Roundup: Monopoly Replaces the Iron with a Cat, the Oral History of Desmond Howard’s Recruitment & USA vs. Honduras at 4 pm
Tamara Ecclestone, who is a big deal across the pond … Monopoly is out with the iron, in with the cat … eight of the highest grossing bars in America are in Vegas … Northwestern athletics is teaming up with the Chicago Cubs … story of a Navy Seal sniper killed at the shooting range is terribly sad … teacher says idiotic things about Michelle Obama, faces discipline … great story about the crazy Memphis middle school basketball scene … 72-year-old homeowner kills intruder … the Jersey Shore, 100 days after Hurricane Sandy … they’ve built bars on frozen lakes in Minnesota …
Really powerful story about Jamar Board, a Washington DC basketball legend who killed himself recently. [Wash Post]
Props to Pau Gasol for taking the high road with Mike D’Antoni and the Lakers. [LA Times]
The oral history of Desmond Howard’s recruitment. [Wolverine Nation]
The Florida Gators went to Fayetteville … and got spanked by the Razorbacks, 80-69. [Gator Sports]
Is Regis Philbin going to host a show on Fox Sports 1? [Sports Business Daily]
The story of how Kyle Kempt got to Oregon State. Cincinnati fans should remember his name. [Oregonian]
It appears Chris Carpenter’s pitching career is over due to injuries. [Post Dispatch]
Is LaSalle about to end a 20-year March Madness drought? [Star Ledger]
“An analysis of Rivals.com’s top 100 players from 2006 to 2009 reveals that 42 percent of the nation’s top prospects became busts, meaning they failed to either play in 40 games, start 20 games or have one above-average season in their college careers.” [Post Courier]
ODU fired coach Blaine Taylor Tuesday; his battles with alcohol were apparently the deciding factor. [Daily Press]
Michael Strahan’s life after the NFL: He’s a TV star. [Styles]
“Students allege mistreatment by leader of pricey basketball academy.” [Sac Bee]
USA-Honduras in World Cup qualifying today at 4 pm. We’ll have a game post up around 3:50. [SI]
Baby sleeping … wakes up when Gangnam Style comes on. I bet this would happen to my son, as he loves the song. [Hot Clicks]
Teddy Bridgewater, steal of the 2013 draft? [via WFAN Audio]
How could anyone avoid this accident?
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February 6th, 2013 at 8:07 AM
Meanwhile, in post-racial-thanks-to-Kevin-Prince-Boateng-Italy.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:09 AM
Meanwhile, in post-racial-thanks-to-Kevin-Prince-Boateng-Italy.
Fucking Italy, man…
February 6th, 2013 at 8:09 AM
Not hard to see why…
February 6th, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Scary……
Baby sleeping … wakes up when Gangnam Style comes on. I bet my son this would happen to my son, as he loves the song.I loved when my kids used to do this shit. Not a care in the world, laughing our ass off when things like this happened. Miss those times. But hey, now they can feed & dress themselves, do their homework, do chores, etc. Life is good.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:14 AM
teacher says idiotic things about Michelle Obama, faces discipline
Alabama. Must be English teacher-
“No, it ain’t gone get no better until things change.”
February 6th, 2013 at 8:17 AM
Oh no, believe me, his ODU team sucked. 2-20. I bet against them several times this year. They were bad…………UVA is still shaking their heads after losing to them. That loss alone should keep them out of the NCAA tourney.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:22 AM
great story about the crazy Memphis middle school basketball scene …
what’s so crazy about it?
February 6th, 2013 at 8:23 AM
Lil’ Penny coaching middle school basketball??? Sweet.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:23 AM
72-year-old homeowner kills intruder
Awesome.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:24 AM
Tamara Ecclestone
Worth a Googling.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:24 AM
I think its hilarious that Michelle Obama’s healthy eating crusade has been silenced due to politics. Also, if she were serious about sustainable, healthy eating that is kind to the planet she would go vegan.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:25 AM
Ha! Valentine’s Day is for amateurs.
/that shit worked for snagging the girl early on
//gonna take more than flowers & jewelry
February 6th, 2013 at 8:26 AM
An analysis of Rivals.com’s top 100 players from 2006 to 2009 reveals that 42 percent of the nation’s top prospects became busts, meaning they failed to either play in 40 games, start 20 games or have one above-average season in their college careers.
All you recruiting fantards have fun today!!
February 6th, 2013 at 8:27 AM
Less than a week until Mardi Gras
February 6th, 2013 at 8:28 AM
taking a trip instead of exchanging gifts woo hoo
February 6th, 2013 at 8:30 AM
Faxes are coming in!
Oh and great game last night. Didn’t expect OSU to win. Played really well though. Michigan going nearly perfect beyond the arc in the 2nd half won them that game. Also didn’t help that OSU’s OT possessions were a fucking joke. And Craft was fouled. But that’s cool, refs let em play all night.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:30 AM
Tamara Ecclestone, who is a big deal across the pond …
Billionaire, loves to party, has the best surgeons on call.
Meanwhile, in post-racial-thanks-to-Kevin-Prince-Boateng-Italy.
Fucking Italy, man…
Terrific…terrific…Is Paolo like the name of the idiot brother in Italy or something?
February 6th, 2013 at 8:30 AM
it only took 22 years, but My Bloody Valentine has put out another great album.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Maybe cut back on the gambling a smidge?
February 6th, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Googled her, has some nice assets, but that photo above does her no justice. Plus, it looks like her eyes are too far apart. Amirite?
Speaking of justice, anyone catch Justified last nite?
Oldie but a goodie
February 6th, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Son used to fall asleep to MmmmmBop. Like baby Heroin.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Less than a week until Mardi Gras
This Tuesday coming up. Shit don’t stop in here.
All you recruiting fantards have fun today!!
Faxes are coming in!
I still don’t get how the fax remains the tool of choice for universities and for soccer clubs to officially confirm a signing. It’s the 21st century. We can’t go with signature capture or fingerprint signing or something?
February 6th, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Billy Donovan isn’t going to shit right for a week after last night. Go Hogs.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:35 AM
Thank god the wife despises made up holidays like Valentine’s Day.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:35 AM
Speaking of justice, anyone catch Justified last nite?
Season has been okay so far. Enjoyed having some Raylan/Boyd interaction again last night.
/no coop
February 6th, 2013 at 8:37 AM
This. This holiday got out of our rotation early on in the relationship. Nothing like pissing away $5-6 on some dolled up V-card and another $50-60 on flowers to say how much you love them.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:37 AM
BTW, saw this link yesterday for these superhero minimalist posters: http://collider.com/superhero-noir-posters-marko-manev/
February 6th, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Your wife’s a fucking idiot, Valentines Day has been around as a romantic holiday since the 1300s.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:42 AM
Tough loss for the Cards, not only losing a Cy Young level pitcher, but a MVP level dickhead as well. Lucky for them Yadier is more than ready to pick up the slack.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:44 AM
Once again, the best article on evaluating the accuracy of recruiting rankings is Matt Hinton’s “Hug your friendlu neighborhood recruiting rankings.” Thats if your into valuable statistic analysis and not anecdotal crap like JMac.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:44 AM
great story about a bunch of ancient manuscripts being saved from radical islamists in mali.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:46 AM
Go Cardinals!
February 6th, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Anyone know if bein will be streaming this at all? Hate that channel so much that they spent big money to take the rights from ESPN.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:48 AM
Your wife’s a fucking idiot, Valentines Day has been around as a romantic holiday since the 1300s.
Whoa asshole, fuck off. The whole modern idea of having to spend money on cards, candy, flowers, expensive dinners is rather new. It’s a hallmark holiday, if you don’t understand that than you are the idiot.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
There are plenty of illegal streams to choose from for the game.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
I’m not your wife.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Winning covers up a lot. From what I heard he’s had these problems for awhile. But when you average 24 wins a year with somewhat consistent NCAA appearances (which is far better than what Capel produced), I guess the AD looks the other way.
Terrifying.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Should have been a flagrant against OSU a few seconds before that.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Craft had some questionable decisions on offense at the end of the 2nd half and in OT…how does Ohio State not get the ball to Deshaun even once in OT?
February 6th, 2013 at 8:56 AM
I’m not your wife.
Correct, as we previously established that you are the idiot.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:56 AM
ohio state and michigan played last night? hey, howbout that.
/doesnt give a shit
February 6th, 2013 at 8:57 AM
I would have thought gross sales for some of those places would be higher. After deducting overhead, what are you left with? If you own one of these places, you’ve got yourself a nice living. But it’s certainly not obscene like I would have expected. And theses are the top 100 bars in the country. I don’t know, I was underwhelmed by those numbers.
February 6th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
No more mail delivery on Saturdays
February 6th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
I know. That’s why I said it wasn’t a big deal. Ridiculous that DT didn’t touch the ball in OT. I think he was exhausted, but still… If the Buckeyes can play like that in the tourney with Ross and Amir contributing. They could do some damage.
/Hardaway Jr. just hit another 3…
February 6th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Michigan passing the ball to a wide open OSU player for a 3 was a bit questionable as well.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Whoa, I had no idea. Thanks for the link. Glad these guys finally got over themselves.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
ohio state and michigan played last night? hey, howbout that.
/doesnt give a shit
NBA > NCAA bball
February 6th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
Pretty crappy article. Kind of all over the place, and the gist is, Penny is surprised at how things have changed since he played.
My son plays on his middle school basketball team. Not as intense as this, but yes, music for warmups, lineups introduced on the PA, parents screaming at refs and their kids. No incidents except for the drunk ejected after repeatedly yelling at the refs to “let ‘em play,” but this article did not surprise me.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Solid OSU team. Certainly top 10 worthy. I expect Michigan to go 1-1 in the next week.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Also she would get Barry to stop subsidizing farmers growing so much fucking corn and make healthy food more affordable.
/know it’s not all on Barry, but still.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:04 AM
I have no doubt those bars, like most bars in America, accurately reported all cash income.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:04 AM
The beginning of the end for USPS.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
No more mail delivery on Saturdays
i really thought this was done a long time ago.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
Love the HFCS…………..
/That shit is poison!
//Better food thru science!
February 6th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
So Ryan Braun is pretty fucking stupid.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:08 AM
Not a big fan of illegal streams on work computer.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:09 AM
The oral history of Desmond Howard’s recruitment. [Wolverine Nation]
That is the laziest oral history I have ever read. Good job. Good effort.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
we going with roundup ogres now?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Speaking of justice, anyone catch Justified last nite?
Yes. The show is back on track. No stupid tent preacher, MMA bullshit, cockfighting, dumbass plotlines. We gots us some hill people now and the plot is firmly settled.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:12 AM
So the Sheriff is Drew Thompson or knows who he is right?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:12 AM
that’s preposterous…humans are not designed to be vegans. unless youre anal about what youre consuming, you dont get the proper combination of amino acids if your only source of proteins are from plants. and whats the point of being vegan if youre taking supplements? it’s unnatural to be a vegan but it’s just plain dumb to suggest it’s healthier.
OH LOOK, HE’S SKINNY, PALE, EMACIATED AND HAS NO ENERGY! HEALTHY LIFESTYLE!
February 6th, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Is there anyone out there that actually enjoys reading these oral history bits? Just grab a bunch of quotes from wherever, arrange them in some kind of order, abra cadabra, you have yourself an “oral history”
February 6th, 2013 at 9:13 AM
Just don’t download any shit, and it is basically the exact same thing. You’re also sticking it to Al-Jazeera in the process.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
One thing I noticed and maybe it is just because I haven’t seen him act much, but Patton Oswalt is a pretty bad actor. I know his character is supposed to be a dumb guy, but it was pretty painful watching Olyphant and him interact. Other than that, I enjoyed last night’s episode.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
I am not familiar with farm subsidy arguments. Obviously corn is “healthy”, but I’m sure that’s not the point of your argument. What SHOULD the farmers be growing?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
I took it that Josiah was. Unless he just really didn’t like that foot anymore
February 6th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
More names coming from that Miami doping clinic. Thank God only baseball players cheat!
February 6th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Well, considering that Valentine’s Day as a romantic holiday didn’t exist until it was made up by Chaucer and the High Court of the late 14th century, (after centuries of being merely a religious holiday), yes it IS a completely made up holiday. It’s an old made up holiday, which you apparently are too stupid to grasp has been hijacked by Hallmark, American greetings and the retail industry as a whole, but that’s cool, the world needs dumb people too.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
agreed…patton oswalt gave a better performance in balls of fury than he did last night.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
So the Sheriff is Drew Thompson or knows who he is right?
At the very least, he is tight with the hill people. So yeah, I can see he knows at the very least who Drew Thompson is. Or where he is.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
dude, what if ALL holidays are made up holidays?
/stoner stare
February 6th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
pot.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Fuck me, Dick Vitale is going to call tourney games
February 6th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Soy protein is pretty solid. The closest thing to animal preotein. The problem is they are injecting so many steroids into these animals God only knows what you are eating. Just a traveshamockery what food in the US has become.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
who is a big deal across the pond …
I always want to point out to people who get pissed off about teams “controlling their own destiny” or other things like that that the Atlantic ocean isn’t a pond, but people say that because it’s an accepted phrase, but then I remember that I get pissed off about all kinds of stupid shit all the time.
For instance, the Atlantic Ocean is not a pond, and can you please think of other things to say that the same old thing?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
I took it that Josiah was. Unless he just really didn’t like that foot anymore
That’s why God gave us two feet. He had one left over.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
I highly suggest watching Big Fan. Good flick.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
GUNS AND BIBLES WOOOOOOO
February 6th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Tamara Ecclestone, well done JMac. Thank you
February 6th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
If the quotes they string together tell me something I already didn’t know, then oral histories can be pretty entertaining reads. Unfortunately, many of them just rehash shit everyone already knew.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Fruits, vegetables, beans. The problem with eating healthy & obesity is that the cost of fresh veggies and fruits are so high compared to the price of unhealthy foods containing HFCS.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:19 AM
The brunt of corn now goes into ethanol production
February 6th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Lots of jmorris up in here. You sound like a fun person to be around.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Yeah, he’s painful to watch. When he first appeared in episode 1 this season, my wife said “Damn, why does he have to be on here?”. Really surprised that they cast him for this.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
dude, what if ALL holidays are made up holidays?
mind……..BLOWN
February 6th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Patton was pretty terrible on Burn Notice as well.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Corn isn’t all that healthy. But since the Monsanto’s and ConAgra’s of the world have almost complete and utter control over our food (and the farmers), folks don’t have much choice. How about subsidizing them to grow all kinds of vegetables so that’s what’s cheapest for people to eat? Look for healthy snacks in the grocery store and see what you find. Expensive as shit.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Not a lot of poor folks shopping at the Whole Foods.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
yes it IS a completely made up holiday.
just negotiate to move it back one week, and explain about the better prices and better dinner reservations. And then forget about it after the 14th, and when you get reminded, ask for a blowjob.
Science.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Not unnatural to be vegan. You can get plenty of protein from almonds, legumes, tofu, tempeh, soy milk, etc… Supplements aren’t needed. Ive been vegan for 6 months and I’ve never felt better. It’s unnatural to eat as much HFCS ad processed food as the average American does.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Not a lot of poor folks shopping at the Whole Foods.
not when they walk in, no
February 6th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Dude…
February 6th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
The brunt of corn now goes into ethanol production
And corn syrup. Which isn’t healthy.
/Can’t grow oranges and bananas in Kansas
February 6th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Agreed. HFCS is now cheaper than sugar because of the subsidies, so this crap is thrown in everything.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Valentine’s Day the horror movie in 3D, not too bad on a hungover Sunday.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
Whoa, back to your corners gentlemen. Boy, this escalated fast.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
Also, you should watch “Forks over Knives.”
February 6th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
George Washington grew pot. It was a great cash crop.
/Dazed and Confused
February 6th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
In the Navy, once you have done a deployment and gone from US to Straights of Gibraltar, you can call it “the pond”, but not till then.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Patton was good in Big Fan and Young Adult…haven’t seen him in those TV roles yet.
/Starting Season 3 of Justified soon
February 6th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
The issue with corn is two fold. Most of it’s turned into high fructose corn syrup, which is terrible for the body and is a tenet of American obsesity.
Another issue is that presently, the value of the corn (a starch) also is not the most efficient use of our water resources. Their is a deficit use of the water in the natural acquifer below the plains where much of this corn is cultivated. So we’re burning through a water preserve to use on corn.
Shipping food overseass is terriblly inefficient too. So the overproduction of corn is bad for our diets and has terrible long-term implications for our water resources.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
It could be an interesting March for the Big 10. Match up depending, I see IU and MSU as the teams most likely to get past the Sweet 16. OSU has nothing consistent outside of DT and UM has nothing inside. UM will need to avoid the fate of the pre-Oden Buckeye team and not get matched up against a Georgetown or similar team that can exploit the inside.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:26 AM
They don’t call it Whole Paycheck for a reason.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:26 AM
blue horseshoe likes ogres
February 6th, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Everytime I hear Whole Foods, I think of this. LOL
/about to get real in the Whole Foods parking lot.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Patton Oswalt is terrible on Justified, and for some reason, he got really good reviews from critics.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Patton was good in Big Fan and Young Adult…haven’t seen him in those TV roles yet
he one time played a cartoon rat that prepared food for human consumption. That’s pretty unforgivable.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Patton was pretty terrible on Burn Notice as well.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
If you haven’t seen it, Food Inc. is an eye-opening documentary on our food. When people say that our government ever has our best interests at heart, I think of this show and vomit.
Sometimes I think it would be better to just be living on Walton’s Mountain during the Depression.
/would need internet though.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
So now the Saints are leaning toward Todd Grantham as their DC. What happens when Rob Ryan is a linebackers coach for the Jaguars? Will they still cut to him shouting at something every 5 minutes?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
I once got a dollar like this one when I used to serve tables.
http://www.cannabiscollege.com/ximages/hemp_dollar_bill.jpg
February 6th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Excellent comment scripty.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
/Starting Season 3 of Justified soon
Enjoy. It is a treat.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
And we are subsidizing it.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Patton’s standup stopped being funny when he had kids. He used to have bits about how he would never have kids and didn’t want to be a comic who talked about them then surprise fucking surprise he has kids and starts slipping.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
While that one sucked, Vanity Fair does a good job. They’ve got a Pulp Fiction oral history in their latest issue.
/Not online yet, so I haven’t read it
//Other ones were good, tho
February 6th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
We had so much fun with Patton in the first episode, and he had fun, and there was just a general agreement among all of us that it’d be great to keep going. So we wanted to reintroduce Bob. And Bob will play a critical role in the season
/Really??
//REALLY????
February 6th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Did something happen with Ryan? ESPN ran on Sportscenter this morning that Ryan was getting the job according to Schefter.
Also on SC this morning the side bar with the stories froze for about six stories, was pretty great.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
The host of GUTS, Ned Ryerson, Major Dad…last night’s episode was an IMDB dream
February 6th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Food Inc is pretty good, but if you’ve ever read any of Michael Pollian’s stuff, it’s the exact same thing. Valuable but not revolutionary.
Bottom line: it comes down to cost. It’s really hard for a family of four to consistently eat healthy.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Hahaha, he has kids now?? I had no idea.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
His twitter feed is terribly unfunny. I’ve actually noticed that with lot of comedians. That’s why I respect Anthony Jeselnik so much. Doesn’t ever tweet unless a famous celebrity dies. And then he flies in with a inappropriate and funny tweet. His “Aside from that, how was the movie”? tweet after Aurora shooting was a fucking classic.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Patton’s standup stopped being funny when he had kids. He used to have bits about how he would never have kids and didn’t want to be a comic who talked about them then surprise fucking surprise he has kids and starts slipping.
he tells some pretty funny jokes about having kids. But they probably only land to people that have kids. Whereas, Louis CK’s jokes about how shitty he is as a parent, and how his kids suck, hit home with non-kid havers too.
If you have kids, you’ll even laugh at a Michael Ian Black joke about kids.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
I’m in. I bet that’s excellent.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Still going to deliver packages though, which appeases EBay, Amazon, etc.
Don’t agree in the slightest. It’s the beginning of a refocus for USPS.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
All that’s missing is the red-haired mullet kid from Terminator 2 and you’re hitting for the early 90s cycle
February 6th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
They’ve got a Pulp Fiction oral history in their latest issue.
/Not online yet, so I haven’t read it
Daniel Day Lewis was supposed to be Vince Vega.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Major Dad
you mean Rick Simon
February 6th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
That’s fair.
Don’t care for him.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
….for ESPN’s international feed
February 6th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Anyone here have a 2nd Gen Apple TV that is jailbroken? Looking into it and wanted to know how is the sports viewing / movie viewing, is it pulling from the online sports / movie sites on XBMC?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Fascinating. So, in theory, if we stop/lower the farm (corn?) subsidies, less corn will be grown, which leads to less HFCS which leads to less obesity?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
The USPS isn;t going anywhere. It would take UPS and FedEx a decade, minimum, to develop the infrastructure to deliver first class mail on a daily basis.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Don’t care for him.
he tells funny jokes. I didn’t used to like him, back in the era of Lucky Louie.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
As for the USPS I was listening to Jimmy Pardo this morning talk about people who complain about the cost of postage going up and the fact that if you think about it, it’s absurd that it only costs forty odd cents for someone to come to your house, pick up a letter from a box, and deliver it thousands of miles away in a few days. Postage is really one of the most reasonably priced things there is.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
I enjoy watching Louis CK’s tv show. But yeah, I’ve never actually laughed that hard at one of his jokes.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
So, the Rob Ryan stuff last night was horseshit?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Speaking of bad placements of actors/actresses in certain roles, anyone hear the follow-up to the Bar Rafaeli GoDaddy commercial? Said that they had to do that scene like 50-60 times. And she enjoyed it!
Paraphrasing here: “I’ve always wanted to walk into a bar/club and pick out the most unassuming guy and make out with him. It was a dream come true.”
WTF
February 6th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
There was something on PBS awhile ago (maybe FOod Inc., for all I know). Anyway, for centuries, farmers sorted seeds to keep the strongest ones. Then along came Monsanto with corn that was genetically modified to resist drought, bugs, etc. The wind would blow these seeds into neighboring lots with non-genetically modified seeds. Monsanto would then sue that farmer for using their seeds. Everybody eventualy settled because it was too expensive to fight.
/Also, Clarence Thomas was Monsanto’s general counsel
//Conspiracy’d
February 6th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
I can assure you, 99.9% of the people in the US have no idea what is going on behind the scenes with food production in this country.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
I liked Lucky Louie, I enjoyed his first few specials, but I haven’t enjoyed his last few and his show on FX should be classified as a drama. Gets to the point where I don’t feel comfortable with someone telling me how much of a cunt their little daughter is.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
someone had sex with him? wow.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
The USPS isn;t going anywhere. It would take UPS and FedEx a decade, minimum, to develop the infrastructure to deliver first class mail on a daily basis.
while I agree with you, the part about first class mail is laughable. It’s a letter with a stamp that has no tracking info or anything.
All UPS or FedEx really needs are some sorting machines and to force bar codes down letter writers throats. It’s not a coincidence that utility companies never get their shit lost in the mail, but a letter from your gramma with illegible writing doesn’t turn up quickly
February 6th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Not really. It just becomes more expensive to eat shitty. And if the costs are the same, maybe people choose the healthier option. Or, ideally, the subsidies shift to healthier options making good food cheaper.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Ole Miss strikes again….
February 6th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Replacing corn syrup with sugar isn’t going to make the country skinny, you know.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
But his Evite replies are sensational.
/+97′d
February 6th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
I am going to see him in a couple of weeks, should be great.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Tamara Ecclestone is Bernie Ecclestones daughter. He’s the Formula 1 rights holder and is therefore obscenely rich. He at least used to own the largest private home in England and probably has the most valuable car collection in the world.
/j-muthafuckin-morris
February 6th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Totally agree.
Cutting Saturday delivery just feels like the sort of adjustment that any other business would make if it were underperforming and I don’t think FedEx or UPS could just take over if the USPS fell down tomorrow.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
I can assure you, 99.9% of the people in the US have no idea what is going on behind the scenes with food production in this country.
And in all honesty, I really don’t want to. We eat “organic” veggies from farmers market and try to get cage-free egss, but unless you have celebrity money, you couldn’t afford to only eat certified organic and free range food for every meal.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
soy protein increases the levels of estrogen in men but agreed on the issue with steroids and chemicals in meat tho.
agreed on that as well…but even if you do consume those proteins, it’s hard to get what you need considering plant proteins dont have as high levels of N, P, S and K amino acids. nitrongen is hard to get in the atmosphere, which is why a lot of fertilizers have these amino acids.
you can do ok with a vegetarian/vegan diet, but you have to work a lot harder to consume the appropriate amount of proteins, and if you have to combine protein sources to get all those amino acids, when you could just use the canines and incisors that evolution gave us an eat a chicken titty.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
And tens of thousands of people to deliver that mail daily. A thousands of new trucks. And offices. And administrators.
I know quite a few people charged with looking into this very scenario. Trust me, there are a ton of challenges with long timelines. Not to mention that UPS and FedEx really have no interest in delivering FCM.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
I think so. Puts less of a strain on our healthcare system, which would free up money for additional defense funds to kill more terrorists.
Conclusion, HFCS is anti-American.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
Makes sense. I would think the margins are really tight with first class mail delivery.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Paraphrasing here: “I’ve always wanted to walk into a bar/club and pick out the most unassuming guy and make out with him. It was a dream come true.”
WTF
WTF indeed. I’m not buying it though. The real reason is she did it for money, but she can’t say that.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Agreed. I also think a realignment of first class mail prices with the rest of the developed world would be a welcome development for USPS. 48 cents to mail a letter? Most other countries that’s at least $1.50+ .
February 6th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Monsanto’s new trick is to force farmers to use their seed.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Saints are interviewing Georgia DC on Thursday, Ryan on Friday. Schefter’s “done deal” stuff was *gasp* premature. I’m liking that guy less and less.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
I am going to see him in a couple of weeks, should be great.
Just saw him last week. I personally thought it was funny and he came out and hung with a few people after the show.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:41 AM
One of the most interesting items in one of Pollian’s books is how food companies have manipulated the word “organic” so much that it not longer holds any real value. The processes and regulations behind how food has to be certified organic couple with food lobbyists pushing for loopholes left and right means half the organic shit you eat is just that: shit.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:41 AM
Seen him twice, probably the two best comedy shows I’ve attended
Eugene Mirman needs to come through town (doing his own thing, saw him as part of a Bob’s Burgers live show which was great but not enough time) to give him a run for his money
February 6th, 2013 at 9:41 AM
My dad worked for Pioneer for 35 years. I would work there in the summers and trust me, they put this red shit on the soybeans and corn called Reldan. I got some on me once and it burnt like hell.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Its Lance Armstrong’s fault.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
I saw Louis CK a few months back and I don’t remember half the show because I was too busy laughing so hard. My face hurt, badly. He’s toned the anger down though, and hardly brought up his kids, for what its worth. His closing bit was the absolute greatest
February 6th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
I’m too lazy to wiki – Bernie’s daughter or wife?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Re Valentines Day, I’m all for saving money when possible, but sometimes it’s nice to do something for the wife. It’s not as though spending $50 or $100 for a gift, flowers or dinner amounts to anything in the grand scheme of things.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
tho are you thaying I thould thtop eating tofu?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:43 AM
That was a good bit.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:43 AM
It is Ryan’s best shot to keep on with never having good defenses, you’d hate to have seen him end up someplace like St. Louis where success was likely to happen
February 6th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Christ. When did you Roundup heauxmeaux’s get so lazy. Read comment 149.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
I’d love to have the ability to raise more vegetables in a garden and have chickens for eggs. Damn suburban sized yard isn’t going to allow for it though.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
YOU FUCKING SHEEP
/career high’d
February 6th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Beekeeper Ben is probably in a remote cabin plotting his Monsanto factory bomb.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Yea originally my tickets were for December but I guess he is recording his HBO special here now so the dates got pushed back to February. I’ve never seen him live so it should be outstanding.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:47 AM
Sure is. But I loves me an apple in December. THAT is why healthy food is expensive. You want fruit? You live in Maine? Guess what, it’s gonna cost you. (Even though most fruit isn’t exactly good for you.) Fresh veggies? Good luck.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:47 AM
I missed the chance to see Todd Barry last weekend, still chapped about that.
CK changes his act pretty much every year, which is pretty rare. Personally I think if something is funny, stick with it.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:47 AM
With the answer that close I have to admit that was pretty lazy even by my standards. Apologies.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:48 AM
This article is in this month’s Esquire…fantastic look at the post office:
http://www.esquire.com/features/post-office-business-trouble-0213-3
February 6th, 2013 at 9:48 AM
“Hey man. You suck. You suck at comedy.”
February 6th, 2013 at 9:48 AM
I know right? These bastards won’t even let us eat healthy without lying to us about what is on the package. So to get everyone to shut up they just put healthy sounding words on there that in most cases mean nothing. Bastards.
This is why this health care crap pisses me off so much. If we were truly serious, we would educate folks better and make good food cheaper. Instead people are lied to about what they eat and you can get a shit-ton of fast food for $6.00
/the view from my soap box is amazing
February 6th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Tamara Ecclestone is Bernie Ecclestones daughter. He’s the Formula 1 rights holder and is therefore obscenely rich.
does he have fat thighs?
February 6th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Yeah, this too. We expect to have seasonal veggies year-round. Sorry, bro, you can’t get $3 local strawberries in February if you live in PA. I get almost all of my fruits and veges from an orchard beginning in April and ending around September. Outside of that window I have to eat asparagus from Chile. Sucks.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
In a tight suburban development, you have to have cool neighbors to raise chickens, I would think. They don’t smell great.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
We spend a lot of time suing companies for labeling things as “all natural” when they’re still full of processed chemicals out the ass. If you eat Kashi because you think it’s organic, guess what, you’re a fucking idiot.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Take my wife…please!
/Mole’s closing bit for 50 years
February 6th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
The USPS has been hemorrhaging $$$ for years. Should have made these changes long ago, IMO. Might be a case of “too little, too late.”
February 6th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Wife and I hit Marquee and Tao on back-to-back nights in August. Just pure silliness. The marquee dayclub pool reminded of Farley at SeaWorld. Should have been named “Bacteria Splash.”
February 6th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Seems like that cunt Jenny Johnson was right. People who eat organic food CANNOT stop talking about eating organic food.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
The healthy food lobby doesn’t have billions in funding. Agro conglomerates do.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Tamara’s sister, Petra, might actually be hotter……
February 6th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
but they have commercials going out where they pick the grains themselves!
in all seriousness with the ad campaigns out and with all the big companies and the government involved in the food industry i wouldn’t know what was good unless it came from my backyard and even then i’d probably question the seeds used.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
Had a few legendary nights/days at Space in Miami back in my prime.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
It is in these hills that Juan Valdez and his trusty goat gather coffee beans every morning.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
Unless you buy a lot of your food from local farmers you know operate in a “healthy” manner, you’re probably eating a lot of shit food. There are degrees of shit – non-organic salad is still much better for you than fast food – but it’s really, really hard to control everything your body takes in.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
The USPS turned a profit as recently as 2006…which, surprise surprise, is also the year Congress enacted major restrictions on USPS’s ability to raise prices.
USPS’s main problem is that it has a HUUUUUGE health care liability for both present and retired employees.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:56 AM
The government paying lipservice to healthy living and eating is equal to the NFL focusing on concussions. Both are running the okeydoke on the public and it’s embarrassing that they think we are that stupid.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Tamara’s sister, Petra, might actually be hotter……
if she weighing in at less than 19 stone, i’m sure she is
/whole lotta rosie
February 6th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
they are probably correct regarding the vast majority of people
February 6th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
…and if you try to call a hotline to check if it’s OK, you get called a snitch.
/Berrian’d
February 6th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
Fascinating. So, in theory, if we stop/lower the farm (corn?) subsidies, less corn will be grown
No. The farmers will keep their handouts like the rest Romney’s hated 47%. They just have better lawyers and better PR flacks.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
The public is absolutely that stupid.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
2006 is 7 years ago. Circuit City was probably still making a profit then. USPS defaulted on 2 payments to the Treasury Department ($11.1 billion worth) last year.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
I believe this is what Michelle Obama is trying to do and yet somehow people are too stupid to want their children to eat better. Favorite article I read about this was people claiming that their fatty children weren’t getting full on healthy food and needed pizza at lunch.
It all comes back to healthcare in this country.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
they also love to mention how they go to yoga three times a week and “ran” a half-marathon in under 4 hours.
/13.1 sticker
//nomaste
February 6th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Sorry. Bernie lived in the most expensive house ever sold, not the biggest.
February 6th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Or the NFL focusing on “Play 60, eat healthy” then having nothing but beer, soda, and snack food commercials.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Also very true. We see the super bowl commercial lionizing the American farmer and picture every farmer as a hayseed waking up before dawn to plow his field in flannel and a straw hat. Most farmers make a shitload of money through tax relief, illegal immigrant labor and federal subsidies, and live in mansions while other people run the day to day.
Certainly, not every farmer is raking in cash. But a lot of them do much better than you think.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
USPS’s main problem is that it has a HUUUUUGE health care liability for both present and retired employees.
Yes. There are some also things that create inefficiency. They could re-do the zip codes. Presently, every zip necessitates a post office. They could have super hubs that reduce staff and create efficiencies.
The bankers hours and Motor Vehicle level customer service dont help.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
get a topsy turvey tomato plant you lazy bastards.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Someone has to foot the bill.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Keep the government out of my Drive-Thru Window!
February 6th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
it’s embarrassing that they think we are that stupid.
but true that enough of us are
February 6th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
I eat healthy bro. Everything in my house is organic.
/eats organic pizza
//drinks organic soda
///downs organic ice cream
////bangs organic hooker
February 6th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
YOU FUCKING SHEEP
/career high’d
haha…It’s even better to do stuff for your wife when its unexpected and not on a day you are told to. That day in the Career High household ironically would be Valentines Day.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
But nobody wants to hear that more than 70 percent of those losses were for extraordinary budget obligations mandated by Congress, or that the postal service posted its thirteenth-straight quarter of productivity gains.
Take the most contentious issue: the seventy-five years’ worth of future-retiree health benefits that in 2006 a lame-duck session of Congress legislated the postal service prepay over the following ten years as part of a broad overhaul of the way the postal service operates. No other government agency must do this, and most private companies would have spread those payments over forty years. But the postal service was flush at the time, and Congress figured out that since health-care payments are counted as general government revenue, it could use them to prop up its own books. (Five-and-a-half billion dollars a year coming in from the postal service was $5.5 billion less Congress would have to cut elsewhere to remain budget-neutral, as the Bush administration was demanding.) But then the economy crashed and with it the amount of first-class mail being sent around the country. Suddenly a law designed to keep the postal service solvent in the long term began bankrupting it. Of the $15.9 billion the postal service lost last year, 70 percent — $11.1 billion — was in future health-care payments.
If you pulled out the pension prefunding payments and an accounting loss on worker’s compensation liability, the real operating loss, according to Lazard’s projections, was only $900 million a year. In a $60 billion company, that’s just 1.5 percent, and holding fairly steady in a flat economy. “That is not a hemorrhage,” Bloom says, handing copies of the report to the union officials. “That’s a bleed.”
Bloom doesn’t offer any specific examples of concessions the unions might be willing to make, but downsizing and benefits would be likely targets of negotiations. Postal workers pay 8 percent less toward their insurance premiums than other federal workers, which typically comes out to about forty dollars less per paycheck for those on family plans. They also pay nothing for life insurance, while other government workers pay two thirds of their premiums. If carriers were to pay the same rate as other federal workers, the postal service would save more than a half billion dollars per year.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
I don’t think having 5 or so chickens would smell that bad. But you need space for their coop and for them to roam, I think. Getting one of these would be fun. Wife would hate it of course.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Have you seen the results of Congressional elections? People vote in the same guys every time then complain that nothing changes in Congress as the approval rating sinks lower and lower. People are dumb.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Surprise anal? I take back everything I said, I like your style.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Or the NFL focusing on “Play 60, eat healthy” then having nothing but beer, soda, and snack food commercials.
the former is for kids, the latter for their parents, no? i’m sure there are numbers on how many impressionable kids watch NFL broadcasts
February 6th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
My favorite black-and-white “Has THIS ever happened to you” intro to an infomercial was for that with the guy bending down to pick tomatoes and reacting like someone just shot him in the back, hope he got a free Topsy-Turvey as part of his compensation
February 6th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
This was one of the solutions floated in a brainstorming session. People lost their minds. HOW CAN PEOPLE BE EXPECTED TO LEARN A NEW FIVE DIGIT NUMBER BLARGH BLARGH BLARGH!! It’s ridiculous that something this simple isn’t even an option.
Most people don’t step foot in a post office anymore. Completely outdated.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Jay V of Considerable Italics
February 6th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
We should turn all Postal trucks into organic grow houses and have them deliver fresh veggies, or something.
/roundup’d
February 6th, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Paul Ryan eats organic food?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:05 AM
just out of curiosity, how many farmers do you know?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
You know who eats organic shit. Hill people.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Hey YYSA, how about Kendall Marshall getting 33 minutes last night?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
They are always better than free range prostitutes.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:07 AM
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!! VONN!
February 6th, 2013 at 10:08 AM
I refuse to believe they pay a phone bill
February 6th, 2013 at 10:08 AM
get a topsy turvey tomato plant you lazy bastards.
I do a planter garden at my house, a large garden down the street with a relative, and have a community garden space. I’ve tried a ton of things, and the Topsy Turvey (in my climate zone) are okay but nothing special. Get some decent soil and put some romas in a sunny place and your yield will be insane.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:08 AM
I live in Central Pennsylvania. So….
But I was more referring to the midwest/bible belt megafarms. These guys make bank.
http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2012/11/farm-bill-more-for-millionaire-farmers-less-for-poor-kids/
http://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/right-street/2012/08/15/259561.htm
February 6th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
Absolutely love the self-service kiosks in the post office.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
Heh, just didn’t want anyone thinking I was claiming all that as my own thoughts.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
/High 5′s vlad
February 6th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
I think it makes Goran Dragic dangerous.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:10 AM
The local guy I buy produce from looks a lot like the guy in the commercial. But he is well educated about agriculture and willing to discuss how he can sell apples through the winter months, the differences between organic and local. Doesn’t appear to be wealthy, but seems like he works hard and earns every cent. And I like the stuff he sells a lot more than what is in the supermarket.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:12 AM
The family who runs the orchard where we shop operate in a similar manner. I give them as much business as I possibly can and recommend their products to others. Not that they need it – place is packed all the damn time.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:13 AM
/13.1 sticker
mole did you ever get that 0.0 sticker?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
//nomaste
My wife and I were out to lunch and saw a woman she recognized from her gym wearing a nomaste t-shirt. We decided it is the hippie woman equivalent of wearing a football jersey.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:15 AM
I buy my groceries at Target. Suck my dick.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
People who say “namaste” are far and away the shittiest white people in the white people game.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
true, but it’s not like these mega-farmers are the ones that most people know. several of my friends parents, including my gf’s family that all live in Kansas all farm, and they are by no means raking in bank. go to a sale barn or a co-op some time and then tell me how the farmers are making bank.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
Not enough booze selection.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
People who say “namaste” are far and away the shittiest white people in the white people game.
I can think of a few far shittier than that.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
Word.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
No booze in PA grocery stores (for now, come on Corbett push privatization through) so it doesn’t matter sadly.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
the subject of farms hits close to home. my wife’s has had a farm near saratoga for close to 200 years and still works it. dairy. we go there for vacations; it’s right on a huge reservoir
anyway, local zoning board wants to rezone it recreational, and there’s a fight
if you feel like it, we’ll take the signature, fwiw
February 6th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
counterpoint: there are people who put cross fit stickers on their vehicles as well.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
99% of the time they’re the same people.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:19 AM
My wife and I were out to lunch and saw a woman she recognized from her gym wearing a nomaste t-shirt. We decided it is the hippie woman equivalent of wearing a football jersey.
Your wife’s a fucking idiot!
/Cowboy Mike’s Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce
February 6th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
This.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
Nah Sir Spicious’ wife sounds like good people.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
I buy my groceries at Target. Suck my dick.
Not enough booze selection.
They sell Franzia. That’s all he needs.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
I don’t think having 5 or so chickens would smell that bad. But you need space for their coop and for them to roam, I think. Getting one of these would be fun.
I’m not going to lie to you, chicken are horribly, horribly gross. And even 5 of them will make wherever you live stink like a barnyard. And if you turn them loose to free range, they’ll shit on your porch 15 times a day.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
Some good points in there Jay V. How come USPS employees are given preferential treatment over other federal employees when it comes to paying for insurance?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
Horrible White People:
- Crossfit Jihadist
- Namaste Guy
- Office Brownoser
- Gluten Free Guy who doesnt have Celics Disease
February 6th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Add “Cleanse Guy” to the above list.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
counterpoint: there are people who put cross fit stickers on their vehicles as well.
best bumper sticker, GO. (Mine is probably : Focus on your own Damn Family)
February 6th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
I head ‘namaste’ and I presume you’re going to try to rip my beating heart out like in Indiana Jones and the the Temple of Doom.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
wait, I take that back. My favorite bumper sticker is This Car Climbed Mt Doom
February 6th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
I buy my groceries at Target. Suck my dick.
Not enough booze selection.
but it’s not bad, and target is a babe magnet
/super target
February 6th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
I’m not going to lie to you, chicken are horribly, horribly gross. And even 5 of them will make wherever you live stink like a barnyard. And if you turn them loose to free range, they’ll shit on your porch 15 times a day.
The old chicken coops on Penn State’s campus were horrific.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
I signed, good luck bro.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
This is true. A mid day week day trip to target is pretty eye opening. Don’t you bitches work?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
chicken shit and the intense heat of summer sunlight are a lethal force.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
best bumper sticker, GO.
if you don’t like my driving, stay off the sidewalk
don’t like my driving? Call 1-800-EAT-SHIT
Wallace for Governor
/uneasy rider’d
February 6th, 2013 at 10:25 AM
thanks ark
February 6th, 2013 at 10:25 AM
well behavedwomen rarely make history.February 6th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
NObama
February 6th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Perot/Stockdale ’92
February 6th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Not a bumper sticker techincally but in Chicago I saw one of those stick figure family stickers and the mom had been cut out so the dad and daughter were holding a blank space between them. Divorce? Did she die? So many unanswered questions.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
a buddy of mine has a chicken coop with 6 birds in it in his back yard. I haven’t noticed it smelling awful, but I think he (his kids) keep it fairly clean. they get a nice bounty of eggs out of it as well.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Is it chiken shit or pig shit that has no use?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
best bumper sticker, GO.
“Keep honking. I’m reloading.” Just gets me every time. The level of humor is just amazing on so many levels.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
- Crossfit Jihadist
- Namaste Guy
- Office Brownoser
- Gluten Free Guy who doesnt have Celics Disease
i’m none of these! can we hang out queef, can we, can we huh?
/TBL Harrisburg
February 6th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
http://grannygeek.us/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/elation.jpg
February 6th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Don’t you bitches work?
that’s where the good looking trophy wives go shopping after yoga. they sure as fuck aint going to deal with the Wal-Mart crowd.
Also, college girls
February 6th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
I signed that petition. Good luck with the farm.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Middle class kept women. Neiman-Marcus has the upper class kept women.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
The contrast of clientele between Target and Walmart is also pretty eye opening.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Wall Drug
February 6th, 2013 at 10:29 AM
I remember this as well. I stayed summers up there when I was in school and if you had class up that way, it was just awful.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
Where were the chicken coops on the PSU campus?
Also that entire campus smelled like shit in the spring when they fertilized everywhere, it was incredible.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
First week of January and the last week of August you will be drowning in duos of college girls doing their shopping for their dorm/apartments, it is jarring.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
the old dick in coop on penn state’s campus? didnt know he got sandusky’d…OHHHHH CHICKEN coop. my bad.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
I presume it was because they have their own separate union, and negotiated favorably. Definitely seems like a concession that can/will be on the table.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
thanks queef. it really is a cool place to visit, and since it’s family run, they let us come and go through the barn and fields as we please. property includes beach/quarry access. great place for kids
February 6th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Is it chiken shit or pig shit that has no use?
pig shit is the useless one. Chicken shit makes good fertilizer, although it’s very hot. But you have to get it out of where they shit and onto a place where you need fertilization and aren’t planting for a few months.
Pig shit is just plain toxic.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Where were the chicken coops on the PSU campus?
They were torn down ~1994. They were just south of the swimming pool by East Halls.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:35 AM
Thanks for the advice. If I had a couple acres, I’d definitely make a go of it. Not at the my current location though.
/ heads to real estate website
// searches for 3+ acres properties
February 6th, 2013 at 10:35 AM
February 6th, 2013 at 10:36 AM
a buddy of mine has a chicken coop with 6 birds in it in his back yard. I haven’t noticed it smelling awful, but I think he (his kids) keep it fairly clean. they get a nice bounty of eggs out of it as well.
that hasn’t been my experience, either as a kid or an adult. You always either have way, way too many eggs, or no eggs. And there’s always some aspect that needs attention, and usually gross attention.
Rooster needs killing, hen killed, something ate one, hens start either getting broody or eating their own eggs, rats, weasels, etc.
It’s not worth not just paying somebody else to do it, at 3 bucks a dozen. At least where I live, where I can get “organic” eggs on every corner.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:36 AM
I guess the Terps are making it a habit to steal a stud WR from OSU’s class.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:37 AM
- Gluten Free Guy who doesnt have Celics Disease
Was at a pretty nice bar a few weeks ago for HH. The fad diet chick in the office asks if they have any gluten free stuff. He gave her water.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:37 AM
Mullet I already assumed you were all of those things. Redundancy will not be tolerated.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Glorious (mullet).
February 6th, 2013 at 10:39 AM
SROD joined the twitterverse last night.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:40 AM
they live in town, so they can’t have roosters, maybe that makes it easier on them. they have gone through the egg ordeal though. but yeah, I buy that shit at the store most of the time too.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Beer, how can one live without beer. Being gluten free without having to is just idiotic.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:42 AM
Can’t believe I didn’t think of this given the conversation but I know a girl who talks about being vegan all the time – to anyone who engages her, as vegans are wont to do – but bitch will eat fish and cheese WHILE TALKING ABOUT BEING VEGAN. She is all of these people rolled into one I swear.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:43 AM
He’s from Boston?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Meh. He was a 3 star that was replaced by two 4 stars. EZE is the one OSU fans are worried about.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Can’t believe I didn’t think of this given the conversation but I know a girl who talks about being vegan all the time – to anyone who engages her, as vegans are wont to do – but bitch will eat fish and cheese WHILE TALKING ABOUT BEING VEGAN. She is all of these people rolled into one I swear.
I don’t like people (usually females) who walk around talking about how they’ve got a migraine, by which they mean headache so minor they can still actively bitch.
And I don’t like vegans who eat chocolate. Commit or don’t, and if you aren’t fully committed, STFU. And if you are fully committed to veganism, STFU.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:46 AM
except Purdue Matt. He’s not beating anybody over the head with it.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:46 AM
There are some possible benefits shown from a gluten-free diet, even for those who don’t have an immunological reaction to gluten. I personally wouldn’t go that far, but whatever.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:48 AM
You forgot the relative of Crossfit Jihadist… anyone who has their endomondo/runkeeper shit autopost to Facebook or twitter.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Oh dear god yes. I know a few people with legitimate migraines that are borderline crippling and I would not wish it upon anyone. But 99% of the time if you’re on Facebook talking about having a migraine you’re full of shit because no fucking way are you looking at a computer screen.
Also the same people who say they have insomnia.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Nah, I love the shit outta some gluten. Gluten full for me baby.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:48 AM
life’s too short for longterm dieting
February 6th, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Absolutely true. But going gluten free is very hard to sustain and isn’t a great substitute for healthy eating in and of itself. Sorry bro, can’t eat gluten, so I’ll have a dozen wings and three captain and cokes at HH. Not sure how that’s any different than me eating a wrap and having a delicious IPA.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Some of the comments today are a joke..
Kaiser – Louie can’t make you laugh out loud… are you kidding me. That guy is hilarious. And he really merits that word, not the overuse of the word.
All the folks who say you have to eat organic or shop at whole foods to eat healthy. Bullshit. We purchased the majority of our veggies from a locally based farmer coop for years. All fresh organic veggies. I still had a crappy diet. Now I cleaned it up, eat lean protein as the base of every meal, cut out all the bread and other sugars (that don’t come from whole fruit) and I lost 60 lbs in 8 months. We do all our shopping at albertson’s and Costco. Of course we live in CA so we have better access/prices for fruits and veggies, but still.
Pure and simple we are over sugared as a society. Anyone can control what goes in their body… they just have to want to make the change.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:50 AM
It’s not worth not just paying somebody else to do it, at 3 bucks a dozen. At least where I live, where I can get “organic” eggs on every corner.
Boom. Kind of like changing oil. Yeah, I can do it, but Jiffy Lube can do it for $15 while I read and remember why I don’t subscribe to ESPN the Magazine for 20 minutes.
I think it was Dirt that said something about too many eggs. Holy shit, yes. I’ve got friends that are always trying to give us eggs. But I’d have to drive five miles to pick them up. My wife is going shopping anyway so I rarely drive out to pick them up unless there is another reason to be out there.
I have another friend who has ducks. Surprisingly clean animals. And duck eggs taste pretty much like chicken eggs and they aren’t always shitting them out.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Again, Glorious Mullet is already included in these things. We have redundancies on top of redundancies now, people!
February 6th, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Anybody ever go to a restraunt where the Gluten Free menu has some stuff that seems better than what’s on the regular menu? I hate ordering it becuase I know the kitchen has to get teh sepcial tongs and shit out, but damsn, put it on the regular menu.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Some of the comments today are a joke..
just like every day
February 6th, 2013 at 10:51 AM
There’s a place in Hershey like that. Delicious gluten-free food, tons of options…entire separate menu.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:52 AM
I live in Pittsburgh, I’ve never been to a restaurant with a Gluten Free menu.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:52 AM
Also the first hit I found was preventing endometriosis, so fuck that dude.
But yeah, the marginal benefit of being gluten-free, or even vegetarian, is a lot less than could be achieved by eating healthy, exercising, etc. I am trying to lower HFCS and fat intake though.
But when you hear shit like the Centrum ad I was bitching on twitter about, or the study that shows “people who choose whole grain are healthier” it just makes me want to punch them in their stupid hippie faces.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
What about last year? (Diggs was a 5 star)
February 6th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Also the same people who say they have insomnia.
by which they mean they like to watch the Daily Show before bed. Fuckers.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Is there a way I can get my distance/pace to autopost into a comment here every time I run?
February 6th, 2013 at 10:54 AM
I have another friend who has ducks. Surprisingly clean animals. And duck eggs taste pretty much like chicken eggs and they aren’t always shitting them out.
having had ducks, I will again disagree. They don’t get dirty looking, but they’re some dirty fuckers that shit absolutely everywhere.
Duck eggs are really good though, but they’re even fuller of fat.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:55 AM
Take my wife, please.
This bothers me, too. Changing your diet alone – especially simply removing gluten – won’t make a long term benefit without exercise.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Also, love fat. Fat full for me.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:57 AM
I work with a 400lb lady whose office I walked by the other day and heard her rip ass. Apropos of nothing.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:57 AM
I disagree in fact, but not in principle. Yes, it’s stupid to think you are being healthy because you do one good thing. Very few healthy changes can counteract unhealthy habits… but I would think that for someone with a sedentary life, elimination of trans-fat/cholesterol/HFCS would be even more important.
Though the “I exercise so I can eat whatever I want” crowd is pretty stupid too.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Still evens out at 8. Plus, it’s Mike Locksley doing the recruiting for Maryland – they’ll be on probation soon enough.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:58 AM
“We ran a mile before breakfast, we had a salad for lunch, we’re a bunch of confirmed bachelors, we want our Miller 64″
February 6th, 2013 at 10:58 AM
/coop
February 6th, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Is there a way I can get my distance/pace to autopost into a comment here every time I run?
the recent install lets the mobile site do this
February 6th, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Yeah, true. It all depends on your starting point and goals.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:59 AM
I was woken up by a pack of coyotes screaming in the woods near the house last night. Pretty terrifying.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Fuck Michelob Ultra for starting this shit.
February 6th, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Thanks Clayton.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:00 AM
I’ve always been one of those people. I exercise a ton though. I’m just now starting to pay attention to my diet.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Can you shoot them? I’m in the city limits andd can’t, but my brother -in-law nails one a month.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Put the diet soda down fatty.
Orange juice gives you double chins.
Bread (even that whole wheat shit) is the same thing as chocolate cake.
Got to reset your way of thinking.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:00 AM
+12 ounces of piss water, Moleman
February 6th, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Fuck you. Fuck you.
/loves bread and OJ
February 6th, 2013 at 11:02 AM
you seem like a fun guy
February 6th, 2013 at 11:02 AM
I get cooks illustrated, they had a whole bit on duck eggs this month.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:02 AM
I missed one that was running away with the .22 a few weeks ago. I might get a 20 gauge because of them. We live in city limits, but in a section with relaxed gun laws. But I believe that if you claim your house/safety is at stake, you can shoot anything anytime in Nashville.
/Murrica
February 6th, 2013 at 11:02 AM
It is amazing all the shit they put in what should be, in essence, fllour, water, yeast and salt.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:03 AM
Bread is absolutely not the same thing as chocolate cake, you rabid anti-glutite.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
next you’re going to tell me Dunkin Donuts aint healthy
February 6th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
I seriously love me some fucking bread. The good thing is that you don’t have to stop eating it, you just have to watch intake. There’s nothing in it terrible for you, or that humans are ‘supposed’ to eat.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
The truth is fat is flavor. You take that out and you find that sugar is added in to replace the lost flavor. So you are better off in most instances to avoid the reduced fat variety of items.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
So the toast and OJ I had for breakfast was a bad idea?
February 6th, 2013 at 11:05 AM
/laughs at Milk Steak’s unleavened bread
//needs sugar for the yeast
February 6th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Guinea eggs are also good. Someof the best cornbread I’ve ever eaten had a few guinea eggs in it.
Also, guineas are some of the best pest control and watchdogs you can have. They eat ticks and all kinds of nasty shit, and everytime something walks in the yard they go bananas.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
This is very true. Personally, I’ve found I eat okay… but quantity is the problem. Especially when I’m running a lot, I just eat second and third helpings. Or will open a box of Cheez-It and stop when I hit cardboard.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
How about the “I quit drinking soda years ago and since then I feel 100 times better, the taste of that shit now repulses me” guy?
/me
February 6th, 2013 at 11:08 AM
I too enjoy going down on Italian chicks while they’re ovulating.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:08 AM
I just realized I am never giving up all the other poisons I put in my body (alcohol pot) that I can’t afford to keep poisoning my body 3-5 times a day with my meals. The real enemy is sugar. Fat can be controlled. Way too much sugar in American diet.
Pasta = sugar
Bread = sugar
Any drink not water = basically sugar
February 6th, 2013 at 11:08 AM
My weakness is salt and vinegar potato chips. I open a bag and the next thing I know it is empty.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:08 AM
This. Team run off the bread that I eat. Nothing better than some quality bread with a little olive tapenade with dinner and an everything bagel and coffee on the weekend.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
I had no idea what a guinea was (other than being the way my dad referred to Italians).
February 6th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
See I don’t see complex carbs being the problem. The ideal human diet is still a majority sugars, IIRC.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
Career high totally gets it.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Cape Cod Sea Salt and Vinegar chips are the fucking greatest. I can mow through a bag of those in about 5 minutes.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:10 AM
If I can get into a nutrition elective in May, I’ll let you all know how I feel about these things.
/oh I do that already?
//carry on
February 6th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Sugars are the easiest thing to work off.Your body burns those first.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I get cooks illustrated, they had a whole bit on duck eggs this month.
if you can find them, they’ll be very expensive. Goose eggs are the same. Well worth eating, but expensive.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
I don’t care for salt and vinegar chips. Really good quality BBQ, salt and pepper, or the really greasy cape cod style ones, sign me up.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
I open a bag and the next thing I know it is empty.
the worst part is knowing that when you buy it, and confirming it as you’re opening it.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Probably the best thing in this mini health thread. Its a struggle, but sort of starving yourself has helped me a lot. Eating lots of carrots and apples and running. Also, I’m sure to get lashed out at, but Michelob Ultra is almost the go-to weekend beer now.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
I love me some bread too. It is delicious. So is chocolate cake. Difference is people convince themselves it’s okay to eat bread 3 times a day. Eating chocolate cake 3 times a day is ludicrous… Right?
February 6th, 2013 at 11:15 AM
if you can find them, they’ll be very expensive. Goose eggs are the same. Well worth eating, but expensive.
I guess in they are being popular at asian farmers markets, so they ran some info on them.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:16 AM
The real enemy is sugar. Fat can be controlled. Way too much sugar in American diet.
Sugar Buster? How retro.
I’m surprised you’re not telling us about the beans and oats diet already
February 6th, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Exact same. Consider myself a health-nut. All my friends call me a rabbit. But I’m not giving up bourbon on a Friday night (and Saturday)(and maybe a Wednesday)
February 6th, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Sugars (carbs) spike your insulin. Once you spike it you aren’t burning any fat. The American diet’s problem is sugar.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Also, I’m sure to get lashed out at, but Michelob Ultra is almost the go-to weekend beer now.
people have been banned for less around here.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Whole-wheat bread, commercially prepared: 2 g sugar, 1 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 12g carbs
Cake, chocolate, commercially prepared: 10g sugar, 27mg cholesterol, 3g saturated fat, 35g carbs, 19g sugar
Yeah, same exact thing as eating cake.
People who make these ridiculous statements are just as bad as those who say eating whatever you want it fine because this is America.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:18 AM
But with a couple pieces of ham and cheese in the middle, yum!
People usually eat bread as part of a more balanced meal than chocolate cake. And keep in mind, you can probably have 1500 calories of carbs a day. So if you are eating complex carbs and whole grain blah blah blah, bread and pasta can be a safe part of that.
You can’t just eliminate everything from the diet which is bad in excess. In the 80′s marathoners used to die from water poisoning.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
whoops, first number in cake was supposed to be 10g total fat.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
opposite for me, if I’m watching calories, I’m not wasting any on that.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
And a new commenter meme is born.
/nobody tells me no!
//but I won’t quit! ’cause I want more!
February 6th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
I believe Mich Ultra calories (at least I’m pretty sure with Miller 64) they got rid of every non-alcohol calorie, and had to start lowering the alcohol to lower the calories.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
He’s a sophomore, but sure.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
I consider myself a beer snob, but I’m not paying $12/13 for a 6 pack.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
For me, i’ll avoid the fried food and have good beers. Grilled food tastes better anyway.
/Screw you, grill carcinogens
February 6th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
So you’re not a beer snob?
February 6th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
95 calories. And when you don’t eat dinner, it doesn’t matter what the alcohol level is.
/team drunk faster
February 6th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
http://getdrunknotfat.com/
Miller 64 is 83% calories from alcohol. Natty Ice is the best way to go apparently. A fascinating list though.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:24 AM
In spirit. And paydays
February 6th, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Everybody’s gotta die of something, right?
/johndewar’s 75 year old father
February 6th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Miller 64 is like drinking air. You can knock back a case of them and drive across the country.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Carbs early in the day, fats late. Simple, yet effective
February 6th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Miller Lite, 96 cal: 4.2% alcohol, 83% calories from alcohol
Miller 64, 64 cal: 2.8% alcohol, 83% calories from alcohol
What a fucking ripoff!
February 6th, 2013 at 11:26 AM
I love that ethanol is the first thing on that list. The wrong hillbilly get hold of that site and doesn’t read the disclaimer….
February 6th, 2013 at 11:27 AM
Drank way too much Natty Ice in college. I get nauseous just seeing it at the store.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Love it. Would like it even better if it had a formula which also weighed price.
/cheapskate
//drinks Mickey’s Big Gulp at $4.15 a six pack
///definitely not a beer snob
February 6th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
My take away – high rye bourbons better than wheated bourbons
February 6th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
I made cookies last night for my wife, who’s had a rough week. I am 95% sure I added flour instead of white sugar one time (still added normal brown sugar). The cookies are awesome. I’m very confused.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Big Mouth.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
This is great.
/reads
//orders “Everclear, neat”
///dies
February 6th, 2013 at 11:31 AM
In DC, they had the mickey’s hand grenades (7 oz) with the big mouth. 8 pack for $3. Half a sip and it was gone.
/Yet the Mickey’s 40 ozs. still had the tiny mouth
February 6th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
ODoul’s got an F- for it’s ability to get you drunk in the fewest calories.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
My favorite bar’s staple drink is a Ketel One shot with a shot of pickle juice backing it, looks like I’m coming out ahead.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
I’d rather just shoot the Ketel
February 6th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
Bread as part of a more balanced meal…
February 6th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Couple of TGIF drinks are greater than 10% ABV, and still are way low on the list, apparently their special is a whale blubber vodka tonic
February 6th, 2013 at 11:37 AM
I’d rather shoot the bartender.
/team no pickle juice shots
February 6th, 2013 at 11:37 AM
//drinks Mickey’s Big Gulp at $4.15 a six pack
I had you figured for a cheap drunk, but I had figured on Boone’s Strawberry Hill.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:39 AM
/team drunk faster
i do this at parties sometimes. i skip food and just drink
peerless 12-13 bucks is on the high end. here’s what you do: marry a woman who works at whole foods and buy craft beer with a 20% discount!
still, the econ was laid out for me a while ago. you could spend 12 bucks on a sixer of say 7pt abv beer and get pretty smashed or spend 10 bucks on a 12-18 pack of crap beer with 3.2 abv and have to drink all of them for a buzz
i like that craft beer math better
February 6th, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Bread is shit, oil, no doubt. I still eat it, but oats are the way to go carb wise
On beer, recently drank Smithwick’s. It was delightful
February 6th, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Your well-controlled peer-reviewed study of “here’s what I heard once” aside, very very few people need to get rid of OJ and bread to be healthy if they exercise.
I eat all the fucking bread and OJ I want and have never been 60 lbs overweight. I just have a problem with the “carbs is bad” message. They are important to human biology, and for normal people, a fine part of a balanced meal. You don’t have to cut out carbs, you have to cut out shitty foods and laying on the couch all day. Find me someone who is overweight and exercises and only eats good carbs.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:41 AM
/orders “Everclear, neat”
///dies
do not sip with chapped lips
February 6th, 2013 at 11:41 AM
I agree with you Vez… right down to the part about sleeping with your wife to get the 20% discount on beer.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:43 AM
you can sleep with her all you want. just no sex
February 6th, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Nailed it. I used to be close to 3 bills because I was a lazy fat ass. Now I cut back on the amount of food, cut out the shitty stuff (fast food, soda) and exercise at least 30 minutes a day. Now I’m easily at a healthy weight and my wife hates me because I eat all the bread I want but don’t get fat. It really drove her nuts when she was pregnant so we were eating takeout regularly and I was still losing/maintaining weight.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:46 AM
So, the “Married With 4 Kids” special? Got it.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
I eat like that. I’m not fat. If I lost 60 pounds I’d be an extra in Schindler’s List 2: Heading to Costco.
February 6th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
Don’t get me wrong, I’ll buy expensive beer. But for the normal weekend with friends sitting at the house or riding around best to go cheap. At a bar, I’m getting a pretty top beer
February 6th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I never said no carbs. I get all my carbs from whole fruits, veggies, beans (not to mention the moderate amount of alcohol I don’t plan to give up). I get plenty of healthy carbs. I am railing against the comments that insist that bread is an essential part of human diet (its not) and the poster who said 1500 calories from carbs a day is cool (so how many calories do you get from protein? Total?)
February 6th, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Remember folks, Big Oil’s diet worked for him. Therefore, it’s GUARANTEED IT’LL WORK FOR YOU!!!!
February 6th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Big–Oil, so are you basically following the Paleo diet?
February 6th, 2013 at 12:11 PM
That would be me. BTW, where did you go to medical school?
For active people, 40-60% of calories from carbs can be fine. For me, being a fairly active male consuming 2500 calories a day, 1500 calories from carbs is perfectly acceptable, given my propensity to burn carbs over fat. If I wasn’t running, it’d probably be closer to 1000 carbs, 600 protein, 400 fat, ideally.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
I haven’t calculated it exactly, but a normal day I’m around 1600-1700 cal and run 3/4 miles. Needless to say, I’m pretty hungry a lot
February 6th, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Bread isn’t essential but carbs absolutely are. If you don’t consume them, your body has to make them from other shit. Sometimes that draws on fat (Atkins diet), for others, it just eats away muscle or uses amino acids, and negates the effect of your ‘protein’ consumption. When you carb-restrict as a healthy human being, you aren’t getting as much protein as you think.
On days I burn 1000+ calories before noon, I want to eat at least 500 cal in carbs when I wake up.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Jesus. I wish I could do that, but I get too hungry. I hit 10 miles and all I want to do is eat everything in sight.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Jesus. What do you weight and/or how much weight have you lost since you started this?
February 6th, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Answer: dip
I was trying to lose a lot of weight. Now I just want to maintain
February 6th, 2013 at 12:17 PM
Was 205 in August. Now at 178-180. Still drink on weekends, eat bad some.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:18 PM
If you just want to maintain and keep up the running you can eat at least another 300 calories per day. Get yourself a snack.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:18 PM
There aren’t many activities in the world I despise more than running, so I’m team low carb. I’d quickly develop a muffin top with the WWOS diet
February 6th, 2013 at 12:19 PM
I’m jealous. If I had any willpower I could get back under 180, but can’t right now because I eat too much in volume, even eating healthy.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:20 PM
WWoS do you have a system for monitoring this, or do you just know the information well enough to keep a mental count throughout the day?
February 6th, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Yeah you def don’t want >1000 kcal carbs a day if you aren’t doing a lot of exercise.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:22 PM
How tall are you?
February 6th, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Those are estimates, and in reality the 1500 is probably high, even more fairly active people.
I tried an app and made it 24 hours. I just know what foods are high in protein/carbs, and figure about half carbs, and then more protein than fat, if possible. I’ve never worried too much about exactness or counting, but again, I struggle with my weight.
Those are all just ideals. Stop eating about 10% earlier, and make 10% more healthy decision regarding fats (chips etc) and everything else falls into place for most people.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:26 PM
I am not saying the truth is easy to accept, I am just glad someone helped me to accept it at some point.
Mr. “I run it all off” – what will you do when you can’t run it all off anymore. You will get old and that will happen.
I understand there are a lot of people who eat whatever they want and stay thin. 1 that doesn’t mean they are healthy, and 2 I am speaking to the rest of us. Lifestyle changes aren’t easy, and I don’t believe in shortcuts or non sustainable diets (Atkins, or just starving yourself). Lean protein as the base of every meal. Exercise. And keep carb intake to under 25 grams per meal. Is it for everyone, no… But is it guaranteed to work. Yeah. I think so.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:27 PM
5/10 and a half.
/the half counts, dammit
February 6th, 2013 at 12:28 PM
You adjust your diet. Pretty simple really. No need to adjust your diet when you don’t have to.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Lots of carrots and apples
February 6th, 2013 at 12:31 PM
I don’t think you read or understood anything I wrote. What works for fatass to lose 60 pounds isn’t necessary for everyone. When I stop burning those calories… I eat less. Even on a week to week basis.
But just because the ideal diet that humans evolved on didn’t involve bread, doesn’t mean everyone needs to cut it out entirely. Bread can be a part of a perfectly healthy and sustainable diet.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:32 PM
is this speed dating?
February 6th, 2013 at 12:33 PM
Try eating 3500 calories of veggies and chicken with no pasta or bread. Let me know how that works out?
February 6th, 2013 at 12:33 PM
Yeah… Not so simple really. Especially if you wait another 20 years. Hard to change a habit you have spent 50 years acquiring.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Take adderall and smoke a lot of cigarettes. Worked for me in junior year.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:36 PM
3500 is a lot of calories in a day. I think I average out around 2200 or so. When I am doing insanity Plyo workouts I might get up to 2500-2600.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:37 PM
While I appreciate your apparently quite strong concern for my well-being, and thank your for your insight into my psychology and history, I really think there are others you should be more concerned about. Most people who are having this discussion here know enough about health to make healthy choices, or figure them out, if they truly desire.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:39 PM
When I stop burning those calories… I eat less. Even on a week to week basis.
Easier said than done.
I used to do triathlons – lots of training and lots of eating to keep from crashing. When I quit the biking and swimming part of the workouts, I had a hard time scaling back the food intake and I was constantly hungry. Went from a very lean (5’11) 178 to a not so lean 195 pretty quickly, even while running.
Right now, I’m at about 188. As a normal human, not doing tri’s, I should be at about 170. I’m not doing any weight training right now and that would help take 10 off pretty quickly.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:40 PM
Anything about 2500 is a lot, and when you burn that many calories, you rely on bread to get you there.
Before a run I like to have some bread (bagel or english muffin) and some protein (an egg or two), no milk, and a lot of OJ. Fructose has a different metabolism pathway, and I always try to have a big glass of OJ about 40 minutes before a run to boost blood sugar without the same sort of regulation a complex carb has.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Yes because changing on a week to week basis for most normal people is the same as someone who was training for tris.
I think 170 is low for that height.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:44 PM
I always liked 2 cups of coffee before any long run.
I’d much rather have an empty colon than a full stomach.
/I’m actually serious about this.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:44 PM
WW of S. I am sure you are just fine. I am not worried about you. I am just pointing out that most people can’t just run it off. And those who do *can* end up with diet issues. See box, squak above.
I am now 5-11 178. Cutting out bread (or treating it like chocolate cake, ie a treat) is helpful for anyone who ha 10-20 lbs they want to lose. Not just the fattys who need to lose 60.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Caffeine is supposed to be good before a run. Not me. Ever. It’ll end badly.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:47 PM
I’d also say replace ‘out’ with ‘down’. If people can’t handle that diet, it won’t help them at all. Having realistic changes is important. It’s not always realistic economically, either, since bread/rice/pasta are an staple of most diets. If you look at differences between ‘fat’ countries and ‘thin’ countries though, carb consumption isn’t it. I hear the Asians do eat rice occasionally.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:48 PM
170 is not too low for 5-11. It is lean, but not too low.
Btw- I got all fired up about this because the earlier comments talking about how you need to go vegan / organic / whole foods to be healthy. I thought that is such BS. I know fat vegetarians who eat organic. That is not the path to health.
February 6th, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Oil… how would you eat before and after a 10+ mile run? Do you not believe in carb loading and glycogen storage?
February 6th, 2013 at 12:52 PM
I will say cutting bread out has helped. 10 miles is a lot. I’d cramp up like a wet straw wrapper
February 6th, 2013 at 12:52 PM
I usually drink coffee while I work out
I do this when I’m cutting
February 6th, 2013 at 12:57 PM
I have no reason / time to run 10 miles. If you do that I am sure you need to carb load.
I am happy with 3 mile walks with arm weights (walk with wife and alternate who is pushing stroller) or a 45-60 min insanity / p90x / Plyo workout. That stuff about 4-5 times a week seems to be working for me.