Obviously, in the history of WVU sports, there have been better nights.
On the upside, CBS did not cut to a commercial with a close-up of Darren Studstill’s facemask twisted sideways.
*** Update ***
For those of you who do not understand the Studstill reference, watch this:
If I remember correctly, around the two minute mark was when I started doing shots of grain.
james hare
duck fuke. go butler!
Yutsano
The sun will rise tomorrow, life will go on, and Tunch will still demand his tuna.
Mike E
Easter brunch tomorrow w/family I did daycare for, then low-key dinner with daughter and ex. Whaddyer doin’?
chapmansfriend
I feel your pain, John. My Marquette team’s last Final Four appearance ended with a 30 -point shellacking by Kansas in the semis… To this day I can’t bring myself to watch that tape…
asiangrrlMN
Happy Fertility Day, y’all! Go forth and multiply!
South of 1-10, holy shit. That’s one hell of a long mass. Glad it didn’t START at midnight, and doubly glad you survived! Drink up.
South of I-10
I so wish I had been home watching basketball. Instead, I went to mass to go watch my Mom join the Catholic church. 2 1/2 freaking hours. I tried to talk her out of it, but no luck. On a positive note, both my Dad and I were in a church, and no one was struck by lightning. More wine please.
Loneoak
For year’s I’ve been meaning to organize a Zombie Jesus parade on Easter. I live in a place where I wouldn’t get lynched for this, but I’m too lazy to actually do it.
trollhattan
Plato instructs us with regards to college hoops that there is too much product; ergo, why the hell are they still playing in April? Also, too, today I saw the awesomest thing on Speed Channel: guys mostly named Cooter racing snowmobiles on a lake. A completely liquid-phase lake.
Only in America friends, only in America.
mai naem
I worked with a woman who converted to Catholicism from Episcopalian to protest the Episcopalians letting the gay guy become the bishop. I bit my tongue but I really really wanted to ask her if she really wanted her two sons around a church which had so many priests who had committed so much child abuse.
IndyLib
The Easter Bunny is bringing my 9 yr-old twins and my 11 year-old kid-sized versions of the new Navy black and grey digital camos so they can play nerf war outside with Dad.
I cooked a traditional Greek feast for Thanksgiving this year, so for Easter – Filipino food. Lumpia, chicken Adobo, barbecued pork and chicken skewers and pancit.
Polish the Guillotines
I’m not Christian, so forgive me if I’ve got this wrong, but…
Isn’t Easter when Jesus came out of his cave, saw his shadow and said there were only six more weeks until Armageddon?
Yutsano
Win, win, and more win.
Share plz.
asiangrrlMN
IndyLib, I want your food.
Polish the Guillotines, snort. You win the thread. It’s over. Call it a night, thankyewverymuch.
By the way, the perfect abs guy to my left <== has no genitals where there should be genitals. How disturbing.
ellaesther
@asiangrrl
I have been sorely tempted lately, when wished a Happy Easter, to say something along the lines of “oh, Easter – right! That’s when y’all note the ritual slaughter of your son-god, who was then returned to life so that you may em-body his qualities when you symbolically eat his flesh on Sundays! Like the Pagans used to do with deer and such! Right?”
But I haven’t. Because people who clean their cupboards in order to commemorate the Israelites’ freedom from slavery really shouldn’t throw stones. If you see what I mean.
But that’s not to say I haven’t been tempted.
Gordon, The Big Express Engine
all falling into place. Butler wins and I get a cool 300 for second place in a pool.
(I was rooting for WVU – I hate Duke and would have given up the 300 to see them lose)
South of I-10
Ugh, no reply arrow? Anyway, favorite quote of the night from my Dad, “That priest thinks he’s a lawyer billing hourly”.
ricky
When the son of the greatest Mountaineer of all time only gets to play in the last minute and commits a turnover, it is time to deny the scientific consensus that there is any genetic connection to basketball skills. And get a new logo model for the NBA.
JabbaTheHutaree
Yup. First Book of Glossolalia, beginning at the 3rd verse. Republican Standard Version. It also includes Jesus pitying the moneylenders and predicting a world messiah who would arise in Alaska and come to Jerusalem wearing a leather jacket and a pair of Naughty Monkey pumps, only to be unrecognized and mocked by sinful swing voters.
SiubhanDuinne
@ellaesther :: As one who finds little satisfaction in cleaning cupboards, and less motivation to do so, I say Hey! Whatever works!
IndyLib
Why the hell don’t we have any “respond to” arrows?
@Yutsano – I don’t know which I miss more from Japan, the Japanese food or the Filipino food which could be found in 2 restaurants and innumerable residences on base.
It’s pretty easy to make if you can find the ingredients. I always get stuff in the commissary, but I know it can be hard to find outside of California in regular grocery stores.
Chicken Adobo is the easiest, no special ingredients.
http://philippinesfoodrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/05/filipino-recipe-chicken-adobo.html
Yutsano
@ Ella:
Been dying to tell you this. So I’m going to a wedding in Arizona next week (old friend from college FINALLY found the right one after a ton of false starts) and I really wanted a good traditional Jewish wedding gift for her mostly because I know she’d appreciate it. Finally found online a GORGEOUS Armenian honey jar and just knew I had to get it. When it arrived I opened it to check to see how it had survived the shipping process. It ended up being even more cool than I could have hoped! The jar arrived wrapped up in Israeli newspaper! I about died laughing when I saw it. Of course I’m leaving the newspaper on it, her reaction when she sees it will be priceless!
Polish the Guillotines
Oh, wow. That’s gotta be nick of the year — and it’s only April. Kudos.
asiangrrlMN:
If he asks you to “rub the lotion on your skin”, run like hell.
General Egali Tarian Stuck
Don’t complain, Cole fixed his blog and gave us an extra row of quicktags. Something had to go to make room
trollhattan
This, all by its lonesome, is so full of win I’m finishing the zinfandel, and that’s that. The in-laws can just wait tomorrow.
IndyLib
@General Egali Tarian Stuck
I noticed those, I was afraid to ask.
Gordon, The Big Express Engine
he removed the reply arrow after this past week’s blog war….
asiangrrlMN
Polish the Guillotines, EW! I will run run away, just like Slade sang.
ellaesther, snort. I actually think that would be funny!
ellaesther
@Yutsano Why, I have an Israeli newspaper on my coffee table right now! No beautiful honey pot, though. I fear I got the raw end of the deal.
Congratulations to your friend!
Yutsano
As someone who grew up around a VietNamese family, I can appreciate missing the various culinary experiences we have. Nothing will beat the simplicity of rice balls wrapped in nori or a nice steaming pot of shabu shabu on the table. However, I am all about the Filipino feast! Of course I have to work tomorrow. Boo.
Yutsano
Ha’aretz?
Loneoak
Would someone mind explaining the two rows of tag buttons, one marked Quitcktags and the other Comments? I must have missed the explanation. As far as I can tell, they are identical.
JabbaTheHutaree
I find it much easier to simply take a firm grip on their flinching elbows and murmur:
“You too are a worshipper of the Sacred Bunny? Let us remove our clothing and perform the obscene yet gratifying rituals that honor his name! He sees us, you know, even in this humble parking lot.”
ellaesther
@ Yusanto – No, sadly, Yediot. I gave up my HaAretz subscription when I was cutting back a while ago, but I saw Yediot when shopping for Passover, and didn’t resist. Nachum Barnea, at least, is still there!
TooManyJens
Loneoak:
They both work, so just pick one. It’s an artifact of whatever voodoo Cole had to throw at WP to get the threads fixed in yesterday’s Great Blog Meltdown.
In unrelated news, Papal approval falls to 27 percent in the US (that number again!):
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Americans_disenchanted_with_pope_af_04032010.html
asiangrrlMN
Loneoak, shhhhhh, we all have to pretend that the second row of buttons is actually a reply arrow (WP problem, apparently).
JabbaTheHutaree, man. Your reply at 31 is priceless. I may have to re-award best comment for the thread (sorry, Polish).
ETA, very gracious, Jabba. I will present you with the award for the comment that made me snicker the loudest.
JabbaTheHutaree
asiangrrl – no, you should not re-award best comment. I was inspired by our Polish friend to verbalizations far beyond my humble dreams.
JabbaTheHutaree
Asiangrrl, I see that you too are a worshipper of the Sacred Bunny…
Yutsano
You know, if it weren’t for the fact that I’m getting on a plane and going to Arizona on Thursday, I’d say fuck work tomorrow and just call in sick. I wish my personal make-up would let this even be an option. Damn personal ethics.
asiangrrlMN
Jabba, most fervently. As often as I can. Enthusiastically.
Yutsano, just do it! I’m such a bad influence on you.
burnspbesq, I’m glad to know there are some classy Duke fans. Good for you.
burnspbesq
Apparently, Butler has a sprained knee – nothing torn. Thank FSM.
morzer
Yutsano, you are up late, and almost certainly have a raised temperature after watching the game. It would be medically irresponsible for a person in such a delicate condition to expose co-workers to possible infection. The ethical thing to do would be to put their well-being above your delicate conscience. You owe it to others to set aside your intellectual torment and do the right thing for the community.
BethanyAnne
@Polish the Guillotines
Nope, it’s The Baby Jesus is hung on a tree by a serpent with a golden apple, and stays there for seven days, and is put in a pyramid and then on the third day they roll back the stone and he comes out dressed as Santa… if he sees his own shadow, there’ll be another 3 weeks of chocolate eggs.
http://www.thisismarcus.com/jake/sixtyfour.htm
JabbaTheHutaree
Jesus is hung like a snake with golden apples? No wonder those Southern women go for preachers!
asiangrrlMN
I present to you, Eddie Izzard on Christmas and Easter. While wearing high heels.
Jabba, you damn well be here all week. I’ll even tip the servers.
Polish the Guillotines
@JabbaTheHutaree #42: Win.
Yutsano
Y’all are terrible. Seriously. Of course now I’m really really seriously considering taking a mental health day. As always, I’ll make the final decision in the morning.
BethanyAnne
That’s close to my fav. Jake the Rake. http://www.thisismarcus.com/jake/thirtysix.htm is my fav. Wish he still wrote it, but I’ll make do with A Softer World. :)
asiangrrlMN
Yutsano, hon, you wouldn’t have brought it up if you didn’t want us to persuade you to give in to your
betterworse nature.By the way? Cantaloupe lime sorbet? Refreshing!
Yutsano, love mochi!
Brachiator, it was included for teh erotic descriptions. Sex sells!
Brachiator
I had a Religious Studies professor who made a persuasive case that The Song of Songs, which never references a deity and is included in the biblical canon mainly because of its beauty, is a ultimately a pagan narrative.
And don’t get me started on Purim.
Yutsano
Sounds like a mochi flavor. But yeah I could see that working.
Just call me the lady who doth protest too much. I have been feeling a slight downhill slant for about the last hour or so. That could also mean I just need sleep. I dunno.
BethanyAnne
Did WP eat that post? FYWP
morzer
Yutsano, if you think you have mental health issues, you really ought to listen to the voices in your head. They know best, and anyway, they outnumber you. Sarah Palin listened to her voices, and she took a sick day. (Well, technically she took about 730 of them). You can do the same!
Yutsano
@ morzer:
Telling a DFH to follow the example of Bible spice is probably the best way to get them to do the opposite. Plus it’s not like I make a habit of calling in sick. Damn morals. I think I need to get corrupted more. Or to start drinking again.
morzer
Yutsano, I do hope you aren’t becoming a bitter liberal elitist. God obviously told Sarah to do it, which means he wants you to do it. If God wants it, it’s the moral thing to do. The corrupt approach would be to sinfully resist God’s will. Drink a little more, and it will all be beautifully clear.
Brachiator
asiangrrlMN — Brachiator, it was included for teh erotic descriptions. Sex sells!
Actually, I think it was included because of its depiction of the strength of passion and of passionate love. It directly contradicts all notions that a person should marry the person that your society, or religion, or tribe, says is the appropriate mate.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave; the flashes thereof are flashes of fire…
…
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, he would utterly be contemned.
Or, more simply, Percy Sledge, When a Man Loves a Woman (adjust as needed for sexual preference)
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys….
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
I have that problem all the time, e.g., Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The suits are receding to the point where it’s no longer “Okay, they’re shaved,” it’s “ZOMG! they’re anatomically incorrect à la Barbie.” Disturbing, to say the least.
BethanyAnne
Have I said fuck you word press recently?
BethanyAnne
I’m beginning to understand why TZ sometimes just posts his post over and over and over and over until wordpress publishes it. It was a minor joke, sorry if someone comes by and makes it appear like 12 times by tomorrow. >.<
mai naem
Hope somebody front pages this story. Nice story about doggies and vets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/us/04dogs.html?src=me&ref=general
JGabriel
John Cole:
If you remember correctly, then they weren’t shots of grain.
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fucen tarmal
well, i sorta feel bad for wvu alums, fans, et al…but really who am i kidding..its sports you are allowed to hate em, at least in that context.
Tom
Probably the wrong time to mention I’m a Florida alum and attending graduate school at Duke…