I have to agree with you here. The Chuck previews displayed bikinis.
That is worlds better than any Vikings Jets game nonsense.
2.
MattR
And NFL for those of you with no sense.
Three letters: DVR.
3.
General Stuck
Gonna watch the paranoid Marathon Man tonight. No feetsball till this Sunday when the Browns dogpound the stillers. At least for three quarters, till they run out of mojo.
4.
Kathy
Oh but we are not dealing with the real competitive issue of the night. What is the over/under on Bristol getting the boot?
Just kidding, John you can put your exploded head back together. I am going to watch Brits blow up cars on Top Gear tonight.
5.
Cat Lady
How great is it that the NFL network has an old white guy host named Randy Moss who gets to talk about Randy Moss, and has to say “no relation”. What a country.
@Kathy: Love Top Gear.
I think a lot of Americans are missing it. Just an awesome freakin show.
Don’t like about half of the gimmick contests, but they work awesome cars through their paces.
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Punchy
ESPN briefly touched on something about some old geezer QB who’s been passing balls (and pictures of balls) maybe possibly throwing to some tall dude with ‘rowz and ‘tude. They implied their might be some minor encounter later tonite, whereby both gangs meet up and push each other around.
I have been told this might be better than Charles tonite.
I will check into the game once, briefly, to see the score. If the Jets are winning by a profound amount, I’ll stay long enough to revel in Brett’s tears and profound FAIL.
The only question now is what week he walks away from the Vikes.
11.
Steve
Best sports weekend in a long time for this fan of the Lions, Red Wings, and Michigan State Spartans. I’m going to quit while I’m ahead!
12.
Kathy
@Corner Stone:
Top Gear is the absolute best thing on TV. Yes the cars are amazing (I loved seeing Michael Schmaucher put the Ferrari through its paces) but I do have a soft spot for the stunts. When they gutted a Mercedes and turned it into “Anne Hathaway’s Cottege and then took it for a test drive I busted a gut, it was one of the funniest things I ever saw.
13.
suzanne
I am depressed. I just got a call from one of the Dem operatives asking if I could come to the Mitchell/Schweikert debate tomorrow. (Mitchell is the two-term Dem congressman in AZ-5, a lovely older gentleman who used to teach high school government and civics classes, became the school principal, then the very popular and beloved mayor, and then kicked J.D. Hayworth out of elected office and back to the radio.) Schweikert is apparently trying to load up the audience with Tea Partiers. And I can’t go. FUCK. I am so pissed off.
he may not walk away, if he was sexually harassing independent contractors and a jets employee, he may get an early gate…though i personally doubt the nfl will do it, things are different when you are favre.
the bonus is, the ladies can finally see the inspiration for brett’s uniform number, in all its glory, right here on the internets. alledgedly.
16.
Gravenstone
And NLDS. Save your scorn for those hockey loving sorts that haunt these virtual halls.
In Hollywood speak, “trial seperation” usually means we have contractual movie obligations to uphold, so we may still be seen together, but we are def apart.
I’ve just always like them as a couple, they just seemed so quirky and cute!
Oh well, too sad!
20.
morzer
Grandpa Grey Balls versus the Slime Balls… could be a movie in there, somewhere. Oh how sad it is to have to root for the Minnie Mice. Rex Ryan, you will pay for this cognitive distortion!
@Kathy: I want to say it was the AMG C 12 that I totally gave in to Top Gear.
Dude took it around the track and I…well, TMI but I gave it up watching that one.
@Cat Lady: Link won’t get me to Mr. Hamilton, bummer. Saw a great interview with Nicole whatshername at a F1 race. Guy interviewing her thought she actually paid attention to the races, was he in for a surprise.
Anyone who has not seen this bit is missing out. British television hosting and automobile manufacturing at it’s finest.
35.
morzer
Apparently the Gods are angered by the combination of Favre, Moss and the Jets. Torrential rain and lightning are prevailing at this time.
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Morbo
@arguingwithsignposts: I have the opposite problem, need Moss to beat Harvin by no fewer than negative 9.5 points. That’s a pretty comfortable margin, but a touchdown would put my mind at ease.
Top Gear cracks me up no end. It’s like my very secret passion. I’m not into cars or status symbols, though I do like to drive and drive fast. But God, I love that show. There’ve been quite a few shows where I giggled and guffawed so much I cried, or even almost tinkled.
Like the 2 or so shows where they made boats out of cars they bought for less than 5000 Pounds. Or the winter Olympics one, or any of them where they get shot at and hunted by the Military. Those guys crack me up.
@Dee Loralei:
The most frightening top gear was when they had to drive through the deep south in their cheap cars to New Orleans. I believe they almost got the shit beat out of them in ‘Bama.
@morzer: What did you say? I don’t have my reading glasses on. And, My hair (which is ass-length) turns white, not gray. It’s cool. I’m waiting until it all turns white (like Storm from the X-Men) and then cut it all off.
AP wins the game with Favre getting knocked out and Moss taking himself out because he isn’t getting enough touches. Please, football gods, let it be so.
42.
Dee Loralei
@arguingwithsignposts: Yea, I was scared for them, but it was still funnier than Borat in the South :-P
@Corner Stone: I’ve been looking but I can’t find it. It may be the C63.
In any event, it’s an AMG where Jeremy is like, “It’s a beast! It’s a monster! It is eating me up!”
It roared like a fucking dragon. And random analogies to sex with girlfriends, etc.
@morzer: Bwahahahahahahha! That’s funny. And, how the hell does Matt Millen have a fucking job? Why the fuck is he on my TeeVee? And, rain delay? Really? Ugh. More salivation over Favre/Moss.
48.
Corner Stone
@arguingwithsignposts: You mean when they flew into MIA and bought cars under $1000?
That was awesome.
49.
Corner Stone
@asiangrrlMN: Matt Millen is actually a very good analyst.
Horrible, horrible, horrible GM.
But solid in small sound bytes. I like hearing his 20 second break down bytes.
@Corner Stone: Yes, and they had to write un-patriotic slogans on the side of the cars. And they had to get gas in rural Ala. Funny shit, but scary too.
@asiangrrlMN:
i agree, i can’t listen to millen, he was non-descript to me before the lions, now he is the guy who drafted 3 wrs in the first round….and rain delays in football are horrible.
@fucen tarmal: Yep. That’s exactly it. Every time I see him, I can only think about how much he screwed over the Lions and how he kept his job for so damn long.
@asiangrrlMN: WTF, there are no rain delays in real football!
Must be lightning. (I am not near a TV atm)
57.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
ugh. Media Matters has another quote from our pal, Mark Halperin
Throughout the year, we have been treated to Obama-led attacks on George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Congressman Joe Barton (for his odd apology to BP), John Boehner (for seeking the speakership — or was it something about an ant?) and Fox News (for everything). Suitable Democratic targets in some cases, perhaps, but not worth the time of a busy Commander in Chief.
Imagine! Criticizing the nice Rush Limbaugh, and our heroic former Vice President. I’m going to ring for my smelling salts.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I think Halperin is filling his concern-troll quota for the mid-term very well. He’s a hack, but you have to admit, he works at his hackery.
I’m not a violent man, but every time I see Mark Halperin quoted I feel a great temptation to pick up a baseball bat and take a swing at his smug, thuggish face.
@asiangrrlMN: I saw your post to me earlier today, just before all hell broke loose at work and I couldn’t reply. I like the idea of a meet up during Netroots Nation when other BJ denizens are in town. Party!
And here we go. Go Vikes!
ETA: WHAT THE HELL?!
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MikeJ
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: If the president is a Democrat, he should never say anything negative about anybody, because his time is too valuable.
uh oh the vikings must have gotten into percy harvin’s stash…based on the moss pass to favre
70.
debit
Oh for fuck’s sake.
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Corner Stone
Dude. Learn your snap count.
72.
JWL
(Between innings in Atlanta…) So, big badass NFL players are spooked by weather. “We might be struck by lightening”. Boo friggin’ hoo…
Halas lost dozens to frostbite over the course of his Hall Of Fame Career.
It’s bad enough the league bought into the “danger of concussion” rubbish. But to take counsel of self-styled “climatologists”? Is that what this country has been reduced to?
“Brett Favre himself pulled out.” Probably not what you want to say about a guy under review for sending inappropriate texts.
Not an auspicious start.
@JWL: You serious about the concussion thing? It’s a real danger, and I don’t think some old guy losing his toes to frostbite is something to which the players should aspire.
@mr. whipple: I hope they go with the double entendres all night. Intentional or not.
@schrodinger’s cat: I have my ways! It’s adorable, though. Your baby?
P.S. Since I type very fast, I can reply to your statement and then paste it into my initial comment. Voila!
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Ash Can
In all fairness to the Jets, New York was under a severe thunderstorm warning earlier. They may have delayed the game as a precaution, to get the fans downstairs and away from the lightning, hail, high winds, etc.
88.
morzer
Well, so far Favre doesn’t look terribly convincing. Lucky not to have at least one interception, if you ask me.
@Ash Can: Stadiums, with their metal seats and all that, are apparently lightning magnets.
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schrodinger's cat
@asiangrrlMN: Oh noes she can travel backwards in time!
Aaaaaw! Cute kittehs! I heart them!
Thanks and I agree.
94.
WaterGirl
@jeffreyw: I was late getting back to the thread… That bee photo of Homer is just too cute. And he did look pretty grown up, just for a minute!
Is there a way you could post that photo in such a way that I can drag it to my desktop?
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Ash Can
@Omnes Omnibus: Not only that, but high winds can blow small pieces of debris around, and hail stones are no fun to get pelted with either. Team officials don’t want their fans to get dinged up, so when the weather gets a little too frisky, they’ll give the fans a chance to duck and cover. (Or, as was the case at Wrigley Field a few years ago when a tornado warning was issued during the game, they’ll shoo all the fans down to the lower concourse.)
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JWL
“Stadiums, with their metal seats and all that, are apparently lightning magnets”.
No one in their right mind would take a seat during a thunderstorm.
But I thought New Yorkers were the toughest of the tough. Which excused their being the rudest of the rude… that they earned it the hard way..
@WaterGirl: If you’re running windows just right click it and choose set as desktop background. Or click here and then click on the download link on that page.
Yesterday a team of surgeons injected cells grown in culture from a human embryonic stem cell into the spine of someone with a broken back. That person’s name is not known, but think about this . . . probably 10 days ago that person was walking around, innocently enjoying life, not knowing that they were about to become the luckiest and unluckiest mothereffer ever.
Unlucky to damage your spinal cord and become completely without movement or sensation below your injury.
Lucky to do it at a time and place where you become a candidate for the first treatment based on embryonic cells every conducted under the stringent control of the FDA of the USA.
I’ve met the scientists who spent 15 years working on this therapy. It’s based on a ridiculously vast range of basic science. They grew those cells in culture, millions and millions of them from a single donated blastocyst after a successful IVF treatment. They figured out the genes to tweak to get the cells to turn into just the right kind of progenitors.
They showed that it worked on rats, like 5 years ago, to put these cells in and watch them wrap protective insulation around whatever axons survived the injury . . . and the rats got some movement back.
So here’s this injured person with the most crappy diagnosis: you’re never gonna feel anything below your belly button ever again . . . and then they say . . . BUT right now is the first ever clinical trial of a therapy that no human being has gotten until today.
Do you want it? Hell, yes.
And that’s my eff off to all the nutballs who’ve spent so many years fighting against letting this research go forward. Somebody donated a blastocyst, somebody funded this research, somebody is hopefully going to change medicine.
And all you did with your stupid bleating about the sanctity of a fertilized egg was condemn a lot of paralyzed people to an extra decade of suffering. Dicks.
104.
bostondreams
Well, he’s no Randy Moss, but an Old Patriot is back in the fold. Pats traded for Deion Branch today.
105.
JWL
With a tip of the hat to the great Bobby Cox, it’s a great night to be a Giants fan.
106.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
Can anyone explain why they’re still wearing eyeblack in the rain?
I blame Obama for not stamping out this un-American behavior. Either that, or it’s Gisele Bundchen’s fault.
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WaterGirl
@jeffreyw: Thank you! I have a mac so normally I can just drag a photo to my desktop, but that doesn’t work with the new Flickr. I see now that I need to click on “view all sizes”, and then I can drag as usual. I was gone on vacation for a week, but now I see why everyone is so crazy about Homer.
109.
debit
Okay, this is more like it.
Also, too, mmmm well deserved pie.
ETA: I take it back. I thought the defense had stopped ’em and went to the kitchen. I guess not.
110.
Admiral_Komack
Looks like Farve isn’t doing too well.
Poor baby.
He needs a text.
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JWL
“..who in their right mind would root for the Jets”?
As a kid, I watched the ’69 Super Bowl (or ’70, if you want to nit-pik). As much as I admired Morrel, I remember pleading with the TV to send in Unitas. I was definitely an NFL snob at that point. I was bummed when the Colts lost. But I was forced to wise up in the next few years.
Since then, anytime the Jets have fielded a good-enough team, I’ve always wished them well.
No, as in a lousy second-half performance, redeemed by the rest of his team. Sanchez looks better than he did, but he still can’t finish games off, as a top-flight QB should.
Svensker, aren’t you inured to suffering after years of following the Jets?
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Svensker
Sweet.
141.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
I’ve never understood why thewy don’t teach a DB to go to the ground in that situation. If he does, the Jets just need to kneel on it twice. It’s extremely unlikely the Vikings can win here, but it would be zero if the Jets just hold on to the ball.
Hmmm, consider that next year the Jets will be dumping players to get the finances in balance, not to mention the Patriots having 7 choices in the first 4 rounds of the draft. I am not so sure the Rex era is going to be glorious.
Corner Stone
I have to agree with you here. The Chuck previews displayed bikinis.
That is worlds better than any Vikings Jets game nonsense.
MattR
Three letters: DVR.
General Stuck
Gonna watch the paranoid Marathon Man tonight. No feetsball till this Sunday when the Browns dogpound the stillers. At least for three quarters, till they run out of mojo.
Kathy
Oh but we are not dealing with the real competitive issue of the night. What is the over/under on Bristol getting the boot?
Just kidding, John you can put your exploded head back together. I am going to watch Brits blow up cars on Top Gear tonight.
Cat Lady
How great is it that the NFL network has an old white guy host named Randy Moss who gets to talk about Randy Moss, and has to say “no relation”. What a country.
General Stuck
@Cat Lady:
A neverending Forrest Gump
Corner Stone
@Kathy: Love Top Gear.
I think a lot of Americans are missing it. Just an awesome freakin show.
Don’t like about half of the gimmick contests, but they work awesome cars through their paces.
Punchy
ESPN briefly touched on something about some old geezer QB who’s been passing balls (and pictures of balls) maybe possibly throwing to some tall dude with ‘rowz and ‘tude. They implied their might be some minor encounter later tonite, whereby both gangs meet up and push each other around.
I have been told this might be better than Charles tonite.
jeffreyw
He’s got high hopes…
NobodySpecial
I will check into the game once, briefly, to see the score. If the Jets are winning by a profound amount, I’ll stay long enough to revel in Brett’s tears and profound FAIL.
The only question now is what week he walks away from the Vikes.
Steve
Best sports weekend in a long time for this fan of the Lions, Red Wings, and Michigan State Spartans. I’m going to quit while I’m ahead!
Kathy
@Corner Stone:
Top Gear is the absolute best thing on TV. Yes the cars are amazing (I loved seeing Michael Schmaucher put the Ferrari through its paces) but I do have a soft spot for the stunts. When they gutted a Mercedes and turned it into “Anne Hathaway’s Cottege and then took it for a test drive I busted a gut, it was one of the funniest things I ever saw.
suzanne
I am depressed. I just got a call from one of the Dem operatives asking if I could come to the Mitchell/Schweikert debate tomorrow. (Mitchell is the two-term Dem congressman in AZ-5, a lovely older gentleman who used to teach high school government and civics classes, became the school principal, then the very popular and beloved mayor, and then kicked J.D. Hayworth out of elected office and back to the radio.) Schweikert is apparently trying to load up the audience with Tea Partiers. And I can’t go. FUCK. I am so pissed off.
jeffreyw
Ooh! That thing, it interests me!
fucen tarmal
@NobodySpecial:
he may not walk away, if he was sexually harassing independent contractors and a jets employee, he may get an early gate…though i personally doubt the nfl will do it, things are different when you are favre.
the bonus is, the ladies can finally see the inspiration for brett’s uniform number, in all its glory, right here on the internets. alledgedly.
Gravenstone
And NLDS. Save your scorn for those hockey loving sorts that haunt these virtual halls.
/ducks
jeffreyw
Drinking a bumble bee through a straw.
WaterGirl
@jeffreyw: Beautiful photo. Is that Homer? If so, he looks so grown up!
lamh32
Not Chuck or NFL related, but I know I don’t know them personally, but reading this kinda made me a little sad:
Courtney Cox and David Arquette Announce Trial Seperation Split
In Hollywood speak, “trial seperation” usually means we have contractual movie obligations to uphold, so we may still be seen together, but we are def apart.
I’ve just always like them as a couple, they just seemed so quirky and cute!
Oh well, too sad!
morzer
Grandpa Grey Balls versus the Slime Balls… could be a movie in there, somewhere. Oh how sad it is to have to root for the Minnie Mice. Rex Ryan, you will pay for this cognitive distortion!
arguingwithsignposts
@Corner Stone:
and others – Love Top Gear – wish more seasons were on Netflix Instant.
ETA: I am fully anticipated Granpa Favre screwing up my Fantasy team by throwing to the hated Randy Moss instead of handing off to AP.
asiangrrlMN
Yay. Go team with the two divas, neither of whom I like. Rah the mofo rah.
Update Whatever: I hope AP singlehandedly wins the damn game.
@jeffreyw: Squee. Homer is teh cutie.
@suzanne: Your babies are bee-yew-tee-ful. Thanks to you both. Needed the cuteness right about now.
jeffreyw
@WaterGirl:
Yup, that’s Homer. And, no, he isn’t all that grown up. LOL
suzanne
Ah, fuck it. Here’s some pictures of my four-legged cutie patooties.
Luna
Scout
General Stuck
Co pilot Charlie
Corner Stone
@Kathy: I want to say it was the AMG C 12 that I totally gave in to Top Gear.
Dude took it around the track and I…well, TMI but I gave it up watching that one.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
I sense a great disturbance in the Force. A young Lions fan is being born, redeemed from the Dark Side….
asiangrrlMN
@General Stuck: Goddamn, but that’s an excellent picture of Charlie!
@morzer: Well, considering that I consistently root for the underdog, yeah, that’s entirely possible.
ETA: And, I’m not young. I’m nearly your age!
Cat Lady
@Kathy:
Lewis Hamilton. That is all.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
anyone know why Olberman is wearing a tux?
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Logically, captain, that will necessitate you continuing as a Vikings fan in the near future…
Cat Lady
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Waiting for Columbus?
Kathy
@Cat Lady: Link won’t get me to Mr. Hamilton, bummer. Saw a great interview with Nicole whatshername at a F1 race. Guy interviewing her thought she actually paid attention to the races, was he in for a surprise.
Bnut
@Corner Stone:
Anyone who has not seen this bit is missing out. British television hosting and automobile manufacturing at it’s finest.
morzer
Apparently the Gods are angered by the combination of Favre, Moss and the Jets. Torrential rain and lightning are prevailing at this time.
Morbo
@arguingwithsignposts: I have the opposite problem, need Moss to beat Harvin by no fewer than negative 9.5 points. That’s a pretty comfortable margin, but a touchdown would put my mind at ease.
Oops, broke the site…
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Venerable lady, I bow in awe of your grey hairs.
Dee Loralei
Top Gear cracks me up no end. It’s like my very secret passion. I’m not into cars or status symbols, though I do like to drive and drive fast. But God, I love that show. There’ve been quite a few shows where I giggled and guffawed so much I cried, or even almost tinkled.
Like the 2 or so shows where they made boats out of cars they bought for less than 5000 Pounds. Or the winter Olympics one, or any of them where they get shot at and hunted by the Military. Those guys crack me up.
Dee Loralei
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Some awards ceremony.
arguingwithsignposts
@Dee Loralei:
The most frightening top gear was when they had to drive through the deep south in their cheap cars to New Orleans. I believe they almost got the shit beat out of them in ‘Bama.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: What did you say? I don’t have my reading glasses on. And, My hair (which is ass-length) turns white, not gray. It’s cool. I’m waiting until it all turns white (like Storm from the X-Men) and then cut it all off.
AP wins the game with Favre getting knocked out and Moss taking himself out because he isn’t getting enough touches. Please, football gods, let it be so.
Dee Loralei
@arguingwithsignposts: Yea, I was scared for them, but it was still funnier than Borat in the South :-P
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
White ass-hair? Truly, a phenomenon!
arguingwithsignposts
@Dee Loralei:
Well, anything is funnier than Borat imho. Your mileage may vary.
Will be interesting to see how the U.S. production manages to fuck up a good thing.
HumboldtBlue
Angry Black Lady had this link up …
Corner Stone
@Corner Stone: I’ve been looking but I can’t find it. It may be the C63.
In any event, it’s an AMG where Jeremy is like, “It’s a beast! It’s a monster! It is eating me up!”
It roared like a fucking dragon. And random analogies to sex with girlfriends, etc.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Bwahahahahahahha! That’s funny. And, how the hell does Matt Millen have a fucking job? Why the fuck is he on my TeeVee? And, rain delay? Really? Ugh. More salivation over Favre/Moss.
Corner Stone
@arguingwithsignposts: You mean when they flew into MIA and bought cars under $1000?
That was awesome.
Corner Stone
@asiangrrlMN: Matt Millen is actually a very good analyst.
Horrible, horrible, horrible GM.
But solid in small sound bytes. I like hearing his 20 second break down bytes.
arguingwithsignposts
@Corner Stone: Yes, and they had to write un-patriotic slogans on the side of the cars. And they had to get gas in rural Ala. Funny shit, but scary too.
fucen tarmal
@asiangrrlMN:
i agree, i can’t listen to millen, he was non-descript to me before the lions, now he is the guy who drafted 3 wrs in the first round….and rain delays in football are horrible.
MikeJ
@arguingwithsignposts: If by unpatriotic you mean “Hillary for President.”
martha
@HumboldtBlue: This was just great, great, great. Loved it!
asiangrrlMN
@Corner Stone: I don’t care.
@fucen tarmal: Yep. That’s exactly it. Every time I see him, I can only think about how much he screwed over the Lions and how he kept his job for so damn long.
Rain delays SUCK!
arguingwithsignposts
@MikeJ:
I did say they were in Alabama, right?
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN: WTF, there are no rain delays in real football!
Must be lightning. (I am not near a TV atm)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
ugh. Media Matters has another quote from our pal, Mark Halperin
Imagine! Criticizing the nice Rush Limbaugh, and our heroic former Vice President. I’m going to ring for my smelling salts.
arguingwithsignposts
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I think Halperin is filling his concern-troll quota for the mid-term very well. He’s a hack, but you have to admit, he works at his hackery.
morzer
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I’m not a violent man, but every time I see Mark Halperin quoted I feel a great temptation to pick up a baseball bat and take a swing at his smug, thuggish face.
asiangrrlMN
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: He needs to DIAF. Asswipe.
@arguingwithsignposts: Yes, lightning. Football gods are pissed.
@morzer: I’ll pay your bail.
arguingwithsignposts
Re: Halperin, it always helps to remember his blue-collar roots. Nice to know there’s a voice for the little man up there in the Village. /snark
Corner Stone
God. I love watching All Day.
James K. Polk, Esq.
You guys talking about Battlestar Galactica on instant Netflix… Thanks! It’s so fucking rad!
Corner Stone
I’m sorry my homage to Hakeem Olajuwon got lost in Columbus Hate.
I’m reposting here:
Hakeem
And I’ll keep reposting until he’s given his due props.
General Stuck
@asiangrrlMN:
I am liking your no nonsense tone with idjitery.
debit
@asiangrrlMN: I saw your post to me earlier today, just before all hell broke loose at work and I couldn’t reply. I like the idea of a meet up during Netroots Nation when other BJ denizens are in town. Party!
And here we go. Go Vikes!
ETA: WHAT THE HELL?!
MikeJ
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: If the president is a Democrat, he should never say anything negative about anybody, because his time is too valuable.
asiangrrlMN
@General Stuck: I hit peak wingnut tolerance. It’s all just too much. And, game on.
fucen tarmal
uh oh the vikings must have gotten into percy harvin’s stash…based on the moss pass to favre
debit
Oh for fuck’s sake.
Corner Stone
Dude. Learn your snap count.
JWL
(Between innings in Atlanta…) So, big badass NFL players are spooked by weather. “We might be struck by lightening”. Boo friggin’ hoo…
Halas lost dozens to frostbite over the course of his Hall Of Fame Career.
It’s bad enough the league bought into the “danger of concussion” rubbish. But to take counsel of self-styled “climatologists”? Is that what this country has been reduced to?
NFL= “National (Hothouse) Flower League”.
asiangrrlMN
@debit: Cool. That would be awesome.
“Brett Favre himself pulled out.” Probably not what you want to say about a guy under review for sending inappropriate texts.
Not an auspicious start.
@JWL: You serious about the concussion thing? It’s a real danger, and I don’t think some old guy losing his toes to frostbite is something to which the players should aspire.
@mr. whipple: I hope they go with the double entendres all night. Intentional or not.
arguingwithsignposts
@Corner Stone:
Hakeem always got props from me, especially when he played through Ramadan. Excellent center.
mr. whipple
Before the game one of the bobbleheads said he ‘could really drill it in there’.
fucen tarmal
@mr. whipple:
not if you saw the alledged pictures, finnesse, throwing on rhythm kinda guy, from the looks of it, and it may be how he got the number 4
morzer
@mr. whipple:
I suppose discussing pump-fakes is now right out….
debit
Oh screw it. I’m getting on the treadmill so I can have pie later.
asiangrrlMN
@debit: Can’t you do treadmill and watch at the same time? And, you should always have pie.
@schrodinger’s cat: Bwahahahahaha! Brilliant! But, what if I am a witch? And, cat is sooo cute.
morzer
@debit:
Imitating Grandpa Brett?
Seriously, the Vikings really are playing poorly so far. This is looking more and more like a season when parity reasserts itself with a vengeance.
schrodinger's cat
I made a lol that I thought you guys might like.
@jeffreyw: Homer is such a handsome boy!
debit
@asiangrrlMN: No, I can only run when I have music and nothing to watch. Otherwise I get distracted and bored and poop out.
Yeah, the Vikes can’t stop anything right now. I must run. BBL.
JWL
Asian Girl: Halas never lost an appendage. But men willingly laid down their feet and toes for him… you know, like the Sixth Army at Stalingrad.
As to concussions? A very small price to pay for my entertainment.
asiangrrlMN
@JWL: Oh, I see. His players. That’s even worse. As for the latter, not for mine.
@debit: Got it. Have fun!
schrodinger's cat
@asiangrrlMN: You are amazing, how did you reply to my comment before I made it?
asiangrrlMN
@schrodinger’s cat: I have my ways! It’s adorable, though. Your baby?
P.S. Since I type very fast, I can reply to your statement and then paste it into my initial comment. Voila!
Ash Can
In all fairness to the Jets, New York was under a severe thunderstorm warning earlier. They may have delayed the game as a precaution, to get the fans downstairs and away from the lightning, hail, high winds, etc.
morzer
Well, so far Favre doesn’t look terribly convincing. Lucky not to have at least one interception, if you ask me.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: This is gonna be a looooooong game.
@schrodinger’s cat: Aaaaaw! Cute kittehs! I heart them!
Tuuuuuuuunchie!
schrodinger's cat
@asiangrrlMN: Not my kitteh, just my caption.
Some photos of my kittehs.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Sadly, yes.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ash Can: Stadiums, with their metal seats and all that, are apparently lightning magnets.
schrodinger's cat
@asiangrrlMN: Oh noes she can travel backwards in time!
Thanks and I agree.
WaterGirl
@jeffreyw: I was late getting back to the thread… That bee photo of Homer is just too cute. And he did look pretty grown up, just for a minute!
Is there a way you could post that photo in such a way that I can drag it to my desktop?
Ash Can
@Omnes Omnibus: Not only that, but high winds can blow small pieces of debris around, and hail stones are no fun to get pelted with either. Team officials don’t want their fans to get dinged up, so when the weather gets a little too frisky, they’ll give the fans a chance to duck and cover. (Or, as was the case at Wrigley Field a few years ago when a tornado warning was issued during the game, they’ll shoo all the fans down to the lower concourse.)
JWL
“Stadiums, with their metal seats and all that, are apparently lightning magnets”.
No one in their right mind would take a seat during a thunderstorm.
But I thought New Yorkers were the toughest of the tough. Which excused their being the rudest of the rude… that they earned it the hard way..
asiangrrlMN
@JWL: Dissing on NY fans I can appreciate.
morzer
@JWL:
True, but then, who in their right mind would root for the Jets?
morzer
Oh dear. The Vikings can’t go handing the ball over like that.
PS: comically, Brett now is tied for the Most Fumbles record in NFL history….
jeffreyw
@WaterGirl: If you’re running windows just right click it and choose set as desktop background. Or click here and then click on the download link on that page.
Nick
@JWL:
In fairness, the stadium is in Jersey.
beltane
@Ash Can: Take it with a grain of salt, but on FB they’re saying there might be another tornado in Brooklyn. They’ve been having wild weather lately.
hitchhiker
And now for something completely new.
Yesterday a team of surgeons injected cells grown in culture from a human embryonic stem cell into the spine of someone with a broken back. That person’s name is not known, but think about this . . . probably 10 days ago that person was walking around, innocently enjoying life, not knowing that they were about to become the luckiest and unluckiest mothereffer ever.
Unlucky to damage your spinal cord and become completely without movement or sensation below your injury.
Lucky to do it at a time and place where you become a candidate for the first treatment based on embryonic cells every conducted under the stringent control of the FDA of the USA.
I’ve met the scientists who spent 15 years working on this therapy. It’s based on a ridiculously vast range of basic science. They grew those cells in culture, millions and millions of them from a single donated blastocyst after a successful IVF treatment. They figured out the genes to tweak to get the cells to turn into just the right kind of progenitors.
They showed that it worked on rats, like 5 years ago, to put these cells in and watch them wrap protective insulation around whatever axons survived the injury . . . and the rats got some movement back.
So here’s this injured person with the most crappy diagnosis: you’re never gonna feel anything below your belly button ever again . . . and then they say . . . BUT right now is the first ever clinical trial of a therapy that no human being has gotten until today.
Do you want it? Hell, yes.
And that’s my eff off to all the nutballs who’ve spent so many years fighting against letting this research go forward. Somebody donated a blastocyst, somebody funded this research, somebody is hopefully going to change medicine.
And all you did with your stupid bleating about the sanctity of a fertilized egg was condemn a lot of paralyzed people to an extra decade of suffering. Dicks.
bostondreams
Well, he’s no Randy Moss, but an Old Patriot is back in the fold. Pats traded for Deion Branch today.
JWL
With a tip of the hat to the great Bobby Cox, it’s a great night to be a Giants fan.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
Can anyone explain why they’re still wearing eyeblack in the rain?
morzer
@That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN):
I blame Obama for not stamping out this un-American behavior. Either that, or it’s Gisele Bundchen’s fault.
WaterGirl
@jeffreyw: Thank you! I have a mac so normally I can just drag a photo to my desktop, but that doesn’t work with the new Flickr. I see now that I need to click on “view all sizes”, and then I can drag as usual. I was gone on vacation for a week, but now I see why everyone is so crazy about Homer.
debit
Okay, this is more like it.
Also, too, mmmm well deserved pie.
ETA: I take it back. I thought the defense had stopped ’em and went to the kitchen. I guess not.
Admiral_Komack
Looks like Farve isn’t doing too well.
Poor baby.
He needs a text.
JWL
“..who in their right mind would root for the Jets”?
As a kid, I watched the ’69 Super Bowl (or ’70, if you want to nit-pik). As much as I admired Morrel, I remember pleading with the TV to send in Unitas. I was definitely an NFL snob at that point. I was bummed when the Colts lost. But I was forced to wise up in the next few years.
Since then, anytime the Jets have fielded a good-enough team, I’ve always wished them well.
Ash Can
@That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN): My guess is that it’s because of the stadium lights.
jeffreyw
@WaterGirl: Lol, well I wasn’t much help. Glad you managed in spite of me!
morzer
@JWL:
You mean the last two years?
debit
Hm, well, I don’t think this game requires my attention. Prove me wrong, Vikings. Prove me wrong.
Night, everyone.
morzer
Starting to look as if Belichick made the right call on Randy Moss. Not so sure about Deion Branch though.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
@Ash Can: I liked morzer’s answer better.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
Also, too, shouldn’t the cheeleaders be wearing white t-shirts in this weather?
morzer
Well, damn. Looks like the old villain still has a bit of magic in him.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
Someone put asiangrrl on suicide watch . . .
morzer
@That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN):
White string bikinis? That’ll get Favre fired up and ready to go!
morzer
@That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN):
Nah. She’s a Vikes fan. She has the stoic masochism necessary to get through this.
JWL
Morzer: Testaverde got the Jets within striking distance. The Jets of Gastineau were decent enough.
That’s all I’ve got.
morzer
@JWL:
*compassionate nod of the head*
morzer
Have the Vikings suddenly woken up, or has the Jets defense just worn down?
asiangrrlMN
Crap. Don’t do this to me. Almost tie, get closer, and then fuck it up late in the fourth. Please don’t do this to me!
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Stoic Norse masochism please, my dear. It is your Minnesota heritage!
morzer
I have to say, I simply don’t see why you would use Camarillo to return punts. He isn’t fast or quick, and never has been.
JWL
Morzer: You comprehend compassion?
I’m a Niners fan.
Compassion that.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: I’m fucking Asian. We don’t DO stoic–oh wait. Never mind. I have no idea on Camarillo. Gah. I can’t believe this game is actually in doubt.
morzer
I am also thoroughly sick of the sycophantic over-rating of Sanchez. He’s had a lousy second half, and yet the commentators are fawning on him.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Grooming him to replace Favre until Tebow can take his rightful place.
Aaaaaaargh! Harvin, why wasn’t he in the game as a punt/kick returner earlier?
Sacked. Damn.
“He looks down the hole; he pumps down the hole”….I’ll leave it there.
TOUCHDOWN! My heart can’t take it.
JWL
Morzer: As in a “lousy, 9 point lead”, second half, by a 2nd year, up-and-coming premier NFL QB?
Alex Smith for Mark Sanchez. Believe me, that’s a trade that can be arranged.
morzer
@JWL:
No, as in a lousy second-half performance, redeemed by the rest of his team. Sanchez looks better than he did, but he still can’t finish games off, as a top-flight QB should.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: Gah. Who the fuck cares about Sanchez? Two minutes. Two points. Two divas on the same team. This will not end well.
Svensker
Are the Jets going to let this one get by? Can’t believe they made that stupid stupid play right before the 2 minute. My heart.
asiangrrlMN
@asiangrrlMN: Bitterness, it is so very bitter.
morzer
Well, that was, sadly, classic Favre. What an interception to throw with two downs to get five yards.
morzer
@Svensker:
Svensker, aren’t you inured to suffering after years of following the Jets?
Svensker
Sweet.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
I’ve never understood why thewy don’t teach a DB to go to the ground in that situation. If he does, the Jets just need to kneel on it twice. It’s extremely unlikely the Vikings can win here, but it would be zero if the Jets just hold on to the ball.
Svensker
@morzer:
Well, yeah, but the Rex era is going to be good. I believe!
JWL
Morzer: Jed York can be contacted at [email protected].
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
Fuck. Does that mean I have to root for the Vikings next week?
Yeah, it does, actually.
morzer
@Svensker:
Hmmm, consider that next year the Jets will be dumping players to get the finances in balance, not to mention the Patriots having 7 choices in the first 4 rounds of the draft. I am not so sure the Rex era is going to be glorious.
morzer
@JWL:
Jamais entendu parler.
Svensker
Yay. God, it’s 12:33.
JWL
Morzer: “Jamais entendu parler”?
I think I was just insulted.
No freedom fries for this guy.
asiangrrlMN
Sigh. Vintage fourth-quarter Favre all the way through. Does several really great things and then one horrible thing to end the game.
morzer
@JWL:
Jamais entendu parler = “never heard of him”. You have not been insulted, simply educated a little.
JWL
Morzer: “You have not been insulted, simply educated a little”.
I dare-say I’ve been both.
“Einrhut ein draufhess racht muusenn das gublichen”.