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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 10:54:38 pm »
Welp.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 10:32:18 pm »What is this "hits" of which you speak?
A dweam... wivvin a dweam...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 10:18:50 pm »
...................................
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 10:11:04 pm »
Ugh.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 09:54:21 pm »This is unfucking real. You win 108 games so you have home field advantage and then render home field advantage meaningless when presented with it.
Amazing. And not in a good way.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 09:31:41 pm »
..........
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 08:46:32 pm »Need some baserunners here to force Martinez to make a decision.
On whether to have another temper tantrum?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 07:44:01 pm »Almost fooled Soto.
Well, he has aged since yesterday.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 07:41:48 pm »...and that's just the sand in Martinez' vagina.
Ow, my pancreas! *rofl*
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 07:39:47 pm »
Come on, guys. Light this guy up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 07:35:53 pm »
Wooooo Yuli
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:07:51 pm »I kinda liked it.
Oh I rolled my eyes and laughed. But still. So juvenile.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:06:06 pm »And Buck acting like Martinez is going to have a stroke in the clubhouse. Guess what? He shouldn't have sat there and acted like a prima donna between half innings.
He should have kept his ass in the dugout. We know you thought it was a bs call, man. You already said that. Was it worth saying it again and getting tossed out of the WS?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:03:15 pm »Why?
Due to the Turner out call. But apparently they are not allowed to protest a judgment call.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:01:31 pm »Nats officially protesting this game.
Not allowed to, according to the rules announcer guy. It's a judgment call.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:59:28 pm »
Oh oh oh! Run along, Martinez!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:53:35 pm »
Shitdogweiners.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:50:42 pm »Buck making excuses as fast as humanly possible for the Nats.
That's gotta be another square on the Fuck Joe Buck Bingo Card.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:21:57 pm »Peacock had thrown his first pitch before Buck got around to mentioning that he was pitching.
Bucking the system.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:15:27 pm »Just checked “Altuve is short” on my Fuck Joe Buck bingo card.
Got a Bingo yet? Maybe even a Blackout?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:10:59 pm »
Whoop! There's the crowd!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:07:01 pm »
Let's go. We need a Springer Dinger.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:14:47 pm »
Well, fart.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:11:13 pm »Soto changed his approach with 2 strikes. Both feet were flat and stance was very wide. Haven't noticed that from him before. I think his ankle is bothering him.
I noticed that. Mentioned to the hubby that his stance looked really odd.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:07:51 pm »Is there a single soul in this end of our spiral arm of the galaxy who doesn’t yet know how fucking old Soto is? Buck mentioned it the fuck again.
All night long, baby. Joe is ready with that info all. Night. Long. Wooooooooo!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:05:59 pm »28
Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:04:10 pm »Soto can do some big damage here.
And at the young age of 21.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:55:28 pm »You obviously weren’t sporting a solid platinum Prince Albert.
Suddenly, I'm too young for this conversation.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:48:36 pm »31
Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:41:35 pm »Who are ya’ll talkin’ about?
Some kid... Solo? Soho?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:37:53 pm »He's a good young hitter. Just turned 21.
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Just 21? You don't say!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:30:52 pm »
BOOOOOOOOOM
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:29:17 pm »
Booooooo hiss, blue.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:41:09 pm »
Well, poop.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:35:56 pm »Strange when he’s used to the feel of one inch in his hand.
Naughty Limey.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:33:08 pm »
LAWD HAMMERCY
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:12:24 pm »
GAH.
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Beer and Queso / R.I.P. Dan Jenkins
« on: March 15, 2019, 05:15:12 pm »
I just found out today that he died last week. You Gotta Play Hurt is one of my very favorite books. I'm so sad.
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Game Zone 2018 / Re: ACLS Game 5: Red Sox at Astros, October 18 2018
« on: October 18, 2018, 08:17:50 pm »
Friggin' Guccione.
(Apparently my f-bomb got censored.)
(Apparently my f-bomb got censored.)
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Game Zone 2018 / Re: ACLS Game 5: Red Sox at Astros, October 18 2018
« on: October 18, 2018, 08:10:55 pm »
Got eem!
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Game Zone 2018 / Re: ACLS Game 5: Red Sox at Astros, October 18 2018
« on: October 18, 2018, 08:07:57 pm »
AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH
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Game Zone 2018 / Re: D-backs @ Astros, September 16, 2018
« on: September 16, 2018, 02:34:30 pm »2 out triple makes it 5-0 TB in the 7th.
Ugh.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Watch your ceiling, AussieAstro!
« on: September 16, 2018, 01:49:55 pm »
Limey's a vegetarian?
I *have* been gone a long time.
I *have* been gone a long time.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Brisket Rub
« on: September 16, 2018, 01:48:33 pm »Because I like burnt ends I add a little brown sugar to my kosher salt and course ground black pepper mix.
Burnt ends. Hell yeah.
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Game Zone 2018 / Re: D-backs @ Astros, September 16, 2018
« on: September 16, 2018, 01:46:48 pm »
I got excited when I saw the listing for the game on TBS. So I changed the channel to TBS.
But I can't see the game on TBS. "This game is not currently being broadcast due to league requirements blah blah blah blah."
Argh.
But I can't see the game on TBS. "This game is not currently being broadcast due to league requirements blah blah blah blah."
Argh.
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Game Zone 2018 / Re: Astros @ Rangers, Independence Day 2018!
« on: July 04, 2018, 07:26:33 pm »
RRRRRRRREDDICK!
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Game Zone 2018 / Re: Astros @ Rangers, Independence Day 2018!
« on: July 04, 2018, 07:04:16 pm »
AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH
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Beer and Queso / Friday night in Memphis
« on: June 15, 2018, 08:46:58 pm »
Sitting with my family at Gus's Fried Chicken, finishing some excellent vittles, listening to Muddy Waters on the jukebox, celebrating my hubby's birthday. The evening could only be improved if the Astros were on the tvs instead of the Padres and Braves.
But other than the game, life is purty danged good.
But other than the game, life is purty danged good.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Queso
« on: November 16, 2017, 04:35:13 pm »Plus the Astros didn't win the World Series until there was a recipe book for queso.
Hmmmmm.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Great Name Change
« on: November 16, 2017, 04:34:06 pm »
I heartily concur.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 11:00:05 pm »
Holy shit.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 10:58:54 pm »
One out left.
Exhale. Ah-oom. Ah-oom.
Exhale. Ah-oom. Ah-oom.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 10:55:32 pm »I hear the astros might finally be good again this year. Is Pete Harnisch still on the team?
Gezundheit.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 10:53:58 pm »Again. Three more outs. Live in the moment.
Oh, I am. Just making the comment.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 10:50:55 pm »I'm slightly too young to remember '80, but I've been thinking of '86, the B's, the 100+ loss years. It's a bit much right now.
It's been a heck of a row to hoe, this Astros fandom of ours.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 10:48:37 pm »I think I’m running a fever.
You need more cowbell.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 10:47:53 pm »Now I'm getting teary. I can't take this.
I'm nearly speechless, not teary, but otherwise... right there with ya.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 09:56:12 pm »Get the sundial out, McCann is running.
HAW!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 7 - For All the Marbles 11-1-2017
« on: November 01, 2017, 09:45:16 pm »
Hi. Been quietly watching the game since the beginning.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game Six - Astros v Dodgers. Oct. 31, 2017
« on: October 31, 2017, 09:23:06 pm »
I didn't know it could hit the ground first and still be considered a HBP. My mind is kinda blown.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game Six - Astros v Dodgers. Oct. 31, 2017
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 30, 2017, 12:42:55 am »
DILLY DILLY!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 30, 2017, 12:42:04 am »Today is my birthday. Best Bday present ever!
Happy birthday!
Wow. What a crazy game.
Good night, kids.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 30, 2017, 12:29:14 am »Too tired to swear.
Yeah, I'm pretty well out of material.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 30, 2017, 12:27:47 am »67
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 30, 2017, 12:26:28 am »68
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 30, 2017, 12:24:48 am »69
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 30, 2017, 12:01:23 am »
Tied again. Jeezus.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 11:55:52 pm »Still have the lead. No more walks.
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You did this.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 11:52:54 pm »
Fuck that guy.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 11:49:36 pm »I'm never going to sleep I guess.
Sleep? What's that?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 11:36:41 pm »
McCann with a barbaric YAWP!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 11:31:59 pm »Fuck that ginger cromagnon fuck stick.
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Unga bunga.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 10:05:40 pm »76
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:55:56 pm »
Altuve, you are a true friend to the Crown. Dilly dilly!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:54:07 pm »Let's take Maeda to the pit of misery.
*rings bell*
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:46:10 pm »Buh. Bye.
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Run along, now.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:43:03 pm »
Jeez, Joe Buck. Kerchel?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:24:01 pm »
Good grief.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:21:28 pm »
Ohhhh Kiké with a minor tantrum. Wah wah.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:16:57 pm »Does Yuli's haircut make him look like a Muppet to anyone else?
Yes. Beaker.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:08:29 pm »Yuli. Does. Not. Give. A. Damn. YULI!!!!!
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At my house, we just say "No fucks," which is short for "He/she has no fucks to give."
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:06:24 pm »
BOOOOOOOOM
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Beer and Queso / R.I.P. Fat Man
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:29:32 am »
I heard "Blueberry Hill" on my mother's radio when I was five years old. I then walked into our living room and carefully plinked out the melody on our aging spinet with one finger. Mom worked for weeks trying to find a piano teacher in the county who would take on a student so young. Mrs. Courtney was the graceful and proper lady who bravely accepted the challenge, and she kept me as a student until I left for college.
I just heard about Fats today, and I am sad. It's the end of more than one era for me.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fats-dominos-low-key-brilliance-a-rock-and-roll-pioneer-criminally-overlooked
I just heard about Fats today, and I am sad. It's the end of more than one era for me.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fats-dominos-low-key-brilliance-a-rock-and-roll-pioneer-criminally-overlooked
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Beer and Queso / Re: College football
« on: October 29, 2017, 09:06:57 am »
Coogs win. Hallelujah.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game Four. Astros v. Dodgers. Oct. 28, 2017
« on: October 28, 2017, 10:17:04 pm »
Ugh.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series - Game Four. Astros v. Dodgers. Oct. 28, 2017
« on: October 28, 2017, 10:10:31 pm »
Fuuuuuuck Pu-ig
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 11:10:16 pm »90
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 11:09:11 pm »Uncharted waters, Astros lead in the world series.
First home WS win ever.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 11:07:55 pm »
There we go!!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 11:07:33 pm »93
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 11:05:35 pm »
Stupid autocorrect, I meant “Ponche”.
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No, you had it right the first time.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 10:36:58 pm »
Jeeeeeeeeeeezzz
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:46:31 pm »
WHAT THE HELL, MAN
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:43:25 pm »You might have to Uber home from your parking spot.
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I'd turn on my driver app, but it'll take me a while to get there.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:39:42 pm »drunk now
That's why we love you. You always know just what to say.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:38:45 pm »99
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:37:11 pm »
ARGH
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:35:58 pm »
Unga bunga, get this dude.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:32:50 pm »If you're from Texas and you don't like them you need your passport revoked.
I guess I need to listen to them, then.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:31:00 pm »Marwin swung at some junk there.
So many jokes, but I'll refrain.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:28:27 pm »104
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:24:00 pm »Jacques Strap
Go away or I shall taunt you a second time.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:18:46 pm »
Eeeek. Limbo much?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:55:04 pm »What was the first base coach watching, or does Puig only Puig?
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Looked to me like he Puiged that one.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:54:28 pm »108
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:53:59 pm »Graduate of the Hunter Pence Baserunning Academy.Excellent.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:52:20 pm »
FUCK PU-ig.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:32:46 pm »
Come on, get Captain Caveman out.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:31:06 pm »
Wow.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:28:31 pm »
FUUUUUUUCK
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:27:37 pm »
Oy.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:22:41 pm »
Yu complete gam-- never mind.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:14:42 pm »
Such a Yuge inning for us so far.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:12:42 pm »
Darvish KO'd in the 2nd. SIT DOWN!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 08:11:19 pm »Dodgers don't know what's hit them...
Astros' bats.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / World Series Game 3 - Dojers @ Astros- Oct. 27. 2017
« on: October 27, 2017, 06:29:54 pm »
Who brought the heart pills? I've got Pez dispensers for everybody.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:38:39 pm »Where are my pills?
I passed 'em around in the 10th. We needed 'em.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:35:52 pm »121
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:33:32 pm »
Oh sure, Puig, take a time out. We don't fuckin' mind.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:11 pm »
WHAT THE HELL, MAN
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:30:26 pm »
Unga Bunga, you're out, dude.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:26:38 pm »
Come on, man, get Captain Caveman out.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:22:38 pm »
All right. We'd better have some defense left.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:15:57 pm »
WAAAAAAAHOOOOOO
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:10:31 pm »
Pickoff throw is terrible, hits the umpire who keeps it in the infield
I have never before read this phrase in a pbp.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:08:11 pm »
So our new pitcher hit an ump and then nearly hit a batter.
Mother of God.
Mother of God.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:03:11 pm »130
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 11:00:42 pm »
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:04 pm »
GAH
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:53:55 pm »This is just Giles is pattern. He's got them right where he wants them.
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But does he have them where WE want them?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:52:15 pm »
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:47:11 pm »He's a Rice guy, so I have to be nice to him.
It was a good-natured rib. I got no hate for Italian aperitifs.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:44:56 pm »
Cingrani? Isn't that an Italian aperitif?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:42:16 pm »
Lit up that Fields like a Griswold Christmas tree.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« on: October 25, 2017, 10:38:38 pm »
BACK TO BACK BABY
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 10:51:24 pm »Astros are first team in baseball history to defeat the the Red Sox and the Yankees in the same postseason.
RRAAAWWWRRRR!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 10:20:47 pm »
I'm here. I'm simultaneously screaming and speechless.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 09:45:44 pm »
That'll get your attention.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 09:43:55 pm »I hope they are busy keeping score and eating ice cream out of helmets.
And cheering. Lots of cheering.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 09:40:21 pm »I'm surprised we aren't getting any reports from the folks who are there.
They have forgotten all about us right now, man.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 09:36:01 pm »
CATCH OUSSIDE MY TEAMMATE
HOWBOWDAH?
HOWBOWDAH?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 09:15:42 pm »Won’t allow us to call her JJ for short...
After McCann’s hit though might have to fit in a Brianna or something as well...
Go ‘Stros!!!
Gonna need an extra birth certificate form just to fit her names in.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 09:10:05 pm »
I think I just peed a little.
This is one of the two instances in which that is not TMI.
This is one of the two instances in which that is not TMI.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:58:22 pm »Is Justine Josie a good name for a baby girl? Asking for a friend...
Sure, why not?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:52:35 pm »
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:43:03 pm »
Wow. Just wow.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:33:39 pm »
Shitfuck.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:27:02 pm »
He gone.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:26:45 pm »
There's a hit!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:23:42 pm »
Solo homer. Walk. Sabathia Shitaker shaken.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:19:48 pm »
WAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOO
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:17:40 pm »And now I've got that song racing thru my brain.
Its a welcome distraction.
Happy to help!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:16:47 pm »156
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:12:35 pm »Who the fuck are you?
Such a pleasant disposition.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:07:07 pm »Pete Townsend getting loose in the Yankee bullpen.
Whooooooo is he
Who, who
Who, who?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:06:01 pm »
Dammit.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 08:03:40 pm »that’s because he’s 500 lbs.
That's a large human.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:52:14 pm »Gamesmanship bt Girardi on the gum thing.
4 out of 5 dentists prefer the Astros.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:48:48 pm »
OUT.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:46:58 pm »
Yes, Joe, let's talk again about how spectacular that Judge catch was, by all means.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:44:10 pm »when the CC Sabathia biopic is made, Forest Whitaker will play the lead.
I wish the Forest Whitaker eye were a factor in this game.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:41:44 pm »
Come on, y'all. Shake him up early.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:37:43 pm »
Wow. I just realized that one of my offspring is nearly as large a human as Sabathia.
McCann takin' a stroll.
McCann takin' a stroll.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:32:55 pm »
I'm callin' the laws!!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:32:03 pm »168
The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:29:29 pm »
Who's the home ump? The Blue Plate Special, so to speak?
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:24:52 pm »
I think I need to start drinking.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 7. Enough will be enough.
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:22:34 pm »
Let's do this.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 10:31:49 pm »
Okay. Finish this.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:51:54 pm »
All righty.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:50:33 pm »
That pitch was in Kerrville.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:47:20 pm »
Welp, he gone.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:45:58 pm »
YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:42:57 pm »
Oh God.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:41:13 pm »Who the hell is this jackwagon behind home plate?!?
Jackwagon Reynolds of the Ohio Jackwagons.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:39:48 pm »
YAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:37:21 pm »
Okay. Come on.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:32:21 pm »
Now would be good.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:30:32 pm »That swing looked like Dorf on Baseball.
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New film: Ernest Goes to Bat.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:26:56 pm »
DEEEEEERP!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:25:17 pm »
That was a gorgeous fastball.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:18:21 pm »Cut them in half.
If I ever have to take them, I suppose I will.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:17:17 pm »
Argh.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:15:41 pm »
ON BASE.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:13:30 pm »
And Jose.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:11:31 pm »
Do not take Farxiga if.
Do not take Farxiga if.
Do not take Farxiga if.
Why do these damn meds give us more side effects than the conditions for which they are prescribed??
/sidebar
Do not take Farxiga if.
Do not take Farxiga if.
Why do these damn meds give us more side effects than the conditions for which they are prescribed??
/sidebar
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:07:34 pm »
Somebody "sucks" and got on the crowd's bad side for a moment.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 08:00:16 pm »
WHYYYYYYY
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 07:52:39 pm »
Bam.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 07:50:27 pm »
Well, shit.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 07:49:08 pm »
Nice, Verlander. Making Frazier/Frasier shrug.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALCS Game 6: Astros vs Yankees, 10-20-2017
« on: October 20, 2017, 07:44:49 pm »
Whyyyyyyyy did he chase that low and outside...
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALDS Game 3: Astros vs. Red Sox
« on: October 08, 2017, 05:21:19 pm »
Well, damn.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALDS Game 2 - Astros vs. Red Sox
« on: October 06, 2017, 01:30:32 pm »
BOOM!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: ALDS Game 2 - Astros vs. Red Sox
« on: October 06, 2017, 01:18:55 pm »
Angel frigging Hernandez behind the plate. I hock a loogie in his general direction.
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Beer and Queso / Re: In San Antone
« on: August 04, 2017, 09:40:10 pm »
Btw, focus is on Mex/Tex-Mex and bbq.
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Beer and Queso / Re: In San Antone
« on: August 04, 2017, 06:55:46 pm »
We're staying at the Menger. Had lunch at the Riverwalk and dinner here at Mi Tierra. Holy queso flameado, Batman. In the bakery line now.
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Beer and Queso / Re: My gramps
« on: August 03, 2017, 07:23:44 pm »
That is a great story. Such memories. Condolences, Doyce.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Best place to watch Astros in Galveston/general recommendations?
« on: August 03, 2017, 07:22:24 pm »
This thread is more proof that I can buzz off for a while and some things never change.
How was the food at Salsa's? I haven't been there in a while, but the last time I was there, it was just okay.
How was the food at Salsa's? I haven't been there in a while, but the last time I was there, it was just okay.
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Beer and Queso / In San Antone
« on: August 03, 2017, 07:17:43 pm »
Family vacation this summer. Decided to spend a long weekend in SA taking in some historical culture and central Texas. Heading to Lockhart on Saturday for a bbq run.
Looking for eats while we're here. I know somebody on this board has eaten at either Lulu's or Mi Tierra.
Looking for eats while we're here. I know somebody on this board has eaten at either Lulu's or Mi Tierra.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Yankmees @ Astros July 2, 2017
« on: July 02, 2017, 09:50:24 pm »
My offspring commented how much fun it was to see an Astros whoopass victory live and in person for the first time in a long time. That was fun.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Yankmees @ Astros July 2, 2017
« on: July 02, 2017, 03:07:22 pm »
^ Nominated. 
Gardner having a Very Bad Day.
Gardner having a Very Bad Day.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Yankmees @ Astros July 2, 2017
« on: July 02, 2017, 02:56:05 pm »
It kinda cracks me up that Springer strides to the plate with Bel Biv deVoe blasting.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Yankmees @ Astros July 2, 2017
« on: July 02, 2017, 02:00:36 pm »
SAFE!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Yankmees @ Astros July 2, 2017
« on: July 02, 2017, 01:59:02 pm »
WOOOOOOOOOOO!
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Yankmees @ Astros July 2, 2017
« on: July 02, 2017, 01:58:17 pm »I'm confused by this strike zone.
We're confused by this strike zone from the nosebleed seats.
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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / Re: Yankmees @ Astros July 2, 2017
« on: July 02, 2017, 01:07:50 pm »
.522 is bad enough!
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Talk Zone / Re: July 2nd game
« on: July 02, 2017, 01:06:30 pm »
It's challenging to watch any Astros games when you live in Rangersland, you know?
Make that the top behind 3rd base. Apparently my husband misunderstood the field layout.
Make that the top behind 3rd base. Apparently my husband misunderstood the field layout.
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Talk Zone / July 2nd game
« on: July 02, 2017, 11:30:14 am »
Here I be. Gonna be way the hell up high on the 1st base side. Feels good to go to a Houston game again. Anybody else up here today?
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Beer and Queso / Re: It's 2:39 am in Sumatra...and OU SUCKS!
« on: September 04, 2016, 08:15:34 am »
RAAAWWWWRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
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Beer and Queso / Re: Daddy
« on: August 17, 2016, 01:35:09 pm »
Leslie, I'm so sorry. Sending you and your family lots of thoughts and prayers from one Daddy's girl to another.
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Game Zone 2016 Archive / Re: BoSox @ Astros April 24, 2016
« on: April 24, 2016, 09:57:01 pm »
Jeeeeeeeeeeeez.
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Game Zone 2016 Archive / Re: BoSox @ Astros April 24, 2016
« on: April 24, 2016, 08:53:50 pm »T4:
Bogaerts
Every time I see his name, I wanna break out a spellchecker.
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Game Zone 2016 Archive / Re: BoSox @ Astros April 24, 2016
« on: April 24, 2016, 08:36:20 pm »
What the FUCK is going ON?!?!?
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Talk Zone / Re: Ex-Astros News
« on: January 29, 2016, 06:07:40 am »Everybody wants him, just not that much.
Lord, he was born a ramblin' man.
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Talk Zone / Re: Lawsuit over Future of Televised Baseball
« on: January 29, 2016, 05:59:15 am »Considering that means you have to listen to Ashby, I'm not sure that's really a "benefit".
If it means that I get to watch the Astros on television more often than just the games they play against the Rangers, then I'll take the Ashby. Rangers announcers.... bleh.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ stRangers September 16, 2015
« on: September 16, 2015, 09:04:32 pm »
Christ on a crutch.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ stRangers September 16, 2015
« on: September 16, 2015, 08:58:53 pm »I get the rangers on fssw. I can see every rangers game i can stomach. When they happen to play the Astros, i can watch that game too. But if the Astros are playing the angels on mlb, no dice. Blacked out.
The poorly made point on my part was the vast majority of astros games I've seen this year have been the turdpiles they've thrown up against the rangers.
Oh, can I feel your pain. At least when we were still in the NL, I could catch a few games on tv sometimes.
Why do we always play like this against the stRangers? Chrissakes.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rangers, September 14, 2015
« on: September 14, 2015, 09:57:32 pm »
THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rangers, September 14, 2015
« on: September 14, 2015, 09:46:48 pm »
Friggin" LOBsters.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Meanwhile, in Frisco,
« on: July 16, 2015, 10:31:19 am »
That was him. We left at the top of the 8th when it was 9-4 because we'd had enough of the muggy.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Meanwhile, in Frisco,
« on: July 15, 2015, 09:26:00 pm »
Still in bottom 6, a pitching change. Can't remember who's on the mound for CC (a reliever), but he loaded the bases and walked in 3 runs. Bad day.
7-4 Frisco.
7-4 Frisco.
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Beer and Queso / Meanwhile, in Frisco,
« on: July 15, 2015, 07:55:24 pm »
Top of the 4th, Riders 2, Hooks 0. Frisco manager Joe Mikulik (YouTube him) has remained calm with no base - tossing outbursts.
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Beer and Queso / Re: B.B. King dead at 89
« on: July 15, 2015, 07:13:44 pm »It seems like has been the Dean for ever... who gets the title now?
Nobody. Shoes are too big to fill.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Recommendations for Houston Weekend
« on: April 15, 2015, 06:11:17 am »
But I was with the prettiest woman in the room.
You're a good boy, Neil. No wonder she likes ya.
As a former Houstonarean, these suggestions are all much appreciated. When we're in town, we spend almost all of our time in the Clear Lake and Galveston areas and aren't as up - to - date on what goes on in the big city.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:33:20 pm »4 hours 24 minutes
I could've cooked something in the crockpot in that time.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:31:35 pm »
FINALLY. Thank you, Springer.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:30:10 pm »
Nice shot of Fielder digging for nacho chips in his pants.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:29:08 pm »
Hoss just said, "We're the Astros. We do stuff like this."
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:28:15 pm »236
Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:26:36 pm »
Oh, good grief.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:23:59 pm »
Jeezus Kee-rist.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:22:32 pm »Is the air raid siren when Fielder comes up to warn everyone to hide their nachos so Prince isn't distracted while batting?
Holy shit, that's funny.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:21:08 pm »
He did NOT just say that the last pitcher for the Astros is their lawn man. He did not just flipping say that.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:16:36 pm »I was about to settle in to deal with the fuckstick Ranger announce team.
They haven't been too awful today, surprisingly.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 06:05:33 pm »
Nice play, short stuff.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 05:58:46 pm »
In other news, Spieth just won the Masters.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 05:19:54 pm »
Oh, Gattis.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 05:19:09 pm »Now that I can actually watch the games again, I'll be around swearing and ranting a lot more.
You can do it for both of us, since I may only be able to catch the Astros when they play the damn Rangers.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 12, 2015
« on: April 12, 2015, 05:13:58 pm »
SPRINGER!!!!
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 11, 2015
« on: April 11, 2015, 08:45:51 pm »Runners and 3rd and 2nd with one out. They're still there 2 outs later.
I initially read that as "Runners and shit," which sounds about like how both of these games are going.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 11, 2015
« on: April 11, 2015, 07:32:33 pm »
Meanwhile, in Frisco, Chuck Greenberg has spent more money on the new colors, uniforms, logos, sports bar, food trucks, live canine mascot (really) and team store than he has on quality minor league players.
/sarcasm, sort of
/sarcasm, sort of
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 11, 2015, 06:41:40 pm »249
Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 09:20:36 pm »
I'm hearing there were 3 injuries for the stRangers today-- one of which was a shoulder strain for Holland, putting him out 4-6 weeks.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 05:01:35 pm »
Wahoo! A run scrambles in and the throw at 2nd goes goofy. Got a runner on 3rd now and a 3-1 lead.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 04:55:16 pm »
I think the Rangers' announcer just called our guy warming up in the 'pen a "Submarine righthander." 
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 03:43:36 pm »"Tightness in the shoulder". That's pitcherspeak for "an alligator is biting my arm".
Om nom nom nom.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 03:13:25 pm »
WAHOO! Lowrie with the 2-out homer!
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 03:12:46 pm »
Dammit. Altuve with a single to first, only to be picked off at 2nd.
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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rainjizz April 10, 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 02:59:08 pm »
Hot damn, I'm so starved for Astros baseball on the tv box.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Johnny Manziel: Giant Asshat
« on: April 10, 2015, 11:01:07 am »
When it came out that he'd entered rehab, Big'Un and Hoss asked the hubby what kind of rehab he'd checked into. Hubby told them it was rehab for douchebaggery, but only time would tell if it stuck.
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Talk Zone / Re: Opening Day 2015
« on: April 10, 2015, 10:57:05 am »Just in case anybody is still wondering, the little guy arrived this morning at 12:44am (45 minutes earlier and the two of us share birthdays), and I'm officially a grandfather. He came in at 7 lb 7oz and 20 1/4", with only slightly more hair than I have. As I mentioned to my wife as we were walking to get some dinner last night, 41 years ago when I first laid my head down on a pillow in Houston, I certainly wouldn't have imagined that my first grandchild would be born only a few hundred yards away.
Mazel tov, sir!
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Talk Zone / Re: Forum changes
« on: April 10, 2015, 10:50:24 am »
Whoa, holy crow. Wondered if I was in the wrong place for a second. Looks great!
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Beer and Queso / Re: Another Case of Legal Advice Needed...
« on: January 06, 2015, 03:26:22 pm »
What a shitty situation. I once got hit by a pickup pulling a flatbed trailer when he crossed into my lane. Probably $1500 worth of damage to my little Nissan truck, but the asshat wasn't even insured. At all. Meh.
I will say that if your insurer does decline to renew you, I can refer you to a friend who's an insurance agent for a new policy if you like. I have some relatives who have multiple wrecks and even DWIs on their records and he managed to get them coverage with a really good company that doesn't cost them an arm and a leg.
I will say that if your insurer does decline to renew you, I can refer you to a friend who's an insurance agent for a new policy if you like. I have some relatives who have multiple wrecks and even DWIs on their records and he managed to get them coverage with a really good company that doesn't cost them an arm and a leg.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Elly May Clampett RIP
« on: January 06, 2015, 03:12:39 pm »
One of my favorite hicks. RIP.
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Talk Zone / Re: HOF Voting 2015 Class
« on: January 06, 2015, 03:06:57 pm »
YAWP! Good to see him in there.
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Game Zone 2014 Archive / Re: NL Fish @ Astros July 25, 2014
« on: July 25, 2014, 09:44:17 pm »Fielders would not like to have me as the official scorer.
Retirement planning, eh?
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Game Zone 2014 Archive / Re: NL Fish @ Astros July 25, 2014
« on: July 25, 2014, 08:30:54 pm »
How's Keuchel handling the hecklers tonight?
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Talk Zone / Mike Coolbaugh
« on: July 25, 2014, 08:22:24 pm »
Remembered tonight pre - game at Frisco RoughRiders. Moment of silence, family present and throwing first pitch, raising money for the foundation in his memory. Very classy.
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POTWA 2013 (The Mihoba) / Re: POTW mid-2013 - mid-2014
« on: July 22, 2014, 01:41:32 pm »
Crying... absolutely howling with laughter, you magnificent bastards and bitches.
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Talk Zone / Re: Bad Day for Former Astros
« on: July 22, 2014, 01:35:23 pm »I don't know about Billy Beane's lust
Thank goodness. That's one less report for us to file.
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Talk Zone / Re: Bad Day for Former Astros
« on: July 22, 2014, 01:32:53 pm »I guess not technically a former Astro but Brooks Conrad made his Padre debut last night and went 0-3.
I'll have to tell Big'Un. He's got a baseball Conrad signed for him back when we used to go to RR games.
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Talk Zone / Re: Whiny Rangers
« on: July 22, 2014, 01:27:44 pm »Would they like some cheese with that wine?
Plenty of fans bring their own food into that stadium, so... why not?
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Beer and Queso / Re: FCC moves to end sports blackouts
« on: July 22, 2014, 01:22:33 pm »Now you can stream live, out-of-market NFL games on your favorite device without a DIRECTV satellite TV subscription if you live in an apartment building where DIRECTV service is not available, attend one of these universities, or live in the following metro areas: New York City, Philadelphia, or San Francisco. Check your eligibility.
Let's just have a shitload of rules imposed upon us just so we can watch our favorite sports teams, right?
*sigh*
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Beer and Queso / Re: did y'all know
« on: July 22, 2014, 01:16:59 pm »Light shed on the "shrouded world" of Texas grand juries.
Ugh. So much wrong with all of that... and yet none of it was surprising.
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Talk Zone / Re: Random age fact
« on: June 03, 2014, 03:10:13 pm »damn. how did I miss seeing this?
Well, you know what the aging process does to the eyes.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Insult generator
« on: June 03, 2014, 03:07:58 pm »
an unwashed toad
a crusty ronyon
a base vile
a mad mustachio burr -- this was probably the most creative one of the bunch
a detestable wench
a clay brained cur
a crusty ronyon
a base vile
a mad mustachio burr -- this was probably the most creative one of the bunch
a detestable wench
a clay brained cur
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road to Omaha
« on: June 03, 2014, 03:04:02 pm »
Well... go Coogs. Verizon FIOS has the Longhorn Network, and while I'd rather watch the game in person, I'll take LHN.
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Game Zone 2014 Archive / Re: Orioles @ Astros June 1, 2014
« on: June 02, 2014, 07:54:14 am »
We were at this game. Made a quick trip down for the Mr.'s sister's birthday and took our families to the game, all 9 of us in the all-you-can-eat seats... a nice thing to have with 5 kids between us.
First game at MMPUS for my family since we moved to Rangersland. Yes, a win would have been preferable, but at the risk of sounding like Pollyanna, we were pretty happy just to be in the ballpark. Some bright spots during the drubbing. Springer and Altuve were big hits with our brood. Hubby won an autographed Joe Sambito photo and I snagged a signed Twinkie baseball for my offspring, so they were thrilled about that.
First game at MMPUS for my family since we moved to Rangersland. Yes, a win would have been preferable, but at the risk of sounding like Pollyanna, we were pretty happy just to be in the ballpark. Some bright spots during the drubbing. Springer and Altuve were big hits with our brood. Hubby won an autographed Joe Sambito photo and I snagged a signed Twinkie baseball for my offspring, so they were thrilled about that.
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Game Zone 2014 Archive / Re: Astros @ Orioles May 10, 2014
« on: May 10, 2014, 09:33:01 pm »It involves Rice football. That okay?
Bonus points if it's SWC-related. Even if not, I'll still read it.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texans Draft
« on: May 10, 2014, 09:31:39 pm »
Our household's Christmas wish list was an O-line for the Texans. We knew that wasn't gonna happen, so we've been in the Clowney camp for a few months. We've got one Manziel hater and three "Manziel is such an asshat" folks.
The hubby was in Vegas looong before the accusations that Manziel signed stuff for cash came out. He saw an Aggie football helmet with Manziel's signature and bought it with some of his craps winnings. Until that hit the news, everybody who saw it thought it was a fake, even when they saw the cert of authenticity. Whoops. And the guy who owned the sports memorabilia company allowed that yeah, the kid's young, but there's a difference between being young and cocky and being a douchebag, and Manziel's just a douchebag.
Now the Manziel hater in my household wants to see his "welcome to the NFL, rookie" hit come from Watt or Clowney.
The hubby was in Vegas looong before the accusations that Manziel signed stuff for cash came out. He saw an Aggie football helmet with Manziel's signature and bought it with some of his craps winnings. Until that hit the news, everybody who saw it thought it was a fake, even when they saw the cert of authenticity. Whoops. And the guy who owned the sports memorabilia company allowed that yeah, the kid's young, but there's a difference between being young and cocky and being a douchebag, and Manziel's just a douchebag.
Now the Manziel hater in my household wants to see his "welcome to the NFL, rookie" hit come from Watt or Clowney.
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Talk Zone / Re: Were #3
« on: May 10, 2014, 09:19:23 pm »I'm a stat nerd. Maybe not to the level of most, but I enjoy them quite a bit.
And I'm cool with stat nerds. They often tell me interesting stuff that I wouldn't otherwise have known. I'm much more of a facts nerd. ("Did you know the human head weighthz eight poundthz?") But as for paying attention to stats myself, I'm limited. I hear some term like BABIP and wonder where it stops as I head for the beer line.
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Talk Zone / Re: Were #3
« on: May 07, 2014, 08:01:19 am »In short, BABIP has added no new insights into the conversation of baseball, but instead has mainly served as a corrupting concept.
And weird shit like this BABIP is why I pay attention to about half of the stats, if that. If that makes me a bad fan, or an uneducated one, then so be it. I'm not a baseball fan because I wake up, fire up the computer, and read the stats on how the Astros performed in the game last night. "Hey, babe, how'd our starter do against left-handed hitters with the roof open, at least one runner on base and a grackle perched atop the right-field foul pole?" I'm a fan because I turned on the televi--
Sigh. Never fuckin' mind.
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Talk Zone / Re: Absolution
« on: April 19, 2014, 08:45:42 am »
Is there still not even a decent tv deal in sight for the Astros, or am I a victim of living in AL-enemy territory?
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Beer and Queso / Re: RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez
« on: April 18, 2014, 11:08:06 pm »
Shamefully, I have never read any of his books. I need to remedy that.
Not being of Spanish/Latina/Hispanic/etc. descent myself, basing this statement solely on what I have been told by a few people I know who are of one of those backgrounds, there is a difference. Spanish is not Hispanic is not necessarily Latino.
Not being of Spanish/Latina/Hispanic/etc. descent myself, basing this statement solely on what I have been told by a few people I know who are of one of those backgrounds, there is a difference. Spanish is not Hispanic is not necessarily Latino.
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Talk Zone / Absolution
« on: April 18, 2014, 10:59:37 pm »
I feel so dirty.
I was so desperate to see National League Baseball on tv, today... I... turned on the Reds-FTC game for a while.
I didn't mean it. I didn't even really like it. I just can't handle being inundated with Rangers, Rangers, Rangers anymore with so little opportunity for televised Astros in sight. I'm feeling really soured on baseball. Can't see my own damn team unless they play someone else who televises in my area. Sigh.
I patiently await my sentence. But. I do reserve the right to appeal.
I was so desperate to see National League Baseball on tv, today... I... turned on the Reds-FTC game for a while.
I didn't mean it. I didn't even really like it. I just can't handle being inundated with Rangers, Rangers, Rangers anymore with so little opportunity for televised Astros in sight. I'm feeling really soured on baseball. Can't see my own damn team unless they play someone else who televises in my area. Sigh.
I patiently await my sentence. But. I do reserve the right to appeal.
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Talk Zone / Re: What the fuck is wrong with people?
« on: April 18, 2014, 10:49:27 pm »
Hate-filled idiots are everywhere... Bah.
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Talk Zone / Re: Innuresting map
« on: April 06, 2014, 09:43:38 pm »
That fandom map is really friggin' depressing.
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Beer and Queso / Re: An NFL Top Draft Prospect Comes Out
« on: February 11, 2014, 04:43:19 pm »
Those quotes are pathetic. The league (well, the Eagles, at least) welcomed back convicted felon - and someone who used to kill dogs by bashing their heads on concrete - with little fuss. It made Ray Lewis - a man who wasn't sent to jail for life for murder because he paid everyone, including the victim's family, to STFU - the focus of the 2013 Superbowl, and then gave him a ring and the MVP trophy.
And they worry about about Sam's impact on dressing room chemistry?
You need to visit wfaa.com and watch Dale Hansen's videotaped statement, if you haven't already. It played on the news up here last night and again just a few minutes ago.
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Talk Zone / Re: The Nolan Ryan thing
« on: February 11, 2014, 04:33:21 pm »Maybe he can work on getting some games on television.
This. I'd take this.
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Beer and Queso / Re: FCC moves to end sports blackouts
« on: December 22, 2013, 01:27:04 pm »
I just don't think it's too much to ask to be able to turn on my television and get broadcasts of Houston sports teams when I live 4 1/2 hours north of there, and still within the boundaries of the same state. No, I don't wanna see see the San Diego- Denver game. I'd like to see the Texans, dammit.
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Beer and Queso / Re: WWBBD?
« on: December 22, 2013, 01:21:39 pm »I didn't realize he was "in."
Yeah, that was my first thought, actually.
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Talk Zone / Re: Inevitably...
« on: December 22, 2013, 01:19:17 pm »English, motherfuckers! Do you speak it?
Wait 'til the Debbel tries to fuck him like a bitch.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Finally (and Happy Thanksgiving)
« on: November 28, 2013, 02:13:11 pm »
Have a great Turkey Day, and enjoy the beer!
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Beer and Queso / Re: A new Astros fan
« on: November 28, 2013, 02:12:42 pm »
Congrats to you all!
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Beer and Queso / Re: happy birthday waldo
« on: November 26, 2013, 11:39:55 pm »
Happy belated, big W!
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Beer and Queso / Re: Which was more surprising?
« on: November 26, 2013, 11:39:29 pm »
Okie State's manhandling of Baylor, and UNT's utter failure against UTSA. *facepalm*
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texans vs. Jags
« on: November 26, 2013, 11:38:43 pm »At least you can watch them suck on TV.
Yeah. 'Cause I can't. I don't know if I've previously mentioned how much that aggravates me.
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Beer and Queso / Re: 50 Years Ago
« on: November 26, 2013, 11:37:42 pm »
My mother's ninth grade English class was in the library that morning. She was using the card catalog to look for books for an assignment when the announcement came over the PA system that the President and Governor had been shot. The entire school went silent; people stopped in their tracks, tensely sat at tables, teachers stopped lecturing and phys ed quit phys-ing. Everyone waited for news, and when it came, the principal choked up and almost couldn't say the words. Students and school staff, male and female, cried. Parents arrived in droves to pick up their children early from the middle school, and from all the other schools in the district.
My grandmother was at home, twelve blocks straight down the street from the middle school, folding laundry and listening to the radio. She was a sharp cookie and didn't have to listen very long to predict how this was going to end. She was one of the first parents in the office at the middle school, and she'd heard the sad announcement as she pulled into the parking lot.
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In the spring of 2011 and 2012, I took criminalistics electives to count towards my master's in criminal justice. The classes, Crime Scene Reconstruction and Shooting Incident Reconstruction, were taught by a fantastic professor with two chemistry degrees and a ton of crime lab practical and management/directorship experience. He knows so much stuff about crime scenes, but his special area of expertise is guns, gunshot residue, and related material. Two infamous shooting incidents that occurred in Texas- the ones perpetrated by Charles Whitman and Lee Harvey Oswald- occupy large compartments in his brain, and we studied both of those incidents in both of those classes. In Shooting, we took a field trip to the Sixth Floor Museum, exploring the outside and the inside with the critical eyes of criminalistics students, which none of us had done before. I have always been open to the possibility of a conspiracy, or conspiracies, with the goal of assassinating JFK; however, available criminalistic evidence (including shooting angles) points to one conclusion. President Kennedy and Governor Connelly were shot only by Lee Harvey Oswald, and only from that infamous window on the sixth floor of the School Book Depository. That doesn't mean there weren't conspiracies in the works- it just means that on that day, there was one shooter whose fired projectiles injured the governor and killed the president.
And if you think differently, I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong. I'll tell you that this is based on my investigation using the skills I learned... but it does happen to be the same conclusion that our professor made. He didn't tell us that until after the exercise.
Postscript... His interest in the Whitman incident is personal. He was taking a summer Organic Chem lab at UT and was about two minutes behind for class when Whitman started shooting. He wasn't hit, but if he'd been on time, he'd have been walking right through the line of fire. His public speaking engagements about the incident are riveting.
My grandmother was at home, twelve blocks straight down the street from the middle school, folding laundry and listening to the radio. She was a sharp cookie and didn't have to listen very long to predict how this was going to end. She was one of the first parents in the office at the middle school, and she'd heard the sad announcement as she pulled into the parking lot.
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In the spring of 2011 and 2012, I took criminalistics electives to count towards my master's in criminal justice. The classes, Crime Scene Reconstruction and Shooting Incident Reconstruction, were taught by a fantastic professor with two chemistry degrees and a ton of crime lab practical and management/directorship experience. He knows so much stuff about crime scenes, but his special area of expertise is guns, gunshot residue, and related material. Two infamous shooting incidents that occurred in Texas- the ones perpetrated by Charles Whitman and Lee Harvey Oswald- occupy large compartments in his brain, and we studied both of those incidents in both of those classes. In Shooting, we took a field trip to the Sixth Floor Museum, exploring the outside and the inside with the critical eyes of criminalistics students, which none of us had done before. I have always been open to the possibility of a conspiracy, or conspiracies, with the goal of assassinating JFK; however, available criminalistic evidence (including shooting angles) points to one conclusion. President Kennedy and Governor Connelly were shot only by Lee Harvey Oswald, and only from that infamous window on the sixth floor of the School Book Depository. That doesn't mean there weren't conspiracies in the works- it just means that on that day, there was one shooter whose fired projectiles injured the governor and killed the president.
And if you think differently, I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong. I'll tell you that this is based on my investigation using the skills I learned... but it does happen to be the same conclusion that our professor made. He didn't tell us that until after the exercise.
Postscript... His interest in the Whitman incident is personal. He was taking a summer Organic Chem lab at UT and was about two minutes behind for class when Whitman started shooting. He wasn't hit, but if he'd been on time, he'd have been walking right through the line of fire. His public speaking engagements about the incident are riveting.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texansv Raiders
« on: November 19, 2013, 07:27:16 am »
"We gotta find a way to play better."
You did. Partially, at least. And then you effed it up last week. Ermahgerd.
It's no secret here that I'm a big Keenum fan, but even those who aren't could see what a monumentally bad decision that was.
And now I gotta see if the game'll be on up here on Sunday, or if I'm gonna be using GameTracker and the radio. Meh.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texansv Raiders
« on: November 19, 2013, 07:25:08 am »
"If I had it to do all over again, I'd do the same thing."
...really??
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texansv Raiders
« on: November 19, 2013, 07:24:29 am »Other tidbits from the presser (paraphrased)...
"Benching him won't affect Keenum's confidence, if anything it should make it better."
...huh?
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Beer and Queso / Re: by the time Christmas gets here i will be pounding my head into the wall
« on: November 19, 2013, 07:18:00 am »I love Christmas music on the radio. I am rooting for the wall.
I nearly choked on my breakfast tea.
And Fredia, if you think *this* is early, jet on over to London sometime and see how early they get into the spirit. They don't celebrate Thanksgiving like we do, so they are ramped up for Dec. 25th for at least two months solid.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Right Brain or Left Brain?
« on: November 17, 2013, 10:15:17 pm »59/41. It says I'm balanced, which is the first time that's ever been said of me.
FWIW, I am somewhat ambidextrous, so this makes some sense.
I got 44 left/56 right. The "balanced" result.
I use writing and eating utensils with my right hand, but do quite a few things left-handed. Drive, knife work, etc. And I can write left-handed more neatly than most people writing with their "opposite" hand can.
This kind of stuff is interesting to me because I was born left-handed and a preschool teacher forced me to write as a righty. I've got a huge creative dreamer side with a healthy streak of nerdy, particular control freak in there, which keeps me from being that "flighty" creative artiste type. Although I do admittedly have trouble with time management.
When I take these kinds of tests, I always end up with "balanced" results, although the larger number flips from left to right. I've always wondered if I'd have turned out this way if that particular teacher hadn't gotten hold of me.
In an interesting twist of fate, or perhaps karma, both of the offspring to which I gave birth are solidly left-handed.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texansv Raiders
« on: November 17, 2013, 09:51:55 pm »
Normally I'd bitch about the game not being televised in my area, but today, not so much. Feh.
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Talk Zone / Re: Satan mean mouths the Good Guys
« on: November 17, 2013, 09:50:01 pm »He is not very good at making analogies.
Those were supposed to be analogies?
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Beer and Queso / Re: Moral Dilemma
« on: November 13, 2013, 01:48:12 pm »First, who here among us *hasn't* accidentally sent a shot of "someone's" left hand stroking our penis?
Uh...
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Talk Zone / Re: The Void
« on: November 13, 2013, 07:40:09 am »Reports are that the Tigers have hired Ausmus to manage.
Thank God. I was really gonna have a moral quandary if he went to that other team.
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Beer and Queso / Re: RIP Bum Philips
« on: November 13, 2013, 07:34:07 am »
Fittingly, my family was in Houston when we heard the news. We drove in for homecoming weekend at UH and made it to the hotel around 11. Checked into the hotel room, turned on the news, and there it was.
Homecoming for UH was at Reliant. During the pregame festivities, a tribute to Bum showed on the giant screens. Many people don't know that for two seasons- 1964-66, I believe- he was a defensive coach at UH. There's a black-and-white pic floating around the internet of son Wade in his player uniform with dad Bum crouching behind him wearing his coach's cap. Some nice things were said about Bum and everyone, even the ever-lovin' BYU fans, was absolutely quiet during our moment of silence for Bum.
My fandom for sports, but particularly for college football, was instilled by my grandmother who adopted and raised me. When I was just over a week old, she spread blankets on the floor and plopped right there with me on New Year's Day, turning the tv dial between NBC, ABC, and CBS to watch the bowl games. She may have been born in Ohio, but she moved to Texas when she was eighteen, and she adopted every Houston team as her favorite. Oilers, Rockets, Astros. She had a series of cowbells- one for each of those sports- that she'd ring when the Oilers scored, the Astros hit a homer, the Rockets made free throws. And she just loved Bum Phillips. Her favorite football coaches were Bear Bryant and Bum. She was so tickled at the "Bumerooski" that she cut the stories about it out of the paper and saved them. He wasn't afraid to get the job done, and he cussed a blue streak when he needed to, and he gave and commanded respect but didn't abide any "buuull feeee-cees" (her word), and that was her kind of coach.
And when he was fired, she was absolutely outraged, and she vowed to wage her own personal little war against Bud Adams. She was the most well-educated person I've ever known who never graduated from high school, and she wrote surprisingly eloquent letters to every media outlet in Houston informing them of the monumentally bad decision to boot Bum. She called the radio talk shows and tried to get on the air to voice her discontent, and while she never made it on-air, she had a speech written and rehearsed and ready to go in case she did. She still watched the Oilers and still rang her cowbells, but she never against bought a piece of Oilers memorabilia and would frown deeply when she read or heard the name Bud Adams. It wasn't just that Bum was fired that made her angry- it was just the way it was done. She understood that sports was a business, but she to her, that whole thing just wasn't right. And when Bum went to the Saints, her second-favorite football team became New Orleans, and she watched their games as well... just for Earl and Bum.
Homecoming for UH was at Reliant. During the pregame festivities, a tribute to Bum showed on the giant screens. Many people don't know that for two seasons- 1964-66, I believe- he was a defensive coach at UH. There's a black-and-white pic floating around the internet of son Wade in his player uniform with dad Bum crouching behind him wearing his coach's cap. Some nice things were said about Bum and everyone, even the ever-lovin' BYU fans, was absolutely quiet during our moment of silence for Bum.
My fandom for sports, but particularly for college football, was instilled by my grandmother who adopted and raised me. When I was just over a week old, she spread blankets on the floor and plopped right there with me on New Year's Day, turning the tv dial between NBC, ABC, and CBS to watch the bowl games. She may have been born in Ohio, but she moved to Texas when she was eighteen, and she adopted every Houston team as her favorite. Oilers, Rockets, Astros. She had a series of cowbells- one for each of those sports- that she'd ring when the Oilers scored, the Astros hit a homer, the Rockets made free throws. And she just loved Bum Phillips. Her favorite football coaches were Bear Bryant and Bum. She was so tickled at the "Bumerooski" that she cut the stories about it out of the paper and saved them. He wasn't afraid to get the job done, and he cussed a blue streak when he needed to, and he gave and commanded respect but didn't abide any "buuull feeee-cees" (her word), and that was her kind of coach.
And when he was fired, she was absolutely outraged, and she vowed to wage her own personal little war against Bud Adams. She was the most well-educated person I've ever known who never graduated from high school, and she wrote surprisingly eloquent letters to every media outlet in Houston informing them of the monumentally bad decision to boot Bum. She called the radio talk shows and tried to get on the air to voice her discontent, and while she never made it on-air, she had a speech written and rehearsed and ready to go in case she did. She still watched the Oilers and still rang her cowbells, but she never against bought a piece of Oilers memorabilia and would frown deeply when she read or heard the name Bud Adams. It wasn't just that Bum was fired that made her angry- it was just the way it was done. She understood that sports was a business, but she to her, that whole thing just wasn't right. And when Bum went to the Saints, her second-favorite football team became New Orleans, and she watched their games as well... just for Earl and Bum.
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rangers August 19, 2013
« on: August 19, 2013, 09:46:48 pm »The good news is everyone can watch it.
Oh yeah, I'm not bitching about that.... just about the score. Eek.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Boston
« on: August 19, 2013, 09:46:11 pm »
I ain't been to Boston in years. The North End and Little Italy are a must. Take a stroll around Hahvahd and MIT if you get the chance. The Common is worth a look, and go see a ball game. I'm no good for restaurants and hotels because I haven't been there in so long. But I love Boston. Lots of character(s).
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: Astros @ Rangers August 19, 2013
« on: August 19, 2013, 09:40:45 pm »
15-2 now, fortheloveofChrist.
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Talk Zone / Re: Astros @ Rangers Series Preview
« on: August 19, 2013, 09:40:04 pm »
Fantastic, sir!
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Talk Zone / Re: Bluff: Called.
« on: August 19, 2013, 09:39:46 pm »
I'm reminded of the Seinfeld episode in which George's dad and Elaine have a would-be standoff. "You wanna piece of me? You wanna PIECE of me?!? You got it!!!"
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Talk Zone / Re: astro new slogan (my opinion)
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:14:07 pm »interesting take, but how does that affect the bullpen being well bad
They're so bad, they can't even get their history straight.
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Talk Zone / Re: The Future
« on: August 12, 2013, 04:59:06 pm »Shit. It's taking every single bit I've got to not give up on the whole fucking thing. Fucking Ranger fan just came into my office to let me know that Fox Sports was going to rebroadcast the afternoon game tonight if I wanted to watch it. He was trying to be nice but I told him I wasn't interested in watching this team get beat again and again and again, day after day after day.
"I know. I've been there."
"No, I don't think you have. Not where this team is now, you haven't."
"Well, no, I guess we haven't."
Fuck. Everything. I don't know where I got it together enough to fucking post this, I'm so worn out and ground down.
I am bile. I am smoldering hatred. I am what's left of an Astro fan.
It's frustrating, but I have to believe it'll be okay at some point. Remember... God bless Jim Gott.
At least we suck with style. Fell victim to Yu's record strikeouts, but busted his no-hitter and shut-out. I'll take their small accomplishments wherever I can.
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Talk Zone / Re: astro new slogan (my opinion)
« on: August 12, 2013, 04:55:45 pm »
It ain't over 'til the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor.
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: stRangers @ Astros August 12, 2013
« on: August 12, 2013, 04:52:59 pm »He had early dinner plans.
Late for a tour at the St. Arnold's Brewery.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: August 11, 2013, 11:03:15 pm »
As usual, I woke up before everyone else in the family. I took the opportunity to use the lodge's really good wi-fi reception to check emails and the news, then did my yoga thing and went onto our private back patio. Wow, what a view. We were in the 200 buildings and could see lots of trees and grass right out over the mesa. It wasn't even 60 degrees up there, the sun was out, and there were birds chirping and ground squirrels scuttling. Yes, it was really that idyllic. I spent half an hour out there just not doing anything but smelling the air and sitting in the sun for half an hour.
By then, everyone else had sorta awoken, so we got ready, packed up the truck, went to the main lodge to check out, then headed to another nearby building for breakfast. Far Point Lodge's casual food service is run by ARA, which has obviously made tons of improvements since my days in the North Tower. Hoss had eggs and potatoes and the rest of us had biscuits and gravy- although my gravy had chorizo and chipotles in it. Yuuummmm. We filled our refillable water bottles from Grand Canyon Railway with water, looked in the gift shop- which had some pretty cool things- and went on to the cave dwellings.
There are two routes around Mesa Verde, one of which is more well-traveled than the other. We stuck to that one because we had a specific goal in mind- Balcony House. As we drove down that road, we stopped at the Far View Sites Complex, home to several "excavated and stabilized" houses of the Ancestral Puebloans. Got some great photos, read the signs and learned lots of stuff. We kept on going down to the visitors' center and bought tickets for the next Balcony House tour, which wasn't for two hours. We all wandered around the museum learning about Ancestral Puebloan life in the area, and Hoss took the opportunity to get his second Junior Ranger badge of the trip. After that, we walked down the mountainside to the free cliff home exhibit- Spruce Tree House. The walk down (not to mention back up!) is quite steep, but there are handrails where you need them. You still need to take it slowly even if you're in good shape because you're two miles up and the air's so darn thin. Spruce Tree House is the 3rd largest cliff dwelling in the park, and was probably home to about 60-80 people. There were two rangers onsite who answered tons of questions, and a restored kiva- underground ceremonial chamber- that we could climb down into.
Amusing (I thought) sidebar: I happened to be wearing a UH shirt that day, and a guy in front of me wearing an A&M shirt was descending the ladder to go into the kiva. He wondered aloud what would happen if he got stuck down there. I quipped, "You'll be fine. There's a welcoming committee of four Longhorns down there waitin' for ya." He looked up at me, saw my shirt, and responded, "Welp, we better pull up this ladder. Can't expose Colorado to those T-Sips!" (Note: 94CougarGrad does not particularly favor UT over A&M or A&M over UT. She just thought it was kinda cool to run into someone from back home out in the wilderness of Colorado.)
We made our way- very slowly- back up to the visitors' center, refilled our water bottles, and hit the loo. Then we drove down to Balcony House for our tour. The largest cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde is Cliff Palace. It's got over 150 rooms and is the most famous and publicized of the dwellings. Everybody goes there. We chose Balcony House because it was a little less traveled, and it happens to be home to the only geocache in the entire span of Mesa Verde. This geocache is special- it's called an Earthcache. There isn't a container to look for and sign a little paper log; you look up the cache on the geocaching.com website, read about it, and answer the questions or do the activities the cache owner tells you to answer/do. We had to answer three questions that could only be answered if we'd taken the Balcony House tour, and it was optional to take a photo of ourselves in Balcony House. We did both. Our ranger guide was a local high school science teacher who specializes in archeology, so she had some really interesting information about the area. While Cliff Palace is the dwelling that everybody goes to, Balcony House is the dwelling that everybody takes their kids to. Not only do you walk down the mountain, but then you climb up a 30-foot ladder anchored to the cliff, then through a dark and narrow stairway carved out of the rock, then up another ladder and there you are. It was so cool in there. And the wood shelves and other things that were in the place were the original wood that was put there by the Ancestral Puebloans a thousand years ago. It's still preserved and in good shape because the structure of the cliff doesn't allow rain- when it does come- to get very far into the dwelling at all. The wood has stayed dry all these years, so no decay or rot, according to our ranger guide. In fact, it did rain a bit on our tour, but we didn't get hit by a drop.
To leave Balcony House, you have to climb up another ladder- and yes, you are exposed over the cliff. Don't look down, and don't look behind you. I'm not kidding; the guides tell visitors this. If you look, you'll freeze, and that slows down everybody behind you. Even if you're not afraid of heights, you will be. Once you're at the top of the ladder and your feet are on solid rock at the top of the cliff, you can look. Oh, and that doesn't include the little surprise we got just before that- to get to that last anchored ladder, we had to crawl through an 18-inch-wide space that was dark and had a large bump in the middle rising from the floor. See, once upon a time, Balcony House was the only one of these cliff dwellings that had its own spring within it- a source of drinking water. In the 1280s, a drought began, and the residents of Balcony House started restricting their neighbors from coming to get water. To assist with the restrictions, additional walls were built in strategic places, as well as this narrow crawl space and the bump in the floor. It's believed that these spaces were made narrow enough that only one person at a time could get through them, and Balcony House residents could station a teenage boy in the crawl space to keep watch for non-Balcony House residents who were trying to sneak water. It was about 10 years after that that the Ancestral Puebloans abandoned the area, and it's believed to be because of that drought. The spring is still active, but park service has redirected it to keep it from flowing through Balcony House.
So my hubby eyeballed the 18-inch-wide crawl space and his tailgating belly, and right then, someone asked our guide, "What if you get stuck in there?" She smiled brightly and said, "I've been doing this for 10 years and never had anyone get stuck!" Hubby turned to me and remarked, "That doesn't mean some other ranger hasn't..." We let Big'Un and Hoss go first, and they had no trouble. Hubby was next while I wondered what I and the Hips That Have Borne Two Children would do to navigate this thing. Hubby made it through and called to me, "Hey, it's not so bad. Just turn yourself kinda diagonal and scoot through slowly." Well, it worked, and other than the surprise bump in the floor, it wasn't bad at all. Then we hit that final ladder and I stared at my knuckles the entire way up. When I got to the top, I turned around to look where I'd been hanging on for dear life, and wow, was it gorgeous. This really is something you don't see every day, and more people should take the time to visit spots like this in our country. There were people on our tour from France, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland. Oh, and Japan. They were all as mesmerized as I was.
We'd thought about going back to tour Cliff Palace as well, but decided against it, as the thunderstorm began looming again. Instead, we drove back to the main park road, stopping at all the scenic overlooks on the way and getting out to look at more cliff dwellings and archeological sites. We made our crawl back down the mountain at 15 and 20 mph in mist and drizzle. When we got back to the highway, it was pouring, and it took us an hour to drive the 30 miles to Durango, our destination for the night. Again, lots of green and trees and mountains and pretty scenery. Elk and deer milling about in broad daylight.
Durango is on the Animas River. We arrived about 3pm and had snacked in the truck, so we checked into the hotel and parked the truck to take a nice stroll down the sidewalks near part of the river. Lots of people were out biking, walking with and without dogs, and tubing or canoeing. Again, barely 60 degrees, and we found ourselves almost wishing we hadn't worn shorts. We spent probably two hours there, then drove up the mountain to Fort Lewis College, which has several scenic overlooks where you can see all of Durango. We saw the women's softball team and men's and women's lacrosse teams practicing, and holy mackerel, there were huge elk and deer just wandering around campus like it was no big deal. Apparently it wasn't. Hubby's trigger finger began to twitch, but he stifled his inner hunter and enjoyed the view.
By the time we were done lookin' at stuff, we were hungry, and we drove back down to town to see what we could find. We hit upon The Palace, which is situated right next to the railway station for the Durango-Silverton Railroad. The place is redone quite nicely and has that classy Western parlor-slash-tavern feel. Menus indicated some upscale casual dining- I wondered what the hell was in a $19 plate of chicken and dumplings- but our waitress informed us that Monday night is burger night, and that sounded great to us. $6.00 for a 1/3-to-1/2-lb. burger with regular fries, and pick your own toppings. Or upgrade to sweet potato or truffle fries for a little extra. Local and national beer is sold there, and a very local Durango brewery that offers beer also makes sodas, so the boys ordered root beer. Wow, those were good. As were the burgers and truffle fries. Oh, and the opening pot stickers. The guys sitting at the table next to ours happened to be college students who were working at one of the river rafting companies in town for the summer, and they were really friendly and gave us lots of tips about the area. I wish we'd planned to spend more time there, darn it all. We need to go back and go river rafting.
We were fairly beat, so we drove back to the hotel. I noticed a laundromat a block away and freshened up our clothes while Hubby and the boys watched the home run derby. I tried to get online but wasn't having regular luck, so I conked out fairly early, probably before everybody else.
By then, everyone else had sorta awoken, so we got ready, packed up the truck, went to the main lodge to check out, then headed to another nearby building for breakfast. Far Point Lodge's casual food service is run by ARA, which has obviously made tons of improvements since my days in the North Tower. Hoss had eggs and potatoes and the rest of us had biscuits and gravy- although my gravy had chorizo and chipotles in it. Yuuummmm. We filled our refillable water bottles from Grand Canyon Railway with water, looked in the gift shop- which had some pretty cool things- and went on to the cave dwellings.
There are two routes around Mesa Verde, one of which is more well-traveled than the other. We stuck to that one because we had a specific goal in mind- Balcony House. As we drove down that road, we stopped at the Far View Sites Complex, home to several "excavated and stabilized" houses of the Ancestral Puebloans. Got some great photos, read the signs and learned lots of stuff. We kept on going down to the visitors' center and bought tickets for the next Balcony House tour, which wasn't for two hours. We all wandered around the museum learning about Ancestral Puebloan life in the area, and Hoss took the opportunity to get his second Junior Ranger badge of the trip. After that, we walked down the mountainside to the free cliff home exhibit- Spruce Tree House. The walk down (not to mention back up!) is quite steep, but there are handrails where you need them. You still need to take it slowly even if you're in good shape because you're two miles up and the air's so darn thin. Spruce Tree House is the 3rd largest cliff dwelling in the park, and was probably home to about 60-80 people. There were two rangers onsite who answered tons of questions, and a restored kiva- underground ceremonial chamber- that we could climb down into.
Amusing (I thought) sidebar: I happened to be wearing a UH shirt that day, and a guy in front of me wearing an A&M shirt was descending the ladder to go into the kiva. He wondered aloud what would happen if he got stuck down there. I quipped, "You'll be fine. There's a welcoming committee of four Longhorns down there waitin' for ya." He looked up at me, saw my shirt, and responded, "Welp, we better pull up this ladder. Can't expose Colorado to those T-Sips!" (Note: 94CougarGrad does not particularly favor UT over A&M or A&M over UT. She just thought it was kinda cool to run into someone from back home out in the wilderness of Colorado.)
We made our way- very slowly- back up to the visitors' center, refilled our water bottles, and hit the loo. Then we drove down to Balcony House for our tour. The largest cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde is Cliff Palace. It's got over 150 rooms and is the most famous and publicized of the dwellings. Everybody goes there. We chose Balcony House because it was a little less traveled, and it happens to be home to the only geocache in the entire span of Mesa Verde. This geocache is special- it's called an Earthcache. There isn't a container to look for and sign a little paper log; you look up the cache on the geocaching.com website, read about it, and answer the questions or do the activities the cache owner tells you to answer/do. We had to answer three questions that could only be answered if we'd taken the Balcony House tour, and it was optional to take a photo of ourselves in Balcony House. We did both. Our ranger guide was a local high school science teacher who specializes in archeology, so she had some really interesting information about the area. While Cliff Palace is the dwelling that everybody goes to, Balcony House is the dwelling that everybody takes their kids to. Not only do you walk down the mountain, but then you climb up a 30-foot ladder anchored to the cliff, then through a dark and narrow stairway carved out of the rock, then up another ladder and there you are. It was so cool in there. And the wood shelves and other things that were in the place were the original wood that was put there by the Ancestral Puebloans a thousand years ago. It's still preserved and in good shape because the structure of the cliff doesn't allow rain- when it does come- to get very far into the dwelling at all. The wood has stayed dry all these years, so no decay or rot, according to our ranger guide. In fact, it did rain a bit on our tour, but we didn't get hit by a drop.
To leave Balcony House, you have to climb up another ladder- and yes, you are exposed over the cliff. Don't look down, and don't look behind you. I'm not kidding; the guides tell visitors this. If you look, you'll freeze, and that slows down everybody behind you. Even if you're not afraid of heights, you will be. Once you're at the top of the ladder and your feet are on solid rock at the top of the cliff, you can look. Oh, and that doesn't include the little surprise we got just before that- to get to that last anchored ladder, we had to crawl through an 18-inch-wide space that was dark and had a large bump in the middle rising from the floor. See, once upon a time, Balcony House was the only one of these cliff dwellings that had its own spring within it- a source of drinking water. In the 1280s, a drought began, and the residents of Balcony House started restricting their neighbors from coming to get water. To assist with the restrictions, additional walls were built in strategic places, as well as this narrow crawl space and the bump in the floor. It's believed that these spaces were made narrow enough that only one person at a time could get through them, and Balcony House residents could station a teenage boy in the crawl space to keep watch for non-Balcony House residents who were trying to sneak water. It was about 10 years after that that the Ancestral Puebloans abandoned the area, and it's believed to be because of that drought. The spring is still active, but park service has redirected it to keep it from flowing through Balcony House.
So my hubby eyeballed the 18-inch-wide crawl space and his tailgating belly, and right then, someone asked our guide, "What if you get stuck in there?" She smiled brightly and said, "I've been doing this for 10 years and never had anyone get stuck!" Hubby turned to me and remarked, "That doesn't mean some other ranger hasn't..." We let Big'Un and Hoss go first, and they had no trouble. Hubby was next while I wondered what I and the Hips That Have Borne Two Children would do to navigate this thing. Hubby made it through and called to me, "Hey, it's not so bad. Just turn yourself kinda diagonal and scoot through slowly." Well, it worked, and other than the surprise bump in the floor, it wasn't bad at all. Then we hit that final ladder and I stared at my knuckles the entire way up. When I got to the top, I turned around to look where I'd been hanging on for dear life, and wow, was it gorgeous. This really is something you don't see every day, and more people should take the time to visit spots like this in our country. There were people on our tour from France, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland. Oh, and Japan. They were all as mesmerized as I was.
We'd thought about going back to tour Cliff Palace as well, but decided against it, as the thunderstorm began looming again. Instead, we drove back to the main park road, stopping at all the scenic overlooks on the way and getting out to look at more cliff dwellings and archeological sites. We made our crawl back down the mountain at 15 and 20 mph in mist and drizzle. When we got back to the highway, it was pouring, and it took us an hour to drive the 30 miles to Durango, our destination for the night. Again, lots of green and trees and mountains and pretty scenery. Elk and deer milling about in broad daylight.
Durango is on the Animas River. We arrived about 3pm and had snacked in the truck, so we checked into the hotel and parked the truck to take a nice stroll down the sidewalks near part of the river. Lots of people were out biking, walking with and without dogs, and tubing or canoeing. Again, barely 60 degrees, and we found ourselves almost wishing we hadn't worn shorts. We spent probably two hours there, then drove up the mountain to Fort Lewis College, which has several scenic overlooks where you can see all of Durango. We saw the women's softball team and men's and women's lacrosse teams practicing, and holy mackerel, there were huge elk and deer just wandering around campus like it was no big deal. Apparently it wasn't. Hubby's trigger finger began to twitch, but he stifled his inner hunter and enjoyed the view.
By the time we were done lookin' at stuff, we were hungry, and we drove back down to town to see what we could find. We hit upon The Palace, which is situated right next to the railway station for the Durango-Silverton Railroad. The place is redone quite nicely and has that classy Western parlor-slash-tavern feel. Menus indicated some upscale casual dining- I wondered what the hell was in a $19 plate of chicken and dumplings- but our waitress informed us that Monday night is burger night, and that sounded great to us. $6.00 for a 1/3-to-1/2-lb. burger with regular fries, and pick your own toppings. Or upgrade to sweet potato or truffle fries for a little extra. Local and national beer is sold there, and a very local Durango brewery that offers beer also makes sodas, so the boys ordered root beer. Wow, those were good. As were the burgers and truffle fries. Oh, and the opening pot stickers. The guys sitting at the table next to ours happened to be college students who were working at one of the river rafting companies in town for the summer, and they were really friendly and gave us lots of tips about the area. I wish we'd planned to spend more time there, darn it all. We need to go back and go river rafting.
We were fairly beat, so we drove back to the hotel. I noticed a laundromat a block away and freshened up our clothes while Hubby and the boys watched the home run derby. I tried to get online but wasn't having regular luck, so I conked out fairly early, probably before everybody else.
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: Rangers @ Astros August 11, 2013
« on: August 11, 2013, 10:09:36 pm »i had white go go boots and performed a baton routine in them
Photos, or it nevah happent.
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Talk Zone / Re: Pujols gets feelings hurt, decides to sue
« on: August 11, 2013, 10:07:46 pm »
Oy. Sand in the vajayjay.
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: stRangers @ Astros August 10, 2013
« on: August 11, 2013, 09:19:08 am »
Sigh. This did not go at all like my Hershiser trade.
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: stRangers @ Astros August 9, 2013
« on: August 10, 2013, 11:21:34 am »The Metroplex Perspective.
I laughed 'til I cried. I think I've sprained my pancreas.
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Talk Zone / Re: astro new slogan (my opinion)
« on: August 10, 2013, 11:11:27 am »
The Astros Bullpen: Letting the Door Hit 'Em In, Around, and Up Their Asses Every Time.
...too long?
...too long?
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: August 10, 2013, 11:10:11 am »
Yipe! Forgot to finish the trippin' diary!
Sunday morning, we kept it simple: pack up the room, tromp down to the truck, fill up with gas, McDonald's for breakfast. We headed north on 15 to take an extremely alternate route home. We'd only been north of Vegas once, to Mount Charleston, in the winter for a little snowboarding. Well, the kids snowboarded... I took pictures and made/threw snowballs. Anyhoo, the drive north of Vegas is really, really gorgeous. You go through Nevada, then a little of Arizona, and then cross into Mormon territory. There were several spots on the interstate where I had to slow down to 40 because of the curves through the mountains. The Hubby dozed off but woke up during one of those 40 mph stints. I heard an "Oh, God!" when it looked like I was literally driving us into the mountain. Now, now, honey, I'm not going into the mountain... just through it. Don't panic.
So the terrain up there is not very green at all, and what green is there is scrubby shrubbery unless you sod your yard and pay big money to keep it green. No, the terrain is mountainous and red and orange and stunning. Breathtaking. We drove through southwest and southern Utah, stopping in Hurricane (pronounced HUR-ri-kuhn) for gas, a walk, drinks, and two quick geocaches. (Sidebar: Hoss and I are completing a challenge to geocache in a certain number of states, and we Houstonians thought it'd be funny to get a couple of 'em in a town named after a weather front with which we're familiar.) The further east we got, the less red and orange and rocky everything got, and we started seeing quite a few small farms and ranches on our route. Apple Valley, anyone?
We zig-zagged on the road between Utah and Arizona four or five times until we took the highway leading straight through the Navajo reservation, the largest Indian reservation in the world. There, the terrain got orange and peach and tan and rocky and beautiful again. We managed to get to Four Corners about an hour and a half before the park closed (which is at 8pm in the summer) and get out to take pictures and walk around. Hubby'd been here when he was a kid, but the boys and I never had. It's changed since Hubby was a kid- the US geographical service benchmark is smack-dab at the very spot where the four corners of the states meet. That is surrounded by a plaza with graduated bench seating, so I presume that native dances or storytelling get performed there. Behind all the seating, there is a long row of market stalls in each state, with the stalls forming a square, but they're not connected at the corners; that's where you walk into the plaza. Hubby felt like it was more touristy than he'd seen before, but it really didn't have a touristy feel at all. I think it cost 5 bucks for us to enter the park in the truck, just like you'd pay money to enter any national park. We walked around the plaza, and behind the plaza, in each state, and took pictures. Then we went back to where we were parked- in Arizona- and bought some fry bread tacos from a couple of brothers who had a permanent camper ensconced there. Yum. Bring cash, 'cause this place is too far out to get a connection for credit card machines.
We crossed into southwest Colorado just moments after we got back in the car, and it began to rain. We stopped for more gas as a precaution, then kept rolling on to our final destination for the day- Mesa Verde National Park. We didn't get there until about 8:15, and then we had to drive 20 miles into the park- winding around very very very tall mountains, in the dark, and the rain, at 15 and 20 miles per hour- to make it to Far Point Lodge. We checked in and had a snack- appetizers and drinks- at the upscale restaurant in the main lodge, then headed to our cabin.
Here's the "travel tip" portion of the post. If you've never stayed in a national park lodge before, read the description of the lodging very carefully on the website. Mesa Verde, for example, has two kinds of rooms: Standard and Kiva. Standard rooms come fully furnished with mini-fridges and comfy beds and a back patio, but no television or air conditioning. Which you don't necessarily need at 11,000 feet above sea level, even in July at night, because it was barely 60 degrees. I also post travel reviews on TripAdvisor, and I can't tell you how many people I saw bitching about "there's no air conditioning" and etc. I read ahead, realized that to get the a/c I'd have to get a Kiva room, and paid the extra couple of bucks to get an updated, clean, well-appointed and air-conditioned (but still televisionless) Kiva room. And the cost really wasn't much extra since I got a 20% discount from the website for booking early.
I stepped out onto our private back patio and breathed in some clean Colorado air, wondering what the view'd look like in the morning light, then headed to bed. I had to catch some solid z's to be prepared to climb around Indian cave ruins on Monday.
Sunday morning, we kept it simple: pack up the room, tromp down to the truck, fill up with gas, McDonald's for breakfast. We headed north on 15 to take an extremely alternate route home. We'd only been north of Vegas once, to Mount Charleston, in the winter for a little snowboarding. Well, the kids snowboarded... I took pictures and made/threw snowballs. Anyhoo, the drive north of Vegas is really, really gorgeous. You go through Nevada, then a little of Arizona, and then cross into Mormon territory. There were several spots on the interstate where I had to slow down to 40 because of the curves through the mountains. The Hubby dozed off but woke up during one of those 40 mph stints. I heard an "Oh, God!" when it looked like I was literally driving us into the mountain. Now, now, honey, I'm not going into the mountain... just through it. Don't panic.
So the terrain up there is not very green at all, and what green is there is scrubby shrubbery unless you sod your yard and pay big money to keep it green. No, the terrain is mountainous and red and orange and stunning. Breathtaking. We drove through southwest and southern Utah, stopping in Hurricane (pronounced HUR-ri-kuhn) for gas, a walk, drinks, and two quick geocaches. (Sidebar: Hoss and I are completing a challenge to geocache in a certain number of states, and we Houstonians thought it'd be funny to get a couple of 'em in a town named after a weather front with which we're familiar.) The further east we got, the less red and orange and rocky everything got, and we started seeing quite a few small farms and ranches on our route. Apple Valley, anyone?
We zig-zagged on the road between Utah and Arizona four or five times until we took the highway leading straight through the Navajo reservation, the largest Indian reservation in the world. There, the terrain got orange and peach and tan and rocky and beautiful again. We managed to get to Four Corners about an hour and a half before the park closed (which is at 8pm in the summer) and get out to take pictures and walk around. Hubby'd been here when he was a kid, but the boys and I never had. It's changed since Hubby was a kid- the US geographical service benchmark is smack-dab at the very spot where the four corners of the states meet. That is surrounded by a plaza with graduated bench seating, so I presume that native dances or storytelling get performed there. Behind all the seating, there is a long row of market stalls in each state, with the stalls forming a square, but they're not connected at the corners; that's where you walk into the plaza. Hubby felt like it was more touristy than he'd seen before, but it really didn't have a touristy feel at all. I think it cost 5 bucks for us to enter the park in the truck, just like you'd pay money to enter any national park. We walked around the plaza, and behind the plaza, in each state, and took pictures. Then we went back to where we were parked- in Arizona- and bought some fry bread tacos from a couple of brothers who had a permanent camper ensconced there. Yum. Bring cash, 'cause this place is too far out to get a connection for credit card machines.
We crossed into southwest Colorado just moments after we got back in the car, and it began to rain. We stopped for more gas as a precaution, then kept rolling on to our final destination for the day- Mesa Verde National Park. We didn't get there until about 8:15, and then we had to drive 20 miles into the park- winding around very very very tall mountains, in the dark, and the rain, at 15 and 20 miles per hour- to make it to Far Point Lodge. We checked in and had a snack- appetizers and drinks- at the upscale restaurant in the main lodge, then headed to our cabin.
Here's the "travel tip" portion of the post. If you've never stayed in a national park lodge before, read the description of the lodging very carefully on the website. Mesa Verde, for example, has two kinds of rooms: Standard and Kiva. Standard rooms come fully furnished with mini-fridges and comfy beds and a back patio, but no television or air conditioning. Which you don't necessarily need at 11,000 feet above sea level, even in July at night, because it was barely 60 degrees. I also post travel reviews on TripAdvisor, and I can't tell you how many people I saw bitching about "there's no air conditioning" and etc. I read ahead, realized that to get the a/c I'd have to get a Kiva room, and paid the extra couple of bucks to get an updated, clean, well-appointed and air-conditioned (but still televisionless) Kiva room. And the cost really wasn't much extra since I got a 20% discount from the website for booking early.
I stepped out onto our private back patio and breathed in some clean Colorado air, wondering what the view'd look like in the morning light, then headed to bed. I had to catch some solid z's to be prepared to climb around Indian cave ruins on Monday.
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Talk Zone / Re: stranger danger
« on: August 10, 2013, 10:43:50 am »
I'll be quite happy if the stRangers come limping back into Arlington with one or two losses to the Astros under their belts. I'll put an Astros flag in my front window and make Western omelettes for my neighbors with the tomatoes and eggs they leave on my front porch.
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Talk Zone / Re: Caption This?!?
« on: August 10, 2013, 10:41:46 am »
Auditions for Karate Kid 11 have really gotten out of control.
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Talk Zone / Re: (Points at Nolan Ryan, laughs heartily)
« on: August 10, 2013, 10:40:08 am »can't trade within your own division.
Which wouldn't be an issue if we weren't in the dag-blasted Amurrican Leeg.
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Talk Zone / Re: Rangers @ Astros Series Preview is now up
« on: August 10, 2013, 10:31:08 am »
Gentlemen, I thank you for your kind words. That 'un was cathartic, and fun, and also cathartic and fun, to write.
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Talk Zone / Darketh Stareth
« on: August 09, 2013, 10:21:57 am »
Pleaseth to checketh thy messageth privateth.
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Talk Zone / Re: Need this shirt
« on: August 08, 2013, 09:19:17 am »
Fantastic stuff. I gotta get one of the scoreboard steer.
Edit: And the Esperson building. Wow, those are some cool shirts.
Edit: And the Esperson building. Wow, those are some cool shirts.
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Beer and Queso / Re: annual happy birthday to me and andy z
« on: August 08, 2013, 09:12:58 am »
Happus belated birfdys to you bof!
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Beer and Queso / Re: "You're Killing Me, Smalls!"
« on: August 08, 2013, 09:12:21 am »
Just saw this myself... and, of course, ran right here to discover I'd been Cabrera'd.
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: Astros @ Twins August 3, 2013
« on: August 04, 2013, 06:49:18 pm »The lady on the post game just said "the bullpen blows.......(long pause).......it's 17th save of the season." I'm surprised it's only 17.
She could've stopped at "blows" and it'd have been accurate enough.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Settle in and give this one a good read
« on: August 03, 2013, 01:55:29 pm »It's written by a friend of my wife, about his father-in-law. I think you'll appreciate it.
That was very impactful. I think I'm going to let that sink in for a bit before I read the others.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: August 03, 2013, 01:41:57 pm »
Actually, Craig, some of the cafés and such did still have the misters. Pink's at Planet Hollywood did, and so did Mon Amí Gabí at Paris. Those are the only two I noticed during this trip, but Serendipity 3 and a few other places usually have them as well.
Saturday morning in Vegas. I woke up feeling bleh, so I left a note for the hubby and went to the workout facility to do my yoga. It's not as difficult as you might think, and it really does help the joints and muscles get moving properly. Feeling better, I went back up to get the hubby, who'd woken up by then, and went back downstairs to check out the craps tables. It wasn't a good morning for us that time, so we got breakfasts to go from Nathan's at the food court for everyone. We got ready and went out to the pool nice and early- while it was hot, but not blisteringly so. Being a Saturday morning at 10am, it wasn't crowded at the pool yet, so we paddled about and drank fruity non-alcoholic things. Big'Un has decided that he doesn't like pools for some reason, so he lounged on a nearby chaise and listened to music on his iPhone while sipping his concoctions. Which ain't a bad morning for a 15-year-old boy.
After two hours of sipping, paddling, lounging and re-applying sunscreen, we decided to head elsewhere for the day. After getting ready, we piled in the truck and drove to Planet Hollywood, intending to have lunch at Gordon Ramsay's BurGR. We went there last time we were in town, when it had newly opened, and it was great. This time, however, we noticed the line of walk-ups numbered about 60- no joke. So instead we went to the brunch buffet, which is good at Planet Hollywood. The woman in line next to me handed me a coupon for 25% off our bill that she'd gotten from the concierge upstairs, so that was a nice bonus. After weekend brunching, we did the walkaround of the shops and people-watched, then headed for the truck and did a GPS search for Count's Kustoms. He welcomes visitors to the showroom, and it's free, and all my guys like the show. Okay, I do too, but they watch it more routinely than I do.
The drive wasn't long, as the shop isn't all that far from the Strip. The lobby has purple velvet walls, which is sorta nifty. The Count obviously wasn't there, but about 5 staffers were, and they were all really friendly and answered questions readily. You see all the cars you'd see on the show, and you can't touch them, but you can take all the pictures you want. I got a shot of me next to a black Shelby Cobra, rawr. All the t-shirts for sale are overpriced, of course, but in the grand scheme of things, $25 isn't a bad price for a souvenir from Vegas. In fact, when I went to pay for the 4 shirts, the cashier- Brian- told me to grab another one on the house. Again- just nice people. We got the extra shirt for our friend who was house/dog-sitting for us because he's a big fan of the show as well.
We drove around for a bit, then went to the iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign for a quick photo and geocache. We've been by that thing so many damn times but never stopped. By then, it was after 4, and the heat was oppressive, so we went back to the suite to cool down and hang out for a bit. I made reservations for dinner at Battista's Hole in the Wall http://www.battistaslasvegas.com across the street from Bally's, just off the Strip. It's been around since the Rat Pack days- and they used to eat dinner there as well- and has a ton of character and good food. The menu's all-inclusive, so for one price you get salad or soup, entree', house red or white wine in carafes, bread, and cappuccino for afters. Portions are big, so consider sharing or be ready to take some home. Hoss and I shared chicken fettuccine Alfredo; Hubby got fettuccine with seafood sauce; and Big'Un got the special of the day, Steak Pizzaiola, which came with a roasted tomato sauce on top and pasta on the side. He isn't much of a pasta person, but I'll be damned if he didn't eat almost every bite of that big friggin' steak. The entertainment at Battista's is great: it's Gordy, who you can see on the top right of the home page. Gordy is tiny- he might have been 5'0" at one time in his life, but now he's hunched over. He has a huge smile and a huge accordion and wanders from room to room in the restaurant serenading everybody. Every time we see him, he exclaims, "Texas people! I LOVE Texas people!" and our song is "Deep in the Heart of Texas." This time, he shook things up and sang, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for us. We asked him once if he knew Sinatra, and he looked at us very solemnly and replied, "Not only did I know Frankie, but I shook his hand." And the boys asked to shake Gordy's hand because they thought it was cool to shake the hand of a guy who shook Sinatra's hand. Gordy has been at Battista's over 34 years, according to staff, and when the current owners- a corporation- bought the place, the owners sold on the condition that everything was kept the same- including Gordy.
We drove over to Bellagio to check out the indoor garden, then went out front for the fountain and light show. That stuff's always fun, as well as free. It'd cooled down at night some, so we walked around for about an hour watching people take pictures with the random characters who stand on the corners making cash for photos. There were showgirls, Buzz Lightyear and Woody, Garfield, Smurfs, Bumblebee from Transformers, and Allan from "The Hangover" with a faux baby Carlos. We briefly considered going to Sugar Factory at Paris for something sweet, but nixed the idea because we were so full. And if teenagers turn down dessert, you know they *must* be full. Or ill, which mine weren't.
So it was back to the Luxor suite, where I dozed off watching National League baseball. I think it was the Giants and the Padres that night. Zzzzz...
Saturday morning in Vegas. I woke up feeling bleh, so I left a note for the hubby and went to the workout facility to do my yoga. It's not as difficult as you might think, and it really does help the joints and muscles get moving properly. Feeling better, I went back up to get the hubby, who'd woken up by then, and went back downstairs to check out the craps tables. It wasn't a good morning for us that time, so we got breakfasts to go from Nathan's at the food court for everyone. We got ready and went out to the pool nice and early- while it was hot, but not blisteringly so. Being a Saturday morning at 10am, it wasn't crowded at the pool yet, so we paddled about and drank fruity non-alcoholic things. Big'Un has decided that he doesn't like pools for some reason, so he lounged on a nearby chaise and listened to music on his iPhone while sipping his concoctions. Which ain't a bad morning for a 15-year-old boy.
After two hours of sipping, paddling, lounging and re-applying sunscreen, we decided to head elsewhere for the day. After getting ready, we piled in the truck and drove to Planet Hollywood, intending to have lunch at Gordon Ramsay's BurGR. We went there last time we were in town, when it had newly opened, and it was great. This time, however, we noticed the line of walk-ups numbered about 60- no joke. So instead we went to the brunch buffet, which is good at Planet Hollywood. The woman in line next to me handed me a coupon for 25% off our bill that she'd gotten from the concierge upstairs, so that was a nice bonus. After weekend brunching, we did the walkaround of the shops and people-watched, then headed for the truck and did a GPS search for Count's Kustoms. He welcomes visitors to the showroom, and it's free, and all my guys like the show. Okay, I do too, but they watch it more routinely than I do.
The drive wasn't long, as the shop isn't all that far from the Strip. The lobby has purple velvet walls, which is sorta nifty. The Count obviously wasn't there, but about 5 staffers were, and they were all really friendly and answered questions readily. You see all the cars you'd see on the show, and you can't touch them, but you can take all the pictures you want. I got a shot of me next to a black Shelby Cobra, rawr. All the t-shirts for sale are overpriced, of course, but in the grand scheme of things, $25 isn't a bad price for a souvenir from Vegas. In fact, when I went to pay for the 4 shirts, the cashier- Brian- told me to grab another one on the house. Again- just nice people. We got the extra shirt for our friend who was house/dog-sitting for us because he's a big fan of the show as well.
We drove around for a bit, then went to the iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign for a quick photo and geocache. We've been by that thing so many damn times but never stopped. By then, it was after 4, and the heat was oppressive, so we went back to the suite to cool down and hang out for a bit. I made reservations for dinner at Battista's Hole in the Wall http://www.battistaslasvegas.com across the street from Bally's, just off the Strip. It's been around since the Rat Pack days- and they used to eat dinner there as well- and has a ton of character and good food. The menu's all-inclusive, so for one price you get salad or soup, entree', house red or white wine in carafes, bread, and cappuccino for afters. Portions are big, so consider sharing or be ready to take some home. Hoss and I shared chicken fettuccine Alfredo; Hubby got fettuccine with seafood sauce; and Big'Un got the special of the day, Steak Pizzaiola, which came with a roasted tomato sauce on top and pasta on the side. He isn't much of a pasta person, but I'll be damned if he didn't eat almost every bite of that big friggin' steak. The entertainment at Battista's is great: it's Gordy, who you can see on the top right of the home page. Gordy is tiny- he might have been 5'0" at one time in his life, but now he's hunched over. He has a huge smile and a huge accordion and wanders from room to room in the restaurant serenading everybody. Every time we see him, he exclaims, "Texas people! I LOVE Texas people!" and our song is "Deep in the Heart of Texas." This time, he shook things up and sang, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for us. We asked him once if he knew Sinatra, and he looked at us very solemnly and replied, "Not only did I know Frankie, but I shook his hand." And the boys asked to shake Gordy's hand because they thought it was cool to shake the hand of a guy who shook Sinatra's hand. Gordy has been at Battista's over 34 years, according to staff, and when the current owners- a corporation- bought the place, the owners sold on the condition that everything was kept the same- including Gordy.
We drove over to Bellagio to check out the indoor garden, then went out front for the fountain and light show. That stuff's always fun, as well as free. It'd cooled down at night some, so we walked around for about an hour watching people take pictures with the random characters who stand on the corners making cash for photos. There were showgirls, Buzz Lightyear and Woody, Garfield, Smurfs, Bumblebee from Transformers, and Allan from "The Hangover" with a faux baby Carlos. We briefly considered going to Sugar Factory at Paris for something sweet, but nixed the idea because we were so full. And if teenagers turn down dessert, you know they *must* be full. Or ill, which mine weren't.
So it was back to the Luxor suite, where I dozed off watching National League baseball. I think it was the Giants and the Padres that night. Zzzzz...
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Beer and Queso / Re: Quiz Hard
« on: August 02, 2013, 08:15:19 am »he has. I hold the proof in my hand.
Foul! Have you no respect for lawyer-client confidentiality?!?
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Beer and Queso / Drivers' Advisory
« on: August 02, 2013, 08:12:57 am »
I'm leaving in 10 minutes to take Big'Un for his written test to get his learners' permit. You've all been warned. Drive within 100 miles of him at your own risk.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: August 02, 2013, 08:11:40 am »
Okay. So Friday of that trip wasn't terribly eventful vacation-activity-wise. We got up and went to our favorite place for breakfast in Flagstaff, Charly's at the Weatherford Hotel, for their Navajo Breakfast- eggs, beans (black or refried) and other taco accoutrements on top of a piece of Navajo fry bread. It's so good, and it fills us up so that we don't have to eat immediately when we get to Vegas. And everyone gets a little jigger of peaches with whipped cream and nutmeg to nibble before breakfast comes. Yummy. The Weatherford has some really great character, both in the building itself and in its location. We stayed there a couple of years ago just before Christmas, and it was sooo pretty waking up on my birthday to snow. I don't normally get that in Texas.
Just as we pull in to Charly's, the check engine light comes on. I figure out how to work the ignition so the diagnosis code comes up, and it looks like an emissions problem. I call our mechanic back home and he confirms that's what it sounds like based on what I'm telling him. Over breakfast, we decide to find a local mechanic to look at the problem, because (1) there ain't much between Flagstaff and Vegas and (2) now's the best time to do it, because we really didn't have much planned for the day. We found a place on Yelp, and not only where they nice, but they quickly found the problem- a cracked elbow-shaped hose fitting that was allowing unfiltered air to come into the system- and a hundred bucks and an hour later, we were back on the road. Which reminds me that I promised the guy I'd go online and write a nice review about his place in appreciation, so maybe I'll tackle that next. (FYI: Flagstaff Auto Repair on E. Huntington, if by small-world chance anyone here needs that!) I appreciate a mechanic who doesn't take the opportunity to swindle tourists.
Off to Vegas. The drive over Hoover Dam is so much easier now that they've built the bypass; you don't wait in line for a potential car search by Homeland Security to go down that two-lane winding road that takes you over the dam. On the flip side, you don't actually see the dam while driving on the bypass. However, just past the bridge on the bypass, you can park and take the walkway built into the bypass to look down upon the dam, which is a great view. We've done the whole dam(n) tour before, as we've been doing this annual Vegas drive since the boys were little, so now we just take the bypass.
Holy schnikeys, was it hot in Vegas. You're thinking, yeah, of course, it's Vegas, but "hot in Vegas" isn't "hot in Texas." There is not one single ounce of humidity in the air, so you don't really sweat- it evaporates. And it was 115 that day. You've got to drink lots of water and monitor yourself while walking around. We checked into the Luxor (if you join their email list, you get frequent email deals- we got a two-room suite for just over $100 a night on a weekend) and walked around there and Mandalay Bay for a bit. The hubby and I played a little craps while the boys headed up to the room to chill out, and we did okay. With a $20 food and beverage credit and a little newfound cash, we went downstairs to Rice & Co. for an Asian dinner. I highly recommend the place. They bring chefs in from overseas to cook and tout their food as authentic Asian cooking. I've never been to Asia, but I've been to Rice & Co. twice now, and each time, it was really good. Next time I go, I'll have to try the bright green wasabi martini. I know, sounds weird, but our waiter- a good Jersey boy named John- promised that it was light and refreshing.
After dinner, we strolled around the shops at Mandalay Place and people-watched. The hubby and Big'Un headed up to the room while Hoss and I grabbed a quick geocache right outside the Luxor, and we headed back in for an early-ish night. Not a terribly exciting day, but after a day at the altitude of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon followed by Vegas heat, our systems were a little wonky. We lounged upstairs and watched live National League baseball for a while.
More to come later.
Just as we pull in to Charly's, the check engine light comes on. I figure out how to work the ignition so the diagnosis code comes up, and it looks like an emissions problem. I call our mechanic back home and he confirms that's what it sounds like based on what I'm telling him. Over breakfast, we decide to find a local mechanic to look at the problem, because (1) there ain't much between Flagstaff and Vegas and (2) now's the best time to do it, because we really didn't have much planned for the day. We found a place on Yelp, and not only where they nice, but they quickly found the problem- a cracked elbow-shaped hose fitting that was allowing unfiltered air to come into the system- and a hundred bucks and an hour later, we were back on the road. Which reminds me that I promised the guy I'd go online and write a nice review about his place in appreciation, so maybe I'll tackle that next. (FYI: Flagstaff Auto Repair on E. Huntington, if by small-world chance anyone here needs that!) I appreciate a mechanic who doesn't take the opportunity to swindle tourists.
Off to Vegas. The drive over Hoover Dam is so much easier now that they've built the bypass; you don't wait in line for a potential car search by Homeland Security to go down that two-lane winding road that takes you over the dam. On the flip side, you don't actually see the dam while driving on the bypass. However, just past the bridge on the bypass, you can park and take the walkway built into the bypass to look down upon the dam, which is a great view. We've done the whole dam(n) tour before, as we've been doing this annual Vegas drive since the boys were little, so now we just take the bypass.
Holy schnikeys, was it hot in Vegas. You're thinking, yeah, of course, it's Vegas, but "hot in Vegas" isn't "hot in Texas." There is not one single ounce of humidity in the air, so you don't really sweat- it evaporates. And it was 115 that day. You've got to drink lots of water and monitor yourself while walking around. We checked into the Luxor (if you join their email list, you get frequent email deals- we got a two-room suite for just over $100 a night on a weekend) and walked around there and Mandalay Bay for a bit. The hubby and I played a little craps while the boys headed up to the room to chill out, and we did okay. With a $20 food and beverage credit and a little newfound cash, we went downstairs to Rice & Co. for an Asian dinner. I highly recommend the place. They bring chefs in from overseas to cook and tout their food as authentic Asian cooking. I've never been to Asia, but I've been to Rice & Co. twice now, and each time, it was really good. Next time I go, I'll have to try the bright green wasabi martini. I know, sounds weird, but our waiter- a good Jersey boy named John- promised that it was light and refreshing.
After dinner, we strolled around the shops at Mandalay Place and people-watched. The hubby and Big'Un headed up to the room while Hoss and I grabbed a quick geocache right outside the Luxor, and we headed back in for an early-ish night. Not a terribly exciting day, but after a day at the altitude of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon followed by Vegas heat, our systems were a little wonky. We lounged upstairs and watched live National League baseball for a while.
More to come later.
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Beer and Queso / Re: OJ Getting Out?
« on: August 02, 2013, 07:48:11 am »Elsewhere in douchebaggery, the Cleveland Kidnapper is going to be sentenced tomorrow. He pleaded guilty to 937 charges of murder, rape and assault, in return for a sentence of life in prison, without parole, plus 1,000 years. The newspornmedia folks are all a flutter over whether his victims will attend and/or speak at the hearing, which strikes me as very unseemly of them.
...but he's not a monster, Limey. He's just sick. He's got an addiction. He said so. And hey, sickness sells. Addiction sells.
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Talk Zone / Re: The Future
« on: August 01, 2013, 10:54:34 pm »making any hitter pull happy is not good
...yeah, I'm kinda thinkin' Mrs. Happy would have an opinion about that.
...that *is* what you were talking about, right?
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Talk Zone / Re: Root...Root...Root...
« on: August 01, 2013, 10:50:53 pm »...for the 'Roots?
...Ah canna' do et, Cap'n. Ah jes canna'.
/montgomeryscott
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Talk Zone / Re: Conn, sonar!
« on: August 01, 2013, 10:48:06 pm »
I love the title and first-post-text of this thread. Perfect usage.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: August 01, 2013, 05:30:09 pm »
We finished the trip and made it home safe and sound. I wasn't able to finish posting while on the road because we just didn't have good internet service up in them thar mountains, and we've been rather busy since we returned. But we did some cool stuff afterwards, so when I get a second here in the next day or two, I'll continue.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Happy Birthday Wishes
« on: August 01, 2013, 05:28:42 pm »
Happy belated, Hudson!
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Beer and Queso / Re: "You're Killing Me, Smalls!"
« on: August 01, 2013, 05:28:23 pm »
I frequently emphasize things to Big'Un and Hoss with "FOR-EH-VER," to which I get, "Moooooooooom!"
The subject line is fantastic, but so is...
"You play ball like a girl!"
*collective horrified gasp*
The subject line is fantastic, but so is...
"You play ball like a girl!"
*collective horrified gasp*
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: July 12, 2013, 09:37:33 am »
Thursday morning, we headed 30 minutes west of Flagstaff to Williams to catch the Grand Canyon Railway. It's a 2.25-hour ride covering 65 miles of scenery up to The village at the South Rim. Well worth the ticket price: we had a very friendly and knowledgeable coach hostess (ask for Kellie), great on-board entertainment, and we didn't have to drive. They're very eco-conscious out here, as staff proudly notified us that riding the train kept 252 cars from using gas and producing exhaust to get in and out of the GC. Also, in another like effort, bottled water isn't sold at the GC. You can bring your own or buy a reusable water bottle and refill it at the numerous refilling stations at the park.
Kelloe recommended that we have lunch first, as most people take pics first and then slam the three or four eateries afterwards, creating long lines. We took her advice and headed to the Arizona Room at Bright Angel Lodge, which has a wall of windows facing the GC. The food was good and we got a view while we noshed. About 12 feet outside our window was a bush of some type, which camouflaged the entrance to a ground squirrel burrow. The little critters came out and dug around in the grass for snacks while we ate. They were hysterical. (Don't feed the animals at the GC- the ticket you'll get written by the National Park Service is supposedly 5 grand!)
After lunch, we walked along the rim... Wow. I kept trying to think of adjectives to use to describe the GC, but the one that repeatedly sticks in my noggin is "majestic." So I'll just stick with that. Holy moly, what a sight. We strolled up to Lookout Studio, where they boast four different views of the GC from four different patio elevations, then turned around and strolled back east past BA Lodge. We stopped in front of the Hopi Cultural Center and watched some young Navajo men perform a hoop dance- so interesting. Walked some more, then stopped for a Ranger Chat on Canyon Critters- a 20-minute talk-demo on identifying some of the signs and skulls of canyon wildlife.
Throughout our visit, Son #2 completed the required activities from his booklet to be sworn in as a Junior Ranger by Ranger Graciela, so he earned his Junior Ranger badge and his mother bought him a celebratory ball cap with "Junior Ranger" stitched on it. He pinned his badge on his hat, and that kid got more compliments from passers-by for that. One man unwittingly gave the boy his new nickname. The guy saw the Junior Ranger badge and said, "You earned that in just a couple of hours? Good work, Hoss," and clapped the boy on the shoulder. He didn't stop grinning for a while. So now I suppose the offspring will be known as Big 'Un and Hoss. Big 'Un has not lost his sense of typical teenagery on this trip so far, but he's been respectful and had a good time. That's the history-geography nerd in him that he gets from his momma.
The return train ride included more on-board entertainment, including a train robbery, much to the delight of the younger children in our coach. Kellie kept pointing out ruins of old pre-railroad towns, currently operating remote ranches, and other interesting things we saw out of our windows. There are still old telegraph poles along the tracks that run from Williams to the GC, and there was a telegraph office at the El Tovar Hotel until the 1950's. the poles are protected by the Antiquities Act- that's how long they've been there- and some of them support telephone lines that bring phone service to those remote ranches.
It was raining in Williams when we disembarked, so we scurried to our truck- hey, look, there's another truck with a UH sticker parked in our row!- and drove into Williams to have dinner at The Branding Iron. It's situated in a small replica old west shopping plaza. Dr./Mr. took photos of the offspring in the "jail" and with the mannequin of the Marshal. Dinner was good, even if the green beans were a bit overcooked. Perhaps the chef is from the south, where we're not typically known for allowing vegetables to die natural deaths. Redskin mashed taters with skins left on and chicken-fried steak we could cut with our forks made up for that.
We drove back to our hotel in Flagstaff to drop Dr./Mr. and Big 'Un at the hotel. They were pooped and decided to pass on the next activity. Hoss and I made the short drive to Lowell Observatory, which is open until 10pm during the summer. That place is smallish but very cool. We went through the exhibit on comets and meteors, then to the little white domed building that people think of when they hear the word "observatory." That building is a museum to Lowell and his family, the team of people who stargazed and discovered Pluto, and all the equipment they used. In the center of the room, a docent was doing a presentation of the night sky on a portable 3-D black planetarium screen, and we picked up some of what she was saying and showing as we looked at the cool stuff around the room. Part of the exhibit includes the actual photos that were taken of Pluto, which were used for measurements and such to determine that yes, there really is another planet out there.
We walked out of the museum and found a docent setting up a portable 16" telescope- which isn't as small as it sounds, being about 7 feet tall or so. He'd found the star Arcturus in the cloudy sky and kids and parents were lining up for a closer look. Hoss got in line, and when he was about 5 people away from the scope, the docent suddenly starts and looks at the sky, then says, "Pardon me, folks, I'm gonna move this telescope just one more time." So he moves the thing about six feet to the southwest, re-angles and fiddles with it, looks through it, and finally says, "Okay, folks, if you'll form a queue, you can come see Saturn with its rings and some of its moons." Hoss was 3rd in line and I was 4th. I looked, and I'll be damned- that's really Saturn, those are really its rings, and those little dots that look like stars are its moons, which can't be seen from earth with the naked eye, but can be with a telescope providing 90x magnification. I admit it- I squealed. Looking at Saturn through a telescope on the grounds of the observatory where they discovered Pluto is sooo much more than looking at photos of Saturn in picture books. Hoss's grin returned.
We could have stayed longer, as it was 8:30 pm and pitch black at this point, but we were bushed, so we went back to the main building and peeked in the gift shop. Hoss got a glow-in-the-dark shirt with constellations on it, and I couldn't resist- I got one that proclaims, "When I was your age Pluto was a planet. Lowell Observatory." On the way back down the hill, Hoss and I stopped at a scenic overlook and got out of the truck, getting a fantastic nighttime view of downtown Flagstaff. As we drove through downtown back to our hotel, we nabbed a quick geocache in front of the Orpheum Theater, now a refurbished, popular alternative music venue. This was part of a series of caches placed by the Historic Arizona-Route 66 project, so again, cool.
So yeah. We saw the Grand Canyon and Saturn with rings and moons in the same day. A pretty damn jaw-dropping experience for us.
Dr./Mr. Just awoke, and the offspring will follow very shortly. After we get ready and pack up, we're off to Charly's at the Weatherford Hotel here in Flagstaff for breakfast, where I'm sure the Dr./Mr. and I will order our usual Navajo taco breakfast. It's so damned good. I gassed up the truck last night, so after breakfast, it's off for the 4-hour drive to Viva Las Vegas, baby.
Kelloe recommended that we have lunch first, as most people take pics first and then slam the three or four eateries afterwards, creating long lines. We took her advice and headed to the Arizona Room at Bright Angel Lodge, which has a wall of windows facing the GC. The food was good and we got a view while we noshed. About 12 feet outside our window was a bush of some type, which camouflaged the entrance to a ground squirrel burrow. The little critters came out and dug around in the grass for snacks while we ate. They were hysterical. (Don't feed the animals at the GC- the ticket you'll get written by the National Park Service is supposedly 5 grand!)
After lunch, we walked along the rim... Wow. I kept trying to think of adjectives to use to describe the GC, but the one that repeatedly sticks in my noggin is "majestic." So I'll just stick with that. Holy moly, what a sight. We strolled up to Lookout Studio, where they boast four different views of the GC from four different patio elevations, then turned around and strolled back east past BA Lodge. We stopped in front of the Hopi Cultural Center and watched some young Navajo men perform a hoop dance- so interesting. Walked some more, then stopped for a Ranger Chat on Canyon Critters- a 20-minute talk-demo on identifying some of the signs and skulls of canyon wildlife.
Throughout our visit, Son #2 completed the required activities from his booklet to be sworn in as a Junior Ranger by Ranger Graciela, so he earned his Junior Ranger badge and his mother bought him a celebratory ball cap with "Junior Ranger" stitched on it. He pinned his badge on his hat, and that kid got more compliments from passers-by for that. One man unwittingly gave the boy his new nickname. The guy saw the Junior Ranger badge and said, "You earned that in just a couple of hours? Good work, Hoss," and clapped the boy on the shoulder. He didn't stop grinning for a while. So now I suppose the offspring will be known as Big 'Un and Hoss. Big 'Un has not lost his sense of typical teenagery on this trip so far, but he's been respectful and had a good time. That's the history-geography nerd in him that he gets from his momma.
The return train ride included more on-board entertainment, including a train robbery, much to the delight of the younger children in our coach. Kellie kept pointing out ruins of old pre-railroad towns, currently operating remote ranches, and other interesting things we saw out of our windows. There are still old telegraph poles along the tracks that run from Williams to the GC, and there was a telegraph office at the El Tovar Hotel until the 1950's. the poles are protected by the Antiquities Act- that's how long they've been there- and some of them support telephone lines that bring phone service to those remote ranches.
It was raining in Williams when we disembarked, so we scurried to our truck- hey, look, there's another truck with a UH sticker parked in our row!- and drove into Williams to have dinner at The Branding Iron. It's situated in a small replica old west shopping plaza. Dr./Mr. took photos of the offspring in the "jail" and with the mannequin of the Marshal. Dinner was good, even if the green beans were a bit overcooked. Perhaps the chef is from the south, where we're not typically known for allowing vegetables to die natural deaths. Redskin mashed taters with skins left on and chicken-fried steak we could cut with our forks made up for that.
We drove back to our hotel in Flagstaff to drop Dr./Mr. and Big 'Un at the hotel. They were pooped and decided to pass on the next activity. Hoss and I made the short drive to Lowell Observatory, which is open until 10pm during the summer. That place is smallish but very cool. We went through the exhibit on comets and meteors, then to the little white domed building that people think of when they hear the word "observatory." That building is a museum to Lowell and his family, the team of people who stargazed and discovered Pluto, and all the equipment they used. In the center of the room, a docent was doing a presentation of the night sky on a portable 3-D black planetarium screen, and we picked up some of what she was saying and showing as we looked at the cool stuff around the room. Part of the exhibit includes the actual photos that were taken of Pluto, which were used for measurements and such to determine that yes, there really is another planet out there.
We walked out of the museum and found a docent setting up a portable 16" telescope- which isn't as small as it sounds, being about 7 feet tall or so. He'd found the star Arcturus in the cloudy sky and kids and parents were lining up for a closer look. Hoss got in line, and when he was about 5 people away from the scope, the docent suddenly starts and looks at the sky, then says, "Pardon me, folks, I'm gonna move this telescope just one more time." So he moves the thing about six feet to the southwest, re-angles and fiddles with it, looks through it, and finally says, "Okay, folks, if you'll form a queue, you can come see Saturn with its rings and some of its moons." Hoss was 3rd in line and I was 4th. I looked, and I'll be damned- that's really Saturn, those are really its rings, and those little dots that look like stars are its moons, which can't be seen from earth with the naked eye, but can be with a telescope providing 90x magnification. I admit it- I squealed. Looking at Saturn through a telescope on the grounds of the observatory where they discovered Pluto is sooo much more than looking at photos of Saturn in picture books. Hoss's grin returned.
We could have stayed longer, as it was 8:30 pm and pitch black at this point, but we were bushed, so we went back to the main building and peeked in the gift shop. Hoss got a glow-in-the-dark shirt with constellations on it, and I couldn't resist- I got one that proclaims, "When I was your age Pluto was a planet. Lowell Observatory." On the way back down the hill, Hoss and I stopped at a scenic overlook and got out of the truck, getting a fantastic nighttime view of downtown Flagstaff. As we drove through downtown back to our hotel, we nabbed a quick geocache in front of the Orpheum Theater, now a refurbished, popular alternative music venue. This was part of a series of caches placed by the Historic Arizona-Route 66 project, so again, cool.
So yeah. We saw the Grand Canyon and Saturn with rings and moons in the same day. A pretty damn jaw-dropping experience for us.
Dr./Mr. Just awoke, and the offspring will follow very shortly. After we get ready and pack up, we're off to Charly's at the Weatherford Hotel here in Flagstaff for breakfast, where I'm sure the Dr./Mr. and I will order our usual Navajo taco breakfast. It's so damned good. I gassed up the truck last night, so after breakfast, it's off for the 4-hour drive to Viva Las Vegas, baby.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: July 12, 2013, 01:22:51 am »
We had such a great day today. I'm too exhausted to write anything that would do the day justice. You guys'll have to hear about the Grand Canyon and Lowell Observatory tomorrow. Nighty nite.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: July 11, 2013, 11:16:39 am »
Managed to snag tickets on the Grand Canyon Railway this morning. We board in 2. Looking forward to the scenery.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Dwight Howard a Rocket?
« on: July 11, 2013, 08:44:07 am »The line moves pretty quickly. It's worth the wait.
Well shoot, I'll try again, then
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Beer and Queso / Road trippin', summer 2013
« on: July 11, 2013, 08:33:25 am »
Left Denton yesterday morning at oh-dark-forty-five. Trucked right along aaaall damn day. Stopped in little Quanah, TX, for a potty break and a geocache. (If you don't know, visit www.geocaching.com.) It's the little quirky, off-the-beaten-path tidbits like that that make life interesting.
Zoomed through Amarillo, keeping it simple with sammiches for lunch. We have stopped at the Big Texan several times in the past, and I think it's worth it to go there at least once. We skipped it this time because every time we have lunch there, it's an hour and a half or more because ya do a lotta waiting. The plus to stopping there is the older guy with the guitar, a session musician from Palo Duro who strolls around singing anything you request- or anything he intelligently chooses if your request is too cheeseball- and tells stories about growing up in the area and all the musicians, famous and not famous, who he's known and/or worked with. Talking to him is well worth a ten-dollar tip, let alone the buck most folks give him.
We blew past Cadillac Ranch- we waved, because it's on the opposite side of the freeway from where we were headed- and made it to the ABQ. We looked for our second geocache of the day after filling up, and it was one we were keen to get, but damned if somebody didn't call, causing my phone to lose the gps signal. We couldn't readily recapture it, so we headed back to 40 and kept on moving. We hit a pocket of cool, stormy rain with fantastic lightning over the AZ state line, but it fizzled out after an hour. Made it to Flagstaff for dinner at the Lumberyard, which brews its own beer (and root beer, much to the offsprings' delight) and has a respectable Hefeweizen. Caught a little of the Diamondbacks-Dodgers game while we were there.
Today we'll head up to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, where the Dr./Mr. has been but the 94CG and the offspring have not. We'll be there all day, and if we're not too tuckered tonight, we'll head to the Lowell Observatory- where Pluto was discovered- tonight. In the summer, Lowell is open until 9/10 pm for nighttime stargazing. Son #2 has wanted to go there for years, and this is the year. If we're pooped, we'll hit it on Friday morning for the exhibits.
Zoomed through Amarillo, keeping it simple with sammiches for lunch. We have stopped at the Big Texan several times in the past, and I think it's worth it to go there at least once. We skipped it this time because every time we have lunch there, it's an hour and a half or more because ya do a lotta waiting. The plus to stopping there is the older guy with the guitar, a session musician from Palo Duro who strolls around singing anything you request- or anything he intelligently chooses if your request is too cheeseball- and tells stories about growing up in the area and all the musicians, famous and not famous, who he's known and/or worked with. Talking to him is well worth a ten-dollar tip, let alone the buck most folks give him.
We blew past Cadillac Ranch- we waved, because it's on the opposite side of the freeway from where we were headed- and made it to the ABQ. We looked for our second geocache of the day after filling up, and it was one we were keen to get, but damned if somebody didn't call, causing my phone to lose the gps signal. We couldn't readily recapture it, so we headed back to 40 and kept on moving. We hit a pocket of cool, stormy rain with fantastic lightning over the AZ state line, but it fizzled out after an hour. Made it to Flagstaff for dinner at the Lumberyard, which brews its own beer (and root beer, much to the offsprings' delight) and has a respectable Hefeweizen. Caught a little of the Diamondbacks-Dodgers game while we were there.
Today we'll head up to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, where the Dr./Mr. has been but the 94CG and the offspring have not. We'll be there all day, and if we're not too tuckered tonight, we'll head to the Lowell Observatory- where Pluto was discovered- tonight. In the summer, Lowell is open until 9/10 pm for nighttime stargazing. Son #2 has wanted to go there for years, and this is the year. If we're pooped, we'll hit it on Friday morning for the exhibits.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Dwight Howard a Rocket?
« on: July 11, 2013, 08:13:28 am »Apparently, Dwight bought breakfast for everyone in line at the Breakfast Klub this morning, so that's cool. In the immortal words of Hunter Pence, "Houston's gotta eat!"
I heard about that. That's pretty cool of him. I've still never been to TBK- every time I try, the line's down the block.
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Talk Zone / Re: Umpire fired for drug use
« on: July 08, 2013, 02:09:53 pm »
Chipper Jones apparently agrees with Navin...
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/chipper-jones-says-won-t-watch-games-umpired-103009650.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/chipper-jones-says-won-t-watch-games-umpired-103009650.html
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Talk Zone / Re: Manny to the Rangers
« on: July 08, 2013, 02:09:17 pm »
We've already been to the Pluckers in Grapevine and Plano. Good, but pricey. I will say that their mac & cheese is very good and they make a nice patty melt.
Just tried Quaker Steak & Lube in Carrollton last night after the RoughRiders game. Pretty good.
I have two teenage boys, one of whom is a fan of BWW, and of the three wing restaurants mentioned in this post, BWW's the closest by far. Plus the one by us always hires a manager who is from Houston or has worked at a BWW in Houston, so any time we're there and request that a tv near us gets tuned to a channel with a Houston sports team, we get obliged very quickly.
Just tried Quaker Steak & Lube in Carrollton last night after the RoughRiders game. Pretty good.
I have two teenage boys, one of whom is a fan of BWW, and of the three wing restaurants mentioned in this post, BWW's the closest by far. Plus the one by us always hires a manager who is from Houston or has worked at a BWW in Houston, so any time we're there and request that a tv near us gets tuned to a channel with a Houston sports team, we get obliged very quickly.
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Talk Zone / Re: Manny to the Rangers
« on: July 05, 2013, 08:13:47 am »I thought that he was headed for Round Rock.
I figured he probably was, but I didn't know. I'd heard the news that he was headed for the minors but didn't know where. There were waaaay too many things on the Buffalo Wild Wings tv sets to hear that detail.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Paul Qui's interview in Texas Monthly
« on: July 04, 2013, 02:57:05 pm »
Since living in NoTx, I have come to the conclusion that I like Dallas well enough, but am glad I don't live there. Visiting there isn't bad. Some decent places to eat, some good museums, some interesting things to explore. The overall attitude of the majority of folks I've run into, though, seems to be either: (1) I live in Dallas and I'm a rich badass and you're a slug, or (2) I wish I could get out of Dallas because all these snobby people drive me nuts. You can see the vicious cycle. I agree that watching the Cowboys' train wreck every fall can be really darned entertaining. Unlike other non-natives who've moved up here, I don't actually hate the Rangers, but they're not *my* baseball team. I've felt very discombobulated this season because, no matter how awful the Astros do, I can't turn on my tv and see them live. Unless they're playing the Rangers.
I worked in Fort Worth for the first 6 months that we lived up here. Fort Worth people generally seem to be friendlier and more down-to-earth than Dallas people. Everyone I've run into in Fort Worth who's learned I'm originally from the Houston area was pleasant and had nice things to say about Houston, or they were very welcoming. Almost every native Dallas person who's found out where I'm from has wrinkled their nose or said something to the effect of, "Well, I can see why you'd come up here!" (You can? Interesting.) I liked working in Fort Worth, but the drive (among other things) finally got to me.
Denton has a good feel. It's part college town, part bigger-town-than-a-college-town, has a good music and food scene, and there's always something to do. Tons of lakes nearby, football, roller derby, hiking, camping, state parks, lots of outdoor stuff, but it's still cultured enough to have ballroom dance lessons and wine tastings if you're into that. Denton reminds me somewhat of Austin from the few times I visited there in the late 80's and early 90's. It's laid-back when you need it to be, but close enough to the cities that you can go there easily.
But don't let anyone who's lived in both places tell you the traffic in Houston is worse than the traffic in Dallas. My entire life until 2008, I lived within 2.5 or 3 miles from the Gulf Freeway, and that entire time, some portion of the freeway was being worked on. The traffic in Dallas is much worse than the traffic in Houston. Dallas doesn't grow its freeways.
I worked in Fort Worth for the first 6 months that we lived up here. Fort Worth people generally seem to be friendlier and more down-to-earth than Dallas people. Everyone I've run into in Fort Worth who's learned I'm originally from the Houston area was pleasant and had nice things to say about Houston, or they were very welcoming. Almost every native Dallas person who's found out where I'm from has wrinkled their nose or said something to the effect of, "Well, I can see why you'd come up here!" (You can? Interesting.) I liked working in Fort Worth, but the drive (among other things) finally got to me.
Denton has a good feel. It's part college town, part bigger-town-than-a-college-town, has a good music and food scene, and there's always something to do. Tons of lakes nearby, football, roller derby, hiking, camping, state parks, lots of outdoor stuff, but it's still cultured enough to have ballroom dance lessons and wine tastings if you're into that. Denton reminds me somewhat of Austin from the few times I visited there in the late 80's and early 90's. It's laid-back when you need it to be, but close enough to the cities that you can go there easily.
But don't let anyone who's lived in both places tell you the traffic in Houston is worse than the traffic in Dallas. My entire life until 2008, I lived within 2.5 or 3 miles from the Gulf Freeway, and that entire time, some portion of the freeway was being worked on. The traffic in Dallas is much worse than the traffic in Houston. Dallas doesn't grow its freeways.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Key West
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Talk Zone / Re: That took long enough.
« on: July 04, 2013, 02:36:39 pm »or just walk away in disgust
That was brilliant, ma'am.
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Game Zone 2013 Archive / Re: Rays @ Astros July 4, 2013
« on: July 04, 2013, 02:34:32 pm »What's everyone doing today? I grilled earlier and am going to the Mudhens' game after this one is over.
Smoking some baby backs in the backyard. Going to listen to a few bands and see some fireworks later at Apogee Stadium with friends from the university. Grumbling because, yet again, I can't turn on my television and see the Astros game.
The offspring are washing our 1977 Ford pick-em-up in the driveway as I type. After, I'm taking Big 'Un to an empty parking lot and giving him a driving lesson in it. He starts driver's ed after we return from family vacation.
Sobering thought: Big 'Un was in 3rd grade when I started posting at this site. If I'm remembering my time frame correctly. *sigh*
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Beer and Queso / Re: Key West
« on: July 04, 2013, 02:29:21 pm »Blue Heaven for Lobster Eggs Benedict.
Well, now I can hope my older son doesn't find this place on Google any time soon. He'll bug me for months until I plan a family trip there.
There's a place here in Denton that makes a crab cake Eggs Benedict. It's one of Big Un's favorite dishes. And it's one of those places that uses all-organic ingredients and such, so all the food taste very clean and very good.
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Talk Zone / Re: Manny to the Rangers
« on: July 04, 2013, 02:24:17 pm »
We're gonna be at RoughRiders (AA) games on Saturday and Sunday. Wonder if we'll see 'im.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Moving
« on: June 20, 2013, 01:00:51 pm »
Check on switching your utilities earlier than you'd think you'd need to. It no longer takes 3 days to get electricity or DirecTv turned on somewhere.
Anything you've got left to purge, don't take anywhere- Box or bag it up and call one of those charities that will come pick it up from your porch and leave you a tax-deductible form. There are plenty of those- the Leukemia Society, veterans' groups, etc.
If you've got smaller animals (cats, Chihuahas, etc.), make sure you put them in carriers when you actually move them to the new place. Yes, it's not far, and yes, it feels like a big pain, but it'll keep them calmer during the ride and you don't risk one of them bolting for the hills when you open the car door. PetSmart and Petco have cardboard carriers very cheaply if you don't want to invest in a bunch of "permanent" carriers that you'll just have to store while you're in the apartment.
Anything you've got left to purge, don't take anywhere- Box or bag it up and call one of those charities that will come pick it up from your porch and leave you a tax-deductible form. There are plenty of those- the Leukemia Society, veterans' groups, etc.
If you've got smaller animals (cats, Chihuahas, etc.), make sure you put them in carriers when you actually move them to the new place. Yes, it's not far, and yes, it feels like a big pain, but it'll keep them calmer during the ride and you don't risk one of them bolting for the hills when you open the car door. PetSmart and Petco have cardboard carriers very cheaply if you don't want to invest in a bunch of "permanent" carriers that you'll just have to store while you're in the apartment.
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Beer and Queso / Re: RIP James Gandolfini
« on: June 20, 2013, 12:51:24 pm »
I can't follow Bench's comment with anything intelligible, so... yeah.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Happy birthday mister.
« on: June 20, 2013, 12:47:38 pm »
Belated Happy, Mr. birthday!
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Talk Zone / Re: The Commissioner Comes to Houston!
« on: June 13, 2013, 02:46:45 pm »I don't really care about him going to Houston, I'm looking forward to when the commissioner goes to hell.
Fantastic work, sir. Do you offer a warranty?
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Talk Zone / Re: The Commissioner Comes to Houston!
« on: June 12, 2013, 10:33:50 am »
Meh. I toot in his general direction.
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Talk Zone / Re: Astros @ Mariners "Preview" Posted Here!
« on: June 12, 2013, 10:32:01 am »
Nicely done, sir!
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Talk Zone / Re: This list of draft prospects will make you feel old...
« on: June 12, 2013, 10:19:26 am »
Frickin' kids. Get off my lawn!
In the "feeling old" department, we've gotten mini-season tickets to the Frisco Roughriders for the past few years. Yeah, Rangers AA team, I know, but those games are funner than going all the way to Arlington. Last season we saw a lot of Jurickson Profar, who made it to the Big Show this season. Profar's less than 5 years older than my older son.
*sigh*
In the "feeling old" department, we've gotten mini-season tickets to the Frisco Roughriders for the past few years. Yeah, Rangers AA team, I know, but those games are funner than going all the way to Arlington. Last season we saw a lot of Jurickson Profar, who made it to the Big Show this season. Profar's less than 5 years older than my older son.
*sigh*
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Beer and Queso / Re: College World Series
« on: June 12, 2013, 10:09:47 am »
I found myself in a bit of a surreal spot this weekend... in Houston, surrounded by relatives who are Mississippi State fans. They politely admired Rice until the bitter end, however.
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Talk Zone / Re: Ian Kennedy: Headhunter
« on: June 12, 2013, 09:51:17 am »
Longer video of the second brawl, which led to 6 ejections: http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?topic_id=6479266&content_id=27951177
Crazy, crazy, crazy. I'm expecting several suspensions over the next couple of days. Greinke may not get one, but he deserves one, and Kennedy damn sure does, tossing at two different guys' heads.
Crazy, crazy, crazy. I'm expecting several suspensions over the next couple of days. Greinke may not get one, but he deserves one, and Kennedy damn sure does, tossing at two different guys' heads.
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Beer and Queso / Re: demons down lumberjacks
« on: March 20, 2013, 09:52:43 pm »
Isn't it "NACK-ih-tesh" or summat? S'how I was told.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Top 5 Cusack Moments
« on: March 20, 2013, 09:39:04 pm »
I'm not sure I can narrow down Cusack's top moments to a particular number. It seems sacrilegious.
"I was sitting there alone on prom night, in a goddamn rented tuxedo, and my whole life flashed before my eyes. And I realized, finally, and for the first time, that I wanted to kill somebody. So I figured since I love you so much, it'd be a good idea if I didn't see you anymore. They're right behind us. So I was in the Gulf last year, I was doing this thing anyway. And I came up over this dune, and I saw the ocean. And it was on fire. The whole thing, on fire, and it was beautiful. So I just sat there and watched it, and that's when I realized there might be a meaning to life, you know, like an organic power that connects all living things. God, Yahweh, I dunno."
"I was sitting there alone on prom night, in a goddamn rented tuxedo, and my whole life flashed before my eyes. And I realized, finally, and for the first time, that I wanted to kill somebody. So I figured since I love you so much, it'd be a good idea if I didn't see you anymore. They're right behind us. So I was in the Gulf last year, I was doing this thing anyway. And I came up over this dune, and I saw the ocean. And it was on fire. The whole thing, on fire, and it was beautiful. So I just sat there and watched it, and that's when I realized there might be a meaning to life, you know, like an organic power that connects all living things. God, Yahweh, I dunno."
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Beer and Queso / Re: demons down lumberjacks
« on: March 20, 2013, 09:26:14 pm »
Some of the best fried pies I've ever eaten were at a bakery-and-gas-station in Natchitoches.
I cannot say the same for Naked Roaches.
I cannot say the same for Naked Roaches.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Albuquerque info
« on: March 20, 2013, 09:24:17 pm »My daughter took me to some place across the street from the university where we had some monster burritos. Can't remember the name, but they had a huge menu across the wall, an Erlacher jersey on the wall, etc. Seemed like it had probably been there forever. Frontier Restaurant, maybe?
Probably, as there is a place named that right across from UNM. We usually stop for the night in ABQ when we're driving back from Vegas, and this last time, we ate dinner at Frontier. Yum. The green chile chili they smother the cheese enchiladas with is really good. Not super expensive, either. For Guy Fieri fans, Standard Diner's not far from there. Upscale foodie-ish diner eats. Good, but a little on the rich side, both on the palate and the wallet. We haven't spent much time in ABQ other than spending an occasional night there, but I understand it's a good museum and scenery city.
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Talk Zone / Re: Astros Bright Future
« on: March 12, 2013, 03:28:36 pm »Houston? Until they dig themselves out from underneath the rubble, the Astros may be the worst organization in baseball. They're joining baseball's toughest division, where they'll have a hard time being competitive, much less making World Series runs.
I love how this gets tossed out into the media-verse like we folks who follow the Astros have never heard it before. You know, for the past couple of years straight, and all. Oy.
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Talk Zone / Re: Nolan out in Arlington?
« on: March 12, 2013, 03:25:31 pm »It was the Astros' (McLane's) ego and mismanagement that drove Ryan to Arlington. If he comes back to Houston because of the Rangers' ego and mismanagement, that would be delicious.
This, however, I do agree with. Har dee har har.
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Talk Zone / Re: Nolan out in Arlington?
« on: March 12, 2013, 03:24:51 pm »
I quit paying attention after the second day of the press announcing that they had no clue what was going on but were willing to share seventy-four wild rumors they'd collected from random sources. Somebody'll tell me when he makes a move or goes away.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Arky Vaughan
« on: March 12, 2013, 03:13:37 pm »
Happy belated to you, sir!
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Beer and Queso / Re: That's not true...that's impossible!
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Beer and Queso / Re: Mark Raup
« on: February 18, 2013, 08:27:04 am »
Happy belated, sir. Hope you had a great day.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Bowl Games
« on: December 29, 2012, 03:48:43 pm »
In Vegas now, but didn't see the entire game. BU made UCLA look like kindergarteners. I dunno what Baylor did, but they found somethin. Magic, spark, motivation, hookers, something.
Congrats to Rice for whoopin' AFA. That was a nice-looking win.
Syracuse and WVU are freezing their tochas off in Yankee Stadium at the moment. I wouldn't want to be there. 30 degrees, wind and snow. Eek.
And Navy, wth?!? Arizona State!??
Congrats to Rice for whoopin' AFA. That was a nice-looking win.
Syracuse and WVU are freezing their tochas off in Yankee Stadium at the moment. I wouldn't want to be there. 30 degrees, wind and snow. Eek.
And Navy, wth?!? Arizona State!??
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Beer and Queso / Re: Two Longhorn football players suspended for violating team rules
« on: December 29, 2012, 03:44:09 pm »I just heard on ESPN radio that the matter involving the two suspended players and the report of a police investigation of at least one Longhorn are unrelated events. If that is true, then there are two problems.
I dunno what's going on, but the ESPN newscast I saw this morning reported that McCoy and Hicks *were* suspended because of the allegations. We're gonna hear far more BS before we hear close-to-truth, I'm afraid.
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No kidding. The University of Montana doesn't even have a baseball team, which must be some sort of Communist plot. In fact, they don't play baseball in the Big Sky Conference.
North Texas doesn't have an intercollegiate baseball team, either, just a club one.
Hmmm...
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Just ducked around the corner to see if it was raining. Did I miss anything?
And if you didn't hear about Jim DeShaies... oh, never mind.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Merry Christmas eve, day,festivus..etc
« on: December 24, 2012, 11:59:13 pm »
We celebrate Christmas at our house, so to everyone who celebrates that or something else- even if it's just another Tuesday- have a great day, and I hope you are surrounded by family, friends, and good feelings.
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Beer and Queso / Re: hurry up 2013!
« on: December 23, 2012, 01:38:51 am »
Damn, Coach. Really glad you're okay.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texas weather next week
« on: December 23, 2012, 01:37:40 am »
I usually only head to the National Weather Center sites when there are hurricanes or tornadoes heading my direction, so I found the "weather lesson" interesting. Do they do that often on a "slow weather night", so to speak?
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Beer and Queso / Re: Our most heartfelt prayers and deepest sorrows
« on: December 23, 2012, 01:28:36 am »
Just returned from London, where I had lunch with a friend who works at the American Embassy there. Personnel there, American and not, are deeply saddened by the events. Connecticut is all over the news there.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Green chile cheeseburger
« on: December 14, 2012, 09:58:29 am »
Coyote Bluff Cafe in Amarillo. Little tiny hole in the wall, cash only (if I remember right), great burgers. The green chile cheese fries get served to you on a medium pizza tray.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Still Standing: The Earl Campbell Story
« on: December 14, 2012, 09:55:39 am »
Oh, shit. We totally dropped the ball on this one. Hubby'd heard about the show and we were planning on letting Big 'Un watch it, and in all our hubbub, we forgot about it. I gotta go Google it or something.
Big 'Un turned 15 in October, and he got what he'd been wanting for several years and we finally got off our butts and procured: an Earl Campbell Oilers replica jersey. Un-autographed- he wanted to wear it to school. And an NFL rookie card.
The kid was born after his time. Go figure that his favorite football player ever is Campbell.
Big 'Un turned 15 in October, and he got what he'd been wanting for several years and we finally got off our butts and procured: an Earl Campbell Oilers replica jersey. Un-autographed- he wanted to wear it to school. And an NFL rookie card.
The kid was born after his time. Go figure that his favorite football player ever is Campbell.
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Talk Zone / Re: Hanson a Halo
« on: December 14, 2012, 09:51:42 am »Or the same inning. Trout, Pujols and Hamilton probably at 1,3,4 in the lineup.
You know, I hadn't quite made it there yet since my brain's still fried from the massive paper I turned in this week, but since you bring it up... thaaaaaanks for that.
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Talk Zone / Re: Thome at DH?
« on: December 14, 2012, 09:43:24 am »I would support signing Jim Thome even if he were blind and missing a leg.
His team nickname: "Lucky" Jim Thome.
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Talk Zone / Re: Hanson a Halo
« on: December 14, 2012, 09:41:45 am »http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/8744414/josh-hamilton-agreed-deal-los-angeles-angels-sources-say
So now, not only do our guys hafta pitch against him and Pujols, but they gotta do it in the same game. Yaaay.
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Talk Zone / Re: A few baseball things on a sunday as I watch football...
« on: October 22, 2012, 04:06:15 pm »
I've been hiding my head in a massive school project, so I honestly don't know the answer to this next question. Did Ausmus not interview for the Sox position, or did he not get selected?
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Talk Zone / Re: Bravo Spinx!
« on: October 07, 2012, 11:41:20 pm »
Fantastic job, sir. A real humdinger.
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Beer and Queso / Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMR
« on: September 28, 2012, 10:43:33 am »
Happy, blessed, belated birthday, Coach!
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Beer and Queso / Re: Wish us luck...
« on: September 28, 2012, 10:39:56 am »
Bless you guys, austro, and best of luck to you all. My favorite photo from my wedding day that doesn't have my husband in it is a shot of me on my dad's arm in the church foyer about 10 seconds before he walked me down the aisle.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Best Way to Get to Plano from Houston
« on: September 28, 2012, 10:32:31 am »
And if you don't have a toll tag, you should get a bill in about a month. It's a few cents more for those without tags.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Happy birthday, NeilT
« on: September 25, 2012, 07:11:12 pm »
Happus borfdy!
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Terdinals @ Astros 09/25/12
« on: September 25, 2012, 07:10:22 pm »
On break from History of Criminal Justice. No score yet, I see.
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Beer and Queso / Re: I think it was Zipp ...
« on: September 23, 2012, 04:11:43 pm »
If that face can still land a 33-year-old piece of ass...
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Pirates @ Astros 09/23/12
« on: September 23, 2012, 04:10:13 pm »
Got homemade chili simmering on the stove... too bad I can't cook up the Astros another win over the jackwagon 'Roots.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 23, 2012, 04:07:04 pm »Well, I'm glad you asked. This little guy, and this little guy.
I had a kitty that looked almost exactly like #1 when I was a little girl, but for two noticeable differences... her "eyeliner" was thicker and more Cleopatra-like, and she was a polydactyl. 7 toes on each front paw (looked like boxing gloves) and 5 on each back paw. Congrats on your new kitties!
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 09:36:37 pm »
Didja catch the smack JD threw out about how the Rangers would promote the upcoming serieses with the Astros next year?
"This time... it matters."
"This time... it matters."
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 09:34:59 pm »
AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEE Altuve has to play serious limbo to keep from getting his head taken off. Bases were loaded, the walk forces in a run... 6-0, bottom 6. Skeery stuff.
I got some bad stuff, then, because I still feel like poo.
Ad I cadt breade, eider.
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Fucking druggie. What's this world coming to?
I got some bad stuff, then, because I still feel like poo.
Ad I cadt breade, eider.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:59:04 pm »
Out #1, top of the 6th... Altuve makes a diving catch behind 2nd and flips the ball over his body so that it bounces along the ground to the SS, and he snags it and gets the out. A Keystone-Cops-like moment went quite well, thankfully.
And while the Astros make another pitching change, I think this may be it for me. I'm just so darn out of it that I can't seem to pay attention to the game and operate a computer at the same time right now. I tried.
And while the Astros make another pitching change, I think this may be it for me. I'm just so darn out of it that I can't seem to pay attention to the game and operate a computer at the same time right now. I tried.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:26:44 pm »
Nice little 8-pitch inning there. On to the bottom of the 4th...
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:20:10 pm »
Lowrie got ahead 3-0 and promptly struck out to end the inning. Still 3-0.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:11:49 pm »
Altuve easily steals 3rd, no throw.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:08:53 pm »
I know! Some great folks going.
Brownie just said that Gonzales left the game with a strained right hammy. Bleh.
Brownie just said that Gonzales left the game with a strained right hammy. Bleh.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:07:48 pm »
Oh, ok. Astros scored earlier on a 3-run Lowrie dinger. Thanks, Brownie.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:07:00 pm »
Whack! Leadoff double to far LF for Altuve.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:04:36 pm »Slacker
I'm on lots of medicinal substances at the moment. Only 6 or 7 of my pistons are firing.
McCutchen strikes out to end top 3.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:03:02 pm »
Bam! No stolen base for Marte! Thrown out at 2nd. 2 outs, whassisname with the dreads (McCutchen) up to bat.
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Talk Zone / Re: Managerial hunt
« on: September 21, 2012, 08:02:05 pm »hmm did that restraining order get revoked?
She has competent representation.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 07:59:41 pm »
I got distracted reading the "shock waves" thread about JD & Brownie & crew, and they chattered happily away with Bidge for the entire bottom of the 2nd without doing any pbp, but nothing of consequence happened. Top 3 now.
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Beer and Queso / Re: The Red Sox Suck Shit This Year And I Hate All My Players'
« on: September 21, 2012, 07:54:16 pm »
...darn.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 07:50:26 pm »
Fernando (is that what Brownie said?) inherited 2 runners, then a single to SS led to a throw to first that was a hair late to load the bags. Next batter struck out, so... *whew*
Bidge having some nice extended discussion with JD & Brownie about the farm team system and how the kids have got to learn, improve, and "own" this team.
Bidge having some nice extended discussion with JD & Brownie about the farm team system and how the kids have got to learn, improve, and "own" this team.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / 9/21/12, Piroots at Colt 45's
« on: September 21, 2012, 07:45:11 pm »
Resident sickie checking in for periodic updates. Just woke up from a nap and turned on the tube, and all I know so far is that we're in the top of the top of the 2nd and just switched pitchers. Bidge is in the booth and we're ahead, 3-0.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:40:41 pm »Hello from Minneapolis. Really glad I forgot to bring a sweater.
Nice up yonder?
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:39:57 pm »
So much for that. 6-4-3 DP and we're headed to the bottom of the inning.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:35:34 pm »
A grounder accompanied by a botched tag leads to the Astros having runners on the corners... top 6 with 1 out...
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:26:17 pm »
Hey, there was that nice Barnes catch!
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:19:58 pm »You really need to check out the Barnes catch highlight in B1 and the Maxwell catch highlight in B2... Both SPECTACULAR (thought Barnes' catch was by far the better of the 2).
I shall indeed do that. When I'm not grading crappy undergraduate tests.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:17:04 pm »Again... Hadn't been his day...
Well. WFW.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:15:11 pm »
Bam! No stolen base for you!!
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 09-20-12 HOU vs FTC(o-ards)
« on: September 20, 2012, 02:14:22 pm »
Hey, a day game. Something to put on while I grade crappy undergraduate tests.
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Beer and Queso / Morning Amusement
« on: September 19, 2012, 11:53:10 am »
Cute thing this morning. The boys' morning schedules are a little out of whack this week, so the 6th grader has to ride the school bus to school while I take the 9th grader in the opposite direction. I drove the 6th grader to the bus stop, though, to make sure he got there on time. We got there 10 minutes before the bus was due to arrive, and there were kids already waiting at the stop. I made sure he had everything he needed and gave him the morning goodbye, and he looked at me, absolutely aghast, and said, "MOM, I'm not getting out yet with all those *girls* there!" I looked, and sure enough, the six kids waiting for the bus were all girls. With four more girls walking towards the bus stop from different directions. Not another boy in sight. I shook my head and prepared to make an amusing remark, when the Big 'Un chimed in: "Are you SERIOUS?!? If this was the high school bus stop, that'd be a *gold* mine!"
I laughed so hard that my truck shook. After about 30 seconds, another boy showed up, and mine felt brave enough to get out and wait for the bus.
I laughed so hard that my truck shook. After about 30 seconds, another boy showed up, and mine felt brave enough to get out and wait for the bus.
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Beer and Queso / Re: The Coogs
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:48:44 pm »
I agree, but our suckage seems to be getting grander each week.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:47:26 pm »Phillies were running on fumes when they hit Houston.
Huffing gas fumes affects gameplay.
/justsayno
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:25:14 pm »
Wow, another win. Good series.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:10:34 pm »
Lol @ the dog in the Cone of Shame.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:08:58 pm »
Whew.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:05:47 pm »
JD finally ran out of lefty Phillies batters to mention.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:03:48 pm »With our luck, she'll be Pam's replacement.
Speaking of "less of a leader" and "more delusional"...
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Beer and Queso / Re: The Coogs
« on: September 16, 2012, 04:02:06 pm »
I find myself in a spot where I have been several times in the past, as many Coog fans can also attest.
I guess if we're gonna suck, we may as well do it on a grand scale. Hello, Big East.
I guess if we're gonna suck, we may as well do it on a grand scale. Hello, Big East.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 03:59:46 pm »According to Phillies baseball, Ann Coulter's coming to Philadelphia. No wonder they're playing so crappy. They're all excited about Ann Coulter.
Is Philly her stop before she interviews for the Astro manager's spot?
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 03:54:32 pm »What aluckyfantastic way to get 4 runs there.
I'll take it.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 03:41:28 pm »
Maxwell blows past the speed trap like a bat outta hell!
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 03:39:53 pm »
Yeah, he got an entirely different form of chin music. Ow.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Phillies @ Astros, 9/16/12; Generous Hosts to the End
« on: September 16, 2012, 03:38:25 pm »
Well looka there!
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Talk Zone / Re: Say Goodnight, Gracie; Phillies at Astros Series Preview
« on: September 16, 2012, 08:42:11 am »
Fantastic job, sir.
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Talk Zone / Re: astros do start with rangers
« on: September 12, 2012, 11:10:33 pm »
Another possible reason to hate Seattle: the city is mentioned numerous times in thr Twilight books. The ones with the sparkly vampires.
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Beer and Queso / Re: 9/11/01
« on: September 12, 2012, 11:05:50 pm »
I was working for CPS in an ongoing services unit. I was late for a training on secondary trauma that day and the kids were cranky, so I left the radio off and sang songs with son #1 to pass the commute. Hubby had opened the private investigations firm, son #1 was almost 4, and son #2 was 7 months old. #2 was dropped off at the babysitter's, and her husband- who spoke more English than she did- had it on the tv. I thought a fire had broken out (due to a bomb or some such) at the Empire State Building and felt very sad. I took #1 to preschool 2 miles away and ran into the director. I asked if she knew about the fire, and she said, "It's not the Empire State Building. Planes crashed into the World Trade Center and one of the towers fell." i nearly vomited from horror and ran to my truck to turn on the radio. I sat there for about 10 minutes listening to Peter Jennings catch me up on what little we knew at that point. Finally, I started the truck and drove to a hotel at I-10 and Silber for the training. I pulled in and shut off the ignition, but couldn't bring myself to turn off the radio.
And then, Peter Jennings said, "Oh, God, the second tower." I could hear it falling in the background and leaned my forehead on the steering wheel. I finally gathered some strength and went into the training. The speaker stopped, and he and everyone else looked at me expectantly. I told them the second tower was gone, and nobody said anything for several seconds. Then the trainer kicked back in and we talked for a few minutes before continuing the training. Almost all of us ate lunch right there in the hotel's restaurant, where every tv was on the news. I don't remember a whole lot about the afternoon, but I know I spoke to my husband at some point, and after the training was over, I got the kids and went straight home. I remember seeing Lillian Garcia cry as she sang the National Anthem, and I remember John whassisface (used to be in The Acolytes) say that he hoped we turned the country of whoever did this into a parking lot.
And I remember thinking the next day, as I was driving to work, how eerie it was to drive by Hobby Airport and not see any planes taking off or landing. That day, I was back at the office by the Dome, and 4 of us went to the church attached to my son's preschool at lunch that day. No service, we just sat in the sanctuary quietly and lit candles. That night, I called my Dad, the former active-duty Marine who served in the Pacific in WWII, and he said, "We'll get 'em."
For anyone who doesn't know, secondary trauma is a therapeutic term. When someone experiences a trauma- rape, assault, battle, etc- they are experiencing primary trauma. They're involved in it, and it's directly affecting them. Secondary trauma is felt by the practicioner, helper, nurse, neighbor, whoever, that is helping the victim through the trauma. That feeling of being wiped out or upset or having your mind whirl after your sister breaks down on your shoulder because she just found out her husband's been cheating on her with numerous women. The trauma didn't necessarily affect you directly, but you are involved in the process of dealing with it. That's what we were trying to learn about in Houston while all that was going on on the east coast.
And then, Peter Jennings said, "Oh, God, the second tower." I could hear it falling in the background and leaned my forehead on the steering wheel. I finally gathered some strength and went into the training. The speaker stopped, and he and everyone else looked at me expectantly. I told them the second tower was gone, and nobody said anything for several seconds. Then the trainer kicked back in and we talked for a few minutes before continuing the training. Almost all of us ate lunch right there in the hotel's restaurant, where every tv was on the news. I don't remember a whole lot about the afternoon, but I know I spoke to my husband at some point, and after the training was over, I got the kids and went straight home. I remember seeing Lillian Garcia cry as she sang the National Anthem, and I remember John whassisface (used to be in The Acolytes) say that he hoped we turned the country of whoever did this into a parking lot.
And I remember thinking the next day, as I was driving to work, how eerie it was to drive by Hobby Airport and not see any planes taking off or landing. That day, I was back at the office by the Dome, and 4 of us went to the church attached to my son's preschool at lunch that day. No service, we just sat in the sanctuary quietly and lit candles. That night, I called my Dad, the former active-duty Marine who served in the Pacific in WWII, and he said, "We'll get 'em."
For anyone who doesn't know, secondary trauma is a therapeutic term. When someone experiences a trauma- rape, assault, battle, etc- they are experiencing primary trauma. They're involved in it, and it's directly affecting them. Secondary trauma is felt by the practicioner, helper, nurse, neighbor, whoever, that is helping the victim through the trauma. That feeling of being wiped out or upset or having your mind whirl after your sister breaks down on your shoulder because she just found out her husband's been cheating on her with numerous women. The trauma didn't necessarily affect you directly, but you are involved in the process of dealing with it. That's what we were trying to learn about in Houston while all that was going on on the east coast.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: They shoot last place teams, don't they? 9/12/12
« on: September 12, 2012, 10:31:23 pm »
Blargh. Fuck the Cubs.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Astros @ Reds 09/07/12
« on: September 07, 2012, 09:15:48 pm »
Waaaaaaahoooooo! 3-run shot for... Somebody on our team!
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Astros @ Reds 09/07/12
« on: September 07, 2012, 09:14:11 pm »
Deere lowered, don't eff this up.
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Beer and Queso / Re: The Coogs
« on: September 07, 2012, 09:11:11 pm »
Piland went 17 for 44 on passes. That just... how do you do that? Ain't like he's never played college ball before.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Astros @ Reds 09/07/12
« on: September 07, 2012, 08:58:55 pm »
Just turned on the game and have the local newspaper's live high school football chat on the ipod. So I'm keeping tabs on the gridiron boys, looking at the tv every few minutes, and making jambalaya. Just another Friday night in paradise.
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Beer and Queso / The Coogs
« on: September 03, 2012, 07:36:16 am »
I was there.
Ouch. And ugh. And what the hell? also.
Texas State deserved every bit of that win. Except for an attempt at a defenive rebound in the 2nd half, we looked like roadkill. It was a damn shame.
Oy vey.
Ouch. And ugh. And what the hell? also.
Texas State deserved every bit of that win. Except for an attempt at a defenive rebound in the 2nd half, we looked like roadkill. It was a damn shame.
Oy vey.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Empire State Building Shooting
« on: August 29, 2012, 09:00:52 pm »But commas were used differently in 1789!
The difference between
"Let's eat, Grandpa!"
and
"Let's eat Grandpa!"
Commas. They save lives.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 09:44:21 pm »
Doran did ok, but the game ended on a bases-loaded strikeout. 2-1 Riders, ballgame.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 09:19:16 pm »
A Riders line drive to far RF scored 1 to break the tie. 2-1 Frisco, still BOT 8.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 08:59:53 pm »Get the ball, woman!
My hands zigged when the ball zagged.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 08:46:53 pm »
A foul ball ricocheted off the club seating patio, onto the seat directly behind me, and right past my head, narrowly missing my nose. Good thing I have my insurance card on me.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 08:22:41 pm »
Riders scored, so it's 1-1 in the 5th.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 08:17:35 pm »
It took a great deal of self-control to not type "Chimmy Chan." That was how many of my former co-workers pronounced it.
Bottom 4, still 1-0. By the way, how's the major league team doing?
Bottom 4, still 1-0. By the way, how's the major league team doing?
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 07:38:56 pm »
Not yet, but we'd like o go.
There have been more foul balls in the past inning and a half than there are wings at Timmy Chan.
There have been more foul balls in the past inning and a half than there are wings at Timmy Chan.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 07:29:47 pm »I was sure that was going to say "Headed to Vegas".
Nah, not this time. School's in session.
Top 2nd in Frisco, no score yet. Hooks' Austin Wates plunked in the helmet, but he's made it to 3B, so he must be fine.
...and he just made it home on a sac fly, so 1-0 Hooks, 2 outs.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Giants @ Astros 08/28/12
« on: August 28, 2012, 05:58:41 pm »
Headed to Frisco for the 2A game. Hopefully the Hooks will do us proud tonight. Rockin' an Astros tee-shirt up here in Rangersland.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Astros @ Terdinals 08/23/12
« on: August 23, 2012, 02:22:06 pm »
Just got done with lunch, didn't know we had a day game. Off to the sports book I go.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Astros @ Terdinals 08/22/12
« on: August 22, 2012, 09:46:50 pm »
Damn, two quick outs.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: Astros @ Terdinals 08/22/12
« on: August 22, 2012, 09:33:47 pm »
Howdy from the sports book at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas. Yes, it's too late to lay money on the game. Not that you'd want to.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 10:28:21 pm »I just realized I missed my movie quote opportunity: "I will break you."
And me, with my patriotic boxing shorts at the cleaner's.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 10:26:00 pm »Ha ha. We're going to drag this out and make you think there's a chance. Then we'll crush you.
A pox upon your dugout!!
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 10:25:36 pm »
Huh. Lookie there.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 10:24:11 pm »
Don't drag this shit out. Just strike out and put us out of our misery.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 10:22:01 pm »
Darn it, Altuve.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 10:20:59 pm »
Aaaaarrrrrgh, Wallace.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 10:14:19 pm »488
Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 09:01:29 pm »
I'm trying to cook dinner and watch the game, and Big 'Un keeps flipping it to Hatfields & McCoys and asking me to explain the intricacies of Mahon v. Justice (1888).
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Talk Zone / Re: A Tradition Like None Other
« on: August 17, 2012, 08:19:26 pm »Mine was. That's why I had my artist spell check "Bad Motherfucker" in sanskrit.
Should've asked Coach.
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Game Zone 2012 Archive / Re: 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 08:14:18 pm »Raymond was uncharacteristically and mercifully silent. Ausmus gave him shit about it.
Bravo for Ausmus giving someone deserving some shit, but not-bravo for the who and the why!
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Talk Zone / Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
« on: August 17, 2012, 12:50:03 pm »It gets even better. The title of his Article was the ever-so-creative: Houston, you have a problem...
Yeah, like we ain't never heered that 'un afore.
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Talk Zone / Re: A Tradition Like None Other
« on: August 17, 2012, 12:49:13 pm »Might as well put in a sun deck and a fucking swimming pool too.
A swing set for the new outfielders?
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Talk Zone / Re: Wandy Rodriguez
« on: August 17, 2012, 12:47:03 pm »Suckers! They didn't realize that they were getting road Wandy.
I admit it. This made me laugh.
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Beer and Queso / Re: I'm proud of Les Miles for this...
« on: August 17, 2012, 12:09:37 pm »
Wow.
Really hope he can make some positive changes.
Really hope he can make some positive changes.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Scruffy Neighbour
« on: August 17, 2012, 12:04:01 pm »
FWIW, I have made a complaint to the city. They have promised to resolve it by February 2013. Allsome.
Yeah, 'cause they're busy and stuff. Sheesh.
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Talk Zone / Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
« on: August 10, 2012, 08:20:06 pm »50 games left. Fifty.
If the Astros miraculously won half of them, they'd still lose 100 games.
I suspect they won't miraculously win half, though.
The end-of-season recap? The Houston Astros: Fifty Shades of Suck.
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Talk Zone / Re: A picture is worth a thousand words
« on: August 10, 2012, 08:06:45 pm »The Astros have won four of their last 35 games. Only two teams in major-league history have been worse over a 35-game span: the 1909 Boston Doves and the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics. There hasn't been a worse stretch of baseball since Charles Lindbergh flew from Long Island to Paris, since movies had sound, or since the Yankees first appeared in a World Series.
The DOVES?
We're worse than a team named the Doves, the symbols of peace?
*facepalm*
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Beer and Queso / Re: DirecTV blows.
« on: August 10, 2012, 08:03:00 pm »Is there anything on it?
Right now, there's news about Longhorn sports and Longhorns in the Olympics, and coverage of the volleyball and football practices. That's good enough for him.
Unless, of course, I'm wrong, and this is something similar-to-but-not-quite-the-Longhorn-Network.
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Beer and Queso / Re: DirecTV blows.
« on: August 10, 2012, 07:59:09 pm »
Well, the Older Son is thrilled... apparently we get the Longhorn Network for free with our new Verizon Fios package.