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Grill, Thursday, August 25, 2011 161

I need a new grill.  I know you FKers can’t see me, but I’ve lost about 50 lbs. so far. So the grill I need is most likely a George Foreman grill.

These are most likely covered elsewhere on FK, but I can’t be buggered.  I’ve got a Breaking Bad post that I must construct, a game thread on ** and a tooth problem that won’t go away.  I’m up.

  1. Stupid Steve Goodman song is not nearly as much fun as Celebration.  Won’t hafta hear about attendance anymore, though.
  2. For the visually impressed and thirsty…
  3. At least the things I go on and on about are good…
  4. Why do I love Paul Rudd? Sixty percent of the time, he works every time.  (by the way, anyone else think McWeeney looks like a hybrid between the monkey and me?)
  5. New York Snoopys.  Fuck me.
  6. Huh. Crazy Texan trumps Mormon in Republicanese.  I did not know that.
  7. I know what Job I’m applying to next!
  8. He really was horrible at his Job.
  9. Power to the…corporate overlords who abuse their power.

Discuss.

161 thoughts on “Grill, Thursday, August 25, 2011

  1. JediLeroy Aug 25,2011 7:42 am

    So, Utah.

    It’s not so bad, and we like our new place. We’re finally getting settled, but I’m so busy working (J-E legal translation that doesn’t pay well at all) that I don’t have time to look for a job. When I’m done with this gig, I’m going to do nothing but look for jobs all day.

    az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • batgirl Aug 25,2011 12:12 pm || Up

      I totally missed that you were landing in Utah upon your return. Where in Utah?

      • JediLeroy Aug 26,2011 8:39 am || Up

        I spent a few weeks in California with family, and was actually planning to stay. Then, my parents’ rental home in Provo opened up and it was a lot cheaper than anywhere in California, so we jumped on the opportunity. I felt out of place in California, and I sort of feel out of place now. I have more friends here than I do back home in Sacramento, but for some reason, my heart yearns to be in a foreign country somewhere.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • batgirl Aug 26,2011 12:29 pm || Up

          Well, you are sort of out of practice at being in America! Affordability is nothing to sneeze at, but I’m sure it’s hard to settle in when you’ve changed gears so abruptly.

          • JediLeroy Aug 28,2011 9:00 am || Up

            It has been hard. Luckily, people are pretty friendly out here, so the transition is a bit easier. I bought a TV off of craigslist at midnight last night. There’s no way I make a cash deal at midnight in California (and no way anyone else does, either).

            az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
            • monkeyball Aug 28,2011 9:18 am || Up

              {FKriminal lurkers move to Utah, buy short-sleeve button-down shirts}

              you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
              • JediLeroy Aug 28,2011 2:28 pm || Up

                Today at church I saw a few guys in short sleeve white shirts and wondered if that’s a Mormon phenomenon.

                az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
            • nevermoor Aug 28,2011 11:26 am || Up

              Correction, if you do a midnight cash deal in California, no way you end up with a TV.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • dmoas Aug 28,2011 4:00 pm || Up

                with a serial number on it.

                • Leopold Bloom Aug 28,2011 11:51 pm || Up

                  You want a tv? I can get you a tv by three o’clock this morning. With fingernail polish serial numbers.

                • monkeyball Aug 29,2011 12:12 am || Up

                  Fucking eBayers.

                  you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
            • suspicious coin Aug 28,2011 11:54 am || Up

              I made a cash deal at midnite to buy a tv in boston. The police officer who saw two guys loading a tv into a car and an exchange of money didn’t even flinch.

  2. ptbnl Aug 25,2011 8:13 am

    When my debit card number was stolen a few years back, the only things charged to it before I caught on were a George Forman grill and about 50lb of Godiva chocolates.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 11:20 am || Up

      I’ve apologized numerous times already. I don’t know how often I have to remain prostrate before you.

      • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 11:27 am || Up

        Losin’ like Foreman
        Savin’ like Orman
        Rebatin’ like my dear son Norman

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • ptbnl Aug 25,2011 11:42 am || Up

        I actually called around the vendors and one of them gave me the address they had shipped to, so I went by to check out who had been charging to my card. Sadly it was a true-to-stereotype situation.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 11:47 am || Up

          Eastern European Croatian cyber-criminal statistician-sports journo?

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • ptbnl Aug 25,2011 11:54 am || Up

            Other stereotype – west Oakland projects, African American grandma, ma & half a dozen kids.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • DFA Aug 25,2011 12:01 pm || Up

              fewwww…. im glad that we got our stereotypes straight…. otherwise that could have been awkward.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  3. suspicious coin Aug 25,2011 8:22 am

    Neglecting the truth or untruth of the statement, is this the dumbest thing BART could possibly say?

    “Right now, we don’t know how we’re going to get rid of protesters, because they’re protesting for the right reasons.”

  4. grover Aug 25,2011 9:23 am

    An idea I’ve been kicking around…

    Depending on the talent the Angels asked for in return, I’d be OK with the A’s trading for Vernon Wells in the offseason and taking on the full remaining 3 years/$63 million as long as Peter Bourjos came along to play CF.

    • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 9:32 am || Up

      In other words, Beane should be active on the F(reagent) market

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  5. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 9:26 am

    I know you FKers can’t see me

    Go home, Leopold.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 9:52 am || Up

      Also, congrats. That’s great success.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 11:21 am || Up

      [sniff]

      …and my gun?

  6. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 10:14 am

    Besides whatnevermoorsaid (srsly. big ups for the big downs), nice work on the mouseover titles in the linx. TDF, those work for ya?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  7. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 10:15 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 8:22 pm || Up
      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 10:40 pm || Up

        Goshen was right next to where I grew up.

  8. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 10:18 am

    4. Yeah, I can see that. Plus, ruddlurv

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • andeux Aug 25,2011 10:24 am || Up

      Have you guys ever seen Party Down? It’s pretty good.

      TINSTAAFK
      • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 10:29 am || Up

        great cast

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • futwork Aug 29,2011 9:59 am || Up

        Watched ’em all in about a two-week period sometime last fall (as with Archer). Really a shame it was buried on Starz–it was only a matter of time before that cast got cannibalized.

  9. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 10:23 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 10:31 am || Up

      Please. We beat them to that punch by a year.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 10:32 am || Up

        a (sorta) mobile-friendly site is not an app

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 10:37 am || Up

          Quiet you.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • MikeV Aug 25,2011 11:07 am || Up

        We did? There is a miniFK?

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

        Thanks, and go As.

        • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 11:10 am || Up

          It’s got some styling that’s supposed to make it work on an iPhone. Apparently it’s only so-so.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 11:17 am || Up

            It’s … workable.

            Not for a thread with 40+ comments, tho.

            Anyone who designs us a successful app should get a #3 jersey.

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
            • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 11:21 am || Up

              Just as long as they don’t try to come for my #2. Then I’d have to cut ’em.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • spwc2010 Aug 26,2011 9:37 am || Up

                That’s why there’s a lock on my toilet. If they want MY #2’s, they’re gonna have to come in from under the house!

                \"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
                • monkeyball Aug 26,2011 9:53 am || Up

                  How about a magic trick? I’m gonna make this #2 pencil disappear …

                  you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
                • spwc2010 Aug 26,2011 10:16 am || Up

                  (clenches asshole)

                  \"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
                • Ice Cream Aug 26,2011 11:45 am || Up

                  LOL

                  Where is the good in "good-bye"?
              • 5Aces Aug 26,2011 10:59 am || Up

                WHO DOES #2 WORK FOR!

                Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
            • MikeV Aug 25,2011 11:22 am || Up

              I’d probably give it a shot but it would be for android and not for iWhatever, since that’s what I use.

              Also there’s got to be some sort of WordPress Mobile skin or some such nonsense.

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

              Thanks, and go As.

              • andeux Aug 25,2011 11:24 am || Up

                Yes, there are WordPress Apps. I guess none of us has tried them.

                TINSTAAFK
                • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 11:26 am || Up

                  I certainly haven’t, though I had to do enough hacking for the unread comments and stuff that I certainly can’t promise those work.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • MikeV Aug 25,2011 1:27 pm || Up

                  I can FK around with it if you like, cause you know I have tons of spare time.

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • MikeV Aug 25,2011 1:29 pm || Up

                  Or, I guess, everyone could just install the WordPress app for their mobile device of choice

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • 5Aces Aug 25,2011 3:44 pm || Up

                  I tried it and couldnt get anything to work.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
            • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 11:23 am || Up

              Mike V, the monkey is talking to you.

              • MikeV Aug 25,2011 6:27 pm || Up

                XMLRPC Fault: XML-RPC services are disabled on this blog. An admin user can enable them at http://freekraut.com/wp-admin/options-writing.php

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

                Thanks, and go As.

      • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 12:02 pm || Up
        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 11:25 am || Up

      someone must’ve yelled at them. The screen shot before was ** with BBG and my real life names on there.

  10. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 10:35 am

    Boy would I love to see Thome back on the Indians.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  11. nevermoor Aug 25,2011 10:37 am

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  12. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 11:36 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 11:42 am || Up

      Excellent.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • DFA Aug 25,2011 11:49 am || Up

      The problem is that Valencia corridor isn’t really a good transportation area. The 14 Sucks ballz and only goes one direction (NS) and there is little in the way of reliable EW traffic and BART while great if you want to go (downtown which is already covered by the 14) from their doesn’t get to very much of the city. I live close by so I can walk to all of the mission but its not convinent for a lot of people if you have to get to other parts of the city.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 12:01 pm || Up

        I see your point, but I don’t agree. The 22, 27, 33, 48, and 49 are all highly useful lines, the J isn’t too distant, and commuting downtown via BART is pretty frickin’ instantaneous.

        The Mission isn’t in the middle of the City — given it’s geographic situation, I think it’s remarkably well connected to the rest of the nabes via PT.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 12:20 pm || Up

          Yeah. BART during rush hour is as good as anything any city has (trains ever 3 minutes, not crowded, gets you downtown in like 15.

          It’s true, though, that if you want to get somewhere else…

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 12:23 pm || Up

            OK, where do you want to go from the VC? You can get virtually anywhere in the city within a reasonable time frame — and I don’t think it’s any less inconvenient/untimely than any other random neighborhood.

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
            • DFA Aug 25,2011 12:28 pm || Up

              Ionno the haight has the J the 33 the 71 the 6 the 22 fairly good NS on the 24.
              Richmond has a ton of EW the 29 28 44 33 for NS
              Soma’s transport is pretty hit or miss but you can walk almost anywhere

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • DFA Aug 25,2011 12:24 pm || Up

          The 33 and the 48 the slowest bus lines on the planet. The 49 is useful if you are trying to transfer to an EW line to go to the Richmond.

          It is well connected to the center of the city via bart, though the station environ leaves much to be desired.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 12:30 pm || Up

            The 48 also runs about once every 20 minutes. I take it to BART in the mornings but you have to time your departure or you’re screwed.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • DFA Aug 25,2011 12:34 pm || Up

              Right thats what I meant by slowest, thought the 33 is actually physically slow once you get on it as well.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  13. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 12:13 pm
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  14. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 12:21 pm
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 12:23 pm || Up

      There was a kid in college on one of those and I SWEAR TO GOD he’d intentionally ram people. Like they say, though, nothing you can do about it.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 12:26 pm || Up

        Well, to be fair, he was really struggling trying to carry that Foreman grill and 50 pounds of chocolate.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  15. DFA Aug 25,2011 12:29 pm

    In other news I do not want to work today.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 12:42 pm || Up

      WILDCAT SICKOUT

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • DFA Aug 25,2011 12:49 pm || Up

        Im not Cust nor do I play college football.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  16. Soaker Aug 25,2011 12:58 pm

    6. I was thinking about changing voter registration to GOP and attending the local caucus for the sheer entertainment value. There’s been a lot of schedule shifting but I think the Nevada caucuses end up in the third position behind the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

    However, I committed a while back to being in Florida over President’s Day weekend and the NV caucuses are set for that Saturday.

    The conventional wisdom is that Romney is the favorite in NV due to heavy Mormon influence in the GOP statewide. I’m not so sure about that locally; this area seems more Tea Party-ish. Just saw my first Bachmann For President bumper sticker a couple days ago.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  17. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 2:00 pm

    We’re all just here to talk about baseball

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Aug 25,2011 2:02 pm || Up
      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • andeux Aug 25,2011 2:13 pm || Up

        “analysis re: issues”

        TINSTAAFK
      • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 2:17 pm || Up

        I wish I had that case. And if I did I would have no trouble at all reviewing press reports and billing it.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • ptbnl Aug 25,2011 2:21 pm || Up

          You could always start writing pieces on the subject for you to review too.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  18. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 2:37 pm

    Wait — what?

    And in the epilogue, Mr. Cheney writes that after undergoing heart surgery in 2010, he was unconscious for weeks.

    That’s genuinely interesting and weird. Now, I wonder what th– WAIT. WHAT?!?

    During that period, he wrote, he had a prolonged, vivid dream that he was living in an Italian villa, pacing the stone paths to get coffee and newspapers.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  19. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 25,2011 7:10 pm

    50 pounds! Way to go, dude, that’s fantastic.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 10:41 pm || Up

      The next 50 will be considerably more noticeable.

      And thank you, FSU~!

      • dmoas Aug 25,2011 11:10 pm || Up

        Dude, I recently saw a picture of you (can’t remember where) and it was very apparent that you had lost a lot of weight.

        • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 11:17 pm || Up

          yeah. I have. The first bit’s not as noticeable to others. Hugely noticeable to me. The second bit’s just the opposite.

          In fairness, this is the easier piece. The not putting it back on is the hard part.

      • suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 12:41 am || Up

        Good on you, LB. I could never lose 50 lbs. Because I would cease to exist.

        No, seriously, congrats.

        • Leopold Bloom Aug 26,2011 2:38 am || Up

          Yer just a teeny feller, aintcha?

          Suppose if I ever showed up for a tailgate, I might see for myself…

          • DFA Aug 26,2011 7:42 am || Up

            Congradulations on the weight loss. Does it make you feel better in day to day life?

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • Leopold Bloom Aug 27,2011 6:38 am || Up

              it does. It would make me feel better to see you, though. Would you perhaps like to go to a game with me when they return?

              • DFA Aug 28,2011 6:10 pm || Up

                Sounds good, I miss seeing you. Pick a date. Maybe the witch can come if you are so inclined.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 8:17 pm || Up

            you’ve been to way more FKthings than I have.

    • JediLeroy Aug 26,2011 8:42 am || Up

      Seriously! Congrats!

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • Leopold Bloom Aug 27,2011 6:40 am || Up

        thanks, JL.

        I keep forgetting whether I’ve shown you this or not. Watch past the original weirdness. It’s right up your alley.

        As an aside, I love Cory McAbee, and really hope/half expect one or more of you to know him.

        • monkeyball Aug 27,2011 10:30 am || Up

          I keep forgetting whether I’ve shown you this or not. Watch past the original weirdness. It’s right up your alley.

          TWLDS

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  20. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 8:20 pm

    So.

    1. Forgot my keys at home this morning

    2. JP’s been on bizarre sleep sked lately (partly/mostly in recrimination/reaction to my being at work late a lot the last couple weeks) but finally conked out this evening at 6:30 after no nap; meesus moonkeyball decided take the opportunity to crash as well

    Locked out of apt. Decided to go to bar around corner, get a single malt and … crack open my work computer and plow through some planning documents I haven’t had a chance to get to.

    After mm texted me she had woken up and unlocked front door, I came home and … rinsed diapers. I might just have … {glances around furtively} two beers. And do some … laundry. If I reallt cut loose, I might just … change out the cat boxes.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • dmoas Aug 25,2011 8:25 pm || Up

      Meeeeeeow.

    • nevermoor Aug 25,2011 9:37 pm || Up

      I was at Bed Bath and Beyond when Braden threw his perfect game. My dad called me.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 12:39 am || Up

        That…should have made you reassess your priorities.

      • DFA Aug 26,2011 7:44 am || Up

        I decided not to go so I could finish my AN draft piece. True story.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 10:42 pm || Up

      My problems seem more manageable now. Thank you.

      • Soaker Aug 25,2011 10:59 pm || Up

        You’re making great progress but you need to get over your absurd love of the Coliseum. It was a mediocrity even when the expectations of the American sports fan could be satisfied with a generic concrete circle. In 2011 Tittle’s notion that the Coliseum has good sightlines is just ludicrous.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • dmoas Aug 25,2011 11:11 pm || Up

          The Coliseum has great site lines. What you talking about?

          • Soaker Aug 26,2011 10:02 am || Up

            Our 1960s stadium designers put a lot of effort into trying to fit a basically square baseball field into a round multipurpose stadium. The geometry puts too many seats that should be good ones way too far horizontally from the field. Attending a major league game should be an intimate experience but those structures changed it into a distant one. Happily almost all of those buildings suffered the fate of Riverfront Stadium/”Cinergy Field” and I look forward to the day when the Coliseum succumbs in similar fashion.

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            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
            • dmoas Aug 26,2011 3:17 pm || Up

              I have no idea what you’re talking about. All the seats I’ve sat in at the Coli face the mound/home plate where 95% of the action takes place. So the fuck what if we’re further from the field because it’s fitting a football field in there, it makes for a more active & exciting game since any pop-up is playable and any over throw can be deadly. There’s little intimacy gained if you’re 10 ft away from the action but can’t see any of it.

        • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 11:20 pm || Up

          Actually, I’ve had to hear dmoas talk about sight lines for a couple three years now. And how poor they are at the phone booth. That does not seem to be a problem at the Coliseum.

          My love for the Coliseum is more about what’s happened there than the actually construct, though. A house is just a house. It’s what goes on in it that makes it a home.

        • JediLeroy Aug 26,2011 8:45 am || Up

          Hey! Remember the time when I was at a baseball game with all you FKers, and I couldn’t see the game behind the safety rail in the value deck?

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • Future Ed Aug 26,2011 12:28 pm || Up

            Gotta take 6th row or higher

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • Leopold Bloom Aug 27,2011 6:42 am || Up

              preferably higher.

              • DFA Aug 28,2011 6:11 pm || Up

                I always like to be high at the Coli.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • spwc2010 Aug 28,2011 7:13 pm || Up

                  Fuckiccus Yessicus!

                  I miss the pre-tarp days when I’d have a whole section to myself and hotbox my sweatshirt whenever I felt like it…

                  \"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
                • DFA Aug 29,2011 1:03 am || Up

                  I don’t personally but felt that the joke needed to be made by someone and you know personal responsibility and all.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  21. monkeyball Aug 25,2011 8:43 pm
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • JediLeroy Aug 26,2011 8:48 am || Up

        With you.

        Kindred spiritzzz!

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • futwork Aug 29,2011 10:26 am || Up

        I resent that!

        • Leopold Bloom Aug 29,2011 3:06 pm || Up

          [yawn] I’m sorry…I must have dropped off, there….what’s that, now?

    • Leopold Bloom Aug 26,2011 2:39 am || Up

      I also support #10.

    • 5Aces Aug 26,2011 11:03 am || Up

      #7 Is just a rip off of how Better Than Ezra supposedly got their name.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • monkeyball Aug 26,2011 11:07 am || Up

        I thought it was how Matt Yglesias got his name.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 8:15 pm || Up

        “Deluxe” is the pinnacle of middlebrow mid-90s college rock.

  22. FreeSeatUpgrade Aug 25,2011 8:45 pm

    There are now officially no depths to which I believe Lenny Dykstra is incapable of sinking.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Soaker Aug 25,2011 9:57 pm || Up

      That one would surprise me a lot less than Mike Flanagan…

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Leopold Bloom Aug 25,2011 10:50 pm || Up

      Wow. That’s nuts. I remember seeing the Real Sports segment where he was a financial genius. I guess things have changed, as Mr. Zimmerman says.

  23. suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 12:36 am

    http://packaging.informous.com/view/17512-viper-s1700-robot?source=sic

    Check out p19, Warning Label B. That is terrifying. “warning: this robot may rise up against humanity.”

    • Leopold Bloom Aug 26,2011 2:41 am || Up

      They’re learning…to…love.

      • nevermoor Aug 26,2011 10:35 am || Up

        Empirical

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • andeux Aug 26,2011 12:35 pm || Up
      TINSTAAFK
  24. nevermoor Aug 26,2011 10:39 am
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Aug 26,2011 10:56 am || Up

      That is terrifying. “warning: this economist may sit down against recession.”

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  25. nevermoor Aug 26,2011 11:24 am

    MB’s new favorite athlete. He’s even visibly uncomfortable being in the sun.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  26. batgirl Aug 26,2011 12:38 pm

    FSU–lemme know when you’re up to speed on PR. I think I hate more contestants this season than ever before.

    • Future Ed Aug 26,2011 12:51 pm || Up

      me too. One in particular I think I hate more than all that came before.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • batgirl Aug 26,2011 3:43 pm || Up

        Joshua? Because I pretty much want to rip off his insufferable head and pour glitter down his neck.

  27. ptbnl Aug 26,2011 1:17 pm

    Working at home today, and Lily is in her bedroom (next door to the office) quietly singing to herself while finger-knitting a scarf for her grandpa’s birthday – it’s almost unbearably sweet.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • batgirl Aug 26,2011 3:56 pm || Up

      Oh I can just imagine. She is just about the cutest little thing I’ve ever seen.

      • Leopold Bloom Aug 27,2011 6:44 am || Up

        she really is unnaturally cute. She may be of the devil, ptbnl. Have you considered having her tested for evil?

    • suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 7:52 pm || Up

      Sometimes I wish we had had a girl…but I suspect I’ll be thankful for boys in the teenage years.

      • ptbnl Aug 26,2011 7:59 pm || Up

        One analysis I heard was that a father of a boy only worries about 2 penises in the world, but a father of a girl worries about them all.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • Leopold Bloom Aug 27,2011 6:46 am || Up

          My brother (imagine me, only taller, more conservative, with a mustache, which is also conservative) has three daughters. It always amuses me that this huge man (Ben’s 6’5″, at least 300lbs) has a house full of women.

          • dmoas Aug 27,2011 10:09 am || Up

            One to do the dishes, one to do the laundry, one to vacuum the house, and one to paint his toes.

  28. suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 9:01 pm

    On alternative higher education, including this quote from a childhood friend of mine:

    “Taking a course online, by yourself, is not the same as being in a classroom with a professor who can respond to you, present different viewpoints and push you to work a problem,” Professor Neem said. “There’s lots of porn and religion online, but people still have relationships and get married, and go to church and talk to a minister.”

    I disagree with Johann on a lot of things (including, on the margins, this issue), but that’s a great quote.

    • 5Aces Aug 28,2011 12:01 pm || Up

      It is a great line, but (and I’m guessing this may be part of those margins where you disagree) isn’t the real point. I know very few folks who love the idea of doing nothing but online learning. But every person I know had their share of teachers that did not push anyone and classes that were just “read the book and show up for mid term and finals”.

      The problem of course is you never know which is which until you are already in the class. But it seems to me if you move at least some of the routine on-line you make it more likely that a teacher in an actual classroom would push the class more. (and this is just thinking about complete online studying and says nothing about interactive learning set up on-line where you could actually pair both teachers and students who give a damn…)

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  29. suspicious coin Aug 26,2011 9:06 pm

    I’d like to see Pitchf/x handle that…

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