Honor Ben G.
by Dave on Sep 25, 2008 2:53 PM PDT
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Just a heads up to check newsstands for our own Ben Golliver in the October edition of the Portland Monthly. BG opines on the possibilities of detente between Sonics and Blazers fans now that the wall has come down...and been carted off to OK City.
You can now read the piece online here.
Nice and well-deserved exposure for Mr. Golliver.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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Congratumundo
Good Ol’ Ben.
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 4, 2008 11:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good work brings results and you better think it´s ALWAYS!. Congrats.
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by amlmart1 on Sep 5, 2008 5:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Benniiieeeee!
Benniiieeeee!, Benniiieeeee!, Benniiieeeee!
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do you perfer
Mr. Benjamin F. Golliver?
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
middle initials are d.s.
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool
I was guessin’ Franklin.
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
i was wondering…
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK
What’s with the “G”?
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do not think it is
Gangsta, or is it?
Some things are better of remaining a mystery.
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Darn you said "D"
I am “Out”.
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Benjamin D. Golliver
I presume.
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What does this Mister Golliver look like?
I’m having a hard time picturing him, Ben, congrats, now post a myspace style pic here, you’ve earned it!
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by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 25, 2008 3:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Great article Ben, even with that slight air of sarcasm sprinkled on for flavor
# 10 Top Charles Barkley Quote: On the Portland Trail Blazers (back when they were known as the Jail Blazers) serving Thanksgiving meals: "In between arrests they do community service."
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 25, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that a caricature of Ben, on the right?
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Photo: David Wong
Photo? Oh well.
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wong is Wrong
If that is a photo I’ve fallen into a parallel dimension.
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by Krang on Sep 26, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reddish hair, short tibia, fibula bones
Lack of sunlight in Seattle = Neanderthals. Welcome you Squatch lovin’ Fans.
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
browse through the draft kevin durant archives and you will find some
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's so obvious who the real talent on this blog is . . .
Nice work Ben. Funny as always.
The Dude abides
by noaher on Sep 25, 2008 3:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wohoo, Ben Gordon finally signed.
Wait, what, he didn’t? This is not Blog A Bull? Ben Golliver has published a magazine article? Hey, short, funny and to the point. Great job Ben.
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by Norsktroll on Sep 25, 2008 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Nice job Ben
It was a fun read. Are you going to abandon us for the print media? ;)
by Corvid on Sep 25, 2008 3:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, they have this thing called a word count, which i had to google to find out what it meant,
so probably not…
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was sweet
Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision
by tominhawaii on Sep 25, 2008 3:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Please don't hate me
but I was not impressed; in fact, I was disappointed. The article is supposed to be about bringing Sonic fans around, but it sounded condescending and seemed to rub (whining?) Sonic fans’ nose in their sorrowful circumstances, even bringing-up the Sonics’ terrible record last year — and comparing it to The Blazers Magnificent Record, not — ahem — mentioned in the article as being a mediocre 41-41. The list included mention of the rude term Pritchslap, which several of us BEdgers and, I suspect, the rest of the league, would like never to hear again. Tip 4 talks about not having to distrust Blazers ownership — I would assume from that Ben was going to make the case that Paul Allen has the Blazers locked into Portland until he dies, but the paragraph goes on to mention KP’s great wheeling and dealing instead. And no mention of Squatch in Tip 5?
No, I’m not having a bad day… though I suspect I’m about to!
"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 25, 2008 5:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"and no mention of Squatch in Tip 5?"
A question of who can Move It
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blaze or Squatch?
"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."
by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
appreciate the feedback, thanks
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should have added
that you normally do excellent work, Ben. This piece had the look of a rush job or an editor’s hack job, both of which I’ve had to deal with sometimes. And my criticism about not mentioning Squatch is irrelevant.
"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 25, 2008 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no explanation needed, the feedback was good…
i can tell you it was no rush job…
their target audience, tone, and voice expectations are much different than on BE… that was tricky…
the editor that i worked with was a pleasure… having rarely (never?) worked with an editor before, he did a great job…
i am told we should be on the lookout for more sports stuff from PM… they had a great profile of merritt paulsen recently that’s worth digging up on their website, which was recently re-designed this week… http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you deserve to have a bad week (why make it just one day)
The article was supposed to be humorous, which it was… it was not supposed to be about bringing Sonics fans into the fold.
Lighten up and get a life.
by Bust a Bucket on Sep 26, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great job, as always, Ben!!
But “Pritchslap” was mis-used in your article.
The TRUE definition is when KP steals a player from another team (see: BRoy for Telfair, LA for Tyrus Thomas, Bayless and Ike for JJ and “Jayhawk w/ knee injury # 1435” and a guy nicknamed "McBob"). Picking Oden over whatever-his-name-was was and is a no-brainer.
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by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 25, 2008 7:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
the copy i submitted did not run word for word…
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 25, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I THOUGHT I added a postscript last night
but I don’t see it here now. I wanted to add that you normally do fine work, which is why this piece was a let-down for me. I suspected you were either given a very tight deadline or you were the victim of a not-so-talented editor’s hack job, and it sounds like you are confirming the latter.
"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 26, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh great, now I see it!
Redundancy is my middle name.
"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 26, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's something called "context" MiledAnimal
If you bothered to look at an issue of Portland Monthly, like the actual physical magazine, you would see that this article is not worthy of being a “let-down.” Maybe your wilingness to criticize a story that was made for print based solely on what you read online is the real let-down.
by Bust a Bucket on Sep 26, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could be right, BaB
It’s true, I’ve never seen a copy of Portland Monthly. I was evaluating Ben’s article based solely on my knowledge of the Sonics saga and how I felt in reading what Ben wrote. I suppose it is possible that there is a context in which I would like the term Pritchslap, or where calling Sonics fans whiny would seem fair and funny, or where the body of a paragraph not following the lead sentence would make sense. Please explain how Portland Monthly provides that context, BaB.
"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 26, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow..
wow wow (double wow) for the nice peice with Penn. I didn’t want the interview to stop. I’ve still got to read the article Dave’s talking about, but I’m sure it’s pretty good, so another wow for that too (unless you count the subject lines wow, and in that case disregard the third wow).
Ben’s honored. You too Dave.
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"And come on now, really...had we gotten the #1 selection would we have been happy or just talking about how our cursed luck continues because this is the first year that high schoolers (and thus Greg Oden) aren't allowed in the draft? Save it for next year guys...save it for next year."
--Dave
a tribute to what it was, and the way it is. Mad respect Dave.
by faith on Sep 25, 2008 8:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Very clever first paragraph
Loved the movie swingers and your parallel worked nicely.
by tweener on Sep 25, 2008 9:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Benji Benji Benji !!!!
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by lukeyhere on Sep 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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