Tuesday Bird Droppings
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Angle should be lifting weights
He’ll never be worth anything to the major league club unless starts hitting the ball harder. Hiring a personal trainer and a nutritionist would be the best investment he ever made.
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers."
This
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Oct 11, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Fixed this for you
He’ll never be worth anything to the major league clubunless starts hitting the ball harder. Hiring a personal trainer and a nutritionist would be the best investment he ever made.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Does Amber really think
the Orioles are “a piece or two away from being a team that can make some noise in the division”?
Delusional.
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers."
The noise she's referring to may be the sound of us sobbing
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
She is correct.
Piece 1: A pitching staff
Piece 2: A defense
See? A piece or two away.
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think." Ian Anderson
You're forgetting people that can hit.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
That would be Piece 3
The 3-run homer.
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think." Ian Anderson
None of you guys are "Lefty", right?
Cause that guy… he’s not all there.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Yeah, he's a couple sandwiches shy of a picnic.
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think." Ian Anderson
by Zeke McGeek on Oct 11, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
a couple jews short of a minyan
/DCO’sfan’d
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Yes, but sometimes new verbs develop multiple meanings.
Number 1) in the dictionary might be a lot of fun to have named after you.
Number 2) might be a lot less flattering.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I would totally sign Vlad over Scott
but that depends on which Scott we’re talking about
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
Scott Kamieniecki?
It was more the “we’re an ace away from competing” thing.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Mike Scott
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
cheater!
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Some dude who is the head writer for some thing...
Said on 105.7 in an interview this morning that he doesn’t expect the O’s to name a new GM until the World Series is over, in accordance with MLB’s wishes.
He said a lot of teams would ignore MLB’s desire to keep the focus on the playoffs and do what’s best for them, but the Orioles “seem like the kind of organization that would go along with it.”
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 10:12 AM EDT reply actions
Because we all know the O's naming a new GM would shift the focus of any and all baseball fans away from the playoffs
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
bahahahahahahahahahaha
(breath)
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
when they announce is irrelevant
you figure they are still using their time right now to its proper use.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
Social media would not let a new hiring go unannounced for a few weeks.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, really...
and if so, why am i only hearing about it now?
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Well I doubt he's inviting us all over his house to play.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
maybe he is...
someone’s gotta eat all that bread.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
awesome.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm in.
Bored as hell.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
So anyone who wants in, I need an email address
just post it in a way so spammers won’t be able to read it
mine is at the bottom.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd like burnt amber please.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
lol
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
green's fine though.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
That's mean.
Poor Amber.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
bguizzetti at yahoo dot com
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
too late for me to join?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Yea...we started up another game.
I’m going to be leaving work in a little bit, but we can either start up another game or do another one tomorrow.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Or, if we do Diplomacy...
I can play anytime. Emails are a lot easier to have open when you’re pretending to do work.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea what diplomacy is.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
don't be a pratt.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Also an art college in Brooklyn
But I still don’t get it in that context.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
He probably meant prat with only one 't'.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
3 More spots
I have it set to randomly assigned territories, player distributed armies, and sets increase in regular increments, max 30, unless anyone objects.
Are we gonna get an email or something?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, but i need everyone's email before i can start the game
we need 2 more for a full game, but we can play with less if no one else is interested
Lets do that.
We could be here all day.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Got the gambit email.
Still waiting on the game info.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
How do I do that?
I don’t have a password.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
nm.
I can read.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
That's what she said.
In any case, on to jq.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah...
this is going to be ugly.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't like randomly assigned countries
but the only other option is randomly assigned countries AND armies
i must hold ukraine...
ukraine is strong!
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Me either.
Its so scattered to start the game.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
too late for me to join?
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
sweet
We should try playing Diplomacy this offseason.
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Monopoly, duh.
Has anyone here ever played Road to the White House? It’s pretty epic as far as board games go.
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Diplomacy.
I had a class in college where the midterm was a game of Diplomacy and the number of supply centers you controlled determined your grade.
I used to play at a website at www.redscape.com, though I am no longer active there. I have personally designed and run a variant based around Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in 220BC. I’m also working on a variant based on East Asia during the same time period.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I did a game last year during school with classmates. We did one turn a week so it took a long time.
It got pretty intense at the end and winning at that game is amazingly satisfying.
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I will bring it up again in the OT wedensday
I think we need 7 people and I can do all the order processing and stuff.
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i can't do anything fun during the day until friday
and then It’d just be a lunch hour thing. But if we started a long running diplomacy game, it’d be pretty cool.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
Aren't all the games long running?
It’s a correspondence game.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Vlad is good.
by J(O's)elskIL on Oct 11, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
i just mean I'm not going to be emailing all during the workday
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
I probably won't be on the OT tomorrow because it's a holiday.
But count me in if this is for real.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Vlad is good.
by J(O's)elskIL on Oct 11, 2011 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I've heard about that but never tried it before. I'll join if you guys have the patience.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Vlad is good.
by J(O's)elskIL on Oct 11, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
me 2, plz
anti- west coast bias, starting games in the morning and shit
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
srsly, if this keeps happening I am going to start an Occupy Camden Chat
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I think this is already happening, and it's called talking about fantasy football. :p
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
every time i pass this...
i see “manscaping” and “duck”
just doesn’t register
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
You never know...
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Vlad is good.
by J(O's)elskIL on Oct 11, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Um...
yeah, I’m not getting into this one AT ALL. Y’all are on your own in this discussion.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
duck wins the "Smart Internet Move" award for today.
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I walked past Occupy Baltimore today
I’m fairly certain it’s just a homeless camp and nothing more.
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
I really don't understand why people insist on offering injured guys for my best players in FF
If you’re gonna offer a trade, offer a real trade.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
You want Joseph Addai???
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure....I'll give you Wes Welker and LeSean McCoy for him!!!!!111!!!1!!!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
It kills me to do this, but I'm offering you Jamaal Charles...
C’mon, man, he’s KC’s best RB! Welker doesn’t even have that many TDs this year. It’s a down year for him!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
If you throw in Kenny Britt, we could have a deal!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Heh..."throw" in.
No pun intended there.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey I won a week!
Hot damn!
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm picking ONE road team in Week 6.
And was darn close to picking none.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I will give you Brandon Jacobs for LeSean McCoy
It’s gotta be now. Seal the deal. Let’s do this thing. Three, two, one. Five, four, three, two, one. Now! Now! Now! Say it! Do it! Now! Do it now! Do it! Shake my hand! You will sell trade me McCoy. Shake my hand.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
so i think i'm ready to talk about how i got royally boned by the Giants on Sunday
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
that doesn't sound too pleasant.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
it wasn't at all
i was still having nightmares about it last night
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I had a vision on Saturday night.
Probably because I was drunk after the Caps game, but in any case, this vision told me not to pick the Giants. Went with the Saints instead for survivor.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
smart man
i was thinking hard about switching to Detroit on Saturday but couldn’t pull the trigger
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I almost took them as well.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Seattle has always been a beast at home (see last year's playoffs)
it was hardly a surprise that it happened, I talked my friend into taking the Saints.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
Sorry, I can't let this go...
the game was in New York Jersey
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
What's new jersey?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
It's right under the defenition
for “unoriginal overused jokes”
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
It IS the home of a lot of beautiful women
Although getting through TO that beauty can take some sandblasting through the paint.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
As for the number of alcoholic beverages I will be consuming between yesterday and opening day:
I currently stand at 5. That number should continue to increase since we’re into Caps season now.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I approve of daily updates on this topic.
I remain at 0, as I did not have an alcoholic beverage last night.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
3
Baltimore Beer Week!
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Any time I actually go to a Caps game, its pretty much 5 beers.
1-2 to pregame (depending on how early I can leave work) and 3 during the game.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, did we arbitrarily pick yesterday to start tracking drinks?
i need to catch up then
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
It wasn't that it was arbitrary.
It’s that it was Monday.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Not really.
Tez asked how many adult beverages we were going to consume in the 170 some odd days until opening day for baseball.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Those people had the dance down and everything.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
One of my great life regets is that I didn't go to college somewhere that had a football team, and thus, a marching band.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Trombone
It’s been a few years since I got to play regularly, but I’ll always be a band geek at heart.
I did go to a school with basketball so at least there was pep band, which was good fun. Both would have been more fun, though.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
buddy of mine...
played in the million dollar band at bama for a spell. bet that was awesome.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Right?
That’s not why I picked trombone, but it was a fun little bonus.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
At least you play an instrument
3 practices a week and my kid’s doing FLAGS. Ugh.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
US Code 50, Section 2, Paragraph 4
“Any parent whose child has participated in ‘Flag’ activities has grounds for posting the child for adoption on the open market.”
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's just say I lost that particular argument
I told her this is her 10-week break from softball. We start back mid-November and go straight through now. Used to have Nov & Dec off. Not now, young lady. You’ve got a drop-curveball to work on.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
MLB Draft
If pitchers are such a complete and utter crapshoot in the draft, why not draft top-notch position players to try and stock the minors like the Royals did/do, then draft a bunch of pitchers in the 5th – 15th round who throw hard, but are unrefined, and spend more money in player development to see if even 1 in 7 or 8 guys per year can be turned into a serviceable major league caliber pitcher?
I mean, isn’t that better than our current model of spending our high 1st round picks on pitchers with a 0% success rate while watching the likes of Mike Trout go 20 picks after Matt Hobgood? On the other hand, Zack Wheeler, Mike Minor, Drew Storen, Aaron Crow, and Jacob Turner were also drafted in the picks following Matt Hobgood… Yonder Alonso, Jemile Weeks, Brett Lawrie and more were drafted immediately after Matusz…
Hindsight may be 20-20, but it also says that the O’s suck at drafting compared to the other high-pick teams.
you should never have a draft philosophy that is so strongly dogmatic
then you end up passing on guys like David Price, or doing things like, say, taking Billy Rowell instead of Tim Lincecum (not that that’s a particularly good example).
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
Isn’t it a case of playing the percentages, though? Even if 10% of the time you pass on a Clay Bucholz and take Brandon Snyder, the other 90% of the time you’re going to be passing on Wade Townshend to take Stephen Drew (noting that I would place a much higher premium on college players).
I don’t think you can build a minor league system by taking taking high risk-high reward players. I’d rather have a system overflowing with B prospects than having two A prospects and a bunch of D prospects.
A sort of moneyball approach to the draft…
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Which is the O's?
I don’t think you can build a minor league system by taking taking high risk-high reward players. I’d rather have a system overflowing with B prospects than having two A prospects and a bunch of D prospects.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
by IggesRule13 on Oct 11, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
except you aren't getting Drew 90% of the time
most of the time you’re getting nothing. So it might (and I have no idea, I’m just guessing) be that 10% of the time you pass on Buchholz for Snyder in order to get Drew over Townsend 12% of the time. Which is drastically limiting your draft upside. You need pitchers, position players, prep guys, juco guy, and college guys. You can’t take away any of it to have an upper-tier drafting department.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
Westie complains about people in school, episode 57:
Yesterday my history teacher had to explain that the electoral college number represents the 2 senators plus the number of representatives which is based on population. Seriously, I knew that in 2nd grade, come on people.
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 11:58 AM EDT reply actions
What I always thought was interesting
is that the EC can vote for whomever they want to and not bound by popular vote.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
You VASTLY overrate the political knowledge of the average college freshman
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I fear these are the same folks "occupying" Wall Street.
Wall Street is evil, man. Why? Well, uh, they’ve got lots of money and stuff.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Well, Wall Street IS evil, dude
Or at least amoral. Corporations have no soul.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Bike lanes/Mike Vick/Lou Montanez
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Jews/Sarah Palin/GOP
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Rock n Roller Cola Wars, I can't take it anymore
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
by NSOsFan on Oct 11, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
lol
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
weren't you supposed to hear last week or something?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
All they've ever said was mid-october
Based on the past few years, people were expecting last friday. They posted a message on their website saying “We will post a tentative date on the website and will email bar applicants with this information in the coming days,” so thats all i know. My guess is the email comes today or tomorrow saying results will be released this friday, but theres really no way to tell.
I always hate emails that tell you to check at a later date.
Just wait and send me the fucking email when you have something legit to tell me.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Calling j.q. higgins.
Um…dude….there’s a game to be played here.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
i was playing...
just kinda busy getting my ass handed to me!
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I screwed up there big time.
Didn’t really understand the controls. kba is going to dominate.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Whatever works.
I’m still a little confused with the controls.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Who's got Australia?
That’s the key to success
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Your mom has Australia.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Sadly I have class until about 1.30
So I will have to wait for another dya.
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
We're still going to lose.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Same here.
I just have a little iron curtain. No defense.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Why did you attack me?
Now we’re all fucked.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaha
I’m losing my footing.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
wolverines!
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You're killin' me, dude.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm dead, really...
still rememberin how to play, too
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Only a matter of time before we're all toast.
I forgot that its sorta odds based so you can have the same number of armies you used to defeat somebody on the last turn, but no defeat them on this turn.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
This is going to be the shortest game of Risk ever
(turnwise, not time wise)
Tommy hunter still sucks!
Basically, we all suck.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Although I will say, that grouping from the beginning was really lame.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
boom...roasted.
I still don’t quite understand how to move all of those troops around like that.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
You click the territory you want to attack from
then the territory you want to attack. It defaults to the country you just conquered until you click a different one that you own.
Yea...but doesn't your turn end when you fortify?
I know how to attack, but I couldn’t get any of my reserve armies forward.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
You fortify basically by attacking your own territory
Click the one you want to fortify from, and then click the one you want to fortify to. Once you do that, you won’t be able to attack anymore
I'm up for another.
Took me a while to remember how to play.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
totally.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I so wish I could get in on this.
Stupid internet filters.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
I could play, won't have much to do the rest of the day
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
what's your email?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
cornwell128
at gmail.com
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we set up a game so that kba goes last?
That way we can get started while he’s out.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
aight folks...game is up.
kba should be last if I set that up right. AMD starts us off.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Holler
My shit’s deployed I think.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep...you're good.
Steve’s up next. Somehow, you guy’s got 9 to start. The rest of us have 8.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea you are.
AMD and Steve have nice starting positions.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
We bout to blow up Africa
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea...this is going to be explosive.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
guys...
we’re already screwed, aren’t we?
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea.
I’m already fucked.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Welp
That sucked.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea...I'm not sure what happened there
But it didn’t look good.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
kBa's gotta roll into Egypt
Or this is over quickly
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Help us, kba. You’re our only hope.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
That was fun guys
Can’t wait to play again.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Boo
you still could have made a run at it. You weren’t gonna be totally knocked out. Could’ve put your guys in siam next turn and tried to take australia.
Don't patronize me
I’ve played enough Risk to know when it’s not worth my time anymore.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm done as well.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Duck
Did you get the goods?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 1:18 PM EDT reply actions
No.
I have the goods.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys wouldn't have to be so sneaky about this if you lived here in CA.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Yes! Sorry!
I’m really bad at thank you notes. :(
That, and my life has been a blur of sinus medicine and dying cars.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
No problem man... just wanted to make sure it arrived.
Remember to grab the Win-Win flick off there too, that’s for you.
You said you did have a cable that fit for it right?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Already copied The Wire and converted to mp4 format for my phone
Forgot about Win-Win – I’ll copy that and send it back to you.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Sounds good bro...
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, obviously feel free to grab whatever else you may want.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I was afraid to open the other folders, scared of what I might find.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Lots of Atlantic City numbers
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
LOL
Yeah, don’t be creeping through my 1,000+ pictures internet stranger. But there are tons of movies and TV shows on there I think.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Posted this on the front page, too
but MLBTR says that Accardo cleared waivers and went to AAA’s roster.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
He can elect to be a free agent because of his service time though right?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
you need at least 4 years of service time... maybe 5.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
i'm ignorant when it comes to how these things work
but didn’t we only sign him to a 1 year deal, so why is he still in our system?
So, PSAT tomorrow
I get 3 hours of proctoring a test. Everyone else in my department gets a 3 hour planning period.
Yeah, me.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
the psat's fucking suck.
biggest waste of time ever.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
My kid's taking it at her school
I was cautiously optimistic she can qualify for National Merit Scholar, but since she’s a freshman, she doesn’t even qualify. She’ll have to take it again as a 11th grader. And she’ll already have taken the SAT twice by then.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Once a year.
Once at end of 9th grade (when she’s done with Geometry and had all the math needed and it’s all still fresh), once at end of 10th.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
i took the SATs 4 times
once in middle school, and then once each year for my first 3 years in high school in addition to the PSATs. my parents wanted to get me as much “practice” as possible
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I took it once.
Well….I took the “new” SAT once and the “old” one once too. I ended up right on that cutoff when they switched over and ended up having to take the new one too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
i luckily never had to take the newer version
that ish is whack
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I loved the analogies on the first one.
They removed most of that from the newer SAT.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, crap
I was kinda counting on those for her. She’s got a pretty good vocab for a 9th grader.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
They're still on there.
Just not in the volumes they were on the older one. Get an SAT book with practice tests….that’s all you need to study. I did a couple of the practice tests in a book I got and did just fine.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
She's been doing it, I just didn't broswe it much
Took that mess in 1985 and I’m not taking it again!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I took the ACT five times
I was aiming for a thirty, got a 27, 28, 28, 29, 31 (the latest score). I’m satisfied with the 31… :P
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Took that once too and got a 33.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not bragging.
Among my friends in HS, I was among the lower scores.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
well jeez
Sorry I’m not as smart as your high school buddies.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Naw.
I’m saying that I can’t really brag since I was easily outmatched by many others in my HS.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Where did you go to high school?
Did you go to a magnet school or something?
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Nope.
Plain ole public school. Although a few of us had gotten into a magnet school and didn’t go.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I went to Oxon Hill
I got a 1530 on my SATs. I probably could have gotten a 1600 if I ever bothered to study or take it again, but… nah.
....
I’ve talked to a few parents and fellow teachers. She’s had Alg I and Alg II and is taking Geo now. So, take the SAT at the end of this year, when the highest math that’s on the test is still fresh in your mind. And, also, get practice taking the test. I’m a big fan of knowing what you’re going in to.
By the end of next year, she’ll have had another year of advanced English classes, along with Latin II this year and Latin III next year. So, good shot the English scores go up. And, she’s taken the once before at that point, so there shouldn’t be as much anxiety about the actual test day and the forms and the structure and OMG when can I go to the bathroom, etc. And I’m not too keen on her waiting until her 11th grade year for her second shot at it.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I took it twice, the 2nd time because i was a little disappointed with my verbal
but i did plenty of practice tests under exam conditions and felt really prepared by test day. Schools treat multiple scores different ways, i felt like i was better off with just a couple attempts. Things have changed though, I might feel differently with the new format.
I can't see any more than 3
1 in 9th, maybe 1 in 10th and 1 in 11th. Can’t do one in 12th, because she won’t have a free Saturday to take the test with stupid flags in the fall and anything later is too late for early decision. :(
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Nobody does SATs in 12th....SAT IIs only.
I don’t really see the need to take the SATs in 9th grade. Its sorta pointlessly adding an extra score. Take it once at the end of 10th and see if another one is needed in 11th. You can always take it twice there. If you’re worried about the math, don’t be. Its exceptionally easy even if not “fresh in your mind.” If you can add and subtract, you can do that math.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
SAT IIs and APs are taken in 11th grade
Right at the end of the year. I know from experience…
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Oh well I took them in 11th
It kind of sucks because my school doesn’t offer AP courses so I had to learn a lot of new stuff that kids in public school who took AP courses would otherwise know.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
To be honest, the little books you can buy from B+N or Amazon or wherever
Were 907394710 times better than the shit I learned in school.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I took European History (which I already knew a shit ton of already, so that wasn't the biggest deal)
English Lit, Biology. I got a 5 in the history/English Lit and a 4 on Biology. I also took the US History SAT II and got a 750 on that. It’s odd that I didn’t really score all that well on the ACT the first few times because I’m a good test-taker.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I wasn't very good at test taking.
I got better simply from the practice tests….the material was easier in the practices, but I still had to force myself to speed up or miss the time limit.
I did world history, us history, bio, chem, physics b and c, calc ab, calc bc, government, german, english language, stat, etc.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I took AP Euro in HS
The class was an utter joke, because there were 6 students in it and we were taught over distance learning by a teacher in another school. We basically constantly ignored him until he, at one point, decided “fuck them” and stopped teaching for a week, until he was reminded he couldn’t do that.
All of us still got like a 4 on the test.
5
With a mild concussion.
Faced.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I said I got a 5 just before
BUT I’M NICE ENOUGH NOT TO RUB IT IN THIS INFERIOR BEING’S FACE.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I never studied or did any work or anything in high school
I was completely unmotivated. I did homework, did just enough to get Bs or As in all my classes (which wasn’t much), and coasted through.
Terrible mistake for college, though.
I work(ed)
Just not this year because I’m sick of school. I did last year and I realize that first quarter senior year grades matter a lot… but c’mon, I graduate in three months. THREE MONTHS. I’ve given up already.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Not a fatal mistake, though
I didn’t do much work freshman or sophomore year, then turned it on junior and senior years. Law school loved the marked improvement. I loved my freshman and sophomore years. Win-win.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
5
Without a mild concussion though.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I took all 4 SAT IIs in 12th.
APs can be taken whenever, I took 2 in 10th, 4 in 11th, and 8 in 12th. (Yea….my whole schedule senior year consisted of APs….I also took Physics B on my own).
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Good question.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 11, 2011 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
National Merit Scholar has it's advantages
not enough, but it’s something.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
You stop!
We already have her cursing like a drunk sailor.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
It's an organic, homeopathic remedy for senioritis passed down through the ages.
It worked for my father and his father before him.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
I see the logic in there
But at the same time, that wouldn’t help very much because I actually need to get my work done before my parents confiscate every procrastination device available.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
i have badassmotherfuckeritis.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Your badassmotherfucker is inflamed?
Better get that checked out.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
KBA
You watching Homeland?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 3:04 PM EDT reply actions
I'm gonna grab the first two episodes tonight.
Seems like a decent premise.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I watched 1/2 the first episode
gotta catch up tonight hopefully. I enjoyed the first part and the “sneak peaks” look pretty action packed (as they always do i suppose)
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
if the whole first season is about this one guy tho,
it’s gonna go south quickly.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
There trying to make him look so obviously guilty
that it can’t possibly be him. My bigger concern is how do you stretch this for multiple seasons?
next season it's a different guy who came back?
who knows
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
i know that nobody else on here gives a shit about this
but this just made my day
another bro bites the dust…
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Any really good golfers here? I need some advice.
My question is should I upgrade my golf clubs to new technology? I have been using the same clubs since high school (8 years ago) and I can still get into the 70s on a good day.
I have been trying out some new clubs but I don’t seem to hit the ball any further/more consistent. Is it worth the expense to pick up some new sticks or what?
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
Um
If you’re not happy with the distance on your drives, a lot of the better professionals are taking running starts.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that a Scrubs quote?
I feel like that’s a Scrubs quote.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Little bit before her time, I imagine.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a Scrubs quote ABOUT Happy Gilmore I'm assuming.
C’MON… WE’RE ALL WINNERS HERE!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll bet you five dollars that I'm right.
And AMD said I was right. So I’ll take that $5.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Oh snap
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
He can just pay your cousin directly
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think." Ian Anderson
by Zeke McGeek on Oct 11, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Because I’m going to trust you for $5…
We already know you’re a squelcher.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
And how am I disagreeing with you in the first place?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I said it was a Scrubs quote REFERENCING Happy Gilmore.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
You got it
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 11, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
YES. YES. YES.
I flew to NOVA this weekend to attend a wedding and squeeze in some golf. I thought about bringing my own clubs, but decided it was too much hassle. I ended using my dad’s super old clubs, and they fucking blew hard. Mind you, these clubs are an older than 8 years old (I was playing with a set of Ping Eye 2) and the lost of distance was astonishing. In the golf world, eight years a pretty long lag in technology. If brand new clubs are too expensive, I would shop the used clubs section on ebay. Now that’s it’s offseason, you could find some great deals.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
This is pretty much the conclusion I have come to. If only I can suppress my inter cheapness to get some quality stuff.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
some of the older taylormade rac irons are dirt cheap and really nice.
and good used drivers are dirt cheap. i bought callaway hyper X driver and 3 wood for less than $100. the hyper x model is certainly a few generations behind, but i love them.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
For drivers
I figured I would try to get one of the “adjustable” ones. Maybe by next spring R11s will be cheaper. I really have my heart set on a ping i15 i think. Irons I don’t know what to get…
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
anytime there is talk about shafts
especially stiff and x-stiff.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
But you should see your doctor about the x-stiff.
Or if you experience stiffness lasting for more than 4 hours. Makes it difficult to choose the right club with all those doctor’s visits.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Yea
im looking for mid trajectory and low spin (shaft has mostly to do with it i have been told)
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
i think the shaft's kick point is more than its stiffness when it comes to ball trajectory.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
thats what i have read as well.
but unless I get it custom made they are hard to find.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
hey, did you get that job?
can you tell us who the evil empire is yet?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
no
but if a position is offered, i must admit this will be a hard decision.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
i can confirm that is NOT the koch brothers.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I'll sell you my King Cobra's for $750.
I haven’t been able to golf in 2 years. >.<
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Details...
do they have stiff shafts (sounds inappropriate, i know).
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
They're King Cobra FP 2008's.
They’re not worth $750. That was a bit of a joke. However, I’ve only taken them out 5 times, so they’re in great shape. I also have a Callaway hybrid, Callaway lob wedge, and Cobra driver (only used once). Not sure about model names. They’re also 2008 year stuff.
And yes, all are stiff shafts.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 11, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
If the folks playing risk are still awake, I just played.
Sorry about the long delay….I lost internet in my building.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
anyone want to take a chance on dontrelle willis for a 1 year deal?
by baltimorebeatdown on Oct 11, 2011 6:31 PM EDT reply actions
Speaking of useless scrap, can we also sign Scott Kazmir? Pretty, pretty please?
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Sure, I have $5. That should do it.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Vlad is good.
by J(O's)elskIL on Oct 11, 2011 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
This list doesn't look too bad.
I’m scared we’ll just end up with Ricciardi, though.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/orioles-considering-several-gm-candidates.html?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed
J.P. Ricciardi excluded, I don't hate that list. Might actually like it.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
"The Orioles are forming a panel to interview the candidates."
Who do you think’s gonna be on that panel? Hey guys, pick me!
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The panel will consist of
Angelos, a life-size cut out of Cal, and Jim Palmer’s “Way To Fitness” propped up suggestively on a chaise lounge.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
by salvotion on Oct 11, 2011 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
And Rick Dempsey will perform Christmas songs during breaks.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 11, 2011 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
he will domestically violate any unsatisfactory candidate...
which is all of them not named zaun. which is all of them.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 11, 2011 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
This is the really compelling question,
I would love to know if they’ve been held accountable for hiring the string of jokers that have the job. I bet Showalter is on the blue ribbon panel, because it’s entirely the Orioles way to have a subordinate hire his boss…
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
kewl, josh byrnes made the list.
gerry hunsicker is the only name that i dislike on that list. maybe he’s changed from working under friedman but he had veteranitis with the stros.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Theo Epstein on brink of joining Cubs
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Now if only the Red Sox would hire Bill Bavasi
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 11, 2011 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Tony Reagins
Vernon would fit in great in the Boston outfield.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Robert Andino for Mayor!
Fire Tito, check
Replace Theo, check and mate
In fairness, the legend of Theo might be better than actual Theo, as Lackey and Crawford weren’t the best signs.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
JOON from Jeopardy is still kicking the shit out of everyone.
7 day winning streak – I think in the ballpark of 200K
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 11, 2011 8:08 PM EDT reply actions
Just finished watching the Republican Presidential debate, so I'm a bit woozy
and I happen to feel like the 3rd link in a Human Centipede…..
But this happened to catch my eye: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/nl-east-notes-phillies-mets-morgan.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook
Short version: The Phillies interviewed Joe Jordan for their position of director of player development.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
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