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This is all Weebs' fault, right?

Since there are no Mark Grace threads left, figured may as well put this in a thread about a color dude. (settle down, TDubbs, I didn't say "colored")

Anyway....Grace had an interview yesterday on one of the local radio shows and got quite animated, talking about his love for stealing signs "Some of my biggest hits came thanks to Ryno and Dawson" and then went off an Eric Byrnes "he's a basically a clown without make-up" at this point.

By no means is this must-listen, but if you're bored on a Friday, here's the link.

I heard some of it in the car yesterday, so there may be more goodies, no promises.

I may have been wrong in getting excited about Xavier Nady.

TPD.

Simmons spent much of the article on questions about LeBron's drive and comparing him to Dr. J, but then...

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If he cares about winning titles (multiple) and reaching his full potential as a player, he only has one move: the Chicago Bulls. That's always been the play. If you've been listening to my podcast or reading this column, you know that I've been touting this possibility since last winter, and here's why: Deep down, I think LeBron (and just as important, the people around him) realizes that he needs one more kick-ass player to make his life easier. That means Miami or Chicago. And really, I can't imagine him signing with Miami because Wade is almost too good. LeBron wants help, but he doesn't want to be perceived as riding someone else's coattails, either. Dwyane Wade might be the best player alive for all we know -- he certainly was in 2006, and he's been banged-up and trapped on bad teams ever since.

No, Chicago makes more sense. Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah proved that they were warriors these past two springs. They could be his Pippen/Grant or McHale/DJ. Easily. Rose could take the creative load off LeBron on nights that he doesn't have it. Rose could come through a few times in the clutch. Rose could hide some of LeBron's faults. It's the single smartest basketball move for LeBron James. It's the Michael Corleone move.

I'm doing an awesome job with the "pretend like nothing's happening" thing.

DPD.

Since this worked so well for the Olympics...

Quote from: Dr. Nguyen Van Falk on May 14, 2010, 02:02:46 PM
Joe Posnanski likes his iPad

http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/05/13/here-on-gilligans-isle/

QuoteMy extensive iPad review is still coming, but for now I do think it's worth answering one question that I have received from several brilliant readers: "What's the big deal about the iPad?"

OK, so we all know the iPad is smaller than a Sports Illustrated magazine and thinner than the Swimsuit Issue. And here are some of the things I did with it yesterday:

1. Watch innings of several baseball games on television.
2. Listen to innings of several baseball games on radio.
3. Watch NBA playoff highlights.
4. Read a section of Bill James' Historical Abstract and part of Nelson Mandela's autobiography.
5. Listen to the latest weather reports as wind howled outside.
6. Scan the Internet for news about Stephen Strasburg.
7. Play pinball.
8. Sample the new Keane album.
9. Update and check my calendar.
10. Respond to several emails.
11. Put together a couple of outline charts for upcoming stories.
12. Write sections of upcoming stories.
13. Shop at Amazon.
14. Play a Justin Bieber video for daughters.
15. Read an interactive Toy Story book to youngest daughter.
16. Play this addictive diner game.
17. Score the first couple of innings of the Royals-Indians game.
18. Watch snippets of a couple of ABC shows.
19. Instant message a friend who was gone.
20. Look up Tina Louise on the amazing IMDB app.
21. Scan the New York Times and Kansas City Star.
22. Instantly look up words I wasn't entirely sure about.
23. Make a list of story ideas I'd like to do in the next couple of months.
24. Do some soccer study for the upcoming World Cup.
25. Check to see if there were any new fun apps. Download this silly app that allows me to make Zen Gardens out of sand and stone.
26. Make several Zen Gardens out of sand and stone.
27. Check out Entertainment Weekly's Ten Things to Watch.

That's a pretty typical day, honestly. I did these things in a restaurant, in a coffee shop, in bed, while sitting in my recliner and watching television. Some days I do more work on it. Some days I watch a movie. Now, we have become conditioned to technology, many of us, and so the list might not impress you. You can do most, maybe even all, these things on the iPhone or on your mobile device. Certainly on your computer. Most of the iPad reviews I read talk a lot about what the iPad does not do — play Flash, have a camera, run multiple apps at once and so on. All true.

But I'm not a technology writer. I'm just a guy who grew up in the 1970s. And I like to look at it another way — we're living in the Jetsons. I can WATCH ANY BASEBALL GAME on this little folder-sized television that I carry around with me? And read books on it (and it's a much better reading experience than the computer — night and day better). And listen to music on it? And watch movies? And send letters to people that reaches them instantly? And get letters back from the in return? And do my work on it? And shop on it? And play games on it? And so on and so on and so on and every single day it gets better because someone invents some new app that pushes its limits. This all happens later in the same life when "Merlin"** was the cutting edge of technology.

**Where's Merlin now?/He's not there/He's out with Billy/playing Magic Square.

I'm not saying you want an iPad or need one (or any of the upcoming tablets) — I don't get commission. I'm just saying, what's the big deal? It's a computer and television and radio and newspaper and book and magazine and game console and Internet the size of a piece of paper and the width of a Mitch Albom book. It's freaking amazing, that's the big deal.

28-30. Jerked off to old George Brett highlights.

Quote from: Kermit IV on May 14, 2010, 02:00:04 PM

Quote from: Eli on May 11, 2010, 07:27:19 AM
Just in case you expected anything different.

QuoteA week after Vinny Del Negro was fired, the Bulls' coaching search is proceeding at a leisurely pace with no resolution -- or a scheduled interview -- on the immediate horizon.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/bulls/2254072,CST-SPT-bull10.article

Does this mean that Rod Marinelli is going to be the next coach of the Bulls?

I wonder if SKO has his Mo Cheeks tirade on ice filling the space previously occupied by his Mike Martz manifesto.

SI's Chris Mannix reporting Mike Brown fired.

There are denials though.

Wonder which LeBron family member they'll hire.

Also, I'm not going to let myself get excited anymore about LeBron on the Bulls, until it happens.

Or at least until the next rumor.

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Quote from: Andy on May 12, 2010, 11:18:11 AM
I fixed it again.  Kerm and I are in discussions right now about something that would move us off of WordPress and Go Daddy forever.  It's not like we co-own a perfectly functioning Web site, or anything.

Did you fix everything yet?  I'm about to fist that hot bitch from the GoDaddy commercials.

I'll take pictures.

Oh...NOW you decide you like Danica Patrick.

Sorry Kerm.  Couldn't resist.

EDIT: I should give full credit to TDubbs for the idea.

Yeah, TDubbs has some great ideas for comedy.

This did have the one good result of making me notice that my buddy is wearing a safari hat.

You have a flower in your ear...I would probably lay off Safari Guy.

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Quote from: Slaky on May 14, 2010, 10:48:04 AM
This isn't a new place by any means but I just realized it's probably cheaper than Jewel. They don't have the brand name shit but most of the stuff is pretty good.

These verde chicken burritos are fucking awesome.

What are some of the specialty foods that I need to try? There are too many to choose from and every time I'm there I only ending up choosing one pretty awesome looking thing.

Yes, it is cheaper than Jewel. I am having a hard time thinking of anything we've gotten from here that ISN'T good. Off the top of my head:

- frozen chicken tamales
- frozen pastry pups
- frozen morning buns
- turkey chili
- BBQ sauce
- BBQ chips
- strawberry preserves
- salsa (the fresh kind from the fridge section)
- pretzel rolls
- pretzel buns

Quote from: PenPho on May 14, 2010, 11:05:18 AMQue Urban Snob, RV.

Says the man with a mouthful of $12 Free Range Llama Penis from Whole Foods.

I find the penis to be rather gamey, so I generally just stick to the tender scrotum.

Quote from: Dr. Nguyen Van Falk on May 14, 2010, 11:20:26 AM

Quote from: PenPho on May 14, 2010, 11:04:55 AM
Posting a link to Fro Dog's website bump.

http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/ideas-on-how-to-fix-pro-wrestling-the-wwe-part/

QuoteRing attire: This is a topic that might not bother some people, but it bothers me. When a wrestler comes out to do a promo, it would be nice if they actually had some clothes on. For the most part when Chris Jericho does a promo, he usually is in a suit. Everyone else just has their damn tights on. It bothers me when Batista, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre and a few others just come out to the ring without even wrestling in their damn tights. This is why the mainstream media doesn't take pro wrestling seriously. And how are they suppose to when wrestlers are cutting promos in their tights? I cannot stand this. Is there some type of dress code that says they only can wear tights? For crying out loud: PUT SOME DAMN PANTS ON!!! It's disturbing.

Yes, that's why.

That and the fact that it's fake and normally outgrown by people once they reach the age of 12.

Quote from: Slaky on May 14, 2010, 10:48:04 AM
This isn't a new place by any means but I just realized it's probably cheaper than Jewel. They don't have the brand name shit but most of the stuff is pretty good.

These verde chicken burritos are fucking awesome.

What are some of the specialty foods that I need to try? There are too many to choose from and every time I'm there I only ending up choosing one pretty awesome looking thing.

Que Urban Snob, RV.

Posting a link to Fro Dog's website bump.

Quote from: Slaky on May 14, 2010, 10:45:36 AM
I hate Fro Dog.

I hate myself for having read the first two sentences of that "article."

Fucking Yeti...

Totally unshady Sonny V says LeBron and Coach Cal, uniting in Chicago.

This would be so bonertastically bonerific I wouldn't be able to stand up for a week.

Or, more likely...this will be a huge tease for the next couple of months before he either re-signs in Cleveland or decides to go to NY and lose a lot of 144-132 games for D'Antoni's Knicks.