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31 Jan 2012  |  monkeyball  |FKups · KOTD · The Grill

Yesterday’s snack: kraut mix sprouts and wheat grass juice courtesy of Brooks and Daughters (yep, Jim’s a Sharks fan surprised he wasn’t sporting orange and black for the photo, though), juice container courtesy of F-K.com. We’re buying sprouts and “green juice” (as JP calls it — he loves it!) every Saturday around 10 at the FBFM.

106 thoughts on “Experience a better package”

  1. SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Jan 31,2012 7:46 am

    Needz moar title!

    \"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 Jan 31,2012 8:05 am || Up

      Done! Weird WP bug logged me out … Think it may have been result of losing coverage.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  2. aardvark Jan 31,2012 8:18 am

    I would just like to say that the Brooks are among the nicest farmers people that I know. Also, Jim used to run this place that his family owned for over 100 years.

    • ptbnl Jan 31,2012 9:29 am || Up

      Blessed are the (former 5th generation) cheesemakers.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Rods (theoriginalrods) Jan 31,2012 11:30 pm || Up

      Strangely enough, Jim is my Uncle-good guy.

  3. FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 31,2012 9:11 am

    (pix resized to reduce monitor dominance)

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  4. sslinger Jan 31,2012 9:26 am

    Speaking of the Sharks, they get a new Plush toy.

    • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 10:33 am || Up

      That’s fantastic.

      I hope he gets into a “fight” on the ice.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • the llama Jan 31,2012 7:27 pm || Up
  5. AV Jan 31,2012 9:57 am

    paniagua means breadandwater. casilla means garcia. neither of those facts are mentioned in this story about dominican name-switching.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  6. MikeV Jan 31,2012 10:20 am

    The Georgia native floated what he described as an “extraordinarily radical proposal” in November that would allow poor children to find work as janitors in their own schools.

    “I tried for years to have a very simple model,” Gingrich said. “Most of these schools ought to get rid of their unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school.”

    Of course, that would run afoul of longstanding laws designed to prohibit the exploitation of children.

    Gingrich characterized those laws as “truly stupid.”

    I mean… I couldn’t even come up with this stuff if I tried.

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

    Thanks, and go As.

    • PaulThomas Jan 31,2012 4:07 pm || Up

      Actually, as Gingrich crazy goes, this one is less crazy than it might seem. Japanese public elementary schools all require their students to clean the classrooms. Apart from being too cute by half, it does teach teamwork and cooperation.

      The linking of it to poor kids (and the anti-union animus, I guess) is the asinine part. If everyone had to do it, I wouldn’t have much of a problem with it.

      • monkeyball Jan 31,2012 4:38 pm || Up

        It’s less about linking it to poor kids (though that’s the cover) than it is to black kids. If white kids had to do it — parents would be up in arms. (Well, black parents would be up in arms, too, but Newt, GOP primary voters, and the media don’t care about them.)

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • the llama Jan 31,2012 7:28 pm || Up

          GOP primary voters

          ::rolls eyes::

  7. Leopold Bloom Jan 31,2012 10:54 am

    Ideali wants me to go to Dubrovnik, Croatia – KAZBEK HOTEL.

    I wonder if I would know anyone there.

    • MikeV Jan 31,2012 10:57 am || Up

      if you have elcroata book the room for you, they might just give you the entire hotel to yourself.

      with a harem.

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • Leopold Bloom Jan 31,2012 11:19 am || Up

        [contemplates the possibility that Ideali IS EC…]

    • DFA Jan 31,2012 12:48 pm || Up

      Seriously I want to go to Croatia tho. Trying to figure out how Im going to spend/save my tax return.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  8. monkeyball Jan 31,2012 11:06 am
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  9. monkeyball Jan 31,2012 11:50 am

    Quasi-honest question: should Romney convert to, say, one of the less charismatic Protestant denoms?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • colin Jan 31,2012 11:53 am || Up

      It would be a disaster for Romney — completely plays into the existing opinions that he has no actual convictions and would say/do anything for the nomination.

  10. monkeyball Jan 31,2012 12:05 pm

    Future ed/nm bait

    I think there’s a valid objection to the English-only postings (but I strongly suspect the most vociferous objections were probably from … English-only speakers), but the rest of it is CITY GUBMINT HANDS OFF MAH FREE STREET PARKING!!1!

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Leopold Bloom Jan 31,2012 1:51 pm || Up

      Maybe they didn’t come down there and tell you. You’ve been away a long time–he don’t go by Future Ed no more.

      • Ed Jan 31,2012 1:52 pm || Up

        I don’t?

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Ed Jan 31,2012 1:53 pm || Up

          Oh, I don’t. Whoops. I forgot to change it back.

          Now that I think about it, do I need to?

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Ed Jan 31,2012 1:57 pm || Up

      Yeah, I call bs on the objections to the meters themselves. The English only notices? Who the fuck didn’t know that was going to be a problem?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 2:16 pm || Up

        Agreed. If there’s enough demand that blocks are usually parked up, there should be meters. And that goes for my block too.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Ed Jan 31,2012 2:31 pm || Up

          As the holder a a currently unpaid parking ticket, I want to go to one of those meetings in support of meters.

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
          • DFA Jan 31,2012 3:38 pm || Up

            this. Also i wish there was a transponder than just charged me for the time i parked rather than having me guestimate. Also I would be more down if your neighborhood sticker got you some free meter parking maybe till 9 or 10 am if they are going to meter the fuck out of everything

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • Future Ed Jan 31,2012 6:28 pm || Up

              we totally should

              I have $5. No I don\'t.
              • DFA Jan 31,2012 6:33 pm || Up

                Im just saying if my neighborhood makes me pay for parking it shouldn’t make me wake up early.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 7:04 pm || Up

                  I fully agree that making actually paying for your parking easier is a good way to make getting the money work. For example, I don’t even think about bridge tolls, since it autocharges my credit card every so often.

                  Fully automating things strikes me as a significant engineering challenge, but the new CC-accepting meters are a great first step.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Future Ed Jan 31,2012 7:10 pm || Up

                  I agree with this. ECs story about paying from the phone made me think there has to be an optimum price for meter/fine balance to maximize revenue. My guess would be that the punitive chicago style (that you described) or sf style may not be best for revenue.

                  I don’t know if revenue should be the goal, but it would be interesting to me. If any of you city planners know a source…

                  PS I resisted getting Fastrack till a few months ago because I hate taking peoples jobs, but they made it just. so. difficult. to pay a toll taker.

                  I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • MikeV Jan 31,2012 6:31 pm || Up

              Yeah, but then they couldn’t pop you for expired meters and parking tickets.

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

              Thanks, and go As.

              • DFA Jan 31,2012 6:33 pm || Up

                but they would get more im only going to run in for a minute money.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 7:05 pm || Up

                I bet they’d still get plenty of “stayed past maximum time” type tickets.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  11. monkeyball Jan 31,2012 12:10 pm

    Can I have $3.648M?

    I actually prefer Priest St for unaffordable, rarely-available pedestrian-lane properties.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • DFA Jan 31,2012 12:52 pm || Up

      I like that one way more than the last one. Look at that bath tub. Holy fuck.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Ed Jan 31,2012 2:01 pm || Up

      that bath tub terrifies me

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • MikeV Jan 31,2012 2:21 pm || Up

        No it’s cool, it’s like playing Portal.

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

        Thanks, and go As.

    • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 2:17 pm || Up

      It shore is purdy.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • DFA Jan 31,2012 3:38 pm || Up

        i really like the green house windows

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  12. MikeV Jan 31,2012 12:12 pm

    So, the Android App for WordPress works now.

    and it kinda sucks.

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

    Thanks, and go As.

  13. ptbnl Jan 31,2012 1:11 pm

    Busy following tonight’s English footie, and someone has just run onto the pitch at Goodison Park and handcuffed himself to a goalpost.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Jan 31,2012 1:47 pm || Up

      I say play on. That will make him think twice about doing that again.

      • AV Jan 31,2012 2:39 pm || Up

        nice.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  14. monkeyball Jan 31,2012 1:51 pm

    Great men do great things in spite of their libido, not because of it.

    Also: I did not know about the 31/18 thing. That’s, um, …

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Jan 31,2012 1:53 pm || Up

      Also also: definitely adding “slapping a clown” to my euphemism armamentarium.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • ptbnl Jan 31,2012 2:00 pm || Up

      Shudder …

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Leopold Bloom Jan 31,2012 2:01 pm || Up

      Great men also cry, monkey. Great men also cry.

  15. JamesV Jan 31,2012 2:06 pm
  16. MikeV Jan 31,2012 2:14 pm

    Holy FK

    So, there’s no way in hell that bill ever passes, right? I mean it would make politics SO much better, the lobbyists wouldn’t let it happen? Requiring each bill congress passes to only be about one thing? No riders, no pork?

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

    Thanks, and go As.

    • monkeyball Jan 31,2012 2:21 pm || Up

      1. This is the legislative polity equivalent of the flat tax

      2. How would you pass something like, say, Obamacare? Or, say … anything?

      3. Uh-huh:

      , and for other purposes.

      In other words, pure grandstanding.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • andeux Jan 31,2012 2:27 pm || Up

        He’s still pissed off about the “You have to email me” rider to last year’s budget.

        TINSTAAFK
      • MikeV Jan 31,2012 2:47 pm || Up

        Well, I’m sure the entire idea would still be completely abused and loopholes exploited.

        Obamacare: The bill has “one subject” — healthcare

        It would just be nice to stop seeing all sorts of crap added on to bills in order to get votes

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

        Thanks, and go As.

    • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 2:58 pm || Up

      Just GOP obstruction.

      They can make each bill take several months EVEN IF Democrats have a supermajority.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  17. ptbnl Jan 31,2012 2:36 pm

    This looks fascinating, but having every single thought broadcast might be worse than being unable to speak.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • monkeyball Jan 31,2012 2:46 pm || Up

      #bedbait

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Jan 31,2012 4:14 pm || Up

      Let the disabled broadcast it as a speech substitute.

      Let the non-disabled shoot the data straight to storage where it can be accessed and analyzed by advanced programs.

      \"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
  18. nevermoor Jan 31,2012 2:47 pm
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • batgirl Jan 31,2012 3:22 pm || Up

      Cute collar. I love that picture.

    • Glorious Mundy Jan 31,2012 3:29 pm || Up

      That’s a quality burn by Axelrod. And one very cute dog.

      • batgirl Jan 31,2012 4:22 pm || Up

        My aunt transports her two dogs in a way similar to Romney, and it makes my skin crawl.

  19. Englishmajor Jan 31,2012 3:24 pm

    If you can stand one more ballpark story, I interviewed Angela Woodall about her demise-of-Victory-Court piece in the Tribune.

    • SLF Jan 31,2012 3:26 pm || Up

      nice. I love it when you do baseball stuff. Its always better when you know the reporter actually knows what she is talking about, rather than studying up for it that day.

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jan 31,2012 4:07 pm || Up

      Thanks EM, good stuff. A couple of addenda:

      Woodall: “(w)hat they’ve done is shift the money — $4 million — from redevelopment into a city fund, I’m not sure if that’s a general fund or not.” Actually the money has been added to the list of “enforceable obligations,” agreements which localities claim are binding on their redevelopment agencies prior to the Feb. 1 dissolution date, and thus not subject to being returned to the State per the end of redevelopment. It remains to be seen how much the State will attempt to “clawback” of the various such agreements which every redevelopment agency in the state hurried to execute last year.

      Re MLB preferring urban fabric ballparks such as JL Sq. MLB has actually backed off this stance. They’ll take a park wherever it can be built (once they’ve decided which county that might be in).

      Woodall: “There’s ownership that’s interested in buying the team and keeping it in Oakland.” I’d really like to hear more about this.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • batgirl Jan 31,2012 4:50 pm || Up

        OOoh OOh, please can it be Ellison?

        • monkeyball Jan 31,2012 4:52 pm || Up

          Careful what you wish for. Larry’s be more likely to buy the A’s and the Giants, and fold the franchises together.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • ptbnl Jan 31,2012 4:53 pm || Up

            And switch the result to the America’s Cup.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • sslinger Jan 31,2012 5:00 pm || Up

              Can you say “floating ballpark?”

              • Future Ed Jan 31,2012 6:31 pm || Up

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
            • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 5:02 pm || Up

              As if he would pollute sailing with crass plebian sports…

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • dmoas Jan 31,2012 11:04 pm || Up

        #3, I suspect she intended to throw an “if” in front of that.

    • lynnzgal Jan 31,2012 4:40 pm || Up

      Nice job, EM!

  20. JamesV Jan 31,2012 4:13 pm

    This looks like fun.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=C8ECeEjF-7k” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>

    • Future Ed Jan 31,2012 6:34 pm || Up

      what was that Michael DOuglas movie?

      That looked funnier though

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  21. mother pucker Jan 31,2012 6:54 pm

    So uhh, for those who keep up on college football recruiting, and have been following the Cal recruiting situation since Benedict Lopui went to UW, and the recent exodus that has since transpired, are you guys having to fight the urge to puke as much as I am?

    • futwork Jan 31,2012 10:44 pm || Up

      Seemed like a foregone conclusion since Tosh left that the class would fall apart. Hard to blame him though; UW is paying him a LOT. I guess we’ll see how much the demise of those oaks was worth…

      • mother pucker Feb 1,2012 12:07 am || Up

        I do not blame him for leaving, rather the timing of it all is just way too suspect. Too much to ask for any form of loyalty such that you stay till after 2/1? The money, which would have made him the 2nd highest coach on the Cal staff, obviously was huge, but one has to wonder if there was some other type of fallout between he and Ted.

        But no, he is doing what his best for him, and I think any of us would probably do the same. I am curious though what motivates all these de-commits? What the hell did he tell Shaq Thompson before, and consequently, what the hell did he tell him to get him out? The whole thing just sickens me.

    • PaulThomas Feb 1,2012 5:32 pm || Up

      I’d certainly never hire him for a job. He essentially defrauded his employer.

      • monkeyball Feb 1,2012 6:24 pm || Up

        I thought for sure this was #chrisdodd

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • the llama Feb 1,2012 9:42 pm || Up

      what’s interesting to me is that the recruiter is supposed to sell the school to the athlete. That the athlete would follow the recruiter rather than the school he was sold on says a hell of a lot about the NCAA. And it isn’t good.

  22. nevermoor Jan 31,2012 7:13 pm

    Wow.

    Numbers from CMAG show a total of 11,586 television spots aired in Florida between January 23 and January 29. Of those spots, 10,633 were negative and 953 were positive.

    Of the 1,012 spots Newt Gingrich’s campaign ran, 95% were negative. Mitt Romney’s campaign ran 3,276 ads and 99% were negative.

    MOAR primary please.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Future Ed Jan 31,2012 7:24 pm || Up

      awesome

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • futwork Jan 31,2012 10:45 pm || Up

      Agreed.

      • nevermoor Jan 31,2012 11:00 pm || Up

        It’ll be fun to see him try though.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • ptbnl Jan 31,2012 11:30 pm || Up

          With the public attention span tuned to 30 seconds, he’s got plenty of time.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • futwork Jan 31,2012 11:35 pm || Up

            I just hope (likely futilely) that the Axelrod strategy won’t revolve around hitting Mitt as a flip-flopper. Oh, he used to hold less-abhorrent views than he does now? Let’s attack him for that, not the nonsense he’s currently spewing!

            Hypocrisy charges are often crappy lines of political attack.

    • PaulThomas Feb 1,2012 5:34 pm || Up

      What? You mean an unregulated “marketplace of ideas” does not, in fact, produce good or socially useful ones, but merely produces the sort of ideas that are most needed for the people with huge sums of money?

      I’m shocked. Shocked by this revelation, I tell you.

  23. the llama Jan 31,2012 7:26 pm

    Newt Gingrich, man of science.

    Who else has carried a microchip and a vacuum tube in his pocket for impromptu lectures on the history of technology, taken time out from a hectic campaign schedule to visit labs at leading research universities, and loudly called for doubling federal spending on science?
    …
    A huge fan of zoos, Gingrich has coauthored books on conservation and environmental issues with psychobiologist Terry Maples, who ran zoos in Atlanta and Palm Beach, Florida. He’s spent time in the field digging up dinosaur bones with paleontologist John “Jack” Horner of Montana State University in Bozeman, and even spent several hours debating T. rex’s eating habits with Horner as a fundraiser for a museum.

    Truly fascinating, and my favorite part:

    “At about the same time that Newt Gingrich read Chimpanzee Politics … [former President] Jimmy Carter read my book Peacemaking among Primates. Both are local politicians here in Atlanta, and I have actually met both. Although flattered, I have always felt they should have switched books. Carter would have benefited from knowing more about Machiavellian power politics, and Gingrich could have learned from the peacemaking skills of bonobos and other primates.”

    • monkeyball Jan 31,2012 8:16 pm || Up

      Of course de Waal’s bonobos-as-happy-humpers thesis has pretty much been blown out of the water.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • the llama Jan 31,2012 8:21 pm || Up

        < rub rub >

        • monkeyball Jan 31,2012 8:38 pm || Up

          {blows out of the water}

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come

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