Junk Drawer aka Trail Mix-18th

I'll rec it first

Is that legal? Sabonis4Ever will soon arrive and tell me I was a bad boy for this post.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 1:32 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I'm so remorseful

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But not repentant

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And timbo can sue me

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But he has to figure out in which jurisdiction

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Corvallis, Portland, Idaho, or Scotland?

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Almost, he is everywhere and everywhere at once

My best guess is that Timbo is a time cop who has been tasked with policing the new/old millennium. He optimistically believed that the past was full of hope, love, and free porn on the internet. Alas it was not so. He now spends his days sulking about the lack of proper rebounding and post play on the Portland Trailblazers.

The singularity has already happened…

PS: I’m pretty sure Jesus is the same way, how else do you explain his 12 absent years from the bible? He’s time traveling man.

PSS: If you found my Jesus bit insensitive, well I don’t know, I think it’s kind of funny

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty hard to offend

but it probably is an area you want to be careful.

But I don’t know what 12 absent years you mean, exactly. We get notice of His birth and some of the things happening for the next year, maybe (taking off to hide out in Egypt till the bad guy died). Then, there’s nothing mentioned until He was 12, but um, He was just a little boy then.

The real silent period is from 12 to 30, that’s 18 years. I think the general idea is that He was, like, you know, growing up and preparing.

Timbo also sulks about the presence of Spanish PGs who can’t shoot.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I was confused,

I went with 12 but after I read it I thought 18. Another reason why we should be able to edit our posts! Now that comment looks even sillier.

What you mean El Clanko?

The funny thing is that Timbo sulks about players that are generally well liked by BEdge. Like Sergio and, well maybe not so much Channing, but I always liked the Chan-Chan-Man.

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 1:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Channing is very popular here

Someone ran a poll on if they wanted him to stay, and it was huge in his favor.

It’s just a few vocal guys that don’t like him, and his end of season play even softened up timbo.

Silly comments happen. Especially in junk drawers.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 2:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I’d bet Channing is more popular than Sergio, at least right now since the winds of change say Sergio sucks these days.

Channing played better as the season went along, but even if he stayed as crappy as he was in the first third of the season, as long as he kept saying he loved Portland and said stuff in his blog and did the KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD stuff, we’d all love him. We’re suckers for people who love Portland, and Channing could be Ha Seung-Jinn bad and we’d still love him for that.

Maybe not that bad, but as far as endearing himself to Portland making him tough to trade, Channing becoming an official Portlander was the smartest thing he could do.

Unfortunately, either he remains mediocre and is fine being a backup, or he continues to improve and becomes too good to always remain behind LMA and only get the leftover scraps from LMA/Oden/Pryzzlekabizzle.

I suspect he’ll be in that bubble where he clearly ain’t better than LMA and Oden (natch), but not bad enough to be a backup and never get a chance to show what he can do—and what young player whose livelihood depends on getting minutes and earning a big contract wants to forever be severely limited in what he can do and earn on a basketball court when he is good enough to do better?

I really like him, but luckily it sounds like he has a good attitude about trades. He’s gotta realize that if he is as good as he’s supposed to be he won’t really have a proper place on the team.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jul 18, 2008 3:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Winds of change ehh?

That’s a song on my “to learn for guitar” que via Kutless

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 5:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG, you are so right about Portland

Portland is desperately in love with itself. Which I kind of like about it. It likes to be self-referential. And of course those “KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD!” bumper stickers are a complete contradiction, because we stole the whole idea from somewhere else. There’s really nothing weird about taking someone else’s idea, but, whatever.

But seriously the town and its residents are enamored with its supposed eccentricities, which really amount to almost nothing. The thing I would consider “weird” about Portland is the complete absence of any and all minorities, and that’s one of the main things I’d want to change about Portland. Then again, most of the people I know with those “WEIRD” bumper stickers probably secretly would like to maintain that imbalance. Channing is obviously excluded from that group. Or maybe not…

No, seriously, he’s excluded.

The other “weird” thing about Portland is its militant leftist fascism, which is of course entirely counter to the actual and obvious majority of white people in the city. the predominance of efforts to “raise awareness” always strike me as weird because in Portland everyone already is aware. When you “raise awareness” about the tragedy in the Sudan, and you’re in the park blocks, your audience is a bunch of people who were planning their own awareness raising project for next week. That to me is weird. But at least the atmosphere is “very supportive.” Except that its not, because every twenty-something in the town is obsessed with their own perceived eccentricities and resents every other young person with eccentricities for challenging their supremacy.

Also, quick question, but what does raising awareness do? I mean, isn’t it the liberal equivalent of the flag lapel pin?

Wow, I went a little off the deep end there. To summarize: Channing is playing his cards so right with Portland I think he should be in the WSoP.

WWSBD?

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Portland's inferiority complex

I chalk it up to an inferiority complex, a feeling of being ignored nationally; perhaps the kid brother relationship with Seattle is part of it… we both try to act like we Portlanders don’t care about national attention and don’t want everyone to know how great the city is AND YET go ga-ga whenever Portland is mentioned in a positive light somewhere.

It reminds me of Canada’s inferiority complex with The Real America.

The average Oregonian knows all the famous people or semi-famous people from Oregon, and point it out to all when those people come up. If the assistant key grip who worked on HOW SHE MOVE is from Oregon, we all know it and if HOW SHE MOVE comes up we point it out to all within ear shot. We’re also probably guilty of finding a way to bring HOW SHE MOVE up in ‘casual’ conversation so we can fill in all nearby about the touch of greatness a fellow Oregonian has found.

I’m not any better of course, because I grew up in Portland.

I’m also not really complaining, I just think it’s funny how we are. Portland IS one of the best cities in the world, and is a great mix of beautifullability, liveability, affordability, cultureability, and no pesky minorities pulling switchblades and tying your fiancee to train tracks to put a damper in your day.

At least Portlanders try extra hard to seem multicultural and ‘accepting’ of all ethnicities, even if there aren’t many around.

It’s a hipster town, where most are too concerned with being cool and making sure everything they like is hipster approved and no one can assail their favorite movie/band/book. So WHAT if you like something uncool, just be yourself hipster!

I like many ‘hipster’ type things, but also enjoy what I enjoy. For a town that prides itself on being unique and different, everyone is way too concerned about their tastes being approved and it isn’t too different from the LA-Poseurs around here who only like whatever is popular that day.

Anyways, Portland be funny, yo. I can’t wait to move back.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jul 18, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I loved that movie.

I don’t think I’ve ever identified with a lead role in a movie, like I did with Raya.

-... .-.. .- --.. . .-. ...

by tominhawaii on Jul 18, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Two bones to pick

Okay, I think your hipster critique is pretty fair, but don’t go overboard here. You can’t reasonably compare Portland to LA.

When I moved “out west” from NY, I hitched up and down the coast, visiting friends and checking out the extant lifestyles. (Yeah, hitching was viable in those days.) Oregon was way cool, especially laid back Eugene. However, I had a guaranteed bass-playing gig in Santa Monica if I would consent to relocate there. Well, I checked it out, and in the middle of one of SoCal’s worst droughts ever, it rained one afternoon, and everybody in town was bitching about the weather. I realized then that those people are completely out of their minds!

Point deux. Lay off Canada, eh? Don’t forget that basketball was invented by a J. Naismith, a Canadian, eh? And Steve Nash is Canadian, eh? And Neil Young, Oscar Robertson, Arcade Fire, and Glenn Gould, eh? And Mike Myers, John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O’hara, and Dan Aykroid, eh? Not to mention Wayne Gretsky—I bet that’s a surprise, eh?!!

So take off, ya hoser!

"Shoot, I don't even have anything to put in my own sig"

These are the modest words of pualo, posted on June 20, 2008.
Yes, pualo, an extraordinarily discerning BEdger with a knack for subtle expression.

by CatMan2 on Jul 18, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, I love Canada

But just like Canada does, we Portlanders make a big deal when someone who lived in Portland for a few years (or better yet, gew up here) becomes at least a lil’ famous, and we share that info with all we meet, sometimes as a greetings.

“Hello, nice to meet you, Matt Groening went to my high school!”

It’s just a cute, small timey thing we do, just like how we retired even the cotton candy seller’s number from the ‘77 championship team.

Portland is much, much cooler than LA, but it is infested with hipsters, and I don’t think the line between poseur and hipster is too thick, and perhaps most people’s definition of hipster includes the word poseur.

I am probably technically an ironic hipster, but I also probably like things that are not “ok” to like for a true hipster. Most hipsters in general are only allowed to like things that has been approved by everyone else, so that’s pretty poseury.

Obviously, I’m just generalizing, and I’m guilty of many Portland type stuff.

I also think Portland is the best place to live that I’ve been to in all of America and Europe, when you combine everything together.

Most of what I’m saying is about Portland I guess, and not Oregon as a whole, but oevrall Portland is much, much, much better than LA even though the Portland Hipster is cousins with the LA Poseur.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jul 18, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate the local news media

for their “cowtown” mentality.

A local weahther person on July 27th (bout 2 years ago): “Wow this was the hottest day since August 11th of last year!” and I am sayin’ (back to the TV) “Wow no crap!!! So you are saying that it gets hot in the summer!! Great freakin’ insight!”

A local sports guy on the latest PGA tour event (also 2 or 3 years ago). He gushed about how a Portland native came in 2nd in the tourney (which is fine) and then doesn’t bother to report who came in first (which is totally amaturish)!!

Typical small town mentality

Mortimer: "It’ll be so nice I’ll need microfracture—ON MY WEINER."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 18, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mortimer thats a poetic effort

"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi insinuating Trail Blazer fans have forgotten about how important Steve Blake and Joel Pryzbilla are to the team.

by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

18 years of absence.

in the society at that time, the age of thirty was the age that one was considered wise enough to become a teacher. Before this age, he would have lacked the authority to do what he did.

It’s kinda like our age 21, where the society thinks you are now responsible enough to drink alcohol. Some may have been ready earlier, some are never ready, but that it the age determined by our society. drinking under that age, even by one day, is a crime, but drinking so much you pass out on your twenty-first birthday is not only not a crime, but socially mandated.

One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season

"In vino veritas." - Latin proverb
"Ich sitze hier und trinke mein gutes Wittenbergisch Bier und das Reich Gottes kommt von ganz alleine" - Martin Luther
"μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας." - 1 Timothy 5:23

by T Darkstar on Jul 18, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dont the "apocraphyl"

books like the book of the macabees deal with jesus during this “lost” period?

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sort of

You have the Old Testament Apocrypha that the Roman Catholic Church accepts as Scripture, but they were before this time.

You have the New Testament Apocrypha that no one really accepts as having much validity, and were written fairly late compared to the New Testament books. They record some things, but hardly anyone gives them much credence.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 19, 2008 2:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dont see why they

are not given validiity. They have not been given validity historically as they contradicted the trinity so the council of Nicea (maybe?), which was a hot topic for the first few hundred years of christianity, but that does not mean they are not valid. It sounds like you know a bit about this stuff so please tell me if the new testament apocrypha is invalid in some fundamental way.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 19, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

It isn’t a specialty of mine at all, but I’m aware of three points.
1. They weren’t accepted as genuine by the churches long before Nicea. You have quite a few lists of books that are considered Scripture or authoritative that were compiled by guys who came well before Nicea, and these books weren’t included. Some of the lists left out some of the books that are now included in the NT, but hardly any of the NT Apocrypha got a mention, and none of them get more than one or two mentions. One exception that (if memory serves correctly) seemed to have more respect is Shepherd of Hermas, but it wasn’t rejected on Trinitarian grounds, but simply because it was not accepted widely enough by the churches from the earliest days.
2. Authorship. A lot of these books claimed to be written by one of the apostles, but everyone knew they were written later (2nd/3rd centuries). That’s pretty much a killer. The books that were accepted were all believed to have been written by the person that they claimed to be written by. If you might be killed by lions in the arena for your faith, you aren’t going to be putting much credence in a book claiming to be written by Nicodemus when you know it wasn’t written by him.
3. Age. Most of the NT Apocrypha was written in the 2nd or 3rd century. Traditionally (though some scholars question this now) Christians have believed that the NT itself was of apostolic origin and therefore written in the 1st century. St. John probably died sometime in the 90s, and is traditionally believed to be the author of 5 books in the NT, perhaps the last five that were written.

There’s probably other factors I’m not remembering.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 20, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought your Jesus thing was pretty funny too.

But then again, I can hardly be classified as a pietist, especially given my multi-language signature.

One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season

"In vino veritas." - Latin proverb
"Ich sitze hier und trinke mein gutes Wittenbergisch Bier und das Reich Gottes kommt von ganz alleine" - Martin Luther
"μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας." - 1 Timothy 5:23

by T Darkstar on Jul 18, 2008 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll stop you now

Before it’s too late.

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Woah I swear this thing moved

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How many comments do you all have?

I just passed the 1,000 comments threshold. 1127 to be exact, well 1128 if you count this insignificant comment.

My first comment was on Feb 27, 2007 right after watching the Sonics dismantle the Blazers at Key Arena. I think I was lurking for a few months before then. My fifth comment was about “Terrible journalism from Eggars”. My sixth comment was “jack is playing terrible” in a game thread.

Does anybody have over 10,000 comments aside from Dave?

BINGO, BANGO, BONGO

by blzrfan on Jul 18, 2008 1:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No I think Dave is the highest by far

I have 3500 or something like that. I have a lot of useless comments in there though, so it boosts my count. I joined last spring.

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 1:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man

I passed Comment 2K and didn’t even know it. The world didn’t end, there weren’t massive power outages, I didn’t need my basement generator, and there was still food in the grocery stores.

I bet I’m among the leaders in words, though, because so many of my useless comments are long. Good thing I type fast.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 18, 2008 2:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some of us...

had to start over.

"I love this game!" -Moonbeam, from 'Rollerball' right before he was knocked into a permanent coma

by -ken on Jul 18, 2008 4:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have just over 600 comments

Dang that seems low.

WWSBD?

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

BTW--and this is elitist of me

Sometimes I check people’s profiles to see what their fanpost-to-comment ratio is. If they have close to the same number of fanposts as comments I pretty much ignore them.

Now, looking at my profile, I realize I would probably ignore myself.

Ah, poetic justice.

WWSBD?

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

appropriate

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I’m going to have to jack up my fanpost ratio so people can start ignoring me.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 19, 2008 2:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

btw

what does wwsbd mean? what would sergio Bodreegus do

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was kind of hoping I could keep it mysterious.

Here’s a hint: it directly relates to my current avatar.

WWSBD?

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

then my new thing will be to offer a guess at every post

completley ignoring any hints

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG!!!!!

Ive got it!! What Would Steve Blake Do? He would pass FIRST!! Thats what Steve Blake would do.

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You got it.

On the second try!

WWSBD?

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Although I did chuckle at "Sergio Brodriguez"

WWSBD?

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

BODriguez

Now that killz “my thing”, so I gues Ill just clean my house or something.

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What Would a Laughing, Smoking, Eye-Wiping Samuel Butler Do?

Just a guess..

"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan

by 12sharks on Jul 18, 2008 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

coming up on me first k

will be throwing a party, and every one is invited

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oden looking jacked at Playboy Mansion for ESPY kickoff

BINGO, BANGO, BONGO

by blzrfan on Jul 18, 2008 2:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol, what does that shirt mean?

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

Oden’s beard is a little too long…

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was about to mention that.

That is a baaad neckbeard.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Batuuuuuuuum!

by rockingharder on Jul 18, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is no such thing

as a bad neckbeard

Beards are about freedom and should never under any circumstances be styled in anyway. Any styling equates with a direct loss of freedom.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are times when beards should be styled

like during the World Beard and Mustache Championships. This beard here, although highly styled to resemble the London Bridge is straight ballin’

Link to many, many championship quality beards and mustaches

by tingeyga on Jul 18, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I do have to concede on this one

This dude has made his own freedom that I cannot even touch.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG!

I nearly spewed a mouthful of Sprite all over my screen when I saw this picture!

You wouldn’t believe the contortions I went through in order to swallow – I know, too much info, right?

LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!

by LaMarvelous on Jul 18, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I do the same thing every once in a while

I have a bad habit of brushing my teeth and Bedging. Yuck.

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stay cool (or fresh)?

Fresco is a Spanish word.

The Midnight Rambler

by amlmart1 on Jul 18, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahhhh

Whenever I think of Fresco I think of the art medium and specifically Diego Rivera. That makes sense then.

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was a diet soft drink

from the 70’s

Mortimer: "It’ll be so nice I’ll need microfracture—ON MY WEINER."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 18, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it's still around

I think my friend was drinking a Fresco yesterday.

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fresco style

The only way to do taco bell

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A line of clothing

LINK

The soft drink is Fresca. Not an English word, just a made up one to make you think cool & refreshed.

"We will do nice things!" - Rudy, 07/01/08

by jorga on Jul 18, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What!! Fresca is not a real word???!

That makes me mad. I think I will jump into my Nissan “Altima” drive around for a while to calm down

Mortimer: "It’ll be so nice I’ll need microfracture—ON MY WEINER."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 18, 2008 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about a ride

in my Escalade?

"We will do nice things!" - Rudy, 07/01/08

by jorga on Jul 19, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Worst Car Name ever!!

Ford Probe

Might as well called it the Ford “Rectal Exam”

Mortimer: "It’ll be so nice I’ll need microfracture—ON MY WEINER."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 19, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Even worse

The Chevy Nova. Good luck selling that one to any Spanish-speaking person.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Batuuuuuuuum!

by rockingharder on Jul 19, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No Go!!!!

Or “exploding star” in english….no much better

Mortimer: "It’ll be so nice I’ll need microfracture—ON MY WEINER."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 19, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What about the Hummer?

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by tominhawaii on Jul 19, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

See.....that is different

Based on my own personal proclivities…....Hummers are good and Probes are bad. Tom, you may feel otherwise, not that is anything wrong with that

Mortimer: "It’ll be so nice I’ll need microfracture—ON MY WEINER."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 19, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed

I have only experienced one of the two, and I do not knock things until I try them.

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by tominhawaii on Jul 19, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well....when you finally get to try that Hummer

I think you will like it

Mortimer: "It’ll be so nice I’ll need microfracture—ON MY WEINER."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 19, 2008 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I knew I set that one up

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by tominhawaii on Jul 19, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anybody else think the pose is just a little precious?

Salaam

by Junior Del Norte on Jul 18, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oden Looks Huge

WOW he always wears the most random stuff.

Ok I am soo tired I saw Dark Knight as well . Unfortunatley I am at work now, about ready to high jack starbucks for all the espresso … great movie tho

-Sophia

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35-95AD) Roman Rhetorician, Critic

by BlazerFan1 on Jul 18, 2008 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah, it went on a longggg time

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was gonna write a review but im gonna leave that to you b/c you are an infinitly better writer than I

:-)

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35-95AD) Roman Rhetorician, Critic

by BlazerFan1 on Jul 18, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He might look big

but I think his arms looks short in that picture, and his shoes look too big, too.

And have him stand next to Koponen and you can see, they’re exaggerating his height.

Oh, wait….

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 19, 2008 2:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My junk drawer question for the day...

Does anybody remember that front page of the Oregonian sports section with a life size photo of one of the Blazer’s hands? It was either Duck or Clyde, can’t remember now. I think the article said Duck had the biggest hands on the team and Clyde was second. I’m going to guess the year as 1989, but I might be way off.

Just came to mind amongst the various discussions of Bayless’ hands, arms, feet, ears, etc. and how hand size affects shooting and ball handling.

Which of the current Blazers has the largest hands?

by lukeyhere on Jul 18, 2008 11:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I tried to look through Archived on OlIve

i gave me like 700 stories to mill through…

-Sophia

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35-95AD) Roman Rhetorician, Critic

by BlazerFan1 on Jul 18, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just last year Oden's hands were featured

It was right after the draft. It totally freaked out my 7-year-old nephew when he saw how gigantic they were. I’d say Oden is easily the current winner, hands down.

by Corvid on Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great ESPN article on former OSU Beaver Mitch Canham

and the struggle him and his family have had to go through in the past years, losing both his mother and brother. a great read, i suggest you check it out

link

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on Jul 18, 2008 12:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm watching The Big Lebowski

and this is my 7,055th comment. I hope to catch Dave in the next summer league open threads.

"France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper" - Billy Wilder

by tominhawaii on Jul 18, 2008 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The more I watch this

The more I think Timbo is Walter Sobchak.

"France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper" - Billy Wilder

by tominhawaii on Jul 18, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoa

Remus Lupin is playing Knox Harrington.

"He is one of several very talented young players who has a great upside," Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik said about Qyntel Woods

by tominhawaii on Jul 18, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

amazing as always

can you post a picture of Donny as well and then equate Donny with another BE reader?

BTW how many times have you watched Big Lebowski? I have only watched it 5 times, but plan on increasing that. I just realized the other day that I have watched a clockwork orange at least 20 times. It now makes more sense why no one likes me.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that was my third time watching it. I'm starting to find other parts of the movie funny as well.

Donny is a hard one. He doesn’t say much and when he does, he goes off topic and Walter tells him to shut up. I’m not sure there is anyone like that on here because normally when someone is told to shut up, they’re being a jerk and Donny was just kind of slow.

I used to watch Cool Hand Luke every night after work.

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by tominhawaii on Jul 19, 2008 3:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How the heck did you get such a good picture of my uncle?

Usually he’s closing his eyes or something dumb.

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Google Yo! Google.

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by tominhawaii on Jul 19, 2008 3:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

exposure to this imagery is so healthy

it alerts the good people to the bad

"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi insinuating Trail Blazer fans have forgotten about how important Steve Blake and Joel Pryzbilla are to the team.

by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man I need to get a life

I already have 232 more comments since this post.

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by tominhawaii on Jul 20, 2008 6:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Citizens of Portland, what about bicyclists? Totally, totally OT...

I just read this article about two biker advocates getting into a brawl. There have been a couple other incidents in the last week or two involving cyclists, as well.

Full disclosure, I’m not a fan of bicyclists. That’s not to say that I don’t like people who ride bikes, because that would be totally discriminatory and include people who I do like. I find it admirable if you can get away from driving a car, aide in lowering global pollution, decrease America’s dependancy on foreign energy, stay fit by living an active lifestyle, and other things. Davis, California, just outside of Sacramento, has one of the highest bike-to-car ratios in America, and that town is suh-weeet. But it seems as though there is this groundswell of animosity and resentment from bicyclists toward automobiles more and more.

Now I realize that there a freaking ton of bad drivers, so let’s focus on that in another time.

If you drive a car in Portland, you’ve almost certainly had an encounter with a cyclist where you probably were left with a sour taste in your mouth. You know the biker… the one that rides like he owns the road? The one that makes his/her own bike lane? The one that doesn’t obey traffic laws as they’re supposed to? The one that has this sort of rogue, me-against-the-world biker mentality?

What’s with this biker mentality? I don’t get it. I know not all bikers are not of this mentality, that few probably are. Should I chalk it up as young kids doing immature things (hence, biker vs. biker brawl)? Is it the anarchists that are always tagging anarchist messages all over NE? Is it more widespread than I think? Is it the natural psyche of someone who’s basically “naked” while on the road with 1-ton killing machines? Is it just biker culture, or are these people hoping to take over the city?

Again, and I can’t stress this enough, there a plenty of terrible drivers, and I’m no saint. However, for the record, I’ve never been in an accident (knock on wood), I haven’t been caught speeding in 8-9 years, I wear my seatbelt, use my turn signals, look both ways, and never drive under the influence. I tell you this to show you that I do my best to be a valiant citizen of the streets, and also I want the cheapest insurance possible.

Can anyone explain this to me? Are there any avid bicyclists here who know what it’s like on the other side? I’m hoping to be learned (intentional) so that I can NOT be disgruntled when I approach a bicycle.

Respectfully,

Bothered by Bicyclists.

Just BEdge it.

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 18, 2008 1:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

As a bicyclist who has been hit and injured by cars who operate outside the traffic laws

I can tell you why we have a “rogue” attitude. If we don’t, then you will kill us.

We ride in front of your car, and slowly, so that you see us. When you don’t, you run us into the ditch and may not even know you are doing so.

I follow traffic laws to a point. That point is where I know I will be injured if I follow the law.

I apologize profusely for bicyclists who run stop signs and are reckless in their riding. There are no excuses for them.

But for bicyclists who “annoy” you because they are in your way I will never apologize. If you have a problem with them and the huge number of them take it up with the city of Portland. They have encouraged bike riding to the degree it is inevitable that there will be bicyclists in the city. I have had friends hit and killed by reckless and enraged drivers. Until there is a motorist killed by an enraged bicyclist I don’t really think this is even an argument worth having.

WWSBD?

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

easy, eeeasy...

I was asking for your perspective, and I appreciate you sharing.

I apologize for moron drivers of which there are too many, and am not trying to insinuate that I’m a perfect driver.

It has less to do with me being annoyed then me just wondering about the actual culture. I won’t encourage you to apologize at me being annoyed at anything. But I guess you sort of hit at the core of what I’m curious about… with all the upgrading the city of Portland has done for bicycles, why does there seem to be more of the groundswell? I suppose it’s an easy answer, that as more people try lower their costs and as bicycling becomes more available, more people will do it.

btw, what would SB do… what’s SB?

Just BEdge it.

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 18, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just tired of the issue being so overblown when it comes down to something simple:

Just respect one another. It won’t come naturally—we have to try to do it.

Bicyclists: stop embarrassing yourselves with reckless, dangerous behaviors

Motorists: cool your horses when your commute is lengthened by two minutes by a cyclist.

It’s no more difficult than that. But people make it more difficult with egregious arguments simply to justify their anger.

My problem is: a motorist can kill a bicyclist who is legally riding in a designated bike lane and not even pay a fine. That is unbelievable to me. Unbelievable.

As for SB: I will never explain it. It has to do with my new avatar. Ptwnblzr has threatened to add an uninformed guess to the end of everything I write. I’m actually pretty down with that.

WWSBD?

TRADE 4 THE STACHE!

by nightbluefruit on Jul 18, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree.

Respect.

I don’t know who that guy in your avatar is. He looks like a writer, or journalist maybe, or maybe even a comic, as he’s holding his cig filter out. Wikipedia didn’t help me any… yet.

Just BEdge it.

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 18, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, Oh, I know,

What Would Spirit Board Do?

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What would Sam Bowie do

He told me so

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Jul 19, 2008 1:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A few additional points to a good post...by someone who loves to ride...

It is true that the success of this will rely on people respecting one another. When a driver gets cut off by another driver, it sucks and you wanna crush that person. I’m sure drivers feel the same way when a biker is breaking the rules. However we ride by thousands of cars and bikers all the time that are careful and respectful. There will always be idiot decisions made by each, especially when trying to coincide in jam packed city streets with signals, signs, and pedestrians at every turn.

Just relax and try to help each other. You speak of bikers making someone’s commute a couple minutes longer consider we are in essence risking our lives and reducing congested traffic by biking. Most bikers are seeking alternative safe routes where most cars wont even see us.

The rogue mentality you speak of is actually only on display by a few of us and a lot more visible and exposed than people in cars. The media has done a great job fueling this feud that should be replaced with awareness and respectful lessons. A bit of the rogue mentality I experience as a biker is within that fear level that thousand pound machines may not be seeing me. I have to anticipate every move of every car, even though I’m following bicycle laws.

If I’m annoying to you, I’;m sorry. Sitting in traffic is annoying to me.

It puts the lotion on the skin...or else it gets the hose!

by courtsideerrandboy on Jul 18, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What would he do? What would he do?

Why, he would step into the Quantam Leap accelerator, and VANISH!

by lukeyhere on Jul 18, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

SB

Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer, dramatist and poet.

Beckett’s work is stark and fundamentally minimalist. As a student, assistant, and friend of James Joyce, Beckett is considered by many one of the last modernists; as an inspiration to many later writers, he is sometimes considered one of the first postmodernists. He is also considered one of the key writers in what Martin Esslin called “Theatre of the Absurd”.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 “for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation”.[2] Beckett was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1984. He died in Paris of respiratory problems

FYI:
If you saw Waiting for Guffman (you should if you haven’t), it’s a play on words for a play that Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot .

My mom’s last name is Beckett. :)

funny article in the onion on Beckett

"Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman. " - Larry David

by RoyDrexler on Jul 18, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

bingo.

now you’ve done it… he’ll have to go get a new avatar and everything.

Just BEdge it.

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 18, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

aww

now its official:(

WWJPD?

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What Would Judas Priest Do?

They would crank up the amps and blow you away with 130 decibels of Heavy Metal!

LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!

by LaMarvelous on Jul 18, 2008 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

B-I-N-G-O

Brandon
Is
Natural and
Greg
Oden is the man-o

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Minimize my man

Elizabeth had a partner and he had a rap from the cops, Him and Lenny Suckerpunch were just out Tooling around

by Lizzy Lowblow on Jul 18, 2008 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you have a hard time characterizing

a cohesive bike culture in Portland as it varies from the bright yellow and green jacketed commuters to the ulock justice messenger and wannabe messengers. I think you really hit upon it when you asked.

Is it the natural psyche of someone who’s basically "naked" while on the road with 1-ton killing machines?

Most cyclists who commute are just doing what they think is necessary to stay safe and that really varies from person to person. I rarely use bike lanes as I consider them unsafe and I am always trying to keep moving so that I can maneuver through potentially dangerous situations. It seems like you are definitely giving the proper level of respect to cyclists and I for one appreciate that. So when I am about to hammer on your hood with your my ulock just poke your head out of the window and say “you’ve gotta make your free throws.” and I will give an embarrassed smile and a wave and then we can talk about it on BE.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the Schonz makes everything better, doesn't he?

Thanks for your comments. I’m interested in regular riders’ perspectives… I never get to ride my bike anymore, and haven’t ever ridden through the streets of Portland, only the ‘burbs, so I literally don’t know what goes through your mind.

Do bad bicyclists bug you the way bad drivers bug me?

Just BEdge it.

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 18, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes, bad bikers are annoying!

I’m a fair weather rider, but I have been riding for four summers now. Faster than my bus commute, and exercise to boot.

This summer I’ve actually found drivers to be more considerate, and bikers to be stupider. But I also think I’m looking for it this summer, with all the media attention. Most bikers are fine, most drivers are fine, and I cringe everytme I read an “us versus them” article.

by Section323 on Jul 18, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

I gt annoyed by the sidewalk riders and people who ride the wrong down a one way street. Unfortunately I am not the best example of city cycling. I treat stop lights like stop signs as yield signs. Oddly enough I have only been hit when obeying the law, the old riding in a bike lane, which I dont do anymore, and then someone turns in front of you. I then usually get the “you were riding to fast” luckily I cannot respond in a appropriate manner as I am preoccupied with my bloodiness and new concussion. Maybe I should just take the bus.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another Chime-In

Up till now, I’ve been a driver/busser/walker and thought Portland bike culture was stupid. Not stupid like “I hate them”, but stupid like “what a bunch of dorks”. I think the financial brokers who dress like they’re scaling the Pyrenees when they’re only going ten minutes across the Ross Island Bridge are wackos. I also think people who say “let’s get, like, 200 people on bikes and do something that keeps Portland weird” are lame. In any case, I hadn’t ever really known or cared about the whole bikes vs. cars thing until I started riding my bike to work this summer and have REALLY gotten an education.

You know how many times I’d been yelled at, criticized or accosted when I commuted by car or foot for three years? Zero. Now that I’m on bike, it’s at least once a week. I don’t really dabble in the ‘black arts’ like stop light running or cutting people off, but darn if I seem to catch heat for SOMETHING every time I put my feet in the stirrups. The very first time I rode to work, a fellow biker criticized me for not wearing a helmet. Today, a dad pushing his kid across the street in a stroller dissed me for not yielding my right-of-way. I know, strollers = automatic defense, but he was in the other lane, crossing at the middle of the block and had just stopped to let a car go by. Perhaps he could have walked to an intersection (or even, say, crosswalk) and kept his kid out of danger, instead.

This topic reminds of something that happened a month or two ago (seeing how it’s the junk drawer, I’ll try to keep it brief):
Basically, I was on my bike and made a right at SE 20th/Division. I pulled up to a stop sign at 20th/Harrison, and there were two cars there. I saw the driver’s side front door of the first car open and a husky dude get out. I thought “oh lord, what’s this guy doing, wasting everyone’s time?” and he walks up to the space between his back bumper and the car behind him and looks pissed. Surprisingly, he violently points at me and starts yelling. Eventually, he got back in his car and left. Not a great story, but here’s the catch: he was wearing a Blazers shirt. In late May / early June. If there’s the remotest chance that you, mister finger-wagger, are out there in BEdgeland, I would be ECSTATIC to find out what you were so steamed about. That would be an amazing thread. Just thought I’d put it out there.

"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan

by 12sharks on Jul 18, 2008 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A Coast Rider

I ain’t garbage ina wind
Cars don’t have no brakes
One ton o’ metal
Headin’ down the Hiway

I pedal my butt up da incline
On 18 inches o’ pavement
Seemin’ to stay outa da way
Tractors ‘n Trailers make me sway

I swing down Otter Crest at fifty
With cars ina my way
Don’t turn in front o’ me
I’m wit ya ‘n don’t wanna lay

Truckers stay ina lane
Never enter the On Comin’
There is Death to meet there
Stay away, liabilities

I ain’t garbage ina wind
Cars don’t have no brakes
One ton o’ metal
Headin’ down the Hiway

Honk a horn, whats dat mean
Who’s goin’ bail ona Hiway
You or me, wearin shorts
‘n jumpin’ ain’t very clean

I feel the contours ‘n smell da wine
I hear the ocean ‘n hear da waves
If’n ya don’t have da time
Please don’t kill me while takin’ mine

I ain’t garbage ina wind
Cars don’t have no brakes
One ton o’ metal
That my life can take

Sam Beckett Laughin’

"I Like Ike"
"If you don't want to get banged. Don't go in there" - Van Gundy

by BlueBooYay on Jul 19, 2008 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hah

I just fulfilled my promise of delivering a batman review. That took longer that I wanted it too. I’m wondering how Dave manages to do this on a daily basis.

A Time For Heroes,
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
And it's all
It's all in my hands
And its all up the walls
Well the stale chips were up and the hopes stakes were down
Until Kp came into Town!
'Sing it Petey!

by Dheepan on Jul 18, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What it takes to win

DId anybody catch COMCASTs replay of the PTB-phoenix game six WCF the other night? There’s a couple tid-bits I’d like to share about how the PTB won that game and specifically referring to Buck Williams.

Nothing hurt my feelings more then seeing KJ go down early in that game with a torn string, but Hornacek was so in the zone it may not have mattered. Ok- Buck… Buck picks up foul number 5 midway thru the 4th. He’s guarding tom ch*mbers mind you. Not only does Buck play through it, his defense becomes more intense. Buck never backed off to potentially keep himself in the game. When it came down to phoenix’s last possession, it was Buck who clamped down on chambers and stripped him of the ball and sending the crowd into the sunset with tears in their eyes… obviously I didnt have tears in my eyes.

But, despite how focused and strong and willing and challenged and determined as Buck was, one thing stood out to me. After a few minutes of flurry and a suns make, Buck took the ball and stepped out to inbound, but he briefly if not barely noticably hesitated to look down and check where he feet where, making sure he wasnt tippy toe-ing the inbounds line. Its that kind of focus energy and vision the current team needs to win. Its the little things.

"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi insinuating Trail Blazer fans have forgotten about how important Steve Blake and Joel Pryzbilla are to the team.

by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 8:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

you should send that to

Lamar Odom as he brought the ball off the opposing teams baseline by dribbling it himself. One of the few times 15,000+people have simultaneously shaken their heads.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lol

hear is the link in case any one wants to relive the hillarity like I did.

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol if you want but focus can get as intense as you want to make it

honestly if this team wants to win they better stop joking around and start committing themselves to winning it all. Im glad Jarrett Jack is gone, he was out of focus, concerned about himself, not the team.

"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi insinuating Trail Blazer fans have forgotten about how important Steve Blake and Joel Pryzbilla are to the team.

by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks, I will

but I dont know if that was pure focus that we were seeing from lamario Oh’damn, did he just dribble the ball inbounds? more like a stoned stupor. the greatest bballers are not showcasing there amasing focus by passing to the reffs ona fast break, or dribbling inbounds durring ~~practice~~ a game. Maybe im rong and just not giving them there due, but nobody accuses success stories of failing to focus. idk

agreed about jack. I think he was waaay to concerned about himself, and am glad hes gone.

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 19, 2008 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Headline on NBA.com

Oklahoma City Signs Miles to Offer Sheet
Posted Jul 18 2008 10:51PM

CJ Miles, that is.

"We will do nice things!" - Rudy, 07/01/08

by jorga on Jul 18, 2008 8:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

why you gotta play with my emotions like that?

:-)

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man...

I commented on your open thread because I’m watching the game, but I couldn’t post it because you deleted it while I was typing.

Salaam

by Junior Del Norte on Jul 18, 2008 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

HAHAHAHA

thats sux, I waited into the 2nd quarter, but couldnt take it no more. Good game thoe. I like how the bosten fans cheared ange FOR A WHILE after he came into the game and on all his good plays. its like they didnt notice that he was on another team. that was amazing.

"As long as Yao is in the league, Greg Oden will probably never start in an all-star game, because he doesn’t have 1 Billion people voting for him."
silkybrown

"Just so we're totally clear(, y)ou’re saying you want me to kill Yao, right?"
nightbluefruit

by ptwnblzr on Jul 18, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good

let other teams take their time learning what carcinogens do

"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi insinuating Trail Blazer fans have forgotten about how important Steve Blake and Joel Pryzbilla are to the team.

by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Junk Drawer? Trail Mix?

I can top those. Shouldnt it be called Blazing Embers?

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by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 8:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I found the video of Gary Payton getting drafted on YouTube

and guess he was sitting next to: none other than Alaa Abdelnaby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDG-gr53UP8&feature=related

by tingeyga on Jul 18, 2008 8:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

OT homegrown trivia--- name the band and recall your experience

(just to throw you off) Tribute to Paul Allen

Hey Mr Rich man
when you cant sleep
do you count your money
instead of sheep?

First correct answer gets my servitude

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by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 9:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Its like encountering bigfoot

nobody wants to come out and say they saw for fear of reprisal

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by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Reminds me a lot of

“Set Your Eyes to Zion” by POD

I know that’s not it, but sounds similar.

Tell me Mr. Deadman…
Do you have the answer?
How you can get to Heaven?
Do you have the answer?
Hey Mr. Deadman…
I’ll tell you if you want to know,
How you can get to Heaven…
Believe in our Judge’s Son

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I never thought I would see the day

where BE gets a POD reference.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

POD is pretty good...

They’ve had their “weird spells” where they get a little to Rastafarian for me, but generally they put out good music. The new album looks kind of weird, and has a weird title (where angels and serpents dance?!)...I haven’t researched much into why they called it that…but sounds kind of disturbing to me.

I still think Boom was the awesomest music video ever. By any band.

I mean, where else is ping pong that cool?

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ping Pong is always cool

POD is not my cup of tea though

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

is this song by the Crazy 8's?

i don’t really have an experience to recount. I just googled the lyrics and that was the first result

by tingeyga on Jul 18, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

not fair

your servitude is indentured. Yea. I went to the folks today and thru my old closet and found my old LPs which im going thru. LAW & ORDER arguably one of the greatest albums off all time at least on the old local college tour stops. As soon as I get it downloaded I’ll float it. Some site out their gives you a snippit of the tune if you care to find it I dont.

I also discovered Led Zeps Physical Graffittt and Houses of the Holy, Duran Duran debut LP, and INXS Shaboo Shabah.. Im having a good day.

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by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's funny, I knew that lyric and couldn't place it...

............................. Crazy 8’s is correct; they started out in Corvallis as OSU students and made the move to Portland. I went to high school with their trombone player, Tim Tubb… Not really my thing musically and they broke up just a little too early, right before the big ska-punk explosion of 1998, as I recall.

I think it was 1998 that ska-punk was the flavor of the month anyway. That seems about right. Maybe 1999.

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"He shoots....................... he scores!!!"

by timbo on Jul 18, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would say as early as 96'

I remember those horrible years of skanking and plaid and Specials records. Not much good coming out of punk rock at the time as I remember. A lot of jerseys and metalcore from what I remember. Why cant we all just have fun listening to MDC

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 18, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

count your money

is the name of the song. despite the next guys comments Crazy 8’s were an extra ordinary talent. They were ska, sorta when punk was peaking and still cool enough to dare I say relate to.

I know it doesnt stick in your memory as firmly as ” At the door is a man who will greet you” but its nice when it does spark that old sposedly dead nueron.

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by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh prez

way off….. where are you from anyways?

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by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 9:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Born in Portland with the doctor who delivered me watching Blazer playoff game while pulling me out (no lie!). He was a season ticketholder addict.

Blazers were my destiny.

Moved out of town at an early age—still a Blazer fan, but not real familiar with any local bands from around Portland, as I haven’t really been in the area since moving to Eastern Oregon/South Eastern WA. I listen to a lot of Christian Rock (POD, 12 Stones, Kutless (a Portland band!), Newsboys, Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, Petra, Hawk Nelson)......but not too familiar with much outside of CR. Probably not much of a chance of me getting your song.

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 18, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

when the man forced me to work swing

I listened to a Christian rock station… I used to be a big Petra fan, Id say Flood ranks up there, but isnt the truth that it isnt the rock that makes the christian, but the christian that makes the rock.

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by bow4meow on Jul 18, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs