Jan 08, 2011 : where's today's junk drawer??
by jorga on Jan 8, 2011 3:34 PM PST
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PrintI guess this must be it? Less than 9 hrs left today, but I have an OT rant, so I guess I need to start one regardless.
I don't want to make light of a tragedy, but I just read the story of the shooting in AZ on the KOIN website. As there are quotes from locals and no credit given to AP or other wIre service I will assume the story was written locally. What annoys me is that the city where the shooting occurred was written as Tucscon, Tucson, and Tuscon - all in the same story. Now I can understand covering your bases when you don't know how to spell it - but what happened to looking it up??? The Foxfire spell checker even red-lined the first spelling for me (giving the other 2 as options) - so the writer didn't even use a spell check? C'mon people, this was a headline story, not a tweet or text where spelling is generally optional. This kind of sloppiness totally negates any sort of credibility KOIN internet news might have had for me (and let me be the first to call me a dinosaur.)
http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Congresswoman-shot-Judge-child-killed-in-Arizona/_pSqQ78mvUuhRCKQcSmwUw.cspx
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there were multiple holy crap moments in that run
where does that stiff arm rank in terms of greatest stiff arms of all time?
I don't know, but I couldn't figure out when the Seahawks signed Bo Jackson
There’s going to be a whole generation of kids in Seattle who will remember this game for a long time, I bet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP1-oquwoL8
warning: inappropriate language
website versions of stories are often typo ridden. Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and call those typos?
Recently Olive used “queue” when they wanted “cue.” I wrote in the comments about it and 12 hours later it will wasn’t fixed. I didn’t check after that.
I don’t know why they don’t use copyeditors on those stories, too.
Sometimes I think that interns are doing a lot of the web stuff
Especially on weekends.
Wiggada Wiggada Zers!
Even PBS let us down
Jorga, you would’ve caught this right away:
“All of Arizona is shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific tragedy that transpired this morning in Tucscon,” said Gov. Jan Brewer at a press conference in Arizona.
Wiggada Wiggada Zers!
You mean Arazona?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Yep, were there a lot of other Blazer fans there? Or were you guys the only ones with jerseys?
If there are only a couple fans wearing jerseys, they always get lots of attention.
Honestly, I thought the mikes were going to call them by name.
“and here’s DTL and 323 who made the trip all the way down from Portland.”
Sure things might not be looking great right now, but look on the bright side. I have liquor.
by Tyler Durrden on Jan 8, 2011 7:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
When they put the camera on you two
I yelled out, “That’s Section 323!” My cat looked at me sideways. She understands my basketball comments, but couldn’t understand why I was talking about the arena. (Well, not really). I hadn’t met DTL or know that you were in PHX, but was sure that was you. I remember spotting Fatty in NY however many years ago that was, and I saw Andy on screen somewhere but usually I don’t know a soul in the Blazer jerseys.
More info on the Tucson tragedy
The guy who did it was obviously very wacky. I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot more about him over the next few days.
Wiggada Wiggada Zers!
"The government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar."
Mhm. Also that list of favorite books makes no sense unless someone tried to study a wide variety of topics to form an opinion which doesn’t seem to fit with the conclusions he reached.
As much as I want to blame the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck for stoking the fires regarding ...
this violent spree killing, I doubt the shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, was persuaded by their inflammatory rhetoric. If anything, he seems more in line with media personailties like Alex Jones. From what I could gather from a few articles, it’s difficult to put a label on his overall political and philosophical perspective.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
I'm definitely excited, as wel as hope for a Green Bay win tomorrow.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
it’s difficult to put a label on his overall political and philosophical perspective.
Libertarian with a splash of narcissim and a whole lotta crazy. So yeah kind of a Ron Paul/Alex Jones type of view on life but at the same time all kinds of crazy too. I already linked it once in the other thread earlier (not going to do it again) but there are plently of other wack jobs out there rooting on this kind of crap.
Live every week like it's Shark Week.
by wallywagon11 on Jan 8, 2011 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, the "crazy" part is certainly there. Not sure if I'd go with narcissim, though, for I'd say ...
antisocial personality disorder might be the more apt description for this dude. And yeah, Jared Lee Loughner is definitely past the paleolibertarian Ron Paul and the civil libertarian stylings of Jesse Ventura — the latter of whom I like and want to see be the LP’s presidential nominee in 2012 — rather, this guy’s philosophy on life and politics reaches to the far end of what someone may hear presented by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his radio show.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
More Right Wing political terrorism, what a surprise...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
The Tucson shooter isn't a prototypical far-right wingnut, though.
He’s more in line with the likes of Lyndon Larouche/Alex Jones/Jeff Rense.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
POW POW!!
what a freak…
In KP We Bust!
by Sheedwasright on Jan 10, 2011 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
Watched The Tourist and La Tete en friche today in a self-created "double feature" with friends. Was nice.
Good entertainment and a very sweet French film with Gerard Depardieu as a simple man discovering the power of books late in life from an old grandmother he meets in a park. Also has some great scenes with him reading to and discussing with his cat. Not sure it already has an English title or will even get released in the US. Nothing spectacular, but was fun.
I don't know why, but I found that really funny
You know it’s just incompetence, because otherwise they’d have both been 16oz.
Ars Technica got a few minutes with the Motorola Atrix today
They agree about the keyboard Norsk.
They ask a very valid question, which is whether they’ll require you to add a tethering plan since you’ll be able to use the Internet access on the netbook with a full browser.
The Lenovo tablet looks great too
I think for me, I’m just not interested in slate tablets in general. I’m not a fan of the form factor, at least not yet. so having that option in a phone is interesting.
Though most likely, if I got the phone, I wouldn’t use it for the netbook feature anyway. I’m just looking for a good phone with good battery life.
Thankfully, New Orelans' secondary was abysmal all game.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
if you watch the whole run you can see Porter get back up
and you can tell that he wanted no part of Marshawn after that.
Rumor is that Billups told the Nuggets he doesn't want to go to NJ with Carmelo
And if he’s traded, he’ll want to be bought out.
Section 339.
Best sporting event I’ve ever attended, and that’s including Game 4 in April.
by anupam on Jan 8, 2011 7:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
i still have never been to quest field
lets hope we can host the packers there in the NFC Title game
fire barrett
by thomasikehara on Jan 8, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
A friend of mine went to a Hawks game a few years ago.
He called me from the stadium, so I could hear the noise level, and I’m pretty sure that just hearing it on the phone for a few minutes gave me a headache, lol
by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 8, 2011 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I'd rather see them play at Chicago
than in the Georgia dome……. Only problem its the 10am (our time) game, and West Coast teams almost always lose when they travel Eastward and have to play the early game.
by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 8, 2011 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
Nice start for my picks.
2-0 day against the spread. I like my Baltimore pick, but GB-PHI is a tossup. I’m very excited to watch that one.
Day 1 of the playoffs
and both defending SuperBowl teams are already eliminated
by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 8, 2011 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Pardon my French, but....
who the eff is Sebastian Bach? And why is he doing a Duck song??
IMO his song pretty much sucked. Both “I love my Ducks” songs were miles ahead of it.
On the other hand, Jimmy Fallon is pretty cool, and even though I havent been all that impressed with the limited exposure I’ve had to his show, his role in the music video for the Bach song is pretty awesome.
by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 8, 2011 8:35 PM PST reply actions
Lead singer from the band Skid Row
Most famous for this song
Harry Bosch: "Everybody counts....or nobody counts."
And then the world discovered the '90s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WezGcUA9WjM
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
I love that song
sang it in the shower this morning
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 9, 2011 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Put yourself in Paul Allen's shoes
after seeing today with Pete Carroll, his success in college… He just outcoached the superbowl champions, who had a lot more talent then Seattle. Makes me wonder if Paul Allen has any inkling to get out the check book for coach K this offseason ;)
Happy Holidays !
upgrade
from Team USA assistant coach to Team USA Head Coach, I like it……
But wouldnt we be like morally obligated to trade for JJ Reddick at that point?
by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 8, 2011 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
Ew.
Maybe for backup PG behind… Nolan Smith. I would not frown upon Shane Battier, Grant Hill or Elton Brand for that matter(after his contract is up).
Happy Holidays !
I like me some Battier......
How bout we pickup Brian Zubek, he’d be a super cheap back up big. Plus we could have like the coolest (name) front line ever with Przybilla and Zubek
by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 8, 2011 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
Paul Allen might have an inkling
but I think that if Coach K is going to leave the college ranks to coach in the association then he will go coach the L*kers once Jackson retires.
I dunno if he'll ever leave college
He seems to be happy at Duke, and he wasn’t swayed by the outrageous offer the Nets dangled in front of him. Following Phil ain’t gonna be easy, and Coach K is smart enough to realize this.
Wiggada Wiggada Zers!
Didn’t he strongly consider an offer for the Lakers a few years ago? Before Jackson came back for his second go-round?
long live the jd.
Just was reading up on that
I’m not sure how strongly he was considering the Lakers. Sounds like most of the interest was on the Lakers side.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1834596
Wiggada Wiggada Zers!
He did consider it back in 2004, right after Jackson left the first time
how seriously he considered it is unclear.
Hmm, I'd say the hiring of Pete Carroll would be more comparable to Paul Allen hiring John Calipari or ...
Rick Pitino next summer. Portland, however, doesn’t have the pieces to mesh too well with either Calipari’s dribble-drive motion offense — which’d work best with the Heat’s core — nor Pitino’s up-tempo 4-outside/1-inside motion offense, which is being run in the NBA right now by Jim O’Brien in Indiana.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Marcus Jordan
His game is reminiscent of Andre Millers, with a prettier jump shot. PGOTF? Ultimate Bowie redemption? yup.
Happy Holidays !
I guess it's a matter of taste.
I talked to people about it when I was home for break, and most agreed that the OSU unis were incredible and the UO unis were confusing. I can kind of understand black uniforms for any school, but silver is outside of green, yellow, white, and black. It’s a little weird to see the Ducks with a completely different neon color replacing green and yellow.
Its pretty silly IMO
Your school team gets to the national championship game, a huge accomplishment, and they are going to play the game in a non school color uniform?
\oo///
I get to piggy back on Seahawks AND Ducks success this week!
It’s fun! I like pretending to be happy.
#20
GUYS HIDE THE KNIVES
WE HAVE TO KEEP HIM SAFE
by Cablinasian on Jan 9, 2011 12:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Definitely an awesome win for the Seahawks, for sure.
I’m all for keeping this crazy train going, too, so here’s to hoping for a Green Bay win today and us heading off to Chi-Town next weekend for another go-around with the Bears.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Ha-ha @ "Bearginas."
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
I don't know.
Do you think God killed the JD so people would spend time doing more productive stuff? Sort of like the Tower of Babel.
by Nick Van Excellent on Jan 9, 2011 1:30 AM PST up reply actions
Since everyone ignored me I did another water color.
I thought I took my time but once again it was only 30 mins. WILL POST BELOW.
#20
Today's word: Litotes
A figure of speech in which understatement is employed for rhetorical effect when an idea is expressed by a denial of its opposite, principally via double negatives. For example, rather than saying that something is attractive (or even very attractive), one might merely say it is “not unattractive.”
SELF PORTAIT
The water colors weren’t dry yet when I took the pic, so it glistens a lil’.
#20
by Mortimer on Jan 9, 2011 1:42 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
I like how I used the layering of the same color and watering it down/making it stronger better this time
It’s a really dinky cheap brush that came with the set, but it WAS 99 cents and says it’s for pre-schoolers so I can’t expect too much.
It’s cute.
#20
I have a hard time with watercolors.
I can’t get it the right consistency. I want it flat with little texture, but it always turns out blotchy.
by Nick Van Excellent on Jan 9, 2011 2:33 AM PST up reply actions
I've done some good watercolor paintings in school. I suppose many people use too hard or big brushes, and too little water
But with few water and mixing opaque white into it you can even get effects similar to acrylic paintings. It’s pretty flexible and often the first “real” painting tool kids learn (after wax and pencil maybe).
It feels messy to me, and I prefer stuff to be cleaner
But the messiness is part of the messy water colour look… unless you’re REAL good.
I was totally just playing around and it shows, but it at least looks like sumthin’.
#20
I'm just really bad at controlling it.
I want it to look like a Henry Darger style paintings, but I can never get it that clean looking. I like the messy watercolors too, I just wish I could do both, but I can’t really do either.
by Nick Van Excellent on Jan 9, 2011 3:00 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno exactly how he does those
But it looks like ink and water color, which is what I was thinking of trying next. A Tumblr I subscribe to called something like “Gabby Draws” does these cute ink and water colors, where the water color is mainly just splashes of water and she really lets the paint soak in making that unique water color look.
I think I can do the ink and water color combo decent, but I ain’t tried yet.
#20
if I squint, you look like a cheeseburger
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 9, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
i am great
but not as great as you.
I had a nice weekend. hung out with the fam. pretty much showed every grocery store and target in town who is boss.
Not bad!
In kinda an inbetween stage right now, but I’m prepping the current drawings to make ’em look nicer and then start up on other big projects soon.
It’s funny, because I’ve been asking different people to check out the Doodles and tell me which ones they like, and it’s like a psychological profile test. People seem to fall into distinct categories of which ones they like. Some are way on one end, some on the other, but most like the characters who reappear over time.
It’s been really interesting to see what people connect to.
#20
I like all of them. They are very funny and unique, because they aren’t like most entertainment; most stories either end with the situation being extremely bad or awesomely good. Yours seem content to find the positives in bad situations. They kinda smell the roses along the way of of life. I like the ones that end badly, but the character is still satisfied. I think the ones that take a deep look into relationship apathy or woes are cute as hell.
Also the tone of voice is interesting. That is prolly like 60% of why I like them. It is sorta…I dunno…like from the glory days of radio, like the lone ranger or the shadow.
Thanks Ash, I really appreciate that... a lot
You really read them!!
Yeah, the tone is a tricky thing and one I can’t verbalize very well, but I know what feels right and what doesn’t. If I’m trying anything with the tone of voice, it’s to keep it sorta casual.
Funny you mention classic radio… I LOOOOOVE listening to classic radio. I didn’t even think of them being an influence (aside from the type of stories I do), so that’s really interesting to me.
#20
Went to a b-day party, ate chilli and cornbread, drank beer, went to a show, danced a bunch, left, got ambushed by girl, woo.
heeeyyyyyyy so dnrkhgu gotta go pl hdei and skeieek
Mmmmm chili. It's going to be rainy here this week, and my wife has the best slow cooked veggie chili around
It’ll be chili time for sure.
It's the best winter food!
Only gets more flavorful as it sits!
heeeyyyyyyy so dnrkhgu gotta go pl hdei and skeieek
Oh totally.
She’s the master of the crockpot, even without using beef she still makes sure it gets a nice long cook time, so everything comes together. The next day, it’s even better.
She still likes to add a seasoning mix along with the fresh veggies and peppers
This is her current favorite. She especially likes it because the salt is separated and you can vary the amount needed. It’s so easy to get chili over-salted.
Ive never gotten the chance to cook it on my own yet, so I’ll remember that advice haha. Firstly, though, I must invest in a good crockpot for myself. It’s the only thing missing from my kitchen right now.
Does your wife make a spicy chilli?
heeeyyyyyyy so dnrkhgu gotta go pl hdei and skeieek
Thanks to seasonal chiles here in CA, the spiciness varies
She doesn’t make a crazy mouth-burning hot chili, but that’s by choice. If I asked, I’m sure she could do it with ease. She likes a nice spicy taste, without feeling like you ate fire afterward. I’ve found she can reach a nice middle ground. But for someone who likes a really hot chili, they’d probably find it tame.
If you need a crockpot recommendation, let me know.
Absolutely none of them are outstanding (they’re not as good as they used to be at keeping a constant temperature), but there are still some good ones.
That kind of chilli sounds the best. In the case of the crockpot, any recommendation for someone on a limited budget would be much appreciated, but based on what you just told me about older ones being better, I might just try and snag my parents old crockpot next time I swing by their place. I remember it making delicious food.
heeeyyyyyyy so dnrkhgu gotta go pl hdei and skeieek
I asked my wife
She said it depends on how old the crockpot is, and how much use it gets. If it’s an older one and they’ve used it for years, odds are it’s probably a good one to grab.
We’re using the Crock-Pot model, but Hamilton Beach’s models are also listed as good at Amazon. Amazon has tons of models with lots of reviews. Many of them are under $40 or so.
Our newer model, we brought it home, plugged it in and it started smoking a few minutes later. Good thing we stayed home, huh? We replaced it with another of the same model, and it’s been rock-solid since. Just bad luck. I definitely recommend buying from a place that makes returns easy, if you buy one.
Norwegian Therese Johaug runs up to 2nd place on last stage of Tour De Ski from far behind. Love that girl.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therese_Johaug
She might be my exhibit A for a high motor athlete. Never stops, weighs just about 100 pounds and can’t have much muscles but powers like a sewing machine. Totally collapsed into the finish (last stage is running up a 9 km skiing slope with up to 28% incline) but was so so happy.
First place goes to Polish athlete Justina Kowalzcyk who is a beast. Almost like LeBron vs Mills ;)
Also I read today that Leet (L33t) speak will be a trend in 2011. More signs of the pending apocalypse.
n00bs. Lulz. Un3mpl0y+
And so it’s fitting that another trending topic right now is “tYp3 LyK tHi5”. I’m getting old.
It doesn't help that a lot of Internet trends skew insanely young
You’re old by the time you hit your 20’s when it comes to Internet trends.
USA has a biathlete again who is in the "extended" world class and can occasionally crack the top 30
Nnamdi Asomugha's contract was voided due to an automatic clause in his contract.
This means that one of the best defensive players in the league is available in his prime. It’ll be very interesting to see where he goes, and what owner decides to break the bank for him. I wonder if Paul Allen would make that a priority.
The weird thing would be if he went to the Jets and played with Revis, as he’s talked about wanting to do. Both Revis and Asomugha are so dominant that they both get targeted about twice a game, and that’s with them guarding the other team’s top receiver. They could stick men in the box to stop the run and shut down the pass. It’d be unreal.
It's very odd.
There were incentives that were difficult to reach. He had to play more snaps than the year prior, as well as improve in other defensive stats. The problem is that he’s never thrown at, so he doesn’t accumulate stats, and he played a full 16 last year.
Just baffling. Oakland had an 8-8 season, but fired its coach, will lose its best player, and has no first round pick.
Nnamdi owes his agent a nice gift on top of the commission
unless the new CBA takes player salaries back to the level they were in the 80s, he’s going to make an absolute killing. Plus, he gets carte blanche to pick his team, so if he want to chase a Super Bowl ring that’s now an option. What were the Raiders thinking with those incentives?
Kevin Durant won me over when he went Rocky IV on Russia this summer.
by blazeraddict on Jan 9, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
It's simple. They don't think.
I believe that is pretty apparent if u look at last decade or so of what passes for Raiders management. First they fire a coach that got them to .500 in forever, and now this.
The cake was a lie.
The Seattle Seahawks should target OG Logan Mankins, DT Haloti Ngata, and CB Nnamdi Asomugha ...
in free agency.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Why not.
He has experience coaching NBADL Toros & coached Missouri for awhile too. He is 44 and a perfect rebuilding candidate. Has experience coaching under both coach K & larry brown.
Happy Holidays !
I'm not a fan
college hoops is not a clean sandbox by any means, but he ran a very loose ship at Missouri in terms of rule compliance/character of recruits. Not saying he’s a bad coach, but viscerally I don’t have a good feel for him
Kevin Durant won me over when he went Rocky IV on Russia this summer.
I'm with blazeraddict.
I think I’d have other people higher on my list of untested coaches.
She'll be right.
"He's questionable, but they haven't ruled him out."
Thanks, Chris Myers. That is what I call a scoop.
Rumor is that the Denver/Detroit/NJ trade is back in progress.
The primary elements of the scenario currently on the table, sources said, call for New Jersey to acquire Anthony, Billups and Hamilton; Denver to land Devin Harris, Derrick Favors, Anthony Morrow and at least two first-round picks; and Detroit to acquire Troy Murphy and Johan Petro.
ESPN. Billups recently said he wants to be bought out if he goes to Jersey.
Yes, but rather disgusting.
Might as well mail the trophies to Miami if that happens.
The cake was a lie.
Denver makes out pretty well with that package
Favors has a decent chance of being a very good player for the next decade plus, Harris is an above average PG (plus they could always flip him or Lawson after this deal, if it occurs), Morrow is JR Smith’s shooting range with more accuracy/less athleticism/less insanity, and at worst, those will be mid first round picks if NJ jells, at best lottery, so that’s more players/assets for them. Denver gets better long term, imo (obviously you’d rather have Melo, but that ship has sailed)
Kevin Durant won me over when he went Rocky IV on Russia this summer.
To some extent, it does feel like NJ is overpaying for Carmelo.
Carmelo is a very good player, but I’m not sure he’s “gut your entire team except for Lopez” good.
Then again, Carmelo and Lopez are a great 1-2 punch.
I'm not sure how they'd rebuild the team around them.
They look like a playoff contender but not a title contender.
the worst place to be in the NBA is decent, but not a contender.
They’d be dooming themselves to a lot of OK years.
That's where my thoughts are too.
That they’re good enough to bring in fans and make a playoff round or two, but not good enough to be in any championship conversations.
But it’s better than being in the basement the next 5 years, if they felt that was their future with the current staff.
is it better than being in the basement?
At least as one of the worst teams in the league, you have the hope of the lottery.
Man, from a business perspective, that's a tough question
The hope of a draft pick doesn’t bring in ticket and jersey sales over those 5 years. They may prefer the nearly-guaranteed money over the hope of a huge draft pick.
Most NBA teams will choose the former over the latter if they're mutually exclusive, IMO.
Of course, it depends on the financial situation of the ownership.
I agree
but I would think that the Russian billionaire be one of those more willing to suffer current losses for future gain.
But, he also seems the type to think Melo’s really good, and he’s making a decision that will help the team and make money.
I agree on the owner.
I wonder if he’s willing to take these chances because he knows he’ll do whatever is necessary to build from there.
But, the new CBA may make that a serious challenge.
The Nets, Wizards, and Clippers
are all teams where the whole is less than the sum of the parts. Something to be said for organizational culture perhaps
Kevin Durant won me over when he went Rocky IV on Russia this summer.
You do indeed have to wonder about organizational culture at some point
The Clippers are a classic example: They were the definition of a team on the rise in the early 2000’s. Then, boom. And the team was already falling apart before the Livingston injury.
Speaking of which, Livingston seemed to disappear after signing the Bobcats contract this Summer. Anyone seen him play?
Yeah, NJ has terrible ticket sales
Remember those reverse jerseys and tax preparation and job fair attempts to bring in people. I’m sure the new Russian ownership wants a more high-profile team too.
I had forgotten about tax prep night
although I do wonder if in the age of Turbo Tax and other Tax Prep software how many people have a hard time doing their taxes these days.
I'm always worried about bugs in tax prep software
I know they guarantee against bugs, but that still doesn’t cover the time and hassle of dealing with repercussions.
Then again, if the alternative is getting my taxes done at an NBA game, it becomes a close race.
It all depends on whether he agrees to an extension
Unless he agrees to sign before the fact, I think NJ is taking a massive risk with this deal. The pieces they have aren’t all that bad – I still think Lopez’s rookie year is indicative of what type of pro he can be rather than this year, and Favors will be good to very good at his peak. I’m not sure what NJ’s cap situation is if this goes down, although after the summer of LeBron came up craps for the Nets, I am equally unsure about the influence Jay Z has on free agents.
Kevin Durant won me over when he went Rocky IV on Russia this summer.
BTW could you imagine the uproar if someone suggested that?
3 titles in the last 22 years, and gone? That would bring a level of publicity the NBA wouldn’t want.
Yeah, at the moment they are in the process of getting sold to a douchy investor who'll likely keep them in the Palace of Auburn Hills
The Pizza King might have co-located them with the Wings in a new arena downtown
I thought Detroit shut this rumor down immediately?
Makes no sense for them whatsoever, unless they are the ones getting 2 first rounders.
The cake was a lie.
New Jersey has future first-rounders from Golden State, Houston, and Los Angeles, so perhaps ...
one of those goes to Detroit — which’d most likely be the Lakers one — and two of those go to Denver.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
The Marshawn Lynch touchdown, as I saw it.
heeeyyyyyyy so dnrkhgu gotta go pl hdei and skeieek
by fajunga on Jan 9, 2011 2:53 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
One of the biggest questions coming out of CES...
Could this be the year we dump the cable box?
Spoiler! No.
Live TV is indeed the reason for cable and dish to stay happy for now.
Also, I think content providers will work very hard to make sure there are other ways to get revenue flow. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few more places try the ESPN3 model over the next year or two.
A very interesting (in a bad way) possibility is for Hulu to try that model with Hulu Plus.
I wasn't expecting GB to win...but it looks possible now.
Wouldn’t that mean Seattle vs. Chicago?
Seattle already won once in Chicago.
Of course, this will be a completely different environment, but I’d give them a decent chance at winning. Much higher than their chances against Atlanta.
Realizing that Seattle has a shot to make the NFC championship is insane.
I’m still in disbelief about yesterday. That was unreal.
That'd be epic.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Oh, and how does home field work in the playoffs?
What’s the formula to determining where games are played?
Division champs get home field over non-division champs
after that it is all based on record is my understanding
in the next round, the lowest available seed will play the highest available seed.
It’s not like March Madness or the NBA playoffs with a stiff bracket.
So, if GB (6 seed) wins twice, they’ll go on the road, regardless of who the opponent is, because they’re the lowest seed. Seattle can only have a home NFC championship if they face Green Bay, since they’ve already eliminated the fifth seed.
Ah, I see.
So Seattle vs. Atlanta would be in Atlanta.
Not getting any response to the question I posted in the chat thread, so I will try here, even if I am not supposed to.
Does anyone know what the protection numbers are for the pick we got from New Orleans for Bayless?
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Argh I forgot to have the chat thread open
I’ll head that way so we can talk about it there. I looked it up recently.
Quite annoyed with the Eagles-Packers game so far.
I’m tempted to start drinking heavily. Throw a screen once in a while!
The cake was a lie.
NFL Hall of Fame finalists were announced today
No more than 5 of the modern era finalists can make it in one year. I think that Dieon Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Shannon Sharpe and Charles Haley should make it.
Who you got?
cortez kennedy
faulk, sanders, sharpe, martin
fire barrett
by thomasikehara on Jan 9, 2011 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
I was just joking about that a minute ago
Maybe Cleveland will take an offer right now, what does it hurt.
I'd try to get him cheaply, with Joel Przybilla and New Orleans' first-rounder being a lowball offer.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Cab and I are talking about this on chat, and it seems like a good thing to post here
Berger did a writeup on the CBA negotiations that are an absolute must-read.
A few snippets:
…he has come to believe that owners and players will reach an agreement and avoid a work stoppage at the 11th hour before the current CBA expires on July 1, 2011. However, if cooler heads do not prevail, the owners will be so entrenched and determined to make a work stoppage pay off that they will push to cancel the entire season… Reducing roster size from 15 to 12 and splitting revenues 50-50… expand the draft to four or five rounds. Each team would select two players for its NBA roster and two or three for its NBA Development League affiliate…
Lots more.
eagles are huge in philly right now
even the city buses and trains have signs of GO EAGLES on em.
last 2 mins of this game is tense.
PHILLY!
I'm surprised Vick made that throw.
Nice win for the Packers.
any time you have Riley Cooper going deep with no separation
against one of the better CBs in the conference, you have to make that throw.
So, our playoff schedule looks like
BAL @ PIT – Saturday, 1:30 pm
GB @ ATL – Saturday, 5 pm
SEA @ CHI – Sunday, 10 am
NYJ @ NE, Sunday, 1:30 pm
the New England line has moved to -8.5 already
If you like the Pats, it’d be wise to jump on it now.
so... is it just me, or have new comments ceased to exist as a SBN function?
I'm a grown man stuck inside the mind of a 3 year old
If I can't Z, C and X... I won't be participating till it's fixed
too hard to find my conversations without it
I'm a grown man stuck inside the mind of a 3 year old
yup
I'm a grown man stuck inside the mind of a 3 year old
by The Arkitect on Jan 10, 2011 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
Looks like SBN is working on it.
I’m not seeing unread messages yet, but new messages were coming in while reading the recap.
Draft Alex Stepheson
He is a beast of a PF
Kevin Durant won me over when he went Rocky IV on Russia this summer.
For whenever hoodie sees this
Take a look at the gallery from the new Motorola phone. It’s shown being used on a full monitor with keyboard and mouse, not just a netbook monitor. And a remote control, so you can plug it into your TV, but sit down and control a movie from the couch.
I’m impressed. I’m not even sure I’d use these features. It’s just something very new to the industry.
hmmmmm
Good Morning?
and
Go Ducks!
wake me in 2012
Goood morning, jstbeachy!!
And Go Ducks!! I think this will be a good game. I’mma watch it at Grand Central or Blitz Ladd so that I can be surrounded by crazed drunk fans.
She'll be right.
sounds like fun!
I’m pretty intense with my important sports moment viewing. I need to watch at my house, along with a few different adult beverages with only my husband (if he is here and not on the road). I made the mistake several years ago going to a Super Bowl Party where most of the people were more interested in getting to the chips and guacamole dip and walking in front of the screen. From that day forward….I view alone, watch every frame of the game and scream and yell to my heart’s content! Oh, and get plowed accordingly
So very sad about the JD on such a big day. Wee Wee Wee
wake me in 2012
Hah! That sounds like a great plan..
It’s amazing how dead everything is today. Maybe we’re shellshocked from yesterday, between the close loss and how SBN was broken with new comments for awhile. The JDs have been slow all year due to the exodus, but this was is surprisingly slow.
She'll be right.
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