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September 12, 2011: Recovery

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I spent yesterday with several drunken NFL fans at a bar. There was a conflict that saw an employee choke out a customer and drag him out by his legs, then get fired for overstepping his bounds (though the customer, who was yelling sexist and hateful epithets, had it coming and the place cheered his removal). I haven't had an average day here yet.

105 thoughts on “September 12, 2011: Recovery”

  1. No truth to the rumor that the Vikings sent an envoy down to Mississippi after yesterday's travishamockery.

    2. A friend of mine said that if Tony Romo keeps playing like he is the Vikings will trade for him. I said, "Not until he's a few years older."

  2. I see former Twins great Ramon Ortiz picked up the win for the Cubs last night after they scored 6 runs in the 11th inning

  3. a conflict between a barback and customer that saw the employee choke out the employee

    This must be some fancy film lingo, 'cause I don't think I'm getting a clear picture of who did what to whom.

    2. i was looking at that yesterday. i had predicted the birthday post to be the 1,000th, but it looks like spoons added the CoC post last night and slipped it in a few milliseconds earlier. sneaky monkey.

        1. i think both of them are usually scheduled for 5am. the CoC got posted at 05:00:03, and the b-day post at 05:00:16 (and it was seconds, not milliseconds; my bad).

          i think the second count is set by whatever time you save/update the post, so i would guess there was no malice. however, you were involved, so...

    1. I made it to the line you referenced and then I spared myself. I'm glad that the Vikes season has started so that the hacks can give the Mau Mau a rest.

      1. Did you see the second reference?

        I'm pretty sure that the Vikings competitiveness will rival that of the 2011 Twins.

        1. Rugby teams are easy to defend.

          My eyes are burning. For the love. And for the record, if I wouldn't have gone back to look for a second reference to the Kardashian's I wouldn't have a reason to never click on a link leading to Poultry man's articles ever again

          1. I'm not going to read the article, but I feel this is some sort of slur against my beloved rugby. I don't see how I can boycott any media types any more than I already do, but this will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man.

    2. Well, it isn't like they could expect people to pay for it.

      I would expect to get a free bowl of soup with the download.

      2. As opposed to, say, U2 who would charge 15 bucks for a copy of their live dinosaur act. (I'm sure a dollar or two would go to help the victims of Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark. )

        1. (I'm sure a dollar or two would go to help the victims of Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark. )

          Don't forget The Edge's legal defense fund for destroying the Pacific coastline.

    3. Thanks for the link, man. That is some tasty, tasty stuff.

      (Foolish Satomi haters take note, they do a blistering version of The Ramones "Pinhead" as well as an appropriately crunchy take on Canned Heat's "Goin' Up the Country" with male band members taking over the vocals.)

  7. Many years ago, I cut my hand open trying to separate some frozen hot dogs. I had to go to the hospital and have a couple stitches put in. The worst thing about it was the embarrasment in having to explain to people that I'd hurt myself in such a clumsy way.

    Now, though, I feel better about it.

      1. My friend Pete, very loaded, did that right in front of my eyes. He didn't fall, though, he just attempted to walk through what he believed to be a closed door. His injuries were somehow very minor.

    3. I cut myself on one of those mandolin slicers a year ago. I was not embarrassed. I mean, the tip of my thumb was just waving in the breeze after it happened. I was freaked out!

      Threw the mandolin away that night.

      1. anyone who spent any appreciable time with deli slicers is missing a piece of fingertip or two (or four). i am no exception.

      3. At Boy Scout camp once, when I was a mere tenderfoot, one of our Scoutmasters, the washed-up, heavy-smoking, cussing, and probably heavy-drinking one when he wasn't on campout, the one with the nickname "Mean Gene", had a new mandolin-slicer to use for our Hobo Meals. Several scouts asked if they could use it, and he said, nope, it was his new thing, he got to use it, and that we'd probably cut ourselves on it. A few potatoes later, he removes the tip of one of his fingers. Without so much as a flinch, he pulls up his blood-dripping hand, and yells at all of us, (but yelled without anger), "See! Now this is why I didn't want you guys to use this!" Then, with a regular voice, "Could someone get me a band-aid?"

        It was pretty funny for us, and we never saw the mandolin again.

    2. Very cool. I already knew Nadal had a "heavy" return, and watching the opening scene of his forehand in slow-motion made it pretty obvious: Nadal is a groundball player. Turns out groundballs work in baseball and tennis.

  9. Vikings and Gophers need more dawgs.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfkR-z2VcGs&feature=youtu.be

      1. Sure looks like it- now I'm actually excited about the T-Wolves doing something positive in the next couple of years.

          1. Wolves turning around their ship would be nice karmic payback for the Vikes' and Twins' drastic collapses. I really hope his signing also means that Taylor believes the lockout's end is potentially nigh.

  11. In about seven hours, I'll be out of this house, off to house-sit my BIL's dog (and perhaps one other). I can't wait for a quiet week after all I've been through at this house.

    Strangely, it's been silent here so far on my final day. One of them must have left early, though normally that doesn't stop the phone calls between them. It's almost eerie to be here without trying to drown out the sound of their bickering.

      1. Somebody must have been backing it, but I don't have a good answer for that. It seems the very definition of straight-to-video fare, but it opened everywhere. I think it's safe to assume it will be on considerably fewer screens this week.

      2. How in the world did it get on 1500 screens?

        Everyone thought it was a Harry Potter house-elf spinoff?

    2. They were just setting the bar low so that future screenwriters could say "Well, at least it did better than Creature".

        1. So now when you make your first movie, you can compare the two and say "See, it was better in every conceivable way". Of course, the studio will never reap the rewards of that. It was an act of altruism.

    3. It will probably do better in its second weekend because people will actually hear about it now that it is "the worst movie ever" and they will be curious to see what that bad of a movie looks like. Or they will want to watch it to make fun of it.

      1. I went to look at a few reviews just to see if it was a hidden gem that didn't deserve this title (it didn't look like one, but anything's possible). Nope, it looks like people are wise to stay away. But, yes, the "let's watch an awful movie today" set should love this one, especially when it drops on DVD.

  13. KCCI has decided to run Dr. Oz instead of the US Open final. Tennis has been bumped to 8.2, which I don't get on satellite. I'm having trouble getting the USOpen.org stream to load. I guess reruns of Oz bring in more viewers than top-level tennis.

        1. Anyone catch Breaking Bad last night? I am not going to say anything spoilerish or even use the spoiler doohickey, because I don't know what to say.

          1. Now that it's on Netflix streaming, I put on the first episode of season three while moving my stuff into my car today...then the second, then the third. I'm repeatedly amazed by this show (the two silent cousins are a little bit gimmicky, but the show's great dialogue around them makes up for it, and the two have an undeniably terrifying presence), and I'm going to be bummed a few days from now when I have to wait for season four to show up.

            1. Among other things it does so well, I think BB's cold opens are the best in the biz. They usually are mini-stories that tease you into wondering how they are going to connect to the main body of the hour.

              1. Couldn't agree more, klaw. I'm a sucker for cold opens in general, and they nail them every time out. I'm midway through season three right now, and they spend significant time on two deceased characters in cold open flashbacks. Flashbacks are seen as the stuff of hacks in screenwriting circles unless a writing team is real good at them. Breaking Bad does them so well, I wouldn't have minded if those episodes had focused solely on those characters and what they went through before death.

            2. I've been working my way through and am in the middle of Season 2. I didn't know it was streaming again. I will be catching up quickly. Also, DirecTv finally has AMC HD. I may never get off the couch again! Woohoo!

  15. My roommate is starting a new job in Milwaukee at the beginning of October. Anyone here know areas to live in or to avoid in Milwaukee? And no, "Don't move to Milwaukee" isn't an option.

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