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Mitch Hedberg sucks sucked
Jeff Dunham fan? Dane Cook?
Yes, since I don't like one comedian who you think is good, I must like all the ones you think are terrible.FTR:

Dunham - awful

Cook - he's had his moments

Hedberg - more overrated than truly sucky I guess, but not very good
Hedberg's album Mitch All Together is Top 10 comedy album, imo. His body of work is small, however, and because he died young, I do agree that he's overrated at times (see: Kinison, Sam. Woefully overrated, especially by EG). Despite that, saying he sucked is merely stick poking and untrue.
What is the rest of your top 10? :popcorn:
In no particular order:

Bill Cosby - Himself

Stephen Lynch - A Little Bit Special

Stephen Wright - I Have A Pony

Bigger & Blacker - Chris Rock

Dressed to Kill - Eddie Izzard

Shut Up You ####### Baby - David Cross

Live on the Sunset Strip - Richard Pryor

A Wild and Crazy Guy - Steve Martin

Chewed Up - Louis CK

 
There's a place out here in Socal called Jinky's. They have awesome pancakes. They even make a Red Velvet pancake. ###### I want one this weekend! DAMN YOU CARMAGEDDON!!!!
There's a SoCal food truck that serves Red Velvet pancakes. Buttermilk Truck. Heard they're awesome, follow the twitter and you might be able to find them on your side of the city.

BTW, Carmaggedon might be worse than the SuperDome during Katrina. It's gonna be hell out there. I'm gonna stockpile food and ammo, just in case. Can't wait to see a totally red SigAlert map.
What is Carmaggedon? :confused:
Some overblown news story about some west coast liberal p###ies having to take a detour for a day.
Jesus, who pissed on your stack of pancakes?
The rest of the country deals with detours and road construction all the time without feeling the need to whore for attention because of an inconvenience. Why the #### do I care that a few people in L.A. are going to have to drive a little out of their way for a few days? That's as much a national news story as my paperboy ####ing up all the houses he delivered to this morning.
Hey Grumpasss - I was the one who didn't know what the hell Carmegeddon was in the first place.

Why don't you and Shuke stop yelling at me and resume telling the kids to get off your front lawn.

Bunch of bittermen up in here.
Who's yelling at you? Did 2005 GM log in this morning?
Mr. Sensitive 2004-2005 :thumbup:
 
Always thought Richard Jeni was a funny guy. His HBO special "A Good Catholic Boy" was one of my favorites. And early 80's Eddie Murphy stand-ups are pure gold, IMO.

 
12:30 Monday and the annual central Cali coast family reunion type vacation begins with a three+ hour drive, just me, my kid and her best friend for now, but expecting between 25 and 30 over the course of the next five days. I hope my sisters stay home but they won't. I will sail, surf, windsurf, scuba, fish, spearfish, read, eat, drink and sleep until Friday. I may give kite boarding a try. I may hunt a feral pig. I may get talked into a round of golf or a game of tennis. I will ignore all human females I know over 40 and pay close attention to those between 17 and 25 whom I do not know. I will not go shopping, or to the Hearst Castle, or to see elephant seals, or whale watching, or wine tasting, bike riding, walking, hiking or jogging, and I will not babysit other people's kids. Frankly all of those involve time and energy best spent doing something more awesome. I will eat at Hoppe's some evening before or after the older human females have been. If we had a trophy for best vacation, I would win it.

Play nice Gmtanners. If you're inclined to prayer, please pray I don't spear a 150 pound human female or shoot one mistaken as a feral beast.

Farewell. :banned:

 
12:30 Monday and the annual central Cali coast family reunion type vacation begins with a three+ hour drive, just me, my kid and her best friend for now, but expecting between 25 and 30 over the course of the next five days. I hope my sisters stay home but they won't. I will sail, surf, windsurf, scuba, fish, spearfish, read, eat, drink and sleep until Friday. I may give kite boarding a try. I may hunt a feral pig. I may get talked into a round of golf or a game of tennis. I will ignore all human females I know over 40 and pay close attention to those between 17 and 25 whom I do not know. I will not go shopping, or to the Hearst Castle, or to see elephant seals, or whale watching, or wine tasting, bike riding, walking, hiking or jogging, and I will not babysit other people's kids. Frankly all of those involve time and energy best spent doing something more awesome. I will eat at Hoppe's some evening before or after the older human females have been. If we had a trophy for best vacation, I would win it. Play nice Gmtanners. If you're inclined to prayer, please pray I don't spear a 150 pound human female or shoot one mistaken as a feral beast. Farewell. :banned:
:thumbup: :thumbup: Pictures of all, please.
 
The most popular gentleman's magazine on the planet Mercury is "Barely 73."
Did you get this from Dodd's Facebook status?
We're not FB friends. :unsure: yet.
You know Status Shuffle? Dodds seems to have discovered this, but copies and pastes. It's a little like getting chain letters from Aunt Martha.
Kind of like when he copy/pasted Kid Charlemagne's ADP formula?
The AVT thief?
 
I have been listening to Halestorm on Pandora all day. I really want to have physical relations with their lead singer, Lzzy Hale.

 
Kind of like when he copy/pasted Kid Charlemagne's ADP formula?
The AVT thief?
Worst FBGs scandal ever.
I gotta be honest here.. I have no idea what AVT is.
Unlike evolution and gravity, AVT (Average Value Theory) was not "just a theory". It wasn't even a very good hypothesis. The idea was simple - every year, the final order of position players is predictable - only one running back can be #1, and only one can be #2, and so on. Since it's easier to guess which running back is #1, you could just average out the stats of the #1 running back over the last few years and give those numbers to the back who is top on your cheatsheet. Once you've done this, you now have a statistically meaningless list of statistics to plug into a VBD spreadsheet, so you could figure out that you still liked running backs better than receivers. This was groundbreaking stuff, if the ground you were attempting to break was the crust around the world of statistics. Kid C claimed this was his great innovation, only to have it magically appear on the site, under the name of a former moderator who went on to start his own highly lucrative fantasy website providing an untimely look inside the stats, in which you and I are each part owners.
 
i used to live near here, its bout 2 hrs from Portland and a nice campground (always allow fires) http://www.recreation.gov/camping/Rock_Creek_Or/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=71659

call ahead to make sure they have spots open just in case. If its full, theres wilderness camping nearby since you're in the Mt Hood Nat'l forest and there's city-kid camping over at Pine Hollow Reservoir about 4 miles away. http://www.pinehollowlakeside.com/

benefit of these spots is its always dry. It sits in the rain shadow of Mt Hood so even when its overcast or drizzly here, as soon as you get over there its virtually guaranteed to be dry and sunny. Rock Creek is stocked, some lunkers in there but mostly 12 inchers, boats but no motors. Pine Hollow is also stocked, is a much bigger peice of water, has a marina you can rent boats with motors, and a restaurant/karaoke bar where you can witness hopefully one of the most precious memories of your lifetime. I have a memory i'll never forget from that place.

not far from either lake is the craphole town of Wamic population 108 with a general store that sells booze and chew and $5/gallon gas. There's also a mediocre restaurant nearby but has good breakfasts
Ahhh, the lovely town of Wamic. Had to go there to fetch more ice on Friday, then back on Saturday for more beer. :bag: Snapped a photo of the store and you are right, they had everything you might need and more. In fact, I was very intrigued with their sign announcing the availability of 'Gifts'...so much so that I inquired within what sort of gifts they sold and if I could knock out my Christmas shopping. Don't think they found me nearly as funny as I thought I was, however. :unsure: But what a cool spot to camp. We reserved the last spot available and found out immediately why it was the only spot left. It was right by the vaulted toilets. And by right by, I mean I could lean back in my camping chair and open the door for people coming in and out. Thankfully, the camp host took a liking to us (read: my wife) and when another family failed to check in by 7pm, he gave us their site, which was a million times nicer with more space and tall trees. Made a huge difference to the upside.

Plenty of highlights on this trip, many of which are posted on my facebook page, but the highlight of the trip for me was fishing with Cooper Friday evening. His brother had given up the chase early and decided to swim the balance of his trip. But Coop and I were determined to sit out there and fish, despite multiple lost lures and several snags. Finally, we decided to have a 'Cast Off' for distance. He beat me. :bag: As he's reeling in, he says "Dad, I think I caught a fish!" and I say "Sure you did, son..." before stopping mid-sentence to see that, in fact, he HAD caught a fish. A little tiny baby fish that we threw back into the water over his stern objections. But before we did, I snapped a few photos with my phone, including this one, which makes the fish look much larger than it is. I might try the same angle on my penis going forward. In any event, that's the peak of Mt. Hood between the fish and Coop's head.

We also drove to Boulder Lake, which was about 30 minutes away. That was an incredible journey and included a nice climb up giant granite boulders to the top of an enormous rock pile. I'd say we were easily 600 feet above the lake. My wife set the timer on her camera and we snapped this shot, which will double as our 2011 Xmas card picture. :thumbup:

First camping trip of the year was a great one; sure not to be the last before summer is through. Thanks to Tommyboy for the recommendation.

 
DOPE: (ET Sequel by Robert Blankenheim)

OMGodric! Did you see next weeks #TrueBlood preview??

I totally yelled "I CAN"T WAIT TO SEE THIS SCENE HAPPENNNN!" when Caroline Bellefleur walked in. #WaitingSucks sorry, west coast! ;)

East coastin it w you, #Trubies!

me want: (Samsung concept phone watch)

Dope: (Badass Lady Aces by Leon Ryan)

Advice plz! What is THE dopest swiss army/pocket knife out there?
Dope: I don't get it. :unsure:
 
Kind of like when he copy/pasted Kid Charlemagne's ADP formula?
The AVT thief?
Worst FBGs scandal ever.
I gotta be honest here.. I have no idea what AVT is.
Unlike evolution and gravity, AVT (Average Value Theory) was not "just a theory". It wasn't even a very good hypothesis. The idea was simple - every year, the final order of position players is predictable - only one running back can be #1, and only one can be #2, and so on. Since it's easier to guess which running back is #1, you could just average out the stats of the #1 running back over the last few years and give those numbers to the back who is top on your cheatsheet. Once you've done this, you now have a statistically meaningless list of statistics to plug into a VBD spreadsheet, so you could figure out that you still liked running backs better than receivers. This was groundbreaking stuff, if the ground you were attempting to break was the crust around the world of statistics. Kid C claimed this was his great innovation, only to have it magically appear on the site, under the name of a former moderator who went on to start his own highly lucrative fantasy website providing an untimely look inside the stats, in which you and I are each part owners.
If you look at it as a nice way to ballpark projected points (rather than run complicated forumulas) it works. I combine AVT with averaged expert rankings and use ADP as the guide to draft....works for me :shrug:
 
Kind of like when he copy/pasted Kid Charlemagne's ADP formula?
The AVT thief?
Worst FBGs scandal ever.
I gotta be honest here.. I have no idea what AVT is.
Unlike evolution and gravity, AVT (Average Value Theory) was not "just a theory". It wasn't even a very good hypothesis. The idea was simple - every year, the final order of position players is predictable - only one running back can be #1, and only one can be #2, and so on. Since it's easier to guess which running back is #1, you could just average out the stats of the #1 running back over the last few years and give those numbers to the back who is top on your cheatsheet. Once you've done this, you now have a statistically meaningless list of statistics to plug into a VBD spreadsheet, so you could figure out that you still liked running backs better than receivers. This was groundbreaking stuff, if the ground you were attempting to break was the crust around the world of statistics. Kid C claimed this was his great innovation, only to have it magically appear on the site, under the name of a former moderator who went on to start his own highly lucrative fantasy website providing an untimely look inside the stats, in which you and I are each part owners.
If you look at it as a nice way to ballpark projected points (rather than run complicated forumulas) it works. I combine AVT with averaged expert rankings and use ADP as the guide to draft....works for me :shrug:
How the hell do you have time for all this?
 
A Nalgene bottle has just enough tint to enable me to pass off white wine as water. This is helpful when mowing the lawn is on my to-do list and I need to hop on the ole riding lawn mower during happy hour.

 
Is being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer basically a death sentence? I have a buddy who just found out last week that he has Stage 4 cancer in his brain and lungs. Haven't seen him much over the last couple years since he moved. One of the funniest guys I've ever met, though he's one of those guys that if he wasn't your friend, you'd absolutely hate him. He's been using steroids for almost 20 years now, he's divorced twice and has cheated on every girlfriend and wife he's ever had. He also has 2 kids with different mothers, 1 of those kids came from a one night stand when he was 20 and that kid is now 17 and just had a kid with his girlfriend, so my buddy who is 38 years old is also a grandfather. For a while he was body builder and a male stripper, which is why he first got into steroids, but even though hasn't been into body building or stripping for years now, he still would use steroids because he could stand seeing his body get smaller. I can't really think of many endearing qualities he possesses other than the fact that he has always been incredibly loyal to his friends (I can't even count how many fights he got into standing up for his friends) and he was truly hilarious. He told me he's gonna beat the **** out of cancer and survive. But from everything I've heard I think Stage 4 means that the end is near. Also, has there ever been any medical evidence to support that prolonged steroid use can cause cancer?

 
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There's some poker player and his gf who are both still alive in the WSOP Main Event, and now apparently they're sitting next to each other at the TV Table. Upon her arrival, he patted her on the ### and whispered "Good job, sweetheart. Dump to me next hand."

 
Is being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer basically a death sentence? I have a buddy who just found out last week that he has Stage 4 cancer in his brain and lungs. Haven't seen him much over the last couple years since he moved. One of the funniest guys I've ever met, though he's one of those guys that if he wasn't your friend, you'd absolutely hate him. He's been using steroids for almost 20 years now, he's divorced twice and has cheated on every girlfriend and wife he's ever had. He also has 2 kids with different mothers, 1 of those kids came from a one night stand when he was 20 and that kid is now 17 and just had a kid with his girlfriend, so my buddy who is 38 years old is also a grandfather. For a while he was body builder and a male stripper, which is why he first got into steroids, but even though hasn't been into body building or stripping for years now, he still would use steroids because he could stand seeing his body get smaller. I can't really think of many endearing qualities he possesses other than the fact that he has always been incredibly loyal to his friends (I can't even count how many fights he got into standing up for his friends) and he was truly hilarious. He told me he's gonna beat the **** out of cancer and survive. But from everything I've heard I think Stage 4 means that the end is near. Also, has there ever been any medical evidence to support that prolonged steroid use can cause cancer?
:shrug: my dog was diagnosed stage 4 and i had to put her down 2 days later....
 
GL to your friend, GBFDAS; rooting for him. Could you get him to wear a shirt with a higher collar next time? The chest hair just isn't doing it for me. TIA.

 
Kind of like when he copy/pasted Kid Charlemagne's ADP formula?
The AVT thief?
Worst FBGs scandal ever.
I gotta be honest here.. I have no idea what AVT is.
Unlike evolution and gravity, AVT (Average Value Theory) was not "just a theory". It wasn't even a very good hypothesis. The idea was simple - every year, the final order of position players is predictable - only one running back can be #1, and only one can be #2, and so on. Since it's easier to guess which running back is #1, you could just average out the stats of the #1 running back over the last few years and give those numbers to the back who is top on your cheatsheet. Once you've done this, you now have a statistically meaningless list of statistics to plug into a VBD spreadsheet, so you could figure out that you still liked running backs better than receivers. This was groundbreaking stuff, if the ground you were attempting to break was the crust around the world of statistics. Kid C claimed this was his great innovation, only to have it magically appear on the site, under the name of a former moderator who went on to start his own highly lucrative fantasy website providing an untimely look inside the stats, in which you and I are each part owners.
If you look at it as a nice way to ballpark projected points (rather than run complicated forumulas) it works. I combine AVT with averaged expert rankings and use ADP as the guide to draft....works for me :shrug:
How the hell do you have time for all this?
Been using the same spreadsheet for awhile now. It takes about 30 minutes to update each year :shrug:
 
Kind of like when he copy/pasted Kid Charlemagne's ADP formula?
The AVT thief?
Worst FBGs scandal ever.
I gotta be honest here.. I have no idea what AVT is.
Unlike evolution and gravity, AVT (Average Value Theory) was not "just a theory". It wasn't even a very good hypothesis. The idea was simple - every year, the final order of position players is predictable - only one running back can be #1, and only one can be #2, and so on. Since it's easier to guess which running back is #1, you could just average out the stats of the #1 running back over the last few years and give those numbers to the back who is top on your cheatsheet. Once you've done this, you now have a statistically meaningless list of statistics to plug into a VBD spreadsheet, so you could figure out that you still liked running backs better than receivers. This was groundbreaking stuff, if the ground you were attempting to break was the crust around the world of statistics. Kid C claimed this was his great innovation, only to have it magically appear on the site, under the name of a former moderator who went on to start his own highly lucrative fantasy website providing an untimely look inside the stats, in which you and I are each part owners.
If you look at it as a nice way to ballpark projected points (rather than run complicated forumulas) it works. I combine AVT with averaged expert rankings and use ADP as the guide to draft....works for me :shrug:
How the hell do you have time for all this?
Been using the same spreadsheet for awhile now. It takes about 30 minutes to update each year :shrug:
I'll take a PM. :bag:
 
Kind of like when he copy/pasted Kid Charlemagne's ADP formula?
The AVT thief?
Worst FBGs scandal ever.
I gotta be honest here.. I have no idea what AVT is.
Unlike evolution and gravity, AVT (Average Value Theory) was not "just a theory". It wasn't even a very good hypothesis. The idea was simple - every year, the final order of position players is predictable - only one running back can be #1, and only one can be #2, and so on. Since it's easier to guess which running back is #1, you could just average out the stats of the #1 running back over the last few years and give those numbers to the back who is top on your cheatsheet. Once you've done this, you now have a statistically meaningless list of statistics to plug into a VBD spreadsheet, so you could figure out that you still liked running backs better than receivers. This was groundbreaking stuff, if the ground you were attempting to break was the crust around the world of statistics. Kid C claimed this was his great innovation, only to have it magically appear on the site, under the name of a former moderator who went on to start his own highly lucrative fantasy website providing an untimely look inside the stats, in which you and I are each part owners.
If you look at it as a nice way to ballpark projected points (rather than run complicated forumulas) it works. I combine AVT with averaged expert rankings and use ADP as the guide to draft....works for me :shrug:
How the hell do you have time for all this?
Been using the same spreadsheet for awhile now. It takes about 30 minutes to update each year :shrug:
I'll take a PM. :bag:
:lmao: - will send it when I get around to updating it
 
Zooks -

Old Melly Scupper and I had a mutual friend named Don Constable, who was a hedge fund manager out of the Twin Cities. One of the nicest guys I've ever known in my life and I considered myself very fortunate to be his friend. I went ice fishing with him twice; the first time Don essentially saved my hide after I wrecked a snowmobile in the dead of night on a frozen lake after too many pops in temperatures that froze my soul. He was like Han Solo coming to my rescue on planet Hoth...only in pitch darkness and no cool monsters.

Anyhow, Don was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer in the spring of 2005. It was a complete shock. He had never smoked and drank in moderation (unless he was with me). I didn't know what that meant, but was terrified when I looked up the stats. People with Stage IV lung cancer have a 2-3% chance of making it 5 years (or some grim statistic that made me cringe). Don had access to the best doctors at The Mayo Clinic. He had plenty of money and access to top facilities. But he only made it a full year. He fought hard, but in the end, he died in his late 40s, leaving behind a wife and 4 kids.

So, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I hope he does beat it. I don't know enough about steroids to comment on their association with cancer, but I would think it probably worked against him. Just be there for him as best you can. Make him laugh and don't be afraid to write him and let him know how you feel about him and what he's meant to you. I did that with Don...emailed him what I felt, talked to him as often as I could and still booked sports bets between us as we always had.

Sorry, GB.

 

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