I’m hosting poker tonight. I think it’ll be fun. I’ll probably play well because I won’t be drinking. We’ll see if Lady Luck wants to go for a ride tonight, and if so, with whom.
\"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
I played well, but Lady Luck was not riding with me.
Pocket Queens got beat twice when I had the best of it preflop.
Aces got busted by a straight another time.
Oh well… had fun with friends. That’s what matters.
\"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
\"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
\"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
The Americans are really kicking ass in Ninja Warrior these days, although they can’t do the third stage like that little guy from Muscle Park can.
\"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
My kids like that show. Don’t the contestants suffer all kinds of spinal injuries and such? Every time I see it I think man, the body isn’t meant to be smacked around that way.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
I watched a hockey game on TV in the finest restaurant in all of Grand Forks tonight with a bunch of dealership execs. They all talk like the stereotype, and they all play hockey and hunt.
az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
I think that Mitt knows exactly what he believes, but also understands that in order to get elected in a state where the opposition party has a stronghold, you have to give a bit. Or a lot.
And I get why people say that makes him inconsistent. Bit I don’t really see a problem with governing according to the will of the majority, even if it contradicts some of your beliefs.
az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
It’s just that the idea of “Mitt Romney’s only core belief is that Mitt Romney be president” seems less and less like a joke with each flip/flop. I’m already well beyond convinced he’s a frontrunning lapdog. When middle America is similarly convinced, the Obama re-election will be cemented.
\"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
I can understand moving to the center to govern MA (and then moving back to run for president), but that doesn’t explain (for example) this week’s stuff about the auto bailout.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
The explanation there is that he’s frantically trying to cover his ass for the dumb editorial he wrote, but he’s still not allowed to say that anything Obama does is good.
Romney, June 24, 2009: “Well, that’s what we did in Massachusetts, and that is, we put together an exchange, and the president’s copying that idea. I’m glad to hear that.â€
Romney, Oct. 18, 2011: “Obamacare is bad news … and if I’m president of the United States I will repeal it.â€
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
No, the caveat stripper is when you give an update on a project, and as the update works its way up the management chain each party strips out a caveat until “This will never FKing work” becomes “They’re just finishing up a few technical issues and the full version should be ready in the day or two.”
Game 2 went fine as well, we were winning and it was all good.
I didn’t eat lunch today. I had a good breakfast and wasn’t hungry at lunch so I had a couple glasses of water. Had a few handfuls of pretzels after work at about 5:00, so a soccer game at 8:15 and another at 9:00 were probalby not the best idea.
anyway with about 2 minutes left in the second game, I was dribbling the ball down the sideline and both my calves cramped up and turned into fucking knots :laughing
I couldn’t even walk, i barely reached my foot out, tapped the ball to a teammate, and kinda squealed like a little girl while I crumpled to the ground :rofl
If we weren’t kicking ass in teh game I woulda been pissed, but since we were winning I didn’t care and just laughed and came off the field.
And I have to say: mikev is one of my favorite people on here
-slusser.
Glad you played well, but cramps suck and I hate them.
\"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
A completely OT question since I figure there a bunch of smart people here: how does one go about getting a softball team sponsored? My team is currently ranked 11/250 in Northern California, but rising in the rankings requires lots of tourneys and hence lots of entry fees.
The teams that are sponsored tend to have a small business owner on the team. We aren’t as lucky. Ideas so far: go to sponsored teams competition, cold call/visit small businesses, run fundraisers. Anybody else have any fresh perspective?
Exploiting existing business relationships is definitely the best…your insurance guy, your office supply gal, etc etc. Restaurants and bars…bring the whole team to them a few times then sweet talk the proprietor. Also businesses proximate to the fields you play at, pitching them on the value of people who come to the area all the time seeing their name on your shirts or whatever.
Ask everyone you can think of, as often as you can, for way more than you think is possible they’ll give, with a confident tone in your voice.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
That’s how a lot of the teams I know got their sponsors — someone was a bar or cafe regular, got to know the owner/manager/bartender who secretly turns all the wheels, and felt comfortable chatting it up. Is there a regular restaurant or bar a good chunk of you head to after games/practice/whatever?
I couldn’t go, something came up… long story. I will try to go to one of the next two but I doubt I’d have a chance to get selected… the last one had hundreds of people show up.
Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
just finished carlos the miniseries. pretty good. better than baader meinhof complex anyway.
only… i didn’t like the soundtrack! the songs were just too timely. like, when nada is playing sonic reducer in a car in switzerland in december ’77 even though that record had only just come out in the US 2 months earlier. yes, it’s entirely possible they were that cool, these international terrorists. yet, i can’t really believe that they would be both keeping up with the latest in underground urban warfare AND music. waaay more likely they were listening to abba. and frankly, abba would have painted the period better.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
i stretched it out over a week. it didn’t have a lot of impact on me this way and maybe i should have marathoned it too. i mean, i liked it, but i experienced it like a rote telling of events. i think i need to connect what was driving him a little more.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
Man in a prison cell pointing a gun at the back of his own head, with the caption “Andreas Baader adds being double-jointed to his crimes against the German state”.
There’s something to be said for going out to breakfast in shorts and t-shirt at 7 a.m. in the winter. Beautiful weather season is getting close to its end though. I think Miami’s traffic is worse than Phoenix’s; they’re both very anti-mass transit. Off to the beach, have a good Friday.
But then again, you can always upgrade to Guided By Voices.
As for the Dolls, they’re already top shelf, but they go well alongside The Magnetic Fields in mixesd drinks.
\"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
And then we can mash that up with the Guided By Voices and create a dance floor monster:
“Unleashed! The Large Hearted Coin Operated Boy!”
\"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
I’m hosting poker tonight. I think it’ll be fun. I’ll probably play well because I won’t be drinking. We’ll see if Lady Luck wants to go for a ride tonight, and if so, with whom.
I played well, but Lady Luck was not riding with me.
Pocket Queens got beat twice when I had the best of it preflop.
Aces got busted by a straight another time.
Oh well… had fun with friends. That’s what matters.
the straight sucks, but there is nothing you can do about the queens.
if you can’t beat em, join em.
Thanks, and go As.
lol
Hot dog sammich for dinner. Yum.
burritos
I was going to go for a Chinese, but I couldn’t be bothered.
Worst unis?
NFL super stretchies
Well, FK.
I ran down to Best Buy after work cause I thought (and the website said) that the juicer I wanted was in stock.
It wasn’t.
So, I went next door to the Bed Bath Beyond place, so I figured the next model up was in stock there.
It wasn’t.
Thanks, and go As.
I hate that shoppping plaza.
yeah I try to avoid going there like the plague
Thanks, and go As.
i sure don’t miss soccer unis from the 90s…
way too baggy and the offkilter patterns are hurty to the eyes.
whoops. i must have forgotten to get out of google when copying the image links there.
Those unis are ugly! And the same weird orange color with the weird little symbol in the middle? Yuck.
i kinda blew the code when i put the images there so i don’t know what you’re seeing (myself, i see nothing in my post).
so i’m going to try real hard to not blow it with this image here:
i’m in college. like, right. this. second. IN CLASS!
What is the name of your band, and what do you play?
we’re called the i see i pee’s. (we only have a name, no songs yet.)
I see pees pretty much every day at work.
I see you?
Pee-kaboo!
fixed!
what’s your major
Dude, I am so high
you know what’ll make you paranoid? the teacher can see everybody’s monitor!
hey, when your done, meet me at Kitchen hall
“why don’t you call me when you have no class?”
class dismissed! i learned.
SOWPODS all the way.
Worst uniforms:
Yuck! When was that? Was it a special, or their actual unis?
One-time a couple years ago. Yes, they actually wore those in a game.
They’re pretty awful, but…I don’t know, at least they tried something wacky. It almost not really but sorta kinda works.
There’s a whole host of ‘throwback’ unis in the NFL that are awful. The Packers’ ones from this season spring to mind.
But did Pontius do Pilates? Is that why he wasn’t paunchy?
And what are SOWPODS and TWL?
I thought he flew planes.
Official scrabble word lists.
Boobs.
That is all.
yep
No thanks, already got some.
Not everyone is so lucky.
Working on that…
seconded.
Thanks, and go As.
My guilty pleasure – Wipeout
I have not watched it. I like ninja warriors though.
and battle of the sports star on ABC in the 70s
The Americans are really kicking ass in Ninja Warrior these days, although they can’t do the third stage like that little guy from Muscle Park can.
Watching people fall and hit things is never NOT funny.
I auditioned for that once. It was just a 5-minute interview; either I wasn’t wacky enough or I was too masculine and athletic.
I usually get rejected for being too masculine
ME TOO!!
My kids like that show. Don’t the contestants suffer all kinds of spinal injuries and such? Every time I see it I think man, the body isn’t meant to be smacked around that way.
Cal men’s basketball is making me nervous, trailing by 3 at half and unable to play defense against Oregon. Meanwhile, Arizona won again.
Jeremiah Johnson. It has taken me two weeks to finish it.
The movie?
Si. I just read some spoilers, so I won’t be finishing it now.
My high school history teacher was obsessed with Robert Redford, so my knowledge of American History includes the following:
Jeremiah Johnson (westward expansion)
The Great Gatbsy (the roaring ’20s)
All the Presidents Men (Watergate)
Not The Great Waldo Pepper?
Love All The Presidents Men, one of my very faves. Also just rewatched Three days of the Condor the otehr day, another fun one.
Watching that now!
Are you in a trunk with Dr Doug Ross?
IM IN UR TRUNK, GETTIN FREE HELT CURRR
i guess my social studies teacher was into him too. we learned politics through the candidate.
I want scallops. Someone make this happen.
I can’t help but feel that life is passing me by. I’m 25, and I feel real fuckin old.
So, North Dakota is pretty fun, in a “the-Coen-brothers-totally-weren’t-lying” kind of way.
You then agree with their film making, there?
You betcha
Doncha know.
I watched a hockey game on TV in the finest restaurant in all of Grand Forks tonight with a bunch of dealership execs. They all talk like the stereotype, and they all play hockey and hunt.
Not in a Rick-Santorum-was-right way?
Yeeeeah, no. That guy seems crazier and crazier to me every time he speaks.
Yeah, but at least he actually believes his own crazy.
I think that Mitt knows exactly what he believes, but also understands that in order to get elected in a state where the opposition party has a stronghold, you have to give a bit. Or a lot.
And I get why people say that makes him inconsistent. Bit I don’t really see a problem with governing according to the will of the majority, even if it contradicts some of your beliefs.
It’s just that the idea of “Mitt Romney’s only core belief is that Mitt Romney be president” seems less and less like a joke with each flip/flop. I’m already well beyond convinced he’s a frontrunning lapdog. When middle America is similarly convinced, the Obama re-election will be cemented.
I can understand moving to the center to govern MA (and then moving back to run for president), but that doesn’t explain (for example) this week’s stuff about the auto bailout.
The explanation there is that he’s frantically trying to cover his ass for the dumb editorial he wrote, but he’s still not allowed to say that anything Obama does is good.
Ok. More examples:
Everybody’s loungin at me…can’t hear a word they’re blogging…only the echoes of their keystrokes…
Caveat stripper was in full force today.
Let the stripper beware? Was everyone only carrying credit cards or something?
No, the caveat stripper is when you give an update on a project, and as the update works its way up the management chain each party strips out a caveat until “This will never FKing work” becomes “They’re just finishing up a few technical issues and the full version should be ready in the day or two.”
No way that pussy is that happy if that were true.
Cal wins, turning on their defense just in time, thus improving my mood.
Fantastic win that was. That one Oregonian can shoot though.
He scared me to death at the end.
I gave up on college sports years ago.
I went to UCLA and the basketball team won a championship when I was there. That’s what I like to remember
that was some funny shit tonight.
Game 1 went fine, we won etc etc.
Game 2 went fine as well, we were winning and it was all good.
I didn’t eat lunch today. I had a good breakfast and wasn’t hungry at lunch so I had a couple glasses of water. Had a few handfuls of pretzels after work at about 5:00, so a soccer game at 8:15 and another at 9:00 were probalby not the best idea.
anyway with about 2 minutes left in the second game, I was dribbling the ball down the sideline and both my calves cramped up and turned into fucking knots :laughing
I couldn’t even walk, i barely reached my foot out, tapped the ball to a teammate, and kinda squealed like a little girl while I crumpled to the ground :rofl
If we weren’t kicking ass in teh game I woulda been pissed, but since we were winning I didn’t care and just laughed and came off the field.
Thanks, and go As.
Glad you played well, but cramps suck and I hate them.
agreed.
I very, very rarely suffer from cramping. I attribute it to not eating anything today, basically.
We’ll see how it goes, though. I’m planning on starting a juice fast on Monday, doing it through the week, then seeing how I feel next Friday.
Thanks, and go As.
A completely OT question since I figure there a bunch of smart people here: how does one go about getting a softball team sponsored? My team is currently ranked 11/250 in Northern California, but rising in the rankings requires lots of tourneys and hence lots of entry fees.
The teams that are sponsored tend to have a small business owner on the team. We aren’t as lucky. Ideas so far: go to sponsored teams competition, cold call/visit small businesses, run fundraisers. Anybody else have any fresh perspective?
is anyone local at a bar? Or restaurant? or Bail bondsperson?
Bail bonds person was actual an idea of a business to approach. We also thought of sex shop, which could be interesting….
what level?
build a ‘resume’ as it were. go to some high level tournaments. win them. ask for sponsors.
Thanks, and go As.
For now, we’re just doing E. Considering most D teams play at E level and we created the team last year, I’m happy with our improvement.
at that level, hit up local bars and stuff.
Thanks, and go As.
Exploiting existing business relationships is definitely the best…your insurance guy, your office supply gal, etc etc. Restaurants and bars…bring the whole team to them a few times then sweet talk the proprietor. Also businesses proximate to the fields you play at, pitching them on the value of people who come to the area all the time seeing their name on your shirts or whatever.
Ask everyone you can think of, as often as you can, for way more than you think is possible they’ll give, with a confident tone in your voice.
Will do, thanks for the ideas.
Are any of you known regulars at a bar? That’s always my favorite way.
No, but we could always start.
That’s how a lot of the teams I know got their sponsors — someone was a bar or cafe regular, got to know the owner/manager/bartender who secretly turns all the wheels, and felt comfortable chatting it up. Is there a regular restaurant or bar a good chunk of you head to after games/practice/whatever?
Coed topless carwash.
All those moments will be lost in time…like planks on snow…Time to ski.
wrong thread!
who broke the kraut???
I tripped over the cord.
Awwwwww, poor Pat Buchanan got fired from MSNBC and is complaining about it, awwwwwwwwwwzes.
Can you hear my tears (of joy) falling on the keyboard?
hey dude how did the radio thing go?
Thanks, and go As.
I couldn’t go, something came up… long story. I will try to go to one of the next two but I doubt I’d have a chance to get selected… the last one had hundreds of people show up.
just finished carlos the miniseries. pretty good. better than baader meinhof complex anyway.
only… i didn’t like the soundtrack! the songs were just too timely. like, when nada is playing sonic reducer in a car in switzerland in december ’77 even though that record had only just come out in the US 2 months earlier. yes, it’s entirely possible they were that cool, these international terrorists. yet, i can’t really believe that they would be both keeping up with the latest in underground urban warfare AND music. waaay more likely they were listening to abba. and frankly, abba would have painted the period better.
Dude I watched all 6 hours of that one night when it came on cable… just sat down and didn’t move for the whole thing. Loved it, loved it, loved it.
i stretched it out over a week. it didn’t have a lot of impact on me this way and maybe i should have marathoned it too. i mean, i liked it, but i experienced it like a rote telling of events. i think i need to connect what was driving him a little more.
Another of my favorite scenes from the lives of the great socialists:
Man in a prison cell pointing a gun at the back of his own head, with the caption “Andreas Baader adds being double-jointed to his crimes against the German state”.
looks pretty neat.
http://www.bobpiper.co.uk/?p=1846
There’s something to be said for going out to breakfast in shorts and t-shirt at 7 a.m. in the winter. Beautiful weather season is getting close to its end though. I think Miami’s traffic is worse than Phoenix’s; they’re both very anti-mass transit. Off to the beach, have a good Friday.
I’m gonna put up a billboard
It’s gonna say “No More Drugs, Illegal Immigrants, or Human Trafficking”
It should work just as well.
Thanks, and go As.
I don’t see how this can fail.
I’m thinking that the US side could actually make THEIR billboard out of drugs and immigrants, too.
Thanks, and go As.
“Sir, please stop snorting the billboard.”
Why the hell did it take me two years to upload the Dresden Dolls to my phone?
the who?
Thanks, and go As.
Dresden Dolls. Brechtian Cabaret Punk.
Dresden Dolls
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OK – the embed thing isn’t appearing for me. If it’s in there twice, someone delete the second one.
Not FK’s fault. Embedding is disabled by the video’s poster
Got it. How do I tell if it’s disabled?
If you click on the embed button it’ll tell you.
OK. This one seems like it’ll work
That’s a setup for a really bad joke.
Yeah. They should be represented too.
But then again, you can always upgrade to Guided By Voices.
As for the Dolls, they’re already top shelf, but they go well alongside The Magnetic Fields in mixe
sd drinks.Coin Operated Boy!
And then we can mash that up with the Guided By Voices and create a dance floor monster:
“Unleashed! The Large Hearted Coin Operated Boy!”
we had pasta. yay.