Roundup: Albert Pujols Homered Again, It’s Facebook IPO Day & Cop Arrested for Sitting in the Wrong Seat at Mets Game
Dianne Kruger … it’s Facebook IPO day! … man buys every item in local K-Mart store, donates everything … Facebook co-founder clears up those tax-dodging allegations … the timing for this Dream Team book is great … “The Novelty of Up-and-Coming Female Rappers Isn’t That They’re Female” … Brian Urlacher’s girlfriend will post for Playboy for the 2nd time … what newspapers were saying about Friending on Facebook in 2004 … here’s the world’s largest pool … an apartment was purchased for $90 million in NYC …
It sounds like the girl who accused Torii Hunter’s son of sexual assault has changed her story. [ESPN]
Remember Rik Smits? His son is 15, 6-foot-9, and a high school sophomore. [Indy Star]
The Jets will be using a lot of the “46″ defense in 2012. [Star-Ledger]
Off-duty cop gets arrested at Mets game for sitting in the wrong seat and refusing to move. [NYDN]
Brandon Beachy, doin’ work for the Braves. He pitched his first complete game. [AJC]
Very good read on Bob Bradley taking over as coach of the Egypt soccer team. [ESPN]
After the Colts’ minicamp, Andrew Luck flew back to Stanford for his final days of college. [Yahoo Sports]
NBA player Jeff Green is graduating from Georgetown this weekend. [GU Hoyas]
Albert Pujols is heating up! He hit his 2nd homer this week! [OC Register]
The Big 12 is so desirable! [Chronicle]
Michelle Wie is also graduating from Stanford this weekend. [NYT]
If you’re a ping-pong enthusiast like I am, you’ll enjoy this. [Grantland]
Rich Thompson and the MLB dream. [Fangraphs]
The Top 10 NFL players under 25. [NFL.com]
Sounds like Grady Sizemore will return for the Indians in June. [Ohio.com]
Six month old video of a woman randomly taking a violent dump in public. The do-do erupts before she can even get her pants fully down. We’ve all been there.
Cap! [via Hot Clicks]
- LeBron James and Paul George Slapped Hands After Exchanging Spectacular Baskets to End the 3rd Quarter [Video]
- Paul George’s Vicious Dunk on Birdman Was Not Rated PG [Video]
- Matt Harvey, the New York Mets’ Star Pitcher, is Dating SI Swimsuit Model Anne V
- The Kansas City Royals Are Becoming the Royals Again, and Fans Have Been Far Too Patient
- Champions League: Bayern Munich a Legacy of Losing at Stake
- The Alarm on Premier League: What Each Club Should Prioritize in the Summer
- kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly on LeBron James and Paul George Slapped Hands After Exchanging Spectacular Baskets to End the 3rd Quarter [Video]
- Billy Buckner on LeBron James and Paul George Slapped Hands After Exchanging Spectacular Baskets to End the 3rd Quarter [Video]
- Chief on LeBron James and Paul George Slapped Hands After Exchanging Spectacular Baskets to End the 3rd Quarter [Video]
- A.P. on Matt Harvey, the New York Mets' Star Pitcher, is Dating SI Swimsuit Model Anne V
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May 18th, 2012 at 8:02 AM
I am a big fan of the articles.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:04 AM
fucking Clippers.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Nice Roundup, young Jason.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:06 AM
Dianne Kruger
There have been two recent developments regarding Operation Kino. One, the venue has been changed from the Ritz to a much smaller venue. The second development is in my pants.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:07 AM
No. No, I have not.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:11 AM
She looks bowl legged
May 18th, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Go Pacers! #BeatTheHeat
May 18th, 2012 at 8:13 AM
I totally kicked ass on the Kareem Jeopardy episode. Too bad they don’t hold it on my living room and serve beer.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:14 AM
The do-do erupts before she can even get her pants fully down. We’ve all been there.
Not in public, but I totally shit my pants within the month.
/ George Brett’d
May 18th, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Kareem is the shit on Jeopardy. Ten years or more ago he’s on and the question is “In terms of area, between Norway, Denmark, and Sweden which is the largest.” He answers Denmark. Gets the buzzer sound, someone else answers Sweden and gets it right. Kareem pipes up “that’s not right, Greenland is part of Denmark” and Trebek freezes, looks at the judges, and the judges give Kareem the goddamn point. It was brilliant.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:17 AM
That wasn’t as bad as I expected when I saw the words “violent” and “erupts.”
May 18th, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Ah, graduation season. The pomp. The circumstance. The abject horror of most grads scuffling for jobs that may not provide that deep sense of soul-filling satisfaction. Or big bucks.
“Go get ‘em, kid.”
May 18th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Ive puked on the side of the street, pissed there too. Never dropped trou midday to leave a loose one.
Make sure to go to the 1:50 mark, someone shows up and hilarity ensues.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Is that body real??? the way she’s standing, she looks like she’s a bendable, posable figure. Very strange indeed.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
We’ve all been there.
Ummmmm, no we haven’t, weirdo.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
The ghastly dress that is two sizes too small isn’t helping.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Are you kidding? Who doesn’t get soul-filling satisfaction from working at Enterprise Rent-A-Car?
May 18th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
The do-do erupts before she can even get her pants fully down. We’ve all been there.
1995. Back then, we only had two 24-hour computer labs on campus. The more distant lab was better but it was probably a 2-mile walk from my dorm. Halfway back, about 3am. About to die right there in the middle of campus, all the buildings locked up. Having never done a public deuce before, I’m mentally weighing the loss of my scarf to clean-up. Just then. A janitor opens a door for a cigatette break. I high tail it over there, negotiate my way past the janitor, tear into a bathroom and die in a stall. Reach over and realize – no t.p. in the stall. Damn. Had to due the penguin walk for some but overall I lucked out.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Sounds like Grady Sizemore will return for the Indians in June.
And sadly will be on the DL a week later.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
We have?!
May 18th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
I shit myself from laughing so hard while trying to squeeze into the trunk of a Honda Prelude in college.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Confucius says pregnant woman who eats Chipotle gets push present.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Hoss? You worked at Enterprise? Everyone in sales starts there. i know at least a dozen people who worked there, all of them went on to bigger and better things. a few got jobs from people who rented cars
May 18th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Didn’t know he was dating Jenny “Buttaface” McCarthy. Could have done without clicking on the link to find that out. Her voice and attitude just ruin the visualization of her nude.
/Team Paperbag
May 18th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
I dunno, that sounds pretty awesome.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
strangely, i can still remember everything about graduation weekend 12 years ago. still remember packing up the uhaul to leaves school. tough day. haven’t been back to JMU’s campus since. it’s like i left behind a completely different person in college.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Same, didn’t know that was a thing, figured my friends all just liked slinging rental cars.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Sounds like Grady Sizemore will return for the Indians in June.
And sadly will be on the DL a week later.
/smh
He had so much potential. I really liked his game. It’s a shame injuries derailed what could have been a really good/maybe great career.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Dianne Kruger Kind of makes me wish it were yesterday. Sad.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Six month old video of a woman randomly taking a violent dump
Oh come on… you guys actually watched that video? No way I’m hitting play.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
Whoa for real? I always stopped there driving between Charlotte and State College for gas, seemed like a decent college town. Not even been to any football games? Some legendary matchups since then.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Look, I got my own personal autograph from Bridget von Hammersmark
Alle Liebe indeed
May 18th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Good stuff today.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
when linking to Grantland, you gotta tell me if it’s a Wright Thompson piece or not. if not, GTFO. if so, I’ll read.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
I’ve been on the verge of this during so many out and back distance runs in my life. Many people have witnessed a shirtless, short-shorted, sweaty runner sprinting into a fast food restaurant on a mission for the restroom.
/always, always courtesy flush
May 18th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
It wasnt THAT violent… and the dude discovering it at the end totally makes it worth it
May 18th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
haven’t been back to JMU’s campus since. it’s like i left behind a completely different person in college.
Jason, you sound like someone who actually enjoyed college. That’s cool.
Gotta admit – when I finished, I left Memphis State like my ‘fro was on fire.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
So how overvalued is Facebook? $30B? $50B? I love how GM pulled its entire advertising budget ($10M) Wednesday after admitting that FB ads don’t really have any affect on user buying cars. Social media = huge bubble.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Dianne Kruger…nice rack…shes in thos national treasure movies…an actual hot german woman
May 18th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
the dude discovering it at the end totally makes it worth it
I’m definitely not hitting play.
/team no public poo-ing
May 18th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Like THIS one!!!
May 18th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Which raises an interesting point.
Bubbalicious or Hubba Bubba?
May 18th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
I doubt anyone read the Barney Reed article, but I used to be pretty serious about my table tennis. His claim to fame will always be the two year steroid suspension. For “ping pong”.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
I took my first job two weeks before college ended so I had to complete all my coursework and personal affairs before everybdy. I was so busy I didnt have time to really dwell on much. I have friends still living in the city so I am able to go back all the time.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
No, it just seems like they hire a lot of new college grads. I always assumed it was because they didn’t have a ton of other options.
That, sir, is funny.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
And speaking of violent dumps …
Indian food for the first time in several years yesterday … Never. Again. Ever.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
In college one of my roommates took a drunken crap in the hallway. The next morning a hungover female roommate stepped in it. That was funny.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
That’s a given. Never have tried it and your comment only reinforce my long-held belief.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
/coop
May 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Doesn’t their TV commercial claim that they hire more college graduates than any company? I thought I heard that.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Confucius says pregnant woman who eats Chipotle gets push present.
HA! And, ouch.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Gotta admit – when I finished, I left Memphis State like my ‘fro was on fire.
SROD, I was the same way. I was so burned out at the end of college I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
You worked at Enterprise? Everyone in sales starts there.
not this guy.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Man I went to nine straight years of college and grad schools and I can’t wait to get back. Y’all is crazy.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
My kid “graduates” from preschool today. He’s upstairs right now teaching his little brother how to pee standing up. These are the moments, folks.
Along those lines my three year old refuses to try to potty train but when I’m pissing he bursts into the bathroom and gets about a foot away from Little Big Hoss and watches, fascinated. Of course it’s right at eye level for him. Super uncomfortable.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Yeah, a job at Enterprise is like the mandatory starting point for half the college graduates in this country.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
In college one of my roommates took a drunken crap in the hallway. The next morning a hungover female roommate stepped in it. That was funny.
That is NOT funny… ’cause you people are BASTARD PEOPLE!
/I must have some kind of a poo-phobia
May 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
I’m not quite sure it’s a bubble. A bubble is when prices are irrationally driven higher with no underlying cause. In this case, similar to the tech “bubble” (which I could argue was not a bubble), it’s more that we’re not sure which companies are going to be able to monetize the social media craze, rather than irrationality.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
CH, I hear ya.
I was also burned out and a bit impatient. My fiance had graduated on time, and I was making up classes I goobered up the first time through. I didn’t want my girl going off with some other guy while I was taking Fundamentals of Income Tax yet again.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
I loved college. LOVED it. But come April of graduation year I was ready to GTFO and start making some real coin.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
My kid “graduates” from preschool today. He’s upstairs right now teaching his little brother how to pee standing up.
Is he teaching him the “Superman”? My boys were good at that.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
so scared right now. I’m just gonna to do what’s sensible, I’m gonna file for unemployment. Then I’m gonna try to get a job at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, because they got an excellent corporate structure and they… *they* give *you* the tools to be your own boss.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Prediction: scripty hangs himself before October.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
It was a mixed bag when I left college, I was glad to be moving on, however I didn’t miss the people. Most of my friends to this day are still from high school (we stayed really tight).
May 18th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Went to spring break in FLA and had an all you can eat seafood dinner with lots of drinks. Played some music in the room while getting ready and some girls stop by. Dancing ensues and my buddy starts to “drop it like it’s hot” and proceeds to sh*t his pants. I learned of this by going to restroom and seeing his soiled boxers in the trashcan. I still laugh about it with him.
/memories
May 18th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Don’t get me wrong, I loved college too. I was one of those kids who went to college to have fun and not have to get a job right away after high school. By the end I was sick of studying and writing 25 page papers every other week.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Hubba Bubba > Bubbalicious because Hubba Bubba holds its flavor longer. I’ve tested this.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
I would argue that there is no real underlying cause for a company with no real product to be valued at $100B. I agree with your point about monetizing the craze — Facebook is already struggling to do this (ad revenue is down in YOY in Q1), and Twitter would be ecstatic if they could upgrade to “struggling.” That’s probably more accurate than calling it a bubble.
If these companies don’t follow the Google model and diversify into operating systems/platforms/etc, then I don’t understand how they’ll survive long term.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Old Dude – 5 incredible years of college (i transferred from VT to JMU and lost some credits and convinced the parents I needed an extra year). the glory of the 5th year was i took something like 9 credits each semester, so i didnt have much work. plus i was working for the local paper. if i could have milked another semester, i would have.
what’s the rush? once you get started working … you’re doing that for the next 40 years, right?
May 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
My last month of college consisted of drinking every night, drinking with my residents (I was an RA my senior year to save on housing), and trying to hook up with as many girls as possible. I do miss those days…
May 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
You worked at Enterprise? Everyone in sales starts there.
Other suitable answers:
Phone book ad sales
Carpet shampoo service sales
Fundraising/coupon voucher book sales
Radio ad sales for shitty stations
May 18th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Also, Bear, part of the bubble descriptor comes from companies like LinkedIn going for astronomical sums that have no bearing on reality.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
you can argue that you can’t monetize the social media craze to the potential people think it has.
Pinterest is the next great acquisition, but if facebook buys it, the users will start to disappear since user info will obviously be mined and sold to marketing/advertising agencies.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
That Rich Thompson story is pretty cool. I’m always interested in the stories about the guys who have spent a career in the minors and finally get a chance.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
That may be so, but she stands like a fucking dickhead.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
so, a minute and half as opposed to 2 minutes. I’m with you, Hubba Bubba is awesome.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
i front loaded all my credits and did theatre work for credits, last semester i had two courses, none before 11am, none after 1:30, and no classes on Friday.
i played so much tiger woods golf on my xbox that year.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
You didn’t say the goddamn rendezvous was in a fuckin’ basement.
I didn’t know.
You said it was in a tavern.
It is a tavern.
Yeah, in a basement. You know, fightin’ in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you’re fightin’ in a basement!
May 18th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
I was able to get 15 credit hours in work programs/internships. I turned my first job into most of these 15 hours. So I took just 12 hours my last 3 years. The 2nd semester of my freshman year I took all my classes on TUE/THUR so I could have more free days to golf on the student golf pass.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
I took six classes each semester of my senior year, plus worked a part time job, plus had an internship with a local paper that turned into a full-timer about a month before graduation. That really cut into my recreational drug use, binge drinking, and unprotected sex. The way I saw it, graduating and beginning that full-time would make it a lot easier to do those things.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Rex,
Is that better or worse than a fivehead?
May 18th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Remember the name Michael Spidale
May 18th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
The two minutes Gatorade gum was good and juicy > all other gums
May 18th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
when was the last time this was used effectively, 1987?
May 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Ok NASCAR fans, a few questions. Why does NASCAR need to have an All-Star race when each race they are all racing? For this race is it just the top 10 racers, hence they are the All-stars or is everyone racing in this race? Seems dumb to have an All-Star race if everyone is representing.
/ Bud Selig
May 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
gross. she doesn’t even think about using a sock or a sleeve or anything to wipe. just drop it and pull the pants up and go, right into someones car. fucking nasty. someone is going to be in for a case of the bootie-whiffs later on.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
If I could offer any advice to kids entering college it would be to take as many summer classes as you can. Every one I took in college I had a professor who was laid back and was cool as shit. Plus, this obviously lessens the load during your actual semesters.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
This. I’d love to know what Pinterest’s market value is right now.
Instagram was another crazy buy for me. It’s an app that takes pictures with stupid filters. How is that worth $2B?
May 18th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
ANOTHER FUCKING SINGING COMPETITION ON TV? Fuck you abc
May 18th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Oh and Big League Chew >>>> Hubba Bubba >>> Bubbalicious >>> Bazooka
May 18th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
what’s the rush? once you get started working … you’re doing that for the next 40 years, right?
Your experience is pretty sweet. That view makes sense. If I was wiser then, I’d have looked at it the same way.
I was pretty much the opposite, though. Four plus years of not studying, drinking way too much, eventually meeting a nice girl, panicking that even if she married me I couldn’t support her, then scuffling to retake a boatload of classes.
Then, marching in May of ’83, only to re-retake that income tax class in June. I dug myself a pretty deep hole, and it took almost 25 years to dig out. Nobody else’s fault – I was a trifling young guy.
“Tax class/Kicked my ass”. Guess I shoulda considered Enterprise back then…
May 18th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Ravens did it a couple years when Ryan was the DC. You have to have the right personnel, but if you do it’s really effective against the run and confuses the shit out of the dumber QBs/OCs in the league. Real hard to defend the pass (although Revis should help with that) as it relies a lot on getting to the QB.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
may have been posted above, but I am 99.9999% sure that McCarthy has posed twice already for playboy. First one was her debut (obviously), and the second one was not more than 8-10 years ago (I think it was some sort of CA foothills apartment sort of scene).
May 18th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
They got a round of financing yesterday that valued them at $1.5 billion. Yeah it’s a bubble.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Hope he doesn’t have his father’s feet.
Good ROundup today TBL.
May 18th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
I’d rank the Tarantino movies like this:
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Inglourious Basterds
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Death Proof
Jackie Brown
May 18th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Unless she was hobbled, a la James Caan in Misery, there’s hope for her. Rihanna will always be stuck with the five head.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Glad to hear my son wasn’t the only one to do this.
Another pee story, the time my son figured out my wife didn’t have a penis he went on for about 10 minutes saying she was naughty and not nice for not having one.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Hey phillymantis,
Last place battle this weekend! Sox-Phillies
/wanking
May 18th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
the all-star race is set up as winner takes all the money. i.e. you’re first or last. the drivers race more balls to the wall than in regular races because there’s only money on the line…no points awarded. and the field is smaller so jackasses like Danica Patrick or Robby Gordon can’t wreck half the field out in the first 25 laps.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Pulp Fiction
Inglourious Basterds
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Jackie Brown
Reservoir Dogs
Death Proof
May 18th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
What we have here is a verifiable site tweak.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I know the FB mantra is Never Charge, but long term I just don’t see how they can not become subscription based. I can easily see them keeping a basic membership free, and charging a nominal fee (couple bucks a month) for upgraded status.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
when I’m pissing he bursts into the bathroom and gets about a foot away from Little Big Hoss and watches, fascinated. Of course it’s right at eye level for him. Super uncomfortable.
When my boy was learning how to pee standing up, he’d coming bursting into the bathroom while I was peeing, whip down his pants and “aim” for his potty chair. Nothing I could do except laugh and clean piss off the wall and floor.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
my buddy went out to his truck yesterday and saw this. not sure how old it is, but it looks tiny, and it was right by his truck, so he is thinking maybe just a couple days.
<a href="“>a real-life zoo-born!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
That basement tavern scene is one of my favorite of all cinema. Fassbender is incredible.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
No country for old men on tv right now. Excellent choice with breakfast.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
ANOTHER FUCKING SINGING COMPETITION ON TV? Fuck you abc
Saw this last night and groaned about it. It’s like they want everyone to start watching AMC and FX more.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Everyone loves a good bubble. That’s why it’s worth 2B.
I’m baffled by the popularity of pinterest. If someone would like to sell me on it’s value proposition, I’m listening.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I would argue that there is no real underlying cause for a company with no real product to be valued at $100B.
Yeah – the fb “targeted market” is where the value is. But, I’ve argued that the entire fb population is a diverse collection of multiple markets and fb is still struggling how the different groups are targeted.
Google’s use of search is a more powerful collection of data for targeting.
Random likes of pictures that may have no definition of content is not very powerful. When 100 people “like” a comment that contains “That pic of you is awesome!!!” there is no real data behind those 101 data items so there’s no real value to it.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
well, fucked that up.
<a href="“>let’s try this again
May 18th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Where would you put True Romance?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
dammit, what the fuck is wrong with the link button.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
I’m going on Saturday with a few other people who comment here. Should be a shitshow. Phillies offense has looked pretty good the past few days, although it was the Cubs.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
What I cant believe is there are actually people out there who buy Facebook credits to play stupid games.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
I think it would be a great idea if this was a run first league, but considering 4 QB’s threw for over 4800 yards last season and the jets primary competitor could realistically use a two or three TE run formation and still throw the ball effectively against linebackers… i don’t know how effective it will be
May 18th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Hey Miz, who you got tomorrow? Edwards all the way baby!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
For me, it’s just an easy place to keep all the recipes I like/want to try.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Who was your source on the inside to get the special reserve stuff that lasted twice as long? Blink once if it was Mr. Robert Gatorade, III, himself.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
What I cant believe is there are actually people out there who buy Facebook credits to play stupid games.
I have started just blocking everyone that posts those game stats. I have also thought about just “liking” everything that people post. Hopefully this passive aggressive action will weed out those people I didn’t really like anyway.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Well, if this is it, old boy, I hope you don’t mind if I go out speaking the King’s.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Thanks Miz for the explanation. Winds like that is how racing should be anyway.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
CJ,
When i worked at Walmart, Id see people buying points cards for farmville like you would buy a prepaid phone card or an xbox live money card…ridiculous..
May 18th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Tarrantino:
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Inglorious Basterds
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Reservoir Dogs
Death Proof
Jackie Brown
May 18th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Which part? The game or the amount of drinking that could take place over 3+ hours in the Linc parking lot?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
In this case, similar to the tech “bubble” (which I could argue was not a bubble), it’s more that we’re not sure which companies are going to be able to monetize the social media craze, rather than irrationality.
Apple trades at a P/E of 13. Facebook is going to trade at 100. that’s bubblicious.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
I tend to agree, which is why I think FB is ultimately doomed. No one needs Facebook. They like it, and because it’s free there’s no real reason not to use it. But if they start charging, it’s a domino effect of people dropping out. Some will leave because of the fee. Those that pay the fee will stay for a while before realizing that half their friends are gone, thus causing them to dump the service in turn. Facebook is already trying this in New Zealand. No idea how its working.
Oh, and Facebook has a changed a ton over the years. College students to everyone to businesses to ads. It’ll have to change again to survive.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I don’t miss facebook.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
the glory of the 5th year was i took something like 9 credits each semester
sounds like my 4 1/2 years of undergrad!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Why does NASCAR need to have an All-Star race when each race they are all racing?
If you’re going to watch a race, just once, watch this one.
It’s really 5 races in the time span of a traditional one race time period.
And yes… no points… so the drivers car little about their cars or the other drivers lives so anything can happen.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
it’s simple. it’s a social media site where you do nothing but share images of things you like. Pinterest could sell the data of what people like to advertising or marketing companies who would love to have that information.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I believe that once a fee starts, that will be the catalyst for people to finally start using Google +. Its really not the platform that matters, it’s that it’s free and that is where all your friends are.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
playboy runs chicks that they find as attractive into the ground more than any other magazine. it’s not fucking 1993, I don’t need to see the same fucking Pam Anderson, Jenny McCarthy and that fat chick with the huge cans. do not want.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
LOL
May 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
jenny mccarthy’s getting banged by brian urlacher?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Inglorious Basterds
From Dusk Till Dawn (cuz he was the screenwriter and producer)
Reservoir Dogs
Death Proof
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Jackie Brown
May 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Tarrantino:
Inglorious Basterds
Pulp Fiction
Reservior Dogs
Kill Bill Vol 1
Death Proof
Kill Bill Vol 2
True Romance
Jackie Brown
May 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
College is for suckers. Three day apiary training course FTW.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Both? I’ll can’t imagine how much beer we are going to bring down.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Inglorious Basterds was a good movie with 3 truly great scenes, the opening farm house, the tavern basement and the lunch between the girl and the nazi jew hunter. no one short of hitchcock could craft a scene with more tension and impending dread than tarantino did with those scenes.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
I would argue that there is no real underlying cause for a company with no real product to be valued at $100B.
this is exactly what i dont get about facebook- how the company is valued. typically you value a company on its balance sheet and cash flow. i dont see how FB has a substantial set of financials to justify the value.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
oh yeah, I got Cousin Carl.
/wears Subway leather jacket
also, they have broken the format into four 20-lap sprints with a final 10-lap sprint. this takes fuel strategy out of the racing equation.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
But like squawk said, how does posting pictures of things you like translate into purchasing power? My wife posts shit to Pinterest all the time, random shit she finds interesting, cat pics, clever decorations, recipes, etc. That doesn’t mean she’s in the market for any of those things. It’s mostly just a collection of neat ideas.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Anna Nicole Smith? I don’t think you will be seeing her posing again. At least I hope not.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
jenny mccarthy’s early 90s spread was awesome. she had a furburger down there.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
The amount of data Facebook gets about user choices, consumer data is and will be a nice revenue stream. The better ecosystem they create will allow them to get better data. Provided they can avoid some legal battles / payouts, they should be a player for years to come. I don’t pretend to know all their ins/outs but this is their current business model, no?
And people saying the FB IPO is bubbly – welcome to every tech IPO, ever.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
If you’re going to watch a race, just once, watch this one.
And it was in this race that Dale Earnhardt passed Bill Elliott on the last lap by cutting the corner across the grass.
Known as the “Pass in the grass”.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
It’s mostly speculation. Shit, there are no rules for anything on Wall Street. This is the same industry that thought subprime mortgages were worth tens of trillions of dollars.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Demi moore, penthouse, 1981
May 18th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
And people saying the FB IPO is bubbly – welcome to every tech IPO, ever.
Absolute truth. I have “options” going back to the 90′s to prove it.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
/blows dust off Pets.com, PartyPlanningForFreeToday.com, and something called Fatbrain.com prospectuses
May 18th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Where would you put True Romance?
In the top 3. I love that movie. Brad Pitt’s greatest role ever. He was only onscreen for about two minutes and it was brilliant.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Don’t forget Vanessa Williams.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Inglorious Basterds was a good movie with 3 truly great scenes, the opening farm house, the tavern basement and the lunch between the girl and the nazi jew hunter. no one short of hitchcock could craft a scene with more tension and impending dread than tarantino did with those scenes.
Howard Hawks said a good movie had three great scenes and no bad ones. The opening scene, the tavern scene and the Sophie cream/pastry scene were all Hitchcock-esque. No other way to say it.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Trade you 5,000 Razorfish options straight up for something in the smart car space.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
No love for Bubble Yum?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
jenny mccarthy’s getting banged by brian urlacher?
Hey – you must be new around here? A big hearty welcome to ya!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
the look shoshanna has when she bites into that pastry makes that scene. she’s talking with the guy that killed her family, trying to hide both her anger and anxiety…and yet, the minute she tastes that dessert, she can’t help but admire it.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
True Romance was directed by Tony Scott. It was a Tarantino screenplay (w/ help from Avary) that QT said would have been done much differently. I would just set it aside like alot of his other non-directed work. He’s done other uncredited screenplay polishes, etc too.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
won’t stop playboy from posting pics of her horse face mug all the time though.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
True Romance to me was one of those cult movies. Some people loved it and are very passionate about how great it was, while others like myself were entertained by it, but never thought it was as great.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I would just really like to salute the fine lady who started the trend of cleaning up down there.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
seeing movies like Jackie Brown in the theater back in the day is why I now rarely go see movies in the theater.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
True Romance was directed by Tony Scott. It was a Tarantino screenplay (w/ help from Avary) that QT said would have been done much differently. Scripty
Yeah, I didn’t see the question other than What about True Romance. I assumed it was movies he was associated with. I hadn’t read that Tarantino would have done it differently, but that isn’t surprising. I bet every screenwriter aspires to be a director. Also, cocaine. He loves himself some cocaine.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
That would be Snatch, sir.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
it doesn’t mean your wife is in the market for those things, but when you cultivate the data among the demographic your wife falls into and it shows that your wife is 1 of 15000 users with identical interests that is what is appealing.
my wife uses pinterest for vacation ideas and decorating ideas.. and already we see more traveling ads on non related websites b/c she’s pulling those travel ideas from travel based websites. I see benjamin moore paint ads on sports blogs because she visited decorating websites that had information shared with marketing agencies that work for benjamin moore.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Trade you 5,000 Razorfish options straight up for something in the smart car space.
Sorry I got
1. “Nurse On Call” which was bought by “EMCC” which was bought by PhyCor which went bankrupt. (3,500)
or
2. Intrabase Solutions (10,000)
or
3. Conduit Software (unknown quantity)
But I’m highly interested in this MySpace thingy.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Hero, best Tarantino Presents movie.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
A video of a woman shitting herself? Really?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Brad Pitt’s greatest role is simply whenever he is eating on camera. best eat actor of all-time.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
exactly.
compare that to Tarantino’s other films like pulp fiction, again, not one bad scene, more than 3 great scenes, and all the other scenes were better than good, bordering on great.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
A video of a woman shitting herself? Really?
Well it technically wasn’t ON herself, so maybe it was more like a public defecation video.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
An underrated Brad Pitt movie is Spy Game with Robert Redford.
Also, I rarely watch the morning programs on network tv but damn, i will look at Savannah Guthrie on the Today show a lot. Why, hello!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Louis de Pointe du Lac
May 18th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I guess there weren’t any more bad driver/terrible accident videos available today
May 18th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
(continued) and while i enjoyed Inglorious Basterds and liked it a lot, I just don’t think the rest of the movie outside those 3 great scenes was any better than average.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Tarantino was more weed and speed and Roger Avary was more coke & booze. Tarantino took the $75k for True Romance script and turned that into funding to get Res Dogs off the ground.
IIRC, Tarantino has his name taken off the writer credits and asked only for the story credits as didnt like how they didnt the movie. I know he’s credited with the writer credit now but if you get some of the old TR promo material.
Tarantino’s success as a writer is 100% the reason I started screenwriting.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Scene
-Setting: Enterprise Rent’a'Car
May 18th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
The scene with Hopper and Walken is classic.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
The scene with Hopper and Walken is classic.
Agreed that the scene was good. The story as a whole just wasn’t that great.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
You’ve all made me feel old. Now I will make you feel old. Also, make you laugh.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
this is very under-rated skill, and very hard to argue.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Such a freaking gorgeous day here. Wish I played golf so I would have an excuse to blow this popsicle stand.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
That poor woman had a terrible stomach ailment and was forced to take a shit in public. As if it wasn’t already a humiliating experience for her, some asshole (definitely a guy) goes and posts the video so everyone can see her at her worst moment.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
May 18th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
i heard she got a push gift afterward and made it all better.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
V4L, so rebellious..
May 18th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
FUCK NASCAR AND THEIR TERRIBLE ADS!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Please explain further. What do you mean by “blow this popsicle stand”?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Could not agree more. Love me a clean surface.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Niners have two.
Dynasty.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
If you’re asking a serious question, I think it basically means to GTFO of here. I knew a guy who used to say that and it was always in that context.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Oh, okay. Yeah, it was a serious question.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
IDIOM!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Are you not from this country?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
All of the Tarantino lists need more Planet Terror.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Diane Kruger. Mein Laben!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I’m pretty sure Der Kaiser is originally from Germany
May 18th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Robert Rodriguez list.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Oh, I thought we just made fun of him for having German ancestors. Neat. I knew a German guy in college. He had bad breath and used to blast Rammstein.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Well then.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Um wow, Teletubby baby.
May 18th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Nice TBL, I lived in Harrisonburg for 10 years in my early childhood.
/Twas a strange place
May 18th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Had to make two emergency food runs in the middle of the night and early this AM. I’m giving a push present every time I have to do that.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
I get all that, but do you ever click on those ads or purchasing paint/take a vacation because of what ads pop up in your browser windows? If you even see ads (Ad Blocker, FTW).
Targeted ads are great, I just don’t think they have the ROI required to justify billion-dollar valuations of social media companies.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Scene
-Setting: Enterprise Rent’a’Car That one L.A. diner with the stone walls that’s in every movie ever.
cmon guys, that isn’t a slug line. That isn’t even industry standard format.
INT. Office Cube Farm – Morning
A handsome man blogs while slupring a coffee, checking his recent sub-par round of golf on the scorecard. Two gorgeous females approach him flaunting their cleavage, short skirts and ankle wrap heels.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
When i worked at Walmart, Id see people buying points cards for farmville like you would buy a prepaid phone card or an xbox live money card…ridiculous..
i’ve been doing work for a payments industry publication, and it’s amazing the innovation and start-ups around buying virtual things through social media games for unbanked folks (losers, teens)
May 18th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Had to make two emergency food runs in the middle of the night and early this AM. I’m giving a push present every time I have to do that.
it’s also a great time to get a little something for yourself
May 18th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
So was this a bad or good round?
May 18th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Andy Dalton still getting the Rodney Dangerfield treatment, I see.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
To hell with that… I’m trying to lean up before my kiddo comes
May 18th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
it’s also a great time to get a little something for yourself
make sure you wrap it up, if you know what I mean.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
i agree, but for every 100 people like you and me, there’s Tom Hicks out there willing to bid against themselves for a product they are over-valuing.