DLD 27 de Octubre del 2008
by GreenNGoldGirl on Oct 27, 2008 10:45 AM PDT
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MORNING!!!!
It's Monday, October 27, 2008! While I SHOULD be celebrating the fact that my first class of the day was cancelled, I'm slightly annoyed because I'm locked out of my building and my room until my roommate gets out of class. So, that means you guys are stuck with me until then :]
October 27th is the 301st day of the year. There are 65 days remaining until the end of the year.
Today on this date... well, actually, today was a very violent day in the history of the world, so we'll disregard that tidbit.
Happy birthday to Erik Kloeker (American juggler), Brady Quinn (the next Aaron Rogers), Brad Radke (pitched clincher of ALDS 2006) and Kelly Osbourne ('nuff said).
Happy deathday to Joe Niekro, Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, and Rod Roddy.
Now that we've got all that out of the way...
How High School Musical Conquered the World
There may be someone on earth — a cloistered abbess, perhaps, or a Taliban soldier in a particularly remote post — who has yet to learn that High School Musical 3 opened last Friday. (It promptly leaped to the top of the box office, to the tune of a $42 million weekend take.) But it's a rare human who hasn't at least heard of the Disney tween hit, given the passion of its fans and the zeal of Disney's promotion. What began two years ago as a made-for-cable kids' movie about American teens playing basketball and putting on a show has mushroomed into a global phenomenon, with followers from Caracas to Cambodia and a breathtaking range of platforms: a stage show, a concert tour, reality shows, a book publishing series (50 million copies sold in 24 languages) and scores of tie-ins from breakfast cereals to Bible study guides.
I'm guilty of going to see High School Musical 3 this weekend... twice.
Rockies' Vizcaino arrested on suspicion of drunken driving
TAMPA (AP) — Colorado Rockies pitcher Luis Vizcaino is behind bars after police in Tampa say he was driving under the influence.
Vizcaino was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Monday. Officers said he was speeding in a 2009 Cadillac — 71 mph in a 45 mph zone — when they pulled him over.
Ovechkin to miss game to be with ill grandfather, report says
Alex Ovechkin's 203-game streak will end Tuesday as he misses at least one game to spend time with his ailing grandfather in Russia, the Washington Times reported Monday.
Ovechkin, who has missed only one game in his four-year career with theCapitals, will be replaced on the top line by Brooks Laich.
Men nabbed after playing 'chicken' with police car
Three Oklahoma City men were arrested after playing "chicken" with a police car. Police said a 23-year-old man drove his car at the oncoming patrol car driven by Capt. J.D. Reid and didn't move until Reid swerved out of the way. Reid then chased the car until it crashed. The driver was found inside the car, another 22-year-old man was found lying outside the vehicle and a third man was found hiding behind a traffic sign.
British pub-goers may buy their beer a new way
Britain's beloved pint may be facing a downsizing.
The office that sets measurement standards said Friday that its proposed two-thirds pint measure for draft beer and cider could be on tap as soon as April.
Proponents of the new glass size say they like it because it would give consumers more options at the bar.
The pint is so much a part of British life that it survived the European Union switch to half-liters. And there already is a half-pint glass for those who want a lighter lunch or a clearer head.
Supporters of the new-size glass hope it will appeal to female drinkers, who traditionally eschew a full pint.
"It's hard ordering a drink on a date," said Emma Ross, 28, a postgraduate student having a beer with lunch in a London pub. "If I order a half-pint, it's ladylike, but where's my sense of adventure? If I order a pint, I know how to have a good time, but I don't want to advertise it to every guy standing at the bar."
700-Pound Man Marries in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico (Oct. 27) - The world's heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Uribe smiled as Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick. He later broke into tears as a notary declared the couple husband and wife in a civil ceremony attended by more than 400 guests. For the traditional first dance as newlyweds, Uribe and Solis held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad.
OH! And congratulations to Cupcakes :] He deserves a round of applause! 
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Dump awayyyyy :]
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the demographic for High School Musical confuses and frightens me
"The Athletics at Fremont" is soooooooo bad
by ArakSOT on Oct 27, 2008 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I really like musicals,
but I don’t want to pay $10 to see HSM3. And it’s one of those movies I don’t want to be seen seeing. So there’s my dilemma.
And yay for Joe!
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 27, 2008 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably the worst rookie hazing outfit out of all the A's ones I've seen
The Dirty Canuck of the now.
by Blicks on Oct 27, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You wanted to see Blanton in thigh highs and heels?
The monster at the end of this blog.
by grover on Oct 27, 2008 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
About as much as I want to see any other A's player in them.
The Dirty Canuck of the now.
by Blicks on Oct 29, 2008 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok, the 700lb dude is
the funniest, saddest, sickest, most inspiring story I have seen in a while. I simply don’t know how to react. I want to laugh at him, but don’t think it’s right. I want to feel bad for him, but can’t. I like that he is trying to lose weight, but I remember that he had to gain it in the first place. I want to be happy that he has found someone, but now I really wonder about my firends who say there isn’t anyone out there for them.
I think this one story may set my productivity back 5-10 hours this week. I’m scared to click on anything else.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Oct 27, 2008 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's actually lost a LOT of weight.
He was over 1,000 pounds a few years ago, if I’m right.
The Dirty Canuck of the now.
by Blicks on Oct 27, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed the Cupcake Blast. :(
Damn you Scott Foley!
I would say I should be fired, but that already happened.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 27, 2008 11:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Joe's swing looks pretty good in that last picture
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Oct 27, 2008 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just curious
Are you Mexican enough for a Spanish-titled DLD? ;)
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 27, 2008 11:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope the season doesn't end today. :(
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 27, 2008 11:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oddly enough
on the “”http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=this_day" target="new">This Day in World Series History" link, there is nothing past October 27th. So, for the sake of history, the series ought to continue for another day or two or three…. :)
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 27, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and that was a link when I previewed it.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 27, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kind of strange
Considering the 2001 Series started on October 27 (and ended on November 4).
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 27, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And the A's finished the '89 sweep of the Giants
On October 28. :)
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 27, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but apparently none of those events
were worthy of mlb.com
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 27, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In regards to the last one
I am not the least bit surprised.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 27, 2008 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Defensive projections from Chone:
These are based on 5 years of data from 2004-2008, weighted 1, .8, .6, .4, .2. The numbers are a combination of Stats ZR, Revised Zone rating, and Totalzone (which is not available for 2008). Instead of regressing these to a league average, the regression is to a run value derived from the Fan’s scouting report. The more a player has played, the more his rating is based on his stats. The less he has played, the more it is based on his scouting report.
http://lanaheimangelfan.blogspot.com/2008/10/defensive-projections.html
Barton: 1B: +4, 3B: -2
Ellis: +15
Pennington: 2B: -5, 3B: -5, SS: -12
Petit: 2B: +2, SS: -7
Patterson: -3
Crosby: +3
Hannahan: +5
Baisley: -7
OF (corner/center)
Buck: 5/-3
Cust: -11/-25
Cunningham: 4/-5
Davis: 12/7
Denorfia: 3/-5
PC: 14/9
Sweeney: 9/2
I think the projections for the newest guys are probably pretty worthless…
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Oct 27, 2008 11:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I would
like to see the A’s try Barton at 3B next season and focus on adding a 1B power bat if adding a legit bat is indeed the plan. The market for 3B is pretty thin, and Barton’s bat would play better at 3B. He handled first above our expectations this past season, and may excel at 3B as well. We are lacking depth at the hot corner, and by filling that position internally it would enable the A’s to add a bat at 1B without pushing Cust to the OF and taking a spot away from one of the youngsters.
by JPShark on Oct 27, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to my/monkeyball's bandwagon.
We have cookies on Tuesdays.
by mikev on Oct 27, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, this is basically Marcel for defense
so if a guy only has a couple of months worth of playing time, it says very little.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 27, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so who does that leave, ellis and crosby?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Oct 27, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crosby at +3? Really?
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on Oct 27, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
based on five years of data
i’m pretty sure crosby was considered to be good defensively until this year.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Oct 28, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Enough with the Cupcakes shots.
The Dirty Canuck of the now.
by Blicks on Oct 27, 2008 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I went and saw HSM3 on Sunday
I think I was the only person in the theatre without at least one child sitting next to me. I felt like the creepy old guy who sits in the back corner of kids movies without any kids with him….except that I’m not old…and I’m not a guy….and I’m not too creepy….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Oct 27, 2008 12:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is where having friends with kids comes in handy.
I never got into HSM but I wanted to see Hannah Montana…in 3D. So I invited myself to go with my friend’s 6 year old daughter. Problem solved. Not so creppy anymore.
39 remarkable innings.
by ZigFan31 on Oct 27, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In 3D? 3 times the bad singing? ;)
Also: creppy = preppy + creepy?
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 27, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It may not be possible to snark on this without a CGV
Condoleeza Rice: 49ers team president?
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Oct 27, 2008 2:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
She'd be interested because
watching their games is torture?
by sslinger on Oct 27, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
at the beginning of every game, the ref could bounce the coin-flip off her ass
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 27, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CGV for ... introducing the topic of football
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 27, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did my first Raider game-thread yesterday.
So cool; I was like the third-smartest person there. Of course there were only six people posting.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 27, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you regressed to the mean?
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on Oct 27, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In what ways were you like that person?
I see you’re using The New Yorker styleguide.
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 27, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if you are going to bring up the New Yorker
someone must respond with:
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Oct 27, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of the New Yorker
has anyone mentioned that they have an article about Blez’s brother this week?
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
by andeux on Oct 27, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, November 3, 2008
Blez, ask your brother what the future’s like.
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Oct 27, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the articles on almost every magazine website are like that…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Oct 28, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, they're stoopid then!
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Oct 28, 2008 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are over-qualified for that stuff
You know too many words with more than four letters and one syllable.
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
by doctorK on Oct 27, 2008 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I threw in some grunts.
So as not to appear to know too much.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 27, 2008 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch, monkey, ouch
Also (monkeyball, cover your eyes)… while my hatred for the 49ers still remains, I really like Mike Singletary.
by JLaff on Oct 27, 2008 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Memo to Yorks:
That’s not the Rice you’re looking for </Jedi mind trick>
by calgbear on Oct 27, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yay niners, yay singletary, poor J.T. O' Sully, boo V. Davis, and bring back Steve Young!
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on Oct 27, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good thing we picked Owens instead of Garcia
Great decision that was….
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 27, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They picked "neither"
That worked out well.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 28, 2008 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, we picked Owens and then he bailed later.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 28, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you mean Smith instead of Rodgers or Edwards
by mikev on Oct 28, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That pick made absolutely no difference
I am convinced that Peyton Manning or Joe Montana would have busted out of the league if they had been picked in the same time and place as Alex Smith.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 28, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure time and place matter, but i’m pretty sure that’s not all that is keeping alex smith from reaching the manning/montana/elway/brady level of QB excellence…
it was a terrible draft pick, as i’m pretty sure i said on AN at the time.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Oct 28, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I won't give up on Alex ...
until he’s had the opportunity to fail in consecutive years of the same offensive system.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Oct 28, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i still want rodgers...at least he's from the bay if nothing else.
this is all not to mention that he at least looks decent with the packers (although that team is arguably better than any team Alex Smith got to lead).
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on Oct 28, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He also got several years to learn the offense ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Oct 28, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Regardless of whether there were or were not better quarterbacks available,
none of them would have done a damn thing behind the horrible 49ers offensive line throwing to the horrible 49ers receivers. The team basically hasn’t blocked a pass rusher in six years.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 28, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's why I said "or Edwards"
Edwards in 05 and Leinart or Cutler in 06 would have been a much better scenario.
Yes, I am king hindsight.
by mikev on Oct 28, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So they'd have 2 busts instead of 1
or, I suppose, 2 if you’re counting Davis as a bust, which I’m not, yet.
Either way they don’t end up any better off.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 28, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, seriously? if you are THAT ridiculous that you pour beer on (hopefully) innocent 9 year olds
you ought to a) be deeply ashamed of yourself b) take a long, deep, introspective look into your life and your priorities and c) probably be banned from every ballpark in America.
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on Oct 28, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know the Mariners are bad and boring, but this is a bit much
Somebody wants to open a strip club just down the street from Safeco Field.
Take me out to the ballgame. Take me out with the crowd. And buy me a lap dance?
That’s what a proposed strip club could offer just south of Safeco Field.
Longtime Seattle adult-entertainment figure Roger Forbes wants the city’s permission to open a Déjà Vu strip club in a building about 400 feet from the home of the Seattle Mariners.
It would be in the building at the right in this picture:
by Soaker on Oct 28, 2008 10:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lest you had planned to watch baseball tonight
The game is postponed until at least Wednesday.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 28, 2008 10:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
New plan:
Play all WS games in the Bay Area—NL games in SF, AL games in Oakland. Nothing but sunshine.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 28, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as they get here
before Friday.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 28, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Think of it as a really long dramatic pause.
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 28, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And a chance to watch the new House episode
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 28, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
its good again...House and Wilson are friends again :)
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on Oct 28, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I won't call it good until the PI leaves
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 28, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anonymous Phillie re Selig last night:
“I wouldn’t let him supervise one of my shits.”
Said another:
"He’s a moron. How stupid can one person be?"
I'm a street walkin cheetah with a heart full of napalm.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 28, 2008 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, that Depends.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 28, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On whether or not he needs depends?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 28, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
{all Phillie shits postponed 'til Wednesday}
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FIRE MACHA AGAIN
Guess who may be a frontrunner to be the Brewers’ new manager!
by RickeySteals on Oct 28, 2008 11:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The M's wanted Macha too? Huh.
Saw this linked on Brew Crew Ball:
It seems that one of the candidates new general manager Jack Zduriencik had interest in, Ken Macha, may soon be off the market.
Zduriencik’s old team, the Milwaukee Brewers, appear to be closing in on hiring former Oakland manager Ken Macha. Doug Melvin, the Brewers’ GM, wanted to hire Macha back in 2002 before the A’s elevated him from bench coach to manager.
Macha and Zduriencik both are from the Pittsburgh area and go back a long way. If Macha was on the market, he would have had to have been considered one of the favorites in the managerial derby in Seattle.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 28, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Urban's mailbag: Mulder, Holliday, Cupcakes.
Sounds like AN.
Mulder, who remains close with several members of the organization, loved his time in the Bay Area, so he’d certainly be open to the idea under the right circumstances. But first things first. I got close to 100 e-mails about the possibility of Mulder returning, so I asked him last week, via text message, if I could chat about it with him.
He politely declined an interview, and in doing so, texted back that he won’t even consider signing anywhere until he’s physically able to pitch the way he’s capable of pitching.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 28, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mulder holiday cupcakes?
I’ll pass.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 28, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
warning: cupcakes may cause labrum tears, supraspinatus strains, or death
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on Oct 28, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
does anyone else find it odd the people in sports send texts to each other?
logically it makes sense, i use text messaging all the time, but it just strikes me as weird.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 28, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that anyone sends texts to anyone strikes me as weird
It’s like “let’s use this highly advanced technology in a crippled, semi-impotent way to send needlessly unclear, annoying messages to each other!”
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 28, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're not doing it right.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
by pam5981 on Oct 28, 2008 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He gets that a lot from women ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Oct 28, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I don't even get that far : /
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 29, 2008 1:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm 99% sure there's a "that's what she said" in there somewhere
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 28, 2008 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
somewhere, a precocious junior high student who wants to be a lawyer someday is texting his friends about the inanity of internet message boards
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
text messaging is good for talking during church ; - ) and other such quiet events
as long as your phone is on silent. Like Sunday my wife stayed home sick so i sent her a text during church to see how she was feeling and if she needed anything brought home afterwards.
it lets the recepient respond when they have time instead of interrupting whatever they are doing.
its faster to read a text than to call your voicemail and wait for the lady to stop talking and just get to the message.
it helps you avoid calling those people that just talk and talk when you just want one answer.
it’s also a chance to send people smiley and frowny faces : – )
come to think of it, maybe all those reasons are why sports people do it.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 28, 2008 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I text at Church too.
God never answers.
But seriously, texting your wife to see how she is feeling? That’s worthy of an “awwww”.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 28, 2008 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'm going to channel all my heated arguments through text messaging
That way I won’t raise my voice, and I’ll be too frustrated with not understanding how to text to be able to actually say anything damaging
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Oct 28, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I h8 u!!1!
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 28, 2008 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why?
It’s quick, eliminates the need for time consuming formalities and is less intrusive than a phone call …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Oct 28, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus, you don't even have to know how to properly form a sentence
Ease of production alone will evolve us into a txt-only society
We’ll even read the classics in txt lingo: CM ISHML.
au contra ire
by JediLeroy on Oct 28, 2008 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, those pesky time-consuming formalities
Less intrusive, sure. Less scary, too.
A less obvious attraction of texting is that it uses a telephone to avoid what many people dread about face-to-face exchanges, and even about telephones — having to have a real, unscripted conversation. People don’t like to have to perform the amount of self-presentation that is required in a personal encounter.
Hard to overstate the impact of physicality (and physical confidence) on communication.
It’s a lot easier to affect stridence or bravery or antipathy (or even generosity of spirit) at an electronic remove that feels immediate but isn’t. Text and email erode inhibition, whereas there is something about being in a room with a person that mandates a certain caution. The stakes are higher, and the intoxication of insulation is gone. This is why shrill co-workers WHO USES ALL CAPS IN EMAILS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW STUPID YOU ARE!!! invariably turn out to be surprisingly reasonable in person.
Anyway.
Specific advantages (e.g. talking during church) aside, it seems to me that texting is symptomatic of a harried brevity that has come to infect nearly all aspects of socialization, and demands obeisance from language.
Text-speak isn’t relegated to texting, is what I’m trying to say. Blog comment threads and email interactions (even in professional environments) reflect the vernacular of texting. And if you’ve ever worked for a large corporation, you know that people talk this way as well – everything is an acronym, shorthand, jargonistic (and often accompanied by the facial expression equivalent of “:)”).
I find this inexorable march towards the full spectrum takeover of partially encoded half-thoughts to be quite alienating, actually. But I gather I am in the minority on that.
by 74mk on Oct 29, 2008 5:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
intoxication of insulation?
Have you been mistaking Fiberglas for cotton candy again?
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 29, 2008 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, little Timmy, asbestos is NOT an inhalant...
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 29, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't fully understand.
Can you call me to explain?
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 29, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those people are stupid ... (who do it as adults ... teenagers who act like teenagers are fine)
I text a fair amount but every single text message I send is in full sentences, properly punctuated, etc …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Oct 29, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My niece will text me in teen-textese (she's 16)
Just to mess with me I think. So I respond with texts that rival some of my longest fanposts.
Just to mess with her.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 29, 2008 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. I think you are probably the exception, not the rule. But I could be wrong.
2. You just called a lot of people stupid.
3. The pervasiveness of impatience, and its impact on language/interaction generally, is what I’m trying (perhaps not so lucidly) to get at. Text is but one manifestation of that.
by 74mk on Oct 29, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. The great majority of my friends do as well.
2. They should aim higher. It’s not hard.
3. Okiedoke.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Oct 29, 2008 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. Not really a shocking development that you and your friends are similar.
2. You’re missing the point I’m trying to make in #3. But I’m prepared to take the blame for that. If I was a different person reading what I wrote, I might not know what the hell I was trying to say either.
3. We all have ADD now.
by 74mk on Oct 29, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. Very true …
2. Yeah, what were you thinking? ; )
3. Wait, what were you saying … I wasn’t paying attention.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
by devo on Oct 29, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Abbreviations are fine, so long as they make sense to the person getting them
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 29, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
remember, it's free "taco" day
"The Athletics at Fremont" is soooooooo bad
by ArakSOT on Oct 28, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
TACO RUNS!!
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on Oct 28, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently, taco does run.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 28, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
his mother lives near Seattle
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
only after he's been freed
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
[heads for the border]
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 28, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"The Athletics at Fremont" is soooooooo bad
by ArakSOT on Oct 28, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
[tails for the heartland]
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stupid Taco Bell
giving me a tiny free item and then tempting me with triple berry cream frutisa’s. both items were tasty though.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Oct 28, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
any fellow Shield fans glued to the screen tonight?
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
James Shields won't pitch until Thursday, at least.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Oct 28, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
... on pitchFX?
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well done
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Oct 28, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was medium rare myself.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 28, 2008 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Took me a while to come up with something worthy of your riposte
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
worth the wait
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Oct 28, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will be glued to the screen in like 5 weeks, when I finally catch up.
I had a friend finally use enough peer pressure to get me to start watching recently. I am now about halfway through season 4 and have all of this season saved up on DVR (every fan I know has told me I must watch all the way through and not skip ahead).
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Oct 28, 2008 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, skipping ahead is bad
This is actually the first season I’ve watched in “real” telecast time. First couple seasons on dvd, last 2 on iTunes.
Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Oct 28, 2008 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As per ESPN Front page Barton and Smith have surgery
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3669856
Sorry if already been posted somewhere.
Too lazy to look
Go Rays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beat the Inferior League
by Trainman on Oct 28, 2008 5:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What the...
Did we even know they needed surgery? I so confused.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 28, 2008 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'd think with all that funding
We’d know if our own players were having surgeries.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 28, 2008 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More staples?
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 28, 2008 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
[buys new shirt]
But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.
by Jennifer on Oct 28, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dance-off
I feel like the entire lifespan of the Internet has been building to this.
by 74mk on Oct 28, 2008 8:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad Palin's stand in isn't quite hot enough...
The ending is pretty priceless though
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on Oct 28, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Legal precedent for impending Chavez lawsuit
Woman awarded $3.2 MM for tainted sushi. Someone get those Canadian gamblers on the line!
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Oct 29, 2008 7:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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