Last night my wife and I got stuck in our room when the door latch wouldn't activate. Fun times.
84 thoughts on “January 12, 2016: The Lock-In”
On recent WGOM topics, and also as a way to introduce a really cool podcast*, Courtney Barnett breaks down "Depreston"** on Song Exploder, which is an awesome, newish podcast featuring various artists breaking down one of their songs with the master tapes at hand (as in they can isolate specific vocal tracks, instruments, etc.). Episodes tend to run 10-20 minutes, so it's bite sized.
* Someone had to mentioned this one by now, right?
** SPOILER: There's a great punchline.
I've listened to a few, but I don't know if I've mentioned it before. The Bob's Burgers theme song episode is my favorite. It's actually got a lot more layers to it than I realized before. Now when I watch BB, I try to hear as many of them as I can. It definitely gave me a greater appreciation for the song.
I seem to remember some discussion of Song Exploder before. My favorite episode is on The Long Winters' "The Commander Thinks Aloud."
The most recent podcast conversation I found was this one.
On a related note, congrats to Spooky on the baby due in 9 months!
I wrote and deleted a comment that said "... with sexy results".
I guess I'm not the only one who thought that way.
I don't know why you guys would associate K.W. with sex.
My thought was "Gee, what ever did you do until you were 'rescued'?"
Guilty.
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I read an extra el in that for some reason. Probably because "K.W."
The CoC picture looks like it belongs in the Earthbound/Mother universe.
I can't be the only one who never paid any attention to David Bowie...but it sure seems like it.
Except for Berlin, right?
(Do I have to make all the obvious jokes around here? Where is bS?)
Making obvious joaks somewhere else?
obviously.
I was unavoidably detained.
Except for Major Tom Space Oddity for me, in large part because of a famous cover. Okay, and except for Labyrinth too. The wife made me watch that one.
No Last Temptation of Christ?
Nope.
I'm not big on Bowie. Sorta like a lot of music, I just never really tried to learn about him.
Except for the personal experiences, Philip Sherburne got to some of my feelings:
Like, he pulled off this incredible magic trick. It's a kind of gift to all of us.
It's why I felt OK making friendly jokes about him as soon as I heard the news.
Apparently the Baseball HoF's webpage for Rod Carew indicates his primary team was the LA/California Angels despite Carew wearing a Twins cap on his plaque.
And pretty much winning every single one of his awards while with the Twins. Where do we sign the petition?
Every batting title won as a Twin.
ROY, MVP, silver sluggers...only thing he won as an Angel is a Player of the Month in '80 and '83
The only way I can see to justify this is because it was the last team he played for and they are a big-market team. Carew played 2/3 of his career as a Twin and all his best years were as a Twin, including all the batting titles he was famous for.
On the car front: Runner daughter is trading in the car we got for her 9 years ago (2002 Honda Civic, 199K miles) for a 2012 Honda Civic hybrid (35K miles). She did her own shopping, loan qualifying (sub-3%), test driving, and (I assume) paying. My little girl is growing up. *sniff*
What kind of discount does one get for the used battery pack? Those are expensive to replace, no?
I understand that they changed battery tech for the 2012 model year....
Never had to buy one, so no idea. Mrs. Runner's car battery is supposed to be warranteed for 7 years, and so far we haven't had any problem.
In 2014, Consumer Reports had a story noting a very high replacement rate for 2009 and 2010 Civic Hybrids. Warranty was 8 years, 80,000 miles (or 10 and 150k if one of the eight states using California emission rules in 2009 or 2010).
Mrs. Runner has a Mariner. Still not sure where this thread is going other than some interesting info.
It was more a question about the price of a 2012 civic hybrid vs otherwise similar civic non-hybrid.
FanGraphs projects the Twins for 78 wins. The Royals are projected for 79 wins.
so with the exception of the Red Sox, every AL team between 76 and 86 wins. Thinking we're headed for another crazy wild card race.
Red Sox are going to make a 16 game and 122 run swing. Okay, then.
The Indians are going to win baseball's weakest division.
Just like 2013. They improved by 28 wins, but only 119 runs.
Are they factoring in the 75 home runs by Park?
It seems to be ignoring 48 of them.
That will be an interesting over/under.
I think I'd have to take the under on 75 HRs.
Ahem. I meant the 75-48 over/under.
Guess I'll have to disagree then. I think it would be more interesting to see him hit 75 than 27.
95 wins for the Cubs is pretty massive as a mean projection. A 7-game standard deviation on the projection would put them 2 SDs above average.
Good. Historically, at least in the last 30 years, the Twins seem to do better when expectations are low.
Twins projected to finish only 7 games back!
Next up on our wedding planning is getting me a suit. Anyone know of a place I can get a decent-to-pretty-nice suit in the Cities?
I hear birthday suits are pretty cheap
I swear by Men's Wearhouse, but it ain't cheap, particularly with the tailoring.
If you want to keep giving money to that damn hippie, that's your prerogative.
What now? I don't exactly see Zimmer sticking it to the Man, Philo excepting, apparently. Does he run a commune or something?
Well, he got forced out of his own business, so maybe he's not cutthroat enough for HJ's tastes?
I've mostly had terrible experience with MW (including my wedding), but it always depends on who is selling you the suit. Don't ever go for the permanent crease stuff they try to up sell you.
If I were you I'd head to Nordstroms or some such and get measured. Then reevaluate your options.
Yea, if you can afford Nordstroms, they will treat you right.
And dido on the permanent crease. Did that with a pair of slacks once. Not a great choice.
I haven't bought a new suit since before Nate's went out of business in 2008, because I just don't want to buy a suit anywhere else.
I bought mine at JC Penney's.
It's my only suit.
In Seattle, I've had good luck shopping for suits at Nordstrom. It's definitely not cheap, but sometimes there are sales and the customer service I've had there is really great. Could be worth checking depending on your budget.
All the groomsmen in my brothers wedding, myself included, purchased suits online from something called Combat Gentleman. Been a while, but we got a nice wool 3-piece suit for about $180 (and $35 for tailoring once it arrived). Definitely get measured. I recommend Heimie's Haberdashery for measuring and tailoring (a bit spends for purchasing the dry goods).
I bought almost all of my suits from Nate's, and was pretty bummed the day they shut their doors. I have shifted to st.paul and Heimie's Habidasherie. They're a tad bit more expensive, but the customer service and quality of their product make the extra expense worth it. They also have a killer hat selection. I can't recommend them more highly.
I'd been wondering about Heimie's. Thanks for the heads up.
I'm going to check that out, my navy blue blazer (business travel staple) is showing its age.
One of my friends got his wedding suit at Indochino. I'm looking at getting a suit there for job interviews once I finish school, and made to measure seems better than tailoring something off the rack but it's still pretty spendy. I mean. At least for me. For clothes.
10 minutes after the vote to let the Rams move, NFL's site was updated
Why couldn't the Vikings Stadium have waited until this happened? ~or~
Why couldn't the Vikings have been the ones to move?
Congrats to St. Louis!
Sucks to be in San Diego now. At least it's only $350 million in funding.
It would be fantastic if this whole ordeal motivates other cities to tell their pro teams to bugger off when they start asking for public money.
St Louis offered him a stadium. He just wanted to move.
Yeah, I know that part of it. But maybe, through some miracle, people from all over will see that St. Louis won't be completely ruined without a football team and realize that there is nothing to be gained by blowing taxpayer money on a stadium.
Is there an NFL city that lost a team that didn't get another team (or the same team back) later? Baltimore lost the Colts then got the Ravens. Houston lost the Oilers then got the Texans. Oakland lost the Raiders, got them back and now is losing them again. L.A. lost the Rams and the Raiders and is getting at least one of them back.
Cleveland lost the Browns to Baltimore. They never got a franchise back.
They've got a Development League team!
Damn, the truth hurts so bad.
Duluth.
Decatur.
St. Louis Raiders? I could not imagine a team and a city more diametrically opposed.
I'll always remember Super Bowl 34 and 36. However, I'm okay with them leaving for L.A. Would rather that happen then have the city pay for a new stadium.
Would rather that happen then have the city pay for another new stadium.
On recent WGOM topics, and also as a way to introduce a really cool podcast*, Courtney Barnett breaks down "Depreston"** on Song Exploder, which is an awesome, newish podcast featuring various artists breaking down one of their songs with the master tapes at hand (as in they can isolate specific vocal tracks, instruments, etc.). Episodes tend to run 10-20 minutes, so it's bite sized.
* Someone had to mentioned this one by now, right?
** SPOILER: There's a great punchline.
I've listened to a few, but I don't know if I've mentioned it before. The Bob's Burgers theme song episode is my favorite. It's actually got a lot more layers to it than I realized before. Now when I watch BB, I try to hear as many of them as I can. It definitely gave me a greater appreciation for the song.
I seem to remember some discussion of Song Exploder before. My favorite episode is on The Long Winters' "The Commander Thinks Aloud."
The most recent podcast conversation I found was this one.
On a related note, congrats to Spooky on the baby due in 9 months!
I wrote and deleted a comment that said "... with sexy results".
I guess I'm not the only one who thought that way.
I don't know why you guys would associate K.W. with sex.
My thought was "Gee, what ever did you do until you were 'rescued'?"
Guilty.
[dido.jpg]
I read an extra el in that for some reason. Probably because "K.W."
The CoC picture looks like it belongs in the Earthbound/Mother universe.
I can't be the only one who never paid any attention to David Bowie...but it sure seems like it.
Except for Berlin, right?
(Do I have to make all the obvious jokes around here? Where is bS?)
Making obvious joaks somewhere else?
obviously.
I was unavoidably detained.
Except for
Major TomSpace Oddity for me, in large part because of a famous cover. Okay, and except for Labyrinth too. The wife made me watch that one.No Last Temptation of Christ?
Nope.
I'm not big on Bowie. Sorta like a lot of music, I just never really tried to learn about him.
Except for the personal experiences, Philip Sherburne got to some of my feelings:
It's why I felt OK making friendly jokes about him as soon as I heard the news.
Apparently the Baseball HoF's webpage for Rod Carew indicates his primary team was the LA/California Angels despite Carew wearing a Twins cap on his plaque.
And pretty much winning every single one of his awards while with the Twins. Where do we sign the petition?
Every batting title won as a Twin.
ROY, MVP, silver sluggers...only thing he won as an Angel is a Player of the Month in '80 and '83
The only way I can see to justify this is because it was the last team he played for and they are a big-market team. Carew played 2/3 of his career as a Twin and all his best years were as a Twin, including all the batting titles he was famous for.
On the car front: Runner daughter is trading in the car we got for her 9 years ago (2002 Honda Civic, 199K miles) for a 2012 Honda Civic hybrid (35K miles). She did her own shopping, loan qualifying (sub-3%), test driving, and (I assume) paying. My little girl is growing up. *sniff*
What kind of discount does one get for the used battery pack? Those are expensive to replace, no?
I understand that they changed battery tech for the 2012 model year....
Never had to buy one, so no idea. Mrs. Runner's car battery is supposed to be warranteed for 7 years, and so far we haven't had any problem.
In 2014, Consumer Reports had a story noting a very high replacement rate for 2009 and 2010 Civic Hybrids. Warranty was 8 years, 80,000 miles (or 10 and 150k if one of the eight states using California emission rules in 2009 or 2010).
Mrs. Runner has a Mariner. Still not sure where this thread is going other than some interesting info.
It was more a question about the price of a 2012 civic hybrid vs otherwise similar civic non-hybrid.
FanGraphs projects the Twins for 78 wins. The Royals are projected for 79 wins.
so with the exception of the Red Sox, every AL team between 76 and 86 wins. Thinking we're headed for another crazy wild card race.
Red Sox are going to make a 16 game and 122 run swing. Okay, then.
The Indians are going to win baseball's weakest division.
Just like 2013. They improved by 28 wins, but only 119 runs.
Are they factoring in the 75 home runs by Park?
It seems to be ignoring 48 of them.
That will be an interesting over/under.
I think I'd have to take the under on 75 HRs.
Ahem. I meant the 75-48 over/under.
Guess I'll have to disagree then. I think it would be more interesting to see him hit 75 than 27.
95 wins for the Cubs is pretty massive as a mean projection. A 7-game standard deviation on the projection would put them 2 SDs above average.
Good. Historically, at least in the last 30 years, the Twins seem to do better when expectations are low.
Twins projected to finish only 7 games back!
Next up on our wedding planning is getting me a suit. Anyone know of a place I can get a decent-to-pretty-nice suit in the Cities?
I hear birthday suits are pretty cheap
I swear by Men's Wearhouse, but it ain't cheap, particularly with the tailoring.
If you want to keep giving money to that damn hippie, that's your prerogative.
What now? I don't exactly see Zimmer sticking it to the Man, Philo excepting, apparently. Does he run a commune or something?
Well, he got forced out of his own business, so maybe he's not cutthroat enough for HJ's tastes?
The suits that run Men's Wearhouse stuck it to Zimmer.
Unfortunately, no details, but there's always Google.
I was referring to this, actually.
I've mostly had terrible experience with MW (including my wedding), but it always depends on who is selling you the suit. Don't ever go for the permanent crease stuff they try to up sell you.
If I were you I'd head to Nordstroms or some such and get measured. Then reevaluate your options.
Yea, if you can afford Nordstroms, they will treat you right.
And dido on the permanent crease. Did that with a pair of slacks once. Not a great choice.
I haven't bought a new suit since before Nate's went out of business in 2008, because I just don't want to buy a suit anywhere else.
I bought mine at JC Penney's.
It's my only suit.
In Seattle, I've had good luck shopping for suits at Nordstrom. It's definitely not cheap, but sometimes there are sales and the customer service I've had there is really great. Could be worth checking depending on your budget.
All the groomsmen in my brothers wedding, myself included, purchased suits online from something called Combat Gentleman. Been a while, but we got a nice wool 3-piece suit for about $180 (and $35 for tailoring once it arrived). Definitely get measured. I recommend Heimie's Haberdashery for measuring and tailoring (a bit spends for purchasing the dry goods).
I bought almost all of my suits from Nate's, and was pretty bummed the day they shut their doors. I have shifted to st.paul and Heimie's Habidasherie. They're a tad bit more expensive, but the customer service and quality of their product make the extra expense worth it. They also have a killer hat selection. I can't recommend them more highly.
I'd been wondering about Heimie's. Thanks for the heads up.
I'm going to check that out, my navy blue blazer (business travel staple) is showing its age.
One of my friends got his wedding suit at Indochino. I'm looking at getting a suit there for job interviews once I finish school, and made to measure seems better than tailoring something off the rack but it's still pretty spendy. I mean. At least for me. For clothes.
R. I. P. Hall-of-Famer Monte Irvin, at age 96.
10 minutes after the vote to let the Rams move, NFL's site was updated
Why couldn't the Vikings Stadium have waited until this happened?
~or~
Why couldn't the Vikings have been the ones to move?
Congrats to St. Louis!
Sucks to be in San Diego now. At least it's only $350 million in funding.
It would be fantastic if this whole ordeal motivates other cities to tell their pro teams to bugger off when they start asking for public money.
St Louis offered him a stadium. He just wanted to move.
Yeah, I know that part of it. But maybe, through some miracle, people from all over will see that St. Louis won't be completely ruined without a football team and realize that there is nothing to be gained by blowing taxpayer money on a stadium.
Is there an NFL city that lost a team that didn't get another team (or the same team back) later? Baltimore lost the Colts then got the Ravens. Houston lost the Oilers then got the Texans. Oakland lost the Raiders, got them back and now is losing them again. L.A. lost the Rams and the Raiders and is getting at least one of them back.
Cleveland lost the Browns to Baltimore. They never got a franchise back.
They've got a Development League team!
Damn, the truth hurts so bad.
Duluth.
Decatur.
St. Louis Raiders? I could not imagine a team and a city more diametrically opposed.
I'll always remember Super Bowl 34 and 36. However, I'm okay with them leaving for L.A. Would rather that happen then have the city pay for a new stadium.
Would rather that happen then have the city pay for another new stadium.
fixed that for you