Gameday Thread, #85: 8/2 vs. Brewers
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 8:00 PM EDT
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This is the non-game Gameday Thread. No discussion of the actual game will be permitted, and any comments reporting on it will be deleted without warning. General baseball topics, other games and even team-related issues are permissible, as long as they do not relate to the evening's events. Here are some possible alternative topics for discussion.
- Tattoos. Would you get one? If so, what and where? If not, why?
- Injuries worse than a fractured testicle.
- Hottest people in Hollywood
- Most and least favorite foods.
- What is on your iPod?
- Favorite video game - arcade or console
- Barry Bonds: antiChrist or D-backs savior? [Ongoing...]
- Have you ever walked out of a movie mid-showing? What movie and why?
I think that should be good enough to start with...
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what if Augie Ojeda hits a walk-off grand slam at the foul pole, at the bottom of 9th, with the game 3-0, 3-2 count and 2 outs ? Can I mention it here?
xD
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
What if
Yusmiero Petit is throwing a no hitter in the top of the ninth, but the game is tied – IOW the game is not over. Can I mention it here?
HAHA! It was a trick question, right?
Because you’re not supposed to mention a no-hitter anyway!!
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
+1
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
by Muu on Jul 2, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Today we were watching a DVD of The Reduced Shakespeare Company, and they did a puppet show during “Hamlet”. And the puppets started in with “manah, manah”. . .
Funny!
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Reduced Shakespeare Company? Really?
I saw them do the History of America in 90 minutes once. Very funny.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
We have tickets to see that this fall, I am looking forward to it.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Ooo I like this idea (as it is usually what I do either way)
On my iPod right now is a lot of stuff. (Seriously, I have an almost full 160gig iPod. A lot.) But I am mostly listening to Jonathan Coulton, cause he cracks me up. :)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Jonathon Coulton is pretty funny- Re: Your Brains is hilarious.
I’ve only got a 1 gig mp3 player, because, let’s be honest, it’s a good excuse to keep swapping around music. I think right now I’ve got Flogging Molly, Flobots, Covenant, and a random mix CD I downloaded.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I love Skullcrusher Mountain
Ooo! Flogging Molly! Greatness!
I love having literally every CD I have ever owned with me all the time. Mostly cause I am crazy neurotic. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
I could see the advantage in that. The wife and I are planning to buy an external hard drive as our next purchase, so we can copy all our CDs to that, and clear up a lot of hard drive space on our desktop.
Of course, we’ll be more careful than one of our friends, who moved a lot of her files (music, videos, her portfolio of lighting designs) to her external hard drive in order to organize it, and then promptly knocked it to the floor, breaking it.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Ouch
On the day of the wedding one of my friends knocked my bag off a decently tall perch and busted my 120gig back up. I didn’t notice for like a week. (It was kind of busy.) It did give me an excuse to buy a 320 one though. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Flogging Molly
is my single favorite band of all time. Bravo!!
How ‘bout Dropkick?
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
wow...
you just might be my favorite.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 3, 2008 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Aw, that hurts.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Does crying quietly into a pillow count as dealing with it? ‘Cause I, uh, wasn’t going to do that.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
wow...
wasn’t aware that being my favorite was so high on everyone’s to-do list…
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 3, 2008 4:01 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Yeah, errr, some of us drive the OT posts more than others…. ;-)
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Yes
It’s not about tonight’s game, so it’s okay.
And I’d say it’s well-deserved, as well.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Not bad for the D’Backs. Webb was pitcher of the month in April and now Haren in June. I think Aaron Cook got it for May.
Awww, how nice.
The MLB felt bad, so they gave the Rockies a pitcher of the month.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Also,
I am a girl, and know nothing of it, but I am just going to make the assumption that nothing. NOTHING. is worse than a fractured testicle. I flinch at the idea.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
People say the same about kidney stones
But I say that most of the time you get something you WANT out of a birth.
Kidney stones are full of fail, and sustained and in the end all you get is a shiny rock of salt.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
I’ve worked with one woman that said there was no way she would go through childbirth again after her first even though she had wanted at least 2 kids and I had another co-worker that said it didn’t even hurt when she had her 3 children. I guess some people just have a higher threshhold for pain than others.
My mom had back labor with my sister
Which from her account was 100 times worse than the ‘normal’ labor she had with my brother and myself. I am a little um… Petrified? Of having kids… But still want them. So I guess I just try not to think about it too much. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Those are worse
8 weeks recovery time! And they cut you OPEN. EEP
I would much rather one day of pain then 8 weeks.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
I was actually
talking last night to a guy whose wife has had 3—and apparently he brought his camera to get pictures the first time.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
It’s a tough recovery at a time when you want to be able to move and hold the baby and so on.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, childbirth is really really ouchy, but they give you drugs if you beg, and you get minutes inbetween to catch your breath. Not that that helps. But, yeah, a healthy baby is worth it all.
I would give kidney stones a vote, too. That stuff hurts. And they don’t give you drugs!
But wow, now knowing what his injury is; how could he stay in the game.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Tattoos. Would you get one?
No, I have other means of self expression, thanks
Injuries worse than a fractured testicle.
Two fract….oh never mind
Hottest people in Hollywood
I dont know any of the new chix. Sophia Loren used to give me uncontrollable boners. Emma Thompson’s voice gets me all hot. Halle Berry and Natalie Wood are/were pretty as hell. And Elizabeth Taylor, when she was young, was – head to toe – the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.
Most and least favorite foods:
I’ve had a real craving for brussel sprouts lately. Some butter, salt and pepper. Nice. I’ve always loved paella – and most seafood too – grew up in New England. The food I hate is pretty much anything manufactured by Kraft, Hormel,etc – and also Oroweat Bread. That’s some shitty, shitty bread.
What is on your iPod?
I dont have an Ipod
Favorite video game – arcade or console
I dont know the meaning of the word “console”
Barry Bonds: antiChrist or D-backs savior? [Ongoing…]
Neither.
Have you ever walked out of a movie mid-showing? What movie and why?
Yes, inspired by Roger Ebert’s observation that “if nothing has happened in the first reel of the movie, nothing will happen in the second”. I dont remember the titles, but remember feeling independent and alive walking out on self indulgent crap.
OK. I’m done
I have only walked out of one movie
And I wouldn’t have, if not for my friends being total brats. (It was Pearl Harbor, btw.) I figure I paid, I will sit out the torture. I sat through Napolean Dynamite for that theory though, so yea. It does bite me in the butt sometimes.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Sorry to hear about
Napolean D. I rather enjoyed it, and in fact, used to style my hair just like his, circa 1975.
I consider him a very cool guy.
THE MOVIE HAD NO PLOT.
I would have liked the character a lot more if there had been a point.
/my rant
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
It's not for everyone
I didn’t like it either. Definitely not one of the people who “got it.”
I want to be in Haren's harem.
I think what made it worse for me is
I went with like 8 people who did get it, and I was like, “Bzuh?”
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
I was told I should watch it, and I just didn’t find it worth the time. Meh.
The town I lived in when I was in Utah was about 20 minutes from where Napoleon Dynamite was filmed, and I will say this- the costuming and dialogue made a lot more sense after living in Cache Valley for a while.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Yes, it was.
I was living in Logan, the closest thing to a reasonably sized city.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Even though the awkwardness
of the characters was pretty out there, I could still relate to them. Shy people wasting their lives away, thinking really small. Far from a classic, but for an inherently silly little flick, i thought it was based in more reality than it’s sometimes given credit for.
Waaay more funny
afterwards. When you’re watching it, not so much.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
You walked out of Pearl Harbor?
Because of your friends?
Doing a good thing for a bad reason is still a good thing.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Tattoos. Would you get one? If so, what and where? If not, why?
Oh, I would like to get a tattoo but I am a total chicken about it hurting! I would probably get a shamrock or something cheesy like a Celtic design incorporating my childrens’ initials.
Favorite video game – arcade or console Currently I am hooked on “Collapse” which I know is a baby level game.
Have you ever walked out of a movie mid-showing? What movie and why? No,I never have, and it’s only recently that I have just turned off DVDs that stink.
iPod—Kelly Clarkson, Jim Brickman, some stuff from musicals, The Shins, Toby Keith, The Wreckers, Trisha Yearwood. Randy Travis.
It's like living with a six-year old.
Most favorite Food?
Hands down, not even close: Empanadas !!!!!!!! Que Rico!
and I am not talking about the dessert ones at Taco Bell. I am talking about the ones filled with shredded beef, onions, potatoe, olives, and peppers, then deep fried to a flaky brown. The host family I lived with in Chile would make them every Saturday night…
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:12 PM EDT reply actions
Now I want Mexican food
I think my favorite food is Straticella. Yum. Egg, spinach and soup. Num.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Picture and recipe at link below
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/photo/BEEF-EMPANADAS-239955
Recipe is a little different from the ones I had in Chile.
I have looked all over Arizona, but cannot find anywhere where they are served. I guess in more of a central/South American treat than it is in mexico.
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
We call it "PASTEL" here...
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
by Muu on Jul 2, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
dude,
I’d almost sell my sould for one. Move to Arizona and open a shop. I will single handedly support that shop!
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
err
sell my soul
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
my mom does it very well...
with beef, cheese, calabresa, chicken…
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
by Muu on Jul 2, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I think so
I thought I heard it mentioned a while back
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
This thread is making me huuuungry.
But all we have in the apartment are strawberries, eggs and Pop Tarts.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
My mouth is watering
so bad right now. Man, I can smell those fresh empanadas as i type…....
::sigh::
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Thankfully I know nothing of what that smells like
But I really want like… Macayo’s. And I hate Macayo’s. I like in Phoenix. There should be better Mexican food near to me!
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
+100
Macayo’s is pretty terrible, as Mexican food goes.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Yup!
Though we tried Mexican food in Puerto Rico (don’t ask) and it made Macayo’s look like we were in central Mexico.
I might just go to the store and make myself some generic tacos. :)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
I love their drinks
Their food isn’t bad, either.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I always like the idea of Sonic
But rarely the execution.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
+1
I love the commericals, but each time my kid drags me there, I like it less and less. Maybe I should throw caution to the wind and finally try the tots
Tots are good
Cheese tots good too.
Mostly good when drunk though.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Good to know
Drinking heavily, then accelerating over to Sonic for some tots sounds like a plan.
Thanks!
You might want to try it in a different order
I can’t in good conscience advocate drunk driving. Even for Sonics. ;)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Love the tots. And the onion rings are good. And lots of their drinks are delicious. But avoid anything with the melted cheese. It’s ooogy.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's another topic: Ex-Pats
No, not the Patriots, but that is the term for a person living/working in a foreign country.
I’m not talking about vacation time or school time spent abroad; I am curious if anyone here has lived and worked overseas for an extended period of time?
I know we have a young crowd here, so the oportunity might not have arisen yet. In that case, if the opportunity came up, would you take it?
When I finishe school, i want so bad to go to The Netherlands to work. ASML in Veldhoven, NL would be my dream job and that is what i am going to shoot for. Maybe because I have been a foreign exchange student in high school made me a lot more open to this, i am curious as to how others would react if offered the chance….
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
spelin is overatd
sorry about that
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
soco and I have bantered about
a year or so in London (as I am a chicken and horrible with languages) but it would be in the future. It is weird for me to think that now I would have to run it by him before doing so, though, cause as a kid I always figured I would muck about Europe as a young adult.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
There are three placed I want to live for a while.
1.) Ireland – It’s the land of my heritage. I still have cousins, and aunts’ and uncles there.
2.) Australia- It’s the size of the USA, but with 1/5th the people. If you ever wanted to get away from it all with a vengence, this would be the place. i want to go just because it is a beautiful country, imo.
Chile.) Was already there once. Fell in love with the place.
the cool part about taking a job in Holland is within 150 mile radius, I can travel to 5 seperate countries. heck, the time it takes me to get across the valley here, I could drive from Veldhoven to Dusseldorf, or somewhere in France. How cool is that?
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
the cool part about taking a job in Holland is within 150 mile radius, I can travel to 5 seperate countries. heck, the time it takes me to get across the valley here, I could drive from Veldhoven to Dusseldorf, or somewhere in France. How cool is that?
When my brother first moved to Brussels, he was really annoyed that he could not find a flight from Brussels to Paris. He could not figure out why, until somebody mentioned that it was just a very short train ride! Of course, growing up in the West, I’m always amazed myself at how “close” things are on the East Coast.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
My family is from the Shetlands and I visited when I was a kid, I loved it and would consider living there if it weren’t for the fact that it is like minuscule and I am a city girl.
I want to go to Australia enough it hurts! I have two friends who live in separate parts (Adelaide and Canbera) so we would have places to crash but plane rides are ridiculous.
I guess though in the grand scheme of things I am a visitor, I like coming home to my familiar space, you know?
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Five countries
Belgium, Germany for sure, I’m guessing France and Luxembourg maybe… Fifth one is… Denmark? Or are you counting Holland as one of the five?
England!
Of course, I’d have to take the ferry, but it is still well within easy traveling distance.
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Upper right of this screen, there’s a video about Eindhoven’s location to the rest of Europe, I’m taking it at face value and they mention England as being withing the 150 mile circle…
Veldhoven is a suburb of Eindhoven.
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Mucking about Europe
Yep. My summer vacation in college was usually four weeks on Inter-rail [a “go anywhere” pass]. It took a bit of getting used to, the idea of arriving in a city with no clue of where you were going to spend the night, but I only had to sleep rough once, on the promenade at Nice in the South of France. And that was because I’d lost my wallet and AmEx couldn’t replace my travelers checks till the next day. Great times: some wonderful memories and tales to tell [as well as ones NOT to tell!] from that.
I lived in Sweden for a year when I was 13, my Dad was the head of a research group on Quantum Chemistry there.
My brother has been an ex-pat for 15 or so years. He lived in Mexico City for 12 years, and then Brussels for 3. He’s moving to Madrid this month.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Lucky guy....
May I ask what field he works in?
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
He had his PhD in Chemistry, but he did a lot of Physics as well, and specialized in upper atmostpheric chemistry before he retired. He worked at Sandia Labs in ABQ for many years.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve got a couple of friends who who spent two years teaching in China, a year in Japan, and just finished a year in Dubai. It sounds like it’d be interesting- I’ll have to see if I can convince my wife she wants to find a job with an international theater or something.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Here's a question
Who here has seen Wall*E?
I am listening to the soundtrack at the second and it is reminding me. It is genuinely surprising how great that movie is. The soundtrack is great as well.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
not yet =[
I’ll download it soon =X along with “Wanted”
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
by Muu on Jul 2, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I am curious, but can't get myself to see Wanted
Tell me if its good though. :)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
I loved Wanted
Terrific (and completely ridiculous) summer popcorn movie. It knows it’s really kind of bad and it revels in it.
Saw Wanted last night and then made it a double feature with Hancock. Unfortunately, Hancock was terrible.
I want to be in Haren's harem.
The review I read
Said there’s a mid-movie twist, and that’s what destroys it. Without giving away too many spoilers, do you reckon that’s so?
That's pretty accurate
The twist makes it a completely different movie and not a very good one. Most of the scenes in the trailer come from the first half. If anything, I’d recommend renting this, if anything. The only thing that made the whole thing okay was that I used my free passes.
Way too many script problems, unfortunately. I was disappointed.
I want to be in Haren's harem.
I'm okay with bad-and-they-know it
Must tell soco. :) We are movie addicts.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Still on the list
Four-day weekend for us coming up – we’ve taken Monday off too – so might get a chance to catch it then.
Evening, folks
Pleased to see I don’t need to wave the delete wand at anything [no, Skins test doesn’t count.]. I’m going to spread my answers to the questions out a bit, since we have to pace ourselves for about three hours or so. :-) No particular order.
I have only ever walked out of two movies, and turned off one DVD in the middle. The two movies were Roger Corman’s The Trip – yeah, like I want to watch other people take drugs for two hours – and Little Women. What can I say, I thought Winona Ryder was hot at the time. The only DVD I have been unable to finish is RPM, a particularly bad David Arquette film.
Now, I have fallen asleep in many a dire piece of cinema – and some very good ones too – but I always persevered to the end, conscious or not.
I stood in line for hours to get into Star Wars when it first came out and was playing at the Cine Capri and then slept through the entire movie. I still have never seen it!
Speaking of Cinema
not sure if this has already been covered, but the early hype on Dark Knight is “masterpiece” (according to Kevin Smith of Clerks fame). That is high, high praise, and makes me worry about letdown.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
I am definitely nervous
But Kevin Smith has rarely let me down, so I have hope.
I am worried I will get pulled out of the moment with bursts of reality breaking in.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Because of Heath?
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup.
I am an odd fangirl, I worry I might actually tear up.
(Lord, I admit to such geekary on this board.)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Daughter probably won’t go see it because it would make her cry. Okay, the preview made her cry.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Made me cry as well
He came on screen and my heart seized. Which is weird, because I try and disconnect actors from parts, but yea. Ouch.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Well, I am delighted to hear that
because I spent 1/2 of my Movie Mogul money on it, and i want a BIG return on it!
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm...
I’d be rather more inclined to take Kevin Smith’s word about any film being good, if it weren’t for Clerks II. Kinda blots his copybook that! But I am still looking forward to that one: Nolan is one of our favourite directors, and has been since The Following [the one he did before Memento].
Clerks ii was worth watching for the "One ring to rule them all" scene
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
I have a free tattoo of Wolverine waiting for me if I can ever get up to Cumbria.I already have 2, the Three Of Swords and a biohazard sign,,Last time I was in hospital ,a ward cleaner saw them and said “Oh ,that’s pretty ,it looks kind of familiar,is it a pagan symbol?”That scared me quite a lot as there are biohazard symbols all over hospitals, I could see a couple from where I lay in bed.
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
My problem with tattoos
is that I am like… ridiculously fickle.
I would want one, but change my mind as soon as I got it.
Though I used to say I wanted lyrics tattooed on me as markers for milestones, then my mom reminded me I am auto-immune and they would sadly not last on me. (And I am Jewish, and am not allowed to have them. Pesky details!)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
My Tarot card tattoo was so old ,it got faded
horrid little goths and emos used to say it looked weird,I’d tell them it was older than they were,I had it re-coloured last year.
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
My mom says (though she doesn't want me to get one period, so she might lie)
It would literally last like a year tops.
If not, I think I would have: “Don’t burn the day.” (from when I graduated high school), “City mad us crazy” (from when I moved to Flagstaff) and “Lovers for a lifetime” (from our wedding song)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Why would it not last?
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
really?
it’s sort of acid and burns in under the skin below the layer that renews.Have you thought of branding?Though words are a bit of a problem
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
*shudder*
The concept of branding makes me a little woozy.
I don’t know the actual mechanics of it, to be honest, but I have a friend who does tattoos and says that auto-immunity does something to just kind of reject it… which is why is wouldn’t last… but I have never really heard about it outside of my mom and her so shrug it might be a ploy to keep my skin fresh and clean. ;)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
tats all fade a bit
mostly,it was some red colour which had faded on mine
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
And I am Jewish, and am not allowed to have them
Didn’t realize that. Any particular scriptural reason?
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Baking
I made two bunt cakes tonight for my visitors. They were both a hit. Then I made a third one, more petite. It wasn’t such a hit, even though it was a sacrifice to make.
OO! Bunt cake is good.
I am thinking if I go to the grocery store I could make soco surprise cookies or cake. I used to do that when we first started dating, a bajillion years ago. :)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
I had three bunt cakes in the oven, but none of them turned out.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Oi!
I’m watching you, aricat. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re trying to do. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I think
You have to blame the chef for that one. Over-egging the recipe has been a problem of late.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I get the feeling I will side with her
Cause solidarity and all that. (If I am getting who she is, right?)
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Speaking of chefs
I was staying at an inn once, I think it was only the third inn I’d ever stayed at. I had a nice room on the bottom floor. Anyway, the chef there served up a nice butterball turkey before anyone had even been out to enjoy the beautiful weather. I couldn’t wait to see the bird plated. Actually, the food wasn’t that great – turned out to be more of a dog.
Tattoos
I’ve got a couple of different tattoo ideas. My sisters both have shamrocks, and they are (or at least at one point were) insistent that I get one to match.
I also want to get this tattoo at some point:
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
And what is that tattoo?
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I make an active effort not to watch it.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I don’t get the point. They don’t seem to really discuss sports. It’s like one of those zany morning news shows but with more objectification of women.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
So.....
Did I miss anything while leaving work, getting a new BCD, grabbing some Nico’s Taco Shop and changing out of my work clothes?
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A nice discussion on tattoos
And whether The Dark Knight will be any good.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I was hoping to hear someone had D'backs tattoo in the old clours
or something embarrassing on their butt
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Is it just me or do a lot of people get tats on their forearms now
I swear, in 30 years people are going to be like, “That is so 2006.”
Four of my friends have something “deep” on the inside of their forearm. I think it is twice as ridiculous as your butt because people SEE it.
Ohhh! What about tramp stamps? Anyone have one of those?
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No,I've paid for my tattoos
I want to see them,they are high on mu y left shoulder
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I think if I got one I would do somewhere I can't see
I have a huge birthmark (Port of Wine stain) on my back and it sounds odd but sometimes I catch it in the mirror or in pictures and I freaking LOVE it ten times more.
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I refuse to get a tattoo
Simply because they are now so common. Back in the day, they were a genuine sign of individuality, but now, they feel about as taboo-breaking as a MySpace account. Of course, it depends what you get, but if I never see a tribal armband [walrus! walrus!] again, it’ll be too soon.
If I was going to get a tat, however, it’d be a big, F-sized dragon across my entire back. Which would rule out my use of public bath facilities in Japan, but I don’t see that as a problem.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah,I really stood out when I had mine done
and I was stared at in the street for my pierced nose in 1978
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Hehe,
soco and I got piercings the day after the wedding because we both felt a little too grown up. Chicken boy took his lip piercing out, but my second-Mom told me my nose piercing was, “adorable.”
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Just looked out the window, and the sun is really beautiful and red on the horizon. of course, the nerd that I am, my first thought is, “Wow, it’s like half a Tatooine sunset.”
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
There's two suns and no women....
....what the hell am I supposed to do??
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I always wondered
Where does the phrase “Double Dawg Dare” come from?
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I am a word nerd
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-dou2.htm
This site gets lots of visits from me. :D
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Off for dinner
Be back in a while.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Shake and bake
And I helped!
(Just kidding, but seriously, I don’t know what I want for dinner.)
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Pork cordon bleu
Roast pork, with cream cheese and Canadian bacon. And loaded mashed potatoes.
Roto-rooter are on standby for my arteries. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I got
a Combo #1 from Nico’s Taco Shop…. cheese enchilada, shredded beef taco, and beans and rice.
SOOOOOO tasty.
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Mmmm
I am thinking after this um… next ten minutes or so… I will go get something.
I would KILL for an Veggie Grinder and an Eegee but alas, I am two hours away.
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Yup.
Just another reason Phoenix sucks. No Eegees.
Personally, I prefer Baggin’s, though.
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Haven't had Baggins.
We used to have an Eegees, but it was in Chandler? Tempe? Somewhere far and it was before I drove so alas. Only vacation Eegees for me.
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What kind of a place is Eegees? and Baggin’s?
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
we've got the standard sleepover fare...
WAYYYYY too much junk food- Chips, dip, popcorn, chocolate (reese’s, milky way), gummy bears, and cosmic brownies.
:-)
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 3, 2008 2:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Kielbasa and pierogies. Delicious.
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Did you cook?
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Favorite video game
I’ve only completed three computer games. Zork, Doom and the first Tomb Raider. I made a good stab at the first GTA on the Playstation 2, back before it was all first-person and was still an overhead perspective.
Old-school arcade, I loved Asteroids, was crap at Defender, and ploughed far too much student grant money into Gauntlet.
See, I don't do video games
So my favorite is the Monkey Island series.
I was a Gauntlet widow, so I am bitter towards that. (And Diablo. Dang Diablo.)
I would say Console though.
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Haha! You beat the original Doom?
Not that it’s difficult, but I’m still impressed.
Mine has gotta be Postal 2—it’s so awesome that Uwe Boll made it into his latest movie. Plus, it’s developed and published by an independent video game company right here in Tucson. For awhile, it was #1 in Russia…. not bad for an indie game. It’s also banned in Australia, and a couple more countries, I believe.
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I love video games, mainly console or PC. I’ve got a PS2, and some of my favorites are Katamari Damacy, the Burnout series, Final Fantasy XII (which I need to finish), and the Star Wars Battlefronts games. My wife is awesome at Guitar Hero, while I’m passable- we’re waiting until we have enough money for a PS3, then we’ll upgrade to Rock Band. She wants to play the drums, while I’m looking forward to singing.
PC, I just started replaying Baldur’s Gate II. And the Penny Arcade game was pretty entertaining. Arcade, my favorite has to be the old Star Wars game they had back in the 80s.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Eh......
I am NOT a huge fan of console games, except for Madden. Definitely computer games, though.
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Eh
I get tired of the people who think Madden release every year is the greatest cultural event since Woodstock. Also, I enjoyed ESPN’s football more than Madden the year it was released, so I was annoyed when the NFL decided to give EA an exclusive license.
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by kishi on Jul 2, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm hopeless at games
I can’t tell my left from my right, have no co-ordination and weak wrists.My bf tried to teach me Tetris when I got my first computer.I was really bad, he laughed so hard his glasses fell off
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Fun Tetris story
So, back when we had an NES, I used to have a little thing you plugged in between the cartridge and the console, and then you could put in various codes to change various things about the game- sometimes cheat codes, sometimes you gave Mario moon gravity, sometimes you just changed the color scheme. One of the more interesting ones was for two person Tetris. Not head-to-head, but cooperative- one of you would control the movement of the piece, and the other person would control the rotation.
It was pretty difficult. But fun.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Sounds about right.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
On the Tetris front
A couple of cool human Tetris videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2kajMH2u0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY
The second is a particular favorite.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
soco is ALL about Madden
But never gets them besides when they are like two seasons besides. 60 bucks for a game he already has baffles him (and me!)
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I'm playing Perfect World right now...
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
As the youngest child I have to say
I just found a funny as heck song
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That was pretty funny
Middle child, myself.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I'm the oldest of three.
I think I come off more like a youngest child sometimes, though.
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My dad is
1st of 7, and my mom is middle child of 5. (Originally 6, but one died at age 10)
Yeah…. we’re Catholic. :-P
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Hottest people in Hollywood
I used to be a big Nastassja Kinski fan, back in the day. If you’re wanting old-school, then you can’t beat Audrey Hepburn. Angelina Jolie is very watchable, and I’m kinda fond of Milla Jovovich, simply because she kicks so much ass in her films, which always works for me. On the “if I were gay” front, Johnny Depp probably leads the pack for me.
Hrm
We each have lists of our “allowed” and mine are 1) John Krasinski
2) David Tennant (though, technically not Hollywood.)
3) Billie Piper (Again, not Hollywood but HELLO!)
4) Zooey Deschenal (though soco fights me on that one
5) Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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My best friend in high school
used to date Evan Gyllenhaal, who is Jake and Maggie’s cousin. He went to CDO, in Oro Valley.
Good XC runner. Sort of a douchebag, though. He mistreated her a bit.
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All boys in high school are kind of douche baggy.
But to be fair, all girls are kind of high maintenced in high school. (I blame every romance novel/movie ever made.)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Yeah,
but he really took advantage of her. And she was NOT high maintenance, that’s for sure.
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Ooo
Then I would have pulled a “Liz-mom-mode-of-doom” on him. (This was actually a phrase guys feared in my high school. I am kind of overprotective. ;))
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Eh, I'm overprotective myself, too.
But it’s tough to be overprotective when you’re 5’6 and he’s 6’1.
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I have, more than once, declared my secret love for Jenna Fischer. When a friend asked why it was secret, if I frequently spoke of it, I pointed out that she didn’t know about it yet. Billie Piper is pretty cute, too, and David Tennant would rank on the “If I was gay” list, though my wife would fight me for him. Amy Acker ranks highly, as does Jennifer Connelly.
I’m sure there are other people there I’m just forgetting to list.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Did you ever go to Jenna's myspace?
She has a guy who is like OBSESSED with her and tells her at any given moment and I gotta say. Hold it back a while. She is probably pretty wary. (Also, I wouldn’t kick her out of bed as well, but would probably still ask for John Krasinski’s number. swoon my heart.)
soco is OBSESSED with Amy Adams. Which is who I thought Amy Acker was, cause I am slow like that.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Yeah, I've seen that
Definitely more than a little creepy.
I had to look up who Amy Adams is- the name was familiar, and I’ve seen movies with her in them, but she just never registers in my long-term memory.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Also, Audrey is amazing
But I would go back in time and go for girls for Katharine.
She is so very yar.
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Vivien Liegh was the most beatiful woman ever,I think
Depp is soooooo hot, and I have a real soft spot for Keanu Reaves.And Geoge Clooney id s dreamy
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Time for dinner
I trust you not to mention…y’know. And expect ‘Skins to wield the wand of deletion if needed!
This is harder than I thought,
There are things I want to say! THINGS.
But I will fear the wand and hold them back.
FOOD. Everyone mentions it and I am lazy enough not to want to get it. I might just have strawberries instead.
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The Barry Bonds
Fanpost has 140, just under what we are at right now….
this is harder than I thought
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions
Well,
if I were really cutting loose, like usual, I’d be posting quite a bit more. But I’m writing something else right now.
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ahhh,
homework?
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
No.
Writing a testimonial for my grandpa’s 65th birthday bash this summer.
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Cool!
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay
Adorable.
But… wow. Your grandpa is young, my mom is (well, 29) but only 5 years behind that.
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Yeah.
My dad’s parents eloped when they were 18 and 17, and then they had my dad (oldest child of seven) when they were 19 and 18. Then, my parents got married when my dad was 21 and my mom was 24, and I was born 2 and a half years later, so…
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And to be fair
My mom waited till she was 31 to have my sister, and then had me just after her 35th birthday so I think my views are skewed. If we have kids in the next few years, I will be a full 10 years younger than my mom was when she had me.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
I feel a bit like I am rambling
At the world. But I swear at the next … break… I will be getting food. My tummy is eating itself.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
EMPANADAS
‘Nuff said!
;-)
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a feeling
that this is always how we sound, but we just don’t notice it. We’re more aware.
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Fair point
I am noticing every time I post just HOW much I post.
And usually I have soco in the room giving me odd glances when I post irrelevant stuff, so now he is at work and I am SUPPOSED to be OT… it just feels odd.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Ah, yeah,
I was wondering where soco was. I think he already told us he wasn’t going to be here, but he’s usually my tag teamer, so it’s weird not to have him around.
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He is in my trunk..
... just kidding. ;)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Okay, stomach rules out
Be back when I figure out nourishment.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Go get something to eat and we’ll keep an eye on … things … for you.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
mrssoco leavea
And I show up. Funny, no-one has ever seen us in the same room… At least not until next month, anyway!
Excellent dinner, and I am now ready for the final stretch. Let’s just go back and scan the list of questions…
Well I wasn't at those games you went to...
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Tattoos:
Don’t have. Never came across anything that really stuck out, so to speak.
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
When my older cousin wanted to get a tattoo when she was a teenager,
my aunt told her, “Meghan, if I had let you get a tattoo when you were 5, you would have gotten My Little Pony.”
It stuck with her, and me, ever since.
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Visiting my sister in Chi-town,
and going to see the White Sox on the 4th. :-P
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Walking up
to Rustler’s Roost for dinner and staying to watch the fireworks across the valley. G R E A T views from up there.
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m working at the booth for The Friends of the Farmers’ Market on Saturday. And we’re having company for the weekend, a friend of my daughter’s.
Fireworks will be shot off locally on Friday and on Saturday, so that will be fun.
And cooking out some of those evenings, as is required.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing exciting, as far as I know
We should have a really good view of the fireworks from our backyard, so that’ll be nice. Other than that, I don’t think I have any interesting plans.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
We haven't really discussed fave foods a whole lot...
like what would you have for an ideal day’s meals? Snacks, too.
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Mmmm......
French toast for breakfast, cheese ravioli with my mom’s red sauce for lunch, and lobster for dinner.
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This is more or less
what my mom would always make me on my birthday.
Well, okay, so usually I wouldn’t be home for lunch, so I’d have the ravioli for dinner. (It’s my favorite food in the world.)
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Blueberries and cream for breakfast; BLT for lunch, steak for dinner. And way too many potato chips during the day.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
besides empanadas
I’m going with the old fashion fall back: My Mom’s meatloaf.
Grandma could make a mean batch of Hungarian Goulash too.
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't loaves of anything
especially meat.
Mom- Honey are you hungry?
Me- Sure!
Mom- Want a loaf of meat?
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Left over spaghetti
warmed up the next day is pretty kick ass too.
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm
This changes pretty frequently, but if I was going to answer right now:
For breakfast, either french toast or yogurt with blueberries and strawberries.
For lunch, a cheeseburger or a turkey sandwich with bacon.
For dinner, orange chicken or sweet-and-sour chicken.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Concerted effort to stay OT again tonight? LOL
Howdy everybody – long day painting new offices and now dinner’s finally over.
Whatever are you talking about?
This is an offday thread.
(Hint, hint.)
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More than a concerted effort. A demand from our overlords. LOL
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Laptop on the toilet?
Just because you can should you?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:30 PM EDT reply actions
No.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Nobody will ever know
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
my roommate last year made a habit of it
I ripped on him pretty hard for it
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I swear
I just got home and opened up my laptop then went to go pee and set it on the counter while it was starting up and it made me think of the question
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, well,
you say that, but you’re probably crossing your fingers.
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Well, I don't know if you do or you don't,
but you DEFINITELY don’t TELL people …..
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+1
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
No
I will naturally assume you are looking at pr0n.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Different than a laptop computer, though.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
No
Same thing with cell phones.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
interaction while using the toitey is a no go
really weird
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Taco Bell is pulling a fast one on us
They are advertising 4th Meal. Do they think we are all hobbits?
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions
No.
In that case, you’d need a 5 and 6.
However, maybe they’re hoping for hobbit-sized people?
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Back!
Okay, kishi:
Doctor Who. HOW FAR DOES SATURDAY FEEL?
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Waaaaaaaaay too far off.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Right?!
I keep forgetting, and then remembering and then freaking out and then forgetting ;)
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Has anybody seen “Get Smart” yet? We went to see it on Sunday, and thought it was very funny. Good entertainment.
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Yes!
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked it!
Wasn’t entirely sure about the Rock (Oh, I’m sorry, Dwayne Johnson ;)) before hand, but he surprised me. :)
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Mr. Johnson
is actually not a bad actor – and reportedly a good guy.
except you know when he's making his living
off of beating the sh… poop out of people
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Or at least the choreographed appearance that he’s beating the sh . . . snot out of people.
Not Yet . . .
. . . but I’d pay money to watch Anne Hathaway read the phone book.
She is just so stunningly beautiful.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
thought it was great
very funny. Wasn’t the stereotypical Steve Carell either. He was a little more um human(?) than his office personality and such
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea!
I didn’t feel awkward in the entire film!
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akward that's the word
although there were moments that it was back to his old self again
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
But you could see he really was tryng not to be
I think he is figuring out if he is a one trick pony he has an expiration date.
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Yeah, that is cringe-worthy. But he was much more Maxwell Smart in this.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my
I like a Hinder song.
I feel dirty.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
Wow.
That’s just embarrassing.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
To make it worse
It is because an emo boy signing it.
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LUCKY!!!
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
We had two nice monsoon-y showers here this evening, with lightning and all. After three days of the wind and lots of clouds, it was lovely. And I don’t have to water my garden.
It's like living with a six-year old.
Where are you?
I was just thinking how much I want rain.
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Well, you want to know the worst part?
I never learned to read. ;)
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Rain?
Where’s here, 4Corners – I’d give ANYTHING for some rain!
Very SW Colorado, 4 Corners area.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Just like.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
And the best part of that monsoon stuff is the smell of the desert rain. One of my favorite fragrances.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
+infinity
and then some
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Try and follow along with this (it's in Spanish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa5×0zvBYjM
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
LOL!
When I first got to Chile, that’s how I thought they all sounded. Took awhile, but they don’t really talk that fast.
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Je ne parle pas Espanol,
Je parle Francais (un peu)
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McCain or Obama?
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
can we do politics?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
if not
Thoughts on FARC hostage recovery?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
That was indeed amazing…
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Colombia’s military yesterday rescued the most prominent of several hundred hostages held by Marxist rebels, a group of 15 that included the French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three American Defense Department contractors who had been imprisoned in remote jungle camps since 2003.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd be that ass that refuses to do anything they ask
and probably be shot in the first 10 min.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
does she have a beard?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
joke
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Columbian SF recovered former Columbian presidential candidate
and 3 American contractors in a surprise attack. These were FARC’s 4 major bargaining chips
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Columbian special forces
made a raid and freed 10 FARC-held hostages, including 3 Americans, today.
Wondering whether it was timed intentionally to coincide with McCain’s visit, since he’s a lot more pro-Columbia than Obama would be.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
No, because I love you all and I’d hate to find out that you’re STOOPID in who you vote for. LOL!!
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
ROFLOL!
good one.
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't get to vote
Of course. Still have an opinion. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a minor case of Baraknaphobia
nothing big but I’m not so sure
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 2, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
At this point
Yeah, go for it. I’ve got about eight million things I am bursting to say, and none of them are less contentious than politics.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 2, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
+3.1415
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I like pie. I wish I could make a good one.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
It's actually closer to 3.1416
3.141592653589793
And…. I have no idea why I have that memorized.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I'm impressed!
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I remember now.
My Algebra II teacher had the first 100 digits or so printed out on butcher paper across the top of her room.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Neither?
I really don’t know yet.
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Started out an Obama person,
then as I found out his politics, I made the switch to McCain. Politically, I’m right down the middle, so
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I’m voting for Kodos.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
not getting it
local elections?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
No, nerds.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
OOOHHH!!!!
now I know what you’re talking about. The alien dudes
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
In one of the Halloween episodes, (probably in either 1996 or 2000) they disguised themselves as presidential candidates. Their motto: “Abortions for some, tiny American flags for others.”
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
See, as a person who will probably end up in Education
I can’t vote for anyone but Obama. It would just be financially stupid on my behalf.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
anyone to get rid of that No Child Left Behind crap right?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
OMG OH SO YES
No Child Left Behind makes me sick in my mouth.
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ASL?
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
BUT OH MY LORD,
YOU WIN.
I forgot about that. ;)
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that's what I thought at first
but then I didn’t think you could possibly mean that
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Why do you miss it?
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I was meandering about YouTube
And found videos of people using Sign and I realized that I haven’t had a proper conversation in it in a YEAR and a half. I use it all the time. (In work, or at home, thankfully soco is starting to learn what I mean).
I used to use it on a daily basis when I lived in Flag and had Deaf friends.
Sad Liz
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Do you teach it to your little ones in the preschool? My grandson used it until he got “verbal” and he had about 60 signs and was able to communicate pretty well.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup!
And I get in trouble because I teach ASL not baby sign. But it is REALLY hard to unlearn and relearn baby sign, so I use it with our preverbal and even verbal kids. (We sing songs in sign!)
And wow! 60 signs! That is awesome. :) With class size, we unfortunately get to about 10-15 signs with our kids. But this session (we are in camp) I am with only 2 one year olds and they are skyrocketing language wise.
Also the kids I nanny for are getting pretty good. The other day the 2 year old looked at me and signed “Horse” and then said, “NEIGH NEIGH!” I about burst. :D
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Isn’t that about the coolest thing? The day I was totally convinced about how helpful it was was the day he told his Mommy that his teeth hurt. He was getting his molars in (or as my daughter called them “antlers”) and he could let her know that he was hurting. I don’t think he had any verbal words other than Mommy and Daddy at that time.
He used to invent signs too, he saw a helicopter once and did “airplane” and “fan” to tell her what it was.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I had a little girl tell me
That her chest hurt and that it was like fire in sign. I was SHOCKED at the level of insight she could give me, you know?
Plus! AIRPLANE FAN! CUTE! :)
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there's a good video floating somewhere
of Dallas Clark (Colts TE) doing a project in his education class where he signs Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer (I think)
pretty cool and impressive
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
MUST FIND!
Football players signing would be adorable! :)
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I learned to finger spell (very badly) just by reading about Helen Keller (who just so happens to be the name of my co-worker’s cat) in grade school. We used it to talk in class in 6th grade so the teacher couldn’t hear us.
soco and I used it at Temple
When we were bored. :) (This was the Friday night before our wedding, it felt really ridiculous.)
My aunt lived on a Deaf commune in the … 70’s? (She isn’t Deaf, she is just random) and so she and her family use is all the time, now I use it with them.
But still, it is awesome, right? . :)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
my guess is she was just ignoring you
did you ask her to prom and she just laughed and turned away?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Hehe....
But no. This was a few months back. Why do you think I have so many Facebook friends at Gallaudet?
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Gallaudet!
Jealous! OH SO JEALOUS.
If I had all the money in the world I would go to Gallaudet for Grad School.
(They wouldn’t let me in as an undergrad.)
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
(I am about to use the worst Deaf joke in the book.)
Did she use her hands or did she prefer the mouth?
(Meaning, ASL or Oral don’t laugh, that is the technical term?)
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Off for a bit.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I concur
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure your stomach is tied up in knots with all that you’re supressing.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Stay strong folks
Let’s just say, I have a number of paragraphs of relevance already put together, on a subject of mutual interest… :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jul 3, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Ethnopolitical landscapes of the modern world?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I believe it was specifically discussion that was forbidden. Interpretative illustrations isn’t a discussion.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
oh dear, what a good feeling
the team(Fluminense FC) that beat mine(Sao Paulo FC) at Libertadores da America just lost it finals at home (Maracanã Stadium, with 90.000 ppl), in the penalty kicks, to LDU, from Equador…
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
Brazil
psshhh
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I heard ppl saying at tv things like "all brazilians will be supporting Fluminense tonight"
ok, all brazillians… except the ones who are fans from other teams like São Paulo, Flamengo, Vasco, Corinthians, Palmeiras…
lol
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
Rammstein fans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCEZ2m9o7vc
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:13 AM EDT reply actions
the german metal band?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep!
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Amerika!
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I LOVE mashups like that
Here’s another classic – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGnYw-OuCnI
Du Hast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm2eT-sTVys
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Cars and ladies in swin suits _ Narcotic Thrust: "When the Dawn Breaks"
sorry ladies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4y10lHbL7k&feature=related
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:21 AM EDT reply actions
pissed off
going to bed
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 3, 2008 12:25 AM EDT reply actions
Nothing makes me laugh harder
Than the baby borrowers
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Is that pretty good, mrssoco?
Looks pretty funny to me
It is HILARIOUS
“Why don’t you think I’m ready for a baby… Ew.. pee.”
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Mmm
I now have a strawberry cream slush from Sonic.
Mmmm, delicious.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Goodnight gang
ChandlerDad going to hang out with ChandlerMom and ChandlerKids.
What's your favorite sushi place?
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Sounds good.
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1.5
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:38 AM EDT reply actions
I think I am going to watch a comfort episode of Firefly
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=!00
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Um
That should be +100. I had a problem with the shift key there.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
yeah, right.....
LOL!
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
S'okay
I got the gist. :)
Out of Gas, here I come. (I can’t resist Wash with Stache)
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Oh, wow
That episode could teach Eric Byrnes a thing or two about a proper porn mustache.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Clueless on Jefferson
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm....
I think the OT thread may have forced us all to internalize our emotions, and they’re now exploding out….
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Why in the hell
is the teams best hitter bunting?
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by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:39 AM EDT reply actions
Why in hell
Is Mark Reynolds playing first in a tied-game, a position he has never played in the majors.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 3, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Two things
1) He has at least played first-base this year.
2) Way to manage your bench, Melvin.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 3, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I really don't have the same problem with this you do.
it was a big situation and Tracy can’t hit lefties for shit. So Melvin went to one of the best hitters on the team off the bench. At that point the only other bench players left were Burke and Hammock. But then Reynolds failed, extra innings loomed large and instead of hamstringing the lineup with more Burke he put Reynolds into the easiest position on the diamond to play.
Reynolds didn’t boot that ball because he was playing first. He booted that ball because he’s Reynolds and booting groundballs is what he does.
Melvin went to one of the best hitters on the team off the bench
Am I misreading you somehow? Reynolds career numbers as a pinch-hitter: 1-for-8 with five K’s. I’m pretty sure Tracy’s numbers versus lefties are a bit better. He also strikes out a hell of a lot less than Reynolds does – Special K is really not the person you want at the plate with a runner on third and less than two outs.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 3, 2008 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Umm... okay.
Also for consideration:
Chad Tracy career vs. LHP – .218/.267/.332 (466 PA)
Mark Reynolds career vs. LHP – .281/.364/.516 (220 PA)
I’ll throw my hat behind Reynolds, thank you very much.
Another thing
Tracy – 466 PA, 95 K, which admittedly is still a (slightly) better K rate than Reynolds against lefties.
It’s two things – against the lefty I think Reynolds had a better chance of plating a run than Tracy and in an extra inning game I think the team has a better chance of winning with Reynolds at first base as opposed to Burke.
It’s risk/reward. In my view there’s no doubt that pinch hitting Reynolds was the right move (eight at bats be damned). Putting him at first is a bit more questionable, but I think that offensive upgrade he represents more than makes up for what he gives back defensively. Had Reynolds been at third base and the same ball was hit is way he most likely would have muffed it again – should Burke always be Reynolds late-inning defensive replacement?
Weird fact -
Chris Burke is actually hitting much worse against lefties this year.
RHP – .204/.310/.245
LHP – .140/.265/.158
And even if putting reynolds at first was a mistake – it isn’t even in the top three grievous decisions made by the coaching staff. It’s a lot easier for a struggling pitching staff like the Brewers’ to win when they only have to get 24 outs.
A (slightly) better K rate than Reynolds against lefties.
My math makes it Tracy striking out about 25% less often than Reynolds. Anyway, with the go-ahead run not at third with less than two outs, I would likely be inclined to agree with you. But about the worst possible outcome given the circumstances (save the unlikely one of a double-play, with no force in effect) is a strikeout. Sending up someone on pace to set a franchise record for strikeouts, when you need to put the ball in play… Nope. Wouldn’t have done it.
And then throwing him at first-base – with eight appearances there in his entire professional career – was simply begging for trouble. At third, we’ve seen Reynolds make game-saving plays as well as gaffes – the one against Boston comes to mind. But at first? Can you say you were honestly surprised when he boots the very first ball hit his way, giving him a fielding percentage of .000 at that point. :-(
If you manage out of fear
that only the worst will happen, then you’re never going to win. What are the odds that in any given inning there will be a sharply ground ball to first base? This is the same trade off that we’ve been making the last couple weeks with CJ in left field instead of Salazar.
There was a chance that Reynolds’ unfamiliarity with first would cost, but such mistakes would occur as a result of poor footwork when covering the bag. That didn’t happen in the ninth. It was just a hard hit ball right at him which happens to be achilles heal no matter where he’s playing.
Also, I’ll take Reynolds 26.8% K/PA-rate over Tracy’s 20.4% if it entails an extra .298 points of OPS. As Reynolds at bat shows, when the infield is playing in and the opposing manager is doing everything in their power to prevent a run, not striking out is no guarantee of success.
If Melvin had used Burke as a pinch hitter, what would your reaction have been? He’s a better career hitter vs. LHP than Tracy and he has first base experience. A win-win right?
Managerial philosophy
[ If you manage out of fear that only the worst will happen, then you’re never going to win. ]
Melvin’s managerial style appears to be based around hoping for the best – as in, “I hope we get a two-out hit after I’ve given up an out to move the runner along.”. I prefer to prepare for the worst; your first baseman is going to be involved in a lot more plays than your left-fielder, so I certainly wouldn’t choose the ninth inning of a tied game to introduce someone to that position.
Why not use Hammock – .a career 277/.328/.447 vs. LHP, and only a 13.2% K rate – to pinch-hit? Oh, of course: because of the every-looming possibility that Montero might go down with a fractured testicle too and we’d be left without a catcher… Sheesh. Dodged a bullet there, didn’t we?
What I’d like to know is, why was Connor Robertson not optioned down to Tucson, and an extra position player not brought up? That’s really the core problem here. If we had Romero on the bench, you could have hit with Reynolds, and we could then pull Jackson back to first and still have coverage in left.
Hammock hasn't been able to hit since 2003.
and the difference between playing first and third isn’t nearly that great. 95% of the balls that first basemen receive are extremely routine and when it comes to fielding grounders, it uses the exact same physical reactions as Reynolds would use as a first baseman.
If the Diamondbacks had a lead and all they needed was to hold the lead I could understand being upset with putting Reynolds at first. But when the team still needs to score runs it’s clear that Reynolds, sloppy defense and all, is still more valuable out there than Burke (or even Romero for that matter). This is why Reynolds is a starter and Burke should be in AAA. Sometimes the worst possible thing happens and the team loses. It sucks, but that’s baseball.
If this team had to replay that same situation I would still put Reynolds at first base, warts and all, over the known mediocrities of Burke and Hammock.
Hammock
Hit .286 (6-for-21) vs lefties last year with – get this – two strikeouts. Small sample size, sure, but it certainly beats Reynolds’ career as a pinch-hitter [presumably vs. lefties] of 1-for-8 with five K’s.
Once Reynolds had been used as a PH jn the 8th he had little or no further value – odds are, he wouldn’t get to bat again until the 11th inning. In a tied game, stopping the other team from scoring is equally as important as scoring yourself.
You also forget the reason Reynolds was not in the starting lineup to begin with. He took multiple hard hit balls off his wrist the previous night, that i believe required an X-ray. If it’s bad enough to keep him out of the infield, why plug him in there during a crucial situation? I’d say, it made him even more of a liability with the glove than usual, and was even better reason not to use him.
Not knowing anything about
whether or not Reynolds’ sitting out was precautionary or because there was a tangible difference, I won’t speculate.
But I will note that your chronology is faulty. Reynolds was used as a pinch hitter in the seventh. His spot actually did come up again in the ninth and he had a one-out walk with Hudson on second base.
And I’m sorry, but I still don’t think 21 at bats of .286/.318/.333 (but only two strikeouts) makes Hammock a better option. Sure the strikeouts are a factor, but as we saw, just putting bat on ball wouldn’t have been enough to get the run. The ball had to be hit with enough authority to get through the infield. Since small sample sizes seem not to matter, I’ll also point out that this year he’s hitting .200/.273/.300 against LHP (11 PA).
Allow me to quote you from the June 3 game recap:
But there then followed a pair of mystifying decisions by Melvin. Firstly, letting Burke – about the worst hitter on the roster – hit for himself. Somehow he managed to work a walk, loading the bases for a pinch-hitter. Who do you think Melvin sent up? Miguel Montero? Jeff Salazar? Even, perhaps, the injured Conor Jackson, for some Kirk Gibsonesque heroics? No: try Augie Ojeda, a man who has been in the majors since 2000, has amassed eight sacrifice flies in that time and was getting his first at-bat since May 25. Really: much as I love the littlest ballplayer, he’s not who I wanted to see at the plate. I have a better chance of driving the ball to the outfield than Ojeda.
Augie had eight sac flies in 586 at bats. For comparison, in 459 major league at bats Hammock has three sacrifice flies. In 649 at bats, Reynolds has 7.
Over his career, Reynolds has 53 plate appearances with a runner on third and less than two outs. In those situations he has eight walks, twelve strikeouts, 27 RBI and is hitting .333/.415/.500. What can I say, even with the twelve strikeouts, I still think that Reynolds pinch hitting gave us the best chance to win. He may have had a lower chance of scoring only one run than Hammock, but the e.v. of him getting multiple RBI was higher as well. I’m not sure of you noticed, but one run wasn’t enough to win that game. Choosing to pinch hit a hitter like Hammock because he strikes out less is the same sort of faulty playing-for-one-run logic that led BoMel to sac bunt in the first place.
Hammock has been respectable in such situations, but he has had fewer of them. 25 plate appearances, one walk, six strikeouts and 12 RBI for an over all line of .238/.240/.524. Also of note, all but two of those plate appearances came in 2003 and 2004. And just for fun, no, he did not plate the runner in his two most recent attempts (one this year, on last).
Lies, damn lies and statistics
[ Over his career, Reynolds has 53 plate appearances with a runner on third and less than two outs. In those situations he has eight walks, twelve strikeouts, 27 RBI and is hitting .333/.415/.500 ]
And how many of those were late in a tied game? Because a lot of your success in these situations is determined by what the infield is doing – are they playing up to stop the run, or back and conceding it? – and how you are pitched. I guarantee you it’ll be very different in a tied game and with a five-run lead.
Here’s another split for you. Over his entire career, in situations defined as late and close – which would, I think, cover last night – Reynolds is hitting a dreadful .189 – 17-for-90, with a 40% K-rate. He doesn’t seem to handle pressure situations very well – in contrast, he hits .340 when the game margin is bigger than four runs. Again, he’s just not someone I’d want to use as a pinch-hitter with the game on the line.
This isn’t second-guessing – had we been commenting during the game, I’d have made the same observations [albeit without the stats!] before he went up, especially when I realized the consequences involved him playing first-base.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 3, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
But just because you guessed first,
doesn’t mean you guessed right.
Reynolds may be terrible in late and close situations, but he’s still has put up a higher OPS than Hammock in the same situation (and most of Hammock’s ABs came in a higher offensive era). Also if you look at Reynolds’ numbers in high leverage situations he’s hitting .299/.406/.453 compared to Hammock’s .240/.292/.375 in the same situation. Screw pressure, Hammock plain just can’t hit when the pitchers bear down and treat him like a real hitter (the Micah Owings effect).
But let’s be honest here, we’re parsing 10, 20, 50 AB splits that mean next to nothing. I’ll concede that Reynolds isn’t the number on pick to go to in a must-win situation, but come on. It’s not like Melvin chose him over CJ – it was Robbie ####### Hammock!!!!!!!
The splits are meaningless. It comes down to who is the better hitter. There is no question in my mind that person is Reynolds. As I said, even if Hammock had a better chance of plating one run, there’s no doubt in my mind that Reynolds had the high over-all run e.v. You should put him out there because the seventh inning is still too early to be playing for one run. I’m still convinced that your Hammock logic is akin to sac bunting the runners over – in both instances it creates a higher likelihood of scoring one run, while sacrificing the potential to score multiples. And that’s given the sketchy assumption that Hammock has a better chance of hitting a sacrifice fly.
With a streaky guy like Reynolds,
I have to think that he’s not really very good cold off the bench.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
As a defensive replacement, late in a tied game,
Chris Burke would be just fine.
Mark Reynolds has enough trouble fielding 3B, the position he’s USED to…..
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Both of them.
At least O-Dawg was allowed to swing with 2 strikes, though. Getting a hit.
Which is what you’re supposed to do with the bat.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Dear Bullpen
I hate you.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Don't hate the bullpen, they've been above average.
Hate 1. the manager, and 2. the offense, for scoring a disgusting 3 runs on 12 hits.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I hate the bullpen, manager and offense with RISP today. Special hate to Drew and CY. The left a village on base.
Overall, yeah
But when three pitchers in a row can’t give us a full inning without giving up a run, I feel fully justified in throwing some disdain their way. Especially when I was worried about our starter in this game.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
At least one of the runs was unearned, though.
Again—blame the guys who had 5 hits and 2 hit batters in the first 2 innings….. and got jack freaking squat.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
For all the frustrating things,
most notably bunting with Connor Jackson, from an objective perspective that game was a hell of a lot of fun to watch.
For all the times that Grace goes on about how being aggressive and laying down bunts wins games, I would feel much better if he came out and said “this team lost this game because they gave away an inning’s worth of outs on the basepaths.”
Um, yeah......
with runners on base, WHY THE F%&* DO YOU HAVE YOUR BEST HITTER BUNT?? WITH THE BEST OBP?? UGH….
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I have nothing intelligent to say
Besides the fact that I thought Conor Jackson eyebrows in the Red Head section were brilliant and it is HELLA sad when that is the high point of the game for me.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
yeah, that was nice to see
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
The sad part is that the losses used to linger with me until the next game, but now I get over them in about 10 minutes.
Sad part to me
is that we’ve been held up as a “model franchise” over the last couple years or so, and now, we’re regressing….
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I'm afraid
I now have to agree with Ben: it’s time to get rid of Melvin. He’s not part of the solution, he is part of the problem.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 3, 2008 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah
Over the past few weeks, I’ve come to the same conclusion. Melvin did some good work last season, but some reason, it’s just not happening this year.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
For full irony-value, they should fire him right before the July 19th game.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Yeah
Bob Melvin NL Manager of the Year Bobble Heads.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
+1
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I still stand by my MOTY theory.
I think that winning Manager of the Year - which, I definitely agreed with - somehow got to Melvin’s head that, hey, maybe my crazy ideas really do work. So this year, he’s completely thrown conventional wisdom and rhyme and reason out the window, and trying to be as nutty and stupid as possible, thinking, well, it worked last year, right?
Anyone know what Wally Backman is up to?
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Managing a minor league team and being really bitter about the whole thing with the Diamondbacks, if I recall the article I read a few months ago.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I thought
he was mostly over the bitterness? At least, that’s how he came off to me in the article.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Might have been different articles?
He still seemed a bit aggrieved from what I read.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
"[Wally Backman] was the best manager I ever played for."
- Conor Jackson
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Since I was a run differential adherent
last yr, barking about the 2007 squad’s luck, I’ll stick w/ the same criteria to argue that this yrs team is comparable, indeed a little better than last year. The pitching is comparable, the hitting’s comparable – actually a little better, especially when you consider Byrnes unexpectedly falling off the face of the earth. They’ve mostly been less lucky – a lot less.
Melvin’s the same guy, skins. He’s neither a genius nor an idiot. He networks well and I believe Josh Byrnes has been on board with most of Bob’s gameday strategy over the past couple years. They talk every day and Josh is the boss. Would Bob even be here if they werent essentially on the same page, in terms of how to make out a lineup, when to bunt, pinch hit, pull pitchers, etc. ?
I’m not saying BoMel doesnt make mistakes or that he’s some critical, irreplaceable asset to the organization, but this team’s limitations stem mostly from its architecture, not its engineering, IMO. Essentially, the problem is they dont get nearly enough runners on base. The same problem as last year and the year before that. Is that really the manager’s fault?
I was more in Melvin's camp last year,
when there was something to all that “mad scientist” stuff. I agree that the team got by mostly on luck when it came to having a winning record, but most every decision BoMel made turned out golden. It could very well have been luck, but at that point I was willing to believe that he might have just been really good at figuring out match ups and putting his players in the best position to succeed.
The biggest thing – last year could do no wrong with pinch hitters. This team won a lot of games on the back of great pinch hitting in close games. Now it would appear that was mostly just luck rather than an exceptional knack on Melvin’s part for knowing his hitter’s strength and the opposition’s weaknesses.
The numbers –
2007 PH – 243/.305/.477 tOPS+ – 110
2008 PH – .202/.309/.269 tOPS+ – 61
That can’t all be the loss of Tony Clark and addition of Chris Burke. BoMel may have some lesser parts this year, but he is the reason that Burke has more plate appearances than Salazar and Ojeda.
From Mad to Sad Scientist
I share alot of these thoughts.
In regards to Burke, I think anyone watching the games, incl BoMel, can see Ojeda consistently puts better swings on the ball, so watching Burke pinch hit is pretty frustrating. So, why does Bomel do it?
Sometimes I think he believes that very recent results have less bearing on future performance than does a player’s history. Burke is 28, and just two years ago, he threw up a 96 OPS+ in 400 PAs. Neither Salazar nor Ojeda, as much as I Iove him, have had a season remotely like that.
I’m not sure Melvin’s strategy is right, but I think it’s less wrong than may appear to the naked eye or casual TV observer like me. Just for fun, reset everybody back to zero today. Ojeda, Salazar and Burke, and tell me who will have the highest OPS for the remainder of the season. History would suggest Burke, I think. Recent visual observation would suggest Augie. My gut wants to say Augie, but I really have no idea, and suspect Melvin isnt as dumb as we sometimes think.
Here on Brazil, he wouldn't have made it past the end of May...
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
by Muu on Jul 3, 2008 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Even on Brazil, they might have kept him
Depends on if Josh Byrnes could have found the proper thirty-eight J stroke seven form….
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
fans can be tough with bad managing here... and the FO usually gets on the fanbase bandwagon...
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
by Muu on Jul 3, 2008 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions
If it's anything like in the UK
The sign of an immediate dismissal is when the Chairman of the Board gives the manager his full backing and a vote of confidence. :-)
Yeah, that happens here too,
mostly with NFL coaches, it seems.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
yeap, it happens here too...
my team is the brazillian champion of the last 2 years… even so, we lost the Libertadores the last 2 years, it all with the same manager… a couple weeks ago when we were eliminated at the quarters finals, the fan base asked for the manager’s head… then the team president called a media conference and said he was keeping the manager untouched… (he did it last year too, and we won the brazillian championship…)
somehow it’s working again… the last 7 games we won 5and tied 2… went from dead last to 5th place… now we call our manager “o técnico do presidente” ... something like “the president’s coach…”
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
by Muu on Jul 3, 2008 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
To BoMel's credit,
I was afraid he was going to have all three of our batters come out bunting in the bottom of the 9th, or something dumb like that. And he didn’t.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Don't give him any ideas!!!
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh.... and for the record,
that booted grounder by Mark most definitely did NOT turn me gay.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Oh -- funny quote by Mark Grace that I wanted to post:
(when talking about the Dbacks catchers) “Well, those are all guys I used to play with.”
followed up nervously a few seconds later with, ”....on the baseball field.”
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
So, I'm sad
that I missed this amazing offday thread, but i did get to see an awesome academy show…maybe when I’m more caffeinated, I’ll add some thoughts.
But now, ON WITH THE CAFFEINE AND EXCESSIVE JUNK FOOD.
:-D
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 3, 2008 2:07 AM EDT reply actions
academy kicked major ass.
and took names and that whole bit.
i was disappointed that we didn’t plan a bit better for the heat…didn’t stay for santa clara vanguard because they were last and it was so damn hot. i think the official forecast was 104 when we left at 9:30.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 3, 2008 4:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn I come home from a long night at work
and I don’t even get a win to enjoy.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Dang
I hate early shifts, Im in bed asleep by 11pm UK time so miss the ‘Pit festivities :(
In short….
Tattoos. Would you get one? If so, what and where? If not, why?
No way, hate the idea, just never really appeals don’t know why…
Injuries worse than a fractured testicle.
A shattered testicle? getting the Mumps had me pretty much dead
Hottest people in Hollywood
Scarlett Johansson (sp) damn she’s fine.
Most and least favorite foods.
Probably popcorn chicken +
Anything green -
What is on your iPod?
Urrr as I have an I-Pod Touch I have stuff ranging from South Park TV shows and other movies, lots of Paramore, New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy, Something Corporate and lots of other emo type stuff, but alsolots of other rock like Oasis, Metallica too. On top of that I’m really pretty eclectic you can find Kool and the Gang alongside Pendulum alongside Kelly Clarkson shame but heck if it sounds good I’ll listen too it
Favorite video game – arcade or console
The Championship Manager/Football Manager series on PC
Command and Conquor Red Alert II
Out Of The Park Baseba
For consoles,
Halo III
Rock Band/Guitar Hero
Barry Bonds: antiChrist or D-backs savior? [Ongoing…]
Meh, I say let him play, judge him on how he performs at the time not based on past experiences, obviously make it a strict contract but if he accepts that he gets no special privalges why not
Have you ever walked out of a movie mid-showing? What movie and why?
No always stay until the bitter end, but with prices so high for seeing a movie now I don’t get to see much at the cinema
So...time for another drink then?
Glad you could join us and post your answers. We had fun discussing everything except the game. It was hard not to talk about what was going on with the game, but everybody played along and we had good discussions.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 3, 2008 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
There were long stretches of silence
several times during the game. I knew everyone was focusing on the game and yelling at the TV instead of in here.
Everyone did a great job. You didn’t know how the game was going until at the very end, someone made the comment they were mad and going to bed.
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 3, 2008 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
And now, my answers...
Tattoo?
Don’t have one, want more than one. Of what, I’m not sure yet. I’ve been sketching some stuff lately, mostly music related.
Injuries worse than a fractured testicle?
I don’t think that’s possible…
What’s on my iPod?
Pretty much everything (except country). I’m a music whore. :-P
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 3, 2008 6:20 PM EDT reply actions
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