5/13 Junk Drawer: G.K. Chesterson on Cheese

by T Darkstar on May 13, 2009 8:19 AM PDT Comment 215 comments

Originally found at http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/cheese.html

I believe this is now Public Domain due to its age.

Cheese

by G.K. Chesterton

Published in `Alarms and Discursions' (1910)

My forthcoming work in five volumes, `The Neglect of Cheese in European Literature,' is a work of such unprecedented and laborious detail that it is doubtful whether I shall live to finish it. Some overflowings from such a fountain of information may therefore be permitted to springle these pages. I cannot yet wholly explain the neglect to which I refer. Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. Virgil, if I remember right, refers to it several times, but with too much Roman restraint. He does not let himself go on cheese. The only other poet that I can think of just now who seems to have had some sensibility on the point was the nameless author of the nursery rhyme which says: `If all the trees were bread and cheese' - which is indeed a rich and gigantic vision of the higher gluttony. If all the trees were bread and cheese there would be considerable deforestation in any part of England where I was living. Wild and wide woodlands would reel and fade before me as rapidly as they ran after Orpheus. Except Virgil and this anonymous rhymer, I can recall no verse about cheese. Yet it has every quality which we require in an exalted poetry. It is a short, strong word; it rhymes to `breeze' and `seas' (an essential point); that it is emphatic in sound is admitted even by the civilization of the modern cities. For their citizens, with no apparent intention except emphasis, will often say `Cheese it!' or even `Quite the cheese.' The substance itself is imaginative. It is ancient - sometimes in the individual case, always in the type and custom. It is simple, being directly derived from milk, which is one of the ancestral drinks, not lightly to be corrupted with soda-water. You know, I hope (though I myself have only just thought of it), that the four rivers of Eden were milk, water, wine, and ale. Aerated waters only appeared after the Fall.

But cheese has another quality, which is also the very soul of song. Once in endeavouring to lecture in several places at once, I made an eccentric journey across England, a journey of so irregular and even illogical shape that it necessitated my having lunch on four successive days in four roadside inns in four different counties. In each inn they had nothing but bread and cheese; nor can I imagine why a man should want more than bread and cheese, if he can get enough of it. In each inn the cheese was good; and in each inn it was different. There was a noble Wensleydale cheese in Yorkshire, a Cheshire cheese in Cheshire, and so on. Now, it is just here that true poetic civilization differs from that paltry and mechanical civilization that holds us all in bondage. Bad customs are universal and rigid, like modern militarism. Good customs are universal and varied, like native chivalry and self-defence. Both the good and the bad civilization cover us as with a canopy, and protect us from all that is outside. But a good civilization spreads over us freely like a tree, varying and yielding because it is alive. A bad civilization stands up and sticks out above us like an umbrella - artificial, mathematical in shape; not merely universal, but uniform. So it is with the contrast between the substances that vary and the substances that are the same wherever they penetrate. By a wise doom of heaven men were commanded to eat cheese, but not the same cheese. Being really universal it varies from valley to valley. But if, let us say, we compare cheese to soap (that vastly inferior substance), we shall see that soap tends more and more to be merely Smith's Soap or Brown's Soap, sent automatically all over the world. If the Red Indians have soap it is Smith's Soap. If the Grand Lama has soap it is Brown's Soap. There is nothing subtly and strangely Buddhist, nothing tenderly Tibetan, about his soap. I fancy the Grand Lama does not eat cheese (he is not worthy), but if he does it is probably a local cheese, having some real relation to his life and outlook. Safety matches, tinned foods, patent medicines are sent all over the world; but they are not produced all over the world. Therefore there is in them a mere dead identity, never that soft play of variation which exists in things produced everywhere out of the soil, in the milk of the kine, or the fruits of the orchard. You can get a whisky and soda at every outpost of the Empire: that is why so many Empire builders go mad. But you are not tasting or touching any environment, as in the cider of Devonshire or the grapes of the Rhine. You are not approaching Nature in one of her myriad tints of mood, as in the holy act of eating cheese.

When I had done my pilgrimage in the four wayside public-houses I reached one of the great northern cities, and there I proceeded, with great rapidity and complete inconsistency, to a large and elaborate restaurant, where I knew I could get a great many things besides bread and cheese. I could get that also, however; or at least I expected to get it; but I was sharply reminded that I had entered Babylon, and left England behind. The waiter brought me cheese, indeed, but cheese cut up into contemptibly small pieces; and it is the awful fact that instead of Christian bread, he brought me biscuits. Biscuits - to one who had eaten the cheese of four great countrysides! Biscuits - to one who had proved anew for himself the sanctity of the ancient wedding between cheese and bread! I addressed the waiter in warm and moving terms. I asked him who he was that he should put asunder those whom Humanity had joined. I asked him if he did not feel, as an artist, that a solid but yielding substance like cheese went naturally with a solid, yielding substance like bread; to eat it off biscuits is like eating it off slates. I asked him if, when he said his prayers, he was so supercilious as to pray for his daily biscuits. He gave me generally to understand that he was only obeying a custom of Modern Society. I have therefore resolved to raise my voice, not against the waiter, but against Modern Society, for this huge and unparalleled modern wrong.

Jump in wherever you want. The Global Economy, our cookie-cutter production models, the dangers of Imperialism, biscuits vs. bread, and of course, cheese. Lots of cheese. Actually, I find this a very apt commentary for today's society as well as 100 years ago.

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The Invalid’s Story by Mark Twain features some Lindberger cheese.

Must... ...not... ...like... ...the... ...Nuggets....

by appel82 on May 13, 2009 8:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I like his idea about the rivers in Eden.

Nothing says heaven like a river of ale. preferably Drop Top Amber Ale. mmmmm

by DrivetheLane on May 13, 2009 9:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Leon Jacob. I think this is the point guard of our future. Step aside John Wall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut2VqPLk3mw

College: Texas A&M International University Dustdevils (NCAA Division II)
Size: 6’1’’, but can rize to dunk alley-oops and is lightning quick
Last played for: MTSV Schwabing Munich. Former German Champion (cough in 1947 and 1949). Proven winner, since he turned around a crappy club who only won 1 game in the first half of the season and made it the best team of the second half of the season.
Stats: 40,1 points per game over 8 games. 6.2 threes per game. Uncountable number of assists.
Draft: Undrafted in 2007, but will try again in 2009
Shoe deal: 43 (For Three, get it? Fitting, huh)

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 9:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

P.S.: The guy getting rejected by the rim and falling to the floor while Leon gives a part of his interview is priceless

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

pretty impresive

love the guy getting packed by the rim

bayless leaves over my dead body

by thomasikehara on May 13, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd give him a shot with one of our 2nd round picks

assuming we don’t trade those away, which would be fine too.

by hobbyshop_hero on May 13, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think he will see the NBA. It’s a guest comment to Ben’s “what makes an NBA player” and workout report with fringe NBA players that I re-posted here. I would wager he is better than 99% of BE readers, but it’s still likely not enough.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The neglect of cheese in European literature was balanced by the Monty Python Cheese Shop sketch.

Red Leicester? Tilsit? Caerphilly? Bel Paese? Red Windsor? Stilton? Emmental? Gruyère? Norwegian Jarlsbarger? Liptauer? Lancashire? White Stilton? Danish Blue? Double Gloucester? Cheshire? Dorset Blue Vinney? Brie, Roquefort, Pont-l’Évêque, Port Salut, Savoyard, Saint-Paulin, Carre-de-L’Est, Bresse-Bleu, Boursin? Camembert? Gouda? Edam? Caithness? Smoked Austrian? Japanese Sage Darby? Wensleydale? Greek Feta? Gorgonzola? Parmesan? Mozzarella? Pippo Crème? Danish Fimboe? Czech Sheep’s Milk? Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? Cheddar?

A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT

by GustyJ on May 13, 2009 9:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

you have a cheesy sense of humor.

Diet. Dr. Pepper.

by TheTinfoil on May 13, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll hold off on the venezuelan beaver cheese

None for me, thank you. – Elgin

Brandon Roy: Strengths-remarkably efficient player who appears to effortlessly score and facilitate. Weakness-he’s just a figment of your imagination. - Canis Hoopus

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I visit you when midnight strikes
I wield, you yield against the knife
Your airtight prison again applied
Rubber band and cellophane.

Known by not one name alone
You are cheddar, swiss or provolone
Mozerella, Colby, even goat!
Equally delicious.

A tray of tasty bits will lure
None other does my toothpick skewer
With nobility you do endure
The crackers jealousies.

In cube, in slice, it does entice
In wedge, in wheel, it does appeal
In brick, in block, no second thoughts
I give to eating cheese.

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 9:45 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs

LOL.

I love it.

"We believe" -Rudy Fernandez

by twiggs on May 13, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

^ this

Excellent work!

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 13, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The concept reminds me very much of Salinger’s Travels With Charley, where he concocts a powerful defense of regional difference and echoes Jeffersonian agrarianism. Salinger is bemoaning the loss of dialect, which he blames on radio and television. Yet the structure is identical: pick an arbitrary object, make it into an object of worship, bemoan the historical lack of appropriate appreciation, turn it all into an indictment of contemporary cultural evolution. It’s a powerful affective mechanism—there’s a great deal of pleasure to be had in remembering a time that never was.

What is perhaps most interesting here is Chesterton’s open acceptance of the fact that the time never was. Not even Virgil properly addressed the relevance of cheese! That said, this gesture may only dissemble the fact that, at the passage’s close, he manages to make people believe, time was, civil folk didn’t eat cheese on biscuits (quick diversion: guy obviously doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Amy’s Bread’s cheese biscuits here in NYC are heavenly). Nice move, Chesterton.

As far as his thoughts on cheese, though, nothing is going to protect regionalism from the free market. Eventually someone in London will have enough money to demand not to have to go to Cheshire to eat a spot of Cheshire. Then Trader Joe’s is invented, and we all know what happens next: Tillamook Cheddar for 10$ at Gristede’s. BS, Adam Smith!

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on May 13, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

Everyone is nostalgic for a time that never was

I’m nostalgic for the future, which is gonna be awesome for me.

An awesome, cheese filled future.

Of awesomeness.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(John Steinbeck)

by Corvid on May 13, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

(Pure embarrassment)

"Literary Criticism is not bookkeeping." -SB

by nightbluefruit on May 13, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(Lol)

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(BAM you got CORVIDED!)

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

can you get your degrees revoked for that?

( )

by DrivetheLane on May 13, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know if you can

(but you should)

by tingeyga on May 13, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This could also be a commentary about Blazers' Edge.

Some of us old timers “remember” the good ol’ days, where everyone had a well thought argument, and discussion was always civil and intellectually stimulating. History doesn’t actually bear that out, but dang if we don’t remember it that way, because we want to.

Of all the things that can be expressed in the printed word – love, hate, fear, joy – true humor is the one that is the most difficult of all. Sarcasm, for example, is an art of delicate subtlety. Yet too many people wield it as a bulldozer – loud, smelly, ugly, and destructive – and think they are being funny.

by T Darkstar on May 13, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who moved my cheese? The most popular (change) management book of our time

Watch the 3min video and you can skip buying and reading the book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwavPPNgbjw

It’s entertaining and not wrong in its message, but I would say Turner and Aesop have written far better fables to teach you about the problems in life. I’m thinking about writing my own best seller with the preliminary title "cat strategies for managers – how to trick gullible people into caring for you ", put in some nice illustrations, NYT best seller, richness, muahahhaha.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 10:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Choose cheese chew please
Free cheese bees knees
Green cheese flee please
Squeeze flea cheese wheeze

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

A Dream of Cheese

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with my favorite cheese. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky, which was pretty weird but cool too.

In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.

This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to my cheese, "You promised me my cheese, that if I ate you, you would stay with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?"

The cheese replied, "The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you."

Of course, the cheese was lying, as he had no appendages and thus couldn’t walk next to me, and of course couldn’t carry me. The 2nd set of footprints were a coincidence; I was on a popular path on the beach and they were just someone else’s footprints.

But still… the cheese made me feel better.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

nice.

Of course, the cheese was lying, as he had no appendages and thus couldn’t walk next to me

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 13, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In trying times I always ask myself

“What would cheese do? What-would-cheese-do?”

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on May 13, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

what would Cheez-its do?

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

formerly fromagnon... I remember back in the day... way back before you young cats were around, back when I ruled the jersey contest... back when it meant something... back when hip-hop was alive

by The Arkitect on May 13, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

insert picture of Oscar Meyer Wienermobile here

VENTURA: It's drowning. It gives you the complete sensation that you are drowning. It is no good, because you -- I'll put it to you this way, you give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wall O' Text

I like Cheese

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol!

five volumes, `The Neglect of Cheese in European Literature,’

Now that is gouda stuff.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 13, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It's astonishing how much is written about remote subjects

I recently noticed several square meters of bookshelves about salt in a university library.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, salt I can understand

It was once an extremely valuable commodity, and whole wars were fought over it.

But Cheese seems a bit over the top, especially it’s “neglect in European Literature”

That’s still making me laugh.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 13, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Scrooge attribute his visions to an undigested bit of cheese?

by raoulduke on May 13, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cheese = Overrated

Why must people constantly put cheese on everything??? It’s so 20th century.

It’s time to recognize a topping for the 21st century. Something that should go on everything we eat.

Of course, I’m referring to bacon. Bacon is just so much better for enhancing the flavor of other things, in that they taste more like bacon.

If you want to put cheese AND bacon on something, that is certainly alright, so long as you are acknowledging that the cheese is only on there to be second-fiddle to the bacon.

Don’t believe me??? Peep your peepers on this fine product:

This is why the terrorists hate us.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have a friend who claims

To have eaten Cheezwizz on spam and lived to tell about it

by southern oregon on May 13, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like Spam

The smell of fried Spam always makes me hungry.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's your email?

I’ll send you some.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I will flag you so hard

I have a little plastic tool to make Spam musubi. I prefer it fried with egg though.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dont always eat Spam

But when I do I prefer it diped in egg yolk. Cheezwizz is not fit for human consumption

by southern oregon on May 13, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My wife's 3 favor food are:

1. Crappy store brand mac and cheese. Not the good Kraft stuff, the more generic, the better.
2. Tuna Mac
3. Cheese Wiz

I’m not joking. I hate the first two.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is also a Bacon Salt, which is awesome.

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

link a dink

http://www.baconsalt.com/?gclid=CLm_uOCVupoCFQNFbAodUg1Hbg

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'M DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!

sorry, I had to tell you guys! I know I’ve been gone for awhile but I just wanted to let you know I didn’t jump off the bandwagon I just had to buckle down and finish school. So now I’m back people!!

I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.

by Claire on May 13, 2009 11:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hope everything went will

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

done on May 13?

lucky

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I do online school so I could finish whenever

I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.

by Claire on May 13, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lucky

what program/school do u go through?

"Whatever...I heard Bayless uses a pillowcase as a wallet." --TiH

by prezofdeath on May 14, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you were in high school?

congratulations on finishing. enjoy college. after that you have to get a job and then life is pretty mundane most of the time.

by DrivetheLane on May 13, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only if one goes to college for something safe.

If one is willing to put in the effort and the work, one can do almost anything they want. You just have to be dedicated enough to become better than everyone else. Or know the right people. That one always cheeses me off.

by T Darkstar on May 13, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

congratulations!

How is the ballet life progressing? – Elgin

Brandon Roy: Strengths-remarkably efficient player who appears to effortlessly score and facilitate. Weakness-he’s just a figment of your imagination. - Canis Hoopus

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks! Ballet is going alright.

I was going to go to college for ballet but I have an audition during my summer in boston for Boston Ballet’s year round program, so we’ll see what happens.

I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.

by Claire on May 13, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

best of luck, and please keep us posted.

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're in Boston for the summer? Excellent!

I lived in Boston when I was about 19 to 25, and I can’t think of a better city to spend summers in. Lots of good stuff/cheap stuff to do. My top five: 4th of July Boston Pops concert; a hot summer night wandering around the North End (Italian part of town); picking up ice cream in Harvard Square and strolling down Brattle Street; heading north to Ipswich/Crane Beach/Plum Island; running or biking next to the Charles, especially on Sundays after picking up bagels on Harvard Ave.

And congrats on being done with high school. I bet you have a rich and rewarding life in front of you.

by Corvid on May 13, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I went to college

in super duper western Mass. Every time I went to Boston (which wasn’t often, but still, multiple times), I got lost.
When I think of Boston, sadly, all I think of is the frustration of being hopelessly lost. I’m sure there’s more to it than that. :)

by Section323 on May 14, 2009 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I went to college in super duper western Mass too

But that was after I lived in Boston. I overdosed on city life, so I really appreciated the small town I ended up in. But Boston was perfect for someone who wanted to experience The Big City without the chaos of New York. Like Portland, it has a lot of neighborhoods with distinct characteristics, and there’s a manageable downtown area too. But you’re right — the road system must’ve been designed by someone on acid. And I haven’t visited since the Big Dig started, so I have no concept of the mess that’s created.

Sometimes I feel we’re living parallel lives — where’d ya go to school? (If you don’t mind me asking . . . )

by Corvid on May 14, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've often wondered if Section 323 and Corvid aren't the same person. ;p

"Aneurysm".

When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie

by annthefan on May 14, 2009 1:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think we are

her gameday meals sound better than mine.

I went to Williams. Williamstown was small town life in the extreme, expecially without a car for the first 3 years.

by Section323 on May 14, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Williamstown is teeny!

I looked at Williams, but the combination of intense students + a really small town doesn’t work for me (I spent two years at Wesleyan and hated it). I ended up in Northampton, which was just the right size for a few years. But when it comes down to it, I’m a city girl.

by Corvid on May 14, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

I liked but did not love Williams. It was a good education, but yes, very secluded. I didn’t find the students intense so much as very “east coast.” Which I was not used to.
I always thought that I would have liked Wesleyan better, but I suspect they were higher on the intense scale. In the end, my most useful degree came from PSU, so who knows.
Where in Northampton did you go, or is Smith the only college officially in Northampton?

by Section323 on May 14, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wesleyan was intense, yes

My major complaint was that it seemed full of academics who didn’t like teaching or students. And the expense! So I ended up working in Boston instead and picking up classes here and there (Boston is good for that), then finally consolidating all of my credits at UMass. One of the reasons I settled in Northampton was because the five colleges in the area had a partnership deal and I could take classes at Smith while paying UMass tuition — a very sweet deal. I’m not sure I would’ve liked Smith as a full time student though.

I ended up going to six different colleges as an undergrad (ridiculous!) and Wesleyan was at the bottom of the list. But that was a long, long time ago.

by Corvid on May 14, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've never been there

But Bill Simmons said it’s all crazy like and easier to get around on public transportation because they built some kind of public transportation thing there after he moved to California.

by tominhawaii on May 14, 2009 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The subway was there before (most stations), but the Big Dig project put most of the unsightly highways underground making some parts much more attractive

I didn’t like North End at all (the area around the Celtic’s stadium). I liked Beacon Hill, the marina next to downtown, Cambridge (MIT, Harvard), …

Oh, and I didn’t go to super duper western Mass so my life is not completely in synch to Corvid and Section323 :)

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 14, 2009 6:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cheese, Gromit?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 11:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Just beat me to the punch

by tingeyga on May 13, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That Chesterson included Wensleydale Cheese is fantastic.

by T Darkstar on May 13, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone ever read the book...

I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am the Walrus?

I didn't mean to turn you on

by dukedee on May 13, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Choo Choo ka choo?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jason Quick had an article a while back

about cutting cheese in the Blazers’ locker room…

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 12:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am diabetic

and supposed to give up cheese. It is not working. I have given up ice cream, sugary drinks, foods with tons of fat, mochas and lattes – none of it was a struggle like cheese is.

Cheese on, O healthy people. – Elgin

Brandon Roy: Strengths-remarkably efficient player who appears to effortlessly score and facilitate. Weakness-he’s just a figment of your imagination. - Canis Hoopus

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 12:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

type 1 or type 2?

my dad is diabetic so I somewhat know what you’re going through.

I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.

by Claire on May 13, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Type 2

diagnosed about ten years ago. I have lost 40 lbs in the meantime and I figure I have about 40 to go. – Elgin

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You an eat pot roast

If you do that one diet.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh my dad has type 1. Very different monster.

Congrats on losing 40 pounds, it sounds like you are on the right track to ridding yourself of this disease. If I could find a cure for diabetes for BOTH types, I would in a heartbeat.

I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.

by Claire on May 13, 2009 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

cheese has a chemical akin to opium in it

I kid you not.
It is apparently an actually addictive substance.

by Section323 on May 14, 2009 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Golden slice of processed dairy
Resting on my bread so squarely
Beneath the next, with buttered side
From my eyes your form does hide.
For one so close, I knew you not
But time is short; the pan is hot.
Forget, may we, this moment felt
And meet again when you have melt.

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

were you on this site

about a year ago when they did the Poet Laureate thing? and if you were, why didn’t you win?

by DrivetheLane on May 13, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The swimsuit portion of the event did me in.

Actually I don’t know if I was around or not. I can’t remember yesterday let alone a year ago. I used the google to look up the competition, and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have gone too far. There were some seriously good entries with mucho time spent on them. We’re just talking cheese here.

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

subject matter is irrelevant.

you’ve got an ear for the language and that’s what really matters.

by DrivetheLane on May 13, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I can win, anyone can.

Just write something more awesome than everyone else’s awesome stuff.

by T Darkstar on May 13, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very poignant.

"Aneurysm".

When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie

by annthefan on May 14, 2009 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So why cheese? This guy wants to know

""Look. I can touch the rim on my tippy toes.. " – Greg Oden

by LetsBlaze on May 13, 2009 1:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love commercials

that appeal to stoners

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

So everything on the Cartoon Network and Disney Channel Extreme?

formerly fromagnon... I remember back in the day... way back before you young cats were around, back when I ruled the jersey contest... back when it meant something... back when hip-hop was alive

by The Arkitect on May 13, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the new Jack in the Box commercials

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Grilled cheese sandwiches....

the PERFECT food!

by antediluvian on May 13, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

that girl looks more than a little creepy.

as if that grilled cheese will sate her hunger for human blood.

by DrivetheLane on May 13, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Rec

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

She has Bayless face

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the girl is focused on the hand, not the sandwich

so I’m guessing you’re right about the blood hunger. Next step, brains.

by roseburgian on May 13, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A great image to use in future really bad threads (maybe not to newbies, that would be mean, unless they are clearly trolling)

Thread Failed stamp of approval

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

But what if it is an epic fail

rather than an ordinary fail?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My threads, after all

are typically epic fails of a Homeric quality.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This Homer, to be specific

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is, after all,

a quiet dignity to be found in self-induced public humiliation.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha

draft rodrigue beaubois

by Cablinasian on May 13, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Less than an hour til Penguins-Capitals Game 7!!!!

If you’ve never watched a hockey game before, or have but haven’t been intrigued, you really should find a way to catch this game tonight. The three best players in the world will be on the ice in a real must-win game. Sports fans owe it to themselves to catch this game tonight. You won’t be disappointed!!!

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw a profile about Washington's star player Ovechkin

Not sure KP would have drafted him due to character issues even though he clearly was the BPA :)

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm starting to think you own the internet.

That’s the only explanation I can come up with for you knowing everything.

by Jerb on May 13, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

For those out there who don't know.....

….he likes his cars……he likes his fast cars a lot…….

Sidney Crosby would probably be KP’s first choice. Not quite the scorer that Ovie is, but he’s got unusual talent, drive and grit for a player as young as he is.

Ovechkin is seriously an outstanding talent though. The youtube videos of his goals are unreal.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Crosby scores first

1-0 Penguins.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

uh oh

2-0 Penguins

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That went fast

I used to care much more about hockey as a kid. From time to time it’s exciting.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not much could be done about the first goal.

But the Washington goalie should’ve had that second one. I know he’s just a rookie, but the goalie for the Winterhawks could make that stop.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

their defense isn't helping him

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apologies to Joyce Kilmer

I fear that I shall never taste
A cheese that does not swell my waist.

Against whose form my mouth is pressed,
Its substance there by bread carressed;

A cheese that so invites all day,
Reposing sweetly ’pon a tray;

A cheese that’s well appreciated
Sliced or cubed or even grated.

Fear not the dust of mold that’s grown
Patina-like upon its throne,

And heed these words: Advanced degrees
You do not need to write of cheese.

by CatMan2 on May 13, 2009 3:33 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

My grandpa liked melted cheddar on warm apple pie

He melted a huge slice of cheese on that hunk of pie. It’s the truth.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 3:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Your grandpa was wise

by 22baylor on May 13, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always thought that was a Pennsylvania Dutch thing. Everyone did that where I grew.

Plus ketchup on scrambled eggs.

by raoulduke on May 13, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Rubio is hungry for the NBA

More on how we might get him tomorrow or in the next days before the lottery.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

As head of the "Please, please, PLEASE Portland draft Ricky Rubio" Committee

I will be waiting with baited breath…….did I spell that right?

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

bated breath

I’m at least on that committee.. hopefully it doesn’t conflict with my Team Bayless membership.

draft rodrigue beaubois

by Cablinasian on May 13, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

may I join this committee?

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, you may.

We’re always looking for members to help “influence” the change we would like within Portland’s drafting strategy. The only prerequisite to joining is an affinity for 18 year old Spanish point guards that play well beyond their years.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have that in spades

also, I tend to bring up drafting him in every off season scenario that people post. Cut Frye? Yes, but what about adding Rubio!?

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I should point out

That I have been a charter member of the committee since the Olympics

by southern oregon on May 13, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We accept retro-active memberships.

But I still get to wear the big funny hat.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok,Im cool with the hat

But leave the clown suit in the closet

by southern oregon on May 13, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I make no guarantees.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Rudy is the key.

The Wizards need a shooting guard, they don’t really need a PG. We need a PG, we don’t really need a backup SG. Also… it helps with the logjam as Webster and Bayless could probably just take Rudy’s 25 minutes a game. Bayless does a lot better playing shooting guard anyway, just let him do it full time like Monte Ellis or Ben Gordon. I know it hurts, but it’s doable and a full time starting PG is way more beneficial than a really excellent backup shooting guard.

Rubio
Roy
Batum
Aldridge
Oden

Blake/Bayless
Bayless/Webster
Webster
?dejuan blair?
Pryzbilla

Roy is the best player in the world with the exception of Incarcerated Mike from Queensbridge .

by Nick Van Excellent on May 13, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like to take my homer glasses off and think about trading Rudy occasionally

Just so I can feel the pain of missing him.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

by The Pirate on May 13, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

as much as in pains me to say this

I’d do that deal.

I love Rudy. I just wish either he was a SF or Roy was a SF or something! What would have happened to Rudy’s minutes this year if Webster had played? He would have gotten more minutes than Batum, that’s for sure.

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rodolfo isn't going to be around long term desafortunadamente.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

by The Pirate on May 13, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

twitter discovery of the day

http://twitter.com/Helen_Keller

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 4:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I like http://twitter.com/holygod

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL!

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Classics: “Sometimes you guys disappoint me”; “Matthew, Mark, Luke & John – love those guys!”; “Africa, I’m sorry”

Make the music with your mouth Prz

Salaam.

by JamesOn on May 13, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

“Who is your favorite false idol?”

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like

making fun of disabilities as much as the next guy (crippled children are my fav), but this just wasn’t funny to me at all.

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the content sucks

but it’s a novel idea.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

I am flagging you. It’s too soon, too soon.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

that's okay

you owe me a flag since i flagged your last JD

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you're saying this would be a bad time to set up the Joseph Merrick account?

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was it John or Joseph? Or Ella?

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Count me as unoffended and keeling over. Awesome!

Diet. Dr. Pepper.

by TheTinfoil on May 13, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Helen Keller was a Swedenborgian

I got married at a Swedenborgian church.

http://www.wayfarerschapel.org/

Check it out, looks like a Lord of the Rings church.

Morty

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everyone here was invited but you all stood me up

Dead to me you all are.

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was there kind of there

I FedExed some of my urine to a man on the inside, who made sure there was some wang in your punch.

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dabbed it behind my ear

No woman could resist my pungent musk that day.

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why are all the JD's getting re-recced?

by tominhawaii on May 13, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it's the half naked picture of you

you obviously have some fans out there

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where is tominrehab?

Did he change his name back to bustabucket? Is he lurking? Does he hang out at Silver Screen and Roll now?

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 4:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I figured

He was Deathstar Drive by

based on writing styles and joined dates

formerly fromagnon... I remember back in the day... way back before you young cats were around, back when I ruled the jersey contest... back when it meant something... back when hip-hop was alive

by The Arkitect on May 13, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is G. K. Chesterton

This is G. K. Chesterton on cheese.

Any questions?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Cheese is the new meth?

http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/photo_5.html

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's terrible

Not only is it addictive as heck, but cheese can be prepared at home using only a rudimentary knowledge of chemistry, and ingredients found in your local supermarket.

Why do you think so many poor families live in squalor and misery? It’s because of their addition to mac and cheese.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well just subtract it from them.

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 13, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am tempted by cheese every day. Every day.

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 13, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mhm, maybe there is a market niche for meth dealers to also sell strong anti-inflammatory medicine and sunscreen

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, some of the "after" photos

look better than the before ones.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Want to become more "productive" on your iPhone? Use app Email 'n Walk that shows you where you are stepping while typing

This one is for realz. There was an April Fools joke that promised such an application. Limited time for free.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That is the most awesome App created so far,

simple but ingenious all the same.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

by The Pirate on May 13, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh man

that actually looks like a useful app. I’ve tried doing this before with all sorts of things, reading and walking, playing with my phone and walking, gazing adoringly into a mirror while walking and I tend to bump into things or trip.

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have become an expert at reaading books and walking while avoiding dog excriment.

Basketball’s use of peripheral vision has served me well.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

by The Pirate on May 13, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the problem for me is always

what’s directly behind the book

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weave as you walk

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

by The Pirate on May 13, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ah, but that goes against my purpose for doing the multitasking

I’m trying to do as much as possible as quickly as possible. In fact, I usually walk the most direct path all the time anyway. This would just be ABSURD!

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on May 13, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time is a sacrifice that must be made for something so timeless

Reading #1

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

by The Pirate on May 13, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can't talk about Cheese without this one! :16 mark in the video

LINK

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 5:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Are you old enough to remember

The John Belusi on Sat. Nite Live thing about that?

by southern oregon on May 13, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

caps better turn it around soon

3-0

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

4-0

uh oh

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pens on FIRE!

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

this certainly isn’t over, especially with Ovechkin out there for Washington, but it’s looking rather bleak right now

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

certainly not over...

i was at a game where 3 goals were scored in :33 seconds….however, this is a monumental hill to climb in a game 7. Penguins have all the MoMo right now…and shouldn’t let up.

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

being a goalie in hockey has to be one of the worst jobs in sports

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

That, and being a cricket player in general.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

by The Pirate on May 13, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Playing in the backcourt with Allen Iverson?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Coincidentally the best job in sports is also found in hockey.

Zamboni driver.

by Jerb on May 13, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always thought that Tonya Harding would have been a good hockey player

Skating ability, check. Mean streak, check.

Too bad she got addicted to cheese.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

disagree

I gotta think that either a bullpen catcher in baseball, or benchwarmer in basketball has to be the best jobs.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had forgotten about those.

Though the only benefit I would see is getting paid a ridiculous sum of money to sit and do little. And, as far as I know, there is no song talking about wanting to work that job.

by Jerb on May 13, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Brodeur (spelling?) still playing?

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

well...he was still playing...until Carolina beat his NJ Devils in round 1 (7 games)

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's the guy I liked when I watched hockey more intensively

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of hockey

Who thinks that Brandon Roy should pronounce his name like Patrick Roy?

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 5:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Is it the Frenchified way?

I like it.

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But in exhange, #88 has to pronounce his surname

as “bottom”.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

they do that on Sportscenter all the time

especially right after they do hockey highlights.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm watching the hockey game on CBC and have the Canadian old version of Craig Sager on my screen during screens

A guy in a golden suit

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Don Cherry?

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looks about right

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

he's a Classic! gotta' love him

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's typical for Don.

http://goingfivehole.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-top-ten-don-cherry-suits.html

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Beware the Cheese Warriors

About 8,000 years ago, some tribes of Indo-Europeans developed the ability to digest lactose. This gave them a military advantage and enabled them to conquer non-milk drinking enemies. Skeletal remains show they gained about 4 inches in height after becoming lactose tolerant. Dairying produces 5 times as many calories per acre that raising cattle for slaughter.

" … cattle are far easier to steal than heaps of grain: They can walk. It looks as if the early Indo-Europeans spent a lot of time rustling each other’s cattle, fighting over cattle, planning revenge for previous raids, and in general raising hell. They became a warrior society. That general tendency of pastoral society – a gift for causing trouble – was a key theme in Eurasian history for millennia."

These facts from
The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution, by Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending.

Another factoid from the book: "Blue eyes are common in Europeans and their descendants and are found to some extent in adjacent populations, but they are essentially nonexistent in most of the world. Some 10,000 years ago there seems to have been no such thing … our best guess is that it first occurred in a Lithuanian village about 6,000 years ago." The blue-eyed gene was then transported throughout Europe by tribes of Vandals.

"Out here on the road, when its just our small travelling party against the world, it's tough ..." MB

by OBJuan72 on May 13, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Quite accurate but I might add

Those folks were the first to domesticate horses and traded with the Persians and Greeks for textiles and minerals,lots of burial digs on the Russian Stepps indicate this and a strange factoid,everybody rich or poor got buried with a little bag of smoke,rich folks got a Persian rug too.

by southern oregon on May 13, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Candace Parker and Shelden Williams got a kid. Agents of the world, line up.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-40-69/Congratulations-to-Candace-Parker-and-Shelden-Williams.html

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How does the forehead look?

As long as it doesn’t have the forehead of daddy, it’ll do alright.

by Mortimer on May 13, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That hockey game is not exactly close anymore. Time to watch Mavs

http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2009/5/13/874645/game-five-mavs-at-nuggets-open#comments

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yah, definitely past the point of watchability.

That’s what I get for trying to get people to watch.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 13, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh...oh...best thing ever in sports....The Handshake...gotta' watch the handshake

most game 7’s are unbelievable…there are more to come!

by jstbeachy on May 13, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

TNT is showing Glory Road now. Great basketball movie.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 13, 2009 9:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Snakes on a Plane is on FX

Awesomely incredibly fantabulous movie

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 13, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They should use that as an in-flight movie some time

Along with Con Air, Alive!, Madagascar 2, the original Airplane!, and episodes of Lost.

Actually, one time I was flying from somewhere, and was listening to the in-flight music programming. Alanis Morissette’s song Ironic came on—and sure enough, the last half of the second verse was gone. Missing. Like a Cessna in the Bermuda Triangle, it vanished without a trace.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a good story

Remember when the airlines wouldn’t show Rainman because the only safe airline is (was) Qantas?

by Corvid on May 13, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I prefer Oceania Air myself

Must be an awesome airline—they always seem to be in the movies.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 13, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would prefer that to seeing the same movie three times on a trip

If you want to have some fun on a plane trip, when the pilot introduces himself “my name is captain Richard Jackson bla bla” yell loud so a few rows can hear it “oh no, that that idiot [or more colorful word] again!!!” High comedy to watch scared people for a while.

"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle

by Norsktroll on May 14, 2009 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs