04
Nov
Wed. Night Open Thread: FTFY
I really wish Steve Gilliard were here today, because only he could do full justice to both Bloomberg’s victory and Corzine’s failure. And while Mr. Gilliard was, IIRC, no fan of Mayor Bloomberg, he would certainly have had some useful if excoriating advice for those goo-goos who are now shocked, shocked that a rich person could be rewarded by New York City voters for a blatant attempt to buy his way into keeping office.
Also (ergo?), Fuck The Fucking Yankees…
Zzyzx
A new batch of ballots just got counted in WA. The everything but marriage election is now up 52-48. Go WA!
El Cid
Conservatives will no longer put up with the librul medja MSM pro-Marxist rants of Oscar the Grouch. The Glorious Cultural Teabag Revolution marches on.
Morbo
Go, Chase Utley. Preferably hit one with runner on base?
burnspbesq
Unfortunately, I think Colin Cowherd of ESPN Radio is correct: the Phils are out of arms. Manage your expectations, Yankee-haters.
Peter J
“When your captain’s crazy, it’s time to find a new ship,” the lawmaker said.
Nuff said.
KRK
@Zzyzx:
And a big, fat FAIL for Tim Eyman, too!
MikeJ
@KRK:
And a 14 point loss for Susan Hutchison!
Zzyzx
Yeah, anytime Eyman loses is a good day.
Pete Start
FTFY
‘spect
gwangung
@Zzyzx: That, plus I71 and the defeat of Susan Hutchinson makes the sting of Maine and NJ bearable…
arguingwithsignposts
@burnspbesq:
Well, the Yankees bought all the other arms, so what’s to be expected. FTFY.
MikeJ
For those of you who don’t live in Seattle, here’s a commercial that shows how to run against a winger. Make sure you watch the last few seconds.
Maxwel
I fell in love with Emmylou in the mid 70’s. I first noticed her when I realized that two of my albums were favorites because of her background vocals.
WereBear
Gosh, I miss Steve, too. Keen insights and a way with words.
I had a post there during the crisis; glad to help out. For those interested, Jen pops up to discourse on cooking with her co-op box. Never know what you might get…
Unlike many, I enjoyed Keith Olbermann’s roundup of the “smartest plays in World Series history.” But then, it seems to me watching sports is all about trudging through the forest until a peak of “great play” appears. Enjoy the journey, sports fans.
The Bearded Blogger
@El Cid: Most muppets are republicans, exceptions include those two old guys who complain about everything, Animal and Miss Piggy.
The swedish chef is libertarian, but voted with the dems the last couple of elections. Gonzo voted for Nader in 2000 and regretted it ever since.
The Bearded Blogger
@The Bearded Blogger: Oh, and Count Count followed the 2000 Gore/Bush mess obsessively.
Just Some Fuckhead
Howard Fineman has a head shaped exactly like the characters on South Park. And what the hell is up with his hair color changing daily?
MikeJ
@The Bearded Blogger: Kermit sang about how hard it is to be a minority. Bert and Ernie don’t live in a log cabin. Ernie doesn’t anyway. Bert might.
Ken J.
I’ve been mostly ignoring the postseason; I’m still recovering from the shock of the Detroit Tigers collapse and the epic one-game playoff against the Twins.
Around here, the election news was mostly dominated by the 58-42 defeat of an effort to raise more property taxes for school funding, which took a huge whack in the state budget for the year which has already started. (The state can no longer tell the K-12s and the universities how much money is coming before the start of the school year, which makes educational budgeting an exercise in guesswork.) Mid-school-year teacher layoffs look inevitable. “Michissippi,” we’re going to rename the state.
Hey, Anne Laurie, re: music: did you see my earlier response about the new Poozies album? (Folk music, five women, Scotland, for those who don’t know them, which is just about everybody in America…)
The Bearded Blogger
@MikeJ: Bert and Ernie are openly closeted. Maybe Ernie still has to come out to his mom or something, but it’s an open secret. And yeah, it’s not easy being green. The cookie monster may have something progressive to say about marijuana legislation.
Just Some Fuckhead
What is the deal with invoking Steve Gilliard with every thread, Anne Laurie? It seems weird and creepy from here. Just curious.
Enzymer
Yup, I sure miss Gilliard’s voice.
But speaking of voices, thanks for EmmyLou. Lord, she has one of the classic bluegrass/country voices of all time.
David
A little more on the banksters here.
Screwing the good state of Alabama? For 3/4 of a billion $?
Sounds good to me. Who’s next?
djork
Oh, how I love Emmylou Harris. The voice of an angel and not too shabby looking either. I would totally let her go all cougar on me.
Martin
@burnspbesq:
The Phillies are fine. Jesus is their pinch-hitter, after all.
tammanycall
@arguingwithsignposts:
Admittedly I don’t give a hoot about sports, but doesn’t every pro team buy its “arms”?
Martin
@Just Some Fuckhead:
FTFY always reminds me of Gillard as well. I too am fundamentally a Mets fan.
gwangung
@tammanycall: And they trout out Martinez with a 86 mph “heater.”
Yankees win.
WereBear
@Just Some Fuckhead: Anything with Yankees… and the mayorial race… when we miss people, we miss people.
Martin
And on that note – FTFY!
arguingwithsignposts
@tammanycall:
Indeed, but none have a checkbook as large as the Team Whose Name Shall Not Be Spoken.
arguingwithsignposts
OT, but Morning Joke and Chris Matthews have got to be the WORST of the MSNBC lineup. I’ve really come to like Ratigan. Matthews’ “little guy” schtick just makes me sick.
Legalize
Yankee-haters are about to get a heavy does of Yankee baseball tonight.
Legalize
“Dose” rather. Internet fail.
Ash Can
@El Cid: That’s beautiful. :)
Martin
@tammanycall:
The top 4 players are all Yankees, each making over $20M per year. No other team has more than one player in the top 15.
The salaries of the top 5 Yankees is about what the Phillies pay the entire 25 man team.
Anne Laurie
@Ken J.:
No, dang, I missed that! Have you got a US-based source for “Yellow Like Sunshine”, or should I just order it from MusicScotland?
P.S. Poor Michigan! Can’t say I regret dragging the Spousal Unit out here to Upper Lower Canada, but I do still get all parochial about the auto industry in particular & the Rust Belt in general. Sigh.
Martin
Oh, and if the Phillies can’t beat the Yankees, at least get Utley HR #6 to break Mr October’s record. Doing that in Yankee stadium would be awfully sweet.
arguingwithsignposts
Damn, WTF is up with Matthews interviewing Steele? He Is An Idiot. Doesn’t Matthews see that. God I hate this show! FTFT (Fuck the Fucking Tweety)!
Mark S.
Is it just me or have there been more flame wars between regulars here lately? I’m blaming the lack of Lily pictures.
Thadeus Horne
@Maxwel: I was privileged to meet Emmylou at a bluegrass festival in Long Beach, Cal. in the early 70’s. She was a backup singer for Linda Ronstadt. She had just completed her first album and Linda invited her to do a couple of songs. I fell in love and I have not changed my mind since then. She is one of my all time favorite performers.
All the political shit, I don’t know about, but I do know this:FTFY!
Betsy
I love me some Emmylou. She is simply wonderful.
Anne Laurie
@Just Some Fuckhead:
Only the FTFY threads, JSF. I’m not interested in sports, but I really really miss reading Steve Gilliard, who hated the Yankees with the burning fervour only possible to an NYC native. So whenever the World Series intrusion into the general newscasts reminds me about Steinbrenners’ Steroid Stooges, I post FTFY open threads in Mr. Gilliard’s memory, since I was also born in the Bronx, but to a working-class Irish family where cherishing grievances was the preferred memorial.
Betsy
As I discussed on a late thread with asiangrrlmn a few weeks ago, Red Dirt Girl is an unqualified work of musical, lyrical, and emotional genius.
Thadeus Horne
@Thadeus Horne: Slightly OT. At that same show, I saw the first incarnation of “Old and in the way” (Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, David Grisman, etc. Taj Mahal played bass.) I was playing in a bad local bluegrass band at the time and that’s how I got to meet those folks.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Anne Laurie: Yeah, I wasn’t aware of the Yankees-FTFY-Gilliard connection and absent knowledge of that tenuous link, it seemed pretty weird to keep seeing his name. And it still may, actually.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Mark S.: You wanna go ‘round, see what it feels like to be a regular?
inkadu
New blog title: Hullaballoon Juice.
MikeJ
@Mark S.: Fuck you, you stupid twat.
burnspbesq
How many days until pitchers and catchers report?
Oh, and in honor of the imminent onset of college basketball, may I just say “GTHC?”
valdivia
where is Tunch? That is all.
oh and FTFY.
Mark S.
@MikeJ:
Hey, right back at ya, fuckface.
burnspbesq
@valdivia:
Laettner and Hurley say “hi.”
Steeplejack
My current favorite Sesame Street song.
valdivia
@burnspbesq:
I was about to ask you. Are they hanging out? Friendlier? Say hi right back. Such cuties.
Comrade Darkness
@The Bearded Blogger: Gonzo doesn’t know who he voted for.
He refuses to wear his reading glasses and he’s blind without them.
burnspbesq
@valdivia:
They seem to be getting more comfortable. I left the front door open this morning while I was refilling their water dish, and Laettner came right up to the door, but didn’t try to come in.
Hopefully, they will soon be comfortable enough around us that we will be able to get them into carriers for a trip to the vet.
Fern
@Betsy:
No disagreement from me on that.
Mary
@Anne Laurie: I, for one, appreciate any and all memories of blogging great Steve Gilliard, may he rest in peace, and don’t find it creepy at all when he is remembered. So brave, so brilliant, so passionate, so funny, so original. I’m glad you mention him in your FTFY posts, Anne.
asiangrrlMN
@Betsy: Agreed.
Oh, and I’m calling this game. FTFY, damn them.
Martin
@asiangrrlMN:
Yes, things are looking rather grim.
valdivia
@burnspbesq:
well I for one am hoping they finally commit to you and walk through the door!
so is this game a slaughter or what?
Tim F.
My magic eight ball just told me that Pirates will finish under .500 next year. I’m taking the stupid thing to Goodwill.
Ash Can
Looks like the Phils are finally running short on magic. Oh well. I don’t mind seeing Joe Girardi get a WS ring. But then, managing the Yanks to a WS win is like shooting craps with loaded dice.
asiangrrlMN
@Tim F.: How about predicting a ten-run surge by the Phillies?
BruceFromOhio
@WereBear:
Thank you. Every autumn has become fraught with ritual. Rake leaves. Halloween. Frost. Snow. End of daylight temporal distortions. NCAA. NFL. It is truly all about the journey.
A New Yorker was on the conference call today, amped about the series. I was on mute, which made for antics. FTFY.
Martin
Not dead yet, baby!
FTFY!
asiangrrlMN
@Martin: Damn right!
jeffreyw
Do they serve any food at these baseball meetings?
South of I-10
Son Volt is playing here on Sunday night. I am a fan of their music, but have never seen them live. Is it worth it to get a sitter and drag my tired ass out on a Sunday night to see them? I sorta remember someone here saying they saw them live?
asiangrrlMN
@jeffreyw: No. This isn’t football! How’s Jack?
Tim F.
@asiangrrlMN: Sorry, an upset win is not nearly obvious enough to predict. I can feel it wanting me to ask whether America will take the World Cup.
phoebes-in-santa fe
@Mary:
Anne Laurie, thanks for bringing up Gilliard. I don’t think it’s creepy. I really wish he had lived to see last year’s election.
asiangrrlMN
@Tim F.: Man, you’re funny. And I love your photo open threads, too. Ask it if I will meet Alan Rickman.
jeffreyw
@asiangrrlMN: happy to be home
phoebes-in-santa fe
@burnspbesq:
So glad you’re adopting the litter mates. They add so much happiness to a human’s life. You’ll enjoy them.
BruceFromOhio
@Anne Laurie:
You are not alone. Any mention of the Yankees evokes memories of ‘Gilly’, and his commentary on the Iraq war, NY politics, beer can chicken. And majikthise photo. RIP.
Brick Oven Bill
Music is, of course, the Sixth Liberal Art. And it is not the Fucking Yankees Anne, it is the Damn Yankees.
Allah is the only God, and Ted Nugent is His Prophet.
Captain Goto
@phoebes: Yes.
And Tim—I sent you a couple of my digital efforts. Hopefully, they will measure up.
Alan
OT: Taibbi has a new article up.
According to a Goldman Sachs spokesman:
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thadeus Horne
@Brick Oven Bill: Ted Nugent is a dick and you’re his condom,BoB. Fuck off.
Tim F.
@Captain Goto: Not bad. Upstars at the O will go in the queue.
Mark S.
@Alan:
Matthew, Mark, Luke and Ayn.
Yutsano
@jeffreyw: Puppeh came home? YAY!
@asiangrrlMN: A girl can always dream, dear. A girl can always dream.
Oh and FTFY. Also.
jeffreyw
@Yutsano: yep, he showed up yesterday, lil fucker
djork
South of I-10,
I say this as a huge fan of Jay Farrar from the Uncle Tupelo days: Son Volt is meh live. Save your money for a better show.
BruceFromOhio
@Brick Oven Bill:
The “Nooge”? Please. After “Stranglehold” came “Great White Buffalo” and its been downhill ever since. You want screech and thwack? Randy Rhoads. Pat Travers. Joe Satriani.
And Allah should to restring his Strat and get back on the train.
FTFY.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Hiya, FH#2. Yes, she certainly can.
Captain Goto
@Tim: Sweet!
Thanks.
jenniebee
@Alan: was just coming here to link that. The money changers have literally returned to the temple
And to think, we made fun of the Left Behind crowd all this time for believing that the apocalypse was imminent. Looks like I owe Tim LaHaye a coke.
Fulcanelli
@Thadeus Horne: Schwing! Ouch!
BoB, the Nuge would put a razor tipped hunting arrow in your throat from 100 yards out for that remark.
Ken J.
Anne Laurie in comment 37:: I got my copy of the Poozies’ album “Yellow Like Sunshine” from MusicScotland.com There really aren’t many US-based sources left for folk-ish music from Ireland, Scotland and England. I’ve still got Elderly Instruments available to me, and I am very fond of cdroots.com (where the proprietor is a pal), but beyond what those two sources might have, I just look for overseas sellers.
re: the Poozies:: the big news is that Sally Barker came back after 12 years of maternity leave, and she punched things up nicely. Plus, the band now has both an accordion player and a fiddle player, as it was originally conceived.
(Ya, we should take it to e-mail. For the rest of you: Anne Laurie and I are discussing a folkish band we know from 15 years ago. Five women, two harps, guitar accordion and fiddle. http://www.poozies.co.uk and free streaming samples available at http://www.myspace.com/poozies, where perhaps the song “Another Train” might push some personal/political buttons…)
More to Anne Laurie:
If you want to split your Music Scotland shipping cost across two CDs, have a look at Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis. “Cuildh” was a great album, and her new one is “Uam,” and I have only heard some of that one on the BBC internet radio shows.
OK, enough about our obscure musical interests…
Tim F.
@asiangrrlMN: The magic 8 ball wants you to go ahead and ask about a double play already. And no.
Morbo
OK, fuck it, hit the cycle, Gojira. Make some history at least come out of this farce.
Violet
@jeffreyw:
He’s home? YAY! I missed the news somehow! Did he have a big adventure and come home with a sh!t eating grin on his face? I’m so happy for you he’s home.
I’m also here to add a FTFY. I am not a Yankees fan. Stupid boring rich team.
Steeplejack
Calling Laura W . . .
Dr. Ronald Chevalier, “The Art of Relaxating.”
Elie
JeffreyW:
Glad Jack is home. There is nothing like that…
My old cat Bill got out a couple of days ago ( He is over 18) I usually keep him in. He has advanced arthritis and is just slow. Out here in the rural area—we have lots of critters that Bill could not handle. He was not gone long but I was frantic and totally unglued. He came back after a day, bedraggled but with no injuries, thank goodness..
I cannot express my emotions on his return. Somewhere between prodigal son and something very deep in my childhood that had to do with boundless joy and love.
He was kind of a mess and his fur is still kinked up in places. Have to get him to a groomer to shampoo and clip—although he has never had that and I expect major —major resistance…
But I am good.. He sits here on my lap purring lightly..
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Watching the game at work (FTFY!) and trying to get over my annoyance over a client who refuses to follow instructions and expects us to fix their dumbass mistakes. Yeah, I’m sooo glad I’m going home in just under an hour.
arguingwithsignposts
Hey BJers, I understand there were some elections over the past few days. I’m listening to some Violent Femmes.
After learning that my GF hid a medical procedure from me so I wouldn’t be worried. Now I’m worried more than I would have been before. Damn, ain’t life grand!
jeffreyw
@Violet: here’s a link to my rather excited announcement yesterday, scroll down for some details
Yutsano
@arguingwithsignposts: Not to rub salt on an open wound, but is she okay?
Betsy
@arguingwithsignposts:
Yikes, I hope it wasn’t major and that all is well with her now.
MBSS
whats up, democrats?
burnspbesq
@Ken J.:
I order from Coda Music in Edinburgh (www.codamusic.co.uk). Good selection, reasonable prices, and fast shipment. Currently waiting on the new Julie Fowlis CD.
Yutsano
@jeffreyw: AWWWW! I had to regale myself with the entire thread from then just to check out the puppeh pics. DAMMIT I WANT ONE NOW!!
Violet
@jeffreyw:
Yay! Thanks for the link. I was busy yesterday and didn’t catch up with comments in that thread. So happy he’s back. This last photo of him is hilarious. Hi, Jack! LOL.
I bet you two are just incredibly relieved. He definitely needs that collar so you can track him down next time. Hopefully there won’t be a next time, but with his history, better safe than sorry and all.
burnspbesq
Also, Julie is great in Transatlantic Sessions 4, which I have been downloading. No Cara Dillon this time (sad!), but Rosanne Cash and Martha Wainwright – and a couple of stunning performances by Allison Moorer.
michael57
Bottom of the 8th, folks. Some of us like the FY. (That doesn’t mean fiscal year)
jeffreyw
@Violet: we’re way too happy for words, and the collar is on the way—thanks again for all your kind words. alla ya {smootch}
no, not you BoB
Yutsano
@jeffreyw: Ahh c’mon even misguided BoBs need wuv too!
SIA aka ScreaminginAtlanta
I’m at a Marriott in Denver on business, and they fucking have Fox but no MSNBC. That pisses me off no end. So then I think, OK, I can deal with CNN in a pinch, and who’s on but Liz “Vile Spawn” Cheney. GAG. Fucking librul media.
DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)
Fix’t.
SIA aka ScreaminginAtlanta
OK God rid of Lizzie, now on! Tony Perkins! Focus on the Family Fuck Everyone Else
‘Scuse me for the rant.
Ash Can
@jeffreyw: Hooray!
@MBSS: ::sings along:: Whoa-oo-o-oo-o-oh..
michael57
Why is Wilfred Brimley in the game?
Martin
And this game illustrates perfectly why the AL sucks.
FTFY.
MBSS
Whoa-oo-o-oo-o-oh..
hey-ay-ay
gooood-bye
Yutsano
@Martin: Sigh. I just wanna go home now. Glad I’m not too emotionally invested in this game. And if it wasn’t for the DH then a lot of ballplayers would have had much shorter careers (i.e. Ken Griffey Jr.). Just sayin’.
MBSS
i was referring to the lakers beating the rockets tho
SIA aka ScreaminginAtlanta
@jeffreyw: Jack is back?? Oh I am so glad. I’ve been thinking about him ever since he went missing.
Yutsano
@MBSS: Ahh, at this point considering the night’s events comments like that can get misconstrued. No big deal.
Martin
@Yutsano: And shorter careers is a bad thing? After A-Rod has earned his $180M, he really needs a 2nd job?
The Grand Panjandrum
Yankees win their 27th World Series. This is great news for the Phillies and the Yankee haters.
eastriver
As a Yankee fan, I would like to say, on behalf of all Yankee fans to all the Haters at B-Juice:
suck it
Yutsano
@The Grand Panjandrum: I am gonna say for the record though: Posada is one ugly sumbitch.
jwb
Gail Collins is back:
—
Martin
I hope the Yankees all get ass cancer over the break.
Spring can’t come soon enough.
Ash Can
@MBSS: Is that the best Tom Jones impersonation you can do? “What’s
new Pussycatup Democrats? Whoa-oo-o-oo-oh-oh-oh…”jwb
Gail Collins is back:
And I’m in moderation. Grrr.
Yutsano
@Martin: You know, there is one small consolation to having the Series go into November: April 1st is now all that much closer. Hey maybe when I’m in Arizona I can go to a Diamondbacks game…
Mark S.
Yankees Win World Series
A Stinging Rebuke to Obama?
jwb
Got two comments in moderation. I wonder which word tripped WP.
Kryptik
Remember folks, in New York, enough money can buy anything!
Yutsano
@jwb: It’s WP dude. It don’t NEED no stinkin’ reason!
And on that note, I’m heading home folks.
MBSS
who was i arguing with months ago who said baseball has the most parity and the yankees and red sox don’t always win?
eastriver
Such nice karma, Marty. If they get ass cancer (as you so fondly wish), I hope they take big, smelly dumps in your toilet.
And also suck it
Ash Can
LOL! My comment @126 is in moderation purgatory. All I had to do was refer to a cheesy 60s pop/cabaret singer and I’m sent to my room.
The Grand Panjandrum
I love the smell of schadenfreude at midnight.
@Yutsano: Good thing he’s a catcher, eh?
jwb
@Ash Can: I quoted from Gail Collins, who has a nice snarky column up.
jwb
@jwb: Link fail. Collins’ column.
Ash Can
No more baseball for 2009.
::wistful sigh::
::perks up::
OK, I’m ready for snow now. Bring on the winter. It’s all good.
Kryptik
@MBSS:
Thing is, last year seemed to be a bellwether. Then…Yanks spent untold millions to do what they always do: buy a team rather than grow a team. They just happened to spend more, and on players they knew other teams loved and needed more than the Yanks really did.
That’s honestly why I fell in love with the Rays after ‘08, and still stick with ‘em after this mediocre (yet still better than their decade of awfulness before): they actually invest and grow a team, even if it took years to pay dividends (just not about to say that out loud, living in the NYC metro area).
I still wish they didn’t trade Iwamura though.
Scott
“Also (ergo?), Fuck The Fucking Yankees…”
Annie darlin’ it’s over. They one despite your most extraordinary vituperation. It must have been a very tragic break up….
Cheers,
S
MBSS
as a californian i can’t really complain with the dodgers and angels getting close
Scott
Edit:
They WON despite…
S
Morbo
I blame Obama for this.
Ed in NJ
Woo hoo Yankees!
All you haters can go blow. We’re gonna enjoy this, especially being in central jersey, right above the line that separates us from the obnoxious Philly fans who thought this WS was a gimme for them.
Ash Can
@jwb: Actually, I know what snagged me. MBSS’s “what’s up Democrats” remark immediately got Tom Jones’ “What’s New, Pu&&ycat” playing in my head, I named the tune without using dingbats, and the net dropped on me. It-shay appens-hay.
The Grand Panjandrum
99 days til the Winter Olympics.
robertdsc-PowerBook
I’ll take this win. And this championship, the 27th championship in our history.
For all the FTFY people, I have just one thing to say:
Suck. On. This.
Go Yankees!
MBSS
What’s new pussycat? Woah, Woah
What’s new pussycat? Woah, Woah
Pussycat, Pussycat
I’ve got flowers
And lots of hours
To spend with you.
So go and powder your cute little pussycat nose!
Pussycat, Pussycat
I love you
Yes, I do!
You and your pussycat nose!
Scott
@Kryptik:
Ah yes, that’s always the excuse…..27 Times over.
Bottom line, they do have a better team…
Cheers,
S
General Winfield Stuck
@The Grand Panjandrum:
About my favorite sporting event in the world. Don’t much get into Summer Olympics but watch every second I can of the winter ones.
Corner Stone
@MBSS:
Well in that case you can just fuck off and die.
jwb
@The Grand Panjandrum: Curling is oddly addictive.
General Winfield Stuck
@jwb:
Don’t like cleaning, so the brooms skeer me.
gwangung
@Kryptik: Actually, the Yankees world championships in 1998-2000 WERE from a home grown core. They were able to keep George’s hands off the team until Jeter, Posada, et al matured.
Coincidentally, that was the last time I felt any positive emotion toward the Yanks…
Keith G
@jeffreyw: Dems take the NY 23 and Jacks back. I’m smiling. Cheers for you and yours.
jeffreyw
@Keith G: cheers, bro. I’m off ta bed. And to all a good night.
Yutsano
@The Grand Panjandrum: Can’t help but brag about this: six hours away from me. And if I choose to go job hunting could be less than an hour if I play my cards right.
handy
@Corner Stone:
Hater please
bago
F baseball. I hacked the gibson today using foursquare. I’m a superstar.
MBSS
i love curling! i want to be a sweeper.
MBSS
it’s almost world cup time, also, too,
handy
I think baseball was a lot healthier when the Blue Jays and Orioles would win the AL East. That used to happen, you know.
gwangung
Well, I’m comforted by the fact that the Big Bad is never a REAL Big Bad unless it wins once or twice. Gotta have some teeth.
The Dangerman
Once more, with feeling…
...FTFY
!
I feel slightly better now (maybe it was from the obnoxious fart with which I toasted the new baseball champions).
From Alyssa Milano, the last 9 Yankees Titles have been during Democratic Administrations:- JFK (1961, 1962), Carter (1977, 1978) Clinton (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000), and Obama (2009).
DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)
I am laughing my ass off at a post Erickkk put up at RedState where he quotes cRush mentioning the “win” in Ny-23 and… gasp! a post by Erickkk that explains that “win”!!
The first bit that Erickkk quotes must have had cRush in a sweat…
I thought I heard some loud fwopping noises from the southeast earlier today. cRush saying that Erickkk was “the real first behind Hoffman guy” and that “he was really pushing it…” must have added to that loud fwopping I heard.
It was in stereo!
freelancer (itouch)
Baseball’s probably my favorite sport but I can’t say THIS enough to this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B80E9Wi-w7c
ftfy
freelancer (itouch)
Oh, and thanks guys, y’all have mention the Yankees so much we now have championship gear in Google sidebar ads.
Fucking great.
MelodyMaker
Damn, but Emmylou is hot. Thanks Anne Laurie. Loved her for as long as I can remember.
btw, google video has changed! I’m a Last Waltz owner and watcher and here’s what I got—
http://www.123video.nl/playvid.....eID=602818
The Band and Emmylou from The Last Waltz. Evangeline.
Danko on fiddle and Garth on accordion, Levon on mandolin. oh kay.
Chuck Butcher
Oh hell, you whiners – you could be rooting for the Tigers and the Browns. Masochism, not for the faint of …
On a sadder note, our 13 yr cat has been gone for nearly 3 weeks. I will miss her.
MelodyMaker
@Chuck Butcher:
sympathies. I recognize the pose.
BruceK
I’ll just say, in response to FTFY, YFTW.
I’ll raise my first glass tonight to the memory of Mr. Gilliard, and my second to celebrate.
robertdsc-PowerBook-now with 27 championships
Yes. Yes it is fucking great that we won.
robertdsc-PowerBook-now with 27 titles
testing…
robertdsc-PowerBook & 27 titles
testing again…
arguingwithsignposts
@Yutsano: @Betsy: Apparently it was outpatient, but still… she seems to be okay.
Mwangangi
I was born five miles away from Yankee Stadium. All of your “FTFY” has made this EXTRA great feeling possible. Thank You
arguingwithsignposts
@Ed in NJ:
Two words – Chris. Christie. Enjoy that Yankees win, man.
L Haywood Coffey
This post isn’t political. It’s about Emmylou Harris. Never met the lady, but once when I was a teen*, I was on the street just beside of UNC-G at night looking for a place to hang out, and there was really nice music coming out of what was either a club of some sort or a restaurant, I don’t really remember exactly. I started to go in but then saw a sign that said “Cover Charge Fifty Cents”. At the time, cover charges were pretty rare and I went ballistic saying “I will NEVER pay FIFTY CENTS to see some singer. Never”. Later on I found out it was Emmylou Harris.
*This was long, long time ago in a universe far, far away.
Corner Stone
@handy: I thought this was a “Haters only” thread?
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: I’m sorry to hear about this, arguing. I’m sending you and her some strong vibes. How are you doing?
@Chuck Butcher: Aw, what a beautiful girl she is. My deepest condolences on your loss. Play freely on the other side, Marlin.
sacman701
FTFY but expect more of the same until baseball gets a real commissioner and a salary cap like the other major sports have.
3D
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tammanycall
Admittedly I don’t give a hoot about sports, but doesn’t every pro team buy its “arms”?
The Yankees spend more than double the second highest payroll.