Saturday Bird Droppings
by duck on Nov 12, 2011 9:36 AM EST
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PrintSchool of Roch: Quick coaching update
The O's are still looking for a few coaches, but Roch isn't finding much info about who may be the new bullpen coach and base coach.
Steve Melewski: Posada to the Orioles? Don't see much chance for that
Jon Heyman is pusing for Jorge Posada to the O's, but Steve Melewski, and right-thinking O's fans everywhere, thinks it's a terrible idea.
Cal Ripken Jr. among prominent sports figures distancing themselves from The Second Mile | PennLive.com
"Baltimore Orioles great Cal Ripken Jr., former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz are among the prominent sports figures distancing themselves from The Second Mile, the charity founded by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, the Baltimore Sun reported today." I'll svae you the page view from The Sun.
School of Roch: This and that
"Steve Johnson allowed two hits over three scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 2.95. He didn't walk a batter and struck out one. He threw 35 pitches, 23 for strikes. It looked like his fastball touched 93 mph a few times." I don't remember Steve Johnson throwing 93 mph before. But only 1K? Sure, only 3.0 IP, but still...
Abducted major leaguer Wilson Ramos rescued - CBS News
"The kidnapping ordeal of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos ended after two days when Venezuelan police commandos swooped in to rescue him in a flurry of gunfire and arrested five alleged abductors."
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Since I never got to answer last night:
@salvotion: Skyrim is pretty damn good. If you liked previous Elder Scrolls games, then you will love this one. I’ve played them all from Daggerfall on and this is so far the best gameplay. It’s a bit more simplified in the character building aspect (actually a lot more), but it allows you to mold your player as you go instead of committing to a certain build right from the get go.
@kba There is no real continuity between the Elder Scrolls games. There are some obscure references from time to time and playing past games will help you with some of the history and what not, but Skyrim takes place 200 years after Oblivion. Not a whole lot of continuity to be expected. If you like open world RPGs in a fantasy setting, then I recommend it.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 12, 2011 9:56 AM EST reply actions
How complicated is the whole spells/fighting/puzzles aspect?
I tried to get into RPGs but the seemingly infinite combinations of spells and charms and amulets and potions during fighting always confused the hell out of me. And I HATE logic puzzles. There’s a way to grind a game to a complete halt – can’t solve this puzzle? You’re done playing our game! HA HA HA!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
It's designed so you can get through the game as simply a hack and slash
without using all of the features, but for the more involved players they have alchemy, magic, weapon/armor forging, etc. All of those things really add to the game, but it’s still fun to just throw on the best weapon and armor you have and fuck shit up.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 12, 2011 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Oh and I haven't run into any puzzles that were more difficult
then finding a picture in the room or on an item and matching up some stones to the picture.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 12, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
FWIW
http://kotaku.com/5858870/before-you-start-tips-for-playing-skyrim-the-best-way
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
So, what exactly is Skyrim?
I have vague notions of it but don’t actually know.
Tommy hunter still sucks!
A massive open world fantasy rpg.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 12, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
I watched the trailer on Youtube
And it looks pretty good. Then, I clicked on a reaction video (title not mine) Fat Girl’s Reaction to Skyrim Trailer. What stuck out to me was “this movie is going to be great!” Wow.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Not to my knowledge.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 12, 2011 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
j.q.
How did you enjoy the 11pm showing? I thought it was so much fun!
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
it was alright...
sort of frustrating to see movies on that nice screen w/ shitty prints and not have re-mastered sound for a nice sound system, though i saw die hard there over the summer and that was really disappointing b/c it’s such a big movie.
i always enjoy tap, though, and i appreciated them really waiting until 11:11 pm to roll it. talk about dedication!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 12, 2011 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
I kinda overlooked that
Because I was so delighted to see Spinal Tap on a huge screen.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Also:
I’m getting my glasses later today. I will soon see the world in all its clarity! Hopefully this will make my chronic headaches disappear because I’m assuming that my body was straining to see and it was giving me splitting headaches.
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BUT I CAN SEE NOW.
Who knew glasses could do such a thing?!
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Unfortunately, now I don't have an excuse not to read the English book.
I was exempt from the last reading quiz because I couldn’t read a word on the page.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Is it still The Hours?
"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 Nov 12, 2011 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
You're far sighted then?
I was near sighted. Never had a problem reading, unless it was more than 5 feet from my face.
I initially thought I was near sighted because I had trouble seeing the board
Although I was having trouble reading too. It turns out that the board was blurry because I have “stress-induced binocular instability”. My eyes were straining and the world felt like a camera that was trying to get in focus. I’m far sighted. Now I can read better and the glasses are helping my eyes relax. I also have an astigmatism, so they’re correcting that too. Overall, it feels much better.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Congratulations
Being able to see properly is fantastic. I found out I needed glasses in the 4th grade or so and I still remember how different it felt between not having them and having them. Being able to actually read the board was a huge difference.
Also, glasses are hot on girls, so you’ve got that going for you too.
that's what my dad says...
Also, glasses are hot on girls, so you’ve got that going for you too.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I would show you a picture if this wasn't an internet blog.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
What is a non-internet blog?
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 12, 2011 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
It was redudant on purpose
Because facebook is on the internet… so I couldn’t say “if this wasn’t the internet”—oh fuck it. There’s no such thing.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I hope he wasn't asking for hot pictures of a 17 year old on the internet anyway
I’m pretty sure that gets him put on some federal watch lists.
Well, I can renew my passport instead of getting a new one because I'm over 16
That definitely counts for something in my book.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
So do I, but that's because the fro is gone.
Meanwhile I have gotten the exact same haircut for the past decade. Heh.
"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 Nov 12, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
I've changed my hair a bunch
The biggest difference though is I was 115 lbs at 16 and I’m 150 lbs now and much of it went to my face.
Ohhh my dad is stupid
He didn’t tell me the correct information. Or maybe I heard wrong. My passport was issued when I was 14, and I need to renew it because I’m going out of the country. I think it was about whether I needed to present a valid photo ID. Because if you’re under 16, then both parents have to provide identification but if you’re 16 or 17 you only need to show your own photo ID (unless you don’t have one, in which case one parent has to show his/her ID). I have my license so I’m good.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I didn't say pictures of her!
I was responding to your generic statement.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 12, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
I know
I was referring to myself as proof of a hot girl in glasses. I guess the joke didn’t work.
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It was funny...
… in a “ha-ha-the-FBI-is-at-my-door” kinda way.
(Note: The above comment is also a joke, but in a “ha-ha-please-don’t-arrest-me-FBI-kinda-way-unless-you’re-Dana-Scully.”)
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 12, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
I thikn he was asking for proof of the overall statement
Girls in glasses = hot and guys in glasses = nerd.
I assume he meant as long as they were legal.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Not just legal, but within half plus seven.
Currently, that means a lady must be at least 22 years old for me to look.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 12, 2011 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
Half PLUS seven???
Shit, that means they have to be 28 for me to even look at???
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
by duck on Nov 12, 2011 9:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sorry, old man.
"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 Nov 12, 2011 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
FTFY
That means they have to be 28 32 for you to even look at.
Your math needs a little work.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Do sunglasses count?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l8JZaD_TrAg/TPQQeBgMSPI/AAAAAAAAADU/H_WgThO7_Ng/s1600/zooey2.jpg
Mostly cuse Oliver Peoples is the (super expensive) bomb.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 12, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Sunglasses do not count
This works though.
by Holymittens on Nov 12, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
OP had a massive blowout sale a couple weeks ago
I picked up a really nice of sunglasses for $100.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
This.
Girls pull off glasses so well.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 12, 2011 7:59 PM EST up reply actions
I love girls with glasses
Almost as much as I love goth chicks.
Combine the two and you have my perfect storm.
I'll pass on that goth look
But I’ve got a serious soft spot for ladies with glasses.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 12, 2011 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
You're a little outside my age range.
Don’t get any ideas.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 13, 2011 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
You're a Republican
I wasn’t even considering the notion.
:)
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I was leery about getting glasses at first because I didn't know how well I could pull it off
But I actually look a lot better with glasses than without.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
It's def a 21st c. day in Moscow when an American can watch both his h.s. and college's Big Games for free on the same evening in
the comfort of his garret apartment, as wolves howl outside in a gently swirling snowstorm.
Maybe they don’t like the Stanford-Oregon spread.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
I'm trying to argue with someone who thinks the rioters actions are justified.
She said that because I was a liberal, I should give Paterno a second chance and look the other way. My god help me.
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Yeah totally
I did a huge double take when I read that. Especially because she was arguing to give him a second chance, and she’s a conservative. What the fuck?
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Sounds like she was more interested in beating up a straw woman.
"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 Nov 12, 2011 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
The clip they show is so sad.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-10-2011/penn-state-riots
I weep for America that so many people at a “higher learning institution” are so fucking moronic. What a bunch of spoiled dimwitted assholes. Geez, young people these days.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 12, 2011 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
That clip is so stupid.
Those aren’t the two things I would do.
1) Stab him
2) Laugh at him while kicking him in the head
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by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 13, 2011 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
I put a $20 bet on the Orioles to win the World Series
90 to 1 odds.
I know, I might as well have just thrown it in the trash. But whatever!
by Stacey on Nov 12, 2011 1:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That's what I was thinking.
Seems like we should be at least 150-1.
"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 Nov 12, 2011 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
It's because of all that great young pitching we have.
This is 2010, right?
Mother, did it need to be so high.
If the odds
of successfully navigating an asteroid field are approximately 3,720 to 1, I’d say at least 10,000 to 1 for the O’s.
(Yes, I had to look that up.)
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
's okay. You've still got 5 hrs to put down on Orygun-Snodfart at -3 1/2
And if you like O/U, this would be a good O shot.
Let’s go, Tonto, our work here is done.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Put $15 down on Cain Velasquez if you're near a sports book in the next 2 hours.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Welp, here's hoping you trusted the OR tip more than C. Velasquez (whom I had to Google to identify)
I figured since it was duck he had to be NASCAR driver, a member of Metallica or some kinda weird martial arts guy, and sure enough…
Not sure how long he’s been with Metallica, but apparently they lost— so let this be a betting-venue lesson for ya.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Did you have to specify WHICH World Series?
Because if there is a loophole, and you can say hey, I meant 1983, you’re golden. 2012? Set money on fire and at least get some warmth out of it.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
That is alot of money.
And just think, maybe the rest of the AL East will be crippled with injuries at every position.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 12, 2011 4:49 PM EST reply actions
it's like choosing between smashing your hand continuously with a hammer
or sticking it in a meat grinder. You can’t go wrong either way!
Tommy hunter still sucks!
hmm.
if they split a game and win, how will we adjudicate?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Here.
http://www.camdenchat.com/2011/10/23/2508104/nfl-week-7-open-thread#80916373
Somewhere between 50 and 75% of the game.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 12, 2011 6:37 PM EST up reply actions
What if Beck throws something like 3 INTs, is pulled in the 4th for Grossman, who leads a comeback?
Since the Dolphins are pretty shitty themselves and could easily fail to capitalize on Beck sucking and let the Redskins stay in it for a QB who is probably, in the aggregate, as shitty as John Beck, but is also capable of sometimes having a decent few series.
no, i think that would be pretty obvious.
if more points are scored on Grossman drives that Beck drives, for example, that would make it moot.
We can appeal to the community if necesary.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Anybody know where I can get a decent turkey fryer cheap?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
eBay
Look for a used one, but with good pictures of it that aren’t just stock photos so you see it’s well maintained.
It's gotta be in good condition though.
I want it for brewing beer rather than frying animals.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 12, 2011 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
I had a friend make a turkey beer once.
Once you got over how disgusting it sounds, the taste wasn’t so bad.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 13, 2011 9:29 AM EST up reply actions
Literally
I drink more brewsters than Punky
by PBR me ASAP! on Nov 12, 2011 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
+1
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 13, 2011 5:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
+1
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 13, 2011 5:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
So is this +2?
Literally?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 13, 2011 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
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