Hamsterdam Has Found The Pinnacle Of Music And Art At Last
by RossWB on Jan 25, 2012 7:27 PM CST
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Print(WEDNESDAY EDIT: Yeah, sure, let's just use this for tonight, too. -- Ross)
(TUESDAY EDIT: Just use this thread for tonight, too. Tonight is the State of the Union address, but please remember our "no politics" rule. Take your burning SOTU comments to Twitter or another forum, please. But all your "Party Rock Anthem" comments are more than welcome here. -- Ross)
It's one of those nights, okay? Okay.
Here's Hamsterdam thread for all your off-topic pleasures tonight and tomorrow. There's... stuff on TV.
The standard open thread rules apply: no links to illegal online streams, no porn, no religion, no politics, no slurs no douchebaggery.
Unless otherwise expressly indicated by BHGP editors, this FanPost is strictly the viewpoint of the author and is not endorsed by BHGP in any way.
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Soo, pretty glad we got Barkley Hill.
by clay-born to party on Jan 23, 2012 8:36 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Yes. This was great news.
Top instate talent should be Hawkeyes.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
Though I don't think they were going after him originally so it seems they basically
just walked in and took him. I watched him against Bettendorf, he did shitty but had a few good runs. Also he was getting hit in the backfield 70% of the time, kid’s still a beast though and churns his legs.
by clay-born to party on Jan 23, 2012 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
I think ISU was in first, Iowa just won him over.
AIRBHG be damned!
Feels good to beat ISU in something (other than wrestling).
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 9:02 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, he had verballed to ISU back in April
But I’d imagine the kid wants to play. And White/Woody/Johnson are all returning juniors. The road to RB1 is a hell of a lot shorter in Iowa City right now.
/Cue the irrational CF and HN idiots.
Executive Producer - WRNL TV
This is just retribution for the preferred walk-on that they nabbed last week.
by The Mexican't on Jan 23, 2012 9:06 PM CST up reply actions
Really? Guess I need to be creepier, I did not hear about this.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 9:10 PM CST up reply actions
There were a couple reports on twitter about a coach's kid walking on at Iowa.
The next morning the corrections were rolled out saying that the kid was actually going to State. I remember only because I tweeted about his courage in the face of AIRBHG.
by The Mexican't on Jan 23, 2012 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
Hit in the backfield you say?
He is ready for KOK’s offense!
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 9:03 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I watched a little video of him earlier today.
I’m not real impressed. He looked a step slow, and that was on the turf in the UNI-dome.
He runs about a 4.6 forty. He’s a 2 or 3 star guy. He runs pretty hard for a guy who is 200 lbs, but I didn’t really see him trucking guys.
Maybe Doyle will turn him into a monster, but otherwise, I’ll be shocked if ever puts up many numbers for the Hawks.
/Debbie Downer’d
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
Karl Klug was a highschool RB who many thought didn't have a position in D1 CFB.
Sure, there are plenty of counter examples to Klug.
My happiness here is derived from recruiting the best instate players to become Hawkeyes.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 9:51 PM CST up reply actions
WET BLANKET ALERT
I wish Derby would have finished a succesful career in IC. However, I am not going to view all recruits through the AJ Derby lens before they even step foot on campus.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 7:28 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Just watched the vid on Mas Casa's page.
I saw good patience and vision with decent 2nd level speed. Of course that’s not B1G competition but it is 4A.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
According to Scout
Montee runs a 4.4 forty. I usually call that pretty quick.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
For an RB?
4.6 isn’t fast, is it?
Keep in mind, this is not a personal judgment, as I’d currently be lucky to run a sub-10 forty.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 2:01 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, you're right when I looked at last year's combine results.
Then again, Greene ran between a 4.54 and 4.70 so I’m not really sure you need to be much faster than 4.6 to be successful.
Yeah, you can be successful without "premium" speed.
But, Rivals and Scout had Greene at a 4.45 or 4.5 going into college.
Greene ran a 4.72 at the 09 NFL combine. He was also at 227 lbs at that point. And, I suppose we will see Barkley add some muscle/weight.
Coker ran a 4.5 or 4.55 (going into college, I think?)
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 3:24 PM CST up reply actions
Horseshit, you say?
Well in that case, I run a 4.1 40.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 7:38 PM CST up reply actions
I meant to provide a link, but the wife hollered for me and I forgot to come back.
Not even the former “fastest man on the planet” could run a sub 4.3 40-yard dash. AND HE WAS ON STEROIDS. The myth of 40 times
by The Mexican't on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 PM CST up reply actions
Does it help if someone is on speed when they try to run the 40? Hmm..
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 11:03 PM CST up reply actions
and Chris Johnson snorted
Yeah, 40 times are somewhat arbitrary, especially as they’re run without pads. Some guys are so much faster in pads than other guys with the same “official” 40 times that it’s quite noticable. Tim Dwight was a mancrush for that reason.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 11:37 PM CST up reply actions
he didn't run a 40 though.
he ran a 100. ask anyone track (seriously, go ahead), but not even a 100 meter sprinter is at full speed at 40 yards
also add in that sprinter’s go off of someone else – they react to the clock
but coaches/scouts go off of the runner – the clock reacts to them.
This is measuring two different things and relying on the ignorance of the reader to not realize that. To me, it’s akin to saying that Albert Pujols can’t hit a softball 400 ft, so of course no college kid could hit a baseball 450 ft.
meh
Valid points, sure.
But it also shows that 40 times are incredibly flawed. Reacting to the runner? That’s already a glaring issue.
The largest point of the article, and the argument in general, is that Combine 40 times are a flawed and mostly useless measurement.
by The Mexican't on Jan 26, 2012 8:14 AM CST up reply actions
I always figured
that if it was at the NFL combine, or if it was on Scout or Rivals, that maybe it had been done at a camp or something so that it wasn’t total shit.
But, I could be wrong (not about the combine).
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 8:21 PM CST up reply actions
True.
Malloy was originally a scholarship kid until his troubles with the law and the injury bug. Glass half full: he is pre-damned by the Irate Hawkeye Rusher Adhoring Deity. To paraphrase Garp, he’s been pre-disastered. He’ll be safe here.
Something something something
still no DC. If Kirk announces Phil Parker in the next week, I’m going to have to take a sabbatical from Iowa football for an indeterminate amount of time.
Does anybody know anything about workout supplements?
I started P90x a couple weeks ago, and was looking at picking up some whey protein, but don’t really know much about it. Anybody?
by One Night Stanzi on Jan 23, 2012 8:42 PM CST reply actions
I do p90x religiously, I take just regular whey protein but I also take the shakeology.
Now it depends on if you are just trying to work out or lose some weight? Shakeology is like 120 bucks a month but it’s a full meal, so if you break it down it is really only 4 bucks a day for the meal. If you’re just trying to work out whey protein is probably about all you need.
by clay-born to party on Jan 23, 2012 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
I want to lose some weight...
But not go crazy. Like 25ish pounds by the time I’m done with P90. I should be able to keep at that weight, which I would think would be healthier than dropping way down and having to really work to keep at that weight. I had my eye on some Optimum Nutrition whey—it looks pretty good. Ever had it?
by One Night Stanzi on Jan 23, 2012 8:48 PM CST up reply actions
Nope I have not, but just make sure you get like a whey protein that is highish quality.
I can’t think of the word but like a protein that actually uses most of it. For instance some are like 23g of protein but crappy stuff your body only takes in like part of that.
by clay-born to party on Jan 23, 2012 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
Gotcha. Thanks for the heads up.
I’m hoping the P90x does a good job training me for a ‘Tough Mudder’ race I want to do in September.
by One Night Stanzi on Jan 23, 2012 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
optimal nutrition
Their chocolate flavors are great. One scoop is 30 grams.
by RH's Bookie on Jan 23, 2012 8:58 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
protein
Body can only absorb about 30 grams at a time. Beware of proteins advertising more than 30 grams per serving, its a ploy to make you spend more. Soy protein is essentially pointless. Casein breaks down slowly so its better to take it at night.
Most importantly, calories consumed vs calories burned. You can lose weight on a twinkie diet.
Im not an expert but this served me well back when I was a bit more strapping.
by RH's Bookie on Jan 23, 2012 8:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
SMA did P90X last year and blogged it.
You can read that here. I think he did fairly well, but I rarely remembered to follow it because I didn’t actually participate in the workouts.
by The Mexican't on Jan 23, 2012 9:10 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, that's right!
I totally forgot about that. Checking it all out now.
by One Night Stanzi on Jan 23, 2012 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
I'm entering my 3rd season on NCAA '12 and Marcus Coker is my RB1...
McCall is my RB2
/sigh
I said I have a DRINKING PROBLEM!!
by bornofclay on Jan 23, 2012 8:44 PM CST via mobile reply actions
"If it's in the game, it's in the game," huh, EA?
WHERE’S AIRBHG?!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Jan 23, 2012 8:45 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
sad rec
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 23, 2012 10:56 PM CST up reply actions
How's the Derby/Rudock experiement going?
by One Night Stanzi on Jan 23, 2012 8:45 PM CST up reply actions
Derby went pro after one year (though didn't make it onto my Madden roster)
Ruddock is now my Starter.
I said I have a DRINKING PROBLEM!!
I just beat Minnesota 55 - 0 last night
Of course, it was as head coach of jNorthwestern. Don’t hate me. It’s my first BCS head coaching job after serving 4 years as the OC of Idaho.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 23, 2012 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
So, pretty realistic, eh?
How many ass-sandwiches do you have to eat to keep the job?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
Sorry about being short with you the other day.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
We cool.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 9:49 PM CST up reply actions
Difficult to tell.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 9:56 PM CST up reply actions
Now we know what ShaggyBevo's thujone has been up to this offseason.
MS Paint rocks my Photoshop/GIMP/Pixelmator.
Bronchitis with a trache
aint a lot of fun,,,,,
i can to with other ways of proving i have plenty of red blood cells
but no matter the adversity
no reason not to say high to all
and glad i am not holding my breath of the DC
GO HAWKS
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
thanks and a fresh supply of drugs
antibiotics and steroids
and extra reps with the nebulizer
what’s a little albutorol among friends?
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
i have failed to compliment YOU sir
on your wonderful series,,,,,,
the former director of the SCPL was a big Holmes freak
belonged to whatever league that is
attended their meetings
and gave to me the love of something i had missed
now if i told the story about gilbert and sullivan
GO HAWKS
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Baker Street Irregulars?
I will work on a gilbert and sullivan series with you once I conclude the holmes, if you like?
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
yes that was it
remember i left sioux city in 86
and george has moved on
but he was so into it,,,,,,
I once was in love with a young lady who beleived
that all of civilization could be explained by G&S
and even though i say now FUCK Michigan
i attended many of their performances
though never learned the complete doxology
got lost some place between the mikado and hms something or other
as always
i was more interested in the after show activities
the way i was about rock concernts
FUCK MICHIGAN
GO Hawks
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Myself, I prefer Vonnegut and Twain
that all of civilization could be explained by G&S
for the illumination of those greater truths.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
without question
and remember made
by a fomer gf
who was also a wolverine
does that require a D-10 worth of salt?
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Have you dated the whole B1G?
or do you restrict yourself to Wolverines?
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
let me see,,,,
over the years,,,,
wolverine – awesome,,,
jNW – short sweet and on the beach
Illinis – multiple offenses (the land of my youth)
hoiser – who was grandpa?
OMHR – a bad night in indy
On Wisconsin – when you spend a summer living on lake mendota with $1 pitchers you tend to forget more then remember
Sparty – elder care, but good elder care
Minnejota – one weekend in St. Paul is one weekend too many
tOSU – getting local
PSU – joined after my prime
Big Red – Sundays in South Sioux City
and of course
GO HAWKS
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
by OhioHawk on Jan 23, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
after listening to leslie west
in the old dyke
it was one down for double
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Nerdy chicks love the attention
I used to love giving it to them.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 10:18 PM CST up reply actions
Alas, I am married.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 7:16 AM CST up reply actions
No worries my friend
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 12:52 PM CST up reply actions
Friend? Ok now it's BnB's mistake.
Psst we shouldn’t be friends with lame Wildcats..
by clay-born to party on Jan 24, 2012 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
jMNWwildcat is an exception
he’s good shit.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
PAT FITZGERALD EATS ASS SANDWICHES
all day, everyday.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
I must admit
that story of HFMR’s had me in tears I was laughing so hard.
If you can’t laugh at yourself, I suppose…
you need to hear the whole story
of visiting Smith
with a Yale scarf on
easiset pickens ever
including my tour of duty
in Washington DC
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
My sister-in-law went to Smith.
She tells stories of LUGs (Lesbian Until Graduation).
by StewMonkey13 on Jan 24, 2012 8:08 PM CST up reply actions
it was unreal
they all lived in houses not dorms
we walked in
and pick of the litter
stayed three days and never left the house
and for those with a scorecard,,,,
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
maybe B1G would give me a show
go and relive old memories
make some new ones?
my personal version of a tailgate show
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
You and Bourdain could host
each could cover a different “cuisine”
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
Good to know
I pegged you for more laid back, but color me corrected
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
i think the guy who has the job
of bleeping him for american tv
has work for life
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
I thought they had?
IMPACT the World.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
you think i am going to antarctica
wiht a buckeye?
i got enough of them in town
and at work
and at the kroger
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
If you ever want a Raider
I can send one or two up, with a couple of picture books and a full script of penicillin.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
send in the calvary !!!
but i do have michigan tickets for sunday
hope i am well enough to go,,,,,
wait, go ahead and send them to urban,,,,
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Ha
Well, Urban is taking a hiatus from his family.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
his wife is from about 30 miles away
the locals all tell the story
about the funny jet landing at
Chillicothe International
when he was at fl
the joke was
Woody would have driven
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
OhioHawk. Wins again.
Great post.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 9:53 PM CST up reply actions
thank you all for keeping my spirits up
this surviving cancer shit needs help from
the likes of you all,,,,
now for the pillow
bless you all
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Rest well.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 23, 2012 10:04 PM CST up reply actions
OhioHawk.
Winning.
Adonis DNA and PelicanWhore Blood.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 10:02 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
great job chazz
hope daughter of OhioHawk doesn’t see it
she would ask you to put a beard on it
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
So did the rest of the universe. They’ve given up even advertising it here in TX. None of the cable companies offer it.
The magazine with the Big 12 ta-tas
doesn’t usually hit shelves until late fall
Executive Producer - WRNL TV
I think Texas forgot that when their football team was garbage
and their basketball team was nothing special (read: the entire 80s and 90s), nobody cared
GO IOWA AWESOME
i know plenty of BHGPers enjoy microbrews
But do any homebrew?
by RH's Bookie on Jan 23, 2012 9:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I got the in-laws a Mr. Beer for Christmas
It’ll be ready next week, I believe. Excited to hear back on the results!
by One Night Stanzi on Jan 23, 2012 9:23 PM CST up reply actions
Yep
Got a Belgian dubbel finishing up its secondary fermentation, an apple wine and gluten-free Weizenbock (that unfortunately looks like hell) in primary. Only been brewing for about 3 months, though. My roommate’s been doing it for years so it was time to start doing it myself.
by George Washington Eagleclaw on Jan 24, 2012 12:10 PM CST up reply actions
For those of you that like the hip-hop
Heems’ (of Das Racist) new mixtape is available for download. Some good stuff on there.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
TIME TO GET FUNKY
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I just voted for Ricky Davis in the NBA D-League All-Star game
If he receives 10 votes, they’re all from me. I’m committed.
How many rebounds per game do you have to throw off your own backboard
to lead the D-League?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
Keep in mind that I pretty much hate most recent "music."
But that Party Rock/LMFAO song gets me tappin’ a toe.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
yeah, shits catchy
Executive Producer - WRNL TV
by CyHawk on Jan 23, 2012 10:36 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
True story
Drive time morning radio told me LMFAO will be on Paris Hilton’s new single. Yes, Paris Hilton is ‘making’/releasing music.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
No amount of catchy-ness or nudity
could make me enjoy a Paris Hilton song/album.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
Unfortunately, we shall see
Your toe may rebel and tap away
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 10:11 PM CST up reply actions
NEVER!
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
So,
some idiots are going to protest at Paterno’s funeral.
I’ll write what I wrote at OTE:
Sounds like a great opportunity for all those PSU defensive greats of past and present to perform one last Goal-line Tackle drill. Idiot from Kansas? Meet Tamba Hali, LaVar Arrington, Courtney Brown, Matt Millen, Jack Ham, Matt Millen, Paul Posluszny, Sean Lee, Jared Odrick, Navorro Bowman, Aaron Maybin, Dan Connor, Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Haynes, Rosey Grier, etc etc etc.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
Not sure why I put Millen on there twice.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 23, 2012 11:07 PM CST up reply actions
The Westbrook baptists will protest anything tat will get them on tv
Theyre disgusting
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 23, 2012 11:20 PM CST up reply actions
For those who don't know, it's how they stay in business
A large portion of that family are lawyers. They purposely use the first amendment to spew hateful garbage, then sue people when they get fed up and try to attack/whatever them.
But hey, that’s advanced citizenship. You want to live with free speech? We’re going to put you next to a man who says things that make your blood boil. It’s a challenge.
Executive Producer - WRNL TV
I would be outraged
but ironicly, the Westboro baptist church people are just media whores to the nth degree. I could get mad at them, and i could get mad at the “john 3:16” guy at the baseball games, but either one is pointless.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Jan 24, 2012 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
by the way, i think this is a big mistake for the Westboro Baptist Church
I honestly believe they may end up getting attacked at that. wonder if they will hide behind their kids to avoid it.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Jan 24, 2012 7:48 PM CST up reply actions
me sainted mother
god rest her soul
oft proclaimed more were killed in the name of god
than any other cause
methinks these might be justified
although ignoring them all together
is what Jo Pa would have done
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Hmm
The Raiders might have found a coach? And with a defensive background?!
I guess Al Davis really is dead.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Should probably still tell him not to buy a house there
Even if Al is gone, the longevity of Raiders coaches is not stellar
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 24, 2012 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
It's strictly a rental position.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
First go-round I read “It’s strictly a renal position.” I laughed, even though I had no idea what you meant.
I read rectal.
I had an awkward laugh, and then re-read it.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 24, 2012 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Iowa players do have a history of shitty kidneys (rectal/renal)
still too soon?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 24, 2012 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
Chris Doyle
says if you don’t finish this workout, he’ll but a boot in your ass. That’s the American way.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
What were your thoughts on the firing of Hue Jackson?
I realize he’s probably not Dungy 2.0 or the next Tomlin, but I definitely thought they were too quick to get rid of him.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
I thought he was okay and I wouldn't have minded him staying around for another year.
But between the collapse down the stretch, his comments after the Week 17 loss, and the fact that they brought in a new GM, I wasn’t surprised to see him let go.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I read an article claiming that he got booted
Because he had seen Al’s son getting made fun of and mocked by Al, and responding meekly.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 24, 2012 6:35 PM CST up reply actions
I heard he got booted because they though they hired Hugh Jackman
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 24, 2012 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
I totally pictured JoePa & Al Davis having a drink in the Afterlife this week
jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.
Joe Paterno counted George H.W. Bush and Al Davis amongst his close, personal friends
he may have been the most interesting man in the world
GO IOWA AWESOME
by ckmneon on Jan 24, 2012 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Word
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 10:15 PM CST up reply actions
Hey Ross
When does PSD make his return on INP?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
Soon, we hope.
He’s had some computer issues.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I had to watch them back to back this morning
But I’m pretty sure this is even better than the Spongebob Party Rock from a few weeks ago.
The shuffling part at about the 2 minute mark here just slays me.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The Tigers got Prince Fielder?
fuuuuuuuuuuck
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Not as bad as the Angels signing Pujols
But close. That dude is about an M&M away from 300.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 24, 2012 7:41 PM CST up reply actions
Nah,
he’s only at 230 career HRs.
Oh, you meant a different 300.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm a huge Milwaukee fan and I loved Prince
But holy moley, nine years is really fucking ridiculous. Scott Boras must have thrown in free blowjobs from Detroit’s best disease-free hookers to get that deal to green light. I was thinking maybe four years—five max—on a contract.
Short term for Detroit, way fucking awesome. Long term… not so good.
by the notorious r.d.m. on Jan 24, 2012 9:04 PM CST up reply actions
…Detroit’s best disease-free hookers
They don’t exist. Kind of like Detroit’s “legal economic opportunity” or “clean air.”
It’s the ultimate wild goose chase.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
I know Prince is "fat" and people don't like him
But how is 9 years for him in the AL a really bad idea? His defense has improved, at least to the point he wasn’t a major liability there (looking at you Weeks and Betancourt, and oy McGehee). Look, he’s “only” 27 and you might only have to DH him for 3-4 years of that deal. As opposed to Pujols who is allegedly 31 and you think will probably be DHing the last 6ish years of that deal.
There was no way that he was going anywhere for less than 8-9years at $20+M per year. Not after Pujols signed his deal and with some of the other money the AL teams have been slinging this year.
Yeah, but for the next 4-5 years he should be pretty great for them.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
If, IF, he doesn't add another half a hundred
the Texans are weighing what to do with Josh Hamilton – took a look at Fielder. The problem, in both cases, is a baseball guy really wouldn’t want to go more than 3, mayyyyybe 4. But 9, for $214 million…… So if he eats his way to 400 in 2 years they still owe him $180 million? They’re fucked.
True.
The good news is that in Detroit everyone has to hunt and kill their own food, so that should keep him from getting too fat.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Jan 24, 2012 9:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Somewhere,
Ted Nugent is happy that somebody finally understands his point of view.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
All that money
And buys Glocks. Sigh.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 24, 2012 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
Pffft. DH is overrated.
//Twins’d
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 24, 2012 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
Signing quality free agents is overrated
/Twins’d
….sadly.
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
I guess I should have added a "current" to the term
At least we haven’t spent a million dollars (or more) on “veteran” pitchers for a year (conversion rate to actual playing time: 6 weeks). Ugh. Sydney Ponson. Livan Hernandez. Ramon Ortiz.
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
But but but Josh Willingham
/slits wrists
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
They occasionally sign a decent free agent,
for a year, and then once the guy performs, they let him go to another team.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:13 PM CST up reply actions
There have been some good signings.
They put down money for Morneau, Mauer, and Cuddyer/Kubel (a few years ago). It just feels like they never quite decide whether they want to rebuild or go for it. They’ll sign a lot of “meh” free agents, moderate reward, higher than average risk. I’m thinking veteran infielders who “play the game right” – we hope, assuming they’re not too old. Pitchers who we think Rick Anderson can fix. We rarely get ‘wow’ though, unless it is someone we already have (morneau/mauer/etc.). That’s good, but I’d rather spend 10 million to get 1 wow and 2 meh, rather than 10 million on 5 meh.
It’s just so weird to look back over the five years, we had 1 (2??) cy young awards, 3 (2?) batting champs, 2 league MVPs, and I think a couple years with a top 5 fielding percentage. You would have thought with those kind of awards that we could have gotten past the ALDS at least once, right?
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
Yep.
I was kind of disappointed they didn’t pony up for an extra year or two for Orlando Cabrera, but that actually looks wise now.
While he hasn’t put up too many “wow” years, I feel like they’ve had decent production from Pavano.
I’m an A’s fan, also, so I doubly realize that the deck is absolutely stacked against the “little club with smarts.” It’s been pretty amazing to see Tampa do as well as they’ve done recently, but otherwise, it tends to be clubs who spend big who make the world series (Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers, Angels, White Sox, Tigers). I don’t really expect the Twins or the A’s to be able to spend to compete with them.
I’ll say this: at least the Twins have recently kept some home-grown stars at big money. Its been a long damn time since the A’s did that (and it was for Eric Chavez, who can’t stay healthy).
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
Pavano has been great!
It’s one of the few good trades that have been made. I think we got him for a TBD minor leaguer. We’ve gotten value from him, lots of innings and mostly good results – wins, low to average ERA.
You’re right about the Twins not being able to be the Yankees/Red Sox/Etc. It’s just that we used to do well because we had good scouts, good fundamentals, made smart trades/signings. It felt like we couldn’t compete because our good players had to leave because we couldn’t keep them. With the new ballpark, we’ve been able to keep a lot of them. And now all the trades are bad (ill-timed, short-selling, “just get of the clubhouse poison” syndrome, seemingly poor talent evaluation) and the defense isn’t as good. It’s like we can either have the ephemeral “Twins Way,” or we can spend money but we can’t have both. Not to mention all of a sudden everyone is injured.
Being an A’s fan would be frustrating too. Why is it that fans of teams with frustrating success rates never stop at just one frustrating team (self-identifying, of course). Oh, also, that reminds me that I haven’t seen money ball yet. Anyone have strong feelings either way?
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 11:19 PM CST up reply actions
I also have not yet seen Moneyball, nor read the book.
I’ll probably see the movie before I read the book (which is probably the wrong order, but…)
I’m an A’s fan because they were good as I was picking my “favorite” teams when I was 8 or 10 years old. The Twins were also good at that time, but I like them more because my Dad is a lifelong Twins fan. Most of the big league games I’ve seen have been in the Metrodome.
I’d guess that people might choose to root for multiple “frustrating” teams because they either like to root for underdogs, or just can’t stand the “power” teams (like NYY, Boston, Dodgers, etc).
I think the Twins still have some decent scouts, just maybe not as good as it once was. I think they have some young guys who will hopefully break through in the next couple or three years (I think they still have a pitcher from northeast Iowa named Hermsen, but he hasn’t gone much higher than single-A so far). And hopefully, they’ll still have some current guys that will still be performing at that time, I hope (Mauer, Span, maybe a current pitcher or two).
As long as they stay competitive in the Central, I can’t complain (my A’s haven’t really been competitive in the West for the last three or four years).
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 11:36 PM CST up reply actions
Norm Parker was at the Old Chicago in Coralville tonight.
Was at the table right next to us. It was pretty awesome. After ordering a full beer tour, I’m pretty sure I heard him grumbling about how they no longer will put frosting on his Meat Me calzone.
Evenin' ladies and gents
Is this where the party’s at?
But "disappointing" is not a synonym for "crappy." - Jacob Peterson
"We are Iowans, for the most part if you tell us to do something we’ll do it. It’s not like we are from South Carolina." - Carfino'sWay
by 6 seconds of hell on Jan 24, 2012 8:19 PM CST reply actions
someone was looking for DRUGS earlier
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
Now we're talking
But "disappointing" is not a synonym for "crappy." - Jacob Peterson
"We are Iowans, for the most part if you tell us to do something we’ll do it. It’s not like we are from South Carolina." - Carfino'sWay
by 6 seconds of hell on Jan 24, 2012 8:34 PM CST up reply actions
I have a new theory as to why AIRBHG is so angry.
I think we might be pronouncing his name wrong. What if it isn’t “air bag,” but actually “arab hug?”
Just a thought.
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 8:37 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
What if he (she?) is a pirate?
It’s pronounced “Arrrrrrrrrrrr bhug”
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 24, 2012 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
It's good mood fooooooood!
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 24, 2012 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
Also had this thought tonight. Iowa RB situation is the Shawshank Redemption.
Shonn Greene is Andy Dufresne. Lucky bastard was able to break out but not without some hard work and tough times.
The rest of the Iowa RBs may as well climb up on a dorm room desk, carve “Brooks was here” in the rafter and call it a career.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 24, 2012 8:57 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
No way
Shonn didn’t leave IC smelling like shit.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 24, 2012 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
well... he ended up playing in New Jersey
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 9:10 PM CST up reply actions
I can't help it if he got drafted by the Jets
Instead of Tejuananejo or however you spell that.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 24, 2012 9:16 PM CST up reply actions
So, in all likelihood, he smells like Axe Body Spray?
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Jan 24, 2012 9:28 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
so, in all likelihood, he smells like a river of shit?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 1:23 AM CST up reply actions
Trying to fill out the cast here...
Does that make KF Red (Morgan Freeman)? A man of few words, known to locate things (10 win seasons) from time to time?
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
So who's getting fucked in the laundry room by the neo-Nazis?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Kaz?
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
The N stand for... waitaminute
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Nowledge. N stands for nowledge.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 9:19 PM CST up reply actions
McCall?
Strait bullshit
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 24, 2012 9:27 PM CST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure everybody at one time or another
At least if the book is right. Haven’t seen the movie. I’m sure it can’t possibly be as good, they never are. Except sometimes when they are. Like 127 Hours, that memoir is baaaad but the movie is pretty damn goooood.
Also, Neo-Nazis?
In the book “The Sisters” weren’t neo-nazis, they were just driven by sex and violence. And in the late 40s would they have been “neo” or just “nazi”. Ah hell, fuck that movie, books rule.
The list of movies that are better than the book is short
Fight Club is the only one that immediately comes to mind.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
Forrest Gump.
/Yeah, I read the book for it, and it’s sequel. Both not very good.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
Give the guy a break.
He was writing with his left hand!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 26, 2012 9:55 AM CST up reply actions
No
I have a friend in Denver whose PR firm had to wrangle him at the local premiere. The hearsay is that he’s still the arrogant jerk that he comes off as in his memoir.
Rec'd for the darkness.
Ask around here, and that means A-Rob was definitely the younger guy (Tommy?) who got shot in the back in the rec yard.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
Anouncing the hire durning the SOTU?
That would be a great way to make sure it gets as little attention as possible.
I thought it was being announced by the Pres during the SOTU
by HawkeyeRecon on Jan 24, 2012 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I bet he can fit it in somewhere between talking about energy and education. That should fit, right?
Energy, education, and...
Forgot the third thing. Oh well. See. It wasn’t important.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 24, 2012 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have an important announcement to make:
Effective February first, I’m resigning the office of the presidency of the United States in order to accept the defensive coordinator position at the University of Iowa. Prior to my resignation, however, I will bring the full force of the US Department of Defense to bear on that school in Ames and on the great, evil deity that they worship. Thank you, and God bless."
Those that complain that Inception was confusing have never seen Videodrome.
by hkobb7 on Jan 24, 2012 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Does Chuck Todd have pinkeye? Something didn't look right...
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 24, 2012 9:25 PM CST reply actions
This season of JUSTIFIED is a BAND OF BROTHERS reunion.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Mike Rowe is cleaning up Iowa's medical waste at a plant in Sioux Falls on Dirty Jobs.
Some of my waste could be famous!
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Jan 24, 2012 10:35 PM CST reply actions
He was in Boise today talking about the skills gap
Our local economy is symptomatic of this. Lots of jobs…lots of unemployed…lots of unskilled/unqualified people for those jobs.
Please don't tell me how you hate BSU or their turf...I know all too well and keep my toliet water blue for a reason.
by BoiseHawk on Jan 24, 2012 11:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
We used to let some people learn on the job.
But now, we have small and mid-sized businesses competing with corporations, and it doesn’t seem like there are very many places that still let it happen.
Also, why go take a night job to roto-root turds out of plumbing if they “only” pay you $10 an hour with questionable benefits?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
If Iowa State loses to Texas, but it's on The Longhorn Network, did it really happen?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Heard Austin, TX doesn't get the Longhorn Network
And yes, all cyclone losses count.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
There are like 12 people in the state of Texas that get LHN.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Mack Brown's contract extension includes Betamax copies of LHN programing
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 24, 2012 10:59 PM CST up reply actions
I was told Mack was a laserdisc man.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I heard that he is an old school projector and film reel dude.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 24, 2012 11:05 PM CST up reply actions
No, that's Ferentz.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
KF
Seems like a single static portrait of an event ype of guy…or maybe just a tapestry.
Please don't tell me how you hate BSU or their turf...I know all too well and keep my toliet water blue for a reason.
by BoiseHawk on Jan 24, 2012 11:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Naw.
Ferentz uses those flip books with the stick figures.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 AM CST up reply actions
No, that's Ken and Hoiberg.
They like playing with them whilst doodling in coloring books.
Those that complain that Inception was confusing have never seen Videodrome.
That game was actually sort of important
to both teams who are in the mid-tier of the B12.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM CST up reply actions
ISU's 4th in the B12 after the loss.
I think it was probably a game Texas needed more than ISU. Depending on how many teams the B12 gets, of course. Three are locks (Kansas, Mizzou, Baylor) and K-State is still in pretty good shape. ISU and Texas are both kind of fighting it out for 5th and 6th or so. I think the B12 probably gets 5 teams in… 6 would push it, though.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I'd say you're probably correct.
If this Cyclone team wasn’t 2/3 full of miscreants, I might even be able to root for them to make the NCAA tourney. But I can’t let myself want to see Royce White be rewarded.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 11:41 PM CST up reply actions
Has anyone seen the Dr. Pepper commercial with all the shirts?
Discuss.
I recommend discussing the prominent and proud lady whose defining characteristic is “cougar.”
by TwistConePlease on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM CST reply actions
I thought it was sort of bizarre,
so it is basically just like all of Dr. Pepper’s other recent ads.
I’m usually just kind of happy if I don’t have to hear Pit-bull.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
Sounds like someone's not having A REAL GOOD TIME.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Maybe if I was drinking Dr. Pepper and Kraken
every time I heard it.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 24, 2012 11:05 PM CST up reply actions
I'm just glad you hyphenate pit-bull
I, too, am a turn-of-the-century gentle-man.
by Nefarious on Jan 25, 2012 1:33 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes. That's why I did so.
Also, I think Pit-bull’s mother’s maiden surname was “Pit.”
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 8:03 AM CST up reply actions
She's a real Peach.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 8:04 AM CST up reply actions
I thought it was amazing.
Also disappointed that she didn’t appear more later in the commercial.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 25, 2012 12:17 AM CST up reply actions
They finally gave her a commercial?
I prefer Tygers to cougars.
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Jan 25, 2012 12:30 AM CST up reply actions
LOL
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 8:03 AM CST up reply actions
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Nope.
Have had some adult beverages though, not sure if that matters.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 24, 2012 11:55 PM CST up reply actions
scurry
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 1:28 AM CST up reply actions
I’m new to Black heart Gold pants. I stumbled upon this website a week or two ago and have been reading articles everyday. So I decided to join. Everyone seems like they have a fun time on here.
by 2wordsIowaHawkeyePride on Jan 25, 2012 12:05 AM CST reply actions
We do have a real good time here.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 25, 2012 12:16 AM CST up reply actions
Any time.
Been doing alright? Haven’t seen you around lately.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 25, 2012 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
Work=suck in December
As in “I love my job and everything I do when I’m not working 65-70 hour weeks and oh god why did I just calculate the hourly rate of my salary and I have no work life balance and my dog doesn’t recognize me and I hate myself woohoo christmas fuck I’m working at a starbucks in bumfuck indiana because my boss just called and I spent a day at a barnes and noble in columbus OH of all places and then I got home and just stared at the ceiling for a week and now I’m okay and working normal hours and have balance and can come back on BHGP and be stoopid”.
Not good when your own dog bites you.
Glad things are mellowed out some, that much time at work isn’t good for you.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 25, 2012 3:13 PM CST up reply actions
He never bit me, my landlord's dog does that
Thankfully she has no teeth from chewing at her cage in the puppy mill. Awful history, but it makes it less painful to be bitten, she hates me. Will growl even as I’m petting her and will literally only stop barking sometimes to take a treat from me, chew it, and start barking again.
But after about 3 weeks of that schedule I swear I sensed some resentment that all I did was come home and assert my claim to the bed without any play time or walks or other good stuff.
When Hawk news is really good
This place is even better. Of course it is fun anytime.
Please don't tell me how you hate BSU or their turf...I know all too well and keep my toliet water blue for a reason.
by BoiseHawk on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Welcome aboard!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 1:28 AM CST up reply actions
That is how why lure in the new bottom level of our elaborate humor ponzi scheme
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
fill that upside-down funnel!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 11:40 PM CST up reply actions
I just saw that today too
Sounds like he is trying to disappear quietly to save face for Wisconsin, I don’t think that is going to happen.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Jan 25, 2012 10:06 AM CST up reply actions
Interesting picture, that.
“Bret told me she just wanted cheese curds, so I gave her some cheese curds.”
Those that complain that Inception was confusing have never seen Videodrome.
Is this H-Dam for tonight too?
Who wants to get drunk?
Wednesday is a good day to drink.. right? right?
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Jan 25, 2012 6:37 PM CST reply actions
The answer is 42.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 7:43 PM CST up reply actions
Found a can of summer shandy in my fridge.
Way past the expiration date, but I’ll give it a shot.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
Expiration dates?
They for fools, y’all. This is GOOD.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 7:49 PM CST up reply actions
Just puts a little hair
on your chest, if anything.
I wouldn’t mind finding a can of that in my fridge. All that’s there, to the best of my knowledge, is 2 month-old Chinese leftovers, a bottle of tonic water, and the last half of a fifth of gin.
On second thought, this scenario doesn’t seem so bad…
Those 2-month old Chinese leftovers might have achieved sentience by now.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Just means I have a drinking buddy now.
by MNWildcat on Jan 25, 2012 8:23 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
LOL
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
Well played.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
If that beer was in the fridge that whole time,
for an extra 2 months, and with a Shandy, your probably fine.
If it was something darker or not as established of a brand, you might want to put it in a glass just in case.
And I realize I’m typing all of this after the fact.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, it was in the fridge the whole time and in a can.
No light to get to the beer – it stays better longer. :)
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
That sounds delicious right now.
I really could use one. British history midterm today went about as poorly as it could, so I’m letting off steam with anything available.
I've got some vodka for you.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
I've got only the good stuff.
Shevkoff Vodka, Jean Marc XO Vodka and Cask No. 16 Crown Royal.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
Well that's the makings
of a good night right there. Damn.
I’m a little low on everything right now… Just need an excuse (or a roommate’s car) to make a run.
I got these bottles about 2 months ago.
I’m not a heavy drinker. I like to have options and I usually have about 2 fingers of one of the three with some ice and call it good.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
Sounds just fine.
I’ll readily admit to being a little heavier of a drinker, but I’m just telling myself that’s what college is for. Sitting back like this, watching the Aussie Open, and enjoying a G&T certainly is nice, too.
Aussie Open?
I’ve got GI Joe on Netflix streaming. Guilty pleasure.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
Tennis, Australian Open.
Watching Clijsters-Azarenka right now. I’ll watch tennis over about anything else.
Oh, I thought it was golf.
My bad.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
Watching Clijsters-Azarenka right now. I’ll watch tennis over about anything else.
Says the jNW fan during hoops season.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
Tennis is great.
For all the soccer hi-jacking that happens on BHGP, I wouldn’t mind some tennis talk. Bummer that USA doesn’t have a McEnroe/Conners situation to engage the average sports fan.
Oh, and I have busch light cans rockin. /true Iowan
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:10 PM CST up reply actions
BNB! I'll talk tennis anytime.
I’ve just gone to another fridge here in the house, and apparently the last time we bought beer for the house pool, it was a case of Keystone Light… So I’ll join you.
I miss Fed being dominant. Agassi was my guy.
And my backhand is actually better than my forehand.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:19 PM CST up reply actions
I grew up hitting with two
as a left-handed hitter in baseball, I could really crack the backhand. Then I broke my left arm freshman year of high school, waffled between one and two, and was never the same.
I’m a Fed guy as well—can’t wait for the match tonight.
One handed backhand. Too overweight now.
Who does Fed play tonight?
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:32 PM CST up reply actions
Rafa.
It’s Rafa-Fed tonight, Djokovic-Murray tomorrow.
2:30am CST, ESPN2, if you feel like waking up or setting the DVR.
(I stuck with the one-hander, as well)
I hope Murray breaks out this year.
Could do with less Djokovic, frankly.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
I can't remember which Sportcenter anchor it was
but I once heard one of them say “Does Wayne Brady have to Djokovic?” during tennis highlights.
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by KilometersDavis on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 PM CST up reply actions
I just actually laughed out loud. Thanks
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:51 PM CST up reply actions
Again, we agree.
I just am sick of hearing ESPN and everyone else point out it’s been since 1936 that a British guy won a major.
Murray just needs to win already.
Is Brad Gilbert still his coach?
If so, Murray should change.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:53 PM CST up reply actions
Actually
he’s got Lendl now. It seems like he’s stepped up the aggression in his game, a bit. And there’s something about just having Ivan staring back at him that would scare the hell out of me.
Huge upgrade for Murray. Lendl is ice cold.
As a cubs fan, I kind of enjoy Britain’s slam drought.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
Nadal. Wow. That's at 2:30am? WTF ESPN
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:34 PM CST up reply actions
Sure. I thought at the end of Agassi's career they catered more to US time.
But maybe I’m thinking of the US open, the other hardcourt slam.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:38 PM CST up reply actions
and I suppose Rafa and Fed are not Americans
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
I can watch a match with some big stars in it.
Difficult for me to watch much womens’ though, because I kinda hate Serena.
Tennis teams are quite good (for Iowa) at my high school alma mater, but I never really cared too much about it.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
Waterloo Columbus? Blackhawk Raquet Club?
Beat them there.
/congratulatory slam of busch light
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
Congrats.
Our guys only have a good-to-great season once in a while. Our ladies’ tennis is the power-house.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:23 PM CST up reply actions
There was two awesome brothers at Columbus back in the late 90s
I think they both played at UNI. Blackhawk is a cool place to play, with tree house decks between courts. If memory serves.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:29 PM CST up reply actions
I've never been inside the Blackhawk,
and if you think of the last name of those brothers, let me know. I have an idea of who it might be, and their dad owns the Blackhawk Tennis Club, I think.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
I think you know who I am talking about.
You should peak in sometime, it was done quite well. Surely it still is.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
I'll drink to hating Serena.
Sorry to be snarky like that, Chazz. Not really intented to be that douchey.
Hate Serena? Why? Because of that bbbooootay?
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
We cool.
I started the snarky-ness.
And BNB, I hate Serena because of the way she appears to treat people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbObCBxG0sM
I think her Dad may be nuts, and I don’t think the apple falls far from the tree.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
She was a dominant force.
Plenty of people thought/think Michael Jordan is an asswipe. I just appreciate their game. Not their personality. But I see where you are coming from.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
And I'm a ass man.
So there is that too. ALL OF THAT.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:55 PM CST up reply actions
Some of it may be sexism on my part.
And MJ does appear to be a bit of an a-hole in real life.
I guess I don’t expect to see female tennis players (or really, any tennis players) get so angry. It’s laughable when it was Johnny Mac. To me, for everyone else, it is just a bit inappropriate.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:55 PM CST up reply actions
Try hitting a running backhand after your oppenent can auto exploit your inability to do so.
Or ball toss on a windy Iowa spring afternoon. Tennis is such a mentally tough sport, possibly the toughest of all mentally.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:59 PM CST up reply actions
Hung up on Pitt the Elder? Happens to us all
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Jan 25, 2012 9:35 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Lord Radnor demands you take that back.
Workhouses for everybody!
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 26, 2012 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
LORD PALMERSTON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyZ7oU0tUR8&feature=related
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by KilometersDavis on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Pitt. The. Elder!
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Jan 25, 2012 9:47 PM CST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
Bravo!
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by Blackheartnopants on Jan 25, 2012 9:18 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
They lost to Okie State?
lulz
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Kim Dotcom's life was kind of amazing. And insane.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He's not dead, right?
Just in jail in New Zealand, right?
His wikipedia entry just makes him look like a serial violator of financial and copyright law.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:04 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, he's arrested, not dead.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The details about that story are just so insane.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
ESS EEE SEE
RT @jonsol: Remind me not to watch Auburn-Arkansas. It’s 14-13 with 3 minutes left in 1st half. Jeez.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
No, it clearly applies to defense in football.
14-10 in football means just as much ESS EEE SEE speed as 49-48.
And in basketball that game features lots of steals and blocked shots on the ensuing breaks. Over and over, just steals and blocks and steals and blocks. And it’s good basketball.
Oh, and if you get Galavision, the U.S. soccer team is playing Panama.
Up 1-0, but they have to play the last 30 minutes with 10 men because they got a red card.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Cameron (?)
I’m not familiar w/ a lot of these players. Lots of MLS guys, I think.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Um...
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
At least he didn't use Comic Sans there.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 25, 2012 9:06 PM CST up reply actions
Duke vs Maryland
is close at half-time. (37-34) On ESPN
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Did we talk about the new iowa basketball website a couple of months ago?
I don’t think I ever paid any attention to it until now. Couple of good videos, tour of Carver. Overall, I like it
Do they sell Fran-autographed chairs on there yet?
If not, they really should.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
A Dwight spinoff from The Office?
This seems like a terrible idea.
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This seems like a terrible idea.
It’s NBC tv shows. Were you expecting anything else? That “Smash” show looks god-awful.
But yeah, if you’re going to do a Dwight Spin-off, you have to have it in an office. I don’t think people want to watch a show based on a beet farm. Even if Cousin Moze is usually funny.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
I like some of what NBC is doing...
It is shit like Smash, The Cape, The Voice, Leno, and other previous bad shows that kill me.
Give me back the real Law and Order too.
The comedies are generally ok, at least watchable for a while.
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Watchable
Far from great
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Plus compared to a lecture on point defects in ionic solids
almost anything is watchable
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Minute to Win
I forgot about shows like this….how stupid is this show? Drives me crazy how lazily these are put together and promo’d
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I think those shows are designed to be cheaper than sit-coms with established stars,
but I agree.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:12 PM CST up reply actions
"It’s NBC tv shows. Were you expecting anything else?"
Sure. COMMUNITY and PARKS & REC are excellent and 30 ROCK is still mostly good.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The Office carried all of those initially
and now it is lucky to be on Thur with those shows…or it would be ratings poop
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Mmmmmmmmm...NBC Thursday night is still bringing it.
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by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I can tolerate (and sometimes enjoy) Parks and Community.
I tried to get into Parks and Rec when it started, but thought it sucked. Then, I gave it a second chance after you all were raving about it here at BHGP. It is more watchable when Amy Poehler is not in EVERY SCENE.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
I felt the same way initially
But then started watching Season 3….and found it was good. I have since watched what I missed. It seemed to me that mid season 2 it got better.
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Absolutely. The show really grew and characters developed in season two.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 9:49 PM CST up reply actions
Ron is the best
The episode that really developed his character, where he explained all the items in his office, was so good.
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Yep, Swanson is funny.
Adam Scott (Ben Wyatt) also makes me laugh a lot. He’s kind of the Jim Halpert of that show.
I’ll laugh at an occasional Rob Lowe line.
Everyone else, I’m kind of ambivalent to (I know a ton of people here love Aubrey Plaza).
I will say, I did not think Rashida Jones was super-sexy when she was on The Office, but I like her more now that she has a more casual look with her hair and she isn’t dressed in business clothes all the time.
When I first watched Parks and Rec in the first season, Aziz made me laugh, but now, I don’t find him very funny.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
Aubrey has her moments
Rashida is a fox. Not my type exactly, but that’s just being picky.
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Uber picky. But such talk can be regarding actresses and the sort
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:10 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly
Clearly a fox. Her maxim/playboy/etc. just wouldn’t be the first I’d pick up off the stack—oh, I’d get to it in time though (that reads really creepy I’m sure).
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She did those mags?
Or were you speaking hypothetically?
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:20 PM CST up reply actions
/Chazz GIS immediatey
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
I'm using a work computer,
but the next time I’m not, maybe I’ll check that out.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
Rashida Jones is SOOOO HOT.
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by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 25, 2012 11:22 PM CST up reply actions
She and track star (and Iowa native) Lolo Jones are practically doppelgangers
And yet they are unrelated. Weird.
I hope Lolo can win in London this summer. I don’t usually care that much about the Olympics, but watching her get that huge lead and tripping on the last hurdle in China was painful.
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Jan 26, 2012 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, please.
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by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 26, 2012 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
Amy Poehler is the central character and driving force behind the show.
She doesn’t have to be in every scene, but she’ll have to show up in most of them. Everyone loves Nick Offerman, and his performance as Ron Swanson is great, but without Poehler, Parks & Rec is no good.
by The Mexican't on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 PM CST up reply actions
I don't much care for her.
And when the show began, she had been in a few movies, so I thought she had too much media exposure. Kind of like how I feel about Ed Helms right now.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
SNL was her vehicle to stardom.
One could say NBC needs her more than she needs them. And, um, aren’t you admittedly sexist?
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 11:11 PM CST up reply actions
I guess.
I do think many of the mavens of comedy (current, and the ones from SNL past) are not as funny as others think they are. But, I’m not sure it is due to my inner chauvinism.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 PM CST up reply actions
Upright Citizens Brigade!!!
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by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 25, 2012 11:23 PM CST up reply actions
Plus
characters like Ron, or Dwight in The Office (or Kramer), NEED to be bit/role characters. Their entire appeal as an eccentric only works when they are playing off of the “normal” people who drive the show. Otherwise, it just becomes absurd and stupid (see e.g., whatever the Kramer-centric show that NBC had on for about 10 seconds after Seinfeld ended)
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
They could go Fawlty Towers with it
But I’m not sure if people would go for that. And of course they’d try to over-do it and drag it out so long that it wouldn’t be funny.
I think it has a little potential
if they don’t focus on the farm more than 5 or ten minutes per episode. They should explore Dwight’s commercial property empire (he now owns the building they work in on the show, I think).
To me, they probably should have just made Dwight the new boss instead of Andy, so that we could see Dwight go really nuts and slowly piss off his co-workers. I’m not a huge fan of Ed Helms, so the “Andy Bernard as manager” era isn’t really working for me.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
You don't like anyone. New show from NBC, WaterlooChazz: Lovable Misanthrop
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I think you are funny/intelligent.
So, that proves that I do like some things/people.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 26, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions
I have broken through that frosty exterior.
I can be your misfit sidekick
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Perhaps
though I will be applying to be evil genius PackerHawk’s sidekick
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I can see this. In fact, I would buy the movie.
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by therealCatnuts on Jan 26, 2012 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
The evil part was expected?
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by therealCatnuts on Jan 27, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions
I will provide backup
with a repertoire of 1920’s dance numbers meant to dazzle and confuse, but will be mostly ineffectual.
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The Charleston is where it's at.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 27, 2012 2:03 PM CST up reply actions
Can't be any worse than what has become of the office
P&R and 30R both surpassed it
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Fraiser
Only NBC spin off that stuck?
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Aside from all the Law and Orders
Yeah, I think that’s it. CBS was the king of the spin off in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.
Speaking of decades and spin offs
I’m surprised there hasn’t been a bunch of “That x0’s Show” spin offs.
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An 80s show was tried, I think...
Das Stochern gewinnt.
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I think that 80's show was on for 20 minutes
The run time was actually 23 minutes but after the first 20 FOX just said fuck it and pulled it.
Yes
I believe I was watching the show when they pulled it. The 3 minutes of ensuing static were better than the show was.
I agree.
But Brittany Daniels is oh so fine.
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by BStylin Hawkye on Jan 27, 2012 9:31 AM CST up reply actions
She used to be a dude!
\It’s Always Sunny’d
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Jan 27, 2012 12:30 PM CST up reply actions
That was just a present day remake of Hawaii Five-0
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And almost all of those
were spin-offs of All In The Family (or spin-offs of shows spun-off AITF)
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
There hasn't been any new news on the PAC-12 agreement has there?
Scheduling match-ups? Anything?
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Nope.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
DC filled or first PAC-12 game scheduled first?
/joking ….right?
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At this rate,
we could see the first Pac12 vs B10 non-con GAME PLAYED before Iowa has a new, official DC.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
And the Chinese have a 10 footer
How do we even know that?
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My buddy bought one of these...
Well drunkenly tried to, I have not seen it and would recommend not giving this site any of your info.
http://www.kimjongiltshirts.com/product/hope-kim-jong-un
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Hahahaha I love everything about this.
The site, the picture, the idea…
If this website wouldn’t probably put me on some governmental terror watch list, I’d totally get this.
I'm terror list'd as can be
The fiance was a criminal justice major and had two terrorism related research papers. The depth of her Google’s has us listed I’m sure.
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Haha oh yeah
that’ll do it.
From my time working a bank, I had to go through lists of organizations known to finance terror from time to time and make sure no one affiliated with them had accounts with us. It really is a ball.
If this website wouldn’t probably put me on some governmental terror watch list, I’d totally get this.
I figured you’re already on those lists because of your NW affiliation.
I am constantly concerned with how easily members of the NW Armani Alliance can get their hands on weaponry.
And Krissy Cox was obviously an Al-Qaeda operative.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
What is NW?
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
Northwestern,
I think MNWildcat is a Northwestern grad who is living in or is from Minnesota?
If not, then I’m retarded.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:26 PM CST up reply actions
Correct me if I'm wrong
but BNB is looking for some letter to attach (in lowercase form) to the front of Northwestern.
Hahahaha
Indeed. Can’t really diss jNW without the ‘j’
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
Ah, my bad.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 PM CST up reply actions
There is always next time!
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:38 PM CST up reply actions
Hot Damn, that's funny!
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by Blackheartnopants on Jan 25, 2012 10:52 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Tyger is sending us info on the Chinese drum.
He’s in China, I think?
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
For PG-13, I agree
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:14 PM CST up reply actions
I have seen three different stage productions of this show.
One professional West End show in London, one college production, and one community theatre. Great stage play with a fantastic twist at the end, curious to see how the material translates to the screen.
As God is my witness,
if Doug McDermott wins any player of the year awards, I will burn the entire city of Omaha.
/I don’t really mean that, but Doug and Greg McDermott are turn-coats, can eat dicks.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
you say turn-coats
I say that my enemy’s enemy is, at worst, my frienemy, and probably just fine with me. The more it pisses it Cyclone cheerios, the better. They were ready to get rid of him anyways. Fuck ’em.
I'm not sure it pisses ISU fans off too much.
And, to be fair, I think the average UNI fan wishes Greg and Doug to do well all but two games a year (the two games against UNI).
I just don’t like seeing a son scoring 25 or 30 ppg, at a mid-major, with his dad as his coach, and have everyone fawn all over him. If he played in a tougher league with a coach who didn’t raise him, I feel like there’s no fucking way he’d be getting that many shots or points.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:41 PM CST up reply actions
Once the Hooberg came back to Ames, McDermott was forgotten
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:45 PM CST up reply actions
Yep.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:47 PM CST up reply actions
Yes. And leaving UNI & ISU just makes me like McDermott even more.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:40 PM CST up reply actions
He
had 30 and 9 tonight against Drake. And 24 and 7 against Drake a couple of weeks ago.
Don’t reserve your hate for only the state schools, BNB.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 10:43 PM CST up reply actions
Until Drake overtly trolls the Hawks, I will reserve my instate hate exclusively for UNI & ISU.
And Central. And Wartburg. And Pella.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:48 PM CST up reply actions
Jess Settles brings his Iowa Weslyan squad to Grand View tomorrow.
I’m in something of a dilemma between Iowa v UN-L and watching Settles’ coach in DSM.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 PM CST up reply actions
Iowa vs Nebby
will be replayed at 12:30 AM tomorrow night (or, technically early Friday morning) on ESPN U. The game’s live showing is on ESPN U at 6 pm CT tomorrow night.
If you end up going to the Weslyan vs GrandView game, please feel free to post or comment your thoughts on here. I always like to hear about former Hawks as coaches.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:10 PM CST up reply actions
Depends on the ball and chain. I'll post if I go.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think UNI overtly trolls Iowa.
But I also don’t want to re-hash the arguments about the “god-awful, conspiratorial, hell-bound referees” from this year’s hoops matchup.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:06 PM CST up reply actions
This year's hoops match up is all I have to cite as UNI trollin'
but, it is enough. Police escorting Fran off the court? That is so Valley.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 PM CST up reply actions
That would happen anywhere where a coach lingered on the court that long.
I say this as a big Fran fan.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:16 PM CST up reply actions
UNI TROLL ALERT.
Kidding. I’m outtie.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
Hmm, this nightcap is pretty good.
Having an A&W root beer with a generous shot of Sailor Jerry rum and a splash of lime. I’m usually not a rum drinker but this SJ stuff is tasty.
Also, nice win by my Razorback ballers tonight. 1st half was ugly as hell, 2nd half was sweet as this beverage. This Mike Anderson fellow seems to know how to coach ’em up.
Seems like it’s been a month since the Hawks hooped it up.
Huskers come to Carver tomorrow night.
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
Fresh underclassmen and corn mercilessly husked
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by BentNotBroken on Jan 25, 2012 10:52 PM CST up reply actions
Ha ha! Here's hoping.
My little bro lives in Lincoln, would like to check in with him during the game.
Where can we find the game on TV?
ESPNU, 6pm CT
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Uh oh. That runs from dinnertime to bedtime (for the kids).
I’m usually pretty occupied with the kiddos (ages 1, 3, and 5 yrs) up until 8PM, but I’ll have it on in the background to somewhat follow along, anyway.
Thanks for the info.
Really hungover Brommer?
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by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 25, 2012 11:30 PM CST up reply actions
Devon Archie has been transformed
into a dominant force on both ends of the floor?
And Basabe can now defend?
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:32 PM CST up reply actions
I could see the Root beer and Rum being good.
I’m not sure I’d like the lime in it, though.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:11 PM CST up reply actions
I know it sounds strange, but it works.
SJ has a vanilla flavor to it which complements the vanilla flavor of the root beer. And the small dash of lime adds to the flavor while cutting the sweetness a bit.
Whoa
RT @trentcondon: Iowa opens as a 6.5 point favorite over Nebraska tomorrow night in CHA.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Nebby's not good, even if they did beat IU by a whole point.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 25, 2012 11:30 PM CST up reply actions
I did not expect to see Iowa as 7-point favorites over any B1G team this year.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I wouldn't be shocked if Iowa was that much of a favorite or more
for the PSU game in Carver.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 26, 2012 12:00 AM CST up reply actions
Oh, and Reggie Evans is still crazy, in case you were wondering.
Lakers-Clips on NBATV
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Went to the Clips game last Sunday
Reggie was taken off with the starters with about 5 minutes left when they were up by 20 on the Raptors, and the crowd took him off to chants of “Reg-gie! Reg-gie!”. Also, I was wearing a Gold Iowa sweatshirt and somebody said “Go Hawks!” I turn and it’s David Bradley, we have a brief hello. Sometimes it is indeed great to be an Iowa fan, Sunday night was one of them.
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by therealCatnuts on Jan 25, 2012 11:54 PM CST up reply actions
Hollywood!
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 26, 2012 12:00 AM CST up reply actions
Samari Rolle has some really interesting comments
about new Colts’ coach Chuck Pagano.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/52872/former-raven-rolle-loves-pagano-hire
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I was in Vegas for work earlier this week.
It was my first time going to Vegas. On Tuesday night, at the dueling piano bar at Harrah’s, the pianists played the Iowa Fight Song three times consecutively. I saw it as a sign, put $100 on black, and won.
E pluribus Iowa
by Subtle Hustle on Jan 26, 2012 8:14 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
this is an awesome story
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by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Jan 26, 2012 8:50 AM CST up reply actions
Greg Schiano to the Bucs?
Wasn’t expecting that one.
Could be good for Iowa, though. There were a few recruits who chose Rutgers over Iowa, so it will be interesting to see if any of them change their mind in the next few days.
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I was really really hoping that Chip Kelly would go
Sounds like he balked at the last minute. Must have been promised there would be no sanctions at Oregon. Or he realized that the defensive substitution rule that we all learned about in the pros could negatively impact the effectiveness of his offense. Or Uncle Phil bought him an island on the sly. Or whatever else. But still, I was intrigued about how long it would take DCs in the NFL to adjust to the system.
I think he was smart enough to realize this was pretty near the truth
Uncle Phil bought him an island on the sly
20 more years at a very highly paid, little-pressure college job versus the pressure and short lifespan of an NFL coach. Smart move.
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by therealCatnuts on Jan 26, 2012 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
Well, and as Packer alluded to, if you sub on offense in the pros, you have to let the defense sub as well. In college the rule is “fuck you, defense.”
I bet that gets changed within 5 years.
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i really hope so
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by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Jan 27, 2012 1:20 PM CST up reply actions
And after winning their first Rose Bowl since the Wilson administration
I think his job security is pretty well set through one or two rebuilding periods. And I think he’s got them set to weather any looming sanctions and keep double digit winning seasons the norm in Eugene for awhile.
So, about Jacobi....
Totally feel bad for the dude. Any word coming from the brass here? Hope he lands on his feet. Lots of places would be more than lucky to land him.
What happened?
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by BStylin Hawkye on Jan 27, 2012 2:29 PM CST up reply actions
Evidently he was "let go" by CBS.
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by EnergizerHawk on Jan 27, 2012 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
Damn, that blows.
I guess from reading the article, I must have missed what was wrong with it.
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by BStylin Hawkye on Jan 27, 2012 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
Holy shit. Didn't see that coming.
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by therealCatnuts on Jan 27, 2012 5:13 PM CST up reply actions
I thought he was "out of the woods."
I figured, if it would have happened, it would have happened earlier in the week.
It’s alright. He’ll probably find something better at some point. If you read the shit they put out half the time at Grantland, then it becomes very apparent they could use a Jacobi.
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by WaterlooChazz on Jan 27, 2012 10:16 PM CST up reply actions
Grantland would be a great fit
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by therealCatnuts on Jan 27, 2012 10:41 PM CST up reply actions
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