The shadows do not make it cooler.
Well, this feels weird. I’m bringing back Entrails as a weekly post of links per reader request. (Yes, I’m as stunned as you are that I have readers, much less requests.) But today, while The Rookies cope with a server meltdown, the SpinDead crew is graciously bringing the gathering over to my place.
And I promise a more organized series of links next time.
NCAA Football 10 stadium screens are incredible. (Facebook)
Unprofessional Foul does the Showdown in Chinatown justice. Impressive. (Unprofessional Foul)
How to pick a winner, U.S.-Spain-style. (Goal)
Burger King sucks. (The Moderate Voice)
Well, that’s just wrong. (Just Click It)
Ufford rips apart one of the dumbest names I’ve ever heard. (Warming Glow)
Falling in the NBA Draft: Maybe not bad. (TrueHoop)
Tyson Gay is absurdly fast. (Universal Sports)
On soccer versus football. (Dan Levy)
Stanford: Generic. (FanHouse)
Rebirth: Never coming out, but still drops before Detox. (RapRadar)
Who leads the Twitter board? (Sporcle)
Win Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10. (The Sports Game Guy.)
That’s stupid. (Stupid Sports Blog)
Sportswriters and santicmony: A bravura performance. (Style Points)
Whitlock is very right about many things. Also, he “walks with strippers.” (Whitlock)
Nice little Q&A on the NHL Draft at the Pub. (The Phoenix Pub)
My one plug for myself: If you read just one post other than this one while here, make it my anniversary post. It’s long, and it’s link-heavy, and it’s not exactly light fare, but it explains a lot of why I do what I do with sports. If nothing else, you might understand me a little better after reading it.
On future Entrails: Email me. I’ll do what I can.
And I leave you with a singular moment of genius.
Leave opinions in the comments. I’ll be out for much of the night, but I’m more than happy you came. Thanks for reading.
296 Comments
June 26, 2009 at 4:14 pm
I promise Miranda Kerr when I get back. I promise.
June 26, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I’m holding your feet to the BBQ if you don’t honor that!
June 26, 2009 at 6:25 pm
where is everyone at the MJ vigil?
June 26, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I’m buried under a shitload of laundry.
Hi guys, this place looks nice…A lot less cleavage than usual for last call.
June 26, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Whoa! Me too. Laundry is the bane of my existence. Laundry and the fact that now that the draft is over, I have nothing but recruiting to tide me over until September.
June 26, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I’m stuffin’ my face. It’s dinnertime.
June 26, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I am at work. Lovin the fact that it’s Friday and I am here. Oh well atleast I get to talk to you folks.
June 26, 2009 at 6:36 pm
@AA-I actually love doing laundry, but I also have a lot of clothes, so it becomes an issue.
And, after US-Brazil game, what will I do w/ myself?!
June 26, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Almost NHL Draft time!
Apparently the Isles are taking NEITHER Tavares or Hedman.
Contract that team already….they’re useless.
June 26, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Oh yeah, when and where again? I always forget to write that down.
June 26, 2009 at 6:42 pm
About 20 minutes. Versus, although they will likely carry the TSN (canadian) feed.
June 26, 2009 at 6:42 pm
as do most people.
June 26, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Oh thanks, Afino! Should I tweet the shit out of it like I did w/ the NBA draft?
June 26, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Nothing’s stopping you!
June 26, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Oh, go for it. Some of those tweets were prize.
June 26, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I’m pretty sure most people could tell that I was buzzed by the end of it. I finally was like fuck it, these are the facts.
June 26, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I’d need a link to your twitter though – I haven’t been around the last few nights!
June 26, 2009 at 6:56 pm
whatever, It’s a public one.
If you guys want to follow me on twitter to hear my insane thoughts constantly, my username there is MarissaAllison
June 26, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Fuck me – Pronger’s a Flyer?
June 26, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Damnit, I missed that.
June 26, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Keep me informed on the draft, eh? I’m watching a TNG rerun.
June 26, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I have to ask – which one?
June 26, 2009 at 7:20 pm
One Moon Circles. I hate Troi episodes, but this is on, and I’m too lazy to change the channels.
June 26, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I would depend more on Afino for that.
June 26, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Way too much French for me already.
June 26, 2009 at 7:18 pm
THANK GOD THEY DIDN’T FUCK IT UP!
June 26, 2009 at 7:19 pm
It’s a miracle…wonder how NY will Klass this up
June 26, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Whats up boys and girls, I got up early to go surfing this morning, which means I am tired as balls right now and trying to fight off a nap. A battle which I am steadily losing.
June 26, 2009 at 7:21 pm
What up brah? We’re watching some hockey drafts, dontchaknow
June 26, 2009 at 7:27 pm
hoc-key? I’m sorry I couldn’t resist.
June 26, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Um, it’s 7:20. Take an hour nap, you won’t miss a damn thing. I can practically guarantee it.
June 26, 2009 at 7:25 pm
I would, but naps always make me feel more tired than I was before, so I hate taking them. I may be the only person that despises them in the whole world.
June 26, 2009 at 7:36 pm
TB – I am not a nap fan either. They make discombobulated.
June 26, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I tried to watch the NHL draft and they’ve already lost me. Tavares had to hug all of Ontario before coming to the stage.
Evening all
June 26, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Just wait until every GM has a 2 minute speech thanking everyone.
June 26, 2009 at 7:38 pm
meh, that’s how it always is at no 1. call me when they mob no 30.
June 26, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Massive T-storms here. If I disappear, it’s because I’ve lost power (and therefore the router has died).
June 26, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Hooray! Draft going as planned and hoped!
June 26, 2009 at 7:30 pm
But Bettman’s still alive?
June 26, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Well that sucks. Can’t we have him be drafted to like, I dunno, Afghanistan?
June 26, 2009 at 7:33 pm
You’re right – I guess it’s not completely as hoped.
June 26, 2009 at 7:31 pm
hmmm…. no surprises kinda suck from a snark viewpoint though
June 26, 2009 at 7:36 pm
This sort of thing never happens in Springfield:
http://www.t-g.com/story/1549895.html
June 26, 2009 at 7:37 pm
If they really wanted to do damage they’d use Ruffles, because, you know, they’re ruffled.
June 26, 2009 at 7:46 pm
From the Simpsons Archive:
Buzz warns him, “Homer, no!” But it’s too late: Homer opens the bag
nonetheless.
The chips float about the cabin, and Race rues, “They’ll
clog the instruments!” Buzz is worried: “Careful! They’re ruffled.”
June 26, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Well, no. If it’s Springfield, MA, it’s likely to be Twinkies. If it’s Springfield, IL, I’m guessing potato chips.
June 26, 2009 at 7:39 pm
The MILF quotient just went up.
June 26, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I hope you weren’t talking about Duchane’s mom
June 26, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Well he sure as shit wasn’t talking about me.
June 26, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Maybe?
June 26, 2009 at 7:47 pm
@Sculptor: Only because you’re not a mother… How do you like CWILF*?
childless wife
June 26, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Kane’s mom is gorgeous…
June 26, 2009 at 7:53 pm
@Quake: HAHAHAAAA. That’s hard to say. WILF works, or perhaps SILF.
June 26, 2009 at 7:46 pm
can’t wait to see holland congratulate the pens on their win
June 26, 2009 at 7:47 pm
So, you think with a black hockey player in Atlanta, now they’ll sell a few tickets?
June 26, 2009 at 7:49 pm
No, they suck too much
June 26, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Yeah, good point. They still suck.
June 26, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Based on what, novelty value?
June 26, 2009 at 7:51 pm
If that’s the case, the Kings (NBA) will have their most profitable year ever.
June 26, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Ya know, ever since that damn movie “Poltergeist”, I’ve hated thunderstorms.
June 26, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Well, Brian Burke’s pissed. That makes my night.
June 26, 2009 at 7:58 pm
made my day when the leafs failed to get their hands on either hedman or tavares
June 26, 2009 at 7:58 pm
FUCK YES FUCK YES!!!!!! SCHENN!
June 26, 2009 at 7:59 pm
wow. I’ve never seen a real live Los Angeles Kings fan before
June 26, 2009 at 8:00 pm
We’re an interesting bunch.
June 26, 2009 at 8:06 pm
If by interesting you mean odd and pathetic, then yes.
June 26, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Well, that is a pretty apt description of me.
June 26, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Climate Change bill just passed, 219-212. I gotta sell my car. Fuck.
June 26, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Care to elaborate? I’m not familiar with this…
June 26, 2009 at 8:15 pm
The House passed a 1300 page Climate Change bill (which includes “cap-and-trade”).
The goal is to lower emissions in the US. “Under a cap-and-trade system, government sets a cap on the total amount of carbon that can be emitted nationally; companies then buy or sell permits to emit CO2. The cap gets cranked down over time to reduce total carbon emissions.”
Basically, you pay to pollute. Then you offset the money you spent on the permit by raising the price of your goods. Companies don’t change, the consumer pays more and once again, we get fucked.
June 26, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Climate change bill = USA swears to reduce all global warming nasties, create “green jobs.”
I would buy every gas-sucking, big engined car NOW so I can enjoy it before my Obama-issued Ford hybrid comes in the mail with Oprah’s face as a bumper sticker.
June 26, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Aha. THAT bill. Mkay. Personally, I don’t have an issue with it, but then I make money by selling pollution offset credits generated by my roof…
June 26, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Well that’s good the Coyotes managed to have a draft party at a BWW.
June 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Burke to Brian Murray: “Oh, you guys wanted Kadri? Tough shit, we’re taking him.”
June 26, 2009 at 8:14 pm
That is about as bad ass as Canadians can ever muster themselves to be.
June 26, 2009 at 8:19 pm
hey now, we can cause a mighty big ruckus if it comes to it eh
June 26, 2009 at 8:21 pm
OMG I thought Andrew was the only Canadian
June 26, 2009 at 8:22 pm
There’s a few of them: Kid Canada, Spud, Andrew, Dr. Mancini, this dude…
June 26, 2009 at 8:23 pm
well we’re a shy bunch until provoked, and then look out. we might have to tell your mom or something
June 26, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I’m from Buffalo. That makes me 75% Canadian, eh?
June 26, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I’ll sign off on that one
June 26, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Obviously, you’ve never read about my mom.
June 26, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I can’t say as I have, maybe I’ll have to look into her.
June 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Woohoo! Indians take the lead 4-0 over the Reds.
June 26, 2009 at 8:22 pm
I promised Miranda. I deliver Miranda.
Front | Back | Side
You rapscallions.
June 26, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Please I totally date chicks that look like this all of the time.
/KSK fantasy|sex mailbag
June 26, 2009 at 8:26 pm
That “side” picture didn’t work. All I saw was something that was as thin as a sheet of paper.
June 26, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Oh, you’re amazing
June 26, 2009 at 8:31 pm
She’s a supermodel. She’s going to be on the skinny side.
I like her better from a year or two back, before she got even skinnier.
June 26, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I’ll take the front for $1000 please Mr. Trebek
June 26, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Random excerpt of a Canadian Hockey player interview: Hey uh, well you know uh, its uh…(slows down, takes a breath), well it uh was fun, and you know, well we’re just out there for coach eh!
June 26, 2009 at 8:28 pm
@Sculptor?!?
The idea of reducing emissions/cleaning up the air doesn’t bother me one bit. The fact that Al Gore and another jerkoff ex-Goldman Sachs guy own Generation Investment Management, which sells these offsets as well as being huge investors in the Chicago exchange where these are traded burns my ass. It’s an inside job as usual.
If you seriously do trade those, you’re ahead of your time and I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.
June 26, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I agree with you about the inside job stuff, for sure.
And yeah, we actually do trade SRECs (Solar Renewable Energy Credits). Just sold 10 of them – knocked 50% off our car loan. WOO!
June 26, 2009 at 8:31 pm
aaaaand edmonton’s pick finally ends the run of picks by douchey teams
June 26, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Kevin Lowe, however, still a douche.
June 26, 2009 at 8:41 pm
well, duh. nevertheless, he’s a douche who was forced to go with Dustin Penner so I’m not complaining.
June 26, 2009 at 8:32 pm
also , I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin Lowe for Thomas Vanek
June 26, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Victor Martinez with a HR! WOO!
June 26, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Why do we need 40 people up there to make a fucking pick
June 26, 2009 at 8:37 pm
To make the whole experience awkward, duh
June 26, 2009 at 8:38 pm
coming at me with duh! kinda brings me back to andy richter controls the universe
June 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm
I thought all these teenagers with acne are awkward enough already?
June 26, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Here try this.
That’s good, what is it?
Deep fried caesar salad.
June 26, 2009 at 8:44 pm
if they cared about that, afino, they wouldn’t make them put on those sweaters
June 26, 2009 at 8:45 pm
You would think. Those damn Canadians are so inventive.
June 26, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Yankees just took a 4-0 lead over the Mets on 3 errors. Business as usual.
Hope CC tears his fat fucking groin.
June 26, 2009 at 8:47 pm
OK I have to say some basketball things:
1. Ricky Rubio is a jackass.
2. Elliot Williams transferring from Duke to UK makes no sense. As far as I can tell, no one wants him here. He should go to Vandy.
June 26, 2009 at 8:50 pm
GASP! Someone hates the chosen one?
June 26, 2009 at 8:51 pm
everyone in Minnesota hates the chosen one right now
June 26, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Did you read about the interview he gave? He might play in Europe for 1 or 2 years, he wants to play in the NBA but he expressed no enthusiasm for Minnesota AT ALL.
I will blog it, because it is insane.
June 26, 2009 at 9:00 pm
PM me the interview on the basement…I need to read this
June 26, 2009 at 9:23 pm
AA – is this something on your blog, or are you submitting it to us? Just need to know if I’m supposed to watch the inbox.
June 26, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Sculptor, this is an impetuous/incredulous post for my blog. What I am writing for The Pub is much more thought out and much less garbled. And it will arrive by tomorrow at 10 Pacific Time.
June 26, 2009 at 10:01 pm
@AA- oooh, aren’t you the best! I’ll keep my eyes peeled.
June 26, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I think Rubio’s quite smart actually. He’s trying to force a trade to NY, where the Dolans will then give him max-money when his rookie contract ends. Plus he’ll get the marketing allure of NYC.
I’m not saying he’s a good guy, but it’s a smart business decision.
Oh, and………He looks like a Jonas brother and I can beat his ass.
June 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I think he is trying to force a trade, I don’t know about NY. I think he is still in shock that he didn’t get Sacto eating out of the palm of his hand.
It may be savvy, but it’s giving him a bad image.
June 26, 2009 at 9:09 pm
You would think Minnesota would have spoken to him prior to drafting him. Asked a question like “Hey, any chance you’d refused to play in Minnesota?”
I read the Rockets are pushing for a trade to get him as well as the Knicks.
June 26, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I am beyond confused by the whole Minnesota draft. Aside from Flynn, none of their moves made much sense to me.
Considering how much Rubio bitched about the weather, the Rockets must be a lock (that was tongue in cheek).
June 26, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I also had an interesting trip to Indiana looking for a gas station that didn’t exist thanks to my gps.
June 26, 2009 at 10:07 pm
@ aa, as you could guess, this draft absolutely pissed the shit out of me. From the 13th pick on i pretty much though Blair was going next. It got so bad we were laughing. I didn’t drink nearly enough. We were all very grateful that he landed in a situation where he might start from the beginning. The Wolves picks made no sense. The Sixers pick made no sense. The Wolves take 2 pure point guard. Jonny Flynn is 6 foot even…he’s not a shooting guard, yet they talked themselves into it. They should have just taken Curry and sold him to the knicks for 15 mil. Last…my facebook status..”DeJuan need to wear 36 with San Antonio and remind all those dumbass GM what they passed on.”
June 26, 2009 at 10:16 pm
When the 76ers were up, I told my buddy “This will be Blair or, if he’s lucky, Meeks.” When they called JRUE HOLIDAY (??!??!) my mouth DROPPED. I was wondering how pissed off you were when Blair’s name kept not being called. There were so many poor calls. I kept cursing and rolling my eyes.
June 26, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I posted more things below but how can someone take B.J. Mullens (who started 2 games for a mediocre team in a sub-par conference) over an all-american and big east player of the year. Blair DOMINATED Thabeet, yet somehow Thabeet is taken 2 overall. I also didn’t get all the foreign guys that went late 1st. I’ve heard Casspi all along, but who the fuck is this guy from the congo? He probably picked up a ball 2 years ago. I had a feeling the 6ers were going to do that (as i said in my blog stuff). When there are 2 guys close, they always take the high-upside guy. I was pissed 2 years ago when they took Thad Young over Al Thorthon. That worked out…I still would have taken Maynor or Mills. We already have a playoff team and both those guys are winners.
June 26, 2009 at 10:30 pm
@ aa, Oh yeah and by the way, i took my brother on a visit to l’ville today…do they have laws or cops in Kentucky? I didn’t see 1 cop in 2 hours from Cincy to L’ville or on the way back (a good thing). I let him drive and he kept going 90. I guy a speeding ticket on the turnpike at the end of april so i’m super paranoid. I just stopped trying. My ticket would have been nothing compared to the wreckless driving/speeding he would have gotten for what he was doing.
June 26, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Either there is more to Mullens than meets the eye, or he is one of the worst picks in this insane draft. I did not expect Claver at all, either. I was actually pretty mad when he got picked.
And as for the cops – people in KY drive like they’re auditioning for NASCAR. I feel like we get trained to look for cops, and speed as long as it is clear. There aren’t nearly as many cops on the highways in KY as there are in either Indiana or Illinois. Illinois is one giant speed trap.
June 26, 2009 at 11:18 pm
One more thing on the draft…(actually probably won’t be the last thing). Since Monta Ellis runs the Warriors now, they bluffed and bluffed into not taking a pg, then they take Curry, who like Ellis is not a point guard. So now they have 2 shooting guards that love to shoot and no point guard. Also a guy that i know is a trainer for this place and some sixers come in from time to time. Lou Williams said “I don’t care what they do, as long as they don’t take a point guard.” So Lou Williams also thinks he’s a point guard. What do the Sixers do…take a point guard.
June 26, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Andy, do you still run Deadspin’s Twitter?
June 26, 2009 at 8:56 pm
No. Why?
June 26, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I don’t know why but that thought popped into my head the other day. With all the shakeup I feel like it would be weird if you still ran that. I guess Ben’s doing it now? How long were you running it?
June 26, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I just realized this might be a touchy subject… didn’t mean any harm, was just randomly curious. Feel free to ignore me.
June 26, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Who????
Please, please, please…..ZACK KASSIAN!!
June 26, 2009 at 8:54 pm
for us or the islanders?
June 26, 2009 at 8:55 pm
my bad.
June 26, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Us.
Just don’t take the Russian.
June 26, 2009 at 8:56 pm
given our luck with Russians, I’m inclined to agree
June 26, 2009 at 8:57 pm
except Khymlev and Mogilny. they were good. plus I went to high school with Khymlev’s daughter.
June 26, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Did the Rangers ever get their blood pick to replace Cherepanov?
June 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm
don’t think so.
June 26, 2009 at 9:04 pm
YEEEEEEEEES!
June 26, 2009 at 9:04 pm
YESSSSSSSSSSSS
June 26, 2009 at 9:04 pm
/lousily attempts high-five/
June 26, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Meh, someone tell me whom the Devils draft? Thanks.
June 26, 2009 at 9:07 pm
9 or 10 picks
June 26, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I don’t know much about the NHL draft but I would have no doubt drafted Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson. Great fucking name.
June 26, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I’m not really a hockey fan at all, and I haven’t read much about the sport since I stopped getting ESPN The Mag like 6 years ago.
So tell this tepid Flyers supporter, is Chris Pronger still good?
June 26, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Yes.
June 26, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Yes, but the package they gave to get him was fucking NUTS.
June 26, 2009 at 9:10 pm
yes, yes he is. also, one of the toughest SOBs in the league. /sigh, at least he’s not in the Northeast/
June 26, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Sweetness. I figured he was probably too old because no one I remember is any good anymore; this is good news, thanks all.
June 26, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Welp, the Tribe looks to have it sewn up tonight. Which means,of course they’ll lose the next two.
June 26, 2009 at 9:15 pm
so this fanarchy thing seems fairly douchey, no?
June 26, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Keffer, I’ll email you at some point later.
June 26, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Well, Sowers has run out of gas. Ya think they’ll pull him before he gives up the rest of his 9 run lead (which is now 8 runs)?
June 26, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Make that 7 runs…
June 26, 2009 at 9:43 pm
scratch that, hernandez, the blueshirts get a pick in the 2nd
June 26, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Woo-fucking-hoo. From everything I read, Cherepanov was supposedly very talented. Tragic.
Although I’m very aware of the fact Sather would have probably traded him for the draft rights to Esa Tikkanen’s 12 year old son before he broke out.
June 26, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Gah. MORE T-storms? And MORE rain? Cripes, I’m going to float away…
June 26, 2009 at 9:47 pm
hahahah, it’s sunny here.
June 26, 2009 at 9:48 pm
really? Craptatstic, that means it will be here later on.
June 26, 2009 at 9:49 pm
I’m beyond confused and incredibly pissed about the draft.
Straight from espn insider john hollinger.
“This a player who absolutely destroyed the second pick in the draft when they went head-to-head. His rebounding numbers are something out of a video game”
June 26, 2009 at 9:53 pm
This point will be made more eloquently (and probably more profanely) by some of the Wolves fans at The Rookies, but NBA GMs (minus a few) are not creative or confident enough to buck conventional wisdom.
And conventional wisdom said (check the TrueHoop link above) that the ACL problems Blair had in high school portended bad things.
June 26, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Yeah Portland took a 19 year old player number 1 overall with a history of injuries over a scoring machine. I’m just saying, i saw the guy play every game for 2 years, and was sitting on the court for most of them. He missed 1 game (It was against IUP) in 2 years. I saw absolutely no problem with his knees. San Antonio stole another star. Blair also answered this question in a first take interview with, “My knees didn’t stop me from being the big east poy or an all-american” I’m just saying.
June 26, 2009 at 9:50 pm
From the Rangers’ pick Chris Kreider’s scouting report:
-He patterns his game after Washington’s Alex Ovechkin – “he brings so much emotion and intensity to every shift and he is so dominant in every facet of his game”.
Don’t we all.
-Kreider describes his dream car as “some kind of van with enough room for half the team or so, plenty of hockey miles already on it and a killer sound system”.
Sounds like James Dolan’s tour bus. What a douche.
June 26, 2009 at 9:51 pm
I’m exhausted and slightly punchy. And may be enjoying some whiskey. Be warned.
June 26, 2009 at 9:56 pm
ohh shit, hide the cat and put away all the glassware.
June 26, 2009 at 10:14 pm
How about a joke?
June 26, 2009 at 10:15 pm
ok. How about MLB decided to put a team in DC and they thought they might draw a crowd.
June 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Observational humor, I see?
June 26, 2009 at 9:52 pm
sculptor, the devils just traded up three picks and are on the clock
June 26, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Thanks!
June 26, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Columbus is up…let’s see who I get to blog about tonight!
June 26, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Well, that could have been worse, I suppose.
June 26, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Where the hell is everyone? Anyone out there?
June 26, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I am, but no one is saying anything
June 26, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I’m here. Any more Marissa fucking Jesus jokes?
June 26, 2009 at 10:33 pm
WHY MUST YOU PICK ON ME?!
June 26, 2009 at 10:34 pm
no but I heard this joke about a family act going to see a talent agent.
June 26, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Because it’s really easy?
June 26, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Fuck you all….I’m crying… are you happy, you made a girl cry?!
June 26, 2009 at 10:37 pm
You leave the Aristocrats out of this, god damn it! Get your own filthy joke!
Speaking of, too soon for an MJ joke?
June 26, 2009 at 10:39 pm
MJ has been a running punchline for 15 years, it is never too soon.
June 26, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I’m pretty sure i made one last night…
June 26, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Well, let’s see what we can do here…
What does acne have in common with Michael Jackson?
Both come on a boy’s face when he turns 12.
June 26, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Nope. Seem perfectly fine to me. Have at it sir.
June 26, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Just got from the gym, anyone know why the A’s rockies game hasn’t started?
June 26, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Or maybe Yahoo just fucking sucks
June 26, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I’d go with that. It’s always a safe bet.
June 26, 2009 at 10:35 pm
7:30 west coast start time? I’m guessing.
June 26, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Apparently no one told yahoo that the game started.
June 26, 2009 at 10:42 pm
The one night espn’s scoreboard was fucked up and at like 8 o’clock the only score they had up was the one on their air. Of course that was the Yankees.
June 26, 2009 at 10:49 pm
yeah, well, it’s 1-0 Col in the top of the 4th.
June 26, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Yo Miranda,
You a supermodel
June 26, 2009 at 10:38 pm
ugghhh…she’s catalog at best. Real supermodels are people like Doutzen Kroes and Coco Rocha.
June 26, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Miranda is nothing special. That is all.
June 26, 2009 at 11:02 pm
sounds like someone was shot down.
June 26, 2009 at 11:04 pm
No, someone’s just not into boyish chicks with no tits. Everyone have a good night, and congrats to Rock for crashing the Rookies and hosting last call.
Peace.
June 26, 2009 at 11:08 pm
sounds a little suspect to me.
June 26, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Yeah, that’s what I was trying to say earlier in this thread.
June 26, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Someone sounds angry…
June 26, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Transformers…Yes or No. I can imagine Megan Fox’s presence makes it a yes regardless.
June 26, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Evenin,’ ass klaxons!!!
So. What have I missed while running to Home Depot for a handsaw and paint thinner so I can get through this goddamn autopsy already?
/good thing i don’t believe in hell
June 26, 2009 at 11:12 pm
I hate when I put my travel plans off until the last minute.
June 26, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Sigh I guess I’m drinking by myself this evening, anyone drinking is at EDC and I really can’t stand techno.
June 26, 2009 at 11:20 pm
I would like to meet the person who started techno, to punch him in the fucking face
June 26, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I think you would have to buy a plane ticket to France, frog eating fuckers
June 26, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Well, what do you know? The Rookies is running again now that Rock got to host a last call. Weird.
June 26, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Take off your tin foil hat Saber, conspiracy theories don’t look good on you.
June 26, 2009 at 11:36 pm
It’s been up since midafternoon. It was also up yesterday for two or three hours in the afternoon and subsequently crashed again. I didn’t want to have Last Call at a blog I didn’t know the security of, and I didn’t want to volunteer anyone else’s blogs because they aren’t mine.
I suggested this and can provide you as much proof via email. Other people, the ones in charge of the designation of Last Call, are the ones who decided.
And, really, is the congenial spirit of Last Call something you want to throw into the wind on some “Let’s accuse someone of crashing a blog for two days for the sake of a hundred comments!” tip? Really?
June 26, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Dude, chill out, I’m fucking with you. At least I thought I was just fucking with you. Why so serious?
June 26, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Yahoo headline: Goddell reviewing Burress incident. What exactly is he reviewing. He shot himself at a club. That’s pretty apparent.
June 26, 2009 at 11:32 pm
The sweatpants were plotting against him?
June 26, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Hey, uh, if you think I somehow sabotaged a server for a blog I founded, write for, and care about seeing succeed so I could host a party on the Internet and reap whatever the rewards of this shindig is:
Please check yourself before you get crushed.
Thank you.
June 26, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Crush away, playa. By the way, Real_Ron_Artest is currently in a shit-talking battle with OGOchoCinco on Twitter. I take no credit, though, it’s all Socks.
June 26, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Socks is evil. I choked on my cheerios because of him.
June 26, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Funny, I seem to be helping one of your boys document it.
June 26, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Evening, all. Anyone else out there drinking beer smuggled into church-mandated, pre-marriage retreat weekend, trying to figure out how the channel that was just airing the Stallone/Banderas classic “Assassins” transitioned into public broadcasting history programs? Or is that just me?
June 26, 2009 at 11:40 pm
I would have smuggled something stronger than beer but thats just me.
June 26, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Was told I would be paired with a suite-mate, so I figured I would share the beers and be social, but blissfully was put into a single.
June 26, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Sounds like a win win to me, more beer for you.
June 26, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Dead on, my friend.
June 26, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I’ve just been assigned to fill out some bullshit workbook for mine.
June 26, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Although said bullshit workbook is prominently involved, the first evening hasn’t been as hardcore preachy as I’d feared. Had heard rumors they basically treated the place like a prison compound.
June 26, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Jesus…no pun intended. Maybe I got lucky — my uncle is performing our ceremony, and I think he’s just going through the motions, since I haven’t seen him in 15 years.
June 26, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Yeah, our priest is thankfully rather lazy. Basically told us to go to this thing rather than have multiple prep sessions w/ him. Kills a weekend, but that’s better than killing a couple hours on six of them.
June 26, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I’m assuming it’s all just the common sense stuff, like listen to each other, talk problems out, don’t cheat or beat, etc? I’m hoping that’s all it is.
June 26, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Sounds about right. So far, has just been two “host” couples talking about their experiences while I cursed under my breath following the Mets-Yanks on the BlackBerry, followed by filling out the workbook “questions” and then getting together with the future Mrs. Meatball to discuss them and/or ponder whether we can duck out of here to the Dogfish Head Alehouse a couple miles up the road.
Supposedly, there is an “open” Q&A session/discussion tomorrow. We’ve been trying to come up w/ the most inappropriate question for that situation. So far am leaning toward exploring church’s position on anal sex.
June 27, 2009 at 12:04 am
Might I refer you to the whole Marissa fucking Jesus comedy goldmine from earlier in the week? I can recall at least a half dozen things from there that’d get you where you want to go.
June 27, 2009 at 12:08 am
Link, please, if you’ve got it – sounds ideal. Was out in Vegas (for business, sadly) and haven’t been checking in around the Last Call parts very much recently.
June 27, 2009 at 12:17 am
http://avoidingthedrop.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/the-usmnt-did-what/#comments
Page two, I believe. Feel free to use the Jesus/John the Baptist joke.
June 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
Just tracked it down. That is some good shit. I think I will ensure my prompt removal from this weekend if I can work that in.
June 26, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Sounds like you need more beer. I found out this place near me sells cases of this one beer for 8$ a case. Lets just say i’m starting to get use to that.
June 26, 2009 at 11:53 pm
No offense, but unless either (a) you’re in college, or (b) your local joint hijacked a beer truck and is selling the loot, you should get your hands on some better stuff.
Just a personal opinion, though – I’ve only recently begun to choose quality over quantity myself.
June 26, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I am in college, and it’s actually pretty good (better than natty, key and coors).
June 27, 2009 at 12:02 am
In that case, stock up, man. But you should still treat yourself on occasion, too. Was back at my old college stomping grounds a couple weeks ago, regretting the gallons of Milwaukee’s Best and Key Light I downed in lieu of growlers from the local brew pub.
June 26, 2009 at 11:39 pm
This fucking sucks. It’s too hot to sleep, I’m running on fumes and out of whiskey.
June 26, 2009 at 11:41 pm
You sir need some good whiskey soaked music to make the evening more bearable.
June 26, 2009 at 11:43 pm
In lieu of a Filipino hooker and a club sandwich, I’ll take it.
June 26, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Perhaps some Doors “Alabama Song” or the Pogues version of whiskey in a jar.
June 26, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I like how you think, my man. We were close on the music…I did put on some Doors, but we’re featuring The End over here.
June 26, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Good taste my friend, I’m currently finally getting around to teaching myself all of Achilles Last Stand, otherwise I would keep throwing some whiskey soaked anthems to you
June 26, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Nice choice! Have you ever heard Dream Theater’s Zep medleys?
June 27, 2009 at 12:01 am
Yes! those medleys are the fucking shit.
June 27, 2009 at 12:03 am
Their covers are incredible. I downloaded all the new ones from the new album…Stargazer is fucking unreal, if you’ve not heard it yet.
June 27, 2009 at 12:09 am
Sick, I haven’t heard it, I’ll totally check it out. We would be a mighty music loving whiskey swilling duo methinks
June 27, 2009 at 12:12 am
June 27, 2009 at 12:15 am
And I think you’re right, by the way. Enjoy this one…fucking unreal performance.
June 26, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I’m doing stuff for work and I’m really lazy. What important things happened in the past week in sports?
June 26, 2009 at 11:56 pm
The collapse of the entire NL East.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings
…the NBA draft and the craziness of the U.S. Open. At least they are the most important things.
June 26, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Some dude got drafted, some dude got traded, and some other dude died. That’s about it…
/shrug
June 26, 2009 at 11:57 pm
(sprays beef extinguisher)
All is cool and good. Jokes were taken incorrectly and things escalated for no reason. As a peace offering:
Yeah, Miranda’s in it. But, come on, she’s hot here, right, Sabes? Right?
(leads blog-based candlelight vigil for Miranda Kerr Univeral Legs-to-Radiance Appreciation Society)
June 27, 2009 at 12:02 am
I’m gonna sound like the oldest, most curmudgeonly 25-year-old in the world here, but everything about that annoyed me so much my ears itched.
Not particularly bad. But extremely annoying. Fitting, I suppose.
June 27, 2009 at 12:25 am
I’m watching a guy whose writing on hip-hop I like bash, on Twitter, Drake and Wale, two artists I like, for being “boring” milquetoast rap. The above isn’t far away, certainly.
But the trend, at least on the always-contrarian Internet, seems to be towards the backlash against Auto-Tuned/poppy stuff.
And we may be speaking sideways at each other: Why didn’t you like that? Just curious.
June 27, 2009 at 12:03 am
I just got back from running to hear the people above me playing acoustic guitar and singing Bible songs. My upstairs neighbors SUCK.
June 27, 2009 at 12:07 am
Hah that seriously sucks, I must be the antichrist for playing some distorted zeppelin guitar right now
June 27, 2009 at 12:08 am
You clearly need to put on some Cannibal Corpse, and then leave for a while as it plays.
June 27, 2009 at 12:11 am
I am not discarding my beer bottles, so that they’ll be readily available to break off & threaten stabbing if anyone breaks out an acoustic guitar at this shindig.
June 27, 2009 at 12:12 am
I was a bitter teenager who was forced to move to North Carolina from California for most of my high school career. If I was out driving on sundays, I would totally blast Slayer, Slipknot, anything that sounded like the devil itself commissioned it.
June 27, 2009 at 12:18 am
I want to blast Slayer. TB, you are dead on. Nothing like the whole Reign in Blood album to really put a damper on their evening.
June 27, 2009 at 12:19 am
Not totally relevant, but my favorite thrift shop find ever was a black wife beater, with “I [heart] Slayer” on the front and “I Hate You” written on the back in red glitter paint.
June 27, 2009 at 12:22 am
That would be a fantastic shirt to own
June 27, 2009 at 12:29 am
We would rotate it among my buddies during college so we could share in the awesomeness. Not coincidentally, we did not get laid much.
No idea about its whereabouts now, sadly.
June 27, 2009 at 12:30 am
I feel that as a girl, I cannot wear a glitter band shirt without fear of being called a poser. However, I would wear that shirt.
June 27, 2009 at 3:33 am
I live near Wrigley Field. It sucks. The best thing about it is that my favorite bar, The Gingerman Tavern, has Reign In Blood on the jukebox. After a Cubs game I’ll play the entire album and all the sissy Cubs fans hightail it out of town lickety split.
June 27, 2009 at 12:12 am
I EFFING LEAVE TO EAT AND YOU GUYS STILL MAKE FUN OF ME!!!! GOD!!!
June 27, 2009 at 12:16 am
Yep. Jesus told me you were a screamer…
June 27, 2009 at 12:18 am
Only w/ certain people, definitely not you
June 27, 2009 at 12:18 am
I still get a hard time about the mailbox story from a year ago. Don’t feel bad.
June 27, 2009 at 12:22 am
Exactly, we’re just joshing around darling. Sorry.
Tell her a joke, magics, make her feel better.
*ahem* Jacko’s autopsy is in, seems he choked on some small nuts. HEY-YOOOOO!
Rimshot.
/get it, cuz he died too
June 27, 2009 at 12:24 am
Oh, I know you guys are kidding, I am too. But I will likely get bored of this joke soon. It’s happened before.
June 27, 2009 at 12:24 am
I will kindly refer you to the joke I made at 10:41. If that doesn’t work, I’ll have to go and get so goddamned filthy that you’ll all wish you had a cock in each ear.
June 27, 2009 at 12:19 am
I’m quitting the internet. Jim Brown-style.
How is everyone else tonight?
June 27, 2009 at 12:20 am
You’ll need to wear a kufi and act in a string of bad Soxploitation films with Fred Williamson if you’re gonna do that.
June 27, 2009 at 12:26 am
Bravura performance with Ron-Ron; you had me in stitches. Hope someone picks it up so Ocho continues to look foolish.
June 27, 2009 at 12:40 am
Thanks for helping capture that. Now I got to figure out how to make a post out of it.
June 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
MagicsJohnson that song is the shit, why can’t there be more balls out awesome music today.
June 27, 2009 at 12:32 am
Well, it wouldn’t be as cool if it was mainstream. It’s better this way — or at least that’s what I tell myself when rooting through a drawer full of Rush concert tees.
June 27, 2009 at 12:35 am
You, sir, have not lived until you’ve taken a fairly lengthy cab ride with an African driver BLASTING Rush and repeatedly professing his love for Geddy Lee.
June 27, 2009 at 12:36 am
I think the same thing as I go through in my head all of the awesomeness that is YYZ
June 27, 2009 at 12:38 am
I caught the boys at Saratoga last summer…I ducked inside Barnes and Noble to take a piss. I came out and continued to walk down the street, and saw a bunch of dudes in Snakes and Arrows shirts, all kinds of excited. Turns out that while I was pissing, Geddy happened to come by and posed for cell phone pics with several guys in the group. The urge to kill rose.
June 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
Rivers Cuomo wrote a song about the U.S. soccer team. SPOILER: It sucks.
June 27, 2009 at 12:32 am
Listen kid, I’ll let you get away w/ many things, but don’t you fucking dare trash my Rivers. Get it? Good!
June 27, 2009 at 12:34 am
Did you see Weezer the last time they were in LA? That show was epic.
June 27, 2009 at 12:38 am
Sigh, I didn’t get to see the show for I am poor and only had one job then.
June 27, 2009 at 12:41 am
Well if it makes you feel better, I am poor because all of the money I do have disappears in the form of concert tickets.
June 27, 2009 at 12:34 am
Rivers Cuomo hasn’t rocked since Pinkerton…OK maybe a little on the Green.
June 27, 2009 at 3:28 am
I am the biggest weezer fan I know. The blue album is perfect. Pinkerton is close. Everything else is crap.
June 27, 2009 at 12:35 am
Wha…? Wh-where do you get such horrid, horrid sounds, you evil man????
/cowers under blankets in fetal position
June 27, 2009 at 12:44 am
I blame celibacy. Dude went dry and came back lame.
June 27, 2009 at 12:44 am
This, of course, is a bad, bad, bad omen for me.
June 27, 2009 at 12:46 am
Hey Rockabye, I’ve been celibate for awhile and look at me. See, nothing to worry about. NOW STOP PICKING ON RIVERS.
June 27, 2009 at 12:53 am
Awesomeness, I just scored the new RX Bandits album, hooray music industry connections.
June 27, 2009 at 3:26 am
How is it? I always liked them, haven’t listened to them in a while.
June 27, 2009 at 1:47 am
Hey, kinda new here. With that being said, Weezer has sucked for a good 6 years at minimum, Ghostface Killah is a hard-ass, and someone up there is an A’s fan: you’re cool. I’ve been to 6 games this year and saw them win once.
Everyone else: Hi!
June 27, 2009 at 2:56 am
Alright another A’s fan good to hear, I was able to go to about 4 before I had to leave for LA again, sadly this place is dead for west coasters past 9 pm
June 27, 2009 at 2:57 am
Is anyone here???
June 27, 2009 at 3:25 am
The night is late, and I assume you are all done for the night. But i thought that since I stumbled home I would still say “howdy!”
July 1, 2009 at 1:39 am
3.4 meter/sec tailwind?
I could do better than 9.75 sec 100m.
Like get 300 comments on one of my blog posts >__>