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Thanks to someone asking yesterday if I was doing all the Kevin Smith movies this week, I decided to finish off the list of pre-2010 View Askew movies, and watch Jersey Girl which was the only one I hadn’t seen. It was also definitely the worst of the View Askew movies.
I’m going to watch Paprika after dinner.
So how was everyone’s St. Paddy’s Day?
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 6:44 AM EDT reply actions
Spent the afternoon in Ft. Lauderdale international airport. Surreal watching all the elderly walking, er rolling, by.
"I know I was the best CIA agent the CIA ever had, but I thought I told you honkies from the CIA that Black Dynamite was out of the game!"
by Bald Pollack on Mar 18, 2010 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I was sick and missed work yesterday, but it allowed me time to watch Laurence of Arabia. Great film, especially the cinematography and the music. Out of IMDb’s top 50, I now only have three movies left that I haven’t seen: Paths of Glory, Sunset Blvd. and Godfather Part 2. I realized that I’ve never seen Part 2 in it’s entirety, only parts of it on TV. I figured I should sit down and watch it straight through in order to check it off the list.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions
So how was everyone’s St. Paddy’s Day?
Ughh,.. pass the advil please
4 jack and cokes is the only way one can get me to salsa dance
uh that’s the wrong dance for yesterday..
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Had no intention of drinking, ended up drinking a huge bottle of this:
It’s REAL good.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Paprika was awesome. If Miyazaki is your kind of thing, you should probably check out Paprika. Doesn’t deal with spirits and religion like Miyazaki does, but still very surreal. I highly recommend it. The soundtrack was also very good.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Good! Enjoyed watching the Devils dismantle the Pens, then flipped to Colorado / CGY, got bored and by then the ANA/CHI game was on. Fell asleep in the middle, unfortunately.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
OT! Take it to the Clips thread!
/jk
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Dinner tonight was Stuffed Peppers Japanese Style – F&B would have loved it.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 7:26 AM EDT reply actions
What is the Japanese style? How is it different from mom’s?
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Probably tastes decent, if it’s any different from MY mom’s… :-p
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Used red bell peppers instead of Green and the stuffing was more meat and vegetables than rice. It had a bit more of a mild taste, not quite as spicy as the Spanish rice mom uses. It was also cooked in a red broth.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
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Just started watching
Deadwoodlast night, and I’m really digging it so far. I like how gritty it is.
Driver and head Muckety-Muck of The Pavel Kubina Bandwagon
XBox Live: Oinkvechkin
LORD PALMERSTON!!
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 7:38 AM EDT reply actions
How did that happen? Italics fail.
Driver and head Muckety-Muck of The Pavel Kubina Bandwagon
XBox Live: Oinkvechkin
LORD PALMERSTON!!
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Since you’re here, thoughts on last night’s South Park?
"I know I was the best CIA agent the CIA ever had, but I thought I told you honkies from the CIA that Black Dynamite was out of the game!"
by Bald Pollack on Mar 18, 2010 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought it missed the mark a bit. They could have done better with the whole Tiger Woods situation. I still chuckled a couple times though.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 7:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was tempered right, but I thought it went off the tracks once they got to the White House.
Laughed by ass off during the lab experiments. Humping monkeys + money = comedy gold.
"I know I was the best CIA agent the CIA ever had, but I thought I told you honkies from the CIA that Black Dynamite was out of the game!"
by Bald Pollack on Mar 18, 2010 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions
*by? Come here, caffeine.
"I know I was the best CIA agent the CIA ever had, but I thought I told you honkies from the CIA that Black Dynamite was out of the game!"
by Bald Pollack on Mar 18, 2010 7:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t see it. Was asleep by 10.
Driver and head Muckety-Muck of The Pavel Kubina Bandwagon
XBox Live: Oinkvechkin
LORD PALMERSTON!!
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions
DIdn’t see it: Patty’s Day festivities. I’ll have to catch it over the wknd.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Anyone know the record for most goals scored by a team in ONE season in the NHL? It’s easy to find that kind stat for an individual player on hockey-reference.com but I can’t seem to find the team record for it
* Most goals: 446, by 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers
* Fewest goals: 133, by 1953–54 Chicago Black Hawks
I want to be your honey but I got a sweet tooth
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Edmonton_Oilers_season
Sick sick numbers in the top 5 in scoring at the bottom but what’s really funny is look at the save % of their goalies that year:
Moog and Fuhr: .882 and .883… terrible by today’s standards but I guess back then it wasn’t so bad
In the 1980s, if you had a .900 save percentage, you won the Vezina. Now, they’re looking to replace you.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
No joke... Past Vezina Winners and sv%
81-82: Billy Smith: .900
82-83: Pete Peters: .904
83-84: Tom Bourasso: .864
84-85: Pelle Lindbergh (no sv #’s but 3.02 GAA)
85-86: VanBEEEZbrouck: .887
86-87: Hextall .894
Seriously… Belfour in 90-91 was the first time (that I can see) a goalie got the Vezina with over a .910
88-89 was the first big leap when Roy had it with a .908 … the same year Gretsky started with the Kings.
So would it be safe to say 88-89 was maybe a critical turning point for modern hockey?
Maybe when Roy started his dominance, all the coaches and GM’s started saying to them selves .. “Hmmm. Maybe there’s something to this whole defense thing afterall”
it’s really around 1994, 1995 that goals per game started dropping dramatically and SV% went up. Any chance you can post the numbers from the 1990s?
Speaking of those things, I think the Caps might put up the most goals since the 1992 Penguins. That’s crazy.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
It was 1994, when the Devils started taking advantage of the touch-up off-side rule and using it as a defensive tactic. They would toss the puck in and set up a three man retreating front line with two defensemen. Once they got the puck they would dump it in and keep setting up. Eventually, as an opponent, you’d get bored or careless and make a mistake, and they’d jump on it.
It was as exciting as watching the grass grow.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Sounds interesting but I’m not totally sure i understood that completely.
So when the Devils HAD possession themselves they just send two guys in to grind the puck around the boards and had three guys back at the blueline to keep it in if it squirted out?
If that’s the case then yea I see a lot of that… “dump and chase” right? That seems to be the norm by everyone now. So what did people do before that?
Sure let me bust out some #‘s 1 sec. I want to set up a grid that shows each year in a row and three columns (vezina winnter’s save %, avg shooting % for the league, avg shots per game, avg goals per game)
Lets see how easy it is to get this from hockey ref
Actually give me a moment.. I’m adding some extra information here to make it interesting. I’ll probably stick it in a fan post
awesome, thanks!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
83-84 was an entirely different game.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
NM found it at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NHL_records_%28team%29
Most goals: 446, by 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers
LOL.. The Caps own another record:
LOL.. The Caps own another record:Most goals against: 446, by 1974–75 Washington Capitals
LOL.. The Caps own another record:Most goals against: 446, by 1974–75 Washington Capitalsshakes his head
I’ve heard the Caps own the record for most goals against. Can anyone confirm this?
I want to be your honey but I got a sweet tooth
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A Small Announcement...
…today is effectively Friday for me! I have a 4 day (use it or lose it vacation) weekend this weekend! Off to Connecticut to attend my nephew’s 11th Birthday party….
Let's go Caps!
In that same vein, after tonight/this morning, you won’t be seeing movie updates from me for a while. I’m going to Tokyo with some friends for a few days.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Awesome! Have fun in Tokyo, and don’t forget to Rock the Red while there (get a picture and share). I’m planning on doing that somewhere along the line….
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Enjoy. I have very mixed feelings about Tokyo. Have you been there before?
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
Nope. But I can’t spend a semester here and not go, so I’m taking some spring break time for that trip.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m all for starting a Fanpost for NHL wheels of justice if it would move the comments back to what the clips and other posts are, like hockey games for instance. Doubt it would work, but I’ve laid low for the most part this week because the comments threads have gone off the deep end IMO. I posted more yesterday when I thought the tide had turned. It hasn’t apparently.
Thoughts? I wonder what the big boss man thinks.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
I think we’re seeing the links to stories about the wheel of justice and then commenting inside the post where they’re provided to us, for better or worse.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
True, however, I’ve seen comments in other posts that had nothing to do with discipline and even the comments on some of the articles J.P. has linked to seem to have gone off the map.
Maybe I’ll just try and jump back in again next week.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
And here we go....
Audience: Wheel of Justice!
(The music starts up and a noted Caps season ticket holder walks out… We’ll call him Pat.)
Pat: Welcome to Wheel of Justice, where NHL suspensions are doled out…but before that, here’s Vanna.
(Colin Campbell comes out, dressed in a dress by Earl Lagerfeld, make up by Max Talbot Factor… he waves to the audience. Pat does a double take and then looks over at the contestants).
Pat: Here are today’s contestants: First, from Tampa we have Steve.
(Some of the audience cheers, some boo, a supporter of Matt flinches)
Pat: Next, from Pittsburgh, we have Matt.
(Again, a mixed reaction)
Pat: And at the end, we have Alex from Washington DC.
(Tons of hats are thrown from the audience, the supporter of Matt complains.)
Pat: Ok contestants you know the rules, the first puzzle is a Body Part. Steve, if you would spin the wheel?
(Steve spins the wheel, it lands on $1,000).
Pat: One thousand dollars…
Steve: Are there any G’s?
(Buzz)
Pat: No G’s. Go ahead Matt.
(Matt spins the wheel, it lands on “Free Spin”).
Pat: You don’t get to guess, but take that Free Spin…it’s like a “Get out of jail free”. Ok, Alex, you’re up.
(Alex spins the wheel, it goes around a few times and ends up on “Pronger”.)
Pat: Ok, if you can guess the puzzle, you win. Pick a letter.
Alex: Is there a “C”? (Said as he points to his jersey).
(ding!)
Pat: Two C’s. Now can you solve the puzzle?
Alex: Is it Clavicle?
Pat: Oh Vanna? (The music plays and it is revealed that Alex is right) What does Alex win?
Colin/Vanna: Alex wins a two game suspension….
And so it goes….
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
What did everyone think of last night’s South Park?
A few good episodes aside, the past couple seasons haven’t done much for me, seems like they’ve lost their fastball and have been a little too preachy and forced, not enough of the funny. I guess it’s natural with all the episodes and ideas they’ve come up with that there’s gonna be a little drop-off.
And maybe it’s because I got a little festive celebrating my heritage, but I thought last night’s episode was pretty stellar. Tiger Woods jokes stopped being funny before Christmas, but obviously SP was gonna address it and get their licks in and I thought they did it well. I also got a kick out of the Big Ben cameo.
Hopefully they build on it for the rest of this season.
Wayne Gretzky had it wrong: 100% of the shots Gary Roberts doesn't take DO go in.
I haven’t watched SP in years… I should go take a look, though, see what they’re up to.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
It hasn’t been appointment television for me either. Luckily we live in the wonderful DVR age, I didn’t even realize the new season was starting but it auto-recorded it for me.
Wayne Gretzky had it wrong: 100% of the shots Gary Roberts doesn't take DO go in.
by Hooks Orpik on Mar 18, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
It wasn’t bad, but I was left a little meh from the Obama stuff, if for nothing else because they could have done much better with it than they did. The PacBen cameo was nice, but it was one of those eps where they had a good idea and wrapped it up a little too quick, I thought.
I think next week/week after may be episode # 200 which I’ve read is reminiscent of the Seinfeld finale, so there’s that.
"I know I was the best CIA agent the CIA ever had, but I thought I told you honkies from the CIA that Black Dynamite was out of the game!"
by Bald Pollack on Mar 18, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
every episode every is available to view on-demand at southparkstudios.com
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
I missed it last night. Arg. Tried to go to 4 Courts but it was insanity so I ended up getting lost in a bottle of Jameson at home with my lady and some of her friends. Two chicks passed out in my apartment. Oh yeaaaaaaaah.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Nice.
I ended up with a bunch of library books passed out on my floor.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
That sounds less fun. What books?
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
It was. What made it worse was the drunk texts I kept getting from my friends reminding me what I really wanted to be doing.
The books were Hawthorne in Concord; Transcendental Utopias, The History of Brook Farm, All Things New: American Communes and Utopian Movements, and The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier. All of these are for my final research project for a grad class on 19th century American lit. It makes me want to punch myself in the face.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate hawthorne with a passion, I am a big fan of Emerson and Thoreau, but most of the fiction by trancendentalist authors is terrible
Aim for the head baby Jesus
I love Emerson and Thoreau just for Self Reliance and Civil Disobedience. Hawthorne can take a long walk off a short pier for all I care.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Makes me want to punch you in the face also. Why on earth would you take that class?
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
I was deceived into thinking that Melville and Thoreau would be part of the class when in reality we’re doing mostly obscure authors. I love Hawthorne’s novels, just not doing historical research. Also, the alternatives were worse. At least it’s American Lit, which is my concentration.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Ouch, that doesn’t sound even remotely interesting, and I was an American Lit guy, too. Honestly, I read Herland and…. um…. shit…. can’t remember, now, and Iost my taste for Utopias.
DYStopias, OTOH, I loooooove.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
The only Utopian novel I’ve read that I enjoyed was The Kin of Ata Are Waiting For You by Dorothy Bryant. Fantastic book.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I have some 45 books on my shelf (20 pages into Naked Lunch right now), but I’ll try to remember that one.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Naked Lunch is a crazy novel. I read it over the summer and I’m still not sure what to make of it. I’m going to have to go back to it eventually.
Drinking—I know what you mean. The irony of making a career out of literature is that I never get to read for pleasure, and my love of reading is what got me interested in English in the first place!
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I know people we’re wondering so here’s the information: The word “Thunder” is said 24 times (by my count) in the intro song to the ThunderCats.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 10:35 AM EDT reply actions
Yesterday I was talking with friends about ridiculous movie/TV drinking games. Some examples were: Every time someone dies in Battle Royale, every time Michael Bay is a terrible director, every time Thunder is said in ThunderCats. You know, stuff like that. Anyway, we guessed that the intro alone would be about 22 drinks for the ThunderCats, we were pretty damned close.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m packing to go to Toronto!
Caymans sounds nicer though
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Founding member of the Tyler Sloan Fan Club
Caymans does sound nice. However, the Caymans doesn’t have the HHOF. Toronto FTW.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Definitely on our list of stuff to do. Also trying to convince beta to go to Barrie on Sunday to see SDR :)
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Founding member of the Tyler Sloan Fan Club
Just tell her its SDR, so she is compelled to go.
HHOF & a game including my favorite Caps prospect. To say I’m jealous would be a gross understatement.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m also going to go see the leafs, so it all balances out in the end.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Founding member of the Tyler Sloan Fan Club
Just think of going to the ACC as going to a comedy club. You’ll enjoy it more that way.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s Leafs V Habs so it should at least be pretty good.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Founding member of the Tyler Sloan Fan Club
You’ll see a good PP if the Leafs take some penalties. Then again you see the best PP in the game several times a week, so it may not be that impressive.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I went to Barrie once. Turns out, they were hosting the Canadian national jet ski championships. I also remember there was a pretty awesome beer garden somewhere downtown.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
Awesome. I’m kinda saving my pennies right now travel-wise. Hockey gear isn’t cheap, neither is paying off all of one’s debt and saving for a down payment for a house, and I’d like to have the wherewithal to maybe catch an away game during the playoffs.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
You guys have a great trip.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome place for a vacation. Where in the Caymans?
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Grand Cayman on Seven Mile Beach. They had 40% off specials on Marriott hotels back in November so we are staying there.
I like the East end of the Island better. It’s quieter. But the Georgetown area is still very nice, obviously. All a matter of personal preference.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 18, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I mostly agree with you, but I will say that 7 mile beach has the best sand ever. It is so soft it’s ridiculous.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Sounds like fun. Have a great trip!
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Where in the Caymans? I love it there. I talked about moving there until my dad reminded me they don’t have hockey there. Are you staying at/near 7 mile beach or the other end of the island (or another island)?
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Just raising the flag ....
Would anyone else want to do a road trip if we should be lucky enough to have the Caps go to the SC Finals?
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Good idea. The dry heat is not so bad here. You all would like the change from the humidity. ;-)
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You presume much, sir.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t a man have a dream.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it would be great, personally. It would be a big “up yours” to Balsillie and the like.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t mind seeing Phoenix coming out of the West, at all. Kind of like a small town kid done good. And I don’t think it’s impossible.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Rooting for LA. PHX would be an acceptable substitute.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Understood. If the Yotes hadn’t come to town I’d most likely still be a Kings fan. They’ve got young guys like Brown & Doughty who are fun to watch.
Yotes vs Caps would be a can’t lose in some ways. In others it would be brutal.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m a huge Brown fan, and I like PHX because they’re hard workers and employ Sami Lepisto.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
I totally forgot about Lepisto. Even more reason to root for Phx. I believe I got his autograph a couple years ago.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure how to respond to that. Should I be scared, impressed or feel pity?
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s a Bears practice jersey that I had assembled, so feel impressed with the effort and pity that it’s now outdated.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
That was a risky investment. I guess I’m a lot more cautious about whose jersey I get.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Only came out to like $40, and I wear it when I play occasionally, so it’s not all bad.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Gotcha. I was thinking more in the $150 range.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Jordan – you are uber crafty. Your homemade jerseys and shirts are awesome. You’re like the Craftsman of the Rink.
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His ability to pinch pennies is legendary.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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Jordan left me an autographed picture as a tip… it’s not even him.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That would be a great, great series.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
That series would be great. Yotes would give the Caps fits, but Caps would win it in the end I believe.
If that did come to pass there is a chance Upshall could be back for the Yotes. Fun for me as a Yotes/Upshall fan, not so much for me as a Caps fan.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I would want to, but I severely doubt I could afford to.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Key words AFFORD TO. I say we just find a middle of the road bar near the verizon center and make that a Command Post for all away games that week.
Now I know the Caps and bars will have Viewing Parties and such but I’m talking our own JR private low key spot..
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Please somewhere I can actually get into without a fake ID plz :)
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If i set something up, I will make sure to bring it to the attention of the owner/manager that we’d like it to be able to include 18+….
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I understand, but I have to think of it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
You planning on dying in the next 10 years?
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Call me a cynic, but who knows if it’ll ever happen again?
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Smart woman. Life throws curveballs. Take the opportunity when it presents itself.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
by Carl Putnam on Mar 18, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
What he said. I don’t even think I’ll go to any playoff games this year.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually have convention that week. I basically had to sell the rights to any future children to negotiate being able to attend home SCF games.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
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Perhaps :)
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Mar 18, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
So tired. I might need to do the Dew pretty soon.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 12:20 PM EDT reply actions
Have yet to try the throwback. I thought Pepsi throwback wasn’t as good as the regular, so I’m not optimistic about the Dew.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t dew it .. (see what i did there)
It’s not as good.. it tastes like really flat citrusy Dew.
Do yourself a favor and NOS it up. So much better than soda.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
You are crazy, Throwback is tons better. I don’t know what was wrong with yours but mine was plenty carbonated.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I said it tasted flat… was plenty carbonated.. I just personally didn’t enjoy it. More for Your Canadia trip!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I’m off caffeine in general, but I’m breaking it for Timmies.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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as in The Horton’s?
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
It [Cooke]s that there are no Tim Horton’s here in the DC area… No Sonics either. :(
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s a Tim’s in NYC now, I believe. Working its way down the coast!
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
While I was in Canada, I read this interesting article about Tims and brand identity and the commercial/cultural divide that increasingly exists between the US and Canada:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/tim-hortons-where-commerce-culture-intersect/article1490187/
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
That was interesting! I love Timmy’s for its sentimental Canadian connection. Also, I had no idea Lush was Canadian!
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
I brought back Timmy’s coffee and hot chocolate from one in Ohio this year after christmas, I really like the hot chocolate
Aim for the head baby Jesus
There is a sonic about 70 miles round trip from me, in fredericksburg. I occasionally get nostalgic and go.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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there’s also a sonic at Rts. 13 & 404 on the way to rehoboth.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
I been to one in Virginia Beach.. service slow as shit and food cold all three times. First couple times they were slammed busy, but the last time was in the middle of a weekday, so no excuse. Don’t think I’ll ever go back.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
You’re missing out. It’s so delicious when done right.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I’ll stick to Hardee’s and Checkers.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Give it another chance. The drinks they have there are ridiculously delicious, and the dessert drink things.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I try real hard not to take in calories from drinks (except beer), but it might be worth another shot one day.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Rink trip to sonic! Wooo!
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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Ha, a radio listen!
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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Someone can bring their DTV dish and we’ll hook up a plasma. Tailgate at sonic while watching the game. PLAN!
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We’ll take over 4 stalls with lawn chairs.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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Hehe I don’t think they’d let us do that.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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And we would, I know I would at least
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I’ve only been to Sonic once. We don’t have any up here in Baltimore. They’re apparently building one not far from me though. I have yet to try their food. We stopped for happy hour drinks on our way to Atlanta. So I don’t know if I would purchase enough food or not.
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Checkers fries = full of win
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
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What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
The worst/best decision I ever made was moving into a place about 3 blocks from a Checkers.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Mar 18, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
CHEST BUMP
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
The creator and active cheerleader of the Brendan Morrison lobby.
What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually don’t care for sonic, but my sister is an addict and whenever we go out to my mom’s togetehr, she insists we stop. I’m always asking her, can’t you hold out for 40 more minutes? Then we can go to Thrashers!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
It’s so much better. The drinks alone.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I have a thing for Steak and Shake – anytime I’m not in the DC area, I look for one.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Steak and Shake had a red bull milk shake. I made it at home, it was strangely delicious.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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That’s…interesting. That’s one of those things that I would never consider trying except between 11 PM and 6 AM.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
MMM...
Steak-n’-Snake!
I love that place. :-)
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occasionally. but most of the time, no.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
Thrashers brings back such good childhood memories of the OC boardwalk. MY dad always got a giant bucket of fries with vinegar. Yum!
"Why don't you smegging well smeg off, you annoying little smeggy smegging smegger!"
I’m drooling all over this keyboard
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
The creator and active cheerleader of the Brendan Morrison lobby.
What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
With Bull on the Beach to go with it… Oh. Damn.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I like that we’ve got Boog’s right next to Thrashers now. I love me some Boog’s BBQ.
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OC Boardwalk in the inlet. Boog’s is there…or did it close? I don’t go to the inlet anymore in the summer. the boardwalk scares me.
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Yea, I rarely go there much anymore, mostly stick to Bethany and Dewey, occasionally rehobeth
Aim for the head baby Jesus
Oh yeah, once you are out of High school or college, OC is just annoying
"Why don't you smegging well smeg off, you annoying little smeggy smegging smegger!"
Our family made the switch from OC to VB like ten years ago. So much cleaner.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Not coming from a military background at all, that means almost nothing to me.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
We have a sonic about 45 minutes away from me.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I wish there were closer Waffle Houses. The closest one is in Dumfries or Fredericksburg. Ultimate hangover food.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Also the dirtiest chain restaurant if I recall correctly.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
That’s part of the appeal. You’re doing it wrong if you’re there and you’re not drunk, hungover, or on something.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Understood, just stating the (I believe) facts.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
It is kinda dirty, but the food is cheaper and better than IHOP, and they make it right in front of you so at least you know that’s clean.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it possible to be dirtier than White Castle?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Most white castles Ive been in weren’t really dirty, but the onion smell is so overwhelming that it makes me nausious
Aim for the head baby Jesus
Hey, now...
Don’t be dissin’ White Castle. Their onion chips are yummy!
…if you’re into tasting things three or four times, that is…
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Dr. Pepper throwback...
…is why Dr. Pepper has the rep for tasting like carbonated prune juice.
YECCH!!!
And I love Dr. Pepper…
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AAAAH! Soda is teh blasphemy for me.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
The creator and active cheerleader of the Brendan Morrison lobby.
What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
So far so good
Vegas treating me OK. Up about $800 at the tables, and I got all my Thurs NCAA bets locked in.
Off to Cafe Bellagio for breakfast….
by Cluster on Mar 18, 2010 12:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Betting on an individual hockey game is a bad idea…. any number of variables that are out of the players control can affect the outcome of a game. Betting on a series or over/under on a season’s points are more reasonable.
A lot of the Sportsbooks in Vegas also allow betting on NASCAR. That’s the craziest of all, because there’s always someone who isn’t in contention can take someone out…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, NASCAR betting sounds extremely dumb, unless it’s for end-of-season points or something.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Most NASCAR betting is either who will win (which is crazy) or a “head-to-head” bet, where you bet one driver will finish ahead of another. You can only make those bets for the top 10 or so drivers, as it’s pretty easy to bet that Jimmie Johnson will finish ahead of Kenny Wallace…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 18, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I have placed a few hockey bets, and done pretty good. Bet the over on 5.5 between CHI-ANA last night. Played and won the moneyline a couple days ago on TOR-OTT and DAL-SJ. Leafs came thru for me!
by Cluster on Mar 18, 2010 1:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Good to meet you at the game friday Cluster. GL out there!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
You should find the time to go to Stack at the Mirage. It’s amazing. The Adult Tater Tots are absolutely addictive (tater tots with Brie and bacon mixed inside), the hot rocks are delicious and cool (thin sliced steak cooked on hot rocks at the table) and the porterhouse for 2 is the best steak I’ve ever had.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Yeah, probably, but I still love them.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d like to be able to color my hair blue or purple, but unfortunately work dress code precludes that.
I’m not above spray-on hair color for the playoffs, though.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
I had a friend in college who was blue from the moment I met her, and it always looked fantastic on her. It just looks strange, now, with her brown/red hair :-).
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I did my hair w/ blue highlights once….
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
It was my “I’m Emo” stage. Everyone makes mistakes. I used to play in a bunch of Local Bands and it was the cool thing!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
He may relapse any second!
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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DP must be a hipster.
I’m all for letting people do what they want, it’s too hard to maintain for me though.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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We’ve had this convo before, what with my admitting to hipster glasses (and I’ve recently purchased green shoes, which has also come up in convo, lately!).
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
You probably listen tot he postal service too :P
Hipsters like hockey? Mind blown!
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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the PS is amazing leave him alone.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Uh oh! He’s relapsing!
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I’m gonna relapse right upside your head if i can reach 6 ft in the air!!! hahaha jk :)
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
That’s more a knock on you for being short.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I know I’m short!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I’m the MP of the rink.. I’m small and feisty… No accent though..
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Your hair isn’t as cool either.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Feisty? Pshaw. Wimpy more like it.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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once, in a horrible at-home dye job gone terribly wrong, I had purple hair. a week before the state meet. My coach was not amused.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Donate to the Rink Pledge Drive for SAVES FOR KIDS! Ain’t nothing [wrong] about giving $5 so a stranger’s premature baby can have the time on a respirator they need.~Gould Old Days
Some people can really pull it off. The closest to “atypical” mine has ever been was ridiculously bright red last summer. It was pretty much the same color as my car, haha. Might bring that back for the playoffs, it was a fun color.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Mar 18, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
No Comment.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Did I say something bad that I didn’t realize? Haha.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Mar 18, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope not at all.. Just have a thing for Red Heads and the “that was a fun color” thing could lead to trouble…
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
See what I mean.. Gets me in trouble w/ HIM every time!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
You really put it on yourself.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I know I do! That’s why I was trying to control myself but Kelly asked..
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I was just wondering what I could possibly have said that made you say “no comment,” haha. Seeing if I Freudian-slipped typing something and was too tired to notice, or something of the like.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
I’d have to do spray-on color so that I could get it out before work the next day, but yes.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Spray-on bright red for the playoffs?
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Was thinking about it, yes.
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Sounds fun. I think they have temp red at places like Spencers (ick) or Hot Topic…
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Was thinking Hot Topic is going to be higher quality. I do want to get it now, because come April I wouldn’t bet against a run on the stuff in DC.
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Ding! Ding! Ding!
The big thing with HT is to make DAMN sure it’s temporary. Their liquid stuff is NOT. (Ask Sam…)
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No, you want the stuff that comes in a spray can. If I have to, I do know how to recolor my hair to something work-acceptable, but that’s if I have to.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Yeah; recoloring hair is messy, and expensive to get it done right.
I may get something to make my hair spikier than it usually is, and tip it red for the playoffs with spray-on red.
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My fiancee had purple/blue hair when we met in college. She would switch it around every once in a while – purple, blue, red, orange – but I always liked the pink hair best. Not everyone can pull it off, but she definitely could. With a real job now though she has to stick with her natural hair color.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Mar 18, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I had blue hair for like a week senior year of college when I realized it was my last chance. I wasn’t willing to commit to bleaching it though, so it was more like grey/blue/black.
…And then I dyed my hair bright red for the playoffs last year.
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
I was going to do the spray-in stuff for the playoffs this year. Hot Topic usually pretty decent quality spray-in stuff, though now that I think about it I might want to get it now because it might be hard to come by in April and May.
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Does that stuff wash out after one wash? I’ve wanted to do it, but can’t because of work.
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Typically two, I’m told. I’ve never used it myself. Probably what I’ll do is get a bottle and experiment with it some weekend before the playoffs start.
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I never seem to have the luxury of 2 days off in a row. haha I’ll go to Claire’s and find some clip in red hair. lol
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Nice! I think I’ll go legit red this year.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I’m considering trying it as well.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Although I was trying to get back to my natural color… I do kinda want a change and red would be cool.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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What is your natural color? Mine is as you see and has been for nearly a decade now.
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It’s a bit darker than what it is now.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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Well what color should I look for on a tall woman when I mug her of her wallet to procure a fake ID for you?
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Darkish brown. Maybe if you see a redhead get that too.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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So I have to mug more than one person? This could get problematic. Hopefully I’m able to flirt my way out of an arrest.
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Essentially. Mugging is always the answer! Yaaaaaaaaaay!
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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You want to wash it – this is gonna sound weird. Start with your hair dry. Work the shampoo in dry, then rinse and repeat. Most of it will be out on the first wash.
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Actually, it’s experience with having my hair grayed out for productions in which I played little old ladies when I was in HS and college. But yes, I did learn how to get temporary hair color out from experience.
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It’s very useful info, as GS pointed out. If I can’t find fake hair clip-ins, I’ll have to try some alternate like this, so it really is good to know. Thanks!
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No problem. Like I said above, make DAMN sure it’s temporary hair color. Hot Topic makes liquid stuff which is NOT temporary, and lasts ’til it grows out.
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Anyone watching the NCAA tournament games? I love working the first two days of the tournament.
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Cause you have the best job for that and playoff’s EVERRR
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I probably should put this in the Clips but for fear of being slightly OT…I’ll post it here.
Peter Bondra Q&A at the Baltimore ESPN Zone on Wednesday, March 31 at 8pm. Just got an email today. I’ll be working it, so stop by and say HELLO!
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Forgot to add…it’s a playoff kick-off. So there will be Red Rockers, SlapShot, Kolbe and prizes, too.
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P.S. Totally over spring break – freakin booyeah.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Booyeah? or BooYA???
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Let the woman celebrate in the manner in which she feels appropriate, gosh.
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Go to Canada already would you?! :)
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Much love.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Too much love some say.
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I’m so jealous of everyone who gets a spring break. Hell, I’m jealous of people who work 9-5, M-F. lol
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Unfortunately, I work 9-5 plus whatever else crops up randomly. IT is not a 40-hour job.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
I work 42.5 hours in office, and have to answer emails as they come – though I usually don’t. I’m not thrilled about it. I’m also not allowed to be comfortable in jeans sitting at my computer all day.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
It gets that much more fun as a woman in dress clothes. Try going under a data center floor in a skirt. (There’s a reason I don’t do skirts in the office.)
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Wow, lucky data center. The ones I inhabit are hot as shit.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
actually it depends on what aisle your in, if your in an aisle with the backs of all the racks its hot, the aisle with the fronts of all the racks are freezing
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“hot aisle / cold aisle” design?
It’s based on the direction of airflow through the machinery. One thing you don’t want is hot airflow into a cold aisle or vice-versa…
Of course, when the “hot” aisles are warm enough to use for a blow dryer for your hair after a rainstorm, it’s pretty bad…….. ;-)
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even the hot aisles weren’t really that hot, they just had all the fans blowing hot air into them, the air conditioning bill for that building must be insane
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A data center typically has its own chillers and is explicitly built to be soundproof, secure, and not leak air into the rest of the building. Many have their own power leads into the building, and most have a UPS or generator. There’s quite a few that have both.
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We do thankfully have a bank of UPSes and a dedicated A/C unit, but it still gets too hot in there.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
You know how to calculate how much AC you actually need in a data center, right?
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I do not. I hope my boss does.
But if you teach me, and he doesn’t, I can impress girls at cocktail parties!
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Badly designed or no capacity planning, or both?
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Hodge podge. Designed alright, just clearly not intended for as much as they have. And pieces keep getting added.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
And they don’t add to the power or chillers. Nice. Sounds familiar. Is anybody tracking that stuff?
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Nope :-).
It’s just me and my boss, and we do our best with what we’ve got. No budget, constant firefighting (not literal, thank God), etc.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm so mean.
He didn’t hate it though!
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News for Xbox owners
Xbox receiving USB storage support in Spring 2010 update
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/18/xbox-360-gaining-usb-storage-support-in-2010-update/
It doesn’t use a standard HDD? The PS3 uses a regular 2.5" SATA drive, I swapped out the miniscule 60 gig and put in a 500 gig one. All the pointless video I want to store on there.
"Ah, dinner. The perfect break between work and drunk." - Homer Simpson
Well, I should say that the casing and connections are proprietary. I think I’ve read that it’s actually a standard 2.5 drive inside the big dumb piece of plastic to connect to the top of the Xbox.
It is, but you also have to do a somewhat stupidly hard HDD RAM flash (or something, can’t specifically remember) from a bootable CMD prompt-stored-on-a-Flash-Drive, otherwise the XBOX won’t recognize it. I didn’t bother trying after reading the instructions.
I also didn’t have the correct screwdriver to do it. Torx9 or Torx7 or something?
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
ugh yeah forget it. I may swap out my PS3 HDD at some point…but have too much space as it is. Complete opposite of my 360.
Yeah, I swapped my PS3 with the HDD from my Macbook, actually (upped the MBP to 500, 250 into the PS3), and it didn’t work. When you swap, you have to make sure that the disk is formatted to FAT32 (I believe). Once I did that, it worked perfectly, even though it took another hour to format it again in the PS3 (after the few stressing out trying to figure out what I did wrong).
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
If it was coming out of a Mac it should have already been Fat32, right? I thought Macs couldn’t do anything else..
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No, mine was MacOSX Extended (Journaled), IIRC. The FAT32 format is for transporting docs between Win and Mac, i believe, because NTFS isn’t mountable on Mac.
Correct me if I’m wrong, though.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Transhumanist Lecture in Arlington
This looks too interesting to pass up, and I need the activity credits for class.
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Red Rockers
Having visited several other arenas, I am glad we have youth hockey players do the ice cleanup on commercial breaks and not the Red Rockers. Generally, they do a better job, IMO, than the ice girls do at most other arenas I’ve been to where that’s the practice.
Anybody see any different?
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Yeah, every time someone says something bad about the Red Rockers, all I can think is “at least they’re not Ice Girls!”
Their purpose (as an “entertainment team”) is different, and if nothing else, they’re much more appropriately clothed for an ice rink, haha.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Their dancing is pointless though. It’s like, does anyone actually pay attention?
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Oh, I definitely agree, I just think they’re better than ice girls.
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Very true.
Too bad the “token guy” didn’t try out (or didn’t make it) this year.
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You wouldn’t think so, but this one time I sat in the lower level, in the last row on the end just in front of the Acela Club. And the Red Rockers spent a good 10 minutes lined up on that wall below the restaurant, doing their cheers, and I suddenly had a surround-sound arena experience. It actually added to the aura for me. (And I’m a straight chick, so I wasn’t distracted by the view or anything like that.)
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
YES.
The chicks who were ice girls down in – where was it? One of the Southeast Division arenas I went to – went out on the ice in short-shorts and halter tops. Must’ve been freezing their you-know-whats off!
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Word to the wise:
Don’t ever buy an LG EnV Touch. EVER. If someone offers you a free one, just. say. no. I had 3 battery bars last night before I went to bed. I put my phone in my purse, and when I went to check it around noon, it was completely dead. I didn’t use it from about 7pm onward. I’m seriously sick of this thing. I got it right before Xmas.
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Good to know. Was gonna buy one next week!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Seriously? haha Apparently all the touch screen phones from Verizon have awful battery life. My sister has a brand new samsung, and her battery dies all the time. She also is on FB 24/7 from her phone, so that could be why. I barely use my phone, and it will just randomly die. One minute it’s a full battery, then it will just be dead.
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iPhone!
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What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
my friends with iphones told me the battery life isn’t something to write home about. They have to charge theirs every night. I hardly use my phone, just for a bit of texting, hardly any talk and maybe a twitter check every now and again. I just want it to last 2 days without me charging.
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It really depends on how much you use it. I listen to music and text and call people over a 5 hour span at school. Usually my battery is still legit by the time I get home.
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What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I get four days on a single charge for my iPhone, and a little less if I use it heavily for GPS/talktime. iPod functionality, Apps (not 3D gaming), etc. all take up so little juice that it doesn’t matter. I charge mine every other day, most often, and only overnight, so I’ve never not been able to use it when I’ve had to. The Droid is comparable, I hear, but I prefer the iPhone.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Battery life sucks on that, too. But there are ways you can extend it. Turn off push alerts, turn off 3G if you don’t need it…
I have a C on my heart.
This is the part where I’m too lazy to do any of that :D
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What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably have some programs running in the background that you can’t turn off or something.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
On my shitty winMo phone, when you close out of a game, or email, or messaging, or ANYTHING, it just leaves the program running in the background as if minimized. I had to look up how to open the process manager to actually close stuff.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
On the other hand… my brother has the enV Touch, but forgot his phone charger at school when he came home for spring break. It lasted 3-4 days until I brought my charger (I have the enV 2, so same one) over to my parents house so that he could use it.
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
That’s the thing – mine was fine for the first few months, then all of a sudden, it would randomly shut off (and still had battery life) and/or go from 3 bars to none in a matter of hours of it being idle. It’s so odd.
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Your battery hasn’t developed a “memory” has it?
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NiCd ones can (nickel cadmium). Lithium ion ones don’t tend to…
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NiCad ones can. You can extend the life of a battery by, once a month or so, letting it run all the way out of battery, like to where it shuts off, then leave it on the charger for at least 12 hours. Lithium doesn’t tend to so much.
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I typically always let my battery drain all the way on all my devices (cell, ipod, etc.) before I charge. Of course, my cell does it on it’s own without giving me a chance to even prepare to charge. haha
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I have a Voyager that blowsssss. Don’t use internet or anything either. Will randomly shut off whenever it feels like it.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I think it’s an LG thing. My EnV used to do that all the time, that’s why I got a new phone.
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I just found out that I can get a 22% discount through my work somehow. So I may be getting a smart phone of some form.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I was seriously considering a crackberry, but didn’t want to pay the extra $30+ a month for the data plan. I have a data plan on my touch now that costs me $5 extra a month.
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These first 3 games of the Tourney are really living up to the phrase “March Madness” 2 seed Villanova down 10 to 15 seed Robert Morris with 10minutes to play. 10 seed Florida down 2 on 7 seed BYU with 3 minutes left and now the 6 seed Notre Dame is close to falling to the 11 seed Old Dominion – well it’s 49-48 ODU with 12.6 left.
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Virginia Tech got snubbed like no one’s business.
Florida and Minnesota don’t deserve to be in, TBH
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by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Minnesota totally does!
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Didn’t they get to the Big 10 final? They also had big wins this season, one over Ohio State.
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Yea they did, and they beat Purdue and Michigan State to get there.
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Michigan St is highly overrated this year. Of course, I say this and they’ll beat Maryland in the 2nd round. haha Some of the analysts were saying that they got in on Izzo’s name alone.
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VT’s SOS was like 339th.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought that was the out of conference one? The big complaint was that the out of conference games VT scheduled were not good, but going on last year’s RPI, they were good, but didn’t play up to their potential. That’s a tough break.
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They didn’t play anyone good. Their two signature wins are over Wake and Clemson. And they went out to Miami in the first round of the ACC Tournament
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Wake has wins over Gonzaga, Xavier, Richmond, Maryland, and Clemson. Their RPI was 34 and their SOS was 31. VT’s RPI was 59 and its SOS was 162.
The Hokies seemed to be in good shape after beating Georgia Tech 88-82 on the road in their March 6 regular-season finale to finish 10-6 in ACC play. But then they lost to Miami 70-65 and went one-and-done in the ACC tourney. It’s still hard to imagine a 10-win ACC team being left out of the NCAA field, but the Hokies’ dearth of high-quality wins and their soft nonconference schedule (ranked No. 339 nationally) certainly raises alarm. Along with beating the Yellow Jackets, the Hokies have two other wins over RPI top-50 foes, having defeated Clemson and Wake Forest at home. The Hokies are 3-4 against RPI top-50 foes and 8-7 against the top 100. They have only one loss against RPI sub-100 opponents, losing at Boston College 80-60 on Feb. 24. But 15 of their 23 victories came against RPI sub-100 teams, including nine against sub-200 opponents. It’s going to be a long day in Blacksburg on Sunday.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Question is, would you have put Tech over the Gators?
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by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think so from reading this:
The Gators are 3-8 against RPI top-50 foes, but those three are very good: beating Tennessee (home), Michigan State (neutral) and Florida State (home). Eight of their 12 losses came against teams that are ranked No. 24 or better in the RPI ratings
They also won a game in their conference tourney.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s true. Virginia Tech really got screwed over by their weak schedule. Still, they had a strong record.
At this point, all I’m hoping for is a good tournament.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude…calm down. I watched a lot of ACC basketball this year, and, to me, VT looked like a much better team than Wake. That’s all.
Why can’t mindless water cooler talk just be mindless water cooler talk?
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I’m fine. I do hate VT, but that’s why Wake made it over them.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Purdue is gonna exit early without Hummel.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, Florida definitely does not belong. Minnesota…eh.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I picked ODU in that game, after the games against Mason this year, I knew they were a good team.
Aim for the head baby Jesus
Same. I always pick the CAA team to win the first round matchup, unless it’s GMU, in which case my bracket looks very 2006. =)
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Did you have them going to the Final Four? that was an awesome tourney…next to the 2002 one, of course ;)
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I had them winning, which obviously didn’t happen, but just having them in the Final Four made me the winner of our little group that year. =)
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That’s awesome. I had Maryland winning the whole thing the year they won, and the satisfaction of that bracket still makes me smile. I finished second that year in a group of MD students, so I did pretty well considering almost everyone had them going all the way.
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First upset – Notre Dame loses by 1 to Old Dominion. I had ND in the Final Four in one of my off the wall pools where I just picked crazy upsets. lol
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Nice! Can’t wait for some more craziness.
Just no 16 seed over a 1, mmmkay?
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Duke is the first number one out in my bracket.
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So how are you all going to divide your time between the B’s/Pens and the Caps game tonight? My strategy: For the start of the games I will go 70% B’s/Pens since that’s when most of the fights should occur. Also, the Caps won’t be blowing the Canes’ out by then just yet.
There’s just no room for college bball, sorry.
Whatsketball?
I’m watching the Caps game. I’ll look at the fight clips later.
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Yeah I figure if anything of note happens…We’ll be treated to replays of it all week.
Might flip over on commercials or at intermission.
I hope we’re not all in for a collective disappointment. Maybe the B’s will, you know, actually try to play a hockey game as opposed to turn it into a bloodbath.
The Caps version of bracketology.
Gotta love Chimera and Laich’s responses.
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What more can I say?
Knubs is such a chalker!
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But it’s okay with me, Kansas! Woo!
The Georgetown bulldogs, oh Nicky.
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lol Nicky! He does hang out in GTown alot, you’d think he would know!
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and Ted is a Hoya alum…..
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Nova has tied it up too.
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If NVCC is in this tournament, it’s a joke!
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Woohoo! REPRESENT!
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What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Go Manassas campus!
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Used to live across the street.
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One guy vs. a whole team? Wow!
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by jordanDC on Mar 18, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
In a Pittsburgh v. Philadelphia battle, I hope both sides lose.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 18, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh jeez...
Is there any way we can take March Madness to its own thread??? I really, really don’t want to have to dredge through basketball to read the off-topic stuff…
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So we need an off-topic thread for an off-topic thread?! AAAAAAH!!!
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by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah more like it!
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YEP!
I’m scarred from childhood… having to cheer for the cross-town rival HS in the State BBall tournament and get given shit by my friends who were going to go there because my HS never made it that far was a really ugly thing. (My Dad had to go because of his job in the school system, and so I had to go until I got my license.)
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I know… I know… but… but… basketball?!
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What about the hide comment addon someone posted in a Fanshot?
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What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Still would have to click every comment!
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Also, I’m at work.
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Wooooooo
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by Ovechwin on Mar 18, 2010 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Awesome!
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by Carl Putnam on Mar 19, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow. What a block!!!
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
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What more can I say?
In the Elitserien playoff game?
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You’re really snarking it up today, aintcha?
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
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What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
At least my name doesn’t anagram to “HIM, ANAL LAD”
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
You anagrammed my name?
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I’ve been doing it for a lot of ’rink peoples names and usernames, just for instances like this.
My name anagrams to JOLLY, AND WARLORD, by the way. Top that.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
It’s kinda sad that I’m at work just going down my facebook list anagramming people’s names..
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Yea it is. And mildly creepy :)
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I can’t do Facebook at work.
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Bahahaha.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
The creator and active cheerleader of the Brendan Morrison lobby.
What more can I say?
by Steck It Out on Mar 18, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m feeling bad for these Robert Morris kids. I like 15-seed upsets.
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Yea, I knew if it went to OT they wouldn’t have a chance.
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He’s stroked it admirably? Really?
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The things announcers say when they’re at a loss for words.
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This game is getting better and better…3 pointer by RM to get it to within 1 with 9.1 left.
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Nice try by Robert Morris, but Villanova wins. Booooo Big East!
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Nova should be embarrassed that they need to beat RM. and they nearly lost to American last year.
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Yea, that isn’t a win to celebrate, for sure.
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Yea, have fun losing next round ya bums!
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American scared them last year and they went to the Final Four. Plus Scottie Reynolds and Corey Fisher will play the whole way next game if necessary. They should be glad Yaroo had a solid game and I wouldn’t be worried if I were them. Conspiracy theorists say Duke gets the cakewalk draw. Inquiring minds say Nova gets the help. My dad’s a Nova alum and even he admitted the refs were calling every Scottie Reynolds drive to the bucket a foul. Duke is beatable by anyone this year. Even Baylor is struggling in their first round game.
Georgetown on the other hand is in the bracket of death. Let’s all pray for that Hoyas/Terps matchup in the Elite 8 for a trip to the Final Four!
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
made me proud to be an American alum!
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I’m pretty much a shameless Hoyas bandwagoner. I’m getting my Masters from Gtown but I haven’t followed the team at all in the semester and a half that I’ve been here.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
z
Murray State and Vandy may be interesting.
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Looking to be so far…Hell the Baylor/Sam Houston St is looking good too. I’m very impressed with the games so far. One 2OT game, one OT game, and one 1-pt regulation upset. Good times
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At leas the first round is exciting for once, haven’t they been kinda blah the last couple of years?
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Urg, so pissed I have work today, it’s so beautiful out!
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Holy shit there’s a lot of off-topic action today.
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It’s all my fault…I started the Tourney talk. It’s an occupational hazard.
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YOU DID THIS??!
grrrrrrrrrs
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IRTR, I completely empathize with you, but I think we’re stuck with this for the next two weeks.
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by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate basketball with a passion. It’s the squeaking.
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by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
groan
Yeah.
I just hope I don’t miss something I actually want to read mingled in all the basketball crap. :-p
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Your boys are a number one seed. You should be excited.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
But JP heard that fact about “no team who has lost in it’s first conference tournament game has won the national title” and gave up, no. 1 seed be damned.
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Damn, I guess we should give up too.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I am. Tourney starts at 9:40 tomorrow night for me.
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(And I thought terpgrrl was referring to the “hottest hockey blogger” tourney)
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I just did the Dew and now I’m doing research in the middle of a Dew Haze!
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
No bowl! Stick! Stick!
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey...
Is anybody going to the viewing party in Bethesda tonight?
I probably won’t be – it’s a bit of a hike, and I didn’t get much sleep last night – but if enough folks are planning to show up, I might be persuaded…
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WAY too tired. I’ll be lucky to make it all the way through the game.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 18, 2010 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Any info on the viewing party? I haven’t heard about it.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 18, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Union Jack's in Bethesda
4915 St. Elmo Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814
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It’s an official one, with Slapshot and all… ;-)
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At the Union Jack’s party in Ballston he came downstairs for like a half hour, molested everyone, and then disappeared.
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Man, I hate Union Jack’s. It would be the worst bar in the mall if it weren’t for Bailey’s.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
At least this one’s in Bethesda instead of Ballston, but it’s still a hellofa drive for me on a work night.
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fortunately, lots of (cheap!) county garage parking right there.
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Whatever happened to Little T and One Track Mike? Listening to Shaniqua as a I type.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 18, 2010 3:47 PM EDT reply actions
MLB antitrust exemption is judicially created and goes back to the 1920s. Congress could statutorily remove the protection and that’s the leverage they have to bring people in for hearings. They aren’t directly monitored by Congress. Congress has the same “oversight” power over MLB as every other league. But after the Kurt Flood act MLB basically gave up most of it’s antitrust exemption anyway. MLB retains the exemption over labor issues, but all labor issues are covered in the CBA anyway, and anything in a CBA is exempt from antitrust regulation. So MLB technically has antitrust exemption, but it’s basically superfluous now. And insofar as it still exists, MLB is afraid to use it in litigation because they are afraid of a court overruling their exemption. So basically it’s meaningless now.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Interesting. File that away with “Congress declares war.”
I wasn’t literally suggesting that Congress should monitor the NHL, just spitballing whether an outside body might be worth consideration.
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by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I understand. I just took a Sports and Antitrust class and I’m itching to show off. The MLB antitrust exemption is one of the most understood doctrines (if you can call it that) in all of sports/antitrust. It’s pretty hysterical how it’s evolved and at some point SCOTUS is going to have to address it and seriously clean it up. The entire application of antitrust law to sports leagues is messed up, at least in America. I don’t know how Canada does it.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
No worries — this is part of why I read the Rink and not someany other blog.
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by CapitalCentre on Mar 18, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
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