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DLD with me: 12.09.10


You don't have to talk about Jack Cust, or Adrian Beltre, or Carl Crawford, or Lew Wolff, or stadium issues, or meta.

Just join me in the dump.

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Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books of 2010 - I have read...none of them. Oopsie. What are your favorite books (2010 or before)?

In today's Uni Watch post (have I mentioned how much I love Paul Lukas? The man is obsessed with fashion) there's a little tidbit about Charley Finley and Charley O. the mule, and headwear:

You probably know that Charles Finley had a mule named Charley O. But did you know that the mule had his own A’s cap?

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The eastern span of the Bay Bridge is set to open early...shocking!

After years of delays, cost increases and complications on the $6.3 billion Bay Bridge project, finally there's some good news. The new east span will open to drivers traveling in both directions by the end of 2013 instead of the earlier plan to make eastbound motorists wait until 2014.

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A bunch of billionaires are pledging to give away half their wealth including Facebook kingpin Mark Zuckerberg...yes please.

Annnnnd that's all I got. Add yours below in the comments. Happy Thursday.

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CUST META DFA PT STRICKOUT BEANE BELTRE TROLL

Wait, did I already mess it up?

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 10:47 AM PST reply actions  

YES!

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 10:57 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh well,

can I offer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CULU09VCu14 as recompense?

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions  

oh. my. god.

so awesome.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions  

What were those cats smoking?

"Juuuuust a bit outside" - Harry Doyle

by ArunisArun on Dec 9, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions  

I love that video

A college buddy posted it on his Facebook wall a couple of weeks back. It made me laugh. A lot.

I then passed it onto my brother and my dad. They also laughed. A lot.

In God We Trust....All Others Must Show Data

by Wes7 on Dec 9, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

How cold is your house?

Mine’s at 54 right now…..
Waking up in the morning SUCKS!

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 10:48 AM PST reply actions  

you could say that whatever the temperature

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 11:29 AM PST up reply actions  

screw you

its 25 here!

"So, the A's new organizational philosophy involves adding Viking relievers? God save us all."
"Berserkers: the new market inefficiency."
-LonestarBall

by Zonis on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

I generally have a fairly solid top 5 books, but the 5th spot is kinda open now...here's my top 4:

1. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 11:02 AM PST reply actions  

Top 5 fiction that I've read and enjoyed:

1. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.
2. Ulysses by James Joyce.
3. 1984 by George Orwell.
4. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
5. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Non-fiction is too categorical to delve into top 5 for (Religious, sports, political, etc,) and poetry/plays have their own list.

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah. I've been on a nonfiction kick for a while

but all my favorites are still novels. I just read Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro recently but haven’t read any of his other stuff.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

Remains of the Day is good

if you like 20th century British stuff. After you read it, then you can get on board with:

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions  

I will check it out.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions  

Middlesex sounds interesting

Never tried that one.

I have abandonment issues. Thanks Lew.

by OptimistPrime on Dec 9, 2010 12:40 PM PST up reply actions  

depends on the two surrounding you

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by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 1:00 PM PST up reply actions  

It's really fantastic.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm reading it right now.

Just started. So far, it’s…interesting. I’m not sure what direction it will go but these early parts have me reevaluating many of my preconceptions about sexuality.

by LongLiveLangerhans on Dec 9, 2010 6:50 PM PST up reply actions  

That's from one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
Here’s the Remains of the Day lunchbox. Kids don’t like eating at school, but if they have a Remains of the Day lunchbox they’re a lot happier.

by LongLiveLangerhans on Dec 9, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Nonfiction recommendation

Joseph Mitchell, the New Yorker’s greatest writer, bar none. Read Up in the Old Hotel. Astonishing.

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

by Nick on Dec 9, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions  

Duly noted!

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions  

My top 5 fiction

1. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
2. Dune by Frank Herbert
3. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 11:34 AM PST up reply actions  

Thanks!

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

Nice, I have a couple of the same books on my list

1. Catch 22 – Heller
2. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles – Murakami
3. Graceland – Abani
4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Adams
5. The Siren’s of Titan – Vonnegut

by OkayJay81 on Dec 9, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Earlier this year I decided to read more Vonnegut.

Some were bleh, but Sirens of Titan was awesome. My favorite had always been Cat’s Cradle, but Sirens might be even better.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:09 AM PST up reply actions  

My Top 5 Vonnegut

1. Cat’s Cradle
2. Slaughterhouse-5
3. Sirens of Titan
4. Mother Night
5. Timequake

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 7:26 AM PST up reply actions  

a good plan.

May I suggest eating the works of Kurt Vonnegut?

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions  

I'd rather eat them than read them.

Actually it’s been so long since I read something by him that I don’t even remember if I like him or not.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Bloomie is definitely not a fan.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions  

I like some in both of yours....

In no specific order:
1. A Fine Balance
2. Down and Out in Paris and London, Orwell
3. Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Tom Robbins
4. House of Spirits
5. Hmmmmm…not sure….

by capper3 on Dec 9, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions  

Words? WORDS?!

My top 5 movies I’ve re-watched recently:

1. Fargo
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Talladega Nights
4. Monty Python’s Life of Brian
5. Billy Madison

Out of a grand total of 5 movies I’ve re-watched recently.

I love green because money be green.

by Joey C. on Dec 9, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions  

Not a very complex man are we Joey?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 11:56 AM PST up reply actions  

Things have gotten much more complex since I started working

So my free time is now reserved for the non-complex. Although I would posit that Fargo is an excellent piece of nuanced cinema.

Also, I don’t really rank Talladega Nights ahead of Life of Brian, I just wanted to stir up trouble.

I love green because money be green.

by Joey C. on Dec 9, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions  

yes

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions  

don't you already?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Billy Madison?

Heck, you should put that well above the Monty Python movies ;)

by hishnik on Dec 9, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Top 5 favorite words:

1) Counterintuitive
2) Indefatigable
3) Brutalize
4) Happenstance
5) Skullduggery

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions  

Verisimilitude

"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.

by PaulThomas on Dec 9, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Parsimony

Especially when said with a British accent.

I love green because money be green.

by Joey C. on Dec 9, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Fuddruckers

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Deleterious

also synonymous with being an A.

I have abandonment issues. Thanks Lew.

by OptimistPrime on Dec 9, 2010 12:41 PM PST up reply actions  

In order

5. The Dubliners by James Joyce
4. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (although I’m more a fan of the story, Krakauer tends to get a bit too self indulgent for me.
3.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Samuel Clements
2.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by Aron Ralston
1. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (just an absolute masterpiece, IMO)

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions  

Wow, format fail!

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions  

I really liked Into the Wild

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions  

I thought they did a really good job on the movie.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Agreed

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

I loved the book and liked the movie.

Really, the whole story is just fascinating to me. It helped that I was kind of wandering aimlessly through the United States when I read the book and I happened to be in lots of the places McCandless had been through while I was reading the book.

McCandless is a very polarizing figure and the book does a much better job of fleshing out the various perspectives on his decisions. The movie, on the other hand, is much more one-sided, painting him as a heroic figure whose demise is tragedy and not naive blunder. However, I liked the movie as I thought all around it was well-made and the version of the story they chose to dramaticize was one I felt was most accurate.

by LongLiveLangerhans on Dec 9, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah Into the Wild was good.

Into Thin Air by Krakuaer is also really good.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions  

On my list

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Have you read Into Thin Air?

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Dec 10, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions  

+1

I meant to say.

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Dec 10, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions  

love a clockwork orange

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by stm72 on Dec 9, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Top 10. Pretty tough, but here's a 10 favorites list. 5 was too small.

10. Cat’s Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
9. The Odyssey (Homer)
8. On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
7. The Stranger (Albert Camus)
6. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (David Mitchell)
5. The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
4. Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
3. Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
2. The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
1. Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)

"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau

by King Richard on Dec 9, 2010 12:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Good list:

disagree on a following for personal favorite by author:

Hocus Pocus for Vonnegut.
Man in the high castle or Valis for Dick
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for Kesey
As I lay dying for Faulkner

Thanks for sharing! I am going to read Cloud Atlas for sure now.

by hishnik on Dec 9, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Excellent, do it!

David Mitchell is absolutely the most wonderful writer alive today.

And I’m not a big fan of VALIS, though I do love Man in the High Castle, and I’d put “A Scanner Darkly” on the list of best PKD.

And for Vonnegut, I think “Sirens of Titan” is vastly underrated.

"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau

by King Richard on Dec 9, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Love nonfiction

1. Yes Man by Danny Wallace (it’s really nothing like the movie)
2. Ball Four by Jim Bouton
3. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering genius by Dave Eggers
4. The Know it All by A.J. Jacobs
5. The Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst

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by zaniac75 on Dec 9, 2010 12:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Yay for #5!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions  

I haven't read any of those.

I’m not good at lists of favorite books. I would need multiple lists for different categories, and lots of time to think.

I just started reading Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell, and I’m excited about that, so… yeah.

by whiteshoes40 on Dec 9, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Ooh, good book.

I was bummed that she didn’t get to finish it though.

You're remarkable in a funny way. Or funny in a remarkable way.

by goldfish on Dec 9, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions  

I liked it too.

Should reread it now.

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by Englishmajor on Dec 9, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions  

An eclectic mix of fiction and non, including a play

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel
Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
Any novel by Alan Furst

by boilerdan on Dec 9, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions  

My all time favorite

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions  

naw

but I did with steak sauce

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:37 PM PST up reply actions  

Aw, Chickie...

you KNOW steak sauce is a mixer, not a staple.

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by Gaijin_Suketto on Dec 9, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions  

I only use it on lamb and pork

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:04 PM PST up reply actions  

You guys' reading lists are much more highbrow than mine...

1. The Circle Trilogy (the one I have is one giant book, so it counts! Haha!) by Ted Dekker
2. Rainbox Six by Tom Clancy
3. Fab Five by Mitch Albom
4. State of Fear by Michael Crichton
5. And yes…Moneyball by Michael Lewis (dammit)

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by CaliforniaJag on Dec 9, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Hey, Moneyball was good!

Don’t be ashamed my friend

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Only read Moneyball

Any rec’s?

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions  

Well I've enjoyed all his books

Liar’s Poker, Trail Fever and The Big Short are probably my favorites.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions  

I'll have to check em out, Thanks

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions  

second on The Big Short

Very well-written. As a book, it’s better than Moneyball, IMO.

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by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions  

u haven't read shantaram? AWESOME!

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by stm72 on Dec 9, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions  

No...is it really that good?

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

best.prose.ever

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by stm72 on Dec 9, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Hmm.

I will have to steal it from my dad then.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Love On the Road

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin

by Helloooo 1st on Dec 9, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Middlesex was good

I don’t know if I have a top five. But A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe is probably number 1.

by colin on Dec 9, 2010 10:21 PM PST up reply actions  

erm... the first words in the paragraph:

“After years of delays”

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by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions  

shit, that means The Big One is going to hit earlier

(because I am convinced it will hit the week before the new span opens….)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 9, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions  

we should tailgate

and watch!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Wow, I haven't read any of those top 10 books of 2010....

Perhaps they should do a Top 10 books that came out in paperback in 2010, because I rarely buy hardcover….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 9, 2010 11:17 AM PST reply actions  

Me either...but some of them sound really good.

I’m sure there’s a top 10 paperback list somewhere…

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 11:17 AM PST up reply actions  

Libraries...you can get them at the library

and don’t have to spend $

#8. Seriously, how cool a name is Dallas Braden?

by LongTimeFan on Dec 9, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Did I tell you? I finally got a library card.

And i haven’t had to pay a late fee yet ;)

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions  

I racked up plenty of late fees on my library card during high school.

Then after college, when I wanted to use the public library again, I had to pay those same late fees. And reactivate my card. Sigh.

by whiteshoes40 on Dec 9, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Ooh.

The last library card I had was from when I was young(er) in Contra Costa County…so they didn’t follow my trail to Alameda County.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Pssst

I did the same thing. Lots of un-paid fines CV will never see!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Pretty sure my photo is behind the counter

in San Diego, Contra Costa County and a couple other places.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 4:27 PM PST up reply actions  

You are one dangerous guy

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm probably a marked man in San Joaquin County libraries too

I can’t remember… I’m horrible with that stuff. Good to know I’m not alone.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

OOC

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Out of Character

I guess that’s just for the more geeky among us.

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm in the process of reading

one book from the Time list (How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe). But I think I’ve only read like 10 pages so far…

by colin on Dec 9, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Thank you Pam

this is the best thing that has happened to me today

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 11:25 AM PST reply actions  

I'll second that

Well, the thank you part, at least. It was the best thing happening today since leaving home for work, though…

by elcroata on Dec 9, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions  

You are so welcome.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Big League Stew, you're dead to me.

Yeah, I get it, it’s kinda funny that the Cubs have four Carloses: Pena, Marmol, Zambrano, Silva. But that headline? “Carlos in Charge”? Ack.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 11:27 AM PST reply actions  

Any publicity for the "Save Scott Baio's Career" movement

is good publicity.

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by Gaijin_Suketto on Dec 9, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions  

nicole eggert

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by stm72 on Dec 9, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

she isn't looking too good now

looks like she partied a wee bit much

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions  

.

just for the mammaries…er…memories

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by stm72 on Dec 9, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Big League Stew is pretty hit or miss for me

Sometimes, there are great articles, like this but sometimes you get some real duds (can’t find any immediately because digging through their archives is very tiresome.

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

What?!

That’s awesome.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Not sad. 92, lived a very good life. We should all be so lucky.

Godspeed.

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by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions  

I got to meet him once

in the mid-80s. Nice guy :)

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions  

I like crappy fiction

mysteries and what not, no favorites but I did like the robin hudson mysteries from Sparkle Hayter.

I also like the Gore Vidal Empire series. Mostly I read non fiction, I hope to start that again in a few years.

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 11:42 AM PST reply actions  

Ditto on Vidal

Some day I need to finish the Empire Series (stopped after Hollywood, and had also skipped 1876). I’d also highly recommend Julian.

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

by Nick on Dec 9, 2010 11:45 AM PST up reply actions  

Julian is great, but

I like Creation even better. Have you read it?

I’m not sure what counts as the Empire series, but I liked all of Vidal’s U.S. historical fiction except Washington D.C. which I found impenetrable and never could finish. It seems disconnected from the others and was written much earlier. I think 1876 is probably the weakest, or at least the least accessible. Burr is surely the most accessible and probably the best as well.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:20 AM PST up reply actions  

yeah Wash DC is the "start of the empire series

burr, lincoln 1876 empire, the guilded age. I have not read Creation.

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 6:43 AM PST up reply actions  

I think Hollywood and Washington, DC also count as part of the series

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

by Nick on Dec 10, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions  

right

Didn’t DC lack some of the characters though?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions  

Burr is fantastic, I agree

Lincoln is also wonderful. I’ve never read “Creation”, but it should definitely go on my list.

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

by Nick on Dec 10, 2010 6:39 PM PST up reply actions  

It's reminiscent of Julian

but with more geographical variety. It touches on the Hellenic world, India, and China.

I think you’ll like it.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:24 PM PST up reply actions  

I like Phrenology

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I like fudge

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions  

ya know

as much as I like chocolate and soft and gooey things and all that – I really don’t care for fudge

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions  

What the fudge?

I only like it every now and then. I’m not really a big chocolate guy.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions  

More of a small chocolate guy. Cool.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I like Zooey

gooey.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:20 AM PST up reply actions  

That is just willfully ignorant

You say you like fudge but what about all the evil things associated with it
;-)

by easyraider on Dec 9, 2010 3:36 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

That's funny

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Top 10 movies!

1-10. MONEYBALLLL!!!!!!
haha

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 12:11 PM PST reply actions  

Top 10 best actors I'm most excited to see Paul DePodesta

1-10 Kid from Superbad.

I think I speak for all of AN here.

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by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions  

Aw, man, I thought you meant Mikey Cera

I love Michael Cera. Actually, I just love George-Michael Bluth.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 12:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah I can't believe that egotistical maniac Billy Bean got Brad Pitt to play him in the movie he's making about himself

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 12:30 PM PST up reply actions  

watch it!

I have abandonment issues. Thanks Lew.

by OptimistPrime on Dec 9, 2010 12:45 PM PST up reply actions  

ha!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions  

He basically plays the same character in every film.

I find him annoying.

Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples

Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.

If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.

by DMOAS on Dec 9, 2010 12:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera....I don't "get" any of them

the next time any of them makes me laugh will be the first.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 12:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, if you're an AD fan

Michael Cera was hilarious in it…

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Anno Domini

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions  

thats why you love me

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Its the Nookie Cookie

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions  

you rule

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Active Directory?

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by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Arrested Development?

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 1:37 PM PST up reply actions  

nope

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Haha, nice.

I also hated when FOX referred to it as “Arrested.”

All new “Arrested” coming up next!

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions  

FOX knew about the show?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions  

:)

+1

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions  

They loved thinking about ways to destroy it.

And sending the show out in a 2-hour block opposite the opening ceremonies of the olympics? Pure poetry on the part of FOX

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions  

I love that.

And by love, I mean it’s so horrible that it’s funny. They burned off the final four episodes opposite the opening ceremony of the olympics! You can’t tell a show to fuck off worse than that.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions  

I love David Cross.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions  

heh

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions  

I've watched it here and there

I need to actually watch it again… what’s your opinion???

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions  

I like it

but its hard to watch

here is another interview with david cross

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 3:32 PM PST up reply actions  

I could share David Cross stuff with you all day

MY roommate and I quote his comedy all the time…we just have to be careful we’re not in public, haha…

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Fox likes to be hip

and with it!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions  

and always remember

it is hip to be square

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Arrested Development

The greatest TV showever

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions  

I loved AD, but didn't find him all that funny.

Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples

Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.

If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.

by DMOAS on Dec 9, 2010 5:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Hot Dog Man

Is playing Paul DePodesta

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions  

You mean Peter Brand???

That’s what they had to rename the character once Pauly D wouldn’t sign his name over…

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Two friends of mine is having a movie about him made

Now they can’t play this game

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 12:41 PM PST up reply actions  

I did a work up for the cover

its a bit rough still, but I think you’ll like it.

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions  

booo

why did you do that?

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 1:01 PM PST up reply actions  

I wanted a new vehicle...probably a GMC Sierra

the Jeep was fun but it’s not a great full time vehicle especially in the winter and also I want to get rid of things that I’ve had the last several years….it’s complicated.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 1:09 PM PST up reply actions  

Understandably

Subaru Outback?

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions  

No it's either going to be the Sierra or a Mustang

I like trucks and sports cars.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Lof my Silverado

Time to downsize though. I think I’m going to sell it, get an ~04 Subaru WRX Wagon, and then find an older $1K beater truck for bike hauling, towing, dump runs, and bringing the BAG to games.

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by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions  

I had a Sierra once before and I loved it

and I have a boat so it would be nice to not have to borrow someone else’s truck to move it.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions  

That's why I wanna find an older one. I'm thinking mid 80s vintage if not older to avoid smog

Since it would just sit in the driveway unless I actually needed it, I’m not worried about looks at all and it would be nice to have a car again that gets some semblance of gas mileage.

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by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah my Uncle has a couple of old trucks from the 60's and early 70's

that stil run good….trucks do seem to last longer.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah.

Big Ass Grill

It’s sort of a thing.

This is the latest version:

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by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

That's sexy

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions  

My favorite accessory when you buy the BAG

Get the optional mikev, just ain’t the same without it

I have abandonment issues. Thanks Lew.

by OptimistPrime on Dec 9, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions  

whoa, where did this picture come from?

never seen it before

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 10, 2010 9:02 PM PST up reply actions  

mte

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:05 PM PST up reply actions  

mte?

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 9:06 PM PST up reply actions  

my thoughts exactly

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions  

oh.

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions  

A tailgate.

Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples

Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.

If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.

by DMOAS on Dec 10, 2010 9:09 PM PST up reply actions  

astute.

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 9:13 PM PST up reply actions  

asstute.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:17 PM PST up reply actions  

better.

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 9:18 PM PST up reply actions  

For dan and Bed and other Terriers fans:

Producer Shawn Ryan is holding a Twitter wake next Wed. at 10 pm ET and 10pm PT, if you have any questions you want to ask him about the show.

You're remarkable in a funny way. Or funny in a remarkable way.

by goldfish on Dec 9, 2010 12:39 PM PST reply actions  

I'm thinking about doing my list of favorite books but that's a tough one

I’ve read a lot of books over the years but it’s hard for me to rank them. It’s a list that would probably change all the time.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 12:51 PM PST reply actions  

I still think everyone should read

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” It has made many other book top 10 lists, so I’m surprised not this one.

The last fiction book I read was probably in high school.

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 1:03 PM PST reply actions  

You liked it that much?

I thought it was good, but still.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions  

I mean, I like other books more

But as a layman’s book on a complicated topic (with some storytelling), it’s pretty great.

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Here we go....

Favorite Book – Moby Dick – Melville
Favorite Mystery – Eight Million Ways To Die – Lawrence Block
Favorite History – Truman – David McCullough
Favorite Political – What it Takes – Richard Ben Cramer
Favorite Sports Non-Fiction – A Season on the Brink – John Feinsten
Favorite Sports Fiction – Everybody’s All American – Frank DeFord
Favorite Entertainment Non-Fiction – Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 1:19 PM PST reply actions  

I wish this was around for lunch

I could go for some adobo and lumpia

http://themanilamachine.com/

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 1:26 PM PST reply actions  

Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst

Read it. And then read it again.
Also:
House Rules by Jodi Picoult and The Giver by Lois Lowry will always be my favorite

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 1:40 PM PST reply actions  

I need to look for that

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Which one? lol

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions  

haha sorry

I meant Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh okay

I can’t rec that book enough times. Barnes and Nobles has “trusted booksellers” where you can get it for cheap, that’s how I got mine. I think it was around $7

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Oooo I like that price

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions  

I do wish books were less expensive

I’m afraid to figure out how much I spend on books each year.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Go to Goodwill

Those places always have a huge selection, it’s where I get more than half my books

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions  

The library is really cheap.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, just keep signing up with new fake names

and take a load home every month.

"Burt Reynolds witnessed the conception of his own dad, and frankly, that's what's wrong with him."- TPDMTD!

by Gaijin_Suketto on Dec 9, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions  

I really, really hope you're kidding

"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.

by PaulThomas on Dec 9, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions  

No, no, no. The BEST part of the library is that once you're done with the book, they give you a place to store it.

And you can get movies and CDs and stuff from the library too! It’s not illegal downloading if I check a CD out from the library and then copy it on to my computer, but it’s still free.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 6:36 AM PST up reply actions  

If you keep the copy after returning it

it is still a violation. It’s one of copyright’s many blurry areas, though. If the library is still loaning it to you and you take care to not actually view it when another borrower is, you could say you’re still OK.

As a practical matter, you’re not going to get in trouble for it so long as you don’t start publicly distributing, but I wouldn’t go around saying, “Hey, look, I’m doing this and it’s totally legal”, because it’s kind of not.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh, I'm aware it's not legal.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 12:55 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't mind buying the new books because I give them to the library

when I’m done with them and I like to support libraries.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Fiction-wise, Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle are modern-day classics

They’re thick with detail, but that just makes reading them all the more rewarding.

I also know military history pretty well, and This Terrible Sound by Peter Cozzens (about the battle of Chickamauga) is about as good as that genre gets.

"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.

by PaulThomas on Dec 9, 2010 2:05 PM PST reply actions  

Alchemy, Calculus, Solomic gold, and Piracy = late long nights of satisfaction.

You are one of three I know of now to have finished it.
I love how the Waterhouse family trickles through all four.

by brian.only on Dec 9, 2010 7:33 PM PST up reply actions  

The Baseball Codes by Jason Turbow

was also really good

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:09 PM PST reply actions  

.............Suuuure

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Any baseball book written between 1980-2000 I probably read

but I haven’t read much of the recent stuff.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh okay

I really liked this one because it’s all the traditions and history so I learned a lot

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:22 PM PST up reply actions  

I go through phases with books and right now I'm not in a sports phase.

but I’ll give it a read when I start reading sports books again.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions  

The most recent book I've read (in terms of publishing date)

The Machine by Joe Posnanski. Good read. Posnanski is awesome.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 9, 2010 2:22 PM PST reply actions  

Another good one

is This Much I know is True bu Wally Lamb. It’s a huge commitment though, it’s around 8-900 pages I think

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:48 PM PST reply actions  

Really good book.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Yay somebody else has read it

lol. Ah and another one is Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Have you read Odd Man Out?

It’s in the same vein as Bullpen Gospels. It’s written by Craig Breslow’s best friend Matt MCcarthy.

"Macha hates you"- Tacoma fans heckling Kielty

by zaniac75 on Dec 9, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions  

No, I haven't.

Searching now, thank you!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions  

No problem.

It’s not as well written as Bullpen Gospels, but still damn entertaining. Plus it’s got Breslow in it!

"Macha hates you"- Tacoma fans heckling Kielty

by zaniac75 on Dec 9, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Loves me some Breslow

Ordering it now :)

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't like hierarchies, so here's a list of books I've enjoyed greatly.

ULYSSES by James Joyce—it is where my screen name comes from.
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY by James Agee—one of the best parts of this book is that it really was not meant for publication. The author died and this manuscript was incomplete. His publisher, worried for his broke wife and children, edited the hell out of this, connecting disparate chapters/sections together with pieces of poetry Agee had written. Beautiful book.
BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING by Milan Kundera—Quite possibly the most life-affirming book I’ve ever read—it is beauty written.
AUSTERLITZ by W.G. Sebald—Max could fucking write. It escapes classification, but he could fucking write.
THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy—One of the best books not likely to be read by someone under 60.
THE WAVES by Virginia Woolf—ULYSSES as written by a woman. Just fucking incredible.
WOMEN by Charles Bukowski—Not great literature, but autobiographical
WHITE NOISE by Don DeLillo—It captures the separation of what I feel like as compared to what I think you feel like.
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence—Also autobiographical, but prolly a lot more literary than Hank.
BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA by Dorothy Allison—Amazing
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY by J.L. Carr—Just a little nugget of joy of a book, made even more fun by the eccentricities of its author.

There are so many more I’ve truly enjoyed…ANYTHING AT ALL by our former best short story writer Eudora Welty or our current one Alice Munro. For Faulkner, I prefer LIGHT IN AUGUST or AS I LAY DYING. Dostoevski’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT and THE IDIOT are amazing. Proust’s mammoth work is like being transported to another world. THE LORD OF THE RINGS is amazing—he set out to give the western world its mythology and I think he accomplished that. I’m sure I’ll think of more I’ve forgotten…

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 9, 2010 3:11 PM PST reply actions  

well

I like Dr. Seuss!

[drools on self]

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:19 PM PST up reply actions  

funny thing about him was

he really didn’t care for kids all that much lol

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:32 PM PST up reply actions  

good reason

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Alice Munro is terrific.

I have yet to read any Eudora Welty, but she’s on my list. And actually, I think I bought a couple of her books. Maybe I should read them…

by whiteshoes40 on Dec 9, 2010 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

I have Faulkner on my shelf...sitting there for a while.

Might be time to pick it up again.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

I really need to try The Idiot again

Years ago I read book one and loved it, but then I got distracted and never finished.

I’m a huge fan of Brothers Karamazov. The first time I read it (when I was about 15) I read from Dmitri’s arrest to the end of the book in one sitting, which is about 500 pages. Kept me up all night, but I didn’t want to stop.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:31 AM PST up reply actions  

I loved Brothers K too

Have we had a discussion on this site about everyone’s “reading Russian classics” phase? My gateway drug was “The Overcoat”. It was like 15 pages long and then I was hooked!

by colin on Dec 11, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Crime and Punishment is definetly my favorite book of all-time.

I started to read Brothers K but took a new job and got side track. It is most assuredly on the to read list.

by TwoAway on Dec 11, 2010 11:11 PM PST up reply actions  

My experience with Brothers K is

that the first ~200 pages are full of dense philosophical discussions which ultimately are interesting but take some work to get through, but then once the action begins it really races. Which is to say, I understand how one would give up on it, but I think it’s worth the effort.

I would also have to concede that I have a personal attachment to it because it’s the Dostoyevsky that spoke to me when I was at that most impressionable age and it is more special to me for that reason. If I had to judge objectively, I don’t think I could insist it’s the very best.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 12, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions  

Funny

I actually found the beginning of Brothers K much better than the end. The resolution was — I don’t know — somewhat too liberating? The end seemed much more scripted to me, not only as if it reads faster, but as if it was also written faster, without that much effort of painting a beautiful picture after beautiful picture, as in the beginning.

by elcroata on Dec 12, 2010 11:11 AM PST up reply actions  

The very end is awkward.

The book feels unfinished. A lot of the critical analysis mentions that.

But I think everything from Dmitri’s arrest and on through the trial is the best. Then again, I was a teenager when I first read it. I like some of the early stuff much more now.

P.S. What language did you read it in? (I have no point to make, just curious.)

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 12, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions  

English

I almost always read the books in original language or the one I can handle being closest to original. If that sentence makes no sense, I’ll read books in German, English, Spanish or Croatian as written and all other Slavic ones in Croatian, Italian/French in Spanish and so on…

by elcroata on Dec 12, 2010 10:57 PM PST up reply actions  

So there's no translation to Croatian?

I would have guessed that to be closer to the Russian.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 13, 2010 9:37 AM PST up reply actions  

Sorry

Had a brain cramp. Croatian, of course. I thought I had changed the title

by elcroata on Dec 13, 2010 12:43 PM PST up reply actions  

I can totally relate.

I read C&P at a time when i felt there were a great deal of similarities btwn Raskolnikov and myself, which of course made it that much easier to enjoy the book.

by TwoAway on Dec 12, 2010 5:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Dorothy Allison wrote a book about Bed?

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I love it

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Lord, I hope not.

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Haven't even tried a sneak peek

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions  

skurred.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:29 PM PST up reply actions  

I checked earlier

it wasn’t bad

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions  

more humor then I expected

actually kinda fun

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes

and it’s a bit unneccssary

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 3:32 PM PST up reply actions  

A lot of posters think DLDs are unnecessary.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:32 AM PST up reply actions  

if it wasn't for DLDs and CTs

I doubt I’d be here much

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Pretty sure it's all "unnecessary"

Whatever floats your boat.

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by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

I think 3-D existence on a timeline is unnecessary

but it makes for a unique vacation destination!

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by Gaijin_Suketto on Dec 10, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions  

It's not as venemous as you would think.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 3:59 PM PST up reply actions  

seriously? why?

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Is that the whole Luke Scott politics one?

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

I Just poked my head in that thread

It’s scary in there. I read words like Facism and Bigot… Whoa now.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah that one is mostly my fault but on AN I'm

80% goofy….10% sexy…..10% cranky.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 7:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Sometimes you are goofy and sexy at the same time.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions  

Looking over the Cust thread and seeing lots of green

I think it would be hilarious if we had a thread where we just rec’d everything and every comment was green.
Would confuse the hell out of everyone!

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 3:42 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

GREEN

turn THAT green. whoo!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Lone Star Ball does that all the time.

When big things happen. Their AL West clinch thread was all green. All 2000 comments or whatever.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions  

I get that

didn’t G_S recommend every comment in a thread once?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions  

That's kinda cute.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Might be kinda fun to do a post with top recced comments of the year.

I mean, for someone else to do…ahem.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions  

No, you.

You can actually look up that kinda crap on the dashboard, can’t you?

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Hmm.

I don’t think I can. Most rec’d comments? Not in a sortable leaderboard type thing, no.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions  

well get to work then.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Sure.

I’ll just drive over to SBN’s office in godknowswhere, write out some code that I totally know how to do, upload it, and be done by dinnertime.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions  

thx.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:53 PM PST up reply actions  

done

1) PaulThomas
2)elcroata
3)grover
3)notsellingjeans
4)Taj
5)DFA
6)Future ed
7)danmerqury
8)Pam

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   2 recs

At least you included me on the list.

But I don’t think that’s accurate. Nice of you though.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:54 PM PST up reply actions  

If you and I weren't on the list

there would be no joke there

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions  

I wanna be on the list too

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions  

1) grover
2)elcroata
3)PaulThomas
3)notsellingjeans
4)Taj
5)DFA
6)Future ed
7)danmerqury
8)ChickenStaley
9)Pam

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions  

HEY.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 3:58 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm number 38! I'm number 38!

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Pam liked my old sig better.

by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions  

WOO!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:06 PM PST up reply actions  

carpetbagger

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:07 PM PST up reply actions  

don't be jealous

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions  

okay

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Actually, you know what...

I could guess on the names, then look them up individually and count up the rec’s that way.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 3:57 PM PST up reply actions  

I bet grover is at the top

I think the first 5 are prolly in the top 10, I am sure I am missing some though

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 3:58 PM PST up reply actions  

I'd bet that PT is up top, actually.

But if I did it that way, I’d miss some. Like, a guy who only has 30 total recs (all on the same comment) would get skipped over. I can’t think of a better way of doing it, though.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions  

I tried to see how many recs I had gotten in my "career" since someone mentioned it

but I couldn’t find the information anywhere. Is that only accessible to mods?

"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.

by PaulThomas on Dec 9, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, it's a mod thing.

On the same screen as the flag list, and the ban button. You’ve got a ridiculous 1134.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Is there a "banned" list?

I need to consolidate how many different variations of oaktoon there were.

"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."

by lenscrafters on Dec 9, 2010 4:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Not really.

There’s a list of bans or warns across all of SBN, but that only goes back a week or so.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions  

dayum.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions  

You'll have to imagine the sack-dancing animation here, because I don't understand how computers work

"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.

by PaulThomas on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions  

LOL.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Heh.

Closest I can find (by blindly poking around) is Nico with 933. After that, elcroata with 643.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

If I were to guess I think I rec Dan the most

with elctroata and DFA two and three….I should rec more people who I think are funny.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions  

That one seemed like a fun diversion.

This just seems like a lot of work for not much.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions  

I think it'd be funny to see them juxtaposed, in chronological order of greenness.

Like the serious PT/grover/elcroata comments, then mine that are like “SHIT” or something else equally unsubstantive and hair-twirly.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:05 PM PST up reply actions  

hair-twirly

I’m going to start using that as an adjective from now on.

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:07 PM PST up reply actions  

Nah, you'd be surprised.

Some of your stadium posts get 20+ recs. That’s more than any stat post I can remember.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions  

you are HEARTLESS!

does that help?

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Hi.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Hi :)

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

damn you.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

If it makes you feel any better,

you can twirl hair with the best of ’em.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

and bat eyelashes

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't know about that.

Chickie puts up a pretty threatening counterargument.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

AND BATS EYELASHES

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

CHICKIE PUTS UP A PRETTY THREATENING COUNTERARGUMENT.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions  

sigh.

you’re feisty today.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:22 PM PST up reply actions  

bats eyelashes

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

stop that.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I have power over him

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Mmmhmmmmm.

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by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

its not his fault

I gave him some nookie cookies

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

dannyboy took them all

I couldn’t say no to him

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Sorry.

You’re going to have to find your own.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions  

yer my boy

dannyboy

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh, are you talking about most recommendations per poster?

I thought you wanted to identify the individual comments.

I already did the research on posters. Like you said, you have to look up names individually, so it’s possible I overlooked someone, but you can feel pretty sure you caught all the top ones.

Paul Thomas was way out in front. In general, stat people do better than non-stat people, because there is a stronger tradition of using rec’s in those threads. Other than Paul, all the top ones were long-timers who participate in both stat and non-stat threads.

Rec totals are as of Nov 8-9, which is when I did the study. It will have changed a bit since then, but the order is likely not much different.

971 – PaulThomas
861 – Nico
798 – iglew
778 – mikev
752 – Flashfire
578 – 67MARQUEZ
541 – elcroata
504 – grover
498 – danmerqury
463 – LeopoldBloom
390 – designatedforassignment

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:39 AM PST up reply actions  

I'm pretty sure you overlooked me.

"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury

by OldhamA on Dec 10, 2010 5:49 AM PST up reply actions   4 recs

rec'd

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 6:44 AM PST up reply actions  

In fact, I did.

But I just checked now, and you’re in the double-digits.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions  

FOURTH?

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Pam liked my old sig better.

by mikev on Dec 10, 2010 7:48 AM PST up reply actions  

amazing.

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by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 10:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Like I said,

old-timers who participate in both stat and non-stat threads.

Top prospect is Danbot. He hasn’t been around as long, and he’s totally gaining on us.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions  

even more amazing/nerdy?

that you actually did this “research”

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by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions  

I do lots of research.

Just today I was working on the “hey [player], I have naked pictures of your wife” project.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions  

like i said

“research”

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by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

YES!!!!

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 10, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions  

It's that bastard elcroata, too.

I can’t catch up with him, no matter what I do. I make a comment that gets 10 recs, and he whips out a Fanpost the next day that gets 30. He’s got 57 recs on me and gaining.

by danmerqury on Dec 10, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions  

poor dannycakes

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by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

yeah but I don't even try.

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Pam liked my old sig better.

by mikev on Dec 10, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

but we still love you

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Both of you will overtake me and Mike and Don.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions  

It's all on purpose

I have a staff of writers that prepare the articles and google alert set on “danmerqury gets a rec”. The rest is just a script.

by elcroata on Dec 11, 2010 1:08 AM PST up reply actions  

sorry to sell you short

I figured people that did the rosterbating threads would have the most

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 12:54 PM PST up reply actions  

no that's a massive surprise. I figured I would be like, 82nd.

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by mikev on Dec 10, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions  

What's up with DFA, anyway?

I expected him to have twice his current count.

by danmerqury on Dec 10, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

people dislike him.

have you not read the threads where groups of people attack him?

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 1:14 PM PST up reply actions  

True, but people dislike me too...

"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.

by PaulThomas on Dec 10, 2010 3:19 PM PST up reply actions  

That should be your lead in, tonight.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:48 PM PST up reply actions  

So?

He doesn’t lose recs every time someone disagrees with him.

by danmerqury on Dec 10, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

If anything, I think being polarizing

gains one recs. Because people want to take sides when an argument develops.

The rec difference between Paul and DFA is less dramatic when you consider that Paul has about twice as many total posts.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:28 PM PST up reply actions  

There is a way for a tech-savvy user with no mod rights

to make an overview without having to guess who is in front. I actually did that once. I was only able to do it for recs on posts, though, not comments.

One either has to spider or manually concatenate all the pages on “Fan Posts” → “Most Popular Of All Time” until the recs are 0. Then parse it and you get the overview of total recs, recs per post and comments per post.

I might still have that script somewhere and if I do, I will run it, just because I think I am in front of that loser Danbot

by elcroata on Dec 11, 2010 12:59 AM PST up reply actions  

Here we go

Leaderboards as of 12/11 (my little nephew’s birthday, by the way. “little” is relative, as he is 6’4" and 220lb of predominantly muscles)

TOP 20 Authors with most FanPosts* that got at least one rec:

100 Zonis
76 Flashfire
57 colin
51 asyouwish33
46 67MARQUEZ
39 gigglingone
37 Taj Adib
37 Leopold Bloom
33 micdog2001
33 Englishmajor
32 designatedforassignment
32 notsellingjeans
31 jeffro
28 doctorK
28 Tyler Bleszinski
27 elcroata
25 OptimistPrime
25 theblackpearl
25 JLaff
23 Jennifer

  • Front Page posts don’t appear in the lists, so I guess it sucks to be you, Dannycakes ;-)

TOP 20 Authors with most cumulative recs for their FanPosts:
474 elcroata
290 Zonis
253 67MARQUEZ
241 Flashfire
214 designatedforassignment
180 colin
173 PaulThomas
166 notsellingjeans
163 grover
161 Taj Adib
153 jeffro
148 OptimistPrime
144 Tyler Bleszinski
137 Jennifer
136 Nico
136 gigglingone
135 Leopold Bloom
125 JLaff
118 FreeSeatUpgrade
118 Englishmajor

TOP 20 Authors with most cumulative comments on their FanPosts:
11185 Zonis
8095 notsellingjeans
7818 YonYonson
7697 Leopold Bloom
6932 designatedforassignment
6244 gigglingone
5279 Taj Adib
4809 67MARQUEZ
4758 micdog2001
4629 Englishmajor
4565 PL78
3854 grover
3778 OptimistPrime
3593 PaulThomas
3439 Flashfire
3307 theblackpearl
3256 pam5981
3134 cuppingmaster
3077 doctorK
2961 yusebio

TOP 20 Authors with the highest average for recs on their FanPosts*:
17 elcroata
10 grover
10 JediLeroy
9 PaulThomas
7 FreeSeatUpgrade
7 CurveballKing
6 salb918
6 NateHST
6 designatedforassignment
6 iglew
6 danmerqury
6 Ice Cream
5 OptimistPrime
5 Jennifer
5 Tyler Bleszinski
5 Nico
5 JLaff
5 notsellingjeans
5 67MARQUEZ
4 Berry Jo

  • at least 10 FanPosts

TOP 20 Authors with the highest average for comments on their FanPosts*:
339 YonYonson
304 PL78
288 Helloooo 1st
256 grover
252 notsellingjeans
241 cuppingmaster
216 designatedforassignment
208 Leopold Bloom
189 PaulThomas
167 iglew
160 gigglingone
159 Gaijin_Suketto
158 NateHST
158 athleticsBB4life
155 stranahanahan
151 OptimistPrime
144 micdog2001
142 Taj Adib
140 Englishmajor
133 OmahaHi

  • at least 10 FanPosts

by elcroata on Dec 11, 2010 2:16 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

iglew, now you could use this

to subtract from the total numbers and you can get a similar overview for the comments recs.

by elcroata on Dec 11, 2010 2:18 AM PST up reply actions  

If someone doesn't appear in a list and wants to know, just ask

Price per inquiry is very modest. Either a rec for me, or a solemn promise that you will give no recs to Dan in 2011, no matter how awesome his posts and/or graphs.

by elcroata on Dec 11, 2010 2:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Or, you can ask me, who can not only tell you the number of recs, but WHO did it!

Step right up, folks, step right up! All that I ask is that you make sure Elcroata goes rec-less for the next year and that you constantly badger him for his four graphs! You can’t get this service anywhere else!

by danmerqury on Dec 11, 2010 10:10 AM PST up reply actions  

If it helps, I won't rec either one of you.

"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury

by OldhamA on Dec 11, 2010 5:52 PM PST up reply actions  

damn

the only list I’m not on is “TOP 20 Authors with the highest average for recs on their FanPosts”

Four tools, I guess that’s not bad…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 11, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions  

WOW.

Heartily rec’d, against all of my instincts.

by danmerqury on Dec 11, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

wow

it pays to write DLDs…..if only we didn’t unrec them each time……

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 11, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions  

If I ever go crazy, I'm gonna ban everyone with more recs than me

Then my 145 will look better!

"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

by vignette17 on Dec 11, 2010 1:37 AM PST up reply actions  

I'd like to see a list of individual comments that got the most recs.

(as opposed to the list of posters with the most recs on their comments…)

Take your silver mod tubescreamer, your dr. z, your nocaster, put them in a pile and burn them. if god gave you a thousand years, you still couldn't touch this. you can't f***ing keep time to this.

by Elvez on Dec 9, 2010 6:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah...that's what I meant :)

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 7:07 PM PST up reply actions  

This list must be wrong

It has danmerqury on top:

10 – Aufheben on Chris Carter and ogre
10 – alea iacta est on A’s (not) owing anything to their fans
10 – Leopold Bloom on why A-Rod should not go to Fresno
10 – pam5981 gently ending conversation with an astute listener
10 – PaulThomas doing a slight rewrite of jeepers’ comment
10 – mikev on AN evolving to be a sports media destination
11 – lynnzgal wishing DFA would become a front page writer
11 – jeffro saying that different shapes of baseball stadiums is a good thing
11 – Joey C.‘s vision of 2011
11 – Hit4TheCycle links to Braden in rain
11 – Elvez on The Caring Continuum
11 – bear88’s opinion on Beane’s focus on the team
11 – pam5981 directing traffic in a game thread
11 – pam5981 expressing her profound love for winning
11 – PaulThomas about ads on AN
11 – Gaijin_Suketto boycotting Wolf(f) with a beat
12 – DDroney finding out who Tim Lincecum REALLY is
12 – emperor nobody’s free thought flow
12 – elcroata defending international sport events
12 – pam5891 being poetic, again
12 – deftoned posting some pictures from Braden’s perfect game
13 – mikev on Ethier and dead horses
13 – grover on how marquee FA need not be bargains
14 – monkeyball reminding of what the roadmap for AN was
15 – Flashfire on A’s dilemma about trading Brett Wallace
16 – mikev refusing to discuss Giants on A’s blog
17 – Joey C.‘s parody on A’s talking with potential free agents
17 – bobnothing reporting Dallas’ Grandma’s message for A-Rod
19 – ptbarnum defending Milton Bradley
19 – pam5981 on keeping the A’s in Oakland
20 – Athletix Man praising Dallas Braden’s perfect game
20 – PL78’s futuristic look at November 2010 and the OF situation
21 – Slusser asking for sources to be cited
23 – Jennifer sending a simple yet powerful message to A-Rod
28 – SwisherThresher on Braden’s perfect game
29 – Flashfire wishing Rangers sweep the Giants
32 – danmerqury complaining about things slowing AN down

by elcroata on Dec 11, 2010 4:32 AM PST up reply actions   3 recs

just sayin:

nobody else has FIVE comments on that list.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 11, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions  

actually, that would be
“FUCK!”

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by mikev on Dec 11, 2010 9:10 PM PST up reply actions  

I find it interesting that both Nico and I

are near the top in total comments, but neither of us made the list for 10 comments on a single post. I guess that means our recs are much more spead out.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 11, 2010 11:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes, I did.

AN needs to have a stupid-check feature to help me catch things like that.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 12, 2010 11:04 AM PST up reply actions  

I thought your phonetic rant got 10+

But it either didn’t or there were flaws in my research

by elcroata on Dec 12, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions  

I had a similar thought about a different comment,

but then by the time I got around to wanting to look it up, I couldn’t remember which it was. I did look up the phonetic rant, and it was less than 10. Six, I think it was.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 12, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

By the way, am I correct in assuming that

your ingenious tech-savvy algorithm for that list was to Google search

“actions 10 recs” site:athleticsnation.com
and then repeat with the numeral increasing?

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 12, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions  

Yup

That one was all effort. Tech-savvy was the one above, with the FanPosts.

by elcroata on Dec 12, 2010 11:08 AM PST up reply actions  

Some got missed there too, I noticed, re-reading a couple of the threads

(ahem, pam5981=at least SIX now…)

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 12, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, with apologies to wacchampions

No one should want to go to Fresno

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 12, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions  

That new bridge is stupid

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 3:49 PM PST reply actions  

it doesn't like you either

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions  

I curse you and your Bay Area friends and family

Plagues of frogs on the Coliseum and Richteris maximus to this overrated piece of crap.

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions  

so says the guy who can only see pictures of the ocean online and in books

hater

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions  

My window office has a great view of Kansas but I've considered

putting a picture of an ocean (and that new bridge) to cover up the glass. Yeah. I’m also dating Morgan Fairchild whom I know personally.

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Like in Resident Evil, the movie

When they first unlocked the Hive?

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

my cube in seattle had a view of Mt Rainer out the window

when I moved outside my the cube I saw the ferrys docking on eliot bay

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 6:55 PM PST up reply actions  

not too shabby

my cube has a view of another cube

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 7:07 PM PST up reply actions  

how is san quentin?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 6:25 PM PST up reply actions  

um...err...um....err

the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust

by stm72 on Dec 11, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions  

whatever

like that’s nice.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah, it stinks.

the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust

by stm72 on Dec 11, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions  

That's the ticket!

"Burt Reynolds witnessed the conception of his own dad, and frankly, that's what's wrong with him."- TPDMTD!

by Gaijin_Suketto on Dec 10, 2010 3:00 PM PST up reply actions  

I WANT

What that guy is smoking!

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I like how he ends it

“It’s like that?”
“It’s like that!”

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Its like that!!!

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions  

BOTTOM LINE!

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

That guy's post could have only been better, had Lew Wolff wrecked "Oakland" with a Stone Cold Stunner followed but a Wolff 3:16 reference.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

WOW

I’d ask how people have so much time on their hands…but, I’m here on AN, so.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Hey winner!

How YOU doin’?

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:07 PM PST up reply actions  

Joey Tribbiani? Is that you?

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Whoooooooooaaaaaaaa!#%

Naw. This is Joey from Blossom. Blossom never blossomed but Punky Brewster sure did. RAWR!!

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:11 PM PST up reply actions  

You worry me.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

he really dated himself

Morgan Fairchild, Blossom and Punky Brewster all in the span of a couple minutes

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions  

but I'm dating a 21-year old!

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions  

she was born in a leap year? really 84?

the artist formerly known as inbillywetrust

by stm72 on Dec 10, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

I think I've given up on work for the day.

There’s only so many times you can keep running into the same wall.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:03 PM PST reply actions  

Eric Byrnes disagrees.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:43 AM PST up reply actions  

and matt carson

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

“Ham sandwiches? Who needs ‘em? When it comes to launching the space shuttle, I’ll stick with rocket fuel, thank you.”

rebuildingseason.blogspot.com

by Rebuilding Season on Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions  

His not-even-English quote is probably my favorite part

But the whole article is good.

“I’m well against—”

Wait, what?

I love green because money be green.

by Joey C. on Dec 9, 2010 9:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Isn't IcyHot

suppsed to make it better? This shit is not fun

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:10 PM PST reply actions  

It's a sleeve

Feels like frozen needles

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:11 PM PST up reply actions  

At first.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Ahhh

that is the LAST time I turn on a light! It’s daaangerous.

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions  

thats so gay

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

You remind me of Emma.

Bed reminds me of Julia.

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions  

Shit. CS cooks so you'll need to switch places.

You have to be Emma now.

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

and bed is prettier then me

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions  

He is dead sexy

but you are more well-rounded in the kitchen.

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions  

well, I am rounded

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

CS does love cooking more than I do

especially baking….he is much better at it than I am…..I’m good with meats.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

heh

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions  

see pic below

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions  

cured or salted?

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Do you do windows?

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Sure

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

I wanna be julia child then

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

or briangay

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions  

just play restaurant or gay bar

and see what happens!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions  

CT was telling as about a game he use to do on his show

they would look up names of steakhouses and gay bars and would just mention the name and the callers would have to guess if which was which

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

CT?

Hmmm. Def a gay bar

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Ha...okay

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions  

I love this game

Let’s play!!

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions  

woo!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Tin Roof

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions  

I love tin roof ice cream

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions  

It was part of the game. I'll post below.

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Rusted!

I have abandonment issues. Thanks Lew.

by OptimistPrime on Dec 9, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions  

No homo

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

bed and me

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

heh heh

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 9, 2010 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

someone need to photoshop a raiders jersey on that

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions  

I like my stripped outfit though

pink really is my color

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm the Johnny Cash of preppies today

black sweater with argyle including black socks with argyle.

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Why do you guys have to

be SO pretty?!?

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:22 PM PST up reply actions  

You worry me.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Lol

I do?

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

No. I'm beings sarcastic.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Maaaaybe

I was too? Or not?

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Didn't Damon's character call Grier's

“Miss Thang?”

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Have some laughs...

http://bit.ly/gaaCF0

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM PST reply actions  

Fat maaaan in a little coat

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Haha... I just watched that one... Farley cracks me up.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Can't watch a clip of his without laughing

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

The scene were he lights the business man's model care on fire is another classic.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Random selection of books I've enjoyed, fiction and non-fiction

1. Moneyball, Michael Lewis
2. The Natural, Bernard Malamud (I read the book before seeing the movie. Yes, it’s cliché, but the book >>>>> movie)
3. Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk
4. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
5. The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien
6. Eating The Dinosaur, Chuck Klosterman
7. Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
8. Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
9. Matilda, Roald Dahl
10. Boys Will Be Boys, Jeff Pearlman
11. How I Became Stupid, Martin Page
12. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
13. Who’s Your Caddy?, Rick Reilly
14. The Best Sportswriting of Pat Jordan, Pat Jordan
15. Choke, Chuck Palahniuk

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 4:26 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

No Tuesdays with Morrie?

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Not yet

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions  

My favorite author as a kid

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions  

My favorite was The Witches.

Though of course everything else he wrote is great too.

by whiteshoes40 on Dec 9, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions  

You know that's a true story? Lady lost her kid.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 8:22 AM PST up reply actions  

Nothing. It was a line from a movie (Tropic Thunder)

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 9:07 AM PST up reply actions  

Hmm...a movie line talking about a movie line...I like it

I forgot the line but I did like Tropic Thunder.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 9:21 AM PST up reply actions  

but tropic thunder didn't like you

typical story

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

its ok

I know how it is

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm fine....(drops toaster into tub)

hmm….I guess it would have worked better if I had plugged it in.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions  

let me help ya there

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions  

Baby Shambles going now that Ween is over

any music recommmendations to carry me thru for another hour?

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:26 PM PST reply actions  

Books that I like, in no particular order.

The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte [re-read it recently — I had forgotten how terrific it is]
North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell [also good: the BBC miniseries version]
The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
Anything by Jhumpa Lahiri
Home, by Marilynne Robinson
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Anything by Annie Dillard
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff

…these are all by women writers. Hmm. I do read books written by men, I promise.

by whiteshoes40 on Dec 9, 2010 4:30 PM PST reply actions  

Jhumpa Lahiri, huh?

I liked her initially…but there’s a whole genre of Indian-American experience/immigrant/first-gen novels that I read all at once and now I’ve had my fill…like forever. Have you read Chitra Banarjee Divakaruni?

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:33 PM PST up reply actions  

No, I haven't.

And yes, I think if I had read all of her stuff at once it would be rather overwhelming just because she does deal with (mostly) the same themes in many of her stories. But she’s just so good.

by whiteshoes40 on Dec 9, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions  

It was a whole genre that I got into at one time, there are a lot of authors who are in it, not just Jhumpa.

I agree, she is a good writer. I think a LOT of it has to do with the fact that I am Indian and the themes just got soooooooo repetitive.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions  

Chitra's good though.

Read Sister of My Heart.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions  

Nice formatting....nerd.

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 9, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions  

So here we go on the game.....

Catfish Hole #3

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:32 PM PST reply actions  

is it just steakhouses and gay bars?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions  

ok

I vote steakhouse then

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions  

the #3 gave it away

no gay bar would have that

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Continuing the game

Fantasy

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions  

gay bar

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:38 PM PST up reply actions  

or a really good steakhouse!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Magazines that I like

Playboy
WSJ Magazine
Time
People
Newsweek
Life

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 4:34 PM PST reply actions  

are either still around?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Ha ha

No but I’m reading a Life magazine about The Kennedys-End of Dynasty and just finished another one about Frank Sinatra. Holy cow…I may actually be from the 60’s even though my momma swears I was born after…

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by ohtobe21likehuston on Dec 9, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions  

The Economist

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions  

(gay bar)

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions  

hahaha

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions  

sounds hawt and sexy though

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:37 PM PST up reply actions  

It's Brazilian

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions  

gay bar

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:44 PM PST up reply actions  

well damn

I was all ready to go

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions  

The Palm Noodle

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:39 PM PST reply actions  

sounds like a old Floridian gay bar

like in the bird cage

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Tin Roof

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:40 PM PST reply actions  

Steakhouse

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions  

yup

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions  

steakhouse

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Rusted!

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 10, 2010 9:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Love Shack! Baby, Love Shack!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:10 PM PST up reply actions  

The Fez Hookah

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:40 PM PST reply actions  

hmm

gay bar

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Probably a hookah bar.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:44 PM PST up reply actions  

I could see you there

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Hmm....hookahs huh...well it might be cheaper in the long run

to be honest I can’t even imagine being with a hooker….I’m a good boy despite all my talk.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions  

I guess not

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions  

You're probably too young for a Hookah lounge anyways

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions  

a boston house of ill repute

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Lol hookah does not equal hooker

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Hookah /= Hooker

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Hookah is Cool

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes. Yes it is.

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh...yeah I'd rather go to a gay bar

I hate smoke

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions  

it's not like cigarette smoke though

It’s… sweet smoke.

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah but cup....I hate smoked turkey as well

I don’t think that a hookah bar is a good fit for this preppie bastard.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

I

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Whoops

It’s getting difficult to type. But I’ve done it in fresh, clean air so no excuses!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:55 PM PST up reply actions  

Hey whatever floats your boat

we all like different things….mine are just boring for the most part.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions  

At least you don't golf

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions  

or wear polos

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions  

That would just be terrible

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Okay

that would be crossing the line

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions  

thats what I always say

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions  

I hate smoke that is from tobacco

not from a hookah. It’s delicious and smells good

peer pressure

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:51 PM PST up reply actions  

dammit

I wish I could post pics from my facebook on here

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Photobucket!

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

extra work hehehe

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Putting up pics is a pain in the ass

but maybe I’m doing it wrong.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions  

SUCKS FOR YOU

heehee

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

pffft

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions  

MeanMo

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:55 PM PST up reply actions  

hehehehe

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions  

It comes in different flavors

http://www.fumari.com/flavor-guide

Its not like a pack of Marlboro Red’s

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Guava

I think is the kind my sister’s Egyptian friends brought over once. It’s amazing

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't think I've had Guava; Sounds good though.

The usual suspects though:

Strawberry, Peach, Apple, Watermelon, Mint.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Oooh yum

haven’t had those. But I think I had like, Fruity Mint or something weird lol

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Bubblegum is always a good one.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Ooooh I didn't know they had that kind

NEEDZ MOAR HOOKAH

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 4:59 PM PST up reply actions  

same here

I miss my old roomie

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions  

PPPPPBBBBTTTTT!

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 9, 2010 9:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Hookah is legal for adult 18 and over

thankyouverymuch

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions  

And you can buy the stuff at almost any smoke shop.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Hmmm..

what else have I incriminated myelf with?

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions  

don't mind him.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm just curious

lol. Im the good one!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:05 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm the black sheep

of course I’m an only child so I’m also the good one.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions  

Hookah is not bad. I mean if you were mixing in a little 7-leaf then yeah, that would be bad.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions  

7 leaf?

Whatever could you be speaking of?

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions  

Uhh... Nothing... lol.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Heh, yeah, I know.

Just giving MissO a little crap.

by danmerqury on Dec 9, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Well deserved

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions  

I was at Chili's!

NEXT to the bar. Convincing him not to sign with the Angels. YOU ARE WELCOME

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Well... he didn't sign with the Angels

He signed with the Red Sox. So still, boo!

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions  

I tried!

but I asked him to please stand and stare at the ball when he is in Oakland.

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions  

what

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions  

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions  

[bats eyelashes]

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

this, too.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

you must choose!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh. He chooses you.

no doubt.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions  

you can't quit me

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

probably a hookah lounge

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:44 PM PST up reply actions  

STILL FUNNEH

Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor
Pam liked my old sig better.

by mikev on Dec 9, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Taylor's

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:44 PM PST reply actions  

steakhouse

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Are phone books wasteful?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/09/131938671/seattle-tries-to-limit-yellow-pages-distribution-waste

Take your silver mod tubescreamer, your dr. z, your nocaster, put them in a pile and burn them. if god gave you a thousand years, you still couldn't touch this. you can't f***ing keep time to this.

by Elvez on Dec 9, 2010 4:49 PM PST reply actions  

I always start them with

a couple shipping palettes, some used motor oil and a road flair.

Take your silver mod tubescreamer, your dr. z, your nocaster, put them in a pile and burn them. if god gave you a thousand years, you still couldn't touch this. you can't f***ing keep time to this.

by Elvez on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions  

The last two books I finished are on that Corrigan list

The Patti Smith and the Shteyngart. I’m feeling really proud of myself so thanks Pam.

"Why is it listed as a fact on Wikipedia?" - hishnik

by stormtown on Dec 9, 2010 4:52 PM PST reply actions  

yeah stormy!

How was the Patti Smith? I heard the Fresh Air ep about it, it sounded great.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

The prose is a little flowery poety for my taste

But it’s good in a gossipy sense and in evoking that time in New York. And her relationship with Mapplethorpe was very interesting.

"Why is it listed as a fact on Wikipedia?" - hishnik

by stormtown on Dec 9, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Off to Tin Roof

later!

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM PST reply actions  

thats what I was thinking

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions  

mmm

with hot ah choo

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 4:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Don't forget to try the cock meat sandwich.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 4:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Subtle

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 7:04 AM PST up reply actions  

So I had a cookie and a glass of milk and the milk tasted a little funny

which makes sense…it was past due by 5 days…..am I going to die now?

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:04 PM PST reply actions  

I would like a cookie.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:06 PM PST up reply actions  

(keeping with the book theme)

If you give a Pam a cookie…

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions  

i hope so!!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions  

well, I'll have a cookie

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions  

And that's the important part.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions  

[snort]

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions  

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

you just moved up the funny list on that one

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Don't tell Ed.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions  

ooh

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions  

she eats for a day

but if you teach her to bake the cookie she eats for a lifetime.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:08 PM PST up reply actions  

love that

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions  

and gains 100 lbs.

thanks, bed.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions  

cookie eating fat chicks rule

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

um.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

wha?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

I'll just make more

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions  

My vote never matters!!!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

Well how can I trust a hookah addict?

No seriously do you have any advice?

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Lol

well I have a Metro phone that was discontinued so I’m useless

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Jitterbug

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

here we go

now the cell phone debate begins anew

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

yikes.

[cue the vitriol]

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions  

Well a lot of you folks are more tech than I am

I’m just a simple preppie boy from Arkansas.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions  

I use straighttalk

and I’m happy with it

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

but what model of phone?

that’s what I meant more than the service.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions  

I just have a simple samsung flip

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions  

iphone

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Is there anything that compares to the Iphone

Don’t you have to switch to AT&T to use an Iphone?

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:22 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah

but it has lasers

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions  

You should check

http://www.phonescoop.com/

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions  

GB?

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions  

Pffff.... LOL. Whoops.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

This

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

what every preppy should have

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

he loves himself too

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:21 PM PST up reply actions  

better:

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:22 PM PST up reply actions  

you just like his hair

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Nah.

Not really into blondes.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions  

maybe

if it’s preppy thin blonde hair

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

You know it

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

and unlike that guy in the pic

my blonde hair is real.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions  

...

“THAT guy”??

That’s Zach Morris!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Sorry I couldn't remember the name

I never really watched that show.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

DUDE!

That’s where the nickname “Preppy” comes from!! He’s your nicknamesake!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Well....you know I'm not really that much of a preppie

but I am a bastard so that fits.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions  

You are.
I’m a good boy despite all my talk.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah

good call

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions  

You don't like blondes?

[sob]

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Zack Morris is all yours!

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions  

Excuse me Yon!

You know Daric Barton is my blonde, Jeez

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I actually didn't know Barton was a blonde

Haha.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm pretty sure he is

BUT TRUE LOVE IS BLIND!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm not a fan of blondes either, actually.

I guess I’m not a gentleman, then.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:30 PM PST up reply actions  

I hate you all!

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions  

And yet you go to so many gentlemen's clubs

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 7:08 AM PST up reply actions  

He's not, sorry

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Dirty blonde?

and what’s with the mohawk?…is it 1984 with the Rivercats.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:35 PM PST up reply actions  

That's not dirty blonde

Dirty blonde is a mix of dark/blonde… I think?

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:36 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm dirty blonde

whoooooo

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions  

Dirty blonde is fine

I haven’t been attracted to full-on blonde for whatever reasons. Brunettes, redheads… heck yes.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions  

I thought I was the only one that didn't care for blondes

even though 3 gfs were blonde…

never could figure that part out

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:41 PM PST up reply actions  

That could read so many ways though.

I’m a dirty blonde…. I kind of read it that way… =D

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions  

hahaha

My hair color is blonde and happes to also be dark

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Good job

on NOT posting good one. UGH

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Sorry!

Most photos I could find, he had a hat on.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions  

maybe I should go with a mohawk

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions  

or a horseshoe?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Well I still have hair on top

but I keep it tight.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:41 PM PST up reply actions  

thats what he said

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:42 PM PST up reply actions  

I bet you loved

DAN JOHNSON!

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions  

I wasn't around back then

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:36 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah and you can have him!

Eric Chavez is more my type. Dark, and broken.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

hahaha

he’s all yours

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Dark AND Broken... Wow.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm complex.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Sweet!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:35 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm taking notes.

Dark. Broken. Type geek.

I totally want to set you up now.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 4:53 AM PST up reply actions  

I appreciate all hair color(s) & styles.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions  

not really

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Awesome!

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions  

My Top 10 Comical Movies

In no particular order:

Home Alone
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Dumb & Dumber
Tommy Boy
40 Year Old Virgin
Happy Gilmore
Super Troopers
Beerfest
Old School
The Hangover

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:16 PM PST reply actions  

we need to hang out

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I would bat my eyelashes, but that's not exactly masculine... maybe *Winks*

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions  

that will work

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

I really hate doing a Top 10 because so many are good.

But in the spirit of lists, and I’m not a reader of books, I felt this was the next best thing.

Home Alone is a movie that my bro’s and I as kids would just bust up non-stop too… Still LMAO to this day at that movie.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Thanks Meow.

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions  

shenanigans!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Here!!

http://youtu.be/K8VlLn7P2LU

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Heres the Actual Video

http://movieclips.com/CTLk-super-troopers-movie-shenanigans/

When you've played this game for 10 years and gone to bat 7,000 times and gotten 2,000 hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone 0-5,000. -Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson

by Geronimo Berroa on Dec 9, 2010 5:44 PM PST up reply actions  

"I like your moves." but c'mon no Wedding Crashers? Anchorman? I Love You Man? Airplane?

my all time favorite comedy is Zorro The Gay Blade. I cant watch that movie without peeing my pants… then again there are a lot of things i cant do without peeing my pants. “just go man, just go.”

by TwoAway on Dec 10, 2010 6:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Off to work

See ya later.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

by YonYonson on Dec 9, 2010 5:45 PM PST reply actions  

This has been a fun DLD....Pam is a good host.

I’m glad we have these on AN.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 9, 2010 5:48 PM PST reply actions  

I agree

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Dec 9, 2010 5:51 PM PST up reply actions  

me three

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 9, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions  

[winks]

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 9, 2010 7:08 PM PST up reply actions  

No one's gonna see it 'cuz it's late.

But I’ma damn well post it anyway. ’Cuz I like it.

Bam.

I love green because money be green.

by Joey C. on Dec 9, 2010 9:07 PM PST reply actions  

I'm very indifferent to Bon Iver

Wish I could like them more, but just don’t feel it…

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 10, 2010 1:30 AM PST up reply actions  

i know plenty of people who would say the same

I’m really into that first record, though. I made my band perform Skinny Love and the lady listeners seemed to dig it. Which made me like it even more.

I love green because money be green.

by Joey C. on Dec 10, 2010 7:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Howard Megdal of MLBTR

posted a cool piece on Rickey.

"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"

www.domingobeisbol.com/Domingo/Home.html

by hero66 on Dec 9, 2010 9:08 PM PST reply actions  

Books

I can’t come up with a top 10 list. A few books that come to mind that I love:

classics
Lolita, Nabokov
Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky
Decameron, Boccaccio

science fiction
The Mote in God’s Eye, Niven & Pournelle
The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers
Dune, Frank Herbert

other
Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins (love this so much)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
I Claudius, Robert Graves

For anyone who is into both sci-fi AND 19th century English poetry, I recommend Anubis Gates.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 5:00 AM PST reply actions  

I need to try Lolita again.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions  

When I read it I couldn't help feeling like most of it was going over my head.

"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog

"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers

by Where's My Burrito? on Dec 10, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm so short

most things do

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions  

I love most Tom Robbins

but Jitterbug is the best by far.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:29 PM PST up reply actions  

This week has been f'ing long

Can it just end now?

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 10, 2010 7:47 AM PST reply actions  

I'd like to fast forward to Monday

with a slight pause on Sunday for 3 hours or so.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions  

And now the answer to the question we've all been asking:

How can you creatively repurpose all those leftover vuvuzelas? (I think a hookah would be a good idea too.)

It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.

by Englishmajor on Dec 10, 2010 9:27 AM PST reply actions  

I want a vuvuzela

but not as much as I want a didgeridoo.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions  

Vuvuzelabong.

Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples

Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.

If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.

by DMOAS on Dec 10, 2010 6:00 PM PST up reply actions  

say that why stoned

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Less noise.

A mellow experience.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions  

It's funny that my Cust post

shows up as a “related fanPost” for this DLD.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:43 AM PST reply actions  

Best slide:

Especially in light of the pattycake video upthread

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

ain't that great?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 11:55 AM PST up reply actions  

Laughing again.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 11:55 AM PST up reply actions  

thats why I like cats

all dogs can do is fetch and chase their tails

(cue cat vs dog meta)

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions  

and bark at strangers

I hate that part, but others seem to like it.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions  

you can't quit me and my cookies

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:01 PM PST up reply actions  

you'll be back

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:04 PM PST up reply actions  

oooh this is gonna be fun

[gets popcorn]

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions  

reveling in base pleasures now

are we?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions  

why not

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions  

LOL!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions  

got another one

cat hugging teddy bear

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions  

big spoon!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 12:14 PM PST up reply actions  

it made me

wanna go back to bed

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions  

esp if you have a spooner

that word just looks wrong

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions  

or spoonie

though at time, a pillow will do…

wait…

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh

how manly

[rolls eyes]

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions  

I like both cats and dogs but I like dogs more.

of course right now I have a plant…it sucks at playing catch.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions  

you just need one of these

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions  

I got cookies left

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions  

I did it all for the nookie

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions  

I've done almost everything I've ever done for the nookie

this has been both good and bad.

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions  

I have tried

just wasn’t very successful

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions  

That is the story of civilization.

Every scientific discovery, technological advance, monumental building, or great work of art. All were done for the nookie.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Ayn Rand disagrees.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Why did they close coments to:

Moneyball 2011: Is politically incorrect the new market inefficiency?

by hishnik on Dec 10, 2010 12:35 PM PST reply actions  

vitriol?

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 12:53 PM PST up reply actions  

too many flags?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions  

Some of my most memorable lurking moments on AN are the Vitriolic ones

I thought the conversation was actually getting interesting. Most be the politics. Thanks Pam.

by hishnik on Dec 10, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Honestly I'm just guessing.

I haven’t gone in there at all.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions  

I closed it.

It was the politics. The post started as a baseball thread, but it quickly became a full-blown political flame war.

by danmerqury on Dec 10, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm not sure if I could point to one post that officially crossed the line.

If we could have done that, I think the mod/flag system would come into play. But since it was essentially a smooth escalation from basically all parties, the best thing to do would be to just close it and move on.

by danmerqury on Dec 10, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions  

I was actually joking

I just re-read the Community guidelines: I can understand the motivation better now. Thanks Dan!

by hishnik on Dec 10, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm thinking of opening it back up.

Just because.

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions  

trouble maker

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Make inappropriate replies to everyone and then close it back up.

Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples

Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.

If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.

by DMOAS on Dec 10, 2010 6:04 PM PST up reply actions  

hahaha

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions  

I would suggest adding in a comment at the bottom explaining this

Not everyone reads the DLD and a lot of people were at least following the discussion.

rebuildingseason.blogspot.com

by Rebuilding Season on Dec 10, 2010 4:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Only like 45 more min to go here

But not much productivity is happening here

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 10, 2010 2:13 PM PST reply actions  

Hi OAH

But seriously, folks....

by Bed on Dec 10, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions  

-

I love green because money be green.

by Joey C. on Dec 10, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions  

very nice

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Are we done with work yet!?!?!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 2:39 PM PST reply actions  

leaving in 10

woo hoo!

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 10, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm leaving at 6.

SIGH.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 3:25 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm making the real cookies right now

that will win tomorrow!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

go with your bad self

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

hell yeah!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:24 PM PST up reply actions  

The OaklandAs handle on Twitter asked everyone to tweet their fave A's player of all time

I’m tempted to reply with Jack Cust

!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
needs moar bacon

by cuppingmaster on Dec 10, 2010 2:49 PM PST reply actions  

Direct action

I like it.

"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.

by PaulThomas on Dec 10, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions  

I gotta get out of the Cust thread

It’s killing my blood pressure.

rebuildingseason.blogspot.com

by Rebuilding Season on Dec 10, 2010 4:22 PM PST reply actions  

yeah

it ain’t worth it

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

breathe through the pain

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions  

hahahaha

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:34 PM PST reply actions  

I hate it when you click reply to someone

and it kicks it down like its a new comment

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions  

whatever you say, rookie

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 6:26 PM PST up reply actions  

bite me

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions  

hot

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions  

next tailgate

just for pam

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:30 PM PST up reply actions  

I'll bite you on the tailgate

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions  

promises promises

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Gives new meaning to Big Ass Grill.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions  

you just said my ass was fat!

[cries and runs off]

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Aw!

No, honey. That would be me.

You have a cute ass. I was just trying to be funny.

{fails}

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:58 PM PST up reply actions  

and I was being funny too ;)

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:59 PM PST up reply actions  

And yet you didn't say my ass was cute!

(runs away…cries)

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions  

hahahaha

I’m took now!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:05 PM PST up reply actions  

(oh shit! I forgot.)

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:12 PM PST up reply actions  

I laughed, I cried, Beatles version.

Paul McCartney’s Scrambled Eggs

Yoko’s Tribute to John

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 4:45 PM PST reply actions  

I just like this song

Jaded by Pierce and E.J. Maggi

She left me jaded…jaded
just like every other girl I’ve ever dated
I should’ve known by the way she operated
That I’d be jaded
When I first met her I was elated
When I held her hand romantic words were traded
But our love faded…disintegrated and now I’m jaded
scatting………..
As a virgin she masqueraded
Just like Mary Tyler Moore and Doris Day did
Four weeks I waited (but we never made it)
And now I’m Jaded (We’re going to make it after all!)
She left me jaded…jaded
Just like every other girl I’ve ever dated
I should have known by the way she operated
I should have read the signs and what they indicated
I should have known I’d feel disgusted and degraded
But now I’m jadedddddddddddddddddddd

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 5:02 PM PST reply actions  

For LB,

very similar to the Ina Garten one, which I couldn’t seem to find.

Provencal Vegetable Gratin

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1178822/7/index.htm#ixzz17D2858UE

by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 5:20 PM PST reply actions  

May i propose a small edit to the CGs?

To explain exactly how to use image size tags? Perhaps an example of what the html looks like to fit an image to the correct size?

rebuildingseason.blogspot.com

by Rebuilding Season on Dec 10, 2010 5:47 PM PST reply actions  

This is what I use

“”http://www.livingstonnj.org/baseball_2.jpg"height=200/>"

See part in boldface.
Just a space after the closed quotation, and make sure it’s inside the "/" before last ">".

height=250

height=200

height=150

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions  

That's a good idea.

It would be useful to have this explained in the CGs.

It would be even better to have it appear as an option in the tool, with an editable default number in place.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Ala Bed.

Top Ten Reasons I Love Elf:

Jack In The Box quality control (with ensuing nightmare and elf squash)
Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer References
Smiling’s my favorite
The Burp
The Gimbel’s all night decorationathon
Revolving door and escalator rides
SANTA!!!!!!
Does somebody need a hug?
Etch-A-Sketches
A Blond Zooey sounding like Rosemary Clooney (Bom Chickie Wow Wow!)

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:24 PM PST reply actions  

I just watched that with Nikki

she had never seen it before and loved it heehee

I, of course, own it =)

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

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by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions  

That does not surprise me. ;)

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions  

I do so hope

that one day Zooey will release some standards that she sings

[sigh]

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:32 PM PST up reply actions  

I fell in love with her then.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:32 PM PST up reply actions  

thats the one that did it for me too

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Weeds is on On Demand,

and I’ve been watching that again. She’s in Season Two, doing her quirky bit.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:36 PM PST up reply actions  

she was in weeds?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes, lol!

She plays Andy’s crazy Alaskan gf in four episodes.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions  

I gotta watch that

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions  

Yoga,

just sayin’

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions  

or a cold shower after

I did just get through watching Gigantic on netflix too

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions  

(she does yoga in one of the episodes)

Okay, that sounds good. Did you like it?

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions  

it was very quirky

but a good late night watch

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions  

I like her a lot when she does quirky.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:53 PM PST up reply actions  

she actually gets to really go for it too

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions  

She and Maggie G. are my faves for that.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:59 PM PST up reply actions  

another one of my favorites

I loved her in crazy heart and Stranger Than Fiction

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:04 PM PST up reply actions  

Lof!

Stranger Than Fiction is my fav Will Farrell movie. Elf is second.

Have you seen Secretary? THAT’S when I fell in love with her.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:08 PM PST up reply actions  

one of my all time favorites

own that too hehehe

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:09 PM PST up reply actions  

Of course you do!

So weird, but so good, for so many reasons!

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:14 PM PST up reply actions  

love any weird movie

with james spader

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions  

NO SHIT!

White Palace? Bad Influence? Pretty in Pink?

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:19 PM PST up reply actions  

and

less than zero

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Oooooo!

Super creep!

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

RDJ, too.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:22 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah,

chances are.

Creeeeeeepy

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 7:23 PM PST up reply actions  

my mom loves that movie

but yeah she doesn’t see the whole incest kinda thingie in it. then again she doesnt see the whole craddle robbing aspect of dirty dancin though, either.

by TwoAway on Dec 10, 2010 7:48 PM PST up reply actions  

We would not get along.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Your mom and I.

Heh.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:03 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah but it's so kinda gotta love her.

i can go on about dirty dancin and how he has to be at least 30 and if not, then he’s just a bum who doesnt want to work for a living but i wont. i’m still new around here so i dont wanna be crazy rant guy.

by TwoAway on Dec 10, 2010 8:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Good plan.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions  

and crash

the movie with him and holly hunter, not that overblown piece of crap that came after it

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:23 PM PST up reply actions  

those two movies were really close in time

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 7:24 PM PST up reply actions  

8 years apart actually

1996 and 2004

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:26 PM PST up reply actions  

huh

I thought the cronenberg one came later I guess

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 7:28 PM PST up reply actions  

heh

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Whadja think of her in Yes Man and 500 Days of Summer?

Is it just me or do her and Katie Perry kinda resemble each other?

by TwoAway on Dec 10, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions  

vaguely

until katy opens her mouth. then it all goes away

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions  

I liked them both, very much.

I would call them keepers.

Yes, kinda, but I think Zooey’s features are a little finer.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Musn't forget Failure to Launch.

I cantstanza sarah jessica parker but zooey makes it all better.

by TwoAway on Dec 10, 2010 7:05 PM PST up reply actions  

The ONLY reason to watch that movie!

The whole mockingbird thing is hilar!

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:11 PM PST up reply actions  

I saw it

and remember nothing of the movie haha

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:13 PM PST up reply actions  

Damn, Chickie!

What kind of sfan are you?

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:16 PM PST up reply actions  

the gf at the time was yelling at me before and after the movie

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh, sorry.

No wonder.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:20 PM PST up reply actions  

haha yeah

I supposedly didn’t love her enough

which meant I didn’t worship the ground she walked on

and yelling about it didn’t help her cause ;)

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

she wasn't wrong, was she?

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 7:22 PM PST up reply actions  

this was a woman

that could NEVER be happy, no matter what

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions  

(that may be me, Chickie, relationship wise)

There’s a reason for that. Doesn’t make things better, tho.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:28 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't mean just in the relationship

I mean her whole life. never met such an unhappy and angry person (except my dad)

I’m still friends with her best friend and she is still an unhappy person

best thing I ever dun did was break up with her

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:31 PM PST up reply actions  

That is sad.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:46 PM PST up reply actions  

I Can't Make You Love Me If You Don't

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Time to make me a cheeseburger

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:48 PM PST reply actions  

Yummy!

I had the Lunardi’s special yesterday. I’m good for a month!

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions  

never been there

I’m making my own =)

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions  

I make a good one, too.

Throw down challenge?

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Oooo just may have to

but I don’t put much on mine. Usually just cheese and jalapenos

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Ok...perfect night to bake

Drizzly and cool outside. Chocolate cupcakes are in the oven. I…may have overfilled them. Oops!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:19 PM PST reply actions  

all the better

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:20 PM PST up reply actions  

the batter was soooooooooooooooooo good.

not that i licked the spoon or anything.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

of course not

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 7:22 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm sorry to miss this.

But I can already feel myself…fading.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Here's the damn problem with baking

you taste everything. And now I’m eating a cupcake for dinner. I mean, they’re GOOD, but seriously, I’ll probably gain like 50 lbs.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:45 PM PST up reply actions  

how do you think I keep my girlish figure?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:05 PM PST up reply actions  

I only ate one.

Damn. They’re good.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:08 PM PST up reply actions  

want

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions  

manana

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by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:12 PM PST up reply actions  

ahora

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions  

deal

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

meanie

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

yup

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:21 PM PST up reply actions  

doot-do do do

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Top Five Sexy Bald Men (I'm watching The Abyss)

In random order:

Ed Harris
Stanley Tucci
Bruce Willis
Seal
Tom Colicchio

Are there ten? Can’t find.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:44 PM PST reply actions  

bed

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 7:46 PM PST up reply actions  

What was I thinking?

Of course!

And Patrick Stewart.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:49 PM PST up reply actions  

sorry, what?

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:52 PM PST up reply actions  

But is he REALLY bald?

And, um, who dat?

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:54 PM PST up reply actions  

TAYE DIGGS

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:55 PM PST up reply actions  

holy moly

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by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:55 PM PST up reply actions  

He is soooo photogenic.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 8:53 PM PST up reply actions  

purdy

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh...right!

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:56 PM PST up reply actions  

[THUD]

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:56 PM PST up reply actions  

His boobies are better than mine.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Good one!

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 7:57 PM PST up reply actions  

He's a balding cutie.

Which makes me thing of this.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:06 PM PST up reply actions  

I'll just shave my head

that will change your opinion on bald guys very quickly!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions  

That would be wrong.

You have gorgeous hair. (fingers itch)

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:10 PM PST up reply actions  

wooooow! too much comedy.

nikki sixx and napoleon dynamite are my fave but having said that even as good as he looked he would still have that monotone voice which makes everyone of his characters the same.

by TwoAway on Dec 10, 2010 8:13 PM PST up reply actions  

Ed, have I already asked you this?

I’m looking for sports gear for toddlers…do regular sports stores have?

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:47 PM PST reply actions  

both, I guess

looking for a baseball glove, probably some soft baseballs for a kid, small soccer ball, soccer socks, tennis raquet.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 7:58 PM PST up reply actions  

racket

who am I, OldhamA?

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:01 PM PST up reply actions  

I got the first glove at Target in the sporting goods section

for a 2 year old. It was OK (Kids have very little attention for those things). Pretty cheap $10 or so.

I upgraded to a rawlings glove for the 2 of them with a semi soft small ball. that is good for 4 years to about 7 I would imagine (I think it sys 6 and up)

More later, the 2 yo just handed me the aformentioned glove and grabbed his and his brothers A’s bats and demanded a game.

He i s now saying Listos daddy!

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 8:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Hmm.

I’ll check Target. I think I saw a Dora glove there, which I am SURE will go over very well.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:04 PM PST up reply actions  

if you are at ikea

they have plush toy soccer balls

i got agreat bat and ball set at the a’s team store that we play with inside

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions  

diego glove

dora soccer ball
target is handy

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:12 PM PST up reply actions  

omg there is dora EVERYTHING

found a starter tennis racket too. perfect.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:17 PM PST up reply actions  

there really is

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 8:21 PM PST up reply actions  

she's gonna LOVE it

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:22 PM PST up reply actions  

this

here

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 8:17 PM PST up reply actions  

so cute!

i’ve bought her A’s stuff in the past…her dad is a “newfound” Giants fan after this year…can I still be subversive?

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

yes

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Ok-

Tennis racket – do they make “kid” tennis balls or do I just get regular?
Dora Soccer ball – want to find tot soccer socks
Diego baseball glove – and soft baseballs

That’s a good Christmas gift for a 2.5 year old!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:21 PM PST up reply actions  

they don't really care

They get so much crap. From Aunts and whatnot.

You will be the favorite and that is about what $40-$50 bucks?

You’re good

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 8:38 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm going overboard.

Accessories and kid tennis balls and what not. Yes they get tons of crap but I like my gifts to be the best ;)

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:39 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm at about $75 w/o starter tennis balls.

I can forgo soccer socks, I guess.

Softee bat and ball
Kid glove
Kid soccer ball
Kid tennis racket
Starter tennis balls

about $100. Oh well! Worth it!

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:41 PM PST up reply actions  

I remember those days.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:42 PM PST up reply actions  

well now I WANT to find 3 yo soccer socks

Might as well.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:48 PM PST up reply actions  

You GO!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions  

the ones we have are a little big on my 2 and a half year old and he is big

they look like this:

"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes

by Future Ed on Dec 10, 2010 8:53 PM PST up reply actions  

heh.

i love that pic.
yeah, i think everything i am seeing looks to big for her.

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Its a moral imperative.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:22 PM PST up reply actions  

I say target too

we would stock lots of them all the time, so they have to be pretty popular and, like ed said, about $10

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions  

mikev's son has a SpongeBob glove

Your argument has been rendered invalid.

Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.

by doctorK on Dec 10, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions  

invalid? why??

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 8:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Because he has A SPONGEBOB GLOVE, silly

Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.

by doctorK on Dec 10, 2010 8:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Was it my singing?

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:13 PM PST up reply actions  

For Bloom, Bryan and Ralph

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:13 PM PST reply actions  

I found the perfect baseball cap for Bloom

not long ago. Unfortch, the guy that could get me it will prolly be laid off after the holidays. :(

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:16 PM PST up reply actions  

oh no

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I know.

He was wearing it today, and I thought, I’m not getting that.

Death knell.

Sigh.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm assuming the A's are doing a Dog Day game next year

If so, I’ll be bringing Monty, and I’m gonna get one of those stupid Panda hats the Gnats fans all like wearing, and have him carry it in his mouth, and possibly have him pinch a loaf on it.

Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.

by doctorK on Dec 10, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions  

The original Indiana Jones movie is on USA Network right now

Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.

by doctorK on Dec 10, 2010 8:14 PM PST reply actions  

Dunh, Dunh, Dunh, Duh!

Dunh, Dunh, Duh!

So good!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions  

you know what I noticed last night?

IFC now has commercials during their moves. What the hell did that start??

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions  

II finally got to it last night. In the Cher Vanity Fair

they had an Aaron Sorkin “What’s On Your Desk?”

One of the items, his finished screen play of “Moneyball”.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:28 PM PST reply actions  

*I

Tired and a little tipsy.

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:29 PM PST reply actions  

must be friday!

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:33 PM PST up reply actions  

:D

Well, THIS Friday, anyway.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:37 PM PST up reply actions  

Bye, Michael Biehn!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:41 PM PST reply actions  

que?

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:48 PM PST up reply actions  

He's the bad guy in The Abyss.

Abyss. There’s a word that looks totally wrong.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions  

hahaha

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 8:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Am I right?

Its one of those ones we make fun of. Abyss. Hibiscus. Fleischmanns.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 8:58 PM PST up reply actions  

ἄβυσσος

byssos = depth, as in the lowest point. a-byssos means no depth. The original abyss was conceived as a bottomless pit.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 9:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Is that Russian?

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:01 PM PST up reply actions  

greek

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 9:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I need to re-watch that movie, Lynn

I loved it when I was a teenager. That scene where Bud revives Lindsey just floored me.

In God We Trust....All Others Must Show Data

by Wes7 on Dec 10, 2010 9:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Live! (pound) Live! (pound) Live!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:13 PM PST up reply actions  

I like when he gets down to the bottom.

And he misspells shit.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:13 PM PST up reply actions  

You've never backed away from anything in your life!

Fight!

In God We Trust....All Others Must Show Data

by Wes7 on Dec 10, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Queen Bitch of the Universe!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Heh, my co-worker and I refer to someone else on campus that way

In fairness, she and I shorten it to QBOU. But still.

In God We Trust....All Others Must Show Data

by Wes7 on Dec 10, 2010 9:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Best label ever!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, we have a good time

It’s one benefit of working at a place where I get along with everyone in my immediate office but have to contend with outside politics. Part of the camaraderie is a shared sense of dark humor.

In God We Trust....All Others Must Show Data

by Wes7 on Dec 10, 2010 9:24 PM PST up reply actions  

so.

CT?

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 8:58 PM PST reply actions  

Idk.

You dissed my recipe.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:00 PM PST up reply actions  

DID NOT,

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 9:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Today?

DID SO!

(and I went to pains)

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:04 PM PST up reply actions  

when? where?

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 9:05 PM PST up reply actions  

wow

this thread is up to 1089 comments

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 9:03 PM PST reply actions  

Pam DLDs always get lots of activity.

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.

by iglew on Dec 10, 2010 9:06 PM PST up reply actions  

they rock

Zooey Deschanel!

Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS

You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury

by ChickenStanley on Dec 10, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions  

She's the queen

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:07 PM PST up reply actions  

you could come ct with us.

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 10, 2010 9:09 PM PST up reply actions  

will in a bit

need to finish something first…

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 10, 2010 9:16 PM PST up reply actions  

Heh.

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Paper. Due by 10pm.

One or two more pages to write. {sigh}

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Dec 10, 2010 9:31 PM PST up reply actions  

go gigs go

All flash no substance hair twirler.

by pam5981 on Dec 10, 2010 9:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Fel Betr.

That’s my cue.

Time for rest. Bye!

If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or feeling anxious about the future, you are missing out on YOUR LIFE.~Jill Costello

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by lynnzgal on Dec 10, 2010 9:21 PM PST reply actions  

BORED!

Nothing to do. Why no CT thread tonight?!?

All I can say about stats is…

SCOTT BROSIUS!!

by stranahanahan on Dec 11, 2010 10:53 PM PST reply actions  

Bloom is around, he'll make one.

Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples

Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.

If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.

by DMOAS on Dec 11, 2010 11:39 PM PST up reply actions  

NEW CT THREAD

HERE

And the last remnants memory destroys.

by Leopold Bloom on Dec 11, 2010 11:47 PM PST reply actions  

"Absolut" bullshit.

I went over to Niners Nation just now to check up on the game.

I can’t believe how obnoxious and terrible that stupid bloody hour ad thing is.

Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor
Pam liked my old sig better.

by mikev on Dec 12, 2010 12:51 PM PST reply actions  

ZOMG NINERS PLAYOFF BOUND ETC ETC

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Pam liked my old sig better.

by mikev on Dec 12, 2010 4:13 PM PST reply actions  

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