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    Anti-Rants

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    There was a group of about 8 people that sat in front of Mrs. Baseball and I on Friday and near the end of the game one guy turned around and said, "If I buy your ticket, will you come and do that at the next game I come to?" :D

    So what game are they taking you to? Cuz we'll be there! :D

    Oh, and Scottie's undying O's fandom. I anti-rant about that.

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    You have no idea how tough it is sometimes. I'm fortunate enough to sit next to Paul Folkemer most times I'm in the pressbox, so I at least have someone with whom I can quietly celebrate.

    Scott, I have sat (and stood) next to you at Hangout games. Still not sure if the hearing has come back in one ear ;)

    So yeah, I can imagine.

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    F the rain. Tonight I watch my first O's game of the season from the seats. Tonight I yell. Tonight, I shout family-friendly insults at opposing players. Tonight...I dine in all-you-can-eat fashion! AT THE BALLPARK!!!

    Man, it must kill you to be in the pressbox and not be able to cheer.

    And it's real easy to say 'F the Rain!!' when you'll be up in your ivory tower, chowing down on all that chow. :P

    Short rants.

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    I do that too. I spell it 'realise' without, um, realising it. In my defense (not defence, at least) I did read a good deal of British fiction and music press growing up, so that may have coloured my outlook.

    And my rant? Low basement ceiling, exposed pipes, bald head. Ouch.

    Short rants.

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    I hate it when people spell probably "prolly".

    If I may add on, hearing grown people saying 'probaly' angers up the blood. Ooh, and 'realitor' for realtor. Erf.

    Anti-Rants

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    My good friend called last week. "Hey, I helped my father-in-law install his brand-new monster Plasma HD 1080 psi uber-vision and now I've got TV envy. I'm goin' out to buy the same thing. So...do you want my Toshiba 50" big screen? It's only 4 years old. Gimmee $100 and I'll bring it over."

    Yeah...50" big screen. $100.

    Wooo!! Opening Day at Scottie's! Yeah!! Up high! Aahh, uh...anybody?

    Nevermind.

    TVs are nice.

    Short rants.

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    People get pissed off for others that rubberneck, but honestly...when you get up to the crash sight, you damn sure want to take a nice long look at what the hell was holding you up for so long...am I right? ;)

    When I take over the world, I'm going to create a device that'll curb rubbernecking....it'll be like a big shower curtain that hides the crash from everyone on the road so no one slows down to look.

    You know, I well and truly don't want people to be in traffic accidents, it's not that at all, but when I sit in stop-and-go traffic for 30 minutes, and then it just suddenly starts moving, and there's no reason other than too many cars at that very moment in time? That is just infuriating. Honestly, if I gotta sit for that long, there had better be a crater.

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    If you wanted some pizza, why didn't you say something before I ordered it? And no, walking in with a plate and a dollar bill doesn't make it ok. It makes it worse. Do the math - with the tacked on delivery charge and tip, it was around 20 bucks. There's eight slices. Come on.

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    I think he was absolutely right too. If I ever get reincarnated as a black guy, I'll think about shaving my head then. About 95% of the black guys who do it, it looks right. About 95% of the white guys who do it, they look like idiots. I don't know why this is, but it is.

    Now, if you take the 95% of black guys and 5% of white guys who look right with it, and if you add them together, that adds up to 100%. So, I'm sure that everybody around here who does it looks just maaaahhhvelous ;-)

    I think Scottie, Bruce Willis, and myself are a few of the blessed. The rest of you poor saps still have to deal with combs and brushes and such :)

    Take a look at my profile picture. Do I look like an idiot or am I in that 5%?

    Scottie, you really aged since that last game!!!

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    My hairline is going nowhere, but I'm a fellow headshaver. I kept it super-short before I started Headblading, but now there's no more waiting at the barbershop not to mention I've got shaving my head down to a science.

    Seriously, fellas...don't fight it. EMBRACE it. Shave your head.

    Yeah, keep telling yourself that :)

    Not a fan, but wasn't there a Senfeld episode on that very thing? Wasername's boyfriend?

    Short rants.

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    Today's rant: thinning of the hair/receding hairline at 23.

    I will tell you what I wish someone had told me when the same thing happened - shave your head. Now. You'll be better off, and you can get used to it earlier. Kind of a way to tell genetics "you can't fire me; I QUIT!"

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    Someday, you'll be a dad, and the corny will come. You can try and fight it, but particularly if you have a little girl, resistance will be futile.

    The next time you see me in-person, imagine me with fairy wings and a pink-and-purple frilly princess costume dress pulled over my neck (because that's as far as it would go) and a sparkly magic wand in my hand. G'head. I'll give you a second.

    Yup. I'm THAT guy.

    Scott, I'm afraid that's how we will all picture you from now on. Well done. Perhaps you could wear that outfit to the Hangout Opening Day Frolic? :)

    Anti-Rants

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    Tomorrow is my Six Year wedding anniversary. SIX YEARS. And, to answer your unasked question, nope, I dunno what she sees, either. But luckily, she still sees it :)

    And Wednesday will be NINE YEARS we've been together altogether. She wasted her youth on me!!! I am one lucky bald man.

    Short rants.

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    It's things like road rage that made me into the nearly fanatical proponent of public transit I am today. Our car-based culture makes us lazier, stupider, more stressed-out and generally unhealthier. I'm as guilty of road-raging as anyone.

    You know what causes it? It's simple. In a car, you can act towards another human being in ways you wouldn't have the balls to do in person. You ever see people run into each other while walking? Not often. And if you do, do they start cussing each other out to each other's faces? Not bloody likely. If you're in a car, you can basically say what you want and just drive away. Back in reality, you'd provoke a fistfight like that.

    In some ways, you can say the same thing about the Internet vs. in-person conversations, but I think it's different.

    Oh yeah?? Up yers, Fingers!!! Hah!! Say sumpthin!!! ==logging off quickly to avoid rebuke==

    What are you listening to right now?

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    And that was after a week of Sir Mix-A-Lot, and a week before that of ZZ Top Deguello. I bounce around a bit.

    I used to know every word, beat and sound effect on Chief Boot Knocka. Mix doesn't get the respect he deserves. Sleepin Wit My Fonk has a place of honor on my Nano.

    What are you listening to right now?

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    Also the video for Knights of Cydonia is one of the most bizarelly hilarious things I have ever seen. They definitely went to the Beastie Boys school of video making, and their mash up of 70s westerns, sci-fi, and kung fu flicks is as diverse as their own musical influences, so it works almost perfectly to the song.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A

    I think I like that video better than anything the Beasties ever put out. Well, maybe Hey Ladies is better. Maybe.

    And Muse may be closer to Queen-like harmonies than any band not named Queen. And I love Queen. So yay.

    What are you listening to right now?

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    That's what I've heard, too, about the older albums being brilliant.

    Of course, if they're more brilliant than Knights of Cydonia...holy crap, how are these guys as "unknown" as they are?

    Only in America. They are absolutely massive in Europe, by all accounts. Kind of like the Manic Street Preachers. Who? Exactly.

    What are you listening to right now?

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    Resurrecting this post from the graveyard.

    I'm listening to Muse right now. I bought Black Holes and Revelations after an employee showed me the video for Knights of Cydonia and their sound just really hooked me. So many different elements joining together to make this really weird sound. Apparentely it's "new prog." At least it isn't nu-prog. I hate that nu thing. Anyway, I'm really liking it.

    I've heard good things about them. Also been told (by a pretty big fan of theirs) that the older records are better. Dunno, but I do like what I've heard offa that record.

    As for my listening - Justin Currie (former lead singer for del amitri) has a solo record out. It's good, but all ballads, which I can understand as he's probably sick of loud guitars, but it does blend together a bit.

    And Smoosh.

    And The Pipettes.

    Anti-Rants

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    No, it didn't bother me, so it's not a rant. I just thought it was really funny. There's nothing like getting an e-mail with "I can't find my pulse! Help!"

    Dude. She's a zombie. RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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