Posted this on the other thread before I realized you all left. I'm bragging about my day
I got to go inside the Orbiter Discovery today. There is no "door" into the cockpit (called the forward bay). You wear a bunny suit (reminding me of my silicon valley days) and crawl thru hatches. Pretty awesome experience. It’s currently in it’s hangar, getting ready to roll out to the launchpad in January. It was a good day. Didn’t hurt that I got to spend about 45 mins chatting with the hottest looking guy on the Orion program. Yes, a very good day.
I usually put a little butter on the bagel and broil it for a minute or so, just to warm it up. Then you put on the ham and cheese and stick it back in the broiler until the cheese melts.
One story had him coming out of the courtroom, with his only comment something like, “I hope to put all of this behind me.” Meaning, of course, that we all forget he’s a child molester. He still denies he ever did anything wrong, despite multiple convictions in different countries.
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it if high heels rained from the sky.
First of all, it would be painful, because one of those heels is bound to hit you in the head and knock you out so you wouldn’t be conscious and able to enjoy the shoes anyway. Second, it would be impossible to find a matching pair, and third, they would probably all be in sizes 5 and 6, because the good shoes never come in the bigger sizes. Not that I’m bitter. (I don’t have big feet, I’m just tall! Leave me alone.)
And yes, I just spent way too much time analyzing a nonsensical commercial.
Have tried looking for contemporary men’s fashion in my size? It’s impossible. Mediums are too large, and nobody carries small anymore (although they hav XXXXXXL). No one carries collars smaller than 16. No one has waists smaller than 30. No one has lengths shorter than 30. What the hell?
Taco Bell prez needs to learn his material. Also, he doesn’t sound American. That just doesn’t seem right. (Nothing personal, but fast food and British accent just don’t go together in my head.)
but this morning I was listening to a CD. Then when 13 S was suddenly stop-and-go, I figured that I should have been listening to the radio, and then I would have known that 880 had exploded. Or that a truck had exploded. Whichever.
I'd like to say because she's adopted, but sadly, she has no interest in sports. she's one of those deep thinkers
thinks you need to be searching for the reason for our existence and can’t imagine that my life can be full replacing the meaning of life with football, baseball, and LeBron James games.
Cool
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Can you turn the heat up?
It’s cold in here.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
WAAAY up!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I'm sinkin' into the lava
And I’m tryin’ to keep from going under
Baby, who turned the temperature hotter
‘Cause I’m burnin’ up
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Go Rays!!!
Time for a four point grand hit to tie it!!!!
-Cindi
Nico - October 22, 2008
Score a goal unit basket!
Defeat the opponents soundly….in the SKIRMISH!
JediLeroy - October 22, 2008
I'm attracted to Cindi
There I said it.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
I'm not sure that's legal.
mikev - October 22, 2008
HEY!!! you're here!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
WHO!?!?
mikev - October 22, 2008
not that again. Scroll down! Zigfan and I were looking for you!
We are so bored.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Woot!
mikev - October 22, 2008
Yea, come down and give me a hug.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
me too!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
now yer talkin!!!
mikev - October 22, 2008
mikev sandwich!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
Fun-ness!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Oh, the places I could take that...
mikev - October 22, 2008
Don't. Just come down.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I say do it!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
all right, I'm overruled!!!
do what you want, mikev!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
CGV waiting to happen, there.
isn’t this a PG rated site?
mikev - October 22, 2008
I was thinking PG-13.
or at least that’s what everybody says.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Oh.
She said she was 20-something
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Eh, yeah, about that...
-Cindi
Nico - October 22, 2008
gnuthred!
JediLeroy - October 22, 2008
That sounds like the name of a Viking warrior chief
Nick - October 22, 2008
Yes or an early king of England
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
With delicious hazlenut chocoalte spread all over
JediLeroy - October 22, 2008
chocoALTE
Apparent Life-Threatening Events made of chocolate
JediLeroy - October 22, 2008
Are gnu delicious?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
When tasting gnu, you need to ask, "Wildebeest cooperate?"
Nick - October 22, 2008
This was very quick. I'm impressed.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
He's been waiting 40 years
for someone to finally use “gnu” in a sentence.
Nico - October 22, 2008
New threads up,
it is time for the Rays to score.
mattman - October 22, 2008
Nice call
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
The home plate ump calls strikes very emphatically.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
HR
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Sitting on the "get me over curve"
Got it.
Nico - October 22, 2008
CRAWFORD
First of the Post season I believe.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
HR!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Go my favorite sports team, go!
JediLeroy - October 22, 2008
My name is Carl Crawford and I'm awesome.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
OK, you need to put on your glasses
AND stop drinking.
Nico - October 22, 2008
Blogging between at-bats, are you?
Nick - October 22, 2008
Posted this on the other thread before I realized you all left. I'm bragging about my day
I got to go inside the Orbiter Discovery today. There is no "door" into the cockpit (called the forward bay). You wear a bunny suit (reminding me of my silicon valley days) and crawl thru hatches. Pretty awesome experience. It’s currently in it’s hangar, getting ready to roll out to the launchpad in January. It was a good day. Didn’t hurt that I got to spend about 45 mins chatting with the hottest looking guy on the Orion program. Yes, a very good day.
kapers - October 22, 2008
Very cool.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
You wore a bunny suit in Silicon Valley?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
unfortunately not a Hefner bunny suit.
kapers - October 22, 2008
My illusions are shattered
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
unfortunately not a Hefner bunny suitkapers - October 22, 2008
That would almost make it worthwhile living in Florida
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
Neat.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
That sounds awesome.
What did I do today? I took a shower. I made dinner. That’s about it.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
At least you showered.
Have you ever gone to a job interview without having bathed.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Job interview, job itself - who has time to bathe?
Nico - October 22, 2008
and your dinner was probably awesome. save any for us?
kapers - October 22, 2008
Yeah.
BBQ pork, slaw, potato salad. It’s in the frig. Help yourself.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
{starts car}
Nico - October 22, 2008
That kicked the shit out of my dinner.
(Taco salad, which was still pretty good)
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Yum.
I’m eating a sandwich—ham, cheese, and lettuce on a wheat bagel. Booooring.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
I LOVE those sandwiches.
I usually put a little butter on the bagel and broil it for a minute or so, just to warm it up. Then you put on the ham and cheese and stick it back in the broiler until the cheese melts.
Add lettuce, tomato, and Creamy Italian dressing.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
oh my
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Try it. So easy, yet so tasty.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Oh I must
{makes shopping list}
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Any sort of bun or roll works.
I usually get whatever is the cheapest.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Cheapest
That’s how I shop. For food anyway.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
I like Jennifer's cooking tips
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Thanks. :)
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Well, I did toast the bagel,
but right there you just made my sandwich ten times better. I wish I had tomatoes in the house.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
No Durkee's?
Nick - October 22, 2008
Onions? Not a fan unless they are on green beans.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
No, not onions
This stuff which my cousins from St. Louis tell me is very popular round those parts.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Oh, THAT stuff.
I’ve heard about it, but haven’t had it.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
I've never even heard of it
I guess I should look for it
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
hoo yah!!
kapers - October 22, 2008
Are they playing Tom Petty because he's from Florida?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
They're playing the Phillies
PUT ON YOUR GLASSES!
Nico - October 22, 2008
I am wearing my glasses
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I'm over here
Nico - October 22, 2008
Runnin' Down the Dream
for the Rays when they score.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
I have to go.... :(
HOPE THE RAYS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
With Tom Petty AND BSB on their side
How can they lose?
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
And Dickie V!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Next year, Joe Maddon should get some ostentatious Dolce and Gabbana glasses.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
You mean after he goes all Major League?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
And wear a fedora.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Stop that woman in the red fedora!
salb918 - October 22, 2008
I think a big handbag for his notes and such
Something with a lot of gold, maybe white leather too.
Mark H - October 22, 2008
"raynasance man" angels manager?
ak_A - October 22, 2008
This aBOVE all to thine OWN self be TRUE
salb918 - October 22, 2008
So many pitches,
so little outs.
Nico - October 22, 2008
"so little outs"
Ahhhh, my eyes, it burns them.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Speaking of eyebrows...
Burrell = fail.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Ok, I came back.
I have so much stuff to do, but I’m addicted to the game threads!!!
I’ll do my studying/test/everything else later.
Maybe.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I'm really glad the internet was invented after I finished college
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
What was your major?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Procrastination
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
Procrastinationmajor is a way better handle
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Not exactly Keith Hernandez and Don Mattingly at 1B tonight
Nick - October 22, 2008
Hey, wheres Zigfan/ilovegregsmith/mikev?
I feel slightly lonely.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
We resent that
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I said SLIGHTLY!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
We slightly resent that
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
can you ever forgive me??
:p
#14fan - October 22, 2008
If you tell us the clown story
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
promise you'll never bother me about QOTM's again
and you’ll love me forever?
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Let me sleep on it
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
yay! I have more time to come up with a less stupid story!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Zigfan...
huh
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
I am here!!!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
yay!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
:-)
ZigFan has had a long 24 hours. But she is here now and is loving all the love!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
again, YAY!! 67marquez says there's too much love and not enough hate...
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I did see that.
Where did he go? I wanted to say “yay” that he’s here. Can we have a group hug?
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
{hug}
#14fan - October 22, 2008
TY! xoxo
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
I feel like I should give you a hug.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
then do it! Don't just talk about it!
She did say “group hug.”
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I found out a little while ago that "Do You Wanna Touch Me" is actually a Gary Glitter song
which makes the song about 1,000,000,000,000 times creepier.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Was it by someone else too?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Joan Jett's cover is the version most people know
It was on an ad before the bottom of the 5th.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Ah. I'm on mlb.tv so no ads
I like Joan Jett. She probably did a good job.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
She rawked it hard, of course
I’m ashamed to admit that Gary Glitter’s original version is really good, too, a lot glammier. You can find it on Youtube.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Good. Then the kids today won't forget it.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I think the world's kids would be a lot better off if they could forget about Gary Glitter
Nick - October 22, 2008
He is pathetic
One story had him coming out of the courtroom, with his only comment something like, “I hope to put all of this behind me.” Meaning, of course, that we all forget he’s a child molester. He still denies he ever did anything wrong, despite multiple convictions in different countries.
Mark H - October 22, 2008
I'm more disgusted by the girl's aunt
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
ugh
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Pitchers ALWAYS screw up that play
(Burrell’s ball). All Kazmir has to do is throw it right at Burrell’s back and he’s out.
Nico - October 22, 2008
Preferably as hard as he can.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
It wasn't a difficult play for Pena
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it if high heels rained from the sky.
First of all, it would be painful, because one of those heels is bound to hit you in the head and knock you out so you wouldn’t be conscious and able to enjoy the shoes anyway. Second, it would be impossible to find a matching pair, and third, they would probably all be in sizes 5 and 6, because the good shoes never come in the bigger sizes. Not that I’m bitter. (I don’t have big feet, I’m just tall! Leave me alone.)
And yes, I just spent way too much time analyzing a nonsensical commercial.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
We need a commercial analyst.
You can predict what commercials will sell their product the best.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
you're awesome.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
I hear ya.
It’s it impossible for them to make a 10? I have fingers for toes, people. I’d settle for a 9 1/2 and live with the pain.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
You need to invent the open-toed high-heeled shoe
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I think that already exists, but the opening is not much more than a hole
kapers - October 22, 2008
Plus, not so practical for those Midwestern winters.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Toe warmers!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Socks?
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
No. Litttle thimble sized wool things.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Thimble?
Oh, dear. I have long toes. That would never work. My brother has long toes, too. His LITTLE toe is as long as my pinkie finger.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
in her case, gloves
kapers - October 22, 2008
I try not expose my toes unless necessary.
I have a weird toe that scares children.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
I'm a little scared too now
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
You people.
Have tried looking for contemporary men’s fashion in my size? It’s impossible. Mediums are too large, and nobody carries small anymore (although they hav XXXXXXL). No one carries collars smaller than 16. No one has waists smaller than 30. No one has lengths shorter than 30. What the hell?
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Sounds like someone
needs to start ’roiding.
Nick - October 22, 2008
I feel ya.
I have a waist size of 29, who the hell carries 29? Don’t get me started on collared shirts.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Sorry I meant 28
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Simple.
Levi’s 501s and a white t-shirt.
Timeless.
mikev - October 22, 2008
TRAVIS! YOU'RE A YEAR TOO LATE!
Nick - October 22, 2008
I don't get it.
mikev - October 22, 2008
A series of ads for Levi's 501 ad from the 80s featured that tag-line
which means it all happened before you were born.
I’ll try to Youtube ’em.
Nick - October 22, 2008
dude I was born in 79
mikev - October 22, 2008
Sorry, "before you got into 3rd grade"
I’ll have to check on the exact dates. Us old people don’t remember stuff so good.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Learn to sew?
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Well, not many places carry (affordable) pants that are long enough for me.
Although Old Navy just started selling tall sizes online, and they’re not too bad.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Boys' section?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Most definitely.
Works great for everyday clothes, but the occasional formal item that I need is usually not available.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Ah. Right.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I don't care what anybody says
Franks wing sauce is the best. Manna from heaven out on my deserted island
JediLeroy - October 22, 2008
O HAI GUYS! Did I miss anything!?!?
FOODZ R COOKING!!!
mikev - October 22, 2008
WOOOO! Free Taco!
likeiwouldtellyou - October 22, 2008
FREE TACOS!
Oct. 28th I’m so there.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Yay Free Taco!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
Now my question is
Does it have to be a crunchy taco? I want a soft taco.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
FREE TACO!!!! WOO!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I like tacos.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
AKI!
3-2!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Cool! Comeback!
likeiwouldtellyou - October 22, 2008
I-wa-MU-ra! (clap clap clapclapclap)
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
Smell that, Phillies? that.... is the sweet stench of COMEBACK!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Don't call it a comeback.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
fine.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
(It's another song I was singing.)
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
I laughed.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Same.
I got that one for sure.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
You're awesome.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
How does it go?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Here
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Ah
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Well that's a relief
I thought it was Tim McCarver’s prescription ointment.
Mark H - October 22, 2008
it's my friend's favorite statement.
He plays racquetball, and he always starts to lose, then comes back. Then all of his friends (excluding me) start chanting that. I have weird friends.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Well BJ you can't ground into a DP here.
But I bet you’ll find a way.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Didn't it seem like Cole was pitching around Bartlett? Funny that he threw all those off-speed pitches to him
Nick - October 22, 2008
He's the Rays MVP you know
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
He's too gritty to throw fastballs to.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Funniest thing I've read in awhile.
I read it at Fire Joe Morgan of all places.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Howard is a meanie!
likeiwouldtellyou - October 22, 2008
If there's a difference between
winning a free taco from Taco Bell and losing, I’m not sure what it is.
Nico - October 22, 2008
Are their tacos not good?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I like their tacos.
that’s probably because I don’t know what’s in them, but before someone enlightens me, I’ll eat them!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
You mean you'll eat someone who's about to tell you what's in the tacos?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Just add water beef.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
Cat. The other, other, other white meat.
mikev - October 22, 2008
{barfs}
#14fan - October 22, 2008
There's more than one way to skin a cat. But the best way is to
drop the live cat in boiling water. The skin just rolls right off.
You also need some tomatoes to mute the strong taste.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
{barfs again}
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I read that in a recipe in a newspaper
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
YOU=SICK.
{Barfs again again}
#14fan - October 22, 2008
FREE TACOS!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
What the hell is drinkability supposed to mean?
salb918 - October 22, 2008
the opposite of Budweiser?
mikev - October 22, 2008
I'll take the hose water.
Bud light.. drinkable? Tell that to the bud light that’s been in my fridge for 3 months.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Cue Jennifer
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I'm calling it now.
Chad Bradford, WS MVP.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
the president of taco bell, no freaking less. sheesh.
ak_A - October 22, 2008
Are you really surprised?
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
totally shocked and amazed.
ak_A - October 22, 2008
Did anyone else find it funny that he's an Englishman?
I mean it’s Taco Bell..
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
He sounded Australian
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
You sound Australian!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
I'm not good at accents
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Just say, "That's not a knife -- THAT's a knife!"
of, “I’ll put a shrimp on the barbie for you!”
Nick - October 22, 2008
Taco Bell. Australian for Mexican.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Authentic mexican-style food.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
I think Taco Bell was founded by a the McKay family
One of the McKay kids (Rob, IIRC) was in charge of the McKay Foundation, which gives to Liberal and progressive causes.
Nick - October 22, 2008
"You sound like a cricket player?"
Wtf, why are Americans so ignorant?
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
I don't know
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Yay dinner!
Vodka sausage rigatoni.
mikev - October 22, 2008
big words.
none are in english.
Translation please, and can I have some?
#14fan - October 22, 2008
pasta, sausage, tomatoes, cheese, and sauce.
Sure. Come over. Bring Zigfan. Dress to kill.
mikev - October 22, 2008
Sweet! I'm on my way!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
kill in a good way or bad way?
#14fan - October 22, 2008
yes.
mikev - October 22, 2008
Chicken, rice, whole wheat tortilla. 15 pounds to go!
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
So that means I should attempt to be pretty,
in which case you would die, but it’s okay if I fail, because you would die of revulsion? FUN! I’m on my way!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I had to read that twice.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
Totally unlreated to dinner...
I asked my parents to find, scan and email me pictures of me doing gymnastics. It’s a tall request…so be impressed if it actually happens.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
seriously???
I feel like I should hug you.
mikev - October 22, 2008
Feel? Again?
Will you not learn? Maybe I won’t show them to you…
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
That was just to start.
PG 13, remember!
mikev - October 22, 2008
Ok, you're off the hook.
But yes. Seriously.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
that's hot.
mikev - October 22, 2008
Yay dinner!
Vodka
sausage rigatonisalb918 - October 22, 2008
That's next!
mikev - October 22, 2008
Which is not the same as sausage-rigatoni vodka
Nick - October 22, 2008
I thought it was *October* 28.
Taco Bell prez needs to learn his material. Also, he doesn’t sound American. That just doesn’t seem right. (Nothing personal, but fast food and British accent just don’t go together in my head.)
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Was he not Australian?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I don't know.
Honestly, I wasn’t paying that much attention. He probably was Australian—it didn’t quite sound British.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Someone should look it up
I’m far too lazy.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Uhh, fish & chips?
Nick - October 22, 2008
Minor detail.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
I'm here now!!
And I’d like to say that the traffic sucks.
gigglingone - October 22, 2008
Let's give here a good welcome, folks.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
HI!
And, YES! That’s why I work 2 blocks from home.
mikev - October 22, 2008
8 miles = 45 minutes tonight. :(
gigglingone - October 22, 2008
ouch
mikev - October 22, 2008
Glad you made it!
kapers - October 22, 2008
HI!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Yay Here!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Hey!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
I usually listen to the radio in the morning,
but this morning I was listening to a CD. Then when 13 S was suddenly stop-and-go, I figured that I should have been listening to the radio, and then I would have known that 880 had exploded. Or that a truck had exploded. Whichever.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
truck, road, does it really matter? The commute was f'ed up.
And I don’t even drive into Oakland
gigglingone - October 22, 2008
HI!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
(wave)
Hi!!
gigglingone - October 22, 2008
on the plus side, I just bought a new computer
one which will allow me to surf AN in blazing fast speed. Or at least faster than what my almost-totally-dead-laptop does now…
gigglingone - October 22, 2008
Hi gigglingone!
Nick - October 22, 2008
oooh, mild mannered Maddon no more
kapers - October 22, 2008
he does have Clark Kent eye glass frames
ak_A - October 22, 2008
Balk
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
WOW
That last pitch was pretty inside.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Bad call fest
all of a sudden.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Random question (based on news blurb):
Do more female teachers sleep with their students than male teachers? Or is it only female teachers that are newsworthy?
kapers - October 22, 2008
I slept with none of my female teachers
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I hardly had female teachers.
Wouldn’t have slept with the ones I had.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Probably one of those weird double standards
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
we had some female teachers sleeping with male teachers....
gigglingone - October 22, 2008
Then whom did the students sleep with?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Seniors.
mikev - October 22, 2008
You mean like Gary Glitter?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Isn't that senior citizens?
mikev - October 22, 2008
Cougariffic!
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
the vice principal
gigglingone - October 22, 2008
Way too affable.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
No wonder he left the slegnA
Nick - October 22, 2008
I think he might get a balk called at some point in this series because of that though.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
I liked this.
(Sorry so big, small was too small)
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Mr. Met looks like Charlie Brown
Nick - October 22, 2008
Not sure how I missed that.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Are you Ryan Howard?
That would explain it.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Awesome.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
nice
ak_A - October 22, 2008
Ryan Howard just swung at a pitch that hit the dirt before it crossed the plate
Very nice
VictorW - October 22, 2008
Vlad could have probably hit it for a double.
mikev - October 22, 2008
He thought he was a cricket player
Nick - October 22, 2008
It's a completely different game according to the Australian Taco Executive
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
That was a wicked googly.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Howzzat?!
Nick - October 22, 2008
Why even grow a beard if it looks like peach fuzz?
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Uh, to be distinguished?
mikev - October 22, 2008
Can you even tell JP has a beard until they do closeups?
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
I use just for men to get my beard nice and distinguished.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
(shaves beard)
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I notice that Kaz has been much tougher since he started throwing a lot of sliders
Nick - October 22, 2008
That's not Kazmir.
mikev - October 22, 2008
It's Mr. Howell.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
While we're discussing cricket
I just want to direct everyone to this great Kinks song on the subject.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Y'know what AN?
I’m more a triple-steak kind of guy, too.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
and I'm a nudist.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
all of a sudden
I REALLY feel like I should hug you
mikev - October 22, 2008
I'm satisfied looking at the gymnastics pics
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
ouch
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
you did say dress to kill...
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
indeed.
mikev - October 22, 2008
I had one of those burritos today.
I wasn’t impressed.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Is that why you didn't eat two of the?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Why wouldn't you want to eat two 665 calorie burritos?
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
Exactly
You need at least 1500 calories per day
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Eat the tour of Italy at Olive Garden. A meager 2000 calories.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
I think I'm one of the only St Louisans who's not been to Olive Garden in 25 years
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Toxic Hell is rarely impressive.
I still like their plain old boring enchiritos, though.
UncleLeo - October 22, 2008
Don't throw at Victorino's head.
Bad things happen when you do that.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
strickouts?
mikev - October 22, 2008
Damn you people with the eyebrow links!!!
I spent 6 innings going through that site.
UncleLeo - October 22, 2008
That's beautiful.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Looking at eyebrows?
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Camera shots...
…of a domed stadium from a blimp always crack me up.
They paid for the blimp and, by God, they’re gonna use it.
UncleLeo - October 22, 2008
It's like when a football or basketball player gets hurt during the game and goes into the lockerroom
and they send a reporter to stand in the hall, talking about the dude, while the cameraman focuses on the closed lockerroom door.
Nick - October 22, 2008
They should use stock footage of the door
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Or an on-the-scene news reporter...
…at night and you can’t see anything around them.
UncleLeo - October 22, 2008
I like how they show close-ups of street signs
where a crime was committed.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
That's so we can relate to the place.
Hey I’ve been there!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Hey...
That’s my house!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
You people are scaring me... am I hanging with a bad crowd?
UncleLeo - October 22, 2008
Just stick around
You’ll get used to it.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
they do that because some of us are "gifted' and by just
seeing that televised closed door we can project our sight through that door and see everything.
ak_A - October 22, 2008
You're on "Heroes," aren't you?
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
I was gonna say The Shining
But I like yours better.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
How do they know if Superman is watching their channel?
UncleLeo - October 22, 2008
This Hammels guy is pretty impressive
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I want to see some Hammel toes after the game. I wonder if they are blistered?
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
Jennifer needs to invent the open-toed high-heeled cleat first
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I want Cole in my stocking for Christmas
Nico - October 22, 2008
You dirty boy.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
He'll end up with Coke instead
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Now that's a white christmas!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
White lines!
(Pure as the driven snow.)
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Amazing.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
I laughed.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
I snorted.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
CLEVER!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
CLEAVAGE!
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
BOOBS!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
wins again.
mikev - October 22, 2008
wins.
mikev - October 22, 2008
Oh, I see what you did there.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
How long until someone shows up on AN with the screen name "Australian Taco Executive"?
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Not soon enough. I would like "Cole Hammel Toe" as well.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
That's Ryan Sweeney's porn name.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
QOTM!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Ever heard the song
“Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo”? “Australian Taco Executive” sounds like it should be in that song.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Because I love you guys.
LINK
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Cute. I hadn't heard it before.
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I want that played at my funeral.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Let us now go Rays clap clap clap clap clap
Nico - October 22, 2008
That woman in the webmd looks like katherine heigl.
salb918 - October 22, 2008
So she's a real doctor?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Lol. The Phillies catcher is doing some sort of gymnastics or something.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
(waits for ZigFan31 comment)
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
She left.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
(waits some more)
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I'm here. But I missed it.
What did he do? [rewinds tivo}
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
Ahh..yes. That would be a catcher imitating Dale poorly.
The splits should be left to gymnasts and Dale.
(Sorry. was cooking dinner. Butternut squash ravioli.)
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
That sounds like
fricking awesome.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
dang the sauce overflowed while I was checking TIVO.
Oops!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
I hate when that happens.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
You can post while cleaning overflowing sauce, cooking and checking TIVO?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Yes. I am multi-talented.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
Yummy!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Uh. Fox just accidentally showed us kiddie porn.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Not that there's anything right with that.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Yes there is
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
"Iwamura's had an amazing night. All 3 hits were singles"
3-3, 2 singles, 2B, RBI.
Good job, morons.
mikev - October 22, 2008
He just corrected himself.
Must be reading AN.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
I should be an announcer.
mikev - October 22, 2008
Go Iwa!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Good eye BJ.
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Good BJ, aye
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
G'job, IJ
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Oy! Not good!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Hey it's lynnzgal!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Wha?
You missed me?
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Indeed
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Well that is so sweet.
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Well I'll be!
Where have you been miss?
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Uh . . .
Having a life.
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
What are you saying?
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
I'm not sure I like you anymore
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Haha!
Stop yous guys!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Bringing the sass as always I see.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
That's not allowed.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
First rule of AN:
Never claim to have a life, because we’ll know it’s not true.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Well,
Much as I love you all, haha!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
That was a hell of an at-bat by Werth
Nick - October 22, 2008
He's pretty underrated, I think
Not that many guys provide walks, power, and can steal 20 bases while getting caught once.
Nico - October 22, 2008
..while looking like Travis Buck.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
Amen!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
well buddy boy. crimony.
ak_A - October 22, 2008
I don't think Ballfour is pleased.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
This is a good use of the IBB, IMO
Better to face Howard and Bruntlett than to face Utley and Howard.
Nico - October 22, 2008
I was wondering when the manager would show.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Heaven forbid I would keep it to myself until after the outcome.
Nico - October 22, 2008
They should bring in Dobbs
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Also Howard has been non-existent in the playoffs.
Also they’re bringing in the LOOGY!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
I actually probably would have stuck with Balfour
because Miller and Wheeler are not that great and Balfour’s throwing great.
Nico - October 22, 2008
True, Balfour's only misstep was to Werth.
He did great otherwise.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Agreed
baseballgirl - October 22, 2008
Agree
baseballgirl - October 22, 2008
You are very agreeable tonight.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
I agree
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I agree
Nico - October 22, 2008
Yayyy!
Everyone agrees! How often does that happen?
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
That's a good point
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I agree.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
No it's not.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
You're right
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Agreed.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
YAY!!!!!!!!
-Cindi
Nico - October 22, 2008
That's true.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Howard has big L/R platoon differentials
He’s K’d in over 1/3 of his plate appearances against lefties, and his SLG is about .450.
Nick - October 22, 2008
That doesn't sound like a big difference from his overall numbers
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
He loses .150 points of SLG and .70 points of OBP against lefties, and K's nearly twice as often
Nick - October 22, 2008
Yes but he'd still lead the A's in SLG
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Cust SLG=.476, Howard SLG vs. LH = .451
Nick - October 22, 2008
That's a lot of slugs.
Nico - October 22, 2008
Yeah but he'd still lead the A's in SLG except for Cust
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Miller certainly pwned him
I think Balfour could have handled him too, but my bigger concern is that now it’s Wheeler instead of Balfour pitching to Bruntlett.
Nico - October 22, 2008
It really gets your wheels turning..
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Oh the wheel in the sky keeps on turning.
Don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
You're just full of songs tonight
Journey!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
You do know a lot of old songs
Plus Bloodhound Gang
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
There is nothing better than when AN gets musical.
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Here's the pitch!
Nico - October 22, 2008
Miller looks like a henchman
So he’s got that going for him
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
How can you dispute that strike out call?
That couldn’t have been any more of a strike.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Go Phillies!
<ducks>
Just kidding.
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
It's alright to do that
We already decided we don’t hate them.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
No, not at all!
But how can you not root for the Devil Dogs? Go Dogs!
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
Phhhhht!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
What a good game.
baseballgirl - October 22, 2008
I agree
No seriously.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
agreed
mikev - October 22, 2008
+1
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
+2
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
You all should be beaten with a wet noodle!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
ok
mikev - October 22, 2008
He's into that.
Kinky.
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
that's just the beginning!
mikev - October 22, 2008
PG-13...but apparently beastiality is ok.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
If you're a moderator it is.
That’s one of the perks.
mikev - October 22, 2008
This does not surprise me.
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
That sounds AWESOME!
Oh, I thought you said poodle.
Nico - October 22, 2008
I agree
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Pure baseball enjoyment
with none of the angst or bitter aftertaste (of having your own team involved)!
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
Double steal
Sweet game.
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
Will all those ducks left on the pond
come back to haunt the Phillies?
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Ducts on the Pawn
somehow oddly familiar….
I agree all…fun game. I was ready for that judgement after 3-4 innings.
Well played baseball, with all the elements (HRs, doubles, clutch pitching, steals, double steals).
One won lost won - October 22, 2008
I just participated in the worst phone survey ever
If anyone calls you from PG&E to ask “a few quick questions” about your electric usage, hang up, It’s excruciating.
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
Sorry. I won't crank call you again
{releases raccoon}
Nico - October 22, 2008
Okay, but if they ask me about YOUR electric usage, I'm spillin' the beans!
Nick - October 22, 2008
The BEANS!
Shit.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Question: how much has 67MARQUEZ personally contributed to atmospheric carbon by burning his dinner?
Nick - October 22, 2008
5%
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
noted. Will follow your instructions
One won lost won - October 22, 2008
#1 When was the last time you used electricity?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Four score and seven years ago.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
I had someone call me to ask a few quick questions a few days ago.
The conversation ended abruptly when the guy started hitting on me. Do. Your. Job. Asshat.
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
He must not have known about you and Ryan
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Sorry. I thought you knew.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
BLidge!
I’m scurred.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Hey, Rays. How about a walk-off?
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Lidge has not blown one this year. Good luck
Although I had never sharted until about ten minutes ago.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
First time for everything
Also he lost the All-Star game. That stat is important… right?
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
How so?
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
It's not.
at all.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
THIS TIME IT COUNTS
salb918 - October 22, 2008
I guess ASG didn't count after all
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
A one-run WS game.
Who could ask for anything more?
salb918 - October 22, 2008
Score a point and send it to overtime.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
Penalty kicks!
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
Can the Bule Jays woulda scored a rouge
Nick - October 22, 2008
Wow, I mangled that
“The Blue Jays woulda scored a rouge”
Nick - October 22, 2008
How about a game
where the home team falls behind 7-0, then wins late in the game, 8-7???
One won lost won - October 22, 2008
Lets be reasonable now.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
Don't recall that ever happening.
EVER.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
great answer
I think I’m absorbing its content.
One won lost won - October 23, 2008
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man --
Who could ask for anything more?
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
Old man trouble...
I don’t mind him… you won’t find him… at my doooooor!
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
Ah! That's the song I was trying to think of.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Anything goes in, anything goes out
Fish, bananas, old pajamas
Mutton, beef and trout!
Nick - October 22, 2008
Daughter called and i'm just now getting back to the game
kapers - October 22, 2008
Why isn't she watching the game?
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
I'd like to say because she's adopted, but sadly, she has no interest in sports. she's one of those deep thinkers
thinks you need to be searching for the reason for our existence and can’t imagine that my life can be full replacing the meaning of life with football, baseball, and LeBron James games.
kapers - October 22, 2008
Okay, what's more popular among major leaguers:
Now: cheesy King Tut chin-only beards;
…or…
1990s: cheesy Brady Anderson/Dylan-from-90210 sideburns?
Nick - October 22, 2008
King Tut beards
Cue Steve Martin and his song.
One won lost won - October 22, 2008
Go!
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
Grrr.
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
Damn you Lidge!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Is the catcher broken?
Why does he keep stretching like that? It’s weird.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
Dale-envy
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
I'm back! what did I miss?
#14fan - October 22, 2008
I nominated Jennifer for QOTM
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
The Spice Girls broke in and had sex with everybody!
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
oh dear...
#14fan - October 22, 2008
Just the game.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Lots!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
that's not terribly descriptive...
did I spend my time wisely, studying instead of hanging out in here with you guys?
#14fan - October 22, 2008
No
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
oh. oops. At least I'll pass my class now!!!
sorta wish I was here instead, though.
#14fan - October 22, 2008
You made the right choice.
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
I suppose...
it was lacking some girl-power though…
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
I'm sorry!!!!!!
#14fan - October 22, 2008
you can make up for it now.
mikev - October 22, 2008
Sounds like there are a lot of Phils fans in Tampa.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
Can we get Pujols to pinch hit?
mikev - October 22, 2008
How about Willie Aybar?
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
He's DHing tonight.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Dan. Johnson.
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
Would be awesome
but not on the world series roster :(
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Eh. Minor detail.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
They could fly him in.
I bet he’d do something.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
I know
but since hardly anyone on the Phillies knows what he looks like, they could have snuck him in, don’t you think? Maybe next time.
Englishmajor - October 22, 2008
Joe might've spilled the beans.
Unless, of course, he was locked in the bathroom.
whiteshoes40 - October 22, 2008
I blame this all on that Hamels bum
Sixto - October 22, 2008
Damnit!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
Go Rays! Go Rays!
Go… aw shit.
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
Ball game!
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Gnite
kapers - October 22, 2008
FLUKE
WHAT A FLUKE
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
This is a joke by the way
before anyone attacks me. Awesome game.
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
You are such an idi...
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
om
Nico - October 22, 2008
an
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
Oops! haha
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
That was a great game
Let’s hope the whole series is this close and exciting!
Nick - October 22, 2008
Agreed!
ZigFan31 - October 22, 2008
Fantastic game
Anybody upset we didn’t get to see a Boston-LA series?
IowaA'sFan - October 22, 2008
Who?
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
Probably the people in Boston and LA, except BBG and Sal
WaddellCanseco - October 22, 2008
No
67MARQUEZ - October 22, 2008
We did
and the Celtics kicked the Lakers’ butts.
Nick - October 22, 2008
Agree that it was a fine fine game
Can you imagine all the comparisons to last year, “Torre as when a Yankee versus Red Sox”…
SNORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was absolute joy compared to what could-have-been.
One won lost won - October 22, 2008
Time for homework. Lots of it.
miggyk2 - October 22, 2008
FU Pedro!
lynnzgal - October 22, 2008
RECAP UP!!!!
Take it to the new thread, if you want more room!
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/10/22/640966/and-so-it-begins
baseballgirl - October 22, 2008
LOL Nice plug there.
“…on the fringe.. Fringe, good show on FOX.”
thesteve9x - October 22, 2008
I missed it!
Who said that?
Jennifer - October 22, 2008
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