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by John Cole|  March 1, 20147:01 pm| 119 Comments

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Looks like we are going to get hammered with another ice and snow storm, which is just what I was looking for again. Shawn and I are supposed to head to the annual Mardi Gras party here in town, but neither of us are particularly motivated, and I have a couple of the fraternity boys coming down for dinner and to watch the Penguins/Blackhawks in the Winter Classic. Got enough groceries for a couple of days, so we may just hunker down and watch the game and SNL and call it a night.

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    Any particular comment on the following from the WV legislature:

    The Senate passed two House bills during its Thursday floor session.

    House Bill 2165 would allow two free copies of death certificates to families of veterans, representatives of the veterans’ estates or the funeral home in charge of the veterans’ arrangements. Additionally, no fees may be charged for additional death certificates needed to obtain state or federal benefits.

    The bill passed both the House and Senate unanimously. It will now go to the governor for his signature or veto. Source

  2. 2.

    feebog

    March 1, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    Raining cats and dogs and baby unicorns here in SoCal. We need the rain, so no complaints, hope this builds up the snow pack in the Sierras, which is where we really need it. Everybody hunker down and stay safe out there.

  3. 3.

    BGinCHI

    March 1, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    Snowing to beat the band (as my mother would say) here right now. Supposed to go all night.

    What a great joy that winter is extending itself and snowing all over us. Not as bad as the gay agenda getting rammed down the throats of AZ Republicans, but close.

    That hockey game is gonna be great. Especially because fuck Putin.

  4. 4.

    IowaOldLady

    March 1, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    Hunkering down at home with food, friends, and pets sounds wonderful.

  5. 5.

    jharp

    March 1, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    We’re supposed to get 5 to 9 inches of snow in central Indiana. Then back to below zero temps.

    An amazing winter and not in a good way.

  6. 6.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 1, 2014 at 7:21 pm

    What? You’re not flocking to the blockbuster of the millennium, Son of God? Why, Noisemax assures me that it will break all box office records and is the most anticipated film of 2014!

  7. 7.

    BGinCHI

    March 1, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    @jharp: Plus, you know, Mike Pence.

  8. 8.

    gbear

    March 1, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    @NotMax: Well if you’re going to kill them off by not providing healthcare benefits, you might as well give their families a break on the way out.

    I hate all these assholes.

    And winter is never going to end. Everyone in MN is becoming suicidal.

  9. 9.

    Roger Moore

    March 1, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    @feebog:
    It isn’t that bad; it’s a fairly typical winter storm. It’s just that it’s been a few years since we’ve had one, so people have had longer than usual to forget how to drive in the rain.

  10. 10.

    HinTN

    March 1, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    @feebog: Sure do hope those baby unicorns fill the reservoirs with useful stuff.

    As fer Cole and the WV Leg, y’all haint got nuttin on us, boys. Suck it!

  11. 11.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 1, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    We’re supposed to get somewhere between 5 and 9 inches of freezing rain, sleet, and snow, Believe me, the wife and I aren’t going anywhere before Tuesday at the earliest. Still hasn’t begun tho. I am sure you are going to get hammered worse than us. If you can’t walk there? Don’t go.

  12. 12.

    IowaOldLady

    March 1, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    @gbear: The Starks tried to warn us, but did we listen?

  13. 13.

    WereBear

    March 1, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: I was gobsmacked to discover it’s The Bible miniseries from the History Channel, edited down to feature size.

    Just the thought makes my film nerves squick out.

  14. 14.

    Fuzzy

    March 1, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    Just stopping day three of rain here in the East Bay. Made a dent in the drought but we need this six more times for me to justify a garden. We have a great twice weekly farmers market five miles away that will see more of me. Hmm maybe just two tomato plants.

  15. 15.

    dmsilev

    March 1, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: I have to say I enjoyed the NewsMax story about Apple’s CEO giving the middle finger to some right-wing “think”[sic] -tank. You of course have to scroll all the way down to the very last sentence of the story to find

    After Cook’s passionate response, shareholders rejected the NCPPR proposal, which received only 2.95 percent of the vote.

    Can’t even crack 3 percent. Impressive.

  16. 16.

    Baud

    March 1, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    @WereBear:

    Just don’t tell me how it ends. I hate spoilers.

  17. 17.

    gbear

    March 1, 2014 at 7:28 pm

    @IowaOldLady: Apparently I didn’t. Who are the Starks?

  18. 18.

    IowaOldLady

    March 1, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    @gbear: Game of Thrones. Their family words are “Winter Is Coming.”

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    @dmsilev: My favorite:

    He [Tim Cook] didn’t stop there, however, as he looked directly at the NCPPR representative and said, “If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock.”

    Edit; the only thing he left out was the word “asshole” at the end of the sentence. But I guess it was understood.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    @Baud

    The scene where Jesus takes Mary Magdalene to the edge of the mount and shouts “King of the world” is particularly memorable.

  21. 21.

    Pogonip

    March 1, 2014 at 7:32 pm

    I plan to start the spring cleaning as the snow piles up outside. No lasagna this weekend: still pondering whether to go with crumbles or sausage. Tune in again 2 weeks from now. Next weekend is supposed to be relatively nice so I’m not likely to be inside cooking. I am really tired of staying indoors.

  22. 22.

    Pogonip

    March 1, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    @IowaOldLady: They said winter was COMING. Not a word about it staying…and staying…and staying…

  23. 23.

    shelly

    March 1, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    millennium, Son of God?

    The few pics i’ve seen of the lead…looks like he’s rivaling Jeffrey Hunter (King of Kings), of “I was a teenage Jesus” fame. Great, great hair.
    ***************
    Yup, we’re supposed to get hammered here in north Jersey too. Got an appointment with my neurologist this Wednesday. Having trouble just walking on bare ground, so the news that we’re getting another 8 inches at least, plus brutal temps to ensure nothing will melt and turn all icey….is not good news.

  24. 24.

    Pogonip

    March 1, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    @shelly: Invest in Yaktrax! At this time of year you’ll have to get them by mail order, but perhaps you could have them overnighted.

  25. 25.

    dmsilev

    March 1, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    @WaterGirl: Well, there was also this:

    “When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind,” he said, “I don’t consider the bloody ROI.”

    I’m sure a whole bunch of Wall Street analysts read that and immediately fainted from shock.

  26. 26.

    gbear

    March 1, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    @IowaOldLady: Ahh. No TV or cable at my house. Cable was first thing to get thrown off the budget about 25 years ago.

  27. 27.

    IowaOldLady

    March 1, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    @gbear: I hesitate to say it, but you could read the books.

  28. 28.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    @Roger Moore

    A favorite ‘toon winter moment is when the eponymous character in Bone is cautioned to prepare because winter in the valley comes quick.

  29. 29.

    jharp

    March 1, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    @jharp:

    I see it is not looking too good your way either.

    This weather has become ridiculous.

  30. 30.

    gbear

    March 1, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: I heard that the holy ghost bought up all the tickets.

    @shelly: I hope this version picks up a nickname as good as ‘I Was A Teenage Jesus’.

  31. 31.

    gbear

    March 1, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    @IowaOldLady: I know nothing…

  32. 32.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    @BGinCHI: I am jealous. We were supposed to get that storm, too, but it seems to have missed us. They are scaling the prediction back to 1-3 inches.

  33. 33.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    March 1, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    I’ve never watched a hockey team score four goals in 57 seconds before.

  34. 34.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    @gbear

    The moneychangers at the box office might be feeling a bit awkward.

  35. 35.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    So who shall it be (I lean towards Gohmert) to be the first to opine that unrest in Ukraine gained traction only after Obamacare kicked in?

  36. 36.

    lamh36

    March 1, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    I’m back in Baton Rouge for the weekend. Started my new job last Monday. Still looking for an apartment, but until then I’ll be keeping my BR apt and staying with my sis during the week until I find a place.

    So since I’m hear, I’m missing the big weekend parades Endymion (tonight) and Bacchus (tomorrow night).

    I’ll be back in NOLA Monday though. Hopefully it doens’t rain on Monday, if not I’ll be at Orpheus parade tomorrow night and I’ll decide if I want to check out Fat Tuesday or just catch parades on tv

  37. 37.

    lamh36

    March 1, 2014 at 7:53 pm

    RT @AshaTomlinson: ICYMI: “@HayleyBCooper: The Rob Ford float at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. pic.twitter.com/Fdahd0fhfd”

  38. 38.

    Litlebritdiftrnt

    March 1, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    I have been seriously blitzing the housework today, mainly cause there was a Dr. Who marathon.

  39. 39.

    Linda Featheringill

    March 1, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    NOAA says that we’re due to 8 to 10 inches Sunday night and Monday. Ugh.

  40. 40.

    SarahT

    March 1, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    “Ripper Street” and a bottle of Rioja here. Storm # eleventyfourthousand not due here ’til tomorrow early evening. Whee ! Glad we have more bottles of Rioja.

  41. 41.

    Randy P

    March 1, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    The NOAA forecast says 3-5 Sunday night and another 4-8 Monday. At least I think those are separate numbers, not cumulative.

    Unfortunately my workplace is far enough away that they will get only 1-3″ in this storm. So I’m not quite sure what I’m going to be doing Monday morning, whether it’s my duty to die trying to get to work, to spend my tiny bit of vacation (this job is less than 2 yrs old and I only have about 15 hours vac carried over from last year).

  42. 42.

    CaseyL

    March 1, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    I want to know what you serve the frat boys for dinner, and how they react. I know it’ll be healthy and tasty, and they might just love it, but there’s bound to be a moment of culture shock when they first lay eyes on a meal that lacks sugar, wheat, rice, and processed foods.

    Weather here in Seattle: cold and rainy, after a few days of sun. The new normal is heavy rainfall. Seattle used to be famous for its constant gentle drizzle, but starting about 7 years ago that changed and now we get monsoons. People are starting to use umbrellas! We never use umbrellas – the joke is that’s how you can tell someone is from out of town – but I’m seeing them a lot now.

  43. 43.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    @Linda Featheringill, et al.

    Recipes.

    Snow Cake

    Snow Pancakes

    Snow Ice Cream

  44. 44.

    shelly

    March 1, 2014 at 8:07 pm

    Whee ! Glad we have more bottles of Rioja.

    Hmm, I’ve got some rum, some applejack and a little bit of gin. With some Diet Pepsi, maybe I can knock together a version of Long Island Iced Tea.
    Or hell, considering the temps, just add some hot water to the rum and make Grog.

  45. 45.

    Joel

    March 1, 2014 at 8:09 pm

    ♪ We need a war
    We need a war to show ’em
    We need a war to show ’em that we can
    We need a war to show ’em can do it
    Whenever we say we need a war ♪

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    I just caught up on the last 4 episodes of Orphan Black season 1 last night. I have a question for anyone who has been watching, or for our language folks.

    SPOILER

    When Sarah is headed out to meet her birth mom, her step mom says to “mind” the birth mom. I took that as her wanting Sarah to listen and pay attention to her birth mom, but the friend who was watching it with me took it as more of a warning to beware of the birth mom.

  47. 47.

    SarahT

    March 1, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    @lamh36: Was there for Krewe de Vieux – SO wanted to stay for Muses, Zulu, and of course, Barkus. Have fun Lundi Gras and Fat Tuesday !

  48. 48.

    SarahT

    March 1, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    @shelly: You’ll sleep well, that’s for sure

  49. 49.

    Bostondreams

    March 1, 2014 at 8:18 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Common phrasing and meaning. I’m reminded of ‘mind the wire’ from the classic All Quiet on the Western Front, when the troop transport was traveling under telegraph wires.

  50. 50.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    @shelly

    (Needs a candy thermometer.) Add some rum to maple syrup and heat to 240 degrees F.

    Drizzle in strips over fresh snow.

    Voila! Maple-Rum Taffy.

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    @Bostondreams: I had never heard “mind” used as a warning. Maybe that’s a british thing.

  52. 52.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 8:27 pm

    @WaterGirl

    “Mind your step” is not particularly uncommon, but may be regional in frequency.

    “Mind your manners” is probably more widespread.

  53. 53.

    Pogonip

    March 1, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    @gbear: I got rid of mine last January. Haven’t missed it a bit. Whenever my 27-year-old TV dies and we get a new one we’ll hook it up to the Internet. Right now on the very rare occasions I want to watch something I have to so on a computer. But the only thing I watch routinely is local news which comes in just fine via rabbit ears.

    I found that when you don’t watch TV you save money, oddly enough, probably because you don’t see commercials and it would never occur to you on your own that you could use an automatic egg shelled.

  54. 54.

    Mary Brown

    March 1, 2014 at 8:34 pm

    @gbear: Just got off the phone with my brother who lives way up in Lengby MN. He said it’s around 15 below there. He’s seriously thinking of trying to sell his house and move somewhere, anywhere that has better weather. My little sister is tiny and is a mail carrier in Minneapolis – she’s been getting forced overtime because of so many people calling in sick etc. They other day she was trying to walk to the next house and sunk in the snow all the way to her rear. She was stuck for awhile. She’s trying to stick it out for 2 more years so she can retire. Poor little thing.

  55. 55.

    Pogonip

    March 1, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    @NotMax: That’s how we’ll defeat Old Man Winter! We’ll eat all that snow!

    The other day big fat Christmas-card flakes were falling and I tried to catch them on my tongue. Sometime in the last 40 years I lost the knack; I didn’t catch a one.

  56. 56.

    RSA

    March 1, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    @dmsilev:

    “When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind,” he said, “I don’t consider the bloody ROI.”

    One of my computer science Ph.D. students, who’s blind, thought this was great.

  57. 57.

    Pogonip

    March 1, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    @Mary Brown: Oh my gosh! Your poor sister! Can she maybe move indoors to sorting, or is that all done by machine now?

  58. 58.

    Cervantes

    March 1, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    When Sarah is headed out to meet her birth mom, her step mom says to “mind” the birth mom. I took that as her wanting Sarah to listen and pay attention to her birth mom, but the friend who was watching it with me took it as more of a warning to beware of the birth mom.

    You didn’t actually say what your question was.

    Plus the answer could depend on when and where this show is set (I haven’t the vaguest idea).

  59. 59.

    Mike in NC

    March 1, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Binge watching Season 2 of “House of Cards”. What a bunch of assholes; worse than the ones I read about while working in DC.

    Tomorrow will be 70 degrees.

  60. 60.

    BGinCHI

    March 1, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    @SarahT: Thanks for the Ripper St reminder!! Love that show. Missed episode 1 but will get it On Demand.

  61. 61.

    BGinCHI

    March 1, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    @Mike in NC: 70? You got extra rooms?

  62. 62.

    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    March 1, 2014 at 8:46 pm

    @WaterGirl: It looks like Orphan Black is a BBC show. Phrases like “Mind the Gap” (look out for the gap when getting on/off the subway train) are common over there.

    HTH.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  63. 63.

    Howard Beale IV

    March 1, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    @gbear: Hey, next weekend it’s supposed to be in the mid 40s in the Twin Cities….

  64. 64.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    @Cervantes: Sorry if I was unclear. I was wondering how others interpreted it, and whether using “mind” as kind of a warning was something other people had encountered.

    The answer makes a huge difference plot-wise in the story. Show is on BBC America.

  65. 65.

    Tom the First

    March 1, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    Hard to follow the puck because of all the flakes falling. This is gonna be a long one.

  66. 66.

    Bex

    March 1, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    @gbear: Saw the hashtag #hotjesus. I will say that actor is pretty.

  67. 67.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    @I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: That’s very helpful, thanks!

  68. 68.

    Gex

    March 1, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    I’m just wondering if racist old white people KNOW they are being racist and just not care? Or if they don’t realize it.

    Ran into a friend of my mom’s at the Gopher’s gymnastics meet. She was doing crowd control on the upper level, and I waved from the lower level. At the end of the meet she came down to me and said, “I had to be up there to make sure the Indians didn’t cause trouble.” What the fuck? Isn’t she there to make sure no one causes trouble? I can guarantee her that white college kids cause plenty of trouble at the University of Minnesota too.

    Which kind of Indians? Why is that the opening statement? Does she know that lots of people think I look Native American? WHY WOULD ANYONE SAY THIS?

    I ended up changing the topic to my aunt’s cancer. She can rest assured she is a shitty conversationalist when I chose cancer as easier, happier topic of conversation over whatever vile crap she had to offer up.

  69. 69.

    scav

    March 1, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    Enjoying mildly the thought that tomorrow is known to some as Cheesefare Sunday. No idea what I’ll do with the nomenclature, let alone the fact. Otherwise wrestling with entirely too much census data and men named Peter born about 1893 in obscure parts of Transcarpathia.

  70. 70.

    Steeplejack

    March 1, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    “Mind your manners.”

    ETA: Late again. What NotMax said.

  71. 71.

    SarahT

    March 1, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    @BGinCHI: Wasn’t in love with Episode 1 but looking forward to tonight’s. Enjoy !

  72. 72.

    Randy P

    March 1, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    @WaterGirl: In England, absolutely. “Mind the gap”, “mind the overhang”. I would say if they are English people that is the default meaning of “mind”. It’s one of those charming little differences I love about being in different countries.

  73. 73.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 8:57 pm

    @Steeplejack: Well, see, that’s what confused me. To me, mind your manners means “pay attention to your manners”, so I thought she was encouraging Sarah to listen and pay attention to this person. But my friend thought it was a warning, as in “beware of this person”, which is totally different.

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    @Randy P: Mind the overhang, as in watch out for the overhang. That supports my friend’s thinking. Watch out for this person. Beware. Thanks.

    Edit: I agree that language subtleties and language differences are very interesting!

  75. 75.

    Steeplejack

    March 1, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    To me it has both senses, although not as strong as beware. More like “be careful around/with.”

  76. 76.

    scav

    March 1, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    @WaterGirl: It might be worse, (eta: meaning not cleared up yet) what about childminder? That seems to be UKish and maintain the care connotation. “Take care” has a similar ambiguity though.

  77. 77.

    WereBear

    March 1, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    @Bex: LOL! The “pretty Jesus” syndrome caused no end of trouble for this former Southern Baptist, growing up.

    Still like beards and long hair… just a hippie at heart.

  78. 78.

    Alison

    March 1, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    Hmmmm. I just noticed a folder in my documents that I don’t remember creating or downloading or anything. I scanned it with McAfee and it says there’s no viruses or spyware in it, but I’m wary of opening it to see what’s in it. Is the McAfee scan enough to tell me it’s safe to open? Or should I just delete it?

  79. 79.

    gbear

    March 1, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    @Mary Brown: I feel sorry for your sister. The last big snowfall we had started out as two inches of slush that turned everything under the snow into a glare ice that won’t go away. The sidewalks and streets are as bad as I’ve ever seen them, and the fucking below zero temps will not let up.

    @Pogonip: I have the opposite problem. I wind up online bouncing between AllMusic and Amazon spending money on music (and cat stuff and books).

    I just got back from the nearest pizza shop – thin crust white pizza with pepperoni, onions and black olives. Mmmm.

  80. 80.

    Howard Beale IV

    March 1, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    @dmsilev: What I though was mind-bogling was when those assholes were actually whining about the fact that the Apple was only doing it for the subsidies:

    But the NCPPR asserts that Apple’s future goal of having 100 percent of the power used to fuel its business come from green sources was only made so it can milk government subsidies for companies using green energy.

    So let me get this straight: if other power companies get subsides for green energy it’s OK, but if Apple gets the it’s not?

    I’m beginning to think it’s time to create a new website and mobile apps to identify individuals who should not be given any aid of any kind (except maybe a single oken dollar bill) if you run across them in any accident situation and be left to suffe, since they don’t seem to give a flying fuck about anything else.

  81. 81.

    RuhRow_Gyro

    March 1, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    Justice Janine is on FOX, trying to start a war.

  82. 82.

    KG

    March 1, 2014 at 9:06 pm

    @Gex: doubt she realized she was being racist. “Indian” in that context usually means “young rowdy people”… I hear people refer to their own kids as wild Indians at times.

  83. 83.

    WereBear

    March 1, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    @KG: Which is also racist.

  84. 84.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    @scav: Your comment prompted me to wonder if that phrasing might have been used intensionally because of its ambiguity. That would certainly fit with the show itself, where very little is certain.

    Now I’m left to ponder until the show returns in April.

  85. 85.

    NotMax

    March 1, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    @Alison

    Could be something, could be nothing, could have been auto-created by another program (such as a game, for example).

    Use Malwarebytes (free version) and run a scan.

    (Shall hold my tongue regarding McAfee.)

  86. 86.

    James E. Powell

    March 1, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    The character, Sarah’s foster mother, Siobhan Sadler aka Mrs. S, is Irish.

  87. 87.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    Thanks to all for the “meaning of mind” language conversation. Just looked at wikipedia, and I see that the show is Canadian.

  88. 88.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    @James E. Powell: It’s true! I hadn’t thought of that. Are you watching orphan black?

  89. 89.

    John O

    March 1, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    If I were the NHL, or even a franchise in the NHL, I would tune my goal posts to ring with an extended musical note, because it would be exciting and cool. Tonight would have been wonderful for it. *TINGGGGGGGG* *CLANGGGGGGG* And so on.

    If you REALLY wanted to get fancy, you could tune both posts along with the crossbar to make different sounds, so it would be easier for the fans to ID a clanked post or crossbar.

    I’m an idea man.

  90. 90.

    Cookie Monster

    March 1, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    @WaterGirl: q.v. Mind the gap.

  91. 91.

    MomSense

    March 1, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    Did some sewing projects today and almost finished design project #2. Then I found a Timothy Olyphant movie and blew off all my chores to watch it.

    It is another night of below zero temps and a good night to just watch movies and sip wine.

  92. 92.

    scav

    March 1, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    @John O: A hockey Pachinko / Pinball mashup . . . Wire up the suits and have bits of wall that bounce the players about if they run into them. Flashing lights,lasers, disco balls, dry ice explosions . . . I think TomL knows the musical theme / cheerleaders / midgame show to book . . . .

  93. 93.

    Cervantes

    March 1, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    When Sarah is headed out to meet her birth mom, her step mom says to “mind” the birth mom. I took that as her wanting Sarah to listen and pay attention to her birth mom, but the friend who was watching it with me took it as more of a warning to beware of the birth mom.

    And:

    I was wondering how others interpreted it, and whether using “mind” as kind of a warning was something other people had encountered. The answer makes a huge difference plot-wise in the story. Show is on BBC America.

    Was it just “Mind [person’s name]”? Yes, that could mean “Obey” or “Beware of.” It could also mean “Take care of.”

    I’m assuming it is set in present-day “generic” England so we need not consider archaic usage and dialect.

    (By the way, was it you and Elizabelle who showed me the other day where to find that Woody Allen article? If so, thanks. Some day, not today, if you remind me, I will tell you about the judge involved in the custody case. He was an old lefty and a good person.)

  94. 94.

    Elmo

    March 1, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    “Mind your back” is common NE restaurant-speak when you’re passing behind somebody, especially if you or they happen to be carrying something.

  95. 95.

    Alison

    March 1, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    @NotMax: Thanks. I figured out where it came from, though I’m still not sure why there are so many files in the folder….so I just deleted it since I know I don’t need it :P

  96. 96.

    John O

    March 1, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    @scav:

    No. That would be tacky.

    The goal posts already make a decent sound, but they could sound better. And it’s exciting to begin with when a puck nails a post, so the sound being emphasized would be all good.

    Just don’t change the Blackhawks uniforms!

  97. 97.

    scav

    March 1, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    @John O: Oh, I blew past tacky in my mind. Baroque insanity or bust.

  98. 98.

    tybee

    March 1, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    @IowaOldLady:

    i thought that was from the film “Being There”

  99. 99.

    James E. Powell

    March 1, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Yes and I’m looking forward to the next season. Tatiana Maslany’s ability to create distinct personalities is pretty amazing to me. I wonder what her methods are and how often she has to switch back and forth.

  100. 100.

    MomSense

    March 1, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    @Joel:
    we need a war.

  101. 101.

    John O

    March 1, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    @scav:

    I was trying to be understated and ironical. :-)

    (And it’s also possible that the winter here finally has tipped me into hysteria. Logged 4.5 hours in the car today, much of it in the blizzard you can see on NBC, and moved someone in between. Ugghh. Lots of white knuckle driving.)

  102. 102.

    Poopyman

    March 1, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    Sipping this while cruising BJ. We’re supposed to get ice and snow tomorrow – they keep lessening the ice and increasing the snow. Getting my weather fix from the WaPo blog.

  103. 103.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    @Cervantes: Just used “undelete” on Tivo to get the last episode, but I didn’t find the scene when I scanned through it. I may try again tomorrow, though.

    Not sure which of us posted the link, maybe both, hard to recall.

  104. 104.

    WaterGirl

    March 1, 2014 at 10:11 pm

    @James E. Powell: It would be really fun to get to play all those roles, I think, assuming you were up to the task skill-wise, which she most definitely is!

    It’s really a great show. Smart, funny, serious. I watch with a friend who travels for months at a time, so I haven’t been able to watch one episode at a time as they go along. Now I think I might prefer watching several in a row to watching every week. My friend is leaving again on 4/20, but we’re gonna try to watch the first episode on 4/19. Then I’ll have to wait awhile to catch up on the rest. Hoping we know what’s up with Kira by the end of the first show.

    Edit: I did read somewhere that she tried out her Sarah accent on taxi drivers. Like you, I would love to know methods and how they handle the various scenes.

  105. 105.

    rikyrah

    March 1, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    Orphan Black was awesome. The actress that plays the lead so deserves an Emmy.

  106. 106.

    scav

    March 1, 2014 at 10:13 pm

    @John O: O, we’re all there. I’m to the point where I’m rooting for the snow, which might just be a death wish. Suicide by random neighbors bludgeoning en masse.

  107. 107.

    John Revolta

    March 1, 2014 at 10:16 pm

    I think that when there’s a tie at the end of a hockey game there should just be a free-for-all fight to the finish. Last guy standing, his team wins. Give the fans their money’s worth!

  108. 108.

    John O

    March 1, 2014 at 10:28 pm

    @scav:

    Yeah. I have a dog to walk and no yard, so I bought some ski pants last winter, and I’m now calling them my greatest single purchase value of all time.

    I’ve gone consecutive weeks this winter wearing nothing else below my waist. And my “FU Winter!” jacket is a camo hunting jacket, so I imagine my suburban neighbors have their concerns at this point. I can (and have a lot this winter) lay the full face mask look on top of the camo hunter and the ski pants, for even greater effect.

    I’m too old to care.

  109. 109.

    KS in MA

    March 1, 2014 at 10:46 pm

    @Steeplejack: Webster’s has 16 definitions for “mind” as a verb, fwiw.

  110. 110.

    mainmata

    March 1, 2014 at 10:46 pm

    @WaterGirl: Really? While it is a commonly used verb in the UK (“Mind the gap” warning on the London Underground referring to the space between the train and the platform being just one example) mind as a verb is also American. For example: “Mind you, I am never going to that restaurant again.” Mind is also used a lot like “remind” in the USA. Not so alien, really.

  111. 111.

    Suffern ACE

    March 1, 2014 at 10:55 pm

    @NotMax: mind the store.

  112. 112.

    jharp

    March 1, 2014 at 11:10 pm

    @John Revolta:

    Agreed. And for baseball games that go into extra innings base runners should be allowed to take their bats with them and be allowed to use them to prevent being tagged out.

  113. 113.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    March 1, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    @Alison: Avast scanner lets you use a “sandbox” to test something…would recommend it in this case.

  114. 114.

    seaboogie

    March 1, 2014 at 11:39 pm

    @HinTN: Baby unicorns fill the reservoirs with rainbows and edible gold leaf and pre-filtered water that is pristine and rich in health-giving minerals. Baby unicorns are good that way.

  115. 115.

    ronin122

    March 2, 2014 at 1:50 am

    JC not trying to rub it in (‘Hawks fan) but I was actually at the game tonight. It was definitely a fun time if you don’t mind freezing your bits off (can’t understand for the life of me why anyone would take their shirts off, esp. with the wind blowing off the lake….), but goddamn did it get loud there. Think it had to do with the way the UFO was designed (fuck if I know why they did that to Soldier Field) but the sound reflects downward. You literally could not hear the national anthem at all, which says a lot, though mostly because it’s our tradition to get loud as hell during that.

  116. 116.

    Suffern ACE

    March 2, 2014 at 2:02 am

    @Villago Delenda Est: in week two, when it’s receipts go down, can we declare a victory for atheists and that the public is rejecting its pro christian propaganda message…the way that newsmax declared victory over The Butler this summer?

  117. 117.

    Mnemosyne

    March 2, 2014 at 2:06 am

    @Gex:

    Possibly silly question, but is the nickname of one of the other teams the Indians? As in, I had to be up there to make sure the Trojans didn’t cause trouble, or whatever goofy nickname the team has.

  118. 118.

    Mnemosyne

    March 2, 2014 at 2:11 am

    Also, too, if any movie fans are around, I finally got around to seeing Hugo. Never thought I would say this about a Scorsese film, but it was friggin’ adorable (and yet perfectly pitched not to be saccharine).

    I like how Scorsese is sneaking more and more very subtle classic movie references into his films (or else I’ve finally seen enough of the same movies to catch them). One of my first thoughts was, Where did he find a clone of S.Z. Sakall?

    ETA: Also, too, the Young Frankenstein references with the Sacha Baron Cohen character.

  119. 119.

    someofparts

    March 2, 2014 at 3:36 am

    When I picture a bunch of guys hunkering down and watching the game, I wonder what comparable thing would be natural and bonding for the gals in the area to hunker around. Thinking on it a bit, I’m pretty sure Home and Garden TV would do the trick.

    I used to know a couple who had a rambling old house big enough for the husband to have room in the front for his friends to hunker down with their music while his wife had a den in the back off the kitchen where the gals hung out. The big kitchen operated as the co-ed area.

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