireworks, and let the kids fall asleep in the stroller while we took the festivities in. no such luck out in the ‘burbs.

          mrs trebuchet hasn’t emerged from putting pico to bed. i just put femto down a half hour ago. i’ll probably eat a snack and hit the sack. i’d say this is lame, but i was never much of a nye partier anyway.

        • nevermoor Jan 1,2011 3:58 pm || Up

          Sounds about right.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • sslinger Dec 31,2010 10:24 pm || Up

      Happy new year one and all. We just had a quiet dinner at Cesar and are home chilling, with a game of Rummykub on the agenda. Not exciting but oh, so comfortable. See y’all next year.

      • andeux Jan 1,2011 12:25 pm || Up

        Did they have the special montaditos this year? We’ve gone there the last couple years on NYE, but decided not to venture out even that far this time.

        TINSTAAFK
        • sslinger Jan 1,2011 6:11 pm || Up

          I don’t remember seeing special montaditos, we just went for salad, jamon serrano, and paella. Pretty quiet there but good as always.

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