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by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 9:27 AM PDT Comment 171 comments

Happy August 8th! I'm not at work today, but since I woke up at an indecently early hour this morning (in proportion the the atrociously late hour that I went to bed last night), I decided to give you all a little happiness in your day. I mean, what would you do without a little GNGG in your morning? :]

August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year.

Happy Birthday to Roger Federer, (the reject tennis player) Drew Lachey (the reject 98 Degrees brother), J.C. Chasez (the reject *NSYNC Some Girls Dance With Women perv) and Emiliano Zapata (the BA Mexican with a sick moustache).

106 mpg 'air car' creates buzz, questions

You've heard of hybrids, electric cars and vehicles that can run on vegetable oil. But of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate fuel-efficient car, this could be the first one to let you say, "Fill it up with air."

That's the idea behind the compressed air car, a vehicle its backers say could achieve a fuel economy of 106 miles per gallon.

...

New York-based Zero Pollution Motors is the first firm to obtain a license from MDI to produce the cars in the United States, pledging to deliver the first models in 2010 at a price tag of less than $18,000.

I've got my doubts... but that would be pretty fantastic. It would save a TON of gas driving back home every weekend.

Lizard love: 110-yearl-old dinosaur descendant to become daddy

At well over 100 years old and showing no interest in sex for over four decades, Henry is on his way to becoming a dad.

...

At about 110 years old, Henry is the oldest tuatara ever to mate at Southland Museum on the country's South Island.

"I had given up on old Henry," said curator Lindsay Hazley.

He kept Henry in "solitary confinement" because the animal not only showed no interest in females but attacked them when they were looking to mate.

The beginning of Henry's libido rebound came in 2002, when veterinarians realized that a lump in the animal's nether regions was a cancerous tumor. They removed it and, over the next few years, his attitude began to change.

"I say that he had a personality transplant at the same time," Hazley said Thursday. "If I had a tumor underneath my [genitals], when girls were passing by, I'd be a very grumpy boy too."

Fat people get online chance to lose weight

People who are obese in the real world will get the opportunity to participate in a research project conducted entirely in the virtual world to help their avatars - and hopefully their real-life selves - lose weight and get in better shape.

The University of Houston's Texas Obesity Research Center is using Second Life, the 3-D virtual world created by San Francisco's Linden Lab, to offer participants incentives for healthy dietary habits and to increased physical activity.

"The avatar is actually going to get on a treadmill and get on a bicycle and perform these activities in Second Life," said Kristen McAlexander, a doctoral student and research assistant at the obesity research center.

Eight People Bought Useless $1,000 iPhone App

Eight people had $1,000 to burn on a useless iPhone application before Apple removed it from the App Store, according to a story in the LA Times.

Of those eight, six reside in the United States, and the others are in France and Germany. Not shocking: We all knew some people out there would be rich (and wasteful) enough to throw away money at Armin Heinrich's "I Am Rich" application, which does nothing but display a red ruby.

And to think I was getting annoyed at having to pay $1.99 for some of my apps. If you went to the app screen on this particular one, it said "The red icon on your iPhone or iPod touch always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this." Please.

44-pound cat adopted; gets good vet's report

Fat, happy and no longer homeless.

That describes life for the 44-pound New Jersey cat who became an overnight sensation.

A vet has found "Prince Chunk" healthy aside from his weight. The big cat doesn't have a thyroid condition, after all.

The vet also has prescribed a high-protein, low-carb diet for the tubby tabby, who is within three pounds of the heaviest on record.

Killer gets life sentence plus pizza in a plea deal

A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence.

Tremayne Durham, 33, of New York City, admitted last month that he fatally shot Adam Calbreath, 39, of Gresham, in June 2006. Durham wanted to sell ice cream and ordered an $18,000 truck from an Oregon company. He later changed his mind, but the company wouldn't provide a refund.

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Durham agreed to plead guilty to murder — but only if he could get a break from jail food. The judge agreed and granted Durham a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye's chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream.

Dump away.

Oh!! I almost forgot. There's something big starting today in China. I'm not really exactly sure what it is, but it's apparently one of the biggest events in recent years. Anyone want to help out here?

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Here's hoping we are watching A's baseball

on 10/10/10!

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 8, 2008 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ten ten

I’m ever hopeful to see the A’s play on my birthday.

by Brian in 317 on Aug 9, 2008 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Nico

How many goats are you worth?

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 9:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

(I got a 9)

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the more relevant question is,

“How many goats does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” The answer, of course, is “Two, if they can fit.”

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 8, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You must've gotten a 10

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of Goats

Horribly inappropriate video in horrible taste and completely 100% NSFW:

I think it contains an important life lesson for Nico though http://www.leasticoulddo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26801

Finally, the Author’s intro:

I cannot make this statement strong enough: The short we are premiering today is wildly inappropriate, very offensive and not in good taste. In this video, we cross each and every line we had ever set with the strips in LICD.

There is coarse language (a lot of it). There is sexual content (even more). I can almost guarantee that there will be more than one WTF moment. It is most definitely not suitable for work.

With that in mind, please do not watch the video if you’re on the fence about anything I just mentioned. With these videos, we have the ability to whatever comes to mind, and we plan on pushing the envelope every chance we get.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Aug 8, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got a 9, too.

I think we’re the same person.

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cool! I'm WAY smarter than I thought I was!

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got a 9 too. I'm shocked I didn't get a 2.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

-1

Your link didn’t work for me. I blame you.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Would you like me to fix it for you?

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You would do that for me?

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure! You did, after all, post a DLD so that I could post my link.

But I might “fix” it so that it works for a while, but then breaks right after it’s out of warranty so you have to keep coming back.

There…try it now.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey! It works.

9. You’re almost the most beautiful girl here.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good link, huh?

I wonder if anyone’s gotten anything other than a 9. Either that or we’re all just super-cool!

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm only worth 6

Maybe they look down on people who ride the bus.

by colin on Aug 8, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got an 8

by theblackpearl on Aug 8, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too.

by pam5981 on Aug 8, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How is this possible? I'm unemployed and live in my mother's

basement and I got a 9.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And I'm way more than 35 years old.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe it's because I'm a girl

and came in just under “28+ (the desperate years)”

by pam5981 on Aug 8, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess being hopeless is less stressful than desperate

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm coining a new word

stressperation. A state of stress caused by desperation.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've seen a lot of stressperating these past three weeks

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Instead of 40 acres and a mule, you get a

40oz, and a date.

by theblackpearl on Aug 8, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Second

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

for Nico, 40 acres and a mule is a date

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But with 40 acres is the mule just

playing hard to get.

by theblackpearl on Aug 8, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is an excellent word.

by pam5981 on Aug 8, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got a 10.

by OldhamA on Aug 8, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The accent put you over the top.

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

by oblique on Aug 9, 2008 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And no +1 for that?

I think you’re artificially trying to dig yourself out of your deficit.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You got a +1 in my hearttt.

+1. And I take back the comment down further in the thread. You can have the e-hug.

GNGG: -3, oblique: -3

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm still shocked that you -7'd me

but thank you for the e-hug.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

7

Your goat worth is:
7. Many fathers would give up many goats for you.

I think I’ll add this to my craigslist ad….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 8, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

10! Sweet.

“10. Marriage material. Natalie Portman, is that you?”

Yes. Yes it is.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Aug 8, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can I have 10 goats?

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got a 10 too!

That’s surprisingly uplifting, knowing I’m worth 10 goats.

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 8, 2008 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got a 7.

I feel like shit now.

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

by Jennifer on Aug 8, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can you explain the

“Some Girls Dance With Women perv” comment? This should be entertaining :-)

by Reg on Aug 8, 2008 9:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Haha.

I’m telling you—perv!

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

:O

http://www.youtube.com/v/_6i0V9OWo0s

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aw, JC. He IS the embodiment of the Male Gaze.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on Aug 8, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

uhhh

worst.song.ever.

by jeffro on Aug 8, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only in SF?

Going green in the bedroom (links in story NSFW)

by noava22 on Aug 8, 2008 9:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Uh ... really? Really?!?

Albert Speer, Jr.?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Albert Speer Jr. in his Frankfurt office in 2003 with his plan for the central axis of Beijing.

poor choice of words

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They should have asked him to build an annex on one of the Olympic Village dorms—perhaps for Poland?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

or a livingroom

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Aug 8, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

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 Aug 8, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

who will replace steven spielberg as the leni riefenstahl of the beijing games?

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d suggest Ken Burns

"May a nit suck Cajun geese?" wonders Red. No, we see gnu Jack Cust in a yam.

by andeux on Aug 8, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't he work with that nice Mr. Hilter and Mr. Bimmler?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Aug 8, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ratto calls out Fisher

by skigurl on Aug 8, 2008 10:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ratto calls out Fisher

by skigurl on Aug 8, 2008 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think I've figured it out

we’re destined to set the consecutive losses record. some kind of perverse payback.

"The Athletics at Fremont" is quite bad

by ArakSOT on Aug 8, 2008 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

For what?

by skigurl on Aug 8, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've said that before

If it’s the case, it’s a fair trade.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Aug 8, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, shit

I can’t figure out how to link the article from today’s SF Chronicle: Here’s the URL.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/08/SPV11270Q8.DTL

by skigurl on Aug 8, 2008 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually, maybe Fisher should say something...

Ratto’s ” A’s are scraping bottom “

Everybody else certainly has been. Except Billy. Hey, Blez, you got another chat with Billy lined up any time soon?

"And sometimes, when it seems like all hope is gone, Life tosses you a special gift of a baseball game" . 7/10/08 BaseBallGirl headline

by LongTimeFan on Aug 8, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let Zapata take the rest

Someone called Maria’s name
I swear it was my father’s voice
Saying, “If you stay you’ll all be slain
You must leave now – you have no choice
Take the servants and ride west
Keep the child close to your chest
When the American troops withdraw
Let Zapata take the rest”

They want to steal the land papers which is why they have tried to break in. But they had to give up after being bitten by Chhotu.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 8, 2008 10:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I believe you meant "Let Moreno take the rest"

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The air car

I posted this in the other DLD.

Another expert expressed concern about the amount of energy it would take to generate the required air pressure: 4,500 pounds per square inch, or more than 120 times the pressure inside the tires of a typical four-door sedan.
...
If you count that energy, it’s hard to believe the car would be that much more efficient than an electric vehicle, Callister said.

IF you count that energy? IF? IF? All people see is 100 mpg and think, "oooh, cheap and green!" And I’m sure the compressed air is free…

Whaddaloadabaloney.

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

But of course that's true of the electric cars also

The facile analysis (which is most) seem to think you can plug your batteries into this magic outlet that provides energy at no cost or damage.

My question: How big does the eff’in air tank have to be to give a compressed car any sort of range? If we’re all having to drive big rig tankes to make it to Target and back, I question the value.

They want to steal the land papers which is why they have tried to break in. But they had to give up after being bitten by Chhotu.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 8, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i already solved the world’s energy problems: ask people to not drive cars. it’s foolproof!

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

only if you ask very, very nicely

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That takes too much energy.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with not driving cars. I'm satisfied with a limo.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Drives me nuts.

Same thing with hydrogen fuel cells. Hydrogen! Cheap! Free! It comes from water!

I’m being a little cranky, of course. You can get energy conservation benefits by intelligent generation and storage schemes. Centralized generation (power plants) tends to be cleaner than decentralized generation (internal combustion engine). And to take advantage of that, we need to have a good way to store energy, like batteries.

But those are conservation measures, not “alternative energy” or “green power.” Alternative energy – that is, non fossil fuel – is stuff like solar, wind, geothermal, and – especially – nuclear (abandoning nuclear power is one of the worst things that happened to our energy policy).

While I’m glad that our country is finally having a national discourse about energy, I’m really disappointed at how crappy that discourse has been.

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

opposed to crappy energy discourse, eh?

So I guess you’re opposed to this?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

offal wouldn't be so awful

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe we could be part of that more effluent market segment Crywolffisher's trying to capture

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Up for a game of

Scrapple?

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ugghhh

My old boss and most of my co-workers live in DE.

When the talk goes to food they always end up bringing up scrapple. Half of them hate it, the others love it.

My one co-worker on the west coast and I then proceed to try and explain menudo and tri-tip to them. They are as confused about them as I was about scrapple.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Aug 8, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I loves me some scrapple

It appeals to my love of thrift, my love of SE PA, my love of organ meat, and my love of fried food.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd try it, cos I'm generally up for most things, but looking at the

incredients I probably wouldn’t like it.

by OldhamA on Aug 8, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ingredients....

by OldhamA on Aug 8, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

incredients: when you can't believe they put that s--- in food

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 Aug 8, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing you're not a haggis fan.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have you tried Haggis? I think the Scots eat it just to spite people.

by OldhamA on Aug 8, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No. I wasn't fooled by those tricky Scot shenanigans.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I eat with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls.

By process of elimination (the only process I endorse), I guess that makes you a piece of lamb. @('.')@

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 8, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I too like pickles

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 8, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pickles is the cat's name.

By process of elimination (the only process I endorse), I guess that makes you a piece of lamb. @('.')@

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 9, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

All in steps

First we get to the table. Then we get quality food at the table. Then we work on eating that.

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by DMOAS on Aug 8, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're certainly right

In that hydrogen cells are a battery, however if the energy used to make the hydrogen fuel comes from wind/solar/etc then hydrogen cells are a very good way to get that energy into a car. Cars aren’t going to have solar panels on their roof that are responsible for generating all their electrical needs.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Aug 8, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right, and centralized energy production does offer advantages.

However, it’s a pretty tough thing to store hydrogen at any reasonable energy density, unless the hydrogen is attached to carbon, in which case you get…gasoline. So storing energy for a car using a fuel cell seems like a pretty silly idea, although hydrogen fuel cells for other devices does make a lot of sense.

Somewhat related, anybody interested in the future of energy ought to read this story by Isaac Asimov.

“A hundred billion is not infinite and it’s getting less infinite all the time. Consider! Twenty thousand years ago, mankind first solved the problem of utilizing stellar energy, and a few centuries later, interstellar travel became possible. It took mankind a million years to fill one small world and then only fifteen thousand years to fill the rest of the Galaxy. Now the population doubles every ten years—“

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 Aug 8, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then maybe the winner is electric cars

As long as the electricity is produced from a green plant.

The downside there is that you wouldn’t be able to road-trip because they’d take soooo long to recharge.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Aug 8, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry

I can’t come into work today, I forgot to plug in my car.

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by DMOAS on Aug 8, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

You can also buy CNG vehicles with the same limitations, but natural gas is just a different fossil fuel so it isn’t really a solution

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Aug 8, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or better yet

The power’s out, I ain’t going nowhere today.

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by DMOAS on Aug 8, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with the nuclear part

The pollution output is functionally nill (highly toxic, but easily contained). The problem is it has absolutely terrible PR.

by jdr on Aug 8, 2008 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

when did this thread become all about me?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Opposing nuclear was the environmental movement's greatest failure.

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 Aug 9, 2008 5:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

3MI and Chernobyl were the nuclear movement's greatest failures

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 9, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

was anyone even injured at three mile island?

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 Aug 9, 2008 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

they killed Jack Lemmon at the end

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 9, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm...a "nuclear movement" setup line. Pass...

...toxic gas! Ha ha ha!

You know, there were a lot of deaths in car accidents 30 years ago, and guess what? Cars were manufactured to be safer. Nuclear power is safe and reliable, moreso than it used to be, and has been used with great success in other nations. Yes, there are serious waste issues, and yes, they need to be addressed. But how a non-greenhouse-gas emitting, non crude-oil-needing power generation scheme didn’t get more play from the enviros is beyond me.

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 Aug 9, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

just store the waste in the tarped-off sections of the coliseum, problem solved.

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 Aug 9, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

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 Aug 9, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually, that would explain Raider fans

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 9, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

sometimes you're just too easy

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 9, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm an earth girl.

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 Aug 9, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's guess

We all know V = (mRT)/(MP). Assuming that the tank isn’t cryogenically refrigerated, T = 77 deg F. The pressure of the air in the tank, according to the article, is 4500 psi. The molecular weight of air is M = 29 g/mol. R is a constant.

(aside: who wants to drive on top of a compressed air tank at 4500 psi? If that thing bursts in an accident or collision, it’ll be like sitting on top of a bomb)

The real question is how much mass (m) do you want to carry around. The mass of 15 gallons of gasoline is about 100 lbs. Let’s double that say you can carry around twice that weight in “fuel” (compressed air). That’s 200 lbs.

Okay, %28boltzmann%27s+constant%29%286.022e231%2Fmol%29298+K%29%2F%2829+g%2Fmol+*+4500+psi%29+in+gallons&btnG=Search” target=”new”>plug it all in and you’d need a 66 gallon tank to carry all that compressed air. That’s…big, and doesn’t count the on-board compressor that would be required.

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Auto linking dealy-bob didn't work

Here’s the calculation, courtesy google.

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 Aug 8, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

but at 105 mpg

really you’d only need a 5 gallon tank…

by noava22 on Aug 8, 2008 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, that's 105 miles per gallon of gasoline, not air.

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 Aug 8, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh. gotcha.

by noava22 on Aug 8, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

See, where you lose me

is the assumption that 200 lbs of fuel would need to be carried around. Why so much?

by noava22 on Aug 8, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

nevermind

by noava22 on Aug 8, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everyone has problems,

but Chemists have solutions!

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by Kimberly on Aug 8, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

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 Aug 8, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

why was the cannibal snowman so big?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I drove a hydrogen car recently

A major problem with it is that you’re not allowed to park it inside (i.e. in a garage or a parking structure) because they’re not permitted as such yet. That tank rupturing in an enclosed space would not be a happy time.

by jdr on Aug 8, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you think sitting on a 4500 PSI tank of air is scary,

imagine sitting on a pressurized tank full of flammable gas.

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 Aug 9, 2008 5:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

welcome to my world, mister

You want me on that tank! You need me on that tank!

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 9, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If they're trying to harness the power of air, but don't want to generate it,

how about sail cars? It works at sea, why not on land?

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Aug 8, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand they're currently ramping up production on the Chevy Trireme

... the world’s first galley-slave car!

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Flinstones meets Ancient water travelling

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by DMOAS on Aug 8, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Expletive deleted

If I had a tumor underneath my [genitals] ...

That’s even funnier than those A’s stories that say things like, “We really [stink].”

Or maybe it’s not an expletive at all. Maybe he just used some silly British word that we wouldn’t recognize. Like “If I had a tumor underneath my John Thomas”. Huh?

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

by iglew on Aug 8, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I laughed for ten minutes after reading that.

It was really the only reason I posted that story.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

08/08/08

So, I heard today’s like the luckiest day or something. Maybe I should go buy a lottery ticket?

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by Kimberly on Aug 8, 2008 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes, with the following numbers: 8 8 8 8 8

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 Aug 8, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, you should go to Cache Creek Casino and spend tons of money

according to their ads.

(I’m very gullible.)

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 8, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just play poker (if you're good) or intelligently bet craps

You’ll still lose over time at the craps, just not very much.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Aug 8, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed, it's a lucky day.

So lucky, I’m stuck at home on a Friday night with my little sister while my parents go to Cache Creek Casino to try their luck.

I mean, don’t get me wrong. Last time my dad went, he won the money for my laptop. So more power to them :]

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're kidding.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 8, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not kidding.

Thanks to them, I’m going off to college with a kick ass MacBook Pro. Maybe tonight they’ll win the money to pay for college. Ha.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

can we have $10?

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 Aug 8, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd settle for $8

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll give you an e-hug.

That’s about as much as I’m willing to give you right now.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll take it.

To the roulette wheel, that is. And I’ll put it all on the number 8.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, I didn't mean kidding about the laptop...

I can believe that… I meant kidding about actually literally going to Cache Creek. Today.

Somehow your parents seem to match up perfectly with my concept of Americana. They haven’t posed for any Norman Rockwell paintings lately, have they?

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 8, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

They’re actually going. I’m staying home with my six year old sister. My parents are suckers for that and since they won two weeks ago, they’re convinced that 888 is really lucky and they’ll win.

And I don’t believe they’ve posed for any paintings lately. I’ll check though ;]

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

could your parents be convinced to claim Bobby Crosby on waivers?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

QOTM

"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth."- Ted Williams

by Gaijin_Suketto on Aug 8, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dammit

I should have said Emil.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd be OK with Crosby. I can put up with Emil for six weeks.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You still haven't bought that truck, and cut back on Project Runway

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Aug 8, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Darn! I was hoping you'd forgotten.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes I wish I'd been on this site for longer

"A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox

by Gallagher's Watermelons on Aug 9, 2008 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So when does the party start?

by calgbear on Aug 8, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They're only going to Cache Creek Casino.

They need to go to Vegas again for me to have a party ;]

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey! It works.

9. You’re almost the most beautiful girl here.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eww.

Double post.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

-1

So there.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

-7

AND you don’t get an e-hug.

GNGG: -3, oblique: -4

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I'm spending this lucky day inside too.

I’ve got no plans for today, and I don’t know what to do with myself. I should probably take a walk or something, just to see if I find a $20 bill laying around…

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by Kimberly on Aug 8, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe you'll find a hot man with those $20.

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 8, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So far I've started my day with two shoes

but no pair. Hopefully it’s only up from here.

by rightbackin on Aug 8, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably sideways.

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

by oblique on Aug 8, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A's ticket services

is jumping into the blogosphere!

I like the link that lists the playlist for the fireworks spectacular. I found this tidbit interesting:

Special thanks to Jenna Zito, Special Events Assistant, for song selection and use of her playlist. The next fireworks event is Saturday, August 30. The theme: Duets.

Hmm, Zito…any relation?

Duets! I call “Islands in the Stream!”

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 8, 2008 1:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

dibs on "Try a Little Tenderness"

Who wants to play Andre to my Paul?

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 8, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who wants to play Jagger to my Bowie?

I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.

by franks a lot on Aug 8, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(raises hand.....turns around to see AN crowd staring.....sheepishly lowers hand)

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 8, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just accidentally watched the first 81 minutes of "Fringe"

the new JJ Abrams show coming to Fox. Just seeing the ads running on tv, I didn’t think it was something I wanted to watch.

I was hooked after 3:06 minutes.

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

by Jennifer on Aug 8, 2008 3:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

where? on line?

"The Athletics at Fremont" is quite bad

by ArakSOT on Aug 11, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Strangely enough, I'm worth 9 goats

Now how do I trade myself for 9 goats and then trade myself back so I can be with the 9 goats? Does this mean a three-way? ‘Cause I’m more than open to that.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 8, 2008 3:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It may require a 11 way

but I’m sure you’re quite open to that as well. The rancher, not so much.

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by DMOAS on Aug 8, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Goats are undervalued

What is the VORP if we replace Hannahan with a goat?

"A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox

by Gallagher's Watermelons on Aug 9, 2008 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 8, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Penis!

facepalm.jpg

by Zonis on Aug 8, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very good!

Now pull up your pants and go brush your teeth.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 8, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs