The Junk Drawer--July 09, 2008
Here's the spot for all of those topics that don't necessarily deserve their own fanpost or fanshot but spark interest anyway. On- or off-topic, as long as it complies with the site discussion rules you are free to have at it here!
--Dave
Here are the extra words to fill today's 75-word minimum:
mezzanine, feckless, phalanges, ostracism, municipal, pewter, aerie, spigot, tuberculosis, undulating, porcine, aversion, salad, peridot, conglomeration, devilish, hirsute, mortuary
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Hey Dave
Did you know Eddie Murphy made a movie about you? I think you should sue.
President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.
Mmm....salad
On a completely different note (no pun intended), much thanks to Catman2 and Mark Twain for helping me pick (again, no pun intended) out my electric guitar. I got the Gibson last week and have been playing it non stop. Just trying to learn the basics, as I haven’t played any guitar other than a lil’ bass guitar a few years back.
So far I’ve got “The Star Spangled Banner” down fairly good (although I choked while trying to play it when a good female friend of mine was over this 4th of July weekend…bummer) and I’m now working on “Meant to Live” by Switchfoot.
Thanks guys!
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But can you play the Star-Spangled Banner
with your teeth?
And is that guitar flammable?
The path to greatness is long, my son…
—Dave
I think I can manage the teeth part,
but doing the flame part might not be as easy as it looks.
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You should totally learn to play some Dragonforce
I think you should be able to pick up this song up by the end of the week
Haha...right
I’m still working on getting over 50% on that song in Guitar Hero on medium…much less actually playing it on real guitar.
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Guitar Hero actually tuned me into DragonForce.
I love cheesy speed metal. It’s not Bach, but it’ll do.
One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
I will miss Jarrett Jack, but getting Jerryd Bayless is helping ease my pain.
I played that game for the first time over the 4th weekend...
and it freakin’ ruled.
I definitely CANNOT go out and buy it now, or my productivity with all things life would downward spiral into the complete dregs of lowlifedom.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
and do not buy Rock Band
or that will be the complete end of your productivity, as well as that of three other people. Eh, lowlifedom has its points.
If it doesn't go up to 11 it's not worth it.
Free Joel Freeland! (with the purchase of 1 Wafer)
I turn the volume to about 2% of how far it will go
I ought to put in some earplugs and turn it way the heck up and see what happens. I’m afraid that might blow the amp out though?
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I definitely wouldnt turn it all the way up...
You can tell when the sound starts to get a little distorted and fuzzy because the speaker(s) is/are being over over worked. You want to stay a few notches short of that point, the speakers can definitely blow out….
I am jealous you got a Gibson, is it a Les Paul? I started on a fender strat rip off when I was 12. It was truly a piece of junk. I always dreamed about getting a Les Paul, they are absolutely heavenly to play. For the last few years I have been settling for a Mexico made strat with a maple neck. I like it, but still drool over the idea of owning an LP….
RUDY > MJ
It's not a Les Paul, I know that
Got it from a friend. His brother is in a band, and gave him a $400 guitar he had used and abused. That made his Gibson, now my guitar, expendable.
It also says Epiphone on the neck…so maybe it’s not a Gibson? The fretboard says Gibson, but the wooden handle where the strings tie to says Epiphone.
So I picked it up for $140 + a $75 dollar collectors Japenese sword set I didn’t want. Came with guitar, cheap 10 or 15w no name amp, and a cheap case. I love it. The dude I bought it from has been over almost every day to play his “baby.” I go over to the dude’s house and he greets me at the door with a smile, then takes the guitar and plays it until I leave.
We’re good friends, and I’m guessing he gave me a pretty good deal. How good, I really don’t know. But it plays well. Good enough for me!
So what’s the deal with where the Strats are made? I read a little about all that online, but I still haven’t figured out what difference the place where a guitar is made makes.
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Epiphones are basically Gibsons
just they are made overseas (is how my brother explained the difference to me).
I think the Gibson/Epiphone dynamic is probably pretty similar to the Lexus/Toyota dynamic.
Ahh I see
Thank you for clearing that up.
Can I just call it my Gepiphone? Hmm…makes me think of the little Geicko guy.
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by prezofdeath on Jul 11, 2008 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
alright
so its wednesday wheres our news conference/press release
did the trade not go through??
will the trailblazers win a championship before the impending apocalypse???
by contemnor on Jul 9, 2008 12:07 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What if it failed?
And Jack came back…...awkward.
President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.
by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 9, 2008 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Harry S. Miller's "The Cat Came Back."
(Chorus)
But the Jack came back the very next day,
The Jack came back, we thought he was a goner
But the Jack came back; it just couldn’t stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea
Dang, kids songs are violent. But that’s what makes them fun.
One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
I will miss Jarrett Jack, but getting Jerryd Bayless is helping ease my pain.
Don't mess with cats
They will kill you or bug you till you give em food.
President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.
Cowherd
I hope this is the place where I can express my extreme dislike for Colin Cowherd. I listened to him for a while the other day and found myself disliking sports as a whole.
What's wrong with Herd?
I agree he’s kind of a dufus and goes on these rants and makes it sound like HE’S THE ONLY MEDIA MEMBER WHO’S GOT THIS ONE RIGHT and everyone else is drinking too much kool-aid. He debunks so called “conspiracies” and “fallacies” that I think very few people actually subscribe to.
Other than that, I think he’s got a good sense of humor. If I’ve got time, I listen to Around the Horn first, and Cowherd second (from the ESPN Radio podcasts on iTunes)
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Cowherd is a primadonna
Way too full of himself. Knows nothing. Goes on rants. He might be one of the worst sports radio hosts alive. I can’t believe he has a job. And he is so self-important that its unbearable.
I remember the good old days. The Rasta Monsta days.
by GreatOden'sRaven on Jul 9, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
100000% agree
Even though according to modern mathematics that impossible..
I remember the good old days. The Rasta Monsta days.
by GreatOden'sRaven on Jul 9, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you folks tried this drink?
Tru Blood – Synthetic Blood Nourishment Beverage
"Man I want to rec it again." - pualo talking about jscot's long comment
My grandmother was diagnosed with leukemia when my mother was a kid.
My mother quit high school to take care of her. One of the remedies my grandmother was prescribed was a daily dose of fresh cow blood taken orally. Ugh. She died in her 80’s.
"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar
Expansion team?
Anybody else slightly worried about what would happen if Seattle was granted an expansion team?
The Blazers would only be able to protect 8 players in the expansion draft which means we’d lose Joel, Batum or Frye for nothing. Not all that likely, I know, but still a crappy scenario to think about.
Who would you protect?
I would protect the following:
BRoy
LMA
GO
Outlaw
Rudy
Bayless
Joel
Webster or Batum(depending on this year)
by danielfarrell on Jul 9, 2008 5:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Definitely
Oden
Roy
LMA
GO
Bayless
Rudy
Webster (possibly Batum instead)
I would actually go with Steve Blake as the 8th option, or Peteri Koponen if he has panned out and isn’t another Sergio. I think the Blazers really need that true point guard, and also need four legit guards on the team in case of injury. Losing Joel, Frye or Batum would hurt, but it could be covered for by other guys who play multiple front-court positions (i.e. Outlaw).
This actually would make an interesting fanpost of its own
I thought about doing this one myself, but since you posted it here, why don’t you do it? I think it is worthy of a lot of discussion.
My opinion—it’s too early to say. The expansion process is likely to take a couple of years, which would mean we’ll know a lot more about what we have. If Joel only has one year left on his contract, protecting him might not be worth it.
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
I thought about it...
but didn’t know if it was substantive enough. Now that you’ve suggested it too, I think I’ll go and do that. :-)
So, everyone, ignore this and look at my fanpost instead! ;-)
Here's the post:
http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/7/9/567869/who-would-you-protect-in-a
Sorry for the quasi-double post here Dave. I should have realized this was fanpost material.
Depends a little bit on when it would happen
When the Bobcats got their expansion draft, some teams intentionally big salary guys “unprotected” that Charlotte could never have afforded when trying to build a whole team. Though it would be a little scary to leave one of our young guns open, when they have max contracts they are less likely to be taken away, though this tactic works even better with more veteran players with even bigger salaries. I bet KP would figure out a way so an expansion team only gets our “junk” (read one of the least valuable players).
Sacramento didn’t follow this, and it cost them Gerald Wallace to protect Chris Webber, who would have been way too expensive.
Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...
VIQ
Very Important Question.
This got five recs, which puts it at the top, and pushed something else out of the five recommended posts.
Tomorrow morning, someone will unrecommend it, and it will drop out of the top five. Will the fanpost that got pushed out of the top five return, or will there only be a top four. I am desperate to know, and the turmoil is making me crazy.
Why do I want to know? Uh, yeah. I don’t have a clue. But I still want to know. Maybe someone who recommended it could unrecommend it while we’re all watching to see what happens?
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
The top sixth so to speak,
which was pushed out by this “Junk Drawer,” shall return to the top if this post were to be unrec’d.
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Link?
I’ve been wanting to do that “link?” thing for ages. :)
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
I'll provide the link
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
I'm disappointed that you don't know this, jscot.
I mean, being the supreme ruler and all, this is really the type of random knowledge all other BEdgers would be coming to you for.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
It was a test
I knew it all along. Really.
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
If you're going to do that..
you’d better be sure she’s going to say yes!
by StumptownRon on Jul 9, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I could take Obama
BTW….that was fake. The Rockets do stuff like that a lot. Remember the pie in the face lady at the Rose Garden? Like that.
President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.
by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 9, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Favorite Blazer Player Commercials
Can one of you point toward a past post about favorite player commercials? I’ve been wrestling with recalling one for a Stayton car dealership. Was that Maurice Lucas? Enjoyed his unique was of saying Stay Ton.
"You Can't Catch a Boat to Bolivia"
wow dude.. wow
I cant see them in LA. thats CLASSIC.. I love how Oden is so happy to be reading from a card..
I remember the good old days. The Rasta Monsta days.
by GreatOden'sRaven on Jul 9, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't find the answer to this question:
When are the Blazers going to hold a press conference introducing Bayless and Diogu?
Or has one even been announced yet?
One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
I will miss Jarrett Jack, but getting Jerryd Bayless is helping ease my pain.
Link to blazers.com Bayless-Jack deal
blank”>http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_Announce_Jerryd-277258-1218.html
I did not know that cash considerations were given to Indiana in this deal. Thank you Mr. Paul Allen!!!! You are the best.
Cash is king!
Paul Allen, the Best Owner in SportS (that’s BOSS from now on!)... thank you Paul!
I love that guy.
BOSS, I’m up for adoption.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
That
acronym reminds me of a Calvin and Hobbes comic. Where the secret club is G.R.O.S.S Get Rid Of Slimy girlS.
President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.
by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 9, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Calvin & Hobbes Rules!
I went to a game when I was a kid, and back then you could go down onto the court and go into the back halls and what not (at least, an hour before tip-off). I ran after my hero Terry Porter to get his autograph, but all I had was my Calvin & Hobbes book. He started cracking up as he signed inside the front cover.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 10, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
That's awesome
I got Porter and Adelman’s autograph when I was a kid at a Canadian Football League exhibition game at Civic Stadium. After the game, me and my pops went down onto the field where they held a meet n’ greet or food thingy (I don’t remember). There were some Blazers there, and I got my cherished Porter and Adelman autograph on my CFL ticket stub.
Oh, and I think the Redskins’ quarterback from that Skins team that won the Super Bowl… Mark Ripken, or something? I’m sure that’s wrong. Well, I got his autograph as well. It’s not as cherished.
Mortimer
Cal Ripken.
Junior, actually.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
Luxury tax figures from last year are out (finally)
Somehow, we didn’t make the list… I thought we were a lock? Anyone know how we WEREN’T on the list?
Here’s the link from Truehoop.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 10:46 AM PDT reply actions
Distribution of Luxtax to other teams
Regarding the $92million collected from the eight teams that pay luxury tax, is that money distributed to the other 22 teams on a formula: equal shares, pro-rated. What are the Blazers receiving?
"You Can't Catch a Boat to Bolivia"
Luxury tax money
Only goes to teams under the cap, right? We’re in the grey area inbetween the cap and luxury tax land (like a 12/13 million dollar bubble).
If everyone, even the over-the-cap teams, get the money, that’s nice for us—but I’m pretty sure we get nothing, and you gotta me at least 1 dollar below the cap.
Mortimer
Equal shares
Looks like each team gets equal shares
http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm
"You Can't Catch a Boat to Bolivia"
If you don't pay the tax
than you get a share of the tax that was collected. So the Blazers will get 1/22 of $92million. (Something close to $4.181,818.18)
Split is for all thirty teams
Looking at section 17 on that NBA Salary Cap FAQ site, it seems that all 30 teams get a piece … in effect, even if team pays tax they get refund from the escrow. The league is keeping some (undistributed) for their own purposes, and the share is $3,081,807
"You Can't Catch a Boat to Bolivia"
That true?
Dang, that’s crazy, yo. I thought I remembered some teams trading a useful player away for a non-guaranteed dude and then cutting that dude to get under the luxury or salary cap, so they could partake in the luxury tax goodies (in addition to the cap savings)...
If everyone get’s a piece, well then!
I always thought the tax was to penalize the rich ‘big market’ teams like Portland or New York, and help out the Minny’s and Memphis’ of the world…
Mortimer
That doesn't seem right...
ESPN has been reporting that the 22 teams under would get it which makes a lot more sense. I’m goign to guess the league website has a typo? Stranger things have happened.
why is there that bubble?
As it’s the NBA, I’m sure there’s a logical explanation…
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know the official reason
And I’m probably not saying anything you don’t know, but the NBA often tries to give flexibility with their financial rules, such as trades gotta match plus 25% of the salary and 100K, etc. The salary cap bubble between the cap and luxury tax gives teams a good wiggle room to work with and find a happy medium for their team salary, and not be penalized by the harsh dollar-for-dollar luxury tax.
It helps keep teams financially responsible without being too restrictive. Without know everything about it, I like the bubble.
Mortimer
you are three posts too late, friend.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I had the same problem yesterday.
One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
I will miss Jarrett Jack, but getting Jerryd Bayless is helping ease my pain.
Question about Oil
Why do oil prices increases reflect overnight at the gas pump, yet price decreases take weeks?
If oil is market driven, why can’t gas stations move with the market? It seems to only move one way, UP.
BINGO, BANGO, BONGO
A completely uneducated guess...
as the gas station owners make only pennies (literally) when gas prices rise, and rely for the bulk of thier profits from concessions, they might try to delay the drop to earn some dough that way. I feel bad for gas station owners right now… they are the ones getting squeezed the worst.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
there also is quite some time
from the moment that the oil is bought/sold, until it is refined and transported to the station. During this time period they are trying to make a profit on more expensively purchased oil so the price stays higher.
Playing Chicken
The attached ... http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080613/NEWS01/806130335 says Station Operators play chicken with prices
"You Can't Catch a Boat to Bolivia"
Oil is a futures market
any pump price fluctation is a mirage when your tank is thirsty
"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi on whether or not Travis Outlaw is a core member of the PTB.
I suggest that Dave adds a non-word to his list of extra words in Junk Drawer posts
the first person to identify the non-word wins?????
Hey Dave...
is there any chance that an anti-rec option could be available under actions, to where it has no impact on the posts status of being in the rec’d fanspost area? Is this something that you as Master Overseer would entertain doing? I think it could be an effective tool.
I know there was that glitch a while back that people (myself included) had a little fun with… and I realize it might be more delicate as it may discourage folks from posting (part of the thinking here is that some things don’t need to be posted, so it’s also a teaching tool). But I should point out that a lot of people don’t get rec’s anyway, and the same discouraging feelings one could get from the unrec can be brought from not getting rec’s and therefore favorable pat’s on the back.
I guess what I’m saying is, it could help weed out some of the needless posts, and show people that even rec’d posts aren’t just popular by all… that even those get unrec’d.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 11:48 AM PDT reply actions
Most of my posts
should be wrecked.
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
Who was that media moron?
Who was that media moron at the press conference who asked Bayless if he played against Roy in college? Take their credentials away and give them to a BE legend.
Good save by Diagu though by jumping in and answering the question.
Free Joel Freeland! (with the purchase of 1 Wafer)
Who was that media moron at the press conference who asked Bayless if he played against Roy in college?
Good thing he’s credentialed, certified, editorially reviewed and trustworthy.
NBA wants to intervene in Schultz's bid to regain control of team
It looks like the move to OKC may not be a done deal. Perhaps, Howard Schultz is just trying to save face in Seattle and not lose tons of money in boycotts. Either way, it makes David Stern look like a real douche.
Der go our new fans
Trout Speak
"Lenny Suckerpunch Never bet on me" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow
by Lizzy Lowblow on Jul 9, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
That is pretty weird.
Somebody needs to get to the bottom of this.
Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 9, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Drug Suspensions
Well could have Darius been nabbed for pot a 3rd time while he was “rehabbing” the knee, and then a 4th time during the evaluation that ended in his medical retirement? It seems to me that those circumstances could result in a 3rd positive test (and resulting suspension) not being declared as him playing again wasn’t going to happen anytime soon.
Although it would be a whole simplier if he was nabbed for using TGH or some other steroid to come back from the knee injury
Um...
If that was the case (a 3rd positive marijuana test during rehab and 4th during the eval), wouldn’t he have to serve concurrent suspensions? He would be suspended 5 games for the 3rd test and 10 more for the 4th. If that’s the case, he should be looking at a 15-game suspension instead of 10.
"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Batuuuuuuuum!
by rockingharder on Jul 9, 2008 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Or...
he could have quitely served a 5 game suspension while doing rehab on the knee. But it is probably more likely that he was caught for using some PED, which was not my first impression when I heard about the suspension as I was sure that he was blazin
Needless post
Its hot. I hope everybody is keeping their cat bowls full of fresh cool water.
So its the summer of pointing out grammatical errors and misspelled words. Its probably just a predictable quark of anticipating PTB dominance. I want it now, don’t you?
"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi on whether or not Travis Outlaw is a core member of the PTB.
A "Shout Out" for Luke's Boy
Playin’ with The Portland Trail Blazers, Summer League Team. OSU Beaver;
Number 30, David Lucas, Forward, 6’-8”, 246 lb., Rookie, 26 yrs of age from OregonSt.
"Lenny Suckerpunch Never bet on me" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow
Maybe that is why Ike decided not to play summer league
Ike probably hasn’t forgotten how much Lucas worked him the last time they played and figured that it wouldn’t look too good to get shown up by some summer leaguer.
I like That
"Lenny Suckerpunch Never bet on me" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow
by Lizzy Lowblow on Jul 9, 2008 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool Find
President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.
by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 9, 2008 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Blazers sign Bayless
No surprise but he is practicing:
He will begin practicing this evening with the Trail Blazers’ NBA Summer League team, which opens up play in Las Vegas Monday, July 14, against the Washington Wizards.
Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."
Bring 'em on
Let’s get ready to ball
"Lenny Suckerpunch Never bet on me" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow
by Lizzy Lowblow on Jul 10, 2008 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions

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