70 thoughts on “September 18, 2011: Cryptoquote II”

    1. Whoa, how did that happen?

      Edit: okay, I fixed it. I had one space between letters in the same word, and two between each word. For some reason, the comp auto-corrected everything to one space. I thought I did it the same way the first time around, but maybe not.

      1. extra spaces are usually removed;   is usually needed to force a space

        Which reminds me; on the Mizzou game score scroll at the stadium, I noticed scores for TEXAS AAMP;M -- oops, where did I leave that ampersand?

            1. at first I thought you were going for Texas ampm and was wondering whether they had sold naming rights to the school or summat.

  2. Saw a one-sided victory last night with family, Mizzou 69 Western Illinois 0. Running back Henry Josey had the fourth best running day in Mizzou history...and didn't play the second half. It had been overcast all day and drizzled off-and-on, but besides being a little cool it was a nice night for football. One of the thrills for me was seeing my old friend the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from (relatively) nearby Whiteman AFB in Nob Noster, MO in the pregame low altitude flyover. Swwwwweet.

    1. One of the thrills for me was seeing my old friend the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber

      How were you able to see it? Did it have the cloaking device turned off?

  3. For some reason, I'm reading the latest Souhan article over at the Strib. Here's the first "whazzat?" gem-

    As a kid in East Texas, Peterson admired Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith, which is like hearing that Eminem grew up idolizing Dean Martin. Same category; different genres.

    He actually explains it pretty well in the next paragraph, but geez, he's going to go too far with the torture and completely kill a metaphor one day.

            1. I'm skilled with words, but the whole metaphor/simile/analogy thing gave me pause for a few years. I never had trouble with analogies until I started attempting to define the others in my head, then it all got jumbled. I pretty well have it now, but doubt always creeps in. Similarly, I'm a dead-on speller, but I always pause on the word "humongous." I want that second vowel to be a U.

      2. This is in every writing book I've ever read. If you're explaining a joke, the joke isn't strong enough to be in the script (or you just need to trust yourself more).

        1. or trust that the twenty percent of the audience the joke is aimed at laughs, while the numbnuts state blankly at the screen

            1. I'm sure this is an enormous shock, but I hate laugh tracks.

              They can achieve a sort of comedy of their own, though, I guess. When I was a kid I watched "You Can't Do That on Television" regularly, and they had maybe four tracks that they recycled over and over. One had a girl with a high, very distinctive laugh, and they'd play it six times a show. Low budget, that one.

  6. Last night in the big boxing math Mayweather sucker punches Ortiz after Ortiz apologizes for a head butt:

  8. I'm watching the Vikings-Bucs game on Sky Sports. Such a different broadcast, and it's just strange to hear a British voice commenting on the NFL.

    There was just a commercial for a Sky Sports fantasy football challenge for prizes, and the commercial went into detail explaining how fantasy scoring works. Wild.

    1. We signed up for DirecTV this spring, and were supposed to receive Sunday Ticket for free. But it looks like they screwed up and it's not on our package. No Pack game for me. I'm pretty bummed.

      2. The British have a very odd conglomeration of measuring units. They're mostly metric, but some stuff like speed limits are in MPH and weights in stone/pounds. British people would have no problem with yards.

        1. It was a semi-serious question- I figured the British could probably use the English measuring system as well as most Americans, but I also like to type "metres".

    2. I think the Vikings are much better than the MN doomsayers have said. I think it's a solid situation for McNabb.

      But, of course, the Packers are friggin' good.

  12. Dublin over Kerry in All Ireland Sr. Football Championship.

    Dublin's Temple Bar packed with screaming, lite-blue painted fans who will be out there for some time tonite. We got in our Guinness/potato/beef/root-vegetable stew before retreating to the hotel.

    Brogan HNOs rule.

    1. Are you staying around Temple Bar? We stayed in a pretty posh joint on fleet street last year. You need to check out the Porterhouse brewery. Run, don't walk. Have an oyster for me.
      The shop I'd be working at is in Letterkenny, co. Donegal. I'm not sure if the porterhouse ships their bottles that far.

      1. At the Merrion. Coup'la blocks from Temple Bar.

        1st Duke of Wellington (think Wellesley, Sultan Tippoo, Waterloo) was born next door.

        Did a Sprint Triathlon last Saturday (Housatonic Valley, Danbury) - nice work on swim and bike, but charlie-horsed the right calf on the run - bumma. Am hoping recovery will let me bike/run here in Ireland.

        Oyster festival this next weekend in Galway - plan on sliding down a couple.

  14. Gee, guess what moron wrote this crap:

    Maybe I should be more sensitive, but I have a hard time believing that Joe Mauer couldn't play another game this season.

    Let me ask you one question: If Derek Jeter had the same illness as Mauer today, do you think he'd take off the rest of the season?

    Me, either.

    Why, why, WHY did I click on that link? Please don't read him anymore, even out of curiosity to see how stupid he is. It just encourages him. He can't even figure out that there is absolutely no reason anyone with any health situation needs to play for a last-place team in late September. Let alone a player ORDERED BY HIS DOCTOR to not play for two weeks. This is a disease that PEOPLE DIE FROM especially if they try to play a sport in the fall in Minnesota!! The sheer idiocy is staggering. This guy: Columnists = Tim Brewster: Hall of Fame coaches.

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