27 years is too fucking long
 

And how. Retired and put out to stud at 29? Where do I sign up?

27 years is too fucking long
 

Bill Veeck had an adjustable fence in Milwaukee that he would raise and lower b/w innings.

27 years is too fucking long
 

Will you be wearing this regularly or backwards during your sessions?

http://www.horsehats.com/images/hats/rocksizefront.jpg

27 years is too fucking long
 

There were rumors about this back in 1987 when Minnesota won the World Series.

27 years is too fucking long
 

They did tests to see if changing the airflow could affect ball paths. It did, very slightly, but measurably. And the groundskeeper admitted that he did make those adjustments.

27 years is too fucking long
 

I was there, and no horse race with 10 entrants all of decent quality is ever an 83% guarantee. It involves animals for the fucking baby jesus' sake and at a distance none of them have ever run before. The odds were bet down because everyone wanted to hold a winning ticket. That said, I think Elliott let him take the lead too early.

As for Birdsong, the morning line was only 15-1, meaning the oddsmaker recognized he had a chance, and the guy standing next to us picked him, as he told us loudly both before and after the race. The reason - he was the only other horse in the race ever to have won a Grade I stakes.

Grape Stomp
 

You might also want to catch the "Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!" video here. {Sound.}

ETA: Sorry, guys; looking for a link that works. Will edit when same is found.

ETFA: Okay, the link has been replaced, but I make no promises that this site has adequate bandwidth. Link goes directly to MPEG video; it's slow to load.

The Sopranos
 

So, what did people think about the season finale?

I liked it (B+), but as with most other seasons, the best episode of the season was the penultimate.

The Sopranos
 

Finally watched the first two shows of season one, and see that I'm going to have fun catching up to all of you with the help of the good people at Netflix.* Until them, TIA for using spoiler space.


* A company which rents two product lines: DVDs, and coasters.

The Sopranos
 

With the help of Netflix I hope to be caught up on 24 by the time the season begins after the World Series. I'm pissed off as hell that I didn't think of Netflix, and not only because it will help kill Blockbuster, the taker of my hard earned cash in the form of "late fees."

The Sopranos
 

Spoiler- for 2 weeks only- no spoilers going back to 2001, sorry









I wasn't sure if Philly was indicted, because he just got out- if not he's gtg. Also, not sure if Little Carmine was, but I didn't think so. So if Little Carmine wasn't indicted, he takes over, right. Guess what? he liked Tony B.

The Sopranos
 

How can Little Carmine take over after punking out the way he did? As I understand it, Tony S has a shot at consolidating now. Not sure how likely that is, but I suppose it's worth a shot. I LOVED the scene with Sil and Tony in the Bing. Great stuff.

The Sopranos
 

More spoiler:















It did dawn on me that Tony S. probably feels like shit as he didn't have to do what he did to Diet Tony. I was unhappy about that, as I really liked the Diet Tony character. Tony really had painted himself into a corner, and I suppose if it had to be done, and he figured out the best way to get out of it.

But it wasn't clear whether Leotardo was going to the BigHouse or not.

Grape Stomp
 

Speaking of odd videos, anyone else see the Peanuts version of Hey Ya? It's classic.

Links are hard to come by since United Features did a very good job of cracking down on the perps for trademark infringement. But if you google and drill down a few pages you may be able to find a live one.

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

Kind of makes me sad to watch that one. I was equally bummed out yesterday at the Crossroads Guitar Festival when his brother Jimmie played Texas Flood because his little brother couldn't be there. Very sad.

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

The most amazing collection of non-stop legends I have ever seen or heard of. And don't forget:

Steve Vai
George Lynch
Andy Timmons
Larry Carlton
Eric Johnson
Skunk Baxter
Robert Cray
Robert Randolph
JJ Cale
Steve Cropper, Donald Duck Dunn (a Blues Brothers reunion)
etc., etc.

Of course Nuno the flake was a no show (just like on Reuniting the Bands on VH1).

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

You Texans and your guitar festivals. How do these even compare to being surrounded by high-class hookers? (Besides the obvious "Strummin' my pain with their fingers," of course.)

TM

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

I've seen Jimmie play a couple of times since Stevie Ray died, and he always makes sure to give some sort of tribute to SRV. I only saw Stevie play once. He was amazing.

I remember the day he died. I was running, and I was listening to the local rock station on my walkman. The DJ was practically in tears when she read the news. There were memorial services set up in all of the clubs in Houston, and a lot of people around here knew him.

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

Damn. That seems like almost too much to absorb. I imagine that the local Guitar Center will have brisk sales this week.

The Sopranos
 

I would watch my hardon go away before I watched the Sopranos. Especially when you got Lakers/Pistons on.

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

A lot of women in TX look like hookers. Some of them even look high-class.

I, of course, look like a low-class non-hooker. Because I am too fat and ugly to be a hooker. I can only dream. Etc. etc. etc.

Edited per ncs's note. I assume she is putting her comma inside the quote marks, like a good American.

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

In Texas, all the women look like high class hookers anyway, so the experience is quite similar.


ETA: Beat by fringey, who is in the process of changing her "to" to a "too", I assume.

EFTA: No can do on the comma, fringey, as the partners here have beaten me into submission on that one. If you start writing my paycheck, perhaps I'll reconsider my position on this topic.

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

Good point. Other than that sort of thing could turn into a very long night that takes two days to recover from. In theory.

Don't Mess with the Texas Department of Transportation
 

I would be happy to scribble on your paycheck any time you like. Just send it over with your signature (and nothing else) on the back.

Grape Stomp
 

Or, if you're lazy, click here. {Sound when you click the link within the link.} Thanks, Anne. I just found out Linus was doing the Roger Rabbit* in 1965.

*Or the Cabbage Patch. I get these confused. Pretty much lost interest after the Charleston.

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

You know those little multi-colored things that get put on top of ice-cream? They can also be had in chocolate variety?

These:
http://is.freefoto.com/images_d/09/23/09_23_7_web.jpg

What are they called?

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Jimmies.

Or chocolate sprinkles.

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Either sprinkles or jimmies.

Did I go to college with you?

ETA if we did go to college together, one of us should remember which area of the country calls them jimmies. And that will have to be you, because I can't remember if it's the upper midwest or the northeast.

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

When they are multicolored, they are "rainbow jimmies." When they are, as depicted, chocolate, they are "chocolate sprinkles," because not even a child can bring emself to say "chocolate jimmies" to a man in a paper hat.

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Sprinkles.

TM

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Did all the women here used to work at Friendly's?

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Not all.

And, to avoid editing my prior post once again, I will add now that I call them sprinkles no matter what their color, and think that people who call them jimmies are freakish assholes.

Because the guy in college who insisted that's what they were called was a freakish asshole. Who taught his infant child to hit cats pretty hard while saying "pat pat!"

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Sprinkles. Called Jimmies in New England though.

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Down here they call 'em "Jimmies," which kind of makes me suspicious as to how they got their names. In the North, they were simply "sprinkles."

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Jimmies

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Y'all are making me crave a chocolate soft-serve cone with chocolate sprinkles. Where's Mr. Softee?

(Afternoon slumps are a bitch. So's the at-home-staying, baby-to-the-beach-toting poster who posts a picture of ice cream in the late afternoon.)

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Please don't ever post this question again. I can't stop laughing long enough to answer it....

eta: love you too, RP.

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

Look, I was drunk and it was like the 5th time that night. Let it go.

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

You did this on purpose, right?

May I ask you all a silly question?
 

fucked up enter key

We do? hmm. Learn something new every day. I'll let the good folks down at Amy's know that.