Junk Drawer - 3/18/09 - Kids Books
by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 12:25 AM PDT
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PrintSome folks have told me that I would be a good author so I tried to write a children’s book. I wrote a short story about Mortimer the Unicorn and his best friend Norsktroll the Butterfly.
Here is a quick summary:
Mortimer the Unicorn and Norsktroll the Butterfly would scamper through the forest and meadow together smelling the sweet flowers that grew on top of Blazers Edge bluff. One day 92wastheyear the Bunny introduced Mortimer to ICE. Mortimer spiraled into an "one hit wonder rockstar" like self-destructive addiction.
Prezofdeath the Squirrel and amlmart1 the Spanish Fly tried to do an intervention to no avail. Mortimer the Unicorn goes on a rampage that ends in a climactic battle with Dave the Bear and Ben the Mountain Goat, where Mortimer accidentally smashes his best friend Norkstroll. As Mortimer holds Norkstrolls crushed body in his hooves, he mutters to himself, "No hope, no hope" and flings himself off a cliff. Dave, Ben and all the other forest critters are horrified that the last unicorn killed himself, so the entire forest goes on a bunny hunt for 92wastheyear. They find him in his burrow and Dave the Bear eats him and every other bunny in the family except the daughter bunny*. It’s an uplifting children’s tale.
Let’s start a new Blazers Edge children’s book. I’ll start the first bit.
Ann the fan was covered in dust from spending the hot summer in Dave the Blogger's window. She was tired from working all summer and she was looking forward to being cleaned and taking a break once the leaves began to change from green to yellow in the trees behind her window.
* First sequal is called "22wastheyear... of Revenge, a Bunny's Vengance."
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I loved Peter Rabbit when I was a kid
There won't be clean officiating in the NBA until David Stern is forcibly removed by the US Congress in 2013 for fixing games.
by 123_G.O._RipCity on Mar 18, 2009 12:46 AM PDT reply actions
Kids book are all about illustration, not plot
So who’s going to do the pictures? Prez? MiledAnimal?
Interesting
Dheepan’s paintings would be quite disturbing to young children. I don’t think scary illustrations would be the best to put in a children’s book.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Sweet
Looks like our Blazers Edge summer projects are so far:
1. Write and illustrate a children’s book
2. Make a Blazers Edge swimsuit calendar
You forgot
3. Draft Tyler Hansbrough
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
After the wedding
I can help with the drawings. I do cute cartoons that the kids love.
One story can be how kids can tell if they themselves are a bust.
Morty
Where are you getting hitched?
Somewhere exotic?
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions
The exotic LA area
And a super glamorous, adventure filled honeymoon at the Oregon coast.
I don’t mind the getting married part, but weddings are a huge pain in the ass… and we’re having a small one.
Morty
Yup
I hated the wedding. My wife, then fiancee, would ask me questions and I learned early to agree with her or find a way to say, “whatever you want.” After a while that got me in trouble because she said she wanted my opinion. So then I started picking something just for the heck of it and then she’d say, “Wouldn’t you rather…” And then change it to what she wanted.
Another thing that bothered me was all the people who started wedding conversations with, “You have to.”
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
I'm sick of the stuff you HAVE to do
Like, pay for everyone’s meal at the rehearsal for people coming from out of town (which is like, everyone). I say why the hell do I gotta buy everyone TWO damn meals?!?!
It’s all a scam. There’s such better stuff the money could go to (not like charity or something, but like HDTVs and car payments and the honeymoon and stuff).
My fiancee always asks me what I prefer, like I had spent any time previously in my life worrying about anything wedding related, and then when I give my opinion she tells you what she wanted anyways. And then I don’t help enough.
Ladies, I tell ya!
I made the invitations myself, and the save the dates, and I’m putting together a slide show, and and and it’s reaaaaallllllly annoying. And it really doesn’t seem any more fun for the fiancee, so I fail to see who is ‘winning’ with this wedding.
It’s also a DIY type wedding, making it even more “fun”.
Like I said, I’m 100% fine BEING married, but the wedding is incredibly dumb. It’s a scam.
Mortimer
Yup
Over half the stuff my wife worried about had to do with what other people would think. Then we had a small fire, her dad threatened to whoop someone’s a-word, and my uncle fell on my aunt while trying to dip her and an ambulance and fire truck came. No one remembered the food, the invitations, or the ceremony after all the funny stuff happen. She worried a lot and didn’t need too.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
I made a Face Book page as Mortimer
After you joked (I think it was a joke) that I added you as a friend, since I thought someone might make a page in my name and imitate me (call me paranoid, but it was after someone called Sophia as me and then shortly thereafter someone was imitating you and I’s protect’s my’s name’s).
Someone just requested to be my buddy out of nowhere, which means someone searched for Mortimer on Facebook, which I think is funny. No one knows I made one cause I even forgot I made one.
Mortimer
Nice
That’s why I did a tominhawaii twitter.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
When can we expect more gems like this?
Drinking diet Mtn Dew while watching ABC News and BEdging.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 3:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I wrote a whole bunch of dirity stuff then deleted it
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
Why are you accepting friend requests at almost 2am Tom!
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
Because it's only 10 till one here
And I have 6.5 hours of work left.
My company hasn’t blocked Facebook yet.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
Dheepan's the only guy who added me
Are you Dheepan?
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
Correct.
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
I'm so frustrated with my life that I decided to stay up the entire night with my roommate
And watch the United States of Tara. Good show btw.
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
I just googled it
Does that lady’s kid still see dead people?
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
Are you cross referencing Weeds?
If you aren’t, no
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
She's the mom in Silence of the Sixth Sense.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
You're thinking of the 5th Element
And she wasn’t in that.
I asked your wife to become my friend and I’m going to talk about you behind your back with her.
Mortimer, creepy.
She was also the mom in Little Miss Sunshine
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
No you're thinking of Molly Shannon
The girl you’re talking about was in Raising Arizona, and was the main character in Showgirls.
She also played Ted Danson in 3 Men and a Baby. She is versatile.
Mortimer, confusing
That's what Twiggs and do on Facebook about you
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
I wish :-(
That would make me happy if I was talk-behind-my-backable.
That is my goal in life.
Mortimer
Haters hate on you when you shinin
I guess, you need to step your game up Mortimer.
Like Bayless.
I went there.
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
We do
It’s actually kinda fun.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
That reminds me
Remind me to write to you about Corvid. I heard some crazy rumors about her.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't wait!
I’m sure it’s real juicy.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
Link
http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/3/16/798738/jd-3-16-where-am-i-edition#13144346
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I was with my wife when she got your request
She was going to block you and I think I sold her on it when I told her you wanted to talk stink about me with her.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab. I am the Kobe of Blazers Edge, I'm a devil on the run, a six pack lover, a fart in the wind.
I just added you
I just just just made a Twitter thingy. I have no idea how these Myspaces and Facebooks and Twitters work but I might as well do it.
I am TheMortimer.
Mortimer, The
You're not old enough to be out of the loop Mortimer
You live in LA! You are suppose to be young and hip and stuff.
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
1 of these days some one is going to take MDMA before attending an “Ellen” taping + then just totally own the dance-off portion.
LOL… my dude in the BE Bracket contest named his bracket “ben dated my sister”… checked his profile… damn he wasn’t lying… SMH
How much would I pay for a purdue vs northern iowa ticket? One free chalupa coupon. That’s it. The madness!
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 3:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Twitter is great
If only for following hearing Baron Davis talk about his favorite sandwich.
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
shaqs is great too
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Mar 18, 2009 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Mortimer hates Spain
And all of it’s people.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 3:49 AM PDT up reply actions
The last guy I punched was in Spain
It was a really nice punch too, like a movie. I’m going out on top, never gonna punch again, guilty fists have got no rhythym.
I’ll ignore how much smaller than me he was. I like to imagine it was Amlmart1, or one of his kids. It was at a Spanish rap concert too, making it even more awesome.
I remember going into this one shop in Southern Spain, and the shopkeepers were making such a big deal about my size and everyone wanted to hold their feet up to mine like I was a 7 foot NBA player. I’m only 6’1", and my shoes are size 13 but they should have seen lots of people that big… Spaniards are tiny but not THAT tiny!
I loved Spain. I can’t wait to go back.
Mortimero
"I’m only 6’1", and my shoes are size 13"
Ditto
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 4:00 AM PDT up reply actions
You look insanely tall in the pictures
Everyone might be better looking than expected at the Bedge Night, but everyone must be midgets.
I’d say you’re an easy 6’9", 6’10".
What’s your wingspan?
(That’s the new A/S/L).
M—
Couldn´t be me. You didn´t tell anything about having broken your fingers and wrist.
Couldn´t be my kids, they are 12 and 14 years old and don´t like rap music.
But you may imagine he was my brother, a Spanish 6.06 strong blond guy. I remember a day when Santander was full of German Navy sailors and we met a bunch of them who didn´t want to accept that my brother wasn´t one of them. “Guter Tag, Freund.”
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
should have taken Spanish
now i pay the price.
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 18, 2009 4:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought you Americans only get married drunk at las Vegas.
What is a Charter of Rights and Freedoms for when you get married VOLUNTARILY!?
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
I bet in Spain everything is pre-arranged marriages
Like a business partnership, exchanging goats and dirt houses and tacos and stuff.
Here, we marry for LOVE, Amlmart1. And THEN as a business partnership.
Vegas is only 4 hours away so I can’t count it out as an option. Of course, since we’ve put down all these unrefundable deposits, we feel stuck with the current plans.
You’re invited, of course.
Mortimer
You better bet in Spain everything is post-pregnancy marriages.
Spanish men try to avoid marriage at all costs but women get pregnant by a look. Then it´s marriage or Spanish Inquisition´s dungeons.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
Spanish women are nice to look at
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Mar 18, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for that "You´re invited".
I´t would be a pleasure if I could move freely, but I´m seriously limited by my work and the rest is for my family. But I´ll tell you if I´m going to visit LA, so we can drink a beer and laugh or something. And you tell me if you come here.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
"I´t would be a pleasure if I could move freely, but I´m seriously limited by my work"
It’s ok buddy, you can tell us that you are on parole.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 4:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Not kidding. I´m making wonders these days to satisfy my wife´s wish to visit New York, maybe five or six days in April.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
why go to new york
when you can go to vegas and visit replicas of new york, france, and italy?
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Mar 18, 2009 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
no kidding...
when is yours? Mine is in May of next year..
Palm Springs… so you know its a pretty penny
i HATE HATE HATE when people tell me what I HAVE to do. I dont HAVE to do anything and until you pay for part of it, you get no say. Sorry MOM.. hehe just kidding
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 18, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
She doesn't want your opinion.
She wants you to agree with (and assume the risk for) HER opinion. Simply saying “whatever you want, honey” is insufficient—you have to convince her that her idea is absolutely BRILLIANT and you love it—and that if it turns out to be wrong, it’s your fault.
How long have you been married? :)
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems like about 2000 years
But I think just over 2. I know I was married in September of 2006 and there was a Duck game in the morning.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
University of Oregon football?
Or her throwing things at you, and you ducking?
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
U of O
They played at Stanford and beat them. I don’t remember the date though.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
What happens
when the Ducks and the Cardinal play on a different day?
What happens if the Ducks don’t play Stanford in a given year—do you miss a year of being married?
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
That's the best part
This last anniversary both of us forgot. I remembered around 11:45 PM that night because my sister sent us a card so I called my wife real quick to wish her a happy anniversary.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
i think you told us about it on here right?
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 18, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I checked my mail on the way to work.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
Yes
This is one of the stories that Tom has told to BEdge. It goes along with his story about a message in a bottle that he found during the wedding preparations and the time that he kissed a “lady” and got rug burn from her stubble
Where can we see the Dheepan art?
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards
My signature is linked to my flickr account
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
Did you ever like to draw pictures of the male member?
I saw a guy who did it a lot it in a movie.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
lol nah not really, Superbad reference, you really are more hip than Mortimer!
I tend to not to do naked men and or penii
Tend meaning not at all
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
From Steve Nash's twitter
Big announcement 2morrow in Vancouver…we’re getting our MLS soccer franchise!! Thx 4 all your hard work everyone involved! Go Whitecaps!!
That leaves Portland one of three teams fighting for the last spot.
Karma
HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO TELL ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!
OH NO, WHAT WILL ODEN THINK?
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 3:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw it on the Basketball Jones
He said “homo”
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
Never mind
Another tweeting impostor bites the dust. @KSmoove35 is/was NOT Kevin Durant. And is now toast (via @JonesOnTheNBA)
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
im currently reading the Watchmen graphic novel.
does that make me a cliche, pop-culture whore of a man? YES.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 1:47 AM PDT reply actions
Did you see the movie?
Man….it was soooo long.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Not yet.
i’m gonna try and finish the GN first. i heard it was like almost 3 hours long, GEEEEEZZZZ. did you like it?
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was well made
It was alright.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions
1 and a half thumbs up-ish?
i hope it’s as good as the book (not likely, as is the case with most book —→ movies).
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 1:58 AM PDT up reply actions
That is a great book
I liked the movie for the most part, but it wasn’t perfect by a long shot.
I thought it was fun though. Too literal of a translation, most likely. And too many “on the nose” pop songs, describing exactly what was happening on the screen like a high school kid’s first movie.
Good violence, some really nice scenes, I’m a sucker for nice visuals, I enjoyed it. I’m a fan of the graphic comic though.
Mortimer
I just started chapter 4 and i am DIGGIN it.
are you a big graphic novel buff? any recommendations?
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I like 'em
But I ain’t read a ton of them. My bro-bro is a big comic book fan and recommends me some and lends me some every once in a while. That’s how I read the Watchmen.
Because I liked it so much I checked out other Alan Moore work. I didn’t like V for Vendetta, though it was better than the immature and dumb movie. I got The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume 1 and 2 for Christmas, but I ain’t even cracked ’em open yet. Same for From Hell.
I also got the complete collection of Tintin books, the first few years of the original EC Segar Popeye comics (they’re great), some Sock Monkey by Tony Millionaire books, and uhh….
So, I like graphic novels/comic books, but I read them sporadically and don’t have truly insightful picks. I like reading old daily comic strips and classic comics a lot. I got a Flash Gordon collection that was owned by Steven Spielburg, dontcha’ know!
Morty
I used to go to this old comic book store by my old house in southern Oregon
called Heroe’s Haven, they sold old comic books for 25 cents each and i bought 5 every weekend for probably a year or two, and now i have a giant chest full of old comics ranging from the Fantastic Four to Archie and everything in between. I’m glad that i was so interested in them back then, they will probably be worth something someday, plus they are really fun to read!
I was thinking about picking up V for Vendetta after finishing Watchmen but perhaps maybe not anymore. I REALLY want to read From Hell, that’s probably what i’m gonna get next.
Are you BFFs with Spielburg?
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 2:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I stole his soul by taking his Flash Gordon book
I’m robbing him of all of his success now, and he doesn’t know a thing!!. The perfect crime.
Don’t let me dissuade you about V for Vendetta, people seem to like it. I just think anyone who likes it or wants to read it is a stupid idiot that I wish would just die already, but don’t let that stop you.
Oh, also for X-Mas, I got a big ol’ Little Nemo in Slumberland book. I love that stuff.
I got a Superman from the 1950’s, and it is the worst comic book ever. I couldn’t believe how bad it was. I loved it.
mortimer
I DON'T WANT TO BE A STUPID IDIOT WHO MORTIMER WANTS TO DIE.
so i ill never read v for vendetta. i dont remember if i liked the movie.
i have a batman comic from 1706. yeah it’s pretty cool. probably worth like a trillion dollars too, you know whatever.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 2:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah
The song selection was corny.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 2:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn't like it
Except for the into and the Rorschach character (and a little bit the Comedian and the Dr. Manhattan creation scene). Then again I didn’t read the book before, so I was just annoyed by how they don’t explain a lot about the origin of the Watchmen (save our blue hero) and how serious the film takes itself especially in the long dialogue scenes. And the other characters are just too ridiculous to be taken seriously. Night Owl is (always too me who knew nothing about the book, remember) a poor man’s Batman, the latex girl character looked like the role was written for Demi Moore and then she said no, Ozzy was ridiculous through and through, …
I pretty much came away with the same impressions like the movie critic for TIME, who summarized my thoughts much better: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1883355,00.html
Nite Owl is supposed to be like a Bat Man
Ya just gotta imagine it as an alternate reality where people actually dressed up as super heros (without powers, of course) and then were banned… but dressing up like that isn’t seen as crazy.
I didn’t like the actor they cast as Ozy… in the comic he was like a Ken doll, an all-american boy, but in the movie they got an effiminate gay man who was creepy. Way too easy to know he’s up to sumthin’.. sumthin… homosexual.
It’s a very tough story to adapt. I can’t imagine watching the movie without knowing the story, there is too much to explain and understand. My fiancee hadn’t read the comic book (she read the first 20 pages and then remembered she is a girl), so I had to do a lot of explaining afterwards.
There was plenty I had to complain about, but I enjoyed it. I even liked some of the ‘new’ scenes. Some of the bad scenes in the comic were made even worse by doing the adaptation so literally, as some stuff that reads cheesy on the page is cringe inducing out loud.
“What happened to the American dream?!” “IT CAME TRUE! You’re lookin’ at it”.
(cringe)
Mortimer
BOTTOM LINE
Some stuff works in a comic book and can way mad not-work in a movie.
Don’t ruin anything for Roodie. He’s a nice boy and should be surprised by the movie.
Mortimer
I guess the creators of Pixar's The Incredibles also read it and created a universe were superheroes (with powers) are banned/retired that I enjoyed more
Even the fans seem not totally convinced (TIME had the comic book among the 100 best novels, not just graphic novels): http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1883361,00.html
Should the fans see Watchmen? The comic has something to say on this question. Are you an idealist like Rorschach, who insists on absolutes, black and white? Or a pragmatist like Ozymandias, who deals in shades of gray? Ozymandias would go. Rorschach wouldn’t. The point of the comic is that neither position is perfect or even tenable. But a choice must be made. To quote the master’s final words: “I leave it entirely in your hands.”
Yeah, the Incredibles is a better movie
But the graphic novel of The Watchmen is great.
It’s the Citizen Kane of comic books, as they say.
It’s so beloved that you’re gonna piss off a bunch of fans no matter which way ya make the movie… for the most part it was faithful, except for the ending (though the spirit of the ending is the same). TOO faithful if ya ask me, because it loses something in the translation to the big screen. Needed more adapting, less exactly-as-it-was-in-the-comic.
Now to a lot of fans, there is no such thing as too faithful, and they will be upset by every little change. Ya can’t win them over, but the movie tries… except for one of the biggest things, which would likely undue any of the good will you established with the faithful-adaptation hardliners up to that point.
I liked watching it, but I can’t say it’s a GOOD movie… it’s a nice movie visual accompaniment of the comic though. And it says the words for you, so you don’t gotta use your brain to make the voices in your head like when you’re reading the comic!!
Mortimer
I'm liking Rorschach the most right now.
He’s mysterious and smelly and dreamy.
The Comedian tried to rape that one girl and also killed that preggo Vietnamese woman so i don’t like him as much as everybody else.
Dr. Manhattan is a blue weirdo.
The Nite Owl(s) are nice i like them.
I don’t know enough about that really smart guy yet to like him or not.
The girl is (was) hot and her daughter is too.
Idk who Ozzy is yet. is he that antagonist magician butthead guy who has cancer?
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 2:49 AM PDT up reply actions
We say no more
And neither will Norsktroll NORSKTROLL STOP RUINING IT FOR ROODIE HE IS A NICE BOY BE NICE TO HIM.
I liked The Comedian’s character. That’s basically how I live my life, man.
Morty
el oh el
thanks for saving me from spoilation (not a word?) Wartimer.
It’s good to know that you rape lots of women and also kill pregnant Vietnamese women that you impregnated. That’s a really nice lifestyle and i will probably start doing that because i want to be just like you when i get older.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 18, 2009 3:01 AM PDT up reply actions
But.....I thought I was valued here
If I have to sacrifice a few goats for the cult of KP and the ongoing myth that Aldridge is awesome, I guess so….
Confusion breeds success. If they don't know each other, opponents can't have strategy. GENIUS.
by Ozzie Montana on Mar 18, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
We have moved on from goats
Worked our way up to cows. Once we make the playoffs KP will require nothing but virgins once a month.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Judging from the traffic on this blog
He’ll be pleased.
Confusion breeds success. If they don't know each other, opponents can't have strategy. GENIUS.
by Ozzie Montana on Mar 18, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Crazy Train?
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 18, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHA
The American dream part was terrible. I started laughing in the theater.
I hated the movie. I thought it was overblown, slow paced and had way too much blue penis for my taste. I mean obviously if you loved the comic book you would probably like the movie, but as someone that came in with reading the wikipedia in advance, terrible. At times I just buried my head in my lap.
Also what was with the horned tiger thing?
We're just kids trying to make it in this game
Trying hard to knock on that door called fame
WORD UP.STAY.FRESCO
The author
wanted to use established superheros as characters: Batman, Captain America, etc., but DC (who was also publishing Watchmen) said no.
good for you
more people should read it. its much better than the movie and i liked the movie. it needed the hour they took out tho. too much story for a movie.
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 18, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I couldn´t help because Prezofdeath the fat Squirrel was driving me nuts.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
by amlmart1 on Mar 18, 2009 2:12 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This was beautiful, man
I can’t believe that every last word is true, but it is. I was there. I lived it.
Mortimer the Unicorn
The adventure series by Enid Blyton!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_Series
I loved those as a child, especially the early ones. Great characters in (for a child) nicely described locations.
I didn’t really understand the humor in many Roald Dahl books until I became older, but also like those a lot. Never got in contact with much Dr. Seuss as a child, that wasn’t popular in my family. Also never really got into the Harry Potter books, but for children those are surely great.
by Norsktroll on Mar 18, 2009 2:22 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I never heard of those
Did you read “choose your own adventure” books as a child?
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I read those books as a kid
But none of the choices ended up having sex with hot women. Underwhelming.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 3:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I think you or amlmart1 mentioned them before.
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I read 'em all
At the 99 cent store there was a Choose your own Adventure DVD! I got it but ain’t watched it yet.
I was awesome at choose your own adventures, with my innovative technique of saving my spot to make sure I chose wisely.
Roald Dahl was a G, I liked the Encyclopedia Brown books and figured if I learned everything Bugs Meany did wrong, I could learn to trick real life Encyclopedia Browns and become the worlds smartest criminal (and since I got NBA League Pass for half off, I figure I’m successful). I also liked The Big Brain series, set in turn of the last century Utah, told from the POV of the little brother of The Big Brain, and all the adventures and schemes The Big Brain hatched.
I remember liking the Indian in the Cupboard, Phantom Tollbooth, Treasure Island and Kidnapped…
My Great Uncle (he raised my pa, so he pretty much my grandpa I guess) gave me a bunch of old adventure books for boys from the 30s which were pretty cool. Not the most culturally sensitive books, but all great adventures involve olde tymey racism to make it a good adventure, I’ve learned as an adult.
OH, I also had like a hundred of these illustrated, black and white comic adaptations of classic literature… they were awesome. I read them all a billion times.
Mortimer
I loved the mongoose
but was incredibly disappointed when I went to Hawaii as a five-year old and found that RTT and his kin were just kind of rats and Hawaii had no cobras on which a mongoose could redeem himself. What kind of vacation paradise doesn’t have cobras?!?
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 18, 2009 4:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I like frogs
I think mongoose are free range ferrets.
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that was a nice story, by the way
92wastheyear tried to sell me diet pills but I think it was meth because he said I should smoke the diet pills, preferably in a hotel room with the windows covered in aluminum foil. Never trust a bunny, especially around Easter
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 18, 2009 5:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks friend
I probably should have added some dialog.
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Treasure Island and Kidnapped.
Robert Louis Stevenson was more or less dismissed as an action/adventure/cheap thrills author in his time…and that may be true,
but he had a gift of writing in an extraordinarily intricate and colorful manner and yet seldom repeated himself throughout his entire works. His stories aren’t complex, even ridiculous when taken as a whole, but he could construct a sentence like nobody’s business. The only time I’ve actually cheered a sentence upon it’s conclusion was while reading The Master of Ballantrae.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
you've read a lot of children's lit, fella
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
If you like motorbikes and comics you must read "Joe Bar Team" first Album. Best cominc ever.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
Ami - did you read Corto Maltese growing up?
my Croatian cousins would send me their used copies. Wonderful stuff, but I don’t remember ever seeing it in the States.
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 18, 2009 5:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I know them but didn´t read them.
When I was a kid my favorite comics were Mort and Phil, probably inspired in our Mortimer, and Asterix, something like a bunch of SouthOregonians defending their land against the Los Angeles invaders but 2000 years ago. When I was a teenager I moved to Mafalda. Give a read to Mafalda, it´s worth the time.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
we read Asterix and Obelix in Latin class
made it bearable. I’ll find this Mafalda, and I’ll read them
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 18, 2009 5:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a Asterix comic in Latin!
If you want to take a look at Mafalda you may click on the link I provided in my comment. There are some examples there.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
Does anyone listen to The Adam Carolla Podcast?
i miss his show everyday..
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 18, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
He ain't got no show
Just a podcast now where he talks to people at his house.
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I love Where the Wild Things Are
I always wished the monsters would have eaten Max’s punk face and not bowed to him
"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum
That's what I voted for too
I sure do love Shel Silverstein though.
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Shel is classic
favorite lovey dovey hippie quote by Shel…
I will not play tug o’ war. I’d rather play hug o’ war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum
Did you catch his work with Old Dogs before he died?
It was really stupid and funny all at the same time.
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The definition of a good children's book...
is one that children enjoy, but adults also enjoy reading to the child. Children’s books, particularly those targeted at 0-3 years, seem to be mass produced using strings of computer generated “children’s book” words. And then somebody has the stones to put their name on the front as the author. Really? You wrote all 24 words? All by yourself?
List o’ some of the good stuff for the younger crowd:
Beatrix Potter books – what they lack in plot they make up in cuteness.
Don Freeman books – Beady Bear, Corduroy. Gold standard stuff here.
Jamberry by Bruce Degan – Never gets old, incredible artwork.
Berenstein Bears – I never liked these as a kid because they reminded me of the dentist, but they are very good, particularly the early stuff. They started in the 60’s!
Goodnight Moon – Margeret Wise Brown wrote a lot of stuff in her very unique style. All of it is interesting because it is different, but Moon is the pearl.
Richard Scarry – Amazing stuff, artwork without peer. If you have a boy, and he could only have one book, it should be something by Scarry; probably Cars and Trucks and Things That Go.
Dr. Seuss – Popular for good reason. Complex and effortless. Genius.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
by lukeyhere on Mar 18, 2009 7:27 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
This is my favorite book ever
Goodnight Moon – Margeret Wise Brown wrote a lot of stuff in her very unique style. All of it is interesting because it is different, but Moon is the pearl.
My son had it memorized by the time he was a year old.
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
Goodnight Moon is awesome
My kids are 28 and 21 and they read it to me every night.
Before they could read we memorized Dr. Seuss’s ABC Book and recited it to them in the dark. They would always be asleep before we got to Z. – Elgin
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Darned confusing English language.
My kids are 28 and 21 and they read it to me every night.
I read (past tense) that as read (present tense), and it was a whole different visual. : )
I’m a Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz, as you can plainly see!
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
I loved Richard Scarry and Shel Silverstein
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
That's a good list
But I couldn’t possibly chose a favorite — there are too many gems out there these days. (I have to admit I’m a sucker for good artwork though.) Luckily most of the kids I know are into books and I get to spend hours in this great children’s bookstore near my house.
it was funny and all, but
Im confused how
It’s an uplifting children’s tale.
works its way in at the end.
Its no bumblebee of a short story, but imitation, albeit contorted tihasquely, is still flatterous.
I AM A PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS SUPPORTER.
Food network fans
Diners drive ins and dives is in town…i dont know all the spots they are filming but they will be at Podnah’s Pit off 14th and Prescott on Sat/Sun.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
this is a weird, weird site sometimes
"Travis has more hops than a bunny in a brewery. He elevates so high his seat doubles as a flotation device."
-Dave
That's what keeps me coming back!
If you can't laugh at yourself, everyone else probably is already.
You looking for weird?
You should do a google image search on people’s user names. There are some pretty random/weird pictures that show up.
Apparently
I’m a county in Georgia.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
You're not that big in person
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Someone needs to make the name Odenfanboy for replies to Fatty
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Is there an OdenSheeple yet?
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 18, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You know you've got C. S. Lewis appearing twice in your poll
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Mar 18, 2009 9:55 AM PDT reply actions
Lame
I should delete the one with the most votes.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
i figured that was to make him look like he was getting less votes
and thereby shame his legacy.
Shame on you, Tom, for trying to shame Lewis.
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
I've got a question about Lewis
Lewis is well-known as a Christian apologist (a term that doesn’t really mean “apology”, just a defender), and in the Chronicles of Narnia, the character of Aslan the lion is portrayal of the Christian godhead as He might appear in another world. Many books in the series have obvious parallels with the Bible—Magician’s Nephew is Genesis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the Gospels, Prince Capsian is Exodus, and The Last Battle is Revelations. All well and good.
So why, in the name of Tash, does Father Bleeping Christmas appear in the middle of Wardrobe? Shouldn’t he be Father Aslanmas, if there is to be a jolly fat dude passing out presents in celebration of the birth of Narnia’s local messianistic figure?
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
wow....that is quite a "drill down"
for that question…..the answer of course is that The Grinch hadn’t been written yet, or Lewis would have used him instead
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 18, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
CS Lewis wrote that part for himself
He didn’t think it would take so long for the book to become a movie, and he wrote Santa Claus into the story with an eye on playing the part himself when it hit the silver screen.
FACT.
Mortimer
So if Sir Anthony Hopkins plays Santa Clause
would that count?
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by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
We should keep a tally of the number of comments that get mad at Dave for his contraction post
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What do you guys think of the end of the Philly/Lxkers game last night? Phil seemed genuinely pissed at Ariza at the press conference afterward. I think he came within an inch of calling the dude stupid. Something like, “I don’t think Trevor understood what I meant when I said we had a foul to give.”
TiH, this will be a large section in my future post on Basketball IQ, a chapter titled, “foul to give.”
"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Mar 18, 2009 11:12 AM PDT reply actions
ahh foul to give
is how we won that NY game :)
<3 them
Soph’
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
Other memorable moment last night: 3 in the key on DHoward on last play. If we could have got that called on Shaq, EVER, early 2000’s Blazers would have at least one banner.
Foul to give is like litmus test for coaches. It’s like the two minute drill in Football.
"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB
by nightbluefruit on Mar 18, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
And how we lost that Orlando game
It works both ways ;-)
I would also like a paragraph on “why teams don’t foul to avoid potential overtime, risking to instantly lose the game” and “why players think they are hot shooters when they are not”.
Sweet
I wanted to do a collaborative post with someone and then forgot what it was about. Basically I wanted someone else to find all the stats then I wanted to go on a rant.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
70% of HDTV owners do have an HD source attached to it
OK….take away Tommy!
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 18, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
My wife has a bunch of VCDs from Hong Kong
essentially CD’s with low-bitrate MPEG-1 videos on them.
And she often wonders why they look crappy on our widescreen, when upconverted to 1080p…
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 18, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
But I thought it was a
HDTV…
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It is....but yer crappy disks ain't!!!
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 18, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I tried to work on something similar over the Summer (a little something for all the new Sonics fans)
I was working on writing it separated by era’s, but found I ran out of steam. I thought it might make a good wiki project actually…
My kid likes things like
Captain Underpants, and Walter the Farting Dog.
Back when I was a kid, such books would have not been allowed near the school library….
Raold Dahl, the guy who wrote Charley and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and other classics, was a genius. Reportedly, he didn’t like kids much in real life…
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by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions
Tom, your children's story seems pretty morbid...
but if you compare it to some bonafide childrens literature by Hans Christian Anderson or the Brothers Grimm, it’s actually fairly tame.
To say the Disney film “The Little Mermaid” is based loosely on the HC Anderson story is using the term, well, loosely.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
Sleeping Beauty
Disney heavily sanitized Sleeping Beauty. But given that the Hans Christian Anderson version contained ogres eating children (and some of the older folk tales that HCA used for source material contained rape scenes—I’m serious) I can’t fault Walt for cleaning up the story.
And of course, taking a fairy tale that can be read in ten minutes, and turning it into a 90-minute feature film, requires lots of embellishment.
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by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Here I am,
Sitting at work. Two more days to go and then off to start a two (count it…) TWO week vacation.
I can’t freaking wait.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
Oh man
I work 10 day on and 4 days off and I thought today was my last day. I was getting on the elevator to go home and a coworker informed me that I have a day to go. I was crestfallen.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 18, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
To Palm Springs
For a friends wedding, and then I will be relaxing and doing nothing the rest of the time. I have my 26th (eek!) birthday coming up too, so I may just cry about how old I’m getting.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
where in palm springs?
(getting married there in a year)
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 18, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly I don't know
Somewhere expensive.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
i know how you feel
for the past 5 months i was going around telling people i was 24…then it dawned on me…i’m not 24…i’m 25.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Mar 18, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
26=Old?!!?
Ha!
I’ve heard Palm Springs is cool, especially if you like retro architecture. Sounds like a good place to have a wedding/birthday.
To me.
I hated turning 25..a quarter of a century old?? Really?? Now I’m about to surpass that. Next thing I know, I won’t get ID’d anymore. That scares me.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
You and me both
Well not the job part, but the vacation part. I leave on saturday for a week in Mexico. I’m gonna miss three damn home games.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Lame!
You wanna give me your Philly tix??
:)
Have fun!
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
I'm selling them to my neighbor
He called dibs a while ago.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 18, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, you're going into a danger zone!
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
I give this Junk Drawer a plus 92
then I am calling my lawyer
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
me too
unless Tom starts sending me my cut of the royalties plus a chunk of the huge signing bonus he got with the publisher, I’m filing a suit.
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
link?
i’d prefer to talk to him via twitter, but i guess a regular old email address or cell phone # will work.
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
10-4 good buddy
Link
My man there will take care of everything.
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He's the guy you're supposed to talk to.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
I don't talk to strange men with bushy beards that claim to be 19
that man is like the greg oden of Blazersedge.
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
I am legit!
im faxing you my birth certificate right now prez.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 19, 2009 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions
You should have told me you were only 19
I would have bought you a drink.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 19, 2009 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions
you and broyposse.
hollerrr!!!!
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 19, 2009 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I honestly don't know...
i’ve just heard people saying silly things like “here, let me fax you this” or “hey, let me fax you that”, so i thought i would be cool and join in…
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 19, 2009 1:53 AM PDT up reply actions
i still haven't received it
did you remember to dial a 1 first?
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
by prezofdeath on Mar 19, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I might add that i am honored/flattered to be compared to Greg Oden.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 19, 2009 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Hoo boy...
There are a ton I could list…I have all my books from when I was little plus all the ones my kids have gotten. Here are a few that haven’t made the list (yet):
Younger Readers
“Make Way for Ducklings” and “Blueberries for Sal” (Robert McCloskey)
“Knuffle Bunny” (Mo Willems)
“Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel” (Virginia Burton)
“Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” (Bernard Waber)
Older Readers
“The House With A Clock In It’s Walls” (John Bellairs)
“Half Magic” (Edward Eager)
“The Dark is Rising” (Susan Cooper)
“A Wrinkle in Time” (Madeleine L’Engle)
> "Make Way for Ducklings" and "Blueberries for Sal" (Robert McCloskey)
The drawings in these stories are awesome.
Remember Ping, the story of a duck on the Yangtze River? – Elgin
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Oh yeah - bring on the McCloskey
Ping was another good one. Homer Price? Burt Dow – Deep Water Man? I don’t think McCloskey ever wrote a bad book. Same for Virginia Lee Burton. Great author.
And before I forget, we shouldn’t ignore Portland’s own Ramona the Pest.
i almost flagged this because i thought Varejao was some kind of dirty word.
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
The Night Kitchen
by Sendak deeply upset a library patron. My favorite kids’ book attempted censorship episoide.
http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/censored/child.html
Thanks for bringing back lots of memories. Buying kids books for a library is one of the world’s fun jobs. “Hooway for Wodney Wat” one of my faves. Loved reading it aloud.
http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/viewWorkDetail.do?workId=1160944
Sherman Alexie
got disrespected in Crook County HS
http://www.centraloregonian.com/ArcStoryPage.asp?Database=Story&StoryID=8292
Kids music
Gotta give (yet another) plug to Portland’ great pirate band, Captain Bogg and Salty. Their latest album, Emphatical Piratical includes the Best. Cover. Ever. of “Never Smile like a Crocodile”.
And the prior album Prelude to Mutiny does a wicked, Queensryche-esque take on another (more recent) Disney standard, “Part of your World” from Little Mermaid.
Dudes are positively brilliant.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
Babar rules
Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
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by 22baylor on Mar 18, 2009 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
That was my nickname as a kid
Pronounced incorrectly as Bay-Bar, not Buh-bar. BAY-BAR, THE ELERPHUNK my dad would sing.
And now, you know.
Mortimer the Elerphunk
In my experience with raising kids
I have found that reading to young kids tends to produce youngins who read well and speak clearly in full sentences while using tv and nintendo as the default baby sitter tends to produce mumbling underachievers
by southern oregon on Mar 18, 2009 3:15 PM PDT reply actions
pssh whateva dude
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 18, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
What about TV shows where people read to the kids?
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on Mar 18, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
2nd Sequel
32wastheyear: Electric Bugaloo
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
My favorite Kids author is Dr Seuss
This is my homage to him (many of you have seen it before)
How The Mamba Snaked the Natural
Every PDXer down in PDX-ville like the Blazers a lot
But K0be, who lives south of PDX-ville, does not
K0be hates the Blazers and the whole Blazer’s season
please don’t ask why, no one knows quite the reason
It could be perhaps that his jock is too tight
It could be perhaps that his wedding ring ruins date night
But I think the most likely reason of all…..
…is that his brain is 2 sizes too small.
Whatever the reason….his jock or his ring …
He stood near the Hollywood sign and said…
…“I hate this whole thing”
“Why …for 29 years I have kept that that team down
I have to stop their greatness from coming …but how?”
Then he got an Idea ….an awful Idea
K0be got a stupidly awful idea
He chuckled and clucked "Boy they’ll learn!"
"With this suit an’ this wig I’ll look just like Dave Stern"
So He looked in a mirror and grabbed some red thread
and tied a gray wig on the top of his head
But to his dismay… his reflection looked back and seemed rather……(well not very macho)
So he called his dog Pau
and hitched up his sleigh
But a chihuahua can’t pull a sleigh
and "why do I have a sleigh…anyway?"
Instead he jumped into his Lear and grabbed his dog Pau
and had the pilot steer a course for PDX-ville anyhow
When he gets there he is planning to plunder
and without Roy, the Blazers will blunder
“Oh they’ll cry when I take Brandon….
…and all their championship plans they’ll abandon”
When the plane it touched down
in the land of the trees
across Kobe’s face
caressed a slight breeze
Kobe sniffed and said “What is this stuff?”
The pilot said “Air!” and that’s enough.
“But it’s not brown!!” said K0be “And where’s all the gunk?”
“And where’s all the phonys?.Where’s all the punks?”
Next K0be went down…to the center of town
to find that the Grand Floral parade was just comin’ around.
HE said “Hey there’s Roy! On top of that float”
“Hey Brandon come on down,
It’s your friend David Stern ….and I’ve just come to town”
Brandon just looked and gave his head a small shake
and said to the driver “Release the brake”
K0be said “Yipe!”and started to turn
But that flower covered T-bird was starting to come
and into a hydrant he directly did run
which caused family jewels to jangle
you see, his “twigs and berries” did tangle
He fell to the ground and screamed like a girl
…and took a whole week for him to uncurl
The End
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 18, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
That was the best ever.
(my comment below was intended as a reply).
Bedge or go home -- Sabonis4Ever
Tom your avatar is a really classy tribute to Heath Ledger.
Thank you and God bless your heart.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Mar 19, 2009 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks
If you Google image search “Brokeback Mountain” they have the skinny dipping photos of him.
I'm tominhawaii, was dragline, and have never been tominrehab.
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