Roundup: Jeremy Lin to Houston, Pitbull is Headed to Alaska & 7-Eleven Has a Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Vending Machine
Halle Berry … what LA looked like from the 1880s through the 1920s … critic rips Dark Knight rises, gets death threats … “Deputies shoot, kill man after knocking on wrong door” … Jeremy Lin’s impact on MSG stock … bizarre story of a man who tried to steal a plane, then killed himself … 10 favorite films of 10 famous actors … terribly sad story … Google+ summer camp? … how about an Obama/Romney debate in the comments? … avoid all Wal-marts, but especially this one in Georgia … love that a newspaper posted this … these guys are idiots … the New Yorker acquired the Borowitz Report …
Longtime Knicks’ fan Alan Sepinwall bails on the Knicks for botching the Jeremy Lin situation. [TheyStoppedtheLinsanity]
Jeremy Lin tweeted to Knicks fans after the bumbling franchise didn’t match Houston’s offer sheet. [Twitter]
Penn State should shut down its football program says columnist in the Midwest. [Oklahoman]
Absolutely love this hypothetical college football mock draft. Wish I had come up with it myself. But I would not have had Tyler Bray 40th. [SI]
Pitbull is indeed headed to Alaska. [Rolling Stone]
The Tigers should trade for Hamels or Greinke. Obviously, Drew Sharp. Just do it! [Freep]
“7-Eleven Has a Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Vending Machine.” Yikes. [Food Beast]
It’s been real, Andray Blatche. You just got Amnestied. [Post]
Now that’s a huge lacrosse upset. [Lacrosse Playground]
The Chris “Birdman” Anderson era is over in Denver, as the Nuggets cut him. Denver signed Summer League superstar Anthony Randolph. [Post]
Confessions of an ex-Mormon. [The New Republic]
Two robbers burst into an internet cafe blazing guns … and a 71-year old man fires back. Movie stuff here, folks. [via Hot Clicks]
Fun with live TV screwups! [via Fang's Bites]
Jeremy Lamb is absolutely killin’ it in the Summer League with Houston.
- LeBron James’ Game-Winning Lay Up at the Buzzer in Overtime While Roy Hibbert Sat on the Bench [Video]
- Paul George Hit a Ridiculous 3 to Send it Into Overtime After Throwing the Ball Away Moments Earlier [Video]
- Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- Shane Battier Kneed Roy Hibbert in the Balls [Video]
- Chuck Norris Wants a NFL Team to Sign Tim Tebow Because He is a Winner Like Chuck Norris
- Quietgoesthedon on LeBron James' Game-Winning Lay Up at the Buzzer in Overtime While Roy Hibbert Sat on the Bench [Video]
- knifeyspoony on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- wildcat1144 on LeBron James' Game-Winning Lay Up at the Buzzer in Overtime While Roy Hibbert Sat on the Bench [Video]
- resolutedefense on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- resolutedefense on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
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July 18th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Did more people donate $ to PSU?
July 18th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Halle berry – gorgeous, but insane and a mediocre actress
July 18th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
how about an Obama/Romney debate in the comments?
This happens every morning
July 18th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
I look forward to Lin skipping a playoff series in three years to maintain an absurd market value.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
bad actress, beautiful woman
July 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Halle berry – gorgeous, but insane and a mediocre actress
Dave Justice. Legend.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
If the Tigers are willing to give up Nick Castellenos for Hamels, then I am all for this.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Best Halle Berry movie? Gotta go B.A.P.S.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
good link. I love looking at old photo’s like that.
/please fix the site Jason
July 18th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
You’d think the shame of admitting that she fell for it would have kept the police out of this…there has to be a point when you’re retelling the story that you feel like a complete idiot, right?
July 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Dude wasn’t just trying to scare them away, he wanted blood, chasing after them firing away. Awesome.
Someone will have to explain to me what exactly they plan on stealing at an internet cafe. You going to make me login to my bank and wire you money?
July 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Two robbers burst into an internet cafe blazing guns … and a 71-year old man fires back. Movie stuff here, folks.You kids get out of my Internet cafe!!!
July 18th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
People will do strange things for that free Walmart steak Butters.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
what LA looked like from the 1880s through the 1920s …
I also enjoy the old photo essays. Shorpy has some.
#in my top 5 all time.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Two robbers burst into an internet cafe blazing guns … and a 71-year old man fires back. Movie stuff here, folks.
takes notes, throws them away.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Dear Alaska,
I know you don’t know me, but it would totes awesome if you could keep Pitbull there for a while. Maybe, like, forever. And his “music”; God, if you could keep that as well that would be great. Now I know we aren’t friends or anything, but if you could do me one more solid and maybe kill him and bury him in a snow drift, that would be awesome. Thanks in advance for your help!
Sincerely,
Everyone
July 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
You going to make me login to my bank and wire you money?
To be fair, that is the plot of alot of movies.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
how about an Obama/Romney debate in the comments?
I know people give CNN shit all the time, but if I were starting a cable news network, David Gergen would be one of my first hires. Guy has the experience of working in the shit and he’s turned into a great analyst.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
You keep filming me, I’m going to fock you up! lol
More people should have this approach, say like politicians, athletes, etc.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
that is a pretty shitty review.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Here’s some pretty cool pics of kids from the 40′s…
July 18th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Someone will have to explain to me what exactly they plan on stealing at an internet cafe.
It was a matter of principle, obviously. Some things will not stand.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Just exactly who or what the fuck is Pitbull?
Does this have anything to do with Michael Vick’s soon to be released autobiography?
July 18th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Romney is to 2012 as John Kerry was to 2004.
/it’s not happening
July 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
but oddly enough, unlike Kerry in 2004, the GOP is even teeing off on his tax returns.
makes me wonder what their convention will be like.
could see Ron Paul have a significant impact on the GOP ticket like Ross Perot did in 1992.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Spencer – thanks for that golf note. We can discuss further on gchat later if you’re free.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
makes me wonder what their convention will be like.
It’s a longshot — but a brokered convention could happen.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
OOOoooOOOO! Someone’s in trouble!
July 18th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
. /takes notes out of trash. /adds “3D?” To top of notes. /sells idea to studio for 10 million
July 18th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
You going to make me login to my bank and wire you money?
To be fair, that is the plot of alot of movies.
-Also in my top 5 all time.
/looks for references to Heat, Pulp Fiction and No Country for Old Men
July 18th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Shooting a handgun accurately is hard. But if you’re going to go to the trouble of owning one, wouldn’t you learn how to shoot?
He missed that guy who was standing 4 feet away.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Just exactly who or what the fuck is Pitbull?
an impressive individual solely based on the fact the in the exxon bathroom known as pop music, he is one of the turds that smell rises above the rest.
July 18th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Absolutely love this hypothetical college football mock draft. Wish I had come up with it myself. But I would not have had Tyler Bray 40th.
I do hope that was your sarcasm font you were using there.
/2 tries to post this
July 18th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
According to the Tigers, they actually want to keep this prospect and have asked teams to stop asking for him.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Two robbers burst into an internet cafe blazing guns … and a 71-year old man fires back. Movie stuff here, folks.
Awesome.
Funniest part is the woman wandering around plugging her ears.
“Excuse me little missy, but you’re in my line of fire.”
If you’re not pulling a trigger, then get the hell outta the way.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Okay, so I don’t follow the NBA at all, but obviously know about “Linsanity”. Did he do anything after those crazy 2-3 weeks, or was it just a great run?
July 18th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I have heard this as well. Rangers don’t seem to willing to let go of Olt either. Disappointing, but might as well try.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Yo quiero tacos bell. = distinguished turd scent
July 18th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
that “c’mon make it feel good” scene in Monster’s Ball is always a stop-everything-and-watch moment for me
July 18th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Did he do anything after those crazy 2-3 weeks, or was it just a great run?
IMO, a great run and the rockets are idiots.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Everything I’ve read says they should’ve re-signed him simply because he was Chinese. Evidently it’s OK to keep shitty players so long as they sell jerseys in Shanghai.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Did he do anything after those crazy 2-3 weeks, or was it just a great run?
IMO, a great run and the rockets are idiots.
so this is like TBL’s ‘contract the Pirates’ campaign after they traded “All-Star” Nate McClouth.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Probably an extra from a Rambo movie.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Evidently it’s OK to keep shitty players so long as they sell jerseys in Shanghai.
Apparel money is split evenly among all the teams.
/So I read the other day.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I don’t know…if Obama keeps saying stupid stuff, he could lose.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Everything I’ve read says they should’ve re-signed him simply because he was Chinese. Evidently it’s OK to keep shitty players so long as they sell jerseys in Shanghai.
i swear this is going to be daryl morey’s justification for the contract.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
They have a Center going #2 overall. Apparently Jeff Ireland is the GM for Texas State.
/throws draft in the garbage.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
I don’t know…if Obama keeps saying stupid stuff, he could lose.
the only way obama loses is if he hangs dong at a rally.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Romney’s motorcade drove by me yesterday, I like that he uses Fords to try and appear like he’s a regular guy. Cock-brigadoon.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
the only way obama loses is if he hangs dong at a rally. MP III
But think of the pageviews.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
I just have to ask: How awesome is that old man shooting robbers if, as he’s gunning for the fleeing robbers, he hits some random person who just happens to be walking by on the street? Don’t tell me that’s not a possibility because that old dude missed the one guy from like 3 feet away, and he was absolutely firing out into the street.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Depends, if it’s big it could subconsciously inspire American confidence again
July 18th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
yeah, this is a non story considering it was taken wildly out of context.
if they wanted to, the Obama camp could find all the out of context jokes Romney made that make it sound like he’s making fun of Nascar fans, wait staff, the unemployed…
that would be an awesome commercial to see though.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
I never get this idea of artistic elitism … my appreciation of say Rhianna’s music isn’t anymore objective than your affinity for I dunno Coldplay any more than my preference for strawberry ice-cream is superior to your preference of butter pecan. Its just a matter of differing tastes.
Pittbull doesn’t make “music” anymore than your favorite artist makes “music” to someone who doesn’t share your tastes in music.It just seems people derive some kind of pleasure in bashing certain artists, eras and genres.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Also, Ford fucking sucks. Shitty pieces of metal with third rate engine and other electronic parts posing as a “car”.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
^^^Trolling TBL?
July 18th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
oh?
July 18th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
So I watched the movie Oldboy the other day, and I’d love to know if anyone else has seen or heard of a movie with a story as fucked up as that.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
THIS!
You go to youtube to listen to any classic rock song and top comments are always of the “I’m 15 years old. So sorry for what my generation has done to music. You say Rihanna, I say Beatles. You say Katy Perry, I say Led Zeppelin. 90% of teens today don’t know what ‘real’ music is. THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!!!” variety. Pisses me off.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
the square wheels give it away.
i’ve actually been really impressed with their products lately. The Taurus is nice enough to almost forget all my parents friends who had the mid 90′s version with constant transmission problems.
GMC is pretty nice, Chevy is too cheap, needs to be more like GMC in SUVs and trucks. Dodge is OK, i wouldn’t buy anything outside the Durango, Challenger or Charger though.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Did he ever tweet that he was sorry to Knicks fans for sitting out a playoff series because he was “only” 85%.
Sepinwall’s post was a pretty reasoned take on the Lin situation. Not that I’d advocate giving up fandom for a flash in the wok gimmick, but I found his approach (i.e. not turning Melo into a scapegoat) refreshing.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Ford is actually a lot better now. I’d much rather buy a Ford than a Toyota or Honda at this point. The Japanese quality has plummeted.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Ford is actually a lot better now. I’d much rather buy a Ford than a Toyota or Honda at this point. The Japanese quality has plummeted.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
There’s a reason vigilante justice should only be in movies (see also: George Zimmerman)
July 18th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Nowhere did I imply that his “music” was inferior to the stuff that I listen to. I merely implied that his “music” is fucking terrible. At the very least, his music is definitely worse than strawberry ice cream.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
halle berry in flinstones is at her peak, with a rock-in costume to show off her assets
i’m actually doing a story on that pitbull campaign, tho not on the pitbull angle
i know, here’s my cookie
July 18th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
A ’96 Sable (same car) was my first car. Transmission dropped out at 100k. They built the front ends so low and long that there was no airflow to the transmissions so they wore down insanely fast, they needed to be built with an intercooler. God damnit I hated that car.
Parking brake was a huge defect as well. If it was ever applied it never completely disengaged and wore the rotors down faster.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Only problem is using shitty Microsoft for Sync which caused lots of electronic problems the past few years.
I’m 4 years into my car, paid it off and hopefully will not be buying a new car anytime soon.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Pittbull doesn’t make “music” anymore than your favorite artist makes “music” to someone who doesn’t share your tastes in music.It just seems people derive some kind of pleasure in bashing certain artists, eras and genres.
i dont think i derive pleasure from bashing certain artists, but i do find it humorous when people call pitbull and rihanna “music.” i just farted, and it sounded like a pitbull song. sign my anus to a 4 record deal, ASAP!
July 18th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
July 18th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
grrr, snarky blockquote fail
July 18th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
giving up fandom is the ultimate bitch move.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
i’d be less critical of pop music now if they just owned up to the fact the “singers” are really just bodies and nearly every aspect of the song (including vocals) was electronically created and manipulated to the point where the “singer” is more like a character in a PIXAR movie.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I’m just curious as to how DerKaiser developed his opinion.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
We just got a new Explorer and couple new F150s for our “fleet” here in the office. I’ve never been a fan of trucks, so I can’t really comment on the F150s.
But, I really like the new Explorer. My only real complaint is the the dashboard/radio displays (and the hands free controls on the wheel) are not really intuitive by any means.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
This is true. Had a 2006 Rav4 that went to shit (literally leaked water inside when it rained), went and looked at the new ones and they hadn’t changed in 5 years and still felt cheap and crappy. Ended up with a VW Tiguan and fucking love it.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Just go ahead and tell us how awesome My Morning Jacket is…
/never heard one of their songs
July 18th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I have a 2012 Nissan Sentra, I love the car, but I hate the stereo controls. It has a dock for my ipod but the controls for it are horrendous. Easier to run through an aux cable. Seems like the more tech stuff cars have tried to throw in the more they’ve botched stuff on the stereo front.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
i’d be less critical of pop music now if they just owned up to the fact the “singers” are really just bodies and nearly every aspect of the song (including vocals) was electronically created and manipulated to the point where the “singer” is more like a character in a PIXAR movie.
i am the same way. at least shitty 80/90s pop included, you know, playing instruments and singing. not really the case now.
now i am getting pissed that someone defended pitbull and rihanna.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Funniest part is the woman wandering around plugging her ears.
“Excuse me little missy, but you’re in my line of fire.”
If you’re not pulling a trigger, then get the hell outta the way.
i liked the young kid at the end running from the old man, thinking he might just keep blazing
July 18th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Now Girl Talk, THAT’S music!
/for white people
July 18th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
my wife is due for a new car in the next year or two so i’ve been looking at Ford SUV’s for her. I can’t wait for her to get rid of her CRV, most uncomfortable SUV for anyone 6′ tall with long legs.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
These new pop outfits like The Monkees and Milli Vanilli are ruining music in 2012.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I’m just curious as to how DerKaiser developed his opinion.
Well, he admitted he reads youtube comments, so that is probably a good place to start.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Just go ahead and tell us how awesome My Morning Jacket is…
/never heard one of their songs
you know how awesome they are, even if you have never heard them. thats the power of mmj’s aura.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
This is becoming an art unto itself though. Almost like certain suits are saying, “Hmmm, how blatant can we be? What’s the most we can get away with? What about this Pitbull guy? How about Ke$ha? Make sure there’s a dollar sign in her name to really piss people off.”
July 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I’ll keep that in mind about the CRV, my wife’s ’02 Altima is on its slow deathbed, and she was interested in CRV. She likes the MDX as well, but not sure we can afford a $38k car in the next year or so.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
the only way obama loses is if he hangs dong at a rally
Depends, if it’s big it could subconsciously inspire American confidence again
reminds me of the bulbous penis ep of south park
July 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
this horrible analogy explains a lot why you don’t understand artistic elitism.
people who dig art…and i mean REALLY dig art…they don’t see it as fucking ice cream. they see it as part of their soul…and so when some fuckstick who thinks music was invented in the 1960′s starts walking around like their opinion is solid gold despite the fact that 90% of people couldnt explain WHY they like a song or piece of art, shit all over someone who’s both intellectually and emotionally invested in bringing their inner visions to reality’s opinion.
i do take pleasure in bashing certain artists and eras because i have a very defined platonic ideal of what i think art is and should be. doesn’t mean i don’t have respect for artists i don’t like, sure i don’t respect some, but the more you understand about art, the more you can see it in objective terms.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
The older models yes, the new models are much, much more roomy. My parents bought one, and it has tons of room. We ended up buying a Honda Pilot…. it’s not much smaller thatn a Tahoe, and the quality it 10x better.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
If Lin had played, the Knicks might have won that series against the NBA Champs.
/wanking motion
How anyone could fault Lin, a soon-to-be free agent who had made $dick in his career up to that point, for sitting out is beyond me.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
whatever, that makes no sense.
/fuck work
July 18th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Just go ahead and tell us how awesome My Morning Jacket is…
Very awesome. They play and write their own songs and there is no auto-tune and no backing tracks when they play live.
/I think that is what I’m supposed to say.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
This. The 60s, 70s and 80s were FILLED with horrible crap. History only bore out the stuff most people liked for whatever reason.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Speaking of Ford…I like the look of the new Fusion. Kind of looks like an Aston Martin.
/sponsored comment
//at least we were talking about Ford when I first tried to make this comment…
July 18th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
agreed. unfortunately my wife’s playlist is full of Rihanna, Pitbull, Usher, Nikki Minaj, Britney, Carly Rae Jepson and Taylor Swift. and LMFAO (they are all right, but they are essentially a party music version of Andrew WK since their songs sound identical)
July 18th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
i do take pleasure in bashing certain artists and eras because i have a very defined platonic ideal of what i think art is and should be. doesn’t mean i don’t have respect for artists i don’t like, sure i don’t respect some, but the more you understand about art, the more you can see it in objective terms.
well la di da.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I wish there was a full-size hatchback that wasn’t German or Japanese. I really don’t want to buy a crossover or small SUV for the extra space & versatility
July 18th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Have had 2 fords since the redesigns (fusion and escape) and have been very happy with both. Sync could be better at recognizing commands but that’s a pretty minor complaint
3rd time posting
July 18th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Spencer – THAT’s what I was going to write, but pretty much resigned myself to it not being worth the effort.
Also, MMJ is one of the greatest bands of the last 20 years. Jim James is a master without equal when compared to some of these other slapdicks on the scene.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
i feel like mole recommended oldboy a while back and i never watched it. im hoping it’s on netflix.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I feel like sending you links to a support group or something.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Buy used…get a 2010 for like 60% of a new one.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Goddamnit spencer.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Netflix only has the dubbed version unfortunately
July 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
So Spencer finally put his defense of Creed into words. That took guts.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Women have always had terrible taste in music. Her playlist would have been filled with over produced nonsense thirty years ago, too.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
OH YEA…oldboy’s the movie with the hammer fight.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
You how sometimes you end up liking something that you never would have that possible?
I really like the Dodge Magnum (I know, I don’t understand it either), but I don’t think they even make them anymore.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Tell your friends not to think aloud
Until they swallow
Whisper things into my brain
Your voice sounds so hollow
I am not a leader of men
Since I prefer to follow
Do you think I could have a drink
Since it’s so hard to swallow
So hard to swallow
/spencer
July 18th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
thank you spencer for putting it better than i could.
Very awesome. They play and write their own songs and there is no auto-tune and no backing tracks when they play live.
/I think that is what I’m supposed to say.
you are clearly into saying things that are correct and factual.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
thank you spencer for putting it better than i could.
Very awesome. They play and write their own songs and there is no auto-tune and no backing tracks when they play live.
/I think that is what I’m supposed to say.
you are clearly into saying things that are correct and factual.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
You wish. Hondas and Toyotas hold their value like nothing else (in the car world)
July 18th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
The picture in the 7-11 mashed potatoes link is way better than I could have imagined.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I like that a lot; the new escape though? Not so much
July 18th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
That was a possibility as well. Saving currently for a house next year, so her getting a new car is on the backburner for a little.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I’m so glad to be back at work today – spent most of the last two days trying to work from home while taking care of a toddler with dual ear infections and fever spiking up to 104.
To top it off he did nothing but cry/scream from 12 to 2 am last night.
/in-laws agreed to watch him today
//goes to get more caffeine
July 18th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
So which rhythmic undulatory motion of air particles that triggers a cascade of mechanical and electrical events do you consider music? Whatever it is it may sound like a explosive diarrhea to people who prefer say African soukous.
Its just very narrow minded to only consider music to be any form of air particle gyration that you can appreciate and everything else to be humorous knock-offs of this nebulous concept called music.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Yeah, but once it’s over you won’t remember it for that.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
2012 Nissan Sentra
/needs more broken side mirror
July 18th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
i had a 2005 Acura RSX for a while, and while it was a pretty good car, the service centers for Acura and the Parts were terrible.
It really made me second guess why i spent more for the Acura upfront when I could have just gotten a Civic Si for several thousand less if i was ultimately getting a Honda with a shinier name plate.
i don’t think i’ll ever buy a Lexus, Lincoln, Infiniti since they aren’t much different from the cheaper counterparts.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Good idea, bad application. Windows were small and hard to see out of from the side & rear. And, shocking, it was a very inefficient car.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
True. We ended up buying a brand new Pilot instead of a used model. We probably paid $4,000 more for one with 10 miles vs. 40,000 or 50,000 miles. Plus Honda redesigned the front end and tweaked the intake and exhaust for a few more horses, plus a few other upgrades. It was a no brainer to buy new.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Also, MMJ is one of the greatest bands of the last 20 years. Jim James is a master without equal when compared to some of these other slapdicks on the scene.
well godamn! i clearly agree, and for me, MMJ is the best band since the allmans (my other favorite group). i got lucky and stumbled onto MMJ 11 years ago, so I have got to grow with them and see them in tiny clubs and MSG. as much as I love music, i havent got to do that with other bands.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
There is no objectivity in arts… we look at or listen to it and its either we like it or we don’t. Its either we appreciate it or we don’t. Can you please objectively assess the merits of art from the Igbo people of central Nigeria… I don’t care how much art is part of your soul, you sir are 100% unable to do that without first looking around to see how many Igbo people actually like that shit.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
yeah, a buddy of mine got a new Toyota Tacoma since the 2008(!) was only about $2500 less used.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I need a new car too. I’ve driven a couple of Tauruses in the past, not because I liked them but because they were the right price at the right time. But I think the new Tauruses look pretty damn sharp.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Might I recommend the Mitsubishi Outlander? I just got one and I am in looove. Has plenty of space for you tall folk. Also Ford SUVs get horrible gas mileage.
THIS IS MY FIRST COMMENT OF THE DAY I AM NOT COMMENTING TOO QUICKLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
July 18th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I have an ’08 TSX, no problems with the car, parts or service centers. Must just be a North Jersey thing.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
If it’s part of someone’s soul and just something another person enjoys, I don’t think there can be a mutual conversation there. It’s going to mean more to the “soulful” person always. I think good is always a matter of opinion or relative to a specific set of standards. It sounds like you’ve identified that it’s more important to you and adjusted to the relative mouthbreathers effectively.
/Under my umbrella-ella-ella
July 18th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I almost forgot about Mitsubishi, I’ll have to keep it in mind. I think he brother has an older one where all the paint peeled off so i just assumed they stopped making them when gas sky rocketed a few years ago.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
The Toyota Venza is also a nice option. The Wife and I picked one up last fall and it’s been good to us so far.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
I got that too. Who’s the server nowdays? Bobby Parnell?
July 18th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
So I watched the movie Oldboy the other day
Pretty awesome movie
Spike Lee is remaking it………not awesome
July 18th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
So Spencer finally put his defense of Creed into words. That took guts.
+ 100 forced grunty faces.
Also, MMJ is one of the greatest bands of the last 20 years. Jim James is a master without equal when compared to some of these other slapdicks on the scene.
Seeing them at Starlight in a few weeks. Hopefully it isn’t still 105 degrees.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Thus far the F5 trick has kept me error free
July 18th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I bought an Infiniti over a Nissan for RWD.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
this really isn’t worth the effort since, you’re completely wrong. COMPLETELY.
we can’t objectively talk about music? what about the syncopation of the ryhthms that are unique to them? what about their instrumentation? their melodic and harmonic themes? do they use different techniques like rock vs. jazz drummers? do they use strange time signatures? what MAKES this music, this music?
why is german music different than italian music? why is country different in nashville than texas? why is hip-hop different in LA than atlanta?
there are real, live, legitimate reasons that make up art, music, etc that answer all the questions that popped up that have nothing to do with opinion, you just don’t know anything about that side of art.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Yeah we looked at the Venza too, very nice car, we were just worried about having enough cargo space with the future baby.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Aren’t you afraid the phone book you sit on will ruin the seats?
July 18th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I got that too. Who’s the server nowdays? Bobby Parnell?
Tomorrow will be a week of this going on. Management knows. Whether they care about it or whether there is a massive conspiracy are topics that come up every now and then. I prefer not to care.
And then it’ll tell me that I’m commenting too quickly and I want to kill a herd of baby ducks.
FUUUUUUUCKKK!!! It happened again.
You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.
FIX YOUR SITE, USA TODAY.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Oh GOD getting Spencer on a tangent about music is worse than him on a tangent about golf
July 18th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
might have been. i bought mine in PA, serviced at the dealer twice, requested a loaner both times, and despite reserving one for me they didn’t have one. however, the owners who brought in their RL’s and TL’s and the RDX’s for service had one, so i tried a dealer closer to me in NJ and the same thing happened. the brakes and rotors warped after 30K miles.
was just incredibly disappointed, especially from the NJ dealer who advertised being the #1 NJ Service Center from Acura.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
You’re talking about skill, which is inherently an objective measure. Taste is not.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
why is country different in nashville than texas?
Cause Nashville record executives reside in hell with the devil.
/Ray Wylie Hubbard’d
July 18th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
So who the fuck are you, then, to try and tell us to quit being “narrow minded” because we happen to classify and organize the “rhythmic undulatory motion of air particles that triggers a cascade of mechanical and electrical events” in a particular manner? You are talking out both sides of your ass, so you should probably just quit while you are ahead. And to the point you are so terribly trying to make, these world music groups that you are trying to site would also tell you that Pitbull is a joke. You think they wouldn’t have a narrow minded view of music and that their creations are superior to others? GTFO.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I bought an Infiniti over a Nissan for RWD.
i bought an infiniti over a nissan because it is way sweeter. big difference.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
example…i will make a statement. steve vai is a better guitar player than jimmy page.
lets compare the two…vai has better technique, more knowledge of composition and harmony, has clearer tone, plays more diverse styles and can switch between different time signatures and keys at a moment’s notice.
now that’s a clear, concise argument as to why steve vai is a better guitarist than jimmy page. it’s not about who i like more or who has more fans, it’s simply fact. if you want to harangue on one of those points, fine, we can delve into that more, but the overall theme is clearly laid out and not emotionally charged in the slightest.
objective discussion on art.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Golf would be way better. I had a dream last night that Jason Dufner was -5 Sunday at the Open with Luke Donald making a charge and Dustin Johnson completely falling apart.
/my dreams are pretty friggin lame
July 18th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
do you like your food critics to only eat at fast food restaurants? cmon.
July 18th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
True art is Youk at the plate
July 18th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a joke!
July 18th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Well, there’s that, too. I could’ve stomach’d a Maxima if it had been RWD.
/Please fix the site
//Back button wearing out
July 18th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
No, but I’d rather judge the meal than the cook.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
We got it so I wasn’t stuffing hockey equipment in the back seat of a sedan. Baby would take more careful consideration.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
You’d have been surprised. We have a Malibu Maxx, and it had more than enough space for two kids and assorted items
July 18th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Truth.
/single tear
July 18th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Shove your post-modern drivel up your ass.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Wow…that’s just bad. I needed my front brakes replaced after four years (49k miles), but I’m also a little heavy on the brakes too.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Posting on this website really sucks balls. Try to post AH comment and get a “slow down you’re posting too quickly” error 4 times.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Back to comment #144. This is technique and skill, both objective measures. You aren’t discussing art, you’re discussing something used in the creation of it.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
this time next week, almost every NFL team will be in camp
/it moved a little
//can’t wait
July 18th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
If everyone was objective about art, we’d all like the same shit. We’d all be listening to Dream Theater or something.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
my wife has gone through at least 4 sets of brakes on her CRV within 135k miles. she’s a tad heavy on them, but i think the quality of Honda brake pads has just as much to do with it considering i wasn’t heavy on my Acura and they wore out in 30k.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
CJ, as someone who’s a few years ahead of you, I would strongly suggest getting a car with a 3rd row. If we want to go anywhere further than 10 minutes with our parents (like out to eat), we need to take a second car because the baby seat basically takes up 2 seats.
/3rd attempt
July 18th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
that’s all part of creating music.
sticking with the food analogy…if we have two briskets and one’s really dry, isn’t it the lack of technique and skill of the chef that made it dry?
a good meal aint good just because of ingredients and cooking skill…it’s a combo of both.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
also, this.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Too late
July 18th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
It’s weird having a guy who will consistently bleed counts for the first time since maybe Frank Thomas…if you’ve seen the first two games of the series you’ll have noticed that the White Sox are a little trigger happy with the bats (which is fun when the hits are dropping but when they’re not at least the loss is over with in around 2.5 hours)
July 18th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Okay so lets say a bunch of people may be even an entire culture happen to like music that doesn’t employ whatever you seem to have figured to be the right technique… what would you call that thing they feel deep in their soul when this thing comes on? Is it really any different from the thing you feel when your thing comes on? or are they not allowed to feel anything positive because the syncopation of the ryhthms whatever that is is a little off?
This sounds like an argument a Jehova Witness would have with a Mormon about who’s god is less retarded and why. Its fruitless since these are very personal preferences that sometimes arise in areas of our neurology that really none of us have active control of. You appear to do a great job of being able to rationalize your preferences while others may take the position that there isn’t really much rationalization for their preference.
The only defensible definition of good art is whatever a lot of people like everything is rationalization of the reverse engineering kind.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
everytime ive mentioned them i always mention the caveat that i only like them for the musical gymnastics.
if everyone was objective about art, we’d have a bunch of miles davis-es and jimi hendrix-es and frank zappa-s running around. OH NO THE HORROR.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
We just usually end up taking two cars when that happens. I have yet to find a smaller vehicle that I like with third-row seats.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
It’s great but when you have two teams filled with those types of guys, that’s when you get the mouthbreathers whining about 4 hour Yankees/Sox games
July 18th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
You seem to be reducing art to a “pump it or dump it” scenario where it’s sole measure is if someone will like it on facebook or not?
July 18th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
just get an old hot rod with a Rumble seat.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
no no…this is an atheist walking into the argument between the mormon and jehova’s witness and them ganging up on the atheist.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Wife and I bought a Hyundai Elantra last year. 40 mpg. So far it’s got a great service record and it’s handling very well. That’s her car.
I’m still driving a 2002 Honda Accord coupe, but when the time comes, I’ll be a vehicle free agent. I’ll be looking for a 4-door that gets great mileage. Don’t care if it’s made by Japan, Germany, Haiti, or the USA.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
I will come to your house and slit your throat and then I will take your skin and…hold on some kids are interupting my commenting.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Is she having a child or a litter?
July 18th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
There is no musical utopia. Crap is required for “good” to exist. Stuff like punk and industrial happens out of frustration because of crap like disco. Metal happens because of crap like the Monkees.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
And yeah, this would hardly ever come up for us. My parents dont live in the area, his parents live in the next town over but we usually meet them wherever we’re going if we’re going out.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
More interested in speeding up Josh Beckett and CC Sabathia’s delivery to the mound or the 90 seconds that Dustin Pedroia and Derek Jeter take between pitches. No issue with players doing their job and working the count.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Ok I think I’m done for the day. This commenting business is getting maddening. FIX YOUR MOTHERFUCKING SITE, USA TODAY.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
To be fair those games do blow but I blame umpiring moreso than the players for not forcing quicker pitching (another White Sox speciality which I’m not sure why more teams don’t adopt, seems like a good way to keep hitters off balance)
July 18th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
how great for mileage, 40mph or great mileage for a fun car like a V8 that gets 25mpg?
July 18th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
The F5 trick failed on that last one…I’m out of theories
July 18th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I’m not really a post-mordernist… I do believe there is a range of pleasing sensations that humans are evolved to appreciate. Post modernists tend to have a drive to expand this natural palette, i don’t begrudge them but its very likely in the long run a majority of people will return to what comes natural to them a majority of the time. If a significant minority continue to appreciate these unnatural forms of art more power to them.
Now what constitutes elements naturally pleasing to most humans isn’t really specifically PittBull or Beatles but more fundamental concepts that may be difficult to measure but instinctively employed by both.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
my ideal of a musical utopia are twenty or so people locked in a practice room who get to come out once per week for an epic six hour jam session that covers every major western and eastern musical movement from 1600 to say…1959. and they get women brought to them, maybe…when they desire them.
/swanson096
July 18th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I’m not sure what you mean? Music is life and death to some people and just an accessory to others. There’s nothing wrong with that.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Hootie and the Blowfish everybody!
/who I like btw. know some of the band members.
//fix this fucking site
July 18th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
youre just a musical freeloader who’s demanding a free ride from us music creators. GAWD.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Not to start another dumpster fire but what exactly is the difference between an atheist, mormon and jehova witness all are advocating positions emanating from an internal philosophy that neither can provide any evidence for.
For the atheist, absence of proof isn’t the same as proof of absence so please take your seat next to the zealots.
/boom goes to dynamite
July 18th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
did said athiest insult their pocket protectors? if so, the ganging up is justified.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
I think it gets back to your original point, but then it becomes whether or not the consumer of the final product has the requisite technical knowledge to appreciate the piece. What if I like dry brisket? It’s different from the generally accepted preparation method, but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong. It was an artful brisket to me.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
/Searches Grooveshark for Spencer096
//Finds nothing
///Will steal it another day
July 18th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
They play and write their own songs and there is no auto-tune and no backing tracks when they play live.
Hootie and the Blowfish everybody!
And good for them. Beats listening to Kesha or Katy Perry or the Beiber boy.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
I’ll pass on this one
/shakes head
//rushes to the next post to talk shit about other topics
July 18th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
But would Jimmy agree? And what is your basis for those statements? Is is possible Zep’s music calls for Jimmy to do what he does and not everything he is capable of doing? Not arguing at all, btw. I love music discussions…
/fix your site
July 18th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
The Program.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
the difference is the atheist is criticized for asking questions the other two refuse or are unable to.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
What if he made it dry because he’s a resentful bastard who hates his customers or his boss? What if he’s using his cooking as a statement about society?
/okay, maybe not the best analogy
July 18th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
The onus of proof is on those making the zeus assertion. To insist that something exists without proof is totally different than recognizing the absence of evidence.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Well, what I’m saying is that there are known knowns and that there are known unknowns. But there are also unknown unknowns; things we don’t know that we don’t know
July 18th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
If a gentleman approached you in the street and explained that presently a 400 lbs invisible gorilla that you cannot feel was skullfucking you it would be impossible to disprove but would not be a credible claim anyone sensible would accept.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
a) doesnt matter if jimmy agrees
b) basis for those statements are my observations of a large sample of both’s work
c) it’s possible…there are a lot of composers who write difficult parts for some instruments yet are banally simple for others
point is not who’s better, the point was i used objective, rational measures to compare the two.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Atheist: So whats the proof there is a god?
Theist: So whats the proof there is zero Gods?
Atheist: Hey … I ask the questions around here.
Agnostic: Fucking fucktards
July 18th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Agnostics are despicable hedging cowards. If there is a God, he would punish Agnostics the most for failing to pick a side.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
as a zealous pastafarian, i fall in the camp that would much rather be playing than talking about it. such is life that we’re forced into such awful circumstance.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
You’re arguing the theist position is unfounded… well duh! of course it is. I’m arguing the atheist position is also unfounded…now were we disagree is that atheists are somehow exempt from having to you know actually provide evidence for their position.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Like the angels who didn’t pick a side.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Especially if God ran ESPN where an unfounded position is preferable to pleading ignorance due to inability to access or test the evidence.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
well, to be fair, only one of the groups is actually trying to find evidence for their assertion.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
But it does matter becasue you said Steve was better. I just wonder if you went to Jimmy with your thoughts and asked for an explanation or asked him to prove your theory, you may find he can do what you say he can’t. Just sayin’…
/fix this site
July 18th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Zero evidence is the proof brah, things that don’t exist tend to not leave a paper trail.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
This is my 10th post attempt
July 18th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Like Mitt Romney’s tax returns.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
pisses me off to no end when this happens.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
I think there is a papyrus trail though.
July 18th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
I’d try to go about proving Noah’s Ark couldn’t happen but am guessing all those dead animals would get me in trouble
July 18th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
that’s the beauty of music tho…i wouldnt want jimmy page to sound clean and perfect because led zep would sound totally differently.
but in terms of quality of musicianship, ability and potential, it’s WRONG to say page is a better guitarist.
same with a lot of instruments. hendrix wasn’t the “best” guitarist, miles wasn’t the “best” trumpet player and flea isn’t the “best” bassist…but when you get guys like coltrane or jaco pastorius or freddie mercury that have BOTH elements, the music/art gets taken to an entirely different level.
similar to a shaq/duncan debate. duncan can do everything very subtly while shaq does a few things that slap you in the face with greatness. both are awesome, just different. but if you had to make a case for either, you could rely on a set of objective observations to make your case.
the case is what matters, not the assertion.
July 18th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
All that matters is that Pitbull still sucks
July 18th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
“There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can’t prove that there aren’t any, so shouldn’t we be agnostic with respect to fairies?”
July 18th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
History continues to prove that the set of unknown unknowns is always larger than we expect it to be for obvious reasons. A working knowledge of this keeps one from spending too much time contemplating inaccessible positions.
I really don’t have a position of fairies… i don’t plan for their existence or nonexistence. I guess that makes me fairy agnostic. What is so wrong with “i don’t know” when you really truly don’t know?
…and most credible proof of a God is clearly Halle Berry. That my friends IS intelligent design.
July 18th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
especially in her flintstones outfit
July 18th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
they don’t see it as fucking ice cream. they see it as part of their soul
Fucking shoot me…
July 18th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Also, MMJ is one of the greatest bands of the last 20 years. Jim James is a master without equal when compared to some of these other slapdicks on the scene.
Settle down, Stan Smith. This is almost verbatim American Dad.