Minnesota 66, Northwestern 53
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
I don't phink so
Sears Tower will become Willis Tower.
The insurance broker announced Thursday morning that it will move to the Sears Tower and that the building will be renamed Willis Tower.
Nice try though. They'd have better luck renaming the Chicago hot-dog as "Willis Weiners."
The insurance broker announced Thursday morning that it will move to the Sears Tower and that the building will be renamed Willis Tower.
Nice try though. They'd have better luck renaming the Chicago hot-dog as "Willis Weiners."
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
You Guys Are Great
Famous Mayors to Discuss How to Keep Cities Great
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and former Mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa will lead a discussion on “The Upside of Down: How to Keep Our Cities Great” at 7:30 am March 20 at the Forum Auditorium on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus of the University of California, San Diego....
7freaking30 - in the morning?! Unlikely Smiff will be there...
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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and former Mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa will lead a discussion on “The Upside of Down: How to Keep Our Cities Great” at 7:30 am March 20 at the Forum Auditorium on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus of the University of California, San Diego....
7freaking30 - in the morning?! Unlikely Smiff will be there...
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It's not enough to ban bestiality - we must ban inter-species marriage as well
The act of bestiality is a step closer to becoming illegal in Florida now that a Senate committee voted to slap a third-degree felony charge on anyone who has sex with animals.
Florida is one of only 16 states that still permit bestiality -– a fact that animal-rights activist and Sunrise Sen. Nan Rich learned to her horror when a Panhandle man three years ago was suspected of accidentally asphyxiating a family goat with which he was copulating.
. . .
Rich's proposal was amended to target only those who derived or helped others derive "sexual gratification" from an animal. The amendment specified that conventional dog-judging contests and animal-husbandry practices are permissible.
That last provision tripped up Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia Bullard.
"People are taking these animals as their husbands? What’s husbandry?" she asked. Some senators stifled their laughter as Chairman Charlie Dean explained that husbandry was the rearing and caring of animals.
Bullard didn't get it.
"So that maybe have been the reason the lady was so upset about that monkey?" Bullard asked, referring to a Connecticut case where a woman’s suburban chimpanzee want mad and was shot...
Florida is one of only 16 states that still permit bestiality -– a fact that animal-rights activist and Sunrise Sen. Nan Rich learned to her horror when a Panhandle man three years ago was suspected of accidentally asphyxiating a family goat with which he was copulating.
. . .
Rich's proposal was amended to target only those who derived or helped others derive "sexual gratification" from an animal. The amendment specified that conventional dog-judging contests and animal-husbandry practices are permissible.
That last provision tripped up Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia Bullard.
"People are taking these animals as their husbands? What’s husbandry?" she asked. Some senators stifled their laughter as Chairman Charlie Dean explained that husbandry was the rearing and caring of animals.
Bullard didn't get it.
"So that maybe have been the reason the lady was so upset about that monkey?" Bullard asked, referring to a Connecticut case where a woman’s suburban chimpanzee want mad and was shot...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Cricket - it rocks
The English just got done with a test match series on those islands to the south of us that we sometimes go to during spring break to smoke some ganja. 4 test matches, that's 20 days of exciting cricket action. Well, more like 19, because the 1st test ended on the fourth day. And what was the score after 4 matches & 19 days of thrilling cricket?
West Indies 1, England 0.
West Indies 1, England 0.
Monday, March 9, 2009
capturing da pulse of da city (cont'd)
Today's most viewed stories:
Washington Post: Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics
Chicago Tribune: Found: The source of ... belly-button lint
Washington Post: Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics
Chicago Tribune: Found: The source of ... belly-button lint
You think you're having a shitty day? NOPE.
Man Rescued from Latrine
An unidentified man was rescued from a waste tank under a rest stop bathroom on Highway 30 near Filer, Idaho on Thursday. He had climbed into the tank to look for his keys. Another driver found him and called emergency services. Police, firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency response personnel responded, and found the man up to his neck in sewage. They summoned highway maintenance department workers, who retrieved the man by opening an access port used to remove waste. Pictured is Filer Police Chief Cliff Johnson, who told the story to local news.
“It took some lifting to get him out, and he had cut himself pretty good trying to get himself out,” Johnson said.
The man was allowed to wash off with the fire truck hose at the scene, where he made another painful discovery.
“That’s when he discovered the keys were still in his back pocket,” Johnson said.
An unidentified man was rescued from a waste tank under a rest stop bathroom on Highway 30 near Filer, Idaho on Thursday. He had climbed into the tank to look for his keys. Another driver found him and called emergency services. Police, firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency response personnel responded, and found the man up to his neck in sewage. They summoned highway maintenance department workers, who retrieved the man by opening an access port used to remove waste. Pictured is Filer Police Chief Cliff Johnson, who told the story to local news.
“It took some lifting to get him out, and he had cut himself pretty good trying to get himself out,” Johnson said.
The man was allowed to wash off with the fire truck hose at the scene, where he made another painful discovery.
“That’s when he discovered the keys were still in his back pocket,” Johnson said.
Pot calling kettle black (cont)
There was a commercial, on the TV. Had these two kids playing with toys. One was playing delays on the tarmac at the airport, the other gridlock on the highway. That part was actually funny. A third kid playing with his train set had no such problems. So switch to Amtrak. They never have delays.
Smiff, Ripening
Well, that happens every day, but we only count it on one day of the year.
Any advice for us tricenarian whippersnappers?
Any advice for us tricenarian whippersnappers?
Saturday, March 7, 2009
How does Illinois do it?
Illinois plutocrats are frakkin’ goofy
The government of Illinois, an an obvious attempt to distract America from Blagojevich’s hair, has declared that Pluto is a planet.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Even Republicans are saying, "He's #UCK!NG N@TS!"
Republicans Look for a Reliever in Kentucky
WASHINGTON — One of the entrenched narratives in American politics is the case of the guy who refuses to quit, even though a lot of people on his own team want him gone.
WASHINGTON — One of the entrenched narratives in American politics is the case of the guy who refuses to quit, even though a lot of people on his own team want him gone.
While the Democrats are preoccupied with Senator Roland W. Burris and his ties to a tainted Illinois governor, the Republicans are trying to rid themselves of Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky, the former baseball star who clearly has little use for some colleagues and party leaders, and who keeps exhibiting what one senator calls “behavior issues.”
Key Republicans are gently (or not gently enough) trying to dissuade Mr. Bunning from seeking re-election in 2010 out of concern that his paltry fund-raising, declining approval ratings and irascible conduct have made him something between vulnerable and unelectable.
But in recent weeks, Mr. Bunning has shown no sign of stepping aside and delivered a string of incendiary pronouncements that have fed an impression that he is, to go with a baseball metaphor, a bit of a screwball."....
He's right about one thing:
“I don’t believe anything John Cornyn says,” Mr. Bunning fired back.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
News item: D.C. bus driver punches out McGruff
WASHINGTON — A bus driver thought it would be funny to take the bite out of McGruff the crime dog by punching the mascot, but police said children who witnessed the stunt were horrified.
Will Alzheimer's sufferer "No Title" Nellie remember where the Warriors are playing tonight? Or if they are playing at all??
Corey Maggette was a surprise play off the Warriors' bench on Tuesday after Don Nelson changed his mind just before game time and decided to play him. Maggette had 16 points and seven rebounds, but also committed six turnovers and didn't have an assist tonight. If he was in your lineup, you have to be pleased that Nellie had a change of heart, and early word out of Oakland is that Maggette should play again on Wednesday.
Or not. Who the phokk knows with this phokking idiot of a coach. Operation shutdown, not playing a veteran every game. Shouldn't the NBA put a stop to this? Used to be they would scorn on tanking with 2 weeks of the season left. How about 2 months? And how bad must Minnesota be to get blowd out by Golden State?
Or not. Who the phokk knows with this phokking idiot of a coach. Operation shutdown, not playing a veteran every game. Shouldn't the NBA put a stop to this? Used to be they would scorn on tanking with 2 weeks of the season left. How about 2 months? And how bad must Minnesota be to get blowd out by Golden State?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Chicago catches the ice hockey fever (or maybe it's the bird flu)
Whose jersey do you see most around the city of Chicago?
: Patrick Kane
: Jonathan Toews
: Patrick Sharp
: Brian Campbell
: Player from the past
: What in the name of sweet Jesus are you talking about?
: Patrick Kane
: Jonathan Toews
: Patrick Sharp
: Brian Campbell
: Player from the past
: What in the name of sweet Jesus are you talking about?
Pole Tax (geddit? huh huh)
Should Illinois have a porn tax?
Cash-strapped states have begun considering taxing more vices. Is it a good idea? Vote
Cash-strapped states have begun considering taxing more vices. Is it a good idea? Vote
I object
I eat my hot dogs how I want them - with Ketchup and nuttin else. No relish. No onions. No tomatoes. No peppers. None of that udder gunk. Just meat, bun, ketchup. Simple. Yummy. Wanna put lotsa gunk on something? Eat a burger. Leave my hot dog alone.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Cheerful News for the Day or "How do you feel El Paso?"
Becoming more and more interested by what's going on in Mexico, specifically Juarez. Should we change our drug laws to help Mexico not fall completely apart?
Just think, a lot of the problems actually do stem from simple marijuana...odd.
Fun times hard to find in Mexico
Just think, a lot of the problems actually do stem from simple marijuana...odd.
Fun times hard to find in Mexico
ways the government might run the banks worse than the banks did
Tyler Cowen offers a few in the process of writing his New York Times column for today.
Friday, February 27, 2009
'Sconsin Dreamin'
According to Fox News Chicago on da TV - top 5 places to find a job:
#5: Milwaukee
#1: Madison
So you too can be a part of the problem of bacteria on Chicago's beaches.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
more stuff only a commie could love
It's a pretty short trip from collective transportation to collective farming.
Chicago's high-speed rail dream is arriving
Besides, I find our 19th-century rail infrastructure quaint.
Chicago's high-speed rail dream is arriving
Besides, I find our 19th-century rail infrastructure quaint.
I'll take two cups (get it? ha, ha...)
Topless coffee shop opens in central Maine
VASSALBORO, Maine—A topless coffee shop that raised the ire of many residents of a small central Maine town is open for business.
The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop, located at the site of the former Grand View Motel, opened its doors Monday on busy Route 3 in Vassalboro. A sign outside says, "Over 18 only." Another says, "No cameras, no touching, cash only."
On Tuesday, two men sipped coffee at a booth while three topless waitresses and a bare-chested waiter stood nearby. Topless waitress Susie Wiley said men, women and couples have stopped by.
Dozens of residents objected to the shop when the Vassalboro planning board meeting took up the matter last month. But town officials said the coffee shop met the letter of the law.
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VASSALBORO, Maine—A topless coffee shop that raised the ire of many residents of a small central Maine town is open for business.
The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop, located at the site of the former Grand View Motel, opened its doors Monday on busy Route 3 in Vassalboro. A sign outside says, "Over 18 only." Another says, "No cameras, no touching, cash only."
On Tuesday, two men sipped coffee at a booth while three topless waitresses and a bare-chested waiter stood nearby. Topless waitress Susie Wiley said men, women and couples have stopped by.
Dozens of residents objected to the shop when the Vassalboro planning board meeting took up the matter last month. But town officials said the coffee shop met the letter of the law.
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And his father said unto him...BLAM!
Police: Man stabs son for wearing hat in church
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Police said a 58-year-old man stabbed his teenage son after he refused to take off his hat at church earlier in the day. The father and his 19-year-old son got into an argument on Sunday afternoon. That's when police said the father went to a car, got a knife and stabbed his son in the left buttock and fled.
The son was taken to University of Maryland Medical Center for treatment. The father's name was withheld pending his arrest.
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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Police said a 58-year-old man stabbed his teenage son after he refused to take off his hat at church earlier in the day. The father and his 19-year-old son got into an argument on Sunday afternoon. That's when police said the father went to a car, got a knife and stabbed his son in the left buttock and fled.
The son was taken to University of Maryland Medical Center for treatment. The father's name was withheld pending his arrest.
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Timetable: How about "this century"?
Mark Prior indicated that he isn't working with any timetables as he attempts to make his way back from June shoulder surgery.
He did say he feels further along now than he did at this point last year. Prior thought he was close to making it back to the majors in June, when he had a major setback with his shoulder. "I'm 28 and no one knows what the future holds," Prior said. "If I can get back to 80 percent or 90 percent of what I used to be, then that's still pretty good. I look back to those three, four years in the big leagues and I pitched pretty well and did the things I had to do to help us win games. I don't know if those memories haunt me, but they motivate me."
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He did say he feels further along now than he did at this point last year. Prior thought he was close to making it back to the majors in June, when he had a major setback with his shoulder. "I'm 28 and no one knows what the future holds," Prior said. "If I can get back to 80 percent or 90 percent of what I used to be, then that's still pretty good. I look back to those three, four years in the big leagues and I pitched pretty well and did the things I had to do to help us win games. I don't know if those memories haunt me, but they motivate me."
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Oh yea, Jim Calhoun, Fung's new white friend, ain't to great with the facts heself
http://www.the40yearplan.com/
So according to the U.S. Department of Education, Calhoun's $12 million isn't really $12 million. Letter writer Michael Chapman tipped me off to the DOE's numbers: UConn men's basketball spends $6,097,728 to take in $7,333,214.
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So according to the U.S. Department of Education, Calhoun's $12 million isn't really $12 million. Letter writer Michael Chapman tipped me off to the DOE's numbers: UConn men's basketball spends $6,097,728 to take in $7,333,214.
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Sarge, Smiff shake fists at clouds
7:25 PM me: ok, cool. i'll be looking for it. BP finally arrived today.
Andrew: awesome
7:26 PM you see that Des got the BP?
She's trying to play some catch-up
7:27 PM me: they hate all of my guys
Andrew: really
like who?
7:28 PM me: lessee, Garza, Moyer, Happ, Linebrink
7:29 PM basically all the Monks
cept prolly Utley
Andrew: really - I haven't looked up the Garza thing
what's to possibly hate about Moyer?!?
7:30 PM me: lousy projection - this my one gripe with the book - the write-ups often do not agree with the projection
Andrew: right
well - maybe they're taking the long view?
me: your reading - hey, this is good - and then you look down at the PECOTA - Garza 4.56 ERA or something
7:31 PM Andrew: but you know
me: Linebrink has never had an ERA near 4 - but this year it's like 4.46
Andrew: that's his 50 percent right?
7:32 PM me: so i should look at the 90% for him?
Andrew: No - I just tink
think
there are some guys who are more likely to hit higher pecotas than others
for instance
guys who have started to show improvement
me: wow, everyone on the SS-talk list likes the Utley side of that deal
Andrew: or where you know they've finally figured out their change up or something - something the machine maybe can't account for so much
they're idiots
7:33 PM me: everyone seemingly much higher on Votto & Rasmus than i am
Andrew: I feel if you're not getting the best guy in the deal you better have a really good reason for making the trade
yeah
I'm not big on Rasmus
I think obviously he could still bust out
but last year was not the year to look that dead
of course I'm looking at you Alex Gordon
me: yeah, everyone said Han Ram was the best in the deal, but still took the Utley side
Andrew: but
7:34 PM yeah
not big on Votto either
he's good
but easily replacable
me: they also assumed the guy was looking short-term, but he has no pitching
Andrew: I mean
yeah
you throw Webb into any rotation and it acquires a certain sheen
7:35 PM me: the guy never made a counter offer, i may have given up a bit more
Andrew: yeah
I think what hurt you was not offering any kind of prospect
in retrospect it seems obvious
but you even said it
the guy is constantly tearing down his team etc
we should have thrown him a golden bone
7:36 PM So Rasmus and Votto are guys
who however not great
you can still kind of dream on enough to make them interesting
I mean
I would much rather have about twenty other outfield prospects
and at least five or six 1B types floating around than those two
me: brb - got to fire up a burrito
Andrew: awesome
| 5 minutes |
7:42 PM me: Elie takes Matt Dominguez, 3b from florida
not familiar with his work
Andrew: ha
!
Dominguez
is actually a pretty decent pick
problem
I don't see him being a superstar
7:43 PM and he's a ways a way yet
I don't know if he's worth holding for a few years
but I suppose rookie slots are cheap enough
I just feel
go for the studs
me: he's 19 - should be a while
Andrew: yeah
I don't know
7:44 PM but whatever
our draft - mine and corms - is worrisome to me
we have absolutely no bullpen
and not much out there is screaming "We're awesome"
a lot of pressure on some questionable arms
Cueto, Z, Kazmir, Volquez
7:45 PM Beckett
I mean, some good pitchers
some guys who could throw Cy Young years
but I could easily see a 4.6 era from this crew
and if we don't have a decent pen
this could be a bit of a rebuild for us
I mena
mean
if the guys come through
even three of them
we have enough offense to make up for a lot of mistakes
I think
7:46 PM but...
yeah
and it's not necessarily our fault
it's just
ugh
me: i'm trying to get some RPs with the limited # of picks i have
Andrew: yeah
me: i have no bench yet
Andrew: we're competing - that's one place where I feel really good
we have built a pretty good bench
7:47 PM me: & really only 5 SPs
Andrew: yeah
Corms isn't too worried about RPs...
and maybe I get what he's saying
I mean
hopefully we can find at least a couple decent ones in the supplementals
7:48 PM me: Dominguez was 18th in OPS in the Sally League, but he was one of the youngest players
Andrew: yeah
I m not saying he's a bad prospect
in fact
he took a big step up last year
7:49 PM and erased a lot of doubts about his bat never being able to play period
now the feeling is he will hit at least enough
and he has a great glove
I just don't know if he's going to hit enough to justify keeping him on a roster and not taking other guys coming up for the next three years
me: there was an 18yo in Sally with 39 homers
7:50 PM and 153 Ks
Andrew: wow
what's his name?
I want to look him up
did you see the Baseball America Prospect Handbook is 30 FUCKING dollars this year?
7:52 PM Andrew: Looks like he's 20?
well
19 during the season
still
nice contact bavr
if he can cut the strikeouts even a little and maintain that power
7:53 PM he could be pretty exciting
me: turned 19 in Nov
Andrew: Ah right
of course
1989
yep
I was already in 2010
did you watch this Glenn Beck thing?
7:54 PM Apparently by 2014 - implicitly because of Obama - we're going to be hunting dogs in the street to survive while marauding gangs of motorcycle thugs scare the women
7:55 PM me: the guy is insane - a mentally imbalanced man with his own tv show
Andrew: and they show his "movies" on the big screen occasionally
I'd never actually seen him before besides those maudlin previews
he is a fucking fuckface
these guys
7:56 PM are really coming out of the woodwork
| 17 minutes |
8:13 PM me: Nate Robinson went OFF for the Zeniths tonight
Andrew: nice
he's been awesome lately
big second half v the Pacers?
me: 41 points
4 3's
8:14 PM 15-19 from the line
Andrew: nice
that's a nice line
you in first yet?
me: 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
er, no, but 2nd
Andrew: how many points out?
only three assists?
me: he's a shooter, not a passer
8:15 PM Andrew: RIGHT!!!!
me: Dwyane Wade somehow does both
Andrew: yeah
8:16 PM he's like a poor man's Chris Paul
I would kill to have Chris Paul
Maybe I'll offer my whole team for him
and start from there
me: Duhon led team with 5 assists - the whole team just throws the ball at the hoop
Andrew: ha!
8:17 PM so was Keith Olbermann good tonight?
Briggs thinks so
me: haven't watched yet
8:18 PM Andrew: that's the thing that sucks about not having cable - today I would have loved to stare at the idiot box
fucking tired
first day back
never fun
me: you can watch it online
8:19 PM Andrew: really?
where?
the same night?
me: follow them on Twitter and just click on the link
Andrew: follow who?
@olbermann?
me: @Count_Down
Andrew: awesome
will do that
hang on
8:20 PM me: Video: McConnell attacking what he doesn’t understand: Feb. 23: Worst Persons: Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., clai.. http://tinyurl.com/dys4nn
Andrew: nice
I hate McConnell
and I hate that Fox News guy who interviewed the mayor of Lansing Michigan
what a DOUCHEBAG
8:21 PM me: yeah, i saw that. That mayor ROCKED. should run for the senate or governor or something
Andrew: no Doubt
guy was AWESOME
and I love the Douche
8:22 PM I wasn't talking about health care
well if you were using the bullshit $70/hour you were
you fuck
and even then
it's bullshit
because it factors in production costs
like having the lights on for the workers
the 70/hr
thing has been totally debunked
but on Fox
it's a "fact"
me: those guys are all millionaires
Andrew: fucking ASSWHOLES!
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8:33 PM me: UConn coach Jim Calhoun: a DICK
Andrew: really?
what was he getting up to?
8:34 PM me: blew up at reporter who asked about his contract
Andrew: well you know
8:35 PM me: He makes $12 million for the university - yeah, how much do the players get from that?
Andrew: the players?
don't they all go into the NBA?
an d get shoe contracts and make millions of dollars
me: a few, very few
8:36 PM Andrew: no man
can't be
cant
fucking
be
yeah
ASSwhole
| 6 minutes |
8:42 PM me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokthY5zuPU
8:43 PM Andrew: have to check that out
8:45 PM me: Sen. Richard Shelby said he hasn't seen Obama's birth certificate - MASSIVE BRAIN DEATH.
Andrew: Oh yeah
I heard about that
but you know
8:46 PM has he seen Reagan's?
has he seen Bush's?
Or Clinton's?
Didn't Clinton go to like...Oxford...at some point?
And isn't that in
Europe
?
like France or something?
like the west coast of France?
8:47 PM me: yes, i would be wary of anyone that travels abroad for any reason
8:48 PM Andrew: especially during the Vietnam War
I mean
Bush
Cheney
they stayed right here
and protected Wisconsin
and Arkansas
I mean
Cheney was doing some important things
but you know if Wisconsin was attacked
he'd be out there
but notice
8:49 PM they stayed here to protect America
meanwhile
Clinton's fucking French whores and smoking Chinese marijuania
and Obama?
he's like
getting educated by Sadam Bin Laden
and learning how to infiltrate America while his friends in the Chicago Seven
8:50 PM secretly forgre
forge
a Hawaiian document
which is easier than forging a real state's document
because they're like half-Jap
and half-Samoan
me: slant-eyed devils
8:51 PM Andrew: trying to bring this country down
thank God for the brave men and women - non-gay of course - of our militias
8:56 PM me: fish taco
8:57 PM Andrew: dirty!
9:02 PM me: Arianna Huffington: MILF
Andrew: oh?
what brought this on?
me: she's on Countdown
has that accent, too
Andrew: ah
nice
9:03 PM wasn't she married to like some
complete fucking asshole?
me: i don't know about that, but he came out of the closet
Andrew: really?
9:04 PM me: the Gay Republican closet, that is
Andrew: nice
for real?
who knew?
9:05 PM me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Huffington
9:06 PM Andrew: looking
9:08 PM me: The couple divorced in 1997, and in 1998 Michael Huffington revealed that he was bisexual.[citation needed] A 1999 magazine article claimed that Arianna Huffington "entered the marriage... with full knowledge of Michael Huffington's sexual interests in men".[3] The financial terms of their divorce agreement remain undisclosed, but Huffington gained most of her wealth from her husband. Arianna Huffington chose to retain her former husband's surname, although she had been known as Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington during the period of her marriage.[citation needed]
9:09 PM Andrew: Nice
Apparently he's been all about trying to turn the Republicans into human beings
good luck with that
me: probably no more conservative than Diane Feinstein
9:10 PM Andrew: yeah right?
it's true
me: she sucks, and not in a good way
9:11 PM Andrew: definitely
so sad
because at one point
it seemed like she'd be cool
way back in the early 80s
9:13 PM here's an oldie but goodie from Arianna: http://ariannaonline.huffingtonpost.com/columns/column.php?id=696
| 5 minutes |
9:19 PM me: that is a good one
Andrew: Dick Cheney to the rescue!
oh if she had only known
9:21 PM me: Mitch McConnell: T@TALLY FULL@SHIT
Andrew: oh - and he's an asshole!
9:22 PM you have to love it
9:25 PM me: @tanlines is now following @Brian_Eno
Andrew: nice
who is @tanlines
one of those porn tweets?
9:27 PM me: hmmm, it's Sally Kellerman?!
9:28 PM oh yeah, check out:
funny
i have an admirer
Andrew: weird
diarreah/noise band
9:29 PM LOOK AT YOU!
9:30 PM me: been tweeting for weeks, just noticed
Andrew: mercy
well
on that cheerful note
sleep calls!
still oddly jetlagged
early morning flight
yesterday
has thrown me a bit off
leaving artstor for the night
peace!
me: sweet dreams
9:31 PM Andrew: thanks!
you too!
:(|)
V.v.V
9:32 PM me: :D
Monday, February 23, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Fung needs to stop watching TV
On CMT, some guy, who loves crashing cars, sez: I especially love crashing European cars, you know, Honda, Toyota, Suzuki, all of them.
On Jeopardy, the one interesting thing about the one contestant was that he was wearing the only suit he's ever owned, which he found in a trash can freshman year of college, which was over a decade ago. It's still to be dry cleaned. Shoulda seen his hair too.
I still haven't thrown away the New Zealand moving info...
On Jeopardy, the one interesting thing about the one contestant was that he was wearing the only suit he's ever owned, which he found in a trash can freshman year of college, which was over a decade ago. It's still to be dry cleaned. Shoulda seen his hair too.
I still haven't thrown away the New Zealand moving info...
Why the phokk is this news? (cont)
CNN ticker/crawl/bottom of the screen/whatever: Socks, former White House cat, euthanized. Just in case you were tired of all the stimulus/bailout/BlagoBurris stuff.
Expect Delays, Fung
A buncha buses have been pulled off the road because they might break apart at the middle and that would be a really crappy thing to happen when you're trying to land the olympics. Not to mention that people might actually die. Among the most affected routes:
No. 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
No. 147 Outer Drive Express
So Fung can start literally expecting delays. Also, Burris is somehow to blame for this. But Obama will fix it.
No. 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
No. 147 Outer Drive Express
So Fung can start literally expecting delays. Also, Burris is somehow to blame for this. But Obama will fix it.
Friday, February 20, 2009
match the projection with the analysis
1. 248 AB, .757 OPS, 3.9 RAR
2. 242 AB, .719 OPS, 1.0 RAR
A. On his way to another +.300 BA before fracturing kneecap (that was so k-mad!). Never the same after (see: k-mad), although xBA shows some bad luck (see also: k-mad). Super ct% means Avg will rebound. Again pegged for utility role, but that can change. Great end-gamer.
B. This is what end-game gambles look like: middling skills, doubles power, but tantalizing stretches inflate value. Rising GB% limits power. Defense is suspect, so regular playing time is a question. Take a pass.
Did you guess that 1 = B (Brendan Harris) and 2 = A (Jeff Keppinger)? Of course you did.
2. 242 AB, .719 OPS, 1.0 RAR
A. On his way to another +.300 BA before fracturing kneecap (that was so k-mad!). Never the same after (see: k-mad), although xBA shows some bad luck (see also: k-mad). Super ct% means Avg will rebound. Again pegged for utility role, but that can change. Great end-gamer.
B. This is what end-game gambles look like: middling skills, doubles power, but tantalizing stretches inflate value. Rising GB% limits power. Defense is suspect, so regular playing time is a question. Take a pass.
Did you guess that 1 = B (Brendan Harris) and 2 = A (Jeff Keppinger)? Of course you did.
Turns out the End Times SUCK more than we might have imagined
[S]omething was very, very different in the fourth quarter of 2008. Sales of alcohol for off-premises consumption were down by 9.3 percent from the previous quarter, according to the Commerce Department. This is absolutely unprecedented: the largest previous drop had been just 3.7 percent, between the third and fourth quarters of 1991.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
What's so awful about cheap housing?
In particular, I thought the Democratic Party was the party of cheap housing. So why aren't they trying to talk housing prices DOWN right now, particularly since so many sellers are stuck on two years ago? NYT today:
Mr. President, you may want to take a line from Adam Sandler...
As the recession becomes more severe and unemployment mounts, [would-be home sellers] fret each week their properties remain unsold, and fear losing equity. While buyers hunt for exceptional values [ed. isn't this GOOD?], sellers feel like hostages. [...]
James Bednar, a real estate agent representing buyers at DRI Real Estate Company in Ridgewood, N.J., said many sellers overvalue their homes.
“The industry has nailed into people’s minds that their houses are worth a certain amount,” said Mr. Bednar, who blogs about the New Jersey market at njrereport.com. “Sellers remember what neighbors sold their houses for two years ago and hold on to those unrealistic comparables. They need to accept the current reality of the market.”
Mr. President, you may want to take a line from Adam Sandler...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Curious to see what Briggs thinks of this essay...
And Fung!
And Smiff!
And K-Mad!
And Ranger!
And Corporal!
And Corms!
And even Braindead Bob!
I found it interesting - but I'm afraid some of it might have flown above my head...
maybe.
The thing I'm talking about.
And Smiff!
And K-Mad!
And Ranger!
And Corporal!
And Corms!
And even Braindead Bob!
I found it interesting - but I'm afraid some of it might have flown above my head...
maybe.
The thing I'm talking about.
Really, from the New York Post? I mean, it's so classy though...
Further evidence of the New York Post brilliant and informative news reportage:
This wonderful piece of informed satire!
Or maybe it's further evidence that they suck harder than any newspaper ever made outside of 1930s Germany...
This wonderful piece of informed satire!
Or maybe it's further evidence that they suck harder than any newspaper ever made outside of 1930s Germany...
People of Lattice of Coincidence
Shouldn't we change our quote at the top from H.L.? It seems that those days are past.
I think we should all post over the next week a quote that we would like to see there and then pick from among them.
Peace!
A (Sarge)
I think we should all post over the next week a quote that we would like to see there and then pick from among them.
Peace!
A (Sarge)
Well it snowed in DC this morning... so explain that one, Chicken Littles
"According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979."
-- George Will
"We do not know where George Will is getting his information, but..."
-- University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences
-- George Will
"We do not know where George Will is getting his information, but..."
-- University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Adam Posen: I do not lack all conviction.
the FT today:
The Obama administration remains opposed to federal control. Mr Geithner last week said: “Governments are terrible managers of bad assets.”
Others say he may eventually face no choice. “The danger we face is a Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae scenario where government gives the banking sector guarantees and then socialises the losses,” says Adam Posen, an economist. “That’s the worst thing we could do.”
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