So now that I can stop thinking about Lost for the rest of my life, DbT is counting down the Top 20 Moments from Cheers.
Harry the Hat has to be in there somewhere...
Headline for the Twins today: Twins top White Sox, but clutch hitting is missing. I thought Arcia's homer in the tenth on Friday was rather clutch. So was Willingham's in the eighth of the same game. Oh, and Morneau's grand slam was timely as well; two outs and down 3-1.
For reasons I don't understand, to some people home runs don't seem to count as "clutch hits". I guess it would've been better if those guys had hit singles to the opposite field or something.
The Twins do not trust homers. It's 1920 over there
O.k. here it is, the greatest pre-sale opportunity ever. You can thank me later:
Donny and Marie: A Christmas in Minneapolis -- December 21st Target Center.
Presale at 10:00a August 13. Code: TCXMAS
So, it's been a bit of an inside joke to the Runner family that if I mow my lawn, the elderly neighbor next door mows his lawn ½ hour later. Well, Saturday I mowed all but about ten minutes of the lawn (ran out of gas; usually I can get two mowings per tank) and sure enough, the mower starts up next door. I ran out Sunday afternoon and finished the rest of the mowing, and the neighbor starts mowing again. Now it's not so funny and is a little worrisome.
Do you live 2 houses down from my sister? They have a similar neighbor. Only he's not elderly.
My brother's neighbor is a touch crazy. She will follow him with a leaf blower and a rake to sweep his clippings off her lawn. Did I say a touch crazy? I mean batshit nuts.
I absolutely love this show's pacing. Who else thought that there was going to be two or three episodes waste don Hank slowly gathering evidence leading up to conclusively figuring out Walt, followed by another episode or two while he tried to figure out what to do about it?
Nope.
The second he clicked the garage door closed, my wife and I audibly gasped.
"You might want to tread lightly", indeed.
Oh, I really, really, really want to read that spoiler, but because I don't have cable / haven't seen the episode I just can't pull the trigger.
Same.
Also, I'm only on season 3 (almost done with).
"Blue, yellow, pink, whatever man — just keep bringing me that!”
-Tuco
Wife and I just started Season 1 - up through Episode 7 - last night.
I kind of envy you two. You're in for one helluva ride.
Yes, I love that they don't waste time beating around the bush. Also, between the end of Gliding All Over and this one, I love that they completed skipped over the "happy" part of him actually being successful and we never really get to see Walt enjoy himself.
That was also one of my favorite parts of Gliding Over All. The empire that Walt's been building toward for five seasons is accomplished beyond his expectations. How does the show present it? A two minute montage. No catharsis at all - no episode of Walt sitting as king, enjoying the spoils of his labors, just a quick montage and a scene of Skyler opening a storage container full of pointless money.
Agree. But a lot has to happen between now and the flash forward we saw in the opening. Before the garage scene I was thinking how they were going to fit all it in. It also provides even more drama: Both Hank and Walt know that the other knows.
I highly doubt he would ever end up on a jury, but cool that he was there.
In a jury trial last fall, one member of our jury panel (who ended up being a peremptory strike) was a very prominent member in the Twins organization.
I recently finished serving on an 11-day medical malpractice trial. First time I've ever even been called to be a potential juror in 13 years of being eligible. My main takeaway was that I never want to be involved in a lawsuit.
Also, you couldn't pay me enough money to convince me to be a lawyer.
My dad was recently on a jury in a case where the defendant was a convicted felon who admitted giving one of his friends a gun and ammunition. The friend later shot himself. The defendant was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The prosecution had a confession given by this guy, who turned himself in. There were no issues with respect to admissability of the evidence. The defense called no witnesses and basically said only that the prosecution had to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
One of the jurors refused to convict. He "had his doubts!" In the face of a stipulated felon conviction and an uncoerced admission that he had a gun (videotaped in a squad car when the defendant was not under arrest and sought out the officer to give his admission, meanwhile correctly describing the firearm that was already in the possession of the authorities), he refused to vote guilty.
Hung jury. My dad was livid.
I thought judges could step in and overrule in such cases...
A judge can't convict a person if the jury won't. Judge can go the opposite way, though.
Ah, thanks. I knew there was something there, I just didn't quite know what.
I'm sure I'd be just as livid in the same situation. On my jury, there were some who had doubts about this or that smaller point, but they were willing to listen to the other jurors and in the end the verdict was unanimous (though we only needed 10 of 12 to reach a verdict in this case.) In the end, I thought the case was clear in favor of the defendant, while at the same time I sympathized with the plaintiffs and from their perspective I can see why they filed the case.
One of my fellow jurors had a similar story. He said he'd been on a jury in Chicago for a robbery case where the defendant was shown on video robbing a convenience store at gunpoint and 3 of the 5 witnesses testified that the defendant was the guy on the tape. Two of the jurors wouldn't vote guilty, but wouldn't even say why.
Hey Mags, we going to do another EPL prediction contest?
I second this question.
Aye, I'll do it right now.
Yu has no-hit the Astros through 6.
Astros homer in the after 7 1/3rd to end the nohitter.
I saw this on my Twitter feed, flipped over to MLB.com for the look in, and saw a replay of an Astro taking him deep.
So now that I can stop thinking about Lost for the rest of my life, DbT is counting down the Top 20 Moments from Cheers.
Harry the Hat has to be in there somewhere...
Headline for the Twins today: Twins top White Sox, but clutch hitting is missing. I thought Arcia's homer in the tenth on Friday was rather clutch. So was Willingham's in the eighth of the same game. Oh, and Morneau's grand slam was timely as well; two outs and down 3-1.
For reasons I don't understand, to some people home runs don't seem to count as "clutch hits". I guess it would've been better if those guys had hit singles to the opposite field or something.
The Twins do not trust homers. It's 1920 over there
O.k. here it is, the greatest pre-sale opportunity ever. You can thank me later:
Donny and Marie: A Christmas in Minneapolis -- December 21st Target Center.
Presale at 10:00a August 13. Code: TCXMAS
So, it's been a bit of an inside joke to the Runner family that if I mow my lawn, the elderly neighbor next door mows his lawn ½ hour later. Well, Saturday I mowed all but about ten minutes of the lawn (ran out of gas; usually I can get two mowings per tank) and sure enough, the mower starts up next door. I ran out Sunday afternoon and finished the rest of the mowing, and the neighbor starts mowing again. Now it's not so funny and is a little worrisome.
Do you live 2 houses down from my sister? They have a similar neighbor. Only he's not elderly.
My brother's neighbor is a touch crazy. She will follow him with a leaf blower and a rake to sweep his clippings off her lawn. Did I say a touch crazy? I mean batshit nuts.
Re: Last night's Breaking Bad
Oh, I really, really, really want to read that spoiler, but because I don't have cable / haven't seen the episode I just can't pull the trigger.
Same.
Also, I'm only on season 3 (almost done with).
Wife and I just started Season 1 - up through Episode 7 - last night.
I kind of envy you two. You're in for one helluva ride.
You guys are effing killing me.
Sorry.
I'm only about 4 epsiodes in to the first half of season 5. Maybe me, you, and philo can talk about how we can't read what everyone else wrote.
I think the worst part is:
Re: first half of season 5 ----> I wasn't hooked until episode 5
To the show in general? Or season five, in particular?
Season 5 in particular. I felt like I knew where they were headed, and just wanted them to get there. Episode 5 - 8 took me where I wanted to go.
took me where I wanted to go.
httpv://youtu.be/sGNeMmADSsE
Reminded me of this
I enjoyed parts of the first quarter, but wasn't really feeling it. Part of the problem for me is skylar's story line. I'm not really feeling it.
Minnesota Twins Hope Power Display Is a Sign of Things to Come
I think the comment "To little to late" epitomizes the readership, unfortunately.
I highly doubt he would ever end up on a jury, but cool that he was there.
In a jury trial last fall, one member of our jury panel (who ended up being a peremptory strike) was a very prominent member in the Twins organization.
I recently finished serving on an 11-day medical malpractice trial. First time I've ever even been called to be a potential juror in 13 years of being eligible. My main takeaway was that I never want to be involved in a lawsuit.
Also, you couldn't pay me enough money to convince me to be a lawyer.
My dad was recently on a jury in a case where the defendant was a convicted felon who admitted giving one of his friends a gun and ammunition. The friend later shot himself. The defendant was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The prosecution had a confession given by this guy, who turned himself in. There were no issues with respect to admissability of the evidence. The defense called no witnesses and basically said only that the prosecution had to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
One of the jurors refused to convict. He "had his doubts!" In the face of a stipulated felon conviction and an uncoerced admission that he had a gun (videotaped in a squad car when the defendant was not under arrest and sought out the officer to give his admission, meanwhile correctly describing the firearm that was already in the possession of the authorities), he refused to vote guilty.
Hung jury. My dad was livid.
I thought judges could step in and overrule in such cases...
A judge can't convict a person if the jury won't. Judge can go the opposite way, though.
Ah, thanks. I knew there was something there, I just didn't quite know what.
I'm sure I'd be just as livid in the same situation. On my jury, there were some who had doubts about this or that smaller point, but they were willing to listen to the other jurors and in the end the verdict was unanimous (though we only needed 10 of 12 to reach a verdict in this case.) In the end, I thought the case was clear in favor of the defendant, while at the same time I sympathized with the plaintiffs and from their perspective I can see why they filed the case.
One of my fellow jurors had a similar story. He said he'd been on a jury in Chicago for a robbery case where the defendant was shown on video robbing a convenience store at gunpoint and 3 of the 5 witnesses testified that the defendant was the guy on the tape. Two of the jurors wouldn't vote guilty, but wouldn't even say why.
Hey Mags, we going to do another EPL prediction contest?
I second this question.
Aye, I'll do it right now.
Yu has no-hit the Astros through 6.
Astros homer in the after 7 1/3rd to end the nohitter.
I saw this on my Twitter feed, flipped over to MLB.com for the look in, and saw a replay of an Astro taking him deep.
scandal in New Ulm 😮
Next thing you know someone's gonna say something about the runestone...
Or some artifact Paul Bunyan left behind.