did they used to have a ray? I feel like one of those years at Stomper’s birthday party I saw a ray mascot. I suppose it could’ve been from another team.
August 7, 2009. It was going to get crazy but someone intervened. I have to have hand surgery, and they scheduled it for the DAY before. Thank goodness the nurse said something.
“Uh, you will be on a lot a medication. Are you sure?”
I rescheduled. LOL! Heavy drugs, internet strangers. Great combo.
I’m not exactly the king of smooth, but I do think we need to help you a little here.
Expressing admiration = good.
Crying after one day = not so much.
Women like to be adored, but they don’t like to think that you’re hopeless when they’re not around to hold your hand. It’s too much responsibility to lay on someone.
I’m following this on CBS, and it said in that Zobrist AB, arguably the most important AB of the night thus far, that he opened the AB with 2 curveballs. To my knowledge, those were the first two he’s thrown all night. Is CBS correct?
Also, they have his velocity topping out at 93 for the eveving , much lower than his usual 94-96. Is that correct as well?
the far side of the moon, in a mining colony in the not too distant future.
it’s not crazy sci-fi, it’s pretty low budget, but it’s an interesting look at self sacrifice, the nature of self, and how the mind can play tricks on you. the last six seconds are a bit annoying, mind
I know you’re thinking you didn’t give away any secrets … and you’re right, you didn’t.
But because of your comment, now everyone who watches the movie is going to be thinking “I wonder what’s going to happen in the last six seconds” rather than just enjoy the movie as it was intended.
When answering, keep in mind that:
(1) I don’t really like movies that much.
(2) The movies I do like are chick flicks, mostly about relationships, with lots of talking and little or no fast action.
(3) I love Jon Cusack.
(4) A charming and lovely co-star is good, too.
I think his stuff is pretentious while pretending not to be. Actually, come to think of it, he’s kinda like a BoSox douche fan. Hated Dogma.
All the philosophizing about relationships in Amy was teh suxor, as far as I was concerned. Unconvincing and dull, and made the characters uninteresting and unappealing to me.
His tv show about the soul collector is okay, though.
The genre I was referring to was 1980s Hughes or Hughes-inspired comedies. I think Sixteen Candles is better than Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller, which I think would usually be named as the top ones. Risky Business is very good, too, but it’s not the same kind of film exactly — much broader and darker satire, and not focused on high school society.
I didn't really set out to define the genre explicitly,
but I’m thinking of teenage coming-of-age love stories. Say Anything and Sixteen Candles definitely fit. Breakfast Club mostly fits. Risky Business is a bit of a stretch, but I guess it’s on the fringe. (I’m not familiar with Ferris Bueller except by reputation.)
and what surprised me was how sort-of-dumb breakfast club is (i hadn’t seen it since it came out, when i was the same age as the characters, and i thought it was sooooo deep), but the bigger shock was that, for all its unworldly schtick, weird science is actually better than most of his sweeter movies. now, if only some kind of wonderful and pretty in pink could trade endings…
not that it matters. i love all those movies no matter how corny they get. i should see risky business again. i hate tom, but i seem to remember that wally george’s daughter was the hooker…?
All the confessional stuff in BC is too clunky for my tastes. Also, 16 satirizes kids and adults, but also shows both kids and adults being sympathetic, too. BC is just “grown ups suck!!” And Ally Sheedy = thumbs down (although she was good in that later film about that German artist).
16 has all that Long Duck Dong stuff that really didn’t age well.
I loved BC at the time, but it has faded. It lacks depth, and isn’t self-aware enough for that to be a virtue. Also, there’s that one really really cliche shot where the camera goes round and round. Maybe it wasn’t cliche then?
first!
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Barely!
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
oh I hate myself for saying that.
sorry {sits in the corner}
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
you're in my seat
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
oh sorry
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
you can borrow it
need anything else? beer? soda? chips?
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
You’re too nice.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
it's quite a curse
i don’t suggest trying it.
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
Awww!
I’m afraid he’s already there.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
there's time for him.
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
hot dog?
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
everything on it?
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
You never gave me a hot dog!
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
HEE.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
i laughed
you get yours at AN Day
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
I can’t go, though.
Sigh.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
AN Day 2010
The world will not have ended by then. Well, probably not anyhow.
Englishmajor - July 10, 2009
mustard, ketchup, relish
light on the onions
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
how effing good does that sound right now?
tho some might question the red stuff
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
Eh, we did that Wed.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
I never understood that
why do some people hate ketchup?
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Because they're evil.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
Nobody, I mean
NOBODY puts kethup on a hot dog.
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
I do
take that
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Jesus
must I do everything here?
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
nice
that doesn’t explain why though.
;-)
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
i can take it or leave it
but not really for my dog.
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
what about on a hamburger?
why can’t I hit the question mark key???
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
that works for me
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
There's mustard people and ketchup people, don't cha know
BERRYJO - July 10, 2009
can't we all just get along?
I like them both
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
how bout mayo?
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
{runs}
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
Yuck, I don't like either.
Though mayonnaise is worst of all.
iglew - July 10, 2009
only on turkey sandwhiches
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
yes
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
oh and I don't mind it with steamed brocoli
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Need to save the mayo for the frites
Nick - July 10, 2009
What do they call a Whopper?
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
In the Red Light District?
I don’t think I can tell you until R-Rated Superstar logs off.
Nick - July 10, 2009
LOL
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
I’ll close my eyes.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
That is so disgusting.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Go to Holland. Try it. It's great.
Nick - July 10, 2009
Mayonnaise on fries is the single greatest culinary development in the history of mankind
fact.
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
lies
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
I think zombies probably put
mayo on their fries.
Right after they dip them in brains!
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
as they should, it'd make them tasty.
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
good point
(note to WBC, investigate bobnothing for pro-zombie leaning—might be harboring zombie fugitives or possibly even undead himself)
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
nah, I just know that mayo makes things tastyo
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
Mayo is the official sponsor of Zombies everywhere.
I don’t trust you.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
sigline.
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
Investigation underway.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
All the more reason we need to destroy the hive mind.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
Well that's Lancashire Hotpot.
It’s a close second though.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
What is that, a deep-fried Mars bar with malt vinegar and brown sauce served on a plate of mashed potatoes?
Nick - July 10, 2009
It's whatever you can put into the pot.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
There once was a time I wondered why there were no English restaurants in America.
Then I saw this comment and thought, “Okay, then.”
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
they have fried pickles here
clearly, there are some things that you cannot deep fry
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
I believe you have never been to the Minnesota State Fair
Where everything can be not only fried, but mounted on a stick.
Englishmajor - July 10, 2009
I did have a deep friend mars bar, once
It was HOTTER THAN THE SUN in the inside.
worst thing, the gloop had all melted and got sticky and then stuck to my tongue and it fucking hurt a LOT
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
Yeah they're not a good idea.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
Where I went to college
there was a restaurant that advertised itself as serving “English-style pizza.”
Musta been a front for the English mob.
Nick - July 10, 2009
what is that, like pickled herring
on saltines or something?
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
I think it had cheddar or something on it
I never went there. They really needed another marketing concept.
Nick - July 10, 2009
If you ever get the chance try it,
it’s a good meal, honestly. It’s meat (generally lamb), veg and potatoes.
We do tend to steal everyone elses dishes though.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
Sounds interesting, though. I’ll have to look into it.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
Mayonnaise is disgusting on anything.
I basically hate all condiments.
iglew - July 10, 2009
dry is never good
TWHS
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
That's the second time in a week
I’ve heard about mayo fries. Belgium.
Jennifer - July 10, 2009
They're really, really good
I’ve had them in Holland, and the Dutch definitely know how to do comfort food.
Nick - July 10, 2009
can't do that
well maybe
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
Ew.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
that looks gross
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
You’re not getting any supper tonight.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
not quite..but I'll give it to you if you really want it that bad...
{waits for it….}
mrod - July 10, 2009
refresh your page sir
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
TWSS!
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Man. This is no fun...
mrod - July 10, 2009
sweeney got robbed
winchester5 - July 10, 2009
hi
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
not yet
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
don't start
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
the voices in your head have all demanded the driver's seat, 67.
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
at least they were speaking the same language this time
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
Hi, sir.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
hola, joven
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
yo
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
As always we trail because of a lack of offense
cuppingmaster - July 10, 2009
if we're going to be whiny and negative
let’s at least try to be FUNNY and whiny and negative.
stormtown - July 10, 2009
+100
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
+ agreed
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
I'm going to read old Lookout Landing threads and steal their best lines
who else is entertaining while sucking (twss)?
stormtown - July 10, 2009
me likey
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
That's what your mother said!
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
We're getting better
I think it takes about three seasons of suckage. That’s why LL had a head start.
iglew - July 10, 2009
I'd rather we didn't get enough practice.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
IAWTC
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
Acronyms can be a pain in the butt sometimes.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
“I agree with this comment”
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
I knew you would.
Oh, yeah, you’re explaining the acronym.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
OOOOhhhhhh. Thanks
BERRYJO - July 10, 2009
I always hate to ask - lest my ignorance shows Shhhhh....don't tell anybody
BERRYJO - July 10, 2009
I'm not sure if you've heard of this amazing thing called Google?
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
I'm usually trying to keep up with the threads.....hehehehe. I love Wiki too
BERRYJO - July 10, 2009
Tabbed browsing, sweet pea.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
I can't use the
Alt-Tab button combo to switch back and forth though.
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
True.....I'll try to rememeber.....
BERRYJO - July 10, 2009
Garbage!
Where is the garbage man to collect all this mess?
mrod - July 10, 2009
WM stated that the A's were too much garbage to handle.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
And its an away game.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Can we get some major overhauling during the All-Star break?
This team is so dull to watch.
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
Didn't we say that last year?
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
Most unwatchable team ever
RLangford - July 10, 2009
who pissed in you cheerios this morning?
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
He's always like that.
iglew - July 10, 2009
I DID.
PICK ME.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
As unwatchable as paying money to see Carrie Fisher make alcoholic jokes?
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
Depends, is she telling them whilst wearing the gold bikini?
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
I just suddenly had an image of Jabba the Firstbaseman wearing an A's uniform...
Nick - July 10, 2009
Shouldn't the Rays' mascot be...a ray?
Nick - July 10, 2009
Don’t they need to be in water?
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
It could be a dead ray
Nick - July 10, 2009
I must be like that weird friend of yours
because this makes me laugh.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Is any team's mascot actually related to the team name?
OkayJay81 - July 10, 2009
Don't the Pads have a crazy monk?
Do the Marlins have a fish?
Nick - July 10, 2009
Do the red sox have some faux blue collar dickhead in a cape?
oh wait, yes
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
That was beautiful
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
I know the Padre's have a friar so I guess that's related
I don’t know what the Marlin’s mascot is.
OkayJay81 - July 10, 2009
A Friar with CRAZY EYES!!
He’s scary.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Green and Gold eggs and Pam
How are ya!!!!!???
OptimistPrime - July 10, 2009
Meet them all!
Wikipedia needs a picture of Stomper.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Gapper is the current mascot for the Cincinnati Reds
you’ve got to be shitting me
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
It should obviously be Harry Bridges
Nick - July 10, 2009
Nick - July 10, 2009
Nah, that's more like a homer.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
Yeah...what does that hairy animal with floppy ears have to do with a Ray???
BERRYJO - July 10, 2009
His name is evidently "Raymond"
Nick - July 10, 2009
Ray, a drop of golden sun!
did they used to have a ray? I feel like one of those years at Stomper’s birthday party I saw a ray mascot. I suppose it could’ve been from another team.
stormtown - July 10, 2009
me, a name i call myself
Deborah51 - July 10, 2009
Or, sew
a needle pulling thread!
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Fa - A long long way to ruuuuun
BERRYJO - July 10, 2009
So they need the Von Trapp children.
I could buy that.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
The mascot must've changed when they dropped the DEVIL from their name
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
Tomorrow is throwback day.
They can be Devil Rays again.
iglew - July 10, 2009
you owe them $1 for saying "devil"
cuppingmaster - July 10, 2009
DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL
DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
i can collect on their behalf ;-)
cuppingmaster - July 10, 2009
KISS, AC/DC!!!!
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
yeah, what was up with that name change?
bible-belt superstition?
AV - July 10, 2009
too negative
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
they spent like $2 million a marketing study, actually
but I guess it worked…
stormtown - July 10, 2009
It's tough to reason with a team that changed their name.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
The Natinals would agree.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
Where are the brownies?
Jennifer - July 10, 2009
heyyyyyyy!
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
He was just thinking about you earlier.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
I was!
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
I felt it.
Jennifer - July 10, 2009
a pair of jennifers were trying to outwit you on ESPN
puh-leaze.
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
It was actually me.
I just changed my location.
Jennifer - July 10, 2009
.....
Larry King: On the phone, we’ve got Jennifer from Pismo Beach…
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
You've been missed, Jen.
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
Here’s mine.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
Hi Jennifer!
Nick - July 10, 2009
Hey Nick!
Stopped in after the gig at T in the Park! Time zones are killer. I went from 2 hours earlier to SIX hours ahead.
Jennifer - July 10, 2009
Oh, yeah the road trip and shows with the random internet people!
So, good? Awesome?
Nick - July 10, 2009
Haven't happened yet.
August 7, 2009. It was going to get crazy but someone intervened. I have to have hand surgery, and they scheduled it for the DAY before. Thank goodness the nurse said something.
“Uh, you will be on a lot a medication. Are you sure?”
I rescheduled. LOL! Heavy drugs, internet strangers. Great combo.
Jennifer - July 10, 2009
You need to explain that to R-Star's parents.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Crap, sorry about the hand surgery.
I had to have my hand in a cast for a month about 4 years ago, and it drove me a little bonkers.
Glad you can still go on tour!
Nick - July 10, 2009
There's a joke about which hand there......
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
Instead of a Ray, how 'bout a Taye?
stormtown - July 10, 2009
No.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
+1
OptimistPrime - July 10, 2009
+255
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
Mmmm, hmmmm!
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
YES.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Good Play
Trainman - July 10, 2009
That’s what Joe Maddon gets for not picking Kurt Suzuki.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
Walking Pena to face Zobrist?
Hmmm dare I say I’m not sure I agree with this. But hey, when I get confused I always ask myself, “What would Bob Geren do?”
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
He’s obviously trying to help out my fantasy team.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
Vin Mazzaro rubs himself
about your fantasy team?
Nick - July 10, 2009
That's...nah.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
What your mother said.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
Maybe.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
some weirdo dropped Zorbrist in my yahoo league
despite him qualifying for outfield and infeild. I picked him up and he hit a HR and had rbi in his “first” game.
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
What would Bob Geren do? Grin like an idiot, that's what.
stormtown - July 10, 2009
sheesh I switch to the Red Sox-Royals and first thing I hear is
“only Oakland has scored less runs than Kansas City”. FEWER.
stormtown - July 10, 2009
i love a good grammar
AV - July 10, 2009
OakA’sHoney is missing.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
She's fun.
67MARQUEZ - July 10, 2009
Indeed.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
One-track mind, that woman.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
But not a bad one.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Oh dear.
I’m not exactly the king of smooth, but I do think we need to help you a little here.
Expressing admiration = good.
Crying after one day = not so much.
Women like to be adored, but they don’t like to think that you’re hopeless when they’re not around to hold your hand. It’s too much responsibility to lay on someone.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Velocity down for Mazzaro
Pull him. He’s done.
Game is out of hand anyway. Preserve his arm
Trainman - July 10, 2009
"Preserve his arm"
B.Geren: A little salt won’t hurt.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
Tussin!
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
Let the tussin work its magic, son!
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
Gee, if only there had been a way to tell whether
Peña’s batting average or Zobrist’s on base percentage was higher. Or even within 100 points of each other.
Nico - July 10, 2009
Geren must've been too busy smelling his upper lip and/or finger
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
Mazzaro and Curveball
I’m following this on CBS, and it said in that Zobrist AB, arguably the most important AB of the night thus far, that he opened the AB with 2 curveballs. To my knowledge, those were the first two he’s thrown all night. Is CBS correct?
Also, they have his velocity topping out at 93 for the eveving , much lower than his usual 94-96. Is that correct as well?
Pucking Insane - July 10, 2009
Crap, O-Cab singled. Now we'll never score
Nick - July 10, 2009
How did the Ray's third run score?
I had to field a very unimportant phone call.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Walk.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
still at work?
wow
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
No, very unimportant personal phone call. Sigh.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
I'm still at work,
and I’m EST.
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
Still above and beyond, my friend.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Yeah, but you're not working.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
lol.
so you say.
my printer and my monkey would say different.
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
Posting on AN = unproductive.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
k.
Leopold Bloom - July 10, 2009
at least that was efficient
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
l.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
m.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
a.
mikev - July 10, 2009
o.?
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
well done
mikev - July 10, 2009
Q.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
Tip.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
Phife.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
I'm actually in my office still
but I should go home and makle dinner for the wifey.
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Ok, Matt
makepamnothateyou,kthxbye.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
LOLZ.
next time, ALL CAPS.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
DONE!
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Holliday is unable to catch up with a 89mph fastball?
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
He can only hit breaking balls. Seriously.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
No doubt we get to keep this sack
until the end of the season because no one in their right mind should give up much to get him.
He has devalued himself
Trainman - July 10, 2009
"He has devalued himself"
I thought he did that when he put on an A’s uni.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
Would've been out in Coors....
errr maybe not.
KMoAsFan - July 10, 2009
Holliday keeps looking at hittable pitches
and then makes his usual out
On a slow fastball.
Trainman - July 10, 2009
Kurt Klutch.
I predict he kills the ball right at someone.
KMoAsFan - July 10, 2009
Off the topic of baseball / frying stuff with tasty mayonnaise
If you haven’t already, go see the film “Moon”.
It’s really really great.
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
What’s it about?
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
ball in the sky.
made of cheese
mikev - July 10, 2009
My great grandfather.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
Is that, like, the Cap’n’s family or something?
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
uh, a man who lives on the Moon
the far side of the moon, in a mining colony in the not too distant future.
it’s not crazy sci-fi, it’s pretty low budget, but it’s an interesting look at self sacrifice, the nature of self, and how the mind can play tricks on you. the last six seconds are a bit annoying, mind
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
but better than that explanation
plus it’s by David Bowie’s son
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
That's a spoiler, dude.
I know you’re thinking you didn’t give away any secrets … and you’re right, you didn’t.
But because of your comment, now everyone who watches the movie is going to be thinking “I wonder what’s going to happen in the last six seconds” rather than just enjoy the movie as it was intended.
iglew - July 10, 2009
i really don't think they are
if anyone is, apologies. but it’s not as if you know when the last six seconds are?
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
Maybe you're right.
I know I would, but there’s probably no one in this thread who is less of a cineast than I, so I’m hardly a good test case.
iglew - July 10, 2009
yeah, I don't think the credits matter?
but whatever. the film’s great. see it.
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
I certainly would.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
well, in that case, I am sorry.
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
To make it up to me, please paypal me $1,000.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
If you send me your bank account details
and 20 000 to cover my costs, then I’ll send you a couple of million.
actually, i think i have some out of print twenty pound notes lying around. they’re worth more now, right?
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
Two years ago that was "Devil Moon"
iglew - July 10, 2009
and the director was named Zowie, not Joe
stormtown - July 10, 2009
No!
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
Glen Kuiper, "Yeah, he's not a real happy camper right now."
“Hello, I’m Glen Kuiper and I work for cheap and I’m a goober.”
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
lol'd
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
Why can't the A's have any good hitters?
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Because they're the A's.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
Billy Beane likes to outsmart himself.
KMoAsFan - July 10, 2009
Ask Billy
He does NOT have the answer
Trainman - July 10, 2009
I just read it, but I love that sig line Train.
KMoAsFan - July 10, 2009
'aint that the truth though
I come back everyday hoping they will accidently play well and win.
Trainman - July 10, 2009
me too
usually I’m wrong
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Because they can only develop pitchers.
The same reason why you don’t see their minor league hitting coaches promoted to be major league hitting coaches.
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
We are still rebuilding.
These thoughts help me sleep at night.
travdog6 - July 10, 2009
Is "Say Anything..." as good as the memorable quotes section of imdb would suggest?
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
if you see it at the right age and hormonal level
stormtown - July 10, 2009
No...I'll take "Better Off Dead"
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
This.
Or, “High Fidelity.”
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
More betterer.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Ooooh "High Fidelity" is good.
I might have to seek out “Say Anything…” then.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
minus the claymation
the one to watch is The Sure Thing
AV - July 10, 2009
Hey Man....
Everybody Wants Some!
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
My cousin's ex-wife was in that
but I have to admit I didn’t like it all that much.
Nick - July 10, 2009
Really?
who did she play?
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
You probably arent at liberty to answer that
never mind
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
The neighbor's daughter (with braces?) who calculates the cost of the date and tells Cusack to just give her the money
Nick - July 10, 2009
I know exactly the scne you are referring to
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
Not a lot of screen time, but memorable
Nick - July 10, 2009
This is a small town
I can’t even buy real drugs here
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
Not really
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
I think it's a really good film
I’m not a huge Ione Skye fan, but Cusack is really good, and there are some excellent smaller roles, too.
Nick - July 10, 2009
I'm a Lily Taylor fan...
not enough screen time for her.
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
Joe lies when he cries!
Nick - July 10, 2009
I love "Say Anything"
Probably my favorite of that genre.
Jon Cusack is all kinds of awesome.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Have you seen "Chasing Amy"?
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
Great movie.
I’m not afraid to say it.
mikev - July 10, 2009
No, should I?
When answering, keep in mind that:
(1) I don’t really like movies that much.
(2) The movies I do like are chick flicks, mostly about relationships, with lots of talking and little or no fast action.
(3) I love Jon Cusack.
(4) A charming and lovely co-star is good, too.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Winner!
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Oh yeah, I forgot that part (that you don't watch many movies).
Well it’s a great movie, but I’m not sure it fits many of those criteria you’ve just stated.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
Meh, I really don't like Kevin Smith
I think his stuff is pretentious while pretending not to be. Actually, come to think of it, he’s kinda like a BoSox douche fan. Hated Dogma.
All the philosophizing about relationships in Amy was teh suxor, as far as I was concerned. Unconvincing and dull, and made the characters uninteresting and unappealing to me.
His tv show about the soul collector is okay, though.
Nick - July 10, 2009
Fair enough, each to their own.
OldhamA - July 10, 2009
i'm not sure if we're talking the same genre,
but cusack is (actually, both are) in sixteen candles. so if the category is teen comedies with cusack, it’s 16 all the way.
AV - July 10, 2009
I know, I mentioned it above
The genre I was referring to was 1980s Hughes or Hughes-inspired comedies. I think Sixteen Candles is better than Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller, which I think would usually be named as the top ones. Risky Business is very good, too, but it’s not the same kind of film exactly — much broader and darker satire, and not focused on high school society.
Nick - July 10, 2009
I didn't really set out to define the genre explicitly,
but I’m thinking of teenage coming-of-age love stories. Say Anything and Sixteen Candles definitely fit. Breakfast Club mostly fits. Risky Business is a bit of a stretch, but I guess it’s on the fringe. (I’m not familiar with Ferris Bueller except by reputation.)
iglew - July 10, 2009
so i recently watched the hughes ouvre over again
and what surprised me was how sort-of-dumb breakfast club is (i hadn’t seen it since it came out, when i was the same age as the characters, and i thought it was sooooo deep), but the bigger shock was that, for all its unworldly schtick, weird science is actually better than most of his sweeter movies. now, if only some kind of wonderful and pretty in pink could trade endings…
not that it matters. i love all those movies no matter how corny they get. i should see risky business again. i hate tom, but i seem to remember that wally george’s daughter was the hooker…?
AV - July 10, 2009
Its a little angsty,
but I love John Cusack, so I’m prejudiced.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Grosse Point Blank
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
Even in "Must Love Dogs"?
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
NFW!
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Oh my god.
The only thing better than Jon Cusack + Kate Beckinsale is Jon Cusack + Diane Lane.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Diane Lane
Nice
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
One of my two all-time favorites.
iglew - July 10, 2009
She's the only reason to watch
“Must Love Dogs”. I know, I know. Not helping my case. But, girl crush!
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
You have a crush on a girl?
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
On Diane Lane, if anyone.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
Dear Penthouse
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
Her and Jon both.
I don’t love dogs, and I don’t love movies.
I do love Diane Lane, and I do love Jon Cusack.
Tiebreaker goes to the actors.
iglew - July 10, 2009
We'd get along very well.
lynnzgal - July 10, 2009
John Cusack is awesome.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
He's excellent in Sixteen Candles
I actually think Sixteen Candles is the best of that genre.
Nick - July 10, 2009
Breakfast Club?
baseballgirl - July 10, 2009
Yarly.
mikev - July 10, 2009
If it's just the three
Molly Ringwald movies, then I’d have to say Sixteen Candles is the best.
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
No, I think 16 is better
All the confessional stuff in BC is too clunky for my tastes. Also, 16 satirizes kids and adults, but also shows both kids and adults being sympathetic, too. BC is just “grown ups suck!!” And Ally Sheedy = thumbs down (although she was good in that later film about that German artist).
Nick - July 10, 2009
Understood, but on the other hand
16 has all that Long Duck Dong stuff that really didn’t age well.
I loved BC at the time, but it has faded. It lacks depth, and isn’t self-aware enough for that to be a virtue. Also, there’s that one really really cliche shot where the camera goes round and round. Maybe it wasn’t cliche then?
iglew - July 10, 2009
Yeah, Long Duck Dong and Joan Cusack's character in the neck brace
are kinda painful. Not “Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany’s Is Making Me Want To Pluck Out My Eyeballs” painful, but painful.
To the film’s credit, though, “the Donger” is actually portrayed as a basically normal person — the real problem are the grandparents.
Nick - July 10, 2009
if only it didn't gong every time long duck dong shows up on screen
then we could assume that xenophobia is a character flaw. as it is, we have to think the flaw is directorial.
AV - July 10, 2009
IIRC, it gongs every time someone says, "Long Duck Dong"
There’s no gong when he answers the door with a raging hangover the next morning, or in all the scenes with his new girlfriend.
Nick - July 10, 2009
this calls for another viewing
AV - July 10, 2009
I like Sixteen Candles,
but Say Anything is much better.
Ditto for the Cusack-less Breakfast Club.
iglew - July 10, 2009
Kuip: "Never-Say-No Breslow -- when the phone rings, he's ready to go."
Uhhh….
Nick - July 10, 2009
Wow, that Glen is creative
I hate everything…at least tonight
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
No kiddin'
travdog6 - July 10, 2009
Like a dog
The A’s are putting me to sleep.
Hit4TheCycle - July 10, 2009
Like a virgin
the A’s are touching me for the very first time
stormtown - July 10, 2009
Geren don't preach, we're on a losing steak
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
I feel like it's been forever since we've seen Casilla
baseballgirl - July 10, 2009
and it will continue to be 4-ever!
mrod - July 10, 2009
Usually we only see him when the game is over
hishnik - July 10, 2009
kinda like now?
mrod - July 10, 2009
That ball was SMOKED
baseballgirl - July 10, 2009
Man, all these Tampa players and their stats make me jealous!
mrod - July 10, 2009
just think about how many years they had to suck to get all those low draft picks
that’s how I cope.
stormtown - July 10, 2009
SIGH.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Wow...that was um...awful
3-0 wasn’t exactly GAME OVER
baseballgirl - July 10, 2009
Are we really
Raising the white flag down by 3? Caissa hasn’t had the same stuff of late……………
hishnik - July 10, 2009
Time to break out the booze.
Beer or wine?
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Scotch!
BleedGreen - July 10, 2009
Beer for me
mrod - July 10, 2009
a roy rogers please
ak_A - July 10, 2009
Pepsi is what I roll with.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
Whiskey.
mikev - July 10, 2009
Don't have any :(
Going with what’s handy.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
FAIL.
mikev - July 10, 2009
Whatev.
Got a good cab, I’m happy.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Rhum agricole!
Nick - July 10, 2009
"casillia, he's got a pretty good arm" i heard the rays commentators
say and then the batting practice started.
ak_A - July 10, 2009
Casilla is icing their cake
KK says this game is on verge.
It was on the verge at 1-0 with our offense
Trainman - July 10, 2009
Say, aren't the A's on the VERGE of signing Frank Thomas v.3.0?
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
I'm going to have a rally bowl of Cap'n Crunch
Go Willy Casilla!
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
Nailed.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
They did somehthing right!!111
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
This is the last time Casilla will pitch for the A's
RLangford - July 10, 2009
"Your 2009 Oakland Athletics........"
“An exercise in futility!”
mrod - July 10, 2009
he got him, thought he would not.
ak_A - July 10, 2009
Well I thought that was going to end badly.
Color me suprised.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Usually we only see him when the game is over
Maybe Curt Young can inspire him, can’t be any worse than a geren prep talk
hishnik - July 10, 2009
suzuki making sure the little kid got the ball?
group “aww” everyone!
AV - July 10, 2009
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
What in the frak?
walkoff baltimore chop - July 10, 2009
I raged
I LOST
Orodawg - July 10, 2009
I'm scared.
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Seriously.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
This is genius
franks a lot - July 10, 2009
THAT. IS. FUCKING. AWESOME.
mikev - July 10, 2009
That’s not awesome! That’s evil.
Rated-R Superstar - July 10, 2009
No, it's really awesome.
mikev - July 10, 2009
This is me durng an average A's game.
ElQuesoCapitan - July 10, 2009
does anyone in this thread refuse to wear deodorant
I don’t understand why some people don’t wear it.
{sprays air freshener in office}
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
I often don't
but then, I work from home. If i ever have to meet clients, I do
bobnothing - July 10, 2009
good idea
smelling bad will not get you clients
micdog2001 - July 10, 2009
ahh, go to managertools.com? they have a good podcast on that....
ak_A - July 10, 2009
NEW THREAD OPEN!
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/7/10/945385/open-thread-game-84-as-at-tampa#comments
baseballgirl - July 10, 2009
Complete with link! What service!
pam5981 - July 10, 2009
Casilla will never pitch for A's again
Thank God
RLangford - July 10, 2009
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