Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 3:46 pm (#899272)
Not to seem ignorant or anything, but why Mumbai?
I think dep is right on both accounts. I don’t have a clue how these persons minds work. Also, they hit targets where all the westerners are…2 luxury hotels, cafes etc. They came into the hotels with AK 47’s asking for the Americans and the Brits.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:46 pm (#899273)
bwahahahahahahahahahahahah
Vito NYC: Jim, I have come to the conclusion that cole hamels would look awesome in yankee pinstripes…do you think a deal involving ian kennedy and melky cabrera along with a lesser prospect like coke, would be enought to pry him away from philly?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:19 PM ET ) If Yankees fans are going to keep sending silly trades, I guess I’ll keep posting them. On this one, I’d say no chance in hell. Would the Yankees trade Joba Chamberlain for Jayson Werth, Kyle Kendrick and Clay Condrey? That would be a more equitable deal. Sheesh.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:47 pm (#899274)
A friends’ father of mine was actually gunned down in a hotel lobby in Egypt like 15 yrs ago.
crazy shit
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:47 pm (#899275)
friend of mine’s father….
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:48 pm (#899276)
Also, they hit targets where all the westerners are…2 luxury hotels, cafes etc. They came into the hotels with AK 47’s asking for the Americans and the Brits.
scary. i hope they all burn.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:49 pm (#899277)
chris(smithtown,ny) : Puzzling move signing Marte for the Yanks..and losing the compensation picks..your thoughts?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:25 PM ET ) The Yankees will have plenty of comp picks anyway, in all likelihood. They like Marte as a lefty arm for their bullpen, and I’m not surprised their focus is on their 2009 club rather than draft picks for the future.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:49 pm (#899278)
jsm (dallas): Will Boston break down and eventually include Buchholz in a deal for a Texas catcher?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:20 PM ET ) My gut feel is no. I don’t think the Red Sox are going to sell low on Buchholz, and as I wrote in my last column for Baseball America, I think he can still be a frontline starter. I think the most likely scenario for the Red Sox at catcher is that they’ll go with a stopgap solution if they don’t see a longer-term move they like.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:50 pm (#899279)
chris(smithtown,ny) : thanks for posting my previous comment..however I still am perturbed by the anti Yanks sentiment in your writings..
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:30 PM ET ) Bah. I have a lot of respect for the Yankees. But I get more stupid Yankees-related questions than I do for the other 29 teams combined.
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 3:51 pm (#899280)
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:30 PM ET ) Bah. I have a lot of respect for the Yankees. But I get more stupid Yankees-related questions than I do for the other 29 teams combined.
It’s that old Yankee fan sense of entitlement rearing it’s ugly head…..lol!
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 3:57 pm (#899281)
Now they’re saying that the terrorists are holding Americans and Brits hostage, but the situation is so fluid, there’s so much chaos that no one is sure if that’s true.
It gets uglier and uglier.
Comment posted byEd in Westchester 2on November 26, 2008 at 3:59 pm (#899282)
Get Lew and his unit to Mumbai now!
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 3:59 pm (#899283)
jeez, i hope no one else gets hurt. at least not from our sides
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:00 pm (#899284)
Absolutely! Go get ‘em lew!
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:02 pm (#899285)
The police are still battling the terrorists. it was 8 separate attacks with AK 47’s and hand grenades. The hostage situation seems to be ongoing. Terrorists asked all patrons in a restaurant ( in a hotel) with british and American passports to follow him and took them up the 18th floor of the hotel. Yikes!
Comment posted byConfusedon November 26, 2008 at 4:03 pm (#899286)
im canadian
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:04 pm (#899287)
Travel as a Canadian!
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:04 pm (#899288)
heyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:09 pm (#899289)
Chris (Hoboken, NJ): Your un explainable Phil Hughes love should be enough to allow you to lash out to Yankee fans as you see fit.
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:32 PM ET ) It’s not inexplicable! Read my last column on Buchholz and Hughes. His stuff does seems like it’s down a notch, but I still think he’ll be a No. 3 starter.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:09 pm (#899290)
Jeff (Queens): Jim, why are there discrepancies on Phil Hughes velocity in the AFL according to your scouts, and the scouts who gunned him at around 92-94 towards the end of the AFL?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:34 PM ET ) His velo fluctuated some in the AFL. He doesn’t throw 91-94 mph as consistently as he did when he was tearing up Double-A.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:11 pm (#899291)
Ryan (Astoria, NY): Is Jon Niese ready for the big leagues yet or does he need more work in the minors?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:55 PM ET ) More work in the minors.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:12 pm (#899292)
Steve (Queens, NY): Jets or the rest of the AFC for SB Rep?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:52 PM ET ) I’ll take the field. The Jets are the hottest team right now, but Favre has a multipick playoff game in him that will surface at some point.
Stick to baseball! LOUD NOISES! LA LA LA
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:12 pm (#899293)
Matt (Vermillion): No Guerra in the Twins top 10?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:50 PM ET ) His stuff really regressed this year–he didn’t belong on the Top 10.
Comment posted byConfusedon November 26, 2008 at 4:12 pm (#899294)
okay peeps have a good turkey (or tofurkey) day.
if you get the wish bone, the mets need more help then any other team you root for, so keep that in mind. ;)
type to you in a couple, no off day for me on friday.
nighty night.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:13 pm (#899295)
Tommy(Clearwater): Nelson Cruz. Breakout candidate? or Quad A?
SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:56 PM ET ) Quad A.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:14 pm (#899296)
happy thanksgiving confused
lataz!
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:17 pm (#899297)
happy, happy, Confused!
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 4:19 pm (#899298)
Have a great Thanksgiving, Confused.
Hi everyone!
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:22 pm (#899299)
Hi Athena. How ya doing?
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 4:24 pm (#899300)
Not too bad, Shea! How are you? Fun plans for Thanksgiving?
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:27 pm (#899301)
Over the river and through the woods ( well, not exactly the woods) to my sister’s. You?
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 4:32 pm (#899302)
Up to my brother’s. A huge family thing. All of my cousins, aunts, uncles. There’s usually more than thirty of us. It’s pretty crazy.
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:34 pm (#899303)
Sounds like fun. Who does all the cooking? Please send June et al my best!
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 4:41 pm (#899304)
My brother makes two turkeys and some of the sides. The rest of us fill in other entrees, more side dishes and desserts. We always have way too many desserts, because every woman in my generation brings at least one. I usually bake two cakes.
I will pass along your regards to June. I’m certain she’ll want me to return them! :-)
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:43 pm (#899305)
Wow! What I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving….Ann Coutler fell down the stairs and had to have her jaw wired shut! Karma kickback is a bitch….lol!
Comment posted byDannyon November 26, 2008 at 4:44 pm (#899306)
Does anybody in the family get drunk and confuse you and June?
I mean, it happens.
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:49 pm (#899307)
Danny, she’s with her siblings. I would think they can tell them apart. Even drunk….lol!
Comment posted bysweetlewon November 26, 2008 at 4:49 pm (#899308)
I am going to celebrate THanksgiving and my HUGE win today.
Then I am going to clean my guns and hope to get some terrorist hunting orders.
Fuckers — remind me again why we don’t just Nuke Afghanistan and Pakistan!
On that note, I am out –
Comment posted bysheadenizenon November 26, 2008 at 4:50 pm (#899309)
Happy Thanksgiving all!
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 4:51 pm (#899310)
Does anybody in the family get drunk and confuse you and June?
I mean, it happens.
hahahaha!! Never happens!! The drunk part, that is. The confusion is typical. ;-)
Actually, my grandmother is a serious teetotaler. We don’t usually drink on Thanksgiving and if we do, it’s pretty discrete. But none of my aunts, uncles or cousins can tell us apart anyway! I have one uncle who knows the difference, but he only learned so that he could routinely call us by the incorrect name. He thinks it’s a laugh-riot.
How are you?
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 4:55 pm (#899311)
There was an article on the website in the Times. And the puppies are oddly mesmerizing. They’re sleeping now. But I’m keeping a little window open so I can check on them.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 4:58 pm (#899312)
OMGPUPPIEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment posted byDannyon November 26, 2008 at 5:00 pm (#899313)
I’m doing good, Athena! Thanks for asking. Bitness be slooooooooow but hopefully it picks up sometime.
I’m about to run, but Happy Thanksgiving to all the Geeks!
I like puppies.
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 5:03 pm (#899314)
Have a great Thanksgiving, Danny! Business will pick up. Maybe in the New Year people will be in the spending mode. :-)
OMGPUPPIEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like puppies.
Who doesn’t love puppies?? Aren’t they awesome??
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 5:04 pm (#899315)
haha! That puppy cam currently has more than 14,000 viewers!!
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 5:05 pm (#899316)
Yea, I’m hooked. I love the little one where you can only see his feet and he keeps moving them!!!
I just wanna go take a nap with themz!!!
I cant believe i’m not getting out early, what a jip!
Comment posted bybcusteron November 26, 2008 at 5:05 pm (#899317)
if notre dame defeats north carolina in maui tonight, the fighting irish could very well wind up with the #1 national ranking…
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm (#899318)
does ND hockey play THE ‘CUSE anytime soon? ;)
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 5:10 pm (#899319)
I just wanna go take a nap with themz!!!
I know! Right?? That would be awesome.
According to the article, the site is designed for webcasts of conferences and allowing military people to talk to their families. But most of the traffic is focused on these puppies.
That sucks that you don’t get to leave early. Slave drivers!!! :-(
Comment posted bybcusteron November 26, 2008 at 5:10 pm (#899320)
no big east hockey, dep…
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 5:11 pm (#899321)
no big east hockey, dep…
d’oh!!!! good for you! ;)
heehee
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 5:11 pm (#899322)
I know! Right?? That would be awesome.
According to the article, the site is designed for webcasts of conferences and allowing military people to talk to their families. But most of the traffic is focused on these puppies.
interesting! they are quite adorable!
That sucks that you don’t get to leave early. Slave drivers!!! :-(
yup, oh well. i aint doing anymore work as a form of protest!
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 5:16 pm (#899323)
yup, oh well. i aint doing anymore work as a form of protest!
haha! That’ll teach ‘em!
Are you going to your parents’ tonight or waiting until the morning?
Comment posted bybcusteron November 26, 2008 at 5:16 pm (#899324)
the irish football world is still reeling from the humiliating defeat the orange laid on us. lots of calls for charlie’s head in south bend and: USC is favored by 30 on sat night. who was that poster here that was the big trojan fan? i can’t remember
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 5:20 pm (#899325)
Hi Custer. Griffy loves USC, I believe.
Comment posted bybcusteron November 26, 2008 at 5:21 pm (#899326)
hi athena & happy thanksgiving1
griff, that’s who it was…
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 5:21 pm (#899327)
haha! That’ll teach ‘em!
Are you going to your parents’ tonight or waiting until the morning?
probly tomorrow morning. not totally decided.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 5:22 pm (#899328)
DAVIDSON, N.C. — By the third possession, Davidson’s Stephen Curry had figured it out. Loyola (Md.) was double-teaming him. Everywhere, on each possession, no matter what the scenario.
So Curry decided to test the triangle-and-2 defense taken to the ultimate extreme. He went into the corner and two defenders followed him, setting up a 4-on-3 for his teammates.
Curry decided to keep standing there, and his teammates kept scoring — for 40 minutes — in a 78-48 head-scratching win for the Wildcats (No. 25 on ESPN/USA Today, No. 24 AP) that will be remembered for some time.
The nation’s leading scorer was held without a point and took only three shots. But the game was never in doubt because Davidson played the entire game on a virtual power play.
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 5:27 pm (#899329)
That’s pretty funny, Dep. Loyola’s strategy might need a bit of refining, though!
Comment posted bybcusteron November 26, 2008 at 5:33 pm (#899330)
the thing that surprises me is that curry is not already in the nba…
Comment posted byEd in Westchester 2on November 26, 2008 at 5:53 pm (#899331)
Ed was lucky and left work early. On his way to the Isles game now.
Let’s Go Islanders!
Happy Thanksgiving fellow geeks!
Comment posted byEd in Westchester 2on November 26, 2008 at 5:57 pm (#899332)
So Wally pooped on the Mets today.
He mustve felt lost having not done so lately.
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:00 pm (#899333)
I’m not doing any work either… In an office of 5 full time people, me and one other person had to work today. Not even the boss.
Goddammit!
I did, however, like the puppies.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:07 pm (#899334)
Eddo! enjoy the game yo
what ya wearing??? ;)
where your seats?
i’ll be watching the 1st period or 2
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:08 pm (#899335)
lol Mr. BG
dude its crazy, there’s a ton of ppl in my office going full throttle right now. i aint doing shit
its their damn fault for leaving all this deadline oriented stuff till today. i got all my shit done yesterday
the only part that sux is the procrastinators ruined getting out early for all of us! booooooooooooooo
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 6:12 pm (#899336)
I did, however, like the puppies.
They are asleep again. All piled up in one big clump. Still cute, but I want them to wake up and play.
the only part that sux is the procrastinators ruined getting out early for all of us! booooooooooooooo
No turkey for them!! And no pie, either!
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:14 pm (#899337)
Fucking people. Ruin everything for everyone.
You know what the worst is? I have a shit ton of beer in my fridge that I can’t drink. Piss poor.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:15 pm (#899338)
hahahahaha
i’m getting soooo trashed tonight. regardless of what state i’m in or whether or not i go out.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:16 pm (#899339)
Michael Salfino’s scout friend, likes Bobby Parnell in the bullpen.
“I like Parnell better as a reliever, where he could dominate with his fastball and slider; both of which have outstanding movement,” says our scout. “He throws with a bit of effort and doesn’t change speeds real well, so the move [to the pen] would probably boost his peripheral numbers.”
I agree. Parnell is best suited at the MLB level in the bullpen.
The scout liked Tobi Stoner some.
“I would rate the fastball/cutter/curveball as average pitches, with the slider being slightly below,” our scout says. “Stoner is athletic and has good arm action, but tends to rush through his delivery. He profiles as a long reliever for me.”
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:16 pm (#899340)
Michael Salfino at SNY.tv and friends on Josh Thole:
Our NL scout thinks he has a relatively modest big-league future. “Thole is an extreme contact hitter whose bat plane isn’t conducive to power. Defensively, he’s average: solid receiving skills and average arm strength. I see him more as a platoon catcher given his left-handed bat.”
Thole’s performance record just doesn’t support the platoon player comment. He hit much better against lefties in a tiny sample in the AFL, but it was a fitting sequel to his performance at St. Lucie in 2008.
Vs. L: .333.386/.432 - 81 AB
Vs. R: .289/.380/.426 - 266 AB
Manuel thinks that defensive assessment is a minority opinion, but agrees with the offensive assessment.
“He’s got a decent swing with a good approach but is just not a guy scouts think will drive the ball consistently for power. Defensively, he’s a backup at best, fringe-average or below-average in most aspects.”
The divergence in opinion about Thole’s defensive capability is very, very interesting. Manuel is drawing from a wider range of opinions, but the scout is the guy who saw Thole most recently.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:16 pm (#899341)
At SNY.tv Michael Salfino caught up with a scout and two Baseball America writers, editor John Manuel and Kary Booher for some Mets prospects chat.
Regarding Daniel Murphy, Salfino and friends cover well trod ground regarding his hitting skills and power potential. Said Salfino’s scout:
“Murphy has good bat speed, is short to the ball and judges the strike zone, which should allow him to hit for average. But I’m not convinced he is much more than a 15-20 homer hitter. I don’t think his bat is solid enough to play left field.”
And then we get to the big question: what about Murphy’s defense at 2B?
Scout first:
“He is below average at second base with fringe-average range and stiff hands,” says our NL scout. “Third base is his best position.”
Oh man. I saw Murphy play 3B nearly every day in HWB and it was not MLB level good. This makes me question whether this scout has ever seen Murphy play 3B. On the other hand, if he has, and still believes 3B is Murph’s best position, that’s a damning indictment of his play at 2B.
BA joined the skepticism party on Murphy at 2B:
Booher:
“He showed some signs that he might be able to pull it off, but even his fall league manager said he was pretty raw over there. He just may not have enough range and agility.”
Manuel:
“The scouts and Minor League managers I’ve talked to A, believe he’ll hit, B, love his grinder mentality and C, doubt his ability to play second effectively in the Majors.”
I want to emphasize this point: the Mets employed bad defensive 2B in 2008. The issue is not whether Murphy will be a gold glover - he won’t - but whether the sum total of his contributions, with bat and glove - will be bettter than what the Mets would otherwise expect to receive from the position.
There is one decent defensive 2B in Argenis Reyes. However, his bat is just not MLB caliber.
The two guys, Luis Castillo and Damien Easley, who saw the majority of time at the keystone in 2008 were both very bad defenders. Neither player had enough chances to qualify among The Hardball Times’ Revised Zone Rating leaderboard. However, Castillo (.751) was worse than EVERY SINGLE qualified 2B. Easley beat out three of the qualifiers, but his .795 is nothing to brag about. By the way, the worst 2B with enough chances to qualify, was … Orlando Hudson.
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:17 pm (#899342)
I have to be at mi madre’s at 10AM, so I am going easy on the beer.
I literally cannot drink it even if I were home, however. We are having a beer exchange on Friday, so hands off the brew.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:18 pm (#899343)
ahhhhhhhhhhhh beer exchange!!! hilarious. that’s like torture!!!!
yea if i get wasted tonight in NYC and head out to NJ tomorrow, it will probly be an early afternoon train instead of morning LOL!
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 6:22 pm (#899344)
How does a beer exchange work, BG? Everyone brings enough for everyone else and you end up with one bottle of each? Or one six-pack??
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:22 pm (#899345)
Seriously. I got my good stuff, my girlfriend got hers, and a buddy of mine dropped his off. So I literally have like 40 some good beers in my fridge that I can only look at. They make the Bud Light next to them look like crap.
But, living up here, I get to drive 20 minutes, which is much more enjoyable than the train.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:23 pm (#899346)
hahahahhahaahhaha, there is NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY i would be able to make that!!!! I would totally drink halfsies and refill them with water and seal the tops back on!!! :p
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:23 pm (#899347)
Athena:
We’re doing it like this:
Whatever you bring, you get back. If you bring 6, you get 6. If you bring 12, you get 12. So, everyone brings good beer, and then we all trade for other kinds. At least that’s the plan.
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:24 pm (#899348)
hahahahhahaahhaha, there is NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY i would be able to make that!!!! I would totally drink halfsies and refill them with water and seal the tops back on!!! :p
Keep the ones you bought so it makes it look like everyone else brought swill, and you still look cool.
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 6:27 pm (#899349)
That sounds like a lot of fun, BG. I know some women who do that with Christmas cookies. But beer sounds like a lot more fun!
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:29 pm (#899350)
Keep the ones you bought so it makes it look like everyone else brought swill, and you still look cool.
LMAO. now you’re talking! hilarious
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:30 pm (#899351)
I hope it is; this is our first time trying it out.
We’re expecting like 30 people at our place, so I have cleaning and grocery shopping to do come Friday, but since it’s my place, I’m getting DRUNK that night.
Comment posted byDepon November 26, 2008 at 6:32 pm (#899352)
hahahaah, sounds like its gonna be a great time Mr. BG. i think it will go off all splendid n shit! have fun man.
And with that i think I’m gonna sneak outta here.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY GEEKS.
Love y’all.
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:33 pm (#899353)
I was really kind of hoping Omar might pull off a Thanksgiving miracle. You know, give me something to be truly thankful for. So far, no good.
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:34 pm (#899354)
Happy Thankgiving, Dep. Have a great one!
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 6:36 pm (#899355)
Wait. You’re getting drunk? It’s going to be a bit of an issue when everyone heads home and half the beer is missing. Or did you buy extra for drinking?
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 6:37 pm (#899356)
Have a great Thanksgiving, Dep Honey!!!!
Be good!! ;-)
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:39 pm (#899357)
It’s meant to be drinked/drank/drunk right then, but we have purchased a extra to tide people over if they show up long before the exchange starts.
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:42 pm (#899358)
And besides, I’m not just the host, I’m an active participant. The twelve beers I’m getting should be enough to get me loaded. And if not, I’ll take some of my girlfriend’s, who will not ever drink the twelve she is providing (in one night).
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 6:43 pm (#899359)
Okay, I’m clear now. You ARE going to get drunk! Have a wonderful time. Let us know how it goes!
Comment posted byMr. Bananagrabberon November 26, 2008 at 6:45 pm (#899360)
I sure will.
And with that, I’m getting out of here. My boss is in Colorado, and won’t call in the 15 more minutes I’m supposed to be here.
Happy Thanksgiving, Athena (and anyone else who might be lurking around)!
Comment posted byAthenaon November 26, 2008 at 6:49 pm (#899361)
And to you, Mr. Bananagrabber. Have a great Thanksgiving.
I think dep is right on both accounts. I don’t have a clue how these persons minds work. Also, they hit targets where all the westerners are…2 luxury hotels, cafes etc. They came into the hotels with AK 47’s asking for the Americans and the Brits.
bwahahahahahahahahahahahah
A friends’ father of mine was actually gunned down in a hotel lobby in Egypt like 15 yrs ago.
crazy shit
friend of mine’s father….
scary. i hope they all burn.
It’s that old Yankee fan sense of entitlement rearing it’s ugly head…..lol!
Now they’re saying that the terrorists are holding Americans and Brits hostage, but the situation is so fluid, there’s so much chaos that no one is sure if that’s true.
It gets uglier and uglier.
Get Lew and his unit to Mumbai now!
jeez, i hope no one else gets hurt. at least not from our sides
Absolutely! Go get ‘em lew!
The police are still battling the terrorists. it was 8 separate attacks with AK 47’s and hand grenades. The hostage situation seems to be ongoing. Terrorists asked all patrons in a restaurant ( in a hotel) with british and American passports to follow him and took them up the 18th floor of the hotel. Yikes!
im canadian
Travel as a Canadian!
heyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Stick to baseball! LOUD NOISES! LA LA LA
okay peeps have a good turkey (or tofurkey) day.
if you get the wish bone, the mets need more help then any other team you root for, so keep that in mind. ;)
type to you in a couple, no off day for me on friday.
nighty night.
happy thanksgiving confused
lataz!
happy, happy, Confused!
Have a great Thanksgiving, Confused.
Hi everyone!
Hi Athena. How ya doing?
Not too bad, Shea! How are you? Fun plans for Thanksgiving?
Over the river and through the woods ( well, not exactly the woods) to my sister’s. You?
Up to my brother’s. A huge family thing. All of my cousins, aunts, uncles. There’s usually more than thirty of us. It’s pretty crazy.
Sounds like fun. Who does all the cooking? Please send June et al my best!
My brother makes two turkeys and some of the sides. The rest of us fill in other entrees, more side dishes and desserts. We always have way too many desserts, because every woman in my generation brings at least one. I usually bake two cakes.
I will pass along your regards to June. I’m certain she’ll want me to return them! :-)
Wow! What I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving….Ann Coutler fell down the stairs and had to have her jaw wired shut! Karma kickback is a bitch….lol!
Does anybody in the family get drunk and confuse you and June?
I mean, it happens.
Danny, she’s with her siblings. I would think they can tell them apart. Even drunk….lol!
I am going to celebrate THanksgiving and my HUGE win today.
Then I am going to clean my guns and hope to get some terrorist hunting orders.
Fuckers — remind me again why we don’t just Nuke Afghanistan and Pakistan!
On that note, I am out –
Happy Thanksgiving all!
hahahaha!! Never happens!! The drunk part, that is. The confusion is typical. ;-)
Actually, my grandmother is a serious teetotaler. We don’t usually drink on Thanksgiving and if we do, it’s pretty discrete. But none of my aunts, uncles or cousins can tell us apart anyway! I have one uncle who knows the difference, but he only learned so that he could routinely call us by the incorrect name. He thinks it’s a laugh-riot.
How are you?
Have you guys seen this live feed of puppies?
There was an article on the website in the Times. And the puppies are oddly mesmerizing. They’re sleeping now. But I’m keeping a little window open so I can check on them.
OMGPUPPIEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m doing good, Athena! Thanks for asking. Bitness be slooooooooow but hopefully it picks up sometime.
I’m about to run, but Happy Thanksgiving to all the Geeks!
I like puppies.
Have a great Thanksgiving, Danny! Business will pick up. Maybe in the New Year people will be in the spending mode. :-)
Who doesn’t love puppies?? Aren’t they awesome??
haha! That puppy cam currently has more than 14,000 viewers!!
Yea, I’m hooked. I love the little one where you can only see his feet and he keeps moving them!!!
I just wanna go take a nap with themz!!!
I cant believe i’m not getting out early, what a jip!
if notre dame defeats north carolina in maui tonight, the fighting irish could very well wind up with the #1 national ranking…
does ND hockey play THE ‘CUSE anytime soon? ;)
I know! Right?? That would be awesome.
According to the article, the site is designed for webcasts of conferences and allowing military people to talk to their families. But most of the traffic is focused on these puppies.
That sucks that you don’t get to leave early. Slave drivers!!! :-(
no big east hockey, dep…
d’oh!!!! good for you! ;)
heehee
interesting! they are quite adorable!
yup, oh well. i aint doing anymore work as a form of protest!
haha! That’ll teach ‘em!
Are you going to your parents’ tonight or waiting until the morning?
the irish football world is still reeling from the humiliating defeat the orange laid on us. lots of calls for charlie’s head in south bend and: USC is favored by 30 on sat night. who was that poster here that was the big trojan fan? i can’t remember
Hi Custer. Griffy loves USC, I believe.
hi athena & happy thanksgiving1
griff, that’s who it was…
probly tomorrow morning. not totally decided.
That’s pretty funny, Dep. Loyola’s strategy might need a bit of refining, though!
the thing that surprises me is that curry is not already in the nba…
Ed was lucky and left work early. On his way to the Isles game now.
Let’s Go Islanders!
Happy Thanksgiving fellow geeks!
So Wally pooped on the Mets today.
He mustve felt lost having not done so lately.
I’m not doing any work either… In an office of 5 full time people, me and one other person had to work today. Not even the boss.
Goddammit!
I did, however, like the puppies.
Eddo! enjoy the game yo
what ya wearing??? ;)
where your seats?
i’ll be watching the 1st period or 2
lol Mr. BG
dude its crazy, there’s a ton of ppl in my office going full throttle right now. i aint doing shit
its their damn fault for leaving all this deadline oriented stuff till today. i got all my shit done yesterday
the only part that sux is the procrastinators ruined getting out early for all of us! booooooooooooooo
They are asleep again. All piled up in one big clump. Still cute, but I want them to wake up and play.
No turkey for them!! And no pie, either!
Fucking people. Ruin everything for everyone.
You know what the worst is? I have a shit ton of beer in my fridge that I can’t drink. Piss poor.
hahahahaha
i’m getting soooo trashed tonight. regardless of what state i’m in or whether or not i go out.
I have to be at mi madre’s at 10AM, so I am going easy on the beer.
I literally cannot drink it even if I were home, however. We are having a beer exchange on Friday, so hands off the brew.
ahhhhhhhhhhhh beer exchange!!! hilarious. that’s like torture!!!!
yea if i get wasted tonight in NYC and head out to NJ tomorrow, it will probly be an early afternoon train instead of morning LOL!
How does a beer exchange work, BG? Everyone brings enough for everyone else and you end up with one bottle of each? Or one six-pack??
Seriously. I got my good stuff, my girlfriend got hers, and a buddy of mine dropped his off. So I literally have like 40 some good beers in my fridge that I can only look at. They make the Bud Light next to them look like crap.
But, living up here, I get to drive 20 minutes, which is much more enjoyable than the train.
hahahahhahaahhaha, there is NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY i would be able to make that!!!! I would totally drink halfsies and refill them with water and seal the tops back on!!! :p
Athena:
We’re doing it like this:
Whatever you bring, you get back. If you bring 6, you get 6. If you bring 12, you get 12. So, everyone brings good beer, and then we all trade for other kinds. At least that’s the plan.
Keep the ones you bought so it makes it look like everyone else brought swill, and you still look cool.
That sounds like a lot of fun, BG. I know some women who do that with Christmas cookies. But beer sounds like a lot more fun!
LMAO. now you’re talking! hilarious
I hope it is; this is our first time trying it out.
We’re expecting like 30 people at our place, so I have cleaning and grocery shopping to do come Friday, but since it’s my place, I’m getting DRUNK that night.
hahahaah, sounds like its gonna be a great time Mr. BG. i think it will go off all splendid n shit! have fun man.
And with that i think I’m gonna sneak outta here.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY GEEKS.
Love y’all.
I was really kind of hoping Omar might pull off a Thanksgiving miracle. You know, give me something to be truly thankful for. So far, no good.
Happy Thankgiving, Dep. Have a great one!
Wait. You’re getting drunk? It’s going to be a bit of an issue when everyone heads home and half the beer is missing. Or did you buy extra for drinking?
Have a great Thanksgiving, Dep Honey!!!!
Be good!! ;-)
It’s meant to be drinked/drank/drunk right then, but we have purchased a extra to tide people over if they show up long before the exchange starts.
And besides, I’m not just the host, I’m an active participant. The twelve beers I’m getting should be enough to get me loaded. And if not, I’ll take some of my girlfriend’s, who will not ever drink the twelve she is providing (in one night).
Okay, I’m clear now. You ARE going to get drunk! Have a wonderful time. Let us know how it goes!
I sure will.
And with that, I’m getting out of here. My boss is in Colorado, and won’t call in the 15 more minutes I’m supposed to be here.
Happy Thanksgiving, Athena (and anyone else who might be lurking around)!
And to you, Mr. Bananagrabber. Have a great Thanksgiving.
whats up party people? I’m going to watch cops and firefighters beat the sht out of each other for charity…..
timmy, you have mail….gobble, gobble!
Have a happy thanksgiving everyone. Hot Stove final starts cooking on Monday
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