New Years Eve Bird Droppings
by Camden Chat on Dec 31, 2009 7:00 AM EST
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I hope everyone has a lovely and safe New Years Eve and New Years Day. Here's to 2010 in Birdland. -Stacey
Mike Bordick rejoins Orioles organization - baltimoresun.com
The Orioles signed a one-year deal with former shortstop Mike Bordick this month to become its new minor league offensive coordinator. Bordick, 44, will be responsible for working with the club's prospects on offensive fundamentals such as base running, bunting and situational hitting. Sounds good to me! -Stacey
To: Birdland; Love, Orioles Front Office
Amber says spend spend spend! -Stacey
Suit unlikely to stop Sarasota stadium | HeraldTribune.com
More drama regarding the O's new spring training home. Public officials in cahoots! Private meetings! Sigh. I can't wait until baseball starts. -Stacey
Carroll County's Top 10 Sports Stories of 2009
"8. Orioles' cavalry arrives in hot young prospects." Yeah that is big, but not big enough to top Century High School's Katie Schwarzmann becoming Carroll County's girls lacrosse all-time leader in goals. Good to know. -Stacey
Scott Boras' favorite shill tries to sell the O's as contender in the Holliday sweepstakes.
That shill being, of course, Jon Heyman, who says "'The Orioles are laying in the weeds on this,' according to a person familiar with Baltimore's thinking." -Stacey
The Washington Times says goodbye to sports
Mark Zuckerman reflects on his time covering the Orioles and D.C. sports over the past 9 years as the Washington Times made the decision to eliminate its sports section altogether. -Stacey
Prospectus Q&A: Best Q&A Quotes of 2009
If you subscribe to BP you're probably familiar with their weekly quotes list; it's one of my favorites. And look!
David DeJesus subscribes to the rally killing school of thought. -Stacey
"The more guys that get on base, those are the times you have big innings. You’d rather have three or four base hits than two guys on and than a home run, because that stops the inning right there." —David DeJesus, September 2009
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the Open Thread you're married to.
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Saw Beej at the gym again today!
Although I’ve decided I don’t really have a reason to approach him. He’s just another dude at the gym.
welcome back, Bordy!
He was a solid, fundamentals guy. Need that in the minors instructional staff.
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
Maybe this belongs over on Baltimore Beatdown
Yes, everyone is SO scared of the mighty Steelers that they are purposely going to lose to keep you out of the playoffs. The Bengals and the Patriots are simply terrified of the team that lost to Oakland, Kansas City, and Cleveland, and who only beat the Ravens on Sunday because the Ravens are a bunch of assholes. The Bengals are shaking in their boots at the prospect of playing the Steelers who they have already beaten twice this year. That’s right, LaMarr, if the Bengals and Patriots rest their starters it will be because of you.
by Stacey on Dec 31, 2009 8:52 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
who only beat the Ravens on Sunday because the Ravens are a bunch of assholes.
Thank you. As a devout Ravens fan, I am so incredibly tired of my compadres blaming the officials for our loss(es). Baltimore is an undisciplined bunch of shitheads and earn most of the penalties through blatant offenses.
That said, Woodley and the Stillers can go away now.
Ugh
You should have heard this girl at the bar on Sunday who wouldn’t shut up about how the officials hate the Ravens and love the Steelers and all this. It was embarrassing (both the girl and the game).
On one hand, i dont think half those penalties are get called in any other stadium.
On the other, the ravens know its going to be like that. the steelers know its going to be like that, which is why the throw their hands up every time there’s contact. If you want to win a game in pittsburgh, you have to lock that shit up entirely and not give the referees an excuse to throw the flag. The ravens were incapable of playing that sort of game, and lost because of it. Its their own damn fault.
They straight up gave that game away. Two tds and that much needed int taken away by penalties, not to mention Mason’s dropped td. As a huge Ravens fan, I find it difficult to watch a game because I know they will commit a ton of penalties and give away games they should win.
as a steelers fan i find it hard to watch a ravens game.
when i did…mark clayton dropped a game winner in the endzone making it twice as bad to watch a game.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
A major newspaper is eliminating it's Sports Section?
Is it just me, or is that weird? I rarely read the paper thanks to the interwebs, and when I do it’s the local Virginia Pilot, so really I don’t know.
The Moscow Times dropped its sports section 2 yrs ago. Oops, sorry, you said a “major” newspaper.
MT is the enemy now that my stuff runs in, harrumph, The Moscow News. But doing a western-oriented sports section from E. Eu. was a ludicrous proposition in any case: there’s no such thing as Late Results or This Just In when your sheet closes at noon EST. Their slogan shoulda been The Day Before Yesterday’s Sports— Today!
At MN the sports guys do only Russia/Europe and points east. The one sort of cool thing about the section, though, is that you can write stuff that would get you sued in the real world— and nobody cares. Describing a very unusual manoeuvre in a soccer match this fall, Ed Bentley (a Brit) started the graph “In a play you see as rarely as a sober Irishman…”
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
just so you know...
the times is a weird one. it is owned by a cult (no, i don’t mean the republican party, i mean an actual religious cult) and a former editor has just sued them for making him participate in a masswedding.
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Dec 31, 2009 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Haha
I don’t fucking know man, I’m not from there. Actually a quick google has informed me that I was thinking of the Washington Post.
Agreed
And it’s not really a major newspaper. The Post is. Nobody outside of DC reads it. I read the Post if I need news. The Times is a bunch of garbage.
fail
like the post actually prints “news” anymore. usatoday ftw
by twistedlogic on Dec 31, 2009 6:17 PM EST up reply actions
its wayyy better than the post
and wayyyy better than the NYT
by twistedlogic on Dec 31, 2009 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
haha
I don’t know man. USA Today seems like a really dumbed down version of an actual newspaper. Headlines and not much else.
Actual newspapers are dumbed-down versions of actual newspapers
So, in that sense everything is coming together, I guess.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Dec 31, 2009 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
I'm bumming
about the dumbing-down of its/it’s in society today.
Starting with this thread.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I spend enough of my life as it is arguing about misplaced punctuation,
I tend to slack off a bit when i’m on vacation
totally your right.
it’s just a really disturbing trend. you see it all the time now, everywhere. i see it in major online newspapers. i mean, hello, proofreaders?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Absolutely
You wouldn’t believe some of the motions i had to read when i used to work for a judge. This is a federal court and you can’t take the time to really check over what you’re submitting?
I have no problem admitting that i totally judged lawyers based on the number of errors they made. The more poorly written their work was, the less chance they had of winning. I had a lot of work to do, your argument become substantially weaker if i have to work to understand it.
OMG
then/than happens ALL THE TIME.
Also, “I would of done that”, instead of “I would have done that”.
And one more thing: “irregardless” is not a word. You can say, “irrespective” or “regardless”, but you can’t say “irregardless.” kthxbye.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
at life
the post prints total bullshit now. i stopped my subscription.
by twistedlogic on Dec 31, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
I think the only thing the USAT is better at is boiling down national news into blurbs that can be absorbed in 30 seconds over your continental breakfast while on business travel.
much less biased version
but i agree and thats why i like the USAT. i can get thru it on the bus ride to work.
by twistedlogic on Dec 31, 2009 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
True
It is less biased, but only because there’s no analysis at all. It is good for a real quick burst of what happened though.
thats what is so nice about it
reading the post generally makes me want to vomit. why would i pay to read more bullshit “analysis?” if you’re going to “analyze,” at least do it properly instead of spewing a bunch of liberal garbage.
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2010 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
WaPo? LIBERAL?
You’re deluded.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Politics
The Washington Post is not liberal. It used to be. Not anymore. No newspaper is “liberal” anymore. They’ve all gone conservative.
If you want liberal (which obviously you don’t), read The New Yorker. The Atlantic used to be more leftwing, but even it’s leaned to the right.
The USA Today is not a good newspaper. It’s good for quick tidbits of news, but not much else. I like good analysis, whether I agree with it or not. Believe it or not, I read the Wall Street Journal occasionally to see what the other side says. It may make me want to vomit the week’s food, but I’ll do it.
I love The New Yorker. It’s smart, it’s funny, and the writers are brilliant. I doubt you would like it though. It’s too leftwing, and I hope it will remain that way. I agree with you, I don’t enjoy reading slanted journalism when these newspapers claim to be objective. The thing about The New Yorker is that the magazine doesn’t claim to be objective. It prides itself in being a liberal magazine.
In the past I’ve respected the WaPo, but it’s become too conservative for my taste. I’ll read the hard news, but I’ll stay away from the political Op-eds.
they've all gone conservative......you're just fucking with me right?
my election day post came with a flyer telling me the washington post supports barack obama for president. i couldn’t read the paper before the election without seeing as least one article busting bush for something stupid. those have magically disappeared even though the current president is doing no better. oh, that and they repeatedly refer to conservative tea parties as “right-wing extremist movements.”
maybe you’ve got your right and left mixed up.
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2010 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
well...
I would argue that bashing Bush for something stupid and refering to tea baggers are “right-wing extremists” is just objective journalism. As far as whether the current president is “doing no better,” seriously??? I haven’t noticed him invading countries for no reason that are no threat to us resulting in 5k+ US military deaths or sitting on his thumbs while a city drowns…
so flying around the world on our dime to tell ppl that america has done everybody wrong is okay?
objective journalism? please. if ppl holding signs that say stop raising taxes, that doesnt mean they are “extremists.” if that’s the case, than all of those ppl who trashed DC during the inauguration and we holding signs that say “fuck bush” and the like are “left wing extremists.” but no, they were considered “peaceful people celebrating a ‘historic’ inauguration.” oh hang on, in the two minutes it took me to type this, we’ll have needed to increase the national debt to accomodate the trillions of dollars we just spent to…um….do nothing.
by twistedlogic on Jan 2, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
You didn't say he was doing ok or not.
You said he wasn’t doing much better than Bush which is clearly not true. And actually I’m more than happy to have him flying around the world on our dime if it helps improve our image and our relationships in the world. Bush’s “our way or the highway” wasn’t a very effective foreign policy.
And if the people were just holding signs saying “stop raising taxes” it would be one thing. In reality they are holding signs comparing Obama to Hitler and raving about “death panels” killing babies. That’s extrimism. No other way to describe it dude.
I was at the inauguration and didn’t see any “fuck Bush” signs nor did I read any reports about them, but again that’s an opinion that many people feel is valid. Raving about death panels and complaining about raising taxes that haven’t been raised (those aren’t millionaires out there protesting just so ya know) are not valid opinion or statements.
On your last point, do you think the national debt has accumulated in the 11 months that Obama has been president? In the 2 years since the Democrats “got control” or Congress? Please. The money being spent now is an attempt to clean up the mess made during (and most people agree because of) the previous administration. I love how all of the deficit hawk republicans were strangly quiet while the surplus was squandered and a monstrous deficit was run up on their watch, but now that the other party is in power they’re the power of “fiscal responsibility” again. Spare me.
i was at the inauguration as well
and saw several (although only one specifically said fuck bush…shoulda heard what the dumbass kid was yelling too…and hes never even PAID taxes before). i have also been to many a TEA party and never saw anybody holding signs comparing obama to hitler. did see ppl holding signs comparing him to brosef stalin (did see a fuck obama sign too which i didnt much care for). and yea, the national debt is accumulating under obama (who has authorized that the ceiling be raised in order to further accommodate his garbage). stimulus package? a lot of jobs that created. bailout? GM just asked for more money. now congress is trying to jam an awful healthcare bill down our throats. but i guess obama inherited GM from the bush administration. he also inherited congress, the national debt, uninsured people, and timothy geithner from the bush administration. wait…hold on….
and you’ve got to be an idiot to believe that him flying all around the world spending our money to apologize to everybody is helping our image. funny thing about terrorists is that THEY WANT TO KILL US. apologizing to them and telling them we’re no longer a christian nation etc etc is not going to stop that.
Maybe I've got to be an idiot
to read the polls that SHOW our global image is improving. Our global image has little to do with terrorists wanting to kill us – they are going to want to kill us regardless of what we do. But, what it will do is give us a much stronger coalition from which to attack the terrorists and prevent them from getting footholds in “friendly” countries like they did under the Bush administration when we alienated all but our closest allies. So yeah…I must be an idiot for understanding that…
As far as raising the debt ceiling – again I don’t think Republicans have been paying attention. Yes, congress just voted to raise the debt ceiling, but the debt ceiling was also raised under the Republican administration in June 2002, December 2002, May 2003, November 2004, March 2006, and September 2007. And none of that includes the numerous time’s where the Bush treasury department used funky accounting to exceed the debt limit without congressional action. So, again please spare me all the sudden concern about the debt ceiling now that the other party is in charge.
As far as the stimulus, lots of economists think that it was relatively effective and should have been much bigger. The bailouts were started by Bush, so not sure where you’re going with that one. And if you’re concerned about job losses, I wonder how you would have felt if Bush or Obama let all those companies fail…
USA Today
Where all the articles (except 1 per section) finish on the same page they start!
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I'm fairly certain
The Columbia Flyer is fast approaching them in paid circulation.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Adam Jones may not be so crazy after all...
From the BP quotes article:
“Oh yeah, there’s absolutely no question about it. I play shallow. That’s something we talk about every day in here. The percentage of balls that are hit shallow, and fall in, is a lot higher than the percentage of balls that are hit deep and get over a center fielder playing at normal depth.”
—Nate McLouth, March 2009
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Bordick will be responsible for "base running, bunting and situational hitting"-- hey, Memlo really IS gone!!!
And thank cripes for that, as far as those 3 elements are concerned. Let’s just hope the institutional melmemory doesn’t linger on.
In other news, some of you may have noticed ‘Zona getting nipped at the buzzer yesterday 33-0. Not only did the suburban desert rats not phone it in against the Midwestern Cornholers, or whatever they’re called, they didn’t even get near the frickin’ phone booth. That 46 yds passing was not a typo. I have seen both ‘Zona and ASU play v. bad bowl games in the past, against well-matched opponents and not-so-well-matched. I don’t know what it is, but they and Cal do this with unfortunate regularity.
Still, that mess yesterday was beyond mortal comprehension. Suh didn’t even beat them up (3 tackles, yawn). It was like the bus broke down on the way over and they had to play their jayvees.
At least Idaho — one of my Fave Team Names, the Vandals; how could you not pick them vs Bowling Green (the Keglers? the Dudes Abiding?) — had the good grace to pull one outta the hat in truly bowl-worthy fashion: 32 secs, only a TD will do it, length of the field in three plays, then go for two and the win. Bingo! Great vandalism!
Snodfart and Okla today, and the former may be able to start QB A. Luck (pin out of broken finger earlier this wk). If not, it may be All Toby All the Time, a load not even Doak Walker could’ve carried. I’ll stick with SU despite the QB question, like a fool; meanwhile in the trivial games
Houston beats AF; Navy beats Missou (I know, I know); and VA Tech over TN (duh). Yuh velkom.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
According to Adam Jones' Twitter
He was at the Nebraska-Zona game (Holiday Bowl? Eh, who cares), but left early because it was such a mismatch.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
toby gerhart for heisman!!!!!!!!
o wait, they already screwed up the voting and gave it to the wrong guy. Pac-10 is atrocious in bowl games this year. I do hope that the Cardinals beat Boomer Sooner, and the crazy jersey combination team beats on the Sweater Vest.
Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie
Largely agree re Pac 10, with three ugly losses and the wins less than impressive: SC beat a BC team aprrox. half as talented player-for-player in pretty unconvincing fashion; and UCLA, not a good team to start with, simply out-athleted (as they should have) a team from, ahem, Temple. Really.
It will take Snodfart and Orygun to lay a semblance of decency over this mess. The first could and the second should, but my breath ain’t held. Still, it’d be nice to see Toby righteously cart some people right on down the field, after he was so badly Heis-jacked by the ever-myopic “national media” voters.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
Assuming OU’s D doesn’t lay an egg like they did at Tech they should handle Gerhardt just fine. I’m excited to see him run though. For as offensive as OU’s offense is their D is really good. They played well enough to beat Texas, Nebraska and Miami if they would have had any help on the other side.
Gerald McCoy is probably the second best DL in the draft this year behind Suh. OU’s defense line would most likely rank a close second to Nebraska’s. Their LBs are solid and the outside guys are athletic. Bryant Jackson and Dominique Franks on the corner are above average and their safeties hold their own.
Predictions?
I’m going 23 – 17 OU.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
And Timmy…keep it up and I’m going to lock you in an electrical closet.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
For his own good, of course.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Did anyone notice this:
Late night reply to Schmuck’s blog posting about McPhail disputing the Holliday story:
Just got off the phone with Kevin Trembley, Dave’s son. Kevin said that a Baltimore sun reporter called him, and that Dave said “I haven’t heard anything”. Then Dave proceeded to call Andy, and that Andy said there was no validity because the numbers were wrong, its 7/110. Dave told Kevin that Roberts and Attkins have been on the phone trying to get Holliday to buge, and also said we will know in the next week or so. Its “real close”
I’ll let you guys know when I hear more.
Posted by: Jeff | December 30, 2009 11:02 PM
mt
7 for $110M?
Man, I’d think about doing that. He’s the best bat likely to hit the market this year or next, because you KNOW Pujols is not becoming a free agent.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
waaaa!!!!
Dunn obviously doesn’t work out very hard in the offseason. Isn’t that one of your prerequisites? (did I actually spell that right?)
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
Nah
once a guy is established and produces every season I give two shits about what they do inthe offseason. For young guys who really aren’t that good yet or are coming off of down seasons then I care. Dunn does what he does every year.
haha..
yeah…I just looked that up…more like 175-200. I find it difficult sometimes to get my mind around how a guy can be that productive and strikeout that many times.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
Yeah it is shocking
but if you think about it who really cares how he makes his outs? It requires the pitcher to throw at least 3 pitches and it’s impossible to GIDP if you’re striking out. Maybe he misses out on 5-10 RBI over the course of the season by K-ing instead of getting a sac-fly or ground ball RBI. And maybe he misses out on a handful of on-base opportunities by getting less chances for errors. But that’s not much to worry about in my opinion.
That was my thought!
Andy Mac is going to light into Diamond Dave and DD is going to take Kevin out to the woodshed…sorry Mike Leach…didn’t mean to steal your thunder.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
I would not be opposed to this. Not fond of seven years but no denying that the Os with Holliday are better than the Os without Holliday.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 31, 2009 2:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This is the bestest of hot stove
I love it! A comment on a blog post purporting to have hearsay information from Dave Trembley’s son. And the best part is that it isn’t any less believable than anything else!\
Happy new year!
The funniest part is
Peter left it up for everyone else to read.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Sounds like the same bullshit from last year with the douchebag who went to NY.
Someone heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend, who’s a total liar, you know.
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
I heard Matt Holliday will be in Oakland to watch the Ravens play...
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Dec 31, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
heard it from a friend you been messin' arooooouuuuuunddddd....
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Much better deal
95% chance it doesn’t get done (and that’s assuming its even true). I’m pretty much resigned to the fact that he’s gonna stay in St.L.
And OU is up 7-0 but just lost a defensive guy to a broken leg.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
CBS?
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Dec 31, 2009 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
radio right now.
i’m at work. not sure what channel.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
Bingo
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
you get CBS in Russia?
or did you just look it up?
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Dec 31, 2009 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
You can (sort of), but I'm in NY
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
Bongo?
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Um, *that's* Bongo.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
so...
in high school…we played a team that’s mascot was the Donkeys. no joke. And they had a real life donkey at the stadium. Anyway, their announcer would always say, “Bingo, bango, bongo!”
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
At least they HAD a mascot. My h.s. team was just a color
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
The Fightin' Reds!
Did you ever to get dress up in the Lenin costume?
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
I just wanted to make sure...
I was finishing it right…
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
Random thought ...
With a little reworking of the lyrics, “Wrecking Balls” by Bruce Springsteen would be a great theme song for the 2010 Orioles. The tone is defiant, perfect for when the Yankees and Red Sox come to town. And blasting it at Camden Yards could be really intimidating and way cool for the fans.
*looks around for SC*
If a Springsteen song is ever the O’s theme song, i’m changing my allegiances. 12 straight years of losing? That I can handle. Springsteen? No way.
ha ha Dave
I was looking on You Tube for a video of Auld Lang Syne to post on tomorrow’s open thread (spoiler!!) and there was one that looked like it was by Bruce Springsteen and I thought, “Dave would hate that.” but then it turned out not to be Bruce anyway.
I’m in your state by the way. In the car. We just stopped at Woodrow Wilson. I told my traveling mates that I prefer to wait for Joyce Kilmer but I don’t think they took r seriously. :-)
by Stacey on Dec 31, 2009 6:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Where are you guys off to?
Hopefully not NYC. New Years in NYC can be hell. Actually, pretty much any day in NYC can be hell. Regardless, Woody Wilson is way underrated as a rest stop. Enjoy.
nah
You couldn’t pay me to go into NYC on new year’s eve. My friend had a party, we played some Beatles Rock Band. Oh and this game on the Wii called Just Dance. It is a freaking hoot. There is a person on the TV dancing and you mimic their moves. We took some awesome videos which I’m sure will probably appear on Facebook at some point.
by Stacey on Jan 1, 2010 5:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
psh
its not fun if you’re responsible. although i do pay slightly more attention to fools with roman candles and alcohol after getting kinda burned last year.
by twistedlogic on Dec 31, 2009 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!! DOUBLE MASSIVE FAIL
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
registering for what?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
citizenship...
or as a communist. That’d be my guess.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
it's the one time in your life you get to designate your loot in advance
fewer unfortunate surprises.
the first two things i registered for were a kitchen aid mixer and a really good krups coffee/espresso maker. 17 years later, i still have both and both still work great.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Yeah I think the fiance picked out both of those. The three things I care about are 1) a good set of knives, 2) good solid liquor glasses, and 3) some of those frosted beer mugs.
I just got a new global santoku for christmas
It’s [you’re welcome z] unbelievably sharp. I fully recommend going with japanese steel over german.
the breville espresso makers are wayyy better than the krups
i have both :)
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
what?
you dont drink coffee? blasphemy!
by twistedlogic on Jan 2, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
oh, i forgot about the knives
we got a whole set from Henkels. plus a couple of folks freelanced and gave me Wustoffs. Still using all of those, too. The tomato knife is invaluable.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
so I know those two are supposed to be the best
but when I was playing around with them at the store today, I liked the feel of the calphalon knives better. Obviously I have no clue what I’m doing as far as knives go (the set I have now was $20 on woot.com haha), but they just felt better in my hand. You a believer in the Henkels?
Above all else, feel is everything. If a knife doesnt feel good in your hand, it doesnt matter what its made of.
Henckels and Wustof are the two best german companies, at least for consumer knives, but they both make a wide range of knives. I had a low end set of Henckels that did not hold an edge well and im not really fond of, it depends a lot on what you’re price range is.
Like i said, i prefer Japanese knives a lot more. German steel is a lot softer and heavier than Japanese, which means Japanese knives can get a lot sharper and hold an edge much better. On the other hand, this also means Japanese knives are more brittle, so you have to be more careful with them (step 1: don’t leave them sitting in water and never ever ever ever put them in the dishwasher).
yea but nobody would buy that
those little gift registries have prices and shit. all of my friends are starting to get married so i’ve bought like a thousand punch bowls and shit from crate and barrel
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
i registered for a garden gnome for fun...
and got it.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
hahahahaha
i would def be the one to buy that if i saw it on there. unfortunately, ppl have upped these damn registries. i dont really want to buy you a 70 dollar blender.
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