Off-Topic: March 2010 Part II
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 19, 2010 6:49 AM EDT
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PrintOK, so we had music, movies, SXSW jealousy, hockey, hockey, more hockey and some argument over LeBron James. What's next on the off-topic to-do list? Let's find out!
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CRAB DRIBBLE
I just like saying and typing crab dribble. I have this image of a red crab with a head band (red, white and blue) dribbling a basketball with its big claw despite knowing where the term originated.
I’m having a bout with insomnia.
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
if you lived in our time zone, you'd already be awake!
er wait, how’s that work again?
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 19, 2010 7:01 AM EDT up reply actions
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crab+dribble
In a long distance relationship with the Tigers--and, yes, we're doing fine.
I saw _Alice In Wonderland _ just the other day. Curiouser and curiouser.
In a long distance relationship with the Tigers--and, yes, we're doing fine.
Meh.
A visual treat, but that’s about it. I personally think 3D movies should seriously stop, but alas, they won’t… They will just spawn more and more movies driven purely by visual effects and not story line, while still be critically acclaimed (i.e. Avatar). Sigh.
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 19, 2010 11:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
This
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by David Tokarz on Mar 19, 2010 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Surely there has to be a sci-fi/fantasy flick that you guys like.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 19, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
I enjoy the genres but am not fanatical. I end up enjoying depressing, folly of humanity type stuff more.
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
I don't have a favorite genre per se
but I like to watch action movies, love the Bourne series, for example, heist films, some westerns, some wire-fu stuff. And I enjoy a lot of the classics. Put it all together and I love The Thomas Crown Affair.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
more like a cult...
that will go the way Futurama predicts it will.
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by madpoopz on Mar 24, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
District 9
For starters. I was a huge Star Trek fan as a kid, and I love Stargate, but it’s so easy to make cliched sci-fi/fantasy nowadays. I really want to see Moon- I’ve heard that’s incredible.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
haven't seen District 9
But I want to. Liked the movie Stargate (but avoided the television show). Gattaca … I can’t say I liked it, because it was without question one of the most terrifying movies I’ve seen from the standpoint of being both incredibly depressing and plausible, but it stuck in my mind like few stories I’ve seen. Very disturbing. I’ll never see it again – once was enough.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
GO SEE DISTRICT 9
Like, now. Visuals are superb, story is exemplary and the lead actor is brilliant.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
but it's almost 1:00 in the morning!
And I’m sleepy. :)
But I’ll remember to watch it when I get a chance.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Agree.
Really good sci-fi film.
By the way, DDB, we freakily agree on a lot of the same things… Spooky…
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 10:51 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We're clearly clones
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by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Or it’s like Fight Club…
Or Austin Powers…
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 3:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You're Mini Me?
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by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Fo’ sho’
or your son… (like Scott and Dr. Evil…)
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 6:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hey now
I’m a little young to have a son- definitely one on a forum .
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by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
with current rates of teen pregnancy...
you’re never too young.
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This is true
I actually have a friend from HS (my age) who has a baby girl. Last guy you would’ve expected…
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by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
it's complicated
It was extremely compelling and well done, and I liked it as a movie, but not necessarily as entertainment, if that makes any sense. There are some books I have that are like that – hard to read, but just as hard to put down, and impossible to forget.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I understand what you mean.
I tend to find more movies like that in my collection than books. Requiem for a Dream (I’ve been meaning to get the book) is one movie I own that I have seen only once – it is too much of a punch to the gut/descent into despair to watch again.
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
does the Star Wars trilogy count?
I have a hard time with sci-fi/fantasy books and movies because they are rarely mediocre – tend to be either very good and well done, saying several interesting things about the human condition, or very bad, predictable, and just a bland rehash of every other previous movie. Hard to find a middle ground.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Well...
I’m a little too cynical to “like” movies…
But when in the right mood, I do enjoy laughing at sci-fi, horror, fantasy, Michael Bay, etc. movies…
But, I did have a feeling of enjoyment when watching Star Trek…
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
^^
JJ Abrams “adaption” of it, that is.
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
heh
It reminds me of a thing I saw while I was flipping through channels once, years ago – people were talking about the Highlander movies and television show, and when asked about one of the movies (second? I think???) they all took a deep breath, and started off “visually, it was stunning …” which was such a dead giveaway that they thought it completely sucked but were trying to be a little bit polite and even-handed in their criticism. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Cinematic tour de force
I use that phrase when I am talking about crappy movies.
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
Question
Are we going to have a new “Introduce Yourself” thread at the end of spring training? I know BYB has gotten some new members in the offseason, and the old thread is long since buried (and I don’t know about you, but my introduction could use some updating).
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 19, 2010 10:59 AM EDT reply actions
re: SXSW on the other off topic thread
I’m writing reviews and taking some photos over at http://www.panicmanual.com – I caught a cold the other day so I haven’t seen/done as much as I normally would. I’m at the hotel now supposedly resting and writing (heh). but there’s posts from the guys I’m with, too.
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Out of the Park Baseball 11 now has negotiating with draft picks.
Oh man, this is great!
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
Nice
but does it have the video game version of Scott Boras?
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by handsomerob1 on Mar 22, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I have never heard of this game before, and I am intrigued
I still need to get out and buy MLB 10 The Show, though
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 22, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Strange-ness...
Has anyone else been on this site, then all of a sudden Swarovski.com (some sort of jewelry site) will replace it…? It’s not a pop-up. It literally changes from Blessyouboys.com to that one.
Not a big problem, just an inconvenience, but still…
Just wondering if anyone else had this problem.
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 10:35 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
this seems to be happening for some others at other SBN sites
Use this link and report it on “I think something is broke”
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks!
I mean, it’s not a serious problem, only a mild annoyance.
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 10:49 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I noticed that the other day
I figured that I just accidentally clicked on one of the ads and that was why.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
For anyone who has
MLB network with their cable package, Tigers vs Phillies is on at 1pm. I know I am excited to see it’s going to be televised.
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and before I forget
I wanted to mention that I love the off-topic threads. Allows everyone to ramble with their internet friends, but also keeps the baseball stuff separate – like going to a conference where different programs are happening in different rooms, and people can move from one area of the convention center to another depending on what program topic they are interested in at the time. :)
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thanks
I saw it at the Sharks site on SB Nation and thought it looked like it would be really useful here.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
On another note
I’m presenting a conference paper tomorrow at Wake. And I’m nervous as hell…
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you're nervous because you care ...
And because you care about how you do, you will do very well. Good luck!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
remember the rally anteaters from last season?
Apparently, an anteater invasion + 2 dogs (pretending to be a duck and an anteater) + 1 panda + 1 raccoon
= a last second Red Wings Win. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
These blogs are heading for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
but some of the anteaters were wearing sweaters!
It was like some of our game threads from last year – a snowball gets rolling and pretty soon the latecomers are asking questions like “just got in and checked the score, and what the heck is up with all the anteaters?” and the response is the internet equivalent of hysterical giggling.
I love blogs. :)
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Will this turn into a good season for my Tiger???
Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski, talking to ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark about Magglio Ordoñez, he “(Ordoñez) is swinging the bat as well as I’ve ever seen him swing it in the past. He’s driving the ball. But he’s done that since the very first day he reported. … I think the ball has a different sound coming off the bat now, like it has in the past.”
Everyone seems to think he will only be a singles hitter. I look for Maggs to get plenty of extra bases, No singles. Por Favor
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well he did come up witht the same rotation as me
and nearly the same bullpen, going with Thomas when I went with Weinhardt. Take that for whatever you will.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 21, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
please, Kurt
don’t compare yourself with Henning, you are a much more talented writer than him, plus I like you. I guess he’s paid to get people talking though. I wish I could pinpoint why I find him so annoying.
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by Detroitchik on Mar 21, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I wish you could too
While I appreciate the compliments, and understand how Henning can get under people’s skin when he gets some idea (Granderson) in his head and writes it into the ground, people are far too down on him.
His track record on predictions is so good another Tigers blogger (Billfer) wondered if he’s got the team feeding him decisions ahead of time in exchange for spinning angles. While I’m not sure I buy the conspiracy theory, you don’t come up with it if you don’t acknowledge he’s right on a lot of things.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 21, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!!
Sorry, I had to.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 21, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
//puts on tinfoil hat
Funny how everyone calls it “tin” foil even though it’s always been aluminum. Tin is easier to say and spell, though. I wonder if it’s been called tinfoil since it was first invented?
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
You mean, a C-O-N-Spiracy?
(imagine an In Living Color clip featuring Damon Wayans in here, if I’d managed to find it online)
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I believe that was on an episoe...
…of “This Old Box.”
God, I loved that show.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 22, 2010 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I think
what it is about Henning is that one week he’s all gaga over a player, or our team and the next week he’s ready to trade them off or he’s bad mouthing them. I find it so aggravating. I know as a journalist he is supposed to get people talking, but come on either stay on the wagon, or get off at the next stop. Another one who aggravates me to no end is Terry Foster, I like him even less than I like Henning.
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Anyone interested in the NFL Draft?
What will the Lions do with Number 2?
Suh? McCoy? Okung? Spiller?
Or perhaps trade down?
I love drafts, which is why I bring this up.
Who knows, maybe a wide reciever…
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 21, 2010 12:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
NO WIDE RECEIVERS!!!
I pay no attention to football at all, but even I know that they need someone to play defense. No quarterback is very effective if he’s continually having to throw with his butt on the ground.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
than they need offensive line help...
that’ll keep his butt off the ground.
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whatever it's called
I meant the people who stop other people from knocking over the quarterback so he can actually throw the football once in a while. Linemen?
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Waitaminute, are there both offensive linemen and defensive linemen? The Lions need the guys who block the other guys – whoever those are. Football is such a confusing game.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Yeah
O-line protects the quarterback, and the d-line blitzes (I think-I’m not good at this football stuff either). With some decent O-line help for Stafford, the Lions might win a couple more games- him and Johnson make a hell of a duo.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 21, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
correct.
O-lineman are a good thing for our pricey QB.
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Ha ha.
It was a joke…
Offensive line, defensive line, secondary defense, running game all these need help, so… in reality, the whole team needs help, but it’s te Lions, so that’s a given
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 21, 2010 1:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I gave up on the lions about 16 years ago and have never regretted it
More fun just to follow my fantasy players than any team any more.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 21, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of Drafts...
Who’s excited for the 2010 MLB draft?!?
I AM!!!!
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 21, 2010 1:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Hell to the yes
Can’t wati for the Sickles mock draft.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 21, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
By the way
I want to talk more about that with you, JAYRC and Mike. I think it’d be really cool to have an all BYB draft office representing the Tigers.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 21, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Sweet!
That’s a good idea.
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 21, 2010 6:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
no run support twitter
hey guys, those of you that followed while I was in FL, could you let me know what your username is or @ me on there so I can make sure to follow back? with some of you I can tell who is who, esp if we’re already following each other on my personal account, but there are some I’m not sure of.
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I am @Baroque97.
And I have grown to like twitter very much. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
hee hee
Some of my internet friends were on and they convinced me. It’s very useful – although the 140 character limit has been a challenge at times, haha – much to their amusement!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I have a Twitter account, but I rarely tweet
I’ve intended to use it mostly as a vehicle to post links to my blog posts, and I frequently forget to do even that (though I’ve sworn to myself that I’ll get better at it once the season starts). Still, if you’re interested, I’m @SabreRoseTiger (no surprise)
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 22, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I believe you can get something that will just tweet out something automatically when you post.
My old blog is Tigers By The Numbers.
Now I write at Bless You Boys.
Like music? See what I'm listening to at my Last.fm account.
Thanks
I’ve signed up and I think I have it configured properly. I have to go post something now so i can see if it worked.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 22, 2010 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
But then
it tries to tweet every time you post a comment. We’d break Twitter every game.
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by handsomerob1 on Mar 22, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't see how that's true
I’ve had my account linked for months and not a single comment I post has been tweeted
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 22, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I could be wrong
but I thought it tried to do something of that sort when I linked mine.
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by handsomerob1 on Mar 23, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
hope you don't mind
I am now following you….
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by Detroitchik on Mar 21, 2010 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
oh, hell no
I have some other people following me, which astonishes me since I may turn out to be the most boring woman on twitter, but I figure they can always stop if they get bored. :)
I just figured some of my internet friends were having conversations there and I wanted to see what the deal was.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
you guys are tempting me to start tweeting...
which is something I’ve always felt no man should do.
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tweet poopz!
I’ll follow you!
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by Detroitchik on Mar 22, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
ok, fine. I got a twitter page.
I’m madpoopz there also.
Now I need to figure out how the damn thing works.
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DO IT!
Seriously, it’s really easy – I don’t do Facebook or anything like that because it seems like too much work to set up a profile – but I love to be able to have a conversation through Twitter. If nothing else, a lot of people are using it as a news feed and getting breaking news, columnistists, or charities of interest in their feed.
A bunch of my hockey friends are on Twitter, and it makes it easier to keep track of them because we might frequent different blogs and such.
I’d follow you, too!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Mar 22, 2010 2:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I tried tweeting once...
…but none of the birds around me understood.
Also, I still don’t own a cell phone, and I still don’t want one. I figure I’ll crack sometime in the next few years, though. We’ll see.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 22, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
And so it goes.
But I thought it was “poo-tee-tweet.”
by frisbeepilot on Mar 24, 2010 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
You're right.
I just grabbed my copy to check.
And so on.
by StringTheory on Mar 24, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I posted this in the gamethread to appease the lack of baseball...
but something was wrong with the link so I’ll try again mostly just to see if youtube hates me. So someone let me know if this works for them. It works for me, but the last link worked for me as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCXKv8fHDwA
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While I'm plugging my music...
I made a facebook fan page for my stuff mostly so I don’t have to keep posting various links across the interwebz for the various interested parties. If you’re interested become a fan.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Some-Sorta-Giant/102628673108139?ref=ts
//endshamelessplug
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off topic- detroit red wings
here my Question?.How do you pick-up 3pts in hockey?. or usual 1pt or 2pts ,weather a team loses or wins!…anybody know?….p.s GO RED WINGS…down to ~10 games to go in the 2010 campaign, The Red Wing are in 8th place and going to the polayoffs I think?
by '' spiderman '' on Mar 22, 2010 9:43 AM EDT reply actions
I can answer that!
A hockey game can end in either regulation or in extra time (overtime or shootout, same from points view).
If a team loses in regulation, they get 0 points.
If a team is tied after regulation and loses in extra time, they get 1 point.
If a team wins in either regulation or extra time, they get 2 points.
The Red Wings are in the playoffs right now, but the Calgary Flames are right behind them. Thay need to keep winning so no one can pass them – if they can do that, they will be okay.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Mar 22, 2010 2:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You can't really get three points in a win.
But, if you’re in 8th place in the conference, and you’re playing the 9th-place team or something, and you win against them, you pick up two points while making sure they don’t get a point (assuming you win in regulation), so it’s sorta like the game counts for more than it’s actually worth, points-wise.
This idea is used more in baseball, anyway, when you’re not looking at points earned, you’re looking at won-lost percentage. That is, if you’re in second and you’re playing the first-place team and you beat them, you (a.) won a game, while making sure (b.) the first-place team lost, so you’re climbing up one game in the standings for that game (instead of just a half-game if only either (a.) or (b.) happened, or possibly just staying the same number of games back if both you and the first-place team wins).
In conclusion, hockey games should still have ties. The shootout is stupid, and clutters up the standings… eventually someone’s going to ask, “Hey, what’s the Wings’ record?” and you’ll answer, “Oh, they’re 17-13-6-2-3-7-1,” if the NHL keeps going the way they are. Also, in conclusion, Hamilton deserves an NHL team. There, I’m done.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 22, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Canada can have another hockey team when they win the Stanley Cup
So 10 years?
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by David Tokarz on Mar 22, 2010 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Saw Green Zone today...
really good movie.
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I'm trying to figure out why the site isn't searching me...
maybe I’m just not completely in their database yet. Or maybe I’m special. Or maybe they think my username is some sort of virus attack.
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Green Zone.
Ya mean Jason Bourne in Iraq…?
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 22, 2010 10:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I saw it when I was in lakeland, actually, on the rainout day
it was ok but after seeing the hurt locker, it’d take a lot more to impress me, I guess.
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HURT LOCKER!!!!!!
WHOOOOOOOT!!!!!!
Very deserving of Best Picture.
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 22, 2010 11:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Going to see The Messenger tomorrow
Hopefully that’s almost as good.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 23, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
it's the story I enjoyed...
and the action was pretty believable.
The only thing that I found hard to believe was a Chief Warrant Officer going against orders like that.
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I'd also like to note that Avatar was the last movie I saw...
anything seems golden compared to that.
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Is it fair to say...
Avatar was OVERRATED!!!!!!!!
Seriously, it was…
And Up in the Air was not respected at all… Quality movie. Better than Avatar too…
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 23, 2010 5:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wonder if expectations play a role in how people perceived Avatar
When I went to see it, I was afraid that I wouldn’t like it, but I ended up thinking it was pretty good. Nothing earth-shattering or life-changing, but I found it entertaining, especially on the visual front. And that’s all I wanted from it going in, so therefore I was satisfied with my viewing experience. If I went in expecting some sort of Star Wars-esque phenomenon, I probably would’ve been disappointed.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 23, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
No.
Had moderate expectations, but not enough to still find the film overrated after I finished it.
I will admit it was entertaining and a visual joyride, but NOT Award show winning stuff (except in visual and cinematography catagories).
I dunno though, most people I talk to love the movie… We are entitled to our own opinions I guess…
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 23, 2010 6:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It was awesome
from a visual/cinematographic/holyhellthatthingiscomingatmein3D standpoint, but the plot sucked.
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by handsomerob1 on Mar 24, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
You know
I’ve heard that the graphics are good. Really though, I don’t go to the movies to see good visuals. Pardon me while I get on the soapbox here, but the marginal difference between a movie like 2012 and Avatar visually is not enough to make me ignore gaping plotholes nor is it enough to make me sit in a theater for 3 hours watching a slight deviation of The Day After Tomorrow or Pochohantas, respectively.
Look, there’s this same problem with video games now. Everything looks beautiful- nextgen graphics on the 360/PS3 look incredible. So do most movie special effects. At some point you can’t just look nice- you have to do other things to stand out. LIKE HAVE A GOOD STORY. Movies can no longer succeed at being one dimensional.
Billion dollars be damned, Avatar is sending the movie industry down a slippery, slippery slope. It wasn’t even the best f*cking sci-fi fantasy movie last year (that title belongs to District 9, which HAD A GOOD STORY). It deserved none of the critical praise, less than half the cash and none of the buzz. May James Cameron get hit with the Titanic.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 24, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
that validates my feelings about movies in general
I usually find them pretty predictable and not entertaining enough to waste the money on when I can easily find a good book with a far more interesting and complex story. But I still consider Casablanca and Philadelphia Story two movies worth spending time on, so maybe I’m not with the times.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
speaking of books...
I just bought Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and damn that is a good book.
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I guess I'm kind of the opposite
I tend to go to the theater to only see visual effects-driven movies, because it’s so freakin’ expensive nowadays. If there’s a non-visual effects, story-driven movie I want to see, I wait for it to come out on DVD, because with those movies, my viewing experience is the same regardless of whether it’s on a big screen or a TV screen. Therefore, I save my movie theater money for movies that will look more impressive on a big screen. Of course, usually they have to at least have a bare bones plot to follow (for instance, I never saw Transformers). Avatar was kind of an exception. I wasn’t really looking for a plot (as a matter of fact, I cheated and read the Wikipedia article on it before I went to see it). I was just curious about the visuals. I’m not really the sort of person to be disappointed when I don’t find stuff I wasn’t looking for in the first place. That said, it still doesn’t hold a candle to Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or stuff like that.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 24, 2010 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
I agree completely on the “why I go to movie theaters” idea, and I think a lot of people feel this way too. It’s why we have IMAX. And going to the movies isn’t a bad date idea either, provided you can find a cheaper theater.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 24, 2010 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I watch nerdy, dialogue-driven movies.
Clerks, The Big Kahuna, 12 Angry Men (the original), Swingers, and Glengarry Glen Ross are amongst my favourite movies of all time, and their special-effects budgets combined would barely buy a cup of coffee.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 24, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d recommend The Man from Earth. Like 12 Angry Men, it’s all dialogue in the same room.
by StringTheory on Mar 24, 2010 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Love Swingers. Great flick.
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by Mike Rogers on Mar 24, 2010 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll just bury this confession here.
I haven’t been to the movies in over five years.
by StringTheory on Mar 24, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm lucky if I get there twice a year
That’s not necessarily by choice, though. It always seems that when I have the time/money, there’s no movies I want to see and when a movie comes out that I want to see, I get bogged down in work.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 24, 2010 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I haven't been
In more than 10 years, I think. I saw the second of the Star Wars prequels with my brothers, one sister, and her boyfriend (I don’t think they were even engaged at the time).
I just am not in the habit.
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God
I love movies. There’s something about film as an entertainment medium I just love.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 24, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I like them...
but I cant sit through them and often I don’t like to come back to them later. So normally I dont bother.
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maybe it's the theatres
They are always cold, too loud, I don’t like the sound of people coughing around me, the seats are uncomfortable, and I have no control over when the movie starts and stops. Watching a video is much more enjoyable for me.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Finding a good theater helps
Course, I love old theaters, especially on midnight release.
Went with some of my friends 30 miles for the midnight release of Zombieland- the theater was so old it didn’t have stadium seating, but the lights were retro neon and the crowd was worth it (they started booing and catcalling during the Twilight trailer, for instance).
Man, I can’t wait for the summer movie season…
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by David Tokarz on Mar 24, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
if memory serves me correct...
you live right near me accept in Midland. Your theater right there off of Joe Mann is actually quite nice. The seating is quite comfortable. It definitely beats Bay City’s theater which is generally atrocious.
Things change in a decade. :)
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I guess
I just don’t think of going to the movies and either I’m tired in the evening, or I didn’t think of it before the movie started, or there isn’t anything I particularly want to see, or I just don’t want to deal with the crowds.
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I'm the complete opposite.
I’m not a big movie fan. Never seen the godfather, hate the star wars series, and haven’t seen a ton of other movies that people like. I get too antsy and can’t watch a series of movies in a series of days in a row. I’d rather be doing other things for some reason.
When I do watch movies, it’s mostly comedies.
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one of my sisters
Is fidgety and can’t sit still, so she has difficulty watching movies, too.
On the other hand, I can put on a DVD of “How the Earth Was Made” and watch three episodes in succession. :)
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I could watch the entire Planet Earth series start to finish. Love that sort of thing.
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I need a pee break every few hours
But I’m the same way. :)
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Have you ever seen
Blue Planet. Equally awesome as Planet Earth
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own that set
David Attenborough is the man.
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by Baroque on Mar 29, 2010 3:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ugh.
The last movie my friends dragged me to was Ancorhman. I sat there stone-faced the entire movie and dozed off at one point.
by StringTheory on Mar 25, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
that is crazy
when it gets toward the last few months of the year (when all the “good” movies come out), I’ll go a few times a week or see 3 movies in one day. haha
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I watch movies all the time
But mainly in theaters since I get bored watching them at home.
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
The friend I watch most movies with has a projector at home.
I tend to complain out loud about plot-holes and inaccuracies, so my inability to suspend belief is best kept out of public theaters.
by StringTheory on Mar 25, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Still jealous you went to SXSW
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by David Tokarz on Mar 25, 2010 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
As am I.
I doubt she went to it, but Fat Mike of Nofx apparently had quite the ‘set’ at SXSW. I went to download a video of it but it sent off all sorts of warning bells for viruses so I didn’t grab it. But it was incredibly … odd.
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haha, god, I saw NOFX so many times in high school
I had no idea he was there.
I was sick most of the time so this year at SXSW was pretty low key.. I only saw like 15 bands (compared to about 30 last year).
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Don't they have a film festival too?
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by David Tokarz on Mar 26, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
yep
Interactive (which is like, computer nerd fest), Film and Music
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It's better that you didn't go.
It was apparently incredibly somber and disturbing. He dressed up in his Cokie the Clown act playing some nofx songs acoustic and telling UNREAL stories of his life from showing up at his dad’s funeral for a few minutes before leaving and doing drugs, to having to sedate his mom when she had a terminal disease because she asked him to and more.
I don’t know how much of it is true (he’s a maniac and it wouldn’t surprise me to find out he stretched the truth beyond limits), but even if he is lying it’s probably based in some sorts of fact. Just really somber, yet I really, really want to see it.
I still love NOFX, though. “The Decline” is one of my 3 favorite songs/records ever and the definitive punk rock song in my mind.
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jesus christ
I always knew he was insane, but wow.
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Mhmmm.
Yeah, for real. I found it like a car wreck; something I shouldn’t ever want to see, but am captivated by.
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maybe my 3d glasses were broken...
but I wasn’t that impressed by the graphics.
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I heard bad things about it and so I came in wanting to like the movie.
Boy, I sure did leave hating the movie!
Dontrelle Willis apologist.
I'm not sure who the original artist of this is so I didn't do a fanshot, but
funny fake movie poster featuring D-Train
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by allikazoo on Mar 24, 2010 1:25 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I'm not seeing anything. Is it just the same poster you have on your blog?
by StringTheory on Mar 24, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
also
I changed my avatar, to accurately reflect my FCW campaign director status.
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I changed mine to reflect my relative state of mind
that, and I just started watching Mad Men. Awesome show.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 24, 2010 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
A movie worth the visuals AND has a plot...
INCEPTION!!!!!!!!
Directed by Chris Nolan, who unfortunatly gets billed as: that guy that directed the Dark Knight. (which although good, not as great as everyone said… Okay, yeah, sure, it was great for a superhero movie, but that’s it!).
Seriously though, it looks amazing!
It’s like Memento in the Matrix (altho I wasn’t a fan of the Matrix… Man I’m too cynical…).
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 24, 2010 4:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Is that out yet?
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by David Tokarz on Mar 24, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
And to add a couple more to the list
Also saw The Messenger today. Solid movie- of course, it fell under the governance of the Steve Buscemi rule.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 24, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
What is that Y-shaped structure's function?
by StringTheory on Mar 24, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
decoration now
Back in the day, trains drove on top and dropped iron ore down the chutes into ore boats. But now we only have one working ore dock, in the upper harbor.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 24, 2010 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember seeing that on my way to the Porkies in July...
and I said to myself “What the hell?”
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it would have made more sense when it was still attached to railroad tracks
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 24, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I might have a picture of it somewhere from my POV...
I don’t think tracks would’ve helped. :P
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since I know there are some other knitters and crocheters around here
This blog is hilarious if you are a crafter. :)
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Someone at the Detroit Athletic Company had a brain fart
I’m in the middle of (finally) ordering my Justin Verlander jersey. I was browsing the jersey section of the Detroit Athletic Co. website looking for the Verlander one, when I came across this:
And in case you’re curious, they DID spell Ryan Raburn’s name right on his jersey.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 24, 2010 10:48 PM EDT reply actions
OMG
that came from the Detroit Athletic Company. Bwahahaha. They are usually very professional. I recommend them to everyone. I recently bought a jersey, but not from there thwsy had this deal at Fanatic U buy one get one half off, so me and my friend split the cost of 2.They didn’t have my size with my player’s name and number on it, so they had to make it.
Anyway, I went to pick it up and it was off center. I was pissed. He was like I’ll give you a discount, he was gonna refund 20 or 50 or something I can’t even remember. but I said no I want it centered (lame of him to ask). that was like 3 weeks ago. and he told me he would have it ready in like four or five days. So I called to make sure it was ready before I drove all the way out to Garden City and no it wasn’t. I was sooooo pissed.
I finally got my jersey on Sunday, three weeks later. seems the girl who sews them went on vacation. I said wtf??? you have ONE person to sew jerseys for 3 locations. Most horrible customer service experience I’ve ever had. I will NEVER send anyone to that place.
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by Detroitchik on Mar 24, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Piece of jersey advice
Ebay. Got a Miguel Cabrera away jersey for 39 bucks with shipping. My Granderson cost me under 50 (and this was long before the trade). More popular the player, more common the jersey.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 24, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I can never bring myself to pay that much for a shirt...
regardless of awesomeness.
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same here
I don’t mind spending serious money for something like shoes (to avoid sore feet) or coats (because a good coat will last many years), but for regular clothes I don’t like spending a lot.
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I'm not against it
I just look like a fool wearing a baseball jersey. Yes, even as one as nice as the Tigers’.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 25, 2010 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I have been promising myself
for years. Well I finally did it. I may only get to wear it a half a season… ah, hell who am I kidding. I’ll wear it even when my boy is gone.
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by Detroitchik on Mar 25, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I've already ordered mine
Ebay did not have any bargains for Verlander jerseys in my size. Besides, my luck is terrible with ebay.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 25, 2010 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions
This is stupid, but...
Whenever we do case studies in class, the patients are always identified by their initials and not their name. We did one yesterday that had a patient with the initials “OP,” but whenever my professor said the initials out loud it sounded like he was saying “Opie” (a fact which was not lost on him). I kept imagining Adam Everett lying in a hospital bed with metabolic acidosis and on a ventilator (and to make things even weirder, “OP” was the same age as Everett).
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 25, 2010 11:14 AM EDT reply actions
We use fake names
either that, or “Bob” has one hell of a medical history.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 25, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
my computer is dying...
which is very upsetting because it will severely handicap my game thread participation.
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What's the problem?
Maybe it’s fixable.
by StringTheory on Mar 27, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
it shut off randomly on me last night.
which had me really puzzled. When I’d go to turn it back on it would enter the BIOS but than would shut off randomly again. So basically I just started resetting things. Starting with the CMOS. That did something it allowed me to at least get past the BIOS screen before it’d shut off. To test if it was my hard drive I inserted a linux live cd and attempted to install it over my whole hard drive. no go. It shut off before I reached the installation phase.
That apparently did something else because I was able to reboot and get further into the Windows startup and run start up repair which let me attempt a system restore. That didn’t work either. After that though, I managed to boot into safe mode. After about two minutes my computer shut off again.
Just out of desperation I decided to try and install Windows. Which amazingly worked. Since than I’ve had it shut off on me twice. Once while in Windows and once while half way through the BIOS boot up.
I’ve ran memory diagnostics with Windows and with my BIOS. Neither reports any issues. I do know that my hard drive is going bad but that doesn’t explain any problems that I have had. On top of this, reinstalling the operating system over my whole hard drive should have taken care of any virus’ on my computer. This just leaves hardware issues, which on a laptop, usually aren’t easy to take care of outside of hard drive replacements and RAM.
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it seems to be going longer every time I use it without shutting down...
I’m just severely confused.
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Sounds like an overheating issue
I had a similar problem with an extra computer I have lying around here. I re-seated the CPU heatsink and fan (so I thought), booted it up, and within a few minutes, bingo, shut down. Fired it up again, shut down mysteriously again. As it was shutting down one of those times, I caught a glimpse of an error message on the screen talking about how the temperature was too high; turns out the heatsink wasn’t properly seated on top of the CPU. Opened it up, put it on properly, and no problems since.
With a laptop, you might want to (carefully) remove the cover and blow out any dust inside with some compressed air.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 28, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure it's not the heat sink...
essentially all that stuff is brand new from last time my computer died. HP fixed that for free because I was still under warranty.
I’ve pretty much run every diagnostic I can think of. The only thing remaining like you said is an over heating issue.
So now I have to get the cover off my lap top which is easier said than done and do some dusting.
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Fantasy yahoo
Today I have a draft and i have a little question :
[I play @ league with 15 other teams – some players play this some times , others are rookies]
Who players over 300 o-rank are definitely good and underrated [Scott Sizemore is around 300]
Sory fo my English , i think you understand me
do not use yahoo's o-rankings
because too much changes after they make them. As CMonroe pointed out, they have a pretty talented rookie almost off the charts low.
but to answer your question, 1 is the best, 1500 (or whatever) is the worst.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 28, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
West coast players
other than Diamondbacks are typically underrated. Yahoo is heavily east-coast biased, from what I’ve found in recent years.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 28, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm
I’d go for Dexter Fowler, Chris Ianetta, Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes, Asdrubal Cabrera, Carlos Lee, Ubaldo Jimenez and Carlos Beltran.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 28, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
The only one I got on that list is Phil Hughes
Outside of that, I ended up with a TON of Phillies and Rockies. I also have Verlander. Then again, I suck at fantasy baseball and I play in a league that is intentionally disorganized.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 28, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I pulled Fowler and Beltran
Would have gone with Ianetta, but I got Weiters for a good price. Sucks I lost out on Hughes/Cabrera/Lee/Jimenez.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 28, 2010 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I drafted
A.Escobar and O.Cabrera [CIN] as SS
Orodnez , Bay , Willingham , Fowler , Byrd as OF
SP = Verlander , Burnett , Cain [I hate SF , but NL East is the weakest in NL.]
closers – Wilson , Fuenetes and Lindstroem [i think Hosuton coach give him a closer role]
Try to get
Brandon Lyon in case he beats out Lindstroem for the closer spot in HOU. If you have room of course.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 29, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Lyon was drafted by someone
Other free CL :
Capps
Gregg
Sherill [Broxton will be colser in LAD]
Wilson
and Chris Pérez
The bullpen suffered a blow when closer Kerry Wood(notes) failed to pitch in spring training due to a strained back muscle that will cause him to start the season on the disabled list. He is expected to miss the first four to six weeks of the season. Chris Perez(notes) will replace Wood in the closer’s role.
Indians is still poor team – how many games they will won – ?? 0.4 ??
We sign Lyon last year for closer role , but Rodney of course s**k all time and in last game
Wilson of the Giants?
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by David Tokarz on Mar 30, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
From Texas
C.J. Wilson
I have WIlson from SFG
BTW this is my Pitching stuff : JV , Cain , Burnett , WIlson from SG , Fientes , Lindstroem , Matusz , Wade Davis and Padilla [Joba Chamberlain dropping Vicente Padilla].
Batters : Yadier as C , Derek as 1B , Kinsler , Figgins , Escobar , Bay , Ordonez , Byrd , Willingham , Fowler , Cabrera , Scott Sizemore.
Some young and talented players.
League include 16 teams
I Want to trade SS Cabrera for Iannetta/Happ/hawpe [i must decied who]
In yout opinion it will be fair ??
Hmm
I’d take Chris Ianetta or Brad Hawpe. Coin flip as to who- though I think you’re weaker at C.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 30, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
wilson is no longer in the bullpen
he’s a starter now
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by David Tokarz on Mar 30, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
(trust us, Alli keeps track of him)
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by David Tokarz on Mar 30, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
CJ and scott feldman are the only pitchers on that staff worth a damn
feldy had a great year last year, very underrated.
harden is good obviously but he’s made of glass.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 29, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
first pick in a draft
who would you go with? Albert Pujols may be the best hitter, but there are also loads of great first basemen.
I would rather have
other player, although he’s the best hitter out there, (we’re talking fantasy right?) If it were a straight up draft i would definitely try and get him, but if it were auction style like I learned about today when you only have that certain amount of money to spend, you may get shafted and end up with player who have a really low BA or OPS so to have Pujols wouldn’t do you much good when you combine the team average for points, would it? Maybe I am wrong. In the draft, I ended up with Billy Butler as my first baseman. He’s no Pujols but he gets on base and hits for power too.
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I went with Hanley Ramirez
because of the lack of other good SS, and still ended up with Adrian Gonzalez for 1B
Hanley wnet for a million dollars in our draft
I went with asdrubel, the other (good) Cabrera. All in all i am happy with the team i got, there are a couple of players I really wanted but i was outbid.
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I am doing another on Wednesday
that’s a straight up draft. I already have a list going of the SP and position players I would like to get. Well, actually I hi-lited the players i want, and several of them in each position so just in case one of the players I want gets drafted before my turn I have a back up plan. The auction style was a new experience, but I enjoyed it. It was pretty fun
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This
POSITION SCARCITY.
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by David Tokarz on Mar 28, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Advice
Never leave dishes in your sink for more than 2 weeks.
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ewww
now grab a petri dish for your bio class, maybe you can get extra credit
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reminds me of when we did an experiment with E. Coli in my AP Bio class...
Our teacher didn’t tell us it was E. Coli right away. So we were messing with the petri dishes holding them by our faces and such. We than made the little buggers glow under UV light and made them resistant to an anti-biotic.
Good times. Good times.
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+10000
and some Lysol and latex gloves
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by Detroitchik on Mar 28, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
BTW
that advice is based on experience. Get a hose and lots of dish soap. Then a mop.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 29, 2010 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Solved the problem
I used the mini-hose attached to the sink and a lot of Ajax dish soap.
He may not be able to play CF, but he can clean my dishes! (bad joke over)
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by David Tokarz on Mar 29, 2010 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Poopz's celebrity dopplegangers made their way to Ohio
I waited on someone today that looked a whole lot like Paul McCartney.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 28, 2010 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
remember how I waited on Emilio Estevez?
I saw Martin Sheen the other day.
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you have a
doppelganger family buying cold cuts and such?
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by Detroitchik on Mar 28, 2010 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Are we going to continue a monthly off topic thread when the season starts
would be nice
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we should.
that way our important convo’s don’t get lost.
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GOD I HOPE SO
It helps to keep OT conversations from being disjointed.
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Yes
Off-day open threads get pretty OT themselves.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 29, 2010 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
and if the BYB get-together is 10% as much fun as this past weekend
No one will regret going. Just for anyone wondering if they should make a commitment to go to Detroit and meet a bunch of strange people who follow the same team, DO IT.
Two thinks that are essential – name tags (such a help) and throat lozenges, as I haven’t had any voice for the last three days but still keep talking. :)
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Did you guys
drink Detroit dry or something? Twitter seemed like the morgue on Saturday.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 29, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Saturday was recovery day
On Friday after the hockey game I actually closed down a bar for the first time in my life – without drinking! – and then we found a great restaurant in Greektown that was still open and had the best waiter ever, then got back to the hotel room at about 4:30 am, and then I took a couple guys to the Henry Ford Museum where I proceeded to spam twitter with pictures while I gloated about the old lady having the energy to go out and do stuff while they were collapsed on couches at the Doubletree. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
they were neat pics...
and you’re only as old as you feel.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
My Blog: Strike Three Mechanics
So technically...
she would be younger than everyone collapsed on couches at the Doubletree.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 29, 2010 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm glad people got a kick out of them
Although the idea of a 1987 teenager’s bedroom being a MUSEUM EXHIBIT still freaks me out, as I was 17 that year. But I never had a Depeche Mode poster on the wall. I got a lot of responses from people who hadn’t been in years, and one comment asking if I was narrating a tour for grade school kids or something. Actually, I was just practicing taking pictures with my Blackberry – and I figured out how to zoom in and out, which I didn’t know how to do before.
And the not drinking helped – I was tired, but there was no hangover to deal with.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Closed down a bar?
"[M]aybe he’s hoping we’re distracting each other while he elopes with pie. I’m on to you Kurt."- madpoopz
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 29, 2010 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
seriously
They had to force us to leave because it was closing time. I have never done that before EVER in my life. Not even in college – when I was up past 2:00 am in college (which was pretty common), it had nothing to do with a bar and everything to do with a paper due or a test to take the next day.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I'll put together my ramblings on WIM later
But it will take some time to process it all into something that makes sense.
And I’ll have to write some letters. There were a lot of people who were very nice – I can heartily recommend the Doubletree on Lafayette to anyone staying there, they were fantastic people, and the Laikon Cafe in Greektown (I think I spelled that right) had the best waiter ever working the late shift on Friday night. And their meatballs rocked.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I am so mad at myself
for missing it. Damn college budget.
by handsomerob1 on Mar 29, 2010 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
next year
We’d be stupid to try to top this, but the best part is meeting people and getting together. A party and a game with friends we can do next year too.
Seriously, it was like a bunch of actual friends more than “people I talk to on the internet.” Everyone was wonderful, and there was a lot of conversation not just about hockey, but also about families, jobs, other hobbies, a little about baseball from some people, roller derby (a couple of the people attending ref), and everything you could imagine, just like any other group of friends. The fact that we were meeting each other for the first time ever in real life was irrelevant.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Almost every time I read Robbie Weinhardt,
I think of this. I still have mine. One B off, but close enough.
I have one of those, too!
It was my grandpa’s. It doesn’t work anymore, but I still have it somewhere.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 29, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
new baseball book alert
the bullpen gospels by dirk hayhurst, a pitcher for the blue jays. it’s on its way to me so I can’t say for sure how good it is, but read the early reviews – they should convince you. and he’s a really cool guy, currently rehabbing his shoulder. he’s on twitter – @thegarfoose.
Director of the 2010 Free Casper Wells campaign
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I hope you plan on staying up til midnigh then
actually I don’t. so you can post in a minute and I’ll be going to sleep. good luck!
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 31, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn
I knew that as soon as I posted that someone would leave one. At least I got the first one in April.
by handsomerob1 on Apr 1, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought about just typing a "DENY" here...
but Kurt denied you just fine.
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
My Blog: Strike Three Mechanics
DENIED.
My old blog is Tigers By The Numbers.
Now I write at Bless You Boys.
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by Mike Rogers on Mar 31, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha!
Last comment… though it’s April.
Also, if Kurt does any April fools crap that deals with us trading Verlander, Porcello, Crosby, Turner or Cabrera, I’m going to kick some ass.
"[M]aybe he’s hoping we’re distracting each other while he elopes with pie. I’m on to you Kurt."- madpoopz
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
go to and rec please
http://www.blessyouboys.com/2010/4/1/1400202/off-topic-april-2010
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