We only moved here in August, and we haven’t cared about pro football for years, but last weekend’s game was fun. I honestly have no idea what will happen but we’re going to watch.
5.
stuckinred
You r da man!
Smack em Berz!
6.
burnspbesq
NFL games will have to go some to be as good as ManU – Spurs, which just ended 0-0.
Seattle’s the closest team left to my domicile, so I guess I need to root for them.
26.
Jeanne Ringland
@stuckinred: Not recently. A couple of years ago we went to Victoria on a round-about route, the ferry stopped in Friday Harbor and a couple of other places. Just gorgeous that day. Today, not so much. It’s raining (so what else should I expect) but I am going to get out of the house today if it kills me, and it might. Lots of flooding in surrounding areas today.
Surely a brainy beauty like you can’t possibly root for Jay “Prince Poutitude” Cutler?
28.
Jeanne Ringland
That does not look good.
29.
leapingalong
Checking to see if things work right.
30.
leapingalong
@leapingalong: Yeah! Seems to work. Gravitar wouldn’t let me have my perfered handle though.
31.
IndyLib
I gotta go for the Bears, so I can watch everyone in the vicinity of where I live (just inside the Wisconsin border 8 miles from IL) go fucking bonkers next week when the Bears play the Pack, at which time I will have to quietly root for the local team. I say quietly because I already used my loud cheering for the only worthwhile thing my Broncos did all year – getting rid of that dipshit McDaniels.
32.
Jeff
doesn’t matter who wins they’re both fresh meat for the Packer grinder.
33.
JamesKPolkEsq
How can you not root for the Seachickens to make it all the way? Unless you are a Bears fan, natch.
34.
billgerat
With Carlson out, Seattle only has one TE left. The rest of the receivers better start catching rather than dropping if Seattle is to stay in the game. Matt has been throwing it on target.
@morzer: I’m rooting for my division, actually. But, I will admit I have a soft spot in my heart for the ‘Hawks (and not only because they are Yutsy’s team). I might SECRETLY be rooting for an upset, but don’t tell stuckinred.
@stuckinred: Thanks for the tip. I may have to go outside and just breathe for a while. The house has been shut up because of the weather and I’m having some issues with asthma.
49.
Mark Centz
Rematch of XL in Dallas. This time with neutral zebras and the crowd a little less yintzer. You’re not afraid yet, Stealers, but you should be.
At about 11:30, the husband did an entirely pleasant, small task that took him about 10 minutes to complete. He then said “Well, that killed a few minutes while I’m waiting for the game to start!”
At which point I realized that I really won’t ever understand y’all.
Oy, cringing already. At least don’t let it be a massive blowout Hawks (I did not expect them to win – same as I didn’t expect them to win last week, or the week before that).
packer fans should be rooting for Seattle, cause they know the Bears will wipe them off the map
Uh…No.
63.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: No, but I’ve a had a few friends live who lived there. I live in Bloomington now but grew up in the suburbs. If you draw a 30 mile circle around Woodfield shopping mall, I lived in all those towns.
@stuckinred: There is when neither team is my team!
@Andy K: He’s not a hottie, so I don’t know anything about him.
66.
billgerat
Seattle has been good for self-inflicted BS all year. I’ll be amazed if we score before the half. And it would be nice if we had backs that could actually cover a receiver.
67.
demkat620
Hey this new stuff is pretty cool!
I will root for the Seachicens. I always like the underdog.
68.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): I’m from Villa Park and my ex was from Barrington. When I started at U of I I lived in a dorm where half the kids were from RP, Cal-Touhy area. Got a great old pal that’s in the English Dept at ISU.
Geez, maybe if you got to know what he’s like on the inside…
71.
Mark S.
They need to hold them to a FG.
72.
stuckinred
Lotsa people been dissin Jay,
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73.
kansi
Hat trick!
74.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: My family has lived in Barrington since the 20s. My gradmother’s house, since knocked down, was the first in the area built in 1837. My family started the fox hunt there.
TOUCHDOWN!
75.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
Who’s your pal @ ISU? I know a lot of folks there.
76.
morzer
I am not a pessimist by nature, but the Seahawks do seem to be on the cusp of an ass-kicking.. if Bears kick asses. It seems a bit counter-intuitive for them to do so, anatomically speaking.
this really makes you wonder what the hell was wrong with the saints, other than their secondary being old, tired and slow i mean, and needing a sell-out pass rush to not be exposed.
78.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Wow, one of the few teachers that was good to me in my short high school career ended up the B-Ball coach there before he went to Iowa State under Johnny Orr, Gary Cook was his name. I’ve tried to find him for years to say thanks but can’t. X was a Nyman, her dad was the minister at the Barrington Community Church for many years.
79.
Mark S.
All right, I went to gravatar and my picture still isn’t showing up.
@morzer: It’s looking cold and snowy up there. I think the Seahawks should probably slice open a Taun-Taun, crawl inside and wait to see if Han Solo will rescue them.
Seahawks fans, take heart: When you die, you alone- well, the odds are you, alone- will be able to say that you cheered for the only team to ever go 8-10…Well, until the schedule is expanded to 18 regular-season games.
83.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: Him I do not know, but I’m sure I know someone who does. Small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it, as Steven Wright says.
@Andy K: Snorgle. Sorry, my appreciation for refs is purely physical and/or aural.
94.
WaterGirl
@asiangrrlMN: I was trying to figure out what someone on another thread meant when they said that if you get an avatar then everyone can see who the person really is. (yikes!) So I was clicking on things that were clickable, trying to figure out what they meant. When I click on your name it tries to go to some site that doesn’t exist. Is that intentional?
Edit: I would have thought you would choose an avatar with more attitude!
@WaterGirl: Oh for heaven–never listen to m_c. She means that you can tell who a person “really is” by their choice of an avatar. Blah blah blah. Mine is of Margaret Cho simply because I admire her. I probably will change it, though. And, I really am a delicate flower in real life. (Hee hee).
Maybe Mr. Nameless ref is a volunteer fireman who saved an entire kindergarten class from certain death at the hands of a serial kindergarten arsonist, while your object of desire, Eddie H., in his spare time, strangles bag ladies for the rush. Maybe.
100.
morzer
You know what Lovie Smith is yelling to his troops right now?
Steratore resides in Washington, Pennsylvania, where he and his brother are the co-owners of Steratore Sanitary Supplies, outside of his NFL officiating duties.
Free tampons for everybody!
And, I’m more a Jerome Boger gal, myself.
@stuckinred: Is that your avatar? I really dig your little red guy.
@Omnes Omnibus: I think if you don’t have an actual avatar, the site provides you with one in that theme.
WTF? Did the Ravens offensive coordinator body-snatch the Seahawks OC? First glimmer of promise, and then bombs away on 3rd & 3? Gaia save them …
115.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Yea, I’ve used it on my IM for years.
116.
Loneoak
At this point, it is looking like a Packer-Bears NFC Championship Game.
Fixed.
117.
Yutsano
Oh cwap. This means I gotta pick an avatar now amirite?
@asiangrrlMN: Carlson is out and that takes out one of Matty’s big weapons. This ain’t gonna come together if they don’t get the hell in Jay Cutler’s face. It’s really the only way to disrupt him.
118.
WaterGirl
@asiangrrlMN: Thanks for translating. See, that’s just more proof that the name of the poster needs to be bigger! I never read her posts when I could tell at a glance they were written by her.
But someone else said that your real email address is transmitted to the avatar site every time you post with an avatar, and I don’t like the sound of that. Of course, I don’t use FB for privacy reasons, either. (Does it sound like I’m shouting “get off my lawn”?)
@Yutsano: Yes. Though the green goofy-faced blob is kinda cute, too. This game is over. (I’m trying to reverse-curse it).
@WaterGirl: I think that was her as well, and I really pay her no mind. You can set up a fake account at yahoo or gmail and link your gravatar.com avatar to that.
131.
Cacti
Seahawks shot their wad last week.
Congrats on getting one round further than you should have, but it ends today.
Well, good for you. Unless this game heats up early in the 3rd quarter, it will be the stuff ancillary to the game that keeps me from napping until the Pats-Jets game.
139.
billgerat
Thank God for halftime. Carroll better give the speech of his life.
140.
jeff
I guess I should see if I have an avatar that is embarrassing or something. (OK I see it…no idea what that is.) Also, I just got notice that my rent is increasing 67% and I have a week to sign the agreement. (I’m in a rent-stabilized NYC apt.!!!) So, it’s back to the City and the NY Bar Association and threats from assholes I pay most of my income to. It may just have become enough for me to finally gtfo of NYC for good. I wish to hell there were job postings anywhere else in America. (There are literally hundreds of jobs posted for NYC; and there are, in total, perhaps 50 jobs posted in America for my area of expertise.)
happy birthday joe flacco! enjoy your round of golf.
142.
frosty
@BruceFromOhio: Replay? I don’t need no stinking replay. I just need the true and honest words of some blogger who got quoted in the Yahoo News headline complaining of too much Acting in the NFL.
Winking Blue Potato. I like it. If I ever get a band, that’s going to be the name. I suppose I have to come up with a real avatar now. Or just change my nom de blog to Winking Blue Potato. Decisions, decisions.
Sigh. All my pics are on my other computer. Maybe I’ll find something online.
144.
BGinCHI
Seachickens are toast.
Go Norris Division!
I think avatars are going to get old after a week. It’s like a bumper sticker: fun when you get it but then your car looks stupid for a long time.
145.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): I saw Santana this summer, first time I have seen him since the day I got out of the Army in San Fran in 69!
146.
MikeJ
@frosty: Not only was there too much flopping, but who on earth can understand that moronic “offside” rule? They should just get rid of it because I’m too thick to understand it!
This is the way stuckinred, otherwise a good guy, imo, deals with his knowledge that the Bears will fall at least a game short of the Super Bowl. He’s damned lucky that my sister doesn’t comment here: While she loves most playing The Dozens with Vikes fans, she’s not averse to ripping a new hole in Bears fans.
And now we see if this avatar thing decides to stick…
EDIT: Hmm…not yet. But it said it could take up to ten minutes.
151.
stuckinred
@Andy K: Don’t let your mouth write a check your ass can’t cash.
152.
Svensker
Hawks looking bad. And anybody heard anything about the injured guy?
153.
Eric Shaw
Mmmm, Bears to the superbowl.
154.
Yutsano
@Svensker: Last news I heard was he was carted off the field but he was capable of moving his legs, which is a good sign. It could just be a really bad concussion. Which sucks because A) he’s good and B) he’s adorable too. Biggest wedding ring I’ve ever seen on a guy too.
I can feel your anger. I am defenseless. Take your weapon. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
SECOND INDIAN: He’ll be here soon.
INDIAN: The True White Brother is coming home. Remember what the Great Spirit said? If we did what we were supposed to do and lived according to the Plan, White Brother would finish his work in the East and come back to us.
SECOND INDIAN: It’ll be nice to have the family together again.
(A Conquistador, a Padre and several Spanish soldiers enter to a trumpet fanfare and flamenco music. The buffalo scatter.)
CONQUISTADOR: Buenos dias, amigos!
INDIAN: Hello! You must be The True White Brother!
CONQUISTADOR: Sure! You must be The Indians!
INDIAN: Yes!
SECOND INDIAN: Welcome Home!
@stuckinred: OK. I was thinking of it in a totally different way.
164.
WaterGirl
@morzer: I NEVER read her. Knowingly, that is! I hope they change the font size or color of the commenter name soon, but in the meantime, I will have to be more careful! Thanks.
Wednesday night I watched the Republican National Convention on television and there, before my very eyes, I saw my Dad reborn; only this time he’s a she. And what a she! . . . Welcome back, Dad, even if you’re wearing a dress and bearing children this time around.
I’m not the biggest fan of Ronald Reagan, but even he doesn’t deserve to be compared to the Snowbilly Princess.
@S. cerevisiae: Dude, you guys quit playing after our second goal yesterday. It turned a quality game into a rout. Have fun looking at our tails the rest of the year.
And the officiating up in Grand Forks this weekend was a disgrace. It didn’t cost the men anything in the standings, because we didn’t play well enough to win last night, but they let the Sioux get away with attempted murder. The WCHA really needs to sit down and figure out something to do about the NoDaks, because they’re getting out of control.
179.
BGinCHI
Anyone know if Cole went to WVU?
Purdue playing them right now in Mo’town and I want to taunt him but don’t want to waste my time.
@Yutsano: I wouldn’t mind being in a bar in Ballard watching the game. I love that ‘hood.
200.
BGinCHI
WVU also has a guy named Kilicila, which when pronounced sounds exactly like “Caligula.”
201.
J. Michael Neal
@S. cerevisiae: Though, since our senior class consists of two checking forwards and a backup goalie, I had a feeling that we’d be a lot better in February than we were in November.
202.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@BGinCHI: I used to live there. It was rad. I could hear seals barking in Shilshole bay from my house.
@stuckinred: I’m almost 40. That’s middle-age, my friend, not young.
@stuckinred: It’s true! Young is anyone younger than I am.
210.
Maude
@Stooleo:
Go to gravatar.com
Sign up and they send an instant email.
I had to put an 8 at the end of my name otherwise they said MY name way taken. My name appears here okay.
You can upload a picture from your computer. You can crop it.
Before you comment, clear the cache and then after 10 years or so, your picture will appear.
The Credibility Gap? No, theuy were a troupe, made a few records. They started off as the satirical news team on the radio in L.A..
If you can find it, listen to Floats & A Great Gift Idea, a collection of their improvisational presentations of a few different Tournament of Roses parades. That shit kills !
222.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@freelancer: My gf did a little crafts project over xmas that could be called, “Suffer the little velociraptors come unto me.”
223.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Except for the fact that he has re-written it twice and he and I are young!
224.
BGinCHI
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): We spend Xmas and some of August in Samamish with the wife’s family. I try to get into the city, and Ballard esp., every chance I get.
@stuckinred: Yeah, we’re wheezing down the track just like UGA VIII (ETA – this is the right UGA iteration right now, isn’t it?): On life support.
I’m thinking Richt wins the SEC next year – not just PLAYS for it, but wins it – or his ass is gone. And I was one of the last people on that damn bandwagon, but damn if I’m not on it now yelling “Faster! Faster!”
What a low and sorry pass we have come to in the Bulldog Nation.
231.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@BGinCHI: I teach in the dept of independent guitar teacher. I teach your kids to play Crazy Train the right way.
232.
Eric Shaw
Seachickens touchdown.
233.
BGinCHI
And…..Purdue loses.
Oh well. Builds character.
234.
stuckinred
@Evolved Deep Southerner: It is indeed. He’s a really decent person and we need an asshole like the rest of the damn conference!
@tim serbo: Seattle might come back! It can happen. And, cute bunneh.
@Eric Shaw: Well, I’m watching now. So, we shall see. If the ‘Hawks score again, we have ourselves a ballgame! (Said in officious tone).
244.
Eric Shaw
@asiangrrlMN: wait till this Bears drive is over, if they score, you needn’t bother.
245.
Eric Shaw
Bears are punting.
246.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Well they won’t quite get there, but it was nice that they bothered to show up in the fourth quarter finally. And I’m stuck at the old house until someone shows up (not sure who) so bleah.
@Yutsano: Why are you stuck? What old house? You are leaving so much out of this comment!
@freelancer: Heh. No, it’s not your fault. She came after me. She has a love/hate thing for me. It’s rice envy.
250.
tim serbo
not really surprised that seattle went all pear-shaped. in the playoffs one team will play the best game of their season one week and just can’t summon the magic twice in a row. teams that get blown out in the super bowl are often coming off inspired conference championship games.
251.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Stuck at my parents’ old house waiting for unknown individual to arrive since they’re coming here instead of going to my parents’ ranch for no known rational reason. Plus I’m hungry and too polite to eat their food without them here.
@Yutsano: Eat away! And, Cole said he didn’t like the avatars, and BAM! They’re gone. Damn, he’s good.
254.
Eric Shaw
@freelancer: It’s a love affair.
255.
morzer
Um.. about that Seahawks’ come back….
256.
MCA
Partly just posting to see what strange avatar I’m given. But also to lament the Bears getting to host the freaking NFC Championship Game (!?!?). They’ve improved as the season has gone on, but mostly at the expense of third-string quarterbacks. I still want desperately to see this team get exposed, but a rivalry game at home isn’t likely to be the place for it. Oh, well, maybe they’ll make the Super Bowl and Brady and co. can hang 45 on ’em again. That would be a nice humiliating end to the magic karma ride they’ve been on.
257.
tim serbo
@PanAmerican: if you’re paraphrasing chuck berry, you’re oversharing. a lot.
Oh, and I’ve switched to watching the pre-game show for the next game–that’s how much the current game sucks. (I hate pre-game shows).
Mmmmmm, Hines Ward.
271.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
Hey. Wait a minnit. Gotta finish the game, lads.
272.
Eric Shaw
@morzer: I’m on facebook, aren’t I?
273.
stuckinred
YES!!!!
274.
stuckinred
Bear down, Chicago Bears, make every play clear the way to victory;
Bear down, Chicago Bears, put up a fight with a might so fearlessly.
We’ll never forget the way you thrilled the nation with your T-formation.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you’re wearing the crown.
You’re the pride and joy of Illinois, Chicago Bears, bear down.
I do not look past the Packers, however. They are and always have been a tough rival. Whether either team having a good or bad season, they are always “up” for this matchup.
This is football royalty going back to the founding NFL teams. I think the Bears were the “Staleys” and the “Cardinals” at different points. Papa George Halas is smiling in heaven at this match up…
GO Leather Helmets!
And GO Balloon Juice for new format! At last, right margains appear for me again!
286.
tim serbo
@asiangrrlMN: as peter wimsey told harriett vane, i prefer counterpoint to harmony. this is going to be nasty.
@tim serbo: True dat. I’ll still let you comfort me.
And, that was a meaningless benching.
And, new NFL Open Thread at top, y’all. Don’t say I never gave you anything.
288.
Elie
OH NOOOOOO!!!
Right margins diappear again!
Shit,shit,shit
289.
stuckinred
@Elie: The Staleys were the team in Decatur, Staley Corp became ADM. Mr Staley basically gave the team to George Halas who took them to Chicago to be the Bears. George was an Illini which is why the Bears’ colors are Orange and Blue. The Cardinals played in Comiskey Park and, :acine Cardinals 1920-1921
Chicago Cardinals 1922-1943
Card-Pitt 1944*
Chicago Cardinals 1945-1959
Jeanne ringland
Go Hawks!
morzer
Go Seahawks (but I reckon the Andrew Sullivans will win)!
gwangung
Go Hee-Hawww(k)s! It’s all house money!
Jeanne ringland
We only moved here in August, and we haven’t cared about pro football for years, but last weekend’s game was fun. I honestly have no idea what will happen but we’re going to watch.
stuckinred
You r da man!
Smack em Berz!
burnspbesq
NFL games will have to go some to be as good as ManU – Spurs, which just ended 0-0.
J-E-T-S!
GrandWazoo
Go Seahawks! C’mon, I know you can do it!
stuckinred
@Jeanne ringland: Uh, moved WHERE?
MikeJ
They’re everywhere they’re everywhere!
Seeeeaaaaa Chicken!
morzer
@burnspbesq:
*whispers*
That’s the later game.
stuckinred
@MikeJ: Hello Miss Helpinger!
burnspbesq
@morzer:
When you are combating the forces of Mordor, there’s no such thing as starting too early.
sherifffruitfly
WOOOOOT SEACHICKENS!!!!!!!
stuckinred
Fuckin A!!!!!! Burned deep by a honky!
Wiesman
I find the prospect of Seattle hosting a NFC Championship game to be hilarious.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
Hmm. That drive looked pretty easy.
morzer
Strange.. comments not posting. Hmph!
morzer
@burnspbesq:
Hobbits with foot-fetishes? Intriguing concept!
Jeanne Ringland
Near Seattle.
stuckinred
@morzer: Some exclamation marks too!
Jeanne Ringland
@stuckinred: Sorry, we moved to Washington, near Seattle.
stuckinred
Whoa, this dude is hurt.
asiangrrlMN
Ouch ouch ouch. I hope the guy is OK. Go, Bears (but without injuries, kthxbai).
stuckinred
@Jeanne Ringland: Been up the the San Juan’s yet?
Linkmeister
Seattle’s the closest team left to my domicile, so I guess I need to root for them.
Jeanne Ringland
@stuckinred: Not recently. A couple of years ago we went to Victoria on a round-about route, the ferry stopped in Friday Harbor and a couple of other places. Just gorgeous that day. Today, not so much. It’s raining (so what else should I expect) but I am going to get out of the house today if it kills me, and it might. Lots of flooding in surrounding areas today.
morzer
@asiangrrlMN:
Surely a brainy beauty like you can’t possibly root for Jay “Prince Poutitude” Cutler?
Jeanne Ringland
That does not look good.
leapingalong
Checking to see if things work right.
leapingalong
@leapingalong: Yeah! Seems to work. Gravitar wouldn’t let me have my perfered handle though.
IndyLib
I gotta go for the Bears, so I can watch everyone in the vicinity of where I live (just inside the Wisconsin border 8 miles from IL) go fucking bonkers next week when the Bears play the Pack, at which time I will have to quietly root for the local team. I say quietly because I already used my loud cheering for the only worthwhile thing my Broncos did all year – getting rid of that dipshit McDaniels.
Jeff
doesn’t matter who wins they’re both fresh meat for the Packer grinder.
JamesKPolkEsq
How can you not root for the Seachickens to make it all the way? Unless you are a Bears fan, natch.
billgerat
With Carlson out, Seattle only has one TE left. The rest of the receivers better start catching rather than dropping if Seattle is to stay in the game. Matt has been throwing it on target.
asiangrrlMN
@morzer: I’m rooting for my division, actually. But, I will admit I have a soft spot in my heart for the ‘Hawks (and not only because they are Yutsy’s team). I might SECRETLY be rooting for an upset, but don’t tell stuckinred.
Jed Lewison
Jebus, John. How does it help improve the discourse to refer to the great Seattle Seahawks as the Seachickens?
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
I’m calling for a defensive take away this series.
Tom M
As far as the NFC goes, they’re all playing for second place.
Watching the Bears and Seahawks I hope they both lose
scarshapedstar
Seacocks are screwed.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
oooh. hester nearly broke that one.
stuckinred
@Jeanne Ringland: Make a little stop at Doe Bay on Orcas.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
greg olsen brought down by his own feet.
Mark S.
What’s going to happen?
ETA: Ah, the portrait’s perfect! How do you change it?
morzer
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel):
He’s the Rex Ryan of the NFC!
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Sid Luckman?
BD of MN
the snow looks good in HD, although they need to wipe off the camera lens on the remote overhead…
I host karaoke Saturday nights, walked in last night to the place completely packed with green shirts. karaoke was late…
Andy K
Hmmmm…
Jeanne Ringland
@stuckinred: Thanks for the tip. I may have to go outside and just breathe for a while. The house has been shut up because of the weather and I’m having some issues with asthma.
Mark Centz
Rematch of XL in Dallas. This time with neutral zebras and the crowd a little less yintzer. You’re not afraid yet, Stealers, but you should be.
Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther
At about 11:30, the husband did an entirely pleasant, small task that took him about 10 minutes to complete. He then said “Well, that killed a few minutes while I’m waiting for the game to start!”
At which point I realized that I really won’t ever understand y’all.
But you guys have fun!
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@morzer:
Olsen? The Bears tried like hell to deal him and couldn’t get anything better than a 5th round pick.
@stuckinred: Sid Luckman, dog. Bear Down!
kansi
Some Bear luv, plz. Thx.
MsSkwEsq
GO BEARS!!!
jcricket
Oy, cringing already. At least don’t let it be a massive blowout Hawks (I did not expect them to win – same as I didn’t expect them to win last week, or the week before that).
At least I’ll still have the Patriots.
Mark S.
test
ETA: I give up, how do you change your avatar?
asiangrrlMN
@Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther: Well, that’s for the hard-core fans. Some, like me, just start watching when we get up and root for whomever.
Such as, I feel sorry for the ‘Hawks now. Gooooo, Seattle!
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): You ain’t a Roger’s Park guy is ya?
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: There’s no FEELING SORRY in football! Playing sorry, see Falcons.
MsSkwEsq
packer fans should be rooting for Seattle, cause they know the Bears will wipe them off the map!!!
Andy K
Boy, I sure would like to know more about the referee and his crew. Wonder if anyone has the 411….
Ed in NJ
Looking forward to Bears-Packers, and will root for either to beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
Andy K
@MsSkwEsq:
Uh…No.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: No, but I’ve a had a few friends live who lived there. I live in Bloomington now but grew up in the suburbs. If you draw a 30 mile circle around Woodfield shopping mall, I lived in all those towns.
stuckinred
@Andy K: You need to get in the Wayback machine!
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: There is when neither team is my team!
@Andy K: He’s not a hottie, so I don’t know anything about him.
billgerat
Seattle has been good for self-inflicted BS all year. I’ll be amazed if we score before the half. And it would be nice if we had backs that could actually cover a receiver.
demkat620
Hey this new stuff is pretty cool!
I will root for the Seachicens. I always like the underdog.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): I’m from Villa Park and my ex was from Barrington. When I started at U of I I lived in a dorm where half the kids were from RP, Cal-Touhy area. Got a great old pal that’s in the English Dept at ISU.
zzyzx
Sigh, doesn’t look good for us this week…
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Geez, maybe if you got to know what he’s like on the inside…
Mark S.
They need to hold them to a FG.
stuckinred
Lotsa people been dissin Jay,
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kansi
Hat trick!
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: My family has lived in Barrington since the 20s. My gradmother’s house, since knocked down, was the first in the area built in 1837. My family started the fox hunt there.
TOUCHDOWN!
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
Who’s your pal @ ISU? I know a lot of folks there.
morzer
I am not a pessimist by nature, but the Seahawks do seem to be on the cusp of an ass-kicking.. if Bears kick asses. It seems a bit counter-intuitive for them to do so, anatomically speaking.
fucen tarmal
well, chicago appears to be leaving no doubt.
this really makes you wonder what the hell was wrong with the saints, other than their secondary being old, tired and slow i mean, and needing a sell-out pass rush to not be exposed.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Wow, one of the few teachers that was good to me in my short high school career ended up the B-Ball coach there before he went to Iowa State under Johnny Orr, Gary Cook was his name. I’ve tried to find him for years to say thanks but can’t. X was a Nyman, her dad was the minister at the Barrington Community Church for many years.
Mark S.
All right, I went to gravatar and my picture still isn’t showing up.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Thom Herakovich.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@morzer: It’s looking cold and snowy up there. I think the Seahawks should probably slice open a Taun-Taun, crawl inside and wait to see if Han Solo will rescue them.
Andy K
Seahawks fans, take heart: When you die, you alone- well, the odds are you, alone- will be able to say that you cheered for the only team to ever go 8-10…Well, until the schedule is expanded to 18 regular-season games.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: Him I do not know, but I’m sure I know someone who does. Small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it, as Steven Wright says.
MikeJ
@morzer:
Does the pope shit in the woods?
morzer
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel):
Couldn’t they slice open Jay Cutler instead?
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): You know about the Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival? over in Heyworth?
Andy K
@Mark S.:
Kitteh?
Clearing your cache might help it pop up on your e-mail machine sooner.
morzer
@Andy K:
Until next season, you mean? Some consolation!
BruceFromOhio
Looks like the action is in the AFC this weekend, NFC is all lopsided blowouts. Time for Southland on the DVR and a nap before the Jets sacrifice.
(… though Packers/Bears stands to be a mini-SB like the Ravens/Steelers contest …)
billgerat
Seattle receivers couldn’t catch a cold.
sherifffruitfly
Well I must say this game isn’t unfolding as one might have hoped.
lols
Ah well. At least we can take solace in the fact that the saints are at home saying to themselves “wtf we coulda done that!”
morzer
@MikeJ:
Infallibly, or so I believe.
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: Snorgle. Sorry, my appreciation for refs is purely physical and/or aural.
WaterGirl
@asiangrrlMN: I was trying to figure out what someone on another thread meant when they said that if you get an avatar then everyone can see who the person really is. (yikes!) So I was clicking on things that were clickable, trying to figure out what they meant. When I click on your name it tries to go to some site that doesn’t exist. Is that intentional?
Edit: I would have thought you would choose an avatar with more attitude!
Andy K
@morzer:
Well, in the history of the 16-game regular-season schedule…That’s, uhm, something interesting.
Mark S.
@Andy K:
Yeah, I finally figured that out!
trollhattan
Wow, Seahawks don’t do snow. Call this one a wrap. :-(
asiangrrlMN
@WaterGirl: Oh for heaven–never listen to m_c. She means that you can tell who a person “really is” by their choice of an avatar. Blah blah blah. Mine is of Margaret Cho simply because I admire her. I probably will change it, though. And, I really am a delicate flower in real life. (Hee hee).
Andy K
@asiangrrlMN:
Tsk, tsk.
Maybe Mr. Nameless ref is a volunteer fireman who saved an entire kindergarten class from certain death at the hands of a serial kindergarten arsonist, while your object of desire, Eddie H., in his spare time, strangles bag ladies for the rush. Maybe.
morzer
You know what Lovie Smith is yelling to his troops right now?
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Rojo Perro!
billgerat
Seattle can’t catch a break either.
S. cerevisiae
Interesting new comment look. I wonder what random thing is going to post by my name?
Seahawks had better score this time if they are going to stay in this game.
stuckinred
@Andy K: Not paying much attention to the game there are ya?
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: Yeah. I know some old timers who were there.
Omnes Omnibus
At this point, it is looking like a Packer-Bears NFC Championship Game.
ETA: Why do I have a picture of an angry X-mas tree by my name?
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Easy with that.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Dude, it’s 21-0. Seattle shouldn’t even be in the playoffs. Do you think it’s going to get interesting?
stuckinred
Bet Urlacher would like to get a handful of those bleached corncurls!
asiangrrlMN
@Andy K: Gene Steratore.
Free tampons for everybody!
And, I’m more a Jerome Boger gal, myself.
@stuckinred: Is that your avatar? I really dig your little red guy.
@Omnes Omnibus: I think if you don’t have an actual avatar, the site provides you with one in that theme.
morzer
@Andy K:
Interesting as in “May you live in interesting times!” perhaps.
stuckinred
@Andy K: It’s real fucking interesting to me dawg.
fucen tarmal
so much for punting to hester.
BruceFromOhio
WTF? Did the Ravens offensive coordinator body-snatch the Seahawks OC? First glimmer of promise, and then bombs away on 3rd & 3? Gaia save them …
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Yea, I’ve used it on my IM for years.
Loneoak
Fixed.
Yutsano
Oh cwap. This means I gotta pick an avatar now amirite?
@asiangrrlMN: Carlson is out and that takes out one of Matty’s big weapons. This ain’t gonna come together if they don’t get the hell in Jay Cutler’s face. It’s really the only way to disrupt him.
WaterGirl
@asiangrrlMN: Thanks for translating. See, that’s just more proof that the name of the poster needs to be bigger! I never read her posts when I could tell at a glance they were written by her.
But someone else said that your real email address is transmitted to the avatar site every time you post with an avatar, and I don’t like the sound of that. Of course, I don’t use FB for privacy reasons, either. (Does it sound like I’m shouting “get off my lawn”?)
Omnes Omnibus
@Loneoak: I accept your correction.
stuckinred
@Yutsano: A white flag would do for now!
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: You were there? Whoa.
S. cerevisiae
And now the formatting for the thread looks better. Easier to read anyway. I suppose our bloggy overlords will be messing with it all day.
frosty
Back to yesterday: So now I read that the Ravens 55-yard return drew a penalty because of a Steelers player flopping. Arggh again.
Also, too, avatar check.
BruceFromOhio
@Loneoak: It’s the journey, not the destination! =)
Mark S.
@stuckinred:
That was cruel.
BruceFromOhio
@frosty: Ruh? Replay clearly showed the Ravens player holding. It was a good call, unfortunate for the Ravens, but entirely accurate imho.
ETA: avatar is a … winking blue potato? Where are these coming from? My Cedar Point ferris wheel looks too tame …
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Hell yes! There, the Palm Beach Art Festival (check that lineup), The 1st Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter than Air Fair, the Allman Bros in Peoria. Commander Cody in Bloomington!
Mark S.
Plenty of time to
drive down the field and get back into this gamethrow a pick that gets run back for a TD.stuckinred
@Mark S.: You weren’t here for the Packer-Birds game last night were you?
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Yes. Though the green goofy-faced blob is kinda cute, too. This game is over. (I’m trying to reverse-curse it).
@WaterGirl: I think that was her as well, and I really pay her no mind. You can set up a fake account at yahoo or gmail and link your gravatar.com avatar to that.
Cacti
Seahawks shot their wad last week.
Congrats on getting one round further than you should have, but it ends today.
stuckinred
@Cacti: Key the mouthy Packer choir.
Mark S.
@stuckinred:
For some of it. Did I miss some trash talking?
stuckinred
@Mark S.: OO, Andy K, fill him in.
morzer
@WaterGirl:
Matoko-chan might improve post-adolescence, but that’s going to be a long five years. Until then, she’s just a tale told by an idiot.
James E Powell
Seahawks are sad, but the playoff system provides that at least one team from each division goes to the party.
The real dorks were the Saints for not beating them. I am thinking Saints/Bears would have been a much better game.
This is a worse mismatch than Ravens/Chiefs.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred: Well, you look younger on the internet. And I am green with envy. I’m sure those were some badass shows.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Well, good for you. Unless this game heats up early in the 3rd quarter, it will be the stuff ancillary to the game that keeps me from napping until the Pats-Jets game.
billgerat
Thank God for halftime. Carroll better give the speech of his life.
jeff
I guess I should see if I have an avatar that is embarrassing or something. (OK I see it…no idea what that is.) Also, I just got notice that my rent is increasing 67% and I have a week to sign the agreement. (I’m in a rent-stabilized NYC apt.!!!) So, it’s back to the City and the NY Bar Association and threats from assholes I pay most of my income to. It may just have become enough for me to finally gtfo of NYC for good. I wish to hell there were job postings anywhere else in America. (There are literally hundreds of jobs posted for NYC; and there are, in total, perhaps 50 jobs posted in America for my area of expertise.)
fucen tarmal
happy birthday joe flacco! enjoy your round of golf.
frosty
@BruceFromOhio: Replay? I don’t need no stinking replay. I just need the true and honest words of some blogger who got quoted in the Yahoo News headline complaining of too much Acting in the NFL.
Winking Blue Potato. I like it. If I ever get a band, that’s going to be the name. I suppose I have to come up with a real avatar now. Or just change my nom de blog to Winking Blue Potato. Decisions, decisions.
asiangrrlMN
Sigh. All my pics are on my other computer. Maybe I’ll find something online.
BGinCHI
Seachickens are toast.
Go Norris Division!
I think avatars are going to get old after a week. It’s like a bumper sticker: fun when you get it but then your car looks stupid for a long time.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): I saw Santana this summer, first time I have seen him since the day I got out of the Army in San Fran in 69!
MikeJ
@frosty: Not only was there too much flopping, but who on earth can understand that moronic “offside” rule? They should just get rid of it because I’m too thick to understand it!
Ahhh, *now* I feel like the World Cup is back on.
BGinCHI
@stuckinred: Is your dog a dawg?
Andy K
@stuckinred:
@Mark S.:
This is the way stuckinred, otherwise a good guy, imo, deals with his knowledge that the Bears will fall at least a game short of the Super Bowl. He’s damned lucky that my sister doesn’t comment here: While she loves most playing The Dozens with Vikes fans, she’s not averse to ripping a new hole in Bears fans.
stuckinred
@BGinCHI: Hell yes. Poor UGA has cancer.
Yutsano
And now we see if this avatar thing decides to stick…
EDIT: Hmm…not yet. But it said it could take up to ten minutes.
stuckinred
@Andy K: Don’t let your mouth write a check your ass can’t cash.
Svensker
Hawks looking bad. And anybody heard anything about the injured guy?
Eric Shaw
Mmmm, Bears to the superbowl.
Yutsano
@Svensker: Last news I heard was he was carted off the field but he was capable of moving his legs, which is a good sign. It could just be a really bad concussion. Which sucks because A) he’s good and B) he’s adorable too. Biggest wedding ring I’ve ever seen on a guy too.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
I can feel your anger. I am defenseless. Take your weapon. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I see mountains. Is that what you were going for? Clear your cache, too.
stuckinred
@Andy K: I’m not angry, I’m happy as a hog rootin in manure!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Yup. That picture was e-mailed to me years ago.
EDIT: I may rotate out with various pictures of the mountains here. Still have to play with that.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: “It’s not a Butte, it’s a mound”!
Temporarily Humboldt County
By: Firesign Theatre
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: Dude, that just ain’t right! (But funny!).
And, yay! My avatar updated correctly. Pitchfork, demon, and chili pepper. Perfect!
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Give it a listen!
SECOND INDIAN: He’ll be here soon.
INDIAN: The True White Brother is coming home. Remember what the Great Spirit said? If we did what we were supposed to do and lived according to the Plan, White Brother would finish his work in the East and come back to us.
SECOND INDIAN: It’ll be nice to have the family together again.
(A Conquistador, a Padre and several Spanish soldiers enter to a trumpet fanfare and flamenco music. The buffalo scatter.)
CONQUISTADOR: Buenos dias, amigos!
INDIAN: Hello! You must be The True White Brother!
CONQUISTADOR: Sure! You must be The Indians!
INDIAN: Yes!
SECOND INDIAN: Welcome Home!
Eric Shaw
That has to hurt.
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: OK. I was thinking of it in a totally different way.
WaterGirl
@morzer: I NEVER read her. Knowingly, that is! I hope they change the font size or color of the commenter name soon, but in the meantime, I will have to be more careful! Thanks.
BruceFromOhio
@frosty: Decisions, decisions.
Indigo Tuber, then? Dunno. Maybe if I rag about it enough on my blog, I can get on Yahoo! News too? Is that all it takes to get noticed these days?
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@stuckinred:
Domine, domine, domine, you’re all catholic now.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Butte, like in Montana! Firesign is difficult for young people.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Coming mother. . .
S. cerevisiae
Testing avatar. let’s see if this works.
Trufant is down, more bad news for the Seahawks. Hope he is ok.
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: No, I know where Butte is. But, look at Butte, then mound…never mind.
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: And, I’m not young. (I’m hoping the lack of edit is temporary).
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
Wait? Wildcat?
Andy K
@stuckinred:
“Domini, Domini, Domini! You’re all Catholics now!”
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: I have the edit and young, obviously, is relative.
stuckinred
@Andy K: Is there an echo in here?
Mark S.
Geez, two scary looking injuries in this game.
Michael Reagan calls Ron Reagan an embarrassment. Actually, this is what is called an embarrassment:
I’m not the biggest fan of Ronald Reagan, but even he doesn’t deserve to be compared to the Snowbilly Princess.
S. cerevisiae
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): I heard that bit years ago but never knew who did it. Funny stuff!
J. Michael Neal
@S. cerevisiae: Dude, you guys quit playing after our second goal yesterday. It turned a quality game into a rout. Have fun looking at our tails the rest of the year.
And the officiating up in Grand Forks this weekend was a disgrace. It didn’t cost the men anything in the standings, because we didn’t play well enough to win last night, but they let the Sioux get away with attempted murder. The WCHA really needs to sit down and figure out something to do about the NoDaks, because they’re getting out of control.
BGinCHI
Anyone know if Cole went to WVU?
Purdue playing them right now in Mo’town and I want to taunt him but don’t want to waste my time.
Go Boilers!
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@Mark S.: My sexy, reincarnated father? oy.
freelancer
This is one boring ass game.
Stooleo
Avatars?
stuckinred
@BGinCHI: He’s a fan, that warrants ridicule.
BGinCHI
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Reagan gene pool failure.
stuckinred
@freelancer: The hell if it is! Go Bears!!!
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Hah! Missed that!
Here’s something for you:
The Credibility Gap on the Tomorrow Show, 1975
BGinCHI
@stuckinred: WVU has a big white guy named Thoroughman.
Cole should get a jersey with that on the back.
BGinCHI
@Andy K: Thought it was gonna be Ackroyd doing Snyder.
Mark S.
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel):
I don’t think digging up Reagan and shitting on his corpse would be nearly as desecrating to his memory as what Michael wrote in that column was.
BruceFromOhio
@BGinCHI: And now the adventures of … Thoroughman.
S. cerevisiae
@J. Michael Neal: Not a good night for my Bulldogs all around. and you will get no argument from me about those dirty Sue.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@S. cerevisiae: The Firesign Theater. Very funny stuff. Mostly.
Yutsano
SEATTLE SCORED!! NO SHUT-OUT!! WOOT!!
(hey, I have to get enthusiastic about something)
EDIT And WP still doesn’t like three exclamation points in a row. FYWP.
BGinCHI
@BruceFromOhio: I’m jealous of anyone whose name is better than an actual nickname.
jeffreyw
Testing…testing…garlic bread…testing…
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: I do have the edit again, but then I was not allowed to edit, and I am not young in the least.
@jeffreyw: Want want want!
I gave up on the game. I’m watching America’s Test Kitchen instead. Let me know when the second game starts.
stuckinred
@Andy K: That is killer, I don’t remember it at all but 1975 was pretty polluted if you know what I mean.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Oh quit.
BGinCHI
@Yutsano: I wouldn’t mind being in a bar in Ballard watching the game. I love that ‘hood.
BGinCHI
WVU also has a guy named Kilicila, which when pronounced sounds exactly like “Caligula.”
J. Michael Neal
@S. cerevisiae: Though, since our senior class consists of two checking forwards and a backup goalie, I had a feeling that we’d be a lot better in February than we were in November.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@BGinCHI: I used to live there. It was rad. I could hear seals barking in Shilshole bay from my house.
freelancer
@BGinCHI:
She lies and says she’s in love with him, can’t find a Thoroughman.
BGinCHI
@jeffreyw: When the hell are you inviting us all over?
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Well, I turned 10 that summer, so I’m not certain what you mean…But I think i get the gist of it.
stuckinred
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): How far is that from Hippie Hill on the Ave? 1st trip was launched there the day Bobby Kennedy died.
BGinCHI
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Great bars and restaurants, and of course, The Tractor Tavern. I love that place.
You go to school in Seattle?
stuckinred
@Andy K: I’m assuming it was a show?
asiangrrlMN
@stuckinred: I’m almost 40. That’s middle-age, my friend, not young.
@stuckinred: It’s true! Young is anyone younger than I am.
Maude
@Stooleo:
Go to gravatar.com
Sign up and they send an instant email.
I had to put an 8 at the end of my name otherwise they said MY name way taken. My name appears here okay.
You can upload a picture from your computer. You can crop it.
Before you comment, clear the cache and then after 10 years or so, your picture will appear.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: HAHAHAHAHAHA, you are funny.
Evolved Deep Southerner
@stuckinred: YO! Check out my snazzy new icon! It’ll do till I get one that’s better, I reckon.
GO DAWGS! FIRE MARK RICHT! WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!
BGinCHI
@freelancer: Dude, is Jesus your avatar??
Yutsano
@freelancer: Avatar. Buddy Christ. Yes, yes, I’m liking this, go with it…
Eric Shaw
Whoa! Forte forks it up!
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: As always, a song for you.
I made enough money to by Miami
But I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@BGinCHI: No. My father lived in Tukwilla in the 80s and I lived in Ballard in the mid oughts.
I usually spend Thanksgiving in Ballard. I would’ve stayed, but I wanted to own a house. That was never going to happen in Seattle.
stuckinred
@Evolved Deep Southerner: Who’s that comin down the track?
freelancer
@BGinCHI:
Not your ordinary Jesus. But yes.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: And, of course m_c is having the vapors over freelancer’s avatar.
@stuckinred: You’re not exactly disproving my point.
Mmmmm, bread pudding. I love that stuff. Anyone know how I can make a dairy-free, wheat-free version?
Andy K
@stuckinred:
The Credibility Gap? No, theuy were a troupe, made a few records. They started off as the satirical news team on the radio in L.A..
If you can find it, listen to Floats & A Great Gift Idea, a collection of their improvisational presentations of a few different Tournament of Roses parades. That shit kills !
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@freelancer: My gf did a little crafts project over xmas that could be called, “Suffer the little velociraptors come unto me.”
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Except for the fact that he has re-written it twice and he and I are young!
BGinCHI
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): We spend Xmas and some of August in Samamish with the wife’s family. I try to get into the city, and Ballard esp., every chance I get.
Remind me what dept you teach in.
stuckinred
@Andy K: SEE!
Eric Shaw
The chickens are scrambling for a comeback.
asiangrrlMN
@freelancer: Check the thread below to see what m_c thinks of your avatar and what she thinks it says about you.
@stuckinred: Ha! Good point.
@Eric Shaw: Don’t make me have to check the game.
burnspbesq
Isn’t there a mercy rule in the NFL? Get this mess off my teevee!
BGinCHI
@freelancer: Awesome.
Thought it was a puppy.
Evolved Deep Southerner
@stuckinred: Yeah, we’re wheezing down the track just like UGA VIII (ETA – this is the right UGA iteration right now, isn’t it?): On life support.
I’m thinking Richt wins the SEC next year – not just PLAYS for it, but wins it – or his ass is gone. And I was one of the last people on that damn bandwagon, but damn if I’m not on it now yelling “Faster! Faster!”
What a low and sorry pass we have come to in the Bulldog Nation.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@BGinCHI: I teach in the dept of independent guitar teacher. I teach your kids to play Crazy Train the right way.
Eric Shaw
Seachickens touchdown.
BGinCHI
And…..Purdue loses.
Oh well. Builds character.
stuckinred
@Evolved Deep Southerner: It is indeed. He’s a really decent person and we need an asshole like the rest of the damn conference!
freelancer
@asiangrrlMN:
Oh, I saw. She got her “proof” that I was a WEChristianist crusader cudlip.
BGinCHI
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Oops. Thought you were at ISU. And if that’s a dept there sign me up.
asiangrrlMN
@Eric Shaw: Crap. Now I feel compelled to watch the game again.
@freelancer: I really really need MikeJ to adapt the Chrome pie-filter so I don’t get sucked into the vortex of stupidity.
ETA: Wouldn’t it be funny if the ‘Hawks came back to win this game?
@Eric Shaw: If you keep up the commentary, I won’t actually have to watch. Hm…
Eric Shaw
Failed onside!
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@BGinCHI: Nah. I lack the credentials. And the stomach for academia.
tim serbo
hi gang. both nfc games have been suckodelic. just in case you hadn’t noticed.
Andy K
@Eric Shaw:
That wasn’t really an onside attempt- more like something Hester couldn’t return that maybe- maybe– the Seahawks could fall on.
stuckinred
@tim serbo: It’s all a matter of perspective.
asiangrrlMN
@tim serbo: Seattle might come back! It can happen. And, cute bunneh.
@Eric Shaw: Well, I’m watching now. So, we shall see. If the ‘Hawks score again, we have ourselves a ballgame! (Said in officious tone).
Eric Shaw
@asiangrrlMN: wait till this Bears drive is over, if they score, you needn’t bother.
Eric Shaw
Bears are punting.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Well they won’t quite get there, but it was nice that they bothered to show up in the fourth quarter finally. And I’m stuck at the old house until someone shows up (not sure who) so bleah.
freelancer
@asiangrrlMN:
I never learned how to work it the first time around, so I guess this is somewhat my fault.
ETA: Good, new avatar up and its much less vague in what it ‘splains.
PanAmerican
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet. This game is boring shit. I’m off to ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Why are you stuck? What old house? You are leaving so much out of this comment!
@freelancer: Heh. No, it’s not your fault. She came after me. She has a love/hate thing for me. It’s rice envy.
tim serbo
not really surprised that seattle went all pear-shaped. in the playoffs one team will play the best game of their season one week and just can’t summon the magic twice in a row. teams that get blown out in the super bowl are often coming off inspired conference championship games.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Stuck at my parents’ old house waiting for unknown individual to arrive since they’re coming here instead of going to my parents’ ranch for no known rational reason. Plus I’m hungry and too polite to eat their food without them here.
freelancer
@PanAmerican:
TMI, sir.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Eat away! And, Cole said he didn’t like the avatars, and BAM! They’re gone. Damn, he’s good.
Eric Shaw
@freelancer: It’s a love affair.
morzer
Um.. about that Seahawks’ come back….
MCA
Partly just posting to see what strange avatar I’m given. But also to lament the Bears getting to host the freaking NFC Championship Game (!?!?). They’ve improved as the season has gone on, but mostly at the expense of third-string quarterbacks. I still want desperately to see this team get exposed, but a rivalry game at home isn’t likely to be the place for it. Oh, well, maybe they’ll make the Super Bowl and Brady and co. can hang 45 on ’em again. That would be a nice humiliating end to the magic karma ride they’ve been on.
tim serbo
@PanAmerican: if you’re paraphrasing chuck berry, you’re oversharing. a lot.
Lysana
Well, at least the ‘Hawks scored more points than they had injured players.
I can haz Patriots-Bears Super Bowl rematch?
Eric Shaw
Yeah, oops. Nevermind.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
Hey, where’d the avatars go?
morzer
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel):
Some god-rotted grinch nixed ’em.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@PanAmerican:
legend has it that you can hear gibby throwing up on that track.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@morzer: boo!
Eric Shaw
Avatars being appropriate to teeny-bopper sites and no where else, I salute them leaving
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@Eric Shaw: they are visually clearer than the pale, pastel-y color scheme I’m squinting @ now.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@Eric Shaw: they are visually clearer than the pale, pastel-y color scheme I’m squinting @ now.
asiangrrlMN
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): Cole hated ’em, so they got axed. Personally, I don’t mind having a small avatar, but I bow to my Tunchian overlord.
Breakfast time!
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
@asiangrrlMN: his house, his rules. word.
morzer
@Eric Shaw:
Been hanging out with teeny-boppers, hmm?
asiangrrlMN
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel): I know. I agree, though, that the current layout isn’t easy on the eyes, either.
Oh, and I’ve switched to watching the pre-game show for the next game–that’s how much the current game sucks. (I hate pre-game shows).
Mmmmmm, Hines Ward.
Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel)
Hey. Wait a minnit. Gotta finish the game, lads.
Eric Shaw
@morzer: I’m on facebook, aren’t I?
stuckinred
YES!!!!
stuckinred
Bear down, Chicago Bears, make every play clear the way to victory;
Bear down, Chicago Bears, put up a fight with a might so fearlessly.
We’ll never forget the way you thrilled the nation with your T-formation.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you’re wearing the crown.
You’re the pride and joy of Illinois, Chicago Bears, bear down.
billgerat
@stuckinred:
That’s as bad as the Seachickens played.
stuckinred
@billgerat: Well, it was written in 1941.
tim serbo
ok, here we go. showered, shaved, wearing my troy brown jersey. go pats!
freelancer
Really? Welker’s benched? That’s crap. I’m rooting for the Jets, but that’s total crap.
Mr Stagger Lee
Don’t mess with Belichek, do your talking with your play!
I hope the Pats win!
MsSkwEsq
Bears win!!! Next: trounce packers-slackers!
asiangrrlMN
@freelancer: Only at the beginning of the game, right?
@tim serbo: Oh, tim. We were getting along so well. GO JETS!
ETA: I cannot wait for the Packers/Bears game. That is gonna be goooooood.
Steelers R Bradys Bitches aka 2liberal
Go Patriots!
stuckinred
@freelancer: It’s that totally meaningless, “won’t start” don mean nuttin.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
Upon further review: The Bears Still Suck!
Elie
GO Bears!
I do not look past the Packers, however. They are and always have been a tough rival. Whether either team having a good or bad season, they are always “up” for this matchup.
This is football royalty going back to the founding NFL teams. I think the Bears were the “Staleys” and the “Cardinals” at different points. Papa George Halas is smiling in heaven at this match up…
GO Leather Helmets!
And GO Balloon Juice for new format! At last, right margains appear for me again!
tim serbo
@asiangrrlMN: as peter wimsey told harriett vane, i prefer counterpoint to harmony. this is going to be nasty.
asiangrrlMN
@tim serbo: True dat. I’ll still let you comfort me.
And, that was a meaningless benching.
And, new NFL Open Thread at top, y’all. Don’t say I never gave you anything.
Elie
OH NOOOOOO!!!
Right margins diappear again!
Shit,shit,shit
stuckinred
@Elie: The Staleys were the team in Decatur, Staley Corp became ADM. Mr Staley basically gave the team to George Halas who took them to Chicago to be the Bears. George was an Illini which is why the Bears’ colors are Orange and Blue. The Cardinals played in Comiskey Park and, :acine Cardinals 1920-1921
Chicago Cardinals 1922-1943
Card-Pitt 1944*
Chicago Cardinals 1945-1959
St. Louis Cardinals
1960-1987
Phoenix Cardinals 1988-1993
Arizona Cardinals 1994-Present
Elie
@stuckinred:
Thanks for the history!
No two teams have a longer history in the NFL than the Pack and the Bears..
It will be a tough game and as I said, I never never disrespect the Packers.
(The Pack are still in the Toilet paper capital of the world – old Chicago insult …just had to get that snark in)
PanAmerican
@Parallel 5ths (Jewish Steel):
Even if it’s urban legend, it should have happened that way.
jackmac
Packers at Bears — EPIC!!!
And for us in Chicago, there’s going to be a Super Bowl atmosphere all week.
Andy K
@stuckinred:
The Cards actually pre-date the NFL. That club has been around since 1898.
DFS
On the one hand, the Hawks got stomped.
On the other hand, happy birthday Kenny Easley! 52 years old yesterday. One of the greatest safeties of all time.
Admiral_Komack
DA BEARS!
Gemina13
I’ve been out car shopping. What the hell happened?
. . . Holy shit, Da Bears beat the Seahawks??! GOIN’ TO DA PLAYOFFS BABY!! YES!
HOLY FUCK WE’RE PLAYING THE PACKERS! ALL RIGHT!
::clears throat::
Sorry. Um, it looks like my team won, and we’re playing our historic rivals next week. Wow. Go, Bears.
:)