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July 3, 2015: Big Mak Attak

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Time to get the first leg of the drive out of the way. I've actually been looking forward to the journey, but we'll see if this was foolhardy on my part.

45 thoughts on “July 3, 2015: Big Mak Attak”

    1. His first name is Wander. The jokes write themselves if he has any fielding issues.

            1. Dude. Del Shannon wrote "Runaway."

              As I walk along, I wonder
              A-what went wrong with our love
              A love that was so strong

              And as I still walk on, I think of
              The things we've done together
              While our hearts were young

              I'm a-walkin' in the rain
              Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
              Wishin' you were here by me
              To end this misery

              I wonder
              I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder
              Why
              Why, why, why, why, why
              She ran away

              And I wonder
              Where she will stay
              My little runaway
              A-run, run, run, run, runaway

              I'm a-walkin' in the rain
              Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
              Wishin' you were here by me
              To end this misery

              And I wonder
              I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder
              Why
              Why, why, why, why, why
              She ran away

              And I wonder
              Where she will stay
              My little runaway
              A-run, run, run, run, runaway
              A-run, run, run, run, runaway
              A-run, run, run, run, runaway

              1. Oh,. I know the song and the composer; we sing it at the nursing home periodically. But it's one thing to "wonder", while Dion wrote "The Wanderer" -- spot on.

                1. "I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder..." 😉

                  but, yea, ok.

                  I was mostly focusing on the first lines and the BB event.

  2. Trevor Plouffe giving a little insight into the in field discussions

  3. Due to circumstances largely but not entirely beyond my control, Minor Details will be delayed. I'll get to it as soon as I can.

  4. Scoscia says Hamilton should apologize to Moreno. Can the Halos get even more unlikeable?

      2. sorry, but I can't stay mad at the Cardinals. The Angels, however... (effin' Adam Kennedy!)

    2. Can the Halos get even more unlikeable?
      The bring Derek Jeter out of retirement.

        1. Sadly, I think having Jeter and A-Rod on their team would make them more likable.

            1. if Hunter comes over as well and says L.A. was always his favorite place to play, I'm on board

  5. Lake of the Ozarks has a No Wake Policy in effect over the July 4th weekend, and we've had localized flooding off and on this past week. We've had nine straight Sundays with rain. California, come and get your water, please.

    I'm not sure how the ordinance will play at LotO -- place is the closest thing I've found that resembles Frogger in real life.

  9. Wow. WTF happened in Portland that everyone wants out all of a sudden? LMA possibly to the Spurs (although still not settled), Wes Matthews signs with Dallas, and Robin Lopez seriously considering becoming the New Tyson Chandler for the Knicks. Just months ago, we were talking about how Portland was on the cusp of being a great team....

      1. I've already sent a letter to Neil Olshey offering my services. I can be signed for a lot less than LMA, too!

  10. Pretty nice to have a half day of work and come home to ESPN showing baseball games all day

    1. I'm clearly not going to click on that link (even Googling the park let me know that I'm going to follow this rabbit hole exactly zero farther)

      On a related note, Linds has apparently been finding an occasional centipede in our house lately. Since she loves me and doesn't want to lose me to a heart attack/divorce, she hasn't been showing them to me, but it's pretty much the worst thing, all the same. This has never really been a thing before, and I'm strongly considering burning the place to the ground.

      2. Are they "plain" centipedes, or House Centipedes (Scutigera coleoptera)? Because the latter are pretty neat (and beneficial), and creepy fast

      3. So, clearly I need a back story here. I've known you internet-ally for a while now, and the only clue I had to your fear of centipedes was the "Suck It Nibbish" page on Casa. So, where does this irrational fear of centipedes come from?

        1. Centipedes are the only creature that really ooks me out. I loved bugs as a kid (I like spiders and loved grasshoppers), but centipedes were nasty.

          Then I went on a trip to Mexico with the youth group and the was about a six inch long one walking in the ceiling of the mess hall. My good friends grabbed my arms and legs and held me under it. That pretty much took the whole "I hate centipedes" thing and redlined it.

          1. I was quite tempted to put up a more innocuous sounding link, so that you'd click on it. But that would just have been too cruel.

            Maybe next time.

  12. I found a place in St. Paul that has sixers of Lone Star tallboys for $5.99.

  14. Rivers McCown
    ‏@riversmccown

    Assuming there's no partials, Corey Brewer has more guaranteed money in his contract than J.J. Watt.

    Too bad NFL players do not have a union.

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