I figured the Twins for one win in this series. I just didn't know it would be the first.
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Was yesterday the anniversary of wgom.org?
if WGOM wasn't such a male-oriented gathering, that might be remembered better
Oh, I'm planning something special for this weekend. It's a surprise!
/Calls sitters
I mean the weekend after this one.
/Figures out something special for fellow citizenry
I think the traditional 1st anniversary gift is snark.
aw crap, it was. i was kind of planning on getting something together. what rhu_ru said.
That would have helped with yesterday's game result making sense, too.
I meant to check the archives when April hit because I knew it would be soon. I obviously should have looked the second I thought of it.
Looks like a guy I work for/with in Omaha is snagging us tix to next Monday night's Storm Chasers/Sounds ballgame. Looking forward to some good ol' Triple-A action.
The Mrs. & I are going out to Chase some Storms at the old ballpark on Saturday evening.
Hopefully they improved the uniforms from last year. The two-tone, lightning-style numbering did not look good.
Yeah, we saw the Chasers in Des Moines. Those uniforms were hideous.
I am virtually hoarse from all the booing last night.
-1 failed opportunity to misuse "literally"
When I woke up today, I thought I was dreaming about the game last night. I'm glad I wasn't.
Anyone here ever play the game Diplomacy? Not that I want to start another game, just curious if others have played it.
I have an unopened box in my house that I have been waiting for about 12 years to play. Unfortunately, I have never been able to find both the time and the other players.
I think it works much better as a correspondence game played over several weeks. That's what I'm doing right now, but we're playing one of the variant maps (Aberration). I find it a delightful yet mindwracking mix of Risk, Chess, and Survivor.
I raised this game as a possibility to Spooky a couple months ago. I haven't played in some 15 years, but I'd be up for it.
While we're asking if others play games... Dominion? Settlers? Carcassone? Thurn & Taxis? Alhambra? Agricola? Other German-style games? (I haven't yet played Puerto Rico or Ticket to Ride... gotta get on that.)
I recommend Puerto Rico, although there is a pretty easy way to win every time...
We play Settlers pretty often, but it's hard to convince folks here (in Texas) that the game is engaging on an adult level. I'd also recommend playing the pillars of the earth game. I haven't, and won't, read the novel, but the board game was both challenging and fun.
I've never heard of any of these games!
What kind of nerd are you?
Me neither.
I'd suggest starting with Settlers of Catan. The game can be both friendly and vicious which makes it adaptable for kids to adults.
I usually start people on TransEuropa/TransAmerica, since those are the simplest games. Carcassone is next, since it's a totally different style, but still pretty easy, and then Settlers after that.
But Settlers is kind of the granddaddy of all these games, so it's a great starting place too.
+ Me neither.
I feel like we should stick together for protection. Maybe we could play some sort of board game to pass the time.
I've got some you could borrow.
Sweet!
Ive played Settlers before, I enjoyed it.
I have a friend who has over 200 board games, we've been playing them relatively frequently lately. I really enjoyed Arkham Horror & Pandemic which were both cooperative and hard as hell.
Pandemic is awesome
I've heard good things about Pandemic. My uncle (who is really only a year older than me, so we're much closer than uncle/nephew usually goes) is really into games and has that one, but I don't think he's played it yet, despite bringing it to nearly every family event.
I love Pandemic as well. My 9 year old son likes playing it as well. One of these days I need to actually buy it for our family.
I've entered the world of cooperative gaming through Forbidden Island and Castle Panic!, but haven't made the jump to Pandemic yet.
Have you played Shadows over Camelot?
Ah yes, this is another one we played. This was brutally difficult, aided in part by my friends' insistence we had a traitor in the group. We didn't, in either game. I believe we also played Curse of Dracula?
No, I haven't, but perhaps I should...
I've enjoyed Settlers, Carcassone, and the full suite of Ticket to Ride games, and thoroughly enjoy them all.
I recently played Ticket to Ride for the first time and also throughly enjoyed it, as did my wife, which is good because she is not a Settlers fan. I also enjoyed the Minneapolis/St.Paul area being "Duluth" and Chicago being in Indiana. Crazy Germans, their map reading skills are as good as an Americans.
My brother is big into board games. He loves Settlers and Axis and Allies. He got Ticket to Ride for Christmas this year. It was quite enjoyable. I've not played those other two.
with this topic, it makes me wonder if there's an interesting game we can all play online (for free, of course). werewolf is fun and all, but it's extremely time consuming. is there something that a good chunk of people from here could all play?
I think Diplomacy could be good for that, though it'd happen over a long time frame. If you mean playing like a single online game together, like getting together to play a game but just doing it online... there are sites that do some of these, but I think it'd be tough to pull off a big happy family game.
That doesn't look right. I found an online version of it once, but it didn't work very well.
There's a great online version of Dominion, and once upon a time I found a workable version of Carcassone, but people there were kind of jerks.
An alternative would be to use a matching physical version and correspond via some online method. Damn, Google Wave would have worked well here.
Diplomacy could be very good for that. Especially with all the plotting and scheming and back stabbing that goes along with the game. I should start to think of a baseball variant of some sort π
I'd gladly offer up CdL as the place so we don't flood the WGOM with it. Between Turbo Survivor and (soon) the Puzzle Challenge, it would seem to be booked solid, but Werewolf is becoming an "every now and then" game so I'm sure the games lovers would field suggestions for something new.
I used to be extremely caught up on board games, but now, not so much. Of all the favorites listed above, if any of them sound playable, link me to some instructions and I'll see if it's viable.
I should add: I'd like it to be as simple to learn as, or simpler than, Werewolf. The recent noobs said they waited so long because they thought it was too complex. It isn't really, but the lengthy instructions can make it look that way.
If the object can be explained in three lines or fewer, we're on the right track.
That kind of explanation might be tough for most of the games. If I remember Diplomacy correctly though, it's a fairly simple game mechanism, so that might work.
It's not a dealbreaker, but if we can get something that simple to learn, we should.
I may have once played a game using standard decks of poker cards that may have been named Mao.
It may have skewed to the other direction.
I'm dubious as to whether I can definitively acknowledge as much without penalty, even today, though if I participated, it would have been circa 1995. I may have been in North Carolina that week.
If I had played, I may have gone from noob, to noob thinking that he had advanced in skill and was in a good position to win (though had this happened it's possible I may not have grasped whether or how one "wins"), to a noob very clearly and decisively losing (again, if such is truly possible in a game that I may be fabricating out of whole cloth) within a single hour.
There is so little clear in my memory, and dreams may have added or obscured details, to the point where I really cannot say for sure.
There's more extensive rules of Diplomacy online here. However, the basics are this:
Picture a Risk Board
Only one unit on a territory
Certain Territories have things called Supply Centers. You want control of these. Whoever gets control of over half of them on the board wins.
Everybody moves at the same time
Units on different territories can work together to displace a unit in another territory, but there's more detailed rules about that in the link above.
Work with the other players as a team or betray your best friend by telling him you're helping him when you're really helping his worst enemy.
Hilarity ensues.
I think there may be an online version of the game somewhere, but I haven't thought to look for it yet.
spoonto's place is for fun and games. here at the .org, it's all business.
The CdL: even less than half-baked.
or is it more?
i don't know, it can pretty raw at times over there...
This comment reminded me that I had never had the Spoonto banner. Then I refreshed and got it. Glorious work, meat!
I work for the citizens.
that explains a lot about your Irish experience....
but not for free.
if you are in the Mankato area, there is a nice little shop in the mall called Double Play that offers up a Game Night every Tuesday. Good people and plenty of games.
I've stopped in there a few times. Haven't ever participated in a game night, but I have lovingly fondled some of the Dominion expansions.
I have played Diplomacy. I also happen to have played Settlers and Puerto Rico (and have interest in other similar games).
The world seems brighter today. It might be the weather, but I'm going to credit the Twins.
I saw the video yesterday and have to say I was pretty impressed. It cost a fortune, so one had better be. It probably would have cost less to build a resurrection machine and have the actual Tupac there to perform.
I'm hoping this technology is used immediately to give the world a Pimp C hologram.
I'm loathe to share this because it absolutely ruined one of Elvis Presley's greatest performances, but this was done 2-1/2 years ago....
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=demh7Whc96s
I refuse to get caught in a trap (I have a Suspicious Mind).
CC to Free: I was just reading your Ramones review, and found some pretty awesome spam. You may consider closing comments / purging some of the, um, more interesting comments.
o.k. Thanks.
Was this one of the Classic Album Reviews?
Actually it might have been my ode to the movie Rock and Roll High School on a old site I really don't contribute to anymore.
Anyone here know anything about mold remediation? I'm going to look at a house this afternoon that otherwise seems to hit a lot of my high points, but I'm told there's a severe mold problem in the basement... So that might be a deal breaker.
I don't have personal experience getting rid of it or anything, but it would certainly be an issue in getting financing.
That's what it sounds like... As a housing law attorney I've seen my fair share of mold cases, and it seems like it's something I'd be able to deal with (1. Remove the source of moisture, 2. clean the mold, 3. repair). But the financing part... hmm. I wonder if any bank would go for it.
In theory I can only know of one lender and in theory it would need to be removed prior o closing. In theory.
So... in theory, would a separate home-improvement loan from MN Housing Finance Agency help encourage a bank to finance the purchase?
Not in my experience. But that's not to say its impossible. Local lenders or branches may have more flexibility.
We'd probably be looking into a local credit union anyway.
BTW strat, I mentioned to Sheenie that you wanted the squirrel guy's name. She was working on it.
Awesome, thanks. I seem to have intimidated it with my vicious broomstick banging, but I'm afraid it will just bring back reinforcements.
I had to deal with it in the house we bought. I'll send you my e-mail via FB, so I can respond at length without it going up against my internet meter.
For other soccer needs, Bayern Munich is currently hosting Real Madrid in the Champions League semis. The hosts are up 1-0 through Franck Ribery
Wigan's been ripping it up.
Oooh, Bayern scores in the 90th minute. Up 2-1
2-1 can be a terrible score for the home team the first leg. Real Madrid needs to win 1-0 at home and they're through on away goals, and 1-0 is Mourinho's specialty. But that last goal from Gomez does give them a lot more to work with than 1-1.
I know, but Bayern could lose 2-3 next week and advance as well (unlikely I know).
Thanks to MLB for correcting this as well as giving me an excuse to post it.
This is the Yakety-Saxest gif that ever there was.
press play and scroll up. awesome.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ
Does anyone know if we have the technology to speed up a gif by about 4x?
Gentlemen...
Now I want it looped with all the other great Delmon errors/bat throwings that must be out there somewhere.
I. Just. Can't. Stop. Watching.
I love you all so much right now. Points to Mag, Strat and Hungry Joe.
Teamwork!
That is awesome, it's even better with a soundtrack!
I also get a chance to add this now:
I had to do a self evaluation at work today. Negative reviews from our senior leadership (motivated by things other than reality) have been the norm around here lately. It's some pretty awful stuff. What do you do in that situation? I went for "thorough."
When do you report to the Reeducation Camp?
They don't announce it, and instead just grab you from your office when you least expect it.
Do what Shostakovich did and just keep a suitcase packed with underwear and a toothbrush in your office.
I always give myself the most glowing review possible, knowing that management has already determined the size of any salary increase they may give and will evaluate me to fit that metric instead of according to my actual performance. This methodology allows the CFO to eliminate uncertainty from the process, and we all know that uncertainty is the absolute death knell of any business venture. It also eliminates merit and motivation from the process, but management seems less concerned about that.
Today's starting lineup vs. Cap'n Cheezy:
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Jamey Carroll, SS
3. Joe Mauer, DH
4. Josh Willingham, LF
5. Ryan Doumit, C
6. Danny Valencia, 3B
7. Trevor Plouffe, RF
8. Luke Hughes, 1B
9. Alexi Casilla, 2B
I do intake work at a law firm. One method of initial contact is via e-mail. Most of the time, we get a bare-bones synopsis of the potential client's situation and their phone # or e-mail address to set up a consultation. Today, I received an intake e-mail which is worthy of its own LTE. This message contained approximately 1,200 total words (1.5 pages single spaced) with maybe 2 dozen of them capitalized. It had sentences containing 40+ words but no internal punctuation (no parenthesis, commas, hyphens, semicolons, dashes, brackets...nothing) and the whole thing consisted of only 1 paragraph. Despite all this, there were NO misspellings!
At least they know how to use spellcheck
The Pittsburgh Steelers will be wearing these unis next year to honor their 80th year. My first impression is 'sweet!'
You would have be to be one tough mother to wear that uniform in public.
Killer Bees.
That's almost as terrible as the Broncos unis from a couple years back.
Eh, as a one off, I like 'em.
I liked those unis
I am saddened that I didn't think to write the grant proposal for this research.
Sad, or angry? I would think you'd be seeing red about it.
That link is borderline NSFW, fellow WGomers. Just sayin'.
Yea, I should probably have put a red letter on it.
The research is about lady parts and evolution.
i'm guessing the links inside the article are even more NSFWy.
actually, pretty academic-y.
Except (not that I would know!) for the site providing detailed information about the lady parts.
Speaking of which, my 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers lost 4-2 in the NLCS to the eventual WS champ Pittsburgh Pirates (the Dodgers led in 3 of their 4 losses). Now that my Diamond Mind League is transitioning to 1948, let me just say "Wait 'til this year!" I've spent about ten seasons gearing my entire team around 1948. Feel free to head on over to Baseball-Reference and consider the prospects of a 1948 team featuring:
C - Bob Scheffing (working on a possible trade for Campy)
1b - Stan Musial
2b - Eddie Stanky
3b - Ken Keltner
SS - Johnny Lipon
LF - Teddy F. Ballgame
CF - Larry Doby
RF - Charlie Keller/Pat Seerey platoon
My boys are going to score a metric ton of runs.
Listening to Beloit. Definitely playing "Twins baseball." In the second inning (of seven-inning game), with runners at 1st and 2nd and no outs trailing by a run, they bunted their No. 6 hitter to bring up a guy batting .091. Resulted in a sac fly. Productive outs!
so, sometimes teh Intertubes can create a feeding frenzy of attention that does good. [and a baseball angle too!]
[I]f a sports-fan friend bemoans that βthe New York Mets do not have a chance of winning the World Series,β you will gather that the team has no chance whatsoever (because they have no hitting).
Best legal parenthetical I've seen in awhile. Of course, my favorite legal footnote is from the Minnesota Supreme Court: State v. Koenig, 666 N.W.2d 366, 368 n.1 (Minn. 2003).
This case is right up Moss' alley. Not because of the Mets, but rather because of pharmaceutical patents and the Hatch-Waxman statutory scheme.
The Supremes may have gotten one right for a change...
One of Moss's former coworkers* gave a very interesting and thought-provoking presentation about the First Amendment violations committed by the FDA when regulating "off-label" efforts by pharmaceutical companies in one of my classes last fall.
*At least I think she's a former co-worker. I know she's studying abroad in Europe this semester, and I didn't know if she was returning to work with Moss when she's back in the States.
Um... doesn't the commercial nature of the speech enable reasonable regulations?
Everything else I want to say is too close to the forbidden topic.
Miguel Sano just hit his league-leading fifth home run, apparently a no-doubter. It was just Beloit's third hit.
Call him up!
I feel like I need to make it to Beloit before that happens.
I see on twitter that Strib TWolves beat man Jerry Zgoda saying Kevin Love still has concussion symptoms. π
I know the Knickerbockers are not a well liked team in these parts but, hot darn, Novak can shoot. Also, I take back laughing at Tyson Chandler's contract on the Wolves podcast. That was dumb of me-- for now.
I didn't know Phil could play.
I see what you did there.
I don't care for Carmelo and I get annoyed by the New York hype machine, but I kinda like a few of the Knicks players. Lin and Amare' get way more media attention than they should, but that's not really their fault.
Let me remind you who made a point to disagree with you about Chandler's bossness at that time.
Fun Fact: Did you know the Knicks were 28th in the league in opponent's points per game and 22nd in the league in points allowed per 100 possessions last season? This year they are 10th and 4th in those categories.
I still am not nuts about that contract but, like I said, the dude has been awesome this season.
Novak can shoot
We're talking about pheasant hunting, right?
/actually, I'm not very good at that either. I've only ever gotten one bird in my life. And it was running on the ground. And by "running" I mean "wounded, and kind of slowly crawling away." And it still took me two shots.
True story.
got a spare half hour? catch up on what former Twins pitcher Mike Marshall is up to these days.
What a great article. Thanks!
JJ Hardy (3) homered tonight. But, it helped beat the SouthSiders
Bruce Chen had 7 strikeouts, but the Royals lost to the Tigers again. The Royals have started the season 0-5 at home.
I just got on to check the Twins score from last night, and the Indians and Mariners are still playing. I suppose it is only 10:30 on the Pacific Coast, but still, it's a little freaky.
Was yesterday the anniversary of wgom.org?
if WGOM wasn't such a male-oriented gathering, that might be remembered better
Oh, I'm planning something special for this weekend. It's a surprise!
/Calls sitters
I mean the weekend after this one.
/Figures out something special for fellow citizenry
I think the traditional 1st anniversary gift is snark.
aw crap, it was. i was kind of planning on getting something together. what rhu_ru said.
That would have helped with yesterday's game result making sense, too.
I meant to check the archives when April hit because I knew it would be soon. I obviously should have looked the second I thought of it.
Looks like a guy I work for/with in Omaha is snagging us tix to next Monday night's Storm Chasers/Sounds ballgame. Looking forward to some good ol' Triple-A action.
The Mrs. & I are going out to Chase some Storms at the old ballpark on Saturday evening.
Hopefully they improved the uniforms from last year. The two-tone, lightning-style numbering did not look good.
Yeah, we saw the Chasers in Des Moines. Those uniforms were hideous.
I am virtually hoarse from all the booing last night.
-1 failed opportunity to misuse "literally"
When I woke up today, I thought I was dreaming about the game last night. I'm glad I wasn't.
Anyone here ever play the game Diplomacy? Not that I want to start another game, just curious if others have played it.
I have an unopened box in my house that I have been waiting for about 12 years to play. Unfortunately, I have never been able to find both the time and the other players.
I think it works much better as a correspondence game played over several weeks. That's what I'm doing right now, but we're playing one of the variant maps (Aberration). I find it a delightful yet mindwracking mix of Risk, Chess, and Survivor.
I raised this game as a possibility to Spooky a couple months ago. I haven't played in some 15 years, but I'd be up for it.
While we're asking if others play games... Dominion? Settlers? Carcassone? Thurn & Taxis? Alhambra? Agricola? Other German-style games? (I haven't yet played Puerto Rico or Ticket to Ride... gotta get on that.)
I recommend Puerto Rico, although there is a pretty easy way to win every time...
We play Settlers pretty often, but it's hard to convince folks here (in Texas) that the game is engaging on an adult level. I'd also recommend playing the pillars of the earth game. I haven't, and won't, read the novel, but the board game was both challenging and fun.
I've never heard of any of these games!
What kind of nerd are you?
Me neither.
I'd suggest starting with Settlers of Catan. The game can be both friendly and vicious which makes it adaptable for kids to adults.
I usually start people on TransEuropa/TransAmerica, since those are the simplest games. Carcassone is next, since it's a totally different style, but still pretty easy, and then Settlers after that.
But Settlers is kind of the granddaddy of all these games, so it's a great starting place too.
+ Me neither.
I feel like we should stick together for protection. Maybe we could play some sort of board game to pass the time.
I've got some you could borrow.
Sweet!
Ive played Settlers before, I enjoyed it.
I have a friend who has over 200 board games, we've been playing them relatively frequently lately. I really enjoyed Arkham Horror & Pandemic which were both cooperative and hard as hell.
Pandemic is awesome
I've heard good things about Pandemic. My uncle (who is really only a year older than me, so we're much closer than uncle/nephew usually goes) is really into games and has that one, but I don't think he's played it yet, despite bringing it to nearly every family event.
I love Pandemic as well. My 9 year old son likes playing it as well. One of these days I need to actually buy it for our family.
I've entered the world of cooperative gaming through Forbidden Island and Castle Panic!, but haven't made the jump to Pandemic yet.
Have you played Shadows over Camelot?
Ah yes, this is another one we played. This was brutally difficult, aided in part by my friends' insistence we had a traitor in the group. We didn't, in either game. I believe we also played Curse of Dracula?
No, I haven't, but perhaps I should...
I've enjoyed Settlers, Carcassone, and the full suite of Ticket to Ride games, and thoroughly enjoy them all.
I recently played Ticket to Ride for the first time and also throughly enjoyed it, as did my wife, which is good because she is not a Settlers fan. I also enjoyed the Minneapolis/St.Paul area being "Duluth" and Chicago being in Indiana. Crazy Germans, their map reading skills are as good as an Americans.
My brother is big into board games. He loves Settlers and Axis and Allies. He got Ticket to Ride for Christmas this year. It was quite enjoyable. I've not played those other two.
with this topic, it makes me wonder if there's an interesting game we can all play online (for free, of course). werewolf is fun and all, but it's extremely time consuming. is there something that a good chunk of people from here could all play?
I think Diplomacy could be good for that, though it'd happen over a long time frame. If you mean playing like a single online game together, like getting together to play a game but just doing it online... there are sites that do some of these, but I think it'd be tough to pull off a big happy family game.
is this the settlers game you're all talking up?
That doesn't look right. I found an online version of it once, but it didn't work very well.
There's a great online version of Dominion, and once upon a time I found a workable version of Carcassone, but people there were kind of jerks.
An alternative would be to use a matching physical version and correspond via some online method. Damn, Google Wave would have worked well here.
Diplomacy could be very good for that. Especially with all the plotting and scheming and back stabbing that goes along with the game. I should start to think of a baseball variant of some sort π
I'd gladly offer up CdL as the place so we don't flood the WGOM with it. Between Turbo Survivor and (soon) the Puzzle Challenge, it would seem to be booked solid, but Werewolf is becoming an "every now and then" game so I'm sure the games lovers would field suggestions for something new.
I used to be extremely caught up on board games, but now, not so much. Of all the favorites listed above, if any of them sound playable, link me to some instructions and I'll see if it's viable.
I should add: I'd like it to be as simple to learn as, or simpler than, Werewolf. The recent noobs said they waited so long because they thought it was too complex. It isn't really, but the lengthy instructions can make it look that way.
If the object can be explained in three lines or fewer, we're on the right track.
That kind of explanation might be tough for most of the games. If I remember Diplomacy correctly though, it's a fairly simple game mechanism, so that might work.
It's not a dealbreaker, but if we can get something that simple to learn, we should.
I may have once played a game using standard decks of poker cards that may have been named Mao.
It may have skewed to the other direction.
I'm dubious as to whether I can definitively acknowledge as much without penalty, even today, though if I participated, it would have been circa 1995. I may have been in North Carolina that week.
If I had played, I may have gone from noob, to noob thinking that he had advanced in skill and was in a good position to win (though had this happened it's possible I may not have grasped whether or how one "wins"), to a noob very clearly and decisively losing (again, if such is truly possible in a game that I may be fabricating out of whole cloth) within a single hour.
There is so little clear in my memory, and dreams may have added or obscured details, to the point where I really cannot say for sure.
There's more extensive rules of Diplomacy online here. However, the basics are this:
Picture a Risk Board
Only one unit on a territory
Certain Territories have things called Supply Centers. You want control of these. Whoever gets control of over half of them on the board wins.
Everybody moves at the same time
Units on different territories can work together to displace a unit in another territory, but there's more detailed rules about that in the link above.
Work with the other players as a team or betray your best friend by telling him you're helping him when you're really helping his worst enemy.
Hilarity ensues.
I think there may be an online version of the game somewhere, but I haven't thought to look for it yet.
spoonto's place is for fun and games. here at the .org, it's all business.
The CdL: even less than half-baked.
or is it more?
i don't know, it can pretty raw at times over there...
This comment reminded me that I had never had the Spoonto banner. Then I refreshed and got it. Glorious work, meat!
I work for the citizens.
that explains a lot about your Irish experience....
but not for free.
if you are in the Mankato area, there is a nice little shop in the mall called Double Play that offers up a Game Night every Tuesday. Good people and plenty of games.
I've stopped in there a few times. Haven't ever participated in a game night, but I have lovingly fondled some of the Dominion expansions.
I have played Diplomacy. I also happen to have played Settlers and Puerto Rico (and have interest in other similar games).
The world seems brighter today. It might be the weather, but I'm going to credit the Twins.
The London Olympics wanted Keith Moon to play (the drums, I presume) this summer.
My first response to spoilers like this is always "I thought he was Canadian"*
*Is "Dead or Canadian?" a real thing/joke that other people know about, or have my parents been running a long con on me?
We used to play Dead or Canadian at the TV station, so it is a real thing.
Whew.
I didn't realize the two were mutually exclusive.
/Looks like socialized medicine works!
they aren't mutually exclusive, a dead Canadian is worth zwei Punkte.
The meta is hurting my brain.
I want him to play the London Olympics too, but my hopes of this happening aren't as high as theirs.
He's one of their own! Did they really not know about his fairly famous death?
They might just be too young to remember it. And clueless about The Who.
Who?
the band on stage.
The Band broke up.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74
that is golden.
Well, they won't be fooled again.
I feel immediate shame having typed that.
I can't explain why you'd feel that way.
I can see for miles!
Wait. I think I did this wrong.
Who are you?
Mary Anne with a shaky hand
These bad puns are giving me the summertime blues.
Boris the Spider!
Crap.
Well, strategery's out. Who's next?
Boris the Spider.
OK, Boris is in but lest strategery get too upset, it'll have to be a quick one while he's away.
In a related story, Tupac returns for Coachella .
I saw the video yesterday and have to say I was pretty impressed. It cost a fortune, so one had better be. It probably would have cost less to build a resurrection machine and have the actual Tupac there to perform.
I'm hoping this technology is used immediately to give the world a Pimp C hologram.
I'm loathe to share this because it absolutely ruined one of Elvis Presley's greatest performances, but this was done 2-1/2 years ago....
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=demh7Whc96s
I refuse to get caught in a trap (I have a Suspicious Mind).
CC to Free: I was just reading your Ramones review, and found some pretty awesome spam. You may consider closing comments / purging some of the, um, more interesting comments.
o.k. Thanks.
Was this one of the Classic Album Reviews?
Actually it might have been my ode to the movie Rock and Roll High School on a old site I really don't contribute to anymore.
Anyone here know anything about mold remediation? I'm going to look at a house this afternoon that otherwise seems to hit a lot of my high points, but I'm told there's a severe mold problem in the basement... So that might be a deal breaker.
I don't have personal experience getting rid of it or anything, but it would certainly be an issue in getting financing.
That's what it sounds like... As a housing law attorney I've seen my fair share of mold cases, and it seems like it's something I'd be able to deal with (1. Remove the source of moisture, 2. clean the mold, 3. repair). But the financing part... hmm. I wonder if any bank would go for it.
In theory I can only know of one lender and in theory it would need to be removed prior o closing. In theory.
So... in theory, would a separate home-improvement loan from MN Housing Finance Agency help encourage a bank to finance the purchase?
Not in my experience. But that's not to say its impossible. Local lenders or branches may have more flexibility.
We'd probably be looking into a local credit union anyway.
BTW strat, I mentioned to Sheenie that you wanted the squirrel guy's name. She was working on it.
Awesome, thanks. I seem to have intimidated it with my vicious broomstick banging, but I'm afraid it will just bring back reinforcements.
I had to deal with it in the house we bought. I'll send you my e-mail via FB, so I can respond at length without it going up against my internet meter.
Missed it by ---><--- that much.
Paging AMR... AMR to the mold department...
Prediction Contest Update - Things are very tight at the top
For other soccer needs, Bayern Munich is currently hosting Real Madrid in the Champions League semis. The hosts are up 1-0 through Franck Ribery
Wigan's been ripping it up.
Oooh, Bayern scores in the 90th minute. Up 2-1
2-1 can be a terrible score for the home team the first leg. Real Madrid needs to win 1-0 at home and they're through on away goals, and 1-0 is Mourinho's specialty. But that last goal from Gomez does give them a lot more to work with than 1-1.
I know, but Bayern could lose 2-3 next week and advance as well (unlikely I know).
This has been changed to an error by MLB
Thanks to MLB for correcting this as well as giving me an excuse to post it.
This is the Yakety-Saxest gif that ever there was.
press play and scroll up. awesome.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ
Does anyone know if we have the technology to speed up a gif by about 4x?
Gentlemen...
Now I want it looped with all the other great Delmon errors/bat throwings that must be out there somewhere.
I. Just. Can't. Stop. Watching.
I love you all so much right now. Points to Mag, Strat and Hungry Joe.
Teamwork!
That is awesome, it's even better with a soundtrack!
I also get a chance to add this now:
I had to do a self evaluation at work today. Negative reviews from our senior leadership (motivated by things other than reality) have been the norm around here lately. It's some pretty awful stuff. What do you do in that situation? I went for "thorough."
When do you report to the Reeducation Camp?
They don't announce it, and instead just grab you from your office when you least expect it.
Do what Shostakovich did and just keep a suitcase packed with underwear and a toothbrush in your office.
I always give myself the most glowing review possible, knowing that management has already determined the size of any salary increase they may give and will evaluate me to fit that metric instead of according to my actual performance. This methodology allows the CFO to eliminate uncertainty from the process, and we all know that uncertainty is the absolute death knell of any business venture. It also eliminates merit and motivation from the process, but management seems less concerned about that.
Today's starting lineup vs. Cap'n Cheezy:
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Jamey Carroll, SS
3. Joe Mauer, DH
4. Josh Willingham, LF
5. Ryan Doumit, C
6. Danny Valencia, 3B
7. Trevor Plouffe, RF
8. Luke Hughes, 1B
9. Alexi Casilla, 2B
I do intake work at a law firm. One method of initial contact is via e-mail. Most of the time, we get a bare-bones synopsis of the potential client's situation and their phone # or e-mail address to set up a consultation. Today, I received an intake e-mail which is worthy of its own LTE. This message contained approximately 1,200 total words (1.5 pages single spaced) with maybe 2 dozen of them capitalized. It had sentences containing 40+ words but no internal punctuation (no parenthesis, commas, hyphens, semicolons, dashes, brackets...nothing) and the whole thing consisted of only 1 paragraph. Despite all this, there were NO misspellings!
At least they know how to use spellcheck
The Pittsburgh Steelers will be wearing these unis next year to honor their 80th year. My first impression is 'sweet!'
You would have be to be one tough mother to wear that uniform in public.
Killer Bees.
That's almost as terrible as the Broncos unis from a couple years back.
Eh, as a one off, I like 'em.
I liked those unis
I am saddened that I didn't think to write the grant proposal for this research.
Sad, or angry? I would think you'd be seeing red about it.
That link is borderline NSFW, fellow WGomers. Just sayin'.
Yea, I should probably have put a red letter on it.
The research is about lady parts and evolution.
i'm guessing the links inside the article are even more NSFWy.
actually, pretty academic-y.
Except (not that I would know!) for the site providing detailed information about the lady parts.
Awesome. Original Ebbets Field blueprints to go on display.
nice link, sean.
Agreed. Paging DPWY - right up your alley.
Speaking of which, my 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers lost 4-2 in the NLCS to the eventual WS champ Pittsburgh Pirates (the Dodgers led in 3 of their 4 losses). Now that my Diamond Mind League is transitioning to 1948, let me just say "Wait 'til this year!" I've spent about ten seasons gearing my entire team around 1948. Feel free to head on over to Baseball-Reference and consider the prospects of a 1948 team featuring:
C - Bob Scheffing (working on a possible trade for Campy)
1b - Stan Musial
2b - Eddie Stanky
3b - Ken Keltner
SS - Johnny Lipon
LF - Teddy F. Ballgame
CF - Larry Doby
RF - Charlie Keller/Pat Seerey platoon
My boys are going to score a metric ton of runs.
Listening to Beloit. Definitely playing "Twins baseball." In the second inning (of seven-inning game), with runners at 1st and 2nd and no outs trailing by a run, they bunted their No. 6 hitter to bring up a guy batting .091. Resulted in a sac fly. Productive outs!
so, sometimes teh Intertubes can create a feeding frenzy of attention that does good. [and a baseball angle too!]
Did you all see that in a unanimous opinion today, the US Supreme Court announced:
Best legal parenthetical I've seen in awhile. Of course, my favorite legal footnote is from the Minnesota Supreme Court: State v. Koenig, 666 N.W.2d 366, 368 n.1 (Minn. 2003).
This case is right up Moss' alley. Not because of the Mets, but rather because of pharmaceutical patents and the Hatch-Waxman statutory scheme.
The Supremes may have gotten one right for a change...
One of Moss's former coworkers* gave a very interesting and thought-provoking presentation about the First Amendment violations committed by the FDA when regulating "off-label" efforts by pharmaceutical companies in one of my classes last fall.
*At least I think she's a former co-worker. I know she's studying abroad in Europe this semester, and I didn't know if she was returning to work with Moss when she's back in the States.
Um... doesn't the commercial nature of the speech enable reasonable regulations?
Everything else I want to say is too close to the forbidden topic.
Miguel Sano just hit his league-leading fifth home run, apparently a no-doubter. It was just Beloit's third hit.
Call him up!
I feel like I need to make it to Beloit before that happens.
I see on twitter that Strib TWolves beat man Jerry Zgoda saying Kevin Love still has concussion symptoms. π
I know the Knickerbockers are not a well liked team in these parts but, hot darn, Novak can shoot. Also, I take back laughing at Tyson Chandler's contract on the Wolves podcast. That was dumb of me-- for now.
I didn't know Phil could play.
I see what you did there.
I don't care for Carmelo and I get annoyed by the New York hype machine, but I kinda like a few of the Knicks players. Lin and Amare' get way more media attention than they should, but that's not really their fault.
Let me remind you who made a point to disagree with you about Chandler's bossness at that time.
Fun Fact: Did you know the Knicks were 28th in the league in opponent's points per game and 22nd in the league in points allowed per 100 possessions last season? This year they are 10th and 4th in those categories.
I still am not nuts about that contract but, like I said, the dude has been awesome this season.
Novak can shoot
We're talking about pheasant hunting, right?
/actually, I'm not very good at that either. I've only ever gotten one bird in my life. And it was running on the ground. And by "running" I mean "wounded, and kind of slowly crawling away." And it still took me two shots.
True story.
got a spare half hour? catch up on what former Twins pitcher Mike Marshall is up to these days.
What a great article. Thanks!
JJ Hardy (3) homered tonight. But, it helped beat the SouthSiders
Bruce Chen had 7 strikeouts, but the Royals lost to the Tigers again. The Royals have started the season 0-5 at home.
I just got on to check the Twins score from last night, and the Indians and Mariners are still playing. I suppose it is only 10:30 on the Pacific Coast, but still, it's a little freaky.