Merry Generic Winter Day-Off With No Religious Content

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
You are THE COLOR BLUE. Blue is a primary color that, when mixed with yellow, makes green, and when mixed with red, makes purple. It is the color of the sky and the ocean and is used metaphorically to describe feeling sad.

I thought I was the sun. So I'm a Blue Sun? Just like "Scarlet Begonias." Fucking awesome.

"...She sold some mushroom tea/she sold nitrous, opium, acid, heroin and PCP/and now I hear the police comin' after me..."

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
My kid rec. a PS2 and a flat screen for Christmas he loves it and I have to admit, the graphics are pretty great. Very much more so evolved than when I was a kid.

To make Hank happy, I'll point out that it's a case of intelligent design, not evolution.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Look, it's a new year soon... time for resolutions and all that happy horseshit. Consider trying to abandon consumerism as a religion this year. You don't have to make a quantum leap to orthodox Buddhist poverty, but just consider making a move toward being less centered on material for material's sake.

It's ok to dig nice shit. I do. We all do. But you shouldn't talk about it like its a goal. It's fine to say what you like, but discussing what you're getting isn't all that interesting. It's like listening to someone talk to you about his or her dream last night.

The other thing is, posting about what someone gave you isn't substantive. "My boss gave me a necklace, and it was made..." isn't saying anything. So what? It's like writing "I bought a minivan last week" or "I bought a refrigerator yesterday." So what? Where's the compelling narrative there? Where's the punchline? It's not even a request for advice.

It's amazing that you miss the thread that holds these boards together time and time again, namely, that the people here are seeking refuge from the vapid world of people around them who think standing in their office doorway and saying "I bought a Jaguar" is a conversation starter. You can have a conversation about buying shit, and liking expensive shit, but it has to have an interesting hook - some funny observation about the item. Dryly discussing exchanges of cash for high end material is nothing but white noise.

I bought a leg lamp for my father for Christmas.

It was a major award.

And fra-gee-lay.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
God, you're sexy when you're preachy and actually right.

Makes me want to have a huge orgy with you, ABBA and gwink.

Oh, who am I kidding? I'd have a huge orgy with anyone so long as ABBA and gwink were involved.

You're in the carve-out as well.



BTW, My wife says thank you. In the future. About four hours from now.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I said "most" people's dreams are boring. You're in the carve-out.

I made up that dream.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I made up that dream.

So what? It's what you caused me to think that counts.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I made up that dream.

now tell everyone who's really in your dreams.

go ahead.

everyone knows anyway.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
now tell everyone who's really in your dreams.

go ahead.

everyone knows anyway.

I think that is the wish and dream you want everyone to hear.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Around that time a friend of mine ran in Daryl Walker (Bullets guard) in an airport. Asked him if Laimbeer was really the dirtiest player. Walker claimed Danny Ainge was. Of course that might be position specific.

Of course any cleveland fan will stick with Mahorn based upon the whole "Mark Price takes accidental elbow to the head from Mahorn" tihng.

I agree with the Danny Ainge thing. Not only was he dirty, but he was a pussy and a weasel.

Mahorn and Laimbeer were dirty in different ways. They both threw elbows and had their share of cheap shots, but Mahorn was the type of guy to low-bridge you on a drive because he couldn't jump with you or wait until you were most vulnerable to commit a hard foul or box out in such a way that you could tear up a knee. To someone who hasn't played, all they saw were the obvious cheap shots against the guy with the ball. But for people who have played, watching not just the guys with the ball, it was easy to see how dirty he was.

I hope you don't shed any tears for the continuing of Laimbeer's and Mahorn's (and the Pistons' of the 80s) bad boy image that they so carefully cultivated. Hell, when they couldn't stop Jordan, they just beat the shit out of him.* That wasn't tough defense, it was cheap shot after cheap shot brought on because of frustration. And when Jordan finally got a little help and beat their punk asses, they walked off the floor without shaking the Bulls' hands. That was some cry-baby bullshit.

TM

*And the reason Joe Dumars gets so much respect to this day is because he played Jordan as straight up as he could and didn't resort to the cheap, enforcement fouls everyone else on that team was committing.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I agree with the Danny Ainge thing. Not only was he dirty, but he was a pussy and a weasel.

Please remember that Tree Rollins bit him, not the other way around.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Oh, who am I kidding? I'd have a huge orgy with anyone so long as ABBA and gwink were involved.

Are you asking me out?

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I agree with the Danny Ainge thing. Not only was he dirty, but he was a pussy and a weasel.

Mahorn and Laimbeer were dirty in different ways. They both threw elbows and had their share of cheap shots, but Mahorn was the type of guy to low-bridge you on a drive because he couldn't jump with you or wait until you were most vulnerable to commit a hard foul or box out in such a way that you could tear up a knee.

I don't recall Laimbeer playing dirty. I think he was one of the most under appreciated players from that era. He was a major cog on a great team. Obviously his reputation cost him in that regard. I really don't remember too many really cheap shots though.

Mahorn is another story. My favorite alltime Piston's play was when he stepped back away from McHale and let him fall on his ass. (McHale was leaning back in the post with his weight resting on Mahorn) McHale looking up from the floor hoping for a foul call was priceless.

But the Mark Price hit (he was going up court, passed Price and threw his shoulder into his head. It knocked Price out for 5 weeks and probably cost Cleveland the title) was just cold blooded and wrong.

And when Jordan finally got a little help and beat their punk asses, they walked off the floor without shaking the Bulls' hands. That was some cry-baby bullshit.

TM

For me, that was a moment where you see people you love doing something you know they'll really regret someday. Like when i read SS slave posts.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Please remember that Tree Rollins bit him, not the other way around.

And this makes Danny Ainge less of a dirty player how?

TM

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I agree with the Danny Ainge thing. Not only was he dirty, but he was a pussy and a weasel.

And he couldn't hit the curve ball.



Besides, Ainge was no this guy:

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Not Bob
And he couldn't hit the curve ball.



Besides, Ainge was no this guy:

Clyde Frazier has the phattest suits on TV. he rocks the unusual patterns and looks fly each night.