Roundup: Ricky Rubio, the Dolphins’ QB Situation & a Seattle Family Raising Baby Kangaroos
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The World Health Organization chimes in on cancer and cell phones. [CNN]
I agree: Mike Brown has little or no chance for success with the Lakers. If he’s going to do it at all, it needs to be next season. [OC Register]
It appears as if another Ricky Rubio deadline has passed. But you’re probably sick of hearing about the kid, anyway. [Star-Trib]
Here are the 10 best international NBA draft picks in the last 10 years … and the biggest busts. [National Hoops Report]
Some athletes are doing their part to drive the word “faggot” out of the sports world; Jason Whitlock wants to know why more black athletes aren’t doing the same for the n-word. [Fox Sports]
Kevin Dineen is expected to be named the Florida Panthers’ new coach today. [Herald]
If Matt Moore really pushes Chad Henne in Miami, the Dolphins will be one of the worst teams in the league. [Red Zone]
Carlos Boozer bought a 4,000 square-foot condo in South Beach. [South Florida Business Journal]
Anyone ever nearly get into a fight because some jerk reclined his seat on a plane? [Washington Post]
Imagine having HIV … and then having it go away. [NY Magazine]
If you’re in Oregon, this may matter to you: “Should City’s Health Care Cover Gender Reassignment?” [KPTV]
Ray Rice decided to play catch on the beach with some randoms. [Patch]
Ballboy french open [via Hot Clicks]
She’s loud. And attractive. [via Fang's Bites]
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June 1st, 2011 at 8:08 AM
I agree: Mike Brown has little or no chance for success with the Lakers. If he’s going to do it at all, it needs to be next season.
mike brown is going to do great with the lakers.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:10 AM
damn, MLB is now making some videos embeddable? Just saw that on twitter. I’ve been railing about this for like 4 years. Victory!
June 1st, 2011 at 8:13 AM
No way she should go to jail… he asked to be punched in exchange for $5. Freak accident.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Unfortunately it may take a season to adjust to a new system
June 1st, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Anyone know where to get a cheaper than store price ps3 slim? So far I’m looking on craigslist, but i know its a kind of a crapshoot….
June 1st, 2011 at 8:24 AM
And here is your daily cuteness.
/sorry if this is old
//it’s adorable
June 1st, 2011 at 8:28 AM
not a cat fan, but that is pretty cute.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Anyone know where to get a cheaper than store price ps3 slim? So far I’m looking on craigslist, but i know its a kind of a crapshoot….
you ever try looking at a place like gamestop? i think they refurb consoles if they are traded in.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:28 AM
I had a friend growing up whose parents raised wallabies. they’re pretty cool…used to bring them to our elementary school for a day every year. by the way, a wallaby is not a kangaroo.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:29 AM
I really liked the Whitlock piece. I think he’s become of total joke for the most part, but that was a very well-thought out piece.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:31 AM
And here is your daily cuteness.
/sorry if this is old
//it’s adorable
Not a cat person. But it worked anyway.
/Cute bomb’d
June 1st, 2011 at 8:33 AM
What a shitty basketball game last night. Dallas’s bench guys tightened up like a white collar guy on his first trip to the federal penn.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:34 AM
normally im not either, but my neighbor’s cat has been chilling in my backyard and it’s a pretty cool cat.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Yeah. I know friends who have had bad luck with refurbs. Didn’t know if any of you knew of some sweet deals I’m just not aware of. I’ll probably just have to bite the bullet.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:36 AM
The pilot has complete authority over the aircraft, a United spokesman said, and he decided to return to Dulles to sort things out rather than continue the transatlantic flight to Ghana when he was unsure of the scope of the problem.
lack of communication between the pilots and flight crew. i would be beyond pissed if i was on this flight.
if the person in front of you reclines, you recline. problem solved.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:37 AM
bank robbers in Chicago dress like the criminals in the movie, ‘The Town’ …
Pffft. Whatever. Let me know when they start dressing like real heist experts and wear clown masks and drive school buses through banks.
/TBL’d
June 1st, 2011 at 8:38 AM
96% may be stretching it…but it’s close. Certainly not unfathomable enough to say that there is no way it’s true.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:38 AM
If airlines would specify a real lumbar support in their seats, I think less people would be doing a backflop as soon as the sucker gets airborne.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Yeah. I know friends who have had bad luck with refurbs. Didn’t know if any of you knew of some sweet deals I’m just not aware of. I’ll probably just have to bite the bullet.
i’m on my second PS3. i got it right when it came out and the laser quit reading discs (except for 1 tiger woods game, weird). so i got the slim right after it broke.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Maybe try the used section at Amazon.com? Better bet than Craigslist and at least you can see if the seller has a history of being legit (usually you are buying from a small store anyways).
June 1st, 2011 at 8:39 AM
american airlines can suck a dick with their fucking awful seats.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:40 AM
While I agree that it was a shitty basketball game, I don’t know that the blame can be laid on the Dallas bench…the starters missed a TON of easy shots and open looks.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:40 AM
for the 100th time, cats are awesome. like having the dicovery channel in your house. little lions. if you can put the litter in an out of the way place, there’s no drawback and whole lot of upside
and uh, adam dunn is a mess, but the wsox are winning. they own the bosox at fenway. if dunn starts hitting, the injuns will enjoy second place
June 1st, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Actually, I bury my knee deep into the rear of the seat until they put it back.
That 2″ of recline won’t make much difference to your comfort, but greatly reduces my available leg room.
/team 6’3″
June 1st, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Exactly what I’m afraid of!! My friend got the red ring of death on 3 of his xbox, a nightmare. I’m also looking for the ps3 slim, no problems for you?
June 1st, 2011 at 8:41 AM
I liked it too.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:43 AM
96% may be stretching it…but it’s close. Certainly not unfathomable enough to say that there is no way it’s true.
im not sure that 2/3 of my redneck friends know how to use google, but they know how to facebook.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:43 AM
I see Whitlock continued his ignorance of anything not related to sports and black people and fatness. He keeps harping on Chicago about the anthem singer. The last person I’ll go to about intelligent things like music is that pile of shitlock.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:44 AM
No way she should go to jail… he asked to be punched in exchange for $5. Freak accident.
I originally thought the story was that the aspiring rapper guy was going around offering to be hit for $5. But it was some other dude that was offering $5 to people if they let the chick hit them. If that is the case she very well may do some time.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:46 AM
I flew to Memphis about a year ago sitting next to a huge guy. not fat, but just a large man…probably 6’6″ and filled out proportionally. needless to say, he was already cramped, then the lady in front of him leaned her seat back just after takeoff and he looked miserable. I actually offered to switch seats.
fuck people that lean the seat back on planes. I have yet to fly and lean my seat back out of respect for the person behind me that’s suffering from the same cramped space as me. there’s no need for me to barely increase my own space at the expense of the person behind me.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:47 AM
agreed. Southwest and Jet Blue know what’s up.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:48 AM
/thumbs up
June 1st, 2011 at 8:48 AM
/team 6’3″
if you’re 6’3″ or taller, get an exit lane. even if you can’t book it ahead, often times there’s someone who doesn’t feel comfortable sitting there who will switch with you.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:50 AM
one of my coworkers is 6’9″ or 6’8″ or something else freakishly tall and on our trip to vegas, he tried everything he could do to get the emergency exit so he could have the extra leg room. no dice…they wanted $90.
meanwhile, i show up to the gate literally being the last person to get on the plane…boarding pass didn’t work, reprinted and i got the last seat on the plane…the emergency exit. so i try and get the stewardess to see if i could give the seat to my coworker and she fucking refused saying that “he has to pay the additional fee.”
fuck airlines.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Obviously, yes that’s what I try to do. Plus, even if there isn’t much extra leg room in the exit row, the seats in front of them aren’t allowed to recline to restrict the exit area so you don’t have to worry about someone reclining.
Bulkhead seats also typically provide additional room, as long as you don’t mind not having a normal tray or a seat in front of you to put stuff in/under.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Maybe it’s all in the boobs?
June 1st, 2011 at 8:50 AM
I have yet to fly and lean my seat back out of respect for the person behind me that’s suffering from the same cramped space as me.
Agreed
June 1st, 2011 at 8:51 AM
I had the red rings on my one 360 and then opted for a PS3 for the Blu-Ray. I miss some games for sure (Halo!!) but I used the system more for the Blu-Ray than for the games now.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:52 AM
im not sure that 2/3 of my redneck friends know how to use google, but they know how to facebook.
based on the websites that make fun of facebook people, there are many many people who are as sharp as a bag of wet hair who can figure out FB
June 1st, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Flew them back/forth to Vegas a couple weeks ago. Not so sure about that legroom anymore. I was plenty cramped until we jumped to exit row at a touch-n-go.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Disagree mostly. Eevn with the starters sucking, I thought Barea (or to a lesser extent Terry) was the make-or-break guy. If he’s hot they win. A shoot-first point guard has to make those shots.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:53 AM
horrifying.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:53 AM
/Team 4%
June 1st, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Take the seat, get up in the air, then swap sweats.
/engineer’d
June 1st, 2011 at 8:56 AM
so i try and get the stewardess to see if i could give the seat to my coworker and she fucking refused saying that “he has to pay the additional fee.”
that stewardess is just fucking clueless. at that point you take matters into your own hands and just switch your coworker seats.
i fly Taca from time to time (hottest flight crew in the business) and always get the exit row. i think your supposed to be fluent in spanish to sit there, so when they give me the rundown i appear very attentive and give the thumbs up when she’s done. works every time.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:56 AM
shit…i shoulda done that.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:56 AM
“@notchrisrock – If people are saying Wade & LeBron are Batman & Robin I guess that makes Chris Bosh Batgirl.”
“@notchrisrock – Damn it looks like LeBron made a deal with God to exchange a ring this year for his hairline. Closer he gets, the further away it gets.”
I love reading his tweets, especially during games.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Did that thought seriously never cross your mind?
June 1st, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Took my 1 hour 45 min to get to work today.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:57 AM
i guess i’m an asshole. i always recline my seat. i figure if they weren’t meant to be reclined, they wouldn’t put that button there.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:57 AM
fuck airlines.
i am not with this. but i have lower standards, like being alive at the end of the flight. plus, i have gotten comped drinks on more than one occasion
June 1st, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Belting out a “chingare, pendeha!” at the end to show your understanding would really seal the seal
June 1st, 2011 at 8:58 AM
it’s not that i didn’t think about it, but i must have something with my ear drums that gets affected by the pressure because im usually passed the fuck out the minute the landing gear’s up.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:58 AM
It was actually 48%, but they doubled the percentage overnight and just didn’t tell us.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Are we sure it went away? Magic Johnson looks awfully pale in that article.
June 1st, 2011 at 8:59 AM
/part of the small percentage not on facebook
June 1st, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Not trying to be a dick or anything, but as soon as i get in the air, I recline that fucking seat. That’s my right, and the person behind me can do the exact same thing. If reclining seats was such a massive problem, than seats wouldnt be reclinable. I’m kind of shocked bc this is the first I’ve ever heard of people refusing to recline solely out of respect for other people. Chivalry is not dead I suppose. I will continue to recline every time though, sorry guys, it’s just that much more comfortable. I can’t be the only one…
June 1st, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Gamestop is not a good place for this, just because you’ll have to buy a hard drive from them separate.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:01 AM
I have all three systems…I had the RROD on my 360 once (in 2008 or ’09), sent it in and had it fixed for free by Microsoft in about a week. I have the fat 80GB PS3 for two years and (knock on wood) have had no issues. Wii doesn’t get a whole lot of use, other than the occasional Wii Sports session.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Took my 1 hour 45 min to get to work today.
fuck that. i thought my 45-50 min ride was bad.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Why is it okay to censor nigga but not faggot?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Htown – the ability for airline seats to recline is all part of a giant social experiment to determine who is a selfish asshole and who is caring for his fellow man.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Asshole. It takes 3 gin and tonics and nyquil for me to sleep on a plane. Unless it’s in business class. Back when I had a Delta Flight Pass card I was lucky enough to go to Europe three times (there and back) in business class. Holy shit. It made flying flat out enjoyable.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Last time I flew (10 years ago, grant you), I thought it was the norm to ask the person behind you if they mind if you recline your seat. Maybe that’s just me.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:02 AM
I know a good number of folks that have a profile just to say they have a profile, but don’t check it that often. Maybe you’re confusing those people that nominally have a profile with those people that check their newsfeed every 5 seconds like a ferret on a meth bender. The 96% number sounds legit to me, but obviously (as pointed out in the study) they don’t all use Facebook the same way.
/wishes those stupid facebook games would go away
June 1st, 2011 at 9:02 AM
im usually passed the fuck out the minute the landing gear’s up.
a gift that can only be appreciated by those who cannot sleep on planes
June 1st, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Why didn’t you use fagga?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Agreed. Made for a very, very long flight back from Hawaii.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Well only gay people can use “fagga”, obviously.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:04 AM
yet another test i’ve failed. sigh.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Not trying to be a dick or anything, but as soon as i get in the air, I recline that fucking seat. That’s my right, and the person behind me can do the exact same thing.
I’m sorry I thought this was America! I didn’t know this was a Communist country!
June 1st, 2011 at 9:05 AM
I believe that drug is called “cocaine”.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:05 AM
I look at the reclining the seat thing as the people who stand in church randomly. If the guy in front of me does it, I am going to feel compelled to recline and I will blame me having to do it on the asshole in front of me.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:05 AM
If reclining seats was such a massive problem, than seats wouldnt be reclinable.
there are still ashtrays and no-smoking signs on planes. i think they just wouldn;t spend the money to change the seats like they haven’t to take out the ashtrays and signs
June 1st, 2011 at 9:06 AM
TraderJack
I’ll miss Yardwork later bc I’ll be busy, but ummm how about a “you were right I was wrong” with Aceves last night. Ugh. At least Theo didn’t pay him $80 million to suck though. Lackey is back this week…
June 1st, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Note to self: Use “Wassup my fagga’” as a new greetin.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:07 AM
I’m only 20 minutes door to door but I have to lumber over a mountain to get there. Moving next month to a place 10 minutes away with no mountain. can’t wait.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Why is it okay to censor nigga but not faggot?
pretty sure neither needs to be censored.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Airlines can adjust how far a seat reclines. It’s made that way for when they’re reconfiguring a plane.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:08 AM
at least Jenks and Wheeler didn’t give anything up last night…sigh. The Yanks and Sox will be flip-flopping all year unless either team makes a deal for a starting pitcher.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Only time I’ve ever been pissed that someone reclined a seat on a flight was when my wife and I were flying back from visiting her parents with my just about year-old son. Young lady is in front of wife and kid (kid’s happy as a clam, BTW), and as soon as possible she slams that seat back so her head is just about in my son’s face. I would have had no problem had he started something at that point.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:08 AM
This depends on how far they recline back and how long the flight is.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:09 AM
The cast of Glee is doing the same thing with “gay”.
/ducks
June 1st, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Flipped through before the game last night and paused on “Glee”. Made it 30 seconds. Just awful.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:11 AM
This couldn’t happen at a better time. Nicely done Braylon!
/duckworth’d?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:11 AM
And the “R” word – “retarded”
June 1st, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Must have been hard to find 10 good ones if they are using Brandon Jennings on their list.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:11 AM
It’s sad that a Glee album is one of the top selling albums in the country.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Would you have been less angry if she had slowly reclined her seat instead?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Htown – I was kidding with comment 62.
however, thinking about it some more, the choice of reclining your seat on a flight is a perfect experiment of altruism…you increase your own comfort at the expense of another’s. if the guy in front reclines and the guy behind wants to then return to having the same amount of space as he did before the guy in front of him reclined into it, he now has to recline his own seat at the expense of the person behind him, and so on.
this may be a better measuring stick of natural human altruism tendencies than the Dictator game.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:12 AM
hey cleet, which area of NY?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Yeah, that’s what I meant.
This is what I was thinking of.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:13 AM
I actually came up with that cure 6 years ago… bone marrow transplant from HIV-resistant (usually plague-survivor descendants) people.
/has a witness
//unhumblebrag
June 1st, 2011 at 9:14 AM
96% may be stretching it…but it’s close. Certainly not unfathomable enough to say that there is no way it’s true.
I just flat out do not think that this is accurate. I don’t think 96% of Americans under 50 have internet access. Think about all the people who live in poverty in the inner-city. Just going off of my extended family, I would guess maybe 2 out of 16-20 adults under 50 but over 30 are on Facebook. But what do I know?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Hudson Valley, little more than an hour north of the city.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:15 AM
you all need to drink more on flights. you’ll find your experience to be much more enjoyable.
and make it liquor, beer will just make you piss every 30 mins.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Yes, would have given us a chance for me to hold the boy, or adjust him. Had the tray table been down, that would have been even worse.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Ahh yes, definitely want to avoid driving over the mountains. I live up east of Syracuse right on the edge of the Adirondacks and to get to a couple places north of my house is a pain in the ass. Gotta drive around the lake and through the hills. Fuck it.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:17 AM
agreed. stiff gin and tonics from Southwest are a pleasure.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:17 AM
I will freely admit watching this repeatedly. And then I was struck by the juxtaposition of the video and the very loud Slayer song I’m playing while drinking coffee and web-surfing before I go to work. Cute cats + Slayer + Coffee = morning bliss. Who knew?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:17 AM
i’m not a frequent traveler. i honestly didn’t realize that having the person in front of you recline his/her seat bothered people so much. it doesn’t bother me, really, but then again my seat is usually reclined.
now, the question is, will i be altruistic when armed with this knowledge? i plead the fifth.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:18 AM
i’m actually kind of glad there are a few bands out there who refuse to let glee do their music. there’s still some people out there who think you’re a monster if you don’t like that show.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
June 1st, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Awesome.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Being an overpaid basketball player is a good gig if you can get it
June 1st, 2011 at 9:20 AM
They’re called pop culture whores.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:20 AM
I understand if it is an international flight or if it is a flight across the country to feel the need to recline your seat. However if your on some one hour flight it makes you a dickwad. People have that shit reclined as soon as humanly possible. Just awful.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:20 AM
trey, i believe the comment was that if they’re gonna recline, the person was gonna use them. the only solution is for the seats not to have the function. do i need to file my briefs?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Its been awhile but are there some new rules?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:21 AM
there’s this guy on the phone outside my window having a heated discussion. he has left some paperwork on the picnic table, he gets flustered and paces away, the wind starts to blow his papers around, and he comes running back every 30 seconds with a panicked look on his face grabbing all the papers.
why he can’t just sit down and have this discussion, holding his papers down, i’ll never know.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Re: Facebook statistic…
“A total of 418 participants were included in the polling. Such a limited sample size will surely bolster calls that the survey was statistically unreliable, but the persons questioned were supposed to “roughly resemble” US demographics as a whole.”
So yeah… A poll done by Bank of America (why BOA?) of 418 people is not something I’m going to take too seriously. 418 people is not a fair representation of the tens of millions under 50.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:22 AM
There aren’t many: Kings of Leon, Gorillaz (and Blur I suppose), and Foo Fighters are the only ones I’ve heard.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:23 AM
It’s one of those things; when I first got my place I figured, meh it’s only one mountain to cross and the commute isn’t that long, but now over a year and a half later it’s become a huge pain in the ass. Plus I have a strong feeling my car is about to tank.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:24 AM
My thoughts exactly. If I’m flying Philly to San Fran, I’m reclining. Philly to Atlanta, nope.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Its only a matter of time before airlines charge 5 dollars to recline. Who will pay to be the asshole?
/hands 20 dollars to stewardess
“I’ll take three makers and a recline”
June 1st, 2011 at 9:25 AM
yeah, i’m sure some of them also like to count how many minority friends they have, too, so they feel better about themselves.
yeah, it’s the principle of it that i like. the show’s creator tries to guilt them into doing it, like this will make kids interested in music, don’t you want that? etc…
June 1st, 2011 at 9:25 AM
I’m tall. I have long legs. While I respect your right to recline your seat, I think it’s common courtesy to refrain from reclining it. I only recline if the seat behind me is empty or a kid/small woman is sitting behind me, and I always ask. Call me old-fashioned. People without long legs have no idea what a drag a 5 hour flight from ATL to LA can be when a guy who’s 5’8″ has his seat pressed into your knees the whole flight.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:25 AM
abso-fucking-lutely.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:26 AM
My thoughts exactly. If I’m flying Philly to San Fran, I’m reclining. Philly to Atlanta, nope.
I’d rather have someone recline their seat “on me” for a 2 hour flight than one that lasts 5.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:26 AM
I’m a 4%’er.
/fuck facebook
June 1st, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I used to travel all the time for work and never realized this either, so you aren’t alone, HTown.
I don’t get that show. Let me try…it’s actors, singing other people’s songs, and the actors aren’t as talented as the people they are covering. It’s kareoke with a storyline essentially, right?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:27 AM
i’m actually kind of glad there are a few bands out there who refuse to let glee do their music
Yep. It was nice to see Slash and KOL tell the producer of that show to go fuck himself. Guy just assumes everyone’s in love with his show.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Glad to see the Glee hate. Sick of all these Gleetards clogging up my Facebook feed.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:28 AM
do you get kids into art by showing them the mona lisa you smeared your own feces all over, glee creator?
you’re doing a disservice to society with your existence.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:28 AM
you all need to drink more on flights. you’ll find your experience to be much more enjoyable.
and make it liquor, beer will just make you piss every 30 mins.
indeed. jack on ice is my plane drink, no matter the time of flight. slightly nervous flyer gets a treat (or two)
June 1st, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Yep. He exactly tried to pin homophobia on Kings of Leon for refusing to allow their songs to be used.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:29 AM
I’d rather have someone recline their seat “on me” for a 2 hour flight than one that lasts 5.
I agree with this. I never recline I’m just saying I understand a little more if its a flight where people might actually be trying to sleep. Nobody needs to sleep on a flight from 9am to 1015am. My mom was a stewardess so I usually do my best to do everything that doesn’t make me a dickhead passenger.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Well, this is just unfortunate
June 1st, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Speaking of asinine charges…anybody else hear that the new COD will be doing a monthly subscription fee in order to gain access to new maps and content? I’m pretty sure this would be in addition to the already 60 dollar yearly charge for Xbox Live.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Glee used to be funny and entertaining. Now most of the plotlines are pointless, and they’re turning it into a singing showcase instead of a dramedy.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:31 AM
meh…you need to buy the new map packs as it is…it’s not like you won’t be able to play at all or anything.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:31 AM
That made me laugh.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Glad to see the Glee hate. Sick of all these Gleetards clogging up my Facebook feed.
Glee… and that rise to fame by the woman who stars in it (she was in 40 y/o Virgin) is a perfect example of Hollywood PC run amok. I don’t have a problem with a show having gay characters or being a musical. But the way Hollywood/the media has fallen in love with themselves over it is profoundly annoying.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:31 AM
oddly enough, if they show actually did original music instead of just doing cover songs (that are heavily edited in the studio), i’d be more interested in watching.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Well, this is just unfortunate
June 1st, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Those sons of a bitch. Madden lost me when it started charging for content like that. Fucking assholes
June 1st, 2011 at 9:32 AM
They very well could be but it’s just the smart play to deny it even if they’re legit…I always thought this is what Erin Andrews should have done, the video was so blurry that it could easily have been someone else
So your contention is that she’s only getting roles because the Hollywood PC is bending over backwards to award jobs to gay people?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:33 AM
By the way… as a member of team legs and ass… I approve of Carrie Underwood. She is one fine specimen.
/as you were
June 1st, 2011 at 9:34 AM
That would seal my decision to go with Battlefield.
Speaking of, I watched the KOL Storytellers. If you take what the lead guy was saying at face value, it appears he can just conjure these songs in a few minutes mostly with the help of alcohol. Makes me wish I had that kind of creative ability…
June 1st, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I just booked my flights to Vegas and it was only an extra $20 to get aisle/exit row seat for the return flight – which will be ~4hrs. That seems low considering how awful that return flight is for 96% of the people leaving LAS.
/BOFA
June 1st, 2011 at 9:34 AM
one of the small pleasures of playing the madden games before wifi became available on the consoles was having access to all sorts of classic uniforms and team rosters w/o having to pay extra money. i think it was madden 03 that still had the madden cards you could earn that would also open this stuff up.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Huh?
I don’t watch Glee, or care about it, Jane Lynch’s rise to fame is because she is a very funny woman, not because she is a lesbian.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:35 AM
I feel like I saw this piece in Bryant Park in NYC during one of those holiday markets last fall.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:35 AM
I had a dream last night that I was in a Blockbuster (?!) and some guy went crazy and starting shooting the store manager because he didn’t want to pay a late fee. I think I watched too many episodes of Hard Core Pawn before bed.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:36 AM
So your contention is that she’s only getting roles because the Hollywood PC is bending over backwards to award jobs to gay people?
Where did you get that from? My contention is that everything you see on late night TV, award shows, the Oscars, the Emmys, the Super Bowl, etc. Glee makes an appearance in – and she’s kind of seen as the face of Glee, no? Didn’t she win an Emmy?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:36 AM
She seemed to milk that for all its worth. So I don’t know if denying it would have been better for her interests.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:37 AM
I agree with everything here, except the Jane Lynch part. In addition to 40 Year Old Virgin, I thought she was great in Best in Show.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:37 AM
“He can be balding and paunchy, but this is not what he sees in the mirror. He sees nothing less than trim, taut and, so he is told, terrific.”
Speaking of which, about time to post another hot photo of myself on Twitter.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:37 AM
i do think she is terribly underutilized on that show.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Sounds like the subscription isn’t necessarily for content, but for a COD social network.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1171511p1.html
“Included in your subscription will be all future downloadable map packs. Non-subscribers will have to pay the $15 or whatever the packs cost, but subscribers get them at no extra charge.”
June 1st, 2011 at 9:38 AM
I don’t watch Glee, or care about it, Jane Lynch’s rise to fame is because she is a very funny woman, not because she is a lesbian.
No.. point was that the Jane Lynch’s rise to fame was due to the fact that she was on Glee… a show that I think was over-hyped. I’m obviously not conveying my point very well. But frankly, I don’t really care as I don’t really have a problem avoiding watching the show. Also, I’ve exceeded my quota of allowable Glee talk for the next 10 years.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:39 AM
All of this. That dyke is funny.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:39 AM
when i worked at blockbuster, the best shift was a closing shift during the summer, that’s when all the drunk poor people would come in to rent their vhs tapes of older movies, walking around the store smelling of cheap booze and cigarettes. you could really strike up some interesting conversations if you wanted to.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:39 AM
three makers
yysa, i have only encountered jim beam on planes, which is why i do the jack. if they said makers, i’d say yes please. not sure why i’ve never liked beam, but i don’t
June 1st, 2011 at 9:40 AM
I stand behind this statement 100%
June 1st, 2011 at 9:40 AM
This is the most unbelievable part of that dream. There are no blockbusters open anymore.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:40 AM
I agree with everything here, except the Jane Lynch part. In addition to 40 Year Old Virgin, I thought she was great in Best in Show.
Bear gets it… I don’t dislike Jane Lynch…and I honestly didn’t/don’t know whether she is a Lesbian or not, and it doesn’t matter. I dislike the lovefest that Glee has found itself in is all.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Because you have taste buds.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Damn, I can feel my Jane Lynch hate bubbling to the surface. Woman is not funny, I hate her face, and I want to punch her in every movie/show she does. Not to mention I have to see her horrific body in a bathing suit in that Comcast commercial. Deep breaths..
June 1st, 2011 at 9:42 AM
It has its drawbacks.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Playing the role of SG today, CJ.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:43 AM
They very well could be but it’s just the smart play to deny it even if they’re legit…I always thought this is what Erin Andrews should have done, the video was so blurry that it could easily have been someone else
I’ve always thought this as well. There was never a clear shot at her face. The Blake Lively pics could be passed off as more legit than that EA video.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:43 AM
In addition to 40 Year Old Virgin, I thought she was great in Best in Show.
And in Role Models.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Let me reframe your statement:
Much like Will & Grace a decade ago, because Glee has a prominent gay character, there are many people, critics, and media memembers who trip over themselves to laud the show, while ignoring the weak (at best) storylines.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Damn, I can feel my Jane Lynch hate bubbling to the surface. Woman is not funny, I hate her face, and I want to punch her in every movie/show she does. Not to mention I have to see her horrific body in a bathing suit in that Comcast commercial. Deep breaths..
Ahh.. the Comcast Commercial… that’s why I’m under the impression that she’s taking over my life. I have Comcast and that thing is on ALL the fucking time.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:45 AM
fair enough, your original point wasn’t very clear.
Makes me want to watch Best In Show very soon…
June 1st, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Much like Will & Grace a decade ago, because Glee has a prominent gay character, there are many people, critics, and media memembers who trip over themselves to laud the show, while ignoring the weak (at best) storylines.
Thank you for making my point much better than I did Bear.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I could go for a bagel dog.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Let us gingerly touch our tips together!
June 1st, 2011 at 9:47 AM
That dyke is funny.
i will haunt your dreams
/sings guatemalan lust song
June 1st, 2011 at 9:48 AM
By the way… as a member of team legs and ass… I approve of Carrie Underwood. She is one fine specimen.
I stand behind this statement 100%
indeed, proceed to smoke weed
/snoop’d
June 1st, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I remember physically pushing against the airplane seat in front of me to prevent it from going back. If you stay diligent it’s not possible for the person in front of you to lean their seat back. I understand a little recline is tolerable but I am just usually too hungover when flying to put up with much.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:49 AM
The Big Bang Theory’s not that funny and gets lauded, does Hollywood also have a pro-nerd agenda?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:50 AM
/Team UVerse
June 1st, 2011 at 9:50 AM
The Blake Lively pics could be passed off as more legit than that EA video.
we’re mising the point. whoever it was had a flawless body
June 1st, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Are there national ad campaigns trying to eliminate the use of the word nerd?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Diana has put away her bosom. Apollo lifted his skirt. The day has been launched!
June 1st, 2011 at 9:51 AM
/Team No Cable/Satellite Bill
//cancelling DirecTV today
June 1st, 2011 at 9:52 AM
I think that’s just the CBS effect. Old people watch everything on CBS
/I do still watch Big Bang though, guess I’m a nerd
June 1st, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Nerds have a lot of disposable income.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Let us gingerly touch our tips together!
You know, a lot of people don’t realize that bushes, just like flowers, emit a wonderful aroma especially at night. Who wants to sniff this bush?
June 1st, 2011 at 9:52 AM
In addition to 40 Year Old Virgin, I thought she was great in Best in Show.
And in Role Models.
she was a high-powered lesbian lawyer in The L Word. funny stuff as the beau of cybill shepard, who turned to women
June 1st, 2011 at 9:53 AM
The Big Bang Theory’s not that funny and gets lauded, does Hollywood also have a pro-nerd agenda?
Who is lauding the BBT? None of the critics I read think it’s anything better than “okay.” It gets renewed every year, which I guess would make it “lauded” these days. But I don’t recall sketches at the beginning of Hollywood awards shows (Grammy’s, Emmy’s, etc.) or the tons of promotion/cross promotion that Glee has gotten.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:54 AM
i could never go for a bagel dog. i could only go for 20, with a tub of mustard
June 1st, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Jim Parsons won both the Emmy and Golden Globe, so it’s plenty lauded, or at least he personally is.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Kaley Cuoco is hot (and surprisingly younger than me). Plus, it has David from Roseanne. Never seen it, but I’d test drive it for Cuoco and the nostalgia that a Roseanne character would provide.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Jim Parsons won both the Emmy and Golden Globe, so it’s plenty lauded, or at least he personally is.
I agree that he is deserving of those awards…he’s great in it. But have you seen the youtube video of that show without the laugh-track? It’s tough to watch.
June 1st, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Friend of mine says his grandparents just turn on the TV and let it run on CBS all day, and never switch the channel. I think this explains a lot about TV ratings.
June 1st, 2011 at 10:04 AM
It’s tough to watch the Big Bang theory WITH the laugh track much less without it. Horrible horrible show.
Speaking of horrible shows, how does a high school kid like Rosie Larson find the time to get involved with a casino and a muslim after school program? She apparently had enough time in her day to take her whiney brothers out bike riding and kite flying too.
June 1st, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Fox News. Nonstop at my grandparents. horrible.
June 1st, 2011 at 11:49 AM
What is the medical necessity of gender reasignment? Not trying to start a nature v. nuture argument, just wondering what the supporting argument is.