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Needless to say, this makes the Death Star even more affordable.

742 thoughts on “Lounge: Anyone Lose a Weird-Looking Izzard?

  1. monkeyball Feb 24,2012 6:15 pm

    I’m going to build a monkey emporium.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  2. aardvark Feb 24,2012 6:40 pm

  3. aardvark Feb 24,2012 6:43 pm

    Also, when I was in high school, we refered to the UCD Social Sciences and Humanities Building as the Death Star.

    • colin Feb 25,2012 10:13 am || Up

      McCormick Place in Chicago (the half of it on the lake side of LSD):

      • Future Ed Feb 25,2012 10:26 am || Up

        king county building seattle, wa

        The box on top is a walkway from the jail to the courthouse. it is two full city blocks long.

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 10:41 am || Up

          I can’t decide if that’s pretty or pretty ugly.

          Beautifugly?

          \"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
        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:43 am || Up

          need a wide-angle lense?

          Because survival is insufficient
  4. FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 6:56 pm

    Palpatine could embezzle that kind of money without so much as waving his midichlorian-infused little pinkie.

    Also, since you only have to have it half-built to be fully effective, it’s only half as expensive.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  5. FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 7:21 pm

    Alright you FKs, I hope there’s gonna be some lounging going on this weekend, because the nurse is working the next three nights and I’m bored.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 24,2012 8:25 pm || Up

      I’ll do my part, but I’m no night shifter this time of year.

      Summer’s when I go to bed late.

      \"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
  6. FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 7:23 pm

    Also, the cast of the new season of the Amazing Race sucks. A Jersey musclehead, an Army musclehead, and two freaking Border Patrol guards.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  7. wistful witch Feb 24,2012 7:25 pm

    hihihi from oc

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 7:26 pm || Up

      Are you at the Happiest Place on Earth?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • wistful witch Feb 24,2012 7:30 pm || Up

        tomorrow a.m. right now we are having wine. ;)

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 7:37 pm || Up

          I love Disneyland/world. It’s one of my embarrassing pleasures. I’d probably go even if I didn’t have kids.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • MikeV Feb 24,2012 7:44 pm || Up

            this.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

          • wistful witch Feb 24,2012 7:46 pm || Up

            i hope we have fun. we’re going out for sushi now. i’ll probably check in on the late night shift. ♥

            • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Feb 24,2012 8:19 pm || Up

              Jealous. Have fun (or continue to do so, I suppose)!

          • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 24,2012 8:26 pm || Up

            Total opposite for me. I haven’t been since 1988 and hopefully never will again.

            \"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
          • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 9:23 pm || Up

            Heck yeah. Actually, I’ve told Mrs. Aces that the first fall after the littlest Ace is out of high school the 2 of us are gonna do 3 days down there with no kids. Just do what WE want, sit and make fun of people, the whole 9 yards.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 7:52 am || Up

            I *hella* go all the time, *especially* because I don’t have kids.

            It’s more fun as an adult. Disneyland IS my happy place.

          • Future Ed Feb 25,2012 9:09 am || Up

            was an annual pass holder when i grew up (OC) and college and post (LA)

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • aardvark Feb 24,2012 10:51 pm || Up

      I thought you meant the Old Country at first. I’m going to be down there with the family next week. The pups are thrilled about the idea of disneyland.

  8. JamesV Feb 24,2012 7:33 pm

    Seems as good a time as any to show this, heh. I was visiting friends in Seattle and the evening of the day I got back he was doing a signing for the DVD release in San Francisco so I went over for it. I’ve seen him perform in the Orpheum in San Francisco, Oracle Arena, and a place as small as Cobb’s Comedy Club in SF. Just awesome stand-up.

  9. whiteshoes40 Feb 24,2012 7:50 pm

    A crazy Friday night here: hot chocolate, thesis revisions, and BBC Pride and Prejudice in the background. Yes, it has Colin Firth; yes, I adore him; and no, DFA, I don’t care if you judge me for it.

    • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Feb 24,2012 8:18 pm || Up

      They make HOT chocolate now?? What a country.

    • Jennifer Feb 24,2012 8:22 pm || Up

      It was 70 here yesterday. Today it snowed. Oh, and we had an earthquake here this week.

      • whiteshoes40 Feb 24,2012 8:30 pm || Up

        Apocalypse now?

        Nothing quite so interesting here: 80s yesterday, 55/60 today, no precipitation or undue movement of the earth. Just annoyingly windy.

        • gonealookin Feb 24,2012 8:34 pm || Up

          I flew over some town in the middle of Texas a couple days ago while on what we used to call a “puddle jumper” on Southwest (Fort Lauderdale > Houston > Phoenix > Reno all on the same airplane, about 9 hours worth). There was a huge football stadium down there and I thought “RGIII and whiteshoes!” Checked it on Google Earth when I got home; nope, that was Austin, not Waco.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • whiteshoes40 Feb 24,2012 9:14 pm || Up

            Heh. Yeah, UT’s football stadium holds something like 100,000; Baylor’s is probably half that (at most) — though now they want to build a new one on the river, closer to campus. Not sure about the capacity of that proposed stadium, though.

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 9:30 pm || Up

              Hell, you can probably see the statue of Earl Campbell alone from space.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 7:53 am || Up

      Colin Firth is delicious perfection.

      I love the BBC P&P, that is an excellent thing to have on.

  10. MikeV Feb 24,2012 7:51 pm

    Couple glasses of wine, then soccer at 9:00

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

    Thanks, and go As.

  11. Englishmajor Feb 24,2012 8:07 pm
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 8:16 pm || Up

      Be interesting to see if they enforce the limits on signs like Cespedes’ Corner and Fear Fuentes. If not, it’s pretty clearly a prohibited restriction on a specific type of speech.

      Also, could five people show up with five signs within the limits, in sequence saying WOLFF LIED HE NEVER TRIED?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Englishmajor Feb 24,2012 8:20 pm || Up

        I’m sure we’re going to find out. Maybe paris7 and some of the other new moderators can moonlight as sign enforcement patrol.

        • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 24,2012 8:27 pm || Up

          oh snizzap!

          \"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
      • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Feb 24,2012 8:21 pm || Up

        WOLFF TRIED NEVER HE LIED

      • JediLeroy Feb 24,2012 10:44 pm || Up

        Or if there were 21 people with smaller signs, they could pose as ignorant neo-nazis:

        WOLF DENIED HITLER FEVER

        Or, one for Blevins:

        RELIEVER FIT WHEN FOLDED

        Or, if Prince comes to town after getting busted for drug use:

        FIELDER OVERFED WHEN LIT

        Or people could possibly use them to show disapproval of the GOP candidate’s unfaithfulness:

        NEWT DEFILED HER FOR EVIL

        az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
        • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 8:21 am || Up

          That’s FricKin’ awesome!

          \"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
      • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 7:57 am || Up

        Ooooh, that would be good.

      • batgirl Feb 25,2012 12:56 pm || Up

        I can’t imagine this will blow up in their faces!

    • dmoas Feb 24,2012 11:31 pm || Up

      “Negative Aesthetic impact”? Bullshit. It’s a huge part of the experience. Grow a pair and take the criticism like an adult.

      • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:18 am || Up

        Wouldn’t that apply to Mount Davis, as well?

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:31 am || Up

            SO, they should cut it down to a 3’x6′ concrete block, right? That’s one way to improve the stadium, and keep the A’s in Oakland.

            • dmoas Feb 25,2012 9:10 am || Up

              That sounds like a reasonable compromise, it’s what other stadiums are doing. Hell, the Dodgers don’t even allow a Mount Davis in their stadium.

            • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:05 pm || Up

              Ooooh, or they can cut it down to a bunch of 3’x6′ concrete blocks and build an awesome faux-ruins vibe outside with them, and go for the full-on Roman Colosseum vibe.

              • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:07 pm || Up

                And everyone could go to the games in togas.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 8:08 pm || Up

                  I am totally there.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:11 pm || Up

                  I’ll be the white whale in the toga

                • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:37 pm || Up

                  …This means only one thing.

                  2012. Toga Party Tailgate.

                  Gotta happen.

                • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:41 pm || Up

                  Someone would have to come get me in a chariot.

    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:32 am || Up

      It’s just a modest proposal:

      Oakland A’s adopt a rule that the visible areas of O.Co, including the spectator area (stands, bleachers) are a place free of “meta-discussion,” which includes comments and discussions around A’s enforcement of rules, how Athletics are run, how they should be run, etc. (Someone can write up an actual definition.) This rule is made in acknowledgement of the fact that O.Co. is a public site, subject to be visited and discovered, at any time, by spectators who wind up caught in the crossfire. Whispered conversations, normal-tone conversations outside of O.Co, and if necessary conversations at O.Co. Overflow Facilities (e.g., The Trough Urinals), can be used for discussions about policies and about individual members or cases.

      Also, Karma is a bitch.

      Because survival is insufficient
    • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:00 am || Up

      I’ll be hitting my forehead against my desk for awhile.

      The banners are an awesome part of seeing the A’s. Can’t have those fans having, y’know, fun. :-/

      And this’ll minimize the number of Giants fans I can piss off with a giant ‘Scott Cousins Fan Club’ sign. D:

  12. gonealookin Feb 24,2012 8:19 pm

    I haven’t hadn’t dropped a bag of groceries in the parking lot with the whole shattering glass effect (wine) in a long time. That’s the type of humiliation I allow to ruin the rest of my day, somewhat assuaged by consumption of the replacement wine.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Dial C for Concupiscence (UM) Feb 24,2012 8:25 pm || Up

      I hope the wine you dropped didn’t have a very high wine above replacement

      • gonealookin Feb 24,2012 8:29 pm || Up

        Nah, I drink good beer but my wine is usually the equivalent of PBR. The replacement bottle Raley’s gave me (since I had taken the last bottle of the previous cheap-ass crap) is actually better than what I had originally bought.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 24,2012 8:29 pm || Up

      ouch. that sucks. sorry that happened.

      much better to drop the wine in the liquor aisle BEFORE you buy 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
  13. Jennifer Feb 24,2012 8:55 pm

    Looking at old photos from the Oscars. Elizabeth Taylor in 1961 was a bombshell.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 9:01 pm || Up

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Jennifer Feb 24,2012 9:02 pm || Up

        • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 24,2012 9:09 pm || Up

          That’s what corsets are for…

          …that and smoking oneself thin…

          \"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 Feb 24,2012 9:31 pm || Up

          And violet eyes to die for.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  14. Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 9:51 pm

    Hi.

    [blinks]

    Do I know you people?

    • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 9:53 pm || Up

      Maybe..you sorta look like our old sign guy..

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 9:54 pm || Up

        [begins preparing face of old The Tides sign in front of Sarasota Siesta Key condos]

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 9:56 pm || Up

      Maybe. I am a once and future drug criminal.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:01 pm || Up

        oh. then, I will see you soon at my job!

        speaking of, I have a bit of an issue if y’all feel like listening.

        • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 10:03 pm || Up

          I do. I’ve gotten muy issues off my chest the past week here so it’s the least I can do.

          [pulls up a chair]

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:12 pm || Up

            okay, so I’ve been having problems with my co-worker. It’s a difficult situation, but basically she is convinced that I’m forming alliances against her (?) with the clients.

            • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 10:17 pm || Up

              Ok,let me ask stupid questions to get them out of the way. Is there a reason you (or a devious version of you) would do that? I guess I’m just not knowledgeable here, but I don’t see how forming alliances with your clients and against your co-worker would even make sense..

              Is she the type of person you could talk to at all in a reasonable manner? (sort of assuming no since if you could you already would have..)

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
              • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:25 pm || Up

                I…don’t think so.

                That said, having a case load and a codependent heart makes for some interesting times. Sometimes you find yourself arguing too vociferously for your client. And that very well may have been the case here, but…[sigh]

                I am certainly not plotting with the clients against her. That paranoid ideation.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 10:28 pm || Up

                  Maybe she’s feeling inadequate in her job performance already, and is afraid that your good works makes hers look even worse by comparison.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:32 pm || Up

                  hmmm. no, I don’t think so. she has mad control issues and I think she’s just frustrated that I won’t do things exactly as she wants them.

                  I should also point out that she is a friend from before this and is almost certainly the sole reason I have thwe position I have, so it’s a weird mix of things…

                • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 10:36 pm || Up

                  Ugh. And I assume it isnt possible to give her the appearance of control while still getting it done your way?

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:38 pm || Up

                  well, in this instance, I’m fine with the outcome of what she did. It was only a matter of sending my client to jail for five days instead of three, but it was how she did it. And I think she probably understands that it was unacceptable behavior to me. I dunno.

                  She very well might take it further come Monday. She’s incapable of seeing anything she does as wrong. And at this point has already gone on the offensive. She’s probably worked herself up into thinking I’m firmly against her now.

                • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 8:23 am || Up

                  That sucks that you have to work with a female version of Billy Martin.

                  \"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
            • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 10:19 pm || Up

              And before I forget, I’m sorry you’re having the drama. I hate issues with co-workers because you can’t simply choose to ignore them like you can even family and friends. It sucks and can make a large part of your day craptastic until it’s resolved. =(

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
              • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:34 pm || Up

                thank you! Work drama’s bad, especially at a job I love.

                I suppose the BIG question is should I make the peace with this woman even if what she did and (more to the point) how she did it was wrong?

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 10:43 pm || Up

                  Yeah, probably you should at least pretend to defer to her, given the background you describe. People who hold onto perceived grievances just aren’t worth trying to match grievances with.

                  I of course am almost never able to take that advice myself, almost always to my regret.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:47 pm || Up

                  okay, how do i defer to her now?

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 10:52 pm || Up

                  “Sorry I got upset by your approach; you obviously have more experience at this than I do. I need to remember that being able to serve my clients best means learning from people like you who have the most experience doing it.”

                  Sucks I know. I hate making that speech.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:55 pm || Up

                  okay. I can do that.

                • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 11:32 pm || Up

                  And if it gets too hard to swallow you can tailor so you are doing the least amount of capitulating possible. “I need to remember that we both are trying to get the best results and mine may not always be the right way…it’s always a good learning experience to see how someone else handles situations like these..”

                  Whatever will make it go away and still let you walk out feeling as good about it as you can.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • dmoas Feb 24,2012 11:43 pm || Up

                  I’d replace “mine may not always be the right way” with “mine may not always be the only good/effective way.”

                • dmoas Feb 24,2012 11:40 pm || Up

                  That gets a little dangerous. You’re basically giving her ammo to use against him. The subtle flattery thing is probably the right approach, it just needs to be done carefully in a way that doesn’t bring Bloom down. Doing things like picking her brain on things will help by empowering her by making her feel like she’s mentoring him, but in this particular case, it may be better to try to let it pass and carry on like nothing happened and proceed with caution in the future.

                • 5Aces Feb 24,2012 10:49 pm || Up

                  Agreeing with FSU-path of least resistance.

                  But the one thing I would say is make sure you watch out as it becomes a trend. I have found that I too often hold it back because I already see the end game and know that “it isnt worth it”. Thats all well in good, but soon you are hating what you loved because of doing that one too many times.

                  Classic case of pick your battles. And at the end of the day do some meditation, or whatever you need to do to clear out your head and remember why you love the job in the first place. (Loungin seems good for that)

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:56 pm || Up

                  I like meditating. I secretary a meditation meeting on Fridays!

        • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 24,2012 10:12 pm || Up

          I’m going to bed soon, but I’ll examine it and contact the appropriate authorities tomorrow.

          \"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
    • gonealookin Feb 24,2012 10:01 pm || Up

      I’ve been offline most of the time for the last couple weeks so I may have missed some things. Bloom, do you have your own place yet?

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:11 pm || Up

        no. that’s still an issue, still living with the ex-wife.

        • gonealookin Feb 24,2012 10:34 pm || Up

          Ugh, that seems like a priority. I understand you may have issues with credit history and criminal record but there are plenty of landlords out there who care only about your current ability to pay the rent every month, which you seem to have, so hang in there and keep looking.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • Leopold Bloom Feb 24,2012 10:39 pm || Up

            I’ve got something lined up,. something temporary anyhow. just…black mold came a-knockin’…

    • DFA Feb 24,2012 11:25 pm || Up

      hi

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  15. FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 24,2012 11:06 pm

    Nighty-night, Loungerinos.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  16. wistful witch Feb 24,2012 11:38 pm

    is anyone home, hi.

  17. 5Aces Feb 24,2012 11:53 pm

    Everyone starts showing up as I turn into a pumpkin…cest la vie.

    Have a good night/weekend folks.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • wistful witch Feb 24,2012 11:55 pm || Up

      goodnight, love. thank you so much for the belated hugs the other day.

  18. wistful witch Feb 24,2012 11:54 pm

    we have had the weirdest night. best sushi EVER, and i’m not kidding but then so much strangeness

    • MikeV Feb 24,2012 11:54 pm || Up

      i forgot to ask you, but i’m betting the answer is no —

      have you seen many disney movies?

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • wistful witch Feb 24,2012 11:55 pm || Up

        only with the niece. but tomorrow our honest first order of business is buying crowns to wear.

        • MikeV Feb 24,2012 11:58 pm || Up

          before you go in the park?

          Because the first thing you should do IN the park is go into the town hall thing and tell them it’s your first time there. They WILL take care of you.

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

          Thanks, and go As.

          • wistful witch Feb 25,2012 12:00 am || Up

            caro bought some sort of pass? and we have to leave there by 3?

            • bear88 Feb 25,2012 12:07 am || Up

              This is probably going to be me in a few months. My daughter, a teenager who is a California native but who really wants to leave the state as soon as possible, loves Disneyland with an odd passion and has been there with us and on school trips. My younger daughter, who has a bad history of crying and whatnot as a youngster while there, wants to go this summer as well.

              I’m up against it here. While resistant to its charms, I may not fight it this time around.

              • wistful witch Feb 25,2012 12:12 am || Up

                i have been fighting it for over a decade. it it brings your daughters happiness, just do it. (it’s not like it happens every day, right? i would rather hang in the hot tub.)

                • wistful witch Feb 25,2012 12:12 am || Up

                  *if. pardon the wine and cocktails.

                • bear88 Feb 25,2012 12:29 am || Up

                  And in my case, I’m approaching the end of the time when I can take both daughters places where they’re excited about being children.

                  I don’t really understand the place’s charm and almost mystical power, especially with the older one, who will be driving by the fall and is jaded about almost everything. The exceptions? Going to Disneyland and the time I took her to see Arcade Fire about a year and a half ago. She bitched and moaned the entire time leading up to the concert, and then was totally hooked – so hooked that I got her to pay me to accompany her to Outside Lands last summer.

                • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 8:27 am || Up

                  The Arcade Fire…

                  A great band that I respect a lot but listen to very little.

                  \"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
            • MikeV Feb 25,2012 12:15 am || Up

              yes, definitely go into town hall and tell them.

              it’s their job to make the experience as awesome as possible for you.

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

              Thanks, and go As.

              • wistful witch Feb 25,2012 12:28 am || Up

                BUT WILL THEY GIVE US CROWNS. THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT.

  19. nobody in particular Feb 25,2012 12:23 am

    Hello Hello FK’ers :)

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
    • Leopold Bloom Feb 25,2012 12:31 am || Up

      hi hihi

    • wistful witch Feb 25,2012 12:33 am || Up

      hello!

      • nobody in particular Feb 25,2012 1:00 am || Up

        hello cuties! How are you all doing? I know The Witch is in the OC and Bloom is having work drama because I skimmed the thread.

        Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.
        • wistful witch Feb 25,2012 1:06 am || Up

          i am trying so hard to be sleepy. and failing miserably. do i open another bottle of wine?

          • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:20 am || Up

            AND share!

            Because survival is insufficient
            • wistful witch Feb 25,2012 1:24 am || Up

              if you promised to drink it with me, i would open it this second.

              • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:51 am || Up

                I’ll come around. Sooner or later.

                Because survival is insufficient
  20. OldhamA Feb 25,2012 7:29 am

    Ok I’m officially bothered:

    Nico drives everyone away from AN because ‘outsiders will be threatened by the community’, then he posts personal drivel on the Front Page?

    Wtf?

    • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:04 am || Up

      Yep, that sounds about right.

      Policy is — “BASEBALL TALK ALWAYS (except by me), DON’T SCARE THE OUTSIDERS (except me), THIS SHALL BE LAW (but doesn’t apply to me)”

    • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:09 am || Up

      I flagged it. My car insurance company has been absolutely kind to me through all sorts of bizarre and hard-to-explain car trauma over the years, WHY THE BLANKET SLANDER AGAINST CAR INSURANCE? INAPPROPRIATELY INFLAMMATORY.

      • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 10:27 am || Up

        I flagged it after his snarky “It was the biggest piece of baseball news between 7pm and 7am”.

        How the mighty have fallen.

        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:31 am || Up

          Oh, but that was funny, you don’t understand.

          Because survival is insufficient
          • Future Ed Feb 25,2012 10:32 am || Up

            A lot of people never go back to AN because of his off beat brand of humor

            I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 10:32 am || Up

          Let’s see how quickly I get the bANnED WaND.

          Because no one else is around to make decent posts.

    • JamesV Feb 25,2012 8:17 am || Up

      Just looked and saw that. Can we say “cry for attention” much? No reason at all for that to be on the front page. Anybody else does it and it’s probably either just a fanpost or they get yelled at for wasting space.

      • doctorK Feb 25,2012 12:40 pm || Up

        I am so tempted to post this and get myself banned once and for all:

        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:41 pm || Up

          She looks familiar…hmmm

        • dmoas Feb 25,2012 1:09 pm || Up

          I’d encourage you to do so, but I’m hoping the place dies a quick, ugly death and anything that might draw attention to the site is counter to what I want. The less you all go over there to lament and, worse, actively give Tounces the attention he so grotesquely desires, the better. The absolute best thing (I’m assuming) his front page post should get is zero comments and zero page views, otherwise, good or bad, his ego has been stoked.

          • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:11 pm || Up

            Yeah, I’m not gonna post it. Still tempting, though.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 8:34 am || Up

      and

      this has to do with the a’s because????
      by amadorjon on Feb 24, 2012 9:55 PM PST reply 2 recs

      Because AN is our life dude

      after a few years here you will find that you are closer to the people here than your own family
      by OptimistPrime on Feb 24, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply 1 recs

      Yes, just like that time I told my mom that effective immediately my new policy was that any criticism of me was unacceptable, and then when she asked why I didn’t have a better haircut I cut her out of my life forever.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 8:44 am || Up

      He’s done several posts like that…my dog is sick, my mother sprained her ankle, etc. I was trying to think of the right word and it led me to look up Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Good grief, that description fits like a glove.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • JamesV Feb 25,2012 9:05 am || Up

        Jeez, it’s like they were looking right at him when they wrote this:

        Symptoms

        A person with narcissistic personality disorder may:

        React to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation

        Take advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals

        Have excessive feelings of self-importance

        Exaggerate achievements and talents

        Be preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love

        Have unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment

        Need constant attention and admiration

        Disregard the feelings of others, and have little ability to feel empathy

        Have obsessive self-interest

        Pursue mainly selfish goals

        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 9:27 am || Up

          Wow

          Because survival is insufficient
        • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 9:40 am || Up

          Hmm… **** and I are both 6 for 6 after 6 pitches. It’s the last four where we heavily diverge.

          And, it’s my empathy and interest in the wellbeing of the whole that help me to behave like much less of a douchebag in regards to the first six.

          \"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
          • JamesV Feb 25,2012 9:45 am || Up

            I think most of us fit some of those things, but there are various reasons. I mean, who doesn’t exaggerate achievements and talents when they write a resume?

            Taking advantage of others to get ahead in life is dirty but nobody’s going to do you any favors to help you get yours, right?

            I absolutely fit at least a few of them but with him, I look down that list and can think of examples for just about every single symptom.

            • MikeV Feb 25,2012 9:55 am || Up

              Me. I’m far too brutally honest when talking about myself.

              I mean, who doesn’t exaggerate achievements and talents when they write a resume?

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

              Thanks, and go As.

              • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 10:07 am || Up

                Maybe, but your perspective is healthy and you’re able to be honest about your triumphs and positive traits too.

                \"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
                • JamesV Feb 25,2012 10:20 am || Up

                  Yeah. I LIKE to think I’ve got a pretty level head about myself and where I stand in the grand scheme of things, but I have my moments.

                • dmoas Feb 25,2012 1:10 pm || Up

                  Nah, his (and kind of mine) can be equally damaging. Because it’s not usually honest, but mostly marked by low self-worth/esteem.

                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:11 pm || Up

                  unless slusser talks about him…

                  Because survival is insufficient
              • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 10:27 am || Up

                For real. Same.

                Maybe that’s why I wasn unemployed for two years.

        • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:19 am || Up

          Or maybe he’s just a jerk.

          But seriously, folks....
        • DFA Feb 27,2012 9:26 am || Up

          I believe making jokes about fucking goats should be added to the list

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • dmoas Feb 27,2012 7:34 pm || Up

            It is:

            Take advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals
            Exaggerate achievements and talents
            Be preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love
            Disregard the feelings of others, and have little ability to feel empathy

            • DFA Feb 27,2012 8:30 pm || Up

              well played.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 9:26 am || Up

      Also, karma is a bitch. Also, if you can’t drive – you shouldn’t. Just ask Billy Martin

      Because survival is insufficient
      • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 9:34 am || Up

        High five!

        Billy Martin joke day!

        \"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
      • JamesV Feb 25,2012 9:41 am || Up

        I think Billy Martin said it best when he said, “Hey, (sips) I can drive!”

        Ahh, Denis Leary.

    • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 9:33 am || Up

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 10:16 am || Up

      Want to hear something really pathetic? I’ve never unfriended AN on FB, which is useful because I get to see the before-the-jump previews of front-page threads, so I know if there’s a worthwhile discussion without having to give SBN any clicks. When that showed up and I read the first dramatic bit (I’m such a chump…but don’t feel sorry for me because I did it to myself) I had a few wild seconds of hope that Nico had had a Damascus moment and actually realized how massively he fucked up AN.

      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:23 am || Up

        heh

        Because survival is insufficient
      • Future Ed Feb 25,2012 10:29 am || Up

        pip made me look at an again. it seems much slower than it should be. If I cares, I might read the david fung thing. but I don’t

        I have $5. No I don\'t.
        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:33 am || Up

          I read few things. Not much there. Even Cup is making fundamental mistakes when evaluating financial returns on trades. Of course, nobody there to notice

          Because survival is insufficient
        • JamesV Feb 25,2012 10:34 am || Up

          It gave me a small sense of satisfaction when the Cespedes news drew nearly equal numbers of comments here as it did on AN, and our userbase is MUCH smaller.

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:08 am || Up

            Wait a minute?….AN didn’t shut down after I left?….those bastards.

            But seriously, folks....
            • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:27 am || Up

              The Lounge kinda did….

              • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:39 am || Up

                I’m sorry but a lounge without Bloom, Pam and me isn’t gonna make it but I think that was the idea.

                But seriously, folks....
      • whiteshoes40 Feb 25,2012 10:32 am || Up

        Ha. If only.
        I haven’t really had a problem with him posting personal stuff in the past — because there’s usually been some sort of disclaimer (that it’s not about baseball at all) or it’s just been a fanpost. (And, admittedly, I have a soft spot for stories about dogs.) But this is a) not a particularly interesting story, 2) on the front page, iii) disclaimer-less, and D) he isn’t actually acknowledging in the comments that there is no reason for it to be there. So. I have very little tolerance for that kind of crap.

        …and that’s my meta contribution for the month. I will stop now.

        • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:09 pm || Up

          After his ‘The lounge is the reason for the problems on AN! Non-baseball talk is horrible and discourages people from responding to my recaps and talking BASEBALL and VALIDATING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE’ comments, I kind of assumed he’d given up any sort of moral high ground for posting OT posts again, ever.

          Silly me.

          • JamesV Feb 25,2012 8:11 pm || Up

            His final excuse was “I only do this about once every six months in slow times!”

            • dmoas Feb 25,2012 8:14 pm || Up

              Which now will be about once or twice a week.

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:12 pm || Up

            Hi Kyli!:)

            • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:38 pm || Up

              What up!

              • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:42 pm || Up

                Stressful day.:( I hope you are unwinding from yours, sweetie.

                • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 9:11 pm || Up

                  Not yet. :( Gotta go back to work in… 10 minutes.

                  Bleh.

                  Between 8am and midnight today, I will have had exactly 1.5 hours in which to relax and sit down.

                • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 9:14 pm || Up

                  WHAT do you do that requires those hours? Sounds like my old double shift days working on the freeways

                • Kylianna Feb 26,2012 12:33 am || Up

                  Mercenary-for-hire.

    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:30 am || Up

      See, on one hand I realize that the only way to go on with your life is to put negative experiences and bad people who caused them behind and not to feed the demon by giving them any significance. On other hand – FK it, I’m human too and I’m not above bitching about people who have been jerks to me for no reason.

      Because survival is insufficient
      • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:10 pm || Up

        The secret to happiness is embracing your inner bitch.

        • DFA Feb 25,2012 8:13 pm || Up

          I love you so much right now.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:44 pm || Up

            I would return the sentiment, but y’know. Inner bitch. I’mma have to cut you instead.

            • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:46 pm || Up

              Talk to Bed. He is going to inherit his Grandma’s shiv

            • DFA Feb 25,2012 9:02 pm || Up

              But I will ply you with sweet sweet rhum

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • SPWC Feb 26,2012 7:30 am || Up

              Right on, Kanyeanna!

              \"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
    • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:25 am || Up

      You know what bothers me? When one of the front page writers finds it necessary to post photos and a big long blahblahblah about how they and two other people went to this park and whatever ON THE FRONT PAGE. What about all the other users who go to different parks? That doesn’t get put on the front page. Or what about the tailgates (outside of AN day?) Not on the front page. If you aren’t going to promote all the other useless posts, don’t post yours.

      This has bothered me for YEARS. YEARS.

      /rant

      • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:30 am || Up

        Meh. They wanted their little circle jerk, and now they have 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
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:34 am || Up

        By the end of my time on AN I was pretty much just reading Dan’s Front Page posts. Nico as a writer was better at making a smart ass comment in a thread but he did tend to repeat jokes even more than I did.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:35 am || Up

          he did tend to repeat jokes even more than I did.

          Because survival is insufficient
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:36 am || Up

            he did tend to repeat jokes even more than I did

            Because survival is insufficient
            • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:38 am || Up

              Of Course!

              Salud!

              \"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
            • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:38 am || Up

              A second Bed?….this can’t be good.

              But seriously, folks....
              • thirdBED Feb 25,2012 11:44 am || Up

                (Hiccup)

                I think it might be spreading…

                (Hiccup)

                \"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
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:05 pm || Up

                  Yikes….3 Beds!…..cue REM…..it’s the end of the world as we know it.

                  But seriously, folks....
          • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 12:27 pm || Up

            I have missed you horribly this past week or two.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 11:57 am || Up

      OK, now he’s explaining that AN is about community and entertainment, and the best examples are the stories about his dog and his car. FML

      Because survival is insufficient
      • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:01 pm || Up

        And unfortunately, until another mod flags it, there will be no discussion about where it belongs….

      • JamesV Feb 25,2012 12:03 pm || Up

        No fucking kidding? Wow.

      • JamesV Feb 25,2012 12:04 pm || Up

        And iglew chimes in:

        Why are the people who keep recommending these reading so deep into the comments? Sure, I can understand opening the front page post and being disappointed if you were expecting baseball. But surely you’ve figured out by now it’s a personal story, so why the hell are you still here trolling the comments?

        I don’t mean Oldham or amadorjon, who presumably just posted at whatever the bottom when they came in; I mean the people who are actually going through the comments to recommend this. Why are you even here?

        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:08 pm || Up

          now this is inflammatory meta!

          Because survival is insufficient
        • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 12:09 pm || Up

          Oooh…I was going to stop after giving a few recs. Now I may have to go back and flag that one for INFLAMMATORY META.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • bear88 Feb 25,2012 3:00 pm || Up

            Well, that remark did prompt me to make my first comment over there since the policy changes. I wasn’t expecting to do that today.

            • JamesV Feb 25,2012 3:22 pm || Up

              Nobody’s rec’d iglew’s comment, by the by.

        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:22 pm || Up
          And Mark, here’s your answer, for I sure as fuck ain’t writing anything there anymore and everybody lurks here anyway. People just might get pissed when the very person who destroyed AN community pretends that his sorry life is AN community, so they can’t resist and rec a comment that very politely calls bullshit?. kthxbye
          Because survival is insufficient
          • JamesV Feb 25,2012 12:29 pm || Up

            No kidding. Nico’s come to believe people actually should give a shit about what’s going on in his life, and no wonder when you have some people around to support it when others question why it’s on the front page.

          • dmoas Feb 25,2012 1:16 pm || Up

            Hmm… I think we need a “Break the fourth wall” button to make such comments less effort.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:06 pm || Up

        Really?….what a schmuck.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:12 pm || Up

          schmuck is one of those words I enjoy saying…..I also like to say pussy…..cat.

          But seriously, folks....
          • dmoas Feb 25,2012 1:16 pm || Up

            It’s a good one. My personal favorite is “burrito.” Buuuuurrrrrrrrrito.

          • DFA Feb 25,2012 5:48 pm || Up

            I like the word lark. It is awesome.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:12 pm || Up

        Yeah just saw that. That’s ridiculous.

    • danmerqury Feb 25,2012 9:06 pm || Up

      That…was weird. I’m not sure why it’s there, and it’s kinda sad. Not Nico’s story. The fact that it’s there.

      • dmoas Feb 26,2012 12:21 am || Up

        Hmm… tough choice… do a story about the A’s only having one third baseman (and oh yeah, he’s hurt now, possibly seriously) Or a personal story, that has nothing to do with baseball or the A’s that you recently railed against a month ago… yup… that’s a toughy.

  21. elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:38 am

    don’t OC comments turn green with 3 recs?

    Because survival is insufficient
    • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 10:42 am || Up

      It looks like that’s been changed. The green one has 6 recs and there’s one above it with 5 recs that’s not green.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • JamesV Feb 25,2012 10:42 am || Up

      I think so.

    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 10:45 am || Up

      For whatever reason, I think they changed it to 6. No one said why…

      • JamesV Feb 25,2012 10:51 am || Up

        Too many of the bad people were probably turning comments critical of admin green.

      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:56 am || Up

        Thanks. So… you bannin’ Jennifer? ;)

        Because survival is insufficient
        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 10:57 am || Up

          hehehe. NO ☺

          • B(ann)ed Feb 25,2012 11:14 am || Up

            If someone does ban me I hope it’s you Tutu.

            But seriously, folks....
            • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:23 am || Up

              Not gonna be me, buddy.♥ Now, when I get banned…

              • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:27 am || Up

                I think besides Blez I’m the only one left from AN.0.

                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 11:28 am || Up

                  Funny. You look way younger

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:29 am || Up

                  That just makes me sad, Jennifer.

                • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:30 am || Up

                  Well, that’s what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass.

                • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:41 am || Up

                  See when I did that all I got was this lousy T-shirt….well, that and an std.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • bear88 Feb 25,2012 12:37 pm || Up

                  Excuse me, Jennifer?

              • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:28 am || Up

                It’s just sad that it all went to hell like it did….but that’s all water under the bridge now.

                But seriously, folks....
    • JamesV Feb 25,2012 10:50 am || Up

      Bah. I wasted a login just to find banned people can’t even rec or flag things.

      • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 10:55 am || Up

        I think I’ve got that beat.

        I’m in the bANninated club now!

        Methinks it happened after/during the second exodus and I hadn’t bothered to log back in to find out.

        Still, I want my welcome basket with valuable coupons , a bottle of 2 buck chuck and a family-sized tub of mixed nuts

        \"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
        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 10:57 am || Up

          Will a half full bottle of Rioja do?

          Because survival is insufficient
          • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 10:58 am || Up

            Of course!

            Salud!

            \"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 Feb 25,2012 6:01 pm || Up

            Ive been drinking a bunch of Rioja lately.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
            • elcroata Feb 26,2012 12:30 am || Up

              which ones?

              Because survival is insufficient
              • DFA Feb 26,2012 2:36 am || Up

                The ones with pretty labels.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • JamesV Feb 25,2012 11:00 am || Up

          So, a sneaky ban?

          • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:06 am || Up

            I neither know nor particulary care.

            I just want my gift basket. I’m hoping for spa coupons, but 50% off laser hair removal would be even better!

            \"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
            • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:23 am || Up

              Would a half used bottle of Nair do?

              But seriously, folks....
              • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:26 am || Up

                Of course!

                Salud!

                \"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
        • JamesV Feb 25,2012 11:01 am || Up

          They may have sent us to the cornfield, but we’re still playing ball.

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:02 am || Up

            Just don’t cross the foul line.

          • JamesV Feb 25,2012 11:06 am || Up

            (TAGLINE THIS! Or something)

            • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:27 am || Up

              Personal Foul… self-promotion… five yard penalty… repeat second down.

              \"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
            • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:29 am || Up

              NOTICE ME!!! NOTICE ME!!!

  22. Bed Feb 25,2012 11:07 am

    Yes, I’d like an ice water….hold the ice and the water please.

    But seriously, folks....
  23. Bed Feb 25,2012 11:09 am

    I just watched the last two episodes of The Walking Dead….it’s new name should be The Talking Dead….I’m about done with it.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:15 am || Up

      The show on after The Walking Dead is literally called The Talking Dead.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:17 am || Up

        Really?….I watch it on DVR so I don’t know what on after it….I want to like the show but it really needs to move the story along.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:21 am || Up

          Rick was pretty badass how he handled the guy from Terriers though. I like him and Glen and the cutie that likes Glen….that’s about it.

          But seriously, folks....
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 12:29 pm || Up

      I’m still engaged, and actually I’m excited that the plot may be turning to more human-on-human conflict, what any of us are capable of if pushed too far, etc.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • dmoas Feb 25,2012 1:21 pm || Up

        Agreed. I’m hoping they’re forced to go to war. Zombies can be fun, but it can tiresome. You need to go post-post-Apocalypse at some point. Having a major battle play out and have it interrupted by a Zombie incursion that forces the two warring parties to temporarily truce and ally up is what I’m hoping to see.

        • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:27 pm || Up

          That sounds good. You two should write for the show.

          But seriously, folks....
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:24 pm || Up

        I’ll watch the rest of the season but they need to get off the damn farm….it was better when they were on the road.

        But seriously, folks....
        • dmoas Feb 25,2012 6:15 pm || Up

          That I 100% agree with. And one of the producers already said that by the end of the season they’ll be gone, so I’m crossing my fingers.

      • whiteshoes40 Feb 25,2012 3:42 pm || Up

        I’ve been z-ing through comments, and when I jumped to this one from the above discussion of AN, I just thought you were continuing the analysis of AN’s demise…

    • dmoas Feb 25,2012 1:19 pm || Up

      The last episode and next are making it worth it.

    • Nikk Feb 25,2012 1:27 pm || Up

      It honestly feels like a drama that is set in a post-Apocalypse zombie world. The first episode after the break didn’t have a single zombie attack in it, yet 2 people still died. IT’s almost like the writers just wanted to give a drama a completely different setting.

      Also, this is my first post here. Coming over from AN now :)

      • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 1:34 pm || Up

        Ah, a straggler, but better late than never. You can comment without being stuck in the moderation queue from now on.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 1:36 pm || Up

        Welcome, Nikk!

      • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:38 pm || Up

        Welcome! What is was your AN name?

        • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 1:41 pm || Up

          Or, as Debbie Reynolds sang in How The West Was Won:

          Oh, what was your name in the States?
          Was it Thompson, or Johnson, or Bates?
          Did you murder your wife and fly for your life,
          Say, what was your name in the States?

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:42 pm || Up

            Great tie-in, EM!♥

          • whiteshoes40 Feb 25,2012 3:44 pm || Up

            Bates and murdering a wife in the same song? Sounds like Downton Abbey.

        • Nikk Feb 25,2012 1:41 pm || Up

          Thanks! My AN name was Sc00by. I was more of a lurker than a regular poster, but I got into some of the game threads and discussions when I had the time.

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:43 pm || Up

            {takes notes}….hehehe

          • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:46 pm || Up

            Got it – I saw your comments at the bottom of that thread, so I’m not surprised.

            • Nikk Feb 25,2012 1:51 pm || Up

              Yeah, I’m really getting tired of it over there. Ever since the whole exodus at the beginning of the year the quality of the site, both in terms of writing content and community input, has gone drastically downhill. I’ll probably still keep an eye on what goes on over there, but I’ve really been enjoying reading the comments on this site for the last month or so and am looking forward to participating more :)

              • JamesV Feb 25,2012 2:00 pm || Up

                The point is valid, though. If they’re going to have a set of rules and expect people to adhere to them, the guy in charge should be the one setting the example by following them the most. Instead, he acts like he can say and do whatever he wants and he’ll just be protected by the fact he’s the head honcho.

                That seems to be Rev. Halofan’s M.O. and it’s a shame Nico’s going down the same path.

                People are more welcome here, anyway. FK’s sole focus isn’t on clicks and ad revenue.

                • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 2:08 pm || Up

                  Or even any focus whatsoever, unless monkeyball and nevermoor have a long con business plan which has to date escaped notice.

                  "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 2:09 pm || Up

                  Like all good left-leaning projects, it is run at a loss.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • dmoas Feb 25,2012 6:20 pm || Up

                  If there is a long con going on, I gotta admit, I’m very interested in seeing where they take it.

                • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:22 am || Up

                  Our business model relies upon you logging into your bank account while also signed into FK.

                  In unrelated news, my brand new Tesla just arrived…

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:16 pm || Up

                  I’m sure all those new A’s fans we were running off of AN enjoy his wit and wisdom.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • dmoas Feb 25,2012 6:25 pm || Up

                  Come on, who doesn’t just love a good goat fucking joke that leaves the reader questioning based on the seriousness of the tone and the detailed, in-depth knowledge, that it just might not be a joke.

          • lenscrafters Feb 25,2012 2:30 pm || Up

            You were always my favorite member of Mystery Inc.

          • danmerqury Feb 25,2012 9:08 pm || Up

            Hi! Nice to have you here.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 2:07 pm || Up

        Welcome!

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Nikk Feb 25,2012 2:13 pm || Up

            Can anyone tell me if FK pages are supposed to update with new posts automatically, or do I have to keep manually refreshing to see all the new comments. On the side-bar where it says (Auto-Refresh: use radio buttons) I have 30s marked, but that doesn’t seem to be doing anything.

            • elcroata Feb 25,2012 2:15 pm || Up

              You have to set it in your profile ( the 30 sec thing). But new comments will not pop up automatically. Read-?refresh or click on a post on the sidebar. Strange at first, much better later. And welcome.

              Because survival is insufficient
              • Nikk Feb 25,2012 2:20 pm || Up

                Thanks. That was one feature I really liked on AN, but I’m sure I’ll get used to and enjoy this in due time.

                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 2:23 pm || Up

                  I did, too and it bothered me here at first. But, now I prefer it, especially the fact that the comments don’t move while I try to answer one of them

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • Nikk Feb 25,2012 2:27 pm || Up

                  That’s a good point I hadn’t thought of. The only real problem I ever had with refreshing a page is that as the number of comments grow it can take a while to refresh.

                • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:31 pm || Up

                  Outside of about 10 or so people the only thing I miss from AN is the format but I’m getting the hang of FK and I love that anyone can post a lounge. It bothered me that only a few people could do so on AN since we had to hide the lounge because it was pure evil on a stick.

                  But seriously, folks....
            • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 2:15 pm || Up

              You have to go into the dashboard and change the settings to Auto-Refresh, then the button will work.

    • danmerqury Feb 25,2012 9:07 pm || Up

      Yeah, I saw the first episode after the break, got excited when Britt showed up, then they killed him in ten minutes. It’s the same old show about annoyingly dense people saying irritating things. Not even zombies can save that.

      • SPWC Feb 26,2012 7:34 am || Up

        I find most television characters are annoyingly dense.

        Some of the shows my wife watches… I have to leave the room.

        \"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
  24. SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:28 am

    Hi, Bed!

    How’s the detective training going?

    Are you done with your triathlon novel yet?

    \"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
    • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:37 am || Up

      Hmm….well my marathon training is going well. I’ll be making my run later next month. I’ve written the first 5 chapters of my new book. My wife is with the baby in Little Rock this weekend so I have a little alone time….I thought I’d run a bath, drink some wine, have a good cry and then watch Dirty Harry.

      But seriously, folks....
      • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:40 am || Up

        You’ve got the elements right, but in the wrong order.

        \"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
  25. Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:29 am

    I’ll hand out sexual favors if someone would bring me a cupcake.

    • andeux Feb 25,2012 11:32 am || Up

      TINSTAAFK
      • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:33 am || Up

        Well, that Cupcake is bigger than the one I had in mind… but I’m down.

        • SPWC (Gaijin_Suketto) Feb 25,2012 11:40 am || Up

          I’m sure he’s dumber too.

          I don’t know if that’s good or bad, tho…

          \"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
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:33 am || Up

      Give me a moment to trade for Blanton…

    • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 11:33 am || Up

      And here I was just thinking that I would hand out cupcake favors if someone would bring me some sex…

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 11:34 am || Up

      If you’d mouth them out… Anyway, if it works, lemme know, hungry myself

      Because survival is insufficient
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:44 am || Up

        I had some gum for dessert yesterday. In April I’m going to eat my weight in junk food.

        But seriously, folks....
        • SPWC Feb 25,2012 11:47 am || Up

          Don’t do it. Your knees will hate you.

          Just eat a little bit of junk food.

          \"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
    • batgirl Feb 25,2012 1:04 pm || Up

      What ever happened to Green-n-gold girl anyway?

      • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 1:13 pm || Up

        I saw her at a game last year….I want to say it was Root Beer Float Day, but that was such a traumatic day I’ve partly repressed it. I think mostly she went to college and got busy with other things. Same with Melody, I imagine. I bet we see a LOT of old friends at the commemoration of the Streak.

        • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 1:27 pm || Up

          [slits wrists]

          The Streak period was my best years as an A’s fan. I want to be there to relive it.

        • batgirl Feb 25,2012 1:34 pm || Up

          That’s gonna be a fun weekend for sure!

        • Kylianna Feb 25,2012 8:15 pm || Up

          I MISS MELODY SO MUCH. D:

    • MikeV Feb 25,2012 3:12 pm || Up

      I’d settle for seeing your boobs.

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

      Thanks, and go As.

      • elcroata Feb 26,2012 12:31 am || Up

        I thought you wrote that to Blanton

        Because survival is insufficient
  26. JamesV Feb 25,2012 11:44 am

    Aaaand Sizemore’s already hurt himself during drills.

    • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:44 am || Up

      Tell him to rub some dirt on it.

      But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:47 am || Up

      Trade for… KOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ! ;)

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:48 am || Up

        I think that’s the std I got.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:53 am || Up

          There can be no “OOOOOOUUUUUUZ”, without the “K”

    • JamesV Feb 25,2012 11:48 am || Up
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:50 am || Up

        It’s okay one of the 327 outfielders we have can play 3B I’m sure.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 12:57 pm || Up

          Keebs is going to totally Jeremy Lin this.

        • bear88 Feb 25,2012 2:14 pm || Up

          So who plays third base if the injury is as serious as it sounds?

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 2:15 pm || Up

            Timmons and Donaldson, according to SuSlusser.

            • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:17 pm || Up

              This is where I say who and who?

              But seriously, folks....
              • lenscrafters Feb 25,2012 2:24 pm || Up

                Donaldson is that catching prospect who get a cup of coffee a couple years ago.

                Timmons is an old, career minor leaguer with no power and extraordinary plate discipline (30BBs to 10Ks in AAA last year). So yeah, definitely someone the A’s would like.

                • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:29 pm || Up

                  I did remember Donaldson when I thought about it but yeah I had no idea who Timmons was.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • andeux Feb 25,2012 2:35 pm || Up

                  10 years in the minors, 5 of them mostly at AAA, and he’s put up OK offensive numbers, but never even been added to a 40-man roster.

                  TINSTAAFK
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:37 pm || Up

                  10 years?….wow, he’s Crash Davis.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 2:46 pm || Up

                  10/5 status, then?

                  Because survival is insufficient
            • DFA Feb 25,2012 6:09 pm || Up

              When Donaldson is our 3baseman Im going to fucking own grover forever.

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • dmoas Feb 25,2012 6:31 pm || Up

                Just be gentle… and use copious amounts of lube.

                • DFA Feb 25,2012 6:35 pm || Up

                  Yeah hes just not going to hit and so g will own me for that.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 2:37 pm || Up

            Duh…Barton. The P will be his cut off man.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:50 am || Up

        Maybe that was his cherry they heard?

        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:52 am || Up

          Ka- CHING!

        • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:52 am || Up

          When I popped my cherry I’m told the echo could be heard for miles.

          But seriously, folks....
          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 11:54 am || Up

            Wasn’t Echo in “Every Which Way but Loose”?

            • SPWC Feb 25,2012 12:01 pm || Up

              I don’t know, but Hugh Padgham sure used a lot of it in “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”

              \"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
              • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:02 pm || Up

                Hugh produced about half the music I liked in the 80’s.

                But seriously, folks....
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:55 am || Up

            That was the best 3 seconds of my life and the hooker got a nice tip.

            But seriously, folks....
            • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:58 am || Up

              Did she just get the tip? :)

              • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:59 am || Up

                At that point that was enough for me to get my win.

                But seriously, folks....
          • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 1:49 pm || Up

            But did you get a t-shirt and/or STD?

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 11:54 am || Up

        ouch. he was arguably the best position player on the team

        Because survival is insufficient
        • Bed Feb 25,2012 11:56 am || Up

          So instead of 97 loses it’ll be 100.

          But seriously, folks....
        • andeux Feb 25,2012 2:05 pm || Up

          That seems like a stretch. I would have put him like 5th or 6th (after Crisp, Weeks, Suzuki, Pennington, and maybe Cespedes), although admittedly those guys are all pretty close (2 WAR or so).

          TINSTAAFK
          • elcroata Feb 25,2012 2:09 pm || Up

            Probably. I was going off the 2011, where he had the highest (prorated) WAR and second highest wRC+ (after pig)

            Because survival is insufficient
            • andeux Feb 25,2012 2:23 pm || Up

              Ah, b-r didn’t like him quite as much in 2011 as fg did.

              TINSTAAFK
      • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:10 pm || Up

        Whatever, we’ve thrown the season already.

        • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:12 pm || Up

          We are going to so rock in 2023 though.

          But seriously, folks....
          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:14 pm || Up

            2023…4-year rebuild after BB was replaced

            • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:16 pm || Up

              WooHoo!….thank goodness for the Jayhawks…all my other teams stink.

              But seriously, folks....
              • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:17 pm || Up

                Al Golden and Cam Newton riding to the rescue.

                • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:22 pm || Up

                  For me it’s Charlie Weis and Carson Palmer…..so…..go Bill Self and the hoops Jayhawks.

                  But seriously, folks....
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 4:47 pm || Up

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • dmoas Feb 25,2012 6:35 pm || Up

          I hope she doesn’t take it personally, we actually want to think positive, we’ve just been conditioned to know that positive doesn’t exist.

      • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:26 am || Up

        As I’ve said elsewhere… we’ve been playing without a 3B for years.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  27. Bed Feb 25,2012 11:46 am

    I have the house to myself….plenty of money….a hot car…..you know what that means?….yep, I’m going to bed early.

    But seriously, folks....
    • SPWC Feb 25,2012 11:49 am || Up

      Sweet!

      I was going to get up off my ass and do chores, but then you showed up, and your presence is welcomed. Chores just have to wait a bit.

      \"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
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:01 pm || Up

        Yeah I thought I’d just drop in and say hi….I always miss you guys and this is my only true off day for the next several weeks.

        But seriously, folks....
      • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 12:01 pm || Up

        (SPWC – You had a few comments that had to be approved because you changed your user name a couple times there.)

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  28. Bed Feb 25,2012 11:58 am

    You know you’re out of the pop culture mainstream when the last one hit wonder you can name was in 1994.

    But seriously, folks....
  29. Bed Feb 25,2012 12:04 pm

    After I finish my marathon I have to get back into golf shape….which will require lots of cheeseburgers and root beer.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:07 pm || Up

      “Cheeseburgers in Paradise”!!

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:10 pm || Up

        I know my version of paradise has cheeseburgers in it…..now I shall have some more celery.

        But seriously, folks....
    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:09 pm || Up

      when are you planning to run?

      Because survival is insufficient
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:13 pm || Up

        March 24th….see y’all in the ER that evening.

        But seriously, folks....
        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:18 pm || Up

          ever ran before?

          Because survival is insufficient
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:21 pm || Up

            Not a full marathon but I did 19 miles last Sunday so I’m close to being ready.

            But seriously, folks....
            • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:24 pm || Up

              perfect

              Because survival is insufficient
              • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:27 pm || Up

                I’m really looking forward to it…..I’ve been working towards it for a long time but a lot of things got in my way. It’s selfish to be doing it right now but I felt like I had to do it.

                But seriously, folks....
                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:28 pm || Up

                  what time are you aiming at?

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:31 pm || Up

                  Right now I just want to finish…..I figure I’ll be in the middle of the pack if I do it right but I’m not focused on a time. I’m running with a couple of friends and we’re going to try to stick together but I’m a little bit faster than them so I’ll probably set our pace.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:46 pm || Up

                  Sure. And good thing you are in a familiar group. Where’s the race?

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:49 pm || Up

                  It’s near Little Rock which is a couple hours away from me. It looks like there will be 400-500 runners so I should be able to outrun at least a few of them.

                  But seriously, folks....
            • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:26 pm || Up

              I don’t understand people that run marathons.

              Besides the original guy – y’know cos he couldn’t find a horse.

              • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:28 pm || Up

                I’m doing it for the challenge and to prove something to myself.

                But seriously, folks....
                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:32 pm || Up

                  I dig

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:44 pm || Up

                  My next thing is I want to learn how to fly a plane but I might have to wait on that one.

                  But seriously, folks....
              • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:26 am || Up

                People always forget that that dude died.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 12:20 pm || Up

        When there’s a fire… Oh. You weren’t talking to me.

    • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:14 pm || Up

      On a related note:

      It’s only taken me working for the National Governing Body, having a Squash court literally 5 minutes walk from my house, & having nothing else to do with my free time to get back into the sport.

      It’s actually paying off – I’m trimmer than I’ve been for a while. Next stage – join a league and reclaim some of my lost glory (I used to be very good!)

      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:18 pm || Up

        good luck

        Because survival is insufficient
        • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:19 pm || Up

          I don’t need luck. I’m awesome.

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:20 pm || Up

            and modest…don’t forget that part.

            But seriously, folks....
            • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:23 pm || Up

              Meh I’m just honest.

              When I get into squash shape I’ll comfortably be one of the top 5 players at the squash club.

              Besides my dashing good lucks and my smarts, my squash ability is something I’ve never questioned.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:19 pm || Up

        I had a nice butternut squash the other evening.

        But seriously, folks....
      • SPWC Feb 25,2012 12:22 pm || Up

        Right on.

        Does anybody play American Handball in the UK? Racquetless squash, basically.

        \"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
        • AV Feb 25,2012 12:25 pm || Up

          does anyone play it in the US? (outside of jails and middle schools.)

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:26 pm || Up

            so that’s why normal handball was called european handball in my US HS

            Because survival is insufficient
            • AV Feb 25,2012 12:29 pm || Up

              i was only good at german dodgeball.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • batgirl Feb 25,2012 1:06 pm || Up
  30. Bed Feb 25,2012 12:18 pm

    So I saw a video of me at a party recently and I’m starting to have a little bit of a southern twang in my speaking voice…..Foghorn Leghorn here I come.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:21 pm || Up

      You will be assimilated. It is futile to resist.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:23 pm || Up

        I’m surprised it took this long….I pick up voices and accents easily.

        But seriously, folks....
  31. AV Feb 25,2012 12:22 pm

    i may… still be drunk.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:23 pm || Up

      Lightweight.

      Also, Sean Penn is doing you guys no favours.

      • AV Feb 25,2012 12:26 pm || Up

        on his whirlwind tour to take a photo standing next to every president in the continent?

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
        • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 12:39 pm || Up

          His stance on the Falklands. And his article in the Guardian.

          • AV Feb 25,2012 12:47 pm || Up

            ok. just tried reading it. my head is no bueno for big word comprehension right now. will try later.

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:47 pm || Up

            I have no stance on the Falklands. I do have a take on Peter Falk however.

            But seriously, folks....
            • AV Feb 25,2012 12:48 pm || Up

              how do you feel about roger moore’s ffolkes?

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
              • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:52 pm || Up

                It makes me feel like a new born child….well, not really but I remember I thought it was a decent movie when I saw it a 100 years ago…aka The 1980’s.

                But seriously, folks....
                • AV Feb 25,2012 12:54 pm || Up

                  i think it was the first movie i went to by myself. or maybe 1941.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:57 pm || Up

                  Hmm….I’d have to think about that one….it would be sometime in the mid 80’s probably at Arden Fair Mall.

                  But seriously, folks....
              • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:52 pm || Up

                Oooh! My fav Roger Moore movie!

                • AV Feb 25,2012 12:58 pm || Up

                  ffolkes’d kick bonds’ butt in a minute.

                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 1:09 pm || Up

            Sure, but defending the UK stance on the Falklands doesn’t do anyone any favours.

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:12 pm || Up

              The University of Kentucky is just dead wrong on this issue.

              But seriously, folks....
              • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:19 pm || Up

                nice

                Because survival is insufficient
              • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 1:20 pm || Up

                Is there no depth to which John Calipari will not sink?

                "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
                • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 2:03 pm || Up

                  Deeper than the Belgrano?

                  Which I hadn’t known was originally the USS Phoenix. Nor do I know enough hoops to connect that back to Calipari.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 1:26 pm || Up

              Our stance being: the islanders consider themselves British and Argentina has no claim to the island?

              Yeah, really makes us look bad.

              • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 1:39 pm || Up

                Really? That much nuance?

                If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:48 pm || Up

                  oh, nuance doesn’t become him in all things British

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 1:56 pm || Up

                  I have no idea what that means.

                • elcroata Feb 25,2012 2:10 pm || Up

                  That you have very strong and very subjective opinions as soon as the topic turns to your island or two

                  Because survival is insufficient
                • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 2:24 pm || Up

                  Not speaking for ec.

                  My “nuance” was that things like couching your position as “ours”, and making a statement that bald given the history*, don’t hold hope for an especially productive discussion on the topic.

                  * for example:
                  1981 UK Parliament revokes Falkland Islanders citizenship.
                  1982 hugely unpopular UK and Argentinian governments both need a quick patriotic distraction, play geopolitical chicken with the Falklands.
                  1983 UK Parliament restores citizenship.

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 4:20 pm || Up

                  I’m 99% certain that is what the British government’s position is on the matter. Hence ‘ours’, ‘cos I’m British.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:29 pm || Up

        Has Sean Penn made a movie since Milk?

        But seriously, folks....
        • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:28 am || Up

          Does he need to?

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • danmerqury Feb 26,2012 8:51 am || Up

          Tree of Life, for one. Although he was barely in it.

  32. AV Feb 25,2012 12:37 pm

    my kraut went down.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:38 pm || Up

      Me tuu. I thought they were just mad at me for being an OC mod. :)

    • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 12:39 pm || Up

      If you’re still drunk it may come back up sooner than you’d wish.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  33. Jennifer Feb 25,2012 12:39 pm

    At this point, banning would be the best thing for me.

    • JamesV Feb 25,2012 12:40 pm || Up

      It was kind of liberating for me.

    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 12:42 pm || Up

      Please don’t, Jennifer. :(

    • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:42 pm || Up

      I just banned myself and I feel fine….if and when The Dear Leader takes his goat and goes home that site has a chance but not until then.

      But seriously, folks....
    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 12:47 pm || Up

      OK, I ban you from my island!

      Because survival is insufficient
    • AV Feb 25,2012 12:50 pm || Up

      sometimes i get the feeling i was banned. but i’ve never been back to find out.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:53 pm || Up

        I haven’t logged on since I said goodbye after Bloomie quit to know if I was….I doubt I was but it really doesn’t matter to me anymore.

        But seriously, folks....
        • AV Feb 25,2012 12:55 pm || Up

          he quit? see… i have no clue.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:59 pm || Up

            Yep and I quit soon after. I always said when he left I’d go too and I did after being cranky for a little bit longer in the lounge….which I regret. I miss the folks who didn’t come over to FK but they have to do what’s right for them.

            But seriously, folks....
          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:00 pm || Up

            I don’t think I’ll be around much longer. :( I’m not on the company side of this one.

            • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:02 pm || Up

              I’m glad you come around here….I would have missed you if you hadn’t been around here.

              But seriously, folks....
            • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:04 pm || Up

              Well, now you’re screwed FK’d, since we know certain people lurk here and then ban there.

              • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:08 pm || Up

                Seriously anyone who would do that is a bad person.

                But seriously, folks....
  34. Bed Feb 25,2012 12:43 pm

    Okay I got some meta shots in….talked about myself too much….now all I need is some Genesis lyrics and to mention Harry Truman.

    But seriously, folks....
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 12:49 pm || Up

      “I’m just wild about Harry. And his invisible touch.” Done.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 12:50 pm || Up

        Thank you for the assist….now I can get back to talking about VORP.

        But seriously, folks....
  35. Bed Feb 25,2012 1:01 pm

    First movie you ever saw in a movie theater?…..for me it’s Star Wars in Napa when I 4.

    But seriously, folks....
    • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:06 pm || Up

      I think it was either Jungle Book or Fantasia, at the Sun Valley Mall in Concord.

      • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 1:28 pm || Up

        Edward Scissorhands perhaps?

        I can’t remember that far back.

    • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 1:06 pm || Up

      I remember being taken to the Paramount in Oakland to see Mary Poppins. Looking up the release date on that it would have been late 1964.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:14 pm || Up

        Me tuu! I was in 1st grade, when my mom and dad took me to see it. Turlock, CA. I’ve been in love with Julie Andrews ever since.

        • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:16 pm || Up

          and I’ve been in love with Chewbacca ever since I saw my first movie.

          But seriously, folks....
          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:18 pm || Up

            You youngin’ you

            • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:22 pm || Up

              That gets less true every year….I do have a strong memory of seeing Star Wars though when I was 4 and it made me fall in love with movies.

              But seriously, folks....
              • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:27 pm || Up

                My only regret about Star Wars, was when I was leaving the Walnut Creek theatre, they were giving away posters to the sequel, and I didn’t grab one. The second movie(Return of the Jedi) was originally called “The Revenge of the Jedi”, and that was what the poster said. Can you imagine what that theatre poster is worth now?

                • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:31 pm || Up

                  That was the third movie. As I remember, Mark Hamill convinced the higher-ups to replace “Revenge” with “Return” because he didn’t want kids to think revenge was a good thing.

                • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:32 pm || Up

                  Oops, you are correct. I still wish I had taken one of those poster.

                • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:32 pm || Up

                  We stood in line for 8 hours to see Return of the Jedi on opening day. My favorite is still part 2 The Empire Strikes Back but Star Wars is the one that has a special place in my heart.

                  But seriously, folks....
                • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:37 pm || Up

                  I was working at Marriott’s Great America in 1980 when Empire came out. Us park employees got a special midnight screening at one of the Winchester theaters in San Jose, so we were able to avoid the long ticket lines.

                • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 2:41 pm || Up

                  There was an earthquake when I saw ESB. The theatre management came in and told everyone it was just the sound and new special effects. But the fact that the big lights on the ceiling were moving- and of course the fact they stopped the showing to tell us- sort of gave it away.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • AV Feb 25,2012 1:32 pm || Up
                  *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • batgirl Feb 25,2012 1:09 pm || Up

      Gus the Field Goal Kicking Mule.

    • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 1:20 pm || Up

      I have a very vivid memory of seeing How The West Was Won, which came out when I was 5, but I can’t believe that was the first movie I was ever taken to because it was about four hours long, and even my parents wouldn’t have thought a five-year-old (and a three-year-old, because I’m sure my little bro was along) could sit through it if they hadn’t tested us. I think there were a few kiddy Christmas matinees before that. How The West Was Won was fantastic because it was in Cinerama and there were stampeding buffaloes coming out through the screen. The theater was very classy and sold orange drink in little plastic oranges and imported chocolate bars, instead of Coke and Milk Duds.

      • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:22 pm || Up

        What an awesome cast in that movie!

        • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 1:28 pm || Up

          Wasn’t it! I saw it on TV a couple of years ago. One thing that had stayed with me was the ending montage where the dreams of the pioneers are realized by, among other things, the LA freeways. I think that struck me as not a great improvement even at the time.

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:30 pm || Up

            The TV format just doesn’t do it justice, though.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 1:22 pm || Up

      Bedknobs and Broomsticks, at the old Alameda drive-in.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • batgirl Feb 25,2012 1:37 pm || Up

        Awesome! Gus was a drive-in for me too. It was a double feature with the Shaggy D.A. but I think I fell asleep in the back of the station wagon for most of the D.A.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 2:04 pm || Up

          Station wagon for us too! Ford Gran Torino, parked backwards so us kids could lower the tailgate and lie in our sleeping bags while watching the movie. This may be the genesis of my love of tailgate parties.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • elcroata Feb 25,2012 2:12 pm || Up

            Funny how there never was FIAT Great Detroit station wagon

            Because survival is insufficient
            • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 2:20 pm || Up
              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • batgirl Feb 25,2012 2:23 pm || Up

            I don’t know what model ours was, but I was really bummed when I was a kid because our wagon seat faced backwards, whereas I felt the “cooler” models had those two little seats that faced each other.

          • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 3:46 pm || Up

            I remember going to quite a few movies at the old Pleasant Hill Drive-In and sleeping in the back of the Rambler wagon. It was probably a ’61 because that’s when I showed up. After running around the playground in my pj’s and watching the cartoons I don’t think I ever lasted much longer.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 1:24 pm || Up

      I don’t remember the name, but it was about snow. We were poor kids so the price of admission was a donation of canned goods. We brought a can of tuna.

    • AV Feb 25,2012 1:29 pm || Up

      i think it was the little prince but probably not on its first run, probably a saturday matinee. i also remember star wars and race for your life charlie brown. and jonathan livingston seagull which i frickin hated. we went a lot as kids, so it’s hard to pin the first one.

      *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:30 pm || Up

        did you grow up in argentina or in the states?

        Because survival is insufficient
        • AV Feb 25,2012 1:39 pm || Up

          argentina, downtown mendoza. the theaters were like 3 blocks away. everything was 3 blocks away. we got lots of US movies, a few from europe. argentine movies at the time were raunchy comedies so not really for kids. dona flor and her two husbands was big news because censors had cut it a lot to allow it to be shown in the country.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:49 pm || Up

            dubbed?

            Because survival is insufficient
            • AV Feb 25,2012 1:52 pm || Up

              kid movies yes. the others were sometimes. it was a mark of growing up, like learning to tie your shoes or tell the time, when you could keep up with a subtitled movie.

              *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 1:37 pm || Up

      Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at 5 – given the local instability, I’ll refrain from -tubing.

      Soon after, the only cinema in town was bought by a property speculator who mistakenly thought the nearby station was slated to expand. He went bust and the boarded-up site fell into decay.

      The town hosts annual royal races (horses, not crowned heads), and years later when her jubilee rolled around Lizzie’s motorcade was deemed to be a Big Thing.

      There was a particular call to patriotism because of all the unpleasantness with having to ban GSTQ while it was #1 in the chart. The problem of shielding the royal eyes from the blighted ex-cinema was solved – as precedent would demand – by erecting a huge plywood trompe l’oeil.

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:43 pm || Up

        So, that‘s British version of Cinema Paradiso

        Because survival is insufficient
        • ptbnl Feb 25,2012 1:50 pm || Up

          If Mike Leigh had done it in his High Hopes days.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 1:56 pm || Up

      I believe it was Petes Dragon. I also remember Saturday Night Fever at a drive in with my oarents. But I have no idea wen either of those were and im not smrt enuff to stop the reply check and come back all from my phone.

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 2:44 pm || Up

        And now that I can look no wonder I wasnt sure. They came out within a month of each other. And I’m pretty sure that the Fever was the only drive in movie my parents ever took me to.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  36. elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:16 pm

    it was an animal documentary, but I don’t remember the name. And have nobody to ask anymore. And it kind of makes me sad

    Because survival is insufficient
    • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:20 pm || Up

      I still haven’t seen an animal documentary at the movies so I can’t help with a title.

      But seriously, folks....
      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:22 pm || Up

        This one is not animals technically, but about Earth. It is all kinds of awesome, and you can watch it online for free.

        Because survival is insufficient
        • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:26 pm || Up

          I saw some of this on the Discovery Channel I think….it was amazing in HD.

          But seriously, folks....
    • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 1:23 pm || Up

      ???

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:28 pm || Up

      I remembered: “Ta divna stvorenja”! :))))

      This

      Because survival is insufficient
  37. Bed Feb 25,2012 1:18 pm

    So which movie I haven’t seen will win Best Picture tomorrow night at the Oscars?

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:19 pm || Up

      Moneyball?

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:22 pm || Up

        I saw that but I thought it had little chance of winning?

        But seriously, folks....
        • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 1:25 pm || Up

          Probably not. Probably Clooney instead of Bradbillyjoe, too.

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:29 pm || Up

            I have to admit I probably wouldn’t even watch the show but my wife will be home by the time it starts and she wants to watch it.

            I am curious to see if Billy Crystal has any jokes that don’t reference something from the 90’s.

            But seriously, folks....
            • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 2:46 pm || Up

              My friend and I are trying to come up with odds on what he will use. He is sure there will be a Bachman joke and that at some point he will have a line like “If you think that joke is funny please don’t laugh, just “like” it on Facebook..”

              I think he will somehow have a MySpace reference in one of the musical numbers.

              Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  38. Bed Feb 25,2012 1:37 pm

    KU vs Mizzou for the last time today in Lawrence…..it’s so strange that Mizzou won’t be our big rivals anymore…enjoy getting your ass kicked in the SEC in football there Mizzou.

    But seriously, folks....
    • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:40 pm || Up

      All this conference-jumping is FKing up some awesome rivalries.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:43 pm || Up

        It’s sad….I think our football rivalry is one of the oldest in all of college sports. It sucks as having teams you hate is a big part of sports.

        But seriously, folks....
        • doctorK Feb 25,2012 1:47 pm || Up

          Seriously. This is almost as bad as if the Broncos were to get transferred to the NFC West.

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:50 pm || Up

            Yep…..I LOVE to HATE the Broncos and it would kill me if they left. We had a good rivalry with Seattle before they went to the NFC West and they really hated the Raiders up there in rain country…..The Boz still has the bruise from when Bo ran him over on MNF.

            But seriously, folks....
            • batgirl Feb 25,2012 2:25 pm || Up

              Football season is gonna be fun this year…!

      • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:50 pm || Up

        Yup. I mean, I’m not even from over there, but I went to Georgetown with my face painted half orange, half blue in 1989! So, even for me it exists forever and I’ll miss it

        Because survival is insufficient
        • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:53 pm || Up

          I had a lot of fun watching KU vs Mizzou games over the years and my favorite GF back in college was such a hoops fan that when we beat those Tiger bastards I knew I was in for a fun night.

          But seriously, folks....
  39. Bed Feb 25,2012 1:41 pm

    Okay I’m thinking of streaming Dirty Harry and then Die Hard tonight while eating a dead animal….Me Bed you Jane…..(beats chest….scratches himself)

    But seriously, folks....
    • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 1:45 pm || Up

      Die Hard is the perfect action movie.

      • batgirl Feb 25,2012 2:25 pm || Up

        Totally agree. I adore Die Hard.

        • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 2:49 pm || Up

          Yes yes YES!! While McClane gets too super hero for me in the sequels here he is the right fit. I love Al “welcome to the party pal” Powell, and Hans Gruber has to be in my top 2-3 bad guys of all time.

          “Nice Suit…John Philips, London. I have two myself. Rumor has it Arafat buys his there too.”

          Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
          • OldhamA Feb 25,2012 4:21 pm || Up

            Apparently it was his first big screen role.

            I can imagine producers sitting there watching Die Hard thinking “Who is this guy?!” ‘cos he nails Hans Gruber.

            • bear88 Feb 25,2012 4:40 pm || Up

              I imagine the director thinking, “How lucky am I?”

              Big action movies need a great villain. And he made a great villain.

              • 5Aces Feb 27,2012 7:36 am || Up

                Yeah, that had to be a screen test where everyone says “We just had the Powerball ticket fall into our lap..”

                Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  40. JamesV Feb 25,2012 1:46 pm

    Sounds like just a sprained knee for Sizemore.

    • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:48 pm || Up

      Good to hear.

      But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:48 pm || Up

      How many toes will he have to lose?

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:51 pm || Up

        My wife recently asked me how many fingers she was holding up….it was just the one.

        But seriously, folks....
        • elcroata Feb 25,2012 1:53 pm || Up

          and the rest of them were…?

          Because survival is insufficient
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:56 pm || Up

            Only the middle finger was getting much work….I got my revenge later by admitting she was right about everything.

            But seriously, folks....
        • AV Feb 25,2012 1:56 pm || Up

          to fully understand what you’re saying i now have to ask if you happen to be married to roger ebert.

          *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 1:58 pm || Up

            Roger and I are very happy together….he proved he liked bald guys with Siskel.

            But seriously, folks....
    • lenscrafters Feb 25,2012 2:21 pm || Up

      If Sizemore is out for an extended period, DFA may finally see his Donaldson -> 3B dream come true.

      I do think I’d rather see Donaldson and Timmons than Sogard and Rosales.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 2:23 pm || Up

        Barton to 3B! What the hell are they waiting for!?

        /mikev

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • MikeV Feb 25,2012 3:15 pm || Up

          his arm to be reattached, apparently :(

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

          Thanks, and go As.

      • DFA Feb 25,2012 6:25 pm || Up

        I WIN

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  41. 5Aces Feb 25,2012 1:58 pm

    The play area at McDinalds must be its own level of hell.

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 1:59 pm || Up

      Can you just imagine all the germs and bacteria littering that place? We never let our kiddies go there.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:01 pm || Up

        My daughter refuses to eat there.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 2:05 pm || Up

          I refuse to go there for any reason. Their fries can’t even convince me to stop.

          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 2:05 pm || Up

            Wait a minute… She’s eating solid food already?

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:06 pm || Up

            I like Egg McMuffins but that’s about it.

            But seriously, folks....
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 2:07 pm || Up

        Urban legends abound about kids finding of used hypodermics in their ball pits.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 2:36 pm || Up

        The one near us is “clean” at least as far as sick play areas go. We usually don’t let the kids go in but every once and awhile we have a day out for them and if they say they want to play then we allow some time. Today littlest Ace and I had our day while Mom and the other two are at a class.

        Now we came straight home after and he is now taking an afternoon hazmat scrubdown bath.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
        • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:40 pm || Up

          When I was a little kid I got my parents to take me to McDonalds by any means necessary.

          But seriously, folks....
          • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 2:55 pm || Up

            Yep. For my birthday mom asked me where I wanted to go-I could choose any place at all.

            MCDONALDS!!!!

            After about 3-4 years of this they started telling me where my birthday would be at.

            Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
            • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:57 pm || Up

              I had several bdays at Chuck E. Cheese and then the Mineshaft….ah air hockey and Spy Hunter.

              But seriously, folks....
              • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 3:25 pm || Up

                Spy Hunter was one of my favorite games ever. It made me fall in love with the theme to Peter Gunn. (And I’m surprised that-given Hollywood has no ideas- someone hasn’t tried to redo Peter Gunn just to use the theme).

                Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • Bed Feb 25,2012 3:28 pm || Up

                  It was a fun game….and I agree I’m surprised they haven’t remade Peter Gunn yet.

                  But seriously, folks....
  42. Bed Feb 25,2012 2:22 pm

    I think my dog is living better than I do. Free room and board and he can lick his own balls.

    But seriously, folks....
    • elcroata Feb 25,2012 2:25 pm || Up

      and doesn’t have to run the marathon

      Because survival is insufficient
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:28 pm || Up

        Lucky little bastard….of course the cat can kick his ass so at least he doesn’t get too big of a head.

        But seriously, folks....
  43. Bed Feb 25,2012 2:38 pm

    I keep getting dropped off the site….can Nico ban me on FK?

    But seriously, folks....
    • lenscrafters Feb 25,2012 2:40 pm || Up

      Yeah, I’ve been getting “Error Connecting to the Database” issues.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:41 pm || Up

        That’s exactly what I’m getting too.

        But seriously, folks....
      • bear88 Feb 25,2012 3:07 pm || Up

        For a while, I thought I had been auto-banned for posting something on the old site regarding the meta issues there today. But I seem to be back on here.

      • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:40 am || Up

        Yeah. We’re maxing out our allotted CPU from time to time. I need to find time to look into caching solutions, and if they don’t work then new hosts.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • JamesV Feb 26,2012 8:04 am || Up

          We’re getting too big!

        • ptbnl Feb 26,2012 9:18 am || Up

          Really?! CPU time? I’d figured we were exceeding some number of database connections. CPU time ought to be free.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:26 pm || Up

            Not really. Traditional hosting companies (afaik) all limit it so that they can have a number of sites running on the same actual server.

            If we do change hosts, though, I’m thinking something like this, which I would do a collection for. I don’t want to do that until I’ve tried some efficiency improvements though.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • ptbnl Feb 26,2012 2:33 pm || Up

              But CPUs are the cheapest thing going … if that’s really the limiting factor they’re doing it wrong!

              If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
            • elcroata Feb 27,2012 11:40 am || Up

              pass the hat

              Because survival is insufficient
    • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 2:42 pm || Up

      No, but he did just back into WordPress’s server farm.

    • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 4:00 pm || Up

      Also, since it hung up on me while I was posting something and this was on screen for a while: “please wait a comment“?

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • whiteshoes40 Feb 25,2012 4:03 pm || Up

        I noticed that too, when I was having trouble getting comments to post a few minutes ago. I thought it might be some joke I just didn’t get…

        • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:39 am || Up

          whoops! that plugin has several similar typos.

          Fixed.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  44. Bed Feb 25,2012 2:45 pm

    So….what are you wearing?

    But seriously, folks....
  45. Bed Feb 25,2012 2:47 pm

    Hey baby….you know what would look good on you?…..Me.

    But seriously, folks....
  46. Bed Feb 25,2012 2:47 pm

    So….what’s your sign?

    But seriously, folks....
  47. Bed Feb 25,2012 2:49 pm

    Hey baby….do you take American Express?

    But seriously, folks....
  48. Bed Feb 25,2012 2:50 pm

    Little known fact….fake breasts are mostly filled with desperation.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 2:53 pm || Up

      Just how big would they be, if they used the dollar bills it costs, instead of silicone?

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 2:59 pm || Up

        I’ve only known a few women that had them and one of them told me hers cost 8 grand but they were more useful then a 5 year old sedan which is what you can get for about 8 grand.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 3:02 pm || Up

          $8 Grand would make some huge paper mache boobies. Just have to figure out how to make them soft….

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 3:04 pm || Up

            I don’t like fake boobs….I like the real ones that feel like bags of sand.

            But seriously, folks....
  49. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:07 pm

    I checked in on AN for the first time in awhile since y’all were talking about it…..1 lounge for the entire month of February?….Pretty quiet place.

    But seriously, folks....
  50. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:18 pm

    So has Beane signed Willie Mays Hayes yet?

    But seriously, folks....
  51. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:26 pm

    I just realized for the first time since I was probably 8 or 9 years old I can’t name the current manager of every team in baseball….I suck.

    But seriously, folks....
    • 5Aces Feb 25,2012 3:37 pm || Up

      But can you still name every manager from 1984?

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 3:53 pm || Up

        Hmm….probably not but it would be fun to try.

        But seriously, folks....
        • SPWC Feb 25,2012 4:15 pm || Up

          Angels- John McNamara
          Astros- Hal Lanier
          Athletics- Jackie Moore
          Blue Jays- Bobby Cox
          Braves- Joe Torre
          Brewers- Harvey Kuenn
          Cardinals- Whitey Herzog
          Cubs- Dallas Green
          Dodgers- Tommy Lasorda
          Expos- Buck Rodgers
          Giants- Jim Davenport
          Indians- Pat Corrales
          Mariners- Rene Lachemann
          Mets- Davey Johnson
          Orioles- Joe Altobelli
          Padres- Dick Williams
          Phillies- Danny Ozark
          Pirates- Chuck Tanner
          Rangers- Frank Lucchesi
          Reds- Vern Rapp / Pete Rose
          Red Sox- Ralph Houk
          Royals- Dick Howser
          Tigers- Sparky Anderson
          Twins- Billy Gardner
          White Sox- Tony LaRussa
          Yankees- Yogi Berra

          \"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
          • Bed Feb 25,2012 4:17 pm || Up

            I would have gotten about half those now.

            But seriously, folks....
          • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 4:20 pm || Up

            Steve Boros managed the first couple months in ’84, making that the year the two worst managers in Oakland history shared the job.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • SPWC Feb 25,2012 4:21 pm || Up

            Brewers = Rene Lachemann
            Athletics= Steve Boros too (-1/2)
            Mariners= Del Crandall and Chuck Cottier
            Rangers= Doug Rader
            Cubs= Jim Frey
            Phillies= Paul Owens
            Expos= Bill Virdon and Jim Fanning
            Astros= Bob Lillis
            Giants= Frank Robinson & Danny Ozark (Davenport managed in 1985)

            17.5/26… not too bad for being 28 years ago.

            \"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
  52. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:32 pm

    KU 87 Mizzou 86 in OT….suck it you Tiger bastards!

    But seriously, folks....
    • doctorK Feb 25,2012 4:04 pm || Up

      That was some game. When I switched over to it, Misery was leading by 19.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 4:06 pm || Up

        Hell of an ending….both teams should make a deep run in the tournament.

        But seriously, folks....
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 4:29 pm || Up

      UNC 54, UVA 51…suck it you Wahoo bastards (among which are numbered my two brothers)!

      Hopefully all tapes of this game will be destroyed, though, because if a coach of a team with a real offense manages to replicate the way UVA shut down Heels PG Kendall Marshall, Carolina may have more free time in late March than they want.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  53. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:52 pm

    When I workout I like to think someone is making a montage of it set to the Rocky theme music.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 3:55 pm || Up

      Pizza in one hand, and a BEER in the other

  54. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:54 pm

    When I have sex I like to think someone is making a montage of it set to some Luther Vandross music.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:01 pm || Up

      Dance With my Father Again?

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 4:31 pm || Up

      Any Shameless fans? My power, my pleasure, my pain!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  55. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:57 pm

    When I’m posting on Free Kraut I like to think someone is making a montage of it set to whatever those geek bloggers who live in their parents basement listen to…..I hate those guys….RBI’s RULE! because they’re GRITTY!

    But seriously, folks....
  56. Bed Feb 25,2012 3:59 pm

    You ever find yourself at church and think to yourself this service would be more fun if they played a little death metal?

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:02 pm || Up

      No, but they would probably pack the place if they had Auto Racing/Baseball/Football on the big screen

  57. Bed Feb 25,2012 4:01 pm

    Okay all you kids with your pumped up kicks I hope you can outrun my bullet.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:10 pm || Up

      Bang, Bang, Sirbed’s silver bullets came down on their heads
      Bang, Bang, Sirbeds’s silver bullets made sure they were dead.

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 4:26 pm || Up

        Sirbed’s Silver Bullets….sounds like a bad band name.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:28 pm || Up

          It’s a better name than The Beatles.

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 4:31 pm || Up

            and I’m sure we’ll sell more records.

            But seriously, folks....
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 4:32 pm || Up

      There’s your next one-hit wonder, right there.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  58. Bed Feb 25,2012 4:02 pm

    Little known fact….Magic Johnson sucks at card tricks.

    But seriously, folks....
  59. Bed Feb 25,2012 4:08 pm

    If you get caught between the Moon and New York City I’d probably try to hail a cab or something.

    But seriously, folks....
  60. Bed Feb 25,2012 4:10 pm

    Grandma just called from prison….looks like they added 10 years on her hitch for using a shiv in the shower….again.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:14 pm || Up

      When Grandma tells you to bend over and pick up the soap…. BEND OVER AND PICK UP THE SOAP!!!!

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 4:16 pm || Up

        Grandma don’t play no games.

        But seriously, folks....
        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:18 pm || Up

          At her age, she deserves more respect.

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 4:23 pm || Up

            She’s a spry 83. She stays young by drinking the blood of her enemies….well, that and she always eats her Wheaties every morning.

            But seriously, folks....
  61. Bed Feb 25,2012 4:20 pm

    Hmm….I might skip the movies tonight and just go to bed. The pimp’s life will take a lot out of you. Good thing Grandma taught me well.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:26 pm || Up

      You sleep with a shiv under your pillow?

      • Bed Feb 25,2012 4:30 pm || Up

        Who doesn’t?

        But seriously, folks....
        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 4:31 pm || Up

          Mine’s a loaded 9mm. When it’s empty, I can use it as a club

          • Bed Feb 25,2012 5:20 pm || Up

            Mine’s 5 inches but it’s thick.

            But seriously, folks....
            • Bed Feb 25,2012 5:21 pm || Up

              That’s the 37th time I’ve used this line….I hope to break the record sometime in August.

              But seriously, folks....
  62. Bed Feb 25,2012 4:32 pm

    I think it was the great philosopher Rowdy Roddy Piper who said never throw rocks at a man who has a machine gun…..words to live by.

    But seriously, folks....
    • SPWC Feb 25,2012 5:10 pm || Up

      He’s the reason why I always carry a pack of gum in self-defense.

      \"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
      • Bed Feb 25,2012 5:14 pm || Up

        he’s the reason I like to wear a kilt and beat up Mr. T

        But seriously, folks....
  63. Bed Feb 25,2012 5:20 pm

    I would like to say thank you to whoever invented Bengay.

    But seriously, folks....
    • Bed Feb 25,2012 5:25 pm || Up

      I’d like to say I support BENGAY’s right to marry ICYHOT if they so desire.

      But seriously, folks....
  64. gonealookin Feb 25,2012 5:22 pm

    I’m watching some of today’s Daytona preliminary on the DVR and I must say, “riding Danica Patrick’s rear bumper” is one of my favorite sports announcer phrases ever (and something I would dearly love to try myself).

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Bed Feb 25,2012 5:28 pm || Up

      I only know her from her Peabody Award winning work in the GoDaddy.com ads.

      But seriously, folks....
      • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 6:05 pm || Up

        Unfortunately the guy she’d hooked up with rear-ended her a bit too hard and she went headfirst into the wall.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 6:34 pm || Up

          Her teammate, no less.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 6:38 pm || Up

            Didn’t her husband work as a physical therapist with the A’s for a while?

            • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 7:01 pm || Up

              Huh. I didn’t know that, but a little googling tells me yes, husband Paul Hospenthal did some work with Dan Johnson and Mark Ellis.

              "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
              • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 7:07 pm || Up

                “He’s just a gigolo”- David Lee Roth

  65. FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 7:44 pm

    This may be the wrong day to mention this, but Nurse Upgrade smacked the side of our van into a concrete pillar in a parking garage this morning. Ugly dents and scrapes, possible damage to the van door opening track. This’ll be the first claim I/we have had on my/our car insurance since 1988.

    Still, it mostly doesn’t suck to be me.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 7:50 pm || Up

      I always figure that as long as I don’t awaken to find them throwing dirt over me, it doesn’t suck.

      • dmoas Feb 25,2012 7:51 pm || Up

        Replace suck with “phew, at least I’m still alive” and that’s me.

        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 7:56 pm || Up

          Yeah, my 13 y.o. told me to shape up, or he’d kick me in the knees. I’m not looking forward to the day he could actually whup me.

          • dmoas Feb 25,2012 8:03 pm || Up

            I’d actually be okay with a kick in the knees. It’ll temporarily take my mind off the pain everywhere else.

    • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 7:50 pm || Up

      Oh yes, the old parking garage pillar. I introduced my mother’s car to one of those when I was about 17.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 7:53 pm || Up

        Coincidentally, her mom did the exact same thing to her car about two weeks ago. Both in hospital parking garages, no less.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • dmoas Feb 25,2012 7:52 pm || Up

      I did that with my wagon/mini van back in college. Didn’t bother with insurance since it was falling apart anyway.

    • DFA Feb 25,2012 7:56 pm || Up

      Wait? This isn’t trying to be ironic? Hipster confusion abounds.

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 7:57 pm || Up

      I scraped all the paint of the bumper of my first new car a week after I bought it. And it was in the garage of my apartment building, so I had to drive by the smear of paint twice a day for the next 7 months. Then I moved to California, although not solely to escape the reminder.

      • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 8:00 pm || Up

        I had a beautiful dent in the center guardrail of 880 at Davis Street in San Leandro for quite some time. I got to drive past it 5 days a week. I was sad the day I drove past there and saw the shiny, smooth new section of guardrail they’d installed.

        What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 8:19 pm || Up

      Shoulda made an entire thread about it.

  66. DFA Feb 25,2012 7:57 pm
    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 8:01 pm || Up

      Okay, if you want to know…
      Will my date have sex on the first date?
      Ask…
      Do you like the taste of beer?

      Statistics are awesome.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 8:02 pm || Up

        Yeah, but what do the scouts think about it?

        • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 8:04 pm || Up

          That guy won’t be a good hitter because his girlfriend doesn’t like the taste of beer?

          • DFA Feb 25,2012 8:11 pm || Up

            I bet SLB increases if they haven’t gotten laid in a while.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • DFA Feb 25,2012 8:08 pm || Up

          well played

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • DFA Feb 25,2012 8:07 pm || Up

        Screenshot at 2012-02-25 20:02:52 Clearly this resembles no one you know.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 8:09 pm || Up

          As opposed, say, to the spelling:religion correlation.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • DFA Feb 25,2012 8:17 pm || Up

            Yeah thats just wrong with me. But you folks also see me at my worst. When I am at work I am much more careful about my writing.

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • aardvark Feb 25,2012 8:26 pm || Up

      That’s some incredible stuff right there.

    • sslinger Feb 25,2012 10:45 pm || Up

      Really great stuff. I was just talking the other night about OKC with my nephew who has just met someone from there.

      • nevermoor Feb 26,2012 2:47 am || Up

        Their blog is the only dating site content I’ve ever even considered RSSing

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  67. whiteshoes40 Feb 25,2012 8:00 pm

    This reminds me of the A’s.
    (gif + music at the link, just so y’all know)

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 25,2012 8:07 pm || Up

      Is it weird of me that my strongest reaction to that was “they must think that framed photo/painting is really awesome to have it be the only thing on an otherwise bare expanse of wall”?

      I look forward to hearing some Kool and the Gang sometime within the next 8-10 weeks. The home opener’s in just under 6.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • dmoas Feb 25,2012 8:11 pm || Up

        Are we going to be playing at losses now?

  68. JamesV Feb 25,2012 8:09 pm

    Idly, I’m kind of surprised Nico doesn’t seem to understand that the “FP Remove” option – as far as I remember – does not in fact delete anything, but instead does exactly what it says – removes the post from the front page. Just like mods could promote a fanpost to the FP, they could move one off of it as well.

    • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 8:13 pm || Up

      He remembered where the “close comments for this post” button was fast enough.

      • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 8:21 pm || Up

        SILENCE!

      • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 8:22 pm || Up

        “I wonder… what can I do to fuck this up even more? OHIKNOW!”

        • dmoas Feb 25,2012 8:27 pm || Up

          Nah, he was successful. He rose the hit count for the site above last saturday’s drop.

          • gonealookin Feb 25,2012 8:29 pm || Up

            I haven’t read any baseball stuff there in quite a while but I must admit when the BS happens there’s still a guilty-pleasure attraction to that.

            What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
            • Jennifer Feb 25,2012 8:32 pm || Up

              I Lounge occasionally. That’s about it.

            • dmoas Feb 26,2012 12:25 am || Up

              The real goal for trying to kill AN is not to show up. Let a story like that not only bring in no hits, but no comments as well. Let Tounces write on a page no one ever sees.

              • danmerqury Feb 26,2012 8:52 am || Up

                That’s what they’ll notice, sadly. Not the dwindling number of comments, not the cardboard tone of the site…just page views.

                • JamesV Feb 26,2012 9:15 am || Up

                  BOTTOM LINE

                • danmerqury Feb 26,2012 9:39 am || Up

                  Hey, I just realized I finally lost front page privileges over there. No longer on the masthead, either. Fun.

                • JamesV Feb 26,2012 10:11 am || Up

                  Took ’em long enough.

                • elcroata Feb 26,2012 1:31 pm || Up

                  u no good

                  Because survival is insufficient
    • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 9:06 pm || Up

      Hi, dan

      • danmerqury Feb 25,2012 9:09 pm || Up

        Tutu. How’s it going?

        • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 9:12 pm || Up

          Pretty well. I should have the handicap ramp done by next weekend.

          How is your new job?

          • danmerqury Feb 25,2012 9:14 pm || Up

            It’s really fun. Exhausting, but I’m really enjoying it. This whole “having a full-time job” thing is new to me, heh.

            • Tutu-late Feb 25,2012 9:16 pm || Up

              You will do well with the fulltime job routine. Just keep focused on your goals, and block out the BS.

              • danmerqury Feb 25,2012 9:20 pm || Up

                Thanks! It’s what I’m trying to do.

    • Englishmajor Feb 25,2012 9:06 pm || Up

      Beep boop.

  69. Leopold Bloom Feb 25,2012 9:40 pm

    so. hi.

  70. gonealookin Feb 25,2012 10:12 pm

    Good night, Gonzaga.

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  71. Jennifer Feb 25,2012 11:21 pm

    Today I got to see someone who had cholesterol so high in their blood their plasma looked like milk.

  72. wistful witch Feb 26,2012 12:25 am

    hi. i am sitting on the balcony of the temporary stronghold. i don’t think i have slept. disney reminded me of why i hate people; i don’t think i should go there ever again.

    • Kylianna Feb 26,2012 12:35 am || Up

      Oh honey, I’m sorry. :(

      • wistful witch Feb 26,2012 12:38 am || Up

        i was TOUCHED without my permission many times. but it was fun, for one time only. and we had queen crowns. but it will be many, many years if ever i do it again.

        • wistful witch Feb 26,2012 12:38 am || Up

          (also lady caro yells HI to you!)

        • Kylianna Feb 26,2012 8:07 am || Up

          I yell HI BACK. :D :D

          I’m happy you got your crowns!

  73. wistful witch Feb 26,2012 12:44 am

    what is the policy on accepting/not accepting friend requests from hs people who were jerks to one/you in hs?

      • wistful witch Feb 26,2012 12:56 am || Up

        thank you for that validation, m. ♥

    • elcroata Feb 26,2012 2:13 am || Up

      I had people who imprisoned me try to befriend me. how’s that?

      Because survival is insufficient
      • wistful witch Feb 26,2012 2:15 am || Up

        better. is it monday yet? :P

      • SPWC Feb 26,2012 7:40 am || Up

        You’re a bigger man than I not to harvest their personal information and arrange “accidents” for 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
    • Englishmajor Feb 26,2012 3:08 pm || Up

      Report them as spam. Then if they somehow come back and complain, pretend you had completely forgotten them.

  74. Bed Feb 26,2012 2:35 am

    Okay I’m up and getting ready for my run…..who’s coming with me? It’s a crisp, clean 38 outside so it should be fun.

    But seriously, folks....
    • SPWC Feb 26,2012 7:41 am || Up

      I still have some more weight to lose before I start running.

      I’m down 21 pounds since early December, tho…

      \"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
      • Bed Feb 26,2012 12:33 pm || Up

        That’s great….keep up the good work.

        But seriously, folks....
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Feb 26,2012 8:51 am || Up

      Oooh. If it had been 40° I woulda been right there with you. So close…

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Bed Feb 26,2012 12:35 pm || Up

        Smart decision on your part….it was a wee bit cold out there this morning.

        But seriously, folks....
  75. Future Ed Feb 26,2012 8:55 am

    500 comments? Bed is back, isn’t he?

    I have $5. No I don\'t.
    • Bed Feb 26,2012 12:34 pm || Up

      I keep hoping he’ll take the hint and not come back.

      But seriously, folks....
  76. DFA Feb 26,2012 8:58 am

    ugggggg my head

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Future Ed Feb 26,2012 9:08 am || Up

      you looked OK in the pictures

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • DFA Feb 26,2012 9:13 am || Up

        yeah… no drunk open mouth pictures for me.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
        • JamesV Feb 26,2012 9:16 am || Up

          • DFA Feb 26,2012 9:28 am || Up

            win

            In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • aardvark Feb 26,2012 9:46 am || Up

            There is so much going on in the front of that picture that it took me a second to notice the photobomber in the back there.

          • AV Feb 26,2012 10:06 am || Up

            she practices that post in front of the mirror.

            http://drunkathlete.com/2008/09/06/drunkenball-with-the-oakland-as/

            *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  77. Bed Feb 26,2012 12:43 pm

    New lounge up if you want it. If you don’t just ignore it like my parents did with me for 18 years.

    But seriously, folks....
  78. lynnzgal Feb 28,2012 8:23 pm

    Thank you! I am not a fan!

    I took Ian and my neice there (to LA). It was fine, but Jesus! Suck you in, much?

    The next time I flew across country for Lincoln Middle School to Orlando because Ian was in their band. It was fun, but Orlando SUCKS!

    I think I need to go to LA with a girl friend, that could be fun.

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