Trooper York: We're having a Heat Wave.....

Saturday, July 7, 2012

We're having a Heat Wave.....

AllieOop said...

Lawns too, my grass is crunchy.

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blake said...: Hated Out of Africa, Allie. I didn't much care for Meryl Streep prior to She-Devil. Katharine Hepburn said something like "Wind her up and she acts".

I think she's a sweetheart and a good person, but until she started doing comedy I could not relate to her acting at all. She's great in Stuck On You (as is Cher!).

I haven't seen The English Patient because I suspect it's the sort of movie I wouldn't like.

Also? I did like My Dinner With Andre. Yes, it's pretentious, narcissistic and just the sort of thing that "right thinking people" enjoy—but it's kind of amazingly entertaining for a movie about two guys sitting in a restaurant.; July 9, 2012 at 10:25 PM
blake said...: Wall-E is a perfect example of Pixar's brilliance, and also the tenuousness of their premises.

The opening silent-movie aspect of it is brilliantly executed, telling an entire story with the gamut of human emotion without words, or humans for that matter.

The overarching premise is frail and the movie's conclusion is dubious, but it really doesn't matter, unless they make a sequel.

The premise of "Toy Story" was similarly frail but somehow they pulled it off. "Cars" has the same problem, and "Cars 2" shows it in spades.; July 9, 2012 at 10:29 PM
blake said...: Note the enlightened Academy completely snubbed The Color Purple in favor of a movie about the whitest of white people.; July 9, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Anonymous said...: I loved The Color Purple, "You is SOOOO ugly!"; July 9, 2012 at 10:34 PM
blake said...: Of course, the opening of "Up" actually does tell an entire story in its opening silent montage. Brilliant and heartbreaking, and sets up the rest of the movie excellently.

Of course I love The Big Lebowski, as one of my most-watched and favorite films, but I can see a lot of people being completely unable to relate to it.

It's basically a transposition of "The Big Sleep" onto modern L.A., which combined the convoluted structure of film noir (which people have a hard time following) and the frankly weird personality types that are common here, which I can only assume most people can't relate to.

That'd be an example of the Coen's "intellectualism", I guess.

"O Brother" of course is Homer's "Odyssey" set down South during the Depression. Intellectualism again, but accessible. And great music.

'course all the Coen movies have great music. T-Bone Burnett and Carter Burwell.

"Lebowski" may be losing out to "A Serious Man" as my favorite Coen movie. "A Serious Man" is top-to-bottom a perfect dissertation on the nature of cause and effect, and Man's limited ability to grasp either.

Inspired by the Book of Job, every scene, every line, every story arc challenges the audience to question their preconceptions about narrative, as if a mysterious God were working behind the scenes to deliberately thwart understanding.

People HATE that movie.

I can't watch it enough.

"I haven't done anything!"; July 9, 2012 at 10:41 PM
blake said...: The thing about "Color Purple" is that Spielberg managed to populate a movie with these amazingly talented actors we'd never heard of before.

Of course, that didn't quite pan out in a lot of ways. But it made me wonder how many great black actors were not getting work.; July 9, 2012 at 10:43 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Other movies that I liked that many people hated.

Natural Born Killers. Fascinating and repelling all at the same time.

Death Becomes Her. NOW a warning...after she drank the potion. LOL; July 9, 2012 at 10:44 PM
blake said...: I believe I've mentioned I love Ed Wood. Both the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie, which is probably their best work, but also the actual guy.

He was a drunk and a transvestite and a con man, and the Tim Burton movie is a romantic paean to his weird creativity.

His movies are kind of astounding.

Talking about "movies that suck" generically doesn't interest me, but it's fascinating to me to see what works and what doesn't in a film.

Ed Wood had an idiosyncratic ear for dialogue that pervaded his horror movies and books, and even his pornos (and doubtless his stroke books, though I haven't read nay).

It doesn't work, but the dialog itself isn't bad. It's no more idiosyncratic than, say, a Kevin Smith flick or a Tarantino flick. So why doesn't it work? Is it the bad acting? The cardboard sets? The stock footage?

Allllllllll of the above?

I'd still rather watch "Plan 9 From Outer Space" again than "Atonement".; July 9, 2012 at 11:14 PM
blake said...: My movies that I love that everyone else hates are black comedies. Very Bad Things, The Player (by far my favorite Altman movie), Drop Dead Gorgeous, Wrong is Right, The Howling, etc., etc.; July 9, 2012 at 11:21 PM
blake said...: Death Becomes Her is not one of my favorite black comedies but I did enjoy it. It gets a little too farcical for me.

I like black comedies that are uncomfortable. Am I supposed to be laughing at this? I don't know! Heh.

The last Friday The 13th movie, Jason X is actually very funny at that level, and it's obviously deliberate. F13 fans hate it, of course, but WTF does it say about them that they like F13 movies? And are purists?; July 9, 2012 at 11:25 PM
blake said...: Wrong Is Right is an update of Strangelove everyone's favorite black comedy that probably wouldn't be their favorite if not for Kubrick and its nihilism.

It features Islamic suicide bombers! In 1982! For laughs! Or...is it? It'd be a lot harder to watch now, I imagine, and impossible to make.

The great Richard Brooks ("The Professionals", "In Cold Blood") wrote and directed.

Network is probably my favorite black comedy. Being There is satire so dark that it very possibly qualifies, even without the death and mayhem.; July 9, 2012 at 11:30 PM
blake said...: Titus, go see the Israeli flick "The Matchmaker". Excellent art-house/indie film.

You should go see "Magic Mike", too. It's not gay at all!; July 9, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Titus said...: I loved the Burton movie Ed Wood and I loved all of Ed Wood's movies.

Plan 9 is a fav, natch.

tits.; July 10, 2012 at 1:53 AM
The Dude said...: DBQ - I was watching My Favorite Year the other night and saw what I thought was a '54 Ford sedan. Hmm, thinks I, this movie is set in 1952 - that's a problem. Then I remembered that what I think of as a '54 Ford (my father had one) was a body style that originated in 1952. Funny how that works.

I had Pulp Fiction on one of my lists. I forgot the Big Lebowski - that is a very good film.

Blake, O Brother is quite clearly set in Mississippi - I mention that because I have a picture of my maternal grandfather, a judge in Jackson around the time of that movie, who is a dead ringer for Homer Stokes, round glasses and all. Sure, Mississippi is somewhere down south, but the crossroads, and specific towns such as Tishomingo are specifically in Mississippi. One of the reasons I like that film so much is due to the fact that it, better than any other movie I have ever seen, captures what the Delta actually looks like. Perhaps it is the sepia tone used throughout the movie. That, and after watching it I was inspired to read The Odyssey. All good things.

Now I have to see A Serious Man.

I would include Death Becomes Her on my list of worst movies ever made. As a boomer, and fan of Ernest Borgnine, I shall continue to enjoy Forrest Gump. In fact just the other day my brother called to say "I never did wish you a happy birthday" then hung up.

As for other Zemeckis works, I enjoyed the BTTF trilogy, but the last two, while entertaining, were no where near as good as the first.

I liked Ghostbusters when I saw it in the theater. I am not so sure it has held up very well.

I don't think I ever saw a Michael Mann movie - I really liked Miami Vice and Crime Story, but can't imagine that sort of work condensed in time and expanded to the big screen.

I saw Badlands the other day - Charlie Sheen sure did good in that one - wait, what? That was his father? How about that.

Yeah, I liked Ferris Beuller's Day Off, too, it's flawed, but this is my subjective list, right?

So, what am I up to - 100 in my top five? Does my list now suck 10 times more than Allie's? Probably.

But regardless, I am not including Fargo on my list - too much snow. Frances McDormand was a treat, doncha know, and them accents - you betcha dey talk funny up there.; July 10, 2012 at 5:44 AM
AllenS said...: The Big Lebowski --

When Walter was spreading Donny's ashes and they blew all over The Dude's face, I laughed so hard that I started to choke on some popcorn and had to leave the theater.; July 10, 2012 at 9:09 AM
The Dude said...: Hey Troop, I am watching The Naked City this morning. The nice lady selling soda is played by Molly Picon. Naked Molly Picon - oh yeah, that's why we watch the movies...; July 10, 2012 at 9:18 AM
The Dude said...: I'm with you, AllenS - that was a funny scene. How a solemn ceremony such as that can be turned into a source of laughs to me shows the genius of the Coen Brothers.

I am beginning to think they don't like Steve Buscemi.; July 10, 2012 at 9:22 AM
ndspinelli said...: blake, Thanks! I'm glad you're not in rehab.; July 10, 2012 at 9:38 AM
blake said...: Nick,

Rehab's for quitters!; July 10, 2012 at 10:10 AM
blake said...: Sixty--

Well, that's the point, isn't it? I can say a movie sucks rotten donkey lungs, but if you like it, why the hell would you listen to me or anyone else?

There's a funny, spoiler-rich video about Prometheus here from Red Letter Media. Almost every question the guy raises is best answered with "Because it's a sloppily written screenplay—but I still enjoyed it.

Even more on the money is this bit on the Green Lantern. It's all true—but again, I enjoyed the movie. (Quite possibly because my expectations were REALLY lowered before going in.)

I also like Ferris Beuller though over the years, his treatment of his parents makes me increasingly uncomfortable. kaff

"Miami Vice" and "Crime Story" were good, at least for their time, but Mann's movies just don't grab me. Nor do Scorcese's, Tarantino's and a lot of other popular directors.

Probably Scorcese hurts the most because people just looooove this guy. Well, my Hugo review probably exlpains it best.; July 10, 2012 at 10:27 AM
The Dude said...: Ah, but I do listen. I shall now look for A Serious Man.

As for Scorcese, his work is uneven, for sure. But occasionally, such as the scene where Henry Hill is entering the Copacabana through the basement and kitchen, that's just great film making. Marty obviously studied the opening of Touch of Evil. Nothing wrong with that.

Pulp Fiction is something like Gone With The Wind - the director keeps trying to capture lightning in a bottle again, only to fall short. Inglourious Basterds? Really? That was a dreadful movie. It's on my One of the Worst Movies Ever list. Along with Cast Away.

Yep, we all like what we like based on life experiences, our esthetic judgments and perhaps, to some degree, nostalgia. Very subjective. But it's also interesting to see how uneven a director's work can be.

Fascinating business, really. And sometimes it is even entertaining.; July 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Titus said...: My fav movie scene was in Airplane when the tits just came on the screen, bounced, and left.

Amazing

tour de force.; July 10, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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Anonymous said...: Then to crash my mellow, I had massive blood work done, am bruised and feel like a pincushion. Had an CT scan with contrast dye, strange. That CT scanner is a bit scary, the sound and the mechanical voice saying "take a breath, hold".; July 10, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes Mama, one can have massive amounts of bloodwork done and still live. I do however feel like I've been ravaged by Dracula.; July 10, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Darcy said...: Sorry to hear that, Alllie.

(Hope it was a hunky Drac! :) ); July 10, 2012 at 7:25 PM
blake said...: Those mammoth mammaries belonged to none other than Kitten Natividad.; July 10, 2012 at 7:27 PM
blake said...: Allie, hope you pass your tests. (Or fail, whichever is better.); July 10, 2012 at 7:28 PM
AllenS said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 10, 2012 at 7:40 PM
AllenS said...: Does anybody know how to get a missing person's picture on a milk carton? I'm beginning to worry.

Oh, and good luck to you, Allie.; July 10, 2012 at 7:42 PM
Anonymous said...: It's a chronic problem that flares up now and again, just needs some antibiotics at this point.; July 10, 2012 at 7:44 PM
Anonymous said...: And no it's not a female related thing.; July 10, 2012 at 7:45 PM
AllenS said...: If it's not a female related thing, then I don't want to hear about it.; July 10, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Darcy said...: LOL, Allen.; July 10, 2012 at 7:56 PM
blake said...: Flares up? Antibiotics? Sounds...scandalous!; July 10, 2012 at 7:59 PM
Darcy said...: I either got a great compliment at the gym today or it was just phony flattery.

I dunno. Probably bunk. But it went straight to my head. lol; July 10, 2012 at 8:01 PM
AllenS said...: Darcy, come on. Tell us what was said, and then we'll decide if it was a compliment or phony flattery.; July 10, 2012 at 8:04 PM
AllenS said...: Is anybody interested in the All Star game? It's about ready to start.; July 10, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Darcy said...: I'm watching, Allen! Verlander!

(He said I was "sexy as hell".); July 10, 2012 at 8:08 PM
blake said...: You should be insulted!

(You're way sexier than hell.); July 10, 2012 at 8:08 PM
AllenS said...: Compliment.; July 10, 2012 at 8:09 PM
Darcy said...: Aww. You guys are the best!; July 10, 2012 at 8:12 PM
blake said...: Now THAT is flattery.

But I'll take it.; July 10, 2012 at 8:18 PM
AllenS said...: I'll take all the flattery that I can get.; July 10, 2012 at 8:21 PM
AllenS said...: Braun (Brewer), just hit a double and drove in a run! WOO HOO!; July 10, 2012 at 8:23 PM
Darcy said...: Poop! Yeah. Early innings are the best opportunity vs. Verlander.; July 10, 2012 at 8:24 PM
AllenS said...: He didn't have a chance, Darcy, it was Ryan Braun, the mostest valuablest player.; July 10, 2012 at 8:27 PM
Darcy said...: Yabbut. Verlander is the mostest valuablest pitcher!; July 10, 2012 at 8:29 PM
AllenS said...: Maybe Verlander will get a K next time.; July 10, 2012 at 8:31 PM
Darcy said...: Whoa. This is an inauspicious start to say the least. :'(; July 10, 2012 at 8:35 PM
AllenS said...: Things are getting ugly, early. I'm eating popcorn. Anybody want some?; July 10, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Darcy said...: LOL. Yes.; July 10, 2012 at 8:36 PM
Anonymous said...: No not scandalous at all. And it's not the type of infection in which one person "gives" something to the other and no it's not a bladder infection,lol.; July 10, 2012 at 8:38 PM
Anonymous said...: It's actually quite common.; July 10, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Anonymous said...: But it does make your gut hurt like you've been kicked hard in it.; July 10, 2012 at 8:40 PM
AllenS said...: Common above the belt line, or below the belt line?; July 10, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Oops sorry, get back to the game,lol.; July 10, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Below. I should make you all guess what it is, I don't care if you all know.; July 10, 2012 at 8:42 PM
AllenS said...: Have you been washing your fruits and vegetables?; July 10, 2012 at 8:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes, it hasn't got anything to do with germ laden food.; July 10, 2012 at 8:44 PM
AllenS said...: Excessive gas?; July 10, 2012 at 8:45 PM
Anonymous said...: No, but it feels as if you do have a belly full of gas, and the belly can get what is known as a "hot belly", lots of inflammation.; July 10, 2012 at 8:47 PM
Chip S. said...: One thing I did not expect to see in the ASG was a triple by Pablo "Kung Fu Panda" Sandoval.

Incredible.; July 10, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Any more guess? Or do you want me to tell ya? It's not too gross.; July 10, 2012 at 8:49 PM
AllenS said...: Colic.; July 10, 2012 at 8:49 PM
Chip S. said...: Well, Allie, when Babe Ruth had those symptoms it turned out to be the clap.

YMMV; July 10, 2012 at 8:51 PM
AllenS said...: Oh, no! The other "c" word.; July 10, 2012 at 8:52 PM
Chip S. said...: What's with these fuckin' shoes? Melky looks like he's wearing crocs.; July 10, 2012 at 8:54 PM
Anonymous said...: Diverticulosis. I've got a "hot" diverticuli at the moment, which needs an antibiotic. The danger is that if it gets bad enough it can perforate the intestine and you end up with peritonitis.; July 10, 2012 at 8:54 PM
ndspinelli said...: Darcy, I love Verlander. I drove down to Wrigley a few weeks ago just to see him pitch. He's an ace, and a throwback to the days when pitchers weren't prima donnas.

And, I read the thread incorrectly @ first. I thought Verlander was hitting on you.; July 10, 2012 at 8:55 PM
Chip S. said...: Joey Bats w. the glove!; July 10, 2012 at 8:55 PM
Anonymous said...: They are not polyps, they are a weakened area in he descending colon, which pockets out, ew that is gross now that I think of it.; July 10, 2012 at 8:56 PM
Chip S. said...: I thought Verlander was hitting on you.

He would if he saw her.; July 10, 2012 at 8:56 PM
Chip S. said...: Allie, I hope you get all better.

But... I'm eatin' and drinkin' heeah!

[/RatsoRizzo]; July 10, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Anonymous said...: OH HELLS BELLS! Who wants to watch baseball when we can discuss Allie's gut?

Just kidding, get back to the game, lol.; July 10, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Chip S. said...: Prince Fielder reminds me of the guy who played the doorman in Casablanca.; July 10, 2012 at 8:59 PM
Chip S. said...: HR at Fenway.; July 10, 2012 at 9:00 PM
AllenS said...: No problem, I'm ambidextrous. A bad gut can ruin your day.; July 10, 2012 at 9:01 PM
AllenS said...: Plus, thank God you didn't have the clap. Phew.; July 10, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Chip S. said...: Wait 'til she has sex w/him, Allen.; July 10, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Who?; July 10, 2012 at 9:04 PM
Chip S. said...: That "God" dude at TOP.

Didn't you give him your digits?; July 10, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Chip S. said...: Verlander hit the showers, and Darcy left this thread.

Coincidence?; July 10, 2012 at 9:06 PM
Anonymous said...: Well, yes. He is not a stranger to me though.; July 10, 2012 at 9:07 PM
Chip S. said...: You mean, he's "known" you?

You and your euphemisms!!; July 10, 2012 at 9:08 PM
AllenS said...: You know God?; July 10, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Not saying.; July 10, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Anonymous said...: But I will say this, I'm crazy about him, have been for quite sometime.; July 10, 2012 at 9:10 PM
Chip S. said...: If therefore you wish to construe what my silence betokened, you must construe that I consented, not that I denied.

--Sir Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons; July 10, 2012 at 9:11 PM
Chip S. said...: Looks like the plumber is swirling the drain.; July 10, 2012 at 9:13 PM
Anonymous said...: The plumber never really had a chance, poor big dumb lug. He was sweet to put me to bed on the night of the Walker win though, what I didn't expect was to see him snoring next to me the next morning, jerk.; July 10, 2012 at 9:15 PM
Chip S. said...: So "God" is a bad boy?; July 10, 2012 at 9:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes, he is a bad boy, my weakness and hasn't always worked out well for me.; July 10, 2012 at 9:16 PM
AllenS said...: Does God live on the lake? Does he have a pontoon boat?; July 10, 2012 at 9:17 PM
Chip S. said...: Did everybody else leave?

Anyone still watching the game?; July 10, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Anonymous said...: No, he lives on a much much bigger body of water.; July 10, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Anonymous said...: But I'm not revealing anything he hasn't revealed himself at Althouse.; July 10, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Chip S. said...: Triples are cool.; July 10, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Hey wanna talk about my guts again?! Woo Hoo!; July 10, 2012 at 9:21 PM
AllenS said...: Another run in. Does God make your guts hurt?; July 10, 2012 at 9:22 PM
The Dude said...: I was changing channels looking for the game but found a local show with a klezmer band. Much more entertaining than a cheesy ballgame.; July 10, 2012 at 9:22 PM
The Dude said...: Milky?; July 10, 2012 at 9:22 PM
AllenS said...: Two more runs.; July 10, 2012 at 9:22 PM
Chip S. said...: I hope your guts don't get blown out the way the AL is getting blown out.; July 10, 2012 at 9:22 PM
AllenS said...: Braun hits a triple. This is getting out of hand early.; July 10, 2012 at 9:24 PM
Chip S. said...: Triplepalooza!; July 10, 2012 at 9:24 PM
Chip S. said...: I don't blame Cano at all.

I wouldn't shake hands w/a guy called "Melky".; July 10, 2012 at 9:25 PM
Anonymous said...: No they are still firmly lodged in place, thanks. It's mostly just pain, unless the infection gets too far gone, then you will be a very sick puppy.; July 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM
Anonymous said...: Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the fair, buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks....

Enjoy the game!; July 10, 2012 at 9:27 PM
Chip S. said...: Allie's leaving before she gets 7th-inning stretch marks.; July 10, 2012 at 9:28 PM
chickelit said...: Chip S. said...
That "God" dude at TOP.

Didn't you give him your digits?

Doesn't cause diverticulosis in men?

I hope you washed your hands at least, afterwards.; July 10, 2012 at 9:29 PM
AllenS said...: Braun! What a snag.; July 10, 2012 at 9:34 PM
Chip S. said...: Balletic.

Is that a word?; July 10, 2012 at 9:34 PM
AllenS said...: It is now.; July 10, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Chip S. said...: Out of respect to you, Allen, I've laid off the Braun Juicer jokes.

It helps that spinelli's not here to egg me on.; July 10, 2012 at 9:37 PM
AllenS said...: Technically, Chip, we don't know that.; July 10, 2012 at 9:38 PM
AllenS said...: It's not like he didn't wash his hands and gave everyone a belly ache.; July 10, 2012 at 9:40 PM
chickelit said...: Braun means brown in German. Eeew; July 10, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Chip S. said...: Technically, no.

He's playing so well tonight, I think he might be responding to some needling on the bench.

Damn! I went there.; July 10, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Chip S. said...: Allie should keep a supply of digitalis on hand, just in case he goes there.; July 10, 2012 at 9:43 PM
AllenS said...: Then there's Braunschweiger, which is smoked liver sausage.; July 10, 2012 at 9:43 PM
Chip S. said...: Is that the same thing as liverwurst?; July 10, 2012 at 9:44 PM
ndspinelli said...: Maybe in honor of Allie we should discuss Bartolo Colon.; July 10, 2012 at 9:47 PM
AllenS said...: Liverwurst has a lot of liver in it. It's not as good as Braunschweiger, it's wurst.; July 10, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Anonymous said...: Chip, that is no mans land.; July 10, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Any man that has designs on that area, need not apply .; July 10, 2012 at 9:49 PM
The Dude said...: Never saw Strasburg pitch before - good thing he has all stars behind him.

I had heard that KC had redone its stadium - I see the water falls are still in place - nice.

Shouldn't your name be King if you name your boy child Prince?; July 10, 2012 at 9:50 PM
Chip S. said...: Also Doug Fister, nd.; July 10, 2012 at 9:51 PM
Chip S. said...: ok, ok, Allie.

Charlie Furbush?; July 10, 2012 at 9:52 PM
chickelit said...: In the trenches she goes!; July 10, 2012 at 9:52 PM
Anonymous said...: What is this, a Kaffe Klatsch with my girlfriends? Youse guys are gettin' me to talk about my unmentionables.; July 10, 2012 at 9:53 PM
AllenS said...: That's the plan.; July 10, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Chip S. said...: Anybody been to KC?; July 10, 2012 at 9:55 PM
chickelit said...: I went through KC last year...didn't stop.; July 10, 2012 at 9:55 PM
AllenS said...: Go ahead, spill your guts.; July 10, 2012 at 9:56 PM
The Dude said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 10, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Chip S. said...: I was driving through a couple of years ago and stopped for a quick look-see. Also to eat lunch at Arthur Bryant's.

Mmmmm.; July 10, 2012 at 9:57 PM
Chip S. said...: Gutsy performance by Kershaw.; July 10, 2012 at 9:58 PM
AllenS said...: I'm calling it quits. Take care everyone.; July 10, 2012 at 10:10 PM
The Dude said...: Impressive photography!; July 10, 2012 at 10:11 PM
Chip S. said...: Later, Allen.; July 10, 2012 at 10:14 PM
Chip S. said...: Billy Butler on deck?; July 10, 2012 at 10:15 PM
Chip S. said...: yep.

60, were you talking about the closeup of the non-spin on the knuckler? That was amazing.; July 10, 2012 at 10:16 PM
The Dude said...: I was - that they could follow that non-spinning ball in flight is an amazing technological accomplishment. At that speed I almost think I could have hit it.

Yeah, I couldn't.; July 10, 2012 at 10:22 PM
The Dude said...: Gaad bless Amewica? Really?; July 10, 2012 at 10:25 PM
Chip S. said...: I used to bitch about Ronan Tynan taking 5 minutes to sing that song at NYY games, but that chick nearly gave me diverticulitis.; July 10, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Chip S. said...: I always think Ken Rosenthal is gonna squirt his interviewee in the face with his bow tie.

And he always disappoints.; July 10, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Titus said...: I would to the newest and really hot restaurant in Cambridge tonight.

Anyone who was anyone was there.

It was a who's who of Cambridge elite society. Harvard profs, Biotech execs, VC divas, MIT geeks, gays and power lesbians, foreigners, Mitt Romney staff, etc.

I had some french/asian fusion shit.

Lots of air kisses and quiet convos.

Bathrooms have waterfalls everywhere to make the tinky go faster and easier.

And lots of tits busting out of sun dresses.

It was hot.

tits.; July 10, 2012 at 11:34 PM
Titus said...: I have been to KC.

Not fab, on par with St. Louis, which is pretty hideous.

Chicago and Minne are the only fab cities in the midwest, unfortunately.

The rest are past their due date, so sad. They were great at one time but now they are just horrible.

I really wish there were more fab U.S. cities.; July 10, 2012 at 11:39 PM
Chip S. said...: Here's a nice piece about the attraction of KC to the decidedly non-fab.; July 11, 2012 at 12:14 AM
AllenS said...: GROSS!!!

I walked outside this morning to feed the cats and the horse, and was immediately met by the smell OF SOMETHING DEAD! It appears to be coming from the wooded/brushy area south of the house.

YUCK!!!; July 11, 2012 at 8:26 AM
The Dude said...: The first clue I had that something was dead in my back yard was seeing the vulture take off when I let the dogs out. I was glad the vulture was not here to see me.; July 11, 2012 at 8:43 AM
chickelit said...: Jamie: I wish we had time to bury them fellas.

Josey Wales: To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.

The Outlaw Joesy Wales (1976); July 11, 2012 at 9:16 AM
AllenS said...: Well, Sixty, the vultures need to get here real soon, and they need to bring all of their friends.

Early this year, someone hit a deer which was laying about 10 feet from my mailbox. I was able to take the tractor and drag it's ass out back before anything started to rot.

Just returned from the grocery store. When I walked past the seafood area, I was left wondering if some of the crab legs or whatever had been out in the sun too long. I love seafood, but only after it's cooked. By someone other than me.; July 11, 2012 at 9:52 AM
ndspinelli said...: KC is a great city, better than St. Louis by a longshot. STL is a city that wants to be eastern, KC embraces it's midwestern location.

I've been to hundreds of games in KC, living there from 1975-81[married there in 1977]. Went to the renovated stadium last year. It was a beautiful stadium before and after. I sold beer @ Royals and Arrowhead Stadium. My siblings bought us Chiefs season tix for our wedding. So, I went from a beer vendor to a season tix holder in the span of a year.

I don't want to start a bbq debate because I like all good bbq except for that shit in the Carolinas. But, everyone who eats KC bbq will say it's damn good. And of course, you get great steaks in KC. Good Mexican population so good food. Asian and Italian population is paltry so shitty food in those genres. I could go on but I believe that's enough unless anyone has specific questions. Note how I covered baseball and food..what a shock.; July 11, 2012 at 9:58 AM
ndspinelli said...: AllenS, make sure that smell isn't Trooper.; July 11, 2012 at 9:59 AM
AllenS said...: Nick, I thought about that. Something that I forgot to mention: last night around 1 am, I must have rolled over during deep sleep, and then had a pain in the front part of my left thigh. It got so bad that I finally realized that I had been stung by a bee. Sure enough, a fairly small wasp type of bee had been smashed during a moment of me doing a WTF. It's dangerous out there folks.; July 11, 2012 at 10:12 AM
AllenS said...: You'd think that he would have called first.; July 11, 2012 at 10:13 AM
AllenS said...: It all started to go wrong when he had thoughts of a yacht and then he bought that sea captain's hat. Now nothing.; July 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Anonymous said...: Got more bad news on my gut situation, I have an autoimmune colitis, the diverticuliti are there, but just "hanging out" happily. My lymph nodes are enlarged and I have an adrenal gland on that side that's enlarged, WTF.

I wonder why the hell I didn't feel worse than I actually did, I must be strong as as horse, good German vooman. Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. The story of my life.

So now I have to go see an Immunologist and a Gastroenterologist, damn, damn, damn. Nurses make bad patients.; July 11, 2012 at 10:38 AM
AllenS said...: Geez, Allie, take care. No more drinking and be very careful in what you eat.; July 11, 2012 at 10:49 AM
chickelit said...: What happened to MamaM? I miss her wit and wisdom.; July 11, 2012 at 10:53 AM
chickelit said...: @Allie: doesn't that mean that your body is fighting itself?

I wish you all the best.; July 11, 2012 at 10:54 AM
chickelit said...: ndspinelli said...
AllenS, make sure that smell isn't Trooper.

Anybody check the Seatuck Inn guest roster?; July 11, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Anonymous said...: Yes it does Chickie, I have one other autoimmune issue which is under good control. I guess I have to be fighting, even if its myself, must be in my nature.; July 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Anonymous said...: No booze, true enough. That's no problem as long as I can still haz ma chocolate.; July 11, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Anonymous said...: Yeah, I finally start liking Mama and she dissapears with Trooper, maybe they've been abducted by aliens.; July 11, 2012 at 11:04 AM
AllenS said...: What are you trying to say, Allie, that there's a love boat?; July 11, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Anonymous said...: It's the mother ship, no little love boat.; July 11, 2012 at 11:08 AM
ndspinelli said...: Autoimmune can be a mothefucker or quite controllable. My late sister had lupus and she described it simply as your immune syhstem attacking your body, usually a specific part. My prayer for you Allie are that this is esily controlled. I know you'll do what you can on your part.; July 11, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Chip S. said...: Anybody else here starting to feel like a cargo cultist?; July 11, 2012 at 11:34 AM
blake said...: Quiet, Chip.

I'm pretty sure if I keep waving these palm fronds, the planes will land and bring us Trooper York blog posts.; July 11, 2012 at 11:56 AM
The Dude said...: Disease, any disease, is terrible. I found a brilliant gastroenterologist, Yale grad, very sharp, and he, after a nearly a year of testing, was able to diagnose my problem. I have been taking meds for 4 or 5 years, and up until my cat bit me, I was doing okay. Now I am in need of more medical intervention. I am too busy to take time off to see a doc, I was trying to get my house rehabbed before I started spending days and weeks in waiting rooms, but I might not have any choice if I don't get better.

In other news, we finally got some rain, my catalpa tree is rallying, the walnut tree that the caterpillars didn't kill is thriving and it is time for lunch. All good things.; July 11, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Darcy said...: Sixty! I may have to drag out my nurse costume and come over if you don't get better!; July 11, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Darcy said...: I did bow out early last night and missed Nick's Verlander comment. He had a bad night, but he really does seem to be what you observed, Nick. Low key guy.

Congrats to the NL.; July 11, 2012 at 12:24 PM
blake said...: Darcy's got a nurse outfit? *kaff kaff*

Mmmm. Darcy & Allie in nurse uniforms...

Wait, what's this about your cat, Sixty? That sounds awful!; July 11, 2012 at 12:28 PM
The Dude said...: Let me see if I understand this - if I get better, nothing. If I get worse, Darcy shows up in a nurse costume. Feelin' kind of po'ly here, where is that call button? NURSE! STAT!!!

Now you have to ask yourself, did I mean that as a verb or a noun?; July 11, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Darcy said...: And I'm sorry to hear about your news too, Allie!; July 11, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Darcy said...: LOL, Sixty. And Blake. And of course Allie is the real nurse. 'Cept she is needing care too!; July 11, 2012 at 12:33 PM
The Dude said...: Well, my precious little cat that died had a rough couple of last months. At one point the vet prescribed pills. We did okay, for a while, I was able to get him to take his pills, or I could crush them in his food or otherwise sneak his medicine into him. Poor little guy didn't like the pills, however. One day I was just petting him and I guess he thought a pill was on the way, and he bit me on the forearm.

Of course, since it was a cat bite, my wound got infected immediately. I took some antibiotics to stave off fast death, and got rewarded with gut issues that are a form of slow death.

Yeah, I really need to see a doc, which I usually do posthaste, but I am within a couple of weeks of getting my house on the market. Meh, decisions decisions...; July 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...: Sixty, do you have cat scratch disease? As well as the gastro thing? Well that sucks canal water. Don't delay going in t the doc, I've been ignoring this left sided pain since December, until it really kicked me hard.

Nick, yes autoimmune issues are a bitch. My nephew has Lupus, thats rough. My sister has Rhuematoid Arthritis, I've got the Hashimotos Thyroiditis, which is simply dealt with by taking Synthroid, which I've done for years, no problem.; July 11, 2012 at 12:37 PM
AllenS said...: Darcy said...
Sixty! I may have to drag out my nurse costume and come over if you don't get better!

HELP, HELP!!! I CAN'T BREATH!!; July 11, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Thanks Darcy and guys, I'm a tough old bird. I hope my gastroenterologist is cute;).; July 11, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Darcy said...: LOL, I'll be right over, Allen.; July 11, 2012 at 12:45 PM
The Dude said...: Funny, I always looked for competency in my doctors.; July 11, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Anonymous said...: Well sixty, one can be competent AND cute. Is that too much to ask? Well maybe, lol.; July 11, 2012 at 1:12 PM
chickelit said...: AllieOop said...
I hope my gastroenterologist is cute;).

What was that old Schlitz beer tagline? "Go for all the gastro you can get?"; July 11, 2012 at 1:18 PM
chickelit said...: @Allen: remember Gunilla Hutton in "Hee Haw?; July 11, 2012 at 1:19 PM
The Dude said...: I had a doctor who was Asian - she was not bad looking. Pretty good doctor, too. So I guess it's not impossible, but since most of my docs are dudes, physical appearance is nowhere as near important to me as competency is.

My rheumatologist was okay, not great, and of the two surgeons he referred me to, one was very competent the other was a senile old quack who should not have been practicing. I had to talk the latter doc through the surgery - he was lost while my head was sliced open. A nurse walked in and gasped "Oh my God!" I said "Still awake here" and she got embarrassed. Anyway, I was eventually able to help the old duffer finish the job, he closed and as I predicted, the results were ambiguous. Meh - good doctors are rare.; July 11, 2012 at 1:23 PM
The Dude said...: Are going to get this thread to 400 comments before Troop finds his way back here?

Has anyone called the store to see what the boys in the back room are having?; July 11, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Chip S. said...: I think I'm getting tropical delirium from waving palm fronds at the sky.

When I just checked back in here, I looked at the pic at the top of this thread and imagined Allie going in for a Brazilian and saying, "Get my lawn off!" Or perhaps she was talking to her studly gynecologist.

Speaking of being delirious...Darcy, do you have the starched white hat as well?; July 11, 2012 at 1:33 PM
chickelit said...: Looking back from the future, the oddest thing about Trooper York's blog was how he just up and vanished one. A regular commenter once remarked "Are going to get this thread to 400 comments before Troop finds his way back here?"--little did he know that Trooper York never did come back--and those people kept pushing that comment thread to 400, and then 600, then 800, 1000, 1200. Google had an absolute comment limit of 2000 on any given thread, so the regulars started going back to backfill older comment threads just to keep the conversation going. Oh, it became quite a thing alright and since York wasn't around to approve new memberships and Lisa didn't know his pass word, entry tickets to York's blog/bar/speakeasy took on a special cache like never before seen on blogs. People actually started trading access to Troop's blog like Packer's season tickets. Two of the highest bids ever came from two anonymous bidders from Madison, WI.

This was all very amusing to Troop who sat back smiling...from somewhere.; July 11, 2012 at 1:34 PM
AllenS said...: No, I don't, Chick. Back then I worked the 2nd shift mostly (3pm to 11pm), then we went to 3 shifts and I didn't watch much TV at all. I probably watched very little TV my whole life. I didn't even know who this Trooper York character was. Watched Laugh In once. Missed every Charlie's Angels episode, etc.

Most of the time when commenters mention names, I have to Google them to find out their significance.; July 11, 2012 at 1:38 PM
chickelit said...: I have to Google them to find out their significance.

Try image googling "Gunilla Hutton Hee Haw"; July 11, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Titus said...: Food Trucks have become huge here and they are actually getting really good and serve fucking everything. One serves Lobster!

Years ago I would never get something from a food truck but today I go to them quite often.

Food Trucks, American entrepreneurial spirit at work.

tits.; July 11, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Chip S. said...: chickelit, backfilling old comment threads is a great idea. Shall we make some nominations?

But I just know the gods will return someday in their fire-spitting birds.

We must continue to propitiate them!; July 11, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Titus said...: I miss Mamam too, even though I don't know what her posts mean.

tits.; July 11, 2012 at 1:43 PM
chickelit said...: Food Trucks have become huge here and they are actually getting really good and serve fucking everything. One serves Lobster!

Titus, the "Lobster Shack" was voted the San Diego County Fair's best new food attraction.; July 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM
AllenS said...: I did, she's very attractive.; July 11, 2012 at 1:46 PM
chickelit said...: Chip S. said...
chickelit, backfilling old comment threads is a great idea. Shall we make some nominations?

I think blogfather's "It's All There In Black And White" was very prescient considering how Drudge essentially stole his idea. It's already at 201 though. How about the one just before this one?; July 11, 2012 at 1:49 PM

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