Gentlemen of Leisure and Local Clowns: WLD 07.04/05/06.08

by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 2:07 PM PDT

Consider this your Fourth of July Weekend Link Dump.

and

If you're feeling tired of the usual patriotic paeans, and want a little more variety in your honoring of the good ol' US of A today, how about singing some brand-new baseball songs? What could be more American than that? (And the blog is available here.)

Guys, while you're chowing down at the cookout today, make sure you eat plenty of watermelon.

Speaking of blood pressure, newest A's signee Mich(a)el Inoa just might be ... a Frankenstein's Monster or zombie?

And the photo from that article of Beane ...

... makes me think we may finally have the ideal candidate to play Beane in Moneyball: The Movie:

And speaking of boosters of the civic image of Oakland ...

Finally, mikeA is in seclusion in the west wing.

Celebrate your freedom to link!

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Hello, and good tidings from Milwaukee!

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 4, 2008 2:18 PM PDT 0 recs

you there for an interview to be general counsel for Hasenpfeffer, Inc.?

He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

nope

http://www.theclownmuseum.org/

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 4, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

The questions you need to ask yourself are:

Do you like Clowning?
Would you like to play a role in the Preservation of our clowning heritage?

He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

They get no respect

Aren’t served in bars, no matter how many friends they get in their cars.

by EddieVegas_NRAF on Jul 5, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

Mmmmm.....hot dogs....

Watched about two hot dogs worth of the Nathan’s contest this morning. Oddly enough, haven’t been hungry since…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 4, 2008 3:04 PM PDT 0 recs

dear god.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jul 4, 2008 3:09 PM PDT 0 recs

I'm not sure which is worse:

Borat and Ron Burgandy playing Sherlock, or the guy who did Snatch doing it.

Fortunately, this is his age-28 year: his killing productivity is likely to decline. Impressive range, though. -Monkeyball

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 4, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well, as long as Will Ferrel was available

I don’t have to worry too much about rethinking my worldview.

by nevermoor on Jul 4, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm excited

Procrastinators unite....tomorrow

by muffinpryde on Jul 5, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

Didn't Billy Koch have a pair of sunglasses like the one that Red's wearing?

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 Jul 4, 2008 3:25 PM PDT 0 recs

Ah, yes

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 Jul 4, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

obviously, that's the vector where the infestation must have originated

He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

Riddick?

Chronicles of an A’s fan?

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Jul 6, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

You know,

you damn Monkey, they don’t have Saag’s here in Florida. I just got drool all over my keyboard.

Fortunately, this is his age-28 year: his killing productivity is likely to decline. Impressive range, though. -Monkeyball

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 4, 2008 5:50 PM PDT 0 recs

as I have said to others ...

... blame me not for the folly of your living elsewhere than the Bay Area.

He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 6:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

Folly, indeed.

Were it not for my brother and his sign shop, I’d be munching on delicious Saag’s right now, awaiting fireworks…

Fortunately, this is his age-28 year: his killing productivity is likely to decline. Impressive range, though. -Monkeyball

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 4, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

Fireworks fogged out, never mind

"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin

by Hot Cup Joe on Jul 4, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

The ones in Pinole and Vallejo weren't :-)

You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}

by micdog2001 on Jul 5, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

actually

i was at the marin cty fair, listening to nina gerber with the other old hippies, and they shot off all the fireworks anyone could want to see. I was just trying to make leopold bloom feel better, although you would think living in the world headquarters of the 6.99 earlybird special would be enough excitement for anybody.

"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin

by Hot Cup Joe on Jul 6, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

Possibly of interest

Since it is about baseball (or rather, base ball) and it does include an ANer. And, um, the reporter is known to post here from time to time as well:
Bay Area Vintage Base Ball (slideshow of photos, click on the link below the photos for the radio report)

Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream

by Englishmajor on Jul 4, 2008 6:07 PM PDT 2 recs

No play is routine

That’s the beauty of ~~vintage baseball~~ the JCOA

He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Watch out, Totenberg --

—there’s another Nina in town!

-Highly Recommended-

Hey, “mkt”—might AN sponsor an expansion team? The Nation-als?

And is there a division for those of us who still have some of our original gear?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jul 5, 2008 8:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

You have original gear from 1886?

Wow…that’s a long time ago in dog years ;-)

BTW the website for the league is http://www.bavbb.com.

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Jul 5, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up 0 recs

Great segment, Englishmajor!

I think it brings across the appeal of the game really well. I loved that you got the umpire sound bites!

And, thanks for getting me in there and making me sound like much less of an idiot than I’m sure I actually sounded like.

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Jul 5, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up 0 recs

Huston Street isn’t the only one who rides BART

He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp. He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jul 4, 2008 6:57 PM PDT 0 recs

Christ, what an asshole.

So it goes.

by jeepers on Jul 4, 2008 10:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

The central issue

Does He qualify for a reduced senior fare being infinitely old and all?

by nevermoor on Jul 4, 2008 11:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

He?

That’s right kids, NEVAR take those seats near the doors. You could be smushing the deity.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jul 5, 2008 7:08 AM PDT up 0 recs

—which, I’m pretty sure was a band Monkeyball played-in in high school.

(yeah, I know, replying to your own post is bush league)

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jul 5, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up 0 recs

Get a load of Nuke LaLoosh over here

Ryan Sweeney: I probably irrationally embraced him before you did.

by Joey C. on Jul 5, 2008 11:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

Anyone else having trouble with AN banner ads?

About 50% of the time when I load a page, it quickly loads everything but the banner ad at the top and then it just stalls. Fortunately, I can just click “stop loading” and everything on the page works just fine (including C,X,Z) but with a blank white rectangle where the banner ad should be.

I don’t really mind, but I just wondered. I’m on Safari, Mac OS X.4.11.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jul 5, 2008 9:48 AM PDT 0 recs

Nah

I’ve just got an ad reminding me what a fat ass I am.

Fortunately, this is his age-28 year: his killing productivity is likely to decline. Impressive range, though. -Monkeyball

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 5, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'm not having that experience

with Safari on the same OS.

Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream

by Englishmajor on Jul 5, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up 0 recs

The white rectangle suggests you're using ad blocking software

(as I do with Firefox on a PC). I don’t have the reload/stall problem but do always have the blank white rectangle.

You should check to see if you’ve either installed ad blocking software or have a preference set up to block ads. Turning it off would solve the problem (but replace the rectangle with whatever ad is supposed to be there).

by nevermoor on Jul 5, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up 0 recs

No, I'm not blocking.

Sometimes the ad appears, sometimes it doesn’t.

When it doesn’t, the loading bar just hangs there like it’s trying but the connection is too slow. C/X/Z doesn’t work until I tell it to give up trying. As soon as I say stop everything is fine.

Thank goodness the ad loads last. If it loaded first then I’d be in trouble.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jul 5, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm having the same problems.

Windows IE 7

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Jul 5, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

I wonder if there's one ad that

calls for a plug-in we don’t have. Looks like the banner ad selection is semi-random each time you open the page, so whenever the page picks that ad it stalls.

"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk

by iglew on Jul 6, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

Odd

Maybe you should try out some ad blocking software. If it kept the ad from trying to download it may solve your problem.

by nevermoor on Jul 5, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

Crosby to the DL next?

I hate hamstrings.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 5, 2008 11:08 AM PDT 0 recs

I'll leave it for you to decide,

moron or no.

I know what my vote is.

Fortunately, this is his age-28 year: his killing productivity is likely to decline. Impressive range, though. -Monkeyball

by Leopold Bloom on Jul 5, 2008 3:24 PM PDT 0 recs

He certainly fits in well with the title of the DLD

but at least this pastime, unlike many others, doesn’t seem to involve the consumption of a lot of fossil fuels or the imposition of a lot of noise on other people.

Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream

by Englishmajor on Jul 5, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm voting "cool guy"

”...clutching a big mug of coffee, Couch rose out of the parking lot of his gas station into the bright blue morning sky.”

He’s not trying to set a world’s record, he’s not trying to make a bunch of money, he’s just trying to get across the border to idaho – i mean…what’s not to like?

"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin

by Hot Cup Joe on Jul 5, 2008 4:07 PM PDT up 0 recs

Exciting update!

a-garden-chair-and-a%27big-dream%27.html” target=”_blank”>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2258600/Kent-Couch-flys-to-Idaho-with-some-balloons,a-garden-chair-and-a%27big-dream%27.html

"...in baseball you wear a cap." -- george carlin

by Hot Cup Joe on Jul 6, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

Rick Moranis ain't afraid of no ghosts

Moranis refused to reprise his role as Louis Tully for Ghostbusters: The Video Game. When asked why during a June 2008 interview, Sierra Entertainment producer Ben Borth stated, “He made so much money off of Honey I Shrunk The Kids that he retired. He just doesn’t want to work anymore.”[2]

Honey, I’m Rich! I didn’t know those movies did so well. The first was pretty good, or at least it was when I was 10.

You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}

by micdog2001 on Jul 5, 2008 11:14 PM PDT 0 recs