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May 6, 2009 Junk D. (snicker) Im Sorry Edition

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I have finally come to terms with this season. After wandering this:

 

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via www.terraspirit.com

 

for days and days, looking for any sign of light to break up my misery over our untimely exit from the first round. In the process I cut off several close inter-friends :).... so here goes..Im sorry for alienating you <3. I wont do it again.

 

I would like to ASK for an apology from Greg and Steve and Sergio and Travis and Nate... and KP for not moving RLEC....

 

I would like to apologize in advance for all the fights i will pick about politics during the off season  :(

 

<3 everyone

 

Sophia


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Does anyone know what Oden is up to this summer?

I’ve been trying to find information about his summer plans…

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I believe he is going to take classes at Ohio State and.....

….has indicated that he would accept if invited to the Team USA try-out thingy

by upper left corner on May 6, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

we should start a FanPost on this topic

it seems like it would be good fodder for conversation

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fortunately... someone has

Again

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

let's try to fill the sidebar with Oden/summer school posts

The only rule is that each user can only create 1 per person… have at it boyz… “Let’s roll” as that dude said on 9/11

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is it okay if we talk about our own summer school experiences? A la Band Camp?

 And prove once and for all, it is a good thing for Oden.

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

tomorrow's JD?

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

by cloudydays on May 6, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I took some classes at Oregon State one summer

It was awesome. Summer school is really flexible in that some classes start in July, and some start in August. So I took 4 classes over the course of the summer, but never had more than 2 classes going on at a time. Thus I had plenty of time to hang out with my buddies at night and to goof around during the day when I wasn’t in class. And the best part was that I was done with school by the end of August so I still had a month break before Oregon State started back up again at the end of September.

I am a huge fan of summer school.

by tingeyga on May 6, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My wife (chick I was shacked up with at the time) went to U of O for summer school

She had a bunch of classes with football players and she invited them over to teach them how to make sushi. They came over a few times for dinner, we went to their place once and one fellow from Compton and his girlfriend went camping with us.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK. Dramatic dialogue version:

TIH: Bring the accused before me.

ULC: Yes, Your Honor?

TIH: You stand accused of Aggravated Gullibility. How do you plead?

ULC: I, um, I plead Guilty But Ignorant, Your Honor.

TIH: Ignorant? That is obvious, but why is it relevant?

ULC: I was busy posting brilliant observations in the LMA front page thread. I hadn’t even looked at the sidebar…….

TIH: I doubt the brilliance of your observations but fine. I pronounce you Guilty AND Ignorant…..

ULC: But, but, but…..

TIH: Now for my favorite part: your sentence. I sentence you to public humiliation and 24 hrs of You Tube tapes of Bayless making TOs, missing shots, and strutting like a peacock.

ULC: Oh no, your honor, anything but that. Please sir, have mercy. I beg……..

TIH: Get this fool out of my thread.

by upper left corner on May 6, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

That's tominrehab

I ain’t that guy.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You all look the same to me

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get you confused with The Archetype

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I google-imaged The Archetype and found this image:

Fractal octopus. Just thought it was cool and this IS a junk drawer.

by MiledAnimal on May 6, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fractals are sooooo cool.

Even better when they are actually in motion and constantly switching. We did those things in high school alot. More accurately, our teacher did them as we all struggled and failed.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on May 6, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh

What a gut punch.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 6, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We knew that.

You are better looking.

And funnier.

(I won’t mention smarter, because someone might take that as an attempt at character assassination.)

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hehe... you learn so quickly...
(I won’t mention smarter, because someone might take that as an attempt at character assassination.)

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You haven't been responding to comments from TIH. It's

TOMINREHAB you’re responding to.

"Aneurysm".

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

by annthefan on May 6, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe ULC was thinking of TomInreHab.

I’m surprised you are even mentioning the name of your most hated adversary, Ann. Aren’t you worried that will encourage him to open another dialogue with you?

by MiledAnimal on May 6, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

she's not doing a very good job ignoring me

She said yesterday she would ignore me…

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

sorry for the confusion

TiH, TiR… it’s easy to see how you could get us mixed up… happens all the time.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still hate you

You are the John Wayne Gacy of Blazers Edge.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

John Wayne Gacy?

that sort of sounds like Dwayne Casey… so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that it was just a typo.

Come on brother, where is the love? We’re all friends here just trying to have fun. No need to hate a fellow player.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It’s not being called a serial killer that hurts as much as the clown part.

by pxilpooshr on May 6, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

That's a rec.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah yes . . . the mixups

Just like the old days, with Bust a Bucket and bustabucket and BustaBucket.com.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it was intentional every time.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll admit to it. I made a tomindrag screename to post a response to someone

Who made a snide remark about you by calling you tomindrag. It was a one and done name steal.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

tom, I admit it was intentional

but when I made this name, you had switched to Dragline. Thus, I didn’t foresee the confusion.

Here’s a deal for you: I will stop using this if you give me the password to Dragline. I thought TiH was gone forever when I made this. Then TiH came back (which is great, everybody loves it and you for that matter). But right now I’m stuck with TiR.

I don’t want to continue to piss you off and confuse the heck out of people (like, it took annthefan 2 months to figure out I’m not you… and that’s why she hates me to this day).

This may not be the solution, but I truly want to work in earnest on finding one. Once possibility would be for me to take over Dragline (and accompany it with a JD that explains who is who now). What other ideas do you have?

I seriously think the world of you Tom and want to be your friend and friends with all Bedgers. I’m completely open to negotiations. Let’s work together and see if we can sort this out. This is a good time to do this, since it’s the off-season and all.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not trying to be mean, but you could just make your own name you thought up by yourself.

If you really are worried about tominoahu’s feelings. It wouldn’t be that hard. Plus, annthefan COULDN’T be pissed off at you anymore because you’d be someone else. You had a run with tominrehab. Your best move now appears to be stepping out of that role. It could be a move with the new offseason. A bigger better (and in the case of Oden, smarter) Blazer team, and a bigger and better tominrehab great the upcoming season of Blazer domination.

If not. That’s cool.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we should do a poll

How should tominrehab kill himself?

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

Obviously an overdose

"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.

by blazermaniac32 on May 6, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Suicide isn't funny...

…and, before I hear a snide remark, it is worse if you really mean it.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't think about that

Sorry I made a joke about suicide. I can find humor in just about anything, and realize that some things I find humorous, other find offensive. I shouldn’t have made that joke, just like I shouldn’t joke about cancer (and don’t) on Blazers Edge.

The last thing I want to do is offend people on Blazers Edge. I apologize for that. This is not the proper forum. I do not know if I can really say anything beyond that without sounding snarky.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't worry, I'm not offended.

But think of someone on the other side who hears that. They might not be as ‘roll with the punches’ cool as you are.

lol, I’m glad you don’t joke about cancer.

I think the only reason I notice it is that I am constantly having to hold myself back from similar things. So, in bringing this up I am being a bit of a hypocrite.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Neither

I’ve called out folks when they use “retard.” If someone is offensive, they deserve to be called on it. It just needs to be done in an educating manner and not a condescending or jerkly manner. I should have known better, and sometimes folks do not know better. Either way, as long as it is explained why it is offensive, instead of just being offended, more power to them.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

whoops.
just like I shouldn’t joke about cancer (and don’t) on Blazers Edge.

L
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acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How on earth did you find that? Have you been reviewing old threads for the last 43 minutes?

Do you have some crazy way of archiving comments, so that you can pull that out of your a… hat? I am seriously impressed. Can you pull a cancer reference out of some obscure thread using the archive search function? wow

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 6, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a mad memory.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lies

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 6, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

jus' playin. You go to the upper right of the page and type in a term

i.e. “cancer”.

It spit out like 555 results or something, so i hit “powersearch” and limited it to user “tominhawaii”

I remembered 3 out of 4 thinks I linked to, so it wasn’t hard to flip through the results and find them. I ran across one of the things by accident, so I threw it in to complete the acronymn.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not for sure a liar.

I could say I don’t pee the bed. Just because I have doesn’t mean I do.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh

I used to joke about cancer all the time. I was way worse in person. I’ve cut back, the junk drawer doesn’t count, and some of that wasn’t a joke.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 7, 2009 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

what's for breakfast?

bagel w/ cream cheese and a banana for yours truly.

by tominrehab on May 7, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Volunteer as a lawn darts target in a charitable event ...

… of Ann’s choosing?

Challenge Channing to a one on one marathon to the death?

Take a road trip to visit you to offer his most abject apologies?

Make him eat your wife’s cooking?

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Think about a person who knowingly tries to take on anothers identity

and for months gets away with it. Isn’t that called identity theft? This has been going on for close to 6 months now and Rehab still has people mistaking him for Tom and he still never disabuses the person he’s duped of their mistake. Anyone see a pattern? How would people feel if their online persona were co-opted by someone who makes the kind of comments that Rehab makes? That kind of behavior is less than balanced. And now he wants Tom to give him the password for Dragline, bribing Tom with the prospect of no more confusion between tominhawaii/tominrehab? What? I asked Rehab, as free of profanity as I possibly could, to make a pact to never respond directly or indirectly to each others comments, and that I was giving him the last word. The next day, he’s commenting in one of the threads that our “relationship” is on the mend and reciting little psuedosychobabble pep talks on how hate is damaging. Rehab has a lot more problems going on than just identity theft. Now that I recognize it I would spot the ugly mind behind his comments no matter what Rehab calls himself.

"Aneurysm".

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

by annthefan on May 7, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hell no, I hate you

I pray each night to 15 different deities for you to die. Everyone kept comparing me to bust a bucket and that guy was a total dick. I changed my name to Dragline, because even though I’m a pervert and say stupid stuff, I don’t say as perverted or as stupid stuff as I used too. And I never said as much stupid or perverted stuff as you.

Bust a Bucket started out kind of funny and then just became insulting and churlish. I wish I would have punched you at Blazers Edge night, but then I realize that this is just a blog and it’s not worth punching someone over. I didn’t know you were at BE night so it really doesn’t matter, but it sure would have been nice to punch you.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

Hello Newman

"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on May 6, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

As expressed above

I will reach out my hand, Tom, but you have to be willing to unclench your fist.

(I feel like I’m Obama talking to Ahmad Rashad right now)

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

which 15?
I pray each night to 15 different deities for you to die.

tell me so I can sue you for discriminating against the ones you left out.

"seriously, i didn’t think this would happen, ever, but i got a girlfriend" -- Blazermaniac Andy

by prezofdeath on May 7, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

On top of all his other despicable attributes Rehab can add

delusional to the list.

"Aneurysm".

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

by annthefan on May 7, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hate is a delusion Ann

when you’re on your deathbed and realize the amount of energy and emotion you wasted hating people (me, Obama, liberals in general), you will come to realize it did not make your life any better.

Thus, it was a delusional diversion that you wasted your life on.

Let’s puts the past behind us. Let’s start fresh. Thank you for giving me a second chance after I “lied by omission”.

I’m sorry for any pain I have caused you and hope we can regain our trust in each other.

by tominrehab on May 7, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like I said. Totally delusional. You're not worth hating, I just hold you in contempt.

 Add presumptuous to the list of your despicable attributes.
You presume to know what my politics are. Predictably so, you’re totally wrong. You cause me no pain, just disgust.

"Aneurysm".

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

by annthefan on May 7, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You cause me no pain, just disgust.

Wowwwwzers! Flingin’ zingers left and right

"seriously, i didn’t think this would happen, ever, but i got a girlfriend" -- Blazermaniac Andy

by prezofdeath on May 7, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

^disclaimer

I’m not condoning or condemning anything. Just commenting. :-)

"seriously, i didn’t think this would happen, ever, but i got a girlfriend" -- Blazermaniac Andy

by prezofdeath on May 7, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd for A Fistful of Yen

"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on May 6, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT DETROIT

I don’t even know what movie that’s from, I just remember it because someone fanshotted it when Iverson got traded and we all lauged and rec’d it a bazillion times.

"seriously, i didn’t think this would happen, ever, but i got a girlfriend" -- Blazermaniac Andy

by prezofdeath on May 7, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Kentucky Fried Movie." A comedy classic.

Airplane was the movie that made Jim Abrahams and Jerry and David Zucker famous. KFM was the movie they did before Airplane. It’s a series of vignettes that spoof TV, movies, and popular culture in the 1970s. The longest vignette was a 45-minute send-up of Bruce Lee’s martial-arts classic, Enter the Dragon. That’s where the Take him to Detroit! reference comes from.

I saw KFM four times before I finally saw Enter the Dragon. The other patrons must have thought I was on drugs, because every other scene I was cracking-up remembering how it was lampooned in KFM.

by MiledAnimal on May 7, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

rec'd

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i have never seen this much complaining

over a kid who wants to finish his degree

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

by cloudydays on May 6, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know what slays me?

People are jumping all over Greg Oden for the crime of wanting to go to summer school, but then they lust after Ron Artest. It made my hypocrisy meter explode.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's one of the lamest complaints I've ever read

No one ever complained about what Qyntel Woods did in the off season until he got caught. Oden is going to freaking school.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well…Artest DID go to school for two more years than Greg… Maybe that’s what people are attracted to about him. Yeah, that’s gotta be it. This is Portland after all.

Make the music with your mouth Prz

Salaam.

by JamesOn on May 6, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heard he was working at a Dairy Queen.

this has been a message from: "The People's Alliance to give Greg Oden at Least a Couple of Seasons"

by bforsythe on May 6, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As he's from Indiana ....

…. that could be he’s working for a Dairy Queen.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sophia

since this a a JD and you created it, do we have your blessing to discuss cheerleaders for D-League teams and the role of the media in 21st century mysogyny?

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:43 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

u just want me to respond to your posts a 100 times

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

by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

100 times?... try 99 times... I'm not sure where your imagination came up with triple digits

That reminds me of a saying…

“If you live to be 100 years old, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day… so I never have to live a day without you.”

Back to a more pressing issue. Elizabeth Edwards is on Oprah tomorrow. She talks candidly about her hubby sleeping with, and potentially knocking up, another woman ({Rick} Rielly Hunter).

Do you get sick of this “stand by your man” attitude that this powerful women take? Do it empower adulterers to continue to ply their trades?

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn’t that a class they are offering at OSU this summer? Thought I read about it somewhere…

this has been a message from: "The People's Alliance to give Greg Oden at Least a Couple of Seasons"

by bforsythe on May 6, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

where you've been mars dude

oden back at ohio.st earning his credits for a dentistry degree.then he’s going to rest up for next season.his 7’0 behind should be in a hot gym period,seriously learning some low post moves.

by fatty on May 6, 2009 10:50 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

bwahahaha

we.wish

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

by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love how some people (not you rehab, the folks writing the linked article) ...

… want to make personal choices into a societal problem. Oh my, obesity is a problem for all of us because tax payer dollars get used to treat some of the people with obesity related health problems.

In a free society, people are allowed to make personal choices, even if they are poor ones. If people want to eat poorly, get fat and die at an early age, that is their right. Perhaps the problem is the people who want the rest of us footing the bill to take of people who won’t take care of themselves. Rather than moving toward a nanny state that tells you what you can eat, when you can drive your car or light a fire in your fireplace, how about we just say no to people who come to the hospital with high blood pressure and diabetes. If they drop dead in the parking lot, that’s their problem.

Some might find this cold hearted. But last year my doctor informed me I had developed Type II diabetes. I could have done what most people apparently do – nothing. Instead I did what was recommended. Cut calories, limited carbs and started working out. (I was already eating pretty healthy, but am a bread, pasta, potato and rice lover.) And guess what, blood sugar numbers are good, I’ve dropped 20 lbs and as a bonus both my cholestorol and BP is in the excellent range. According to my doc, I’m only the 2nd patient she’s ever seen do this. This is not to pat myself on the back – but to point out that it usually comes down to a matter of choice. And I don’t believe in government being the one to be making choices for us.

Sorry for the mini rant and now back to our regular programing.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

rec

nice analysis…

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about this arguement:

The government is the people of the nation. The people of the nation subsidize healthcare through taxation. The government pays for part of citizen’s healthcare. The people of the nation, having decided to subsidize healhcare, must move to prevent abuse or costs will become unreasonable. They cannot deny healthcare subsidies to certain groups as it will reflect poorly on then. So instead they must force all to act within one ‘healthy’ mode.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That dog don't hunt for me.

Using that logic, there is nothing that can’t be decided by the government. The key word in your paragraph is in the last sentence – force. Since when in a free society does the gobvernment have the right to force people to do something against their will when it does not threaten or harm another? My eating a cheeseburger threatens no one other than perhaps my self.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you referring to physical harm or a greater harm.

Because clearly, if the people of the nation pay some percent of everyone’s healthcare, than their is monetary harm when any poor health related choice is made by an individual.

If a smoker and a thief both harm you by taking money from your pocket, is there a difference other than the disassociation in our minds?

This is coming from the point of view of the social contract.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Except the obese guy isn't taking any money out of my pocket.

The politicians are the ones doing that.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just to make sure I'm not pissing you off.

Should I continue with what I am saying?

For the record I feel the same way you do, but I see the only way of it being fitting into our society is to allow government to do no more than regulate in anything healthcare related.

by staylost on May 6, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not pissing me off at all.

I’m not against regulation. But how about regulations that grant health care providers to make judgement calls, rather than regulate what people can eat?

Actually, I know the answer to that one. Litigation. Someone will sue.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting take on this.......

but it assumes absolutely no role of genetics. As in one of the leading causes of high cholesterol is genetics.

So do we with hold treatment of everyone who makes bad choices? And just who gets to make that decision? Would treatment for STDs stop? Because getting one means that you may have made a bad decision. Where is the line drawn?

I’m all for personal responsibility. there is far too little of it today. But it is difficult, if not impossible, to define rules that fit all situations.

by antediluvian on May 6, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you've described the real problem.

There isn’t an easy way to draw lines that are perfect. That’s why I identified my little comment as a rant.

Personally, this is one problem I have with universal health care. It doesn’t require any personal responsibility. If I had to come up with a suggestion, I would do something in the vein of Oregon’s health plan, where a list of health care treatments and checkups are covered, with others not. The list should be heavily weighted to preventive medicine and regular checkups and focus on the young. I am all for free health care to people up to the age of, say 18.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 6, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is so awesome.

I have come to the conclusion that free health care should be up to the age of 18 as well, and nothing past that age (preventative complicates things obviously: is water quality a part of preventative healthcare?). I came to that view through reasoning out a healthcare system to reinforce personal health responsibilty. Since 18 and unders are recognized by our society as unable to make their own decisions, they are clearly not responsible for their health choices (which would have largely been made by their parents up to this point).

Another complication is high risk activities like, for example, rock climbing. If the government were to set up a fair healthcare system would such activities be synonomous with the Atkins diet?

by staylost on May 6, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or we could pay for all the health care anyone needs with no problem

by legalizing all drugs. I mean all drugs. Even cancer and aids and std drugs. Tax em. Save on prison cost.
And cut the military in half. Replace it with a moon base, from which we throw giant boulders on our enemies. If we have to. Which I would prefer we didn’t.
That might work.

by twggyy on May 6, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess that's what I like about universal health care....

in that, at least as I envision it, it does require personal responsibility. There won’t be enough money for the hugely expensive, marginally effective treatments which seem almost mandatory today. For example, why does every hospital and many clinics have MRI facilities? Having that many isn’t necessary.

To me, a universal plan that fully funds preventive medicine and the most medically effective treatments would encourage individual responsibility.

But hey….the most important health care decisions involve the health of Webster’s foot and Oden’s entire body. ;-)

by antediluvian on May 6, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoever said we live in a free society?

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oden Minutes?

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oden miles?

Isn’t that the term that TwoDeep used to get back into shape and regain control of his life after his wife passed away due to a turrible disease?

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dentist Oden would be scary.

Huge hands, small mouths, sharp tools…you think kids don’t like the dentist now?

"It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays." - R. Pitino

"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."- Jimmy V

Go Blazers!!

by DaNoose on May 6, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously terrifying

OHHHHH Brandon! Do it, do it, do it til your satisfied!!!!!! - Wheels

"We ran the football. We could run it all day long, and again that's what we do." -Mike Bellotti, 65 - 38

by EazyRider on May 6, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha-ha!

Yeah, Greg Oden does have big hands.

by AK1984 on May 6, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahaha

rec

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

by cloudydays on May 6, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did anyone expect the Nuggets to be playing this well

so deep into the post season? Imagine if the still had Marcus Camby… they’d be legit title contenders

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on May 6, 2009 10:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

better without Camby, I think

"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 May 6, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

more time for Nene and Birdman

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 6, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

they are legitimate title contenders

it just feels weird to say it.

Alston vs. Marbury could be the best or the worst thing ever.

by appel82 on May 6, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ve thought they could be elite since around 2005 with a player to make Carmelo Anthony accountable, then cringed severely when they acquired Iverson. Billups is too perfect for that team.

Make the music with your mouth Prz

Salaam.

by JamesOn on May 6, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And by elite I mean top 5-ish

Make the music with your mouth Prz

Salaam.

by JamesOn on May 6, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cool thing is

We have had the same record as them.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 6, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are playing pretty sharp right now.

But Mavs have been very good at home…something like 11 out of last 12. (too lazy to actually look up)

I like the whole team.

by RenoBlazerFan on May 6, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

bottom half of the bracket is soft

compared to the top half.

I got 6 years of playoff blue balls going on, and I'm ready to release. GO BLAZERS. ~Mortimer

by Philthyanimal on May 6, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i don't know what a urfoolz is but NBA made a Broy one

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 10:56 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WHAT IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!

SO AWESOME!

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

by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

check the NBA's facebook page...got it from there.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want it now.

"We believe" -Rudy Fernandez

by twiggs on May 6, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you’ve been in a vineyard?

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

by lukeyhere on May 6, 2009 10:57 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep, my bad.

The photo appeared to be of some player from North Carolina. I guess I misspelled it.

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

by lukeyhere on May 6, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's cool

maid tu rek misspelled things all the time and everybody love him.

you’re ’aight..

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just ran it through spellchecker.

Through correct spelling, apparently, is C L U E L E S S.

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

by lukeyhere on May 6, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Marcus Ginyard

Is this what you’re talking about?

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i wish

drinking away my sorrows sounds good, but the point is the road of course..

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

by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

he needs to set his woman straight
I’m also hearing the only sticking point might be whether his wife will move from Portland to Minny.

[braces for Sophia’s cannon fire]

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Minny has the Mall of America!

That should be a main selling point for her.

by Roybot on May 6, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

he needs to set his woman straight

I thought society had moved beyond this notion that women are lesser than men and men need to “set them straight” on occasion.

I guess I have to much faith in humans to finally undo the historical trappings of sexism and racism. Oh well, I guess not.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're not Sophia

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

I sure as hell am not Sophia. That much is true.

What is also true is that you don’t need to be female to be feminist.

Enlightened men are feminists once they realize the brutality with which men have treated women throughout history. It’s not about apologizing for the past as much as it is setting up a better future for our daughters and granddaughters.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LaMarcus is a vegetarian?!?!

SOFT ANTI MEAT ’Fraidycat….TRADE HIM DO YOU THINK WE COULD STILL GET CHUCK HAYES????

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know that you know that I know your answer that I already knew

We work good well together.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

get a room

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like how AI says "Thats a travel"

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 6, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's like watching Tiger impersonate Barkley playing Golf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chdYDbYQAA&feature=related

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

by cloudydays on May 6, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think that ad set Tigers swing back a year… probably why he hasn’t been playing as well lately…. and by not playing well I mean not winning everything he enters

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

how dare you question my feminine ... errr... feminist qualities!

I’m a militant feminist just like BlazerFan1…

Come on dude

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, no, no

 Accepted rule of society, only black people can talk about black people, irish people about terrorism and Sophia about women’s rights.

 On a serious note, his wife does need to be set straight. Regardless of gender. A career changing oppurtunity placed at his feet and she is said to be worrying about living in Minnesota? Way to co-operate! Thumbs up

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All I'm saying is

 If I or my girlfriend are lucky enough to be offered a job, that is the highest position in our career, in one of the best markets in the world it would be an ending point if they refused to come.
 To be offered such a great chance, only to have your loved one refuse to come is rediculous. For a smaller scale job it may be understandable, but this is a general manager, not a mechanic. If you refuse to move when your partner gets the chance to do something truly amazing, I’m suspicious.

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess I see that as

implying one person’s career/life choices are more important than those of the partner. To me, it’s all about the concensus and compromise needed to make a relationship work.

That’s my 2 cents. Your mileage may vary. ;-)

by antediluvian on May 6, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My parents were married for almost 50 years

Much of that time they spent living in different states because of their jobs. It happens. In other news, Nate’s wife lives in Seattle.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's ok

His girlfriend lives in Portland so he is not lonely.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 6, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

My grandma actually thinks that.

She hates the Blazers just because my whole family likes them. When we were watching one of the games she asked where Nate’s wife was and why she’s never there. I told her she lives in Seattle but she didn’t seem to like that answer very much. Now she officially thinks Nate is a cheater.

by Roybot on May 6, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

fun killer

(i’m trying to get sophia to yell at me after a big ol apology/let’s-be-friends-again post)

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(sorry, hopefully she’ll still be pissed at you for being sexist and will still yell at you)

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you both <3 me

and incredibly transparent :)

<3 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

by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

italics looks cool….I’m going to use it more often

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 6, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would definitely be a good way to catch somebody's eye with your post.

What about this? Does this work in terms of catching people’s eyes?

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on May 6, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no Yes.

Alston vs. Marbury could be the best or the worst thing ever.

by appel82 on May 6, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Roster

Hinrich / Bayless
Roy / Rudy
Webster / Outlaw / Batum
Aldridge / Blair
Oden / Pryz

Look Good?

#5

by Kelsoballa on May 6, 2009 11:04 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Roster

CP3/Blake/Bayless
Roy/Rudy
Lebron/Batum
Aldridge/Milsap
Oden/Shaq

Look better?

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Your quite Welcome

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In all seriousness

I don’t think Hinrich is that much of an upgrade at point… If we’re going to make a “Championship” move, odds are it’s for a younger up and coming guard like Sessions. I don’t think a PG puts us over the hump for a couple of years as our core matures, and by that time most of the available quality guards are on the downswing of their careers.

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it depends what direction you want to go for

sessions may be a better overall player, but hinrich’s defense would help keep the pesky quick pgs from penetration = less fouls for our bigs.

I got 6 years of playoff blue balls going on, and I'm ready to release. GO BLAZERS. ~Mortimer

by Philthyanimal on May 6, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ESPN

Please. Stop. Talking. About. Brett. Favre.

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

by cloudydays on May 6, 2009 11:09 AM PDT reply actions   2 recs

worst development of the summer right?

that irks me to know end. I watch a little sportscenter every morning while I eat my cereal and I’m really annoyed that I’m going to have to spend those mornings learning about the “brett favre latest” for the foreseeable future.

by DrivetheLane on May 6, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who is Brett Favre?

 Why is Bayless’ off-season diet of virgins and goats not the main story?

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

me too

I don’t feel good this morning (they should call today Hangover De Mayo) and I turn on the TV while I eat some lucky charms, and I don’t see any highlights, all I see is the latest on Brett Favre.

Plus he isn’t even that good any more.

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

by cloudydays on May 6, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

REC

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

by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, I'm curious
If I put something in quote thingies

what color does it seem on your screen? on a school computer, it’s gray, but at home for me, it’s purple-ish.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I get gray at work and home

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter

by The Arkitect on May 6, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

gray

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

by cloudydays on May 6, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you are viewing your LCD monitor at a 38.4 degree angle from normal, which results in a color shift from gray to purple.

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

by lukeyhere on May 6, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it is because when he gets home

He takes LSD.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 6, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LSD should be provided for all diabetics

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 6, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gray, and new comments are yellowish. I like that color scheme on BE.

by Norsktroll on May 6, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Grey as Cleveland sunshine on my screen.

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Visit Clevland! They want you to come!

http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/hastily-made-cleveland-tourism-video-part-deux/

http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/in-honor-of-the-red-sox-indians-series-hastily-made-cleveland-tourism-ad/

Note, not terribly inappropriate but also not the best thing to be listening to loudly in class/work. Very funny though.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on May 6, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cleveland sunshine

Is that anything like a Cleveland Steamer?

"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on May 6, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Purple-ish

Totally ugly color. I tried changing my monitor settings to make it gray, but then I couldn’t stand other screens. And my new comments are more orange than yellow.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

at home my comments don't even really turn a color

there is a bright yellow thin strip over the title as i scroll through them, which is really nice. I like it better than the Bedge where the whole comment is yellow. Same goes for the rec’d comments…they don’t turn green on my computer. I see the little green “thumbs up” but the whole comment doesn’t change color.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Perhaps your brightness/contrast is set too high?

Or your viewing angle is weird? Is this an LCD?

by Timmay! on May 6, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeh, i like my brightness/contrast really high

so that’s probably it. It’s a hi-def LCD screen on my laptop…everything looks BRILLIANT through it.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My new netbook has a bright-as-the-sun LCD screen

And it’s really hard to see that the comments are in yellow. That’s why it was my first guess.

You’re right about it looking brilliant though. :)

by Timmay! on May 6, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, I love it.

it makes the colors look really nice. everything is so drab on most LCDs….i’d say 90% of the ones I use that aren’t mine seem extremely dim and could use a brightness/contrast adjustment.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha! good point.

nah, i just got em checked a month or two ago…..got a new prescription for my left eye…-5.25. Right eye holding steady @ -6.00…..i’m super comfortable in contacts, so it’s all good.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Macs

I paid at least $400 more than I wanted too and my screen is too small, yet it has been the least stressful computer I have ever owned, and I’ve owned a few. I’m only utilizing about 20% of it’s capabilities because of my ignorance and I don’t mind. It’s never just sitting there running, scanning, or downloading. It just works whenever I turn it on or open it. And when I spilled iced tea on it, they replaced the keyboard and chastised me for free.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i got a buddy who gave me a g4 mac laptop (what do they call 'em...macbooks?) for $300 bucks

it only has 1.67 ghz and 1.5gb of ram and a 80gb hard drive, but that’s plenty for a backup computer. Has like 3-3.5 hours of battery life too, which is nice

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

UMMM REC THIS PEOPLES!!!

SHEESH

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

by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

what's it worth to you?

"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 May 6, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's the off season.

Really, it’s all junk now. This junk just doesn’t stand out. You know how things get in the off season. Sometimes Dave even let’s swear words get through. You’re just going to have to make your junk somehow more reccable than the next pile.

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

by lukeyhere on May 6, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need an exposé

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

as you wish

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cavs

Does anyone else share my view that the Cavs are gonna take it all this year in convincing fashion?

LBJ is on a mission..

Denver is lookin’ good too. How ’bout a Denver/Cavs finals matchup?

Much like Jordan was the obstacle to the Blazers winning the championship in the early 90s, I’m hoping LBJ isn’t our obstacle in the years ahead.

by SloppyJoe on May 6, 2009 12:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I would say LeBron is playing out of his skin.

 But it all seems too easy.

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

by The Pirate on May 6, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. Championships probably go through LeBron

for the next 10 years or so. No matter where he plays. I’m thinking the Blazers should be able to get one in that time though.

by DrivetheLane on May 6, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unless he gets bored

and decides to play football instead.

by tingeyga on May 6, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's not channel Cav Fan so easily.

Don’t be surprised if whoever comes out of the West beats the Cavs in the finals, even if the Cavs are the favorite this year.

by MiledAnimal on May 6, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah I got a Andrei Kirilenko story

I done had some drinks with this dude yesterday who said he was playing poker with Kirilenko’s wife in Vegas not long after he got his big contract and days after the Jazz got knocked out of the playoffs. He said she had a huge stack of black chips and other chips he could not afford then Andrei walked up and said he wanted to go to dinner so she bet half her chips, lost them, bet the other half, lost them, then left with Andrei for dinner.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

did you ever read Bringing Down the House... the true story about MIT students owning Vegas?

There’s a nice little anecdote about Patrick Ewing in there… back in the early 1990s

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

is that the one that "21" is based off of?

I think the dude who actually did it and wrote the book was on Courtside the other day for some reason. Last summer I believe. I might have to dig through my archives and find it.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

His name is Jeff Ma

He’s the stats geek that has helped the Blazers at draft time. His numbers heavily favored Durant a couple of years ago.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since I looked at LaMarcus RSCI ratings coming out of high school I also looked for Greg again

All HS recruiting/scouting websites (Scouts.com, Rivals.com, etc.) had Greg going first.

by Norsktroll on May 6, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jeff Ma was a mathmatics major at MIT

counting cards was something he did on the side.

"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on May 6, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

really?

i didn’t realize it was the same guy.

I got 6 years of playoff blue balls going on, and I'm ready to release. GO BLAZERS. ~Mortimer

by Philthyanimal on May 6, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm not sure the lead character in the book was Jeff Ma

maybe it was…

I just know that Jeff Ma was a part of the team (of a dozen or so MIT students and former professor).. maybe the book was about him personally, not sure.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was the same guy

Jeff Ma = “Kevin” in the book. I think they named him something else in the movie though.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok cool

I wasn’t sure.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He runs a website

www.protrade.com

"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on May 6, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's a great read

just wishing I was that smart and in their position… just for the thrill alone (not to mention the $$$)

by tominrehab on May 7, 2009 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really love teleconferences

Especially when people forget to put their phones on mute. Even better is when they put their phones on hold and then the “your on hold” music starts up.

by tingeyga on May 6, 2009 12:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If Cablinasian and Ak were in charge, this would be a declaration of war, right? :)

Hinrich..
….will be in a Wolves uniform by the end of July. If Kahn is the new GM and Hoiberg and Stack are still around, you can almost bank on it. – Canis Hoopus

by Norsktroll on May 6, 2009 12:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

link?

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on May 6, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bill Simmons last-minute campaign to become GM of the Wolves

http://www.canishoopus.com/2009/5/6/867004/bill-simmons-lobbying-for-wolves

Though I think I already diverted the discussion enough away from the Wolves. We shouldn’t make this into a big “who gets Hinrich” post.

by Norsktroll on May 6, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

nah

I don’t want to get into a fight with SnP. I like most of his stuff.. his Blazer hate is funny.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on May 6, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Worst blogger in the world on the worst blog in the world

His blog is the Timberwolves of Blogs and SnP is the Sam Smith of bloggers.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the Sam Smith of bloggers.

Wow. That’s strong langugae.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on May 6, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't really hate him

But I will act like I do for as long as he hates the Blazers.

" i wish you were my dad :)" - In Walks Rudy

by tominhawaii on May 6, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ah

the fake feud, a la Rick Reilly and Bill Simmons.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on May 6, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

what's funny is they think all BEdge hates them... cause of you!

"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 May 6, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i still remember the good old days when Tom got Timbo banned from BlogaBull

I assumed TiH was a Bulls homer and the time and would have liked Sam Smith. How I was wrong…

But those were the good old days, in the sense that we knew who the good guys were and who the bad guys were. Back then things were black and white in a sense and there was no gray area of misunderstanding and hurt feelings.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope. Not what I'm talking about.

You pissed people off in the “good old days” too. This hurt feelings stuff isn’t anything new.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha to talk about the "good ol days"

you have to at least have a UID number.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, Timbo getting banned from BaB was what I was talking about

But I tend to think that Prez has a great point about what constitutes the “good ol days”. I wasn’t here when they were giving out UID. I’m guessing you weren’t there either Corvid. So it’s a little presumptuous for us to argue about what happened then. Therefore, I retract my statement about what happened then. And I also apologize for that. Hopefully you can also own up to your failings and apologize for calling my comments “a load of crap”.

That said, let’s get over this and move on in life.

No ill will here Corvid. I think you’re a terrific commenter on the Bedge and really look forward to reading your stuff in the future. Thanks!

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

corvid was most definitely around back then.

basically anyone who joined before april 15, 2008 (when we upgraded to sbnation 2.0) had a unique ID number, which marks what person you were to join (i.e. the 1237th to join or w/e).

Back then we had diaries, not fanposts. I don’t even think the fanshots existed. There was a perma-linked “auto-fanshotter” that read RSS feeds from various blogs, but there wasn’t anything a poster like me or you could do other than post a “diary.”

dang, that seems like a longggg time ago.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

An eternity indeed.

When I say something out loud to the wife about the site, I still almost call it a diary instead of a fanpost.

by Timmay! on May 6, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm happy to see BEdge find intelligent life after the early dark ages

Go Blazers!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooooooot Wooooooooooooot!!!!!!!!!

by broyposse on May 6, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FYI

Prez UID — 1289
Corvid UID — 1267

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

click on your name

and it’s where it shows how many comments you’ve made… if it’s there at all

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bingo.

UID: 1592

It’s down at the bottom under Blog Memberships on my profile.

I read the site for over a year before I joined. It was weird to start talking to people you feel like you already know, when they’ve never seen you before.

by Timmay! on May 6, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

same here...I'd lurked for a while before jumping in

I can’t even remember how i found the site in the first place. I can’t remember if I linked from another blog or if I just googled blazers and it showed up or what.

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

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

I followed a link, but I can't remember from where

Pretty sure this was the first post I read. The photo of Canzano sucked me in. I lurked forever before I joined.

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's one hell of a last name

Like that Dick Assman guy from David Letterman… some guy that lived up in Canada.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(I think he was one of Bobby Medina’s assistants.)

by Corvid on May 6, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I found it through Truehoop

Before BE took off, Truehoop’s comment sections were the one of best around.

As (I felt) Truehoop degraded with the move to ESPN, I started focusing elsewhere, and BE was an easy choice.. I was already reading it, it just moved to the top of my reading list.

by Timmay! on May 6, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

then you should know as well or better than Prez

that it isn’t nice to call somebody’s comments (mistaken as they may have been) “a load of crap”. I wouldn’t have expected more from such a tenured member, I guess.

But I still appreciate your contributions greatly and hope it’s all good.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

correction

I would have expect more…

“wouldn’t” doesn’t make sense obviously.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

of course

I thought it was comical myself to have someone who’s only been around Bedge for a few months talk about “the good old days”….but I didn’t think it was “crap” or anything like that.

Honestly the only time or reason I’d be overly mad at you would be due to your name ;-)

acta est fabula plaudite -- Thanks for a great season.

by prezofdeath on May 6, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Prez!

You’ve always been one of the most compassionate people on here…

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and as far as the name

we’re working on a solution for that.

I’m going to toss around some ideas and hopefully get it fixed in the next month.

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mean this number ?

615

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on May 7, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

he got really mad back the the winter

when a Bedger called his site “Heinous Stupis”

by tominrehab on May 6, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs