83 thoughts on “February 2, 2014: I Got You, Babe”

  1. I will be leaving town after worship services today to spend roughly twenty-four hours with the parental units, so there will be no winter baseball reports tomorrow. If all goes according to plan, such reports will be back on Tuesday.

    1. your boyos didn't embarrass themselves, but they'll certainly have to up the tempo to hang with wales.

  4. I'm having a hard time with Super Bowl prognostication this year. Two pretty evenly matched teams with identical records. My heart says Denver, because I know a ton of Broncos fans, including many family members, and it would be nice for them. But my head says Seattle, because defense still wins championships.

    1. Football's not exactly my thing anymore, but I'll admit this game has piqued my interest.

      I'll throw a prediction thing together here, if anyone cares.

    2. I am rooting for Seattle because I have had a long dislike for the Denver Broncos. I also had a lot of friends in the Seattle area .
      Plus the thought of T Jack having a Super Bowl ring makes me giggle.

      1. See, that's the thing. I don't have any personal rooting interest but since I know so many Broncos fans I'll pick them to cheer for. But the race always seems more interesting when you've picked a favorite and invested at least something into the outcome.

  5. Alright: if you want to play, email me or Spoiler it, and I'll put together a spreadsheet. After the game, I'll mark correct, incorrect and "close enough" answers, and come up with a fair and balanced scoring system that benefits me personally.

    WINNER:
    MVP:
    TOTAL POINTS SCORED:
    PASS YARDS: MANNING OR WILSON?
    RUSH YARDS FOR LYNCH:
    BRONCO WITH MOST RECEIVING YARDS:
    WILL ANYONE LEAVE FOR INJURY?:
    AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN END OF FIRST HALF AND FIRST PLAY OF SECOND HALF:
    FIRST SONG PERFORMED BY RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS:
    WILL PEPPERS AND BRUNO MARS PERFORM A SONG TOGETHER?:

    Feel free to throw in "special predictions" or whatever. It's all half-bakef anyway.

    1. This is the only thing I have any interest in predicting.

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  6. Phillip Seymour Hoffman dead of a suspected heroin overdose. Ugh. As half of my friends are actors, I'm sure Facebook is the most depressing place in the world right now. It often is, but...you know.

    4. Damn. My friend Jill will be devastated. She worked with him on the little indie Love, Liza and remained good friends with him afterwards. They would hook up for dinner or drinks when they were both out in New York. In fact, "Phil" as she called him, was supposed to meet up with with us when I was out there a few years ago, but he ended up cancelling at the last minute.

      I need to call her.

      1. He was so good in everything. From the sad little assistant in Boogie Nights, to the smarmy rich kid in The Talented Mr Ripley, to Art Howe in Moneyball. He was one of the finest actors working.

        2. He was adored among actors. I saw him in Sam Shepard's True West on Broadway (opposite John C. Reilly) in 2000. He was equally adept on stage (I know this sounds obvious, but it's far from universal) and I'm glad I took the chance when everyone else on the trip was convinced they had to see f*&^ing Cats before it closed a few months later, which is kind of like saying you need to eat a cowpie before it festers in the sun for too long.

    6. "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool" ~ Lester Bangs, Almost Famous

    2. I went out to eat for breakfast and the waitress asked if I was excited about the big game tonight.
      I was not prepared for the attention our little tournament has received.

      1. I fell asleep reading to my kids. DG vs AMR will have to wait for tonight.
        httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_66jPJVS4JE

  8. The last two weeks have seen numerous cable channels show Groundhog Day, on the the day its no where to be found.

    2. for the record, I picked Julius Thomas, not Demaryius Thomas, for MVP and most receiving yards. Broncos have two receivers named Thomas. It was Demaryius with all the catches.

  11. Relaxing at our B&B just 10 min from the Kilauea caldera. The volcano is an awesome sight; yesterday we watched the cloud and steam rising from below the rim, and then went back out ~11:30PM and watched the glowing orange cloud, standing by ourselves at the observation museum.

      1. I might watch that, even though I gave up on New Girl about 3/4s way through season 1. Tried watching it here and there and always end up turning the channel.

        Brooklyn99 is a show I need to watch more, but the Wolves seems to be always playing at that time.

        1. New Girl is terrible. The writing is awful and most of the peanut gallery can't act. Zooey isn't my favorite or anything, but she deserves better.

          1. I guess the mrs and I must be part of the great unwashed, because we enjoy the show (her more than me, but I think it has its moments)

            1. Eh, every show has its moments. This one just...has so few.

              My expectations probably didn't help. It's a nice-looking, single-camera show with an actress I've dug in the past, so I wanted really badly to like it.

            3. "New Girl" isn't bad, but "Brooklyn Nine-nine" is actually really good (at least as far as my opinion is concerned).

                  3. opening credits confirm.

                    also, i've only seen him in a few small things, but i like that andy samburg kid. in addition, i recently heard him gush over his wife on maron's podcast, so i can respect that he knows what he has, even if i'm ridiculously jealous.

      2. Ok, stuck through the entire New Girl episode.

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  15. I want it known that I predicted the length of the break between halves to the exact second. I'm more excited about that than I am the Harvin return.

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