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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!
You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.
These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.
Black Jesus loves a paper trail.
Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.
Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!
The US Supreme Court is on the ballot in november.
Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.
The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.
Donald Jessica Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!
This fight is for everything.
The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.
I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.
Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.
You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.
The problem people have with Biden’s age is the color of the VPs skin.
Hot air and ill-informed banter
The willow is too close to the house.
I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself. We’re allowed to grow past that.
Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.
Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.
It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.
In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.
…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.
meh
I am a bit perplexed as to why CBS wouldn’t stream the game online – geaux saints.
Steeplejack
Right on, Cole! I see you are aligned with the angels for once (so to speak).
Should be “Geaux Saints!,” though.
Eric U.
I hope the league told the Saints that roughing the passer is still ok, otherwise it’s not going to be fun to watch
Geaux Saints is a trademark of the NFL, and they want royalties
Violet
Geaux Saints! And eff the NFL for trying to copyright every damn thing.
madmommy
Who Dat! And the NFL can bite me. Also.
Mustang Bobby
Okay, I’m here in Miami. So what’s going on tonight? Anything good on TV?
South of I-10
I still can’t believe the Saints are in the Super Bowl. Somebody pinch me.
spudvol
If you can’t decide who to root for in the SB, here’s a helpful fact…Peyton Manning donates money to Bob Corker.
Napoleon
As a matter of principle I always root against any southern team, but today I am going to make an exception. Go Saints.
demo woman
@South of I-10: If it helps, I have on a Patriots shirt. The last time I wore it during the Super Bowl, the NFL team won.
Well duh.. of course the nfl won.. but it was the year the Eli beat Tom
South of I-10
@demo woman: Sweet! You keep rocking that shirt!
spudvol
All this Puppy Bowl needs is a pound of bacon strapped to a feral cat.
Steeplejack
Man, I hate that hopping gator on the HostGator ad. Really annoying. Let’s get more comments on here so I can scroll down far enough not to see it.
Max
Even when sung badly, as it was just now, the National Anthem gets me choked up.
For my money, Whitney’s version was the best of the SB versions.
Anonsters
@Napoleon:
If it helps any, those of us from the Real Deep South don’t consider New Orleans a part. :P
demo woman
@Steeplejack: Kinda makes me miss Pam.
Martin
As a matter of habit, I root for the underdogs in games I have no other preference in, so geaux Saints.
madmommy
@South of I-10:
I know, pretty cool, huh! And Ricky Jackson walking out there as one of the newest members of the HOF. The stars are aligning for the Saints!
AkaDad
I hope Peyton Manning and the Saints score a bunch of home runs. Go team!
Glenn Fayard
Note: Who dat chants originated in NO professional wrestling scene.
“Who dat, who dat, who dat say dey goin’ beat dat Dog!”
i.e. The Junkyard Dog.
blah blah knowing is half the battle.
Thanks to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Notorious P.A.T.
Just want to say, I don’t give a crap about the commercials.
Napoleon
@Anonsters:
Thanks, I can sleep better tonight then.
South of I-10
@madmommy: Did you hear Bobby Hebert interview Ricky Jackson on the radio earlier? He was crying talking about being inducted.
freelancer (itouch)
@South of I-10:
Please, it’s “A-bear”
Max
As a Bills fan, I fondly remember our first trip to the Super Bowl. Hope you Saints fans have better luck.
That kind of sadness never leaves you… :(
Violet
Peyton Manning is looking pretty good so far.
Morbo
Go, Bell’s Two Headed Ale. And Saints.
South of I-10
@freelancer (itouch): I know how to say and spell it! :)
MikeJ
Since avocados have omega-3s, guac is good for you, right?
Violet
@MikeJ:
Health food!
mr. whipple
Opened beer: check
Pizzas in oven: check.
Good to go.
Woodbuster
Either way, may the best team win! At least there’s no “wild card” imposter this year.
D-Chance.
An Abe Vigoda sighting!
This is already the greatest Super Bowl ever…
South of I-10
Tebows make me want to hurl.
Violet
Ugh, stupid Timmy ad. That was dumb. It was like a commercial for him.
demo woman
Is Tebow’s mom trying to move him up in the draft?
madmommy
That Snickers commercial was funny. Betty White FTW
Steeplejack
@demo woman:
I still say that wasn’t an arm.
WereBear
It would be difficult to find an adult American less interested in football than I am. I blame the high school that had the coaches teaching us how to drive. They did things like stick the bullhorn into the car to yell at you.
However, my fella is rooting for the Saints, so I will too.
Napoleon
@D-Chance.:
I thought he was dead. Abe was the greatest on Barney Miller.
Violet
The Betty White/Abe Vigoda commercial was awesome. The Doritos commercial with the dog no-bark collar was kind of stupid. Maybe I need more alcohol to appreciate it.
demo woman
Boostmobile was pretty funny. I had a super bowl party with Clam Chowder and all when the Pats got routed by the Bears. Most boring game ever!
Anonsters
@WereBear:
Eh, the Giants aren’t in it, I’m not that interested in it. But I am nuts about the Giants.
Morbo
That anti-bark Doritos commercial was the first one to make me chuckle. Snickers would’ve been funnier if they’d just left Betty White in there.
Notorious P.A.T.
@MikeJ:
If it has real avocados in it, rather than just corn starch and green coloring.
WaterGirl
@Violet: I have read that if you could only eat 7 foods for the rest of your life avocado should be one of them. It’s that good for you. Enjoy!
demo woman
The Saints have to settle down and just focus on the game.
Redshirt
Saints look nervous. If they don’t settle down, this game could get out of hand.
WaterGirl
@WereBear: Until last fall, I had been able to say that the last football game I went to was in 1972. Then I had to go to watch my 5-year old niece “cheerlead” at the high school football game. Not sure whether that counts or not, as I did not actually watch the game while there.
Nethead Jay
@Napoleon: Saints aren’t a southern team, they’re a New Orleans team.
de stijl
Whatever team wins, I’m sure it will be Good News For Conservatives.
Martin
@Notorious P.A.T.: As a socal resident, I am insulted at the idea of guac without avocados. I mean, that’s like cheese without milk or Fritos without corn.
And the Snickers ad was pretty good. Nice that we got Tebow out of the way, and at a time I needed to go get more tea. (Sick, can’t even beer up due to the meds, but I’ll force down some chicken and rosemary sausage in an hour or two)
WereBear
@WaterGirl: My mother and I went on the road trip to see the Army/Navy game at West Point, which would have been a first football game for me. But the sky clouded over and it started sprinkling when we arrived, and she declared she had put in her time holding a trash bag over her head while water poured down her neck.
So the guys went to the game and we went to the local mall, drank appletinis, and gambled on that Pick Thing. So everyone had a good time.
D-Chance.
@Napoleon: Abe will never die… he’ll just look that way.
Violet
Saints aren’t looking too good. Colts look on form. Come on, Saints! Get your act together!
LauraW
@South of I-10: I have conducted my uber-thorough, statistically (in)significant uniform color analysis.
In summary, blue and white? Are you fucking kidding me? Blue has always been my very least favorite color in the whole universe (next to brown). Blue is for boys. And white? Yawn. Talk about no effort and the color of least resistance.
I look great in black, and despite what Tim Gunn and Nina Garcia would like you to believe, there is no such other color that is ever, truly, “The new black”. Black is forever, enduring, without peer.
And who does not love gold, really? Oh sure, you can say you prefer platinum or silver, but you’re just lying and pretending to be more haughty and high brow than you really are. (Although I will give you copper. Copper rules over gold.)
Ergo: SAINTS!
Woodbuster
The Jesus Boy ad? Lame.
Martin
I’m about to call this game already. Unless someone knocks the next week out of Peyton, I don’t see this getting any better for the Saints.
dr. bloor
Bambi, Godzilla, etc.
dr. morpheus
Super-wha?
I only turn sports on if I want to fall asleep.
Let’s see, Ice Age 2 is on. Much better…
Phyllis
To help keep up: http://www.abevigoda.com/
Moonbatting Average
This game is really getting my geauxt
Morbo
Alright then, bud Light has the early lead for most annoying commercial with that auto-tune one.
AhabTRuler
God, I an beginning to despise the prevalence of auto-tune as much as I despised the return of the vocoder in the late ’90s and the early ‘aughts.
Martin
@Morbo: I don’t know – the whole GoDaddy thing is about 5 years overplayed now.
MikeJ
Oooh. 8½ comes on at 5pm. Yea!
General Winfield Stuck
Big mismatch. Peyton Manning is too good a short passer. The best since Elway and Montana at those kind of passes that are near impossible to defend against. And with receivers who can hang on to them. Yawner brewing.
madmommy
Cajun fiddling beavers. Interesting.
Peyton is starting to get on my last nerve. The Saints need a score on this drive.
Hear that, Drew? Get on it!
South of I-10
@LauraW: Statistics at their finest. Plus black is slimming and if you spill your red wine on your black shirt, it doesn’t really show.
Violet
That Bridgestone commercial was kind of funny.
daryljfontaine
I liked the Cars.com ad. “You know, it’s tough when they’re breech like this… particularly the Bengals.”
D
Max
Saw this on Twitter for those in need.
Super Bowl livestream
http://www.justin.tv/stealthshotdotnet#r=pzUVjeM
TruthOfAngels
Hmph. Call this football?
‘Cause all I see is 1 player on each side actually kicking the ball, and 20 other big blokes having a fight.
Yours in vino
A. Limey
Martin
@General Winfield Stuck: Well, I’d agree, but the Saints are getting it done here. Messy, but steady.
South of I-10
Yes! The Saints won’t be the first team to not score in a Super Bowl!
Morbo
Good god, my friend informs me that Mike Carey’s 60. That does not seem possible.
madmommy
@South of I-10:
LOL! We had to score on that drive and we did. Drew obviously heard me :)
Martin
Hmm, two ads in a row focused on not wearing pants.
PurpleGirl
@Steeplejack: If you are using Firefox for your browser, right click on the ad, a menu will appear and click on “do not show images from …” and, voila, the graphics for Project Wonderful ads will disappear.
Morbo
And that was a terrible reverse.
Martin
And that was a great play after the terrible reverse.
Crazy Kale Lady
Forget it. That Dodge commercial left me confused and conflicted.
Napoleon
Rats!
Comrade Kevin
Way to go, Saints, leaving points on the field in the FIRST HALF.
demo woman
fuck
Martin
@PurpleGirl: Mac users can download Omniweb (free) and it has a global and per-site adblocker setting. I have mine set to just disable that ad, but allow the others so John gets the revenue. You can also set it for animations to only animate 0, 1, 2 times, etc.
Notorious P.A.T.
Wow, that was some play. Good job Aints.
Martin
Yeah, I don’t see how the Saints don’t regret that by the end of the game.
Maxwel
You can’t be serious!
mr. whipple
Poop.
FormerSwingVoter
Wait, what?
How do you do that? I’m not even arguing the decision to go for it – but if you are, that’s an awful play. Single back formation? Really? No blocking back or tight end on an obvious running down? Are you serious?
South of I-10
I don’t understand that at all.
Martin
@FormerSwingVoter: Yeah, Betty White and Abe Vigoda could have turned that play.
South of I-10
@Maxwel: I am serious. And stop calling me Shirley.
Max
Apparently, misogyny is the theme of this year’s commercials.
Sorry boys, didn’t realize you were all so oppressed. If I didn’t make $.81 for every $1.00 you make, I might feel bad for you.
FormerSwingVoter
Yeah, I noticed that. The recurring theme of commercials this year:
“Men, do you sometimes do what your wife or girlfriend asks you to? You have no penis. Buy our product!”
gwangung
@Max: Gah, yeah. The Dodge and the FloTV ones were really stale.
gwangung
@Max: Gah, yeah. The Dodge and the FloTV ones were really stale.
Martin
@Max: This year’s? What year isn’t that the theme?
Morbo
@Max: I am noticing that, too. I’m not even close to the sensitivity of certain sites on such things, but I’m saying to myself watching some of these, “Oh, for fuck’s sake.”
Cat Lady
@Max:
No shit. If I was a young woman and watching these ads, I’d head for the nearest nunnery. Creepy ugly fucktards, the lot of them.
Persia
@Max: The GoDaddy commercials manage to piss me off more every year. Which is a feat.
Max
@Martin: This year seems demonstrably worse than most.
But, I’m an O-bot, so what do I know.
South of I-10
@Max: Poor boys – so oppressed.
Violet
@Persia:
Yeah, the Go Daddy commercial is getting well past its sell-by date. The need a new idea.
FormerSwingVoter
By the way, is the NFL aware that there’s been music released over the past twenty-five years? You wouldn’t know it from the halftime shows…
Steeplejack
@MikeJ:
TCM is running a boatload of Oscar movies all month. I have gotten DVR overload just in the last weekend. Watched Bad Day at Black Rock and Bullitt yesterday, with The French Connection and Bonnie and Clyde still on tap.
And they’re running Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits tonight right after 8½.
Max
Best tweet I’ve seen on the subject…
(via@KagroX)
Comrade Jake
@FormerSwingVoter:
The WHO pull double-duty here though as an advertisement for the CSI franchise.
Nethead Jay
@Max: Yeah, the misogyny is flowing thick and free. I’m embarassed for my gender.
Persia
@Violet: They have a NASCAR driver! They could do all sorts of things beyond ‘ooh, boobies!’ It’s depressing.
madmommy
And now it’s time for the geezer fest halftime show.
The madhubby actually complained that my yelling was giving him a headache. I todl him to take his pansy-ass off to the bedroom. Damn.
Comrade Kevin
The Who? The kittens are on Puppy Bowl’s half time show!
Comrade Jake
Some enterprising network should really run its own halftime analysis show. This is like Football for dummies.
Steeplejack
@PurpleGirl:
Thanks for the tip.
Now I am too busy being irritated by the Super Bowl logo that whooshes up and then whooshes down every time CBS switches between live action and replay, which is on almost every play. Really irritating.
Comrade Jake
So who has Townshend in the hip dislocation pool?
Laura W
@Max: Thank you.
Holy fuck. I withdrew my comment on the Dodge commercial, but wish I’d let it stand after the next one by… Oops. I’ve already forgotten who sponsored it.
+3 (thankfully, or I’d be even more hysterical.)
FormerSwingVoter
Really? Pinball Wizard?
Most overrated Who song EVAR.
Comrade Kevin
@FormerSwingVoter:
Is there any other kind?
Maxwel
OMG, they must be desperate for money. What were the Bowl people thinking?
demo woman
Why is there a bunch of old folks on my TV. Next year AARP and associations for Retirement Homes should advertise.
Violet
Do The Who sound as awful on everyone else’s TV as they do on mine? Or is it my TV? Because they sound horrible.
debit
This is cringeworthy. My embarrassment squick is going into overdrive.
Guys, retire. Seriously. Never do this again. Gah.
Maxwel
Yes, they’re awful. Formerly 1) Stones, 2) Who.
J.
Super Bowl Half-Time Show: Dat Who!
FormerSwingVoter
Dear NFL:
You do not have a time machine. You are getting the 2010’s version of these bands, not the 1960’s version.
debit
They gotta be drunk or stoned, or both.
And they just keep going. Why? WHY?!
Woodbuster
I saw these guys live in 1972. Or, shoiuld I say I saw some guys who could actually SING in 1972. Fuck that’s bad!
Comrade Jake
@Violet:
It’s not because of your tv. It’s because these guys need Oxygen.
Nethead Jay
Damn, this is awful. Rolling Stones can pull this off. The Who… not so much.
Violet
@Comrade Jake:
Glad it’s not my TV. They really sound awful. What’s worse than awful? Dire?
I think I’d rather watch a Who cover band.
debit
@Woodbuster: I saw them in the early 80’s when they were retiring. Supposedly. One of the great concerts of my life now overwritten by this.
Josh Huaco
Can we get some halftime performers who were born after FDR died?
Xantar
Ever since Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson, the NFL made sure to only have male acts.
Then after Springsteen crotch-smacked a camera, I guess the NFL made sure to only have geezer male acts.
Surely the sight of a lead singer literally singing himself out of breath in three songs will be less traumatic than a glimpse of a nipple!
Morbo
@Martin: No, it does seem like it’s especially egregious this year. At least two people I wouldn’t expect to notice in my AIM chat are noticing it this year.
gwangung
Yeah, but this IS the right band for the folks who’re at the stadium (nobody under 50 can afford those tix….)
FormerSwingVoter
I really like “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, but this is terrible. How can you butcher your own damn song? It’s like watching a terrible cover band.
I felt the same way watching the Stones a couple years ago. Ugh.
jeffreyw
Old rockers never die, they just fade away…before your eyes.
Woodbuster
Oh yeah. Morley Safer, Bob Schieffer, Charles Osgood, Andy Rooney, Mike Wallace and The Who. This must be CBS, the Geriatric Channel!
Common Sense
The Who kicks ass. Miles better than freaking Springsteen. The only arena band that might beat em is Pink Floyd.
mr. whipple
Sounds good with a good sound system. Crowd is singing along.
But yeah, a bit long in the tooth.
freelancer (itouch)
Who’s on stage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqF3DafvjCY&feature=youtube_gdata
General Winfield Stuck
I saw The Who in 1975 with a hippie chick that had some kickass Hash Oil we dipped our joints in. They were so loud the concert didn’t end in my head for a week, at least. But I just loved the shit out of Pete Townsend smashing his guitar into a zillion pieces at the end.
Max
I blame the Baby Boomers!
Laura W
@Josh Huaco: Is this the previous Josh Hueco?
Texan, Veterans Affairs worker? All around smart and funny dude?
Cuz if so, I was JUST thinking about you on my walk today and wondering where you had been.
If not, um…carry on?
mr. whipple
We tried that once, but she showed a nipple.
/the NFL.
FormerSwingVoter
Meet the new boss… same as the old boss…
Is Roger Daltrey a firebagger?
Common Sense
Christ this ad reminds me that we could have gotten Blink 182 or some mindless crap from this year instead. I’ll take The Who every time thankyouverymuch.
gbear
@Woodbuster:
I saw them in ’71 in a hockey arena south of Minneapolis. They were having an awful night (it was the Who’s Next tour and they were having to use tapes to fill out some of the songs. They were having trouble staying in sync).
It was pretty obvious they didn’t give a fuck about playing in a hockey arena south of Minneapolis.
So sorry to hear they’re sucking tonight but, man, you’d think they’d be smart enough to stay away from something like this.
WaterGirl
@Martin: So John gets revenue just for the ads showing up – unrelated to whether anyone clicks on them? The gator ads were making me crazy, and I wasn’t aware of the ad blocker you just mentioned, so I installed one that blocks everything (except the amazon & paypal links and a couple others still show up). I didn’t realize that would affect John’s revenue since I never click on ads. Would you mind explaining how ads work, revenue-wise?
Woodbuster
@debit: that was, hands down, the best concert EVER. But this is just sad.
South of I-10
So no embarassing nip slips this year?
freelancer (itouch)
@Max:
My friend and I are texting back and forth in utter disgust about this. Apparently, advertising thinks that the worst thing that can happen to the modern, football watching man, is a woman.
Total bullshit.
Martin
I love The Who, but the Need Money for Rehab Halftime Show didn’t work for me at all. They’ve had their time, I’ve got my LPs and bootlegs to enjoy that time, but I think we can at least get a 90s band up there, no? Aren’t Bryan Adams or Boyz II Men available?
madmommy
Well, glad that’s over.
And now, after a thorough talking-to in the locker room, the Saints are gonna come out and bust a big play for a score.
I too blame Janet Jackson’s nano-second boob-flash for the suckitude that has been the halftime shows the last few years.
mr. whipple
@South of I-10:
Nah, this was more like a FloMax commercial.
Josh Huaco
@Laura W:
You got me. :) Still working for the VA and trying to finish up my Baylor-related stuff. I haven’t gone away, just been lurking here for the past several months. How are you?
gwangung
I think I like the Miller Hi-Life commercial better than the halftime show…More heart in the performance.
FormerSwingVoter
@Martin: Can we get Pearl Jam up there? Or not until 2030?
madmommy
Holy shit, how much gouging do you think is going on in that scrum?
And the Saints recover!!
realbtl
As a Who fan from 1965 who saw them live about 10 times between 1967 and 1975 (and has the tinnitus to prove it) let me offer my sincerest apologies. They Were killers in their time.
Martin
@WaterGirl: It depends on the ad contract. Some are per-pageview, others per-click. The per-click ads pay better (obviously) but most of Google’s are page view based.
OmniWeb is a Mac-only Safari based browser. It renders pages like Safari, but has other differences. The side tab view giving a preview of each page is a favorite feature of mine. But the browser has per-site settings and a built-in ad blocker. The ad blocker let’s you block anything on a page or add a regular expression for the URL and it’ll block anything that matches. What I like about the ad blocker is I can right-click on an ad and select ‘filter’ and it gets added to the blocker, so I can filter out just that ad, or the Pam ad, etc. and let the rest come through. Just turning off the animation is a BIG help.
South of I-10
What the?!!
Comrade Kevin
Now THAT was a bold play.
mr. whipple
Wow.
Xantar
Next year, the halftime show had better be Rihanna, Jay-Z and a full freaking string orchestra.
Morbo
Thy fallen thou shall rise. Go Saints.
Common Sense
Dear God no on the Brian Adams.
I am just not all that jazzed about 99% of the modern bands that I would think likely candidates — and I say this as a guy in my 30’s. The Foo Fighters would probly kick ass.
Martin
@FormerSwingVoter: Yeah, Pearl Jam would work – Ten hit almost 20 years ago now.
South of I-10
@madmommy: Oh, it’s on!
Nethead Jay
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!
Edit: TOUCHDOWN. Saints are here to play!!!
Moonbatting Average
Ballsiest. Opening. Kick. Evar.
Comrade Jake
Was that the Peyton Manning face I just saw?
mr. whipple
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Martin
Woo! That’s how you do it!
FormerSwingVoter
I am now officially a Saints fan.
justme
Okay. This might just be the awesomeness I wanted.
Common Sense
Saints baby!
That place is a helluva lot louder when NO scores.
gwangung
Bet that just sent a jolt across the country…
madmommy
@South of I-10:
On-side kick and recovery, bitchez!
And Drew’s got ’em marching down the field to the touchdown!!!
Morbo
Yeaaaah, baby. Nice, nice YAC.
Morbo +4 (really more like +7 though)
Kathy
Ok the game is back on and a Saints on-side kick and touch down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much better guys.
Laura W
@WaterGirl: I can speak to the Project Wonderful ads (only). John gets paid for the space rental whether you see them or click on them or not. It’s an interesting auction type situation, where advertisers place ads and bid our maximum amounts for each panel. We specify for how many days’ duration our ads will run, when they will start, etc.
That’s why you’ll see the PW ads down the left panel change so frequently. If I want to run something special, I’ll bid $4.00/day, since that is pretty high for BJ. I might also just run it for one or two days. Someone would want my space badly to outbid me. If they did, and set their time frame for one day, once their ad/bid expired, I would be high bidder again and you’d see my ad. It’s a very cool system, actually. I could be wrong but I think the site gets 25% of what we, as advertisers pay?
As a PW advertiser, I would never say: “Feel free to block those ads” because I want you to see those ads and click on and go to my web site and BUY MY SHIT.
But as a Friend of John’s, I would also say: “Feel free to block PW ads because you are taking no money out of my pocket anyway.”
Hope that helps?
(Maybe tomorrow I can help you with the blogad rules since I’ve only used that once. To the best of my recollection, they are not a pay per click endeavor either. Blogads is also a space rental per month contract, and FAR more pricey than PW.) I do not know if this site has any actual pay per click ads. But what do I know?
Martin
@Common Sense: I like a lot of the current stuff, and I’m in my 40s.
I just don’t see the wisdom in constantly deferring to entertainment that is outside of the advertising demographic for the game. I’d think that they’d want to be constantly aiming for the 18-25 demographic, not just for the advertisers but also to pull in future fans. Though the NFL has priced itself out of the young people market. $100+ tickets and however much things like NFL Season Pass cost can’t help bringing in the under-30 demographic.
JD Rhoades
The Demi-Who’s vocals were, indeed, terrible. But Townshend’s is still the Guitar That Ate My Brain. And I did like hearing the entire stadium roaring “DON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN!”
And it was one trippy-ass light show.
Just call me Mr. Positive.
FormerSwingVoter
My favorite team is the team that makes Peyton Manning cry.
Go Saints!
Max
I vote for Pearl Jam or Jay-Z next year. Or, Pearl Jam AND Jay-Z.
What’s not to love with that combo?
justme
Is it time for the turnovers to begin?
Please?
South of I-10
@madmommy: I just told Mr. South that if the Saints win, we are dropping Little South off at my parents and driving to NO. I don’t think I am serious, but I’m really not sure.
mr. whipple
@Martin:
Just as long as they do that EEEEday song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNINw1wNdno
glocksman
Fuck the Colts.
This Hoosier is frankly pissed off about Cowardwell’s throwing away their perfect season.
IOW, the Saints can win in a blowout and I’ll be happy.
glocksman +6
Martin
@Crazy Kale Lady: Interesting. Thanks for weighing in. I’m most familiar with Google’s (well, who isn’t these days) but I still don’t promote ad blockers too heavily since that’s how these sites stay running. I don’t prefer the alternative of subscriptions. I will block the most annoying ads, though.
madmommy
@South of I-10:
Do it!! You might never get the chance again! I would totally do that if I had anyone to pawn the kidlets off on! Hell, I might leave the hubby here with the kids and head out anyway.
Martin
Man, how does that guy do that?
justme
^%$^%$*^%(&$^^#%#ing Manning.
Keith G
@South of I-10: How far is that for you?
WaterGirl
@Martin: Thanks so much for the info! I love “top sites” in Safari 4, otherwise I would switch, since it sounds pretty cool. I think that damn gator ad has a lot of us scrambling to find a way to get rid of it…
FormerSwingVoter
Is “Begging For a Pass Interference Call” a receivers drill that the Colts run in practice?
FSV +5
Keith G
@justme: Yeah, he is a stud tonight, so far.
justme
They need to put some pressure on Manning, damnit.
And maim Addai.
Laura W
@WaterGirl: Lost my edit window. What I meant to say was that you take no money away from BJ if you block Project Wonderful ads, but you know, many of us who advertise there are BJ regulars and we might get our tender feelings hurt.
I see Martin has addressed Google Ads. They are probably pay-per-click.
justme
Ooohhh. New thread.
South of I-10
@Keith G: 140 miles? A couple of hours.
Martin
@WaterGirl: OmniWeb has a lot of other nice features. For one, it saves state on all your pages when you quit, so everything just jumps back up where you left it.
Another, it has what are called ‘Workspaces’ which are basically different snapshots of your saved states, so you can have a bunch of pages and tabs open for some task like house hunting or car shopping and then switch that workspace out to do your day-to-day stuff.
One of the best features is that it makes all text form fields resizable, so I can take this submit box and stretch it out so it’s a reasonable width. I can also open up the text form into it’s own window that looks like a Textedit window with standard fonts and such and type there and everything gets mirrored to the actual form field. Nice stuff.
You can enable javascript per-site (or enable it for all sites and disable it per site) and lots of features like that. Makes the whole experience a lot nicer.
Keith G
@Max: Red Hot Chili Peppers or, hell, I’d settle for Match Box 20 or Prince again. But please no more acts from my childhood. They are not relevant or entertaining.
Watching the Who now would is like Rudy Vallee performing in a 1970s half time show.
Keith G
@South of I-10: I love the Quarter on non holiday holidays. Up tempo partying, but still a sense of calm because it is so under (max) populated.
If that makes sense.
WaterGirl
@Laura W: That helps a lot! I have to confess that I pretty much tune out all advertising instinctively (sorry!) so I would never have clicked on your site anyway. (sorry again!)
That gator ad was driving me wild and I was about a minute away from taping a strip of cardboard over that part of my laptop screen when someone suggested an ad blocker, so that’s what I did. I appreciate learning more about the way things work; I surely don’t want to take revenue away from my favorite blog. Thanks again
Max
@Keith G: Apparently, it’s either old men playing old songs or Nickleback.
PurpleGirl
I’ve actually clicked through quite a few times to Project Wonderful sites from the ads… but the animated gator was creating a problem for me. I’m sensitive to sounds and light and sometimes to repetitive motions like that ad. The end result can be physically painful. The alternative for me until I discovered that right-click thing was to leave Balloon Juice and I didn’t want to do that. I’ll check back for when the gator and gone and re-engage images.
minachica
@PurpleGirl: This! That bouncy gator is literally migraine-inducing.
Morbo
Except for that drop, Colston has been a monster for the Colts to defend.
metalgirl
OMG, the Aints look like they are going to roll over the Colts! I have a good friend from NOLA at the game who is sending updates on FB. Good for him — at least I can root for his team this time (since it’s not basketball and LSU, since I’m a KY fan)!
Yutsano
Yeah checking in way late but GEAUX SAINTS!!
Jane2
Who Dat? NOBODY!!
John O
“I don’t know how you can be any kind of coon-ass legend when you ain’t got no x’s or u’s in your name.”
“Shoat means of course that everybody from LSU seems to have a name like Bou-ax or Loubedo.”
Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough