Roundup: Phillip Phillips Won American Idol, a Kansas Tornado Wedding Video, & Hal Steinbrenner May Be Looking to Sell the Yankees for $3 Billion
Georgia Salpa … man arrested after taking his zebra and parrot to the bar … heavy girls more likely to get pregnant as teens … a $675,000 fine for downloading music … I got traded to Laredo … magazine gets Pinterest-friendly … mummified body found … Aramark stuck between healthy food and food kids want to eat … a “frat house” rescue squad … 9-year-old’s blog shames school into changing food … 2 Chainz was arrested at LaGuardi with brass knuckles … man punches noisy 10 year old at movies … man passes out drunk on sidewalk, people steal all his belongings …
Are the Yankees for sale? A report claims Hal Steinbrenner might be looking to sell the team, possibly for $3 billion. [NYDN]
The New Orleans Times-Picayune may face deep cuts to its staff, and might even cut back publication. Yikes. [NYT]
Danny Granger also thinks the Pacers are soft. [AP]
Who steals golf trophies from country clubs? [Star Ledger]
Some guy named Phillip Phillips won American Idol. Yes, that’s a real name. A real stupid name. [CBS]
Johnny Knox could miss the 2012 season, as he still isn’t recovered from this horrific injury. [Sun-Times]
Dwight Howard for Andrew Bynum will work out for everyone! [SI]
Former high school athlete Jordan Thomas lost both his legs in a scuba diving accident in 2005. Today he’s back playing golf and working with his foundation to help get children around the world the prosthetics they need. [Chattanooga Times Free Press]
Lolo Jones is as single as Norman Chad is divorced. [Buzz Feed]
Mexico’s drug war has seen 50,000 deaths. Link contains disturbing image gallery. [The Atlantic]
LAPD gun buy-back program brings in a … rocket launcher. [LA Times]
The recording industry says Limewire owes them over $72 trillion. [A/V Club]
NBC will offer 800 million hours of Olympic coverage. Hmm… that seems high. [Fang's Bites]
Here’s an interview with Thomas Robinson who feels he deserves to be taken first in the NBA draft. [Hoops World]
Just a slinky on a treadmill. [kottke]
Woooow.
When you get engaged, you simply must ask your wedding planner about the tornado package. It will blow you away. [via @RobDauster]
Corgi causes a house fire after he bites a can of spray paint. These things never go off when you want them to. More information on this trick illusion here.
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May 24th, 2012 at 8:07 AM
Woooow.
who ever is filming that video is lucky as fuck.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:09 AM
man arrested after taking his zebra and parrot to the bar
…into the Dog House Lounge???
“A man, a zebra and a parrot walk into a bar…”
/”… that’s no lady, that’s my wife!”
//Lyle Lovett’d
May 24th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Who steals golf trophies from country clubs? [Star Ledger]
Likely the same crew that hit up another club and the USGA museum this past month. Ballsy.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Man accused of punching noisy 10-year-old boy at Wash. theater
Throw a parade in this man’s honor.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
What is she, 5’10″ 90 lbs? Eat a sammich!
May 24th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
a $675,000 fine for downloading music
nobody reads the comments
May 24th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
I don’t know who this Georgia Salpa is, but I would like to buy her a drink.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
awesome. that slinky is gettin it done.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
I don’t know who this Georgia Salpa is, but I would like to buy her a drink.
i’d like to do more than just buy her a drink.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
I GOT to get me a dashboard camera now.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
That car goes from speeding to fully stopped in like ten feet, I’m calling fake as fuck.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
you know, one drink gets you a beej. I learned this yesterday morning right here.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
The groom was wearing jeans and a cowboy hat. I don’t think there was a wedding planner involved. Or any planner. Stephen, I’m totally wearing jeans to your wedding. I’ll be that guy.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Hahaha I love the guy who comes out to look at his front bumper and not even checking on the dude in the truck
May 24th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
I don’t know who this Georgia Salpa is, but I would like to buy her a drink.
Maybe a protein shake. Or two.
Are the Yankees for sale? A report claims Hal Steinbrenner might be looking to sell the team, possibly for $3 billion.
Loved the part at the end of the article, how Hal hates the players and hates the media. At that rate, might as well sell.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
I’d like to see the dashboard camera for the wreck that tripled my commute time this morning so I can know who to flip off.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Travis Travers > Phillip Phillips
May 24th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Found this link from the movie one:
‘Hooded, black-clad gang attacks Illinois restaurant patrons with hammers”
May 24th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
you’re damn right I watched the whole thing.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
I thought the same thing. He was worried about hs front end. DUDE A SEMI JUST HIT YOU, IT’S GOING TO HAVE DAMAGE!
May 24th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
or, as they refer to it in Kansas, your Sunday best.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
I love how the guy in the truck can’t find a way to escape, and love taps the front window with his fist.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
That’s been happening in Minneapolis too. If they don’t have hammers they use things off tables or whatever they can get their hands on. Pussy City of Minneapolis council members refuse to make it safer by adding more patrol officers downtown. Hence why Minneapolis is #10 in crime.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
They hit puberty faster and America is rapidly evolving into a land of chubby chasers (what choice do they have?). Also if you start crispy creaming at 13 having 3 more partners before HS graduation seems like a normal amount.
Are the Grimace girls of America eschewing condoms so as not to waste the cream filling? Are they not on the pill for fear they get fatter? Should Mcdonald’s bathrooms have condom dispensers?
The recording industry says Limewire owes them over $72 trillion
Last gasp of dying companies is litigation, (See Yahoo).
May 24th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
can’t wait to see the obesity rates in that school now that they demanded the fried and heavily processed foods be offered to the students again.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Apparently Georgia Salpa is what the Krdashiams would look like if they lost their thickness.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
How has SNL – or a funnier show with decent writers – not done some send up of all these people driving around with dashboard cams?
May 24th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Hali Hudson can get it.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
I’m thinking they want to get pregnant so that they have something to love when the guys are inevitably grossed out by them and leave
May 24th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
heavy girls more likely to get pregnant as teens
How does this study correlate with the bible belt states which combines abstinence education with force feeding their children a crock of shit daily?
May 24th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
man passes out drunk on sidewalk, people steal all his belongings
as long as their are drunks, people are gonna roll drunks. sad but true.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
the pretty girls make the guys wear rubbers, the ugly girls need something to sell.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
I got traded to Laredo
(looking for an ironic retort)
(finds nothing)
/OFP’d
May 24th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Happy 71st Birthday, Mr. Zimmerman! Don’t follow leaders, watch the parking meters.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Specificity is better
May 24th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Which is why when I pass out on the subway I make sure to piss myself.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
fat girls go stuff that skinny girls won’t do.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
I don’t know – they did a good job of coordinating the groom’s shirt with the color of the bridesmaids’ dresses.
Just looked to see where Harper County Kansas is. The answer is middle of nowhere – apparently only 9,000 people live in the entire county and looks like most of them were in attendance at the wedding.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Bobbie Z, the coolest Zimmerman around…
May 24th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
I don’t know who this Georgia Salpa is, but I would like to buy her a drink.
i’d like to do more than just buy her a drink.
You’d need at least one drink in order to get her to consider sleeping with you. And that’s if she isn’t just out trolling for free drinks in the first place.
/yesterday’s Roundup
the pretty girls make the guys wear rubbers, the ugly girls need something to sell.
THIS. And the other axiom you hear about big girls is they give better head. Again: something to sell.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Lolo Jones is pretty funny with the self deprecating tweets. Followed.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
and i would’ve gotten away with it if it weren’t for that pesky detective mcintyre.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
I’m calling it right now. Lolo and Tebow become an item.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
i lolled.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Or, you know….a gym membership.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
that hype machine would still be more tolerable than the Tebow/Jets hype machine.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
what a lazy, safe prediction…im going with lolo and cromartie.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Scripty right on the money
/banned
Last day of school, playing golf at noon! Life is good
May 24th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Lolo Jones is as single as Norman Chad is divorced.
If I could meet a 40-55 year old like her, I would so totally fall head over heels. She’s got answers.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
When you get engaged, you simply must ask your wedding planner about the tornado package. It will blow you away.
Those are Kansans right there. Tornado? Pfft. We gots a wedding to get in.
apparently only 9,000 people live in the entire county
And that is one of the larger counties west of a Salina to Wichita line. The county I grew up in might have 2000 people nowadays.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
why didn’t you just say you were set up by Steve McNair’s killer?
May 24th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Just hope that I’m that cool at 71.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
That’s been happening in Minneapolis too.
Doesn’t Minneapolis also have a lot of Hmong gangs?
May 24th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
I’m going with Lolo and Spencer…I think once she’s done with being a competitive athlete, she will partake. Big time.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
i aint about to cross keyser soze, son…detective TBL’s been on the case for, what, three years now and nary a whiff. i swear to god i saw that god damned kobayashi driving them away in a jaguar too.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
I’m calling it right now. Lolo and Tebow become an item.
Oh, hell, who knows. They probably have the same PR team. She is smart getting this virgin angle out now before the Olympics hype kicks in. She’ll be able to get paid for multiple interviews/showcases on every network/talk tv show/magazine before some other athlete gets humanized. This chick is smart. I just don’t think she is going to go to the Kardashian playbook and date someone just for money. Tebow, (God Bless, Timmay) is a tool. She is too good for him.
May 24th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
reggie…ive been on lolo’s bandwagon for a long ass time. i like your optimism.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
she’s not an ugly girl, she doesn’t have to if she wants to be liked.
she’ll probably meet a nice CPA and settle down, uncork the bottle and have like a 5 kids in 8 years.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
I’m going to Kansas for the weekend here in a couple weeks. I can only hope too see something that remotely cool when we are out on the crop tour.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
I think TBL is still doing research on that barbershop quartet in Skokie, Illinois, too.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
waits until he is 63 to finally appear in a commercial…
…a Victoria’s Secret commercial
well played, sir
May 24th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I’m going to Kansas for the weekend here in a couple weeks. I can only hope too see something that remotely cool when we are out on the crop tour.
Where are you going to be?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
/Signs up to take exam
May 24th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
I think TBL is still doing research on that barbershop quartet in Skokie, Illinois, too.
Or maybe tracking the elusive drug dealer Redfoot.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Probably. I don’t hang out downtown other than go to Twins games at Target Field so I really have no idea what happens elsewhere in town with gang activities.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
WHERE’D HE GO?!?!?! THE CRIPPLE!!?!?!??!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
The county I grew up in has 2,553 according to the 2010 census. Down from 3,300 in the 2000 census. Lots of room to spread out if you want some country living.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
oh sweet jesus is this coffee absolutely amazing right now.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I’ll also be golfing at noon. 85 and clear skies today.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
hot black wet strong, spence?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
she’ll probably meet a nice CPA and settle down
/Signs up to take exam
How are you going to reach her?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
hey that kansas wedding tornado looks familiar, amirite, tonystark?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
I don’t know who this Georgia Salpa is, but I would like to buy her a drink.
i would buy her a penicillen sandwich and tell her to get the hell away from me.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
vez…lil cream and one of those raw sugars that comes in the brown packagey thing. wuss, i know…but i love that last sip where all the sugar’s coagulated at the bottom and shit.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
How far do you have to travel to make a decent living? Someone who works on the road all the time wouldn’t mind living there..
May 24th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
If Hayden Panettiere and the boxer could work things out, anything is possible
May 24th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
iPad users, is it worth the extra $100 to go with a 64GB unit vs a 32GB one?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
that’s disgusting.
but yeah, i only drink coffee with raw sugar now.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
the pretty girls make the guys wear rubbers, the ugly girls need something to sell.
THIS. And the other axiom you hear about big girls is they give better head. Again: something to sell.
Eager beats pretty
The New Orleans Times-Picayune may face deep cuts to its staff, and might even cut back publication. Yikes.
Right when this city needs more quality reporting, not less. TBF, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
I don’t know who this Georgia Salpa is, but I would like to buy her a drink.
i’d like to do more than just buy her a drink.
You’d need at least one drink in order to get her to consider sleeping with you. And that’s if she isn’t just out trolling for free drinks in the first place.
she’s the kim kardashian stunt double for bad sex tapes
May 24th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
This. I picture her getting tag teamed by two producers in a back alley
May 24th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
what? the raw sugar doesn’t mix well…how is that disgusting?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Eager beats pretty
sliding scale, but if you mean fat and eager, i like my skinny hand better
May 24th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Not only do I have to work late tomorrow night, but I’m on call on Sunday.
/ponders drinking at my desk
May 24th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
I’ll look for this the next time I go to Kroger’s
May 24th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
iPad users, is it worth the extra $100 to go with a 64GB unit vs a 32GB one?
Depends how much music you have, if you’re going to store a lot of videos, pictures, and have a ton of apps.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
The New Orleans Times-Picayune may face deep cuts to its staff, and might even cut back publication. Yikes.
Right when this city needs more quality reporting, not less. TBF, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner.
old boss of mine is at usa today. he had a sad facebook post yesterday about a lot of veteran folks being let go
/mind yo ps and qs tbl
May 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
the GF’s grandparents live outside Colwich, NW of Wichita. not a whole lot there, except a little beer joint called the Keg, which features quite the selection of fine music on their jukebox.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Love the Colonial tournament.
Wish I had some tickets. None of my wife’s patients have come through this year.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Yes she can.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
How far do you have to travel to make a decent living? Someone who works on the road all the time wouldn’t mind living there..
You either farm, work in the school system, or farm and have oil/gas on your property. 30 miles to Pratt and 45 to Dodge City. And the employment opportunities aren’t really much different. A few more lawyers/accountants.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
At an early morning meeting, they suck.
Another Kardashian clone. Can we please have the REAL thing. As in here. Who’s up for the beach???
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
RIP Toonces
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Lolo seems pretty sharp and actually has some original thoughts – Tebow’s bland and regurgitates cliches.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
the last drop where it all sits. might as well drink a simple sugar mixture
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
raw sugar now.
is this the same as cane?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Good thing it’s a fine, safe city where there’s nothing to cover like police corruption, organized crime, or a high murder rate.
/Duffy’d
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I wouldn’t even spend the cash to go from 16GB to 32GB. Unless you plan on carrying 5-6 HD movies at all times.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Geez us…not sure, mine was free and really use just Safari for Internet and some apps. It depends on if you need lots of storage for video and music files or not. I don’t have that need.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
When I bought my wife her IPAD, we considered the 32 instead of the 16 and 64. We don’t see her ever needing more than 32 and she loves to take pictures. That is just my personal experience
May 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Depends how much music you have, if you’re going to store a lot of videos, pictures, and have a ton of apps.
Much obliged.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
also known as religion
May 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
We’re stuck in the cloudy/rain showers pattern here in Central PA.
I’m jealous.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
the GF’s grandparents live outside Colwich, NW of Wichita.
Sure. My mother lives NE Wichita now. What do you mean by “crop tour.” You going up there for harvest?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
OHHH…i got you, just too sweet. can’t necessarily disagree, but i like it. contrasts well after the rest of the bitterer cup…like a palate cleanser.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
this is exactly what I will be in the market for after I win the lottery. in Arkansas though, not Kansas, but the same idea.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
the Keg, which features quite the selection of fine music on their jukebox.
is that where all the srop duster pilots from arkansas hang out?
/buncha randy quaids
//pours one out
May 24th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
My golf outing weekend was 85 and sunny. Lost a shit ton of balls but more than made up for it with beer and liquor. Grill went out so got to cook steaks over a real fire. Fun times.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Love the Colonial tournament
i have never been, and want to go so bad. wish they didnt have it on memorial day, i am usually out of town.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
depends on the multimedia aspect.
if it’s just web browsing with maybe 1000 songs, some movies and a bunch of photos, 32gb, maybe even 16gb would be fine.
if you use it like a laptop with data storage then go 64gb and enjoy not having to worry about fitting everything on there.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
I don’t get it…is driving down the road filming the view from your windshield a thing now? Because the chances of doing it and filming a badass accident have to be astronomical, so you know a shitload of people have to be doing this.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
normally by the time i get to the bottom of the cup it’s luke warm at best, even worse to drink that sugary mix when it’s on the verge of being cold
May 24th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
raw is just unrefined sugar. cane sugar, correct me if im wrong, usually refers to the refined white sugar.
my sister and i took mi madre to this cuban restaurant for brunch on mother’s day and they served coffee with a slice of sugar cane for stirring…thought that was a cool idea.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Anyone hear from Ben lately? Was wondering if these were his bees.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_20689843/judge-rule-2010-lakeville-truck-crash-that-killed
May 24th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
all her family up there farms. we are going in a couple weeks so no harvest, but we all load up in the car and drive around and look at all their fields. it’s as exciting as it sounds. I’ll have quite the large bourbon drink mixed up that is for sure. it’s really not as bad as it sounds. I like talking to her grandfather, listening to his stories. and driving the combine.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
My golf outing this weekend was fun! OMGZ, I totez hit bout 300 balls really, really far and then got shitfaced drunk on the course. LOL! Then I fired up the grill and cooked some meat! Awesome weekend, brah brah!
/what 90% of “commenter week-end recap” consists of
May 24th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Ha, those were my thoughts exactly.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Love the Colonial tournament.
To think Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan caddied at the same club when kids and end up being two of the top golfers of all time, is amazing. Last night I re-read The Match again. My favorite sports book now.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Same. I had tickets last year but was playing in an 8-day golf orgy out in Nevada/Utah.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
You are the worst
May 24th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
iPad users, is it worth the extra $100 to go with a 64GB unit vs a 32GB one?
See, I’d be kicking myself if I only got the 32GB but that’s because I would top that mutha out with movies, TV shows, apps, music.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Still upset at Bayern choking in epic fashion, huh?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
it’s in Kansas, but yes. they love it when me and the gf roll in. they don’t see too many outsiders, so we are treated like VIP’s, whatever that means.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
I agree wholeheartedly.
IF YOU DON’T AGREE THEN YOU’RE A FUCKIN IDIOT
May 24th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Tough crowd. But then again, I spent my weekend crying into a pillow after the epic choke job by Bayern. So who am I to judge.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Same. I had tickets last year but was playing in an 8-day golf orgy out in Nevada/Utah.
well that sounds awesome.
i am usually at a lake house in palestine, and always hit up pine dunes gc in frankston on the way. you need to get to this course asap. its in the middle of now where, and its excellent.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
to be fair, that does sound like an awesome weekend.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Party on, bro!! So rad!!!!!!!!!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
I feel like we’ve talked about Pine Dunes before. I do want to get out there. I always feel wasteful when I play away from Sky Creek… but that didn’t stop me from going off at 730 Monday at Cowboys. Overrated Cowboys.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
all her family up there farms. we are going in a couple weeks so no harvest, but we all load up in the car and drive around and look at all their fields.
Ha. My dad was a crop duster. As a kid, I went on many crop tours to see what bugs or weeds were killing crops. Against my will. However, it helped out in my teenage years because I knew damn near every back road in three counties and my dad knew all the farmers so I could hunt/fish damn near anywhere.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I was thinking the same thing, actually.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
5yo boy still going thru the egyptian phase, so we just watched King Tut video and Walk Like an Egyptian video
once again, susanna hoffs was not the only babe in that band
/buried with a donkey
//he’s my favorite honky
May 24th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Thomas Robinson
Is he a legit NBA #4? I’d heard he was between positions but cant tell from that obviosusly
May 24th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
The guy in the 2nd video was doing his best sportsgal impression. More worried about his dented bumper than the guy still trapped in the cab of the semi.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I think you’re mistaking golfing for surfers. Most golfers aren’t brahs, at all. More like stuffy Preston from the suburbs.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Speaking of weekends. Sunday is going to suck when I have to go to the Pirate game with my family in 90 degree weather while they maybe have 4 hits with 1 run. Which is their season average. I’m bringing a flask.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I’ll prolly just go watch those (re-checks standings) first place Indians.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Menarky, did you manage to get one of those $79 vouchers for Old American last week? I think it’s still going on.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I feel like we’ve talked about Pine Dunes before. I do want to get out there. I always feel wasteful when I play away from Sky Creek… but that didn’t stop me from going off at 730 Monday at Cowboys. Overrated Cowboys.
shit, we probably have.
dont blame you on sky creek, its a great track. Fingers crossed, southlake might be a reality real soon.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
to be fair, that does sound like an awesome weekend.
Party on, bro!! So rad!!!!!!!!!
there are plenty of blogs with older, lamer commenter crowds. they would enjoy your injection of negative energy
May 24th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
It wouldn’t be for me, but I don’t store any musio on my iPad, I keep all of it on my iPhone.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Here’s an interview with Thomas Robinson who feels he deserves to be taken first in the NBA draft.
I agree wholeheartedly.
IF YOU DON’T AGREE THEN YOU’RE A FUCKIN IDIOT
I don’t agree. There’s still The Unibrow out there.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Going to smoke pig and beef ribs on Sunday. Buddy is curing some pork belly for us to smoke into bacon as well.
I need side suggestions. Likely going to do mac & cheese, and maybe get wifey to make tater salad (half/half mustard/mayo). Dunno what else to do if anything at all.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Lunchables for breakfast, eat my ass Oscar Meyer branded department!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I’m a crop duster too. I do it up and down the hallway here at work all day. My co-workers love me.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
So, is it real or not?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I like how they’re playing the Sox again this weekend, feels like these teams have played half their schedules against each other
May 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Don’t ruin my narrative. Frat bros, preppy suburban republicans etc, they all talk/look/act the same as far as I am concerned. They are part of the same Douchebag animal kingdom.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Baked beanage is always a winner
May 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
that sounds awesome. I love talking to guys that have farmed their whole lives. Bollweevils were bad that year back in ’83…
May 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
A BBQ coleslaw or a bleu cheese coleslaw.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Is he a legit NBA #4? I’d heard he was between positions but cant tell from that obviosusly
I was about three feet in front of him in person in February after the T. Tech game at Allen. I had my boy on my shoulders so he could get an autograph (the entire team comes out for autographs after the presser and showers.) He is not 6’10″. I’d guess 6’7″. Tyshawn appeared to be only three inches shorter. He is still a bad mother fucker, but I think he’ll be another KU great that flounders in the NBA.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Could really use a sponsored post around here…
May 24th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I’d go with a pot of beans or something. Two starches is overkill for me. And my wife does that all the time! haha
May 24th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Likely going to do mac & cheese,
i have a recipe that is awesome, but will stop your heart.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
18-foot Great White shark comes along and steals some fisherman’s catch by biting the other fish’s head off.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
The county I grew up in has 2,553 according to the 2010 census. Down from 3,300 in the 2000 census. Lots of room to spread out if you want some country living.
How far do you have to travel to make a decent living? Someone who works on the road all the time wouldn’t mind living there..
the ability to not be tied to a location for work is the coolest….lots o cheap and usualy pretty places to live. unfortuntely for us only one half of our this household’s earners are like this
May 24th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I don’t either. I was playing the role of “The Interwebs” in that last piece.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I’m going to the shooting range and smoking a brisket. Typical. Texas.
/Yippie Ky Yay
May 24th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Bollweevils were bad that year back in ’83…
Yep. Reminds me of the aphids in ’84. Had to spray that shit twice and still had 20% crop destruction. Thank god for crop insurance and that late season hail storm.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I made a bleu cheese slaw a while back and fucking loved it. Had a little thyme, lemon juice, dijon and sour cream. I think I used maytag bleu. Not sure though.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Love vacation…woke up at 9, gonna go play 18 in a half hour.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
that sounds awesome. I love talking to guys that have farmed their whole lives. Bollweevils were bad that year back in ’83…
ark, go look up a book called Farm. a pulitzer prize winner, richard rhodes, i think, spent a year with a farming family. for me, who spent a lot of years in ag country, it was a great read. all the sayings, mannerisms. i think they are the same regardless of region and/or type of farming or ranching
May 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
fuck all of you for golfing today. jesus fucking christ.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I’m going to the shooting range
Couple of my army engineer friends are doing the same today. They do have to pay for their own ammo, though.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Love stomach viruses…. wake up every half hour, shit my brains out
May 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Please let it rain today. It’s Memorial Day and my lawn looks like mid-August.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
So is anyone else enjoying Don’t Trust The B in Apartment 23? Just 7 shows in, and I’d already rank it as one of the funniest shows on TV. Plus Krysten Ritter can flat out get it, and Dreama Walker has the best ass on TV right now.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I’m taking a few weeks off because I have two weekends in June where I’ll do nothing but golf. Looking forward to it.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
crazy corn salad with those bbq fritos.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
can’t go wrong with some green bean cassaroll.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
9 AM? Half the day is gone already!
/my Dad
May 24th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Thankfully, no. I am several hundred miles from Minneapolis and am big on locally grown bees.
Fuck. Yes.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Didn’t you ever get bored? I don’t think I could live on a farm. Too desolate. Shit, I don’t even want to buy a house in the suburb because I think it’s too country.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Calico beans
May 24th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
This weekend should be fun. I have a graduation reception I’d rather not go to, then a buddy’s annual Memorial Day party and bags tournament. I’m hoping to get mildly shitfaced.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Green bean casserole? Like, with the crunchy onions?
Easily a Hall of Fame side, IMO.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I’ll think of you , Spence, as I’m teeing up. Hell I may dedicate a birdie to Internet friends
May 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I’ve been here. Not robbed, fortunately, but passed out drunk just off Rush st. in downtown Chicago. Buddy and I were in a bar around 3:30 am and were hungry. I had to get outside for some fresh air, slumped against the wall and it was over. He came and got me. About 45 minutes after. He finished his food. Dick.
I threw up out of the cab on the way home too. Wasn’t my best night.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
thanks, I’ll check it out.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Anyone else a little anal about their Outlook setup? They upgraded my Office suite last night and now my email is all sorts of fucked up and it’s really annoying me.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
It’s like those shooting ranges outside of Vegas where you can fire Uzis, AKs, M4s, but you have to pay for the ammo…
/would love to fire a SCAR or a UMP
May 24th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I’m sure not golfing today. Freaking monsoon outside
May 24th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Please let it rain today. It’s Memorial Day and my lawn looks like mid-August.
Here the grass is in mid-July form. We haven’t had shit for rain in three weeks and it is over 90 all weekend. No rain. The bright side, I haven’t had to mow much.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I water mine every week to every two weeks if there is no rain. It has helped that we have gotten a lot of rain this year. I really hope the drought from last year is over with. The next 3 monts will be telling
May 24th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
it’s funny…im anal about everything at work except for my outlook.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
9-year-old’s blog shames school into changing food
Quit whining and get a sack.
You know, a sack lunch. Bring your own. Have a sandwich and an apple.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Sweet potato tater salad instead of regular. Nice little twist.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
So is anyone else enjoying Don’t Trust The B in Apartment 23?
i have seen most of them, its has its moments but seems very, very forced.
the blonde girl looks like the bucee’s mascot, and the dark haired roommate is ugly as fuck.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
VIAGRA TRIANGLE!!!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
damn straight. I always cut up a couple slices of bacon and cook it, and before throwing the casserole in the oven, mix in the bacon and the grease. makes it even better.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
If, before the upgrade, you were at any version of Office before Office 2007, enjoy learning the new menus. That sucked.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
We call Outlook “Microsoft Virus Explorer”
May 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I wasn’t aware of any free ammo outside of the military
May 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Green bean casserole? Like, with the crunchy onions?
Easily a Hall of Fame side, IMO
Cheesy potatoes with ham chunk casserole. That is a staple at family and church dinners around here.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
True, there is that. We haven’t had rain for three weeks either. Lots of stuff sliding just to the northwest of us, but literally not a drop in three weeks. This exact same thing happened last summer for like six weeks. Hell if I’m going to water that much.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
The new office is still using Office 2003 after I’d gotten used to 2007…feels like I’ve traveled back in time here, this version of Excel is for shit
May 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
more anal about unnecessary changes. thankfully, my company hasn’t done anything to change Outlook in the 3 years I’ve been here. but, gmail has changed twice in that same time period and none of those changes has upgraded my experience…only annoyed me.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
their Outlook setup
Yeah but you can get most of it back, just have to change those view settings. Preview pane? We’ve upgraded a few times but I’ve always been able to get it back.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
It would be so much better if it weren’t on ABC.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
So cheesy scalloped potatoes?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Anyone else a little anal about their Outlook setup? They upgraded my Office suite last night and now my email is all sorts of fucked up and it’s really annoying me.
I’m pretty much an expert with Outlook configuration. What do you need to configure that won’t annoy the shit out of you?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Thank god I already went through that nightmare a year ago. That was the worst. I recall yelling “WHERE THE FUCK DID THE OUT OF OFFICE BUTTON GO?!” after that upgrade.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
remember who you’re talking to. Having something not annoy her is unpossibe.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
it’s rained 0.10″ here this month. my lawn looks like shit and it’s really pissing me off. It’s gotten to the point where I am giddy that there is a 30% chance of rain next week, even though I know it won’t rain.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
So cheesy scalloped potatoes?
Sometimes. Not always necessarily scalloped. My wife makes it with hashbrowns.
/Rural’d.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
the soy sauce-soaked, bacon-wrapped, bbq-coated water chestnuts demand repsect. your cash and jewelery is what they expect.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I hate people who can take days off of work whenever they want. Next month will be the first time I’m taking off to go somewhere in 2 years. I work too much.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I am. I like the vertical split and everyone always raises hell and asks how I can view it like that instead of horizontal. It is at that moment I try to shoot them in the head with mind bullets.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I have some frozen pulled pork from Easter. Maybe I’ll thaw that and cook some red beans.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
To hell with some water chestnuts.
I agree with the green bean casserole. Also, hash brown caserole is phenominal, but heavy as hell.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
All of this. I’m super anal about it. I don’t even have things in my main inbox that aren’t requiring me to do something. Every thing gets filed in a sub folder to the left. I don’t like my inbox cluttered.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
for casserolls, hashbrowns > scalloped
also, we sometimes substitute crushed frosted flakes on top instead of the onion strings.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
MOTHER FUCKER!!!! I hate that reading pane but I like when my emails show up with the first few lines displayed in the inbox. I turned off the reading pane and it turned off the auto-preview in my inbox!!!
Fuck today.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Isn’t James Vanderbeek in that show? Not sure if I could get past how annoying he is.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Are you guys against watering your own lawns?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
doing anything other than a basic set up freezes my outlook and crashes it due to the plug ins my office requires we have installed.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I found a Paula Deen recipe that has about 2 quarts of cream cheese and cheese soup in it.
Typically I melt a block of pepperjack and sharp cheddar and mix them in with the noodles. And a dash of cayenne. And a stick of butter.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
One of my favorite hors d’ oeuvres is bacon wrapped figs stuffed with parmesan cheese. Their not cheap as good parm is expensive, but they taste like bacon candy. People will love them. You can substitute an almond for the cheese to save some coin.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I can’t stand a shitty lawn. Just asking
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Today is my Friday, going to meet up with some old high school friends in Florida. My first vacation since Christmas.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I hate the move where half the screen is the message, but you haven’t opened anything yet. I think the first thing I did when I got the new outlook was tell that part to fuck off.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
You can also use dates instead of figs if that’s your thing. Equally as delicious.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Dude, you are insane.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
This.
Also use your buddies bacon and wrap it around some shrimp with a touch of BBQ sauce. As another side, corn on the fucking cob, grilled please, with cilantro lime butter.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I would be on #9 by then.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
i enjoy it. only one episode wasn’t funny out of the 7 that have been on.
James Vanderbeek is making fun of himself the whole time, so it’s enjoyable.
they really need to get fred savage on that show now.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Me either. I get a little freaked if I have so many emails that I have to actually scroll through my inbox to see all of them.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I made some bacon wrapped dates for a party last week. They were a huge hit.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I’m all about it, just don’t have irrigation, so I have to tote the sprinkler. plus mine is Zoysia, so it requires a decent amount of water. keeping up with it is tough when it is this dry. I also sprayed it for weeds a week or so ago, so it is pretty stressed already.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
This right here. I will be making something very similar to this for a cookout on Sunday.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
He plays himself, or even a douchier version of himself…to hilarious results.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Are you guys against watering your own lawns?
I’m not against it at this time of year, but by mid-july, it is pointless here. The water evaporates before it hits the ground.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I hate the move where half the screen is the message, but you haven’t opened anything yet. I think the first thing I did when I got the new outlook was tell that part to fuck off.
I also change the part that marks a message as read when you click on another message. I HAVEN’T READ THE FUCKING MESSAGE, SHITBAG!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I prefer it that way because if it is just a small message I don’t have to waste time opening and closing.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Not at all…but I’ve got a pretty large yard for a suburban house, no sprinkler system, and without any help whatsoever from Mother Nature in three weeks there’s just no way to stay on top of it. So right now I’m watering enough to hopefully keep it from going totally dormant.
I also like a nice lawn but I’ve got some rehabbing to do this fall to get it up to where I want it. It was all new sod a year ago and some of it was shitty.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Cheryl Cole might do American Idol next season if I just heard right
May 24th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Typically I melt a block of pepperjack and sharp cheddar and mix them in with the noodles. And a dash of cayenne. And a stick of butter.
get some shell noodles, saute bacon and onions, mix it in with the noodles, a block of velveeta, 2 cans of condensed milk, tabasco, s+P, garlic, cover with chedder bake at 350 for 20 minutes, follow up with a lipitor-colada.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I am going on vacation to the beach in August. it is probably my first real “vacation” that will consist of not doing shit in well over 5 years. golfing and sitting on the beach for a week. can’t fucking wait.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
It’s come to my attention that if you Google Joe Flacco, there is a sweet treat.
/pours one out for MLJ
May 24th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
doing anything other than a basic set up freezes my outlook and crashes it due to the plug ins my office requires we have installed.
You could be banished to the hellish realm known as “Lotus Notes” like me so, all-in-all, your world is pretty nice.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Are you guys against watering your own lawns?
I think its okay just to keep the lawn alive. B/C if my lawn dies I am just going to re-plant and that will take even more water. Also, I dont think having a dead, dusty, weed-filled yard is good for my allergies. My lawn is healthy now, but this will be a drought year so I am going to be careful to keep it from burning to a crisp.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Dude, you are insane.
i dont get her appeal. she is very awkward looking to me, and has minimal breasts to distract me from her stork face.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Bacon candy, dude. Bacon.Fucking.Candy
May 24th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
lol
May 24th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Perfect description
May 24th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Solid roundup! That story about the guy punching a kid has Costanza written all over it!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
It’s come to my attention that if you Google Joe Flacco, there is a sweet treat.
You mean this?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
It feels weird. To see multiple days off on your calendar, not just weekends and holidays. I am really going to try to make the most out of this one. Only problem is trying to slog through work today.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Mine is a work in progress. It was absolutely terrible when we first moved in. It was weed hell. We got rid of that but we have Bermuda taking over the St Augustine. I had to make a decision to get rid of the Bermuda and plant new St Augustine or let the Bermuda take over. I’m letting the Bermuda take over as we speak so It doesn’t look as good as I want it to right now. It’s still 1000% better looking
My backyard was bare but it has a lot of shade. Time is running out on what to get. I was thinking Zoysia for the shade tolerance but I also don’t really want a yard with 2 or 3 different breeds fighting each other.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Probably my favorite thing since giving Thundercock his name on Wikipedia.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I’m not sure how I forgot to mention my typical side
May 24th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
I’m also extending a fence so that’s going to play a part on where to put barriers if I happen to choose Zoysia. Its a pain in the ass!
May 24th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Harper didn’t eat a rawhide sammich from Hamels last night. Too bad.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
i loved when MLJ sponsored flacco’s pro football reference page.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Are you guys against watering your own lawns?
We’ve been lucky with pop-up storms the last several days, but the last one thrashed the hell outta my tomato plants.
I’m not big into watering after April/May – I like to get a good thick growth and taper the watering as summer goes on.
Funny – my neighbor across the street is an MLB/NFL turf guy and my yeard looks better than his – “the cobbler’s children wear no shoes”
May 24th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
No hat tip? I provided 4 or 5 links
May 24th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
well done. that will never not make me laugh
May 24th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Our house was brand new and to save money, I told the landscapers to install the sod, plant the trees, and put landscaping blocks around the house. I’d design the landscaping, buy the plants, and put down the landscaping paper, plants, and rock myself.
Lesson learned…don’t do that. I wound up hauling 13.5 tons of rock with my shovel and wheelbarrow. I’m proud of it now that it’s done but holy shit what a lot of work.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
UM – Bacon Wrapped jalapenos?
May 24th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
be careful with the Zoysia in the shade. it does ok in my yard, but it can get pretty patchy. I would say go with St. Augustine if you can, I love the way that stuff looks when it is greened up.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
YES, PLZ
May 24th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I was thinking Zoysia for the shade tolerance
I’ll never forget this … my dad bought Zoysia when I was younger – 12ish. It arrived on a pallet, placed in the driveway right in front of the basketball hoop. It arrived just as my dad got called on a multi-day out of town gig.
These were Zoysia plugs … not sure how many – 3,000 or maybe more.
Worst fucking 2 days of my childhood. And he criticized the job I did …”they’re too close together”.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
fuck St. Augustine grass. native my ass.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Bacon wrapped brussel sprouts > bacon wrapped jalapenos.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
The hard part is getting your lawn up to quality. Once you do that, it isn’t *that* hard to maintain. At our previous house I did the annual cycle of fertilizer, spot spray or pull when an occasional weed would pop up, then every 2-3 years rent a power rake to de-thatch. I rarely even aerated. My lawn wasn’t perfect by any means but definitely among the best on the block.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
I loved doing that. The neighbors love what we have done to ours and they say they are happy someone lives here who actually cares about how their yard looks. The wife and I have put in a lot of work with landscaping and we love doing it because it gets us out of the house for hours at a time.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Can it survive a lot of shade? I was under the impression that it couldn’t
May 24th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
It’s come to my attention that if you Google Joe Flacco, there is a sweet treat.
You mean this?
That’s how I interpreted it. When did Google start including the info box?
May 24th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I cannot wrap my mind around this.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
She has rocked my world ever since Jesse Pinkman was rocking hers.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Nothing involving brussel sprouts > anything involving jalapenos
May 24th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
that looks heavenly. right up there with G. Bean casserole.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
First of all, jalapenos are the Walmart of peppers.
Second, sprouts are crispy when grilled and they absorb the bacon grease.
Third, fuck you.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
I agree, I enjoy landscaping if the time allows…which it rarely does. I want to do a “master plan” for the new yard that incorporates stuff like rainwater management. I want someone more qualified than me to help but I’m not ready to shell out big bucks to do it.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
No, fuck you
May 24th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I loved doing that. The neighbors love what we have done to ours and they say they are happy someone lives here who actually cares about how their yard looks. The wife and I have put in a lot of work with landscaping and we love doing it because it gets us out of the house for hours at a time.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Yep, stuffed with my sweet/spicy dip, a sliver of cheddar, and a sliver of pineapple.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
i’ve got a lot of re-grading to do in my backyard and i have to re-establish boundaries and edging with the grass.
previous owners were landscapers and we have the shittiest yard.
uncared for hedge rows along the driveway are coming out this summer, by fall i want everything torn out that i don’t want so that in the spring i can plant with a clean slate.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
the super bowl promo with Bryan Cranston cameo was beyond terrific and sold me on the show.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
@ark – you have a degree in landscape architecture?
May 24th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
up here, winterizer is the key to a great lawn. You start in the spring with a healthy lawn and dont have to rehab it into shape.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
this means he mows grass all day.
/engineer elitist
May 24th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
@ark – you have a degree in landscape architecture?
/this means he mows grass all day.
actually he yells at migrants to mow lawns faster
May 24th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
yeah, I do. and I am stuck in an engineering office with a bunch of Miz’s.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
See my comment in #275…where would someone like me without a background in this stuff go to learn more about it? I want to put together a comprehensive “master plan” for my yard and then work on it piece by piece in coming years. Is there a “landscape architecture for dummies?”
May 24th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
ha. I don’t doubt it. I was just kidding, but I imagine there’s some douche engineers that act elitist.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Oh, you don’t need to imagine it. Happens all the time.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I’ve never really looked, but depending on how detailed you wanted to get, and what you want it too look like, you could find some stuff on the internet pretty easily. what state do you live in? I know you said you wanted some native stuff and water management stuff, I would recommend looking up your county extension office, they are a great resource, and usually free. it’s a good place to start.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
I wish engineers would spend more time taking apart the shit they designed so they would know space is important.
/common complaint at work
May 24th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
shit, I know you were kidding, in reality, if I could work with some guys that were as cool as you seem on the internet I would probably enjoy my job a lot more. it’s funny how much I know about engineering and how little everyone else here knows about landscape architecture.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
landscape architecture for dummies?
Our house was a spec house that was supposed to be a model for the back part of our neighborhood. The landscape in the front is really nice.
The keys are height layering (small in front gradually to tall in back) and something blooming all the time. Double blooming azaleas, knockout roses, irises, lillies, annuals…. we have color all of the time.
And my strawberries in the front bed at the street are a nice touch.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
do your neighbors sneak over and pick them? I would.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
This guy gets it. You need to always have some color. Some of my favorites are loropetalums (purple diamond or peurple pixie), gardenias, indian hawthornes, firepower nandinas, camelias, hydrangeas, and hibiscus.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
do your neighbors sneak over and pick them? I would.
Yes – it’s awesome – they don’t ravage it. We have a great neighborhood.