49 thoughts on “December 7, 2012: Infamy”

1. From the AP:

   Worley became a fan favorite his first season in Philadelphia. He stood out as much for his quirky look - he had a Mohawk haircut and wears glasses - as he did for his strong performance on the mound that helped him finish third in NL Rookie of the Year voting.

   

   1. Let the Vance romance begin

      1. The rovance?

         1. Brovance?

            1. Dingdingding.

            2. you beat me to it.

   2. it seems his nickname is 'Vanimal'

      1. The Final Vantasy?

         Vantastic Voyage?

         The Vanguarder? (or, digging deeper on that one, "Asset Allocation" or "Admiralty Account"??)

         Vandemonium?

         Get on the Vandwagon!

2. Vance Worley is a hell of a baseball name.

   1. With 7-8 K/9, we need to figure out an image to use.

   2. It seems more like a baseball broadcaster name to me.

3. My brother-in-law (married to my sister, my wife has no brothers) was born on the 20th anniversary of the day that will live in infamy. I may have conflated the two days once or twice.

   1. Does your wife have married sisters? Would you call those husbands brother-in-laws too? Why or why not?

      1. My wife's only sister is not married. If she were, I would refer to said husband as my wife's brother-in-law.

         1. That always feels awkward for me... I just short cut to brother-in-law. But I always feel awkward doing that too. Thus, the question.

            1. I always go with brother-in-law^2

               1. This is my preferred scheme.

               2. My dad used to use outlaw.

                  1. 

      2. Step brother-in-law?

         1. That would be your wife's step brother.

      3. I don't have one yet, but when my sisters-in-law get married, the husbands will be my brothers-in-law.
         My sister's husband is my wife's brother-in-law.

         My mother's brother's wife is my aunt, not my aunt-in-law.
         I'm her nephew, not her nephew-in-law.

         1. I have no sisters, but I do have brothers-in-law. two are my wife's brothers, and one is my wife's sister's husband. It's convenienter shorthand.

            1. I'm gonna go with this. If we're talking about law, what better source than Black's Law Dictionary? Expansions of the term beyond this are nothing more than unnecessary scope creep and sloppy use of the term.

               To wit, not only does the Repository have this, the bastardized third definition, but also the brother of one's siblings spouse. I laugh at such ridiculousness and stick with my (correct) interpretation.

         2. I suppose the wife of your wife's uncle is your aunt.

            1. Bob's your uncle.

               1. Bob is my Uncle

4. I never get tired of the good "it's a small world" stories.

5. In which Nikola Pekovic and several other Timberwolves share their favorite hoiday traditions:

   httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abzGvMqhtB0

   1. Again, pek is one hell of an actor.

      1. Rather fitting for you to make this comment.

         1. I witheld commenting for the specific reason that meat could be first.

      2. Meat.

6. Doogie Wolfson is Mr. Scoop. His column is always full of good stuff. My favorite this week:

   [Gophers spokesman Garry] Bowman also passes along that a new contract for football coach Jerry Kill is not on the mind of either side. Hey, thought I'd ask, since it's that time of the year.

   1. also, the sun is still expected to rise in the East tomorrow.

7. the weatherpeople are calling for for decent snow this weekend, but I'll believe it when I start seeing flakes falling from the sky.

   1. I serviced the snowblower earlier this week - changed the oil, put in a new spark plug and filled the tank with gas. She fired up on the second pull and ran like a champ. I still need to lube the moving parts and loosen the tension on the lever that engages the auger so my hand doesn't cramp up after five minutes, but I'll do that over the weekend.

      1. Snow ... blower???!!?? ... huh??? ... I don't understand.

         1. Snow blow:
            

            1. if you're blowing it doc you're doing it wrong.

               1. Why is cocaine called "blow"?

                  1. A parenting guide to cocaine

   2. Starting from today, we may get as many as ten inches by Sunday afternoon. Or we may not, of course. It's been snowing lightly since early this morning, though.

8. Earlier this year we got hooked on fizzy water. Dr. Chop really never drinks still water, but consumes the fizzy stuff like it's going out of style. When I looked at the cost, both in cash and environmental, I started researching a diy alternative. I stumbled onto the carbonator from liquid bread. I acquired a co2 tank from a welding supply company, and bought a regulator, ball lock fitting, and the carbonater from the local homebrew dude for a grand total of just over 100 bucks. I'm figuring that with a full tank I can carbonate between 1800 and 2000 liters of water before running out. The high end for a tank exchange is 18 dollars with the low end somewhere around 7 dollars. I feel pretty good about drinking homemade seltzer, and of course the fact that Dr. Chop unwittingly agreed to buy most of a keg system.

   1. Huh. This is neat. I have a friend who rigged something similar to this up as a DIY alternative to a SodaStream. He had the tanks and stuff at home, so he just made caps using valves. I think it's cool that they sell these premade caps. I was worried about doing that part myself. The CO2 tanks for SodaStreams are ridiculously overpriced.

   2. i share dr. chop's affinity for the fizz. that's a pretty awesome idea.

      (i've ranted about the cost of the fizzy stuff before)

   3. congrats on the kegeration system! Merry Christmas! Ho ho ho!

   4. It is clearly time for you to start brewing again.

9. Are you ready for some football?

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