2/1/10 – There’s a tremendous need for this kind of Grill
Hot Links:
- All FKers should read this article. That is all.
- I would estimate the chances that the last season of lost sucks at 60%. I’m still going to watch.
Baseball Links:
- This is catchier than something about Blyleven.
- I’d like to take an international baseball trip some day.
- Overpayment. Do Not Want.
- It’s really too bad this museum is having troubles. That said, I agree with Neyer that the problem is no one visits it.
- Newsflash: People have always tried to get on base. Its the fans who didn’t know it mattered.
Political Links:
- I try hard to be fairminded, but I do this a LOT anyway.
- Republican politicians don’t care about the deficit, Part II.
- Huzzah for my representative.
- Let’s talk about sex (with people, this time). My view is that any sex program should say “the only 100% safe option is no sex.” It should also say “here is how to get some free condoms.” Whether Alabama politicians (or NYT Columnists) agree with me or not, I guarantee you there are people in Alabama who need the second message too.
- Finally, I don’t care what the White House says. They wouldn’t veto the Senate HCR bill if the House passes it, so the house should pass it. Plan B sucks.
Throw some links on the grill, FKers.
B5. TWSS
P1. TWHS
HL1:
Poor judgment does not constitute professional misconduct
W T F ?!?
Via Glennzilla, who sez:
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That’s a bit much.
I strongly believe a trial needs to happen. There is no particular reason it needs to happen in Manhattan (except that I like the symbolism a lot). If another venue makes more sense (and it does if Bloomberg’s $1B estimate is accurate), then try him there.
I’m taking a wait-and-see approach. If they do it at Gitmo, or some such nonsense, I will not vote for Obama again (note that I don’t say that lightly).
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The only part of all that I marginally disagree with is: where in the States could they hold the trial and not cost a lot of money for security/media/etc.? And I didn’t see, say, LA seeking to move the OJ trial because of the cost to the municipality (which must have been not merely immense, but absolutely unproportional to the “value” of the trial in comparison to this one).
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Well, anywhere without as many people as Manhattan would be cheaper. One of your articles has a suggestion for a rural place with a nearby military base.
I wish we were more “resilient” (to quote one of your links) about security risks, since KSM is not going to overpower anyone and escape. Given that we aren’t, it makes sense not to shut down a chunk of Manhattan if we can avoid it (and KSM has no right to be tried in Manhattan, so there’s no issue there).
You should have titled this “I want a real live grill”
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Nope. I like the quote my title references better. The idea that there is a society-wide need for sex robots is one I like.
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DoD can couple the sex robot with my anti-terrorism blowjobs-for-disaffected-teens notion.
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I’m not buying until he comes out with version Number Six.
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NM’s view is that any antiterrorism program should say “the only 100% safe option is no terrorism.” It should also say “here is how to get some free robot blowjobs.”
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I should have titled it: We excel over charcoal.
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Add a couple to LB’s sticker/magnet list:
We excel on the DL
We excel on paper
We excel in our mom’s basement
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We excel in YOUR mom’s basement.
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Better
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You know…I could make reference to FK on there if people think that’d be a good thing.
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Keep our Kraut Free
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It Started At Saags
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You Had Me at Saags.
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We need some non-A’s (or only secondarily A’s) FK ones
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F’rinstance, you know those oval “country code” stickers? Do an oval adaptation of JL’s FK browser icon.
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JL, can you send me a copy of that? urf4 at the yahoo.
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Unfortunately, all I have is a .ico file (which would be way too small for your purposes)
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I’d want one of those.
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sure. now you come around.
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Or better still, Live Nude Grills.
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He could have done about one and a half links, and called it Grill, Interrupted
I think I’m going to start an FSU-style Spillane-meets-Bouton “hardballed” noir serial about the adventures of a private dick/long man named “Rob Mayday.”
I have never planned my own Yosemite trip, and I’m wondering if any of you have advice.
Is Wawona too far from the main stuff to make sense? Is there really a risk that I’d need chains in mid April?
I’d appreciate any Yosemite advice you all have (keeping in mind that I’m not looking for serious backpacking but do want to do a weekend’s worth of day hikes). As you can no doubt tell, I’m 90% clueless.
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Wawona is pretty far from Y Valley, so if your preferred hikes revolve around being there then yes, it is pretty far. I’d say you’d probably want to carry chains in April, and hope you don’t have to use them. There’s lots of great hiking to do in the park outside of the valley, but in April I don’t know how far you’d be able to get without hitting lots of snow, especially as this year has received some pretty good dumpage. If you can get a spot in the valley, seems like that’s where you should go.
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I was afraid of that. The falls lodge is, of course, full so it’s either tents or super-expensive luxury.
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Don’t know how long you’re planning for, but an option could be: go to the Valley first, hike where you want, then drive to Wawona. Day 2, (bring snowshoes if need be) and explore more around Wawona with fewer people around. Last day, drive back, do a last hike in the Valley, head home.
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I’m thinking leave SF Friday morning, get back Sunday night, so that’s the right amount of time. Have you done the Wawona area? Is it as interesting as the valley?
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TWHA
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No, I’ve never really hiked around Wawona. I have up by Hetch-Hetchy and in other places, and while nothing is as spectacular as the Valley it’s all beautiful.
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Yes, Wawona is pretty far if you want to visit Valley-centric sights.
Most likely you won’t need to install chains in April, but the more far-ranging you plan to do (Wawona, Hetch Hetchy, Mono Lake) the more likely you’ll either need chains or simply be turned around at closed roads.
People cancel reservations a lot…if you can live without certainty, you can keep checking as your preferred date draws closer and you’ll sometimes find openings. My family and I made a late decision to visit on Thanksgiving weekend, one of the park’s busiest times, and we found several in-Valley options to choose from, ending up at the Yosemite Lodge.
The Ahwahnee is seriously expensive, but damn, it sure is beautiful, adn teh dining room and great hall are spectacular. If you feel like splurging, a night or two there is very, very nice. I also recommend the Sunday brunch at the Ahwahnee dining room (except for that, though, the Ahwahnee food isn’t that much better that the Y-Lodge restaurant and it costs much more).
Also highly recommended: bicycle rentals in the Valley.
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Apparently so on the frequent cancellations. I checked back today and the falls lodge is available after all.
Thanks to everyone for the great information.
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Read John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierras. He’s young and idealistic and in love with Yosemite, and it’s actually really fun to read.
Mauer is better than Olivo.
I guess I just don’t see the point of all this. I do, however, think it would be interesting to look at batter eye compared to actually called strike zone instead of the theoretically correct one, though.
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Wouldn’t that have to be stratified by ump variance? And, perhaps, expansion/shrinking of ump’s zone over the course of a game?
I mean, a Custian approach can only be to what the batter (reasonably) expects the zone to be — I guess if you know in advance that Ump X calls a high/low/wide/narrow zone, you can adjust accordingly … but that (and my suggested adjustments) presumes that Ump X is consistent in his infidelity …
booo
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I guess losing Aaron Miles really hurt.
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Odd. Looks like no one has any idea about our division.
Different sources have picked each team to win, often handily.
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Beane is operating under the illusion that he needs to field a complete outfield in every alternate universe offered up by different projection systems.
boooo
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If Bill can’t get it, no one should?
(If you’re booing now, how will you react when Krukow gets it in 25 years?)
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Miller defeated Costas in a recent hot air balloon race.
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No, no they shouldn’t.
I will burn the Giants park to the ground.
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I’ll hold the gas can.
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Re: Hotlink (2)
I watched what I believe to be the first four minutes of the new season that were leaked on YouTube. Pretty unimpressive. While watching the Australian Open Final I saw about a one minute preview of this season.
Honestly, it looks silly. Keep in mind, I’ve never tried crack, but that’s how I view LOST at this point–you don’t want to keep doing it because you know it’s not all that great, but you just can’t stop. So yeah, I’ll be watching.
wow, 10 years
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I thought Holder wasn’t going to “look backw–
Oh.
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It’s gotta be well north of $200M right?
Ross, do you like movies about gladiators?
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Comment #2 says it all.
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Boo.
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Well, not *in* Boston…
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I was thinking more along the lines of #1.
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That’s because you don’t share a degree with this guy:
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This made me laugh;
The next sentence reads “Ross scanned the Variety headlines and caught the blurry, long distance photo of Liza exiting the rehab center. “Why can’t they just leave that poor woman alone!?” he shrieked, covering his face with the back of his hand and fleeing from the room.”
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As a devout Catholic, he surely must have objected to the Crimson’s writing about his “towering tribute” to Russel Crowe. I guess you can’t complain too much about “towering” though.
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Do chess players call that “castling”?
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Well, there’s castling kingside and castling queenside, both of which have their costs and benefits. The other option is to leave one’s king in the middle of the board, where the opponent’s pieces can penetrate from either side.
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KOTM
I wonder if the Pentagon would be interested in some crackerjack research on, say, Brian De Palma, James Joyce, or Bob Dylan.
So I’m both having a horrible and a busy day, but I wanted to write and ask you all, does anyone think Jeff Dunham’s funny? I mean, at all? Why do so many people think that douche is funny?
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Who?
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I don’t know but image results include hand puppets.
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lots of them.
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Honey, I hear ya. I’ve been on hold with the IRS for 25 minutes now, and that about sums up my day.
I don’t know who Jeff Dunham is.
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he’s the guy doing the funny voices on the IRS’s call waiting recording.
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That’s a sweet gig.
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Still on hold. I’m really starting to hate that douche.
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Those FKers just hung up on me!
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so did you call back? did they apologize?
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Actually, I did call back and I got the most awesome IRS telephone agent EVER. She was extremely helpful. This is regarding an issue that I have been trying to resolve for over 18 months. I have supplied the right, correct paperwork at least 5 times. The gal I finally spoke to was beside herself that my problem had gone on so long. She pulled up my paperwork and confirmed that yes, I had supplied the right documents and the file should be closed. This was the first time after numerous phone calls that I actually felt the problem will be solved.
And yes, she actually did apologize for how the IRS has been treating me!
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yay!
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Cue other shoe in 5…4…3…
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booooooooooooooo!
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He’s this guy:
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Based on the still image, I pretty much already hate him.
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The older white Rebublicans I know liked this bit and sent me the link but I haven’t bothered to seek out any of his other routines. Seems pretty much like a one-note joke to me.
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it’s pretty much all jokes that have been told elsewhere, better, and without fucking puppets!
Wait, my hatred for him could stem from my loathing of sock puppets…
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I understand there’s a generational thing between Demetrio Martin and me. I don’t think he’s funny at all and a whole slew of young ‘uns do. This is not the case with Jeff Dunham.
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Ventriloquists = clowns = raccoons
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I’m with you up until the raccoons part. Raccoons are teh awesome, poppy.
A Republican politician who does care about the deficit.
This is actually a debate worth having. To the extent Mr. Ryan’s proposal can be fairly categorized as “the Republican proposal” (note: I do not know if it can), it’s an idea that would work. I think it’s a bad idea, because I think government services are important. But I would urge people to look into the proposal and tell me if, given a desire to balance the budget, this sort of thing looks better to you than raising taxes.
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raise taxes.
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except mine
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except sal’s.
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CLOWN TAX!!!
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CLOWN TAXI!!!
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CLOWN ATAXIA!!!
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CLOWN ASPHYXIA!!!
On second thought, Poppy’s QotMs never were so LB-heavy…I never knew I was so funny.
They like me. They really like me.
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You’re always awesome. Were you only posting in game threads during the 2008 season?
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yeah, kinda. I got runnoft by a cwazy girl.
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Oooh, really? Who?
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you can research it if you like. Of course, there was another cwazy girl who runnoft me the first time in 2005-6, so it could be me.
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or perhaps I should stop looking for dating opportunities on **.
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if you really wanna know, email me.
Re Baseball #5: Earl Weaver doesn’t get near enough appreciation for intuitively ahead of his time.
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Yeah, but he should’ve known it.
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“Team speed? For Christ sake. You get fucking dammed little fleas on the fucking bases, getting picked off trying to steal, getting thrown out, taking runs away from you. You get them big cocksuckers that can hit the fucking ball out of the ball park, and you can’t make any god damned mistakes.”
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THAT needs to go on a refrigerator magnet.
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Or perhaps just “big cocksuckers that can hit the fucking ball out of the ball park” (LB, you don’t have to put those into production until about June).
Disappointing. I misread the title.
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“You can have your Nations burger after you put on the pumps, Cap’n.”
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“Now put the used gum under the heel of your boot.”
Further proof Facebook sucks:
An old “friend” (reunited through fb) asked everyone to describe in one word the last year of your life.
I, naturally, wrote “fucked.” Of course I did. You people know me. You know how happy Florida and the sign shop make me.
So, after my “friend” deleted my comment, his friend responded, “When you figure out the book of RUSS hasn’t work, Won’t work, Will not work. Then and only then things will start getting better. Read Acts 17:24-31.” BTW, my real name is Russ.
So what I wanna know is, is it good form to stalk this motherfucker and fill his inbox with hermaphrodite porn? Would Miss Manners approve?
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Is it porn OF Miss Manners? If not, you’re fine. If yes, rule 34 wins again.
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Miss Manners has a penis?
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Schrödinger says she has half a one. Unless you’ve checked.
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Suggest he read Catullus 16.
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I would have, but my “friend” told me he had to remove my comment because children and church-goers read it. And, he added, “Glen’s right.”
Bible thumper’s Glen. Apropos.
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Thump him on the head with a bible.
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I refuse to join facebook, even in the face of people calling me crazy and staring at me wide-eyed and releasing the hounds on me.
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I only joined a few weeks ago. I’m thinking it’s not such a good idea now.
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I hate FB. Damn people keep messaging me through FB. Why is it so damn hard to just send me an email!? Then I have to click through to FB to reply. Why would I want to do that? Just email me for FK sake.
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I’m thinking of abandoning the whole thing.
I should probably clarify. I’ve had a fb page for a year or two or whatever. I’ve only recently started to participate.
Thank god Troy was there to tell me it was a sluggo route.
Hey hay! We just got a shout out from Colbert!
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What?
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Well, not FK.
And not an A’s team in the last twenty years.
But he did mention the late 80’s A’s!
For bumper stickers/magnets, hows about
FUCK THE GIANTS
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I kinda like the giants.
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As do I
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no magnets for you!
three weeks!
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Don’t make me start a fight…
Since it involved a blowjob and a jealous knife fight it’s not quite immaculate, but still…
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The preposterous conception?
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Speaking of conception…
Some more naughty biblical bits in there.
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Christ, what a tsela bone
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This place will have to change their business model.
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Adam’s Sausages (with Free Kraut!)
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“… some cattle changed hands to prove that there were no hard feelings.” ?
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I’m guessing it was agridowry kinda culture…
Breakin’ the law, breakin’ the law…
Slusser writes about yesterday’s flurry of activity and adds this note at the end:
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Scouting: the new undervalued commodity!
Full circle in 3, 2, 1….
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Remember when the A’s asked for some prospect named Teixeira as compensation for Texas’ unauthorized signing of Grady Fuson?
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Whatever. We would have forced him to be too patient and turned him into a .280/.350/.425 hitter
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I thought that the A’s asked for Blalock?
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Maybe so, but I prefer my version of events to reality.
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whoa
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IIRC, Fuson was majorly unhappy about Moneyball, and even made a crack that he should write a book describing Beane taking Prieto over Helton.
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Prieto over Helton is inexcusable.
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Hell, Helton probably actually is that hitter + mile high air.
That, or I’m bitter because I always ended up drafting him.
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Career outside of Coors: .294/.395/.489
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Phooey! Numbers are for nerds anyway.
So I was feeling virtuous this morning and got up early to go to the gym. Then I got a parking ticket. Moral of the story: I should not go to the gym again.
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I agree.
Plus, you’re in Texas. Isn’t there parking EVERYWHERE? WTF, cop?
Ok, for those of you who are not dirty hippies but wonder why we seem so angry all the time, I give you a reason. I wouldn’t go as far as Dougj, of course, but it does just piss me off.
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I think Scruffy sums it up pretty good.
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GWB: Dirty terrorist-coddling hippie
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get a haircut, hippie!
PL4: I generally agree with you that any sex ed program should say that abstinence is the only 100% safe option. Is that a controversial statement for a non-(abstinence only) sex ed class?
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Not that I’m aware of.
My point is that pro-abstinence people are right that their approach is best. They are wrong that it works for everyone. There also need to be tools available for those people. (and yes, mb, twss)
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tools = blowjobs for terrorists
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Wilhelm Reich disagrees with it.
interview with Bill Watterson
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I didn’t sleep well the night before the last strip. When I did wake up, it was early and dark, but I ran out to the driveway to see that the paper had been delivered. I grabbed it, tore it open, read it, and sat in silence for about a half hour. (I was a melodramatic kid.)
The box set I got for Christmas is awesome. Recommended.
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I should amend that. It’s awesome in its handsomeness. I haven’t taken the plastic off yet. I assume its awesome inside, too.
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I think someone got HL1 for xmas.
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When I brush JP’s hair, he looks just like Calvin.
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(Calvin-going-to-school-photos/church, that is.)
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not Calvin’s self-criscoed version, I take it.
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Correct.
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salb918 jr has an interesting reflex: if you bring a comb anywhere near his hair, he swats at it. When the comb comes from behind, he has a sixth sense and swats at it. When mrs salb918 tries to cut his hair while he’s sleeping, he swats at the comb in his sleep. It’s a strange superpower to have, but we can’t all have x-ray vision.
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I hate the window decals with Calvin pissing, even if he’s pissing on a Red Sox logo.
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What if he’s pissing on someone putting one of the “Calvin pissing” decals on his truck?
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I’d rather see one of Hobbes tackling said person applying a “Calvin pissing” decal on his truck.
Wait, this show is in a 5th season? The terrorists are right…
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I’ll fess up, I came to it late but find it funny. The running toothbrush bit last night was humorous.
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I like it. It isn’t highbrow (at all) but it’s certainly clever.
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Me too. Marshall’s reaction last week when homeless Amanda Peet kissed him was awesome.
Everybody likes Barney, but I like Marshall best. Nobody really likes Ted. He grows up to be Bob Saget.
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Bob Saget is awesome. But yes, Ted is the clear #3.
A thought came to me while hearing a radio spot this afternoon.
This last season of Lost. I’ve never seen an episode. I know beyond any shadow of a doubt y’all will be disappointed in it.
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and I don’t mean that in a smarmy “your show sucks–nyah nyah” way, either. I’m just pretty certain of it. The again, good shows have a way of ending badly. Mayhaps I should forgive David Milch…
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Entirely possible, but it’s also possible that by stating publicly a while ago there’s a definite ending point, they have been able to work it out so it will have a decent outcome. Whatever. i’m betting I’ll enjoy the ride, because I’ve always enjoyed it without getting too caught up in the speculation game.
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That is where I am at. I got caught up for a while a year or two ago-started checking lost web sites and stuff, got into reading these time travel theories and stuff. Ended up reading spoilers for the season finale and made the whole thing suck. From then one I decided if I was going to continue watching it I was just going to plug in for the one hour a week, and talk with friends who watched it. I may miss some of the cute Easter eggs and stuff sometimes, but I have enjoyed it much more by being surprised and not trying to figure out which theory every item falls into.
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I’ve had about the same experience with my A’s fandom.
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I’ve never seen an episode either, but that was an unwillingness on my part to commit.
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True, some disappointment is inevitable, but that’s largely because the expectations of the devoted fans are really high, while also being all over the map. Almost any outcome could happen, and fans hold many theories, so since only a few of those possibilities will actually occur, the devotees of all the other theories could be disappointed. This was sort of the theme of the Goodman column nevermoor linked yesterday (though the analogy to Sal of Mad Men seemed awkward and strained).
Per sslinger’s point, since they’ve had two years/36 episodes to map the plot to fruition, one hopes the Lost brain trust has a plan which the fans will enjoy…the writing last season certainly benefitted tremendously from the regained sense of plot focus.
Also, LB: If you set your DVR for tonight, then devote every waking hour of the next week to downloading and watching every previous episode, you can still catch up in time for next week’s show.
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It’s been so good thus far that I know they’ve mapped it out just well enough to answer the most lingering questions, while still leaving us with a few mysteries. I think that some things are better left unexplained. I, for one, wouldn’t care if they never mentioned polar bears again.
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Since they’ve had four years/36 injury episodes to map the plot to fruition, one hopes the Eric Chavez brain trust has a plan which the fans will enjoy …
Respect. I think he’s wrong on the merits, but if he was typical of politicians generally we’d be a lot better off as a country.
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Kevin Drum remains unimpressed
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Hey, he’s playing the game and I think Ezra’s right that his answer is basically: if healthcare gets expensive it sucks for you. That doesn’t mean it isn’t an answer.
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True enough, but KD makes the point that Ryan still doesn’t really get into details regarding how he’d actually make the cuts:
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I don’t think that’s right (nor does Ezra). He’ll make the cuts by forcing those on Medicare to pay out of pocket for more (indirectly, by starving the beast).
Dunno if anyone else was into these guys back in the day, but similar to LB I spent a lot of time doing some ill-advised xc moves — unlike LB, I ditched most of my books/vinyl/CDs … anyway, been reacquainting myself w/TPE’s canon. It holds up very well IMO.
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Book cases to Chicago from CA= 15
Book cases to CA from Chicago = 21
Book cases to Minnesota from CA = 10
Book cases to Florida from Minnesota = 10
Book cases packed sitting in my living room = 12
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Whoever invented “book rate” shipping at the USPS had to be a grad student.
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agrd. The best was Chicago (probably because it was one of the few places I didn’t sucker someone else into mailing them for me). Their PO is 24/7/365. I showed up around 11pm on Sunday for the first load (in the Honda), about 2am for the second load.
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I like the only song I’ve ever heard them do, a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Stories of the Street” from the excellent I’m Your Fan tribute album.
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Ah, I haven’t heard that one. Steve Mack (TPE lead singer) did a nice version of “Rosanna’s Goin’ Wild” on a Johnny Cash tribute, and there was a blistering “Cinnamon Girl” cover on a live ep TPE put out.
And Lloyd Cole does a few excellent Cohen covers live — not sure which ones he’s recorded/released.
Now you have to give Kos three put-ups.
I never knew about the Common Purpose Project, whose participants are apparently sworn to secrecy. Should I be bothered by this?
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Nice linking there, duping the first and third. What are you, retarded?
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God I hate this stuff. There are things I would certainly call fucking retarded (FDL-types not least among them). That doesn’t mean I want Sarah to kill her baby.
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Agree and disagree. I use the word with some frequency, but I once got told off by someone whose brother had a severe mental disability. I understood her sensitivity to the subject and apologized. In mixed company, like Rahm was in, it’s far better to refrain, especially since there are other phraseologies (“stupid – no, wait, really, really fucking stupid”) to get the point across.
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Sure. My wife doesn’t like the word either. It’s a bad word to use.
He shouldn’t resign, and it shouldn’t be a national-news-talking-heads deal.
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Half the stories on any given day on CNN shouldn’t be at national-news-talking-heads level.
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That’s a different problem. But one I agree with.
I guess I just think we all knew Rahm had a potty mouth, so I’m not shocked that he has a potty mouth. It’s not like the comments revealed some serious character flaw.
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Now if you want to get on someone for saying something stupid, jump to the last 30 seconds of this.
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Lennie Small … dead! Forrest Gump … dead! Trig … dead!
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I want their helmets smashed! I want their drool cups broken!