Merry Generic Winter Day-Off With No Religious Content

[nononono]

Originally posted by ironweed
Subjectively or objectively? Will you be dosing?

Stone-cold sober*, please.


* Which is to say 2 glasses of wine or less, unadulterated.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by nononono
I think I've been persuaded into going to a Dark Star Orchestra (www.darkstarorchestra.net) performance. I am told this will win me at least the nomination for the Girlfriend of the Year award, but I don't know if it is enough.

Your other "good deeds" are not enough to secure the nomination?

[Cletus Miller]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't really like bitching about the calls, since I learned in that heartwarming story of the hotheaded, soccer-playing refugees that bad calls are just part of the game, but WTF was that "roughing the passer" call against Tully Banta-Cain to move the Colts down to the 12? Without that call, running that ball wasn't an option.

Maybe it was a decent call, but since CBS showed it only once and did not dwell on its significance, I don't know.

There had been a couple of borderline late hits on that series, including one 2 or 3(?) plays earlier which included a hand and/or forearm to the backside of Manning's helmet. I saw that and commented that the Pats needed to be careful or there would be a flag for roughing later.

Leading with a hand/arm/whatever to a qb's helmet is supposed to be an automatic foul and I suspect that Manning pointed this out to the referee. When it happened again (even tho it was very minor), the flag was thrown.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't really like bitching about the calls, since I learned in Flower's heartwarming story of the hotheaded, soccer-playing refugees that bad calls are just part of the game, but WTF was that "roughing the passer" call against Tully Banta-Cain to move the Colts down to the 12? Without that call, running that ball wasn't an option.

Maybe it was a decent call, but since CBS showed it only once and did not dwell on its significance, I don't know.

I think that's one of those automatic calls the refs are saddled with. If you hit the quarterback in the head/face with your arms, it's 15 yards, automatically. I think the refs should be given some discretion on those (including the fucking tuck rule that got those legendary Patriots past the Raiders, I believe for their first championship),* but that's just me.

TM

*Although, I am amazed at some of the calls they make after watching them repeatedly in slow motion.

[nononono]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I think he's an elf. But what she wanted was the Reindeer.

More like Snow Miser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Miser), actually. But with Heat Miser's crankiness.

[nononono]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Your other "good deeds" are not enough to secure the nomination?

Closet's full of trophies. This is just a little game we play.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I think that's one of those automatic calls the refs are saddled with. If you hit the quarterback in the head/face with your arms, it's 15 yards, automatically. I think the refs should be given some discretion on those (including the fucking tuck rule that got those legendary Patriots past the Raiders, I believe for their first championship),* but that's just me.

You don't make that call in that situation. That was just brutal.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Do you have a link to the play? I need to re-review it. That's not how I remember it.

I wish I did. I was honestly not cheering for either team at that point (although I did want the Bears to win without covering).

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Then again, my mind often distorts memorable events in my favor, like that time when I banged Jessica Alba.

Do you have a link to that play?

TM

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Well, the general idea of shipping container houses is that they're completely modular. You can stack them, double them up, cut them in half, etc.

This is just one firm that's using them, but there are a shit load of others out there.

Here's another under construction, and the model of what it'll eventually look like.

This is a finished house (complete with blog documenting the construction) using 9 shipping containers.

I think these guys did an awesome job for student housing in Amsterdam.

This one out of Seattle looks pretty cool, I think.

I don't like their site, but these guys do a good job of explaining the versitility of shipping containers.

ETA: and I'm totally and completely in love with this 12 container house in Maine.







(more here, but there's a very, very annoying sound I can't turn off.)

No container stores?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You don't make that call in that situation. That was just brutal.

Situations should never determine when a call is made.

[dc_chef]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Well, the general idea of shipping container houses is that they're completely modular. You can stack them, double them up, cut them in half, etc.

This is just one firm that's using them, but there are a shit load of others out there.

Here's another under construction, and the model of what it'll eventually look like.

This is a finished house (complete with blog documenting the construction) using 9 shipping containers.

I think these guys did an awesome job for student housing in Amsterdam.

This one out of Seattle looks pretty cool, I think.

I don't like their site, but these guys do a good job of explaining the versitility of shipping containers.

ETA: and I'm totally and completely in love with this 12 container house in Maine.







(more here, but there's a very, very annoying sound I can't turn off.)

The places in Maine and LA are both pretty sweet. The others look like shipping containers to me.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You don't make that call in that situation. That was just brutal.

Of course. It's just like if someone gets fouled in the last few seconds of a playoff basketball game. Refs are supposed to swallow their whistles, right?

Look, I agree. It's football. If the guy isn't trying to knock his head off, who cares? Hold on to the flag. But it's hard to blame the ref for making an automatic call. It's not like the defender didn't know he couldn't hit the quarterback in the face. Shouldn't you be saying?: "You don't hit the quarterback in the face in that situation. That was just stupid."

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/...red.phtml#more

Story about crazy-ass writer of The Hitcher and his RT-like driving abilities.

TM

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/...red.phtml#more

Story about crazy-ass writer of The Hitcher and his RT-like driving abilities.

TM

is it out yet or coming out this weekend? did anyone see the original? is the remake worth seeing? it looks creepy

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/...red.phtml#more

Story about crazy-ass writer of The Hitcher and his RT-like driving abilities.

TM

Damnit, I said I was sorry about running over the bunny rabbit.