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[General Malaise]

Am I the only one with a mega-stressed out wife? The holidays ar e driving her bonkers - bunch of out-of-towners flying in, planning dinner, accommodations.

Biggest reason I want to get a country house is 1) place to summer, and 2) get through the last 6 weeks of the year without killing each other.

I'm 180 out from G.M. right now...life is not good. I cannot get upset about things that are beyond my control. I just shrug and move onto to something I can change or fix. Drives Mrs. BL crazy (truth be told, anything I did right now would probably piss her off - she is in impossible to get along with mode).

Cheers anyway.

After going to see my family at Thanksgiving and then a trip to Mr. krista4's family for Christmas, Mr. proposed the following: next year we fix Thanksgiving and invite anyone and everyone to join us if they wish. At Christmas we go to a beach somewhere and also invite anyone to join us. I agreed except for nixing the "invite anyone to join us" part on Christmas.YMMV based on having kids, though. But the holidays are for the birds, IMO. Love my family and want to see them, but no need for it to be at this insane point in the year.

Wife and I are leaving town Christmas day (first time she's been in Portland for Xmas) to head down the Gorge and stay here that day/night. Love this place and think I might have mentioned it to you a while back. Tremendous food, huge fire places, great place to sit and read and just relax. Cannot wait.

You did! Very envious. I still want to make it there, this year if possible. Considered it for late May but know you said the weather was still sketchy then, so we're heading to South Korea instead. Is the weather still OK if we tried late August/early September, or is it really just a June/July proposition for having an awesome time in Oregon?

Oregon from June to September is awesome. September really awesome because I can take you to a Duck game.

 

[General Malaise]

Hope all my GBs who are having a rough go of it find some Crimmus magic and turn it around. I'm sending good thoughts and wishes your way, friends.

 

[PIK95]

Seriously, if you have not spent time in CT, you need to, just for the entertainment value. If you're not around Hartford or Bridgeport its like Cummings, GA - you could go weeks/months without seeing a person of color.

So I went up to go look at a place a few weeks ago, not quite ready but kinda want to start gauging the inventory. Real estate agent kept dropping all these code words about Bridgeport's diversity (but its still safe) and rambling on about the next town over or two towns over. Jeebus, I just wanted to slap her forehead and tell her I could figure out myself if it was a good fit.

...

Al Skinner (URI and BC hoop coach) was the only person of diversity that had a cabanna at our beach in 18 years we have been going. I wish we had more diversity. Fat White dudes get on my nerves.

Yeah, its one of things I liked about Black Rock. The agent kept talking about this school being better than xyz school (she hadn't even paid attention - we're not going to live their full-time). Anyway, Mrs. BL was taking notes, and when we looked it up, the school she thought we would prefer was like 97% white (and xyz was like 65-35). So, good school = really really whitish. Gotcha.The other thing is there is a pretty active artist community so the cultural opps are decent...just has a nice vibe to it. Some of the other parts of CT just feel like Hamptons north (I'm more of a down to earth North Fork kind of guy).

We have Newport and Rhode Island School of Design. You should get down here during the sumer I bet you would like it. Emma Watson the Harry Potter girl goes to Brown here and says she loves R.I. fwiw. And shes been all over.

 

[PIK95]

Hope all my GBs who are having a rough go of it find some Crimmus magic and turn it around. I'm sending good thoughts and wishes your way, friends.

Me too!

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Which is more impressive? Hard to say.

Not really.

 

[krista4]

Am I the only one with a mega-stressed out wife? The holidays ar e driving her bonkers - bunch of out-of-towners flying in, planning dinner, accommodations.

Biggest reason I want to get a country house is 1) place to summer, and 2) get through the last 6 weeks of the year without killing each other.

I'm 180 out from G.M. right now...life is not good. I cannot get upset about things that are beyond my control. I just shrug and move onto to something I can change or fix. Drives Mrs. BL crazy (truth be told, anything I did right now would probably piss her off - she is in impossible to get along with mode).

Cheers anyway.

After going to see my family at Thanksgiving and then a trip to Mr. krista4's family for Christmas, Mr. proposed the following: next year we fix Thanksgiving and invite anyone and everyone to join us if they wish. At Christmas we go to a beach somewhere and also invite anyone to join us. I agreed except for nixing the "invite anyone to join us" part on Christmas.YMMV based on having kids, though. But the holidays are for the birds, IMO. Love my family and want to see them, but no need for it to be at this insane point in the year.

Wife and I are leaving town Christmas day (first time she's been in Portland for Xmas) to head down the Gorge and stay here that day/night. Love this place and think I might have mentioned it to you a while back. Tremendous food, huge fire places, great place to sit and read and just relax. Cannot wait.

You did! Very envious. I still want to make it there, this year if possible. Considered it for late May but know you said the weather was still sketchy then, so we're heading to South Korea instead. Is the weather still OK if we tried late August/early September, or is it really just a June/July proposition for having an awesome time in Oregon?

Oregon from June to September is awesome. September really awesome because I can take you to a Duck game.

OMGOMGOMG. I can't imagine how much fun that would be with y'all (note Southern influence there). I'ma gonna check the schedule.

 

[Uncle Owen]

RWS gave me this account that will probably be nuked after this post.

 

[the rover]

Which is more impressive? Hard to say.

Not really.

Care to unpack further, Scoop?

 

[BobbyLayne]

We have Newport and Rhode Island School of Design. You should get down here during the sumer I bet you would like it. Emma Watson the Harry Potter girl goes to Brown here and says she loves R.I. fwiw. And shes been all over.

That school turns out some incredible talent (or draws it in). Seems like every artist/designer we've liked in the last five years was an alum. I knew nothing about the school before I moved here, and I am blown away by how many of their grads live/work here.I like R.I. a lot, maybe we'll vacation there sometime. But right now we're trying to find a place that we can easily commute to NYC during the summer months.

 

[bostonfred]

Hope all my GBs who are having a rough go of it find some Crimmus magic and turn it around. I'm sending good thoughts and wishes your way, friends.

Well said.

 

[PIK95]

We have Newport and Rhode Island School of Design. You should get down here during the sumer I bet you would like it. Emma Watson the Harry Potter girl goes to Brown here and says she loves R.I. fwiw. And shes been all over.

That school turns out some incredible talent (or draws it in). Seems like every artist/designer we've liked in the last five years was an alum. I knew nothing about the school before I moved here, and I am blown away by how many of their grads live/work here.I like R.I. a lot, maybe we'll vacation there sometime. But right now we're trying to find a place that we can easily commute to NYC during the summer months.

RISD is the best art school in the country. My wife actually got accepted (very rare for RI art students) but she wanted to teach and it was serious coin. RI is only like 2 hours away from the city maybe less depending on traffic and speed. Good luck regardless.

 

[jplvr]

I don't watch much ESPN these days, but leading off with the notion that Wooden's record was just overtaken is complete and utter horse####. I guess I'll tune in to tomorrow's crappy bowl game.

Oof. You couldn't be more right about this.

It's an amazing feat, but I just want them to quit acting like they just took down Wooden and UCLA of the 70's. It's not a men vs women thing either. I don't care about basketball in the first place, so I don't know why it irks me as much as it does. Just seeing Wooden on ESPN fielding a question about when someone would break their streak made me want to drive to CT and kick some producer in the nuts.

It's not technically male/female, but it's clear that the level of competition in women's basketball has just never come close to that of men's. Maybe it will happen some day, but to pretend that it's in any way equivalent at this point is just laughable. In addition, there's so much more to those Wooden teams and his legacy than just a streak, which I just don't see in the UConn women's program.You're right that it's amazing, but it's just not comparable at all.

I edited at least once and one draft had talk about competition, but I'm no expert on basketball in the 70's and from what I understand, Wooden's payroll was comparable to Bear Bryant's.

 

[Philo]

Jesus, step away for half a day and I got like eleven pages to catch up on.

 

[El Floppo]

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for the love of duanereade, go to sleep! (I'm talking to me, btw).

 

[-fish-]

Jesus, step away for half a day and I got like eleven pages to catch up on.

at least half of it is comparing bad fast food. you didn't miss much.

 

[BobbyLayne]

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for the love of duanereade, go to sleep! (I'm talking to me, btw).

Been using up flex hours last week and this (use it or lose it - vacation carries but not personal days). Anyway, going to watch butterflies tomorrow at AMNH.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Work dinner and then my bartender comped my entire night. have to be up in 4 hours. Merry Christmas!!

 

[-fish-]

Emma Stone on Tonight Show tonight.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

POKER OAFTER DARK??? Who still watches this stuff?

 

[Sheriff Bart]

I'm up. All the wires have been taken off. I just looked in the mirror and there are globs of white goo all over my head. I hope that's adhesive.

 

[bostonfred]

POKER OAFTER DARK??? Who still watches this stuff?

I record it and let it run in the background while I work from home sometimes. I can watch a few hands while I get my work done. I don't like it as much as High Stakes Poker on GSN, but it's a clear second best.

 

[Osaurus]

I think there were more people at the Trop in St. Pete last night for the Beef O Brady's Bowl than a majority of the Rays games. Sad really.

 

[bostonfred]

Serious question for anyone who clicks on

: are you able to stop listening to the song before it got to the end? I can't. It's like Cartman and Come Sail Away.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Serious question for anyone who clicks on

Yes. bailed at :04.

I had a college roommate who killed this song for me. I'm happy to never hear it again.

 

[bostonfred]

Serious question for anyone who clicks on

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

five stars, would watch again

 

[jplvr]

I don't watch much ESPN these days, but leading off with the notion that Wooden's record was just overtaken is complete and utter horse####. I guess I'll tune in to tomorrow's crappy bowl game.

Oof. You couldn't be more right about this.

It's an amazing feat, but I just want them to quit acting like they just took down Wooden and UCLA of the 70's. It's not a men vs women thing either. I don't care about basketball in the first place, so I don't know why it irks me as much as it does. Just seeing Wooden on ESPN fielding a question about when someone would break their streak made me want to drive to CT and kick some producer in the nuts.

Well, his record was overtaken. Technically speaking.It's apples and oranges, of course. And nobody's questioning the vast disparity in talent between the two games. Women's hoops today and men's hoops back then are similar in that a lot of the talent is concentrated amongst a few teams, and the best talent goes to Connecticut. The best talent back then went to UCLA. Back then, there were a few titans and everyone else fought it out for the scraps. Now, with the best players only sticking around for a year, things change quickly. Look how quickly UNC and Duke flipped. Look at how quickly UCLA fell into the toilet. Missing on two big recruiting targets for a big program in football might be the difference between a national title shot and a BCS bowl, in hoops it can be the difference between a Final Four trip and first-round chum.

I don't follow women's basketball much, but Auriemma is an incredible coach. He might even be to women's hoops what Wooden was to men's (even if their respective personalities couldn't be more different).

Which is more impressive? Hard to say. Auriemma more or less gets the pick of the litter in terms of recruiting talent, I don't know if even Wooden could lay claim to the same sort of dominance. Auriemma doesn't have to deal with distractions to the players (women, drugs, parties, being a minor celebrity in Los Angeles) that Wooden did, but Auriemma also doesn't have the kind of "glue" ( ) to keep players in the fold.

I heard a guy break it down like this: In the Women's game, they only have a few great players come out every year and UConn gets their pick of those 5-10. He was comparing it to the Men's game now where there are loads more, but I doubt the number of top players coming out of high school each year in Men's CBB in the 70's is comparable to the number coming out now each year in Women's CBB.Whatever the number, like 5-10 possibly being a low estimate, he was comparing the number of athletes available to get to the root of the argument, not the number of good teams out there.

 

[urbanhack]

Am I the only one with a mega-stressed out wife? The holidays ar e driving her bonkers - bunch of out-of-towners flying in, planning dinner, accommodations.

Biggest reason I want to get a country house is 1) place to summer, and 2) get through the last 6 weeks of the year without killing each other.

I'm 180 out from G.M. right now...life is not good. I cannot get upset about things that are beyond my control. I just shrug and move onto to something I can change or fix. Drives Mrs. BL crazy (truth be told, anything I did right now would probably piss her off - she is in impossible to get along with mode).

Cheers anyway.

After going to see my family at Thanksgiving and then a trip to Mr. krista4's family for Christmas, Mr. proposed the following: next year we fix Thanksgiving and invite anyone and everyone to join us if they wish. At Christmas we go to a beach somewhere and also invite anyone to join us. I agreed except for nixing the "invite anyone to join us" part on Christmas.YMMV based on having kids, though. But the holidays are for the birds, IMO. Love my family and want to see them, but no need for it to be at this insane point in the year.

Wife and I are leaving town Christmas day (first time she's been in Portland for Xmas) to head down the Gorge and stay here that day/night. Love this place and think I might have mentioned it to you a while back. Tremendous food, huge fire places, great place to sit and read and just relax. Cannot wait.

:bookmark: for next summer.

 

[jplvr]

Work dinner and then my bartender comped my entire night. have to be up in 4 hours. Merry Christmas!!

Are you two having sex yet?

 

[TobiasFunke]

Serious question for anyone who clicks on

Cartman singing Come Sail Away is genius, but I think Cartman singing Poker Face might be better.

 

[Sheriff Bart]

Duane Reade is a drug store chain in NYC.

Emma Stone was the cool chick hosting the party that the two heroes were trying to get booze for in Superbad.

Thanks

I was in Milwaukee the last two days for some work stuff. Meeting at an investment bank there, and in the women's room, there was a prominently displayed quote from Vince Lombardi. Wisconson

T&P's Floppy. :(

I thought Superbad was hilarious. Of course with exception of Hot Tub Time Machine, There's Something About Mary was the last "recent" comedy I've seen.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

POKER OAFTER DARK??? Who still watches this stuff?

Nipsey

 

[Frostillicus]

2)Stay out of Frosty's sig.

I think you're pretty safe. For now.

 

[Frostillicus]

Emma Stone on Tonight Show tonight.

Dammit!

 

[heckmanm]

Serious question for anyone who clicks on

.

 

[Sheriff Bart]

Sheriff, how about some pics of the nurses?

Only one nurse and trust me, you don't want pics.Rudi, are you flooded?Misfit, you alright?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Serious question for anyone who clicks on

Ugh. Yeah, easily.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Work dinner and then my bartender comped my entire night. have to be up in 4 hours. Merry Christmas!!

Are you two having sex yet?

Seems like she needs a green card. Just sayin'.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Oh, and I never did get my Sourdough Jack yesterday, but I am going to try and take Shuke up on my dare to eat one in under a minute.

And yes, I'm trying to catch Bob as the posting leader in this thread.

Also, LABS got a chat board yesterday and I'm now hooked on that format. Wish this site had one, but think it would last about 48 seconds.

So, we'll never see you at our chat again? :sad:I had to go to 6 flags over Jesus tonight for a Christmas show. Wasn't half bad. Well, last year I had to go because my sister was singing as part of a large choir (50?), but she moved up to one of the 6 or so with a mic. Nice job, sis.Maker's Mark now. Need some Ted.

LABS stealling all of our talent.

 

[krista4]

I don't watch much ESPN these days, but leading off with the notion that Wooden's record was just overtaken is complete and utter horse####. I guess I'll tune in to tomorrow's crappy bowl game.

Oof. You couldn't be more right about this.

It's an amazing feat, but I just want them to quit acting like they just took down Wooden and UCLA of the 70's. It's not a men vs women thing either. I don't care about basketball in the first place, so I don't know why it irks me as much as it does. Just seeing Wooden on ESPN fielding a question about when someone would break their streak made me want to drive to CT and kick some producer in the nuts.

It's not technically male/female, but it's clear that the level of competition in women's basketball has just never come close to that of men's. Maybe it will happen some day, but to pretend that it's in any way equivalent at this point is just laughable. In addition, there's so much more to those Wooden teams and his legacy than just a streak, which I just don't see in the UConn women's program.You're right that it's amazing, but it's just not comparable at all.

I edited at least once and one draft had talk about competition, but I'm no expert on basketball in the 70's and from what I understand, Wooden's payroll was comparable to Bear Bryant's.

I was attempting to agree with you. I'm no expert on 70s basketball either, though. Although I am old, I am not quite that old.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I stopped watching sportscenter. Does it still suck?

 

[Dr. Watson]

Would it be wrong to tell someone that by knowing their dad, I'm glad I grew up pretty much without one???

 

[-fish-]

Emma Stone on Tonight Show tonight.

Dammit!

This was a horribly disappointing misstatement from our local newscaster teasing the Tonight Show. You missed nothing.

 

[General Malaise]

Am I the only one with a mega-stressed out wife? The holidays ar e driving her bonkers - bunch of out-of-towners flying in, planning dinner, accommodations.

Biggest reason I want to get a country house is 1) place to summer, and 2) get through the last 6 weeks of the year without killing each other.

I'm 180 out from G.M. right now...life is not good. I cannot get upset about things that are beyond my control. I just shrug and move onto to something I can change or fix. Drives Mrs. BL crazy (truth be told, anything I did right now would probably piss her off - she is in impossible to get along with mode).

Cheers anyway.

After going to see my family at Thanksgiving and then a trip to Mr. krista4's family for Christmas, Mr. proposed the following: next year we fix Thanksgiving and invite anyone and everyone to join us if they wish. At Christmas we go to a beach somewhere and also invite anyone to join us. I agreed except for nixing the "invite anyone to join us" part on Christmas.YMMV based on having kids, though. But the holidays are for the birds, IMO. Love my family and want to see them, but no need for it to be at this insane point in the year.

Wife and I are leaving town Christmas day (first time she's been in Portland for Xmas) to head down the Gorge and stay here that day/night. Love this place and think I might have mentioned it to you a while back. Tremendous food, huge fire places, great place to sit and read and just relax. Cannot wait.

:bookmark: for next summer.

Hey, if we want to get a little cornhole together for a Ducks game, I would for sure be down with that. But getting tickets will be tough and I'd need to know well in advance to get the best deal. Otherwise, we'd be stuck negotiating with craigslist/scalpers. I have two tickets, but can put in for more on any single game. Just need a heads up.Party it up hard in Eugene post game, then meander our way through wine country on the way back to Portland the next day, finishing with some great food and drink in Portland. Could be a lot of fun!

 

[the rover]

Serious question for anyone who clicks on

BUT THEY'RE SINGING ALONG IN THE CAR!

 

[facook]

Am I the only one with a mega-stressed out wife? The holidays ar e driving her bonkers - bunch of out-of-towners flying in, planning dinner, accommodations.

Biggest reason I want to get a country house is 1) place to summer, and 2) get through the last 6 weeks of the year without killing each other.

I'm 180 out from G.M. right now...life is not good. I cannot get upset about things that are beyond my control. I just shrug and move onto to something I can change or fix. Drives Mrs. BL crazy (truth be told, anything I did right now would probably piss her off - she is in impossible to get along with mode).

Cheers anyway.

After going to see my family at Thanksgiving and then a trip to Mr. krista4's family for Christmas, Mr. proposed the following: next year we fix Thanksgiving and invite anyone and everyone to join us if they wish. At Christmas we go to a beach somewhere and also invite anyone to join us. I agreed except for nixing the "invite anyone to join us" part on Christmas.YMMV based on having kids, though. But the holidays are for the birds, IMO. Love my family and want to see them, but no need for it to be at this insane point in the year.

Wife and I are leaving town Christmas day (first time she's been in Portland for Xmas) to head down the Gorge and stay here that day/night. Love this place and think I might have mentioned it to you a while back. Tremendous food, huge fire places, great place to sit and read and just relax. Cannot wait.

Nice. Wife, son, and I will be across the Columbia in Hood River over the weekend. Enjoy Skamania.

 

[Dr. Watson]

Am I the only one with a mega-stressed out wife? The holidays ar e driving her bonkers - bunch of out-of-towners flying in, planning dinner, accommodations.

Biggest reason I want to get a country house is 1) place to summer, and 2) get through the last 6 weeks of the year without killing each other.

I'm 180 out from G.M. right now...life is not good. I cannot get upset about things that are beyond my control. I just shrug and move onto to something I can change or fix. Drives Mrs. BL crazy (truth be told, anything I did right now would probably piss her off - she is in impossible to get along with mode).

Cheers anyway.

After going to see my family at Thanksgiving and then a trip to Mr. krista4's family for Christmas, Mr. proposed the following: next year we fix Thanksgiving and invite anyone and everyone to join us if they wish. At Christmas we go to a beach somewhere and also invite anyone to join us. I agreed except for nixing the "invite anyone to join us" part on Christmas.YMMV based on having kids, though. But the holidays are for the birds, IMO. Love my family and want to see them, but no need for it to be at this insane point in the year.

Wife and I are leaving town Christmas day (first time she's been in Portland for Xmas) to head down the Gorge and stay here that day/night. Love this place and think I might have mentioned it to you a while back. Tremendous food, huge fire places, great place to sit and read and just relax. Cannot wait.

Nice. Wife, son, and I will be across the Columbia in Hood River over the weekend. Enjoy Skamania.

Sweet! My wife an I are going to...oh yea, I guess I'll be home putting a bunch of #### together.

 

[General Malaise]

Am I the only one with a mega-stressed out wife? The holidays ar e driving her bonkers - bunch of out-of-towners flying in, planning dinner, accommodations.

Biggest reason I want to get a country house is 1) place to summer, and 2) get through the last 6 weeks of the year without killing each other.

I'm 180 out from G.M. right now...life is not good. I cannot get upset about things that are beyond my control. I just shrug and move onto to something I can change or fix. Drives Mrs. BL crazy (truth be told, anything I did right now would probably piss her off - she is in impossible to get along with mode).

Cheers anyway.

After going to see my family at Thanksgiving and then a trip to Mr. krista4's family for Christmas, Mr. proposed the following: next year we fix Thanksgiving and invite anyone and everyone to join us if they wish. At Christmas we go to a beach somewhere and also invite anyone to join us. I agreed except for nixing the "invite anyone to join us" part on Christmas.YMMV based on having kids, though. But the holidays are for the birds, IMO. Love my family and want to see them, but no need for it to be at this insane point in the year.

Wife and I are leaving town Christmas day (first time she's been in Portland for Xmas) to head down the Gorge and stay here that day/night. Love this place and think I might have mentioned it to you a while back. Tremendous food, huge fire places, great place to sit and read and just relax. Cannot wait.

Nice. Wife, son, and I will be across the Columbia in Hood River over the weekend. Enjoy Skamania.

Sweet! What are you guys doing in Hood River? One of our favorite tasting rooms is in Hood River - Naked Winery. Excellent wines and they have Double Mountain on tap. Fantastic place.

 

[facook]

Nice. Wife, son, and I will be across the Columbia in Hood River over the weekend. Enjoy Skamania.

Sweet! What are you guys doing in Hood River? One of our favorite tasting rooms is in Hood River - Naked Winery. Excellent wines and they have Double Mountain on tap. Fantastic place.

Eh, have had some kinda ugly extended family stuff this year, so we told both sides we're doing our own thing for Christmas. Wife went to HR with some girlfriends a few years back and really liked it, so suggested we head up there (we're in Central Oregon). Staying at a cheap little lodge on the Columbia. Going to a Christmas Eve service, then out to dinner. Christmas day we're gonna brave the cold and sleet and take the boy to Multnomah Falls, hike around, get some pics. He's really into Amazing Race so I put together a kind of "Hood River Amazing Race" for that day, with clues and tasks and such. After we finish that off we'll watch movies and play games and snack in our room. Low key, but I think it'll be fun. ETA: Jack squat open Christmas day, but making a note of Naked Winery for a more romantic trip later. :boomchickabrowncow:

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Worst

I was on a phone call when I read this and burst out laughing, the lady asked if I was ok and I couldn't get enough air to say yes so I just grunted into the phone