KOTD: Le kraut, c’est moi
SPECIAL LIMITED-EDITION CANADIAN KOTD!!!!
- Le Kraut King est mort! Vive le Kraut King! (Seriously, though, could anyone make head or tail of that article? Do Winnipeggians … uh, Winnipudlians … Winipedias … have some weird Daily Variety-type local patois?)
- Hands off my government kraut, you filthy Quebecois Randians!
- Did anyone else know that Mark McGuire is “kraut-minded”?
BONUS ANTIPODEAN KOTD!!!!!
BONUS PARA-MARITIMES KOTD!!!!
So I had an embarrassing moment yesterday – a senior colleague was curious about my research, so I whipped out my computer and fired up some slides. She paused, squinted at me, and pointed to the FK sticker on my computer and said, “…free…kraut…what is that?”
The best I could come up with on short notice was, “Uh, we’re a loose association of friends united by the common notion that sauerkraut ought to be provided free of charge at the Oakland Coliseum.”
And boy did I ever get a funny look.
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You should have said something about your German heritage.
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I guess technically I’m a Caucasian…
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In the way you’re an Ivy Leaguer?
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You didn’t mention me?
Cristian Guzman –> Mariners.
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Rangers?
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Whatever.
Comment 4
“There are no words to express how I feel about you. I constantly search for the words, and they all seem less than I truly feel. You are my life, my heart, and my soul. You are my best friend. You are my one true love. I still remember the day we first met. I knew that you were the one I was meant to be with forever.”
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“What is the transcript of Bob Geren’s managerial interview with the Oakland A’s?”
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(Fixed.)
Taylor Swift, the apostle Paul, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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What the hell is a “special Christian edition” of a book? Serious (even if dumb) question.
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The chapters are split into verses.
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Rimshot.
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Didn’t Kirk sleep with one of the Zondervans?
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
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Those are big guys. I don’t think I’ll recognize a 49ers QB who isn’t either running for his life or flat on his back.
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That’s the hope.
This, plus Mauer = Chavez makes it even worse
LOOK OUT!!! THE COUSINS ARE COMING!!!
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Since I honestly can’t say it better (or as well) myself…
Per Slusser’s Twitter, Anderson off DL, Bailey on; Buck off DL and activated for Sacto.
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Sweeney –> 60-day DL to make room for Buck on the 40-man roster.
Sheets is presently on the 15-day DL, so in the event of an acquisition before tomorrow afternoon, putting him on the 60 would be the next logical step.
Lance Berkman -> Yankees. Presumably that means they’re out of the running for Dunn?
Um … what.
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Is that really a surprise to anyone?
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He really is LBJ, isn’t he?
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LBJ couldn’t pass HCR
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Um, yeah, but that’s only b/c he passed so much other shit.
(Those are … NACHO BILLS)
Mind. Blown.
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Marketing genius.
#3 – I thought the lingo in this was far more bizarre than in #1. But I’ve been to Winnipeg, and I can understand why there’s a drinking problem there (native issues or not).
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And I saw Robert Fripp do that same type of thing but old school – with two reel-to-reels – in ‘79.
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Frippertronics!
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Light years ahead of the Frappucino.
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Frippajerkaccino!
I have half an inclination to start a Twitter feed devoted to Sarah Palin’s fandom of this in-demand Blue Jays reliever.
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Maybe you can get Sully to promote it.
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Speaking of which … JediLeroy, you still feel like doing that Palin photoshop job?
You have got to be kidding me. Electric? Really?
Between Cole and Ezra Klein, I don’t know why they bother with the culinary links.
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Probably what was there when he moved in. I wouldn’t upgrade a working electric either.
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Absent structural defects, that’d be the first thing I upgraded
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Why?
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He likes to cook.
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My parents haven’t ever upgraded, and my mom’s a gourmet cook. However, the electric range is pretty finicky and often takes too long to get hot. On the other hand, the electric always seemed to do low temperatures better than most gas ranges (you can’t really get the temperature lower than that of fire).
Our stove is in an island in the kitchen, pretty hard to get at.
To make up for the stove, they built a wood fire pizza oven in the back yard.
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I’m with you. In general, I don’t have a whole lot of enthusiasm for cooking, but it needs to be done, and I need to do it… and when I was doing it electrically, I hated it.
The only apartment I’ve ever had with a gas range is the one we’re in now, about 90 years old (the building, not the range). The massive 1950s range was one of the things that “sold” the place to me, it was exactly like my parents’ (mom’s) range before they remodeled their kitchen in 1980. Unfortunately, the range in my apartment tried to kill me with CO (the gas, not the state) and it had to be replaced. The landlord was going to get an electric replacement, and I just about begged her not to. So I still have a gas range, albeit a newer and very boring one.
Maybe electric would have increased the rental value? I would think not, in an “old” (by suburban California standards) building like this… I think people who like old buildings also like — or are at least tolerant of — quirks and functional antiquity.
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Don’t get me wrong, I prefer gas too (and haven’t had electric in several years). But I wouldn’t spend $1000 to upgrade a working electric.
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That I can understand as a negotiating tactic, but 10% on any normal day?
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I thought you were an A’s fan?
Boof!
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To take Anderson’s rotation spot when he goes down tomorrow, no doubt.
Trade deadline:
Ludwick -> Padres
Lilly, Theriot -> Dodgers
Dotel -> Dodgers
Westbrook -> Cardinals
Ankiel, Farnsworth -> Braves
Berkman -> Yankees
Kearns -> Yankees
Kerry Wood -> Yankees
Saltalamacchia -> Bosox
And in a bizarro version of a first-place team adding another star to solidify their place in the standings, the DBacks got Bobby Crosby.
With two outs in the eighth, leading 1-0, Kuo of the Dodgers hit Buster Posey with a pitch, by all appearances deliberately. Next batter Pat Burrell goes yard, Giants lead 2-1. Good thing the Dodgers know how to play the game the right way.
One guy’s list of the 100 best ever long-form English language magazine articles, with links to most of them.
Christ, what Anopheles hole
You can take the Bloom out of Florida, but you can’t take the Florida out of Bloom
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There’s NOTHING WRONG with having fun, damn it!
Remember that great vase we saw on Nash Bridges? We can stop looking.
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What an odd and repellent selling point.