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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Totally Unlistenable
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on: May 16, 2013, 09:05:42 AM
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Anyway. What do you guys think about Jim Deshaies so far?
Vanilla has never been my favorite flavor. I don't have a problem with DeShaies so far. I get the impression that he's easing himself into the role - which Borb did too, if you remember. DeShaies seems to know his onions and isn't grating on me. You can call it vanilla if you like but if the alternative is somebody like Chip fucking Caray, give me vanilla every time. I think he will be fine. I think Deshaies' primary appeal is that he's really embraced advanced metrics, which may not be the most important thing to Stew. Hence, the accusations of vanilla. I will not stand for this badmouthing of vanilla. It's a delicious flavor. Take it up with Stew. That's kind of why I posted it here. Not EVERYTHING is about you, Eli.
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Totally Unlistenable
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on: May 16, 2013, 09:01:00 AM
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Anyway. What do you guys think about Jim Deshaies so far?
Vanilla has never been my favorite flavor. I don't have a problem with DeShaies so far. I get the impression that he's easing himself into the role - which Borb did too, if you remember. DeShaies seems to know his onions and isn't grating on me. You can call it vanilla if you like but if the alternative is somebody like Chip fucking Caray, give me vanilla every time. I think he will be fine. I think Deshaies' primary appeal is that he's really embraced advanced metrics, which may not be the most important thing to Stew. Hence, the accusations of vanilla. I will not stand for this badmouthing of vanilla. It's a delicious flavor.
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: 2013 Epstink's Chicago Cubstinks
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on: May 15, 2013, 09:05:33 AM
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I like it, but what are we FYCing for? When Robinson Cano hits one out for Not the Cubs? When Robinson Cano goes 0-fer? Or when Not Robinson Cano (e.g. Barney) has a good game?
Also, Chuck: Eli is right. It's not going to happen.
1. He's already (ahem, Dominican) 30, so his best years are probably behind him already. 2. He's looking for a HUGE payday at the end of this year. 3. His agent is Boras, so you can forget paying anything other than top dollar. 4. Barney's not bad anyway, and the money could be far better spent somewhere else. 5. No, Chuck.
Give it up, man, seriously. Jim Hendry might have tried to sign Cano. Epstink and Hoystink won't - points 1 and 2 above in particular are pure Krypsteinite.
I agree with your ultimate point Tonk, but Darwin Barney is bad.
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: I admit it...
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on: May 07, 2013, 12:01:38 PM
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... I hadn't the slightest notion that Tennessee Williams was gay.
GTFO, Wheezer. I knew he was gay before I knew ANYTHING else about him. Like, what he actually did for a living. Yeah, I first heard about him when I was in 5th grade and he died from choking on a pen cap--which gave my teacher an opportunity to present it as a cautionary tale for those of us who chewed on our pens and pencaps. His gayness was openly discussed in the remberances of him, making him one of the first people about whom I learned was gay--long before I read or saw any of his plays. That's quite a BC-sized blind spot that Wheezer inexplicably had. On February 25, 1983, Williams was found dead in his suite at the Elysee Hotel in New York at age 71. The medical examiner's report indicated that he choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops he frequently used, further indicating that his use of drugs and alcohol may have contributed to his death by suppressing his gag reflex. Prescription drugs, including barbiturates, were found in the room. Some people have questioned the official account of Williams's death. Forensic detective and expert Michael Baden reviewed the medical files in regard to Williams's death, and stated that the results showed that Williams died of a drug and alcohol overdose, not from choking.[13] Williams's friend, playwright Larry Myers, said that the autopsy report was later modified to state that Williams actually died of acute seconal intolerance, and his friend Scott Kenan said that someone in the coroner's office invented the bottle cap scenario in the first place.[14][15]
Bah. He choked to death on Jim Thompson's massive dong and nothing you can say will convince me otherwise.
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General Category / On-Hoops.com / Re: 2012-2013 Boozer leads the Bulls to a last seed in the playoffs thread
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on: May 03, 2013, 09:42:51 AM
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Bulls with the hard-fought Deserved Win to force Game 7. Yay?
Not that it matters or anyone cares, but I just want to throw out that Joakim Noah is maybe my favorite basketball player ever. His effort last night was incredible to watch. The nets should be embarassed, with williams, johnson, lopez and a healthy bench they can barely beat this depleted bulls team. Getting that jump ball on Deron at the end (final outcome aside) was an unbelievable play, considering the time on the clock. It was also an unbelievably bad play by D-Will considering he had one job. That's why U of I alums aren't proud of him.
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General Category / Desipio Lounge / Re: Ricketts Family Annoyance Thread
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on: May 01, 2013, 12:23:20 PM
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Oh, man... I read this last week and meant to post it. In 2010 Reinsdorf negotiated a deal with IFSA in which taxpayers paid about $6.9 million to build a restaurant for which the White Sox get to keep all the proceeds—which may be an even sweeter deal than the original one to build the ballpark.
When the Tribune asked why he'd agree to these terms, Thompson replied, "We said to Jerry, 'Jerry, can we have part of the profits?' And he said, no. We said, OK. I've known Jerry for 52 years. He's tough. He's tough."
If only the Detroit Tigers were so easy to defeat. We tried, dammit!That's solid negotiation there.
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