2/17 Junk Drawer – A Story of Hope
by Dragline on Feb 17, 2009 5:12 AM PST
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PrintI catch the bus for work each night around ten ‘till eleven. When I get off the bus downtown around a quarter after eleven, there is always this elderly woman there pushing about a ten different contraptions containing all her worldly possessions covered in plastic, and taped up with duct tape. She pushes them from the park where Dog the Bounty Hunter catches a lot of his bail jumpers to an area near the bus stop.
She sleeps each night next to the bus stop in a folding chair, surrounded by all her possession, under an umbrella. Sometimes she has an older man with her who sits in a lawn chair as she moves all her possesions to her sleeping spot. Since she has about a ten carts to move, she moves one about 50 feet then goes back for another one, repeating the process, until she reaches her spot. It is a time consuming process and since she is gone each morning when I get off work, she must move everything back around 6:00 AM.
Each night when I see the lady moving her stuff, I get consumed by guilt. The first tinge of guild hits me because I never help her move all her heavy carts. Some of them are quite large. I can tell one or two of them are shopping carts, another is a luggage cart, she has at least two large suitcases, some other contraptions, and a stroller. Not once have I offered to help her move her bulky items.
The second pang of guilt comes from my failure to help her in other ways. I have never offered her money, food, or even a hot cocoa. I could call a shelter or some sort of church or government agency to help get her off the street and I do nothing.
Today, the guilt was too much for me so I took action. When I got off the bus, I walked behind the bus stop and dumped out a bottle of water. I made sure the woman had most of her stuff moved into her sleeping spot, and then I went to a payphone and called 911. I told the dispatcher that I saw a homeless woman urinating behind the bus stop. The dispatcher told me I should not have called 911, but she would send an officer to investigate. I checked about an hour later and the lady was gone. I assume she was arrested or told to move.
I hope and pray that the elderly lady was told not to sleep by my bus stop anymore. I have some other ideas to call the cops on her to make sure they keep her away. I just cannot stand being confronted daily with the guilt of doing nothing for her. I already feel better with the thought of not seeing her tomorrow and hope everything works out the best for me.
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That's not a very nice thing to do to one of your cousins, Tom
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
You nail it.
Tom, the next time you pretend to be a new poster don´t do these:
Show your funny innsanity in your comments and posts.
Post for the last time the same day you join with your new nick.
Fan of the same teams in both profiles, in the same order? Come on!
Don´t tell us you catch the bus for work each night, because we know you do.
“…hot cocoa”? Come on again!
And please, please, don´t talk about American Idol! That´s the only good thing that Tominhawaii´s pretended absence has brought to BE.
PS: I appreciate your efforts trying to sabotage the trade talk. Thanks again.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
you can't be serious
yo !! i’m a man’s man,i don’t do cissy shows like idol*dancing with the stars.i wacth and scout players for my fantsy baseball*football teams.i wonder about guys who wacth shows like the bachelor-idol-d.w.t.stars.my schedule is blazers-nhl-mlb-nfl period.that’s being a man’s man.
I don't think fatty read the post
Well maybe he did…he just finds American Idol more offensive than homeless bashing.
Be a man’s man Tom.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 17, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Huh.
I’d be P.O’d if I found out someone rousted me out of my home to the man. Watch your back. She saw you every day too and she know where you get on the bus…at her home…
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Don't worry..
I knew this story was fake when he said he had a job.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
I was hooked until when he said he felt guilt
"Travis is so cool in the clutch that the ice-water running through his veins has stopped global warming in its tracks."-- jscot
Oh I think he kicked the old lady out of her home
But the guilt part? I doubt it!
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Hey, I don’t blame you.
When someone steals your corner, you gotta do something drastic.
GO
THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"
It sounds like it was actually her corner to me
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
So was I
Heh! Ya fell for it.
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
All good :-)
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
You did the best you could do
With the information available to you at the time.
She should have known better than to make you feel all guiltified all the time. What a horrible person she is.
I think I got a lot of crap, but if you take away my two TVs, my couch, my bed, my desks, my coffee tables, and my fridge, I don’t think I got 5 to 10 carts worth of crap that I own. That lady was rich to boot, and as we all learned from our teachers growing up, it’s that rich people are evil.
You are a brave man, Tom. Most would have cowered in fear that she would send one of her henchmen after you (rich people always have henchmen), but you stood true in the face of what is tyranny and when confronted with a choice… a choice between what was right, and what was easy, you did them both.
Of all the souls I have encountered in all of my travels, yours is the most… human.
Mortimer
She probably got connections or muscle and gonna take her corner back
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
American Idol discussion =
white noise to me but hey have at it
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
So..
whenever I see that Artest is the Rockets’ #96, something inside me can’t help but be like “yeah, I bet he wanted #69 but they told him no.” Then I think about what a perv someone would have to be to go that far out of their way to get that particular high jersey number in the NBA, and how unlikable that person would probably be.
I told my brother my theory, and we happened to shortly find out that one of the linemen on the Giants wears #69, as do other linemen throughout the league. We thought that was kind of funny but ultimately more explainable with the larger rosters and stricter number tiers or whatever. Does the lineman who gets that number for his team get all dejected because he’s the one stuck with it or is it an inside joke or what? When we were watching the super bowl and Gandy (#69 lineman of the Arizona Cardinals) was called for three holding penalties, I believe. Every time it happened, we were like “heh heh, no surprise there. He probably had his hands all over that dude. Heh heh.” Kinda funny.
Sooooooo anyway, what with all the stats wizards here on the BEdge, does anyone know a way/website to look someone up by jersey number for the NBA? I’m really curious if anyone’s ever worn it, and if so, who and for what team. Sadly, I believe I’ve already confirmed that no NBA player wearing the number’s had their jersey retired, so that rather uncomfortable situation’s yet to come to effect.
Any suggestions?
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
I've always wanted something like that
in my quest for finding such a thing, I ran across this on Shav and why he’s 42.
But yeh, someone should build a website like storyteller did with his contracts.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
Sadly, Ron Artest has a non-sexual explanation for being #96
He is from the Queensbridge (QB) Housing Projects in New York, thus 96=qb.
Also, his time spent wearing #93 was an apparent homage to the Souls of Mischief song and/or album 93 ’til Infinity <———Classic
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
Wow..
thanks for the good info!
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
If I played I would pick 77
It is just like 69 except you get 8 (ate) more
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by 92wastheyear on Feb 17, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Your story made me tear up...
the check I was going to send to support the homeless.
I might have kicked the habit this year. I’ve watched Idol pretty faithfully through the years. I started again this year, right up until Hollywood week started. Somehow it is no longer attractive, and I quit…cold turkey. Oh I might come crawling back when they get down to the final few, but by then I won’t know any of them, won’t care and will probably just turn it off.
This clears my plate for some new vices. I was thinking about getting into either excessive drinking or dog fighting.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
by lukeyhere on Feb 17, 2009 7:35 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Drunken dogs fighting
could be a hoot
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
diggin' the wordplay
Your story made me tear up…
the check I was going to send to support the homeless.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 17, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
In some ways I hate American Idol
Because competitive art ruins the art…what do we gain from one winner? Like we can only have ONE new artist a year…? You sing any everyone else stop? Only one artist in concert anywhere in the US at any time…Besides it makes no account for musical styles/genre – - could you see Hank Williams singing show tunes? or Muddy Waters? Should they have then not sung at all?
I watched it extensively the year Clay Aiken came in 2nd cause he worked at the YMCA with my wife in Raleigh – - the things they had these kids do far outweighed the demands on your average pop star . . . When they get down to four or so…they are done…by then talent has filtered down to a fine level…In Clay’s year, you had R&B Reuben, Country Josh, Stylin’ lady who’s name I couldn’t recall and Broadway Ballad Clay….they were done…
Then the problem is they create all this buzz and notoriety around some poor slob who has never payed the dues or put in the time to deserve the adulation they recieve…very odd to see some guy you know get dragged through all that…
Then to make matters worse, my little daughters watched that year cause they knew Clay, and somehow in seeing all that, decided that music was some sorta contest that only the best bother to do…still trying to get them back singing and performing the way they were before that…
On the other hand, it is nice to have a showcase where some talented people can break through.
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
Yeah, the whole "2nd is just the first loser" philosophy that permeates competition bugs me.
Especially in contests that are decided by judge, or like in the olympics when hundredths of a second separate the winners.
I voted for Lambert
Tom, did you go through her stuff after she was gone? For all that work, there must have been something worth taking….
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russell
I Like..
how you poured the water out to make ‘evidence’.
I’m sure the cops needed a smoking gun to close that case. No puddle = no arrest.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
While we are exhibiting classlessness and insensitivity, how about this?
HA HA HA YOU MORON TOMINHAWAII!!
YOU ONLY GOT 21 COMMENTS IN YOUR JUNK DRAWER!!
WHAT A FREAKING MORON! HA HA HA!!
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
You are counting comments at 9 in the morning?
And who is tominhawaii?
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 17, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
tominhawaii is an idea, a feeling
living inside of us. You can see it everywhere, in the air you breathe…….we are tominhawaii.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
God help us all
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
by G_dubs on Feb 17, 2009 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Your new avatar..
is so relaxing.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
What you can't see
is the lone figure walking on the beach, a solitary soul, consumed in existential angst.
That figure is me Mortimer.
now if we could just get SB Nation to let us have soundbytes to go with our avatars
MA could put up some nice beach seagull sounds and we’d be set
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 17, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Soundbytes..
would be freaking insane. I have no interest in a gameday thread with 1,000+ clips going at the same time.
Well, I’d be interested once, I guess.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
lol that would be awesome
you could prolly just make it so you have to right click on their avatar and hit play or something.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 17, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I pictured a mop.
Ridden like a stick horse. With Tom dressed like little boy blue, brandishing a giant lolly.
LA locker room problems? Battle for the backup center spot? Watch Mihm vs. Mbenga :)
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/sports/basketball/Lakers_Fight_in_Practice_Los_Angeles.html
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
lol that was a pretty weak fight
that happens to me three times a week when I’m trying to beat my brother into the kitchen for dinner.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
Amare has found a new team
http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/2/17/761966/amare-has-finally-found-a
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Dam Tom
that was hilarious, wow. I am really really impressed, nice work.
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
if I have to ever sleep next to a bus stop
I hope that I live in Hawaii
"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum
RLEC for the entire city of Detroit.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
But then we have to have Detroit come to Portland
Bump that news, pardner! BUMP DAT.
Even with Prince coming over in that deal, we’ll end up cutting a ton of people, and many of them don’t fit our culture.
Let’s just say some of them are a bit… urban… for our tastes.
Mortimer
Thanks a lot
I was writing a comment about how there is no player on Detroit nonthreatening enough to fit “Portland’s culture.” My last line was going to be “What do they have in a ‘Shane Battier’?” I think that is a good question for prospective trading partners that is not politically incorrect yet still gets the point across. You know what I mean. His wife’s name is even Heidi. HEIDI.
Then you had to go and post two comments before I could erase my original and write this one.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
What about..
Walter Hermann? That dude seems pretty wussy.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
Maybe it's a question that shouldn't be asked
But I’ve always wanted to know when Herrmann’s parents/grandparents/whoever made it over to Argentina.
I’m willing to bet dollars to donuts it was, oh, in the mid-40s. And they left in a hurry.
And they didn’t leave a forwarding address.
Morty
and all their middle names were Adolph
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by 92wastheyear on Feb 17, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
You're making me feel even guiltier :-(
Than I already do for my white fingers being so tip tap typingy fast :-(
I’m going to make up for my white guilt by making sweet love to as many Negroid princesses as I can find, thus erasing all wrongdoings my people have done their’s.
Your joke went more in depth than mine did, and was funnier, so you still coulda’ posted it. Same ol’ same ol’, blaming me for allll of your problems! You sound just like my fiancee. Oh, I spent the rent money on scratch offs, I crashed the car while drunk, yada yada yada. I wish she’d just take some personal responsibility for once. JUST ONCE.
Morty
This is exactly the kind of thing myself and other black people get together and stew over
I type very fast, yet you assumed I was a slow typer because of the color of my skin. The only reason you were faster than me is because I was minding the stove, whereupon I was cooking fresh baby spinach and a chicken breast for lunch. I’m no slouch on the keys.
And of course my joke was more in depth and funny. You’re like the Elvis Presley to my Chuck Berry. The Eminem to my Big L. The NKOTB to my New Edition, even. Culture appropriation is what I’m getting at basically.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
When black people get together and stew over how white people relentlessly steal their ideas and culture, is that kind of like when white people get together and talk about John Irving books? I’m just trying to rationalize the experience from my own limited empirical knowledge.
Are black people the mitochondria of the cultural cell?
Can my uncool rub off on black people?
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Mhm, I think I have never discussed John Irving's books with anyone black or white
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Neither have I, except to mock them.
</open floodgate of Irving fans/>
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man, you're in for it now!
The Irving fan/Blazers Edge Junk Drawer cross over crowd will EAT YOU ALIVE.
M—
I had to take my phone off the hook.
They have my home phone, Morty.
THEY HAVE MY HOME PHONE!
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
MY HOUSE IS ONE ROOM!
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
Me too...
So maybe your house is my house and I’m calling you from inside our house? It’s possible.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
This is some house of leaves s—- right here.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
They say a true master can practice ninjutsu, naked in a stark white room.
Perhaps that ninja is you.
And perhaps Tom has pictures.
Tom thinks he has pics of me but they’re really of my sister—she’s the popular one.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
I like to look at the photo through some cheesecloth and pretend it is you.
Rec this comment for good luck.
Does such a floodgate exist?
And who would build a dam to contain them in the first place? Can you imagine taking a boat out on them?
It would be a boat to a verbose island of resigned solemnity.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Delicious. Kudos.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Shoes without socks are always depressing.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
It put me in mind of a beach in Thailand....
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
You only type fast
Because you were gifted 50 extra WPM through affirmative action, AND IT’S NOT FAIR!111.
While I’m like Elvis and like 12 year old chicks, you’re like Chuck Berry who liked fecal parties. Ya don’t really “win” with either one, but I know which one I’ll take (I won’t say which one though to leave it a mystery).
How would anyone know what was good, if white people didn’t steal it first? See, you’re not thinking it through again.
Up above when I talked about using the rent money for scratch offs and stuff, that was ME doing it, not my fiancee. It’s her fault for not stopping me though.
I want reparations for Tyler Perry’s success. That is at least twice as bad as slavery. At LEAST.
Morty
If you call someone the Tyler Perry of black comedy...
…is it ironic, or do you open a rift in the fabric of space time that sucks all humor into it?
Tyler Perry is worse for black people than high blood pressure
and hypertension combined. Diabetes too. I wish the racial draft from Chappelle’s Show was real. I’d trade Perry for a secound-rounder easy.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
I warn you
KP is the White’s GM.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 17, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Tyler Perry, cash and a second round pick fro Rob Schneider
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Anytime someone refers to "the comedic stylings of so and so"
That’s when you know your career is done. I wish someone would say that about Tyler Perry.
That's one thing I don't get about black people
Some of the population is known to not be pro-gay yet almost every famous black comedian in America has dressed in drag.
Rec this comment for good luck.
We are a diverse people.
Some hold on to disgustingly homophobic views. Somedress in drag to make themselves less threatening and/or disgustingly minstrel-like. Potato potato. The second one is pronounced differently.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
I googled
The funny thing about black men in dresses
I found another one that I probably shouldn’t post. It’s a gay white man in blackface talking about Kwanzza. Google Shirley Q Liquor if you want to hear it.
Rec this comment for good luck.
Yeah, I already know about Shirley Q. Liquor
There’s probably some subconscious thing about being raised in a single mom household or around a matriarchal family that is to do with the whole thing. But meh.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
Yeah, I already know about Shirley Q. Liquor
There’s probably some subconscious thing about being raised in a single mom household or around a matriarchal family that is to do with the whole thing. But meh.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
More likely is dude has like seven older brothers and mom died giving birth to him.
What happened to your Jolson avatar? I thought that was flat out hilarious. Thought I should get the Cleveland Indians mascot for mine. Not that anyone would get that.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't even notice that posted twice
So I didn’t even get Tom’s joke until just now. What a NUMB NUTS I am…
Yeah, my avatar was dated so I had to move on. I used to wear a Cleveland Indians hat in high school on occasion in tribute of my indigenous Panamanian family. Nobody got it, so I feel you. Feel like understand, not pet. Plus, Richard Pryor’s performance in The Mack, however supporting his role was, is great.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
Why bother..
he’s never going to get it.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
not this time
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Every joke in Tyler Perry is just a face.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
This isn't because he wears a dress
But does Tyler Perry read extremely gay to anyone else here?
I swear he is a homosexual, I can’t imagine him with a woman (and believe me I have TRIED).
Especially when he says “Only on TBS— Very Funny!”, he might as well be wearing buttless chaps and singing showtunes while mincing his way down the street in the Castro district of San Fran.
I do not mind if he is gay, he just seems gay and I want to know the TRUTH, DAMMIT.
Mortimer
Tyler Perry?
More like Tyler Fairy
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 17, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Would you like to share the context of these recurring fantasies, Morty?
I swear he is a homosexual, I can’t imagine him with a woman (and believe me I have TRIED).
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
that reminds me
do we still have OJ….
and did y’all get the Wu Tan Clan back (pardon the spelling)
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
Naw, OJ's back
And I’m of slight Chinese persuasion so either way I still got Wu Tang. So goes the world. I got Elian Gonzalez too though. Meh.
Make the music with your mouth Prz
Salaam.
nice
I miss chapelle
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
i do and i don't
this way we get timeless gold and not the county fair shows that so many musical acts give us when they have over stayed their welcome. does that make sense?
Oderint dum metuant
But I like how you're thinking
Outside of the box, that is what KP does!
Maybe RLEC for… the ability to fly?
A moon base?
RLEC for the truth behind who REALLY shot JR (don’t you dare tell me it was just a dream sequence).
Morty
RLEC to Cleveland for Droopy Dog Expiring Contract, Anderson Varejao, a personal hand written apology from owner Dan Gilbert for complaining about the Miles e-mail, and the naming rights to Quicken Loans Arena. Subsequently renamed to “LeBron Was Here Arena”.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
I’ll tell you what I’m holding my breath for…
RLEC for…TIME TRAVEL!
Then we can go back in time and draft Durant to make up for the bust that is Oden.
You like what I did there? ….turning it around…you know, poking fun…at Oden haters…
Anybody?
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
(chirp-chirp)
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by 92wastheyear on Feb 17, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
You would hear more crickets
but they were too uncomfortable because of how unfunny that joke was (Scrubs) /sarcasm
My avatar is 3 years into the future for sure...
I love the Japanese
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Judging from the sounds coming from outside my window, a dog has been battling a cement mixer for the last fifteen minutes (or Dikembe Mutumbo is trying to swallow an angry dog, take your pick).
Should I investigate this? My gut instinct is no.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
It still hasn’t stopped—close to 40 minutes now—what is going on?
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
A construction company that still has some money left? Shocker
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
I remember one night my wife and I were awakened to the loudest rhythmic clanging you can imagine.
We were convinced a giant mechanical spider was attacking the city, but instead of confronting it with our vast collection of Asian weaponry, we chose to ignore it, and as a result the city survived completely unscathed.
I think the lesson here is obvious.
I used to wake up super horny in the middle of the night at our place in Eugene
I couldn’t figure out why for the longest time until my wife woke me up because they hippie lady upstairs was making woopie really loud. My wife told me she did it all the time at 3:00 in the morning.
Rec this comment for good luck.
Your wife was doing it all the time at 3:00 in the morning and you didn't know it?
With the hippie lady, I’ll warrant.
I guess that’d make me horny too.
Anyone else hate ESPN's Mt. Rushmore of sports?
Sorry I just needed to get that out there.
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 17, 2009 3:48 PM PST reply actions
I'm sorry to hear that
it’s going to be another sleepless night for me wondering about you.
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 17, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Uncle Jessie
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by 92wastheyear on Feb 17, 2009 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
yeh I was saying who gets to be Jessie though
Is Broy Luke and LMA Bo and Greg Jessie?
Or is Broy Jessie and LMA and Greg Bo and Luke?
These are important clarifications that must be made.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 18, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Obviously Greg is jesse
(old guy…walks funny….wears overalls…ok not that last one …but you get the point)
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by 92wastheyear on Feb 18, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
That's simply the number of sharks Dragline can jump.
It’s an homage.
by zaruga on Feb 17, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I assure you..
I am /not/ dragline.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
I'd like to get to know you well
So we can be one, we can be one together.
Rec this comment for good luck.
always?
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by 92wastheyear on Feb 17, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Which other NBA All-Star would they like to be (for a day)? Tons of interesting answers, similar to when they were asked who was their nightmare defender
Amare Stoudemire: “I’d trade places with Shaq. Man, he’s a 15-time All-Star and he’s my teammate. Plus, if I traded places with him I’d be closer to me (loud laugh).”
Kobe Bryant (paraphrasing): “Just me, man. I’m cool with just being me. Nobody else.”
Brandon Roy: “Shaq. When he’s in a room people just flock to him. Just watching him walk around, everybody wants to be around him. The way he carries himself, the way he plays. I’d just want to be him for like a day.”
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
I'd like to be Dwayne Schintzius for a day
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 17, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Notice how Roy didn't say he'd be Rudy?!!?
It doesn’t matter that Rudy isn’t an allstar, this is finally the proof we’ve been looking for that Roy hates Rudy.
Moretimmer
If you want to interpret something into the answer, why not that he didn't say Greg? He would prefer Shaq over Greg?
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Greg isn't even an allstar this year
To say “Greg” would be silly.
Your such a silly McSillerson, Norskie, you silly man you!
Morty
My first idea for a junk drawer was going to ask what the deal was with Rudy and that Martin jersey
I should have posted one yesterday, I didn’t want any comments.
Rec this comment for good luck.
He shoulda' added an arrow-through-the-head gag thingy
To extra confuse people with which “Martin” he was referring to.
M.
I think it would have helped
If he had them play Last Kiss or Dead Man’s Curve while he dunked.
Rec this comment for good luck.
Or anything by T-Rex.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
Bang a gong
get it on!
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by 92wastheyear on Feb 17, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
She got a hub cap diamond star halo
She’s dirty sweet and she’s my girl…..who doesn’t love that song
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
Tom,
Are you fulfilling your duties as ambassador to Blog-a-Bull? I see that you are not even a member.
Karma
I stuck it out for our two games
All they do is complain about their team, coach and GM. When they take a break from that, they write crappy trade proposals. I hope that job isn’t year ‘round because I’d like to quit after this season. They knew I was there for work and still got mad at me when I posted in their threads the last time we beat them. Hanging out at Blog a Bull is like hanging out with Robert DeNiro in This Boy’s Life.
Rec this comment for good luck.
Anyone save it?
I would like to subscribe to that pamphlet.
I bet Timbo went out in a Blaze(rs Edge) of glory.
m
Was there more?
That got deleted, I mean?
I remember that small back and forth between Timbo and Tom, and I figured there was more of a buildup or aftermath that made Timbo so mad.
Timbo ain’t soft!
Mortimer
The gameday thread and overflow, but that contains just some comments and a rather harmless exchanges with BlazersorBust
http://www.blogabull.com/2008/11/19/666014/open-game-thread-overflow
http://www.blogabull.com/2008/11/19/665477/open-game-thread-12-bulls#10149444
Don’t know if something was deleted.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Yikes! I had no idea Timbo has such a potty mouth!
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
I had no idea Tom has such a potty mouth based on the exchange linked by Corvid before it happened
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Oops. Missed that one. I'll go back and read it.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Whoa! Who knew?
I guess I am a Bliss Ninny as Jscot pegged me. I thought all was peace and harmony between those boys. Can’t we all just get along? Wiping a tear from my eye.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
They kissed and made up, I believe
I have a potty mouth too, but stifle it. (Betcha a bunch of us do.) But I’m never that creative when I cuss.
I'm banned for all eternity on there, well deserved... No kissing.
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
I'd match my potty mouth phrase for phrase
with anyone but I like to save it for special occasions. The Bedge is good for teaching me restraint.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Hate to get this off-topic, but..
do you look like a grown-up Annie the Orphan? Cause that’s how I’ve pictured you this whole time and it just occurred to me today that that wasn’t necessarily the case.
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
Well, my hair isn't curly but I still have my fists ready
when needed. Lizzy Lowblow and BlueBooYay, my beloved mentors, actually suggested my avatar and I took it because I thought it was appropriate in several ways. :-)
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Now that is a perfect idea for TNT. They could have displayed an interstitial for "House of Payne", and then Kenny could have repeated the claim "Very Funny"
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
If nothing comes out of it, at least Sactown is having some fun with their trade for Cassell
I see on problem
We need to clear a couple roster spots. We currently have 14 players. Sam’s number 15. Sam’s balls are 16 and 17. Think we can send them to Reno? – vfettke
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Gus Johnson on MSG broadcast of Spurs-Knicks game is blasting San Antonio public transit and trying to guess what car each spur drives.
Sometimes NYC can be okay.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
They just showed a flashback of the Blazer game
Sweet memories.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 17, 2009 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
I’m digging this game. What’s up with Ginobli? Other ankle injured now?
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
For real. They have it closed out now. Up three with 27 seconds left.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
Do the Spurs really intend to go into the playoffs with Matt Bonner as the big man next to Duncan and nobody else on the bench?
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
They have Oberto, and before you make fun of him, I kind of like what he gives them off the bench.
But you’re totally right about Bonner. I just don’t know what the Spurs can do at this point to improve. And that’s a good thing.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
Like Boston they might hope for Joe Smith to be bought out, but that was much more likely in OKC
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Is Smith an improvement over Kurt Thomas? Perhaps. I’ve never thought of it before, but those two guys have a lot in common. Except Smith has a slightly better mid-range game and Thomas is a little more solid from 3.
"It is impossible for a man of any intellect to write an honest line." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Feb 17, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
From 3? Thomas has not made ten threes in his career. I think Smith would be a slight upgrade over him, but I don’t think he will get bought out now by the Hornets. Sheed would be awesome for the Spurs, but they have nothing to trade for his big salary. Don’t know what they can do to improve, but while they can never be ruled out I don’t like how they match up with their big guys if they face e.g. the Suns or Lakers this year.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Dwight Howard had 45 and 19 in their OT win over the Bobcats (feat. a returned Gerald Wallace)
I’ll take that any day if the house of the mouse wants to shed some salary…
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
First time he had 40, also
Which surprised me, because he has dominated teams some nights.
He missed 3 straight FTs at the end of the game, but it worked out okay.
Morty
Suns up by 40 points over the Clips. EARLY in the 3rd Q.........
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
the Clippers have left the building
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
Hilarious. It went to garbage time with 5 minutes left in the 3rd Q.
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
Time's running out. Some benchwarmer Suns guard just ran past 3 inept defenders and stuffed to stretch it to 49...
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
Suns just couldn't get it done. 40 point win with a late Clipper 9-0 run...
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
He got tangled up with Amundson, according to the game report
I didn’t watch it, but I assume that didn’t help the Clips in that game
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Yahoooooooooooo!
Amundson and Randolph became tangled up while going for a rebound late in the first quarter. Randolph knocked Amundson to the floor with his left elbow, then glared down at him. When Amundson stood to face Randolph, the Clippers forward threw a punch with his left hand and connected with a solid blow. He was immediately ejected.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Now that is the Zbo I know and love!!!!!!!!!
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
I tried to search Walter Hermann vs. Lou Amundson
and this is the best connection i could come up with:
‘Top 10 NBA haircuts’
and
Proof that not only is neither of them He-Man, but they are not even the same guy.
Don't Redeactivate Shavlik Randolph
Joel Myers (LA Broadcaster) reads Chandler deal as a salary dump and a "concessionary move"....
Mouth and Chris Webber were liking the deal for the Hornets.
Who’s right?
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
seems like it could work well for both teams
but then again, people said that about the AI/Billups Trade, which, Detroit could figure it out here before the season is over (really? no, not really), too bad they fired what seemed like an awesome coach in Saunders.
Don't Redeactivate Shavlik Randolph
Beav's win! Beav's win!!
"Travis is so cool in the clutch that the ice-water running through his veins has stopped global warming in its tracks."-- jscot
Did anyone check out At The Hive?
I read the headlines and that is it.
Rec this comment for good luck.
Neat explination by the guru why the trade happened
They don’t ahve many regular commenters / posters over there. A quick glance of the 10 responses was that roughly half were BEdgers.
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Time for a new junk drawer someone needs to step up
Or I write one about this: American Idol Trots Out the First 12
My top 3:
Ricky Braddy
Alexis Grace
Danny Gokey
I have to say that I’m already sick of Danny Gokey exploiting the death of his wife. That’s probably all I should say about that.
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Oh Yeah
I counted the lady’s stuff. She has 8 carts and a a full trash bag on a lawn chair that she dragged with the bag on it.
"I determined early in my career, the only important statistic in basketball is the final score." Bill Russell
KG tells Sager to just burn his pink suit. KG, for once I love you
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
My friend sent me a funny PG Craigslist rant
http://eugene.craigslist.org/rnr/1038100083.html
"I determined early in my career, the only important statistic in basketball is the final score." Bill Russell
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