3/16/10: The "Sorry I deleted your fun post" DLD...
by gigglingone on Mar 16, 2010 10:56 AM PDT
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PrintYup, that was me, I deleted that DevindiaRajkot post. I couldn't figure out what it was about, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't baseball related, despite the number of comments. So instead, I'll give you this thread to play with.
There's a few basketball games this weekend.
Tiger's going to start working again.
Some old guy is probably going to keep playing this winter.
I want to start crazy rumors like this. Because seriously, this couldn't actually have been discussed, could it?
Apparently tomorrow is a holiday.
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Wait, gigs can delete stuff too now??
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Apparently I can....
I was wondering what the “Delete” button did…
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Mar 16, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Here, you can have a delete button too
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Mar 16, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
For those thinking about a Minnesota trip
Single game tickets for the Twins went on sale yesterday, and seem to be selling briskly…I checked for the A’s games in August and some of the lower-priced areas were sold out. The link is here.
The A’s make two trips to Minnesota for the inaugural season at Target Field:
Fri Aug 13 — postgame fireworks (try that in the Metrodome!)
Sat Aug 14 — Mini Target Field giveaway
Sun Aug 15 — Peanuts 60th Anniversary (though Northern Californians may associate Charles M. Schulz with Santa Rosa, he grew up in Saint Paul)
Fri Sept 17 — no promotion
Sat Sept 18 — Twins knit cap
Sun Sept 19 — Denard Span wind-up walker (what?)
alas, the Twins fishing lure is a giveaway early in the season against the Orioles.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
No, no
Hardly ever before mid-October!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Mar 16, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
And anyway, you would have the knit cap by then!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Mar 16, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
but if the cap is as low quality as most stadium giveaways
no one will be able to use it.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
What is this blasphemy?
I used my plastic baseball glove all the way through high school.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Mar 16, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a lot of promotions
why can’t the A’s do something like this:
May 3 first 10,000 caps
may 4 first 10,000 peanuts giveaway
May 5 first 10,000 choice between leftover Peanuts or leftover caps
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
by Future Ed on Mar 16, 2010 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Now that's funny!
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
day off.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 16, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
They get those?
Just as well…I got 32,500 lbs. of glass shipping to Israel tomorrow. Lots of paper involved.
you'd make more money if it was 32,500 pounds of ice
I don’t mean the frozen water stuff.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
So the driver is here to take everything to Chicago,
from there it will go by jet to Tel Aviv. The last time I got a Russian driver to Chicago, he ran into one of the el’s and got stuck. Mommy!
I'm just happy to hear that their neighbors
haven’t pissed them off enough for them to decide to make their own glass.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
I think we would know....
if they decided to make the sort of glass I’m referencing. Ingredients for glass….sand, lots of sand. Add high heat. Extremely high heat.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Know where Butler University is?
How about Xavier or Old Dominion? This game tests your geographic knowledge of NCAA tournament teams. It’s fun, kinda addicting.
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
Yay! I love the TravelPod game.
This one is fun, but the scoring is odd. There’s not much score variance for distance off, and round 3 and 4 have very little room for error, so pretty much the only way to finish those rounds is to click each one VERY fast and not miss any by more than 100 miles or so. If you manage to get a city almost exactly spot on, you don’t gain a whole lot for it, whereas stalling for a few seconds costs you a lot.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Wow
Season 1 of the X-files??? That’s awesome. I’ve got my lunchtime entertainment planned out starting April 1st….
There's no crying in baseball!
X-Files and Buffy
are about to take up a lot of my time.
Thanks for the link!
don't grow up too fast / and don't embrace the past / this life's too good to last
If they do the X-Files can they change the ending of the show (or the last 3 seasons)
and erase the 2nd movie?
that's even useful to a movie hater like me.
Thanks for sharing.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 16, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Oooooo
Thank you! I bookmarked that one. I think I love you
Ooo! Piece of candy!
by ChickenStanley on Mar 16, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Am I the only one excited about the Black Adder series?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 16, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
You won't be disappointed.
Hugh Laurie is awesome in that, too.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 16, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I love it
Joan’s dipshit husband dies or something and she hooks up with a British version of Roger.
The whole cast is good
The Elizabethan Black Adder features Miranda Richardson, Stephen Frye, Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie. That’s a pretty amazing collection of talent, there.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I used to watch it with my grandparents
There’s always a soft spot for British comedy with me. Anyway, anything with Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie is going to rock.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 16, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Black Adder is the greatest British comedy series Ever
So says this Englishman, closely followed by Only Fools and Horses and Fawlty Towers (John Cleese, just funny as hell)
Swisher on Ellis - "every day he does something that makes me say, 'Well, I'll be damned, look at that!'"
by Mantecan As Fan on Mar 17, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
So, did you delete DevindiaRajkot as well
Farking spammers.
BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD, AND STUFF.
I love that he thought putting an Indian advertisement for services as a fanpost on AN was a good idea.
What kind of services were they, anyway? I saw a bunch of meaningless corporate buzzwords, but I couldn’t decipher what the company actually did.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
That's how I feel about the world.
The world is full of marvelous buzzwords, but what does the world actually do?
I personally think it’s a historical reenactment from a non-realized timeline contained inside the a cell of a great multi-dimensional being that burps a lot.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 16, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
The amazing thing is that he appears to have signed up on multiple sports-related websites yesterday and started spamming them all
because you know, we baseball and softball players and fans are all over ads for, um, what was it?
There's no crying in baseball!
flew back to idaho this morning.
did not go back to office….(oh, yeah, “evening flight”)
Sat next to a nice gentlemen on way to Seattle who happened to be an A’s fan and as manager of a heavy equipment company we exchanged cards and he said….“give me a call or an email ahead of time and I can give you our corporate seats for a game at the Coli” nice.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
And I asked him.....okay, what about the supposed
A’s and Coli not so corporately appealing issue that is bantered about?
paraphrasing…..
“No problem for us, perfectly good ball park regardless of neighborhood and Raiders and besides it is major league baseball, AL at that, our clients are delighted and our firm is composed of a lot of A’s fans.”
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
heavy equipment sales, material handling, some aviation,
primarily west coast, calif, ore, wash, etc. Certainly not a major-major.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Sounds like it
They’re practically across the street.
A's media guide in pdf
It’s in the Fan Forum section: 2010 Media Guide with Bailey and Suzuki gracing the cover.
Yes, you can get it at the stadium
I saw it in Phoenix, but didn’t get one. :(
There's no crying in baseball!
You don't WANT it to make sense, do you?
If so, I’ve got a stem cell in a great belching being to sell you!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 16, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I haven't understood 60% of what's going on for years now and I'm still watching
so I’m in until the end I guess.
stoic.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 16, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Best plugin ever
Figured a few people wouldn’t see this on at the top of LL:
http://www.squawkingbaseball.com/?p=1025
Baseball player searcher… will search most of the major stats site for a player. Plug-in for Chrome.
so guys are we gonna do a bracket thingie this year?
I had fun last year.
Yes
Are you kidding? I filled it out on Sunday! I even did an NIT bracket. Give me Illinois over Connecticut, please.
As for the real thing, my final eight teams standing are the following from the top left going to the bottom right: Kansas, Tennessee, Syracuse, Kansas State, Wisconsin, Marquette, Texas A&M and Baylor.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 16, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
There are NIT bracket competitions?
Really? Please, don’t tell me you filled out a CBI bracket too.
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
No
I couldn’t find an actual bracket for that. Instead, it was just a list of games.
Oh, and the NIT competition is between me, myself and I.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 16, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll set one up and post it here shortly...
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Mar 16, 2010 5:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Assuming the scoring is set up as it usually is,
how you do in the first round is completely irrelevant to your success…
One of the sites allows changes to the default scoring system. Is it Yahoo?
Shawn Spencer: "I’m receiving a transmission from your husband. Really more of a voicemail, if I'm being honest. A status update. Perhaps a twitter."
Burton Guster: "I believe it’s called a tweet."
Shawn Spencer: "There’s no way I’m saying that."
If you want to join, make sure you do so before Thursday morning!
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Mar 17, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone else catch the Terry Gross interview with Michael Lewis on NPR?
At the very end, he mentioned that Brad Pitt really wanted Moneyball to be made into a movie, and that filming starts in June.
Pitt also bought the rights to the book they were discussing, The Big Short. Gross mentions that there’s an additional excerpt from the interview dealing with his experience with his books being made into movies, but I couldn’t find it.
"People need to get over the concept of TMI. Mammals are drippy. Deal with it." ~Gaijin_Suketto
I ordered Lewis' new book today
He’s usually really good writing about financial stuff. I like Fresh Air quite a bit as well as Terry Gross tends to ask interesting questions.
Here is that excerpt
Fresh Air interview with Michael Lewis … the link for the whole interview; the web extra does not have a separate URL but if you scroll midway down on the left, you will find it.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Mar 16, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
He's making the rounds
He was on 60 Minutes on Sunday and the Daily Show last night.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 16, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
"Give him a sammy?"
Isn’t that getting a little fresh?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 16, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
So, a convenience store sammy?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 17, 2010 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions
is that you sitting on there?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 17, 2010 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions
For Leopold Bloom
From the special edition. I’ve learned a blacklight reveals hidden messages, too. Neat.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
It sucks anyways
They recently added VoD services to TiVo and they have no selection. Between Amazon VoD, Netflix, and Vudu (acquired by Wal-Mart), its days are numbered.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Mar 17, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
They were too obsessed with their brick and mortar stores
that they completely ignored the changing business climate
I rather enjoyed Blockbuster Online.
Especially the “return in store for a free rental” part.
Too bad they stopped that.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I still have that
they send me movies in the mail and I can mail it back to get the next on my qeue or i can trade it in at the store. They won’t mail out a new one until I return the DVD to the store though.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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don't forget Comcast's On Demand service
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Did the font size on AN change for anyone else?
All the other sites I go to are fine, but here, it looks tiny….
There's no crying in baseball!
It's fine for me.
Maybe your browser got zoomed out? Hold control and mouse wheel up.
Taken down with hearts alive, our hearts alive.
Has there been an official AN review
On Lady Gaga – Telephone ft. Beyoncé?
Almost 20 million views since last Thursday.
Favorite highlights: Very patriotic dance breakdown and a sandwich making tutorial.
2 thumbs up or down?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ95z6ywcBY&feature=PlayList&p=C4B9C7326E087E89
LOL
“I told she didn’t have a #$@!”
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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I'd say
1 thumb up and 1 down. The song is catchy but repetitive but the video is really weird. It has nothing to do with the song lyrics and the “acting” was terrible. I did like the dance numbers and costumes though. Sunglasses made of cigarettes WTC?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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I couldn't figure out why her glasses were smoking at first.
You kind of have to admire her creativity.
she was on SNL a couple months ago
and could barely sit at the piano because of her crazy hula-hoop costume.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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Stadium resolution passes by unanimous vote
San Jose — On Tuesday night, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to approve a measure which would accept the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and allow construction of a new, 18,000-seat stadium for the San Jose Earthquakes at the Airport West site.
The stadium would occupy 14 acres of a 78-acre site, the remainder of which is slated to be developed with 1.5 million square feet of offices, 75,000 square feet of retail space, and two hotels totaling 300 rooms. Cost of the stadium is estimated at $60 million, with the additional development budgeted at over $500 million.
"Our next step is to go to the Planned Development stage with the city, but then at the same time we’re working on how we finance the stadium and put it together," said Keith Wolff of Wolff Urban Development and son of Earthquakes owner Lew Wolff. "But the first step was to make sure we had the rights to build the stadium, obviously, and so we’re talking to potential sponsors and naming rights partners, and looking at different avenues for financing the stadium."
Wolff continued with an explanation of what the Planned Development stage entails.
"It’s just really to get the permit to build the stadium. So, we have to do a little bit more design work, we have to deal with some of the issues (with sound and light from the stadium) raised today and that process, and also working with the community groups. But I think the key is to figure out a way to finance the stadium, and that’s the next piece. We’re going to go full speed ahead on trying to do that."
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
If you're at spring training
you might want to go out to Jobing.com Arena, where the NHL Coyotes play, in Glendale, to see what Lew’s vision of a retail/residential/sports arena complex looks like when built. I went to a Coyotes game there one night last week. The place was hopping with the 15,000 hockey fans around before and after the game. But it seemed like it would be rather desolate at most other times. Not the kind of place I would ever consider living as it’s surrounded by acres of asphalt parking lots (the Cardinals’ football stadium is not directly attached to the complex but it’s very close by).
I'm glad you enjoyed that
On my final night in town I opened with a goblet of the Breckenridge 471 Imperial IPA, had a pint of Papago’s own El Robusto Porter with my meal, and finished with a goblet of the Avery Czar Imperial Stout. The guy with the short beard behind the bar is very knowledgeable; ask for tastes of brews you might be interested in.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
It's hard to tell a hipster in mourning from an ordinary mopey one
Anyway, here’s another lovely Big Star cover, this one from His Name is Alive.
by Ray of Lite on Mar 17, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The only song I knew that he did was this
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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you know of another if you've ever seen the intro to "that (awful) 70's show"
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
Oh OK I do know that song
and I actually know this song as well
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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I haad never heard the original version
Todd Griffen sang the song during the 1st season of TSS and then Cheap Trick did a version the rest of the 7 seasons. Alex Chilton received $70 each time the song aired, which he though was ironic according to wikipedia.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
If he was from Venus, would he feed us with a spoon
If he was from Mars, wouldn’t that be cool
Standing ’round on campus, would he stamp us in a pile
Hanging out in Memphis all the while
Children by the millions wait for Alex Chilton when he comes ‘round
sayin’ “I’m in love… with that song”
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
i linked to that above
i’m pretty sure it’s file, as in line, not pile
and sing, not wait
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
I copied and pasted the lyrics off the first site I found
Besides, Westerberg slurs a lot. Singers who slur a lot tend to mean for their lyrics to not to be interpreted too rigidly.
I’m a big fan of Mark E. Smith of The Fall and Steven Malkmus of Pavement because they achieved the same effect without slurring. “Korea! Career! Korea! Career!”
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Although Mark E. does slur a lot, too, of course.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Brtiish rhymes are funny.
In Johnny Inkslinger’s song in Benjamin Britten’s Paul Bunyan (libretto by Auden), “messiah” is rhymed with “fire”, and “martyr” is rhymed with “sonata”.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
who would EVER buy those glass things?
I wonder how many have been sold?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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Could help explain all the broken bats
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Mar 18, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Chavez had a glass spine installed a few years ago
He didn’t think it was a problem, but people complained that he made cracking sounds after every play.
Boo
Deodorant is overrated. Most of them smell worse than the scents they intend to cover.
Also, grammar fail.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Not everyone know good grammar.
iglew forgive.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 18, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
the lack of a sigline was an aesthetic thing, right?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm drunk... I mean whatever the fudge the thingies on the top are called
(last one to the TWSS is a rotten egg!)
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 18, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
headline, drunkie.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 18, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I noticed that too
but I didn’t make it so I posted it anyways.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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I would disagree about the smell though.
BO is nasty! would rather smell bad deodorant than BO.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
On a game thread I came up with air conditioning and Diet Coke as being
two of man’s greatest inventions I’d like to add deodorant as my 3rd choice. Without it life would really stink.
Diet Coke is also awful.
Diet sodas are a scam. They have less calories, but because your body tastes the sweet and doesn’t get caloric intake to go with it, it thinks it’s missing something so it makes you crave more. In the end you stay just as fat.
But from the seller’s point of view, this is a feature, not a bug.
I’m not in favor of BO, by the way. Some BO really does stink. I just object to the prevalent view that all natural odors are bad and must be expunged.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Maybe this is archaic, but
how the hell are you supposed to smell who you’re attracted to if they cover it up with perfumes and such?
I guess we’re supposed to be attracted visually, but humans are just so ugly…
I can’t wait until we can start nano-re-engineering our own bodies in a more artful and aesthetically pleasing way.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 19, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
You could whack em with a stick and,
based upon their response, gauge how attractive they are to you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 19, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Skin is weird...
Especially the pink people.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 20, 2010 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, there you go
the pink people
maybe you aren’t looking at the right ones.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
You pretty much have to take her to bed
and keep her there for 24 hours working up enough of a sweat to wash away all the fake perfumes and makeups. Then you can see and smell the woman’s true beauty.
But yeah, it would be nice to figure out which ones you’re attracted to before you take them to bed.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
CNN article on the US and the upcoming world cup
some stats:
In 2006, the World Cup final — with 16.9 million Americans watching, five million of them the Spanish broadcast — beat out deciding games of baseball’s World Series (16.3 million) and basketball’s NBA finals (15.7 million).
Evidence that soccer is shedding its second-class citizenry may lie in the ticket sales for the World Cup in South Africa. Speaking on March 4, U.S. Soccer Federation spokesman Neil Buethe said at least 125,000 tickets had been sold stateside, more than in England or Brazil and second only to South Africa.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
CANNOT. WAIT.
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an asshole quotes himself. -mikev
CANNOT. CARE. LESS.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 19, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed
but I’m glad others enjoy it.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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Haven't we been hearing about the coming soccer wave for about 30 years now?
I played it as a kid and it was fun but I just can’t get into watching it but if that’s what turns you on then cool.
I did see a movie called “The Damned United” about English Soccer in the 70’s and it was really good.
yeah, that sounds thrilling.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 19, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I know but I'm telling you it's really good
I’d say it was one of the best movies from 2009 that I saw.
.....
what movies did you see in 2009?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Mar 19, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Good movie.
Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall were excellent.
The first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals and all your caps and all your pots and all your pans into the biggest fucking dustbin you can find, because you’ve never won any of them fairly. You’ve done it all by bloody cheating.
LOL
don't grow up too fast / and don't embrace the past / this life's too good to last
I totally misread that the first time.
I thought you were saying the 70s is when you saw the movie.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
the only movie I remember seeing in the 1970's is Star Wars
I was lost in haze of apple juice and eating paste during the late 70’s.
Haven’t we been hearing about the coming soccer wave for about 30 years now?
well, the world cup final may only be one game whereas the world series is 4-7 games, but the world series features two american teams with mostly american players, whereas the US soccer team didn’t even make it out of the group stage of the world cup. yet more americans watched a final between france and italy, played in germany at a time suitable for european audiences. and 2006 wasn’t a bad year for baseball, third highest attendance in history.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
The World Series wasn't a Game 7 though
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
We really need a new DLD
or an LB special that lasts two weeks.
I might scrape together a DLD tonight, but I’m not sure.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I think that's the first time I've ever seen one play lead to an injury AND a suspension...
Shawn Spencer: "I’m receiving a transmission from your husband. Really more of a voicemail, if I'm being honest. A status update. Perhaps a twitter."
Burton Guster: "I believe it’s called a tweet."
Shawn Spencer: "There’s no way I’m saying that."
Is that 05MARQUEZ?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I don't know, but it does make me think of him,
And how it looks like Stomper is holding that dude. Almost like he’s going to feed him to the kid.
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