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  1. colin Jun 26,2012 8:14 am

    5. I like a good paper full of equations, but it definitely does take longer to read. I find that, in order to really understand what is going on, I have to grab a pen and notebook to work through all of the steps that aren’t shown in the paper. So that can be an impediment, especially when there is math involved that I don’t really know well.

    • doctorK Jun 26,2012 5:59 pm || Up

      During my grad school days, my professor gave me a paper and told me to get from one equation to the next. 14 days later, I was done (this is why I did experimental physics).

  2. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 26,2012 8:45 am

    It’s easy to mingle when you’re bilingual!

    –phrase my high school French teacher recited almost every day

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • SPWC Jun 26,2012 9:38 am || Up

      I’m merely dallying with languages and linguistics, for the most part, other than Spanish.. Progreso en mi estudios de Español. Quiero escibiré canciones en Spanglish.

      \"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
  3. WaddellCanseco Jun 26,2012 10:05 am

    I’ve checked my Facebook settings. I’m clean. I can give blood.

    • SPWC Jun 26,2012 10:14 am || Up

      That’s good. However, make sure they haven’t tattooed a wall update on your forehead or a QR code in your mouth in your sleep just to make absolutely sure.

      \"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
  4. nevermoor Jun 26,2012 10:30 am

    3. Did my regularly-scheduled double-red last Saturday. Anyone in the city should absolutely do it, since Blood Centers of the Pacific makes it so easy. Their spot on Turk has a parking lot, nice building, friendly staff, and nice snacks. Not only that, if you sign up online you get rewards like free movie tickets that are good at many of the mainstream bay area theaters.

    They also have a downtown location (with no free parking) and tons of blood drives.

    I personally do the double reds every 16 weeks since it means I’ve maxing out my donations with very infrequent trips, but not everyone is fat / iron-heavy enough to go that route. Even going every 8 weeks is not so much.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • colin Jun 26,2012 10:52 am || Up

      I should probably start doing this, especially since I’m type-O. Do you think I will have any trouble with a not-especially-strenuous bike ride home after donating?

      • colin Jun 26,2012 10:53 am || Up

        Also, does anyone know what this is about (from Mt Auburn Hospital’s requirements for blood donation)?

        * Have not spent time that adds up to 3 or more months in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1996; or spent time that adds up to 5 or more years in Europe from 1980 to the present.

        • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 10:58 am || Up

          I think it’s Mad Cow, but I’m not sure.

          If that describes you you could certainly call in and see if it is a DQ or not.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • colin Jun 26,2012 11:00 am || Up

            It doesn’t describe me, I was just curious.

          • PDXAthleticsfan Jun 26,2012 11:01 am || Up

            Yep, mad cow.

            A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
            • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 2:44 pm || Up

              Speaking of mad animals, I learnt that our shop dog is crazy for pot stickers. I gave him one after I was finished with lunch and he started dancing around and galloping all over the studio. It was hilar!

        • andeux Jun 26,2012 12:14 pm || Up

          cue ptbnl

          TINSTAAFK
          • ptbnl Jul 1,2012 2:02 am || Up

            5 day lag to the wild west coast of Scotland

            If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 10:58 am || Up

        I would plan to give yourself extra time in the snack bar after donating, and prepare to be on the sluggish side.

        Are you talking steep SF hills?

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • colin Jun 26,2012 11:01 am || Up

          Nope, gentle Watertown MA hills, and only like a 10 minute ride.

          • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 11:17 am || Up

            You’d probably be fine.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • JamesV Jun 26,2012 11:35 am || Up

        I’m AB+

        • MikeV Jun 26,2012 11:37 am || Up

          I’m AB-

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

          Thanks, and go As.

          • JamesV Jun 26,2012 11:42 am || Up

            We be uncommon.

          • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 11:43 am || Up

            You guys should both give. Rare types.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • JamesV Jun 26,2012 11:44 am || Up

              I’ve done so many times. Have also given platelets.

        • Kylianna Jun 27,2012 12:38 am || Up

          …I should probably figure out what blood type I am, someday.

          • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 7:35 am || Up

            They’ll tell you

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • Dial C for Concupiscence Jun 27,2012 11:42 am || Up

            I seem to have some sort of block against it in my memory. I can remember doing the tests and figuring it out on at least three separate occasions, but I can’t for the life of me remember the result.

    • Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 11:18 am || Up

      At the moment they have a specially-designed Giants shirt. No thank you! But I’m sure you could get the film tickets instead.

      This is a good reminder, I want to see if I can get cleared to start donating again. I’m O-neg, and used to be a regular, but got a false-positive Hep B reaction in the mid-90’s and was told I could never donate again, even though I had two subsequent tests from my doctor that showed no trace of hepatitis. I found out later that at that time, the blood banks were doing batch testing of a dozen or so donors at a time, and if one person in the batch had HIV or hepatitis or anything else, it was cheaper to disqualify the whole batch than to retest everyone individually. This must have resulted in a lot of perfectly good donors being barred, and I think they don’t do it any more. Anyway, I’d heard a couple of years ago that some blood centers including Stanford will do a retest of anyone that was previously false-positived out of the pool, but I didn’t get around to following up.

      • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 11:44 am || Up

        Different things. The Giants shirt is just something they give you (if you want it). The tickets you get with reward points for donating and doing appointments online.

        I think they may also give tickets to first-time donors.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 11:53 am || Up

          Oh well, if they insisted on giving the Giants shirt, I’m sure I could make use of it, my cat is always barfing up hairballs.

  5. nevermoor Jun 26,2012 11:25 am

    I, for one, welcome our robot overlords. Cheap pizza!

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • colin Jun 26,2012 11:42 am || Up

      46 slices per year? My pizza consumption is far in excess of that figure.

  6. Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 11:27 am

    Soeaking of French and baseball, here’s an update on Le Grand Orange, aka Rusty Staub, inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame over the weekend:

    “I knew how to say ‘Le stylo est sur la table (the pen is on the table), but what good was that,” he said. I wanted to be able to say baseball things like, ‘The pitcher knocked me on my ass.”

    “If they ever give me an autopsy, they will find a piece of my heart has ‘MTL’ on it.”

    (sniff!)

  7. Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 11:34 am

    And hope for California fans of fatty liver — err, make that: severe and unnecessary animal cruelty undertaken to produce an unhealthful product that is the gustatory equivalent of wearing fur. [tdf]

    “This is not a crime that would be investigated by the LAPD or likely any other municipal police department,” Officer Karen Rayner, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department, said in an e-mail.

    :

    • DFA Jun 26,2012 5:16 pm || Up

      Thank god they aren’t enforcing it. Foie is amazing

      In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
      • the dogfather Jun 26,2012 5:37 pm || Up

        So much for the plight of the downtrodden! Sheesh. You haven’t really lived ’til you’ve seen video of a rat gnawing on the feet of a goose that was too fat and sick to escape or fight back.

        Bone appetit!

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
        • DFA Jun 27,2012 8:29 am || Up

          The latin word for duck comes from the Egyptian term for fattening duck to make foie with figs, which we have been doing for 2,500 years.

          1 I am anthropocentric so ducks wouldn’t be categorized as downtrodden. 2 If you have a problem with the production then set production standards don’t ban it. Its like veal. Veal shouldn’t be kept in a box, but the meat from Veal absolutely should be eaten. Everything tastes better if you treat it right.

          In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
          • the dogfather Jun 27,2012 11:17 am || Up

            1 — the Egyptians did many things I don’t care to support.

            2 — you certainly know better than this simple-mindedness, as you have to contend with the power of capital on a daily basis. They have captured the flag here, too.

            3 — fact of the matter is that the term “shouldn’t” doesn’t matter much to the calf in a box, which is how most veal is still produced. So no, I choose not to eat it, ever.

            4 — I agree with your last statement, and have no issue with eating food animals that have been humanely raised and slaughtered. Something is gonna kill us all — we can hope for a reasonable existence, followed by a quick and merciful end when the time comes. Nimann Ranch is a pretty good place to start; there’s also a labeling certification program, generally. That said, almost all American meat is neither humanely raised nor slaughtered.

            The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
            • DFA Jun 27,2012 12:18 pm || Up

              Well Im glad that most American meat isn’t slaughtered. I like mine extra rare.

              To your points:

              1 You decided to wipe out a multi-millennial food culture because you would rather do that then pass some regulations to make it humane? What a crock of shit.

              Instead we should be rewarding farmers who produce quality foie humanely by purchasing and eating their products and making it harder for them to be undercut.

              2. If its so cruel why wouldn’t the American Veterinary Medical Association take a stand against foie? Why does the liver fatten naturally when preparing for migration? Did you know that they can still breath when being fed because of the different physiology?

              This is a tiny tiny component of the American diet and out of all of the cruel things that are done by the Agro Industrial complex, this is a stupid place to focus.

              3. And guess what its being voluntarily ceased in 2017 and banned in CA next year. Couldn’t we have done something along those lines here?

              In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
              • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 12:51 pm || Up

                Not to get into the weeds here, but on 2 your argument is invalid.

                You can’t make an assumption that something is humane based on a specific group’s non-action. You also have to explain why some natural fattening is the same thing as intense over-fattening. The one doesn’t imply that the other is ok.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • DFA Jun 27,2012 1:38 pm || Up

                  Im not making the assumption that it is humane. Im making the assumption that its not clearly extra inhumane than anything else we do.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 1:43 pm || Up

                  Also does not follow. For example, I don’t see them taking a position on types of food on their website (at least in any prominent way).

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • DFA Jun 27,2012 1:50 pm || Up
                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 1:55 pm || Up

                  Two lines of reasoning ensued—determining what science says about the health and welfare effects of this practice, and whether it is advisable for the AVMA to take positions on specific production practices.

                  Long jump from there to approval.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • DFA Jun 27,2012 2:01 pm || Up

                  When did I say they approved?

                  I said they did not disapprove.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 2:23 pm || Up

                  But as evidence that it isn’t a cruel practice

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • the dogfather Jun 28,2012 9:34 am || Up

                1 — not a crock. No less an expert than Michael Pollan reports that the American diet has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000. Most of those changes have been catastrophic for food animals, as they are now treated as an industrial commodity, kept in horrific confinement, over-dosed with preventive antibiotics because of that squalor, and fed an unnatural diet that makes them sick. Further, federal law preempts the field of most industrial farming practices — rendering your simplistic solution moot. Still further, where states Can regulate, they too have been captured by Big Ag — that’s precisely why HSUS had to resort to Prop 2 in 2008 — the legislature (read Harris Ranch) Would.Not.Act. The only reason they could pass a foie gras ban is precisely Because it’s a very minor piece of the Ag picture. And it was passed several years ago to allow transition.

                2 — If you are looking for the vets to take any kind of lead on ethical issues, you will be disappointed. They are notoriously, tragically comatose as a profession. The hand that feeds them comes not from the animals they treat, obviously. They never even taught veterinary ethics in their curricula — anywhere — until Bernie Rollin came to Colorado State and started asking Qs. His work is transforming veterinary education in importantly humane ways. Good book: his memoir “Putting the Horse Before Descartes.”

                In general, I understand folks’ not wanting to inform themselves on these issues (“I’m anthropocentric,” which is “I don’t give a FK” in Sunday clothes), because it’s easier to assume than chicken grows in shrink-wrap at the Safeway (which is also the way Safeway wants it). And once you start looking, it’s hard to look away and do nothing. The ultimate question here is: is it worth an animal’s suffering its entire miserable adult life to give you a momentary — if ‘amazing’ — culinary experience?

                We homo-saps are really only one species, one that the world could get along fine without, and we’re not so different from many, many others in terms of adapted intelligence, emotion and, even systems of morality. Red-in-tooth-and-claw is bullshit, and the more we learn, the smarter and more sophisticated we find out other species are. So “I don’t give a FK” is really an awfully limited world view, esp. for someone who expresses great empathy for the trials of other industrial cogs.

                The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
                • DFA Jun 28,2012 10:39 am || Up

                  Right and Foie constitutes big Ag how? Oh yeah it doesn’t. Its mostly small farmers.

                  Both of the biggest producers of foie don’t use individualized cages.

                  I am not in support of factory farming and buy most of my meat from producers with good records in that area. Marin Sun Farms for example or Golden Gate Meats.

                  Anthropocentrism doesn’t mean that I don’t know what Im talking about. It means that I care about how something tastes rather than whether it got killed to be on my plate. Face it. None of these animals would exist without thousands of years of humans killing them to eat.

                  Second, the gravlage period is 14 days. Thats hardly their entire life. Who is ill informed now?

                  My personal phillosophy is: Raise an animal healthy and having a good life, then kill it in as minimally painful way as possible, and then eat the whole animal, not just the premium cuts. Oh and cook it fucking rare. No animal deserves to die so that you can eat something that is “Well done”.

                  If that makes me a horrible person, so be it.

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • the dogfather Jun 28,2012 10:43 am || Up

                  I’m glad we agree on “rare.”

                  The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
                • DFA Jun 28,2012 10:46 am || Up

                  In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  8. JamesV Jun 26,2012 11:35 am

    I probably shouldn’t do it, but I’m seriously looking at a northwest baseball trip next month. It’d look like this:

    Northwest League – Everett @ Salem-Keizer (1 game)
    Pacific Coast League – Sacramento @ Tacoma (probably 2 games)
    Northwest League – Boise @ Eugene (1 game)

    If I only go to one of the Sacramento/Tacoma games, swap Boise/Eugene with a Vancouver/Eugene game instead.

    I’ve been through all of those areas but have never shot a game at any of them. The ballpark in Tacoma has been there for decades but within the past couple years it underwent a major renovation/rebuilding of the exterior along with some other upgrades to the site and I’ve wanted to check it out.

    The place in Salem-Keizer isn’t much to speak of but Eugene now plays in a ballpark on the University of Oregon campus. I’ve seen it on TV a couple times and it looks fairly nice for the kind of place it is.

    Just have to arrange for a couple days off and credentials.

    • gonealookin Jun 26,2012 12:01 pm || Up

      Or for something even more adventurous consider a ballpark in the West Coast League, a college summer league. I’ve been to the ballpark in Bend; they had a Northwest League team there for many years, it’s an interesting throwback to the way minor league ball looked in the 60’s and 70’s and according to that site they’re drawing a respectable 1500/game. I don’t know about the other parks but the Corvallis one is the OSU park, and Kelso/Longview (“Cowlitz”) and K-Falls would also reasonably be on your route.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • JamesV Jun 26,2012 12:14 pm || Up

        May have to look into that sometime, thanks.

  9. beebo Jun 26,2012 12:12 pm

    2. I feel like I hear about this every once and a while. It would not break my heart if parts of Manhattan were underwater one day, provided that no one expected me to scuba dive to get to work.

    3. I tried to give blood a few years ago, but was told that I didn’t weigh enough for my height. I tried to be smooth and asked for a chocolate chip cookie anyway. And I was denied!

    • the dogfather Jun 26,2012 2:42 pm || Up

      Shortsighted on their part — how are s’pozed to gain all that weight?

      The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  10. Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 12:20 pm

    I just got my tickets for the Legends of Baseball Vintage Showdown. Stockton. July 4. Be there. Aloha.

  11. nevermoor Jun 26,2012 12:28 pm

    Here’s a question for you prospect types. I’m going to be on Cape Cod from 7/23-7/27. Are there any CCBL games/teams I should particularly try to see?

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • colin Jun 26,2012 1:11 pm || Up

      I’ve been wanting to go to a CCBL game for a while now. I’m not sure that I would be able to join you for those dates though (too middle of the work week). I will point out that the team based in Chatham is the Athletics.

      • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 1:15 pm || Up

        It would be pretty cool if something like that works. Do they actually follow the A’s style such that wearing A’s gear would make sense?

        I too have been meaning to go for years, but one of my goals would be to find a fairly high-probability “I knew him when” guy that I could then follow.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • colin Jun 26,2012 1:51 pm || Up

          I have a Chatham A’s shirt that I wear pretty frequently. The colors are blue, white, and red, but it uses the same script “A”.

          Huh… I just discovered that they are the Chatham Anglers, not Athletics. Also, it looks like they have changed their “A’s” logo since the vintage of my t-shirt.

          • Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 2:45 pm || Up

            They used to be the Chatham Athletics, but somebody who holds the copyright on the name “Athletics” as it applies to baseball clubs made them change it.

    • andeux Jun 26,2012 1:31 pm || Up

      I know the sslingers went to some games last year, so you might ask him.

      TINSTAAFK
      • sslinger Jun 27,2012 9:17 am || Up

        We went to a Brewster Whitecaps home game last year. I think they played Chatham. No idea who was on the teams, but there were some guys from Novato watching the game who were following a player from Northern California somewhere. I’m sure that’s very helpful to you.

        The Brewster home games are played at the local elementary school. Such a great, low-key atmosphere that it’s well worth checking out. Bring your own beer discreetly.

        But that reminds me: the Pearl have begun their season. I’d like to catch another game there this season.

    • lenscrafters Jun 26,2012 3:59 pm || Up

      I’d definitely try to catch a Bourne Braves game.

      Keep an eye on Colin Moran, 3B for the Braves. He’s a UNC product who’s draft eligible next year and early projections have him going in the first round, maybe top ten. Scouting reports say excellent defense, strong plate discipline, good hit tool with a chance to hit for plus power. Numbers were down this year due to a hand injury sustained because he punched a door. Being a moran aside, I can totally see him as a potential A’s pick.

      Ryne Stanek is also a RHP for that team and could be a possible #1 overall pick. 3 plus pitches (mid 90s fastball, curve, slider).

      Also, Dylan Covey RHP, who was linked to the A’s in the Michael Choice draft and was taken by the Brewers but did not sign, is a projected top ten pick next year. He’s on the Orleans Firebirds.

      Other players to check out: Austin Wilson OF (Stanford, Harwich Mariners), Austin Kubitza RHP (Rice, Firebirds), Jace Fry LHP (Falmouth Commodores, former A’s draft pick)

      • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 4:00 pm || Up

        Thanks!

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 10:00 am || Up

          I think we will. They play on the cape on 7/24 (against Chatham), so I think we’ll try to catch that one.

          Anyone on the We’re-really-not-the-Athletics that I should care about to go with that Bourne list?

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • lenscrafters Jun 27,2012 1:44 pm || Up

            Hm, there aren’t any standout names on that roster. But then again, Cape Cod league performances play a sizable role in determining draft standing so by the end of the season, some of those guys may indeed create names for themselves.

            • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 1:57 pm || Up

              Fair enough. I’ll do some eyeball scouting then, based on my extensive experience as a little league player.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • Future Ed Jun 27,2012 2:00 pm || Up

                look for weak contact inducers

                I have $5. No I don\'t.
              • DFA Jun 27,2012 2:02 pm || Up

                Since you were on the fast track you would probably be a big leaguer with the A’s by now if you didn’t dislike the travel and want to pursue another career.

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
                • nevermoor Jun 27,2012 2:24 pm || Up

                  I surveyed top-end tax rates in the Clinton era and decided it wasn’t worth the effort to make all that money.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • DFA Jun 26,2012 5:19 pm || Up

        I was super into Covey that year.

        In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
  12. Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 12:42 pm

    Any of you who were ever bored enough to read my profile on ** might remember that the first baseball game I ever saw, at age 10, was memorable for being interrupted by a strong thunderstorm. It was an event I remembered as terrifying, but also as a perfect microcosm of my relationship with the adult world and especially my dad. I saw the storm cloud coming and kept suggesting that we might want to leave, and my dad kept shushing me and telling me to watch the game, not the sky. I WAS RIGHT, of course, although if my dad were around to make the argument, he might say that we were better off in the stadium than on the roads when the storm hit.

    I’d long since looked up the game — it wasn’t official, but I could deduce from the next day’s game that the Washington Senators were the Twins’ opponent. But for some reason during the game last night, I was inspired to see if there was any information on the storm. It turns out it wasn’t just any thunderstorm, but a derecho, and an early storm chase photographer took this picture of it:

    WTF! No wonder I was worried, what was wrong with everyone else in the ballpark that could also have seen it coming? Then I found a microfilmed newspaper story that said that the winds were clocked at 100 mph, part of the roof of the ballpark was torn off, and the crowd fled the stands in panic.

    Now I don’t feel so bad that I can’t remember the only time I saw Killebrew and Oliva in the flesh.

    • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 12:52 pm || Up

      that is amazingly intense, n. wow.

    • dmoas Jun 26,2012 12:55 pm || Up

      Pfft. It’s just a little wind.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 26,2012 1:08 pm || Up

      Holy crap!

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Englishmajor Jun 26,2012 1:17 pm || Up

      It can’t have been very much of the roof, since they played there the next night.

    • WaddellCanseco Jun 26,2012 1:32 pm || Up

      Memorable

    • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 2:46 pm || Up

      That is stunning!

    • doctorK Jun 26,2012 6:06 pm || Up

      Those derechos are very, very bad. I remember of couple of these when I was in Iowa. One of them blew a train off the bridge over the Des Moines River just west of Bloom Boone. The next day I saw some corn fields that looked like they had been stepped on by God.

  13. FreeSeatUpgrade Jun 26,2012 1:08 pm
    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 1:18 pm || Up

      Heh.

      “Let’s be clear: POTUS, a proud ChiSox fan, thanked Boston crowd for Youk. Some booed. Others, like me, cried “Yoooouk!” in sad memoriam.”

      I can never decide if those players are blessed or cursed. Is it better to never know if they’re booing?

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • WaddellCanseco Jun 26,2012 1:33 pm || Up

        I see no downside to not knowing. The best name would be Lou Bum.

        • nevermoor Jun 26,2012 1:38 pm || Up

          Downside is you also don’t know when they’re cheering.

          "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • colin Jun 26,2012 1:51 pm || Up

            So it’s an upside if you suck or a downside if you’re awesome.

  14. wistful witch Jun 26,2012 2:09 pm

    paging Kay! what email addy is best for me to reach you?

    • SPWC Jun 26,2012 3:42 pm || Up
      bacon_flavored@ yahoo

      If this is in regards to the scavenger hunt, I must warn you in advance that I am a terrible terrible person and likely of no good to our team whatsoever.

      Anything else, fire away!

      \"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
      • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 3:47 pm || Up

        thanks! not about the scavenger hunt; wanted to give you an update about what we were talking about during the FKgate. :)

  15. the dogfather Jun 26,2012 2:48 pm

    “un assortiment” — is that a male’s exit?

    The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • SPWC Jun 26,2012 3:45 pm || Up

      French for “a mix” or “an assortment”

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
      • the dogfather Jun 26,2012 3:58 pm || Up

        I coulda sworn the ‘i’ was extra — hence the pun on exit, mais, sacre bleu! Ce n’est pas vrai; you and babylon.com have disabused me.

        Merde.

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  16. AV Jun 26,2012 2:51 pm

    i just found a song that was surely written for critter.

    *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
    • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 3:54 pm || Up

      lol, wow!

    • beebo Jun 26,2012 3:57 pm || Up

      Whoa, this actually came up in a playlist I had to upload at work this afternoon. That’s spooky (and not just from the Rozz Williams factor).

      • AV Jun 26,2012 5:32 pm || Up

        pretty random coincidence. mine came up with the help of no online algorhythms and everything.

        *i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
  17. SPWC Jun 26,2012 3:48 pm
    \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  18. JamesV Jun 26,2012 3:55 pm

    Not hard to see why:

  19. ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 4:27 pm

    No need to apologize to me. For one thing, the part of the Least Coast they’re talking about is well north of me. Secondly, I wouldn’t really mind if South Carolina ceased to exist. I’m only here because Ozzwife loves her job. If I had my druthers, I’d be back in the Bay Area.

    • beebo Jun 26,2012 4:40 pm || Up

      Where are you at, if I may ask? I’m here on the Least Coast for the same reason, more or less. When my partner in crime is done with residency here, I’m sure as hell going to cash in all my nice guy points to migrate back to the Bay Area.

      • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 4:52 pm || Up

        I’m in Charleston, how about you?

        • beebo Jun 26,2012 6:37 pm || Up

          I’m in the Tristate Area. I hear the surfing is better down where you are.

    • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 4:59 pm || Up

      Ozzie! ♥

      Well, if her program ever runs into trouble, we will find her one here, for sure. That would be awesome for all of us!

      • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 5:41 pm || Up

        As far as I can tell, no one in Northern California has a program such as hers. I think she has the know-how to start such a program from the ground up, though.

        • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 5:44 pm || Up

          I’m pretty sure Alice Waters could help. Or maybe even Thomas Keller. How would you like to live in the Napa Valley?

          • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:01 pm || Up

            I could deal with that, although I really want to live in the City.

            • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:05 pm || Up

              Really? Why is that?

              Extraordinarily high rents vs. much lower East Bay rents with great access. Why?

              • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:10 pm || Up

                It’s my city. And I love it.

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:16 pm || Up

                  I understand. I worked there for many years, and I loved it, too.

                  On Friday nights the ex and I would head down to Fort Point, crack open a bottle of wine, drink and talk and watch the surfers and la,la,la. Then we’d head back into the city and have an amazing meal.

                  Those were great times. He actually wrote a song about it.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:18 pm || Up

                  Seinfeld said you can’t “yada yada yada” sex. Can you “la la la” it?

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:21 pm || Up

                  Idk, but I think you can la,la,la making out, and such.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:30 pm || Up

                  Ah, ok.

                • 5Aces Jun 26,2012 6:40 pm || Up

                  La la la means I love you, so I would assume yes.

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:44 pm || Up

                  So when I tell Ozzwife that I love her and she sing-songs “La la la,” she’s actually saying it back? All this time I thought she was just ignoring me.

                • 5Aces Jun 27,2012 7:40 am || Up

                  Did she put her fingers in her ears first? I’m sure there are multiple meanings..

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • ozzman99 Jun 27,2012 9:44 am || Up

                  No, she sticks her middle finger up at me. I wonder what that could mean.

                • 5Aces Jun 27,2012 12:56 pm || Up

                  YOURE NUMBER 1!!!

                  Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
                • ozzman99 Jun 27,2012 3:39 pm || Up

                  I was hoping it was an invitation to a lewd act.

              • DFA Jun 27,2012 8:30 am || Up

                Yeah you do have to pay the “I live in a more awesome place” tax when you live in the City

                In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
    • Jennifer Jun 26,2012 7:45 pm || Up

      1. Divorce your wife
      2. Marry me
      3. Move to the Bay together

      • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:50 pm || Up

        That could work on so many levels. sigh.

      • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 8:03 pm || Up

        The problem with #2 is that you won’t let me see your boobs unless I’m dying. And I kinda like looking at my wife’s boobs.

        • Jennifer Jun 26,2012 8:17 pm || Up

          I’d let you see them if we were married.

          • MikeV Jun 26,2012 8:29 pm || Up

            I’m married.

            for now.

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

            Thanks, and go As.

          • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 8:35 pm || Up

            I gotta take the car for a test drive before I buy.

            • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 8:38 pm || Up

              The only reason to do that is for babies.

            • Jennifer Jun 26,2012 8:38 pm || Up

              I’d let you see them, not touch me/them.

              • MikeV Jun 26,2012 8:51 pm || Up

                That’s enough for me.

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

                Thanks, and go As.

                • Jennifer Jun 26,2012 8:58 pm || Up

                  I sound like a whore, which really isn’t the case.

                • MikeV Jun 26,2012 9:00 pm || Up

                  I sound like a pig, which kinda is.

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 9:01 pm || Up

                  You’re just a boy…

                • Jennifer Jun 26,2012 9:03 pm || Up

                  … that knows what he likes.

                • MikeV Jun 26,2012 9:04 pm || Up

                  …very true

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • MikeV Jun 26,2012 9:03 pm || Up

                  …also true

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 9:07 pm || Up

                  And I lof you.

                • MikeV Jun 26,2012 9:08 pm || Up

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

                  Thanks, and go As.

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 9:15 pm || Up

                  :) ♥

              • ozzman99 Jun 27,2012 9:46 am || Up

                Sounds like a pretty typical marriage, then.

  20. beebo Jun 26,2012 4:45 pm

    What was all that about Grant Brisbee and Spiderman? Oh, I see.

  21. the dogfather Jun 26,2012 5:33 pm

    Just got some feelgood news — right after Katrina, I got a call from a Loosiana plaintiffs’ lawyer with 7′ of water in his living room (yeah yeah “good start”, but he was standing on a chair, okay FKrs?). Altho’ he’s a Cajun, his wife is from the East Bay and they decided it was a good time to move out here. We set up time to talk over coffee — I figured I could convey some ropes and call it my li’l contribution to the recovery. (Plaintiff lawyers don’t generally use headhunters to find jobs ‘cuz plaintff law firms are notoriously cheeeeap).

    Long story slightly longer — I was completely impressed with him and we decided to work together anyway. Got him an offer from a great defense-side boutique, but their big insurance co. client threatened to fire them if they hired him — the idiots. Then he got another offer from a plaintiffs firm in Oakland (Boxer Gerson) and he took it — he just msgd me that he has won an $11.4M verdict for a truck driver who was crushed when the front axle of his garbage truck somehow fell-off. W00t!

    Now, I know that corporations are people too, my friends, but I can only hope that the insurer who bonged him will get to participate in paying the award!

    The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 5:40 pm || Up

      W00t! I love those kind of stories. I’m soooo curious about the other firm, I used to bank a couple of those when I still did that.

    • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 5:58 pm || Up

      I’m sad for the truck driver, though. I’m sure that medical expenses will eat up most of what he’s getting.

      But YAY for your friend! :)

      • the dogfather Jun 27,2012 11:21 am || Up

        Yeah — I doubt many people would choose to trade their health to live in pain for $11M, but in the hands of a less-able advocate he’d have gotten less, or nothing.

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • Future Ed Jun 27,2012 5:38 pm || Up

      cool. can I haz a job like that?

      I have $5. No I don\'t.
  22. JamesV Jun 26,2012 5:55 pm

    Is it me or would parading kids past Jerry Sandusky’s cell all day long be tantamount to torture for him?

    • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:00 pm || Up

      Holographs of kids, maybe, but not the real thing. EW!

    • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:02 pm || Up

      You know, I don’t think he’s gonna live too long anyway.

      • JamesV Jun 26,2012 6:10 pm || Up

        They should probably just let him commit suicide and be done with it. Leaving him in prison until he dies is not really worth the expense.

        Evidently other sex offenders sang, “Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone!” when he was in jail. Because, of course, even your normal sex offenders apparently draw the line somewhere.

        • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:12 pm || Up

          Wow. You know you’re fucked up when even other rapists think you’ve gone too far.

          • JamesV Jun 26,2012 6:24 pm || Up

            The unwritten rule I’ve always heard is that in prison, even the people there hold the most contempt for child abusers/rapists/etc.

            • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:31 pm || Up

              Yeah, that’s what I’ve heard too. Which is why, without protection, he wouldn’t last very long.

      • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:10 pm || Up

        I keep seeing how he’ll probably be in protective.

        • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:15 pm || Up

          I don’t believe in capital punishment, and ordinarily I would say that letting a man get killed in prison carries a cost paid by our souls, even if it’s no great loss to society. But this guy is a monster.

          • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:19 pm || Up

            His wife, too. They should make him spend the rest of his days with Sarge.

  23. lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:27 pm

    My boss cock blocked my JLG fb post today. He really has no concept about social media.

    • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:31 pm || Up

      Well, damn.

      • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:36 pm || Up

        Did you see it? There was no detail! I wanted them to bring me a ladder so I could photograph it from different angles.

        “you don’t need a ladder!”

        He’s such an asshole sometimes.

        • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:38 pm || Up

          I saw, and they were impressive nonetheless.

          And all men are, at some point or another. I’m sorry, but it’s the truth.

          • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:44 pm || Up

            When we got this project he said that we shouldn’t worry about the bottom radius. “they don’t need that, and if they do, we’ll hand work it in after. Last week he got on me because we were hand working that radius.

            The man is insane.

            • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:45 pm || Up

              Seems like many creatives are also tremendous pains in the ass.

              • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:50 pm || Up

                I try to understand, I do. And, thanks, for listening.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:50 pm || Up

                  Always. It’s what I’m best at.

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 6:52 pm || Up

                  Well, you have an amazing creative talent, too. So you understand.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:54 pm || Up

                  Thanks. :) And I try not to be a pain. But sometimes I think I am. And I think it stems from the fact that I can’t effectively communicate the image I have in my head without making the image first. So when my assistant doesn’t understand what I’m trying to do, I get frustrated because I can’t explain it.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:58 pm || Up

                  You know what annoys me to no end? People in F&B who treat servers like shit. And not just being rude to a server who does a bad job. I mean people who are rude to the server from the moment they sit down. I think maybe they’re trying to establish dominance in the relationship, but I think it’s really pathetic and disgusting.

  24. ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 6:56 pm

    Publix has these really great all-natural Italian chicken sausages, so Ozzwife and I bought a pack a couple of days ago. I grilled them up, and then used our brand-new grill basket to cook some onions and peppers. So simple, but so delicious.

      • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:01 pm || Up

        It was, and reasonably healthy.

        • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:03 pm || Up

          Good job, my love!

          • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:05 pm || Up

            Tomorrow I eat arugula. :) It’s my obsession.

            • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:09 pm || Up

              I make an amazing sammich with arugula.

              You could turn it into a salad, too.

              Roasted chicken breast
              Tomatoes Marinated with Balsamic and Basil
              Roasted Pancetta
              Mayo mixed with Pesto
              Arugula
              Wheat Rolls

              • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:11 pm || Up

                we have SO MUCH arugula in the garden right now, we can’t eat enough to keep up with it! :)

              • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:11 pm || Up

                That sounds awesome. I like to make bacon, arugula, tomato and fried egg sammiches.

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:14 pm || Up

                  That sammich would so work with a fried egg.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:15 pm || Up

                  It’s awesome, but now I plan to introduce balsamic and basil, thanks to you! :)

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:17 pm || Up

                  :) We can so add on to it. I think I had mozzarella in there, too

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:19 pm || Up

                  I don’t have a good cheese to go with this sandwich. But arugula goes well with Monterey Jack.

                • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:21 pm || Up

                  have you been here:
                  http://www.goatsheepcow.com/
                  you’ll have to bring me there when i visit. ;)

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:23 pm || Up

                  Yes, once. And yes, we shall go there.

                • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:23 pm || Up

                  i can’t fucking wait!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:24 pm || Up

                  Me neither! Get here! NOW!

                • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:26 pm || Up

                  i want to teleport!!!!!

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:28 pm || Up

                  Beam her up, Scotty!

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:29 pm || Up

                  We so need the teleport.

                • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:30 pm || Up

                  we do!!!

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:32 pm || Up

                  How about just using the airport?

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:32 pm || Up

                  Think about the amazing things we could do!

                • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:34 pm || Up

                  BOO on the AIRPORT. >:{

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:34 pm || Up

                  No, ozzy. We’re too impatient.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:35 pm || Up

                  Ok, strap a saddle on an opossum and ride him to town.

                • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:35 pm || Up

                  that would take forever! but i guess we could just go through time!!!!! :D

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:36 pm || Up

                  It’s the best we can do for now. :(

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:37 pm || Up

                  How about an airplane and a time machine?

                • lynnzgal Jun 26,2012 7:25 pm || Up

                  Or smoked mozzarella, which is similar.

                • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:25 pm || Up

                  Mmm, that sounds great.

    • wistful witch Jun 26,2012 7:01 pm || Up

      they made good sandwiches there :)

      • ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:03 pm || Up

        Yes, but not as good as Jersey Mike’s. I took a friend there the other day. Two bites in, she asked me where the nearest Jersey Mike’s was to her house.

  25. ozzman99 Jun 26,2012 7:26 pm

    Jason Vargas: Cy Young candidate when facing the A’s

  26. nobody in particular Jun 26,2012 8:49 pm

    The Texas Republican party platform: we oppose teaching critical thinking skills to kids!!!!!

    Never suck on a Blow Pop with the microphone open.

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