For the whiners. All you have to do is ask, you know…
Also, bad news for Tom Friedman:
A possible General Growth Properties bankruptcy could happen in the next few days.
Actually, I guess that is bad news for all of us, since the market for dull platitudes will never dry up, and this means he most likely won’t retire young. Damnit.
Also, I am watching the Sarah Connor Chronicles or whatever it is on Fox, and it appears that in the future, all the freedom fighters have had collagen implants in their lips. I find that odd.
Laura Whiner
I’m pretty sure I saw it asked for a few times going back to the afternoon games, and after that in later threads. Even maybe with the word "Please" in front of it.
I’m glad to know you’re reading my comments again, though.
BOILED KALE.
mcc
The collagen implants are the only way to stave off the Nano-Bird Flu.
AhabTRuler
Jesus. That series went from being a nice one-two punch of movies to being the commercial property that will not STFU, stop cross-merchandising, and DIAF already.
Delia
I am waiting impatiently for the BSG series finale. But since I’m on the west coast I’ve still got a long wait.
JL
Movie for this week is Happy go Lucky which I will give a review tomorrow night whether you ask or not. (ain’t posts great). Last week was Rachel’s getting Married and I think we need a post just on that movie. The wedding scene was tooo long but the rest of the movie was quite good. Some folks could nit pick and say they heard all the lines before but Anne Hathaway gave an outstanding performance that would tug at any mom’s heartstrings.
low-tech cyclist
in the future, all the freedom fighters have had collagen implants in their lips. I find that odd.
I’ve recently had occasion to make a series of long-haul flights on Delta Airlines. The lips of the young lady who gives the recorded safety lecture on the overhead screens look as if they could be used as emergency flotation devices in event of a water landing.
robertdsc
/stares at the Tunch Star in orbit.
Fcb
It’s not collagen, it’s computronium.
It’s not implanted, it’s injected. The eyes are implants.
Duh.
mike the dealer
I just watch Terminator cause Shirley Manson is a killer robot. If she dies as I expect at the end of the season, they can cancel the series.
Svensker
It is really wrong of me to be enjoying that, isn’t it?
AhabTRuler
A little, but I think we can let it slide this time.
Dave
GGP is in trouble. They bought the Maine Mall outside of Portland a few years back in one of those crazy leveraged deals where you take on a load of debt with the small payments up front.
Well, now the Maine Mall is missing two anchor stores, restaurants are leaving the food court and there are more than a few empty storefronts. And GGP isn’t get near enough return on their investment to keep pace with debt service now.
Something tells me they bought their other properties using the same plan.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist
@AhabTRuler: Yeah, pretty much. Making it a series was a pretty dumb idea, because Terminator is supposed to be wall-to-wall asskicking and there’s no way you can really sustain that in a series.
Not that I wouldn’t like to see them try. After seeing Summer Glau beat seven kinds of hell out of a bar full of toughs in Serenity, I thought there were possibilities for this show. Too much goddam talking, as it turned out, and the Connor characters are too dumb and wimpy and stuff. Sigh.
JenJen
Freaking finally! ;-)
Having a so-so day in Balloon Brackets, but a healthy beer buzz, so who cares? Keith Olbermann named Twitter "Worst Person In The World." What, no Tunch photo?
That’s all I got.
Nicole
Ssh! Battlestar is on!
Comrade Stuck
@Svensker:
He’ll be Ok! by selling short. (oops, double dribble)
Comrade Stuck
BTW. I think Bootlegger’s cheating. Gather up yer congresscritters.
JL
@JenJen: Actually that is quite a lot. Earlier in today’s post a commenter mentioned that he liked us "best" because we seemed more serious or something and I can’t think of a more serious post than yours.
The commenter got tired of reading Kos and the other partisan sites. We’re not partisan, we’re just informed.
You help us attain that status.
JenJen
@JL: This Because American Quality Good.
JL
I did not join the Balloon Juice basketball contest but I hope that those that did will keep the rest of us informed.
Carrie
I am packing tonight…am moving in with my elderly folks tomorrow…
Someone has to keep an eye on those troublemakers!!!!
JL
@JenJen: lol@
Carrie: Remember that we are a good venting place. Reverse role playing is never easy.
JenJen
@Laura Whiner: I always wondered what the "W" stood for.
Comrade Stuck
@JenJen:
Bad grammar is a sign of smart/
Keith
I had to look up all this stuff because I didn’t know that Friedman is married to a Bucksbaum (the family that started GGP), but DAMN! They went from $3.5 Billion to $25 Million.
I should add that my financial advice to Mr. Friedman re: his wife’s company going under is to give it another 6 months.
Comrade Stuck
@JL:
Some teams won and some teams lost. Not being a smart allick, it is truly all I know about college basketball. And so far, that is paying off in the tourny pool/ go figure
JenJen
@Keith: I like the way Atrios summarizes it: "The Mall Is Flat."
Hang in there for six more months, Tom! (nice, Keith!)
MikeJ
Stealing from Atrios in re the ny-20:
* In an interview with the Oneonta Daily Star newspaper, Tedisco claimed that "Rush Limbaugh is meaningless to me." [Oneonta Daily Star, 3/20/09]
* Just hours later, the Tedisco campaign issued a press release apologizing. [The Hill, 3/20/09]
Just Some Fuckhead
@JenJen: It’s pronouced "winner". She’s way too modest to tell you that herself.
JGabriel
John Cole @ Top:
Not so odd. Clearly the robots of the future test for humanity by taking samples from the lip. When they find silicone, they assume it’s a robot – thereby leaving only the silicone enhanced to rebel.
.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist
@JGabriel:
(golf clap)
JL
@Comrade Stuck: Actually I was looking for more info. Maybe some one has guessed (informatively of course) all the winners so far. Your post indicates that maybe that info is not available. BTW, I’m rooting for Libby and Laura.
Comrade Stuck
Yep, the info is available. And I wouldn’t get my hopes up on Laura, since all the teams she picked, had to have green uniforms.:)
And no one has guessed all the winners. If they had, we would make them Treasury Secretary.
Libby
@Comrade Stuck: The bonus rule thing is killing me in the brackets. I feel like I should be doing better. And it removes the incentive to follow the games when choosing the right team to win doesn’t mean you actually advance.
On the bright side, it sort of makes the brackets more exciting because I never know what to expect when I click in to check my standing. So there’s that.
Comrade Stuck
@Libby:
I’m doing Ok with the bonus points, but don’t have a clue why. It’s all kind of murky, like the inner workings of AIG.
The Pale Scot
Summer Glade is a cutie,
As for BSG, fuck me, I turned on the telly @ 10 and watched 4 fracking minutes before I realized it started at 9. Right in the middle of a climatic moment, does anyone know if it plays again @ 11;11 or do I have to wait ’till 12? Or should I just Torrent it and watch it tommorrow? It’s not like I can afford to actually purchase anything that’s being advertised.
Carrie
@JL:
you don’t know my parents…
Libby
@JL: Aw shucks. Thanks for the support. It may be why I moved up this afternoon. It sure wasn’t because I’ve picked 24 out of 28 right so far.
JL
@Comrade Stuck: @Comrade Stuck: Libby and Church Lady are doing pretty good so far.. I did not partake because I just have not followed college basketball this year.
Many years ago before anyone had heard about Gonzaga, I had an employee pick Gonzaga for upsets because she liked the name. Sometimes following the teams is not as important as gut picks.
JenJen
@Libby: I wish I’d have paid more attention (hell, any attention) to our custom scoring. I would’ve picked a few more underdogs… then again, I picked Mississippi State under the bitter haze of utter Rule Ignorance, so I should probably shut up now.
At any rate, reading the fine print of our custom scoring, I just learned that I have purchased GE stock, joined SarahPAC, and I am apparently now following Tucker Carlson on Twitter.
JL
@Carrie:
sounds like elderly parents.
Comrade Stuck
You weren’t the only one making that dubious pick. GAve myself a good forehead smack for it.
bootlegger
@Comrade Stuck: Proof! I demand proof before you slander me!
Actually I’m cynical and take full advantage of the upset bonus by picking all upsets for seeds 9-12. The "loss" is only one point in the first round while the "gain" is the difference in seeds so I only need a handful of upsets to score well in the first round. Sub-5 seeds rarely go deep in the tournament so taking them out in the first round doesn’t cost me anything later on.
But don’t worry, my remaining teams are doomed, for I am The Kiss of Death.
Libby
@Comrade Stuck: It’s a mystery to me. But it’s still fun.
rmp
We watched Sarah Conners and all my wife could say was ‘what’s the deal with her lips’.
Mark S.
Why did I think West Virginia was going to get to the Elite Eight? Huggy Bear let me down.
Man, I have a lot of casualties in that Midwest Region. It’s like getting a test back when you forgot there was a test that day.
Comrade Stuck
Oh noes! Cleveland State is up 15 points on Wake Forest. Cleveland fucking State, isn’t that like a comnunity college or something.
And Bootlegger. the absence of proof before slandering is an Internet Tradition, right next to quoting people who didn’t say it.:)
bootlegger
@JL: Church Lady has the most correct picks so far, 25 of 28. She has an aversion to upsets however and it cost her in the upset bonuses.
I checked the Yahoo national standings. Out of more than 2 million entries there are at least 50 with perfect brackets so far (the leader board only goes to 50). My 21 correct picks puts in the 52nd percentile.
Wini
Christ. No one (well, approximately 4 can, including President Obama) can complain about their pool standing until they take a peek at mine first.
bootlegger
@Comrade Stuck: You are correct sir, I’ll take my slander with a "thank you" for the reach around.
I put the warning about the seed bonus in three places on the front page, so if you didn’t see it you’re as credible as Geitner claiming he is shocked, Shocked He Says, that AIG is giving bonuses.
bootlegger
@Wini: If it makes anyone feel better, POTUS Obama is in the 11th percentile nationwide. Lets hope he does better with the economy.
Laura W
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Oh Fuckhead. That is the nicest thing EVER!
Enjoy your punishment!
Libby
LOL. Could have been worse. They could have subscribed you to Glen Beck’s newsletter. Or drafted you into the Awesome Red State Army.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W: As nice as this?
JenJen
@Comrade Stuck: Florida State leading Wisconsin by 10, also not doing me any favors.
bootlegger
@Libby: If you click on that you also get a virus that automatically puts you on NAMBLA’s listserv for daily photo uploads and a robocall to your local FBI.
Ked
*major spoiler*
*though if you don’t know your anime classics you won’t get it*
…and the BSG finale turns out not to be End of Evangelion, but Gall Force. AAAAAAAAAAGH. Nice midseason head-fake, tho.
Could be worse. But I wanted more explosions.
Laura W
@Comrade Stuck:
Well I never, Stuck!!
Since I was not able to view all uniforms before picking I went with any team that had a record of 22 (luckiest number in my whole entire life!) or the name of a cat (Tiger, Bobcat, Jaguar, Puma, Cheetah, etc etc.) After that, I picked teams from CA and/or NC, and after that I picked those whose names I liked, and after that, I picked teams whose opponents states I hated.
Last I check I was pwning our Prez by one point, but I’ve not been back for a couple hours.
Kinda ascared to look, frankly.
I was feeling all heady today when I shot like a bullet up to the low 30’s after being in the very high 40’s (er, 49) last night.
bootlegger
@Just Some Fuckhead: Is that the Oak Ridge Boys in them fine tuxedoes! Damned they’re hot!
Is that not just the most patriarchal wife-beater song evah!
Libby
Cool. I think I picked Cleveland. I picked W. Virginia too. In honor of John Cole.
JenJen
@Laura W: It was not my intention to click upon that atrocity; ergo, this.
Just Some Fuckhead
@bootlegger: Already into the hooch again, Bootlicker?
bootlegger
@Laura W: You’re 4 up on POTUS.
Martin
Yeah, but so is Wake Forest.
Brick Oven Bill
I am much more productive during those weeks when I am banished for expressing an opinion, or defending a television personality. I also get more exercise. There is a store three miles away that I enjoy walking to for groceries. Last week I saw a group of turkeys on one of these walks, which I have now come to know is called a ‘rafter’.
In addition to the turkeys, I have also attended a Glenn Beck event. You guys drove me over the edge. So if anybody has any questions as to how that went, feel free to ask. I have come to the conclusion that Glenn Beck is not the dumbest person in the world. It really was a pretty good time.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Brick Oven Bill: Welcome back BOB. Bootlegger has been filling in for you.
JL
@bootlegger: Okay, so even though Church Lady is winning she didn’t pick upset games so she really isn’t doing that great? It will be interesting to see how the Balloon Juice crowd does after Sunday.
Tattoosydney
@Just Some Fuckhead:
@Laura W:
Do you two need to get a room?
bootlegger
@Just Some Fuckhead: If by "hooch" you mean single barrel bourbon then yes. Don’t be dissin’ the pastel frills on the tux man, ain’t nothin’ that pimp!
Just Some Fuckhead
@Tattoosydney: Hell, we can make it the three of us, TS. It’s the 00’s.
JL
@Brick Oven Bill: You were only gone a week.. Geez, we haven’t even had time to miss you. Next week we were planning a eulogy.
bootlegger
@Just Some Fuckhead: Why are you bringin’ the hate chief?
Tattoosydney
@JenJen:
That is the most wonderful (read: awful) thing I have ever seen. I miss the Solid Gold dancers (and Hot Gossip).
bootlegger
@Brick Oven Bill: Well if you’ve reached that conclusion then that’s all we need to know, cuz that man is chock full of the stoopid.
bootlegger
@JL: She’s still 4th in our pool.
bootlegger
@JL: She’s still 4th in our pool.
Tattoosydney
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Now you’re speaking my language… Can I bring my friends?
hypusine
Random and not anywhere near original: why aren’t the Fed and Treasury being run by Krugmans and Roubinis? Say they or their ilk would take the reins. It’s not like they couldn’t get up to speed.
Maybe the optics suck? Or they’re not politically savvy enough? OTOH the brains and track record are there. And hell. Maybe the optics should suck. Scare some sense into the heavyweights running interference. Just saying.
Just Some Fuckhead
@bootlegger: I’m sorry dawg, wasn’t sure if you were picking a fight or not. When commenting, it’s always best to go all in first and then dial it back later if necessary. :)
JenJen
@Tattoosydney: The Smokey Robinson number was rather risque, no? SOLID GOLD!
Just Some Fuckhead
@Tattoosydney: That was awesome. I can’t outdo it.
Laura W
@JenJen: I’m pretty sure Fuckhead is gonna prolly have to kill ya’ now for exposing the source of his never ending drekfest of cheesy vintage music links.
I LOVED Her Town!
bootlegger
@Just Some Fuckhead: No chief, I was snarking on that awesome vid. Seriously, you can’t be too nostalgic for tux like that or songs where women cave in to their men. Shit, I remember liking both the tuxes and the song, I remembered all the damned words! Can’t…get..song…out…of…head….where….is…the…drill…….
Ninerdave
Beets suck.
That’s all.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W: Nothin wrong with that music, hater.
Edit: OR the dancers.
Krista
And….BSG is over. Finale was very nicely done. It feels weird to now have my Friday nights back.
Just Some Fuckhead
BOB, don’t leave us hanging on the Beck event.
Comrade Stuck
@bootlegger:
I know. not complaining since I’m doing well with BP. Of course, if that changes, I’ll do my WATB impersonation.
bootlegger
@Brick Oven Bill: As usual I learned something from BOB, a nugget in the cesspool. I have lots of turkeys around here and I’ve been calling them a "flock", now I can drop "rafter" on my neighbors…its not like they don’t already think I’m weird.
bootlegger
@Comrade Stuck: Glancing over the brackets there are still a dozen or more in the title hunt.
RandyH
Haven’t read the comments here above… But toight’s "Real Time" with Bill Maher was the best show EVER. Must watch in re-runs (on now on HBO-E even.)
Must Must watch.
Ninerdave
@Krista:
Tivo. You can have all your nights back and never have to watch commercials.
MythTV is better, if you like dinking with computers.
bootlegger
@Just Some Fuckhead: No shit, did you meet someone BOB? The suspense is killing me!
Comrade Stuck
@JenJen:
Same here. Now where’s my dern rally cap? Maybe BoB is bringing bad luck.
Krista
@Ninerdave: True. Mind you, anytime we missed it, we would just download it and watch it at our leisure. But where we live in the boonies, it’s not like there was a hell of a lot going on most Friday nights anyway.
Laura W
@Krista:
I feel your pain.
I’ve not yet adjusted to having my Sunday nights back after Six Feet Under went off the air.
(3, 4, 5 years ago? You just can not put a time limit on grief, damn it!)
Ninerdave
@Brick Oven Bill:
We have a couple of turkeys here in Oakland, CA (**insert local politician joke here**). Strange I didn’t know turkeys could be found in the Bay Area. I once (for about 5 seconds) entertained the idea of trying to catch one and eat it, but they don’t seem to have much meat on them.
bootlegger
@Ninerdave: My neighbor says you can only eat the breast, the rest is too tough.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Comrade Stuck:
We could try banning him again but I want to hear about the Beck event first.
Tattoosydney
@Just Some Fuckhead:
There is an endless supply of awful just in the works of the Solid Gold Dancers.
bootlegger
@Just Some Fuckhead: Oh, I know, we have to ask BOB a question.
BOB? Do you call a group of Beck fans a rafter?
Comrade Stuck
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Well, you better get it out of him fast, before he starts up again with the musings on genetics for dummies.
Brick Oven Bill
Just Some Fuckhead;
It was really good. I was going to just kind of just go to the bar for a beer and observe the gathering. When I first walked through, there were just a couple of retired folks sitting at a table eating fish and I thought, uh oh. But then more and more people started showing up and then people like me started moving from the bar to the viewing room.
Then they moved us from the viewing room to the auditorium because it was standing room only. I am not in the market, but if I was, I would sign up for one of these Glenn Beck groups. There are some very good looking women, which is a very strong sign for any political movement.
Here is a successful group in the Maryland area, which seems to be of the same demographics that I saw on Friday. The typical female at this Glenn Beck event was more attractive than the typical female I saw at an Indigo Girls concert I once attended.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Krista: Reminds me of this joke:
A man from the city, moves to the country. His farmer neighbor visits one day and invites him to a party that night. The farmer says "I gotta warn you there is going to be a lot of drinking there." The man replies, " That’s O.K. I used to go out and drink a lot with my friends after work." The farmer then says, “I gotta warn you, there may be fighting too.” The man replies, "That’s O.K., I generally get along with people pretty well." The farmer then says, "I also must warn you that sometimes there is a lot of sex." The man says enthusiastically, "That’s O.K." The farmer then gives the man directions to his cabin. As the man is almost out the door, he asks, "What should I wear?" The farmer answers,"It doesn’t matter! It’s just going to be the two of us."
Steeplejack
Okay, I’m here, so that means it’s time to close up shop. Last call! Everyone make your final comments and get the hell out.
Steeplejack
@Comrade Stuck:
My brother’s alma mater, Michigan State, is playing Robert Morris, which I’m pretty sure is a regional chain of appliance stores.
Just Some Fuckhead
Hooboy, where did the time go?
Laura W
@Brick Oven Bill:
Welcome back, BOB.
bootlegger
@Brick Oven Bill:
Of course! When conducting an encircling move to surround one’s enemies always bring the hotties! Hey, they weren’t wearing purity bracelets were they?
Betsy
And referring to women as if we’re members of a mildly interesting nonhuman species you’re observing will really help you with the dating. Keep it up!
Libby
Okay, us old people need our sleep. I’m out for the night. Bye for now.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Betsy: BOB has already pairbonded with a female that has suitable breeding characteristics.
Betsy
@Just Some Fuckhead: Well, that’s a relief.
Laura W
@Steeplejack: Shit!
I’ve worked all day on my assignment (Best Thorn Song Ever/Best Lennox Song Ever). I think I’ve nailed down my submission in outline form but was not expecting you tonight and thus feel not quite polished and detailed enough to call it complete.
If you will grant me an extension, I will solidify my findings and submit them, um…next time you come in here unexpectedly and catch me unprepared again?
bootlegger
Cleveland State still beating Wake and An Ohio State University can’t shake Siena.
Just Some Fuckhead
Shorter Laura: I find BOB much more interesting, SJ.
Brick Oven Bill
Thank you Laura W. I enjoy this forum and am thankful for the posting priviledges.
Steeplejack
@JenJen:
I was okay until the miniature disco balls at about 2:30. Then I threw up a little in the back of my throat.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Brick Oven Bill: John is a bastard for hurting you.
Tattoosydney
@Tattoosydney:
Although they pale into insignificance beside the true awfulness of Hot Gossip at their best.
The Kenny Everett Video Show (for those for whom the reference is utterly meaningless) was the rudest show on Australian TV (imported from the UK and shown on our national broadcaster at such an inappropriately early hour that most Australian kids of the 70s were somehow allowed to watch it).
bootlegger
Ohio State is a bunch of thugs and the refs are letting them get way with it while calling small change on Siena. The goofy looking Siena center has been slammed to the floor five times now and not a single foul called. I hate the thug game.
bootlegger
@Just Some Fuckhead: Now I’m curious, what the hell did BOB do to get banned? He never responds to even the most vile provocation and I’ve never seen him abuse anyone. Anyone know?
Laura W
@Just Some Fuckhead: Fuckhead…where’s your generous and hospitable spirit tonight?
BOB’s been away a while.
It’s time to….can you guess?
Tattoosydney
@Laura W:
Woo! Indigo Girls!
Just Some Fuckhead
@bootlegger: I dunno. I just chalked it up to John being John.
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
Hey, I said no p3rformance anxiety in the other thread. After everyone else had left, of course. But still. (I think that phrase got me slammed into arbitration or whatever for a while.)
But I have to confess that I am at a bit of a loss. Apparently you have time not only to do your usual Friday night song-link throwdown with Fuckhead (Stevie Nicks? "Whenever I Call You Friend"? really?) but you can spare a few minutes to effusively welcome back the prodigal BOB. But, hey, throw Steep a bone, give him one lousy song link from your vast library to help him get through the lonely night, well, screw that. Hmmph.
Tattoosydney
@Laura W:
A personal favourite…
Steeplejack
@Just Some Fuckhead:
True dat.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Steeplejack: lmfao
Brick Oven Bill
I included a Maryland-area group in hopes that John would join it Just Some Fuckhead. John is very close to seeing the light that the Democrats suck too.
I came to the realization that the Republicans suck too in 2006, after starting my political journey as a Democrat, so I can recognize the signs of impending clarity.
The next logical step of political enlightenment is perhaps to be found in the gaze of a Glenn Beck groupie.
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
@Just Some Fuckhead:
All is forgiven. I got distracted by the bright lights and pretty colors on the YouTube. Great song. Written by Cat Stevens, oddly enough.
Tattoosydney
@Tattoosydney:
Heavens – I’d forgotten how overwrought that song was….
joe from Lowell
In the future, people are constantly getting punched in the mouth.
Laura W
@Steeplejack:
A bone for Steep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SET-5EMAqyg
The word that gets nearly everyone stuck in moderation hell, including you the other night, has to do with FOOTWEAR. That four letter (or 5, when plural) word that refers to stuff we wear on our feet!
Tattoosydney
My last contribution (off to lunch)… This song was (disturbingly enough) the chosen song for my entire class for our theme song. Catholic boarding school boys. Hmmmm.
Steeplejack
@Brick Oven Bill:
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but welcome back, Bill. You have been mi–mi-m-m . . . God, I just can’t say it.
Anyway, one request: more Richard Brautigan, less Protocols of Zion. ‘Kay?
Just Some Fuckhead
@Brick Oven Bill: Well don’t go get yerself banned again by opening up to ol’ fuckhead, BOB.
Take a few minutes and enjoy this.
JenJen
Oh Lawd! Wake is gonna blow up everybody’s brackets.
Ohio State is practically playing to a hometown crowd and still can’t pull it together! Come the fuck on now, Buckeyes.
March is awesome.
bootlegger
@Brick Oven Bill: Do you mean Beck’s loving-eyed closeup or his tear-filled choke? I fine both equally intoxicating.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Tattoosydney: mmhmm
Steeplejack
@Just Some Fuckhead:
You’re a right mixer, you are.
John Cole
Good Bill Maher tonight.
I think Kerry Washington has the hots for Maher.
That NY Times reporter kept trying that bullshit about doing too much.
I see Brick Oven Bill is back. Not sure how that happened, but it has been a week. No more racist stuff Bill.
Laura W
@Steeplejack:
1) I wouldn’t be taking advice from Fuckhead.
2) I don’t know if I like that Cat Stevens Whoever guy doing this song.
3) I wouldn’t be taking advice from Fuckhead.
mr. whipple
can you believe this shit?
bootlegger
OSU v. Siena to 2nd OT!
Wisconsin v. FSU in OT!
Cleveland State beats Wake!
Seriously rad!
Steeplejack
@Tattoosydney:
Jee-sus. You guys are taking me to parts of the YouTube that I prayed didn’t really exist. Make the burning stop.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Steeplejack: I’ve got moxie.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W: lmao
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W: Nevermind, I clicked the link. You suck.
bootlegger
Oh crap, 2 Juicers picked Cleveland State and leapfrogged me into first and second in the pool.
3 choices in 64 right has 25 correct and 53 points
Libby is 26 and 52
Bootlegger is 22 and 51
bootlegger
@mr. whipple: I hope the Thugeyes go down hard here.
srv
@Tattoosydney:
Well, not a boarding school, but the nuns were not amused with our pick
srv
Good Catholic boys crap on Ohio.
mr. whipple
i don’t have anything in it, but the wife is an alum. she’s pissed.
bootlegger
Goodbye Thugeyes!!
Balloon Juice Tourney Pool
First Round Top 5
"Three choices in 64 right" (anyone want to claim this entry?) has 26 correct picks and 62 points.
Bootlegger 23 and 60
Crusty Dem 25 and 59
Comrade Suck 25 and 56
Libby 26 and 53
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
Well, yes, I could have gone with the bleedingly obvious, but . . . I wanted that thready note of real neediness. I don’t think Rod Stewart
understandsis capable of feeling emotional pain. He’s the kind of guy, his wife is leaving him with the kids, and he’d say, "Fetch me a Guinness before you leave, eh, love?"bootlegger
@mr. whipple: Ok, sorry to hear that man. Can you get her drunk?
I’m out kids, have to coach youth soccer on the morn.
Brick Oven Bill
You called Beck the stupidest person John, after he argued that people get frustrated when they cannot speak openly because of political correctness. I have learned to respect Beck’s intentions.
In response, I mentioned environmental evolutionary pressures to see what the response would be. I was then banished. And with that, I will lay off of the subject in your forum.
Montysano
Dammit…. my bracket is hammered now. I picked both FSU and OSU. But I agree about thugball; can’t say I’m sorry to see them go.
AhabTRuler
Let me know when you find five, you can start a team.
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Laura W
@Steeplejack: Well, I’m sorry if this hurts you but in all honesty, that link was not really about you, SJ.
Fuckhead has a raging man crush on Rod Stewart, so that was really for him.
But Natalie Merchant was totally for you!
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W: No one likes you because you lie.
srv
@Laura W: Rod and I took an elevator together once.
He would have made a good astronaut. They’re all 4 feet something.
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
I love Natalie Merchant. Tried to find "You Happy Puppet," but no luck.
Here’s Lesley Duncan. I actually like the version with Elton John on Tumbleweed Connection better, but props to the ladies tonight. And she wrote it.
Gotta bail pretty soon myself, as I’ve got to be back at the PTJ (part-time job) in the morning.
Work on that assignment, Miss Darling. I expect to see it on my desk within the week!
Church Lady
The glory of first place was just as fleeting as suspected. From first to tied for 9th in 24 hours. Although tied for first with two others for overall winning picks, the bonus points are killing me. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow to suck just a little more.
Laura W
@Church Lady: I’ve been waiting for you to show up but I knew you would not gloat while sitting on first place for so long.
I just wanted to remind you that "some of us" liked you even before you were the Queen of the Tourney.
In case that gets me some points or something.
Laura W
@Steeplejack: That song, Elton’s version, had a very prominent place in my teen years. Very meaningful. What an interesting selection!
Will work on my project. The problem is, the Thorn song is not available in video anywhere online and it is pissing me off. I refuse to surrender and accept this fact, so I’ll bang my head on the cyber walls a bit more and then just get bored with the whole thing and slap something together and call it "adequate".
Church Lady
@ Laura (Whiner? Really?): Definitely nothing to gloat about. Picking winners out of your ass doesn’t merit kudos for sure. :) The only team I care about is Memphis and I have them going all they way. If and when they lose, I’ll shed a tear (maybe two) and just hope that I don’t embarrass myself in the tourney rankings. Don’t worry about your ranking now, since the points will pick up as the whole thing progresses. I just wish I had paid attention to the scoring before I made my picks – I would have gone for a few outlandish upsets, like Cleveland State. I mean seriously, Cleveland State? Wake Forest needs to hang their heads in utter shame.
You don’t get points for likeing me – you get points for being the nicest Juicer, by far. If anyone ever said something ugly to you, I might have to fear for their commenting life. Just like AIG, the torches and pitchforks would be out.
2th&nayle
@Steeplejack: There….. Goes….. A Well Known Gun!
mcd410x
And so, BSG is over.
We need more beginnings and fewer endings.
2th&nayle
@Steeplejack: Leslie Duncan wrote that? Well slap me in the headwith a Bernie Taupin and call me Amorena! Who knew?
TheOfficialHatOnMyCat
@Brick Oven Bill:
Just a quick note. Beck is a fucking sociopath, full on and to the bone.
The man should be in a mental hospital. He’s crazy, and dangerous.
That riff on "political correctness" driving some crazy asshole to mass murder is one of the most evil and despicable outbursts I have ever heard in 60 years of listening to the media. That’s Top Ten evil shit, the man should have been fired on the spot.
As for you Bill, you are a failed spoof. You have become a caricature of yourself.
You were funny for a while. But then, so was Dennis Miller, know what I mean? And no, you were never really funny, I was patronizing you.
Mouse Tolliver
BSG spoiler…
Bob Dylan is a Cylon. Discuss!
Ninerdave
@Brick Oven Bill:
Just catching up on the open thread here, but you do know BOB, that he Indigo Girls attract a mostly lesbian crowd right?
2th&nayle
@Mouse Tolliver: I beg your pardon? I happen to know that Bob is a Zyman, of the Hibbing, Minnesota Zyman’s. As you were. Smoke ’em, if you got ’em.
Nicole
My husband decided what the finale of BSG was really saying is that Bob Dylan should not be getting royalties for "All Along the Watchtower," because, as everything has happened before and will happen again, it’s actually public domain.
Starbuck is Jeebus? What?
bootlegger
@Brick Oven Bill: Ouch, that seems a bit harsh, but I wasn’t there. Kind of proved the point eh BOB?
Steeplejack
@Laura W:
Oh, just send me a link to the album on Amazon or something. I’ll take a snippet.
Gone for the day. Hope to return here at a reasonably early hour tonight.
Steeplejack
@2th&nayle:
Tumbleweed Connection remains my favorite Elton John album, and one of my favorite old albums in general. "Come Down in Time"! Can’t believe you couldn’t work that one in there somewhere.
Gay Veteran
Thank god BSG is finally over. What overrated crap! Moments of brilliance in a desert.
In comparison you would think The Sarah Connor Chronicles was written by Isaac Asimov.