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  1. FreeSeatUpgrade Nov 25,2011 9:21 am

    Man, at one point last night I started to get a serious case of the pie sweats, but I’m better now.

    Turkey and stuffing and potatoes and such are all great of course, but when it comes to Thanksgiving I am all about the pie. Last night’s selection at the Nurse Upgrade family table included pumpkin, pecan, banana cream, strawberry, three chocolate peanut butter, and apple. Yum! I’m going to have some more for breakfast.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • batgirl Nov 25,2011 9:38 am || Up

      Holy cow that’s a lot of pie.

      Our vegan pumpkin cake was a huge flop and I forgot to make my main course(wth!) The rest of the meal was a huge success.

    • nevermoor Nov 25,2011 5:01 pm || Up

      You can feel free to send me one of the chocolate peanut butter ones. Mrs. N’s families rely too heavily on store bought, so I made two pecan pies to take the edge off.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • aardvark Nov 26,2011 7:48 am || Up

      I made a pumpkin pie from a new recipe and while I was making it I was thinking, “This is one complicated pumpkin pie recipe. It better be the best pumpkin pie ever.” It was.

  2. FreeSeatUpgrade Nov 25,2011 9:32 am

    Black pepper spray Friday.

    Police said the suspect shot the pepper spray when the coverings over the items she wanted were removed. “Somehow she was trying to use it to gain an upper hand,” police Lt. Abel Parga told The Associated Press early Friday. He said she was apparently after some electronics and used the pepper spray to keep other shoppers at bay.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • ptbnl Nov 25,2011 10:04 am || Up

      She must have thought she was at Best Buy.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • nevermoor Nov 25,2011 5:03 pm || Up

        Honestly, Best Buy’s markup is so high you’d need like 50% off just to get to normal online prices.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  3. andeux Nov 25,2011 10:29 am

    Does that mean that today we are all Red Ruffing?

    TINSTAAFK
  4. JediLeroy Nov 25,2011 11:05 am

    Whole family–children, parents, cousins, us–spent the night throwing up. I’m still not over it.

    az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
    • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 12:04 pm || Up

      Ugh. Sorry to hear it. Bad turkey?

      • monkeyball Nov 25,2011 12:12 pm || Up

        It was the vegan pumpkin cake

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • Soaker Nov 25,2011 12:17 pm || Up

        It’s happened to me when I’ve had too much Wild Turkey.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • JediLeroy Nov 25,2011 1:09 pm || Up

        We’re thinking it was the yams. Those who didn’t eat them aren’t sick.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 1:11 pm || Up

          Dang. Hard to blame cooking skills, though; those tandem probably came from the store bad.

          • JediLeroy Nov 25,2011 1:17 pm || Up

            Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.

            az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • DFA Nov 25,2011 2:13 pm || Up

          Thats so strange. Hard vegies aren’t likely to cause bacterial food poisoning

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • grover Nov 25,2011 2:26 pm || Up

            Yeah… but when someone infuses them with rat poison all bets are off.

            • nevermoor Nov 25,2011 5:04 pm || Up

              notthatyouwouldknowanythingaboutthat

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

      Yikes. We had one of those 2y ago when my mom visited fir Xmas. All 4 of us w violent pooping & ralphing. Hope you all get better fast.

      Meesus Moonkeyball also ill — hope she doesn’t progress to an intestinal bug.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 12:42 pm || Up

        Happy to report, no core vibrations this morning.

      • JediLeroy Nov 25,2011 1:10 pm || Up

        That’s basically what’s going on here. I’m grateful for 2 bathrooms in our place.

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • monkeyball Nov 25,2011 1:37 pm || Up

          #occupybathroom

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • nevermoor Nov 25,2011 5:05 pm || Up

            The 1% is feeling pretty smug about skipping the yams.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • nevermoor Nov 25,2011 5:05 pm || Up

      NOoooooooooooo. The Yams Stole Thanksgiving! Call Dr. Seuss.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  5. thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 12:43 pm

    Moveacolypse: llama edition has commenced.

    • JediLeroy Nov 25,2011 1:10 pm || Up

      I’m considering applying for a job that will surely result in a move to a yet undetermined place. Am I crazy?

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 1:13 pm || Up

        Yes.

        • JediLeroy Nov 25,2011 1:24 pm || Up

          I could go work for a growing company making about twice what I make now, except that I have to travel for weekdays for the first 4-6 months, after which they place me where there’s a need–or wait until my security clearance is all taken care of and get a state translation job that pays slightly worse to start than what I make now, but with killer benefits. I don’t even know what the long term earnings potential is there.

          Right now, the plan is to do the gov’t translation gig part time at least–I figure it’d be a nice resume builder.

          It’s tempting that the base salary at the first job is way higher than what I’d ever make with bonuses at the bank, and the bonus potential is very high.

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • nevermoor Nov 25,2011 5:08 pm || Up

            That sounds like a major step up. If you’re willing to bounce around, it’s usually easier to level down into something stable than to level up like that.

            And yeah, professional translating experience would be great if you’re interested in doing that. Smart idea if you have the time.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Soaker Nov 25,2011 3:16 pm || Up

        Depends on the meaning of “a yet undetermined place”. Is there a short list of places, any of which would be acceptable? Or could it include some Third World hellhole, or Detroit? A single guy could go for adventure and your kids are probably too young to care but I sense that you and your wife think Provo is a good place to raise a family so you’d better have her fully on board before proceeding.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 4:08 pm || Up

          Yeah, Cleveland was a non-starter for Mrs. Llama.

          • Leopold Bloom Nov 29,2011 12:01 am || Up

            Cleveland should be a non-starter for anyone.

    • nevermoor Nov 25,2011 5:06 pm || Up

      To where?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  6. FreeSeatUpgrade Nov 25,2011 4:37 pm

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    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  7. andeux Nov 25,2011 5:13 pm

    Word in the twitterverse is that Chili Davis is the A’s new hitting coach.

    TINSTAAFK
    • JediLeroy Nov 25,2011 5:58 pm || Up

      I approve. Not because he’s a good coach, but because I loved getting Chili Davis baseball cards as a kid. Made up for all the Bip Robertses.

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • spwc2010 Nov 25,2011 6:36 pm || Up

        It would be rad if he could wear “Chili” on the back of his uniform like he used to.

        \"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 Nov 25,2011 9:29 pm || Up

          Only if we bring in Lansford as IF coach

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • spwc2010 Nov 25,2011 11:31 pm || Up

            and sacrifice Mike Gallego to Ba’al

            \"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
          • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 11:34 pm || Up

            And David Cone, as pitching coach, to stand between them.

  8. thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 9:28 pm

    Holy crap.

    Two straight nights of feasting – Thanksgiving and then Lunar New Year – with entirely different menus and traditions. I’m stuffed and now have twice the leftovers of a typical Thanksgiving weekend.

    • DFA Nov 25,2011 9:30 pm || Up

      Isn’t Lunar New Year in February?

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 9:40 pm || Up

        Lunar/Islamic.

        Culturally it is required to serve 21 different dishes. Here is what I remember: kiwi, apple, orange, papaya, persimmon, pomegranate, melon, grapes, figs, dates, rice pudding, dhai barray, chicken, rice, burfi, eggplant, savory samosa, sweet samosa, another kind of rice, fish…I seem to be missing one.

        • DFA Nov 25,2011 10:03 pm || Up

          damn i wanna come over

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 10:18 pm || Up

            It is, in principle, quite delicious as this photo from Flickr shows. The user’s comments indicate that the picture depicts an actual a new year’s meal.

            Pehli raat ka thaal

            However. You must eat out of a thaal, the large shallow dish shown above. Maybe 8 or 10 people sit round the thaal and bring the dishes sequentially to the middle. There are no utensils, so the communal bowls are dipped into with hands which regularly see the inside of mouths. It is therefore common for a single individual, usually a child, to infect an entire family. Everybody is sneezing within three days.

            • DFA Nov 25,2011 10:32 pm || Up

              Ive eaten off of a thaal before, but luckily, I did not get sick.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 10:34 pm || Up

                I want your immune system.

                • DFA Nov 26,2011 8:58 am || Up

                  there were no children, I don’t hink my immune system is that special

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • spwc2010 Nov 26,2011 9:11 am || Up

                  Mine is… but that’s because when I was a little kid, I was a gross little kid.

                  I’d eat dirt or gross things for money or just to disgust someone else. I think all the used gum and boogers must have boosted my immune system.

                  \"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 Nov 26,2011 7:42 am || Up

              Mohammed, what a brass thaal

              you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
              • JediLeroy Nov 26,2011 8:21 am || Up

                Thrass Ba’al?

                az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
                • spwc2010 Nov 26,2011 8:46 am || Up

                  Ba’al likes to be thrassed. It’s kinda like petting his belly.

                  \"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
  9. thus sayeth the llama Nov 25,2011 10:54 pm
  10. ptbnl Nov 26,2011 11:08 am

    An interesting piece on man-camps, which apparently have no problem banning firearms.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  11. ptbnl Nov 26,2011 8:12 pm

    I’m going to be a grandpa!

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Nov 26,2011 8:37 pm || Up

      Congrats! Now your progeny have caught up with the color of your hair (mine are still a generation behind).

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • JediLeroy Nov 26,2011 9:06 pm || Up

      This man, a grandpa? Congrats! Lily’s going to make a wonderful aunt.

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • ptbnl Nov 26,2011 9:47 pm || Up

        That was then …

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • JediLeroy Nov 27,2011 10:03 am || Up

          That’s a great pic, by the way.

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • ptbnl Nov 27,2011 12:45 pm || Up

            A little bizarre that it is up on Smoot’s website.

            16 years ago now … I was just reading the paper over breakfast one morning and there happened to be a photographer visiting the commune.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • nevermoor Nov 27,2011 5:41 pm || Up

              Julian received his PhD from the University of in 1994

              Unified theory of universities?

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • ptbnl Nov 27,2011 9:32 pm || Up

                They’re all like that – he’s thrown up fake bio pages for everyone who has ever worked anywhere near his group!

                If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • thus sayeth the llama Nov 26,2011 9:59 pm || Up

      Woohoo!

    • Future Ed Nov 26,2011 11:23 pm || Up

      your own?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • ptbnl Nov 27,2011 12:23 am || Up

        I adopted the father-to-be when he was 5 (and I was 22).

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • Future Ed Nov 27,2011 12:31 am || Up

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • ptbnl Nov 27,2011 12:47 pm || Up

            Ah! Now I understand the question.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • Future Ed Nov 27,2011 12:33 am || Up

          Also, we were at my parents house this weekend and my 5 year old began calling my dad “gramps” much to my delight.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • Leopold Bloom Nov 29,2011 12:04 am || Up

            I used to call my dad “pops”. back when he was alive. I guess I still do, though I’m not entirely certain he hears me.

            • DFA Nov 29,2011 1:40 pm || Up

              Maybe you should talk louder

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • Leopold Bloom Nov 29,2011 1:53 pm || Up

                hmm. maybe? So we should yell all prayers?

                • monkeyball Nov 29,2011 1:55 pm || Up

                  you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • DFA Nov 27,2011 9:00 am || Up

          Thats awesome.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • nevermoor Nov 27,2011 1:50 am || Up

      Awesome!

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • batgirl Nov 27,2011 8:16 am || Up

      Woooo!!!!!

    • spwc2010 Nov 27,2011 8:31 am || Up

      Hurray for you and your family.

      \"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
    • sslinger Nov 27,2011 3:02 pm || Up

      Congratulations, that is exciting news! Is this going to mean more trips down under, or am I remembering incorrectly?

      • ptbnl Nov 27,2011 3:32 pm || Up

        Yup – looks like he’ll be staying in Sydney.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Poppy Nov 27,2011 8:02 pm || Up

      Congrats!!!

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • oblique Nov 28,2011 2:07 pm || Up

      Congratulations!

  12. FreeSeatUpgrade Nov 26,2011 9:45 pm

    Crap. Friggin Vegas.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • spwc2010 Nov 27,2011 7:20 am || Up

      Maybe you’ll swing upwards on today’s NFL slate.

      \"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
    • thus sayeth the llama Nov 27,2011 12:44 pm || Up

      I read this as “friggin vegans”

      • ptbnl Nov 27,2011 1:07 pm || Up

        Yeah – friggin’ vegans. Banish ’em to the land of milk and honey, that’s what I say.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • monkeyball Nov 28,2011 10:03 am || Up

        Figgins Vargas

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • spwc2010 Nov 28,2011 10:24 am || Up

          \"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
        • JediLeroy Nov 28,2011 10:59 am || Up

          Sorry, all I’ve got at work is a portable version of GIMP, which is nowhere near as powerful or useful as Photoshop.

          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • Poppy Nov 28,2011 3:35 pm || Up

            Bwaha! I love how the JediLeroy Beacon was just a “given” there… ;)

            There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
            • monkeyball Nov 28,2011 3:53 pm || Up

              you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  13. FreeSeatUpgrade Nov 27,2011 6:17 pm

    RAIDERS!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • mother pucker Nov 27,2011 6:28 pm || Up

      Nice win today, and outside of the Kelly scare, no injuries of note! That said, when a Caleb Hanie leads an attack that puts up upwards of 400 yards, that is a pretty bad. Granted Lito Shepard is probably the 4th string CB and Huff is clearly hobbled, but the secondary has gotta improve. Same with the pass rush…isn’t Chicago’s O-line supposed to suck? 7-4 is still pretty FK’in sweet!

      Now a quasi-brutal two game trip at Miami, and at Green Bay coming up. Suffice to say, next week’s game is pretty huge.

      • nevermoor Nov 28,2011 8:59 am || Up

        Hell, even I’ll root for ’em against GB.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • spwc2010 Nov 27,2011 6:30 pm || Up

      Yay Raiders!

      Yay Raiders not beating the spread!

      \"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
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Nov 27,2011 6:41 pm || Up

        5.5?! Who set that freakin line?

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • mother pucker Nov 27,2011 6:49 pm || Up

          I saw somewhere that it had moved to Bears +3 as of this morning.

        • nevermoor Nov 28,2011 9:00 am || Up

          This is the problem with Thursday games: We need to set lines on Tuesday.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • spwc2010 Nov 28,2011 10:03 am || Up

            Is there any way you can set the Thursday game line on Tuesday and put the others up on Thursday?

            \"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
            • spwc2010 Nov 28,2011 10:05 am || Up

              Another thing that would be cool if you’re going to market this thing to the masses would be to have the league stats update after every day of game action (maybe Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays at 11:59pm)

              \"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
              • nevermoor Nov 28,2011 11:24 am || Up

                Yeah. Both are possible, with the latter being higher priority than the former.

                I have some backend changes I need to make to allow that, though.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • monkeyball Nov 28,2011 11:33 am || Up

                  TWHS

                  I have some backend changes I need to make to allow that, though.

                  you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  14. thus sayeth the llama Nov 27,2011 9:08 pm
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