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Playoffs Open Thread- Winter Fowl Edition

by John Cole|  January 18, 20093:09 pm| 156 Comments

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Eagles v. Cards.

I always root for the Eagles because they are from PA and I have a bunch of friends who are Eagles fans, but the Cards in the NFC championship is such a new thing. Plus Larry Fitzgerald is a freak.

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  1. 1.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    Either of these teams would be a worthy loser in the Superbowl.

  2. 2.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    @JSF: Tsk tsk…

    GO EAGLES!!!!

  3. 3.

    Mike Jones

    January 18, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    I think the key is for the Cards to contain Don Henley. Glenn Frey has never been known for ability to play in bad weather. I’m predicting big games for Egan and Mahoney.

  4. 4.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Adrienne, I hope you are linked in. I am going to need some Iggles support. Beautiful 3rd and 5 pass for a First Down!

    BTW, I hear there are Go Steelers/Go Eagles sign from PennDot along the turnpike. I wonder what Ed will have them say if both PA teams progress.

  5. 5.

    KG

    January 18, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    True Mike, but you got to also spy Joe Walsh, guy always seems ready to go off on his own.

  6. 6.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Sorry Adrienne started typing before your first post.

  7. 7.

    KG

    January 18, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    When was the last time two teams from the same state played in the Super Bowl, Niners vs Chargers?

  8. 8.

    Punchy

    January 18, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    10 down, 37 to go. BTW, the guy that just made that tackle (Hank Baskett) is the guy who’s engaged to that former TV playmate/fuck doll/glorified hooker of Hugh Hefs.

  9. 9.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    @ Kathy: I’m here. I’m posting from my iPhone though so I might be a little slow on the response time, etc.

    Slightly OT: My 7 y/o nephew just informed me that he is no longer a Cowboys fan and isnow an Eagles fan. I am sworn to secrecy though as his father is a huge Cowgirls fan. LOLz.

  10. 10.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    @ Kathy: I’m here. I’m posting from my iPhone though so I might be a little slow on the response time, etc.

    Slightly OT: My 7 y/o nephew just informed me that he is no longer a Cowboys fan and is now an Eagles fan. I am sworn to secrecy though as his father is a huge Cowgirls fan. LOLz.

  11. 11.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    I don’t really care who wins this game so I’m having a hard time getting excited. There are good storylines on both sides. I guess the most compelling for me is Kurt Warner finding Super Bowl glory again so I’ll try to root for the Cardinals if I can stay awake.

  12. 12.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Well, having the other team pick off your pass then fumble on the run back is one way to get a 1st down.

    Lucky Adrienne, I would love an I-phone. Your nephew deserves a special lunch out or other treat. I bet he feels like an Obama Republican.

  13. 13.

    Laura W

    January 18, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Um, I guess some man named Barack is about to speak from the Lincoln Memorial. I mean, just as an option over on cable.

  14. 14.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    @Laura W: I’m Obama’d-out. November 4 was the high point for me. All that’s left is pomp and circumstance for the ladies and bureacracy for the rest of us.

  15. 15.

    JGabriel

    January 18, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    Is this another one of those threads about athletic competitions? While not one myself, I’m pleased to see that this site attracts so many athletic supporters.

    .

  16. 16.

    Punchy

    January 18, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    WHERE THE FUCK WAS THIS FITZ DURING FANTASY SEASON?

    AND YES, I KNOW I’M YELLING. I’m doing it in real life, too, at my TV. Dogs are scared.

  17. 17.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Philadelphia is starting feel Carolina now.

  18. 18.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    Laura W, another 10 minutes like we just had, I might take a look. However, I heard someone mention (it might have been at this blog) that this isn’t the year to "bet against Dudes from the South Side of Chicago."

  19. 19.

    KG

    January 18, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    this isn’t the year to "bet against Dudes from the South Side of Chicago."

    No, that was 2008, this is 2009.

  20. 20.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    If they show that Cards coach masturbating with the playcall sheet again I’m switching to the Eagles.

  21. 21.

    mgordon

    January 18, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    "Plus Larry Fitzgerald is a freak."

    I think Fitzgerald is quickly approaching Super Freak status.

  22. 22.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Naw, not at all. Our D is just playing a little too loose. We’ll tighten it up.

    @Kathy: Yeah, I love my iPhone, but I’m on the computer now because the iPhone was not affording me the speed I need to succeed. I love my iPhone SO much that I dropped my first one in the toilet, and I went and bought ANOTHER one. Crazy. It’s like crack.

  23. 23.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    I am sorry, but where the fu*k was the interference flag?

  24. 24.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    If they show that Cards coach masturbating with the playcall sheet again I’m switching to the Eagles.

    Come on, man, it was just a wardrobe malfunction.

  25. 25.

    Zzyzx

    January 18, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    @Kathy: What? You’re not allowed to tackle the receiver when the ball’s in flight?

  26. 26.

    Laura W

    January 18, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: My last attempt to reach you…Bono singing to Obama/Biden right now on HBO.
    Oh you look so beeyootiful tonight

  27. 27.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Hard to believe Philly has the number 3 rated defense in the NFL.

  28. 28.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    I love my iPhone SO much that I dropped my first one in the toilet

    I don’t really settle into new electronic gear until I have had it in the toilet at least once.

    Which was a real problem with that 42" HDTV last fall. Luckily, I was able to find a public restroom urinal big enough to handle it.

  29. 29.

    JL

    January 18, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    @Laura W: I had to pause the special so I’m a few minutes behind. What a spectacular show!

  30. 30.

    Laura W

    January 18, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    @JL: Maybe you and I, being the ladies we are, should just email back and forth off-board since I’m about to get all girly and sniffly.

  31. 31.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    To be honest, my stomach hurts watching this game. WTF IS GOING ON?

  32. 32.

    JL

    January 18, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Well that wasn’t good for Philly fans.

  33. 33.

    John Cole

    January 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    I think Fitzgerald is quickly approaching Super Freak status.

    As a WVU fan, I got to see plenty of him in college. He is sick.

  34. 34.

    passerby

    January 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    The cards are playing like they want to win. One of the announcers was just commenting about the lack of Cards running game, but James is doing good work this game. So, what the sam hill is he talking about, lack of running game.

    Cards look good on all fronts today.

  35. 35.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Yeah, our D is playing out of character. Now is NOT the time to have an "off" day. I can deal with off days during the season but NOT when the SuperBowl is on the line.

  36. 36.

    JL

    January 18, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    @Laura W: Earlier I spoke with a friend and mentioned that MSNBC’s promo for Tuesday made me cry. She laughed and said that she has become a blubbering sort. Her brother called and he also keeps getting choked up.

  37. 37.

    Punchy

    January 18, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    I predicted this. Nobody mess with Kurt Fucking Warner in a dome/good weather. Worthless in snow, but just a chuck machine otherwise.

    I predict TZ to be +8 by the time this game is over. Or should be, as groundbreaking as this win will be.

  38. 38.

    GuyFromOhio

    January 18, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    What a spectacular show!

    If Shakira in skin-tight black leather pants is any indicator, it’s going to be a scrumptious four years.

    Iggles D seems like it is playing on time delay. Or maybe the Cards O is just time-shifting slightly into the future. Does not bode well.

  39. 39.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    OMG, what a gift. That ball didn’t go out of bounds, of course I don’t think the Philly receiver touched it either.

  40. 40.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    My only issue with this game is that Arizona doesn’t deserve it. This is the state that gave us Barry Goldwater and John McCain.

  41. 41.

    passerby

    January 18, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    eagles just got a gimme from the refs. That ball was not out of bounds.

  42. 42.

    passerby

    January 18, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    so the refs just made it up to the cards with the IG flag. Squared up now.

  43. 43.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    I predict TZ to be +8 by the time this game is over.

    I don’t drink, but if the Cards continue roasting the Eagles on a spit, and win, I may take a sip of the demon rum afterward to celebrate.

    I am not counting Cardinal chicks before they hatch. Obama the president, and the Cards to the Super Bowl, in the same week? I think we’d have to check to see if there are pigs clogging up the Air Traffic Control system …..

  44. 44.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    This is the state that gave us Barry Goldwater and John McCain.

    And Alice Cooper, and Stevie Nicks. And 14 total runs allowed to the Yankees in a 7-game World Series. And Cactus Jelly, and jackalopes.

  45. 45.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    This is such bullshit. WTF was Demps thinking? That could be a nail in the coffin. I could KILL him!

  46. 46.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    @Laura W: So, about last night..

    There was a killing here last night. I couldn’t go into detail earlier because the investigation was still ongoing. We have verified Ray Lewis’ alibi and he is no longer a target of this investigation.

    One of Mrs. Fuckhead’s Game Night guests had stepped onto the back porch to smoke a cigarette and this is what she found. We immediately suspected the killer but there was no way to prove it. This morning I took some measurements and the victim is too large to be carried in through the suspect’s small door. So the investigation has widened to include this known rabbit stalker

    At this point, we think it might have been a two-animal job. No motive has been determined.

  47. 47.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    It’s not over until it’s over, but, jeeze, LF is a freak.

  48. 48.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    I know Philly fans must be disappointed the game isn’t in Philadelphia so they can throw heavy and dangerous items at the Eagles.

  49. 49.

    Josh Hueco

    January 18, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    @TheHatOnMyCat:

    This is the state that gave us Barry Goldwater and John McCain.
    And Alice Cooper, and Stevie Nicks. And 14 total runs allowed to the Yankees in a 7-game World Series. And Cactus Jelly, and jackalopes.

    But Kurt Warner’s from Iowa so it doesn’t count. Plus, God is on his side. Also.

  50. 50.

    John Cole

    January 18, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Not to go all West Virginia on you, but did you cook the victim?

  51. 51.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    I really feel like I’m about to upchuck.

    WHY THE FUCK IS LARRY FITZGERALD ALWAYS OPEN?! Has the Eagles D just decided not to cover him?

  52. 52.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    @John Cole: Haha. No, we hung him up on the back porch and put a Steeler’s jersey on him.

  53. 53.

    Ninerdave

    January 18, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    @Kathy:

    I think anyone of us could QB the Cardinals. Just huck the ball down field in LJ’s general direction.

    Man, he is amazing. I must have watched that flea flicker play 20 times.

  54. 54.

    Laura W

    January 18, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: You’re killin’ me with your Ray Lewis quips.
    1) That is NOT the bunny of green sweatshirt photo fame, is it?
    2) Was Glenn Close at Game Night?
    3) What is Apples to Apples and can I buy some on amazon?
    4) I CAN HAZ YUR GINGER CAT?

  55. 55.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Gotta tell ya, Rackers is probably the best in the NFL right now. That thing was right down the middle. Nothing but net.

    Wow.

  56. 56.

    gwangung

    January 18, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Grew up in AZ. Lot of family still there.

    LMAO.

  57. 57.

    sgwhiteinfla

    January 18, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Jim Johnson is looking like the dumbest "guru" ever right now. How about rushing 4 and playing zone? If he keeps blitzing and singling up Fitzgerald I don’t know how they will get back in this game.

  58. 58.

    Punchy

    January 18, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    Game. Set. Match. TZ, bust out the spirits. Cards will milk this beeyotch in the 2nd half with a combo of runs and passes and the Eagles never get within 10 of da Redbirdz.

    Congrats.

  59. 59.

    Dr. Rockso

    January 18, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    39- "That ball didn’t go out of bounds, of course I don’t think the Philly receiver touched it either."

    Live ball on a kickoff. If he didn’t touch the ball, the pigskin’s up for grabs.

    I joked to my friends that Kurt Warner signed a deal with teh devil that expired February 3, 2002. Almost forgot how awesome his game was in St. Louis…

  60. 60.

    Josh Hueco

    January 18, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    As a Cowboys fan I must say that I am enjoying this immensely.

  61. 61.

    Punchy

    January 18, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    We have verified Ray Lewis’ alibi and he is no longer a target of this investigation.

    That won’t stop Cole from blaming him anyways for ruining the lives of the little bunnies and claiming Lewis’ silence on this senseless slaughter is clearly inhibiting the investy.

  62. 62.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    @Laura W:

    1) I dunno, probably not. We have a lot of rabbits in our neighborhood. So many in fact that it is not uncommon to flush ten or twelve on a summer evening when the dog and I go biking.

    2) lmao

    3) Apples to Apples is a game in which each player has seven noun cards in their hand. One player, the judge, plays an adjective card and each of the other players plays their most-fitting noun. Most-fitting can mean funniest, most apt, weirdest, whatever. The judge determines who wins. I’m not much of a game player but it is compelling.

    4) He comes with many furry souvenirs in assorted sizes.

  63. 63.

    sgwhiteinfla

    January 18, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    BTW

    #38 could never play for me again if I was Andy Reid. That elbow he gave Warner was beyond stupid, and indefensible. And it was right in front of the ref. He helped the Cardinals get in position to make that last FG. What a moron.

  64. 64.

    John Cole

    January 18, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    @Punchy: Are you sure you aren’t a Republican, putting words in my mouth like that? I believe what I said was “Two people who were last seen alive with Ray Lewis and his buddies are dead, and Ray Lewis and his lawyers made sure we will never find out what happened.”

    Can that even be argued?

  65. 65.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    If he keeps blitzing and singling up Fitzgerald

    …. the Cards will win by 30.

    But I see some kind of major D adjustment coming. The Brotherly Love team has got to keep the red offense off the field in the second half. Otherwise it’s curtains for the Pennsylvania Poultry.

  66. 66.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    @John Cole: Ya’ll save it for the Ravens-Steelers thread.

  67. 67.

    sgwhiteinfla

    January 18, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    John Cole

    Actually that can be argued because Ray Lewis turned state’s evidence and testified AGAINST his buddies. So your assertion that he and his lawyers prevented us from learning the truth doesn’t ring true.

  68. 68.

    John Cole

    January 18, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    But I see some kind of major D adjustment coming.

    Like what- they going to play in the second half?

  69. 69.

    Thlayli

    January 18, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Well, having the other team pick off your pass then fumble on the run back is one way to get a 1st down.

    Strangely enough, that’s two years in a row this exact play has happened in the NFC Championship game.

    At least R.W. McQuarters had the excuse of not being able to feel the ball because his hands were frozen.

  70. 70.

    Comrade Darkness

    January 18, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    OT

    I’m configuring a spare mac with parallels images for website validation, one with ie 6 and one with ie 7 (I’m astounded MS requires a whole separate windows install, but fortunately that’s easy on a mac, funny enough). I’m allergic to windows so this is almost maddening. I’ve worked around just about everything, including the eye-glaring, brain-injuring gaudy colors that came on the interface as a default, but the main irking question remaining is, where is the setting for: "Make the tiny little indecipherable icons on the lower right big enough to see?"

    Really, my eyes are not that bad, but hell in a handbasket, wtf is up with those bizarre little pixelated blobs?

    Oh, XP pro, in case anyone cares.

    And after that, where is the setting for "Make the blurry little icons on the lower right leave me the f*ck alone, especially after I just dismissed them thirty seconds ago" ?

    Thanks. You have my sanity in your hands.

  71. 71.

    rawshark

    January 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Plus, God is on his side. Also.

    And puppies.

  72. 72.

    Comrade Jake

    January 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    @John Cole:

    That would be a major adjustment, yes.

  73. 73.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    Like what- they going to play in the second half?

    Or, that. Heh.

    Plan 2, or B, would be for the Eagles to play some ball control and keep it away from Warner and Fitzgerald that way.

    They gotta do something. Overthrowing open guys is not going fill the bird feeder.

  74. 74.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    And putting the ball on the ground isn’t going to do it for them either. Oops.

  75. 75.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Oh lord, the Eagles are laying all around that fumbled football and a Card grabs it. When it rains it pours.

  76. 76.

    Brick Oven Bill

    January 18, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    This pleases me greatly as I am tired of watching McNabb sell soup.

  77. 77.

    rawshark

    January 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    I hate that FOX robot

  78. 78.

    John O

    January 18, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Isn’t it obligatory now?

    Get a Mac. :-)

    Hey, John, I would have to take the Ravens and 6. Should be a low scoring game in what I suspect will be lousy weather.

    Being from Chicago and without a dog in the hunt, I’m all AZ all the time through the Super Bowl. 9-7. Too funny.

  79. 79.

    Dr. Rockso

    January 18, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Doesn’t AZ have the advantage in a playoff game in Tampa over the Ravens and the Steelers?

  80. 80.

    Comrade Darkness

    January 18, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    >>Get a Mac. :-)

    If you are talking to me. It *is* a mac. That’s all we have here, linux, bsd, mac (which IS bsd…) But IE, being as ignorant of standards as it is, doubles the cost of every web development project by the time everything gets tweaked for it, so for this big project I need to make it much smoother to test. I used to run RDC to a remote desktop windows box for testing, but that’s awkward, and I can’t control the browser versions.

  81. 81.

    John O

    January 18, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Comrade, you obviously know a lot more about that stuff than I do.

    OT: My own personal knock on Donovan McNabb since he got a starting job was that he was simply not a natural passer of the ball.

    He’s just so good at everything else he’s been a winner.

    I hate point guards who can’t shoot, too.

  82. 82.

    GuyFromOhio

    January 18, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    @CD

    I’m configuring a spare mac with parallels images for website validation, one with ie 6 and one with ie 7

    Ever see this? I used it quite frequently when I had need of such things.

  83. 83.

    Ninerdave

    January 18, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    I’m configuring a spare mac with parallels images for website validation, one with ie 6 and one with ie 7 (I’m astounded MS requires a whole separate windows install,

    Parallels 4 is ass. Avoid it. I have to limit it to one processor otherwise is sucks up all the CPU on my machine. Even then it jams up the processor it’s running on and is slow as hell. Everything I’ve tried in their support forums hasn’t worked.

    Back OT. I am fully enjoying seeing the Eagles get their asses handed to them.

    Cards v. Steelers?

  84. 84.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    January 18, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    The Cardinals’ success is a slap in the face to the Lions.

  85. 85.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    If the Eagles can score a TD now, they’ll be down by 4.

  86. 86.

    Joe Lisboa

    January 18, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    The Cardinals’ success Reality is a slap in the face to the Lions.

  87. 87.

    Kathy

    January 18, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    I signed of my computer because I was afraid it was causing bad ju-ju. However, I see a ray of hope. But just in case I am going back to my needlepoint until late in the 4th quarter.

  88. 88.

    dmsilev

    January 18, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    @Comrade Darkness:

    I’m configuring a spare mac with parallels images for website validation, one with ie 6 and one with ie 7 (I’m astounded MS requires a whole separate windows install, but fortunately that’s easy on a mac, funny enough). I’m allergic to windows so this is almost maddening. I’ve worked around just about everything, including the eye-glaring, brain-injuring gaudy colors that came on the interface as a default, but the main irking question remaining is, where is the setting for: "Make the tiny little indecipherable icons on the lower right big enough to see?"

    Well, the blunt-force-trauma method would be to drop the screen resolution, either on the host Mac or in the guest XP (dunno if the latter is possible, or if Parallels fixes the guest OS resolution based on host resolution and the window size).

    Slightly less brute force, you can right-click on the XP desktop, select the ‘Appearance’ tab, click Advanced, and then the ‘Active Title Bar’ item. Change the size from the default of 25 to 45 or so, and hit OK, and then Apply. That’ll increase the size of your taskbar, including the system-tray icons. Side effects, however, include gigantic title bars on your actual windows. And diarrhea, though that might be from using IE6.

    -dms

  89. 89.

    Comrade Darkness

    January 18, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    "Parallels 4 is ass. Avoid it." Thanks for the note. I inherited version 3, and didn’t even think about it.

    "Ever see this?" I can validate like that for most projects. But these sites, which were built by student monkeys on dope, will require about a thousand tweaks and they can’t each take ten minutes. Thanks tho.

    It says: "Hiding your inactive notification icons… To see the hidden icons click this button" o__O

    I think just need to find the gin.

  90. 90.

    Laura W

    January 18, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: You’re a PROPHET, Fuckhead!
    Oh c’mon…you can’t lose prophet status for a shit kick like that. Not your fault t’all.
    (ooo, you jumped the gun on your seer status too, I see. Let’s see if you edit it out….)

  91. 91.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Four point game.

  92. 92.

    Dr. Rockso

    January 18, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Well well, this just got very interesting…

  93. 93.

    GuyFromOhio

    January 18, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    I hate that FOX robot

    I hate the Coors Light commercials. How acting the braindead idiot helps sell beer is a mystery.

    OTOH, I gotta have one of those pickup trucks.

  94. 94.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    Oops.. make that 5. My bad, this Eagles team today doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt.

  95. 95.

    GuyFromOhio

    January 18, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    Four point game.

    Oopsies, not quite.

  96. 96.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    @John O: Are you smoking crack? McNabb has a rocket.

    Both sides of our team seems to have woken up, after nearly giving Eagles fans a freaking heart attack. I’m hoping that was some more Eagles Ju-Jitsu. 5 point game.

    Kathy, where are you?

  97. 97.

    Scotty

    January 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    Akers is throwing the game!

  98. 98.

    GuyFromOhio

    January 18, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    But these sites, which were built by student monkeys on dope, will require about a thousand tweaks

    Wow, IT outsourcing has really hit rock-bottom.

  99. 99.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    @Laura W: Haha. Fuckhead doesn’t cheat.

  100. 100.

    Laura W

    January 18, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: I was just going to Affirm you for that very thing, Fuckhead.
    I am not worthy.

  101. 101.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    @Laura W: You know who wants to edit their shit right now? Cardinals fans.

  102. 102.

    Punchy

    January 18, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    It appears that Warner put a lot of money on the Eagles 2nd half.

    Yikes….cardz losing?

  103. 103.

    passerby

    January 18, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Ruh Roh

  104. 104.

    John Cole

    January 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    I’m thinking the Cardinals are going to regret picking Sarah Palin.

  105. 105.

    Napoleon

    January 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    Awesome catch. Eagles up by 1. I would love to see an Eagles – Steelers Super Bowl.

  106. 106.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    That was a BEEEAUUUUTIFUL PASS.

  107. 107.

    demimondian

    January 18, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    @Comrade Darkness: Ok, then, get a real computer, by which I mean one which runs an operating system with an OS with preemptive multitasking and a working ACL model. Contrary to the villagers’ prating, Mac OS X is *not* BSD, but rather a thin BSD user-space layer on top of a wildly restructured and basically non-functional implementation of a Mach kernel.

    In all seriousness, the Windows POSIX compatibility layer is a better implementation of BSD than the Mac’s ‘You’ve been punkt, motherfucker’ implementation of BSD userland.

  108. 108.

    MikeJ

    January 18, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    I’m thinking the Cardinals are going to regret picking Sarah Palin.

    But she can see Tampa from her house!

  109. 109.

    Dr. Rockso

    January 18, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    Cal Represent! DeSean could be rookie of the year.

  110. 110.

    GuyFromOhio

    January 18, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    I would love to see and Eagles Steelers Super Bowl.

    Both are second-half teams – you could tune in at the half-time show and not miss a thing.

  111. 111.

    tinat

    January 18, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    It’s honestly too much to ask that the Cardinals to be in the Superbowl in the same time frame as a black man being elected President of the United States, LOL.
    I’ll take the President but maybe next year for the Cards…..a girl can dream, LOL

  112. 112.

    Little

    January 18, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    Up by 1 – but Kurt Warner is still in the game. Look out.

  113. 113.

    Svensker

    January 18, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    Dang. It’s tough being a Jets fan with the Cards as backups.

  114. 114.

    Little

    January 18, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    they can’t afford challenge, but tht ball looked like it hit the ground. that play just a play ago, I mean.

  115. 115.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    @Napoleon: That is my sports wet dream. I’m an Eagle fan through and through but the Steelers are my top AFC team. An Eagles-Steelers SuperBowl would light PA up. Phillies win the World Series and then a Philly-Steelers SB? Craziness.

  116. 116.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Gutsy drive by Arizona. This is saying, we deserve this dammit, we want the Super Bowl.

  117. 117.

    Adrienne

    January 18, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: The Eagles entire third quarter was saying the same thing. 19 unanswered points in one quarter? Yeah, we want it. Our D just needs to do what it does any other day.

  118. 118.

    Little

    January 18, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    McNabb Superbowl win = Rush Limbaugh hell.

  119. 119.

    Andrew

    January 18, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    Our D just needs to do what it does any other day.

    Let the Cards drive to the end zone 7 yards at a time?

    McNabb Superbowl win = Rush Limbaugh hell.

    The is the one and only reason I’m rooting for the Iggles. But damnit, I’m rooting for them, because fuck Rush Limbaugh.

  120. 120.

    John Cole

    January 18, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Has anyone checked the PUMA blogs to see if they think the Eagles and Steelers are going to lose because they voted against McCain?

  121. 121.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    I’d say that’s a Cards win. Congrats, you slimy Republican supporting Arizona fuckers.

  122. 122.

    maya

    January 18, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Is it true Sarah Palin will be doing the coin toss at SB XLIII as a Puma consolation?

  123. 123.

    passerby

    January 18, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    And with a nod to Donovan McNabb, I say climb aboard the Pumpkin Coach Cinderellas, your goin’ to the ball (bowl).

  124. 124.

    Little

    January 18, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Unbelievable. that was interference.

  125. 125.

    Brick Oven Bill

    January 18, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    Hooray. I’ve spent an evening at a pub in Black Canyon City, just north of Phoenix. I bet they are enjoying this. It is a nice town to visit, if you get the opportunity.

  126. 126.

    Comrade Kevin

    January 18, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    What’s this about Palin?

  127. 127.

    Little

    January 18, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    The 15 second miracle?

  128. 128.

    SnarkIntern

    January 18, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    OMFG. I see it, I don’t believe it.

    Jaw, meet floor.

    These Cards have made a believer out of me.

    I am breaking out the JD.

    Un.Fucking.Believable.

  129. 129.

    SnarkIntern

    January 18, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    you slimy Republican supporting Arizona fuckers.

    Sure, damn us with faint praise.

  130. 130.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    Bring on the Stillers.

    We haz your trofeez.

  131. 131.

    2liberal

    January 18, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    @adrienne – it looks like you and your team suffered from some overconfidence. I think the ref calls at the ends of both halves balanced out.

  132. 132.

    JL

    January 18, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    @maya: Somehow I think that half of America would protest. We are all real Americans now.

  133. 133.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    January 18, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    Tweet! Tweet damn it!

  134. 134.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    You know who wants to edit their shit right now? Cardinals fans.

    See this little dance here, where I wiggle my bottom side to side?

    That’s so you can KISS BOTH SIDES OF MY ENTIRE ASS.

    Heh. Dude, Pennsylvania is so American Revolution. Arizona is the future.

  135. 135.

    John O

    January 18, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    Adrienne, I didn’t say he didn’t have a strong arm.

    I said he is not a natural passer, and he isn’t. And his inaccuracy cost them a lot today.

    Lots of guys can throw a baseball 90 mph. Not a lot can squeeze it into the strike zone.

  136. 136.

    Screamin' Demon

    January 18, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    @John Cole:

    I’m thinking the Cardinals are going to regret picking Sarah Palin.

    I’m thinking the Redbirds are going to the Big Show.

  137. 137.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    I wonder if Bill Bidwill will remember this.

  138. 138.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Okay, triumph, followed by disgrace. We have a quarterback who thinks Jesus is helping him go to the Super Bowl.

    Fuck me with a sharp stick.

  139. 139.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    January 18, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Go Steelers.

  140. 140.

    Leinad

    January 18, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    Either way, an Aussie will go to the Superbowl, so this was win/win

  141. 141.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 18, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    @TheHatOnMyCat: Yeah, but if he’s right, the rest of us are fucked.

  142. 142.

    sgwhiteinfla

    January 18, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    Uhmmm WTF is a natural thrower and who in the in the hell was that who was throwing TDs to lead the Eagles back to the lead in the first place? Its funny how much they bagged on Donovan for bad throws but you never heard them say anything about Warner missing on throws even when they couldn’t make a first down in the 3rd quarter.

    McNabb only htrew for 375 yards and 3 TDs. My what a shitty game he had.

  143. 143.

    Comrade Kevin

    January 18, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    @TheHatOnMyCat:

    We have a quarterback who thinks Jesus is helping him go to the Super Bowl.

    The assclown said something similar back when he was with the Rams.

  144. 144.

    J. Michael Neal

    January 18, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    Two extra mpg, bitch. I can get all the way to Elk River.

  145. 145.

    Screamin' Demon

    January 18, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    @TheHatOnMyCat:

    Yeah, that Jeebus shit is really annoying, but I expected no less from him. He used the same shtick back in ’99 with the Rams. If God did exist, I somehow doubt he’d give a rat’s ass about the outcome of a bunch of earthly pissants running back and forth across a green concrete slab carrying the skin of a pig.

  146. 146.

    TheHatOnMyCat

    January 18, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    Yeah, but if he’s right, the rest of us are fucked.

    Good point.

  147. 147.

    Andy K

    January 18, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    Okay, triumph, followed by disgrace. We have a quarterback who thinks Jesus is helping him go to the Super Bowl.

    And you were where when Warner did the same thing after every other game in his career? And it’s not like he wasn’t front-and-center for the Rams in consecutive Super Bowls.

    The only time the "I’d like to thank my Lord and Savior" thing has pissed me off is when Frank Tanana pulled it after the Tigers shutout the Jays 1-0 on the last day of the season in ’87, to win the division. He should have thanked Larry Herndon for the home run.

  148. 148.

    Screamin' Demon

    January 18, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    @sgwhiteinfla:

    who in the in the hell was that who was throwing TDs to lead the Eagles back to the lead in the first place? McNabb only htrew for 375 yards and 3 TDs. My what a shitty game he had.

    The Eagles dominated the third quarter. If you want to win, you have to show up for all four quarters.

  149. 149.

    tinat

    January 18, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    Hell must be freezing over in Phoenix for real!
    I guess Kurt does have a pipeline to Jesus, LOL because that is the ONLY way the Cards could make it to a freakin’ Superbowl.

  150. 150.

    Ninerdave

    January 18, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    @TheHatOnMyCat:

    Okay, triumph, followed by disgrace. We have a quarterback who thinks Jesus is helping him go to the Super Bowl.

    Fuck me with a sharp stick.

    Oh he’s always been a hard core bible banger. I wonder what God was doing between in the intervening years between the Rams SB win and today?

  151. 151.

    Ninerdave

    January 18, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    @tinat:

    I guess Kurt does have a pipeline to Jesus, LOL because that is the ONLY way the Cards could make it to a freakin’ Superbowl.

    Well maybe if God spells his name Larry Fitzgerald.

  152. 152.

    Bob In Pacifica

    January 18, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    I switched before the Jesus thing from Warner. With all the crap going on in the Middle East, though, it’s nice to know that God takes Sunday afternoons off to watch the NFL.

  153. 153.

    J. Michael Neal

    January 18, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    Tyrone Carter is still in the NFL? The kid was fantastic here at the University of Minnesota, but I figured no one in the league would have a use for a 5’7" safety.

  154. 154.

    J. Michael Neal

    January 18, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    Shouldn’t the clock have to be running to force the use of a timeout in the last two minutes? This rule is dumb.

  155. 155.

    tinat

    January 18, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    @Ninerdave:

    LOL, here in Phoenix Larry Fitzgerald will at least be crowned king!

  156. 156.

    estamm

    January 19, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Personally, I really hate it when players credit God with a win or some personal accomplishment. Seems kinda stupid to think that God gives a crap about that given all the horrendous problems in other parts of the world. However, I’ve seen lots of interviews with Kurt, and while he may credit his beliefs for his success, I’ve never heard him say that God helped him win, and that is a big difference. I also love the way Kurt can throw a football 30 yards to a WR on a crossing route and hit in the numbers in full stride. When Kurt is on, he is simply the best quarterback in history. (Unfortunately, he is not always ‘on’.) In yesterday’s game, he was ‘on’. (It would have been a blowout if the Cards offensive line could’ve been a bit better.) Also, I love it when a team makes the super bowl when they’ve never been there before. GO CARDS!

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