GM's thread about nothing (71 Viewers)

[krista4]

Man, you know things are slow in the GMTAN when Homer and I are talking legal nuances in the Supreme Court decision thread.

it's 1:30 on a Wednesday night. How's that west coast time treating you?

Great.Re Brandon, it really is a crazy stretch. Could win Player of the Year.

All my friends can't believe that my friends's husband's friend is doing so well. Keep the updates coming If I recall, he's pretty new to the circuit? Maybe he has some super smart new strategy that is way more effective than the usual approaches. Hard to believe it's just the cards he's getting

It's definitely not the cards. I don't remember his history but know he moved to Montreal a while back to play full- time, but didn't stay for too long and was sleeping on the couch in the recording studio when returned to Chicago. Mr Krista says he's been cleaning up in the cash games too and has made over $1 million already, before this event. Guess he can buy his own couch now.

 

[krista4]

Hire a barbershop quartet to sing the songs from Mermaid Avenue Vol. I

Marching band!

 

[krista4]

This is ridiculous. I'm going to take several Benadryl and try to sleep.

 

[Guster]

Poor Guster. Went from having this awesome road trip with Thorn and Rude planned to pretty much flying solo from Cincinnati to Beerhole. :(

wait, what?

there's an outing called beerhole. it will take place in Milwaukee over an upcoming weekend. Guster lives in Cincinnati. Thorn was going to fly to Cincinnati and they were going to drive together to Milwaukee, while also picking me up along the way.Then I changed my plans to join SLB on the train and Thorn booked a direct flight to Milwaukee. Now Guster has nobody to drive with unless Shuke feels comfortable leaving his wife with the babysitter.

I almost have to go now. What are the dates again?

I plan on leaving my part of town ~8am on Friday, July 11

That should put me in Milwaukee by 2:30

I'll be leaving Milwaukee mid-morning on Monday, July 14, getting me back in to Cincinnati mid to late-afternoon

I offer curbside pickup and drop off

Oh and I don't often take long drives with Shuke, but when I do, there's always fantasy football and cornholes involved

 

[Henry Ford]

Hire a barbershop quartet to sing the songs from Mermaid Avenue Vol. I

Marching band!

Call and reserve now, before you sleep and think better of it.

 

[Guster]

At this point I've essentially cut off all communication with any other girls that were in the rotation

Exclusive

Just to attempt (and likely fail) to clear this up... We are heading in the direction of exclusive, but haven't actually made that commitment yet. From indications she has given, I don't think she's out dating (or banging) some other dude(s) and similarly I am wiping my slate clean so that if things continue as they have been, then it's a natural next step. Just trying to do what feels right

I kinda like this girl so want to give things the best chance for success.

To give you some indication... I TALKED ON THE PHONE with her for a half hour last night*

* dating as a single parent can be hard because I have my daughter every other night where as she is single, has no kids and has every night free. She is currently away on business this week, so we have had even less time than usual to connect.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Sleep what now?

 

[krista4]

Sleep what now?

Going to hike instead. I usually avoid crepuscular hours to lessen my chances of being eaten by a bear, but guess I'll live on the edge.

 

[kevzilla]

TPW for the bears

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Bears should be fine. Animals have that "spidey sense" for natural disasters. They'll steer clear.

 

[Josie Maran]

Sleep what now?

Going to hike instead. I usually avoid crepuscular hours to lessen my chances of being eaten by a bear, but guess I'll live on the edge.

Crepuscular is a perfectly cromulent word.

 

[Disco Stu]

Did Gekko delete all his posts from the True Detective thread? I'm three episodes in and wanted to read his insanity but other than a partial quote of a deleted post he has no presence in there so far.

I also started that thread from the beginning the other day. And I watched E4 last night.

 

[YSR]

OK, I know in a thread full of guys I might not get much help, but YSR is here and some of you are good at planning events and such...

Last July, my mom turned 70 and also had her 25th anniversary with my stepfather. I planned to take them on a big trip (safari or such), but then with the getting rid of all my possessions and moving to a third-world country it didn't happen. After throwing out a bunch of ideas this year, my mom told me they'd really rather come out to WA/OR to visit because she has visited all other states but those and Alaska. I've bought them first-class airfare, set up great places to go and cool places to stay, have someone with an "in" at a bunch of wineries who has set us up with private tastings, planned a hi-falutin' bday dinner, etc. They don't really know about any of this other than the flights.

Their trip out here spans not only her birthday but their anniversary, and Mr. krista had the idea of cooking them a crazy "Big Night"-type dinner (Big Night the movie) of a squillion courses. As we planned the menu, it expanded into something where we* are going to make each course have some connection to events or people in their lives, but with the courses "gussied up" a bit. For instance, my mom's mom was known for her chicken & dumplings, which will now be "duck & dumplings" with seared duck rillons, sweet potato gnocchi and roasted duck veloute. I'm going to pair each course with a wine/port or cocktail.

tl;dr Here's my question: what else can we do to make the night crazy-special? We are not planning to eat with them but just to serve. We are going to make a playlist of all their favorite music and have that going. I'm going to get a printer to do some fancy menus. Obviously flowers, tablecloths, candles, condoms.** What else could we do?

*"We" will cook in that I will be in charge of the one dish that will remain unchanged: my grandma's strawberry cake.

**One of these is not serious.

Ultrasound photo of their grandchild-to-be

YRS, lil help here?

You want boy or girl?

 

[YSR]

also stabbed myself with a fork trying to make a baked potato the other night.

What is a fork used for in the "making" of a baked potato?

Poking holes?

Which does what?

Makes the potato bake better.

Bull####.

yawn

Not buying it. I learned you were supposed to poke, but I haven't done it for years. Urban legend.

Poke holes in a scrubbed potato (I actually use a meat thermometer because my little T-Rex arms get tired poking with a fork). Coat with canola oil and kosher salt. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

YWIA

 

[YSR]

I'm in a Once soundtrack kind of mood this morning.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Anyone else's wife complain a lot?

First I've heard of this kind of thing happening.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Fine.

-SLB and Binky shared some corn on the cob at Dogpatch USA

-I broke into some guy's BMW and stole his keys

-CQ's daughter is going to juggle bottles of vodka in a bikini for Homer

-There's a place next door to heaven called Salumi

-I watched Billy Joel play Highway to Hell in concert. Actually true

-Tre kicks artpad's ###

-annyong's girlfriend has boobs

-Frosti, as an ardent segregationist, has outlawed said boobs from touching each other :(

-Tanner is teaching something-d-o-o economics to juvenile delinquents at his alma mater. Bellevue, I think it was.

-Bob checked Pepper for ticks

-I'm honestly not sure if that's a euphemism or not

-stryker's planning to toss some yeast into the old lady's fermenter after beerhole.

- . I'm pretty sure that's right.

-Guster showed his white dwarf to Nameless and then dropped all his other women, including FWB. In the name of polyamory, apparently.

-If you see Romo's face covered in processed cheese powder, congratulate yrs on a good weekend.

-The kristas are hiring a personal shopper. If you're capable of reading a list, mail your application to any address in the world and it will eventually get forwarded to them by the post office.

-Uruk's concerned about something, but I can't remember what it is.

-babyyrs is off to college soon

-krista likes showercide

-bentley had to get a series of AIDS shots in the stomach. I think he got scratched by PR chick or something.

My, god. Thanks GB!

 

[St. Louis Bob]

So I might be out of a job soon.

They are restructuring my division and making it a Center of Technology. The 3 year long project I've been working in has been shut down, as have all new projects.

We are now considered a Global Resource for Technology.

Sure it sounds great on the surface, but I'm a CAD Designer, not Software, Hardware, or Communications.

:( You making Beerhole?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Poor Guster. Went from having this awesome road trip with Thorn and Rude planned to pretty much flying solo from Cincinnati to Beerhole. :(

wait, what?

there's an outing called beerhole. it will take place in Milwaukee over an upcoming weekend. Guster lives in Cincinnati. Thorn was going to fly to Cincinnati and they were going to drive together to Milwaukee, while also picking me up along the way.Then I changed my plans to join SLB on the train and Thorn booked a direct flight to Milwaukee. Now Guster has nobody to drive with unless Shuke feels comfortable leaving his wife with the babysitter.

I almost have to go now. What are the dates again?

Bargain

That actually looks really good.

I threw up in my mouth a little and was aroused at the same time.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

It turns out that watching two kids while trying to perform a full time job is, tedious. This might be it for me.

 

[cosjobs]

I watched True Detective today. The whole thing.

And two movies. Out of the Furnace and Blue Ruin. Both get a

Never got out of bed except to pick up pizza and smokes. Toughest part of the day was that I kept having to sit up and burp all the time. Heartburn sucks.

really liked Blue Ruin

 

[Josie Maran]

I watched True Detective today. The whole thing.

And two movies. Out of the Furnace and Blue Ruin. Both get a

Never got out of bed except to pick up pizza and smokes. Toughest part of the day was that I kept having to sit up and burp all the time. Heartburn sucks.

really liked Blue Ruin

Ditto. Solid flick.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Howdy.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Holy ####! A Redleg Longjohn sighting!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Welcome back, gb

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Holy ####! A Redleg Longjohn sighting!

How goes it?

 

[cosjobs]

Bentley, Kev, COlin (and Shuke if your'e in town).

Binky's staying here this week and we should all get together..

Dinner here (I got a box of Crab Legs or a NY Strip)

Dinner out

Lunch out

Drinks out

Meet for UFC fights at Twin Peaks (Sat night)

Makes no difference for us, what works for you guys? This guy can drink and I need some help preserving my liver remnants.

 

[bostonfred]

Good to see you Longhog.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Holy ####! A Redleg Longjohn sighting!

How goes it?

Fanfreakintastic

How's married life treatin you?

 

[Otis]

I went up 8 grand in online poker this morning while drinking my coffee and feeding my 4 month old.

srsly

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Good to see you too, sir Fred.

Good to see you Longhog.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Howdy.

Howdy!

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Holy ####! A Redleg Longjohn sighting!

How goes it?

Fanfreakintastic

How's married life treatin you?

Married life is good, in isolation. New and Improved Wife is wonderful to be married to, unlike the original model.

The Brady Bunch thing we have going on with the blended family has its share of challenges, however.

The advantage the Mike and Carol Brady had over us is that their former spouses were dead.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I went up 8 grand in online poker this morning while drinking my coffee and feeding my 4 month old.

srsly

Cash out? Oh wait, this Otis I'm talking to.. get em buddy!!

 

[UniAlias]

I went up 8 grand in online poker this morning while drinking my coffee and feeding my 4 month old.

srsly

What stakes are you playing?

 

[Josie Maran]

I went up 8 grand in online poker this morning while drinking my coffee and feeding my 4 month old.

srsly

Cash out? Oh wait, this Otis I'm talking to.. get em buddy!!

His next post: "Lost 10 grand while taking a post-lunch deuce."

 

[General Malaise]

I went up 8 grand in online poker this morning while drinking my coffee and feeding my 4 month old.

srsly

How? Not legal in New York, is it?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Soccer geeks seem to think this Michael Bradley fellow is worse for the US than a Hitler-led Germany.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Welcome back, gb

 

[General Malaise]

Soccer geeks seem to think this Michael Bradley fellow is worse for the US than a Hitler-led Germany.

Being critical of him seems to be more tolerated today than Sunday. It was like I insulted somebody's mom during the Portugal match.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Stripper vag full of Doritos is expensive.

 

[Celph Titled]

He is one of our best players, but he isn't having a great tournament.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Soccer geeks seem to think this Michael Bradley fellow is worse for the US than a Hitler-led Germany.

Being critical of him seems to be more tolerated today than Sunday. It was like I insulted somebody's mom during the Portugal match.

calling him Tony Romo based on one bad game and one bad pass wasn't harsh?

 

[Celph Titled]

I love it when Otis is on the degen train.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

1. I would like to hear more about this new and improved wife thing. Hopefully there is some sort of software upgrade.

B. Dylan's baseball team played Walnutz's son's team Tuesday night as well as last week. I noticed a couple very hot mom's drinking beer at both games. I would like to know their status's as well.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I went up 8 grand in online poker this morning while drinking my coffee and feeding my 4 month old.

srsly

What stakes are you playing?

5k-10k

 

[General Malaise]

Soccer geeks seem to think this Michael Bradley fellow is worse for the US than a Hitler-led Germany.

Being critical of him seems to be more tolerated today than Sunday. It was like I insulted somebody's mom during the Portugal match.

calling him Tony Romo based on one bad game and one bad pass wasn't harsh?

One bad pass? Okay. And Tony Romo is a great QB. Not like I compared him to JP Lossman or something. Why don't you jump on other guys who are critical of him?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

One bad pass? Okay. And Tony Romo is a great QB. Not like I compared him to JP Lossman or something. Why don't you jump on other guys who are critical of him?

when you made your initial comment, he had like a 92% completion percentage or something and you said he was turning the ball over like Tony Romo, no?

I'm over it. He needs to be better, but it's silly to make him the scapegoat.

 

[General Malaise]

One bad pass? Okay. And Tony Romo is a great QB. Not like I compared him to JP Lossman or something. Why don't you jump on other guys who are critical of him?

when you made your initial comment, he had like a 92% completion percentage or something and you said he was turning the ball over like Tony Romo, no?

I'm over it. He needs to be better, but it's silly to make him the scapegoat.

From where I sit, his turnovers seem to come at critical junctures where opportunities are lost. I think he's made more than one or two this tournament and I'm not the only one who has been critical. But I don't see you challenging anybody else who is critical of his game. Bah, goal. Neat.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

One bad pass? Okay. And Tony Romo is a great QB. Not like I compared him to JP Lossman or something. Why don't you jump on other guys who are critical of him?

when you made your initial comment, he had like a 92% completion percentage or something and you said he was turning the ball over like Tony Romo, no?

I'm over it. He needs to be better, but it's silly to make him the scapegoat.

From where I sit, his turnovers seem to come at critical junctures where opportunities are lost. I think he's made more than one or two this tournament and I'm not the only one who has been critical. But I don't see you challenging anybody else who is critical of his game. Bah, goal. Neat.

I only took issue with you on the Romo comment. He's getting blasted by lots of people, some deserved some not.

my apologies if I overreacted. I'm a fan.