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[jplvr]

I think I broke my foot. Official report coming soon.

 

[YSR]

Final interview for that SC job this afternoon. 3 hours, broken into 4 different interview committees. :vomit:

 

[Tecumseh]

Final interview for that SC job this afternoon. 3 hours, broken into 4 different interview committees. :vomit:

Good luck, YSR. If they don't immediately offer you the job, I highly recommend doing

 

[cosjobs]

Final interview for that SC job this afternoon. 3 hours, broken into 4 different interview committees. :vomit:

The old good cop/bad cop routine followed by the clothed cop/naked cop routine.Good luck.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I think I broke my foot. Official report coming soon.

Jordan Jefferson hit it in the parking lot with an errant pass?

 

[jplvr]

I did something on Bourbon St I guess. Didn't look broken on X-ray, but that's just from me looking.

Doubt it's broken. Didn't hurt this bad yesterday.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I did something on Bourbon St I guess. Didn't look broken on X-ray, but that's just from me looking. Doubt it's broken. Didn't hurt this bad yesterday.

That sucks GBHopefully just a sprainGet some good pain meds!

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Did anyone's wife make them take a picture during every single week of their pregnancy? Apparently this is going to be a Tuesday night ritual. She stands in a side profile holding up a sign that says "6 weeks. Size of a lentil bean" and I get to take a picture.Do I really want to document my wife getting fat? Can I use that to my advantage later?

I think she did this by herself. Mirrors and all...plus she probably knew I wouldn't be reliable.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

IB>Happy Birthday.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

IB>Happy Birthday.

Thanks Rude!

 

[jplvr]

No fractures. Felt like drug addict for requesting pain meds. Thanks, actual drug addicts.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Went to Wolfley's for dinner last night. My girlfriend spotted two seats on the far corner of the bar and headed towards them. The guy next to one of the seats seemed to be trying to secure that stool but she just sat down and said, "Hi there!" It took me a second to realize it was Mark Grace. He was eating a pretty rare patty melt and pounding Blue Moons or some Hefe or something. He had fruit in it. He was cool, though. He and his friend (who looked familiar, too but I couldn't place him) eventually moved to the other side of the bar because they were expecting a friend and we took his seat.

C'mon, you don't do that to Mark Grace.

 

[Dirkswish]

Just had someone hack my Xbox Live account and purchase 3 full games at 50 bucks a pop. My first call was to my wife to yell at her for letting the kids roam the Xbox unintended. It would be just like the 7 year old (hell, the 3 year old) to stumble into the wrong screen and go shopping.

But that wasn't the case. So now I have a closed down Xbox account, a closed down debit card, and a date tonight to drive over to my wife's house to spend time on the phone with Microsoft giving them all the details on the console so they can see about reversing the charges.

FML.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Just had someone hack my Xbox Live account and purchase 3 full games at 50 bucks a pop. My first call was to my wife to yell at her for letting the kids roam the Xbox unintended. It would be just like the 7 year old (hell, the 3 year old) to stumble into the wrong screen and go shopping.But that wasn't the case. So now I have a closed down Xbox account, a closed down debit card, and a date tonight to drive over to my wife's house to spend time on the phone with Microsoft giving them all the details on the console so they can see about reversing the charges.FML.

You haven't called xbox yet? You shouldn't have to close your debit card as the info isn't readily available...it's like XXXXX-1234. If you call, they conduct "an investigation" for like 3 weeks and then return your money.Jethro and I both had this happen in the last couple of months. If you're an xbox user I'd recommend changing your password and removing your card if you have one attached.

 

[Dirkswish]

Just had someone hack my Xbox Live account and purchase 3 full games at 50 bucks a pop. My first call was to my wife to yell at her for letting the kids roam the Xbox unintended. It would be just like the 7 year old (hell, the 3 year old) to stumble into the wrong screen and go shopping.But that wasn't the case. So now I have a closed down Xbox account, a closed down debit card, and a date tonight to drive over to my wife's house to spend time on the phone with Microsoft giving them all the details on the console so they can see about reversing the charges.FML.

You haven't called xbox yet? You shouldn't have to close your debit card as the info isn't readily available...it's like XXXXX-1234. If you call, they conduct "an investigation" for like 3 weeks and then return your money.Jethro and I both had this happen in the last couple of months. If you're an xbox user I'd recommend changing your password and removing your card if you have one attached.

Xbox was who I called first. They were real shaky on getting this taken care of without me being by my console. They did shut down the account, but they also recommended calling the bank, and before I turned around, had my card closed.It really works out for the best. That account will be shut down once the divorce is final, and this just starts the process.The bank was cool about it, but I was not impressed with Xbox's handling of the situation. It seems that if they see charges on the Microsoft side, but don't see it on the Xbox account side, they could just reverse immediately. And shouldn't they have info on where those games ended up? Seems they should be able to simply brick that console and deal with them once someone calls up and complains that their console isn't working and Microsoft could tell them that little Jimmy stole 3 really crappy games.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I thought the movie was very good. And I'm a dumb ol' movie snob.

Still waiting on that recipe.

Oh yes! I realized he had written it out for a friend of ours before, so here you go (as mentioned he doesn't use traditional recipes but just does stuff). If anything's not clear enough, which is likely, you can ask any questions you might have.RAGU BOLOGNESEThis is how I do it. It is basically a gussied up, restauranty version of Marcella Hazan's recipe. I think it is the best I've ever ate. I don't know volume or weights or anything. I just do stuff.1. Make some garlic confit. (There are some good methods for this online. Find the Thomas Keller recipe and do that. It is way easy.)2. Saute some pancetta in a dutch oven. Before it encrisps, add a few anchovies.3. Add 8 or 10 cloves of the garlic confit. When the mess starts to liquify,4. Add a finely diced medium-sized onion. When it starts to soften,5. Add an equal amount of finely diced carrots and celery. (I'm not usually too fussy about knife cuts, but both size and uniformity are important here. The size should be small--no larger than 1/4" cubed--so that they give up their flavor fairly quickly. Also uniform: they must cook out evenly and actually look nice.6. Add meat. An Italian in Bologna would use equal parts capon, pork, and lamb shoulder. I would too, if that were practical and affordable, but it isn't in these United States. So I use equal parts ground chuck (90:10) and ground pork (?:?). Cook it 'till it browns evenly. Break it up real small with a wooden spoon. Mix that #### all up and talk to it pretty. (Not sure if talking to it helps, but I do it anyway. I try to let the sauce know how sexy it is. "You are one sexy ##### of a sauce!" I say. I also blow kisses and raise my eyebrows suggestively.) Then7. I add whole milk. Enough to cover the meat. This is where you say, "Che baccalao! This white person is so crazy he doesn't even use wine to deglaze! He uses milk! Que stupido!".Au contraire, mi amici. Any liquid is appropriate for deglazing and adding milk BEFORE wine will release all of that delicious fond from the pan as well as keep the meat pH neutral when one adds the acid. Anyway, add the milk now.8. Add a pinch of grated nutmeg and a couple of bay leaves. When the liquid is reduced by half,9. Add some white wine. If your sauce is at a boil, turn it down to a gentle simmer. Reduce by half then add,10. A few tablespoons of tomato paste. Incorporate thoroughly, then add11. A couple cans of crushed San Marzano tomatoes. I find them at Fino's, and Miss Cordelia's. Probably Whole Foods too. I buy the whole tomatoes, crush them by hand, then strain the liquid for seeds, which I find bitter. Then,12. Add some of the rind of a wheel of real Parma cheese. Bring her to a low simmer and let her go for a couple of hours. Season appropriately: if it tastes flat, add salt and pepper. Too sweet--add vinegar and crushed red pepper. Too acidic or pungent, saute a few tablespoons of tomato paste with butter and honey then add that. Taste frequently, and you'll know when it's done.Remove the ring and bay leaves before serving. Serve with homemade tagliatelle, pappardelle, rigatoni, etc.

So it is basically the same stuff you find in the microwavable frozen food case. Got it.

Final interview for that SC job this afternoon. 3 hours, broken into 4 different interview committees. :vomit:

JFC, you interviewing for Pope?

IB>Happy Birthday.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Just had someone hack my Xbox Live account and purchase 3 full games at 50 bucks a pop. My first call was to my wife to yell at her for letting the kids roam the Xbox unintended. It would be just like the 7 year old (hell, the 3 year old) to stumble into the wrong screen and go shopping.But that wasn't the case. So now I have a closed down Xbox account, a closed down debit card, and a date tonight to drive over to my wife's house to spend time on the phone with Microsoft giving them all the details on the console so they can see about reversing the charges.FML.

You haven't called xbox yet? You shouldn't have to close your debit card as the info isn't readily available...it's like XXXXX-1234. If you call, they conduct "an investigation" for like 3 weeks and then return your money.Jethro and I both had this happen in the last couple of months. If you're an xbox user I'd recommend changing your password and removing your card if you have one attached.

Xbox was who I called first. They were real shaky on getting this taken care of without me being by my console. They did shut down the account, but they also recommended calling the bank, and before I turned around, had my card closed.It really works out for the best. That account will be shut down once the divorce is final, and this just starts the process.The bank was cool about it, but I was not impressed with Xbox's handling of the situation. It seems that if they see charges on the Microsoft side, but don't see it on the Xbox account side, they could just reverse immediately. And shouldn't they have info on where those games ended up? Seems they should be able to simply brick that console and deal with them once someone calls up and complains that their console isn't working and Microsoft could tell them that little Jimmy stole 3 really crappy games.

The worst is someone can hack your account, add their email to the account and remove the old email from the account without any acknowledgment from the original email account. Nice security, #######s.

 

[Tecumseh]

Dammit, I have to stop watching tOSU hoops. I've seen 3 games this year: Kansas, Indiana, Illinois.

 

[Zow]

Considering firing up a marriage thread as I may be proposing in a few months. Good or bad idea?

Instead of vows, you should read the Emancipation Proclamation at your wedding. In Laws would love that.

I wonder if she's registered with Skoal or Kodiak?

I've only ever dated one racist. Just one.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

IB>Happy Birthday.

Thanks Rude!

Happy B-day, IB. Same day as Mrs. CC's.

 

[UOFI_316]

Dammit, I have to stop watching tOSU hoops. I've seen 3 games this year: Kansas, Indiana, Illinois.

Sorry for your team's inability to stop one person from scoring. I have no idea what Paul did before the game, but he needs to do it more often. 43 points and 4 blocks.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Can someone give me a clifton's notes of this whole texting rigamarole?

Sorry to hear about your troubles being a Steeler fan.At any rate, many of the people in this thread have exchanged numbers although there is not a master list. Some people like to text pictures of what they're drinking, the line at Taco Bell, or their 22 year old mistress' boobs. Some like to organize "team shots" at a specific time. Some like to just say what's on their mind. Our resident alcoholic man-whore Gadzooks has well over 10 numbers yet his phone won't allow him to text more than 10 people at a time. Thus the private @GMTANFBG twitter feed was born for important updates. WALA

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Can someone give me a clifton's notes of this whole texting rigamarole?

Sorry to hear about your troubles being a Steeler fan.At any rate, many of the people in this thread have exchanged numbers although there is not a master list. Some people like to text pictures of what they're drinking, the line at Taco Bell, or their 22 year old mistress' boobs. Some like to organize "team shots" at a specific time. Some like to just say what's on their mind. Our resident alcoholic man-whore Gadzooks has well over 10 numbers yet his phone won't allow him to text more than 10 people at a time. Thus the private @GMTANFBG twitter feed was born for important updates. WALA

 

[Dirkswish]

Happy Birthday IB!!!

 

[Tecumseh]

Dammit, I have to stop watching tOSU hoops. I've seen 3 games this year: Kansas, Indiana, Illinois.

Sorry for your team's inability to stop one person from scoring. I have no idea what Paul did before the game, but he needs to do it more often. 43 points and 4 blocks.

The problem is that it didn't matter what they did. On that last 3 he hit, Craft was so close to Paul they could have been siamese twins.

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

1 bag carol shelby mix2. Brown with Carrol Shelby Mix (not the masa part yet)

The race car driver? When did he start making 'mix'?

20 years or so? At least. Oh, stay away from the faux Carrol Shelby Chili mixes (aka "Kit Mixes"). They look great but it's really just a Mustang engine in a fake fiberglass body.

I'll be damned. I used to tutor his grandson and actually took care of him for a weekend while I was in college. Parents rewarded me with an autograph picture from Carol Shelby made out to me. I should dig that up.

Carroll Shelby turns 89 today.

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

@ Stubby's Pub n Grub.

It's actually a really nice place with about 50 beers on tap and pretty solid food. Right in "Milwaukee's Fashionable Eastside" We ended up going with your "My couch pulls out but I don't" suggestion and it was met with lots of laughter. Who doesn't know the GD Gadsden Purchase? We had to name 2 states that were part of it and the maroons on my team went against me and went all in with ND and SD. I told them to think southwest because the Louisiana Purchase went straight up the Mississippi. Missed 1st place by those points.Also got stumped on "4 presidents who never gave an inaugural address" bonus question. Everyone looked at me because of the Gadsden question. All I got was Andrew Johnson

Ouch. The Presidents question is a good one. Not sure if I would have been able to get 4 of them.

 

[BigJohn]

Can someone give me a clifton's notes of this whole texting rigamarole?

Sorry to hear about your troubles being a Steeler fan.At any rate, many of the people in this thread have exchanged numbers although there is not a master list. Some people like to text pictures of what they're drinking, the line at Taco Bell, or their 22 year old mistress' boobs. Some like to organize "team shots" at a specific time. Some like to just say what's on their mind. Our resident alcoholic man-whore Gadzooks has well over 10 numbers yet his phone won't allow him to text more than 10 people at a time. Thus the private @GMTANFBG twitter feed was born for important updates. WALA

WTF are 'protected tweets'. <_<

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

Isabella Blonde beer brewed in Kernsville, CA is good stuff. Thanks again Tanner. Also it's 50/50 that's Kern, CA vs. Kernsville, ca but I'm not gonna look it up.

Technically it is Kernville. They have a pretty cool brew-pub where they make the stuff. The problem is that it is way up in the mountains. Not the smartest thing to sample their wares and then try to drive home on a winding canyon road.

 

[General Malaise]

I just learned a furlong is 1/8 of a mile.

If you are interested, I'll send along one of my favorite books to you. Easy read, more anecdotal than anything else. PM address if you want it.

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

Considering firing up a marriage thread as I may be proposing in a few months. Good or bad idea?

Instead of vows, you should read the Emancipation Proclamation at your wedding. In Laws would love that.

I wonder if she's registered with Skoal or Kodiak?

I've only ever dated one racist. Just one.

But that's who you're going to marry, right?

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Can someone give me a clifton's notes of this whole texting rigamarole?

Sorry to hear about your troubles being a Steeler fan.At any rate, many of the people in this thread have exchanged numbers although there is not a master list. Some people like to text pictures of what they're drinking, the line at Taco Bell, or their 22 year old mistress' boobs. Some like to organize "team shots" at a specific time. Some like to just say what's on their mind. Our resident alcoholic man-whore Gadzooks has well over 10 numbers yet his phone won't allow him to text more than 10 people at a time. Thus the private @GMTANFBG twitter feed was born for important updates. WALA

WTF are 'protected tweets'. <_<

Similar to facebook pages that are private. The general public cannot see them.Take Gilbert Gottfried for example. His tweets are public. Even if you don't have a twitter account you can go on to his timeline and see everything that he has tweeted. If one were to "protect" their tweets, the general public cannot see them, until that person allows you to follow them.

 

[General Malaise]

Watching Moneyball right now. I don't care about the criticisms this movie is scratching my nerdy baseball fan itch right where it itches. Or something.

Saturday night is my first night alone without wife or kids or plans in months...I'm serioulsy thinking about finding this in a theater and going alone. The thought actually excites me to no end.

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

Watching Moneyball right now. I don't care about the criticisms this movie is scratching my nerdy baseball fan itch right where it itches. Or something.

Saturday night is my first night alone without wife or kids or plans in months...I'm serioulsy thinking about finding this in a theater and going alone. The thought actually excites me to no end.

It would be in the $1 theater by now, no?

 

[BigJohn]

Can someone give me a clifton's notes of this whole texting rigamarole?

Sorry to hear about your troubles being a Steeler fan.At any rate, many of the people in this thread have exchanged numbers although there is not a master list. Some people like to text pictures of what they're drinking, the line at Taco Bell, or their 22 year old mistress' boobs. Some like to organize "team shots" at a specific time. Some like to just say what's on their mind. Our resident alcoholic man-whore Gadzooks has well over 10 numbers yet his phone won't allow him to text more than 10 people at a time. Thus the private @GMTANFBG twitter feed was born for important updates. WALA

WTF are 'protected tweets'. <_<

Similar to facebook pages that are private. The general public cannot see them.Take Gilbert Gottfried for example. His tweets are public. Even if you don't have a twitter account you can go on to his timeline and see everything that he has tweeted. If one were to "protect" their tweets, the general public cannot see them, until that person allows you to follow them.

Where do I kneel to earn my invite?

 

[General Malaise]

@ Stubby's Pub n Grub.

It's actually a really nice place with about 50 beers on tap and pretty solid food. Right in "Milwaukee's Fashionable Eastside" We ended up going with your "My couch pulls out but I don't" suggestion and it was met with lots of laughter. Who doesn't know the GD Gadsden Purchase? We had to name 2 states that were part of it and the maroons on my team went against me and went all in with ND and SD. I told them to think southwest because the Louisiana Purchase went straight up the Mississippi. Missed 1st place by those points.Also got stumped on "4 presidents who never gave an inaugural address" bonus question. Everyone looked at me because of the Gadsden question. All I got was Andrew Johnson

Chester Arthur, Andrew Johnson, Millard Fillmore and John Tyler?

 

[Disco Stu]

@ Stubby's Pub n Grub.

It's actually a really nice place with about 50 beers on tap and pretty solid food. Right in "Milwaukee's Fashionable Eastside" We ended up going with your "My couch pulls out but I don't" suggestion and it was met with lots of laughter.

Who doesn't know the GD Gadsden Purchase? We had to name 2 states that were part of it and the maroons on my team went against me and went all in with ND and SD. I told them to think southwest because the Louisiana Purchase went straight up the Mississippi. Missed 1st place by those points.

Also got stumped on "4 presidents who never gave an inaugural address" bonus question. Everyone looked at me because of the Gadsden question. All I got was Andrew Johnson

LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Millard Fillmore and Tyler?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Moneyball is out on DVD and I just watched it on a plane. Still in theaters?

 

[General Malaise]

Looks like the I'm too lazy to put the toilet paper on the holder thingy guy visited my office this morning. But this time he set it on the sink and it rolled off and unravelled on the floor. No big deal

Oh ok.

 

[General Malaise]

Moneyball is out on DVD and I just watched it on a plane. Still in theaters?

Things always take longer out west.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

@ Stubby's Pub n Grub.

It's actually a really nice place with about 50 beers on tap and pretty solid food. Right in "Milwaukee's Fashionable Eastside" We ended up going with your "My couch pulls out but I don't" suggestion and it was met with lots of laughter. Who doesn't know the GD Gadsden Purchase? We had to name 2 states that were part of it and the maroons on my team went against me and went all in with ND and SD. I told them to think southwest because the Louisiana Purchase went straight up the Mississippi. Missed 1st place by those points.Also got stumped on "4 presidents who never gave an inaugural address" bonus question. Everyone looked at me because of the Gadsden question. All I got was Andrew Johnson

Chester Arthur, Andrew Johnson, Millard Fillmore and John Tyler?

After your edit, yes those are the 4 I went with G Washington, A Johnson, Truman and LBJ (all guesses out of my tailpipe, except for AJ)

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

working on adding the twitter account

1. To follow GMTAN on Twitter click here - I will have to approve all followers.2. If you are one of the frequent texters and you want to be a GMTAN contributor, send an email to: gmtanfbg@gmail.com with the subject line: "Twitter Request" and i'll send you the log in info

3. Most important - all of these tweets are private, however, once somebody retweets something, it becomes available to all of their followers. so don't share names of anyone you're tweeting about. you're heavily encouraged to make up nicknames (read: knuckles)

Bump

 

[General Malaise]

Went to Wolfley's for dinner last night. My girlfriend spotted two seats on the far corner of the bar and headed towards them. The guy next to one of the seats seemed to be trying to secure that stool but she just sat down and said, "Hi there!" It took me a second to realize it was Mark Grace. He was eating a pretty rare patty melt and pounding Blue Moons or some Hefe or something. He had fruit in it. He was cool, though. He and his friend (who looked familiar, too but I couldn't place him) eventually moved to the other side of the bar because they were expecting a friend and we took his seat.

C'mon, you don't do that to Mark Grace.

He didn't yell out "slumpbuster" did he?

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

Is this weird or what?

Showing a short video on The Alamo today. There's some historian on there who is a Jim Bowie expert (and apparently an expert on the knife).

Here's the guy.

Here's Jim Bowie

What a weirdo.

 

[General Malaise]

Just had someone hack my Xbox Live account and purchase 3 full games at 50 bucks a pop. My first call was to my wife to yell at her for letting the kids roam the Xbox unintended. It would be just like the 7 year old (hell, the 3 year old) to stumble into the wrong screen and go shopping.But that wasn't the case. So now I have a closed down Xbox account, a closed down debit card, and a date tonight to drive over to my wife's house to spend time on the phone with Microsoft giving them all the details on the console so they can see about reversing the charges.FML.

Refreshing to note that this will never happen to me. I don't even know what it means. ldman:

 

[Osaurus]

Is this weird or what?

Showing a short video on The Alamo today. There's some historian on there who is a Jim Bowie expert (and apparently an expert on the knife).

Here's the guy.

Here's Jim Bowie

What a weirdo.

Sweet hair helmet...and definitely weird.

 

[McBokonon]

Went to Wolfley's for dinner last night. My girlfriend spotted two seats on the far corner of the bar and headed towards them. The guy next to one of the seats seemed to be trying to secure that stool but she just sat down and said, "Hi there!" It took me a second to realize it was Mark Grace. He was eating a pretty rare patty melt and pounding Blue Moons or some Hefe or something. He had fruit in it. He was cool, though. He and his friend (who looked familiar, too but I couldn't place him) eventually moved to the other side of the bar because they were expecting a friend and we took his seat.

C'mon, you don't do that to Mark Grace.

He didn't yell out "slumpbuster" did he?

The girlfriend had no idea who he was. I was trying to mumble to her and explain why she knew him (I told her that story) but couldn't find a way to whisper "Diamondbacks" or anything, so I texted her "That's Mark Grace." She just looked at me and said, "no idea." I sighed, looked at her incredulously and tried to mutter "slumpbuster" under my breath so he wouldn't hear me (don't wanna be "that guy") but she wasn't picking it up. Then she just shrugged her shoulders, interrupted his conversation and asked him how the the sandwich was. FYI: "delicious, but pretty hearty."

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Is this weird or what?

Showing a short video on The Alamo today. There's some historian on there who is a Jim Bowie expert (and apparently an expert on the knife).

Here's the guy.

Here's Jim Bowie

What a weirdo.

I would get hammered with that guy.

 

[General Malaise]

IB>Happy Birthday.

Thanks Rude!

Happy B-day, IB. Same day as Mrs. CC's.

My twin aunts also Jan 11 birthdays. Happy birthday IB!

 

[jplvr]

Lortabs are great, but it's not like the pill is affecting the area where I have pain.