Hamsterdam Has a New Mayor
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 6:46 PM CST
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PrintOOOOOOHHHHH YEEEEAAAAHHHH. There's a new Mayor up in here. Somebody to help get these posts up more regularly and to keep all you loyal BHGPers entertained. And that somebody is... not me. It's Mexican't. Technically, we'll be sharing the duties (and the next Ham'dam you see will probably be authored by him), but the truth is I'm simply not cool enough to be Mayor, I'm more of a Comptroller. But just like in a real city, you'll be needing both of us to run this place.
Mexican't is your cool-as-a-cucumber, says-the-right-things Tommy Carcetti type. I'm a less presentable, back-room guy they keep away from the masses, basically I'm Norman Wilson. I guess that would make Ross the retiring Bunny Colvin, which is a pretty cool guy to be. I'm now jealous. So anyway, if you liked Ross's Hamsterdam posts (and you should, because Ross rawks), you'll love Mexican't's posts that will generally be more of the same: current and interesting internet memes, youtube videos, and Archer references to kick off your conversations. But I am not very internet-savvy and not very current on cultural norms, so I suspect I'll be doing some quick interesting thoughts on whatever books I'm currently reading (Basque history & St. Patrick), whatever music currently moves me (James Brown), or whatever months-old internet meme I just found out about (Shit Girls Say). I hope to accomplish a miniature version of a poor man's "10 reasons why Iowa will lose to..." that Stoops pulls off so eloquently.
Here's the overall plan: Mexican't and myself will be putting up new Hamsterdam posts roughly every other day and bumping the most recent one to the top every night for all of you denizens to go crazy. We hope that more regularity also helps to clean up the streets of BHGP with a quick "Take it to Hamsterdam" when things get a little off-topic. Yes, we're just as guilty of this as you are. But the Mayor and the Comptroller of Hamsterdam want this place to thrive.
So to recap:
1) More Hamsterdam posts, more regularly
2) This is RossWB:
3) This is The Mexican't:
4) This is therealCatnuts:
5) We would greatly appreciate your help finding for us this lovely young lady:
(photos credit to wikipedia)
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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therealCatunuts, the State Comptroller Atkins of BHGP
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I think Ross is Comptroller Atkins.
Catnuts is Super Nintendo Chalmers.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
And I suppose that would have to make The Mexican't Skinner
So Hamsterdam could become a Chalmskinn Production.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 7:03 PM CST up reply actions
It's like looking into a mirror!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
That looks nothing at all like Ross.
Ross has a beard.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
And usually wears an old-timey fedora
while smoking a cigar. And is a lot hairier in general
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I think this is what Bunny Colvin would look like with beard and fedora
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
The pic comes complete with Ross's Minnesota build!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 6:59 PM CST up reply actions
Congrats on the election, Mr. Mayor.
Strippers all around!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
I can't believe they got the name wrong.
That should clearly read BaRoss Davis. The “Ba” obviously stands for “Beard aficionado”.
by The Mexican't on Feb 8, 2012 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
Why I oughta...
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He is what we call Rossing.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 8, 2012 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
'Ross' is going to have many definitions in that BHGP glossary
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
Who says?
Just call me Webster, ’cause I am developmentally stunted, black, living with Alex Karras, and I know the meanings to ALL.THE.WORDS
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
Is that a plaid/checked safari hat, with bullets?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
Are those bullets instead of feathers?
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 5:54 PM CST up reply actions
Damnit, I'm copying Chazz posts accidentally again.
/like crossing the streams
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 5:55 PM CST up reply actions
Is this a quote from "The Wire"?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:02 PM CST up reply actions
Uh, I don't think so.
Just a general expression of anxiety.
I watched The Wire a few years ago. What an incredible series.
by The Final Gun on Feb 8, 2012 7:05 PM CST up reply actions
I'm almost done with season 2.
One episode left. So good. So incredibly good.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 8, 2012 7:06 PM CST up reply actions
Yes.
I loved that they completely started from scratch in Season 2 and had an entirely different angle and cast. It took me until episode 3 or so before I realized that Avon and Stringer weren’t coming around anytime soon.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I really liked S2.
I think the wife gave up in S3 (politics…maybe?) and I never resumed my momentum.
by The Mexican't on Feb 8, 2012 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
You gave up on Tommy Carcetti?????
How dare you!
And Season 4 was the best season in my opinion, so you really should get back in. It followed the high-school age kids, whether they were in high school or working the corners. Amazing.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
This is complete blasphemy, I know
I hated Carcetti.
by the notorious r.d.m. on Feb 8, 2012 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
I have it all on HBO-GO (their streaming dealy), so it's easy to maintain momentum & keep up with it.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 8, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah. We've got the DVD box set. I've really no excuses except that we only have one TV downstairs.
I’m not cruel enough to banish her to the upstairs TV.
by The Mexican't on Feb 8, 2012 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
I bought the box set a while ago from Ebay.
I recently burned through the first four seasons at about a pace of 1/week. Then I got to Season 5…I got through a few episodes and have kind of lost interest.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
Yeah.
The entire storyline starts with a window.
Brilliant.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 8, 2012 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
I remember it starting on the dock with the foreman's kid fucking up unloading something
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:13 PM CST up reply actions
I'm in the middle of season 2 right now
curse my parents for not having hbo when this show was on. It’s incredible
So, the basketball game is still tomorrow right?
Two separate places on the Gazette website say the game is tonight.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
Yes, trust Hawkeyesports.com
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 8, 2012 7:00 PM CST up reply actions
I'm gonna be a little pissed if it was tonight.
And the band will be short one sousa. So I hope not.
Ha! It is all an Iowa plot to sabotage Northwestern's chances
Try winning without a tuba player, jerks!
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
Our band.
Wait, is this a road game?
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 5:58 PM CST up reply actions
No, it's tomorrow.
Not really a fan of this stretch of the schedule, though. Game on Saturday, then a game on Thursday, then no game until next Thursday… bah. Too much downtime.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
So I got to spend my entire day in a bunch of scientific talks today
without a chance to check in on the presser. Can I get a quick new coaching roster? I’m sure I can go find it if you fine folks don’t wanna help a fella out, but I’m lazy. So I’m coming to you first
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:01 PM CST reply actions
Same as the old roster after a game of musical chairs.
Plus maybe Brian Ferentz.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks
So I didn’t miss too much
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
Ross had a good quick recap that I'm going to copy-paste here
I think it was…
HC – Ferentz
OC/QBs – KOK
WR – Campbell
RB – Erb
TE/recruit – Johnson
OL – Morgan
DC – N Parker
DL – Woods
LB – Wilson
DB – P Parker
ST – Wilson
Now it appears to be:
HC – Ferentz
OC – ?
QBs – ?
WR – Campbell
RB – Erb
TE/recruit – Johnson
OL – ?
DC – P Parker
DL – Morgan
LB – ?
DB – Wilson
ST – Wilson?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
that luvly young lady's...
….initials are C and W (In my mind at least, Forever and Ever, Amen)
"Stick em' with the pointy end!"
Pretty decent.
It’s Kurlansky, so it’s an easy read as he’s a better writer than most historians, but for some reason it feels just a little flat. I think Amazon’s readers have it just about correct at a 3.5-star aggregate review
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
I think I paid about 8 bucks to have it on my Kindle app
I haven’t read a physical book in many moons now.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
Someday I'll consider a Kindle.
But I kind of aspire to have one of those professional-looking bookshelves someday.
I hear ya. There's some sort of nerd vanity that only a full bookshelf can cover
I’ve long had enough books to fill an entire room of bookshelves, I have kind of an incurable lust for reading. Maybe because I didn’t have a TV for almost a decade, but probably just because I don’t have enough friends.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:20 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly.
I’m trying to rekindle that reading thing… A couple years of college beat the “read-for-pleasure” side out of me, but getting into the upper-level history and poli sci classes in subjects I like has led me to actually stop and enjoy a book once in a while.
This.
I’ve always been a slow reader, but college kicked my ass with reading (I’d even read school books at the bar, and then in the morning I’d re-read the last two chapters from the night before, because I didn’t remember them- except on Thursday nights because that was Laundry Night, meaning $0.25 long islands/rum & cokes/screwdrivers @ The Union and we’d be so drunk, with leftover laundry money, so quickly that reading was pointless- I guess I didn’t read during FAC either- mostly it was just Sun-Wed, and no I didn’t go out every week or every day or anything).
Anyway.
My point was “This.”
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 6:07 PM CST up reply actions
About 5 days before I was leaving for China, I still had the same idea.
Then, I thought, “I want to take that book. I want to take this book. I want to take that book.” I was up to ten books before I gave in. When I got the Kindle, I learned that ANY AND EVERY book that was out of copyright… was free. That led to roughly 150-175 classics near-immediately downloaded. Then I learned of bittorrents and got another 1000 books for free (i.e. illegally). I do not “need” to buy another book for a looooong time.
My friend who has been here for 6 years has collected about 100+ books, getting them from people as they went home and didn’t want to take the books. She, too, is Kindle-averse.
meh
And the ease from which one can switch from author-to-author, era-to-era, genre-to-genre...
…makes reading a lot more accessible for an ADHD man like myself.
meh
My roommate gets pissed at me
as I’m a bathroom reader as well, and currently have 5 books stacked up in there, each marked in its own particular place. I’m an ADHD reader as well, just a little lower and less technically inclined, I suppose.
My local libraryi
is chock full of free books. And I don’t have to buy the kindle. I also enjoy goodwill. 50 cents and you just redonate when you’re done.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Does that title mean you have more than one local library?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
They're not free
you’re supposed to return them after you’ve read them.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
When you find me an English-speaking local library in Shanghai...
…you can come over on your high horse and show me the way to it.
meh
A horse (high or not) would probably die in the middle of the ocean (or somewhere along the way).
And it would never fit in the overhead compartment.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 6:11 PM CST up reply actions
Sort of in the Goodwill theme,
I have found some pretty good sports books at Dollar Tree (so they are $1 per book).
I’ve bought:
Game of Shadows (about Barry Bonds and BALCO)
Running for My Life (Warrick Dunn autobiography)
A Lion’s Tale (Chris Jericho’s book)
And a couple of books by John Feinstein (I think they were “The Punch,” and “Open” about the US Open in golf.)
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 9:48 PM CST up reply actions
We have a beautiful set of bookshelves
Filled with Mr. Girleye’s collection of fantasy hardcovers & my murder-mystery/suspense-type mostly hardcovers. And bins & bins of books in storage. At our old house we built shelves tall enough to have one of those cool library ladders. (& that is the one & only thing I miss about that house!)
It wasn’t hard at all switching to Kindles/iPads for reading. The sheer convenience of having access to the book I’m currently reading & the ability to download more books without moving my ass from the couch conquers all, especially when we’re away for the summer. The library & tiny bookstore just can’t compare (& yes, that’s really very sad). Also with our 9 y/o devouring books & having the tendency to let me know at bedtime that ‘OMG, I need another book!’, it’s saved me many headaches & frustrations.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Feb 9, 2012 12:20 AM CST up reply actions
mmmm, wine
Cotes du Rhone
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
I'm not sure it's a promotion
Does pro bono responsibility count as a promotion?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:57 PM CST up reply actions
Solid varietal?
What’s the winery?
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Feb 8, 2012 8:11 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
got it from World Market
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 8:19 PM CST up reply actions
I have never heard of it
but that means nothing. I’m a pretty bad internet citizen. No Facebook, no Twitter.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:37 PM CST up reply actions
Best to just ignore memes
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I like The Chive. Great photo blog site.
But sometimes it seems like everyone on that site is a major creeper. Especially with that Find Her shit.
by the notorious r.d.m. on Feb 8, 2012 8:28 PM CST up reply actions
I had to choose what to watch with my morning coffee: Ben 10 or Carl Sagan's Cosmos
I went with the latter.
meh
Always a good choice.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 8, 2012 7:46 PM CST up reply actions
A couple housekeeping items in case people have questions:
1) Mexican’t and I are not official authors or editors, so don’t be looking for articles outside of Hamsterdam from us. We’ll leave that to the experts
2) We do not have banhammer priveleges. That will continue to be the domain of Jacobi, Vint, and Ross
3) Yes, Mexican’t does indeed have a beautiful figure under that Mayor sash:
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
FYI, if you google "Mayor sash"
there pop up plenty of pictures of Tyler Sash. I think he now needs to have a nickname related to somebody that would wear a sash.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:32 PM CST up reply actions
We could get Kluginator to make a Superman/Satchel Paige/Iowa safety mash-up
Sash-El Pagel
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 8, 2012 7:35 PM CST up reply actions
They didn't even give you
a nerf banhammer? Such a shame
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 8, 2012 7:46 PM CST up reply actions
No banhammer? What, you just have to be polite and such? “Please, stop being a douchebag! I know I forgot to put that rule in the post, but it carries over.”
Meh, the original Hamsterdam (from The Wire) was a lawless place.
With only its residents as enforcers.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 6:21 PM CST up reply actions
Anyone here watch Ghost Hunters?
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:47 PM CST reply actions
Occasionally
I saw that one episode where they went into a house, got a bunch of “spooky” readings but didn’t find the ghost
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I'm watching one right now
and they did the “flashlight test.” It’s where they set a flashlight so that the slightest touch will turn it on. They then ask the “ghost” to turn it on for yes and nothing for no. I’m not sure what to make of it
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:52 PM CST up reply actions
My penis is an amazing ghost detector
so that the slightest touch will turn it on
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
by Lycurgus on Feb 8, 2012 7:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks for making it weird
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:56 PM CST up reply actions
How often does it find Slimer?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 9, 2012 1:42 AM CST up reply actions
And people will watch this.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 8, 2012 7:55 PM CST up reply actions
My GF watches it
and it is slowly sucking me in
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:56 PM CST up reply actions
This is why I watch The Bachelor
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions
Thats still not acceptable
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
The Bachelor is more acceptable.
Unless the producers are trying to set him up with ghosts.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 8, 2012 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
No.
Just no.
At least ghosts may exist.
The girls who “fall in love” with the guy in no time, and have no problem when he makes out with several other chics, well that’s not even plausible unless the final episode is the winner stalking and killing each and every girl that kissed her new man.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 6:24 PM CST up reply actions
I believe they just stalk and kill their new "fiancee" instead
when they watch the new season months later. The reunion shows are always filled with this tension. “YOU WENT TO THE FANTASY SUITE WITH HOW MANY OF THESE GIRLS?!?!?!?”
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 6:46 PM CST up reply actions
So....every episode of Ghost Hunters, you say?
Those that complain that Inception was confusing have never seen Videodrome.
I think that was implied.
Kind of like saying “I saw that one episode of House where they thought the patient had something simple, but the treatment nearly killed them, and then at the end House miraculously figured it out and saved them. Oh, and House also said something racist and mean.”
by DrHenryKillinger on Feb 9, 2012 9:08 AM CST up reply actions
Ugh. All of those shows are so goddamn stupid.
I like them.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 8, 2012 7:55 PM CST up reply actions
I like that they all think they're scientists.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 8, 2012 7:56 PM CST up reply actions
The host is a douche of epic proportions
by mikjones24 on Feb 8, 2012 7:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
My wife & I were HUGE Ghost Adventures fans for quite a while before it just got stale.
Those guys have got to be some of the dumbest people on cable TV. So entertaining.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 8, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions
Only to be outdone by the people who hoard old Ghost Adventures episodes on DVD
Those guys have got to be some of the dumbest people on cable TV
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
Hey!
the guys in Ghostbusters were. And they do the same thing
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Ya they do
A professor I know likes to say “if a question is worth answering, fucking answer it!” You can’t tell me SyFy can’t afford more gear (thermal cameras and such). They should just put this gear on the guys heads so that there isn’t anymore of this “I hope we caught that on camera” shit.
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 Feb 8, 2012 7:58 PM CST up reply actions
So do anthropologists
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
by Lycurgus on Feb 8, 2012 7:59 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
And psychologists
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 Feb 8, 2012 8:00 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
and epidemiologists
/personal hate
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
It will be a cold day in hell before I catch a disease from a bird
That ain’t my culture and heritage.
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
So you're saying you've never had
HAWKEYE FEVER!!!
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
by Flakbait on Feb 8, 2012 8:06 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Damn it. I don't have a funny way to extricate myself from this one.
TWSS
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
And laplanders
I just hate them so much.
by DrHenryKillinger on Feb 9, 2012 9:10 AM CST up reply actions
Haha! Mexican't has a tiny penis!
/Littlefinger joke.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 8, 2012 7:57 PM CST reply actions
It's on Netflix instant queue
That’s pretty good quality
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 Feb 8, 2012 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
What do you think
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 Feb 8, 2012 8:07 PM CST reply actions
I wonder how that guy with the camera tastes?
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Nice
Has anyone seen it yet? I’m thinking about going this weekend
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 Feb 8, 2012 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
I have heard rave reviews, actually
but I can’t get my wife even remotely interested in seeing it
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Burned at the Steak
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
I saw it.
It is okay-to-good. There is some gore/violence, but not as much as I expected for a movie with a bunch of wolves.
I thought the ending was a bit lame. Feel free to refute this opinion if you see it for yourself.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 9:59 PM CST up reply actions
So, better or worse than Taken?
Those that complain that Inception was confusing have never seen Videodrome.
Aww puppy!
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 8, 2012 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
"How awesome would I look on a black t-shirt?"
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 8, 2012 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
Wait, catnuts...
Weren’t you persona non grata during the first few weeks of HamDam? This is like a mini-Jamie Lannister redemption arch.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Feb 8, 2012 8:09 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Redemption
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
pretty much
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
He is like the mighty Phoenix
risen from his own ashes
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
I'm a Phoenix
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 8:26 PM CST up reply actions
We would greatly appreciate your help finding for us this lovely young lady:
What do you creeps want with Maria Bartitromo now?
I want her to give me the business.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
Hello my friends
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
Twitter: gregory_forbes and my radio show at 2ndShort907
by Pain in the Sash on Feb 8, 2012 8:22 PM CST reply actions
Waz good?
"I don't usually go to the top floor, but tonight I had a business meeting." -Devyn Marble
by One Night Stanzi on Feb 8, 2012 8:23 PM CST up reply actions
Just ate
About to go have a good Wednesday
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
Twitter: gregory_forbes and my radio show at 2ndShort907
by Pain in the Sash on Feb 8, 2012 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
It goes hand in hand with bad Thursday morning
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
Twitter: gregory_forbes and my radio show at 2ndShort907
by Pain in the Sash on Feb 8, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Just like college!
"I don't usually go to the top floor, but tonight I had a business meeting." -Devyn Marble
by One Night Stanzi on Feb 8, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Ohhh, I remember those.
Best campus job ever, though.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 8, 2012 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
Indeed.
Leave Hamsterdam open in the hope that someone is still up and belligerent, open the Comparative Politics textbook, and relax for three hours.
Then the printers’ server goes down.
Yeah,
once everyone leaves, you can only kill so much time filling printers with paper.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 8, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
So Doc Rivers is at pretty much every Duke game
Was he ever at an Indiana game while his other son played there?
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
You can always recognize Carver rent-a-cops
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 8:32 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
A simple "yes" would have sufficed.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
yes
/retroactive brevity
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
Also, Carver has new rent-a-cops this year.
BTW
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
Ah, I should have known that since the football people were different.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
The new ones in Carver are considerably more active in their patrolling duties than the old ones.
Anyone inclined to sneak booze in must now be much more sneaky about indulging in it. For those inclined to do such things.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
Always get the big cup with a lid.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 8, 2012 8:48 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
the nonogenarian
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
I have no recollection
that Doc had an older son who played for Georgetown, then IU.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:03 PM CST up reply actions
Wasn't at every Georgetown game
when Austin was there (before he transferred to Indiana)
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
About a month ago I looked up Duke vs UNC tickets
just to see what you’d have to pay to see it at Cameron Indoor.
The difference between tickets to this game in Chapel Hill vs Durham would blow your fucking mind.
The most expensive ticket in Chapel Hill was somewhere around $500. The least expensive ticket in Durham was somewhere around $1300.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
Well,
Cameron’s capacity is around 10k, UNC’s is around 21k.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
Danilo Galinari, Andrea Bargnani, Manu Ginobili
I am never again drafting players with names ending in “i”.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
"is problem"?
And I thought you went to the smartypants school…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I guess it isn't.
You’re off the hook… this time.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I had the Bulls game on earlier.
Will Ferrell’s lineup introductions were incredibly weak.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
Ah, I just tuned in about 10 minutes ago.
My roommate and I drink every time Stacey King uses a nickname or says something ridiculous.
Turkish Hammer and White Mamba
Should count for two. Because they’re so awesome.
"I don't usually go to the top floor, but tonight I had a business meeting." -Devyn Marble
by One Night Stanzi on Feb 8, 2012 8:52 PM CST up reply actions
White Mamba
automatically equals finish your drink. It made for a long night last Saturday when I was in Urbana-Champaign and had just poured myself a fresh one when he came in the game.
Then again, getting my own Fishbowl at the Firehaus probably did that too.
Does he do anything else on offense?
Dunk, rebound, and make blocks. That’s all he can do.
"I don't usually go to the top floor, but tonight I had a business meeting." -Devyn Marble
by One Night Stanzi on Feb 8, 2012 9:07 PM CST up reply actions
Are you questioning the Turkish Hammer?!
(By the way—I’m a T-Pups fan, I just watch these games because my roommate’s a fan and I like drinking.)
I wouldn't dream of it.
And I’m not a fan, either. I just live in IL and Bulls games are always on.
"I don't usually go to the top floor, but tonight I had a business meeting." -Devyn Marble
by One Night Stanzi on Feb 8, 2012 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
You can try rubbing his face in it but he'll never learn
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 8, 2012 9:09 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Duke rebounds about as well as Iowa.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
Just realized that my assignment and midterm for one class are on the 23rd, and not the 16th
this means I can procrastinate even more. Time to bring on the 21st birthday weekend
That feeling is MUCH BETTER than the converse.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 8, 2012 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
Speaking of HBO shows
has anyone been watching Luck?
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
I watched part of what I think was the first episode
on HBO free weekend.
I was unimpressed.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
Not interested in discussing the politics of this
but Rick Santorum’s big wins this week were fueled by a huge donation from a multi-millionaire named “Foster Friess”. That is a yummy name.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
LOL, somebody trolled wikipedia and put in there that he's owner of Foster's Freeze
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
Wow, awesome ending to the UNC/Duke game.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 10:15 PM CST reply actions
Dammit.
I turned away when Duke was down by 11.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:37 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah it was at 10 with like 1:50 left.
I’m not sure what UNC’s defense was doing at the end; it was blatantly obvious that Rivers was going to shoot a three there.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 10:44 PM CST up reply actions
Is it time to fire Ferentz?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 8, 2012 10:16 PM CST up reply actions
No. It's time to hire, Ferentz.
Seriously, let’s get an OC within two weeks this time.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:38 PM CST up reply actions
That fucking Scout ad.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
she works at hills bank on clinton. I am not lieing
by harvhawk on Feb 8, 2012 10:26 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
I think it would be a really awesome BHGP meme
for people to start new accounts and have random, mid-conversation statements as their first post.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 10:47 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
or just random non-sequiturs in the middle of open threads
look at the stratification. it’s clearly sedimentary
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Feb 8, 2012 10:52 PM CST up reply actions
I'm guessing Harv got a text and a comment on his phone mixed up.
Sometimes, I’m glad I use a MacBook for BHGP.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 8, 2012 10:52 PM CST up reply actions
hooray for more hdam
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 8, 2012 10:57 PM CST reply actions
This makes me excited
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Feb 8, 2012 11:11 PM CST reply actions
yay the link worked
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Feb 8, 2012 11:12 PM CST up reply actions
Rutgers and Syracuse might play home and away next year -- in football.
To make up for not playing West Virginia, Rutgers could face the Orange at home and then — as one plan proposes — at Yankee Stadium a second time. For now, the plan calls for only the game at Rutgers counting in the Big East standings.
(via)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Am I the only one who thinks that is retarded?
Why not just play the Yankee Stadium game, and then use the other spot on the schedule to let the teams schedule some decent OOC opponents?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 9, 2012 8:49 PM CST up reply actions
Probably because most other teams already have their 2012 schedules set?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Man...
…just watched the new NOVA. I wept … like a baby … that thing was so fucking sad.
Sorry, it’s just there are no PBS forums and I had to say it somewhere.
That is all.
Was that the one where they discussed the heat death of the universe?
Entropy makes me sad.
by DrHenryKillinger on Feb 9, 2012 9:15 AM CST up reply actions
Looks like it was
the one about separation of conjoined twins.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/separating-twins.html
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 9, 2012 8:52 PM CST up reply actions
Question for you all
Would you be interested in a “Introduction Thread”? The good folks over at WAGNH (We Ain’t Got No History, a blog for Chelsea fans) did one a couple weeks back, I think its great way to better get to know one another.
Just wanted to put a feeler out there, if there is enough of a positive response I’ll put up a Fanpost in the next few days.
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Feb 8, 2012 11:30 PM CST reply actions
Ok I'll get the ball rolling.
Hi, I’m DrHenryKillinger, and chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it’s usually something unusual. But now I know why I have always lost women to bloggers like you. I mean, it’s not just the bad photoshops. It’s the stories that you tell. So much fun and imagination.
HFMR, you are a madman. When you stole that cow, and your friend tried to make it with the cow. I want to party with you, cowboy. If the two of us together, forget it. I’m gonna go out on a limb here. I’m gonna volunteer my leadership to this blog. A blogosphere without leaders is like a foot without a big toe. And Jacobi isn’t always gonna be here to be that big toe for us. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe… therealCatnuts
by DrHenryKillinger on Feb 9, 2012 9:24 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Hi. My name's WaterlooChazz. My friends call me Chazz.
You might have noticed that, uh, I’ve got a slight weight problem. Yeah, yeah I do. Yeah, I do. I went to this doctor. Well, he told me I swallow a lot of aggression… along with a lot of pizzas! Ha Ha Ha! Pizzas!
I’m basically a shy person, I’m a shy guy. Uh, the doctor suggested taking one these uh, aggression training courses. You know these aggression training courses like EST, those type of things. Anyway, it cost 400 bucks! 400 bucks to join this thing?
Well I didn’t have the money and I thought to myself, “Join BHGP”! It’s free. So I figured while I’m here I’ll make a few comments. And you got what, gamethreads and Hamsterdam here? Real tough ones. Which is perfect for me. I’m going to walk out of here a Lean, Mean, Commentin’ Machine! Ha ha ha ha.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 9, 2012 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
I, for one, welcome our new Ham'dam overlords.
I’d like to remind them that as a trusted member of the BHGP commentariat, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground comment caves.
// seriously, congrats to both therealCatnuts and The Mexican’t
First the fruit picking and meat packing
and now the Mexicans are stealing good blog posting jobs from hard working Americans
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
C'mon, Americans DON'T want those ignominious jobs...
… and at such meager (nonexistent!) wages. Plus, for the esteem factor, blog poster is at least one step below the Dalits.
I know from experience.
That top post says "Tuesday, February 10"
But tomorrow is February 10 and it is definitely not going to be Tuesday. Unless the future extended my workweek by 4 days. In that case, I really hate the future.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 3:12 PM CST up reply actions
That's post is five years old.
/ wow, how time flies
// when are you moving in, early March?
/// congrats on the “promotion” to Ham’dam general.
That's mayor, sir, not general.
If we’d made him a general before Ly, there would have been a full-on insurrection in the BHGP ranks.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
And probably set off an Alphabet Generals game too.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Feb 9, 2012 3:24 PM CST up reply actions
It pains me
that Rambler no longer haunts these pages
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
Is he still taking time off after the Paterno thing or is he maybe done for good?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
He's been here once or twice since then.
I expect him to be running a “General Paterno/Dutch Country Bed And Breakfast” themed blog by the end of summer.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 7:39 PM CST up reply actions
Ross
He can be general if I am still in the running for Consul. I had a dream that I climbed a high cliff and when I reached a Hawkeye nest, I saw seven eggs laid therein. That probably means I will have seven consulships (ala Marius) or Iowa has seven individuals champs at nationals this year.
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
But I see 8 national champs! Your dream is too pessimistic.
125 McDonough
133 Ramos
141 Marion
157 DSJ
165 Evans
174 Lofthouse
184 Gambrall
HWT Telford
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 5:46 PM CST up reply actions
The Mayor lands in Chicago right around March 1st, hopefully
I’m driving the U-Haul on I-40 through the desolation of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas after leaving on 2/27, so there are distinct possibilities that not only will it take longer than expected, but also that I kill myself from boredom on the worst drive in the world.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
One Spring Break, we went to Phoenix.
I pulled the shift from Tulsa to Tucumcari, NM. and was behind the wheel from about 1:00am to sunrise.
// an existential peyote-like trip w/o the drugs
I have driven from Iowa City to NYC and back without a stereo (was stolen the week before)
I would do that 10 times again before doing this drive. I really am dreading it. I hate that part of the country. I know some people find peace or serenity in the desert, I find interminable boredom.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A KINDLE!
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 9, 2012 7:41 PM CST up reply actions
Any tips on how to teach my dog how to drive?
And remember, I have to leave in two weeks.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
New Mexico is not my cup of tea,
but I really like driving through Arizona. I realize the parts of AZ I like most (where you go from desert to forest to desert to canyons) is north of where you might be.
West Texas is pretty much as Ly describes it. Oklahoma isn’t very cool. The parts of Arkansas I remember most were the flattest shit I’ve ever seen, but I’m not sure if that is I-40, or not. The drive in Tennessee is not boring, IIRC (some pretty steep shit near the mountains, I think). I’ve never been to Carolina.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 9, 2012 9:06 PM CST up reply actions
Actually, I just looked at a map of I-40,
I’d think there could be some nice parts of AZ near there.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 9, 2012 9:07 PM CST up reply actions
Holy shitballs, I was wrong about Tulsa -- I started in Wichita, KS.
Hwy 54 makes a long arc westward across Kansas before dipping through the panhandle of Oklahoma and catching the top corner of Texas and on into New Mexico.
That was the flatest, boringest drive I have ever made. All I remember is that you could hold a ruler up to all the blinking lights over the wellheads on the vast, vast, vast horizon.
I've done that drive (US 54)
both of the last two years for the Insight Bowl. It is rather boring. Bring an I-Pod or CDs, because radio west of Wichita is quite limited.
The towns between Wichita and Albuquerque don’t seem very fun.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 10, 2012 3:58 PM CST up reply actions
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