I need a new grill. Â 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. Â I’ve got a Breaking Bad post that I must construct, a game thread on ** and a tooth problem that won’t go away. Â I’m up.
- Stupid Steve Goodman song is not nearly as much fun as Celebration. Â Won’t hafta hear about attendance anymore, though.
- For the visually impressed and thirsty…
- At least the things I go on and on about are good…
- Why do I love Paul Rudd? Sixty percent of the time, he works every time. Â (by the way, anyone else think McWeeney looks like a hybrid between the monkey and me?)
- New York Snoopys. Â Fuck me.
- Huh. Crazy Texan trumps Mormon in Republicanese. Â I did not know that.
- I know what Job I’m applying to next!
- He really was horrible at his Job.
- Power to the…corporate overlords who abuse their power.
Discuss.
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.
I totally missed that you were landing in Utah upon your return. Where in Utah?
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.
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.
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).
{FKriminal lurkers move to Utah, buy short-sleeve button-down shirts}
Today at church I saw a few guys in short sleeve white shirts and wondered if that’s a Mormon phenomenon.
Correction, if you do a midnight cash deal in California, no way you end up with a TV.
with a serial number on it.
You want a tv? I can get you a tv by three o’clock this morning. With
fingernail polishserial numbers.Fucking eBayers.
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.
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.
I’ve apologized numerous times already. I don’t know how often I have to remain prostrate before you.
Losin’ like Foreman
Savin’ like Orman
Rebatin’ like my dear son Norman
Very clever!
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.
Eastern EuropeanCroatiancyber-criminalstatistician-sports journo?Other stereotype – west Oakland projects, African American grandma, ma & half a dozen kids.
fewwww…. im glad that we got our stereotypes straight…. otherwise that could have been awkward.
Neglecting the truth or untruth of the statement, is this the dumbest thing BART could possibly say?
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.
In other words, Beane should be active on the F(reagent) market
Ugh.
Go home, Leopold.
Also, congrats. That’s great success.
ditto
[sniff]
…and my gun?
Besides whatnevermoorsaid (srsly. big ups for the big downs), nice work on the mouseover titles in the linx. TDF, those work for ya?
1. All small Ohio liberal arts schools are the same, chapter XXVII
pleasedon’tbeoberlin
Goshen was right next to where I grew up.
4. Yeah, I can see that. Plus, ruddlurv
Have you guys ever seen Party Down? It’s pretty good.
great cast
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.
Dammit.
Please. We beat them to that punch by a year.
a (sorta) mobile-friendly site is not an app
Quiet you.
We did? There is a miniFK?
Thanks, and go As.
It’s got some styling that’s supposed to make it work on an iPhone. Apparently it’s only so-so.
It’s … workable.
Not for a thread with 40+ comments, tho.
Anyone who designs us a successful app should get a #3 jersey.
Just as long as they don’t try to come for my #2. Then I’d have to cut ’em.
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!
How about a magic trick? I’m gonna make this #2 pencil disappear …
(clenches asshole)
LOL
WHO DOES #2 WORK FOR!
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.
Thanks, and go As.
Yes, there are WordPress Apps. I guess none of us has tried them.
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.
I can FK around with it if you like, cause you know I have tons of spare time.
Thanks, and go As.
Or, I guess, everyone could just install the WordPress app for their mobile device of choice
Thanks, and go As.
I tried it and couldnt get anything to work.
Mike V, the monkey is talking to you.
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
Thanks, and go As.
Done.
We need A Grill That Fits in Your Freaking Pocket
someone must’ve yelled at them. The screen shot before was ** with BBG and my real life names on there.
Boy would I love to see Thome back on the Indians.
FK that headline though.
nm bait
Excellent.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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
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.
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.
Right thats what I meant by slowest, thought the 33 is actually physically slow once you get on it as well.
Fosse, or Dickey?
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.
Well, to be fair, he was really struggling trying to carry that Foreman grill and 50 pounds of chocolate.
In other news I do not want to work today.
WILDCAT SICKOUT
Im not Cust nor do I play college football.
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.
We’re all just here to talk about baseball
… and nm’s getting paid to do it!
I wish I had that case. And if I did I would have no trouble at all reviewing press reports and billing it.
You could always start writing pieces on the subject for you to review too.
Wait — what?
That’s genuinely interesting and weird. Now, I wonder what th– WAIT. WHAT?!?
50 pounds! Way to go, dude, that’s fantastic.
The next 50 will be considerably more noticeable.
And thank you, FSU~!
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.
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.
And knowing is half the battle.
Good on you, LB. I could never lose 50 lbs. Because I would cease to exist.
No, seriously, congrats.
Yer just a teeny feller, aintcha?
Suppose if I ever showed up for a tailgate, I might see for myself…
Congradulations on the weight loss. Does it make you feel better in day to day life?
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?
Sounds good, I miss seeing you. Pick a date. Maybe the witch can come if you are so inclined.
Wooo! Yay!
you’ve been to way more FKthings than I have.
still wanna meet you, FKer.
Seriously! Congrats!
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.
TWLDS
He provides stock tips afterward.
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.
Meeeeeeow.
I was at Bed Bath and Beyond when Braden threw his perfect game. My dad called me.
That…should have made you reassess your priorities.
Seriously.
I decided not to go so I could finish my AN draft piece. True story.
[sigh]
My problems seem more manageable now. Thank you.
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.
The Coliseum has great site lines. What you talking about?
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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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.
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.
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?
Gotta take 6th row or higher
preferably higher.
I always like to be high at the Coli.
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…
I don’t personally but felt that the joke needed to be made by someone and you know personal responsibility and all.
#10 FTW
#5
With you.
Kindred spiritzzz!
I resent that!
[yawn] I’m sorry…I must have dropped off, there….what’s that, now?
I also support #10.
#7 Is just a rip off of how Better Than Ezra supposedly got their name.
I thought it was how Matt Yglesias got his name.
“Deluxe” is the pinnacle of middlebrow mid-90s college rock.
There are now officially no depths to which I believe Lenny Dykstra is incapable of sinking.
That one would surprise me a lot less than Mike Flanagan…
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.
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.”
They’re learning…to…love.
awesomeness. I love you, nm.
Also too
KTOTD
That is terrifying. “warning: this economist may sit down against recession.â€
MB’s new favorite athlete. He’s even visibly uncomfortable being in the sun.
FSU–lemme know when you’re up to speed on PR. I think I hate more contestants this season than ever before.
me too. One in particular I think I hate more than all that came before.
Joshua? Because I pretty much want to rip off his insufferable head and pour glitter down his neck.
OK – that made me laugh.
yes.
you FKers are gonna make me watch it, huh? How far we in?
maybe 3 episodes
I could do that!
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.
Oh I can just imagine. She is just about the cutest little thing I’ve ever seen.
she really is unnaturally cute. She may be of the devil, ptbnl. Have you considered having her tested for evil?
Sometimes I wish we had had a girl…but I suspect I’ll be thankful for boys in the teenage years.
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.
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.
One to do the dishes, one to do the laundry, one to vacuum the house, and one to paint his toes.
On alternative higher education, including this quote from a childhood friend of mine:
I disagree with Johann on a lot of things (including, on the margins, this issue), but that’s a great quote.
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…)
I’d like to see Pitchf/x handle that…