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January 18, 2012: We Appreciate You

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I'll be frank, guys: we're doing well with the Pledge Drive. If you plan on giving, please know that we're taking down the widget at the end of the week, so there's no better time than now. Thank you all!

80 thoughts on “January 18, 2012: We Appreciate You”

    1. I considered it, but didn't think the impact would reach many people plus I simply don't have the time to implement anything but shuttering the site for a day.

      1. It really doesn't even seem to get that much into the Forbidden Zone, because the opposition seems to go beyond normal partisan boundaries.

        1. No kidding. It pretty much seems like anybody who knows anything about the bills are opposed.

          I'll put this out there in case anybody wants to do more without too much work. Google has a petition to sign and Wikipedia has a site that will direct you to your representatives, either via email, phone, or (possibly) twitter.

        2. I have discussed the ridiculous overreach of copyright law before. Remember the story about how churches couldn't have a fundraiser Super Bowl viewing party?

      2. Really? The media industry (which controls nearly all of the nations' news outlets) lobbies Congress hard for a very unpopular piece of legislation that further exposes their internet ignorance (i.e. the DNS rerouting provision), and it's surprising that the media industry is not reporting on their own power grab and technological illiteracy?

    3. "When I was your age we didn't HAVE no dang Waukeepeedia to go dark! We had to walk five miles in the SNOW to copy other people's work! And we had to actually COPY it, word for word!" Uncle Jay

    1. The truly ground-breaking news in the article:

      Former Gophers-Wolves guard Bobby Jackson, on returning to Minneapolis as a Sacramento Kings assistant on Monday: "Good to be back."

      That's some hard-hitting journalism, Lou.

    1. I think the donation dongle will be moved below the recent LTEs sidebar. That way it's easy to get everyone to notice it when they go to the sidebar to catch up after taking a break from the site (e.g. sleeping).

    1. What? He had an ice pick in his non-throwing shoulder after the game?

      Oops... ice pack. My bad.

  6. I've been giving WGOM Radio some thought, and I'd be best as a form of Verbal Pepper!* (as CH suggested) mixed with a little "Around The Horn" We'd have a list of topics, a moderator and a panel. Pretty much the WGOM equivalent of the Guardian's Football Weekly podcast. So, if you are interested in participating or have any technical or programming suggestions, lemme know here, and once things are sorta settled out I'll write a post.

    6. I'm interested. I could do some technical things (like hosting), but you're mostly on your own for how to set up everything. I've done some research but nothing practical.

      1. I'm relatively free. At work, but not like that's stopped me before. I just might miss it since the phone is on silent.

    10. I've been in a training all day, but I would love to participate. I've played around some with Garageband, which is certainly capable of putting together a listenable podcast.

  8. Ive probably mentioned my love for the show Chopped before. Anyway, I am always amazed that the chefs try to cook lentils instead of grabbing an easier starch to cook. 90% of the time, the lentils are undercooked!

    1. yea. Without a pressure cooker, you aren't getting lentils done in 20-25 minutes. The 30 minutes they give for the entree round is just ridiculous, given some of the ingredients.

      1. Yeah, when I've done Dal Makkhani, I always felt like I could have used another 3-5 hours on the lentils.

        1. I discovered that black gram "lentils" need to cook for a good hour to 90 minutes, after soaking overnight. Much slower than yer typical dal pulse.

    2. I love that show, too. My only beef is how the judges talk about every bizarre ingredient as though they've cooked with it a thousand times.

    2. Lucasfilm's Red Tails is an all-black action adventure which the director claimed is "kind of like ‘The Color Purple,’ only in airplanes" and "sort of like a Tyler Perry movie, only without jokes".

      Yikes.

  10. i work with a guy that thinks darvish is getting around a $120m contract. don't see that at all, but i guess we'll find out soon...

    1. Given the ever-present trepidation teams have about Japanese players, that seems insane. I have high hopes for Darvish, but that's proven superstar money, and we've seen enough to know sometimes the proven superstars over there don't translate. It's weird.

    2. That's simply not happening. We saw last year and in the lead up to him being posted that the contract Japanese players sign is usually similar to the posting fee teams pay. The Rangers posted around $51 million and before the posting, Darvish was said to be looking at a $75-80 million deal. I'm sure he would take $120 million, but negotiations don't start at the high-end and then go up dramatically.

      Personally, I think his guaranteed contract will top $51 million but not $70 million. The rumored option could put that closer to $80 and I expect it would.

      1. that's pretty much verbatim of what i told the guy. also, japanese pitchers, and players in general lately, haven't had a great track record. the only thing darvish has on his side is he supposedly doesn't care about going back to japan to pitch next year.

  11. if this helps the ratings of Parks and Rec, I'll encourage this kind of rumor mongering (twitter)

    RobLowe Rob Lowe
    Hearing my fave, #18 Peyton Manning will not return to #NFL. Wow. #Colts

      1. RobLowe Rob Lowe
        #Colts fans, let's hope my info is wrong. Don't like being wrong, but this time... I'm hoping #NFL #Manning

        ooookay.

    2. I love Peyton Manning, the quarterback, even if Peyton Manning, the guy, seems like a bit of an ass. Neck injury isn't something they should mess around with. I'd kind of hoped that if he couldn't play anymore that he'd end up coaching in some capacity on the team.

        1. The "liquored up idiot kicker" remark he made about Vanderjagt always stuck in my head, as well as him throwing his entire offensive line under the bus after a playoff loss. I assume he's just intense, but it rubbed me the wrong way.

  12. well, Im off to Target Center to see Love and Rubio and some other dudes play some hoops!

    2. I was really hoping they would get the 2015 All-Star game, but nooo, only the Yankees (duh) get to break the AL/NL alternating schedule.

  16. Zumaya passed his physical, so his signing is offical now. Hopefully, the Twins can sign one more arm, one that is more durable, for the bullpen.

    1. I always liked Zumaya, laundry be damned, and I'm just plain happy to see him get another chance after what looked like a career-ender.

      I'll second you on another durable arm, though. If Zumaya attempts to throw three-digit heat again, I'll always be waiting for the pitch that really is his last.

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