Junque Drawer, Saturday the 27th, Slept in edition
by lukeyhere on Sep 27, 2008 7:52 AM PDT
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PrintIt's supposed to be half way decent weather around the great Northwest today, so I need to be getting some work done around the domestic dwelling unit, not staring at B-Edge all day. Yep, winter is just around the corner now, but of course that isn't the season that is on everyone's mind, right?
Discussion topics of the day:
Oregon at Washington State...do you even care? Did Oregon State already achieve the pinnacle of their season? Will the outcome of the civil war decide a BCS bowl berth this year, or is reality not quite that exciting?
What's the deal with your name? User name that is. Care to enlighten us on how you chose your moniker by which BlazersEdge-dom knows you? Some seem fairly obvious...BlazerFan, tominhawaii, BlazermaniacAndy...or are they obvious? Others are more cryptic like BlueBooYay, amlmart1, Ben., prezofdeath. What synapses were firing amongst the grey matter to arrive at these oddities?
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This is the Blue Rivendell RamBooYay
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
I won my name in a bet
Go Ducks. I heard they’re going to play 8 quarterbacks today.
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
I went to hockey last night and I think they played six boxers.
and they were all wearing boxers I’d assume, so that’s like 12 boxers on one team. That leads to a lot of punches.
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
by prezofdeath on Sep 27, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Oregon State...
will spit up all over itself at some point before the Civil War, or so I hope…otherwise the Ducks are gonna have a hell of a time winning the conference. And yeah, I care about the trip to Pullman! Anybody anticipating that WSU will roll over and play dead has another thought coming, going to Wazzu always causes us problems.
My name falls into the self-explanatory category. I’m not a particularly creative guy. I like my apostrophes correctly placed, my words well-spelled, and my nicknames straightforward. Communication! That’s the key to the straight and narrow. In other news, it’s 11:30 am and I’m drunk. Three cheers for homecoming!!!
In light of the Beavers glorious victory over the Trojans
and The ducks players busted after crashing their car while speed racing… I sense 8 quarterbacks will not be enough.
I hope the ducks get their tail feathers handed to em in a down comforter and matching pillow cases.
"meow." -- My cat Bonzi wondering why Rudy Fernandez shouldn't start.
Oh man
A Beaverton grad AND an OSU fan? The horror.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Yech. Apollos and Ducks rule.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
by MiledAnimal on Sep 27, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Apollos and Ducks here as well
Although I didn’t go to the U (Western Oregon instead).
When did you attend Sunset MAnimal (I’m pretty sure you graduated, but didn’t want to assume)?
My name is a reference to a David Bowie persona from the 70’s. It’s actually in honor of my wife, who is a Bowie freak (in the nicest sense). I’m a fan, but not enough that I would choose a Bowie moniker all by my lonesome. It’s been my username on sites for almost 10 years now.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I did graduate (somehow) from Sunset in 1971
Even graduated from Oregon, on the ten-year plan…
Did you attend Sunset as well?
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
Yep, graduated in '87
That might be the first time someone on the intrawebs made ME feel young.
Thanks.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Yer welcome, ya young whippersnapper.
Where’d I put my teeth…?
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
Are they still in the apple you threw in the trash?
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I left them on your wife's neck
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
3 things
1. That wasn’t her neck
2. My wife’s 5 months pregnant
3. The cheap metal in your “teeth” broke the ultra-sound machine. Please remit payment to Legacy-Emanuel Hospital Radiology Dept.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 28, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I went there when it was still WOSC
Graduated in ’91.
You?
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
2004.
quite a bit later apparently. I worked with a guy at my old job that graduated from WOU when the football coach was the guy they named the stadium after. Though I don’t know when he retired, but this was in the 60s in any case.
by DrivetheLane on Sep 28, 2008 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn't go to any football games
We were a pathetic team in a low NAIA conference. I’m pretty sure my high school’s team could have beaten them.
We didn’t even have scholarship athletes.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 28, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
so did you attend the "Duke" party at College apts ?
think it was the end of Spring term of 90 over at ricky and spickys
"We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the rest are here for I don't know."--- W.H. Auden
I was so not on the party circuit
that I don’t even know if you’re kidding or not.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 28, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
If by Apollos
you mean Crusaders, then yeah!!
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
My brother was a Crusader
So I have to echo the “BOO!” sentiment.
They had scholarship players, recruited away from area high schools, just like a college. And they STILL couldn’t win a damn thing, at least until they allowed girls to attend.
Although what parent in their right mind would let their daughter anywhere near “DateRape High” is beyond me.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
DateRape High...
? Seems like kind of a sleazy way to impugn a school, as there’s absolutely no way to verify saying something like that.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I guess it's sleazy alright
But I dated many girls who said the same thing. My brother (a star linebacker at the time) admitted as much. My wife dated Jesuit guys and had Jesuit friends, and they all said as much, most with personal anecdotes to go along with rumors.
I didn’t invent the moniker, and remember this was 20 years ago. Maybe things have changed.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I gotcha
That was well before my time there. I guess things have changed…even anecdotally I didn’t hear about anything like that, and I had a lot of football player friends. Kinder, gentler Crusaders these days? Who knows.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Well being able to, you know, see girls on a daily basis
tends to make one kindler and gentler, at least in my experience.
Hopefully they’ve also stopped using the then ubiquitous crowd chant “We’ve got money, yes we do, we’ve got money, how ’bout you?” at their sporting events.
Another interesting question to ask any older alums about- why did Fred Meyer pull out of all sponsorship of Jesuit, after being a major sponsor for years and years?
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately that chant still rears up
As does “That’s all right, that’s okay, you’re gonna pump our gas someday”. It’s really, really unfortunate that the whole student body gets tarred with the same brush because of the actions of a small but vocal minority. Most of the kids who go there are good, not-spoiled individuals who merely happen to come from relatively affluent backgrounds. But a few ruin it for everybody.
Why DID FM pull out of all sponsorship of Jesuit? And what do you mean, sponsorship — like the alumni golf tournament, that kind of thing, or what?
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Fred Meyer donated money to Jesuit each year
And they had committed to donating 1 million $ to help Jesuit transition to co-ed. And then they pulled funding, with no public announcement.
The reason was because of a Jesuit cover-up. Their star football player at the time, Woody (can’t find his last name on line, but he was famous at the time) beat a boy almost to death while drinking downtown. The fight was unprovoked, and consisted of Jesuit football players circling the (5’2") boy to keep him from running while Woody beat him, then kicked him when we fell down.
The boy’s friend, Bill (a friend of my wife’s at the time) watched the whole thing and went to the police after the boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
At school, Bill told everyone who would listen about the beating. He was pulled aside by Father Hayes (in charge of fund-raising) and told to never mention it again. When Bill did mention it in the halls, his friends turned against him (and later told him Father Hayes had threatened them) and eventually he was asked to leave, which he did.
He wrote letters explaining the situation to Jesuit’s major funders and also to the local media.
The media did a story about it, and Fred Meyer pulled their funding, first calling Bill personally to tell them they would no longer support Jesuit athletics.
I wish I could say this was an isolated incident, but my brother and his best friend were also star athletes at the time, and were never disciplined despite multiple arrests, a few of them felonies. As soon as their respective sports were over their senior years, they were expelled. One for excessive tardies, the other for an MIP that had occurred the summer before.
Most likely things have changed, what with media over-saturation and going co-ed, but Jesuit will always have a special loathsome memory for some of us.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 27, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
That's absolutely crazy
I’ve never heard anything about any of that. Not the kind of thing they readily circulate through the halls I guess. I’ll look more into this, with Internet searches and asking grads I know and such.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 28, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't find anything on-line about
Probably due to it being the early 90’s and/or my lack of internet researching skills.
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." -Gandhi
"Throw Thag, throw. Throw throw throw throw throw throw"- Far Side
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 28, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
That's what our football team called them
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
bow4meow name
a simple edict to pamper your cats
"meow." -- My cat Bonzi wondering why Rudy Fernandez shouldn't start.
"Tummy shames"? Lol
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
by MiledAnimal on Sep 27, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The Beavers under Riley have historically started weak and improved throughout the year...
…………………………. obviously, there’s no way to top Thursday’s act, unless they break the 100 mark against the Ducks, but I presume there won’t be any more repetitions of the Penn State debacle.
It’s really funny to me, as a pro football fan, how much college football fans overreact to single losses. “On any given Sunday, and all that…” The fact is, home teams have a HUGE advantage in the sport of football and games are OFTEN determined by random events — a fumble here, a lucky pick there, a couple missed tackles someplace else. College point spreads strike me as strange, because they don’t seem to adequately consider either home field advantages or the hand of random events…
I assume that these numbers are set to a great extent by market forces — theoretically each handicapped game should be 50-50 proposition. Therefore, in the final anyalysis, it’s the BETTING FANS of college football that underestimate home field advantage and the effect of random events. Corollary: a person could make a lot of money betting college football that isn’t there to be made betting the more precisely handicapped pro game…
One of the amusing manifestations of this is the way that a team virtually HAS TO BE UNBEATEN to be the so-called “national champion” of college football. We’re not talking about really finding the BEST TEAM in college ball, rather the winner of a single elimination game between the two teams with the most compelling unbeaten (or 1 loss) records. That’s a really idiotic way to determine the true “best team” — but it’s such a huge industry that change to a meaningful playoff system has been and will continue to be slow in coming…
There are ALWAYS upsets in sports. The BEST TEAM does lose to inferior competition (see, for example: Dolphins @ Patriots). Hell, in baseball, the greatest of teams lose 3 times out of 10! Yet college football continues to harbor the bizarre notion that the true “best team” never slips and never stumbles… As long as everyone shares that delusion, I guess it works — but it is a delusion.
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"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
........... in other words, take the Cougs at home and the three touchdowns...
Oregon at Washington State…
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
I've never seen
so much writing in one timbo post. What did we do to deserve the honor today?
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
He was preparing his own Junk Drawer post but lukeyhere was faster. So he move it to a comment.
The Midnight Rambler. Born to make mistakes.
Hello friend!
No nos hemos hablado desde hace tiempo. :) I have a question for you — when Rudy said, “First, I think respect, then I think ’I’m gonna kick their (butt)’” in his arrival-to-Portland interview, what do you think he said? “Les voy a dar por culo” seems a little bit strong, but I don’t know any other phrase that would translate similarly to English like that.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi, friend. Nice to know about you again.
Aprovechando que Dave aún no sabe español: literalmente dijo “voy a intentar hacerlo lo mejor posible para joderlos”, donde joderlos significa fastidiarlos. Ya sabes que los españoles usan muchos tacos coloquialmente y sin ánimo de ofender. La broma típica para los jugadores extranjeros que llegan a un equipo a España y no saben español es enseñarles todos los tacos. Su agente utilizó una expresión que en español se traduce como “voy a patearles el culo cada vez que pueda”.
The Midnight Rambler. Born to make mistakes.
What?
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
Gracias por la explicacion!
Sigues ensenandome aunque no estoy alli. :) So you guys literally say “I’m gonna kick their butts” too when you’re trash-talking? I didn’t know that.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 28, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Agent relating Rudy's words = "I'm going to kick them in the butt every time I can..."
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
As far as the Ducks go....meh
As for the name …..The real meaning for the name was up on my Profile for a looong time. Someone may remember it. Subsequent installments have asserted that ….92wastheyear that “Hair Metal” died, ……that I spent working for the Clinton campaign hiring interns (Monica Lewinski joke), …..that Gerge Bush (senior) puked in that Japanese leader’s lap. A few possibilities going forward…..92wasthe year that I discovered that there was “no crying in baseball” or that I am “too sexy for my shirt” or that I do “like big butts and cannot lie”. We’ll see.
"I figured out how to get the canoe down the mountain, but I will need a snow blower and all your butter"-Michael Kelso
They really mehed the stuffing out of the Cougs yesterday...
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
They sure did
I think they are just good enough this year to beat the crap outta bad teams and get beat by good teams. The QB situation is a mess unless Jeremiah Masoli gets good and stays upright real fast
"I figured out how to get the canoe down the mountain, but I will need a snow blower and all your butter"-Michael Kelso
by 92wastheyear on Sep 28, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
twiggs
It is a nickname from my best friend, kind of an inside joke that’s not worth telling. It has nothing to do with my figure being tall and lanky, as some have confused.
When asked about his thoughts during the Olympic games about playing against Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, Rudy responded "My first thought was respect. My second thought was to kick their ass".
Man I love him.
prezofdeath is a monika-what?
Anyway, it came from some friends a while back. Anytime I play a game, (basketball, video games, paintball, etc.) I tend to be the guy who’s always saying, “Ok you go here Eli! Kyle—lay some cover fire for Rob as he sprints to the bushes by the flag! Jon—you run out firing your gun like a madman and take all the bullets and I’ll get the flag and be the hero while you lie covered in paint and writhing in pain!”
Anyway, one day one of the guys retorted, “Who do you think you are, the king or the president or something?!” We laughed and everytime after that, I’d say something and he’d be like “Yes Mr. President”….eventually it picked up with my friends and it morphed into Prezzident, then just Prez. The “ofdeath” is mainly because
1) the username “Prez” is usually taken in the online world and
2) because chicks dig the scaryness of it.
Now get over here and set me that screen so I can hit the game winner.
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
My moniker should be self-explanatory.
I was going to go with Dave or Ben, but some bozos beat me to them.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
raoulduke is my wrang wrang
A few different bounces of the ball and I could have spent my life attending seminars with people who had goat’s heads and with those little cartoon flashbulb thingies going off in front of my eyes.
Most places on line I use my real name, but here I wanted the luxury of being able to look stupid without accepting any personal responsibility for it.
Is this you?
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
Oh Yeah
I went to dinner with some hotel people who happen to have a lagoon with dolphins and they were talking about the hurricane plan. The plan it to have 8 people carry the dolphins up to a hotel room in a stretcher and leave them on a bed so that the ocean swell does not take them out to sea. I’m not joking either.
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
Yes you are, and you're doing it on porpoise.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
by MiledAnimal on Sep 27, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. I do it just for the halibut.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
Sea puns are my favorites
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
Yes, a punsterman can dip his net often into those waters
and whistle a happy tuna while he works.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
You know what I've always wondered?
How much deeper would the ocean be without sea sponges?
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
Excellent question!
Join the discussion here!
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
Ummm
do you have a time-travel mechanism so I can participate? I need to travel approx. one year.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
Yes, you can borrow mine as soon as I'm done with it.
———————Yee haw!
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
Wait, so are you from the past or future?
I’m guessing with that ghetto machine you’re from the ancient past.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
I'd like to see YOU invent a time machine, Mr. 21st-century guy.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
That thing...
is from back when time travel was actually POSSIBLE.
All you needed was some brass knobs and ornately engraved numbers.
superfluous
That reminds me of the mobile device Mr. Garrison invited on South Park...
……………………………….. sort of.
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
.....invented....
………………………. They really need to make posts editable…
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
Yeah they due.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
by prezofdeath on Sep 27, 2008 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The Entity. (suitable for work version)
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
Hoo boy...
Life imitates art (fortunately not quite anatomically correctly…)
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
this song has em all
"We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the rest are here for I don't know."--- W.H. Auden
Again, much too scared to click.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
by prezofdeath on Sep 29, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
my name
I just like it when players drive the lane. Being aggressive is the best way to win, in my opinion. Plus, I like to drive and I used to sell trucks. Also, I couldn’t think of anything actually clever or funny.
Jazz fan making his own top 50 list because nobody ranks Deron Williams high enough in his top 50
E.g. Tom Ziller http://nba.fanhouse.com/2008/09/18/nba-top-50-deron-williams-no-20/
Solution: Make a list where he ranks higher (first part is only 30 to 50, including Brandon Roy). I’m curious if they will be honest enough to rank Paul ahead of Williams. Or at least LeBron.
http://www.slcdunk.com/2008/9/25/622203/let-s-make-a-top-50-list-p
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
Where can I watch the orgeon game?
I was going to watch it online but Channelsurfing.net doesn’t have the feed. Any suggestions?
FSN
Fox Sport Network
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
I went to be early to watch the game
And that FSN channel isn’t working in Hawaii and I pay extra for it. I am as angry as Sophia after being compared to Palin.
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
Q. What's the difference between Sophia and Palin?
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
A. Nothing. The same object. Dialectual differences in spelling simply has produced two different renderings.
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
The Ducks...
…are goin’ for a hundred!
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
I like ducks, in general...no capital "D"
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
by prezofdeath on Sep 27, 2008 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the few animals
that are equally at home on the land, water, or air. Beavers, Bruins, Dogs, etc.? Awwww.
Not to mention that the Oregon Donald Duck mascot is way cooler than any other mascot and the only Disney character that Disney allows the use of.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
No brainer user name.
My user name is a bit of a no brainer. I’m Canadian and a Blazer fan. The simple yet effective added up to CanadianBlazerfan.
by CanadianBlazerfan on Sep 27, 2008 3:55 PM PDT reply actions
Isn't Oregon in the north?
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
Aye?
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
Hey
How ya doin’?
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
I'm doing alright
It’s Mr. Biggins that I’m worried about. He’s taken ill. He’s been diagnosed with a condition known as a “brain cloud.” The doctor said there ain’t no cure and Mr. Biggins might just have six months to live. We’re both hoping and praying that he at least makes it to see the Blazers make the playoffs. We already got some tickets for the Minnesota game and I can’t wait to narrate some of Mr. Oden’s dunks to Mr. Biggins. I know Rudy will dunk too. I just know it in my heart.
The good news is Jenny is pregnant. She’s going to have our baby in about six months. We plan to raise the child to be a Blazers fan and we are thinking about home schooling our little bundle of joy. Jenny and me don’t have much of an education, and we really don’t make much money, but what we lack in smarts and money, we make up for with love.
You and your Sister, are having a Baby!
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
I was hoping no one noticed that
We couldn’t help it. Times were tough and we had nobody else to care for. When Mr. Biggins took ill, I turned to the only person I could trust. We know our love is forbidden and we don’t care. Jenny plans to say she met a guy at Goodwill and they got intimate in a fitting room. Jenny is only my half sister, anyhow, we both got different daddies on account that our mom was kind of trashy. Because of that, we think the baby will be alright. We plan on naming our child “Rudy.”
I bet you were
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
What's with the spelling of Junk? Is Junque some defunque spelling that used to be used?
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
It comes from quebecios francais word Junquetiriesta
meaning Gathering of fools.
or it is a typo
"I figured out how to get the canoe down the mountain, but I will need a snow blower and all your butter"-Michael Kelso
by 92wastheyear on Sep 27, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Junk is just so junky.
As if this stuff were garbage or something.
Junque is the really, really nice junk. The stuff that is still junk, but you just can’t bring yourself to throw it away.
Actually I like 92’s definition better (the one that didn’t involve a typo).
superfluous
hehe
"I figured out how to get the canoe down the mountain, but I will need a snow blower and all your butter"-Michael Kelso
by 92wastheyear on Sep 27, 2008 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, just wanted to make sure
you weren’t pimping your site or anything.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
A question for fans eager to purge Sergio?
A lot of the purgers think he is so bad that his only option is to go back to Spain. What if he was traded and started averaging about 30 minutes a night, 10 assists, 15 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.6 turnovers, would you be happy for him or mad that turned out alright?
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
Happy for
I always, always root for the players to do well unless they are a jerk like Ruben Patterson.
If he was capable of that, I’d suspect he’d beat Blake out in camp, but I do think Sergio is a NBA PG who needs minutes on a bad team that isn’t concerned about winning. We wanna win, he has big ol’ holes, so if we can keep him as a background player who keeps developing, that’d be ah’ite… as long as we all aren’t whining about his lack of minutes even if we are winning.
If his minutes are still going to be a big issue, bigger than they deserve to be on a (hopefully) good team, then I’d be truly happy for him to be traded NOT to be rid of him (cause I like Sergio), but to put him in a position to succeed. I guess I also wouldn’t mind the media distraction bugging Nate every game, if the media keeps asking about Sergio’s minutes like last year— though I really don’t think that’ll be a problem this year, even if we keep Sergio. Winning solves any rotational issues and second guessing from the armchair coaches and media types.
I am pro-player to the max ultra 2000.
Mortimer
Yeah
I don’t think he’s capable of that anytime soon, or if he could ever do it. I just read a comment in another post here and a guy said he’d be mad and Sergio was traded and became successful. I was just trying to gauge the hate.
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
Here, this will help
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
I think it's silly
to root against anybody we trade just cuz we want to feel like we “won” the deal. I have a couple of buddies who always talk poop about JO, for example. I’m always like, “It’s not HIS fault we didn’t play him here…” it’s not like he quit on us and then turned it on once he got dealt a la Vince. He just got an opportunity that he wasn’t gonna get as a Blazer.
I don’t think Sergio will stick around in the NBA long enough to be a productive NBA PG (though I do feel that if that were his goal, he could do it, but I think he’ll go back to Spain soon) but if he gets traded or cut, I wish him all the best.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Darius?
"the Knicks are an ongoing experiment in sporting altruism, with the motto "We suck, so you don't have to." This is the designing principle. Stop overcomplicating things."
-jawaan oldham
Even Darius
I hope he gets healthy and can still make a living playing basketball (just overseas for the next couple of years). :) Darius wasn’t a jailblazer. I don’t hold him responsible for the circumstances in which the Blazers organization found itself during his tenure with the team. I think he helped contribute to the general attitude of malfeasance that pervaded the team, yes — but I also think that he could be a positive contributor given a stable environment and a defined role.
He’s not Bonzi or Ruben or Qyntel, he’s just immature, or at least he was. I couldn’t stand those other guys and was glad when they were gone. The whole Darius situation just made me sad: an all-around waste.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 28, 2008 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
To me, Darius was indeed a Jail Blazer
He had the Jail Blazer spirit, even if he wasn’t a Trader Bob acquisition.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
You think?
I opine that he wasn’t a bad guy, just misguided. Bonzi, Ruben, Qyntel, to a lesser extent Sheed — those guys committed crimes AND were jerks. Darius never got arrested as a Blazer. I think maybe you’re right that he had the “Jail Blazer spirit”, but that’s because he’s a lot like Zach in my eyes: a follower, not a leader. Miles could be useful to a team like the Spurs or the Celtics. It’s just that while he was with us, he was surrounded by knuckleheads, and ergo he acted like a knucklehead. I blame him for being influenced by his environment, but not as much as I blame those other guys for creating it.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 28, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I know what you're saying
but look at the current players. Put any of them on a Jail Blazers team and I don’t think they would start spitting on fans or other players, flipping-off fans, getting arrested for pot and speeding, threatening officials, leading the league in technicals, et cetera ad infinitum. Darius appears to lack a moral compass, and he too easily is swayed to the Dark Side. That puts him on the Jail Blazers in my book.
BTW, I’m not saying he doesn’t have good character traits too. Everyone is a mix of good and bad tendencies. Most of us restrain most of the bad ones. Darius chooses to be a chameleon.
"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics
k. but had I been alive
when walton jumped ship, discounting that he provided our one and only championship of course, but..
I’m almost certain given the circumstances of his departure that I’d have let out a whole barage of unwarented boooooos.
I guess it just depends on the person.
does that make me a bad guy? (laying my head low)
"the Knicks are an ongoing experiment in sporting altruism, with the motto "We suck, so you don't have to." This is the designing principle. Stop overcomplicating things."
-jawaan oldham
oh, that's what I forgot.
lukeyhere = my name morphed into looky here. I guess that falls into the “obvious” category.
Way, way back before the World Wide Web as we know it when Compuserve was one of your “online” choices, they didn’t have chat, they were called CB channels. Everybody had such great, creative names (CB handles they were called…yeah, we’re just like a bunch of truckers). I went with simplicity as “Bob”. I got questioned about it frequently as I just wasn’t going with the flow.
We got rid of Compuserve shortly after, but I continued to get their snail mail newsletter. In one they described an “All Bob-a-thon” in which everybody in the chat room used the Bob handle. I don’t know if I had inspired it at all, but in my revisionist history, I’ll just decide I did.
The internet was such a simple, peaceful place back then. Those would have been some good years to have BlazersEdge, too. : )
superfluous
BOB
Bridgestone Owners Bunch
Butts On Bicycles
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
I'm watching #3 Georgia be eliminated from national title consideration by #7 Alabama (up 31-0 at half)...
………………….. My “undervalued home field advantage” theory or college football is being severely tested this week, ha ha!
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
I'm watching da kine v da kine
Da kine is ahead by 7 and da kine is driving with 48 seconds left.
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
Bulldogs look absolutely horrible
It seems like every time the press anoints a new “this team is gonna steamroller its way to the national championship” powerhouse, they crap the bed. The whole flavor-of-the-week thing in college football wears thin after a while.
by BlazersOrBust on Sep 27, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
They were better in the second half, but they ain't no USC...
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
A question for people who vote
Just for Timbo.
Why does it take the potential collapse of our economy to get Congress to work over time?
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
no Congress. just a collection of fishwives.
and the economy has been little more than a house of cards for quite some time now.
that’s what happens when you pretend to make up money out of thin air and then other people somehow come to believe that your pretend money is real and they start buying it with real money and then others buy it from them until the air is filled with swirling paper and the greedy ones who started the whole mess are running around trying to make the taxpayers pay for their foolhardiness.
We cannot put up with this flagrant lack of accountability anymore.
they dont pretend to make money out of thin air
they actually do. Its nice to know the fat cats are floating down in their golden parachutes. The beauty of fractional banking. I thinks its funny how the Federal Reserve is neither Federal nor a Reserve.
Long live the Mandrake Mechanism!!
"We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the rest are here for I don't know."--- W.H. Auden
Tom for President
Go Green
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/opinion/28friedman.html?ref=opinion
"One must assume responsibility for being in a weird world: we are in a weird world ... Touch the world sparingly." Carlos Castenada (Journey to Ixtlan)
Rather a ship of fools
Like this passionate Florida Gators fan, who used her speaking time for dressing up and making really important announcements like “Go Gators” a while ago. She also works hard on protecting Manatees. By the way, she is not some unimportant bench warmer but is considered the “24th most powerful member of the House and 22nd most powerful Democratic representative (also most powerful Florida representative”.
But well, she looks strange even without costume http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz2C_official_photo_portrait2C_color.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
The economy's not going to collapse...
…………………….. Big finance capital is worried about a bloodletting, and Congress (both parties) are THEIR servants…
Don’t worry, you’ll get the bill.
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
by timbo on Sep 28, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Of all people to bring this up
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Never take the pious proclamations of Republican politicians or Tom in Hawaii at face value...
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
haha pious
perfect.
lol
"i'll try to find 'em- an' i'll breeng um too yuh"- Sarah Palin
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
Saturday night at home
and im super sick.Im bored, but have no energy cuz i’ve puked my guts up 800 times today. So , it took exactly 8 school days for my son to bring home a virus and infect me w/ this flu like illness im currently suffering from.
Gotta love Pre School.
Sophia
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Wow...I thought my sore throat was bad.
Get well soon…
I almost said dear but I realized that’s what my grandma says to me, so I thought it’d be weird saying it to you. But just realize the sentiment was there.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
by prezofdeath on Sep 27, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
It's probably SARS
Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii
by Outlaw is Rejector on Sep 28, 2008 4:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Did that turn anyone else on?
I wish I was there to hold up your hair.
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
yeah me too
I thought my cold was bad.
When asked about his thoughts during the Olympic games about playing against Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, Rudy responded "My first thought was respect. My second thought was to kick their ass".
Man I love him.
Again
Probably SARS.
Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii
by Outlaw is Rejector on Sep 28, 2008 4:26 AM PDT up reply actions
This was in Hurryup's diary but I wanted to move it here
http://www.nba.com/bobcats/ladycats_dow_natasha.html?curPhoto=0
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
They wanted to make Rudy's sister a cheerleader
And I just presented a better trade target. At least according to Bobcats fans, who see her comeback as a sign for the imminent playoffs of the Bobcats and one reason to go to a game. So it was completely on topic :)
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
Sebastian Telfair?
I mean…
SABAS SABAS SABAS!
Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii
by Outlaw is Rejector on Sep 28, 2008 4:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Why doesn't Telfair play for the Knicks yet?
……………………………. What is WRONG with those people???
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
I can't get my math to work, or can I?
Last year the Blazers won 41 games. Rudy, Bayless, and Oden are each worth 10 wins apiece. That’s 71 wins.
Now, I just did a breakdown and expect to win 14 games in October/November, 13 in December, 14 in January, 10 in February, 13 in March, and six in April. That totals 60 wins.
Now, when I look into my heart, I feel 56 wins.
So hear me out, if I add all three predictions together and divide by three (what is called an "average"), it comes out to 62.33 wins. I guess 62 wins is my prediction. I won’t make an official prediction until all the league’s rosters are finalized and I can break down the TiH stats.
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
I think you might have carried an extra 1 there or something...
47, 48, something like that…
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
Not even Roy was worth more than 10 wins last year alone...
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
how prudent
How many minutes is Bayless REALLY going to play? Rudy? Is he going to honestly bring 10 wins to the table? I would say the only Rookie who will realistically be worth 10 wins is Oden.
I also put us at 8 wins for October/November. Put the other wins somewhere else but we have three rooks, injured players to replace and a rough rough schedule the first 6 weeks.
Sophia
"i'll try to find 'em- an' i'll breeng um too yuh"- Sarah Palin
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
Tom's being facetious, of course....
………………………………………………. as is his way.
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
yeah i figured as much
the stats comment got me at the end .
I watched SNL last night, and they had “paliin” on again and they recreated the Katie Couric interview… it was hilarious.
Sophia
"i'll try to find 'em- an' i'll breeng um too yuh"- Sarah Palin
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
Remember when i said I was sick and puking everywhere?
I just woke up. I look in the mirror and pretty much think I look like death or one of the dancing corpses in Michael Jackson’s Thriller Movie music video.
Well My 2 brothers and dad just sat me down and said they are gravely worried about me because
“we think that you have an eating disorder”…
Why is it that if a girl throws up , she either is pregnant or is purging her dinner?
I wish I did have SARS that would be cool.
Sophia
"i'll try to find 'em- an' i'll breeng um too yuh"- Sarah Palin
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
.................. well, you do have the purging part down to an art form!
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
Im skinny already and I know I look sick
but damn, no one offers to get me some sprite or some saltines to munch on
:(
Sophia
"i'll try to find 'em- an' i'll breeng um too yuh"- Sarah Palin
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
How weird
Don’t they realize that you have a FLU?
Friend, I’m sure there’s plenty of people that would give you crackers and sprite. Feel better soon.
When asked about his thoughts during the Olympic games about playing against Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, Rudy responded "My first thought was respect. My second thought was to kick their ass".
Man I love him.
thanks :)
my son tried to “tuck me in” hoowwww ccuuutteeee :)
I <3 ur avatar.
Sophia
"i'll try to find 'em- an' i'll breeng um too yuh"- Sarah Palin
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
Cowboys and Indians
Great NFL Game, going into the second half.
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
It's close
There just was an interception by the twohundredsomethings pick in the draft at the end of the 3rd. Man there are a lot of draft picks in the NFL, and even the last rounds can turn out to have an influence. In most NBA drafts not even ten second round picks turn out to have a significant impact on games.
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
They USED to have like 17 rounds or something like that...
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
......................................... or 18?
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
17.
Don Nottingham
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Date of birth: June 26, 1949
Place of birth: Widen, West Virginia
Position: Running back
College: Kent State
NFL Draft: 1971 / Round: 17 / pIck 441
Organizations
As player:
1971-1973 Baltimore Colts
1973-1977 Miami Dolphins
Don Nottingham (born 1949 in Widen, West Virginia, was an American football running back who played for the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.
He attended Ravenna High School in Ravenna, Ohio and played college football at nearby Kent State University. He was a three-year letterman, and captained the team his senior year. He finished his college career with 2,515 yards on 602 carries. He also made the first-team All-Mid-American Conference teams in 1969 and 1970.
Pro career
Nottingham was drafted in the 17th round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts, the next-to-the-last player picked. He spent two full years with the team, and was traded midway through the 1973 NFL season to the Dolphins. He was part of the Dolphins team that won Super Bowl VIII over the Minnesota Vikings 24-7. He spent the remainder of his career backing up Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris, although he got a large number of carries, and finished in the top ten of all running backs for rushing touchdowns during the 1974, 1975, and 1976 seasons. He retired after the 1977 NFL season, and finished his career with 2,496 yards and 34 touchdowns on 611 carries, as well as 67 catches for 502 yards. The Don Nottingham Cup is given to the top Kent State offensive player at the end of spring practice
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
Now they have fewer rounds but add lots of players as free agents...
………………………… I’m sure it’s easier and cheaper for the teams that way. They dole out lots of low value non-guaranteed contracts to free agents and basically cut the lot…
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
..........................Thinking of YOU, Shavlik!
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
boo
Man I love tongue tacos - Mortimer
Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
I have a pic like that of my dog - tominhawaii
by Outlaw is Rejector on Sep 28, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I just saw a bit on the NFL on Fox called "Glazer's Edge".
How silly is that. I wasn’t really watching TV, but I just happened to look over and see this guy talking, and a title “Glazer’s Edge”. Weird, huh?
The Dude abides
by noaher on Sep 28, 2008 4:59 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Shawn Kemp's Italian job is over
His club released him this weekend and instead signed Brandon Hunter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Hunter).
St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind. Jerryd Bayless—leaps over a kite string, and keeps going.
........................ the vocation may be over there, but I'm sure the avocation continues...
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
Brian Urlacher went to University of New Mexico?
…………………………………………. How did THAT happen?
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
............................... Maybe he really WAS the stringy little D&D nerd before using Old Spice. (tm)
"TominHawaii's real name is Hubert and he's a rancher in Burns."
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