32 thoughts on “November 14, 2018: No Surprises”

1. So my wife manages a book giveaway sort of thing that happens at the local elementary school. It involves a bunch of lists of teachers' rooms, kids names, and in the end 2 or 3 kids per room are getting a book.

   I saw her list in the kitchen yesterday and a name stuck out at me. The last name was Buttera [sic] and the first name was Mauer. That's just too perfect!

   1. I hope the middle name is Redmond.

   2. Was there a Battey in there, or did they forget him?

      1. TWINS BASEBALL!!SEND HIM!!!!

      2. Maybe that’s an older sibling’s name — kind of a Chuck Cunningham situation.

   3. It's only a couple of years until the elementary schools are overrun with Harpers

      1. Presented without comment: a local family named their recent newborn Jeter.

         1. https://goo.gl/images/zCU45B

         2. Boy or Girl?
            Do they have familial roots in the NY area?

            1. Boy. No.

               They also have a daughter named Elway.

2. Pandora has passed more than one Buckethead track in my direction, and only today did I finally look into the group individual enigma.

   1. They must be monitoring your browser.

      1. It's been in my feed for a lot longer than the past couple weeks

   2. But has Pandora ever served you the track "Buckethead"?
      

      1. not on any of my stations, no

3. Came across this yesterday (somebody's .sig):

   Write a wise saying and you name will live forever. Anonymous

4. So who's the weenus who voted no in the poll and is now banned from the WGOM?

   1. OMG! I didn't know Berriero read the site!

   2. Banned people can't respond.

   3. Can't have pessimists? The question is "Will", not "Should".
      I don't put it past the HOF voters to screw this up.
      (It wasn't me, but I defend the right of the minority to speak his or her voice.)

      1. No pessimists allowed

      2. 

5. No Butler, no DRose, how the heck is Thibs going to function as coach tonight?

   1. Apparently play one of the best half of basketball all season!

6. German Word Video of the Day:
   Zusammen by the Fanta Fünf

   1. Fanta 4 is still around? I remember listening to them in 1996 (because Aphex Twin remixed them):
      

      1. Psst. Fünf = 5.

         1. Nevermind, I go to the site and I see Vier all over the place. I'm so confused. Darn German language and weird musicians.

            1. I believe it's a joke as they've got a guest vocalist? (The young guy; the only one who doesn't look too old to be dancing like that.) I assume the long intro to the video has something to do about that.

               1. "Zusammen" is a song by Die Fantastischen Vier featuring Clueso and a single from the Die Fantastischen Vier album Captain Fantastic. It peaked at number 2 on the German charts, at number 32 in Austria and at number 35 in Switzerland. It was chosen as the official song for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by the German public broadcaster Das Erste. It will be played during all live broadcastings from the World Cup.

                  1. I wonder if it interpolates Das EFX.
                     

7. Old-school video gaming explicated.

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