Off-Topic Thread: Part 2
by Travis Hughes on Jun 4, 2010 4:33 PM EDT
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All non-hockey talk, unless of course a germane conversation pops up somewhere else, like in a game thread or something. Talk about stuff like...
- movies
- food
- beer
- the Phillies
- funny stuff
- TV (like LOST, for example. DONT BE A JERK WITH SPOILERS)
- video games
- the Sixers (lol)
- politics (off limits in other threads, will allow it here. keep it civil, of course)
- music
- more Phillies
- more beer
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Iron Man 2 anyone? I thought it was awesome.
"Shugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
"Werwolf Bar Mitzvah. Spooky Scary. Boys becoming men. Men becoming wolves."
I ment to ask in your last fanpost, but what part of Japan are you in? I took a Japanese class (just an intro) in college and want to take an advanced course later. I’m also big into Japanese pop couture (as you can see from my bleach avatar). Its one of the many places I want to go to in my lifetime.
"Shugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
"Werwolf Bar Mitzvah. Spooky Scary. Boys becoming men. Men becoming wolves."
Its awesome! It’s weird though, it seems to be getting a lot of bad reviews over here.
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I thought it was full of popcorny goodness. Guns, robots, and a supercharged bad guy. The only thing missing in this movie was a little boob and it would have been perfect.
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by darkside3744 on May 17, 2010 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Every week!
bread. butter. cheese. VICTORY!
by Prometheus74 on May 17, 2010 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m stuck in season 2. Good show, I just… got stuck.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 17, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I spent 10 years out in New Mexico building painting and designing movie sets for hollywood films.
A ton of buddies work on that show.
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by Prometheus74 on May 23, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone looking forward to the World Cup?
I’m not usually one for soccer until the last months of the MLS season, but the WC is an incredible event.
Me too! As you can imagine, I’m getting an earful from some English fans about Team England’s chances (esp. since we’re in the same group as they are), but I think we will get to the elimination round. If we can win a game in that round, I’d feel like we really accomplished something worthwhile (if we got more than one, I would be as excited as our run 8 years ago).
GO TEAM USA! :)
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by Orange and Black Forever on May 17, 2010 6:40 AM EDT up reply actions
With our grouping, we had best make it into the elimination round. Algeria and Slovenia are ranked #29 and #49 respectively. The US is #11, and England’s the second-weakest of Pot 1 at #7 (South Africa, the host country, is #85).
The weakest possible draw would have been South Africa, Ghana (#38), and Slovenia. The worst possible draw would have been Brazil (#1), Cameroon (#14), and France (#9). England’s the second-weakest draw from Pot 1, Algeria’s third-weakest from Pot 3 (Nigeria’s #32), and Slovenia’s the weakest draw from Pot 4, so overall we drew a pretty good group with regards to our opportunity to move on.
Honor is no substitute for victory.
I agree. We definitely got a good draw for group play, BUT, I have seen us flame out many times in the past (e.g., look at four years ago – simply awful). So, I’m not comfortable assuming we are making it to the elimination round; still, you’re right, we should get there.
Any win after that would be wonderful. :)
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by Orange and Black Forever on May 17, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m worried all the England-US hype will lead Team USA to focus too much on England and less on our other opponents. Getting through group pool play should still be easier than usual, but I won’t trust our ability until I see us play some.
by chillicothe20 on May 17, 2010 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree. We’ll know a bit about Team USA after that first game with England; however, you’re exactly right, we’ll know even more about them from the games after we play England. For example, if we win/draw in the first game, do we have a letdown afterwards? Or, if we lose the first game, do we bounce back immediately afterwards?
Should be fun to watch. :)
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by Orange and Black Forever on May 18, 2010 6:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Can not wait. Soccer is honestly my next favorite sport after hockey. Probably cause it was always my second sport (as far as playing went growing up), and I lived in Germany for a brief period and went to some games over there. Honestly, there is no atmosphere that I have been in that can even begin to compare to being at a soccer game.
I love watching the World Cup and after spending the past semester in Europe, I’ve grown an appreciation for soccer. Also, I was watching Liverpool highlights on the plane yesterday and the goals were crazy in slo-mo!
Epic NIKE world cup advert
3 minutes of global soccer goodness!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLG6jh23yE&feature=player_embedded
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by Prometheus74 on May 23, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
This!
Same here. I’ll watch hockey and soccer no matter who is playing, just because I love the sport and not just my team. I watched the Mexico vs. Chile friendly yesterday on Telemundo! Needless to say, is it June 11 yet? This World Cup is going to be nothing short of AMAZING!
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by Mitchell Green on May 17, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
How much are tickets? I would love to go but I don’t want to pay too much obviously.
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by Mitchell Green on May 17, 2010 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I will
be there with a big group. Should be an amazing event. Is there any sort of Turkish population in Philly?
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- Chuck Bednarik
New Zealand qualified for the first time in 20 years! Its going to be great!
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Thats how I felt when Australia qualified for the 2006 World Cup. This year, they are stuck in a really tough group with Germany, Serbia, Ghana. I doubt they get outta the group stage like they did in 2006.
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by Mitchell Green on May 17, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Slovakia, Italy, Paraguay. I can see us progressing. We did almost beat Italy after all
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/2490805/Italy-just-edges-All-Whites
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I am so stoked for it! I am not the world’s biggest soccer fan, but I love watching the World Cup.
Honestly, I think the U.S. has a darn good chance of getting out of their group this year, but this is U.S. soccer and they have let us down before, so I am not going to count any chickens before they hatch.
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Anyone see the preview for the movie Splice and automatically think that it was the expensive man’s version of HG Well’s the Island of Doctor Moreau?
TAKE THE FALL, ACT HURT, GET INDIGNANT
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on May 17, 2010 7:34 AM EDT reply actions
Sadly the first thing I thought was the adult version of the alien liked kinda hot.
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by darkside3744 on May 17, 2010 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Need a little help...
Hey everyone, I"m heading to the Phils game this Wednesday and I have seats in LF right by Raul Ibanez. My gf and I want to make a sign that a) he can see and 2) will get us on tv.
Any ideas on what it should say? I’m going to draw Raul on it too.
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by KreiderDesigns on May 17, 2010 10:11 AM EDT reply actions
I know you've seen it (since you commented on it), but since you're going to be there...
Don’t forget to bring the binoculars
Honor is no substitute for victory.
Why not keep it simple…RAAAAAAUUUUUUULLLLLL!!!!
Go Go Gadget Gagne
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5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
While that’s awesome, we want to be more cleaver than that.
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by KreiderDesigns on May 17, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
What I've come up with.
Not done yet but what do y’all think?
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by KreiderDesigns on May 17, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
This is friggen sweet!
I love the weird “P” on J-Werth’s hat to avoid copyright infringement! lol
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by Mitchell Green on May 18, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Finished
Had to make it really small to display right on here.
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by KreiderDesigns on May 18, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice dude! Looks awesome!
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by Mitchell Green on May 18, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone going to the Bell Centre this series?
I won’t be fortunate enough to be able to get up there for a game, but if you go, you have to get yourself some hot dogs from the Bell Centre. I’m not even a huge hot dog fan, but they are amazing. One game I had club seats, and they come with all you can eat food, or at least did then, and god were those tickets worth every penny b/c of those hot dogs.
I wish! Josh and I tried to get tickets for the back end of the home and home back in February, but Canadiens tickets sell out in less than a heartbeat. I wish I had the kind of money required to get them on StubHub, it would be amazing to be up there.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 17, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
It honestly is a great place to watch a game, and the city itself is really nice as well. I wanted to surprise my girlfriend with a weekend trip up there this weekend and Game 4 tickets, but we have family stuff to do, and the cost, with the tickets, would be more than we should be spending. We might head up next year for a random weekend game, ideally with the Flyers in town.
Oh, you must not have been here for the periodic “Jen is obsessed with the city of Montreal” moments, hahaha. Josh and I are actually trying to have a destination wedding there, I know exactly how nice the city is :) We try to go up a couple of times a year since the drive is so easy. It’s one of my favorite places, I just don’t like their hockey team or their fans.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 17, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I missed that hahaha. I used to date a girl that went to McGill, so I used to make the drive up there a lot when I was in college. I honestly love that city, and I actually love their fans when I’m at a game up there that doesn’t involve the Flyers. Well, I don’t like their arrogance or sense of entitlement, but I’ve always had a blast watching games with them.
True, I’ve talked hockey with some people several times up there (and actually in Quebec City, too), and the “fellow hockey fan” mentality came out. I will say they’re not all bad, but I think that goes for every fanbase. I mentioned this a couple of days ago, but we were down the street at the Planetarium during a regular season game back in ‘07, and walking there you could hear everything they were screaming loud and clear 4 blocks away. It was insane. We just haven’t been able to sync up getting tickets to a game at the same time that we can be up there, but we’re definitely working on it.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 17, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
The pirates second baseman is named Crosby. Any chance we get 40,000 people chanting Crosby sucks instead of 19,000?
I’m going tonight, and I shall try.
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by Travis Hughes on May 17, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Any reviews on the new Robin Hood movie with Russell Crowe?
I am off to see it this evening with my sister. Looks pretty sweet.
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by Mitchell Green on May 17, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
The only review I heard was in Danish on the morning show. haha… in reality, I think it has mixed reviews, but I’m not sure. How was it?
It was good. Pretty ordinary though. Don’t expect it to be as good as Gladiator because it isn’t even close to that level.
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by Mitchell Green on May 17, 2010 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
LOOOOOOOOOOST I won’t spoil it but I can’t wait for Sunday. Well this weekend for obvious reasons.
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I haven’t watched it yet. I’m pumped, and reaaaaaaaally glad the Flyers don’t play on Sunday.
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by Travis Hughes on May 19, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I just watched it. Amazing. So pumped.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 19, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Just watched it as well, man that got me itching for Sunday. What did you guys think about the episode before this one. All my friends hated it, but I thought it was pretty good, and would have been upset if they never addressed the origins of those two. If anything, I just thought the episode should have happened a little earlier in the season.
I liked it, but I love all episodes about those two.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 20, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, as do I, I just got a lot of crap from my friends for how much I enjoyed it. You know it’s funny, I’m usually so sad to see a series end that I have enjoyed, but I’m completely excited about this one ending. Maybe it’s b/c I haven’t thought of it as actually ending yet, but more so finally answering a lot of questions (hopefully). But for some reason, I’m not sad about it being over at all.
I’m generally happy when a series ends… as long as it’s scheduled. Rescue Me is ending after this season and I’m glad. When the West Wing ended, I was glad. I don’t really know of a show I was sad when it was over…
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 20, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
If I had been watching Eli Stone or Pushing Daisies I probably would have been sad when they were over, as it is I watched them on DVD only.
I’m catching up on Rescue Me. Is it ending at 6 seasons? I’m half way through 3 right now. That show is pretty damn awesome.
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by KreiderDesigns on May 21, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, it is. It isn’t nearly as awesome as it was the first 3 years, with season 4 being better than 5. It’s been a slow decline, but it’s still really good.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 21, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Finally had a chance to watch. Oh man I can’t effing wait til Sunday. We totally should have gotten a viewing party together for this. As it is I’ll be all by myself in my apt…probably screaming at the tv.
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by KreiderDesigns on May 21, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
One of my gf’s friends is coming over to watch it at my place. If you don’t want to be alone… lol
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 21, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d be tempted if I don’t work on Monday. What’s a 2.5 hour drive between friends for a finale?
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by KreiderDesigns on May 21, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, exactly. 2.5 hours one way? Still, you’d spend more time watching LOST (7-12:30, right?) than driving.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 21, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be funny
A Flyers party for lost.
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by darkside3744 on May 21, 2010 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
So how about the Sixers getting some good luck? Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner are a pretty damn good duo to build around for the next ~10 years. I may actually tune into the NBA Western Conference Finals to listen to Collins tonight, too. Course, it can’t be hard to sound more professional than Eddie “isn’t there a Phillies game or something for you to cover” Jordan.
Ya, I am pretty excited about this too. I just hate seeing the Eagles, Flyers and Phillies doing so well and the Sixers being so terrible. What do you think of Evan Turner? Reports are conflicting in whether or not the Sixers should take Turner at #2 or not.
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by Mitchell Green on May 20, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
First of all, I think you always take the best player available you can when drafting, not necessarily the one you think would “fit best” in the short term. So, I do think the Sixers should take Turner (or Wall, if it should somehow come to that). From what I understand, though, Turner fills a similar spot to Iguodala. So the question may be not only how do you fit him in short term, but how do you fit him in long term given Iguodala’s contract?
If I’m Ed Stefanski, and Snider and Luukko have told me I’m not going anywhere, I begin a full rebuild. Not just a revamp, but a complete rebuild. I trade Iguodala (and maybe Dalembert) for whatever I can get and get younger players and draft picks. It’s basically the only way to win in the NBA in the 21st century — you have to really suck before you can be really good. Quite frankly, it’s about time the Sixers organization really started from square one.
I’ve always liked Iggy but get the sense he’s going to do his best work elsewhere. It seems to me he is the McNabb of the Sixers… they keep trying to build the team around him while also dethroning him from within.
It’s interesting… the Celtics were bad for a while and then really started to come around when they had players like Delonte West and Al Jefferson. Then they traded those two away, in effect reducing their chances from being a long-time, home-grown contender to the team they are now. After this season ends, it’s likely back to the drawing board for them.
My best friend from college is a fan of all things Boston sports (except for hockey, where after living with me for three years, his allegiance shifted to the Flyers). The Celtics are his favorite team, and he has said from the summer they got KG, Ray Allen, et. al., that they would have a three-year window to win a title. That window slams shut after this season.
I would hope that the Sixers take the time and build a team the right way. They need several homegrown stars if they’re going to succeed.
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Los Angeles: “We don’t like the law you passed, so we will boycott your state.”
Arizona: “We don’t like your boycott, so we will shut off the 25% of your cities power that we generate.”
Great stuff….
Electricity is mightier than glittery plastic
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by Prometheus74 on May 23, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Google went and made their homepage a working game of Pac-Man. There goes my day.
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Beat it on my 5th try. Very awesome though. What will the google think of next?
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by KreiderDesigns on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
How about a program that collects data from people’s Wifi Networks.
..oh wait
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703460404575244763621501220.html
This station is non-operational.
Anybody like MMA around here?
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". "And that's just what these hustlers look for. They cruise from casino to casino looking for weak dealers the way lions look for weak antelope". Ace Rothstein, The Movie "Casino" 1995.
by wolfmanshowlforever on May 21, 2010 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
I’m your man. Though other then Evans vs Rampage I’m not real siked about the rest of the card.
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by darkside3744 on May 21, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
for the next PPV
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by darkside3744 on May 21, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
it's next saturday night and this has been promoted very heavily. may 29th.
i got rashad +105 moneyline for 100 dollars. since then he has moved to -125 and by fighttime it could be -140. rashad is too well rounded for rampage. rampage just going to go for the knockout and get frustrated b/c rashad will dance around the first round. then when rampage gets a little tired and frustrated he will go for the takedown and tko him for the win. bisping/ miller ain’t soo good.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". "And that's just what these hustlers look for. They cruise from casino to casino looking for weak dealers the way lions look for weak antelope". Ace Rothstein, The Movie "Casino" 1995.
by wolfmanshowlforever on May 22, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Watching another Brandon Wheat Kings game (they’re down 3-2) and I really, really want Matt Calvert. Kid just sniped the top corner on a wicked wrister.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 21, 2010 9:27 PM EDT reply actions
Well my experience at the Phillies game consisted of watching Dice-K pitch 7 2/3 innings of no-hit baseball and being 5 feet away from the landing point of a Jeremy Hermida foul ball. While I was not cheering for him to get the no-no, I would have stood up and applauded if he got it, out of respect. That being said, I cheered Castro’s hit like it was a walk-off grand slam.
At least the Flyers won!
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I hear you on the “almost watching an opposing team no-no” part of the experience. I went to the Phillies-Brewers game last April (while I was still living in PA) when Dave Bush went 7 1/3 without a hit. I was actually hoping for the no-no, because if I’m going to watch the Phillies lose, there might as well be some history created.
And yes, at least the Flyers won!
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
LOST FINALE **PLEASE NO SPOILERS**
I AM PISSED.
Anyone else?
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by KreiderDesigns on May 23, 2010 11:48 PM EDT reply actions
will I get banned if I say that I never seen an episode of lost? I just never found it to be interesting. And I could have guessed, from what I hear is the ending, since I heard of the premiss.
"Shugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
"Werwolf Bar Mitzvah. Spooky Scary. Boys becoming men. Men becoming wolves."
Yes you get this
I’ve actually never watched it either, never cared to. So I guess we’re both gonna get it.
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My friend told me the responses on twitter are either “I loved it! Even if I don’t understand it…” or “I hated it! I don’t get it.”
So, there is no consensus except – in typical Lost fashion – “um, what?”
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 24, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I have never seen an episode but just I’ve checked out people’s reactions on Twitter and Facebook and the mixed reactions are quite amusing.
I often wonder if I would have liked that show or not, but from the majority of the reactions I am seeing (and having been given knowledge of the ending), I do not think it is something I would have liked.
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I thought it was absolutely brilliant, and I can’t necessarily explain it, but I totally “get it.”
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by Travis Hughes on May 24, 2010 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Latvia's contestant for Eurovision 2010
Her song, “What For?”, is probably what Oskars listens to every time Ryan Parent is named in the starting lineup instead of him.
Latvian Eurovision 2010 Homepage
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Anyone ever listen to these guys?
http://www.barefoothockeygoalie.com/
I actually have Darius: A Rock Opera and it’s quite touching.
And by “touching” I mean "interesting.
Try listening to this one. You can thank me – or burn me in effigy – later.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
A few weeks ago, there was a lot of stats about shot-blocking and how it correlates with winning games. Does anyone have any of the links for those discussions, because I can’t find them but I’m pretty sure they must be out there somewhere (unless I made it up).
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First: http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2010/05/03/winning-percentage-vs-blocked-shots/
and the follow up: http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2010/05/21/more-on-shot-blocking/
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 24, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, I figured.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 25, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I was watching
the USA-Czech soccer game and I’m even more excited about the World Cup!! 1 more tune up game in Philly vs Turkey and then it’s off to South Africa!!
And, now it is going to be the real starting roster. I am a little worried about the USA’s defense with Gooch not being 100%. He is the link that holds this team together; just as important as Donovan and Howard. Bradley in the Midfield will be pretty important too.
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by Mitchell Green on May 26, 2010 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Boston’s luck is getting worse and worse. After being up 3 games to 0 against the Magic, the Celtics have lost the last 2 games and after a parade of injuries and ridiculous technicals to Kendrick Perkins, now face the very real possibility of suffering the exact same fate as the Boston Bruins and the Bruins ECHL affiliate, the Reading Royals.
I’m a little torn here. Because on one hand, I do enjoy seeing Boston sports fall back to earth after the ridiculous decade they just had of nothing but championships, but at the same time, I do not want the Flyers comeback to be forgotten about. If the Celtics manage to make 3 for 3 this year on 3-0 series leas choke jobs by a team from or affiliated with Boston, would casual sports fans and the mainstream media forget all about the Flyers? And slightly related, I know we are all not NBA fans, but if you are, or if you are like me and are not an NBA fan but a Flyers fan with a vested interest in this, are you rooting for the Magic to complete the 3-0 comeback, or the Celtics to hang on so the Flyers’ comeback is not overshadowed by ESPN and other mainstream media outlets?
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As a Magic fan, I’m obviously biased on this one, but I think having Orlando do it could, in the long run, bring more attention to the Flyers doing it. It’s amazing enough to have it happen, but having a team come back from 3-0 to win a series twice in one year would get attention for years to come. Especially with both of them being against Boston teams.
Honor is no substitute for victory.
All I know, is that Bruins fans still aren’t over the Flyers series (you can’t even talk about it) and the Celtics are being compared to the Bruins.
Sadly, right now Boston is more a basketball team than a hockey team, so I think that the Boston media would focus more on the Celtics collapse than the Bruins. But I think that ESPN and the national media will focus on both of collapses because they will find the parallels between the teams.
Also, no NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit, so that might bring more attention to the Magic. Bottom line: I’m torn because I want the C’s to win (since I’m a fan) but I don’t want the Flyers comeback to be overshadowed.
I’m not a fan of either team, so my rooting interest rests squarely on what it does to the Flyers’ comeback in terms of notoriety and media perception, both now and years down the road.
That actually is an interesting point about ESPN and the national media talking about the Flyers more in the case of finding parallels between the collapses (the Celtics just got a nasty bite of the injury bug in Game 5, just like the Bruins did with Krejci’s and Sturm’s injuries). It would be unprecedented and if Orlando does win, I could sort of see the extra attention being paid to the Flyers now. If it was a different city collapsing, then definitely not, but seeing as it is the same city, that would actually be kind of cool for the Flyers to be a part of that. I did not think of it like that before.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
Yes, the Celts did have the injury bug, but it also doesn’t help when 2 guys get concussions in the same game. Also, I don’t think that the same city has had 2 collapses like this before, but then again, they are few and far between.
I was rewatching the video, and the Daniels concussion has me mystified. It looks like he just ran into Gortat, either chest or arm, and knocked himself out. Gortat was pretty much stationary on the play. That’s just horrible, horrible luck. The Big Baby KO I can understand – Howard’s just that strong; IIRC, he’s given Nelson a concussion in practice, and I know he broke Courtney Lee’s face.
Honor is no substitute for victory.
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