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So based on that last thread, there seem to be some people confused with the point of AN. Let me remind you:

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Yes, this is a baseball blog.

Oh, who am I kidding, it's the playoffs, and that was an exciting game. Here's a fresh lounge for y'all to trash.....

Poll
Besides baseball, what's the next best sport to watch?
Football
4 votes
Basketball
0 votes
Soccer
2 votes
Hockey
1 votes
Baseball, duh
5 votes
Underwater basketweaving
2 votes

14 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

WOOT, 100% IN THE POLL
Hiya doc!

BOOBIES!

I'm actually optimistic about the 49ers chances next week.
me too.

who are they playing?

The New Orleans Brees.
I don't usually ask for anything nor celebrate my birthday

but a Saints and Patriots win would be super cool

is your birthday next Sunday?
recheck the playoff schedule
Saturday?
ding
I had a 50-50 chance.

I chose poorly.

yay! w is on the 12th and g is on the 16th!
I'm on the 10th.

Of April, though. Just something to keep in mind.

I'm in a different month that starts with A
Hmm, that's a tough one. So many to choose from.
well, I didn't tell y'all the day of the month, so it's a little tougher than y'all thought....
I don't think it's hard to pick the month, though.
fine, everyone can send me presents all month then
I believe in celebrating my birthday year.

It begins at midnight on April 10, and ends the following year at 1159pm on April 9.

I'm in the SAME month that starts with A
same as my kid! Hope I remember!!!
Your daughter is also April 10?
The Pats will oblige, but not the Saints.

Sorry.

Sonic burgers are tasty.
There is a distinct lack of curling in that poll.
haters gonna hate
And synchronized swimming.
well, I didn't want to post the obvious winner, duh....
what poll.....I missed it
If all is going according to plan, my parents are currently sitting in IAD, awkwardly not talking while awaiting a flight to Dubai.
that's going to be a very long flight to Dubai....
Watching this truffle thing on 60 Minutes is making me hungry.
up next except on the west coast
It's on right now.
On the least coast, that is.
so. hi. I'm Bloom.
Hi Bloom. I'm Ozz.
nice to meet you.
You too.

Whatcha up to?

all I can and the easy ones twice.
Sounds productive.
exhausting, really.

It was easier in my 30s…

hi bloomie!
hiya gigs. how's your head?
doing well

I get tired easily though and I still have a little headache, so naps are required. Of course, when I’m all healed, I’ll still insist that naps are required….

naps are helpful!

[whoa….deja vu…]

Geez, it must be time for primaries.

A Mittens commercial, followed by She Turned Me Into A Newt, and finally an ad for The Crazy Texan.

that guy from Texas is actually still spending money? Seems...irresponsible.
It's campaign money. He can't really do anything else with it, can he?
roll it over til next time.
Ok, gotta go for a bit.
Cheese grater to the yambag ouch
So this is the first time that I've really seen Tebow play for a while

He throws really funny. I can’t quite put my finger on it, and it’s not just because he’s a lefty, but it looks odd.

it is the wobble and the weird way he opens his hips
Yeah

He seems like every throw, he was putting out twice the effort that Roethlisberger was.

effort should not make up for lack of skill, but it seems to with him.
His bread and butter and running around crazily in the backfield

as his WRs break downfield. You can’t really game plan that as on OC and as a DC you just hope your DBs don’t lose their coverage

It works, though

I did like seeing the option come back to the NFL though.

we'll see if chaos theory works in the NFL...
It works but it is such a gamble you can't go into a game saying this is our plan.

It comes from a lack of reading coverage and not throwing before the WR breaks. So he does create things out of nothing in a sense that he saw nothing, then does crazy shit behind the line and viola deep pass completion when he is accurate.

The only time he seems fluid is rolling left throwing off one foot
he's...different. Always was.
I gotta give him credit, he made a couple of pretty throws.
I thought this was kind of an odd entry

On an “Eat this, not that,” post… 20 habits that make you fat:

No. 16: Having overweight friends. Harsh but true.

(No. 16a : avoid going to AN parties hungry)
I read panties
you should go to AN panties hungry.
pretty sure that's something you can eat

and not worry about gaining weight

"Tebow? Oh, he was a good boy....always stood still while I hemmed his pants..."

“Do you think he shot Buckwheat?”

“Oh, sure! That’s all he ever talked about!”

Going away now, probably not back later, but maybe.
g'night bloomie!
Worst baseball movie ever?

I’m going with Ed.

I had forgot that was made, which isn't a bad thing
I did too

I might watch it tonight, just for the hell of it.

Buenas Tardes Amigos

Hola, my good friends

why is target so dangerous?!?!!?

I need to learn to leave my credit card at home

it is the bullseye
true.

I did get the three items I went to purchase…..and just a wee bit more….

I walk in to buy some toothpaste and walk out with 3 bags of shit, 100 bucks poorer.
I hope you at least remember the toothpaste

I hate when I forget to buy the one thing I went there to get….

My policy now is to start by getting the things I came for.

Then I wander the store and find the stuff I never knew I couldn’t live without.

me too. AlWAYS HAPPENS
I'm pretty good when shopping, for anything but food, of just getting what I went for.
I nearly had two crashes today: a fawn and a cyclist.
Huh....

I just found out, the A’s signed Fabio.

Athletics signed LHP Fabio Castro to a minor league contract.
I think you might be disappointed when he takes off his shirt
I wish he was a shortstop.
everybody wish elcroata a Happy B'day if he shows up :)
happy birthday elcroata!
hopefully the most interesting man in the world is doing something worthy of the title
I want to be elcroata when I grow up.
but you're a...um...you're a...um...ahem. yes, we all wanna be elcroata.
Today's flavor of the day: Mango
lol my friend's description on his Super Bowl party invite
I’ve been throwing Superbowl Parties for a long time. I know how to do this shit.
dear chickie, tonight i braise your thighs. love, jesa
I wondered why I was so hot on the dance floor tonight
How is everyone tonight?
I'm great!

…because I’m on vacation all week. Of course, I haven’t started any of the projects around the house I need to finish yet….but I’m working up to it.

sitting here with blais, watching the pats beat the jets on nov. 13th. and braising chickie's thighs.
Are they succulent?
they will be! reducing the sauce now. ;)
sounds good, on all accounts
I think I need to win the lottery

Or sell my dignity to a reality TV show. That’s how people get rich now, right?

You could spin your blog off into a book and get it optioned by Hollywood
this game is less than wonderful. blah
awful...no more field goals please. lsu forgot to show up
lsu finally crossed the 50 yard line for the first time...in the fourth quarter. dang.
so you're saying I'm not missing much by not watching the game....
def. not. Gonna switch to the Bachelor soooon
booooring
Oh puke

The heartbreak of the torrnado is being redeemed by this Alabama victory (according to the announcer).

OK....that makes no sense.....
I can imagine people saying

“I don’t like football and I didn’t go to Alabama, can I have my house back?”

my plans to be productive tonight have had a wrench thrown in them.....

anyone seen my wrench? can’t get this nut off the tire without it….

drrrty
I was going to clean it up, but nah, this is the lounge....
You can borrow one of mine.
I'm already in my pj's

do you deliver?

Just, like, an 8" crescent wrench?

Sure, I can deliver.

is it an adjustable wrench?
yes.
this is the bestest conversation everererer
Wow!

I’m with you, stm. An adjustable wench!

do you know where I live?

I can thank you with cookies. or string cheese. or wine.

that’s about all I have.

I don't. D:

Text me your address and I shall stop by.

awesome, just sent you a text.

not sure where you are coming from, so you can mapquest it.

hold on...i'll be there too...with a video camera...in the corner...don't mind me
party at Chateau Gigs!
well, le petite chateau

not a lot of space here….

Wenches for everyone!☺

And BEER!

Wenches for those of you who fancy them

and nuts for the rest of us?

Ok!

But BEER FOR EVERYONE!!!!

6 hours of teaching the kiddies. :(

….and another 3 hours of math homework with Thomas. He can’t do figures at all today. Poor kid.

what's he working on?
Adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions, and mixed numbers.

He understood it on Friday, but its all gone today. “Momma said there’d be days like this…”

oh soo confusing....so many processes. Need any teaching advice?
Not really, but thanks Berry Jo.♥

I just need to remember that he can’t help his problem. The physical development of his brain makes memory difficult. The sad part, is that he did so well last week. Two steps forward, and one back. Our goal is to help him lead an independent life, were he can do the basic things, like balance his checkbook, etc. The neat part is that he always has a HUGE smile on his face!

you're so awesome
Thanks, stm. That means a lot to me.

I just get so discouraged with the setbacks. Sometimes he just gets a blank look and there is no way to get through. I have to just let him go play.

how old is he?
He'll be thirteen in March.

The Math tutor is preparing all the kids for the State’s 6th grade tests. It’s just too much for him.

rooting for ya kid
It's requirements are just stupid.

I didn’t learn fractions until 8th grade. This crap that we are soo far behind the rest of the world, forgets that there are those who don’t NEED to know it, and those who CAN’T know it.

this stuff can be so abstract that its hard for kids to understand in the best of circumstances. just remember the victories and hopefully it makes the tougher times a bit easier for the both of you.
yeah....abstract stuff is very difficult to remember. AND teaching some of the fractions stuff with manipulatives is difficult as well!
i help my niece every now. world needs more people like tutu
*now and again*
fractions are very confusing....look the same - act different

h

One of the fortunes of war in construction, is that, believe it or not,

I never dealt with fractions, I always converted fractions to 100ths of a foot. Works great with a calculator, and you can do it in your head.

yup...there are great calculators that do the hard calculations. When I was a spec ed teacher I was always debating about

teaching the processes or teaching the calculator…..tried to hit a happy medium

His problem isn't doing the calculations.

His problem is that he can’t understand the word problems, and doesn’t know HOW to solve a problem. His counselor said it has to do with his brain not seeing words as a movie picture, like most of us do. Words are just sounds to him.

oh
Yeah, Its tough to teach problem solving to someone who doesn't see a problem.
I used to spend a lot of time helping kids recognize the words that are necessary to setting up problems from words

we’d cross out stuff and replace it until all that was left is the problrm

We are working on that concept.

Thomas can understand directions, but doesn’t decipher questions. I don’t know if that can be taught.

If Kyil is around

Markarth is a wild little town

alrighty. nitey nite everyone.
Goodnight, buddy!
Goodnight, everyone!

Sleep well.

Hola

I’ve decided the android fb app sucks

hi. i'm having wine.
What kind?
some kind of cabernet; nothing exciting.
Nice

I had a 2006 reserve cab from ferrari carano earlier tonight for a birthday celebration

i'm sure it was far better than this one. but, really, i'm not complaining. :)
dunno if you saw or not but I am attending my friends SB party

but will probably bail once it ends and head back up if you guys are going late

yes! if you want, text me (i will fb you my number) before you head over.
most apps for FB blow, just use the mobile site
I'm using it to chat D:

So many people only talk on fb chat D:

luckily for me FB chat is baked into the OS, so I don't need an app to do it
Which os

Which phone?

LG Quantum windows phone 7
dude, this is harder than I thought

why didn’t I just go buy new tires? or a new bike? that might have been easiest….

what are you doing?
trying to replace the tubes in my bike tires

trying is the key word

oh, and I don't know for a fact that it's the tubes that are flat

it might also/instead be a hole in the tires themselves

Hi

This sounds like complication

try harder?
*sigh*
I bet if you wore the springy hat you could do it
everything is possible with the springy hat

oooooh, just got the second tire off….now I have a frame with no tires. I couldn’t ride it before with two flat tires, but now I really can’t ride it…..

It was always getting them back on that I hated
well, since I'm still having problems getting the tires off the rims, i might not ever get them back onto the bike.....

roller blades, I should just stick with those….

that's it, I'm replacing my bike with this bad boy

Okay, sure, I might be three feet too tall for it, but I don’t care, it’s still gotta be easier than what I’m trying to do here….

It's hard to improve on that
okay, now I've got a pile of bike parts in the middle of my floor

but the Kyli wrench is on top of it all, so take THAT you silly bike!

I’ll try again tomorrow. it’s bedtime for me.

night, good luck tomorrow!
Did Kyli really bring a wrench over?
It's like you don't even know me, man.
she did

she’s awesome like that

Is anyone running out to buy the Moneyball DVD at 12:01?

I’m not…..though I will buy it tomorrow.

Might as woooooooo

Maybe not

Amazon is bring it to me todaaaaay.
Hola
Gigs! pam!

I’m Watching Hartsfield’s Landing and thinking of the two of you.
“Politics in New Hampshire is what?”
“Retail.”
Also, do NOT mess with Charlie.
And, most importantly, “see the whole board.” So. Cool.

Happy New Year, the rest of you. Here’s hoping you’ve been resolute with your resolutions so far. If not, don’t fret. If you truly cared about doing something, you wouldn’t have waited for a new year to start. And first prize to those of you who never made any resolutions because you correctly figured out that you’re perfect just the way you are.

Cheers.

that's a truly great episode

I’ve been rewatching some of the election episodes now that we’re into election season in real life….oh West Wing, how I miss you so….

I got drunk, I got to dance and I got to dance with Amanda

I am a happy Chicken this evening

Good night

Got in my car this morning to go to the gym, the Rise Guys were talking about how there's no way Hue Jackson would be fired and what their first conversation would be.

Worked out for an hour.

Got in the car, and Hue Jackson was fired.

Life changes quickly.

I have a hard time understanding why anyone thought he would be safe

virtually every GM wants his own guy and not the leftovers forced upon him.

Am I in the right place?
Yep!

All the pretty ladies belong here, Zigs.:)

I'm sad there is no NASCAR or at least Motorsports as a poll choice.
The NHRA winter Nationals are Feb 9-12.:)
anyone here?
nope. just waiting for auto racing seasons to begin.
Momma did buy me some BEER, though. :)

I guess I’m set for the night.

day lounging?

I’m not sure that’s legal.

I'm sure it's not ethical.
Wait a minute!

You are trying to use “ethical” and “legal” in reference to the same subject? How does that work? Besides, we are talking about BEER! :)

Oh. Retirement is great! ( I wasn’t sure if I told you that before.)

retirement sounds a lot like unemployment to me.
Yes, but with retirement, you can still pay the bills.

Well, kind of….

hmmm.

Chickie might be retired, then.

I think he sends food to his creditors.
he tries. they think he's weird.
How did your water problem work out?

Did the owners get it checked out?

It worked itself out.
[iow, not my problem!]
cool. You certainly didn't need that stress put on you
Soup & warm bread

I swear I am subconsciously eating better for no good reason, gonna have to wash this down with donuts and chocolate milk

[peeks in again]
EEEEEEEK
dammit cope!

cover up when you are doing that!

you should knock first
its the lounge

not the bathroom

what are you doing in the bathroom?
A bit of advice....

If you’re going to be the head coach of the Oakland Raiders….rent but don’t buy.

should be fine now with Davis long gone, they might turn into a real org now
That non real org won a lot of games

All I see is a rookie owner, a rookie GM and now a most likely rookie head coach. So great now the Raiders will be like every other team….most of which fail……WooHoo!

8 is not a lot

This way they can burn it down with no residual Al leftovers with the exception of Trask.

So we're only counting last season then......I'm talking about the last 50 years.

I don’t want to burn everything down….that’s my point.

You have to admit Al had become a liability over the last decade or so
No I don't

some of the moves worked some of them didn’t but I have no desire to become the Oakland Packers.

The Raiders are unique but so far McKenzie seems pretty ordinary to me.

Paul. Newman.
Salad. Dressing.
Spaghetti. Sauce.
Classic hottie.

He could get it at any age.

He's one of my all time favorite actors

and Cool Hand Luke is one of my 10 favorite movies.

The Hustler

Look at this:

He made about 15 movies I really love and his charity work was amazing.
I love the old westerns.

Great dialogue.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is one of my all time favorite westerns.
Don't ever hit your mother with a shovel. It will leave a dull impression on her mind.
I also like "Hombre"

“If he tries to leave, shoot him once; if he tries to take the money, shoot him twice; if he tries to take the water, empty the gun.”

Hombre is a good western too.
But he dies. :(
He dies in a lot of his movies

but usually in a dramatic fashion.

And he's amazing while doing it.
So Cope.....what did you think of your boys on Sunday?

I only watched the last 20 minutes but man that was a heck of a game.

I broke things
So you get no joy at all out of this?
Not really

I enjoy Von, Doom and most of the D except Goodman he is trash and needs to be cut.

Well, we all enjoy our teams in different ways.

I have to say I can’t wait for the game on Saturday night. On paper the Pats should roll but there is a magic to this Broncos team that can’t be denied.

As I tweeted after the game
fuck me, Go Pats
I'm just rooting for a good game.

But it’s not in me to ever and I mean ever root for the Broncos to win anything.

Just finished the Raiders press conference

Mark Davis has quite the bowl cut…..he looks like a low rent John Gruden…..both Davis and McKenzie could use some work on giving a speech.

If Al Golden wasn't so busy burning up the recruitment trail he'd be happy to help.
It won't happen but....

if I could pick the next Raiders coach I’d go Brian Billick……I’d like to see someone with some experience in there and I like offensive minded head coaches.

I guess it’ll be Winston Moss or some other Packers assistant though.

So my Jayhawks, Raiders, A's and Kings have fired their coaches in the last few months.

so far I’m not a fan of any of the guys who were hired as the replacement.

I don't dislike Melvin.....I just have no opinion of him.

Weiss I think will be a disaster at KU but most people are a disaster at KU.

I love Melvin.

Don’t make me cut you.

Why? I'm curious?

I’m not saying he’s bad but what about him is special?

he isn't geren
Ha!....well he does have that going for him.
This.

He’s adorable and spunky and nice and doesn’t incite me to violence.

He wore Cal gear to an A's press conference that incited violence to me
Fair enough

I just hope the don’t hold next season’s record against him….no one could win with that team.

Top 10 Paul Newman Movies

1. Cool Hand Luke
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. The Verdict
4. The Hustler
5. Harper
6. The Color of Money
7. The Sting
8. Slap Shot
9. Nobody’s Fool
10 Hud

The Long Hot Summer
What is a summer I want nothing to do with
Absence of Malice
That would have made my Top 15 for sure
He's always entertaining.
UPS has my Moneyball. WHY IS IT NOT HERE.

Anyone know if the special features in the bluray/dvd combo pack are all on the bluray, or if any are on the dvd?

Mine is in my red Netflix envelope, I'll get around to it later this week
I've played about 2 hours of Skyrim.....they've really changed the mechanics of the game quite a bit.

I went Imperial and I joined the Thieves Guild because I like to sneak around.

I got sucked into the story in Markarth, I don't want to leave
Haven't been there yet.....I've just been to Whiterun and Riften.

I’m going to put the main story line off for a while and focus on making money and building my character up…..smithing looks like the way to add points easily.

All you are gonna do is have all these perk points you can't use yet

better off leveling by exploring using all your abilities

I'm just going to bank the perks

and use them once I’ve built up sneak, light armor, one hand and lock picking.

How are you building your character, Cope?
Mike Mularkey as new Jaguars coach

He’s had some success as an OC in Pittsburgh and Atlanta but his 1 1/2 year run as Buffalo’s head coach wasn’t much.

Which means McCoy stays in Denver much to the chagrin of most of the fanbase
Well, you have maybe two good receivers, an old RB and a FB playing QB so it's hard to judge.
I'm fine with him, he was dealt a shitty hand with personnel
I think the Broncos coaches did about as good of a job as they could.
I'm no Tebow fan, but he actually made some nice throws against Pittsburgh.

I wouldn’t want him as the 49ers QB, but he throws the deep ball better than Alex Smith.

He does throw a nice deep ball.....his 10-15 yard passes might be the worst I've ever seen though.

But hey they’re 8-4 with him under center so what the hell.

Hell, ride him as far as he'll take you.

Who knows, maybe he’ll have some trade value this offseason.

If they traded Tebow there would be a riot in Denver

he’s the Broncos QB next year for sure with the win over the Steelers even though Elway and Fox hate him.

That's probably true.

But if and when he falters, he’ll lose all his value.

I'm not sure he has any value outside of one of the Florida teams wanting him to sell tickets.

I still don’t think he’s a long term viable QB but who knows?

I agree, I think defenses will figure him out.

I don’t think anyone will give up a 1st round pick for him. But a 3rd or 4th rounder? Maybe. And before this year, I doubt he would’ve netted even that.

I'd take him as a FB and a wildcard type player

put him in there and let him make a few football plays….the kid has talent and drive.

He just needs to not throw.

Or just throw deep.

I think a smart coach could find a way to use him 7-8 times a game

that would help you win.

As an opposing coach...

And using 49ers players as examples, since I know them better, I’d probably assign Patrick WIllis to shadow Tebow, while letting Aldon Smith go after him on every sack. I’d drop my safeties back and let Bowman and the DL worry about the run.

I'
I'd stack the box

and play press defense on the receivers and make Tebow throw into a small window.

And when I say sack, I obviously mean snap.
Good move by Dallas bringing in Bill Callahan as an offensive coach.

He’s good at building a running game.

He's also good at losing Super Bowls to Gruden.
After tonight I've decided the best omelette is one with sharp cheddar, tomato and avocado.
There used to be a place here that did one with Italian sausage and sauteed onions and red and green peppers.

Amazing.

That sounds good as well.
ANother place did mushrooms and Meunster.
I like both of those things
Bill Mueller got 4 Hall of Fame votes?

Brad Radke got 2?…..seriously the “writers” who did this should lose their vote.

Mueller is no Scott Brosius.
No but he is someone who wants you to say Miller and spells his name Mueller.
You can't have your cake and eat it too, Bill.
No one is.:)
Not even Kouz?
Kouz has no rings☺
Yet...
I'm still holding out for this.
Well, you can't root for Kouz to get ring AND root for him to play for the A's.
Yes I can.

He will be on the rebound, and sign with the A’s when we win it all in 2015. WOOHOO!

Wow, you're crazier than I thought.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say President Obama will win the New Hampshire Democratic Primary tonight.
I already wrote my concession speech.
I'd vote for you

Ozz is the Man in 2012

Wow. Even my mom won't vote for me.

Hell, I’m not sure I’d vote for me.

To be fair I did once think it was a good idea to vote for Bill Bradley and John Edwards.
I can think of worse options.
I worked for the Bradley campaign....what a f'ing mess that thing was.

and it turns out John Edwards was kind of a fraud in pretty much every way.

I've never worked for any campaigns.

My cousin’s kid ran a campaign office in Penn. for Obama in ’08.

Politics was my life before I decided I wanted a life and got into teaching.

It was fun and crazy and awful and amazing but you sure didn’t make much money.

My Business Practices instructor warned us not to work for campaigns.

Or, more correctly, he said not to do work for a campaign unless you believed in the cause and were willing to give your work away for free. He said campaigns always put off paying photogs and graphic artists, and almost never ended up paying them at all.

I got stiffed more than once....mostly on local campaigns

and for years I worked for free which is not in my DNA but it was what you had to do to get your foot in the door.

I was about to start a business with some friends that helped do the fundraising part of the gig but I got out instead.

I have some friends who manage campaigns here in SC.

They typically win 70-75% of their elections. That’s amazing, considering that they manage Democrats in South Carolina. They always have juicy gossip on politicians, too.

I had a Pittsburgh Pirates like winning percentage

to be fair I never came close to managing anything so I can’t get much of the blame.

My favorite thing was I did some speech writing…..that I really loved.

Ooh, that sounds like fun.

I would try to write a speech that rhymes, just to see if anyone notices.

As long as the speech was only shown on CSPAN no one would.
Or it would be fun to try to work in famous phrases from movies.

“And I told my son, ‘I am your father.’”
“And she just looked at me and said, ‘Play it, Sam.’”

That can get you in trouble
But it'd be funny.
In politics you're only allowed to be funny off camera.
But you can call your wife a cunt any time the mic is on, right?
Depends on the wife
Depends on how much you hate half your shit.

Since that’s what she’ll be taking.

Aren't Barry Larkin and Alan Trammel basically the same player?
I know you don't value modern metrics.

But if you did, you’d say that Larkin was a bit better offensively, but Trammell was a lot better defensively.

So in the end they're very similar players in terms of value.
Yes, with Larkin having a slight edge.

I was a huge Alan Trammell fan as a kid.

I flirted with those mid to late 80's Tigers teams

they were fun to watch.

Trammell/Whitaker was one of the best middle infield combos I've ever seen.
Actually, THE best.

Or at least the most fun to watch.

Yep....and I loved Sparky.
and Jack Morris was nasty
Yeah, Sparky was awesome.

Old school.

Two crazy rumors....Gruden is coming back to Oakland....sure....and the Raiders are going to sigh Matt Flynn....sure part 2
I don't think Hue got a fair shake, personally.
I would have brought him back but our new rookie GM is getting to make his play.

I don’t have good feelings about it in my gut.

I feel bad for the next coach.

He’s coming into a bad situation, what with the lack of high draft picks.

I still think talent wise the Raiders are even footing with the rest of the division.

My biggest concern as I said above is rookie owner + rookie GM + rookie head coach = uh-oh.

It took Jed York what, 10 years to figure out how to hire a HC?
Yeah that has turned out pretty well for the 49ers.

I want a veteran offensive minded head coach but I doubt it’ll happen.

I’d also like to see them go get an established DC and move to the 3-4.

I like the 3-4.

I think it makes a lot more sense in this age of pass-first offenses. Plus, LB’s have become so strong and fast that they’re often as good against the run as DL’s.

I'm a 4-3 guy at heart but I think 3-4 would work better for their talent.

Seymour is a great 3-4 DL and Kelly could be a nice NT.

I just feel that effective D these days requires speed more than size.

Hell, it seems like DL’s are used almost as blockers nowadays, opening holes for the LB’s.

I think it depends on what division you play in as well.

The AFC West is a run first division outside of San Diego.

Yeah, but I think a 3-4 can be very effective against the run, too.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s what Baltimore and Pittsburgh run, is it not?

Yes

I’m not saying it can’t. As I said I’m for the Raiders switching to the 3-4. If I was building a team from scratch I’d build a 4-3 team but that doesn’t mean I’m right.

Fair enough.

Personally, I’d build a team around the OL on offense and the front 7 on D, but I’d go with a 3-4. Still, I think success ultimately depends on controlling the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.

In order

1. OB
2. LT
3 CB
4. DE
5. MLB

I'd avoid throwing my franchise QB out there until I have the guys to protect him

I don’t want to David Carr his career.

David Carr wasn't accurate enough

so even with a good line I doubt he would have been a good QB.

If you wait for a QB when there’s one on the board you’ll most likely be waiting to win for years.

Then I'd go big on a FA.
I'd use FA to add depth

but I’d try to get most of my starters through the draft.

I like young in football

and old in baseball.

I like young in vegetables and old in wines.
I like all women and BEER!
I can see your point.

But it seems like QB’s are hard to find and usually take awhile to develop. So I’d be willing to spend for one.

It depends

Newton and Dalton look like hits right out of the box but I concede it depends on the talent coming out the year you draft.

That's true.

I guess a lot also depends on how they’re coached. Nolan and Singletary pretty much ruined Alex Smith, I think. And I still say that Kordell Stewart should’ve been great, damn it.

I liked Stewart too

He had some success when Mularkey was his OC.

That's a bunch of

baloney.

and now fans in Jacksonville...all 4 of them get to enjoy that baloney as their HC.
Maybe he can bring Stewart out of retirement.
He couldn't be much worse than Gabbert.
Yo Gabba Gabbert?
Even worse...Mizzou Tigers Blaine
and I'd never draft a running back or WR in the first 2 rounds

and I’d never give a RB a second contract.

Nope, not worth it.

Too many good players at both positions available in the mid rounds.

Speaking of, are you familiar with NFL rules regarding compensation for FA’s?

Somewhat on the compensation front.

I know for instance that the Raiders should get a 3rd round pick for Nnamdi.

If I understand the rules correctly, the 49ers get nothing if they lose Gore and Alex Smith, right?

Since Gore is in his 7th year and Smith in his 6th?

I'm sorry...I'm not sure on that.
I want to say there's no compensation after their 4th year, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
Yeah but Nnamdi was well past his 4th year

it’s also possible the rules have changed with the last CBA.

Ah, could be.

If they can get compensated, I’m ok with letting them walk. Gore is a terrific player, but he’s bound to be nearing his effective end. And Smith isn’t a long-term answer.

Didn't Gore just sign a new deal?

They’d lose all the bonus money wouldn’t they?

I thought he was a FA after this season.
I thought he re-signed earlier this season but you know the team better than I do.
I recall hearing something about him postponing contract talks until after the season.

But it’s possible that I’m wrong. That almost happened once.

He signed a 3 year extension this year
Ah, thanks.

Cool, I can live with him being back next year. If he falters, Hunter seems capable.

Serious question.....have you ever seen or met a Jacksonville Jaguars fan?
I've seen people wearing their gear.

But I live in the South.

I've been to Jacksonville and I didn't see any fans.
The Panthers are big where you are right?

The Cam Newton run should be fun to root for.

Most folks here are Cowboys fans but because of McFadden I see a fair amount of Raiders stuff

of course there are Raiders fans everywhere.

Yeah, it doesn't hurt that they have probably the best uniforms in the all of pro sports.

And that they have a reputation for being tough as shit.

Certain types of people are just drawn to the Raiders....the renegade thing.
Yes, but it's funny. Most of them seem to be so staid in real life.

Maybe that’s how they act out their aggression.

and the Raiders haven't really been THE RAIDERS since the late 80's

even the good Gruden/Callahan teams weren’t all that rough they were just solid.

True, they really left that style of play behind.

You know, SIngletary likes smashmouth football. Maybe they should hire him…

If the Raiders hire Crazy Mike I'll go on a hunger strike.
Yeah, and the 49ers.

Apparently before the Panthers came along, the 49ers were huge here. But in the last 10 years or so, a lot of Northerners have started wintering here. So you actually see mostly Pats, Giants and Jets fans around here, along with a fair number of Ravens and Steelers fans. I’d say the Panthers are probably the 6th most popular team in this area.

There are Steelers, Packers, Cowboys, Giants, Raiders and Browns fans no matter where you are.

The Patriots are like the 49ers were in the 80’s in that they have a lot of recent fans because of all the success but we’ll see if it lasts.

But around here, there are a lot of people from the NE area.

Seriously, there are so many snowbirds that someone started a website called gobacktoohio.com.

It makes sense....I'd get out of NE for the winter if I could too.
The local MiLB team even gets in on the fun.

Read about it here.

First you'd have to be in NE for winter.
You gotta get in to get out.
I have some friends who drove down to Jacksonville to go to a game.

But they weren’t Jaguars fans. I don’t think they have a favorite NFL team. Actually, I think they went because drinking far from home is more fun than drinking near home. The wife got so drunk that on the way back, she rolled down the window and puked all over the side of her husband’s truck. His white truck. Owned by a man with OCD issues when it comes to cleanliness.

Ok, it's nigh-night time.

Take care, folks. Talk atcha later!

I think you mean goodnight, Brian...since it was just you and me here.

Sleep well, Oz.

I was busy killing bandits
The best bandit is a dead bandit.
sneak attack with dagger + kill animation = good stuff
I got one of those in my 3rd dungeon.....good stuff.
I suggest following the main quest as far as getting the full unrelenting shout

then go do your own thing. This way you have a pretty useful shout and have started random dragon attacks.

Okay....thanks for the tip.
Cope was here.

And I thought Tutu might be too.

I was Skyrimming then
Hey, if you're into Skyrimjobs, that's up to you. I'm not judging.
I wanted to spend some of my time with my real family.:)
I guess we'll let you slide for that. This time, anyway.
Schottenheimer's to Tampa?

Marty is great until the playoffs….not as sold on Brian even though he went to KU for a year.

I don't get the Jeff Fisher love.....6 playoff teams in 16 seasons.
I was going through a box in the garage and I found about 10 360 games I never played.

I keep buying these games and then never find time to play them.

heh it happens a lot
{sneaks in}

anyone here?

are you rebuilding a bike?
I've stared it down, but it's not rebuilding itself yet

I just got home though, so I’m giving myself a break before I tackle it again….

probably shouldn't tackle it, you might anger it
and you wouldn't like that bike when it's angry.
dude!

What did you do to your head?

had a cyst removed last Thursday
How are you feeling by the way?
mostly good

I still have random moments of sharp pain, but they don’t seem to last long. It still hurts whenever I sleep on my back, which is only a problem if I roll onto my back in the middle of the night….which I do frequently….so I don’t sleep well….sigh….

have you tried making a pillow fort against your body?

I had to do that for a month or so when my shoulder was all messed up

last night I had six pillows surrounding my head

this morning I had one pillow on the bed, and five on the floor.

I have to have 3 pillows under my head or I can't sleep.
I usually have two

although one is getting flattened, so I either need a third one, or get new pillows. I love new pillows….

I get new ones every year....I like them fluffy.
so, you're a fluffer, eh?
If the money is right....sure.
I'm glad to hear it's getting better.....I know how tough it is though when you aren't getting sleep.
Yikes!

I’ve been trying to follow along, but can’t keep up! Sounds like you are doing ok, so that’s good!

no worries

I kept it kinda hush hush for a while — it’s the second cyst removed (had another one taken out in September). I’m wearing cute hats to work this week to cover the spot, so at least that’s a good thing. :)

SPRINGY
I need another springy hat, one that I can change teh design of each day so that I can wear it all year long
I have floppy hats!
I prefer them firm.
I have the perfect one,

I love you!

The one I had in LA
It has green and gold flowers.

Its adorable!

Just like you.
ooooooh, green and gold flowers!!!

♥♥♥

Its the best hat ever!
I think Marlene took a picture of me in it.
And I hate me in hats.
(Looks up)...did someone mention head?
bed head?
I don't have enough hair to pull that off anymore.
So if Cope leaves AN The Lounge might as well shut down.
nah there were others before, there will be others after
I don't know.....we might need to reboot the Lounge.

I’d happily go back to DLD’s as more folks would enter those.

The worst part of being a teacher is all the heckling from the fans.
The Warriors are the ultimate tease
How is Rick Barry looking this year?
so glad he is no longer part of the local radio
He had a radio show huh?....did he mostly talk about his hairpiece?
He was with Rod Brooks midday for many years

in which he spent the time campaigning to be the next coach or to fix players

Ah.....I've never been into sports talk radio

it’s usually so inane.

For the most part yes
Back in the late 80's I liked Tim Roye in Sacramento

he was sharp and didn’t do much schtick.

He does Warrior radio play by play now and is not great on the twitter
I knew he did the Warriors these days.
he's a great radio play by play guy. he's no grant napear though.
I guess the 2 points the Falcons scored against the Giants put Mularkey over the top to get the Jaguars job.
falcon should fire mike smith and hire jeff fisher. mike smith can't get them over the hump. i'd rather coach matt ryan than sam bradford.
You know I'm starting to think my Jets vs Falcons Super Bowl pick might not happen.
Hmm Warriors by 3, 1 min to go in OT about time to fold
I have this odd urge to get back into basketball

but I have no desire to watch Kings games as they stink and I can’t take another bad team.

7 sec still up 3, GSW to inbound. This has been crazy
up 5, 6 secs left, they might win
I just saw the ad for Red Tails...so Lucas finally got that movie made.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!

Polls are reporting that Athletics Nation finished 4th in the New Hampshire Republican Primary tonight.

There’s no report if AN’s campaign will go on to South Carolina where rumors of several love children have dogged the candidate.

AN South Carolina spokesman Ozzman99 had this to say about the rumors

“What can I say….we’re very slutty and we like to get around.”

I guess I should now go on the Raiders blog and talk about the A's.
Sorry, Bed.
I was just joking since I come to an A's blog and talk about the Raiders so much.
Ugh. Headache coming on.

Me and the pain meds are going to go have a little party in my bed. Good night all!

Well, it's 3:20 in the morning and I just got spit up on and when that happens I like to come to an empty Lounge thread.
I had Moneyball on in the background while I was doing Daddy stuff

and damn it…..that movie is starting to make me love the Oakland A’s again.

Little known fact....ginger ale has both ginger and ale in it.....actually I have no idea if that's true.
When I was a kid I either wanted to be a cowboy, an astronaut or an insurance adjuster.
My new plan is to sleep when I'm dead so I should get a nice rest sometime next week.
An empty thread is like therapy but cheaper.
Speaking of cheap what's Lew Wolff up to these days?
When I first heard the name Free Kraut I thought they were talking about someone from West Germany during the Cold War.
Little known fact....the song A-B-C is actually about 1-2-3
You know what I miss the most about college?

Long philosophical discussions about things that don’t really matter that go all night…..well, that and the sex.

I think if I was ever to live in a foreign country it would be Texas.
I sure wish that college at a state school and job training

for kids who don’t want to go to college was free or darn cheap for students coming out of High School.

I can’t understand why we’ve allowed college to become so damn expensive. We put kids deep into debt after they pay for school and that just isn’t right.

The way things are going I figure I have to put away $5000 a year to pay for her college

and that’s if she goes to a good college…..a great college and I’m screwed.

An Ivy League school and they'll just have to kill me for the life insurance money to pay for it.
Little known fact....The U.S. Constitution was written on the back of a cocktail napkin.
After years of studying this stuff I really don't care for Thomas Jefferson much.

He was brilliant but kind of a prick.

I think my least favorite American historical figure was J. Edgar Hoover.....not a fan of MacArthur either.
Little known fact...teal is not actually a color.
My favorite color is blue but I'll only use pens with black ink.

I’m pretty sure this means I’m gay.

or that I resent my mother and want to kill my father....or the other way around.
It could also mean I think black looks better on the paper....nah....I want to kill Dad.
Little known fact....Tim Tebow is right handed.
Serious question.....is there any logical reason to be against Gay Marriage?

Shouldn’t conservatives want more people to be married and having a family?

Hmm....I might be getting too political tonight.....sorry.
Little known fact.....The Bay of Pigs involved very little pork.
Is it strange that I find Miss Piggy kind of hot?
My little princess is very fussy tonight.

I think it’s going to be a long day.

One thing is for sure I'm going to have to break out some Diet Cokes to make it through the day.
Little known fact.....butterscotch actually contains vodka.
I sure hope a lot of the people who seem to have left AN come on back once the season starts.

We need everybody to get through the upcoming season.

The 2 dollars I spent on this back scratcher might be the best money I've ever spent.
Next I'll talk about the 13 bucks I spent on my ear hair trimmer.

Then it’s on to earned income tax credit debate.

I can't decide if I should try to go back to sleep for two hours or just stay up.

Where’s my magic 8 ball?

Little known fact....The band Rush never go anywhere quickly.
As excited as I am for the return of Mad Men in March I'm just as excited about the return of Justified this month.

I want to be Raylan Givens when I grow up.

The Magic 8 Ball says....Goodnight, John-Boy.
I hit my head getting out of the car this morning

I should just go home, it’s going to be one of those days….

~

*

Added bonus:

Every time you fart, you can just blame it on the bubble wrap. Of course, you’re also gonna have to breathe it in; no sharing.

mmmm......lunchtime....
Speaking of farts, I think my cat just farted. It smells like used fish.

What ever happened to the dude with the farty dog?

Is there a place you can buy used fish?

Kinda taking the whole recycling thingy tuu far.

They don't call it "used" anymore. Now it's "pre-owned."
Pre-owned by a little old lady,

who only ate it on Fridays.

Better than pre-owned by a frat guy.

Who ate it in frozen stick form for lunch on Friday, only to regurgitate it Saturday morning after marinating it in tequila all night.

Oh....so that did actually happen.
I can't wait until this Lounge thread is old enough to drive.

I could use some help running errands.

i thought you liked running?
only from the police.
Fuck the police.
Ice-T is in the house!
I just got an email at work from someone named Jane "giggles" Smith

(first and last names changed)

Should I start including my screen name in my email sig?

For working with students?

I think Jane “spits fire at stupid people” Smith is probably going to serve you better.

I do not understand having blood drawn.

I could pay characters from SyFy channel movies way less to STAB ME AND SUCK THE LIFE FORCE FROM MY BODY.

On the upside, I found the thin line between passing out and not passing out.

If you stuck a needle in me right now the only thing that would come out would be Diet Coke.
Getting blood drawn never bothered me.

I guess blood doesn’t matter when you don’t have a soul.

You know what sucks?

When you have a craving for a certain dish (say… oh, I don’t know, General Tso’s), so you order some from a restaurant you don’t normally order from, and it turns out to be terrible. So disappointing.

I only read the title of your post so my answer is...you.
That's just a rumor.
Another rumor I heard is that the A's are signing Prince Fielder's gardener.
Good call. That guy can rake.
You're almost as corny as I am.....this must be why I like you.
Don't hate me because I'm dutiful.
It's looking like the character of Bed might be recast.

My demand to only have blue M&M’s in my dressing room and that no one could look me in the eye when I walked past them has not gone over well with management.

My wife watched Moneyball today...she liked it.
Is she an A's fan now?
pfft....the baseball scenes in the movie are the most baseball she's ever seen

my guess is she liked the scenes were Pitt works out.

So did I.
She rented it for me since she didn't know I had already seen it.

I watched it again late last night as I was taking care of Miss Fussy and I liked it more the second time.

I liked it the 1st time, but maybe I'll watch it again.

In fact, I’ll buy it and watch it instead of watching the real games this year.

I still think they could of cut 10 minutes out of the movie as it does drag a bit in parts.

I don’t care about the parts that aren’t factual or 100% correct because it’s a movie it’s there to be entertaining.

I'm gonna steal a page from Bed's book and do a top 10 list.

Top 10 sports cars (there are no objective criteria here, just what I like):

1. 1957 Corvette
2. Ferrari 250
3. Ferrari 365 GTB
4. Laborghini Murcielago
5. Porsche 356
6. BMW M3 E46
7. Ferrari 458 Italia
8. 2012 Corvette ZO6
9 Porsche Carrera GT
10. McLaren F1

That's fine I stole the idea from sirbed myself.
You forgot 2011 Ford Mustang
No, no I didn't.
I love my car....it's fun to drive

I’d love to have a 65 Mustang someday. I don’t know any of the cars on your list but I’m not really a car guy.

Shockingly, I've never driven any of the cars on my list. But I want them.

And I mean no offense to your Mustang, which by all accounts, is one hell of a car.

I have no doubt it's not one of the Top 10 sports cars of all time

I doubt I’ll ever be able to afford anything on that list.

Me neither.

But I plan to steal at least 3 of them at some point. After that, I’ll have 3 strikes, so I’ll spend the rest of my life pleasuring my cell mate.

Sounds like a plan.
I'm really hoping they've created co-ed prisons by then.

Also, I hope my cell mate is Mila Kunis.

Did she get arrested for being in Max Payne?

she is a sexy little thing.

I don't care what she got arrested for.

I’d be her bitch any day.

So kind of a role reversal thing then.
Kinky
Whatever makes her happy.
I'm a bastard so I'd be more interested in her making me happy.
1964 R-3 Avanti
Top 10 Vin Diesel movies:
Good luck with that
That's it. The list is done.
I liked Pitch Black....and uh......hmm....I've seen some of the Fast & Furious movies.
I saw most of the 1st F&F. Hated it.
I've seen 3 of them I think

I like it when things crash….I’m a simple man.

As long as they put up a new lounge every few days so there's a place for Oz to crack me up I'll stick with AN.
You have very low standards.
Seriously...I only come here for the Lounge
I mostly do to, but I hit up some of the FP stories from time to time.
I rec the ones I like

but I get my baseball information mostly elsewhere.

I get my baseball info anywhere I can find it.
I get my baseball information while reading about football.
I get my football information while reading about politics.
I get my political information when reading about dirtbags.
I didn't know there were 2 ways to spell politics.
there are many ways to spell it.....most of them are 4 letter words.
I'll keep posting them for y'all

I think there might be a couple others who will also post some from time to time

I made us a cowboy dinner tonight....beans and sausage.
That's what I have in my pants.
Then what's in your pants must be tasty.

We’re both so damn tired so beans and sausage was quick and easy.

Top 10 sitcoms:

1. I Love Lucy
2. M*A*S*H*
3. Benson
4. Parks & Rec
5. Friends
6. Doby GIllis
7. The Burns & Allen Show
8. The Odd Couple
9. The Wonder Years
10. The Big Bang Theory

I've done this list...maybe more than once....my list was different.

I’m glad to see someone else doing the lists…..I was out of ideas.

Apparently, so am I. If I'm doing lists you've done many times.
I think I've done at least 150 of them so you're bound to hit some of the ones I've done.

and many of them are about movies, TV and pop culture stuff.

My problem is that it's hard for me to name 10 of anything.

I just don’t know much about much.

I love to rank things and make lists.....many history folks are like this

and for about 20 years I was a pop culture junkie but I’m clueless on anything recent.

I don't usually rank things.

I pick the one that’s the best, and screw the rest.

I can do a top 10 list on almost anything that I have some knowledge on.

The list might be garbage but then so are most of my opinions.

Opinions are like assholes, right?
Exactly

and with me I don’t expect anyone to have the same opinions that I do.

I expect everyone to have the same opinions I do.

It reaffirms my beliefs and makes me feel better about myself.

I think many people think that way

it leads to fun flame wars on AN.

ANd pretty much any other message board.
This is my only one so I'll take your word on that.

It always cracks me up when people thinks their opinion is more right than someone else’s.

Everyone knows that unless you agree with me, you're wrong.
I don't even agree with myself half the time.

and when it comes to baseball I concede there are people on AN that know a lot more about it than I do.

I don't agree with you, either.
That's the way to go.
There is a distinct lack of How I Met Your Mother on that list.

I am disappoint.

I dare you to pick one show to bump from my list to replace with HIMYM.
TBBT.
Nope.

Jim Parsons is the funniest actor on TV.

Disagree.

NPH wins.

Also, the writing is way better on HIMYM.

I like TBBT a lot, don’t get me wrong, but I have to get my HIMYM fix Or Else.

For me the big missing piece is Cheers

but it’s his list not mine. Many of the shows on his list I’ve never seen so I can’t judge.

Mmm, Cheers.

Good call. Maybe I can bump The Wonder Years for Cheers.

Cheers is my number 1

Winnie Cooper would be mad if you dropped The Wonder Years though.

I had quite the crush on her.
Who didn't?.....Hell, I just saw her on TV recently.....she's hot.
On HIMYM? Wasn't she on there?
I don't know what that is.....it was some thing about a math book she wrote for kids.
How I Met Your Mother.
Ah...I've seen some of it but never more than a few minutes

it’s on in syndication on like 14 channels on my DirecTV.

Beats watching Saved By The Bell.
Yes Kyli.

I SAID THAT.

Elizabeth Berkley
I AM COMING BACK THE NEXT DAY TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE SO SO SO SO SO WRONG.

YOU HAVE JUST LOST ALL YOUR CREDIBILITY EVER.

GONE.

LOOKING GOOD

The tweets from the Owner’s Meetings have all the players in conference, incl. the “Blue Ribbon” committee.

Woo!
Whatever is best for the team I guess

from a selfish stand point I have to admit I have no desire to travel to San Jose to watch them but that isn’t important at all.

I'm a selfish bitch and I don't care.

Viva la Oakland!

(I actually held this opinion as well when I was living in the South Bay, so I don’t feel bad about it)

San Jose is too far from Arkansas. Oakland is just right.
Well that and I have friends and family near Oakland so it's a place I enjoy.

San Jose has never done much for me when I’ve been there and I don’t know anyone who lives there so it’s not a good deal for me.

Or that.
I'll go at least once to see the new park

but I’d go more if they stay in Oakland.

Better let them know that before they move.
Yes....I'm sure that's been on their minds

As always I’ll see most of my A’s games in KC and Dallas although since my Uncle in Dallas died I imagine we’ll hit KC more.

I'll see most of my A's games on MLB.com.
I don't think I'll even get the MLB package this year for DirecTV.

We’ll be gone for the summer and by the time we get home the A’s will be 57 games out of 1st place.

You'll get back at the end of May?
Well, they had permission to build in Fremont, look how that turned out

If MLB agrees to let the team move, I think it’s 90% of the battle. Maybe 95% if the Giants are bought off. But it’s not a done deal.

Well, yeah.....someone still has to pay for it.
Somehow, even in this economy, I think they'll find plenty of corporate sponsors.

Maybe they should talk to PG&E. I hear they have a bunch of money they were supposed to spend on gas pipeline maintenance just sitting around.

I don't know enough about the financial situation to know what to say.

All my friends in California are basically looking to get out for the most part because things are bad.

New slogan: See the A's offense explode!
Wow. Brandon Allen just San Bruno'd that fastball!
Top 10 meals I've ever eaten:

1. My mother’s goat pulao
2. Ozzwife’s Herbs de Provence short ribs
3. Ozzwife’s Cuban pork loin
4. The pork chop at High Cotton
5. The chicken paillard at 5 Loaves
6. Ozzwife’s gumbo
7. The lamb shank at Table 10
8. The duck confit club and garlic &blue cheese fries at the Tattooed Moose
9. Pernil
10. Ozzwife’s charmoula leg of lamb

Mine is just steak written 10 times.
Ok, Ron Swanson.
I don't know who that is but I do love steak.
Parks & Rec.

Sorry about the poor quality, but here you go.

Ah....yeah I've never seen that show.
I love it.
I know while not many people watch it it's very popular with those who do.
Yeah, it may not be for everyone.
I'm not a fan of the head writer.

But a couple of my friends love the show.

The Fire Joe Morgan guy?
Right....not a fan
Oh, I think he's hilarious.
Which is why the show is for you.
Funny how that works.
Yep

I don’t think we watch any sitcoms at the moment.

My wife is watching season 1 of Mad Men right now to see if she likes it.

I need to watch that.

I’ve only seen the 1st episode.

It's my favorite show currently on TV

1. Mad Men
2. Breaking Bad
3. Justified
4. No Reservations
5. PTI

and I like Person of Interest….that’s about it.

I don't know #3-5.

Well, I know #4, but I’ve never watched it. I don’t like Anthony Bourdain.

PTI is the Kornheiser and Wilbon on ESPN

and I love Bourdain….Justiified is a cool show about a US Marshall on FX based on a Elmore Leonard character.

I heard Eastbound & Down is good.

I know, not related to anything you just said.

I've heard of it but I've never seen it

I got rid of HBO years ago.

Me too, but I have Netflix.
I had Netflix but I never used it

so I dumped it….I use the On Demand thing and we still go to Hastings to rent movies.

I've never heard of Hastings.

There’s a Blockbuster around the corner from here. I don’t know how they get enough business to stay open.

All our Blockbusters closed

Hastings is a book/music/DVD/video games/coffee shop.

I could go for a good cup of coffee right now.
I could go for a good book/DVD/video game
Skyrim?
I've played about 3 hours so far

and I’m having fun.

I have played none.

Too much like my real life.

There are dragons in your real life?
OF course, what do you think I do for a living?
I thought you were a hooker.
That's only a part time gig.

Mostly I’m a squire for a dragon slayer.

I slay everyone I meet....well, not really.
Walkin' down the street, shootin' people that I meet, fully loaded Tommy gun.

Here comes the deputy, try fuckin’ gettin’ me, gotta fuckin’ get up and run.

You're a much more fancy eater than I am

but my wife isn’t a Chef.

Don't get me wrong, I can get down with a good burger.
Your list looks good to me

When it comes to food I’m pretty simple….I’ve gone out for fancy dinners and it’s fun but I like pretty basic stuff.

I just like good food. I don't care if it's fancy or not.
My main complaint at fancy joints is they don't give you enough food

and I’m not even really a big eater.

Depends on where, but yeah.

That’s why you get apps and ’zerts.

So soon I may be rooting for the San Jose A's and the Los Angeles Raiders
Suddenly the Coli is really lonely.
Well, Brad Pitt said it was a dump after he turned down all that money from the Red Sox.
What they don't tell you is that he said Fenway was a rat trap.
I've been to both....Fenway was cool but it's easier to see a game in Oakland

if you’re just there for the baseball the Coliseum ain’t half bad.

I'd love to go to Fenway.
You'll have a blast.

I’m so glad I went and I went to Yankee Stadium before they opened the new one…it wasn’t as charming.

I wish I'd gone to Tiger Stadium, but I missed my chance.
I went there too.....it needed to be torn down.

It had it’s charms but it was kind of dumpy too.

Honestly, I'd be there more for the history than the baseball.
That's why I went

I went there I think 2 years before it closed….I’ve gone on these baseball trips a couple of times where you hit several stadiums….it’s fun.

I want to do that some day.

I hope this summer I can afford to drive around the southeast and hit a bunch of minor league games.

I'd love to spend a season just following the A's around.

Maybe write a book….In Bed with the Oakland A’s.

All that losing would wear you down.
Nah....I only get pissed at playoff losses for the A's

and that would be blast to do no matter how bad they were.

Let me know when you're ready to do it.

I’ll sell a kidney and join you.

I should have done it with the year I had off

instead I fell in love got married and had a kid.

What a waste.
Really dumb move on my part.
Everyone screws up once in a while.
I hope it's your kidney, at least.
Why would I sell my own kidney?

What if the other one fails?

Since you appear to have an ample stock in reserve,

I don’t see what the problem is.

Can't guarantee a tissue match.
The Coliseum is hella lovable.
I used to love it, but not so much anymore.
You're fickle.

TRUE LOVE NEVER DIES.

Naw. I fully expect to dump my wife when she gets old and find myself a young gold digger.
Probably a young, blonde Giants fan.

THAT’S YOUR KIND OF FICKLE, SIR.

Never. I have standards.

Maybe a Pads fan.

Just sayin', across the Bay is where all the gold diggers are.
Gold diggers are everywhere.
It'll always be my favorite stadium.
Where's Chickie?

Has he heard that Zooey Deschanel is getting divorced?

It's time for him to make his move.
Seriously. Timing is everything.
Unti this very moment, I had no idea Demi Lovato was a singer.
I can beat that....I have no idea who she is period.
Yes. Yes she is.
I don't feel that my life is any richer for knowing that.
You know who Demi Lovato is. That's something.

And it should be.

LIKE I’M MADE OF GLAAAAASS LIKE I’M MADE OF PAPERRRR.

I had heard her name in the past, but only knew that she was a celeb of some sort.

I assumed she was an actress.

She was. She started out as a Disney channel actress.

Then she moved on to singing, as the Disney pop-culture-factory ladies often do.

Ah.

Thanks.

Well, and because she went into treatment for an eating disorder + emotional issues and thought it wouldn't be healthy to get back in front of the camera.

She’s released a couple albums.

...Why the fuck do I know all this.
That is a great question.
The People's Choice Awards are stupid.

Lea Michele is funnier than Tina Fey, Jane Lynch, and Kaley Cuoco? Um, no.

It's this person's choice not to care about those awards.
Good call.

But I don’t have command of the remote control tonight.

Luckily we have 4 TV's

My wife has control of the big room so that DVR is loaded with Kardashians.

I have no interest in them.

We have 1 TV and no cable.

I have control of the DVR in my office so it's loaded with hardcore porn and Raiders game film.
I'd rather watch porn.
I'm at the point I'd rather watch game film

in fact I’d pay big money to watch coaches film…..that is the only way to really see football.

That would be fun.
Ok, Maroon 5 over Red Hot Chili Peppers?

You’re fired, America.

Is there a 3rd choice?

I’ve liked a few Chili Peppers songs but the only thing Maroon 5 makes me feel is the urge to change the radio station.

You'd vote for Coldplay.

They were a choice. Can’t remember the rest. In a couple of years, no one else will either.

I would vote for Coldplay although their most recent album is their worst.

It has about 5 good songs and the rest is filler at best.

That Moves Like Jagger song is one of the worst things ever.
I've heard that one.....not a fan.
Band you hate the most?
Ooh, tough one.

There are a lot that I hate. If I had to pick just one, maybe the one that did that Fly Like a G6 song.

If you don't know their name then you must not hate them that much.

It is is a tough one….I want to pick someone who isn’t just some one hit wonder though.

Ok.

I can’t stand Mariah Carey. Maybe more than Celine Dion, even.

Wait, maybe Toby Keith.

Although that hatred wouldn’t be limited to musical reasons. He’s just a douche.

Hmm.....I've never heard Toby Keith...not a country music fan....Mariah Carey I thought was hot at one time

Celine Dion is bland.

Actually I only like country music when it's sung by Englishmen.
What about Australians?
I'm not sure I like any Aussie bands.
AC/DC!!!!

What about Men At Work?

AC/DC has some fun songs...kind of pop metal.

Men at Work….don’t they only have two songs?

Probably.

Vegemite-eating bastards.

You shook me all night long is a good song to run to.
The walls start shakin', the earth was quakin',

My mind was achin’, and we ate bacon and you,
shook me all night long!

I'd love to hear EN's answer on this one since he's Mr. Music.
He'd pick someone I've never heard of.
Most likely but he'd have a good reason for it.
Oh, I have no doubt.
I'm going Aerosmith
Ouch. I like them.

Well, not the newer stuff.

I respect the fact that they've had success but I hate Tyler's voice

and like I said I didn’t want to pick some no name little band and Aerosmith is one of the biggest bands of all time.

See Oz you should do your Top 10 bands.
Mine is just steak written 10 times.
Hmm, there's a thought.

1. The Beatles
2. Led Zep
3. Black Sabbath
4. Pink Floyd
5. Metallica
6. Primus
7. The Grateful Dead
8. AC/DC
9. Cream
10. The Jimi Hendrix Experience

I don't see a 2011 Ford Mustang on that list.
Good point.
I don't love any of those bands

but I like one of them….I like Clapton’s stuff away from Cream more than his stuff in it…..you’re a big time classic rock fan that’s for sure.

Yeah, I'm surprised I didn't have more metal on there.

Live and learn (about yourself).

Since I love Genesis I should be a big Floyd fan I guess but I like the more pop rock stuff by Genesis over the prog stuff.
CCR

Jefferson Airplane, The Doors

Fuck Led Zeppelin.
New Top 5 Sitcoms

1. Cheers
2. Seinfeld
3. M*A*S*H
4. Scrubs
5. FOX News

School starts next week.

Let’s see:

1) I have to be AT clinicals at 0600.
2) I’ve been getting up at 1430 every day.
3) I don’t have my homework done.
4) I don’t have my reading done.
5) I don’t have my uniform patches sewn on.

I don’t want to go back.

You'll make it

and besides sleep is overrated.

I went to be at 2100 a few nights ago.

Got up at 0500 and 0800. Then I went back to bed and slept until 1400. Then I got up, then went back to bed and slept until 1630. This is not a schedule of a productive person.

You can do this. You'll do great.
BABIES, Oz.

This is my textbook (WARNING: GRAPHIC!) – http://t.co/2q02GGNv

No problem.

Babies are bloody bundles of joy.

I will be delivering babies. BABIES.
pfft....been there, done that.
I know, but I don't.

I am the person down at the other end, being calm and knowing things.

I don't see what could possibly go wrong.
First, I am claustrophobic as fuck.

I do not foresee this going well,

Just keep reminding yourself:

“It could be worse. It could be me trying to shoot a watermelon out of my coochie.”

Claustrophobia might be a problem for the baby

Delivery rooms aren’t all that cramped, are they?

Ours wasn't
You're in Arkansas. You had your baby in a barn, right?
I am okay if I just go in and just get shit done.

But I can’t just stand in there letting the room fill up. The group of 15 were in the med room last semester and the teacher noticed my panic. She let me stand in the hallway and listen to report.

I'm still amazed I didn't pass out

I was so tense but it all worked out….the drugs for both of us helped.

I'm scared about looking at a placenta.
I focused on her face

I would have passed out if I had been doing your job.

My BFF, Nurse Sam, is having a baby in April

She doesn’t want anyone to look at her vag. She wants to put a fenestrated drape over everything but the babies head when it comes out.

That makes sense to me.
I am scared of a tearing vagina, Bed.
We're all scared of that

I still can’t get over how something so big comes out of something so small.

We have OB classes AFTER we take the clinicals. WHY!?!?

That’s also scary.

I can understand that

My mom was an RN and my dad was an MD. My mother worked up until about her seventh month of pregnancy with her first baby, and she had the baby at the hospital where she and my dad were working. So she was embarrassed to get into the delivery room and realize that she knew every single person there. She was even less pleased when the doctor said she was a couple of hours away from serious labor, and he, my dad, and the intern set up a poker game on the other bed in the room.

I will admit, we folk in the medical field are some sadistic bastards.

One day I took lunch orders as we were coding someone. Chest compressions. “Hey, we’re getting Subway, what does everyone want?” type of stuff. We have to talk about all that stuff and makes jokes, or else we’d all kill ourselves in the parking lot before we got home.

Cool, can I get a girl?

And if you’re not here in 30 minutes, she’s free right?

No it's not but the profession you're entering into isn't known for easy hours.
I've been watching a lot of old Paul Newman movies.

“Message in a Bottle” is on TV now. I can’t watch it. Too sad.

I might see if Miss Hawaii wants to start watching old movies....I think we've seen every current one on DVD now.
I was gearing up for Indecent Proposal, but some stupid shit is on now.
Going from Newman to Redford.....I took the most evil woman I ever dated to that movie.
Man, old Hollywood was amazing.
Anchors Aweigh.

1945. Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly. Song and dance. Good shit.

Sampson and Delilah is on...

Hedy Lamarr was awesome. And very smart

My 10th Diet Coke of the day....a new record....thank you Sara.
Your body is not pleased about this.
I got maybe 2 hours sleep last night so I needed it.
I had 4 Mt. Dews before 0900 on Saturday.

I didn’t sleep the night before and I was working a 16. The next day I got to work at 0700 and left at 0300.

I had friends in college who lived on Mountain Dew
I lived off Iowa Street.
Well folks, I think I need to go find something more to eat.

Fucking crappy food.

Top 10 Crappy Food List?
Maybe, but not now.

I’ll see ya tomorrow, buddy. Have a good night!

Would someone go get my wallet out of my purse?

The wind is blowing, making it feel like 18 degrees. I also think it is snowing.

That sounds like yucky weather.
I don't want to go out.
I wouldn't either
The scouts tell me I can finish with either hand.
I need to set this Lounge thread up with my financial guy to set up a retirement plan for it.
Paul Newman was born on 1/26.

My birthday? 1/26

you were made for each other
He's kind of a cold guy though.....a bit stiff too.
I have been in a Paul dream land this week.

It’s been a nice vacation from life. I wish it would have started sooner, because now I need to do homework.

Sometimes you have to take a vacation from life in Dreamville
Just saw something for Cope:

bacon wrapped cream cheese jalapeno bites

It would seem he's not here....is it legal to have a Lounge without him?
It feels wrong.

Maybe he went to my car for me?

Either that or he's on FK like everybody else.
He's stated he will not be a FKer.

I believe him.

I believe him as well.
He might be the least evil Broncos fan ever.

and he knows his football even though I like to disagree with him just to give him a hard time.

both correct
Me either....I'm AN for life....so say another 2 hours or so.
so a night's worth of sleep?
Pretty much......I'm so gigged up on Diet Coke I'm good for another hour or so.

Soon I’m going to crash hard though.

I think I've had more soda in the 11 days of 2012 thus far than I had in the last six months of 2011....

my soda addiction has returned….

I was off Diet Coke until my girl came around

now it’s the only thing keeping me alive.

WANT
It does look yummy

I love hard salami wrapped around a black olive stuffed with cream cheese.

that screams of euphemism
It does.....my Grandma always said Brian if you're going to have salami have it hard.
Grandma also said always bet on black, hit on 16 and never trust the Swedish.
She learned a lot in prison.
good evening loungers!
All 3 of us
crowded tongiht

er, I mean, crowded this week….

Yeah....the Lounge is hopping!
hiya
hiya
any more hitting your head today?
not since this morning fortunately

though it’s still early….

and we're up to 4 unless Jennifer got lost going to her car.
I hope she didn't freeze
She's Jenny from the Mo so she's tough.
No Jenny, please.
my former coworkers used to call me Jenny from the Cube

I hate cubicles….

Okay but could you please call me Jenny?
867-5309
I tried to get that number when I lived in Oregon

the phone company said it was permanently blocked so that they couldn’t give it out in any area code

I'll give you my real number if you go get my purse out of my car.
Real name: Leopold Bloom

Real number : 555-765-4321

Real address : 123 No Way
Bumfuck, Arkansas

All of those numbers are in my real phone number
5! 5! 5! 5!

Let’s sing a song of five!

If we get to nine, I'll single Beatles songs all night
I'd start singing but I don't want to get divorce papers.
Have we ever had a 5 day lounge before?

That banning thing sure has helped the site.

No truth to the rumor that the lounge is where they send people in the witness protection program.
So, seems like nothing definite happened on the stadium front

according to Marine Layer quoting MLB.com. The blue-ribbon panel made a presentation to the executive committee.

So you're saying I shouldn't buy that house in San Jose quite yet then?
I'd like to say sorry for that time I said that thing about that person.
Sigh

I have a case of the blahs. Can someone entertain me?

This is a no entertainment zone.
fuck
The Lounge : Where entertainment comes to die and the best place for fried chicken in the Tri-State area.
It's the January doldrums

Even if the weather is more like October, the days are still short.

It's dark here at about 2pm

and for the first time it’s getting really cold.

I just ran to my car.

It was BAD.

Thankfully ours are in our garage.

It’s been a mild winter so far but I feel revenge coming soon.

Saved me a trip, thanks!
I need to get out and see the sunshine this weekend
I need a nanny or to be 10 years younger.
I need a full-time staff of three

Maid, cook, and business manager. Then I could manage the rest of my life, I think.

That would work....now all I need is a lot of money.....good thing I'm a public school teacher.
there's big money in education, or so I hear....

where it is, I don’t exactly know

It's not coming my way that's for sure but I mostly teach to get the summer off.
buy me a plane ticket, I'll give you a weekend break
I do think Grandpa is going to pinch hit this weekend.
I'm scared for this weekend....

We’ve had 2 deaths at work. The third is just around the corner. It will probably be my aunt, since she made a totally 180 in her condition. They are talking about discharging her. Sunday I had to call my mom and tell her she was going to die.

I hope no deaths for my family this year....we had two big ones last year

it really was awful.

Wow. That must have been horrible.

I had to tell my mom that my little brother and his wife had been seriously hurt in a car crash. It was not pleasant, especially since the only information that I could get out of the nurse who called me was that they were in the ICU, and could I give them information on my sister-in-law’s next of kin? (They’re both fine now.)

I'm enjoying this chocolate milk phase much more then the salad phase
I like both of those things but one more than the other.
It was your heart on the line, I really fucked it up this time didn't I my dear?
I'm the only one who will get that.
Ha!.....I'm listening to the CD right now.
True story.

BFF Grits and BFF Brownie watched the World Cup with Mumford and Sons. I was passed out by the port-a-potties. I was pissed when I woke up.

Everytime I wake up by the port-a-potty I'm pissed.
Okay I hadn't watched Happy Endings before, gave it a shot today and think I like it.
So it ended happily then.
I'm thinking about watching "The Way We Were".

Will it make me cry?

All you need to know is Bruce Willis is dead the whole time

and it’s been so long since I saw that movie I can’t remember the ending.

So what you're saying is you only have misty watercolor memories of it?
Or laugh. It's pretty sappy.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll belch....The Way We Were.
The worst part of being a parent?

I can’t do the dingo ate my baby joke anymore without making people uncomfortable.

I found a porkchop shaped bib at a store one time.

I brought it home for one of our kids, and I thought the Mrs was going to shoot me.

I think Miss Hawaii and I will make for a good team

she’s got that overprotective thing going and I’m wondering when we should let the kid start driving.

I mean hell it's not like she has to learn how to drive stick or anything.
I had to learn on an old Ford truck.

4-speed non-syncro manual w/ twu speed rear axle. Talk about jumping into the fire!

When I learned to drive my stepdad kept me in a parking lot for 19 hours learning how to park

and then my Dad gave me the keys and took me out on Watt Ave during rush hour.

Sink, or swim!
Pretty much

and both of the extremes made me ready to go.

This is what I want to get Nurse Sam's baby.

She wanted a shirt that read, “When in doubt, pull out.”

I really need to put aside 90 seconds for a haircut.
I just do a twu-hair, Al Davis comb over.
I buzz it down to 1/8 of an inch....it's fast but it still costs 20 bucks.
We all thought Al's do was bad, until we saw his son's
Ah the mighty bowl cut.
Lloyd Christmas
To me he looks like Jon Gruden's older, drunk, possibly touched brother.
I can recommend a good surgeon

she took care of some of my hair in a flash…

On my knee surgery they shaved my entire leg....I felt like a swimmer or Tootsie.
When I have mine knee surgery, I'm thinking of having them just transplant the hair to my scalp.
Or, "my" knee surgery....

(fixed for the grammar police)

Those grammar police bastards haven't gotten me yet!

Oh damn here they come!

I was teaching present-tense verbs to the kiddies today

How they change with singular and plural subjects. I think it fried my brain a little.

I napped through most of my classes today and then just gave out random F's.
Yeah, the kids rat on me tuu their mom when I start dropping the "F" bombs around.
Well if I dropped an F bomb at school I'd have a lot more time to Lounge that's for sure.
okay, I think I need to shut this computer down and go read until I fall asleep

good night lounge!

Goodnight, giggs♥
Goodnight, gigs.

I hope your book is more entertaining than we were tonight….well, I guess it would have to be.

Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Duran Duran tonight.....hmm...I might have gotten that wrong.
Goodnight, AN!

I have to get up early to start my handicap ramp into the house. I better finish it before going under the knife

Goodnight, Tutu

good luck with the ramp and the surgery.

Soon all lounge's will last 3 weeks and just be the 7 of us saying hello and goodbye to each other.
We are halfway there.
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand we'll make it, I swear.
So I guess Future Ed and attijah have started their own law firm to defend pigeons.
Dewey, Pouponem, and Howe?
and Philip Seymour Hoffman will play Howe in the movie.
The Art of the cinema
I was surprised he took such a small role until I realized that the director was the same guy from Capote.
For the pigeon movie we're hoping to get Uwe Boll to direct.
We had a good thing going but love never lasts I guess.
Perhaps we should invade the Pirates blog to add fresh blood to AN.
not gonna get a lot of new ppl in the offseason
I joined in the off-season

and really that’s when A’s news peaks.

So are we going to have a party when this thread goes off to college?

I’ll bring the ice and the dead sexy.

I'm busy looking up classic movies I haven't watched.
I did the AFI Top 100 list and I got around to about 90 of them I think.
no Breakfast at Tiffany's = invalid list
That wouldn't make my Top 1000 list.
Okay my shift is over.
I think I've run out of things to say....or maybe I did in 2010.
Thanks for helping me stay awake tonight.
It's been fun....
Is this the Arkansas Long Goodbye?

We have that in Minnesota as well.

and I'm out for tonight

Time for the real party people to show up….

Good morning, lounge!
g'morning k

i need a weekend

heh just stumbled upon this in my RSS

Skyrim Mom twitter account

My 65-year-old mom is playing Skyrim. This is what she tells me.
hello, i need a hug, please.
Hugs!


(this is Tuck, the empathetic turtle from the Wonder Pets, who always asks politely if he can give the animal they’re rescuing a hug….my great-nieces turned me on to this show.)

*hugs*

I needed one too

hugs for us both! {{{{{gigs}}}}}
I miss when the lounge had people in it.....

fortunately students are back and classes start soon so I’ll be disappearing anyways….

HI!!!! {waves frantically!}
HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

{hugs}

The Lounge didn't usually have that many people in the middle of the day, right?

But we have to have some place to hide from the meta, and the stadium trolls.

It was only busy after games. Usually.
I think I read Moneyball faster then it took to watch it
This 9-5 malarkey is bollocks.
Sad that you've cottoned on to that so quickly, but true

The bit where they pay you is pretty good, though.

agreed

how’s the new gig and home and all that?

[peeks in again]
Peeks, or pees?
I only [poop]

thankyouverymuch

I guess that's why you rarely see chicken kidneys on a menu
hiya
hi pie queen!
This day needs more pie
all days need more pie
totally agree

I might have to stop for pie after class tonight…

PIE MOB?
my class was just canceled.

guess I can go for pie earlier.

OH WAIT! I can go see MUPPETS!!!!! KYLI, WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!?!

oh yeah, huh...
You wanna come?

text me, I’ll pick up your ticket before they sell out

omg, I just spit water all over my keyboard....
@DALLASBRADEN209
Just landed N Hawaii. Pretty sure I just saw @kurtsuzuki N nothing but a sea shell bra and a grass skirt eating a spam sandwich. Aloha Zook!
haha I just read that too
My aunt keeps trying to die. She's pissed it's not happening.

Twice she has been close to death. Now she’s setting up, eating soup and bitching at people. Dr. Asshole’s response: “What the fuck?”

This Lounge will never die!
lets hope
All I know is this lounge just joined AARP and pulled it's pants up to it's nipples.
My Disabled Person Placard just arrived.

I’ve started to carve my false teeth.

duh, we have a nurse here with us

plus plenty of food (thanks Chickie)

It’s like a tornado shelter, we’re totally safe! {hears the winds rattling at the doors}

Sigh.

At least the Lounge isn’t going anywhere.

we're waaaaay past shady at this point.
It just needs to get fixed.
and fast
I tried.

And failed, I think.

given how sensitive the users are to past actions taken, you'd think the powers at be would be more concerned about appearances. i guess i'm wrong.
That's a shame, dan.

We can’t repair the relationships until it happens. I do appreciate everyone’s efforts behind the scenes, to resolve this. I know you, iglew, Bloomie, BBG, and others, have been working hard to make it happen.

Thanks.

I’ve just hit my breaking point, I think. Not sure how much I’ll be involved in non-Lounge AN from here on out.

That makes me sad

honestly you’re the best baseball writer on the FP.

This

dan, elcroata, and so many others have done a great service in spreading their knowledge to those of us who don’t know the nuances.

Big time brain drain going on.
Thanks.

If I had to pick one thing that I wanted to do when I started at the front page, it was to bring knowledge from the “inner stat circle” (fangraphs, THT, Tango, etc) to a more mainstream audience.

You take complicated ideas and make them easier to understand.

That makes you a successful writer.

Exactly. I lot of us aren't stupid, we just don't have the knowledge/education to analyze the way you can.
Thanks, guys.

Means a lot.

pfft....I'm stupid...it's all about RBI's and grit for me, baby!

and of course you’re exactly right, Tutu.

I can build one hell of a handicap ramp for those of us getting old.
I'll give you a call in about 25 years.
I'll have one on display in about a week.
Thanks, Bed.

We’ll see what happens, I guess.

I'll hope for the best

best advice I could give Nico is be honest and just let it all hang out.

Well, pull your pants off,...

and grab a brew! The guac is in the fridge.

me too brother
did i miss new meta?
A dark conspiracy of silence has gripped the Athletics Nation.....well, not really.
So more much ado about nothing
honesty this thing has about killed the site so we'll have disagree that it's about nothing
there's a whole post with meta in the title
too lazy to go to the front page
hardy boys or something
I always liked Nancy Drew better.

Maggie Lawson is a cutie.♥

I thought JD Drew was a better hitter though.
In the words of mikev

I’D HITTER!

Is she the gal from Psych?...if so she's very pretty.
Yep. That's her.

Next door neighbor type cutie.

That's a good way to describe her.
She reminds me a lot of Elizabeth Shue, in that regard.
Oh....I had a huge crush on Ms. Shue
I did tuu.

I told the Mrs that she was going to be a star, when we saw her in a Burger King ad

But who will make us new ones with the mods dropping like flies? D:
Okay, off to see if I got a parking ticket today.

I hope you all are still here later tonight when I return!

I just can't wait for the meta wars on the Raiders blog

it’ll involve knife fights and looting and Sons of Blanda being wrong about everything.

1,167 posts in this thread and only 937 of them are by me.

I think we can get this puppy up to 1,500 posts by July or 10 pm if I stick around.

Pacific, or Central?
Mountain time zone...let's get crazy
See? This is the type of compromise that needs tu happen!

If we can do this, why can’t AN?

We either need compromise or a steel cage match....I'm cool with both.
Hell, both will involve BEER and popcorn!

I’m in.

I went into a gift shop yesterday, looking for a card for my 3-year-old niece

I’d always felt sorry for the people who owned it as I passed it by — selling greeting cards, ceramic figurines, and scented soaps doesn’t seem like a recipe for success when there are chain stores selling the same stuff and much more within a few blocks. Then once I got inside, I felt less guilty as the clerk barely acknowledged me when I came up to the register. However, I digress. Among the pomegranate soaps and Precious Moments, there was a shelf of gifts for the sports fan with mugs and shot glasses for all the local teams, and Holy Toledo, a dusty pile of six or seven Bill King bottle openers. I would have told the clerk she should put them in the front window with a sign “AS HEARD IN THE HIT MOVIE MONEYBALL”, if she hadn’t ignored me.

Fish fillets, and tater tots!

With your choice of BEER or wine. Dinner of champions!

I'm very happy that the two leading candidates at this moment to be the next Raiders head coach are bald.
Mark doesn't want anyone competing with him for Most Awesome Hair in the Front Office
and really who could?.....that haircut is something else.
Annie Lennox, and Sinead O'Conner?
Annie just had it close cropped back in the day.
and Sinead O' Conner I always avoided looking at so I can't comment too much on her haircut.
You got that right! scarry!
ok...go ahead and ruin my joke.

See if I care.

I'm here to ruin all jokes especially my own.
So there's a new movie starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton....you would have to pay me $5,000 to see that film.
Heh
BMcCarthy32 Brandon McCarthy
Ever feel like Hollywood has made a movie just for you? Well that’s how I feel about ‘Joyful Noise’.
51 minutes ago
At the Movies with Miss Hawaii and Bed recommends Blackthorn with Sam Shepard.

Interesting western with some great cinematography.

The best western I've seen lately, was Crossfire Trail.
Sam Sheppard is an awesome actor. I'll put Blackthorn on my list.
Put me down for a vote of no confidence

It’s time for a change.

The question is, how best to accomplish that?
I really don't know but it seems obvious to me something has to happen.

I don’t believe anything that is being put out there right now and the jokey attitude doesn’t help.

It's too late to save AN. It was too late as soon as SBN started.

It’s not too late to save the lounge community.

You know where to go and what to do. Plus, you can change your name whenever you want from the admin panel without having to start a new account.

There are only 13 heterositeual AN loungers left. You’re an endangered breed in this country.

I'll outlast them all maybe
But I'd miss all the "jokes" to serious questions.

It’s like he’s lost his mind or something.

Heterositeual.....Ha!....that's funny, G_S

Hmm….well, I have always been a little bi……wait, what are we talking about again?

So are snow leopards. AND SNOW LEOPARDS ARE AWESOME.
I may very well have to make a migration
It's beyond frustrating, that's for sure.
He doesn't seem to understand what's going on.

Just more jokes.

I'm out of Lounge for a bit, but will be back later
Wine..good.
I sorta miss wine
its never too late to open a bottle
and ruin 8+ years of not drinking, no thanks. I'll stick to diet coke
I only had 8 Diet Cokes today.....I'm getting better.
ah...good call.

congrats!

When you're in a hole....stop digging.
Other things to do in a hole

Take a nap, eat worms, try to climb out, think about how to bring peace to the Middle East, do the Dougie and think about meta on AN.

I'd like to make a request that a new Lounge be put up as soon as it's convenient for someone to do so.

This thing is pretty full.

I have a fun day at the dentist tomorrow....she's going to sand my wood dentures for me.
So Athletics Nation are you ready to ROCK?
I am not able to commit to a course of action re ROCK at this point of time and neither endorse nor shun said ROCK vis a vis my comment
I'm not sure I've ever been alone in a lounge at 8:28 pst before.
How about at 9:09?
It's so cold and dark in here.
Kyli! Got my Moneyball DVD in the mail today.

Now I know what I shall do this weekend!

RUB IT ALL OVER YOUR BODY. :D :D :D
I liked it more the second time I saw it.

One thing is for sure I know now not to draft a player if his girlfriend is only a 6.

Funny I never want to watch it again, though I would probably read the book again
I rarely read books more than once.
I've only seen it once and need to see it again to really figure out how I feel about it.

Honestly, after one viewing, I didn’t quite see why critics were drooling all over it. But I saw something (in the Chronicle, maybe?) that said that those who enjoyed the movie the most were those who knew the least about baseball/the actual stuff that happened. Probably not always the case, but seems to be consistent with my experience.

I love it because the Coliseum is like my significant other and it brings up all the feelings of baseball and the A's that I want to bottle up and wear like perfume so I never have to feel alone again.
Okay, yes, that I understand.
I missed the last "a" the first time I read this.

I was going to say “wow, I missed quite the something on my first viewing”

Ha!.....yeah if the player is dating a 6 year old I'm passing on drafting him.
...

….
….
yeah, maybe not.
But I definitely will watch it! :D

You're not even going to warm it up first?

That’s pretty heartless.

I have been known to be heartless, yes...
Does this mean it finally snowed in Tahoe?
So...Don't worry be happy...the worst music video with Robin Williams in it of the 80's or all time?
Hang on, I'll make a new thread....
Tuu, tuu-late:(

I have to go to bed
(notice I didn’t use the “.”)

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
Oh, I got back just in time!

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