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The Lounge: 1/1/12 Part Two!

When's the last time we've had two threads in one day?

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Par-tay.
A tea partay?
I'll have some orange spice and a cut in the capital gains tax please.
See? 1%.
I might be able to make the top 10% in Arkansas one day....maybe.
Buy low, sell high.

You’re welcome.

(writes this down)

my plan B is scratch tickets.

I don't see how that could fail.

Especially if you diversify by purchasing Powerball tickets as well.

I may have to hire you as my new financial guy.

To be honest you couldn’t do much worse than the current guy……neither could a monkey throwing darts.

A monkey throwing darts would be way more entertaining than me.
Than I?

Whatever.

pfft...beats me....I teach history
That's for the best.

Since you were there for so much of it.

Hey-O!
Let's see if I can rec and flag Oz's post.
Nope just rec it would seem.
It was worth a try.
change your name to ozzman999
Ha!....that's awesome
Why not ozzman666?
WooHoo!

I actually stayed awake until the crossover to a new Lounge!

Where's John Edward to help everyone cross over?
I think he's in trouble with the law.

Campaign financing or something?

Wrong one.
uh, I guess I missed it tuu?
God. You guys ruined it.
I was just taking it in a different direction.

I knew who you meant.

Whut done yu expict?

I’s jes stoopid

at the hairdresser's?
I just saw an add for a site for singles over the age of 50.

It’s called “Our Time”.

… is short?

I cant believe we needed a second thread today.
We have a lot to say about very little.
So roomy in here


why, I think I’ll just put my feets up.

A special thank you to Bed for placing the song "Harold the Barrel" in my head for the rest of the night.
You're welcome my friend.
I can fix that.

Row row row your boat, gently down the stream…

So I'm gonna stay and see how this all shakes out. But I'm going back to bed now.

might be back later.

Good.

I’m glad.

I'm glad to have you for as long as you're happy here.

You’re the best, Bloom.

I'm going to say "adieu" as well

See everyone tomorrow.

Good night, Tu!
Uh.....(says goodbye in a foreign language) Tutu
I'd like to say this about that.
I'm hungry.

But getting to the kitchen means walking through the living room. And our friend is sleeping on the sofa.

Okay first I'm supposed to believe you have a friend....and second we're to believe you have a kitchen.
Oh, we have a kitchen. Ozzwife is a chef.

The friend part… well, ok.

I knew she was a chef and you liked to eat

I was going for absurd and it worked as well as ever.

You faked me out.

Like dan and the Chickie ban.

Wait....what....they did let Chickie back in?
people like me
The voices in your head are not people.

And even they don’t like you.

the voices love me for my beatific rulership
Or because you do what they tell you.
they do as I say
So they shut up and stop calling you names?
Why would he ever be out in the first place? Everybody likes him.
pfft....we just say that because we fear him
I'm one bad muthafucka
Like Richard Roundtree?
He's like ranch dressing.
Jennifer likes ranch dressing
Everyone likes ranch dressing.

Or, at least no one hates it.

I prefer Blue Cheese but I'm not opposed to the ranch
I love good blue cheese.
some don't like me

so, I’m more like a cheap ranch dressing

you are like fake bacon
turkey bacon
That's what he said.
I can believe the kitchen part

but not the friend part

I'll kill you.
I'm so scared

oh wait. no I’m not

You should be. My terrorist cell has some exciting plans for 2012.
Did you have a Christmas party?
We blew up a Christmas tree.
hmm I like this cell
Were there drunk women and mistletoe?
No women. Girls don't seem to like us.

There was mistletoe, but it got kinda awkward. A couple of guys kissed, others got jealous… it just wasn’t good for morale.

I thought all cells had beautiful spies like Anna Chapman
No, they're more like something out of a Picasso painting.
boxy and awkward to look at?
Then why would any straight guy join?
To blow shit up.

And cuz we have really good dental.

Why do you need dental if there are no women?

I wouldn’t even need toothpaste

Mostly it's guys with a toothache who just want to see a dentist.

But then they join our fantasy baseball league, and it’s hard to leave after that.

Interesting recruiting technique
You gotta find your target demographic, and then exploit it.
You should make a movie with Brad Pitt
Yeah, cuz I don't look unattractive enough as it is.
You can make him look like Charlize

Theron in that movie where she looked terrible. Tell him he’ll win an Oscar.

"So Brad, I'm making this movie and I need you to play an ugly woman..."
december 21?
We're gonna blow up the world!

Well, we’re gonna put a cherry bomb inside of a globe. But the symbolism will blow your fucking mind.

you know you're a music geek

when your big thing you’re looking forward to is watching a documentary on the making of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Histoire de Melody Nelson” LP.

You know you're a photography geek when you're looking forward to Nikon's upcoming announcement of a camera you can't even dream of affording.
I smell two geeks.....looks at his 4 golf bags filled with clubs
4? Why do you have 4 golf bags?

And have you considered emptying one to hide that body?

I save one just for bodies I need to hide fast

and I have 4 because I’m a golf geek.

Titleist!

Doesn’t that have something to do with golf?

They make balls....that are expensive....I use them when people give them to me as gifts

that’s my standard gift from friends……golf balls…well, that and insider trading tips and BJ’s.

I'll just get you a tie.
Going to choke me huh?
get a spotter
It's good to be prepared.
heh

I've seen the first 5 eps of the new B&B...so far so good.
yup!
I love that they haven't changed at all.
me too
The one were Beavis "cried" is my favorite

I loved the ending.

Ozzdaddy's gonna choke a bitch.
I liked Slazenger
I play what's on sale
I always used range balls on holes with water hazzards
I played those when I worked at a golf course as a kid
Coolpix?
Um, not exactly.
I dropped my new camera in the bath tub.....turns out that's a bad thing
Wow. Yeah.

One of my friends dropped $2k on a camera because he thought he wanted to be a photog, then dropped it overboard in salt water while fishing.

Ouch....mine was 250 bucks I think....I already have a new one
Not an Ashton Kutcher fan?
Neither is Demi Moore
Haha! I'm neutral on Ashton.

The new camera will most likely be the D4, although they may announce the D800 instead. Both are sick, but the D4 is the one I really really want.

You might like this.

http://vimeo.com/32936783

I've seen that. There's another one involving a Nikon.

http://nikonrumors.com/2011/12/07/how-to-lose-1200-in-25-seconds.aspx/

Out of curiosity, any recommendations for a MILC?

Like the Nikon 1 or something?

I don't really know.

I usually ignore cameras that don’t suit my needs. I don’t mean that to sound as obnoxious as it does. I can do some research, but I’m just not aware of things I don’t need.

Heh, nah, that definitely makes sense.

Just wondering.

I will say that I like the fact that NIkon makes an adapter for the 1 that allows the regular DSLR lenses to be used with it.

But I prefer a camera with a mirror.

I'm listening to "Melody" now

This guy’s pretty creepy

it's an astounding record

perhaps as funky as white people can be. The new reissue has all alternate versions of the tunes plus the doc i spoke of, but you have to have the music video that goes with it to really get the full impact of the story… it’s so ahead of its time for 1971.

Jean-Claude Vannier is a god to me.

The French are funky....
I like the way they think
I like their food.....I can't say I know their music.
Not even Debussy and Bizet?
Uh.....me like football
Platini, Zidane, Henry, Cantona....
Uh....me also like meat on a stick
Why do you need a stick?
Me no know how to use fork
Chopsticks?
Heck I really stink at those.
It's easy. Just use your nostrils.
I'm learning so much tonight

how to use chopsticks, that my choice to be a Raiders fan was a bad one and how to bury a body.

I have no NFL team.

I guess I shouldn’t pick the Raiders.

Only if you want pain.

I’d buy in on the Panthers….Cam Newton is a stud.

OldhamA was against drafting him
Soooooo against drafting him.
He publicly ate crow about that.
He did....OA is a cool dude
Yeah, and it's fun to get him riled up.
Many were....he and I debated it

I’ve been a big Newton guy from the start.

I should be a big Newton guy from the start too

it sounds like.

I have a sports crush on him

and he just had one of the all time great rookie seasons.

Naw, you should be a big Tebow guy.
I heard he had low WAR but high intangibles
He's clutch.
Except when he isn't.
Aye there's the rub
You can't just look at the stats.

You can only appreciate him if you watch him every day.

But he only plays once a week
That's the NFL's fault, not his.
Yes I'm sure he wants to play two

every day

Be a Colts fan.

They’re the A’s of the NFL.

Is that a selling point?
You'll feel right at home?

Actually, everyone talks about them losing Manning, but I heard they had like 7 defensive players go down with injuries this year too. And they have the #1 pick in the draft. They could bounce back strong next year. Maybe.

Ya but they'll draft Jeremy Brown
I think they have their sights set on Desme.
I don't really see the comparison.

Powerhouse team with one of the greatest QBs to ever play the game?

But they suck ass now.
Now I see the resemblance
yeah they are

they get down. If you want i can put a nice clean rip of the full 28 minute TV film for you on sendspace or whatever, just tell me if you want that. The new box set for some inexplicable reason does not have that, but I do.

It sounds good but what's "sendspace'?
just a free place to put large files

here, lemme do that for you sir… you’ll love this film if you love that album.

I REALLY love that record, it is maybe in my Top 10 ever.

See you're the one who should do Top 10 lists not that jackass sirbed.
I mean seriously he did a Top 10 Bruce Willis movie list.
Can he do a top 10 Steven Segal movie list?
I have it on good authority that he's never seen 10 Segal movies....thank God

Just watch the one with Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey 10 times.

Gary Busey is awesome!
I do love that movie....Tommy Lee Jones is so over the top in it

and Busey is nutty as hell in it.

I don't know what movie it is.

I’ve seen 1 Segal flick, and thankfully he died in the first half hour.

Under Siege....it's fun
Sounds like a Saturday afternoon on TBS.
It's the perfect Saturday afternoon movie

it really is fun.

I'll give it a whirl some time.
Just a tip....the R rated version has boobage.
I'll check Netflix and watch it tonight.
Why would anyone age a boob?
Did I mention I like meat on a stick?
How about salad on a stick?
I love that movie
That explains so much...
Was Die Hard With a Vengeance higher than Live Free or Die Hard?
Die Hard with a Vengeance would win that fight

It’s the Sam Jackson effect.

Sam Jackson > Justin Long
Just a bit

and the 4th one was PG-13….Die Hard movies should be R

Die Hard movies should also be good.
That too

I guess there’s going to be a 5th one were John McClain battles old age.

At first I thought you said John McCain
He's fighting that battle as well.
Yippe ki yay....oh my hip
You know, I was actually impressed with that new Rocky movie.
I enjoyed it

5 of the 6 Rocky movies are good….part 5 is a sin against God.

There's a new Rocky movie?

Does Talia Shire play Rocky’s grandmother?

Stallone and George Forman beat each other with their walkers.
For 15 rounds?

Are the girls with the round cards old too?

They're the cast from Golden Girls.
Wow! High praise.

Since you’ve heard Dara Puspita’s entire catalogue

yeah my pal is obsessed with Indonesian psych

so i heard Dara Puspita starting back in like 1986 or somewheres.

That's awesome.
OK I am upping this film for you

It’s an .mkv file (use VLC player), where someone took a super clean dub of the thing from the French TV archives and put the remastered audio with it so you get the real experience of it. I’ll put the link here when it’s done so stay tuned WC.

wow i is stoked

The activist and radio personality Caroline Casey just FB friended me.

I'm so out of it

I assume that’s Facebook?

Don't worry about it. The internet is just a fad.
I don't know who that is.

But if you’re happy, I’m happy. YAY!

I googled her. She looked like Stockard Channing when she was younger, but then better.
Who names their daughter "Stockard?"
Nobody. Her parents named her Susan Stockard and then she married some guy

named Channing and became an actress and voila

Aloha

The reason Athletics Nation is worthy of our time is the wonderful people on the site. You folks are a great bunch.

Be well, Brian

Going to bed?

Good night, Brian. Sleep well and have a great day tomorrow!

The e's are starting to look like a's.

It’s really frustrating, trying to read a word and then in the middle of it, you see Moose Costco’s face. Anyway, this is a sign that I should get some sleep, I think. I’m supposed to go on a 4 mile walk tomorrow. We’ll see about that. Good night!

4 miles?

thats nothing

Night Ozz
OK, check your email, you should have that Serge link there now

Enjoy dude :)

Awesome!!

Thanks so much!

Ok, am I not understanding the definition of meta?

Is it not when a thread drifts off the topic of baseball and onto other subjects?

It's when comments break the fourth wall, in a way.

Not just when a thread drifts off into other subjects, but when it drifts off into talking about AN itself.

Oh, ok.

That makes sense. Not that I understand why there would ever be much of that, but whatever.

These Bowl games have no lived up to the hype.
Although apparently nobody else is watching them. =(
Hockey

Though I’ll flip over to the Rose Bowl in a few then back to hockey when the Sharks start.

i have the rose bowl on. hoping to see gigs on tv!!!
should have worn her springy hat
that would be AWESOME (athough of the wrong color)
could have colored it green
I'll post pictures soon

I’m amazed anyone could miss seeing me, the shirt I was wearing was ridiculously bright! :)

yay! welcome home! so happy you got to see your team win!!!
such a good time

I’ll post pictures sometime today or tomorrow. but so awesome.

i can't wait to seeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have cable. And as far as I can tell, they're all on ESPN.
I think one was on ABC earlier
Around here it probably would've been the Carolina game.

I could care less about Cocks.

nope that was an ESPN game

it was UGA and MSU on ABC

Another one I don't care about.

I’d like to watch Stanford, and I wouldn’t mind watching Oregon.

I'm turning it off in 30 mins, I fully expect this to end like Baylor Washington
Pretty sure Washington can't lose this one.
The high tomorrow will be 41 here.

I know not what to do.

It'll be in the mid-60s here
Butrym is a terrible name.

No matter what the correct pronunciation may be, I’m gonna call him Butt Rim.

Or maybe Butt Rhyme.

I’ll try them both, see which one works better.

Butt Rim, Butt Rhyme, Butt Rim, Butt Rhyme, Butt Rim, Butt Rhyme, ……..

I think I've settled on Butt Rhyme.
I dunno who that is, should star in gay porn though
He plays for Wisconsin.
my comment still stands
I won't attempt to dispute that.
ARGH

I cannot turn on my stove or oven without the smoke detectors going off.

take out the batteries or cover it with a shower cap
I thought you were talking about my stove.
If you had an easy bake over maybe
Easy bake over. LOL
I'm all hopped up on diet coke and chocolate mile

typos are bound to multiply

Smash the smoke detectors with a hammer.
This is a brand new building.

The last one burned down in ’09. You can see why I hesitate.

What's life without a little risk?
WTF I just flipped back over to the Rose Bowl and like no scoring happened
It was a defensive battle for the last 7 minutes.
does not compute
I can tell the calendar turned

when I become more angry and violent during sharks games

I'd usually ne inclined to say that Spring Training would cheer you up.

But this year, I’m guessing it will be cause for even more rage.

Nah no other team invokes this amount of emotion from me

also I want them to totally suck this year, I’d only get angry with poor roster moves and like if they won 80 games

Poor roster moves?

Like the rumor that they’re trying to bring Crisp back?

Like that or letting Parker make the 25 etc
I have a feeling you might be angry...
Also this is like the 5th salad I've had in the past week

something is wrong with me.

salad is good!
I'm not a rabbit
put some chicken and/or cheese on it
had both still odd for me to eat as many salads in a week as i would in six months
huh. your body must really need it, then! i try to have a smallish salad every day.
I'll probably end up at Burger Kind sometime this week

restoring balance to the whole thing

lol. balance is good! ;)
You should move to the South.

These people mix ham and mayo and call it a salad.

I used to use mayo as dressing years back, then I fell in love with bleu cheese
Blue cheese kicks ass.
Wasn't Ham Salad that guy in Star Wars?

Or, was it Hardware Wars?

You mean the fat dude in the X-WIng fighter?

I don’t know his name.

There was a late night short movie that was constantly on Channel 2 in the Bay Area, called Hardware Wars.

It was a spoof on Star Wars.

Never heard of it.
I remember that!

I would think its online…

YUP! Here it is

That's the one!

What a classic!

I miss Chicago.
it's windy
It's amazing.
Look at this.


Queso de Cabra

that looks amazingly good.
I think it would be pretty easy to make.

But I don’t have parties to feed other people.

The secret ingredient is phone.

(there are two people in the Lounge who will get that.)

does anybody in college football play defense anymore?
whoa. bill polian fired by the colts
and the other one too
Brought a smile to my face.
My brother bought something off Craigslist.

He wants me to drive and pick it up tomorrow. I am scared.

take a weapon with you
Chuck Norris?
a syringe filled with something i dunno, be creative
I have lidocaine and a syrige in my bag.

I’d have to hit a vein if I stabbed someone with it, though.

This whole fight about meta makes me wonder...

When Loungers were chased out of recap threads with pitchforks and torches, did anyone put up a fight?

I'm guessing not, which is funny since certain people now hate the Lounge.
Seriously.

It’s not enough that we have to hide what we do. Nico has talked about banning the Lounge altogether (although he’s also said it won’t happen; still, the fact that they’d even consider it says a lot). But dare to suggest that meta get it’s own thread, even a thread that’s on the sidebar, and PT gets his panties in a bunch. Is there anything in the world that makes that guy happy?

The Lounge is here to stay.

I’ll make damn sure of that.

You're our knight in shining armor!

Or shiny casing.

Stainless steel.
[spills grape juice on you]

You sure it’s stainless?

Dammit. Should have went with

I’m 40% dolomite!

We used dolomite to layout where to dig footings.
Does dolomite taste anything like vegemite?
It's a white powder.

You sniff it, you don’t eat it.

White lines?
Oh, yeah!
I'm learning so much about you, Tuu.

You’re in Iowa, right?

The central Sierras of California.
I thank you, kind sir.♥
hi danny. thank you. ♥
I'm with you on this one.

Got the pitchforks ready?

"the fact that they’d even consider it says a lot"

“they” are considering no such thing. As far as I know, this has never been discussed among any of the moderators as a serious idea, and if it were, it would be laughed down so quickly that it would disappear into the stupid idea drawer it came from.

Nah, it was the opposite.

We were jazzed to get a whole thread to ourselves.

Hell, I like it too.

But it never ceases to amaze me when people complain about something they DON’T EVEN KNOW IS THERE. I don’t understand why some people hate the Lounge so much.

Paul's...special in some ways.
You know what frustrates me the most about him?

As angry and pessimistic as he is, when it comes to baseball, he’s usually right.

Heh, I'm pretty sure I've used that exact argument as well.

For all of his abrasiveness…he’s absolutely almost always right. Smart one, that guy.

He'll make one hell of a lawyer, if he isn't one already.
I think I remember that he's passed the bar.

Looking for work like the rest of us, I think.

My cousin passed the bar right before that big law firm in the Bay Area went belly up a few years ago.

She hit the job market just as 500 more experienced lawyers were looking for work.

Ooooof.
Yeah. Her only advantage was that she'd work cheap.

Ended up taking depositions for a firm that fights worker’s comp claims. Which is funny, because she generally sides with the workers. But hey, you gotta pay the bills.

You're supposed to pass the bar?

Damn. I stopped at it.

I'm Irish

we never pass the bar.

Haha

same here.

Reminds me of 2 stories:

Jim Leyland once said, “The difference between Tony LaRussa and me is that Tony passed the bar, and I never pass a bar.”

Also, during WW2, SF was under a blackout order one night (ok, many nights, but I’m talking about one night in particular). An apartment was reported to have it’s lights on, so a police officer was sent to take care of it. The officer met an old lady, who said she wasn’t aware of the blackout. She turned out her lights and offered the officer a candle so that he could safely make his way back down to the street. He answered, “No thank you. I’m Irish. I’m used to falling down the stairs.”

You're 'Merican.
Truf

The finest mixture of the world’s refuse. My ancestors were thrown out of the tree for taking tuu many banana breaks.

I thought he had a federal government job in DC
Oh, does he?

I’m not really sure. That’s great for him.

i thought he's working for the NLRB?
Well, that and the whole mob mentality.

Demands that people comment on their vote or their vote shouldn’t count. Kinda sounds like what they are claiming Nico did(and he may have, for all I know).

Hm, I never commented on my votes.

Oh well.

You say "mob mentality" like it's a bad thing
Yeah, go figure.
Hey people.
hey dan
What's up?
Not much, finishing the sports day with some Fiesta Bowl
Never really got into college FB, for some reason.

I think the last college game I’ve actually sat down and watched was the Matt Leinart Vince Young title game way back when.

Me and like 4 others totally boned a WoW raid to watch that game
Hey dan.

I made an Archer reference above, but no one got it.

TOTALLY CANCER-FREE!

More people should watch this show.

Chum Guzzler.

LOL

That "h" is so important.
You'd like Archer.

That’s the name of the boat Archer’s mom was on.

Your own fingers.
Just the tip.
Awww, ugly duckling.

Bock bock!

Johnny Bench called.
I don't know who Archer is.
.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-7zTzrSAA

Hahaha!

That’s awesome.

Do you have netflix?

It’s on there.

I do, and I will begin watching at my earlliest convenience.
TV show.
Good call.

I know I can never go wrong with your recommendations.

another fave

http://youtu.be/ujsRIJckjVA

The whole exchange about Chekhov's gun being a facile argument...oh my god.
Seriously, dan.

Call Kenny Loggins, because you’re in the danger zone.

Sorry folks, I'm not in the best of moods tonight. I don't mean to bring the place down.
YOU BASTARD.

Seriously, though, anything wrong?

I don't know.

Just a general malaise. Thanks for asking, though.

You got me running,

goin’ out of my mind.

If you're in the Lounge, you're already out of your mind.
sigh

did you honestly miss the ELO reference? I must be getting old…:(

Haha, I got it now.

No no no no no, ooo woo hoo!

I luv you♥!
Right back atcha!
Hopefully things will pick up
Thanks.

I actually had a nice day. I slept in, surfed the web a little, got my paycheck, and the wife made an amazing dinner. I don’t know what’s wrong.

Can I come live with you?
Absolutely.

We have a sofa or an air mattress. Your call.

Then you'll be like I want to eat something but Jennifer is sleeping on the couch
Naw, I don't mind if I wake her up.

Grumpy Jennifer is funny. Although she’ll have to get used to the fact that I walk around the house in my underwear a lot.

My entire family does that.

My mom freaked out when my dad’s brother was staying with us last year. It was weird.

Clothes are usually more trouble than they're worth.
LOL

But let’s be honest. He’d sleep on the couch. I’d stay with his wife.

I'd set up a hidden cam.
"You? Are you just going to sit there?"
Wait, I can do more than just sit there?
Setup a RAT on your computer if it is in the room
Jennifer is used to wet rats on the sofa.☺
I don't know what that is.
trojan remote access tool to use a webcam remotely
Oh, like on Hawai'i Five-Oh tonight.
Dude.
What? Good theme song, a Camaro, and a Cylon.

What more can you ask for?

The two male leads shirtless a lot.

(I watched it)

I thought you didn't like naked men.
in person
awkward amirite?
You never complained before.
Grace Park

sigh..

is no Racetrack
No, but I wouldn't kick her out of bed.
I probably would

she doesn’t do it for me at all

I like Linda Park better.

But I think Grace is cute.

God, I love you, Cope.
Did you watch BSG?
Nope. Just 5-O
Personally, I think she looked hotter in her flight suit than in a bikini.
I dunno I don't watch shitty remakes of good shows
I don't have cable. There ain't shit else to watch at that time.

And Ozzwife had the computer. What do you want me to do, read a book or something?

what time 10? Castle

can’t go wrong with Nathan Fillion

Ozzwife has watched that show. I've never seen it.

I don’t think it was on here, though. Not sure, but I remember flipping through the channels and I don’t remember seeing it.

Comes back next week I think
Ah, that explains it.
That remake of The Prisoner on AMC looked awful.

Didn’t touch it.

TWSS.

The last part.

Yeah, those days happen

Sleep it off. Tomorrow will be a new day. I know what you mean… random days where you just feel a bit down.

Tomorrow I get to wake up before the sunrise.

But I’m gonna grab my camera and try something new. Let’s see if it works. On the other hand, I might have to let my friend borrow my car… and she’s a really awful driver.

In 2012

can we make it illegal to say “swag” unless you mean a bag of free stuff? I don’t see that one stopping anytime soon.

e3 is where I got all my dope swag
Banned.
So glad I got to go to them before they sucked
Also, can Hipstamatic please die?
first time I've ever seen that word
It's an iPhone app that people can't seem to get enough of.
This is why I have no clue it is iOS
It's annoying.

Here it is. They claim that you can make all these different combos that give your photo a different look, but they all look the same. They all look like crappy 1970’s photos that were developed in a 1 hour lab and are rapidly decaying.

Oh so it is like shitty Instagram, which also needs to die
Yeah, pretty much.
Oh...ooof.
I can see the novelty for a short time.

But seriously, I have friends posting shit to their Facebook all damned day. I had to block a couple of people from my newsfeed because of it. Just go buy some C-41 film and ask the lab not to print it until the chemicals are used up.

OK St.: 312 yds passing, 13 rushing.

Hey Stanford, just a thought… they’re probably not running the ball.

Stanford has had the ball for 35 minutes... out of 51 so far.
Damn it, Stanfoo.

Outgaining OK St., 522-325. More first downs, 24-11. TOP 39 min, to 17. But only up by 7 points.

De'Anthony Thomas: 2 carries, 155 yards, 2 TD's.

Jesus. Not a bad day.

I saw the first one - he's ridiculously fast. Like Mike Vick fast.
I'm amused that for the last 13+ weeks the Denver media has been

all give Tebow a chance he can be a franchise QB and now I see

VicLombardi
Any chance Andrew Luck drops to 21 in the draft? Can we start a smear campaign?
PostBroncos
I can only imagine what Elway is thinking while watching Andrew Luck on third downs tonight.
Imagine what Harbaugh is thinking.
Yeah but he already knew
But did he know he'd be drafting in the last third of the draft next year?
ANyone who thought Tebow could be a franchise QB was smoking crack.
The legions of his misguided fan base to start with
LOLmcdaniels
Only coach on the StL staff with a contract for next year lol
That's good, the 49ers need a patsy in the division.
That has to go down as one of the worst draft picks ever.

Even worse than taking Alex Smith #1.

That and trading away a future 1 for the CB that they cut in the 2nd

were giant blunders on his part

The package Minnesota gave up for Herschel Walker was a terrible trade, too.

Didn’t they give up something like 5 1st round picks for him?

Just looked it up.

Minnesota gave up 5 players and 6 draft picks. That’s ridiculous. I wouldn’t give up that much for any 1 player.

Wow, that's almost Carson Palmer-ish.
It's stupid, is what it is.

I hope, for the Raiders’ sake, that Palmer benefits from a full training camp next year.

It really doesn't.
HAHAHAHAHAHAAH
Tebowdefender Defend Tebow
@VicLombardi You’re a joke. Tebow leads to the playoffs for the first time in years an you already want luck and have to rebuild?
yeah, that 6-22 in a 7-3 loss was some of the best leadership I've ever seen.
22 feet, right? Not yards?
Ha!

I meant attempts, but yeah. The only way you can credit Tebow with the Broncos wins is by suggesting that maybe the rest of the team, knowing how shitty he is, turned up their game to compensate.

46.5% completion with a 6.38 avg and a 72.9 rating is Pro Bowl material

FML

You know, I laughed at Harbaugh for suggesting that Alex Smith should go to the Pro Bowl.

In the same conference as Rodgers, Brees, Vick, Stafford, and E. Manning? But shit, if Tebow made it…

He's an alternate!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Have to assume one of the 3 are in the Super Bowl or beg off

he is going to go, then be replaced in the draft

ALL D1 PKers are the suck

WASTE A SCHOLARSHIP ONE REAL ONES

co signed Boise State
sooooo....do these bowl games count for anything more than "the people's ovation and fame forever???
Shitloads of cash.
I heard that Clemson will get $20 mil for their bowl game.
17 million but usually that is split with the conference
Oh. That's still a lot of money.
Here are this years payouts

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html

whoa.
Yeah, there's a ton of money in college sports.

A few years ago, one of my friends who was a professor at Florida State was livid because the head football coach got a raise (his salary before the raise was something like $3 mil), while the school eliminated a few majors and a couple of departments.

Academic departments, that is.
Ton of money in football, basketball for the SEC ACC and Big East

pale in comparison probably but still bring in some serious dollars. The rest not so much.

When I went to UNM and they had a good basketball team, tickets were too expensive for students.

And they didn’t have any discounted student tickets, either. The cheapest seats were $35, and that was 15 years ago.

so, the schools that win the games get the money? or?
School and the conference usually split the payout

though it varies how per conference.

okay, so it's for money. the games don't count in the standings or anything like that?
There are a final rankings after the bowls, really only #1 matters

but schools can use their final rankings to try to sway recruits and such

thanks. this is helpful info for me. :)
Hi J! ♥

How are you?

hi sweetie. i'm okay. hope you are, too. ♥
I'm alright.

I really should go to bed.

i'm going to try to get to bed at a "reasonable hour" tonight. this 3-4 a.m. thing isn't working out well for me the next day. ;)
I think I may go here shortly.

I got sucked into the Stanfoo game, and the Lounge. Damn you people for being funny, interesting, and all-around awesome!

I could never get into college football.
I like it when I watch it, but I don't usually watch it.
Well, I think you have to be a boy..
I like Big Boy football.
Ride 'em girl!
i haven't been able to, either. :(
It is so cold.

I’m sleeping on the couch tonight so I can be next to the heater.

Ok, quick dinner recap:

1st course: Spinach w/red onion, bosc pear, toasted pecans, foie gras shavings, and brown butter fig vinaigrette

2nd course: Cream Oyster Truffle Soup with garlic croute OR Soupe de Poisson with garlic croute and sriracha rouille (I skipped this one, as I don’t like oysters and the other soup smelled too fishy for my taste)

3rd course: Dijon Pork Tenderloin, oven roasted asparagus, and fried truffle potato puffs

4th course: New York Strip w/baby bellas, veal cheek black truffle sauce and fried rosemary polenta

Dessert: Caramel mousse with Anna’s almond thins and one chocolate amarena truffle

yum. did your wife make this?
Her and our best friend Theresa.

Theresa works every year on NYE for a family that does a really high-end dinner (typically 10-12 people, and they spend anywhere from $10k-20k on food; they also drink a ton of wine, and that’s not included in that cost, but as you can guess, it’s very expensive wine). Anyway, they often send some of the leftover ingredients home with Theresa. This year, we got black truffles, veal cheek, the soups, the foie gras, and the polenta.

that is pretty fabulous, oz!
what's going on Loungers

I just banned all of you and then immediately reregistered you all with posters’ screennames from Lookout Landing, I hope you guys don’t mind. It was a lot of work but I figure the Mariners will probably finish ahead of the A’s this year and you guys don’t wanna be last-place bloggers.

As long as I don't have to actually cheer for the M's, it's cool.
well

your name is now Don’t_Run_on_51, so there may be no choice. Just ask T-Long.

Is he an M's fan?

I figured the M’s would be fans of his, what with his sucking for the A’s and all.

hahaha

no, it’ just a reference to that famous throw where Ichiro gunned down Long at 3rd with a laser beam from RF.

sup
hey buddy

(you are now EdgarIsGod11, hope that’s OK LOLOLOLOL)

Heh fine with me
Ok, to gonna go get some shuteye.

See you all tomorrow! Take care of yourselves and do something to put a smile on your face.

good night!
sure, don't say hi to me :(
what? hi!
hi sweetie bones!!!!

{{hugs}}

hugs back to you, too. :)
I'm awake now. Someone entertain me.
Good morning!
Good evening!

How’s 2012 treating you?

Good, but I'm suspicious.
not a bad plan you never know
Smart girl. It's no doubt just waiting for you to let your guard down.

Then it’ll pounce.

I'm not great at that, but hello
You guys are doing a poor job of entertaining me.
I warned you that it wasn't my forte
You weren't kidding.
I'm also reading, though I should be hunting dragons like Kyli.
You don't even have to hunt the dragons, they come to you.
They hate when you fast travel
I'm distracted by the internet.

Also, killing dragons.

I just wanted to make peace with them.

Also, possibly ride one. Apparently I’m just destined to kill them though. Free roaming game my ass.

just loaded this onto my Fire for some light reading lol

Every Skyrim book available for your Kindle or Nook

Interesting. Personally I don't find the lore of that world very interesting. Each to their own.
I spent way too much time reading books in Oblivion
Only the expensive ones.

I like the Bioware lore, but not the Elder Scrolls stuff.

OMG.

This is the first time I have ever wanted a Kindle or Nook.

I have a Kindle. I don't know what a Nook is.
It's the Barnes & Noble version of a Kindle.
Now you just have to explain to me who Barnes & Noble are.
The only bookstore chain in America that has still survived.
Ah. So it's like Waterstone's then.
...I don't know what that is, but sure.
The biggest British bookstore chain still operating.
For now, I still say 2014-15 they too will be gone
I'm actually optimistic for a little longer than that.

They’ve done an admirable job of fighting the tide and they’ve done a better job at adapting to the market trends than some other chains.

But yeah, they have a End of Days date and I’m sad. :( I like my brick and mortar stores.

Well. As "admirable" as any big box store can be, but... still.
I wonder if I can convert it to a pdf or something
Yep I can if you want me to I can toss a pdf up on the web somewhere
How's this?

Terrifying.
And also why I run like 5 miles a day.
Aww...such a cute smile.
I'll have you know that took years of dental work.

It’s fake! =P

But was it entertaining? ;)
It was a step up from Cope saying "I'm not very good at this".

I was hoping for sex. Or dancing. Or a deep, meaningful discussion about pie.

I appreciate the effort though. ;-)

Not gonna get a lot of sex talk from me, I don't dance and cake > pie
I can see why Dan likes you.

You’re to the point.

I try to not muck around with the beating around the bush
I can do the sex and the dancing, but I'm not long for this world.

It’s back to work for me tomorrow.

I've heard about this.

Everyone goes back to work tomorrow. I’m not looking forward to next Monday when I enter the real working world. I’ve enjoyed my afternoon tv schedule too much for the past two years!

I was already at work today.

I didn’t even realize other people had today as a holiday until there was no one at BART this morning and my coffee shop was closed and I couldn’t get my caffeine on. :(

It was a bank holiday here.

Although we don’t shut the world down like you guys apparently do in the Bay area. Really, BART wasn’t running? And the coffee shop was closed? That’s a little strange.

BART was probably on a weekends schedule

Banks, Post Offices ect were all closed round here

BART was actually normal schedule, thankfully.

Otherwise my ass woulda been LATE.

No shit, that seems a bit odd

but hooray for being on time!

I miss BART.
I love BART.

And I love the comfy fabric seats, all the “it’s UNSANITARY” people can bite me.

I loved those seats too.

If it wasn’t for the fact that you’d eat me alive and you hate men, Kyli, I’d be all over you.

You, me, and a BART seat.

Awww yeah.

I'd just need my inoculations first, but I'm game.
They're gonna replace them with vinyl.

For better or for worse.

I'm bitter. That's going to fuck up my naps.

And my bacteria collection.

They are comfy

aren’t they talking about going to some plasticy shitty ones that are cleaner though?

Yes.

Because people are germ-scared whiners.

I'mma survive the next plague because of those BART seats, dammit.
Do you miss the carpeted floors, too?
I did some online banking yesterday.....so even they weren't closed.
BART was running, but there were, like, five commuters on the train.

Normally I’m booting people in the head for my train.

And my coffee shop just wanted to be cruel to me, I think. :( I had to walk a whole EXTRA HALF BLOCK to find ANOTHER coffee shop. D:

Did you boot one of the five commuters in the head anyway?

And how far is a block?

The last time I tried to judge distance on a US city map I mistook “Oh it’s like 3 blocks away, that’ll take five minutes” for “Yeah it’s five miles away”.

L.A. is crazy.

Yeah, some of the major cities like SF and LA have insaaaane city blocks.

I was in Berkeley. It took me about 35 seconds.

But it serves inferior mochas. >:(

The third most liberal city in the US, apparently.

I’ve never been so I’ll take your word. In L.A. (at least on Wilshire Blvd) a city block is approximately FOREVER.

Yep. Poor city planning in some areas.

Also, in terms of liberal cities, there’s Santa Cruz, and then there’s Everywhere Else.

I did not go to Santa Cruz.

I think I need to go back to Cali and visit them all.

You do.

Come over here. Now.

I think I'd have to air mail myself.

Couldn’t afford a plane ticket.

Get yourself packed into the luggage of a US Olympic team this summer.
Don't they just pack swimming trunks, goggles and a tracksuit?

I don’t think I’d fit.

Frodo!
Like I said I'm not very photogenic.
If that's a text from the same wife,

she seems quite delightful indeed.

Que?
In the picture.

Quite the facial expression.

Oooh.

Yeah I’ve no idea.

I have a text!!
"Oy, are you free on Thursday evening?!"

My friends. So polite. Also it’s 7am – it’s just rude to text me this early in the morning.

Texting before 9am for anything other than death or free booze is a capital offense.

Punch your friend in the junk.

Tell them an American said to, they’ll understand.

I don't think she'd appreciate that.

It’s my friend’s delightful wife.

Delightful people don't text at 7am.
That was sarcasm.

I’m not a fan.

Then the problem with junk-punching is...?

You should order take-out to their place. At 7am.

Well I don't know.

Does it hurt? I mean……..I imagine it would, but I have no experience in the matter.

Yes. Yes it does.
Noted.

I’ll do it on Thursday then.

Excellent.

Report back to us on what happens.

I don't think I'll be reporting back. She's mean.

It’s a suicide mission.

My friend that is deployed in the middle east gives a fuck about the time when he texts

or messages me and I don’t blame him. He is the only one that gets a time of day pass.

That is a fair reason.

Also, astronauts who are in space. Because SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE.

Do they get signal in space?
You're too kind.
I was going to go for a run, but apparently it's monsoon season in Lancashire.
Isn't it always in England?

Hollywood tells me that it’s always raining. FOREVER.

It rains a lot, yes. Especially in Lancashire.

The other side of the Pennines is reasonably dry (that’s the East side of the North), but yeah…..it’s grey and overcast most of the time.

It’s why I loved L.A. so much and why I got nostalgic when driving up to the Bay on the PCH (or THE 1, whatever) in fog.

It's 1. Not The 1.

This blog is NorCal territory.

PCH is cool too

but yes never add THE before the number lest you want to be thought of as a Southern Californian

That's never going to be a problem, what with the accent and all.
People will assume you're faking it to get in a Kenneth Branagh movie.
Still people up here will assume you transplanted down there

and then you would get unwarranted scorn

Perhaps the scorn is warranted. I'm am British after all.
Yeah you guys are touchy about that.

Henceforth it shall be known as “That coastal road thingy” to save confusion and ire.

The "The"/"Hella" divide is a very serious one.

Your solution works.

I never noticed either of these things

But now that you mention it, I guess no one says The 280 but they do say The 405

205. The 405.
205. 405.
THIS

NO THE BEFORE THE NUMBERS

Do these roads go somewhere?
Not really. Most are just parking lots.
The 605. The 805.

The 110. 580. 237. 4.

we can no longer be friends
Man.

It must suck to be so completely wrong.

I'm feeling very British right now.

What with you guys arguing about the names of Californian roads.

I’ll just sit quietly in the corner until you sort this mess out

What's it like having seven roads in a single intersection?
A roundabout?
We got some installed up here in a residential near me

and I went through it for the first time a few week back. People were so perplexed on who should go and who shouldn’t

Well over here the person on the right has the right of way.

So I guess it’s reversed for you guys? What with you driving on the wrong side of the road and all.

How do you know if you're on the right?

Aren’t all cars on the left?

Yes we drive on the left.

Several roads intersect at a roundabout. The roads on the right have the right of way.

Eh, after a while, you get used to it.
So how do college bands decide what they play during games?

’Cos they seem to play whatever the fuck they like.

Sometimes they play songs associated with their state, like Tennessee played "Hound Dog"

and Michigan State played “Get Ready”

And sometimes they play Lady Gaga
is anyone home?
hi
hello :)
it feels like monday but it isn't
i keep asking g, what day is it again?
Pretty sure I'll be messed up all week
me too. i hope i don't miss anything i said i would do.
I really don't like holidays on Mondays just throws me off

especially when said holiday was on sunday.

I really like holidays on Mondays

It’s the working-on-Tuesdays part that I can’t stand.

I'd be all for no more holidays but that isn't likely to occur
no days off? what? :(
weekends
need moar time off
take a vacation
some of us don't get vacation days :(
I know but this only happens in my warped

world when I am supreme ruler. As such I’d let you take time off whenever you wanted.

ahhh. okay, then. thank you! ;)
[blinkblink]
Do chickens have eyelids?
I dunno about others

but I’m sure glad I do! Else it would be hard to sleep

Eyes wide shut?
didn't care for that movie
I've never seen it.

it just seemed to fit here.

I loved it
...doesn't surprise me
I like Kubrick a lot
I like most of his films

but that one just bugged me

hi sweetie. did you have fun last night?
too much :D

how are you tink?

i'm okay. trying to get back into the swing of things. then i realized that starting on sat. we will have a houseguest for 10 days!

that means the routine will go right out the window again. ;)
also, how can you have “too much” fun?

ate a great meal with some really fun people

then I got to go to the club with my friend and they played LOTS of good music and I got to dance :D

that is not "too much" fun at all!
and I didn't roll out of bed til 1

and I already need a nap

ha! i hear that! :)
I'm looking out the window, watching my dog.

She started chasing wild turkeys. Then the tom turned on her and started chasing her back. Tiger came back to the house with her tail between her legs, BEGGING for me to let her in. Dogs are a riot!

the tom?
Male turkey= tom

female turkey= hen.

interesting did not know that
The toms are VERY protective of their harem.
The beef stew is in the crock pot.

The house is smellin’ GOOD!

shit that reminds me need to put the potatoes in the oven
wild turkey next week??
The Mrs has a problem with the prepping part...

She is a lot like LadyJ. Except she eats meat, just doesn’t like the killing part. The kids and I will have to take care of the details before she gets home.

ahhhh got it ;)
As long as the deed is done before she gets home, she is alright with it.
i eat meat! just not cow. or deer. or sheep. or goats. or snakes. or...well, the list is longer than this.
you eat pork and chicken?

that list is shorter and easier to list

i eat pork, chicken, turkey, and some game birds but not all. i eat raw fish and cooked shrimp, lobster, and some shellfish.

that might be it but i’d have to think more about it.

I need some turkey again soon

hmm…maybe meatballs

Starting to look like dshwinski's thoughts on Miller playing next year.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! MY NAME WAS DRAWN TO BE IN AMoL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wat
WoT
i am jumping up and down and screaming and running through the house. i am beyond psyched.
still don't know what this means

but you seems happy about it, so I am for you

it's the last wheel of time book. and my name is going to be in it as a character of some sort.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
go run around the neighborhood
holy crap!

thats great!

ALRIGHT!

You be famous, girl.

thanks all of you. i really am BEYOND FUCKING PSYCHED OUT OF MY MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

plus, i NEVER WIN ANYTHING so this is MAJOR. yay 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well you do have a fantasy name.

Congrats. =)

Tired gigs is day-lounging

I’m not even going to try to catch up with the other threads I missed, just this one….anything exciting happen in the past few days?

We signed Coco today.
The rest is just a bunch of yuck
I saw that

two years. apparently for money.

i want money.
me too

although I think I got paid today. woo hoo!

HOORAY FOR PAYCHECKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
We had a good discussion on how not to refer to highways and theirs numbers

ie: not using THE before the number.

you and ozzie educated me about bowl game monies.
Also, many people still approve of Rich Harden's ass
I did see that picture

I suddenly had an urge to check AN the other night, and low and behold, there was Rich Harden’s ass. I rec’d it.

Thaits y we sa, " tern lift at thu big tree"
My Aunt when she lived in ZigZig OR actually used those type of directions once

I also had an ex who would routinely use cars as reference points, as if they would never be driven off.

Y haf cars thet runz?
My dad used to give people direction,

and then say, " If you get lost, just stop and ask anyone where is the guy with all the Studebakers"

Never use "the" before the number.

It’s such an LA thing.

I think Oregon won some football game or something...
Yes, I can verify that as truth.
I'm bored.

I’ve been helping the kiddies with their math. What is basic to me, is a massive undertaking to them. Please give me patience! ( Now I know how dan, elcroata, etc feel when explaining things to me.)☺

It's important that they learn how valuable math can be later in life.

“Think of it this way. Your boss leaves his safe open, with the petty cash sitting in plain view. If there’s $10k in there, how much can you take before he notices money missing?”

Heehee!

We call that “business math”. They are learning to convert differing fraction to the least common denominator. Hard to explain to a 12 y. o. boy why he will possibly need this.

Ok, try this:

“Son, if you think this is hard for you, imagine how tough it is for the kids in your class whose parents aren’t as smart as me. If you learn this, you can charge those kids to teach them.”

Twu words

“Fetal Alcohol”. Some days he gets it, and some days he doesn’t even no 1+1. :(

Ladies, please don’t drink when you’re pregnant.

Oh, that's really sad.

On a sidenote: when we moved into this apartment, our neighbor was out on her front stoop, smoking. We jokingly told her that we’d let her help us unload the truck. She leaned back and showed us her baby bump. When I told some co-workers that this pregnant woman was smoking, one of them said, “Oh, it’s no big deal if you smoke when you’re pregnant. It just means the baby might have asthma.” He and his wife are both smokers. This is the same guy who asked why Ozzwife and I didn’t have any kids. I told him that we didn’t feel financially secure enough to have a baby. He said, “Don’t worry about that. There are plenty of government programs to help you out.”

Wow! Just wow!

I was lucky. I took off the first week after every child was born. Twice i was terminated for doing so. Both times I got a better job within a month.

I'm glad you found better jobs. It's really fucked up that they fired you for that.

Paternity leave is, IMO, as important as maternity leave.

To me, family is the only reason I work anyway.

I figured it was important for me to help my wifey, and co-bond with the baby.
Hell, all jobs in construction are temporary to begin with.

You're a good husband.
Can I give you her #?

She needs to hear this.:)

Sure, I'll be happy to vouch for you.

Of course, if part of her complaint is that you spend too much time online, I might not be the best choice.

You have a point there
Tu + tu = ?
You just fried my brain.

Time for the zombies to take over.

The salad phase is starting to worry me
I'd be concerned too.

Eat moar bacon.

there has been plenty of bacon with it
Try this:

Take your salad and put it on top of e burger patty. Place patty and salad in between 2 halves of a hamburger bun. Eat and enjoy.

Oh I had 3 sausages and a potato with it still

this phase is unsettling

I understand completely.

You have my sincere condolences.

I wanna go to Hawai'i.
Swim for it, ozz!
I'm concerned about swimming through the Panama Canal.
Well, you could hitchhike to Arecanzass,

and smuggle yourself into Bed.’s luggage.

I like this plan. A lot.
I've turned down 5 trips there, you can have one of those
Why did you do that?

It’s been about 30 years since I’ve been there, at least on vacation. As a kid, we often flew to Fiji and Australia, and we passed through Honolulu.

I have no desire to go there
I want to go everywhere.

You name it. Bali? Hell yes. Africa? In a heartbeat. Lebanon? Sure, why not? Kazakhstan? I’ll pack my bags. Afghanistan? Well, I gotta draw the like somewhere. But if the war ever ends, I’d go.

Donuts and chocolate make the salad eating less shameful
I want some donuts.
yes, please.
Maybe I can eat them on my flight to Hawai'i.
I couldn't do a flight that long.
I can.

I’ve done plenty of long plane flights.

I start to look for exits at two hours.
And that's WITH medication.
You need to just go to sleep.
In 2010 I went to Chicago for a little over 24 hours for one day at Lolla

I slept at Midway after the concerts and after tapas and sangria. It was really early in the morning, and got to my seat and passed out. I woke up and the plane was empty. Maybe 25 people on board. I unbuckled and started gathering my things. Turns out, we were still in the air. When we landed, the guy behind me asked if I was okay.

Clearly, flying isn't your thing.

It’s a long drive to Honolulu.

I like flying, just short distances. I'm too tall and fat. My knees are in the back of the seat in front of me.

I get claustrophobic. It’s hot.

I'm not tall and it's still uncomfortable for me.

I don’t get claustrophobic, but it is often too hot. The seats seem to be designed for discomfort. The food is expensive and terrible.

I fly Southwest so there isn't food.

I like flying from KCI because there isn’t much after the security check, but other airports have McDonald’s after. I am fat, duh, but you don’t see me hauling a Big Mac on board.

Being poor, I love Southwest

But one time I flew Frontier, and I felt like THAT was fancy.

I can get tickets to Nashville or Chicago for <$80 each way.
Fuck it. My fat ass is bringing a double cheeseburger and fries.
Something went wrong with me today.

I didn’t order fries.

I went to my favorite burger place and didn't order a burger.
I've been eating some sort of salt chips lately.

Salt and vinegar, sea salt, etc.

I had salted caramel for dessert last night.
I don't usually like salt.

In fact, I pick it off of pretzels before I eat them.

weirdo

next you’ll tell me you pat your pizza with a napkin

No, she makes other people do it for her.
I pick the salt of them too haha
You're a verified food freak.
duh

I’m not a fan of the over use of salt

Stay away from Texas, then.
no shit

for that and a billion other reasons

Sigh. We're destined to marry, aren't we?
and open up a restaurant!
... only if this "nurse" thing doesn't work out.
Cook food, make people sick

DOUBLE CHARGES

you have a good idea there 'blanket
I'll run the place

you can still be a nurse

Someone gotta bring home the turkey bacon.
flying sucks

I hate it and doubt I’ll be on a plane anytime in the near future

I used to love flying.

Now I can tolerate it. But I still love it on the very rare occasions that I get to fly business or first.

It's awfully quiet in here tonight.

Did everyone resolve not to Lounge in 2012?

it is possible
Stinking bastards.
Hello?
Is it me you're looking for?

BTW

I was thinking about what you said about the 49ers saying “Who’s got it better than us?” And I suddenly marveled at the irony of a Cowboys fan feeling that another team is arrogant. Haha!

I'd like to note

that I’ve never called the Cowboys “America’s Team.” I’d be much more in favor of fewer national TV appearances, actually.

But yes, that is quite ironic. Touché.

I was thinking more of Jerry Jones.
Like his checkbook

Don’t like… pretty much everything else. But yeah, he is one cocky motherfucker.

Unlike Eddie D, who was a model of humility.
So I think I'll make a Twitter account

devoted to Ron Swanson quotes. There doesn’t really seem to be one that’s updated with any kind of regularity.

this is not a bad idea
Every good username is taken
Tammy2'sExHusband
Too long

I just went with SwansonQuotes. I can always change it. Getting stuff set up.

I'm ready to follow you.
Here we go

@SwansonQuotes

I’ve posted a couple. I’ll set it up to go randomly throughout the day.

I don't know who Ron Swanson is. :(
One of the funniest TV characters on right now
Here.

Try this.

I don't get it.
Ugh.

Ok, try this.

Is the "all the bacon" in one of the ones you linked?
The first one.
Sorry. Not getting it.
Watch an episode.

If that doesn’t do it, there’s nothing else I can do for you.

Apps and Zerts!

Not Ron, but my favorite Tom part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OhJJR8nBl4

Tom is freaking awesome too.
And Jean-Ralphio!
and Detlef Schrempf
It left out that part about what pickles are called.
that was the best one for sound and video I could find
I will follow.

I think you have found a way to get me to log into Twitter on a daily basis. Congratulations, sir. Your Nobel Prize is on it’s way.

hooray! my gf doesn't want to come to my 40th birthday party tomorrow (i think she's intimidated by the family heavy event). woo! sigh.
Hooray? That doesn't sound nice.
I think he was being sarcastic.
I'm sorry, buddy.

Is she Indian?

yeah
I'm surprised, then.

I can see how that would be intimidating for a non-Indian, but a Desi should have no problem with it.

it's only been 6 weeks, but i don't get to choose my b'day or the fact that it's the 40th. such a cool girl
6 weeks is still early

maybe she wants to do a private celebration instead?

Hubba hubba, gigs.
I'm always looking for the silver lining
she did say that we could celebrate later in the week
bow chica bow wow...
she also said that she'd like slow things down (which i think is an allusion to not coming to dinner with the family) cuz only my rated-G-ness has slowed thing down so far
we also hung out 4 times week. tuesday i cooked her dinner. friday we saw the dragon tattoo movie. saturday night was new year's eve. sunday we went on a hike/adventure.
ah, then "slowing down" might just refer to "not four times a week"

gotta give a girl a chance to catch her breath…. ;)

*BOCA*chica wow-wow
Hiram?
Yes. That's where it started.
Hiram Clarke?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0utR4oxTc

How do you find this stuff?
Early 90s Rap-A-Lot

I have tons Ganksta NIP, Geto Boys, Klondike Cat, Terrorists and more

Suddenly, you remind me of Michael Bolton from Office Space.
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
I had a co-worker who said I reminded her of the main guy in that movie.
oh, and fwiw...

from a female’s perspective, I don’t know that I’d do a big family thing with someone I’d only been seeing for 6 weeks, especially since it’s a landmark bday…so don’t read too much into it yet….

good point.
thanks gigs
*hugs*

good luck to you!

and happy birthday!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah, Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used more exclamation points than Gigs, because I love you more.

I don't need to use as many exclamation points....

I’m local, so all of mine will get to him. Some of yours might get lost in transit….

Ha!

I won’t check them in. They’re all hand-carry.

I think they charge for that now
Cheap bastards!
thanks
Happy Birthday, stm.

You have the same birthday as my Mrs. I knew there was something special about you. If I don’t say it again tomorrow, you know why.☺

woo! horray mrs tu-tu! capricorns rule. seriously, we rule the world. muahahaha
She does rock my world!
i love you both equally
Well, at least she's honest about it.

But I can understand your disappointment. Have you conveyed your feelings to her?

I'm still not sure I understand what her full message is. She said that she'd call back later tonight.
Maybe it's because she wants to show up wearing nothing but a trench coat.
good b'day present
Seriously.

Unwrap it in private.

from what i can gather, she doesn't want to end...just not come to a family dinner
But if she doesn't want to be around your family, that's not a great sign for the future.

Not to be Mr. Negativity, or anything.

we were introduced by my cousin who was her business school classmate. eh, whatevs
Maybe she's just shy.
not based on how the dates have ended so far
Ok, shy with strangers around.
YOU'RE CHEATING ON ME?!
Do we need a new thread, or are y'all okay with this one for a while longer?
Makes no difference to me.
It's a lot lonelier in my apartment than I remembered.
[hugs]
I get 3 channels on the tube.

I’ve been watching Criminal Minds all night long. Not wise.

I love that show.

I’ve got Everybody Loves Raymond on, but muted.

I have Decision 2012 on cause I loathe myself
I look at that Republican field and think, "Unless Obama nukes CA, he's pretty much guaranteed 4 more years."
I've seen every episode I think.

My friend Sam and I talk about it like the agents are our friends. We know the names of episodes. I just got my parents to start watching it. They are hooked.

I haven't seen any this season, and only a few last season, though.

I need to catch up.

What ever happened to Pam?
she is around on the tweeter
I had dinner with her tonight

You just need to move out here to see her.

did you wear the springy hat?
nope, no hat today

though I wore that hat another three or four times over the holidays…..it’s now back in it’s bag until next winter…

but springy
I'll need to get more springy hats for the rest of the year.........
I think it would be better if all of you moved here.
ew
yep
Our governor is funnier than yours.
Haley?

don’t get me wound up

She's such a joke.
For any that still watch the wrassin'

Y2J is a genius.

I don't know what Y2J is.
Chris Jericho
Not my bag, sorry.
I want this shirt, just to wear it to work.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MISFITS-GLOW-DARK-L-S-SKELETON-SHIRT-SIZE-LARGE-/360421754177?pt=US_Mens_Tshirts&hash=item53eacf8541

I think you should get a shirt that says

“Shut up, it doesn’t hurt that bad.”

Hello.
Do I need to post Mr. Richie again?
It is not me you are looking for.
Celebrity Smackdown

Honey Badger vs. Ron Swanson

Who wins?

Honey Badger doesn't give a shit.
I think it's "don't," not "doesn't."
Jennifer don't give a fuck either.
Jennifer cares a great deal, actually.
Bitch, you are ruining my rep!
Jennifer is a sweet, loving human being!
My BFF has a Russian-ish (I have yet to figure out what type it is) accent.

Listening to her say “Honey Badger don’t give a fuck” is one of the BEST things I’ve heard. Of course, I had just had a 3" tall drink called “Walk Me Down Sweet Jesus” that came with a shoulder holster.

I wanna try that
Beale St.

We ate at a placed named “Pig” and there were to-go windows at bars. There was dancing and singing and drinking and food.

I sooooooo wanna go there one day
As soon as I drove into Memphis, you could smell.... food.
oh my
And we ate at Hooter's TWICE instead of any good BBQ places.

Pig was really good, though. BBQ chicken nachos.

Why would you eat at Hooters? Ever?
We were waiting in line at a concert, which is what we do.

It had been hours, so we went to the only place that didn’t have a line. Twice.

tips?

oh wait, that’s why I would work at a hooters….

memphis rules
I love Nashville too.

TN a good state.

Knoxville kinda sucks.
never been. i love the gibson factory in downtown memphis. it's a holy place to me
I loved eastern Tennessee.

About a year ago, we were going to move to the Greenville area. Up against the Smokey Mountains. Just beautiful!

Greenville is surprisingly nice.

It’s part of the upstate, which generally has a reputation for being hick country. But Greenville has the highest concentration of college grads in SC, and has some really lovely areas.

I had so much fun in Memphis.

The Gibson factory was awesome.

I was in Memphis for about 22 hours. We waited in line for the concert

for eight of those. It was at the FedEx forum, so I got to see the outside of the factory but that’s it.

As soon as I drove into Cleveland, you could smell... failure and shame.
If she's your BFF, hasn't her origin ever come up?
She's an odd cat.

Born one place, grew up in another, sounds like something else. She’s the one that got married, but won’t tell me her husband’s real name (I internet stalked her and figured it out thought)

Why would she keep that a secret?
He's an important person and they have an open marriage.

He “dates” a model in the tabloids and is secretly married to her.

Your life is so much more interesting than mine.
whoa
He owns a lot of GREAT shit in Europe.
I'll bet the most secret part is that he's actually gay.
I *THINK* there was a scandal a few years ago....

where he was caught with a transvestite.

That is so cool.
Shit. Now I can't remember his name.
You've heard about the head of F1, right?

It’s old news, but it never gets less funny.

No. The racing people?
Yeah.

The president or CEO or whatever was caught in a hotel room with hookers, and he was dressed as a Nazi,

ecclestone
Oops, it was Max Mosley, former president of FIA.
awkward
Especially for people who saw the video.
my sister-in-law is russian....

she doesn’t swear much, so I don’t think she’d say "Honey Badger don’t give a fuck" for me, but I’m totally thinking about asking…..

Alcohol first.
she doesnt drink either
Damn.

Pot?

nope, not that either

my family is surprisingly tame. my real family, that is. my internet family is much more diverse in it’s extracurricular pursuits…. ;)

Jennifer can probably get you some sodium pentathol.
Honey Badger don't care but then again neither does Ron Swanson so a draw
I think Ron Swanson makes burgers out of honey badger.
If you're thinking...

“I didn’t get Ozz anything for Xmas, and I have hundreds of dollars I have no idea how to spend,” here’s an idea:

[scrounges in pockets...turns them inside out]...uh, sorry, bro. next year i'll try harder.
I need more 1% friends.
You don't even want it in Green 'n Gold?

For shame!

It's FERARRI.

And red is a 49er color, so I’m cool with it.

niners! harbaugh rulez!
WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US?
NOBODY BITCHEZ
I still have never seen anyone say that
NINERS! BITCHEZ!
Denver

They have prayers on their side.

not since SNL slapped down tebow
Indy.

They’re getting Luck.

So, what do the Raiders get?
To watch the Bengals pick someone.
they'll get nothing and like it.
SO, you won't settle for British Racing Green?
If it was a Lotus.

Ferrari’s must be red. Or maybe (MAYBE) black.

I thought you were talking about the phone.

You want the car?

gf update. i think we're all good. it's just the family and landmark b'day thingy. we're gonna do a quick cocktail tomorrow and maybe something else later. whew.
YAY!
yay, indeed.
I still want the Ferrari phone, though.
:)

:)

i think she's a keeper so it made me sad
poll question: who's life is more interesting? jennifer or elcroata?
Jennifer's is more fun to hear about, but elcroata's is the one I want to live.

No offense, Jennifer.

I don't have a great life. I don't know how I got nominated.
Your life is amazing.
+1

(isn’t this what I’m supposed to do instead of voting?)

boooooooring
heehee

Ok, I have to say elcroata, Sorry, Jennifer, but he does some cool stuff outdoors.

OUTSIDE?!?
Are you calling me out?
Jennifer but I don't know much about EC
hello, i'm back. :)
YAY! ♥

Welcome back!

woooooo! thank you! :D
wb
thanks! wow, crazy construction on 680S when i was driving past danville tonight.
They are perpetually working on the stretch it seems
i was glad that i made great time home even with that annoyance. what are they doing anyway?
honestly no idea, they shrunk all the lanes awhile back

I think they are trying to squeeze a new one in

fixed
“… on THE 680S…”
adds you to the list
STEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STELLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥
When you were 16. what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a race car driver. No, really.

old shaking a stick a kids telling them to stay off my lawn
sports medicine doctor
I wanted to own a comic book/ baseball card store
~

That's mean.

Chickie is way darker than that guy.

I actually worked with two brothers at a shop

that looked and acted just like him

Baseball player for the Oakland A's

seriously

When I was 10, I wanted to be Dwayne Murphy.

Or Joe Montana.

sports writer
I had no idea. I still don't.
Hi friends
hi
Skyrim is ridiculous
yes, yes it is
I'm glad I don't own a game console
Pc!

Kinda sad I bought console

Being overencumbered blows
heh I probably have piles of stuff all over
Just killed a dragon after raiding a dungeon

Ugh

I hate when that happens.
go back inside use the first dead body as a chest

loot the dragon, take back home, return to dead body

Momma wants me to come to bed.

Goodnight all

Good night and good luck!
ok, i need some sleep

I’m exhausted…….

good night loungers!

good night, gigs!
So, crisp?
Not really sure why, but I'm ok with it.
Hot coco, red dick and reverse cowgill

We have our porno outfield.

Maybe they’ll all grow mustaches?

OMG. That is great.

I’ve been calling Reddick “Re-dick”

And Coco has to bring back the 'fro.
Star Wars geeks, unite!

I want this, too:

I'm also off to bed.

Good night!

Fuck all of you for leaving me.
So what's hep cats
My BP.

I’ve been eating salt and vinegar chips like they were going out of style.

well, there was a story on the news today

of an unexpected shortage of them…

Hmmm. I didn't think I'd had that many. :(
in two days

it will be all better and you can go on munching them again!

they are stupid good
hello beautifuls
MOE!
Curly!!
have you seen the new 3 stooges trailer??

The Three Stooges Trailer 2012 (HD 1080p)

I actually have

And I kinda want to see it. I mean…we ARE in it.

Gonna laugh if this ends up a tie
Eight.

EIGHT. Jesus rollerblading christ.

that is like half a duggar clan
Colin Wyers lives in Iowa, and is a registered Republican.

He mentioned on twitter that he didn’t vote. Whoops.

Thing is as much as they don't want to admit it Iowa is pretty irrelevant

in the grand scheme of things, Lamar Alexander anyone?

I love shopping online

found good enough hdmi cables for $3.28 each, no shipping. Really good reviews over the last 4 years about them too.

Seriously, if you're paying more than five bucks, you're getting ripped off.
I can't believe how much they sell for in stores still
newegg had some great cheap ones awhile back
I got mine on amazon

I am very happy right now haha

yeah just looked through newegg most around 5 so you got a pretty good deal
I'm trying to get into a reasonable sleeping pattern for next week.

Which means I can’t watch the Bowl games. =(

Hola?
give me a minute, I'll get us a new thread

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