Junk Drawer 081205 -- It's the End of the World as We Know It Edition
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 9:26 AM PST
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Really, either way, win or lose, tonight's game is going to change everything... Either the happy Wish Upon A Star idyll of the 6 game winning streak comes to a crushing and demoralizing end or the magic carpet ride goes supersonic with a Blazer win over the world champions on their home ice. The smart guys in Las Vegas have it as Celtics by 8, so don't get your hopes too high, carpeteers...
Okay, no junk drawer at 9:00 AM, so that means you have to suffer this fool again. Too bad for you. Start one earlier tomorrow...
Time to grab the analog news distribution device for some topics o'blather...
Item 1. November layoffs the worst in 34 years. I saw a teaser for that online this morning when I was signing onto AOL to get my email, so it must be true. Gimme a D... Gimme an E... Gimme a P... Gimme a R... Gimme an E.... Gimme an S... Gimme another S... Gimmie an I... Gimme an O... Gimme an N... What's that spell? (Nobody can ever accuse me of not being a cheerleader for the economy...)
So am I being Chicken Little about this, or are you getting bonked in the head by falling concrete, too?
Item 2. Auto execs plead for $34 Billion from the feds. They promise to build fuel efficient cars this time. Honest. They were just kidding when they cashed in pumping out SUVs because they were so profitable per unit... They're REALLY SERIOUS THIS TIME, if only they can have $110 from every man, woman, and child in America, pretty please, with sugar on top...
Item 3. (Yes, Twiggs, I'm getting to it...) Charles Barkley predicts Blazers make playoffs in the West! Dec. 4, 2008. Yes, I heard it myself... The question was asked: "Which team does NOT make it to the playoffs -- Dallas, San Antonio, Both of These, or Someone Else." I think Chuckie-baby said "SA" and since there are clearly 9 teams vying for 8 slots in the West at this point, that IMPLIES that he predicts the Blazers will make the cut. Only last week he was predicting failure! See, bad wins in NY and Washington DO mean something positive nationally!
Item 4. Oregon *uck "Coach-In-Waiting" (and waiting and waiting and waiting?) Chip Kelley agrees to $7M/5 year deal as head of the yellow and green football machine. Too much? Not enough? Who's to say? I reckon that means that Mike Riley needs another raise -- can you help, Mr. Knight?
Item 5. Canzano asks: "Are Blazers ready to play at next level?" Well............. are they? Your thoughts.
My own view is simple. Home teams win in the NBA when they aren't back to back, they aren't missing key players, and they don't overlook their opponents. So, if the Blazers lose -- it tells you nothing at all, actually, other than the fact that they lost to the Celts in their home gym. Now the matchup in Portland -- THAT you can learn from. Witness the way that Atlanta took 'em to 7 games last year, each team winning all their home games... The Blazers don't need to "break serve" in a 1 game series, they just need to keep it close and not melt down like they did in LA...
Item 6. College football is coming. If UCLA beats USC, OSU backs into the Rose Bowl. THAT would be a catastrophe -- Penn State would steamroll a demoralized Beavo squad... So here's to a 40 point Trojan win and a sound thumping of Notre Dame in El Paso! (Which is the definition of a fun game, anyway...)
Item 7. Dirk scores 37 for the Mavs in 3 quarters, then kicks back... Heck of a shooting guard that guy is... Is there a more coordinated 6'11"+ player in the NBA? Let's hear it...
Okay, now a poll.
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....................... And I feel fine.
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 9:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
damn ... you beat me to it.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 9:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Me too
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 9:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
................. Yeah, but I was setting up the line for half an hour, so it's not like you really had a fair chance.
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Narrow Blazer win ...
Yes, make fun if you like, but I think we have a good chance of getting beat, and an equally good chance of stealing this BIG ONE. It would be a bank-job, but I’ve got to go with the homer instinct on this one.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 9:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
This is the kind of game that you can really make hay with in the jersey contest...
………………………… because we’re all so smitten with Our Blazers that we ignore the obvious fact that kitties do not do well put into bandsaws… Okay, maybe that was too graphic… Ummmmm, goldfish do not do well in a toaster oven……
HOME TEAMS WIN IN THE NBA. World Champions are not World Champions by mistake… Teams that are pumped up for big games do not look past current opponents…
It’s difficult to CONCEIVE a Blazer win in this one. You can just whip out a sharpie and put an L on the schedule…
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Frogs do poorly in a blender?
Art Laffer does poorly on economic predictions?
by DonkeyShins on Dec 5, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm afraid to click
Is it graphic?
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it's Joe Cartoon
I think he says the a-word though.
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I understand what the Ducks are TRYING to do by locking up Kelly, but it seems like a plan destined for catastrophe...
………………………. Coach B. basically has a lifetime contract at this point, unless I’m missing something. He continues as Head Coach as long as he feels like it and then moves upstairs. That’s a heck of a vote of confidence, eh? Uncle Phil must REALLY like him…
What happens if the program goes in the tank in two years?
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 9:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
If the program tanks
then Bellotti will likely say, “I think now is a good time to become AD” and let the Chipper clean up the mess.
by tingeyga on Dec 5, 2008 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Item 1
The only one of my stocks up today is Playboy Enterprises. Apparently in a depression people need/have more time to look at naked girls :)
by Norsktroll on Dec 5, 2008 9:52 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
i know it helps my depression
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a bit unfair since I think I have invested in quite some promising companies that are posting good number yet are now going down all across the board together with the rest. But I found that funny. I really ask myself “what product would an average American/European/Chinese buy/need” before making investment decision, and it often works.
This morning there was some talking head on CNBC talking about how people who invested during the bubbles in the 20s and 50s needed twenty years to make their money back (when in reality most of them had sold a long time before that). I wanted to come through the TV and choke that guy. Even though I didn’t invest “on top” of the last bubble the bottom of my portfolio is quite significantly down.
by Norsktroll on Dec 5, 2008 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
booze and porno are the only safe investments in this economy.
Maybe bullets.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
McDonalds.
Always a good indicator of a struggling economy. People flock to that dollar menu when times get tough.
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 5, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Might want to invest in optical stocks then
Think about it…there ya go.
by DonkeyShins on Dec 5, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
boo-hooo
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He was double-crossed!
It’s all a set-up! FREE OJ!!!
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 5, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I have no sympathy since he’s a murderer. This last incident sure does feel like a setup.
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hard to believe that comment came from Hawaii
I mean, easy to believe, considering… yawn. Its always funny to make light of guy who got away with murder only getting 15 years, of which he might do 9. yea screwed. How predictable.
It's too late to agree with me, I've already changed my mind.
by bow4meow on Dec 5, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't say he wasn't a muderer
I just think he was set up. I’m glad he’s going to jail.
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A set-up?
By who and how? What can that theory be based on?
It's too late to agree with me, I've already changed my mind.
by bow4meow on Dec 5, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I heard a little bit of what the judge said prior to handing down the sentence
she mentioned that it is very rare that so much of what was entered as evidence was on tape. Any set-up theory is likely to be based on that.
by tingeyga on Dec 5, 2008 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I can’t remember who had the tape but I know two things. If I’m going to rob someone, I’m not bringing a recorder and if I’m about to be robbed, I’m not turning on a recorder unless I knew what was going to happen ahead of time. OJ deserves to be in prison for life, just not for his most recent crime. It’s all pretty shady to me. Like I said, I’m still glad he’s going to prison.
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always record my crimes.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If you were having a shady dirtbag
Like OJ come to your hotel room for a"business" deal why wouldnt you turn the tape?
by southern oregon on Dec 5, 2008 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and hide the kitchen knives
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 12:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it was one of OJ's cronies that brought the tape recorder
I dont blame him, if i was about to go into a shady transaction with OJ, a tape recorder would be a pretty nice piece of insurance to have
"Don't worry about the wind, adjust the sails." -Ted Turner
by ripcityinSantiago on Dec 5, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
His cronies should have told him
That bringing a gun to take back your stuff is a really bad idea or they just should have not gone at all. Everyone is so happy that OJ is going to jail, that the fail to have fun with a conspiracy. I’m not joshing about his first crime, I’m joshing about his second.
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Some states are more lenient respectively "forgiving" and believe that people can change
This left-wing former terrorist is to be released in a month in Germany. He was found guilty for the murder of at least 9 people and the attempted murder of 11 others. Time in prison: The minimum sentence of 26 years. To me, in that case that is way too short. But I’m not really a supporter of death penalties and life in prison without the chance for parole either.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,592339,00.html
by Norsktroll on Dec 5, 2008 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
All depends on his cell mate
Maybe he’ll just want to cuddle.
by DonkeyShins on Dec 5, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TP to be wiped by Suns?
Does anybody else get a bad feeling about Porter’s tenure in Phoenix? Watching the Dallas/Phoenix game last night they only time the Suns seemed to be making a run it was, “OK now they are playing their up tempo style like they used to.”
Now with grumblings emerging from Amare, Nash and Shaq along the same lines, how long will this experiment last?
I want Porter to suceed. He seems to be in a no win situation right now.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
by lukeyhere on Dec 5, 2008 11:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
yeh D'antoni got gypted.
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i still like Terry
just not with that roster. he would make a good assistant to Nate, imo.
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of assistants
What’s Dean’s status?
by OBJuan72 on Dec 5, 2008 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dean Demop? Isn't his status the same as always? Lead assistant coach?
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I feel bad for not starting a countdown clock to the day he gets fired. He is scapegoat #2.
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2008/12/5/682447/embrace-your-inner-underdo
stan from bright side of the sun just bought www.fireterryporter.com
LOL
Draft Kyle Singler.
by Ben. on Dec 5, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
firetominhawaii.com
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Preventive measures might be good
The new Raptors coach got his own page just hours after he took over in office: http://www.firejaytriano.com/
by Norsktroll on Dec 5, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
that is sad
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Starting to wonder.
The way the Suns are playing lately, I’m wondering about Porter’s tenure there too. It would be good to see him succeed, but 3 coaches have been fired this year, and based on that and the Suns recent play a 4th is possible being him. Still hope he can turn it around though and keep his job.
by CanadianBlazerfan on Dec 5, 2008 5:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow. I was reading about the (premature) predictions that the Celtics/L*kers/Cavs
could make a run at the Chicago Jordan’s Bulls’ record 72-win season.
The Bulls’ final three losses of the season came in their last 15 games. The losses against Toronto, Charlotte, and Indiana came by a combined total of three points.
A one shot swing in those games, and the Bulls could easily have gone 75-7, meaning they won a whopping 91.5% of their games. That is scary good.
"I like blocks," Fernandez said.
by joelor on Dec 5, 2008 11:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
You've already got him. His name is Jerryd, but you can just call him "Rex."
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 11:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For Twiggs
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 12:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think I hate you
That’s like a Blazers Edge version of Rickroll.
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am just doing what Emily asked
She asked me to post that every day. However…I should have known you would be unable to resist that headline
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, so that is how it is
If you do what people axe you to do, then I’d like to axe you to write a 50 word essay, daily, explaining why Travis Outlaw is untradeable. I’ll even say, “Please with Splenda on top?”
by tominhawaii on Dec 5, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you axing me to chop some wood?
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I already wrote a essay like that
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Batum?
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Additionally ....that is the first of post of mine
that was ever rec’d all the way to green…so I must make you look at it as many times as possible
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Really?
That’s a shame.
I’ll help you get a second just cuz i feel sorry for you.
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is this not one of the more ridiculous things you have heard?
1. The champion Celtics surprisingly lead the league with 39 technicals, 11 more than the No. 2 team (Phoenix). "Our guys are getting chirped at a lot,‘’ Rivers said of the trash talking the Celtics hear from opponents this season. "And we’re responding, so we have to do a better job there. But it’s like I said to one of the officials, ’Don’t give a guy a tech for being emotional as long as he’s not embarrassing you. He’s frustrated with himself.’
Doc saying that HIS players get chirped at a lot? Oh yea the Celtics are just Responding to all of this trash talk, oh the Other teams all start it, every night.
C’mon now that is a load of trash.
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on Dec 5, 2008 1:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Where'd that come from?
Love it! I have this theory (with absolutely nothing to back it up) that the league is tired of the Celtics antics and the refs aren’t letting them get away with murder lately.
by Corvid on Dec 5, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on Dec 5, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
New Player!
This Lyle guy we have sounds great.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 1:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nice find
I have always been a fan of Lyle’s, even when his stats don’t look so good. His teammate Bo, on the other hand, makes me nervous more often than I’d like.
by Corvid on Dec 5, 2008 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
+1
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on Dec 5, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed.
Bo is a wildcard.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bo isn't a Wildcat...he didn't go to college
You are thinking of either Jerry or Chandler
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jerry or Chandler Outlaw?
Maybe I’m thinking of Butch or Jesse, or the Sundance Kid
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jerry Bayles and Chandler Fry
obviously
On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"
by 92wastheyear on Dec 5, 2008 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Righto. Jerry and Chandler.
The fellas on Greg Odom’s team.
by Corvid on Dec 5, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah with rudy hernandez
i’ve heard that one more than once for real…
and Nikolas Battim ….whats he Egyptian…?
by LetsBlaze on Dec 5, 2008 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
boy that copyscape sure does a good job of stopping me from copying
The Trail Blazers won their sixth straight game with a 98-92 victory overthe Wizards last time out. The Trail Blazers failed to cover the 7-pointspread, while the 190 points fell UNDER the posted total of 192.5.
Brandon Roy netted 22 points with eight rebounds to lead the Trail Blazers.Lyle Aldridge added 16 in the win.
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ex-NBA player Corie Blunt*cough*Blount charged with possession of 11 pounds (!!!) of marijuana in Ohio
by Norsktroll on Dec 5, 2008 3:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
woah ... 11 pounds!? was he holding it for Damon?
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 5, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you think is name is Blunt?
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 11:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Gratuitous post of tonight's boxscore. (I did warn you, didn't I?)
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 11:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Do you ever post anything non-gratuitous?
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Valid question...... No.
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 5, 2008 11:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You cause me to do more facepalms than all other Bedgers combined.
That is really hideous
--jscot
by prezofdeath on Dec 6, 2008 12:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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