Junk down in the Big Easy - - 2/2/09
by LetsBlaze on Feb 2, 2009 7:05 AM PST
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PrintTonight I get to enjoy a game closer to my east coast time zone...hopefully a big W..need to continue to redeem that letter..
Team was settled in there last night - - hopefully kept a repectable distance from Bourbon St. - - news from down there is always interesting
Bon-fire city style for instance...when I was down there in '98, the police arrested a local street fella for talking to me....felt bad cause I started the conversation...They watch out well for the tourists though, so that you can get plastered on grain alcohol and corn syrup without dealing with any lowlifes...
Great food, great music....haven't been back post-Katrina, but the French Quarter was largely spared, so I'm sure things are business as usual down town...Wonder if the still call their tall frozen drinks Hurricanes...
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they do still call 'em hurricanes
and the Quarter looks great…it’s absolutely crazy what a difference about four feet in elevation made in sparing that part of town. I visited two summers ago in late July…I’ve never been in a hotter, more humid clime. We had a couple of days where it was 100 degrees with 100 percent humidity. If you’ve never experienced that, lemme assure you that it’s comically uncomfortable.
I was there last fall during hurricane ike claims
and the quarter seemed normal to me. I was stunned by the number of Larry Flint Hustler clubs. They were literally almost every other building in the Quarter.
The little brother of Olden Polynice went to college with me. And no, he did not dress like a police officer.
Ixtapa, Mexico
I played tennis there in conditions like that. I would wipe the sweat off my palm, and five seconds later, there were pea-sized drops of sweat all over it again. I’ll take Phoenix instead. You sweat just as much, but it evaporates instantly.
I'll be there in April
My wife wants me to take her to dinner there and I don’t know where to go.
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
I can give you the names
of a couple of great restaurants there later today, if you’d like.
by BlazersOrBust on Feb 2, 2009 7:42 AM PST up reply actions
That would be sweet
I saw a place on Diners/Dives and whatnot but my wife wants to go to a nice place.
Do you know any places in Mobile?
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
are you going to get reacquainted
with your southern roots Tom?
I think there’s a Bassmasters Top 50 tourney near Mobile in April… you could try to get your pole signed by Kevin VanDam or Roland Martin. That’d be pretty sweet, eh?
by Bust a Bucket on Feb 2, 2009 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah
I might stalk Outlaw’s daddy.
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
I think I saw a place to get your pole signed
when I was last in Nawrlins…
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
lol
Tom, might I suggest the Upperline Restaurant in New Orleans?
Very good and super nice people.
In the French Quarter, you can’t really go wrong. The food is awesome.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Feb 2, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
New Orleans restaurants
A few months ago I asked my sister about New Orleans food — she did a culinary internship there and still keeps up with the food scene — and she said this list at Frommers was a pretty good place to start.
There's a new Emeril's downtown. Dress nice, though, and bring a lot of money. They don't even put prices on the menu.
The little brother of Olden Polynice went to college with me. And no, he did not dress like a police officer.
o yeah....like someone left the toilet running in Greenwich Village NYC
Charleston SC has similar architecture and food without the sexual deviants
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
does anyone know if NBA TV games are blacked out on NBA League Pass?
Current Titles:
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Official Blazer's Edge Ambassador to the Milwaukee Bucks
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grammar Magister
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grumpy Ol' Curmudgeon
Chaplain of the Jarrett Jack Jump-Pass Memorial Fanclub
:.-(
How sad.
Current Titles:
Official Blazer's Edge Poet Co-Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
Official Blazer's Edge Ambassador to the Milwaukee Bucks
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grammar Magister
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grumpy Ol' Curmudgeon
Chaplain of the Jarrett Jack Jump-Pass Memorial Fanclub
I found out the hå®d wå¥
It took me like 10 minutes to figure it out. I missed å lot of the gåµe. My function key is stuck.
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
:.-)
Tears of joy.
Now I have to see tonight. Stupid waiting. The internet has taught me that I can have everything. And not only that, but right now. Waiting is stupid.
Current Titles:
Official Blazer's Edge Poet Co-Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
Official Blazer's Edge Ambassador to the Milwaukee Bucks
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grammar Magister
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grumpy Ol' Curmudgeon
Chaplain of the Jarrett Jack Jump-Pass Memorial Fanclub
for me, living in South Eastern Wash.... NBA TV games are blacked on LP online.
ironic, since I’m paying for League Pass/NBA TV on my Dish account, but whatever.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
:s
I’m just outside of Milwaukee, WI so I’ll probably get blacked out. I wonder how many text-smileys I can get into one subject.
Current Titles:
Official Blazer's Edge Poet Co-Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
Official Blazer's Edge Ambassador to the Milwaukee Bucks
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grammar Magister
Unofficial Blazer's Edge Grumpy Ol' Curmudgeon
Chaplain of the Jarrett Jack Jump-Pass Memorial Fanclub
YES @#$%@#%@#$%`
They #$%#% are.
I curse because I would have purchased, but every time I attempted to use the free trial… blazers were blocked.
I take pleasure pirating now. ticks me off when companies are stupid. If you have to block, make the companies you lease the programing to play the game online!
Greg Oden, where posters happen.
oh...
my answer is for the online games. It didn’t even occur to me that you were talking about the TV games.
Greg Oden, where posters happen.
We should trade Raef for Bosh
http://www.blogabull.com/2009/2/1/744118/chris-bosh-has-told-colang
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
you would have to try it
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=197763529834542015&teams=2222282828&te=&cash=
+ our first round pick and maybe a 2nd or two
Sucks to give up LMA, but if you get back Bosh on the condition he extends, you really have to do it.
Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.
I think the hornets activated the guy on the left for tonight
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
They should go for guy on the right
Since he is Bruce Lee
Larry (the new Johnnie Cochran) Miller: "If we get screwed, we're gonna sue"
by 92wastheyear on Feb 2, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
He was Kato...
when Kaelin wasn’t cool.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
Just call his surgeon and ask for an update :)
http://www.hss.edu/physicians_altchek-david.asp
If he wants a second opinion, my cousin is a very good radiologist in San Antonio (though his specialty is the thorax and not the knee). Or if its bad say he should forward him to LetsBlaze, and Bynum is back on the court in no time.
That bums me out that he's out... NOW who's gonna be the Celtics?
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
Ha ha, the Celtics will BE the Celtics, but who will BEAT them like a mule???
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
who is gonna BEdge the Celtics?
excellent question… you inquisitive young fellow
by Bust a Bucket on Feb 2, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Drive fast, speed turns me on
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
I want to make a countdown clock to the trade deadline
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
yeah ...you aren't the only one....
i got a flight out to PDX on Friday – - hoping my boy is still in town… :-)…
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
Just talked with Shav on his way to team meeting
boys feeling pretty good about their chances tonight,,,
the junk minute crew is seeing a high probability of floor time…
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
lol
does they refer to themselves as “the junk minute crew” or is that your creation?
by Bust a Bucket on Feb 2, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
they use garbage minute crew but I thought Junk was more fitting for the drawer
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
interesting
confidence is a really good thing, in this case. If the Blazers believe they can crush the Hornets, in New Orleans, they probably can. NO is banged up and in a bit of a slide right now.
Jeez - shav thought they would crush them before he realized that Chandler was out
confidence is very high :-}
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
I'm going out this weekend...I keep trying :-)
They will eventually realize how much they need me around…
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
Another food question
For every away game I’ve been cooking up a meal that’s related to the opposing team or city. It’s one of my stupid little gameday rituals, just like my red underwear and socks.
But New Orleans is tough, just because there are so many options. Shrimp Creole? Blackened catfish? Jambalaya? Anyone else going to eat Cajan, Creole or Popeyes tonight?
Drinking Hurricanes
That should cover the regional cuisine…
by EngineerScotty on Feb 2, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Now there's an idea . . .
If I’m going to be authentic about it, I should put it in a big plastic cup and wander up and down the streets howling at the moon.
The Embassy Suites Hotel has a free bar for guests from 5-7 each night.
Stayed there for 3 weeks, and had a LOT of hurricanes. mmmmmmm….
The little brother of Olden Polynice went to college with me. And no, he did not dress like a police officer.
Serious?
I live about 100 seconds away from there. How do they check if you are a guest? Is there any way to sneak in?
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
They don't check ID or anything. As long as you don't look like a scrub off the street, you could probably get away with it.
The location I was at was on Julia St, I believe.
The little brother of Olden Polynice went to college with me. And no, he did not dress like a police officer.
O
I assumed you meant the one by Washington Square. (i didnt know until just now know there was more than one in Oregon)
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
The one I'm referring to is in downtown New Orleans.
The little brother of Olden Polynice went to college with me. And no, he did not dress like a police officer.
O
HAHAHAH. Yeah….I don’t live 100 seconds away from that one.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
Bynum Update
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=11411
Reporting him out 6 weeks, but it’s still prelimary. Should know more tonight.
Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.
Little snippet about Bonzi at the end.
He’s baan called the best player to ever play in China. How about Yao?
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Feb 2, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like the Celtics win the title again.
sigh…
Go Cavs?
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
"Looks like the Celtics Spurs win the title again.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
Looks like the Celtics Spurs win the title again.
Looks like KP threads the needle with a blockbuster trade and the Trail Blazers win the title again.
by Bust a Bucket on Feb 2, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
suck?
is that the nevermind part?
except for them, it wouldn’t be winning the title “again” right?
by Bust a Bucket on Feb 2, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
The Cavs will win it.
Even if Bynum was healthy the Cavs would win it. Now that LeBron has another legitimate scorer next to him, they won’t be stopped. LeBron, Mo Williams, and a bunch of guys that play defense, rebound. LeBron is the dominant force in the NBA for the foreseeable future.
Ho Cuz
I took my MacBook to the Mac store at 10am and made an appointment for the Genius bar at 11am. I was all like, “well can I just leave it here?” And one guy said I could, but I had to fill something out and they wouldn’t look at my computer for two days. So I hung out for an hour and then the same guy who looked at my laptop took it in the back and they changed out my keyboard in about a half hour. Crazy I tell ya. Crazy.
Also, apparently spilling something on your laptop and growing mold in it is bad. I got a scolding.
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
we won't inquire
into what substances may or may not have been on your laptop and the reason(s) for them being there.
by Bust a Bucket on Feb 2, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Most work days I go to sleep around 1:00 PM HST and sleep until my wife gets home (7:00 PM HST - 10:00 PM HST)
I have training tomorrow and have to go in at 8:00 AM HST so I’m staying awake for the Blazers game then I’ll nap until my wife gets home.
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
I am thinking of getting a job that is graveyard hours
Maybe ill ask you about your experience with it some other time.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
Anyone going to Denny's tomorrow?
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by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 2, 2009 2:51 PM PST reply actions
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by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 2, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinkin' Shari's
but talk to me, sensei
by Bust a Bucket on Feb 2, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
That just sounds scary to me
I have a feeling some real scary folks will be in line for that free meal.
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
I'll be there eating
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by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 2, 2009 2:57 PM PST reply actions
case in point.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Feb 2, 2009 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
GSW ahead of SAS at the half.
Yay
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Amusing clip on ESPN
Highlights from the Blazers / Hornets game – Bayless after a dunk gives a high-5 to someone (Peja?) on the Hornets.
Hahahahaha
Me loves me some J-Bay
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
That wasn't a high-5, it was bayless slapping the dead ball out of his hand ... just to add insult to injury.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Feb 3, 2009 1:42 AM PST up reply actions
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