Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

It’s easier to kill a dangerous animal than a man who just happens to have different thoughts/values than one’s own.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

When the time comes to make an endorsement, the pain of NYT editors will be palpable as they reluctantly whisper “Biden.”

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

When we show up, we win.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

It could be worse. Vance could have said “post-menopausal sows.” Waiting for that audiotape to surface.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

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  3. 3.

    The Dangerman

    All I want for (belated) Christmas is a Playoff.

    Signed,

    Boise State

    P.S. Either team tonight would kick BSU’s ass.

  5. 5.

    Ash

    several of you were asking for a WoW open thread to coordinate server transfers.

    Jesus Christ, if I knew how many nerds hung around these parts, I wouldn’t have come here so often…

  7. 7.

    General Winfield Stuck

    @asiangrrlMN:

    LOL, Yes, and I guessed it was your brother, but you signed it with your BJ handle. No problemo, was a nice commentL)

  8. 8.

    John O

    Go…I don’t care!

    I have a pal who’ll be really happy with a Longhorn win.

    Sometimes a preferred team comes to me during the game. Hope this is one of ’em.

  9. 9.

    The Dangerman

    @MikeJ:

    Did that cowbell girl meme ever get off the ground or did the blindness thing kill it?

    It can’t be that I don’t understand this because I’m hammered as I haven’t had a single drink yet (this abominable state of affairs will soon be corrected). Perhaps after a drink I’ll understand this one – yeah, that’s the ticket.

    Bottoms up.

  10. 10.

    Morbo

    Well, I’m just happy I’ll end up in the top ten for LGM’s bowl challenge regardless of the outcome. I’ll actually do better if my pick loses as it turns out.

  13. 13.

    arguingwithsignposts

    I’ll just say I’m happy to see Pete Carroll sitting there in a tie instead of coaching on the sidelines (FTFUSC).

    ETA: if you want to have some fun, follow the search for InsidetheBCS on Twitter. Nobody likes the BCS.

  17. 17.

    Corner Stone

    @Ash:

    Jesus Christ, if I knew how many nerds hung around these parts, I wouldn’t have come here so often

    C’mon man!

  18. 18.

    Corner Stone

    For all the Nintendo Wii owners – looking for a game that will give me the old school Donkey Kong experience and also something new.
    Any rec’s?

    Don’t like the new Super Mario Bros btw, but love, love, love Mario Kart for the Wii.

  19. 19.

    ricky

    @John O:

    The Texas quarterback does not wear Bible citations on his eyeblack but he carries God’s blessing in his heart, Christ on his sleeve and his offense on his back. The star defensive backs momma had cervical cancer and was told to have a hysterectomy befoire he was born. She prayed away her tumor. But I am sure you will hear all that five times from Mussberger.

  20. 20.

    ricky

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    I liked Caroll’s reaction to the bonuses the other coaches will get if they win.

    Nobody likes the BCS? Obama has company. I see Rahm’s stubby finger in this red state playoff.

  21. 21.

    matoko_chan

    sweet, I’ll bring my Avatar responses up here.

    Remember way back when like 2 weeks ago, when matoko_chan was all, “Avatar is gonna be better than Star Wars and LotR combined.”
    …
    yeah, about that…
    Like a lot of the things matoko prattles on about…
    Supposedly Avatar is an “all ur base are belongs to us” generation-mover that will capture the imaginations and creative spirits of little Republican teens and pre-teens.
    Or something.

    lol, i do prattle on….sometimes on Sully’s frontpage.
    ;)
    1) Avatar is already the 4th highest grossing film of all time.
    2) Sequel in the works.
    3) I meant…umm…Star Wars has influenced culture for 30 years. One way it influenced culture was in defining what kind of movies hollywood made. Star Wars made hightech space warfighting cool. That made console games, tv shows, action figures, cartoons, books.
    Hollywood is verr sensitive to cost-viability. Extreme tech costs extreme bucks. But Avatar has ALREADY made a nice profit.
    That is good for technodroids like me.
    Ringworld, Snowcrash, Broken Angels, Diamond Age, Altered Carbon, Heretics of Dune…..just a few movies I’d relly like to see.
    Avatar is the knee in the curve of full immersion film technology.
    IMAX and 3D today, stimsuits and holodecks in the future.

    Now consider.
    The 13 year old that is watching Avatar today (PG-13) will be buying the dvd, playin the console game, watching Avatar II in 2012 and Avatar III in 2014.
    In 2016 our 13yr old will be a 19 yr old first time voter. Who will he/she vote for?
    Will Avatar make environmentalism and pacifism cool? Will it make genetic engineering cool? Will it make it make kids anti-military?
    Will kids be playing with sentient trees and flying dragons and dire horses instead of X-wing fighters and death-stars? Will they be watching Avatar cartoons instead of Star Wars and GI Joe?
    I dunno.
    interesting times.

  23. 23.

    SteveinSC

    @ricky:

    The Texas quarterback does not wear Bible citations on his eyeblack

    Tebow would have whipped ass because his god is stronger than Alabama’s god, except Tim wrote the bible chapter/verses Upside Down! As in “ecnalubmA”. So he couldn’t make any sense out of them when he needed them! There, now do you understand why he lost?

  26. 26.

    matoko_chan

    Sentient puddle wanted us to transfer to Eitregg….but I fear the Horde.
    And my druid would be super fugly as a tauren.
    :(

  29. 29.

    adhocheretic

    So which server are we all going to?

    I only have a 31 priest but I’m willing to bring him anywhere (horde side)

  30. 30.

    Corner Stone

    @matoko_chan: Listen, no one is saying you can’t like the movie. No one is saying it isn’t a *good* movie, or that it will not make major bank. It may end up changing how movies are made. It may change a lot of things about how entertainment projects are greenlit (lighted?), and all that jazz.
    Not making an argument about any of that.

    But the utterly ridiculous suggestion that such an ambiguously delivered message is going to shift the ethos of a generation of younger pre-voters – that’s just damned silly.
    You like to go around citing all kinds of numbers (most of which mean nothing to the eligible voter pool), so I’ll ask you – you do know what the single most persuasive factor is for how you’ll vote, don’t you?
    Protip – it ain’t Cameron’s movie about virtually virtuous blue non-people.

  32. 32.

    mr. whipple

    “I see Rahm’s stubby finger in this red state playoff.”

    Indeed, but don’t let Geithner off the hook, too.

  33. 33.

    Cat Lady

    @matoko_chan:

    This is exactly what I thought about too after leaving the movie – the movie was shameless in its good v. evil plotline, but what little kid watching that movie wouldn’t want to be communing with the cool animals around them among pastoral surroundings? I think sensuality will beat out violence every single time, especially in 3D. The battles were cool to watch, but it was the beauty that actually brought me to tears. I loved it, and the reaction to the movie of people I’ve spoken to, was – it was beautiful.

  35. 35.

    Corner Stone

    @SteveinSC:

    Tebow would have whipped ass because his god is stronger than Alabama’s god

    Wait a second…where the hell’s the ranking system for this?
    Florida’s God is stronger than Alabama’s God?
    This is a distressing development.

  37. 37.

    matoko_chan

    that will capture the imaginations and creative spirits of little Republican teens and pre-teens.

    I expect a lot of conservative parents will not let their kids see it…..sneering at Avatar is an entire conservative blogging genre now.

    I absolutely luffed it.

  39. 39.

    jh

    Did we ever decide to go the Eitrigg server?

    If so, we should set up some standard meet time for people to log on join the guild and maybe start doing stuff together.

  40. 40.

    matoko_chan

    you do know what the single most persuasive factor is for how you’ll vote, don’t you?

    no..what is it?

  52. 52.

    matoko_chan

    Well….one main theme of Avatar is the balance of life….it is the same theme of Mononoke Hime and Nausicca, two of my all time favorite animes….that is why i ax aisangrrl if she liked Miyazaki.

    Jake eventually prays to Eywa, telling her that the humans are about to destroy the Tree of Souls. Neytiri responds, “Our Great Mother does not take sides, Jake. She protects only the balance of life.”

    kind of like…..the unity of existance

  54. 54.

    Steeplejack

    Jeez, Brent Musburger. Aw, bummer. I’m putting in for a hardship allowance on this game.

    Did like the coin toss with the sainted Keith Jackson, though.

  57. 57.

    Corner Stone

    @jwb: I was referring to the pressure that seemed to not let up.
    I say – take the ball when you get it, he-coon walks just for’ day.

  59. 59.

    Corner Stone

    @matoko_chan:

    I expect a lot of conservative parents will not let their kids see it

    Then how would it capture them? It will own them as long as they can’t see it?
    They’ll go see bootlegs of it later when they’re in college and take their Chunky Reese Witherspoon along?

  60. 60.

    Peter J

    Michael “adoptive son of Ronaldus Magnus” Reagan’s son got arrested at his father’s house when he tripped the alarm.

    In a universe where President McCain actually was president and not only a hobo that the Sunday shows gave shelter too, would he have had to answer question about the arrest? And have had to talk about drunk, angry, lazy, pot smoking, spoiled white kids?

  61. 61.

    ajr22

    Wow, If Mccoy is hurt and this kid leads them to a national championship would he be the biggest badass ever?

  62. 62.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    The single biggest factor determining how a kid will vote is whether or not they are a whiny little fuck.

    Link

  65. 65.

    matt

    I think I’m going to root for Texas, purely to see this rookie QB have the game of his life.

  67. 67.

    Corner Stone

    @Peter J:

    and not only a hobo

    This reminds me. I’ve been having an ongoing argument regarding hobos with a guy I work with.
    My contention is that hobos only have two names – Hobo Joe, Hobo Willy, etc.
    He contends that he’s going to go Hobo and break the mold – by insisting on a surname – Hobo Joe Johnson for example.
    I contend that a hobo is too poor to hold a surname and that by convention they must only have the transitory first name to go along with Hobo.
    Thoughts?

  70. 70.

    Bobby Thomson

    @matoko_chan:

    Jake eventually prays to Eywa, telling her that the humans are about to destroy the Tree of Souls. Neytiri responds, “Our Great Mother does not take sides, Jake. She protects only the balance of life.”

    So in other words, this movie is a huge ripoff of Princess Mononoke?

  71. 71.

    asiangrrlMN

    @General Winfield Stuck: Grr. Sorry about that. I was doing the captions for the Taiwan food set which I have to do using his account, and I got so excited to see Charlie that I forgot to switch over. And, Libby is insanely cute.

    @matoko_chan: I have one answer: Yes. You know why? ‘Coz the white man doesn’t save the poor savages. (OK, not the only reason, but one of them).

  74. 74.

    Clutch414

    I don’t have a rooting interest in this game other than I don’t like Nick Saban and I like Mack Brown. So, Hook ’em, I guess. *shrugs*

    Also, I used to play as a 80 Draenei Enhancement Shaman on Uldum. I gave up WoW about a year ago and haven’t been back since. All video games are time sinks to some extent, but WoW was just way too ridiculous. It began to feel way too much like a second job. Once I hit 80 it just wasn’t fun for me anymore.

  76. 76.

    Comrade Luke

    Sorry Texas fans, but with this start the fact that Alabama has only given up 6pts means this game is over.

    BTW, I have no stake in this game.

  78. 78.

    Elie

    @Cat Lady:

    Agree completely. The beauty.

    My theory is that we humans have our senses — esp vision, mapped to our emotions in a big way and that movie, like the little tendrils at the end of the navi braids, wrapped us visually into a beautiful visual and emotional place. For some, the discussion around plot, etc is where they go. Maybe they just don’t have that stimulus center in the vision cortex. For me, however, I was wrapped in, waking up in Pandora looking at the little jelly fish like light creatures on the end of my finger — almost. And the wonder of it…

    One of my favorite little pieces was when she led the guy to her horse like creature and you could see its flesh heaving in excersion and hear almost feel its breath . I love horses and I immediately loved that evocation of that feeling around a horse’s head and neck.. strong and yet wonderfully sensitive, alive. Of that connection to a being of power and beauty…

    Sorry — Star Wars was not even close to this…

  81. 81.

    Midnight Marauder

    @Corner Stone:

    This reminds me. I’ve been having an ongoing argument regarding hobos with a guy I work with.
    My contention is that hobos only have two names – Hobo Joe, Hobo Willy, etc.
    He contends that he’s going to go Hobo and break the mold – by insisting on a surname – Hobo Joe Johnson for example.
    I contend that a hobo is too poor to hold a surname and that by convention they must only have the transitory first name to go along with Hobo.
    Thoughts?

    A real hobo is too hungry to be funny have a surname.

    Just sayin’.

  83. 83.

    Clutch414

    Uh oh. They’re taking McCoy for X-Rays. Not good.

    Also, Colt McCoy’s mom is totally hot.

  85. 85.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    I think calling yourself “Hobo Joe Johnson” sounds a little pretentious. Oooh, you think you’re a special hobo, do you?

  86. 86.

    Corner Stone

    @Midnight Marauder:

    A real hobo is too hungry to be funny have a surname.

    It just doesn’t make sense to me. Most hobo are good natured folk with colorful knapsacks on sticks. They don’t bother you much except when they ask to chop wood for some food and such.
    But some hobo are bad folk, more like tramps if you will, or Yankees fans. And those hobo don’t want a surname that the po’lice could easily match up to them.
    Just a bad idea all around if you ask me.

  88. 88.

    Corner Stone

    @Notorious P.A.T.:

    Oooh, you think you’re a special hobo, do you?

    That’s what I told him. That the hobo community would never accept him if he insisted on standing against hobo convention.
    But he has a JD so there’s no damn telling him otherwise.

  92. 92.

    freelancer

    @Corner Stone:

    But the utterly ridiculous suggestion that such an ambiguously delivered message is going to shift the ethos of a generation of younger pre-voters – that’s just damned silly.
    You like to go around citing all kinds of numbers (most of which mean nothing to the eligible voter pool), so I’ll ask you – you do know what the single most persuasive factor is for how you’ll vote, don’t you?

    This.

    Best example off the top of my head, how many of the chickenhawk 101st keyboard brigade cheered on our misadventures in Iraq and advocate pointless warmongering and promotion of corporatist imperialism elsewhere, most of the time out of sheer chest-thumping promotion of American Exceptionalism, yet today and in the past, have constantly referenced Star Wars, and railed against the Empire, and fancy themselves as latter-day Obi-wans or Han Solos?

  93. 93.

    matt

    This colt mccoy injury just lends more credence to the idea that you should always rest your starters

  94. 94.

    Nicole

    Fellow female Balloon-Juicers- have any of the rest of you received that annoying Facebook message telling you to post the color of your bra in your status as a means of raising breast cancer awareness, but not to tell teh boyz because we want them to wonder why our status updates just have a color in them? May I say:

    1. Guys really don’t give a flying fuck what’s in your status update.
    2. Seriously? Cancer as a means of attempting to start a minor scuffle between the sexes? A) Tasteless and B) See 1.
    3. Speaking of raising breast cancer awareness, uh… men can get breast cancer too.

    Headdesk.

  95. 95.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Sleeping smudge. And WTF came up with the idea of putting the pro bowl before the Super Bowl? You’re basically guaranteeing anyone who’s in the SB won’t be there.

    Also, someone get this baseball game out of the Rose Bowl!

  97. 97.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Nicole: Really? That’s the reason behind it? Yeah, I got it and didn’t do it. Huh. Kinda dumb if you ask me.

    Although, I will have to say that my FB friends are abnormally interested in my status updates, but that may be because I have a very select group of FB friends. Plus, I keep the number constant (69) and manageable, and there’s a reason my wall is known as the smut wall.

    Anyway, yeah. I thought it was juvenile and just ignored it. Seriously. Bra color for cancer?

    @arguingwithsignposts: Soooooo cuuuuuuute!

    @mr. whipple: Weirdly disturbing/erotic.

  100. 100.

    J. Michael Neal

    I’m thinking of dipping my toe into the world of rap music (or hip-hop, or whatever we’re calling it these days), and looking for suggestions for where to start. People keep talking about Fear of a Black Planet, so that’s on the list, but anything else? I’m interested in some more thought provoking stuff, and names that come to mind are Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. I have zero interest in making sure that I’m on the cutting edge of today, and probably want to start with some of the classics.

    This is, in part, inspired by the Dr. Pepper commercial in which Dre metaphorically kicks the ass of some young punk.

  103. 103.

    Sentient Puddle

    Yikes, and on the day I decide to take a nap after getting home from work…

    You guys got all the facts right. Horde side Eitrigg, my character name is Mazog. I don’t really care where we go or what we do, but I wanted to start collecting names.

    At this point, might just be easier to set a time for ten of us to meet and sign a charter.

  106. 106.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    Whichever server we decide on, I will make a character there to sign the charter.

  109. 109.

    matoko_chan

    @asiangrrlMN:well….. i dont think you would like Avatar if you didnt like Mononoke Hime.
    I loved it.
    i loved Avatar unconditionally …..because I am still 13 inside.
    i loved Avatar because i loved Nausicca and Mononoke.
    i loved Avatar because i loved Ringworld and snowcrash and Broken Angels.
    i loved Avatar because i loved District 9.
    Avatar was made for me and people like me….and 13 year olds.
    I guess you can see a lot of things in Avatar….clever scifi insider details like unobtainium and gamer culture visual tags like the Nagrandian floating islands.
    I guess you can see indictments of the Iraq War and the British Raj and mercenaries and native american genocide and capitalism and racism and white guilt and mytho-poeisis and romanticized pantheism and …wallah! all the way to E.D. Kain’s sophisto ennui..…….
    But I’m still 13 inside.
    And I just got blasted with wonder and magic and discovery.
    And maybe that is all Cameron’s purpose was….to entertain 13 year olds….to make magic.
    I’m with Cat Lady….the dire horses have six legs!

  111. 111.

    Kobie

    @Nicole: So THAT’S what that’s all about. I had heard about the cancer awareness thing, but I didn’t realize that part of it was not telling us dudes about it.

    Yeah, that’s pretty fucking stupid.

  113. 113.

    ruemara

    @matoko_chan:

    This is why I left my beloved druid on Rexxar and am now leveling a be priest. Evil vampire elf, but still cute. Bellandorai, you can friend me.

    also too
    @matoko_chan:

    I LOVED the floating Nagrand Isles. But then I loved Avatar too.

  115. 115.

    Corner Stone

    @matoko_chan:

    I guess you can see indictments of the Iraq War and the British Raj and mercenaries and native american genocide and capitalism and racism and white guilt and mytho-poeisis and romanticized pantheism and …wallah! all the way to E.D. Kain’s sophisto ennui

    How many 13 year olds have any reasonable context about these subjects? Any of them.

    ETA – I re-read your comment. Honestly, I’m having a hard time following your logic. Kids will be turned into liberals by love of magic & wonder, and not the message behind the movie?
    All over the map here.

  116. 116.

    mr. whipple

    Weirdly disturbing/erotic.

    Mr. Whipple is a practical man. I have enuf emergency Charmin in my bro I could camp for a month.

  117. 117.

    Corner Stone

    @J. Michael Neal:

    That’s an odd name for a musical genre, but I don’t pretend to understand kids these days.

    Your post scared me, and I reacted by invoking my inner matoko_chan and cited the 13 year old in me.
    Since 13 was the first time I heard Public Enemy.

  118. 118.

    D-Chance.

    Game over. Best player on the best team injured. Congrats, Alabama. Tainted, yes; still a win and a championship, yes.

  120. 120.

    jwb

    @D-Chance.: Well, I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet, but UT is going to have to come up with a new game plan, and Gilbert is going to have to show that he can throw the ball down field to open up other things.

  123. 123.

    Corner Stone

    @J. Michael Neal:

    No need to be scared. I am reassuringly Caucasian.

    You’re also over 40 and I believe in MN. All those things are why I was scared.
    And from what I know about you – stay away from the song “Kim” by Eminem

  124. 124.

    Corner Stone

    @jwb:

    have to show that he can throw the ball down field to open up other things.

    Not with that pass he isn’t.

  126. 126.

    asiangrrlMN

    @matoko_chan: Well, I didn’t say I didn’t like Princess Mononoke. I said it was disturbing to watch it with a bunch of furries.

    You liked the movie. Fine. I wouldn’t like the movie. Why do you have such a problem with that? I don’t like most movies. Ask anyone around here.

    Full disclosure: I hated the real first Star Wars and haven’t seen any of the others.

  133. 133.

    matoko_chan

    @Corner Stone: dude…..its not hard.
    its two movies.
    the real movie for me and the 13 yr olds, and the shiny mirror that reflects grown-up twisted psyches back on the beholder….like how annalee sees white guilt and reihan sees capitalism bashing.
    …a mirror for witches, really….if you’re just a grown up, you see yourself.
    ;)

  134. 134.

    MikeJ

    I’m thinking of dipping my toe into the world of rap music

    Modern stuff or the oldies? You mentioned Fear of a…, so it sounds like you need the whole magilla, not just recent stuff.

    If you’re going back into the early/mid 90s, you can’t go wrong with Ice-T. Original Gangster really is a classic. I’m also a fan of Supreme NTM (often just NTM). The one to know is Paris sous les bombes. While on the francophone side, Diam’s is more recent. Dans ma bulle is the only one of hers I have, but she had an album last year that was well received.

    Back with the classics, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were awesome, and they lead you into Michael Franti. Everything he touches is great. Possibly on the easier end to appreciate if you aren’t immersed in the culture too. SO yeah, check out spearhead too.

    Also easy to handle and classic, PM Dawn.

    And now I have to go cook dinner.

  135. 135.

    J. Michael Neal

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You liked the movie. Fine. I wouldn’t like the movie. Why do you have such a problem with that? I don’t like most movies. Ask anyone around here.

    You basically don’t like anything, Ms. Crabby.

  139. 139.

    asiangrrlMN

    @J. Michael Neal: This is very true. I acknowledge and accept the title of Ms. Crabby. Perhaps I will change my username.

    P.S. The only exception includes Alan Rickman, pizza, chocolate, handcuffs, and a blindfold.

  142. 142.

    mr. whipple

    I’m thinking of dipping my toe into the world of rap music.

    Check out the Last Poets. That’s where it all started, 40 years ago.

  145. 145.

    Ronin

    Whoever says that a Bama win would be tainted ’cause McCoy isn’t in the game is missing the point. If he can’t take a hit from an SEC lineman, that’s not Bama’s fault. It would be a clean win…

  147. 147.

    RedKitten

    @asiangrrlMN:

    @matoko_chan: Well, I didn’t say I didn’t like Princess Mononoke. I said it was disturbing to watch it with a bunch of furries.

    So I click on this thread, scroll down randomly, and that’s the first line I see.

    I love this place.

  148. 148.

    Elie

    @matoko_chan:

    Yes. All that.

    But I dont think that you have to disparage yourself about being “a 13 year old”. You are 13. 130 and 1300. No apologies — it was enjoyment and entertainment and something very neat — wonder…what is it like to fly, to see and feel yourself on the back on a winged dragon soaring —

    Not too much more complex than that. Does it have to be? Does it have to provide an apologia for all bad things done by whites, males, Americans on this earth, not a made up Pandora? This of course does not invalidate or make false any of those issues…but just why must everything have to cover every grievance with a self conscious, regretful storylines — to ask permission to BE because it is animated and I am sure someone must have worked at Disney among the people who undertook this project.

    We are liberals. That to me used to mean, no blame — be who you are, see and know what you know and believe. We support what you see, what you enjoy and creativity and openness – the arts — whether simple or complex. Instead, all this permission seeking seems necessary…to be permitted to enjoy something without endless recrimination and extrapolation from an animated planet to this one…

    I have never experienced the sense of wildness like that in an animated or created visual reality. I enjoyed riding, flying and sensing it all.

  149. 149.

    PTirebiter

    @Corner Stone:
    You lose. Surnames are an obvious requirement for any and all card carrying (Tourist Union Local #63) Hobos. Monikers like Hobo Joe or Willy were no doubt reserved for bindle-stiffs, pikers and low rent ne’er do wells.

  152. 152.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @D-Chance.:

    Game over. Best player on the best team injured. Congrats, Alabama. Tainted, yes; still a win and a so-called championship, yes.

    Fixed that for ya.

  155. 155.

    Corner Stone

    @Ash:

    How much has James Cameron paid you? That is way too much analysis for what is basically Pocahontas in Space.

    matoko_chan does this with basically every item he mentions. I doubt he’s smart enough to get paid for it.
    ***BUT*** he has been front-paged by Sullivan. So, he’s got that going for him. Which is nice.

  156. 156.

    Comrade Luke

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Barbie Doll…Miss Missouri…yea, pretty much.

    That said, the fact that you’re asian puts you pretty high up on the list. Us West Coasters have a soft spot for Asians :)

  157. 157.

    Ruckus

    I wonder how many of us know about a small program that King George the Idiot signed? It’s called the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. It covers every business that is insured. Sounds pretty good no? It was enacted in Nov 2002, due to expire in 05, extended to 07, extended again to 2014. This year is the first year I have seen the standard form which gives me the cost of coverage. My business policy is around $2500 per year, not including workers comp. The cost of coverage is $7 per year. That means the insurance company has determined that if there is a fire I will be totally covered for $2500. An act of terrorism which does the same amount of damage costs $7. From that info I’ll bet pretty good money the chances of my business getting any terrorist damage is so close to zero as to be non existent.
    Thanks for reading along so far. A big deal to me is that for a non existent risk I have to pay the insurance company not to cover me. The amount is minuscule, actually only a buck, that’s $1, but now I have to pay for coverage I don’t want, don’t need and is for most businesses utter lunacy.
    But this leads me to the following – WTF is wrong with this country that we are so afraid of the world that every business needs to even be asked if they want terrorist coverage? What sort of international publicity could a person get from terrorizing a very, very small business basically in the middle of nowhere? If I had hair would it help cushion the blows from constantly smashing my head against the wall?

  158. 158.

    Spork

    I’ll be starting a new toon, so I don’t care what server. Just somebody say something definitive about which realm, we can all blame you later. I’ll be starting a shadow priest, and switch to holy/healer once I can dual spec.

  159. 159.

    Comrade Luke

    The Texas D is doing everything they can to keep them in it. Gotta give them credit.

  160. 160.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    her hotness eludes me. She looks like a live version of a Barbie doll to me.

    LoL, Juicers keep saying “she can’t be attractive–she looks like a Barbie doll”. Since when is Barbie ugly? Sure she is an unattainable standard, but that doesn’t mean she’s ugly.

  161. 161.

    asiangrrlMN

    @freelancer (itouch): He does? I haven’t seen it, but now that I know that tidbit, I may have to put it on my Netflix Queue.

    @RedKitten: I aim to please.

    @Elie: That’s fine. You liked the movie–there is no need to apologize for that. But to flip that, why must I apologize or feel bad because I don’t want to see the movie because it smacks of white man saves noble savage to me? One reason I don’t like movies in general is because I find them to be too removed from reality. For me, part of the enjoyment I get from a movie IS the plot or how much I can relate to it or the characters. Why should I have to feel bad about that or defend that?

  164. 164.

    Corner Stone

    @Ash: He’s thrown 4 if you count the ones the Ghost of Limas Sweed has dropped over and over and over again.

  171. 171.

    adolphus

    Game over. Best player on the best team injured. Congrats, Alabama. Tainted, yes; still a win and a championship, yes.

    It seems to me a championship team in any sport should be able to surmount the removal of any single player, especially in a contact sport. If you are only the best team when everyone is healthy, then you aren’t the best team. Champions plan ahead and adapt to changes.

  172. 172.

    James K Polk, Esq.

    @J. Michael Neal: Start with

    Digable Planets: Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space).

    De La Soul: 3′ High and Rising

    A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory

  173. 173.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @adolphus:
    You would think, but it’s very rare for that to happen when the player in question is the quarterback.

  174. 174.

    J. Michael Neal

    Well, here’s my Amazon order. Feel free to comment before I hit Confirm. Note that I’m mostly picking albums at random.

    Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
    Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
    Dr. Dre – 2001
    Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
    N.W.A. – Straight Out of Compton
    Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
    Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
    Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full

  175. 175.

    Corner Stone

    @matoko_chan: Ok, that’s my bias assigning gender.
    I should have known by all the ridiculously bad factual statements and poor use of math&logic that you *had* to be female.

  176. 176.

    freelancer (itouch)

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You’re right, and in the case of Avatar, I’d say the narrative is more white man, noble native save each other.

    As far as the word ‘Furry’ is concerned, I just Urban Dic’d that bitch and my imagination shudders at how much they could’ve ruined Fantastic Mr. Fox. I did not need to know that niche existed. I’m sorry.

  177. 177.

    Ash

    @adolphus:

    It seems to me a championship team in any sport should be able to surmount the removal of any single player

    That would be true, if all the players were of equal importance. In football however, that’s not even close to the case.

  178. 178.

    Nicole

    Thanks guys- I’m totally getting hated on on Facebook for making fun of the tell your bra color for breast cancer thing. And harassed to get a mammogram, which is even more annoying.

  179. 179.

    Comrade Luke

    @Ash:

    Maybe, but to call it a tainted championship is a bit of a stretch. Injuries are part of the game.

  182. 182.

    Comrade Luke

    Any chance Saban calls a press conference at halftime to announce he’s leaving to coach the Buffalo Bills?

  184. 184.

    jh

    @J. Michael Neal:

    As a dj with his own hip-hop radio show I will give you a list with a few notes:

    1. Run D.M.C._Run D.M.C.- Early hip-hop at its best. Simple but effective rhymes. Rick Rubin on the beat.

    2. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill (that’s i.l.l.) – see above, only with a Hebrew twist

    3. Eric B. and Rakim – Paid in Full – Rakim Moved the game on from simplistic party rhymes. Key because it introduced 5 percenter Islam to the hip-hop world outside New York

    4. Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane – Another game changer. Kane, like Rakim was operating on a higher level than any of his predecessors with the bonus of some of producer Marley Marl’s best work

    5. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders – The two previous tribe albums are also great, but this solidified the formula: Solid rhymes, and gorgeous jazz infused beats.

    6. The Main Source – Breakin’ Atoms – Extraordinary in its workmanlike approach to hip-hop. Makes the list because it includes the debut of then future rap heavyweight Nas on “Live at the Barbeque”

    7. N.W.A. “Straight Outta Compton” and Dr. Dre the “The Chronic” – everything you need to know about gangsta rap, the ‘hood in LA circa 1991 and Dr. Dre’s skills in two albums. Plus a young, angry, pre-film career Ice Cube is always a good thing.

    8. Nas – Illmatic – This album is to hip-hop what “Kind of Blue” is to jazz, except without the fawning. Offers a surprisingly insightful glimpse into life in NYC and more explicity the worlds largest housing project; Queensbridge Houses, during the crack era.

    9. Mobb Deep – the Infamous – See the Illmatic above, only with darker production and even grittier tales. Cameos by

    10. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the 36 Chambers – Started a whole new era of dexterous rhyme skills mixed with a hybrid of kung fu lore and knocking beats. The RZA at his best.

    11. Slum Village – Fantastic Volume 2 – The Detroit underground breaks through with this gem. Worth acquiring for Jay Dilla’s (R.I.P.) amazing production. Apart from cameos from Busta Rhymes and Q-tip, the rhymes are forgettable but the beats will stay with you for a while.

    12. De La Soul – Buhloone Mindstate – There whole early catalog is worth, especially the hippy, dippy “3 feet high and rising” but this is the album where their thoughtful, non-gangsta rhymes melded perfectly with sublime production.

    13. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – Chuck D and a more sane Flavor Flav make black nationalism….palatable. Production by the Bomb Squad is so far outside the hip-hop vernacular that you often wondered if these guys should have been making rock records instead. It’s a good thing. “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” remains a classic song.

    14. Notorius B.I.G. – Ready to Die – Cinematic, dark, beautiful and funky, this album was perfect in every regard. Biggie more than holds his own with top drawer production by Easy Mo Bee, DJ Premier and other heavyweights.

    15. Gang Starr – A Daily Operation – Speaking of DJ Premier, don’t let the name fool you, Gang Starr weren’t thugs. They were the ’90s best hip-hop group. Premier’s jazz and soul infused beats and mc Guru’s lamentations on the state of the black community, hip-hop and the world never get old.

    The above are a list of classic albums for anyone wading into the world of hip-hop.

  186. 186.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Nicole: That’s because most FB users are Republicans.

    @freelancer (itouch): Urban Dic’d? Um…that could be an entry all its own. And, I’m the one who should be sorry for planting that image in your mind. But I’m not.

    OK. Thanks for giving me a clearer view on Avatar. Still don’t want to see it.

  188. 188.

    arguingwithsignposts

    And that clicking sound you heard was millions of football fans turning off the BCS game. I’d laugh my ass off if the TCU-Boise State game outdrew this POS game.

  191. 191.

    Mark S.

    Geez, if there was ever a time to take a fucking knee, that was it.

    Also, college football anti-celebration rules need to go.

  192. 192.

    Peter J

    @Corner Stone:

    This reminds me. I’ve been having an ongoing argument regarding hobos with a guy I work with.
    My contention is that hobos only have two names – Hobo Joe, Hobo Willy, etc.
    He contends that he’s going to go Hobo and break the mold – by insisting on a surname – Hobo Joe Johnson for example.
    I contend that a hobo is too poor to hold a surname and that by convention they must only have the transitory first name to go along with Hobo.
    Thoughts?

    I consulted the world’s foremost expert on hobo names, and I’m sad to say, but you’re wrong and your friend really isn’t right either.

  193. 193.

    matoko_chan

    @asiangrrlMN: pardon, i didnt mean u had to like it…but im pretty sure that people that don’t like Miyazaki won’t like Avatar……it is that same sort of surreal gorgeous immersive alternate reality….if ur a realist, you wudn’t like it.

  196. 196.

    edmund dantes

    No idea why they keep saying shoulder for mcCoy. The way he got hit by the crown of hte defenders helmet, I’d say broken ribs.

  200. 200.

    Comrade Luke

    Random thoughts on what just happened:

    That was not the QB’s fault from an execution standpoint. That was a catchable ball.

    WTF was the coach thinking there? Dumber than the fake punt, given the circumstances.

    If you’re Colt McCoy and you’re unsure as to whether to try and come back injured in the second half, doesn’t this make your mind up for you?

  202. 202.

    jwb

    @edmund dantes: Because he was holding his shoulder when he walked off the field. You may be right about the ribs, however. I wonder if they have one of those flak jackets available.

  204. 204.

    Ash

    @jwb:

    Can someone explain that play call? It made no sense to me.

    It’s known as the Our Backup QB Looks Like He’s About to Burst Into Tears Toss.

  205. 205.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    @adolphus:

    Absolutely. I’ve seen too many teams lose a key player then go on to a big win. And it’d be nice if Texas’s defense stepped up, That second touchdown was pathetic.

  206. 206.

    ajr22

    @J. Michael Neal: I listen to way to much hip hop this is a start for you.
    Nas: Illmatic, God’s son.
    Jay z- Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, Black album
    Notorious BIG: Ready to Die
    Kanye West: College Dropout, Graduation
    Wu-tang- Enter the 36 chambers
    The Roots-Do you want more, phrenology
    That should get you started on the old stuff. A guy named Jay Electronica is my favorite new rapper.

  207. 207.

    The Dangerman

    What did Texas ever do to deserved this fate?

    Other than give us George W. Bush.

    On second thought, Fuck ’em.

  210. 210.

    Corner Stone

    @Comrade Luke:

    If you’re Colt McCoy and you’re unsure as to whether to try and come back injured in the second half, doesn’t this make your mind up for you?

    Yes, you get a big fuckin bulk wrap on your shoulder and you sit and count your NFL millions. This game won’t make him more valuable.

  211. 211.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    Howard Fineman says that Joe Lieberman’s planned hearing into the failed underpants bomber is worrying Democrats on the hill. Gosh, it’s a good think Obama didn’t actively help Ned Lamont. Gosh, it’s a good thing the Democrats let Lieberman stay on as homeland security chairman.

  212. 212.

    Ash

    @freelancer (itouch):

    L&D: brutal invasive rape unit

    I guffawed.

    If you’re Colt McCoy and you’re unsure as to whether to try and come back injured in the second half, doesn’t this make your mind up for you?

    Colt McCoy isn’t Tim Tebow.

  213. 213.

    jwb

    @Comrade Luke: “That was not the QB’s fault from an execution standpoint. That was a catchable ball.”

    Catchable but the odds of picking up enough yardage to get into field goal range were very small.

    “WTF was the coach thinking there? Dumber than the fake punt, given the circumstances.”
    My thoughts exactly.

    “If you’re Colt McCoy and you’re unsure as to whether to try and come back injured in the second half, doesn’t this make your mind up for you?”

    Yeah, the second half is now looking very grim.

  214. 214.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Notorious P.A.T.:
    Tell me one time when a team has been in a playoff/championship game and lost their starting quarterback, went to a spare and won. And I’m not talking a Vince Young/Steve McNair type thing where the second-string quarterback has a lot of years under his belt.

  216. 216.

    Corner Stone

    @matoko_chan: I’m a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That’s what kind of man I am. You’re just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It’s science

    ETA – and you’re too fucking stupid to see you walked right into that. Stuff your game theory and your 11-D chess right into a sack.

  218. 218.

    ajr22

    @jh: Finally a juicer that is a hip hop head. Where is your show on the radio? What new artist you into? Some good new rappers Jay electronica,J.cole, Blu. You ever read Nahright?

  220. 220.

    Corner Stone

    @matoko_chan: And I have a little protip for you – anytime the epically stupid Stuck is applauding you? It’s approaching 100% that you have failed on multiple levels.

  222. 222.

    asiangrrlMN

    @matoko_chan: That remark was more for Elie and others who have said that those of us who question movies’ plots and such are bringing down the mood of the crowd, not you. And, I love Miyazaki. Spirited Away is one of my favorite movies. I like surrealism and magical realism as long as there are characters with whom I can relate and/or strong plots. The trailers for Avatar leave me cold. They don’t remind me of Myazaki at all.

  224. 224.

    freelancer (itouch)

    @Ash:

    It just baffles me that it’s a choice amongst fictional entertainment in our culture. Kinda sick. Because L&O doesn’t affect the culture, the culture affects it.

    ———-
    Wow, Lee Corso is favoring the team with 99.9% chance of winning. I’m shocked. Shocked! I tell you!

  227. 227.

    Bruce (formerly Steve S.)

    a WoW open thread

    Following a thread of lifeless geeks prattling endlessly about a pointless fantasy game would be more interesting than watching Colt McCoy’s backup do anything at all. God, what a dog of a game. This is as if Muhammed Ali had his daughter take over after one round of the Thrilla in Manilla.

  229. 229.

    Anne Laurie

    @Ash:

    That is way too much analysis for what is basically Pocahontas in Space.

    I like the nik Dances with Smurfs.

    Which doesn’t mean we won’t go see it, if it’s still at the local IMAX by then. But first — The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus opens tomorrow! And we don’t even have to go into the big-city arthouse to see it!

  230. 230.

    J. Michael Neal

    @jh:
    and
    @ajr22:

    Thanks for the suggestions. I added some, particularly stuff you both recommended. I’m staying away from the Notorious B.I.G. for the moment, simply because I found that whole feud so off-putting that it would distract from the art. Maybe later.

    List is now:

    Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet; It Takes a Nation of Millions
    N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
    Dr. Dre – 2001; The Chronic
    Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
    Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
    Disposable Heroes – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
    Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
    Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
    A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
    Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the 36 Chambers

    That pretty much eats up the Amazon gift certificates I’ve accumulated.

    Hopefully Corner Stone is sufficiently frightened.

  231. 231.

    matoko_chan

    @asiangrrlMN: I love Spirited Away a lot….I have all of Miyazaki…one day i want to go to the museum in japan and see the busu-neko anime.
    I still use Totoro for comfort when im down.

    Like now…….since cornerstone has wholly destroyed my selfesteem.
    I may as well take my little third sized female brain and preserve it in some sort of alcohol…..like tequila.
    :)

  232. 232.

    jh

    @ajr22:

    I do a show on the Pacifica station here in DC, WPFW 89.3FM. I should be on the air right now but I have a cold.

    My favorite current rappers are

    Jay Electronica. His album cannot come out soon enough. I’ve been subsisting on radio rips, youtube clips and his 3 year old mixtape.

    Elzhi – some people are born to rap. This guy is one of those people. Buy anything with him on it.

    Phonte – one of Rakim’s many sons, ‘te is one of the best, most consistent MCs working right now . Anything by his group “Little Brother” gets my satisfaction guaranteed stamp of approval. No bullshit and his R&B side projects the “Foreign Exchange” with Dutch producer Nicolay and “I Love the 80s” with keyboardist ‘Zo are worthwhile as well.

  241. 241.

    jh

    @J. Michael Neal:

    Your list is pretty solid and should get you started.

    I’d be interested to know what you think of your choices at some point.

    PS,

    There’s no need to avoid early, pre-feud Biggie. Tupac had not yet gone off his rocker and Biggie was still the unvarnished, hungry former street dealer with the golden touch.

    I can’t recommend “Ready to Die” enough but you should enjoy it at your leisure, on your own terms.

  242. 242.

    jh

    @Spork: \

    I thought we were doing Horde. At least I think that’s what Cole is doing.

    I’ll log on, head over to Eitrigg and start a toon if anyone wants to jump on.

    I’ll post my toon’s name as soon as I have one.

  243. 243.

    Elie

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You don’t. Giving your rationale for not viewing is fine with me. Just don’t want to be lectured (not by you necessarily) that somehow by viewing it, I do not appreciate these issues or that everyone’s opinion of what the movie shows or does not show is the same. Cool. Don’t see it or do, whatever. Just don’t wag your (not yours literally) finger in my nose about what the primacy of YOUR values and what your decisions should mean to me — your enterpretation is valuable and meaningful for you, but you should respect MY viewpoint as well. And I should do the same for you.

  244. 244.

    matoko_chan

    @Spork: horde.
    /sadface
    i spent my first year playin’ making alli twinks. i dont know where anythin’ is horde side.
    guess i’ll find out.

  247. 247.

    Mark S.

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Tell me one time when a team has been in a playoff/championship game and lost their starting quarterback, went to a spare and won. And I’m not talking a Vince Young/Steve McNair type thing where the second-string quarterback has a lot of years under his belt.

    I can’t think of one. Shit, half the teams in the NFL lack one competent QB, let alone two.

    QB is especially hard because the second string guy gets like 10% of the reps during the week.

  249. 249.

    RedKitten

    @jh: And now I’m intrigued. I’ve never really gotten into rap (except for item #2 on your list), but now I want to get those albums and listen to them. You are persuasive, sir.

  251. 251.

    ajr22

    @jh: Elzhi is great. His new Leftovers tape was good shit. You a nahright.com follower? Best hip hop blog, comment section is comedy gold.

  252. 252.

    Corner Stone

    @J. Michael Neal:

    I’m staying away from the Notorious B.I.G. for the moment, simply because I found that whole feud so off-putting that it would distract from the art.

    The feud stuff as you call it, was the foundation of a lot of the art. If you never watched two guys dropping it on each other during breaks at school I am afraid part of the art will be lost to you.
    But I’m a cracker so, meh.

  254. 254.

    Ash

    Apparently there was a streaker on the field. Probably the most exciting thing to happen the whole game.

  255. 255.

    Elie

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Also, I really don’t see how you felt personally singled out for rebuke from my comment which was mostly in synch with matoko-chan than a critique of anyone else.

    If you had been reading the commentary over the last few days, most of the comments about this movie have been critical of the movie and to a lesser extent, the values they believed it promoted. Actually, only a very few say they like it and only a minority tried to defend it in anyway.

  262. 262.

    J. Michael Neal

    @Corner Stone:

    The feud stuff as you call it, was the foundation of a lot of the art.

    It was also the foundation of a bunch of people shooting each other. I know it’s awfully Minnesotan of me, but that’s kind of a turn-off. I’m going with jh’s suggestion and waiting until I get into the genre before going there. I don’t need the distraction while I’m trying to learn the basic forms.

  265. 265.

    Anne Laurie

    @Ruckus:

    WTF is wrong with this country that we are so afraid of the world that every business needs to even be asked if they want terrorist coverage? What sort of international publicity could a person get from terrorizing a very, very small business basically in the middle of nowhere?

    I bet it’s a nice little pot of free money for the insurance companies, though. Remember the outrage, OUTRAGE I TELLS YA, when some poor schmuck who hadn’t drunk sufficient Cheney-Aid suggested that New York City might “deserve” more federal anti-terrism funds than the fourth-largest city in South Dakota?

    @Notorious P.A.T.:

    Juicers keep saying “she can’t be attractive—she looks like a Barbie doll”. Since when is Barbie ugly? Sure she is an unattainable standard, but that doesn’t mean she’s ugly

    . Ugly is not the antonym for attractive. Barbie is “pretty”, in a precisely calibrated stereotype, but women who look like a mass-produced plastic doll are not necessarily sexually attractive. Except to those of very little imagination, and/or those who are more interested in a “trophy” than an actual sexual partner.

    (Incidentally, the original Barbie doll was based on a German ‘novelty item’ — what modern geeks would call a character model from a semi-pornographic post-WWII comic strip.)

  266. 266.

    Corner Stone

    @General Winfield Stuck: I don’t blame matoko_chan for you trying to glom onto her. You sniff out the stupidest trash around and try to shovel it up. She probably didn’t even see you lurking in the shadows like the dirty nutria rat you are.
    Shoo now! Shoo!

  267. 267.

    Sentient Puddle

    I’m on right now as Mazog. I’ll send you guys whispers as soon as I’m done with this quest that involves me kill crap, loot shit, and throw things at my monitor because the crap doesn’t drop enough shit.

  270. 270.

    Steeplejack

    @matoko_chan:

    If we were all required to watch My Neighbor Totoro once a year we would live in a much better world. (New edition coming out in early March.)

  271. 271.

    The Dangerman

    I believe Rose Bowl has had 3 Championship games.

    Two have sucked massively.

    Of course, one was a classic, but could have easily sucked (USC winning).

    Tonight could be the highest disappointment Big Game in recent memory.

  274. 274.

    J. Michael Neal

    @Anne Laurie:

    Ugly is not the antonym for attractive. Barbie is “pretty”, in a precisely calibrated stereotype, but women who look like a mass-produced plastic doll are not necessarily sexually attractive. Except to those of very little imagination, and/or those who are more interested in a “trophy” than an actual sexual partner.

    There is a big gap between “beautiful” and “sexy.” For me, the number one example is Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. She is not anything I could describe as beautiful, but she is extremely sexy.

    Given a choice, I’ll take sexy any day.

  275. 275.

    Comrade Luke

    @The Dangerman:

    I was watching the pregame, thinking that the BCS championship is starting to remind me of the Super Bowl, complete with the extreme hype.

    I hope the actual games don’t start following suit.

  276. 276.

    jh

    ‘night folks.

    I will be on to do the hip-hop thing and the WoW thing tommorow.

    Right now, I’m fighting a losing battle with Nyquil.

  278. 278.

    Mark S.

    @The Dangerman:

    Tonight could be the highest disappointment Big Game in recent memory.

    Eh, I remember when a Super Bowl decided by less than three touchdowns was a classic.

  279. 279.

    Corner Stone

    @J. Michael Neal: If I had to be locked in a room over a weekend with music piped in?
    EZ duz it
    License to Ill
    Collision Course (Linkin Park & Jay-Z mashup)

    Not definitive by any means but lets you get a little flavor.

  280. 280.

    Comrade Luke

    Huh. Guess it’s not a broken collarbone.

    And so much for him not being Tebow – they just said they made the decision to not risk his NFL future by coming in in the second half.

    I’m sure Texas fans are thrilled.

    Aaaaand they announce that Colt McCoy is player of the year. Ha ha.

  281. 281.

    Spork

    And y’all are criminal for calling out “License to ill” instead of the vastly superior “Paul’s Boutique”.

  282. 282.

    J. Michael Neal

    @ajr22:

    Ugly is not the antonym for attractive. Barbie is “pretty”, in a precisely calibrated stereotype, but women who look like a mass-produced plastic doll are not necessarily sexually attractive. Except to those of very little imagination, and/or those who are more interested in a “trophy” than an actual sexual partner.

    Art (music, literature, painting, whatever) about violence isn’t necessarily a turn-off. It depends upon how it’s done. It’s more that I know too much about the real life background in Biggie’s case not to let that distract me from the art. That seems like a silly way to develop an appreciation for hip-hop. I’d rather be able to let the albums tell themselves to me.

    Keep in mind that I think the five most evil words in the English language are, “Based on a true story.” I realize that a lot of people think that the fact that a lot of hip-hop is based upon the artists’ personal experience makes it stronger, but it doesn’t work that way for me. The art needs to be able to stand on its own, and that’s how I like to approach it. If it interests me, I will often go out and learn the background afterwards, but that’s not the first step.

  283. 283.

    J. Michael Neal

    WordPress fucked me. That’s the wrong quote, obviously, in my last post. It was a response to:

    If violence turns you off I’m not sure NWA is for you. They did write about killing police and all.

  287. 287.

    Comrade Luke

    @freelancer (itouch):

    I had a feeling that when he did went in the locker room and there was no official word for a long time, that they might be talking about whether to go back in.

    I just hoped it wasn’t the case.

  292. 292.

    Sentient Puddle

    Alright, for the WoW-heads, how about we try to meet up tomorrow at (let’s say) 8 p.m. EST to get this guild going?

    Again, Eitirgg server horde side. My name is Mazog. Send me a whisper then. I’m also on for at least a little while longer tonight if you want to get it out of the way now.

  295. 295.

    Ash

    The fuck is with the refs!? Two blown pass interference calls in the exact same place? Really now?

  296. 296.

    James K Polk, Esq.

    Never stop watching the National Championship game… this one has a crazy feel to it.

  298. 298.

    ajr22

    @J. Michael Neal: I understand. I would just like to recommend Nas’s Illmatic again. It is probably considered the best hip hop album of all time. Its really a brilliant album. Nas is one of the greatest writers/poets to ever pic up a microphone.

  303. 303.

    flukebucket

    @Corner Stone:

    The Bama QB is 3 of 5 in the game.

    No shit. Hard to believe he has never lost a game he has started in high school or college. Tells me that he has been surrounded by some damn good football players.

    As far as the game is concerned it would be just as exciting if both teams just took a knee three times and punted on every possession.

    What a fuckin’ snoozer.

  305. 305.

    Corner Stone

    Now that was just a really horrible call. 12 yards away from that guy. Bad pass and worse ref call.

  309. 309.

    Corner Stone

    @ajr22:

    I got a list here’s the order of my list that it’s in.
    It goes, Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie, Andre from Outcast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me.

    -Eminem.

    Hard to argue.

  310. 310.

    J. Michael Neal

    Fuck me. The Red Wings finally get Cleary and Zetterberg back, and now Holmstrom is going to miss 3-4 weeks with a broken foot suffered in practice. We don’t need another forward; we need Dr. House.

  314. 314.

    freelancer (itouch)

    @gwangung:

    It’s all about the benjamins aka ratings, and maintaining the legitimacy of the status quo. UT almost didn’t make this game because the last play of the Big 12 Championship was revised on an official review.

    ETA- It was just like how the Bush WH planned 9/11!

  315. 315.

    Comrade Luke

    Alabama has been without their Heisman-Trophy-winning running back all half.

    Amazing that Ingram AND McCoy aren’t playing.

  318. 318.

    Siddhartha

    What’s the name of the guild? I’ve got a 80 undead warlock and haven’t played for a while as my old guild disbanded.

  327. 327.

    ajr22

    Wow I come back from the Daily Show, and we have ourselves a ball game. Pretty impressive that Texas can compete for a national championship with a freshman at qb. Iowa couldn’t even beat Northwestern when our qb got hurt, and we had to play his freshman back up.

  330. 330.

    J. Michael Neal

    @ajr22:

    Iowa couldn’t even beat Northwestern when our qb got hurt

    Wow. A Minnesotan getting hip-hop tips from an Iowan. You don’t see that every day. Somehow, Straight Outta Mankato doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  331. 331.

    Corner Stone

    God in motherfucking Heaven! The fucking Bama QB isn’t throwing shit unless the ref’s are letting him! Stack it to stop the fucking run!

  334. 334.

    Morbo

    Wow, I watched the Daily Show and a football game broke out. What the hell is Texas doing calling timeout there though?

  340. 340.

    Comrade Luke

    Really happy for the Texas QB. No matter what happens now there’s no way he’s at fault.

    Mack Brown on the other hand…wow…

  348. 348.

    Comrade Luke

    I used to think it was a little awkward when announcers would talk about college kid’s children. Now we’re talking about their incarcerated parents.

  356. 356.

    freelancer (itouch)

    Jebus, I put on my hoth gear and head out for smokes, and the game gets real.

    And for fucks sake, when are we going to get to the point where an atheist player is like, “Jesus is a great moral role model, but fuck God! Seriously, we won this game out of sheer human talent and effort with the impeccable support of our coaches and leaders!”?

  361. 361.

    Ash

    Why the hell are they talking about that guy’s father being in jail? Dude got busted for money laundering.

  366. 366.

    J. Michael Neal

    @freelancer (itouch): Look, just because I’m mentally ill doesn’t mean that you aren’t exaggerating. It’s five degrees *above* zero. I might switch from the fleece pullover to the leather jacket. Tomorrow night, when it’s supposed to get to -16, maybe I go with the sheepskin, but there’s no need to go to the extreme of wearing a hat or anything.

    There’s a place for people like you. It’s called Los Angeles.

  368. 368.

    J. Michael Neal

    @freelancer (itouch):

    I assume you’re referring to Arizona Bay? I’d just assume wipe my ass with it.

    Well, that is the proper attitude to California. That’s why a bit of cold weather every year is a good thing. It keeps THOSE people from moving here.

  369. 369.

    freelancer (itouch)

    @J. Michael Neal:

    Well, I’d apply that strictly to LA, as the Mythbusters, C. D. Payne, and my closest true friend hail from central and northern CA. Geography is one thing, the magnetism of shit and false sincerity and imitation of true living is another.

  372. 372.

    Ruckus

    @Anne Laurie:
    I bet it’s a nice little pot of free money for the insurance companies, though. Remember the outrage, OUTRAGE I TELLS YA, when some poor schmuck who hadn’t drunk sufficient Cheney-Aid suggested that New York City might “deserve” more federal anti-terrism funds than the fourth-largest city in South Dakota?
    Yea that’s part of my outrage about this bullshit. It’s one thing to make money off of shoveling manure because it’s useful but to make it by legitimizing bullshit is a whole nother order.
    Anyway side story on barbie dolls. When I was a kid working for my dad we did work for Mattel and built the first barbie doll molds. Talk about screwing up a kid, even as a young teen I knew that no women looked like that, ever. Well they can but there is plastic involved and it’s not quite the same.

  373. 373.

    ET

    As a Bama alum….. ROOOOOOOLLLL, TIIIIDE! ROLL!

    Ok now that I have that out out my system…. Wish Bama’s play was better in the 3rd quarter but I am already sick of Texas fans saying Bama would have lost if McCoy had played the whole game. Please. If Texas needed one particular player to win, then maybe the rest of the teams wasn’t that good. Saying that, Gilbert may do well for Texas. He made a few big mistakes that Bama was able to capatalize on, but he brought the team within 3 points which is damn good for someone with little in the way of playing time.

  374. 374.

    flukebucket

    Yeah. McCoy is good but he was not going to make 16 points worth of difference. Alabama was able to just fuck around and still win the game. The only question left now is which SEC team will win the National Championship next year?

  375. 375.

    PTirebiter

    @ET:
    Okay, as a Texan, let me say congrats, and pay no attention to what we refer to as the Whiny Orange. It would have been a better game with McCoy, and they may have even won, but Alabama was the better team. I think the Florida game made that obvious.

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