\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
I’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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
\"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
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.
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..)
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.
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…
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.
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
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. =(
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."
“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."
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.
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.
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)
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
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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
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.
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
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
\"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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
\"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
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.
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
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.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
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?
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
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.
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.
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
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
I 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
\"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
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
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."
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.
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…
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 :)
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?
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
\"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
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.
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
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
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.
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.
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
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).
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
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.
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.
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.
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!)
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.”
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.
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).
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.
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"
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.
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
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
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."
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!
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
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).
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."
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
I’m going to build a monkey emporium.
lof.
Also, when I was in high school, we refered to the UCD Social Sciences and Humanities Building as the Death Star.
McCormick Place in Chicago (the half of it on the lake side of LSD):
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 can’t decide if that’s pretty or pretty ugly.
Beautifugly?
need a wide-angle lense?
Also, since you only have to have it half-built to be fully effective, it’s only half as expensive.
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.
I’ll do my part, but I’m no night shifter this time of year.
Summer’s when I go to bed late.
Also, the cast of the new season of the Amazing Race sucks. A Jersey musclehead, an Army musclehead, and two freaking Border Patrol guards.
hihihi from oc
Are you at the Happiest Place on Earth?
tomorrow a.m. right now we are having wine. ;)
I love Disneyland/world. It’s one of my embarrassing pleasures. I’d probably go even if I didn’t have kids.
this.
Thanks, and go As.
i hope we have fun. we’re going out for sushi now. i’ll probably check in on the late night shift. ♥
Jealous. Have fun (or continue to do so, I suppose)!
Total opposite for me. I haven’t been since 1988 and hopefully never will again.
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.
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.
was an annual pass holder when i grew up (OC) and college and post (LA)
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.
Hihi!
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.
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.
They make HOT chocolate now?? What a country.
It was 70 here yesterday. Today it snowed. Oh, and we had an earthquake here this week.
Apocalypse now?
Nothing quite so interesting here: 80s yesterday, 55/60 today, no precipitation or undue movement of the earth. Just annoyingly windy.
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.
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.
Hell, you can probably see the statue of Earl Campbell alone from space.
Colin Firth is delicious perfection.
I love the BBC P&P, that is an excellent thing to have on.
Sing it, ladies!
Couple glasses of wine, then soccer at 9:00
Thanks, and go As.
This is massively stupid.
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?
I’m sure we’re going to find out. Maybe paris7 and some of the other new moderators can moonlight as sign enforcement patrol.
oh snizzap!
WOLFF TRIED NEVER HE LIED
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
That’s FricKin’ awesome!
Ooooh, that would be good.
I can’t imagine this will blow up in their faces!
“Negative Aesthetic impact”? Bullshit. It’s a huge part of the experience. Grow a pair and take the criticism like an adult.
Wouldn’t that apply to Mount Davis, as well?
Moreso.
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.
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.
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.
And everyone could go to the games in togas.
I am totally there.
I’ll be the white whale in the toga
…This means only one thing.
2012. Toga Party Tailgate.
Gotta happen.
Someone would have to come get me in a chariot.
It’s just a modest proposal:
Also, Karma is a bitch.
also, i ♥ you forever.
♥♥♥
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:
I
haven’thadn’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.I hope the wine you dropped didn’t have a very high wine above replacement
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.
Way to trade up!
ouch. that sucks. sorry that happened.
much better to drop the wine in the liquor aisle BEFORE you buy it.
Looking at old photos from the Oscars. Elizabeth Taylor in 1961 was a bombshell.
That’s what corsets are for…
…that and smoking oneself thin…
And violet eyes to die for.
Hi.
[blinks]
Do I know you people?
Maybe..you sorta look like our old sign guy..
[begins preparing face of old The Tides sign in front of Sarasota Siesta Key condos]
Maybe. I am a once and future drug criminal.
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.
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]
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.
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..)
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.
Maybe she’s feeling inadequate in her job performance already, and is afraid that your good works makes hers look even worse by comparison.
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…
Ugh. And I assume it isnt possible to give her the appearance of control while still getting it done your way?
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.
That sucks that you have to work with a female version of Billy Martin.
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. =(
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?
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.
okay, how do i defer to her now?
“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.
okay. I can do that.
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.
I’d replace “mine may not always be the right way” with “mine may not always be the only good/effective way.”
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.
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)
I like meditating. I secretary a meditation meeting on Fridays!
I’m going to bed soon, but I’ll examine it and contact the appropriate authorities tomorrow.
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?
no. that’s still an issue, still living with the ex-wife.
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.
I’ve got something lined up,. something temporary anyhow. just…black mold came a-knockin’…
hi
hi, dfa!
hi bloom
Nighty-night, Loungerinos.
night, FSU~
is anyone home, hi.
hi witchy!
KITTEN!!!!
so…Anaheim?
i think so? 7 a.m. omgwtf
7am?!!
it is an ungoddessly hour. no idea how i will get to bed. then, after that, off to the goddess temple for the evening! HOLD ME!!!!
done.
snuggles are yum.
Room for one more? {{}}
always.
matty, for you, ALWAYS. i fucking miss you with all of my heart. ♥
hi
Thanks, and go As.
♥
Hi, Mikey!
hey hottie!
Thanks, and go As.
Everyone starts showing up as I turn into a pumpkin…cest la vie.
Have a good night/weekend folks.
goodnight, love. thank you so much for the belated hugs the other day.
we have had the weirdest night. best sushi EVER, and i’m not kidding but then so much strangeness
i forgot to ask you, but i’m betting the answer is no —
have you seen many disney movies?
Thanks, and go As.
only with the niece. but tomorrow our honest first order of business is buying crowns to wear.
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.
Thanks, and go As.
caro bought some sort of pass? and we have to leave there by 3?
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.
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.)
*if. pardon the wine and cocktails.
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.
The Arcade Fire…
A great band that I respect a lot but listen to very little.
yes, definitely go into town hall and tell them.
it’s their job to make the experience as awesome as possible for you.
Thanks, and go As.
BUT WILL THEY GIVE US CROWNS. THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT.
Hello Hello FK’ers :)
hi hihi
hello!
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.
i am trying so hard to be sleepy. and failing miserably. do i open another bottle of wine?
AND share!
if you promised to drink it with me, i would open it this second.
I’ll come around. Sooner or later.
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?
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)”
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.
I flagged it after his snarky “It was the biggest piece of baseball news between 7pm and 7am”.
How the mighty have fallen.
Oh, but that was funny, you don’t understand.
A lot of people never go back to AN because of his off beat brand of humor
Let’s see how quickly I get the bANnED WaND.
I lof you
Hehe
You are beautiful and amazing.
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.
I am so tempted to post this and get myself banned once and for all:
She looks familiar…hmmm
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.
Yeah, I’m not gonna post it. Still tempting, though.
It was good enough here.
this has to do with the a’s because????
by amadorjon on Feb 24, 2012 9:55 PM PST reply 2 recs
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.
OP’s comment should be flagged for MetaBaiting.
LOL
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.
Jeez, it’s like they were looking right at him when they wrote this:
Woh.
Wow
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.
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.
Me. I’m far too brutally honest when talking about myself.
Thanks, and go As.
Maybe, but your perspective is healthy and you’re able to be honest about your triumphs and positive traits too.
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.
Nah, his (and kind of mine) can be equally damaging. Because it’s not usually honest, but mostly marked by low self-worth/esteem.
unless slusser talks about him…
Truf.
For real. Same.
Maybe that’s why I wasn unemployed for two years.
Or maybe he’s just a jerk.
I believe making jokes about fucking goats should be added to the list
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
well played.
Also, karma is a bitch. Also, if you can’t drive – you shouldn’t. Just ask Billy Martin
High five!
Billy Martin joke day!
I think Billy Martin said it best when he said, “Hey, (sips) I can drive!”
Ahh, Denis Leary.
You win.
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.
heh
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 read few things. Not much there. Even Cup is making fundamental mistakes when evaluating financial returns on trades. Of course, nobody there to notice
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.
Wait a minute?….AN didn’t shut down after I left?….those bastards.
The Lounge kinda did….
I’m sorry but a lounge without Bloom, Pam and me isn’t gonna make it but I think that was the idea.
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.
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.
His final excuse was “I only do this about once every six months in slow times!”
Which now will be about once or twice a week.
I think you’re underestimating it.
Nah, it’s gotta build up to thrice a day.
Hi Kyli!:)
What up!
Stressful day.:( I hope you are unwinding from yours, sweetie.
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.
WHAT do you do that requires those hours? Sounds like my old double shift days working on the freeways
Mercenary-for-hire.
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.
The secret to happiness is embracing your inner bitch.
Word.
I love you so much right now.
I would return the sentiment, but y’know. Inner bitch. I’mma have to cut you instead.
Talk to Bed. He is going to inherit his Grandma’s shiv
But I will ply you with sweet sweet rhum
Dammit! One of my three thousand weaknesses!
RHUM-BA!
Right on, Kanyeanna!
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
Meh. They wanted their little circle jerk, and now they have it.
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.
he did tend to repeat jokes even more than I did.
he did tend to repeat jokes even more than I did
Of Course!
Salud!
A second Bed?….this can’t be good.
(Hiccup)
I think it might be spreading…
(Hiccup)
Yikes….3 Beds!…..cue REM…..it’s the end of the world as we know it.
I have missed you horribly this past week or two.
Me too.
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
And unfortunately, until another mod flags it, there will be no discussion about where it belongs….
No fucking kidding? Wow.
And iglew chimes in:
now this is inflammatory meta!
Yes, it is.
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.
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.
Nobody’s rec’d iglew’s comment, by the by.
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.
Hmm… I think we need a “Break the fourth wall” button to make such comments less effort.
Really?….what a schmuck.
schmuck is one of those words I enjoy saying…..I also like to say pussy…..cat.
It’s a good one. My personal favorite is “burrito.” Buuuuurrrrrrrrrito.
I like the word lark. It is awesome.
Yeah just saw that. That’s ridiculous.
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.
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.
don’t OC comments turn green with 3 recs?
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.
They’ve raised their standards, obviously.
Obviously.
I think so.
yes
For whatever reason, I think they changed it to 6. No one said why…
Too many of the bad people were probably turning comments critical of admin green.
I just don’t know….:(
Thanks. So… you bannin’ Jennifer? ;)
hehehe. NO ☺
If someone does ban me I hope it’s you Tutu.
Not gonna be me, buddy.♥ Now, when I get banned…
I think besides Blez I’m the only one left from AN.0.
Funny. You look way younger
That just makes me sad, Jennifer.
Well, that’s what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass.
See when I did that all I got was this lousy T-shirt….well, that and an std.
Excuse me, Jennifer?
It’s just sad that it all went to hell like it did….but that’s all water under the bridge now.
Bah. I wasted a login just to find banned people can’t even rec or flag things.
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
Will a half full bottle of Rioja do?
Of course!
Salud!
Ive been drinking a bunch of Rioja lately.
which ones?
The ones with pretty labels.
So, a sneaky ban?
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!
Would a half used bottle of Nair do?
Of course!
Salud!
They may have sent us to the cornfield, but we’re still playing ball.
Just don’t cross the foul line.
(TAGLINE THIS! Or something)
Personal Foul… self-promotion… five yard penalty… repeat second down.
NOTICE ME!!! NOTICE ME!!!
Yes, I’d like an ice water….hold the ice and the water please.
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.
The show on after The Walking Dead is literally called The Talking Dead.
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.
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.
Me too.
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.
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.
That sounds good. You two should write for the show.
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.
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.
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…
The last episode and next are making it worth it.
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 :)
Ah, a straggler, but better late than never. You can comment without being stuck in the moderation queue from now on.
Woo hoo!!!
Welcome, Nikk!
Welcome! What
iswas your AN name?Or, as Debbie Reynolds sang in How The West Was Won:
Great tie-in, EM!♥
Bates and murdering a wife in the same song? Sounds like Downton Abbey.
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.
{takes notes}….hehehe
Got it – I saw your comments at the bottom of that thread, so I’m not surprised.
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 :)
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.
Or even any focus whatsoever, unless monkeyball and nevermoor have a long con business plan which has to date escaped notice.
Like all good left-leaning projects, it is run at a loss.
If there is a long con going on, I gotta admit, I’m very interested in seeing where they take it.
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…
I’m sure all those new A’s fans we were running off of AN enjoy his wit and wisdom.
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.
You were always my favorite member of Mystery Inc.
Hi! Nice to have you here.
Welcome!
Thanks!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
You have to go into the dashboard and change the settings to Auto-Refresh, then the button will work.
Thanks
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.
I find most television characters are annoyingly dense.
Some of the shows my wife watches… I have to leave the room.
Hi, Bed!
How’s the detective training going?
Are you done with your triathlon novel yet?
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.
You’ve got the elements right, but in the wrong order.
I always mess it up somehow.
I’ll hand out sexual favors if someone would bring me a cupcake.
Well, that Cupcake is bigger than the one I had in mind… but I’m down.
I’m sure he’s dumber too.
I don’t know if that’s good or bad, tho…
Give me a moment to trade for Blanton…
And here I was just thinking that I would hand out cupcake favors if someone would bring me some sex…
If you’d mouth them out… Anyway, if it works, lemme know, hungry myself
I had some gum for dessert yesterday. In April I’m going to eat my weight in junk food.
Don’t do it. Your knees will hate you.
Just eat a little bit of junk food.
What ever happened to Green-n-gold girl anyway?
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.
[slits wrists]
The Streak period was my best years as an A’s fan. I want to be there to relive it.
That’s gonna be a fun weekend for sure!
I MISS MELODY SO MUCH. D:
I’d settle for seeing your boobs.
Thanks, and go As.
I thought you wrote that to Blanton
Aaaand Sizemore’s already hurt himself during drills.
Tell him to rub some dirt on it.
Trade for… KOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ! ;)
I think that’s the std I got.
There can be no “OOOOOOUUUUUUZ”, without the “K”
https://twitter.com/#!/susanslusser/status/173493688507441152
https://twitter.com/#!/susanslusser/status/173494059619454977
It’s okay one of the 327 outfielders we have can play 3B I’m sure.
Keebs is going to totally Jeremy Lin this.
Hee!
So who plays third base if the injury is as serious as it sounds?
Timmons and Donaldson, according to SuSlusser.
This is where I say who and who?
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.
I did remember Donaldson when I thought about it but yeah I had no idea who Timmons was.
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.
10 years?….wow, he’s Crash Davis.
10/5 status, then?
When Donaldson is our 3baseman Im going to fucking own grover forever.
Just be gentle… and use copious amounts of lube.
Yeah hes just not going to hit and so g will own me for that.
Duh…Barton. The P will be his cut off man.
Nah, he can Jim Abbott it to first.
Maybe that was his cherry they heard?
Ka- CHING!
When I popped my cherry I’m told the echo could be heard for miles.
Wasn’t Echo in “Every Which Way but Loose”?
I don’t know, but Hugh Padgham sure used a lot of it in “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
Hugh produced about half the music I liked in the 80’s.
That was the best 3 seconds of my life and the hooker got a nice tip.
Did she just get the tip? :)
At that point that was enough for me to get my win.
But did you get a t-shirt and/or STD?
ouch. he was arguably the best position player on the team
So instead of 97 loses it’ll be 100.
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).
Probably. I was going off the 2011, where he had the highest (prorated) WAR and second highest wRC+ (after pig)
Ah, b-r didn’t like him quite as much in 2011 as fg did.
Whatever, we’ve thrown the season already.
We are going to so rock in 2023 though.
2023…4-year rebuild after BB was replaced
WooHoo!….thank goodness for the Jayhawks…all my other teams stink.
Al Golden and Cam Newton riding to the rescue.
For me it’s Charlie Weis and Carson Palmer…..so…..go Bill Self and the hoops Jayhawks.
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.
As I’ve said elsewhere… we’ve been playing without a 3B for years.
I have the house to myself….plenty of money….a hot car…..you know what that means?….yep, I’m going to bed early.
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.
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.
(SPWC – You had a few comments that had to be approved because you changed your user name a couple times there.)
You know you’re out of the pop culture mainstream when the last one hit wonder you can name was in 1994.
After I finish my marathon I have to get back into golf shape….which will require lots of cheeseburgers and root beer.
“Cheeseburgers in Paradise”!!
I know my version of paradise has cheeseburgers in it…..now I shall have some more celery.
when are you planning to run?
March 24th….see y’all in the ER that evening.
ever ran before?
Not a full marathon but I did 19 miles last Sunday so I’m close to being ready.
perfect
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.
what time are you aiming at?
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.
Sure. And good thing you are in a familiar group. Where’s the race?
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.
I don’t understand people that run marathons.
Besides the original guy – y’know cos he couldn’t find a horse.
I’m doing it for the challenge and to prove something to myself.
I dig
My next thing is I want to learn how to fly a plane but I might have to wait on that one.
People always forget that that dude died.
When there’s a fire… Oh. You weren’t talking to me.
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!)
good luck
I don’t need luck. I’m awesome.
and modest…don’t forget that part.
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.
I had a nice butternut squash the other evening.
Right on.
Does anybody play American Handball in the UK? Racquetless squash, basically.
No.
does anyone play it in the US? (outside of jails and middle schools.)
so that’s why normal handball was called european handball in my US HS
i was only good at german dodgeball.
Jake Plummer FTW!
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.
You will be assimilated. It is futile to resist.
I’m surprised it took this long….I pick up voices and accents easily.
i may… still be drunk.
Lightweight.
Also, Sean Penn is doing you guys no favours.
on his whirlwind tour to take a photo standing next to every president in the continent?
His stance on the Falklands. And his article in the Guardian.
ok. just tried reading it. my head is no bueno for big word comprehension right now. will try later.
I have no stance on the Falklands. I do have a take on Peter Falk however.
how do you feel about roger moore’s ffolkes?
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.
i think it was the first movie i went to by myself. or maybe 1941.
Hmm….I’d have to think about that one….it would be sometime in the mid 80’s probably at Arden Fair Mall.
Oooh! My fav Roger Moore movie!
ffolkes’d kick bonds’ butt in a minute.
Sure, but defending the UK stance on the Falklands doesn’t do anyone any favours.
The University of Kentucky is just dead wrong on this issue.
nice
Is there no depth to which John Calipari will not sink?
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.
Our stance being: the islanders consider themselves British and Argentina has no claim to the island?
Yeah, really makes us look bad.
Really? That much nuance?
oh, nuance doesn’t become him in all things British
I have no idea what that means.
That you have very strong and very subjective opinions as soon as the topic turns to your island or two
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.
I’m 99% certain that is what the British government’s position is on the matter. Hence ‘ours’, ‘cos I’m British.
Has Sean Penn made a movie since Milk?
Does he need to?
Tree of Life, for one. Although he was barely in it.
my kraut went down.
Me tuu. I thought they were just mad at me for being an OC mod. :)
If you’re still drunk it may come back up sooner than you’d wish.
At this point, banning would be the best thing for me.
It was kind of liberating for me.
Please don’t, Jennifer. :(
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.
OK, I ban you from my island!
man, now she has to swim all the way back!
sometimes i get the feeling i was banned. but i’ve never been back to find out.
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.
he quit? see… i have no clue.
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.
I don’t think I’ll be around much longer. :( I’m not on the company side of this one.
I’m glad you come around here….I would have missed you if you hadn’t been around here.
Well, now you’re
screwedFK’d, since we know certain people lurk here and then ban there.Seriously anyone who would do that is a bad person.
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.
“I’m just wild about Harry. And his invisible touch.” Done.
Thank you for the assist….now I can get back to talking about VORP.
First movie you ever saw in a movie theater?…..for me it’s Star Wars in Napa when I 4.
I think it was either Jungle Book or Fantasia, at the Sun Valley Mall in Concord.
Edward Scissorhands perhaps?
I can’t remember that far back.
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.
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.
and I’ve been in love with Chewbacca ever since I saw my first movie.
You youngin’ you
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.
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?
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.
Oops, you are correct. I still wish I had taken one of those poster.
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.
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.
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.
somewhere between $5 and $5000.
Wow!
Gus the Field Goal Kicking Mule.
Jesa’s husband?!
heh.
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.
What an awesome cast in that movie!
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.
The TV format just doesn’t do it justice, though.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, at the old Alameda drive-in.
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.
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.
Funny how there never was FIAT Great Detroit station wagon
Until now!
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.
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.
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.
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.
did you grow up in argentina or in the states?
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.
dubbed?
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.
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.
So, that‘s British version of Cinema Paradiso
If Mike Leigh had done it in his High Hopes days.
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.
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.
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
I still haven’t seen an animal documentary at the movies so I can’t help with a title.
This one is not animals technically, but about Earth. It is all kinds of awesome, and you can watch it online for free.
I saw some of this on the Discovery Channel I think….it was amazing in HD.
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I remembered: “Ta divna stvorenja”! :))))
This
So which movie I haven’t seen will win Best Picture tomorrow night at the Oscars?
Moneyball?
I saw that but I thought it had little chance of winning?
Probably not. Probably Clooney instead of Bradbillyjoe, too.
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.
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.
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.
All this conference-jumping is FKing up some awesome rivalries.
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.
Seriously. This is almost as bad as if the Broncos were to get transferred to the NFC West.
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.
Football season is gonna be fun this year…!
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
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.
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)
Die Hard is the perfect action movie.
Totally agree. I adore Die Hard.
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.”
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.
I imagine the director thinking, “How lucky am I?”
Big action movies need a great villain. And he made a great villain.
Yeah, that had to be a screen test where everyone says “We just had the Powerball ticket fall into our lap..”
Sounds like just a sprained knee for Sizemore.
Good to hear.
How many toes will he have to lose?
My wife recently asked me how many fingers she was holding up….it was just the one.
and the rest of them were…?
Only the middle finger was getting much work….I got my revenge later by admitting she was right about everything.
to fully understand what you’re saying i now have to ask if you happen to be married to roger ebert.
Roger and I are very happy together….he proved he liked bald guys with Siskel.
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.
Barton to 3B! What the hell are they waiting for!?
/mikev
his arm to be reattached, apparently :(
Thanks, and go As.
I WIN
The play area at McDinalds must be its own level of hell.
Can you just imagine all the germs and bacteria littering that place? We never let our kiddies go there.
My daughter refuses to eat there.
I refuse to go there for any reason. Their fries can’t even convince me to stop.
Wait a minute… She’s eating solid food already?
Not yet.
I like Egg McMuffins but that’s about it.
Urban legends abound about kids finding of used hypodermics in their ball pits.
Did you mean ball “sack”?
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 scrubdownbath.When I was a little kid I got my parents to take me to McDonalds by any means necessary.
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.
I had several bdays at Chuck E. Cheese and then the Mineshaft….ah air hockey and Spy Hunter.
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).
It was a fun game….and I agree I’m surprised they haven’t remade Peter Gunn yet.
I think my dog is living better than I do. Free room and board and he can lick his own balls.
and doesn’t have to run the marathon
Lucky little bastard….of course the cat can kick his ass so at least he doesn’t get too big of a head.
I keep getting dropped off the site….can Nico ban me on FK?
Yeah, I’ve been getting “Error Connecting to the Database” issues.
That’s exactly what I’m getting too.
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.
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.
We’re getting too big!
Really?! CPU time? I’d figured we were exceeding some number of database connections. CPU time ought to be free.
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.
But CPUs are the cheapest thing going … if that’s really the limiting factor they’re doing it wrong!
pass the hat
No, but he did just back into WordPress’s server farm.
Heh
LOL
Also, since it hung up on me while I was posting something and this was on screen for a while: “please wait a comment“?
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…
whoops! that plugin has several similar typos.
Fixed.
So….what are you wearing?
Hey baby….you know what would look good on you?…..Me.
So….what’s your sign?
Hey baby….do you take American Express?
Little known fact….fake breasts are mostly filled with desperation.
Just how big would they be, if they used the dollar bills it costs, instead of silicone?
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.
$8 Grand would make some huge paper mache boobies. Just have to figure out how to make them soft….
I don’t like fake boobs….I like the real ones that feel like bags of sand.
Me tuu! I’m just saying.
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.
So has Beane signed Willie Mays Hayes yet?
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 can you still name every manager from 1984?
Hmm….probably not but it would be fun to try.
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
I would have gotten about half those now.
Steve Boros managed the first couple months in ’84, making that the year the two worst managers in Oakland history shared the job.
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.
KU 87 Mizzou 86 in OT….suck it you Tiger bastards!
That was some game. When I switched over to it, Misery was leading by 19.
Hell of an ending….both teams should make a deep run in the tournament.
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.
When I workout I like to think someone is making a montage of it set to the Rocky theme music.
Pizza in one hand, and a BEER in the other
When I have sex I like to think someone is making a montage of it set to some Luther Vandross music.
Dance With my Father Again?
Any Shameless fans? My power, my pleasure, my pain!
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!
You ever find yourself at church and think to yourself this service would be more fun if they played a little death metal?
No, but they would probably pack the place if they had Auto Racing/Baseball/Football on the big screen
Okay all you kids with your pumped up kicks I hope you can outrun my bullet.
Bang, Bang, Sirbed’s silver bullets came down on their heads
Bang, Bang, Sirbeds’s silver bullets made sure they were dead.
Sirbed’s Silver Bullets….sounds like a bad band name.
It’s a better name than The Beatles.
and I’m sure we’ll sell more records.
There’s your next one-hit wonder, right there.
Little known fact….Magic Johnson sucks at card tricks.
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City I’d probably try to hail a cab or something.
Grandma just called from prison….looks like they added 10 years on her hitch for using a shiv in the shower….again.
When Grandma tells you to bend over and pick up the soap…. BEND OVER AND PICK UP THE SOAP!!!!
Grandma don’t play no games.
At her age, she deserves more respect.
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.
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.
You sleep with a shiv under your pillow?
Who doesn’t?
Mine’s a loaded 9mm. When it’s empty, I can use it as a club
Mine’s 5 inches but it’s thick.
That’s the 37th time I’ve used this line….I hope to break the record sometime in August.
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.
He’s the reason why I always carry a pack of gum in self-defense.
he’s the reason I like to wear a kilt and beat up Mr. T
I would like to say thank you to whoever invented Bengay.
I’d like to say I support BENGAY’s right to marry ICYHOT if they so desire.
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).
I only know her from her Peabody Award winning work in the GoDaddy.com ads.
Unfortunately the guy she’d hooked up with rear-ended her a bit too hard and she went headfirst into the wall.
Zing!
Her teammate, no less.
Didn’t her husband work as a physical therapist with the A’s for a while?
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.
“He’s just a gigolo”- David Lee Roth
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.
I always figure that as long as I don’t awaken to find them throwing dirt over me, it doesn’t suck.
Replace suck with “phew, at least I’m still alive” and that’s me.
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.
I’d actually be okay with a kick in the knees. It’ll temporarily take my mind off the pain everywhere else.
Oh yes, the old parking garage pillar. I introduced my mother’s car to one of those when I was about 17.
Coincidentally, her mom did the exact same thing to her car about two weeks ago. Both in hospital parking garages, no less.
I did that with my wagon/mini van back in college. Didn’t bother with insurance since it was falling apart anyway.
Wait? This isn’t trying to be ironic? Hipster confusion abounds.
LOL!
<3
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.
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.
Shoulda made an entire thread about it.
Teach teh controversy!
Statistics are awesome.
Yeah, but what do the scouts think about it?
That guy won’t be a good hitter because his girlfriend doesn’t like the taste of beer?
I bet SLB increases if they haven’t gotten laid in a while.
well played
♥
Clearly this resembles no one you know.
As opposed, say, to the spelling:religion correlation.
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.
That’s some incredible stuff right there.
Really great stuff. I was just talking the other night about OKC with my nephew who has just met someone from there.
Their blog is the only dating site content I’ve ever even considered RSSing
This reminds me of the A’s.
(gif + music at the link, just so y’all know)
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.
Are we going to be playing at losses now?
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.
He remembered where the “close comments for this post” button was fast enough.
SILENCE!
“I wonder… what can I do to fuck this up even more? OHIKNOW!”
Nah, he was successful. He rose the hit count for the site above last saturday’s drop.
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.
I Lounge occasionally. That’s about it.
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.
That’s what they’ll notice, sadly. Not the dwindling number of comments, not the cardboard tone of the site…just page views.
BOTTOM LINE
Hey, I just realized I finally lost front page privileges over there. No longer on the masthead, either. Fun.
Took ’em long enough.
u no good
Hello.
Hi, dan
Tutu. How’s it going?
Pretty well. I should have the handicap ramp done by next weekend.
How is your new job?
It’s really fun. Exhausting, but I’m really enjoying it. This whole “having a full-time job” thing is new to me, heh.
You will do well with the fulltime job routine. Just keep focused on your goals, and block out the BS.
Thanks! It’s what I’m trying to do.
Beep boop.
Bwoooo.
so. hi.
Hey, LB!
Evening, Bloom. Did you find wheels?
Good night, Gonzaga.
Today I got to see someone who had cholesterol so high in their blood their plasma looked like milk.
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.
Oh honey, I’m sorry. :(
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.
(also lady caro yells HI to you!)
I yell HI BACK. :D :D
I’m happy you got your crowns!
what is the policy on accepting/not accepting friend requests from hs people who were jerks to one/you in hs?
don’t.
thank you for that validation, m. ♥
I had people who imprisoned me try to befriend me. how’s that?
better. is it monday yet? :P
almost there :)
You’re a bigger man than I not to harvest their personal information and arrange “accidents” for them.
Report them as spam. Then if they somehow come back and complain, pretend you had completely forgotten them.
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.
I still have some more weight to lose before I start running.
I’m down 21 pounds since early December, tho…
That’s great….keep up the good work.
Oooh. If it had been 40° I woulda been right there with you. So close…
Smart decision on your part….it was a wee bit cold out there this morning.
500 comments? Bed is back, isn’t he?
I keep hoping he’ll take the hint and not come back.
ugggggg my head
you looked OK in the pictures
yeah… no drunk open mouth pictures for me.
win
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.
she practices that post in front of the mirror.
http://drunkathlete.com/2008/09/06/drunkenball-with-the-oakland-as/
*pose
New lounge up if you want it. If you don’t just ignore it like my parents did with me for 18 years.
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.