Not my favorite by a long shot, but the most appropriate way to transition from the last question about cheese to tonight's question about the Eagle's Offensive Line.
For anybody watching Sunday night football, it is painfully obvious that the Eagle's offensive line died in a fiery tragic plane crash and has been replaced by the cheerleading squad for the local pop-warner team. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a new, celebrity O-Line for the Philadelphia Eagles. Celebrities must be alive presently (Which unfortunately means that Elvis in his final, fat years is not an option, nor is the Buddha) and for those of you who don't know Football that well, they should be fat, that's kind of the idea of an O-Line.
Yesterday's: I'm going to give the co-champs to Nick and O-Train. I can eat Ricotta straight out of the container by the spoonful, and provo is wildly underrated.
O-Train
I'm voting for provolone because it hasn't been mentioned yet, and it's underrated as a cheese. It can be mild or incredibly strong, and is fantastic on veal, chicken or eggplant parm.
Also, it was immortalized in an episode of The Sopranos where Silvio Danta (Steve Van Zandt) is losing at poker, and one of the underlings is trying to sweep a piece of cheese away from his feet in the middle of the game. He says, "Leave the fucking cheese there, all right? I love fuckin' cheese at my feet! I stick motherfuckin' provolone in my socks at night, so they smell like your sister's crotch in the morning. Alright? Now leave the fucking cocksucking cheese where it is! Here, here, here. (Throws cheese from his plate onto the floor) Go ahead! Have a good time!"
Nick:
It's gotta be ricotta, because it's used in cannolis AND can be used for lasagna and stuffed shells and stuff like that.
Game over, it's a cheese that can be used in Italian desserts and meals. It literally may be the most perfect thing ever to appear on this planet.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
a food question
What is the best kind of cheese?
Cheeses to consider: Cheddar, Jack, Pepper Jack, Pecorino Romano, provalone, mozzarella, edam, brie, ricotta, american, parmesan, limberger, swiss.
Yesterday's: I'm going to declare matty and nick co-winners for taking different views on this question, but i agree first and foremost with nick that politics are generally pretty worthless, hooray anarchy. Becca gets an honorable mention for just wanting to make sure that nick wasn't the only one to answer. No offense, but Kerry was a worthless candidate and, as a republican, I wish like hell the democrats would put up a worthwhile candidate because it would mean that we might have to as well. Show me McCain.
Nick:
It's funny...I'm liberal, but I kind of hate the Democratic Party. It continually churns out these shitty Presidential candidates (Gore - I wrote in McCain, Kerry - I voted for Kerry, and then sighed because I didn't think he was all that great) and doesn't even manage to fight all that well. Basically, the party as a whole is a bunch of pussies. Too bad 98% of the Republican Party is pure evil, and god knows we don't want that. I mean...this is a party that supports, wholeheartedly, the idea that George Bush was a better leader than John McCain. It's truly incredible.
As for the biggest political blunder, I'm gonna go back to Nixon sending guys into the Watergate Hotel. He was gonna win, there was no doubt, and yet he couldn't help himself because he was just a devious control freak. Asshole killed his own career without it being necessary.
(Also, I chose this over any wars, because I think wars are blunders that transcend politics...many of them are blunders of humanity, on both sides...also, Matty took Vietnam).
Politics, and politicians suck. All of em. They're blood suckers more concerned with the next election than doing anything right. Anarchy in the US.
Matty:
Vietnam. Iraq is divisive and bad, but the national and international turmoil that Vietnam caused will be hard to replicate. Becoming involved in the first place was a bad idea, but as soon as we invaded Cambodia it was all downhill from there. There was no reason for us to be there in the first place and caused irreparable damage to our international reputation. The blow to the national pysche was bad enough, but the after effects have been worse than Eric Lindros's post concussion syndrome.
Cheeses to consider: Cheddar, Jack, Pepper Jack, Pecorino Romano, provalone, mozzarella, edam, brie, ricotta, american, parmesan, limberger, swiss.
Yesterday's: I'm going to declare matty and nick co-winners for taking different views on this question, but i agree first and foremost with nick that politics are generally pretty worthless, hooray anarchy. Becca gets an honorable mention for just wanting to make sure that nick wasn't the only one to answer. No offense, but Kerry was a worthless candidate and, as a republican, I wish like hell the democrats would put up a worthwhile candidate because it would mean that we might have to as well. Show me McCain.
Nick:
It's funny...I'm liberal, but I kind of hate the Democratic Party. It continually churns out these shitty Presidential candidates (Gore - I wrote in McCain, Kerry - I voted for Kerry, and then sighed because I didn't think he was all that great) and doesn't even manage to fight all that well. Basically, the party as a whole is a bunch of pussies. Too bad 98% of the Republican Party is pure evil, and god knows we don't want that. I mean...this is a party that supports, wholeheartedly, the idea that George Bush was a better leader than John McCain. It's truly incredible.
As for the biggest political blunder, I'm gonna go back to Nixon sending guys into the Watergate Hotel. He was gonna win, there was no doubt, and yet he couldn't help himself because he was just a devious control freak. Asshole killed his own career without it being necessary.
(Also, I chose this over any wars, because I think wars are blunders that transcend politics...many of them are blunders of humanity, on both sides...also, Matty took Vietnam).
Politics, and politicians suck. All of em. They're blood suckers more concerned with the next election than doing anything right. Anarchy in the US.
Matty:
Vietnam. Iraq is divisive and bad, but the national and international turmoil that Vietnam caused will be hard to replicate. Becoming involved in the first place was a bad idea, but as soon as we invaded Cambodia it was all downhill from there. There was no reason for us to be there in the first place and caused irreparable damage to our international reputation. The blow to the national pysche was bad enough, but the after effects have been worse than Eric Lindros's post concussion syndrome.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
nobody else ever had breakfast for dinner?
Well fuck you guys then. I'm gonna have Nick over for Freedom Toast (because DQD is a patriotic web site) and none of you are invited.
Speaking of being patriotic, what is the biggest political blunder in US History?
Yesterday's: Nick is the self proclaimed Bill Belichick of DQD. I'd accuse him of stealing signals from other people to get an edge, but who would he be stealing them from?
Nick:
French Toast. Basically because that's what my dad would make whenever my mom wasn't home to make dinner for the night when I was growing up. The man makes a solid french toast.
I subscribe to Mitch Hedberg's description of pancakes, "At first you're all excited, but by the end, you're fuckin sick of em.", and eggs never did the trick for me.
Cereal works too, but that loses it's novelty when you're 26 and eating cereal because you're too poor to go grocery shopping and you can't cook shit beyond Annie's mac and cheese anyway.
Speaking of being patriotic, what is the biggest political blunder in US History?
Yesterday's: Nick is the self proclaimed Bill Belichick of DQD. I'd accuse him of stealing signals from other people to get an edge, but who would he be stealing them from?
Nick:
French Toast. Basically because that's what my dad would make whenever my mom wasn't home to make dinner for the night when I was growing up. The man makes a solid french toast.
I subscribe to Mitch Hedberg's description of pancakes, "At first you're all excited, but by the end, you're fuckin sick of em.", and eggs never did the trick for me.
Cereal works too, but that loses it's novelty when you're 26 and eating cereal because you're too poor to go grocery shopping and you can't cook shit beyond Annie's mac and cheese anyway.
Monday, September 24, 2007
It says here breakfast anytime
I'll have the pancakes in the age of enlightenment. We've all done it, in fact, i'm doing it right now: What is the best breakfast food to eat for dinner?
Yesterday's: Based on strength of answer alone, I've gotta give it to Monty. Honorable mention to Cardamone because: 1. Nicole did fuck us over that game and 2. He got in a cheap shot on Matty before the buzzer. Matty is DQed because there is no board, and Nicole is DQed even though she didn't answer because she fucked Nick and I over the last time we played Trivial Pursuit.
Monty:
Clearly the classic game of medieval warfare: Chess.
Systematically and strategically marching your force from one end of the battlefield to the other... Meeting your opponent head on, always looking for his weak point while fending off his attacks, waiting for that one vital mistake that leads to victory. Sweet, sweet victory. And always so pure.
Chess doesn't require the luck of the dice or a drawn card. It takes superior intelligence to plot your attack while still defending your territory. When was the last time you had to worry about the Cannon busting up your hotels and using the Racecar for a getaway?
Yesterday's: Based on strength of answer alone, I've gotta give it to Monty. Honorable mention to Cardamone because: 1. Nicole did fuck us over that game and 2. He got in a cheap shot on Matty before the buzzer. Matty is DQed because there is no board, and Nicole is DQed even though she didn't answer because she fucked Nick and I over the last time we played Trivial Pursuit.
Monty:
Clearly the classic game of medieval warfare: Chess.
Systematically and strategically marching your force from one end of the battlefield to the other... Meeting your opponent head on, always looking for his weak point while fending off his attacks, waiting for that one vital mistake that leads to victory. Sweet, sweet victory. And always so pure.
Chess doesn't require the luck of the dice or a drawn card. It takes superior intelligence to plot your attack while still defending your territory. When was the last time you had to worry about the Cannon busting up your hotels and using the Racecar for a getaway?
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Kyle has AIDS and now loses 47 turns and 800 points
What is the all time best board game ever?
Things to consider: This is not a "loosely defined" type of question. If there is no board, it is not a board game.
Yesterday's: 3rd Place Nicole 2nd place Becca 1st place Nick if for no other reason than that I want everyone else to have the same awful mental picture that I have of Cardamone in boxers that have nothing but a thread holding together the undercarriage.
Nick
If it's a shirt you wear with a full t-shirt underneath, it takes 3-4 weeks for it to be considered dirty.
But a t-shirt worn with only skin or a wife-beater underneath can only be worn once or twice before it's considered dirty.
Underwear is a one time thing, unless you're really desperate, in which case it can be turned inside out and reused. Also, in order to delay laundry, going to the store and buying more boxers is definitely a valid alternative.
Socks worn for more than 25 minutes cannot be reused.
Also, old underwear in the bottom of the drawer which is clean, but may have holes that stretch across the entire undercarriage are completely acceptable on laundry day.
Also, it's very much acceptable on a football day to not shower if you've committed to watching at least 8 hours of football, and in that case, that's two day clothing...all of it.
Things to consider: This is not a "loosely defined" type of question. If there is no board, it is not a board game.
Yesterday's: 3rd Place Nicole 2nd place Becca 1st place Nick if for no other reason than that I want everyone else to have the same awful mental picture that I have of Cardamone in boxers that have nothing but a thread holding together the undercarriage.
Nick
If it's a shirt you wear with a full t-shirt underneath, it takes 3-4 weeks for it to be considered dirty.
But a t-shirt worn with only skin or a wife-beater underneath can only be worn once or twice before it's considered dirty.
Underwear is a one time thing, unless you're really desperate, in which case it can be turned inside out and reused. Also, in order to delay laundry, going to the store and buying more boxers is definitely a valid alternative.
Socks worn for more than 25 minutes cannot be reused.
Also, old underwear in the bottom of the drawer which is clean, but may have holes that stretch across the entire undercarriage are completely acceptable on laundry day.
Also, it's very much acceptable on a football day to not shower if you've committed to watching at least 8 hours of football, and in that case, that's two day clothing...all of it.
Friday, September 21, 2007
a triumphant return
O-Train is Back!!!
Does laundry have various degrees of clean and dirty (a la Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters II) or is there a clean/dirty dichotomy?
Yesterday's:
O-Train:
Dagos call KY "olive oil."
Oh, and another thing:
Why did God invent gold chains?
So the Italians know where to stop shaving.
Does laundry have various degrees of clean and dirty (a la Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters II) or is there a clean/dirty dichotomy?
Yesterday's:
O-Train:
Dagos call KY "olive oil."
Oh, and another thing:
Why did God invent gold chains?
So the Italians know where to stop shaving.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
hmmm...
You know what, i'm going to ask the question that I did yesterday and have it be the actual question for tonight...if there's no k and no y in the italian alphabet, what do italians call KY?
Yesterday's: I've gotta call this one a tie. Two of my favorite people chose two of my favorite movies and two of my favorite one liners.
Yesterday's: I've gotta call this one a tie. Two of my favorite people chose two of my favorite movies and two of my favorite one liners.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
If there's no y or k in the italian alphabet
then what do Italians call KY? I love Boondock, but that has always bugged the shit out of me too that the head of the family in that movie doesn't even have a real Italian name.
What is the All-time best Mel Brooks movie?
Yesterday's: I'm going to give it to Martina with a runner-up to Nick for bringing up the whole "Yakavetta" thing. Also, hooray more posts.
Martina:
I have three.
Center Stage.
The Mighty Ducks.
Fear.
Center Stage is so bad it's good. And they used Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat" before Napoleon Dynomite did. Ballet dancers + Peter Gallagher's amazing eyebrows equals 1.5 hours of amazingness.
The Mighty Ducks was the first movie that graced me with the genius of Emilio Esteves (unfortunately, I had not been introduced to the Breakfast Club until years later). It's definitely not in Sandlot terrritory, but this movie was my childhood and made Joshua Jackson my first celebrity crush.
Lastly, there's Fear. It wasn't till recently when I watched it on some shitty cable movie channel when I realized, "Holy Shit! That's Gil Grissom!" And basically anything with him kicks ass. And let us not forget the roller coaster scene with the Sunday's "wild horses" playing in the background. That soundtrack was damn good.
Nicole 4 Eva.
Nick:
Ahh, the only kind of competition I'm equipped to consistently win...an unopposed one (hey, I'm kind of like this year's Michigan team, huh?)
As far as a movie I'm ashamed to admit I love, I'm gonna go with two.
The Boondock Saints: Saw it when I was either a high school senior or college freshman, loved the hell out of it. Bought it, watched it a ton, realized that every time I watched it I noticed things I didn't like about it. It's not a very original movie, it's not particularly well-acted (Norman Reedus goes from California to Irish accent constantly...Flannery's better) and it was made by an incredible douchebag (watch the documentary Overnight for the proof of that). I mean, when a movie rips off Tarantino, it's really ripping off even more, older movies, and that's what Saints does. In addition, the idea that they have an Italian man named 'Yakavetta' bothers me more every time I see it. There's no goddamn 'y' or 'k' in the Italian language...it just looks lazy to have that. Basically, Saints is a movie of style over substance and it's not that good.
All that said, I still love watching it. What the fuck is wrong with me?
Red Dawn: The Russians invade the US during the Cold War. Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, the kid who played Leif Garrett's buddy in The Outsiders and some random hispanic kid go insurgent. With supporting turns by Harry Dean Stanton (AVENGE ME!!), Powers Boothe and the guy who played the editor in Lois and Clark (kill me now for referencing that show...I don't know if I've ever felt more ashamed) as the mayor.
Just a fucking brilliant tale of paranoia during the 80s, and the first PG-13 movie ever. This movie is just too good, from the opening scene of paratroopers landing to the really, really hacky voice over at the end, I can watch Red Dawn anytime, anywhere.
What is the All-time best Mel Brooks movie?
Yesterday's: I'm going to give it to Martina with a runner-up to Nick for bringing up the whole "Yakavetta" thing. Also, hooray more posts.
Martina:
I have three.
Center Stage.
The Mighty Ducks.
Fear.
Center Stage is so bad it's good. And they used Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat" before Napoleon Dynomite did. Ballet dancers + Peter Gallagher's amazing eyebrows equals 1.5 hours of amazingness.
The Mighty Ducks was the first movie that graced me with the genius of Emilio Esteves (unfortunately, I had not been introduced to the Breakfast Club until years later). It's definitely not in Sandlot terrritory, but this movie was my childhood and made Joshua Jackson my first celebrity crush.
Lastly, there's Fear. It wasn't till recently when I watched it on some shitty cable movie channel when I realized, "Holy Shit! That's Gil Grissom!" And basically anything with him kicks ass. And let us not forget the roller coaster scene with the Sunday's "wild horses" playing in the background. That soundtrack was damn good.
Nicole 4 Eva.
Nick:
Ahh, the only kind of competition I'm equipped to consistently win...an unopposed one (hey, I'm kind of like this year's Michigan team, huh?)
As far as a movie I'm ashamed to admit I love, I'm gonna go with two.
The Boondock Saints: Saw it when I was either a high school senior or college freshman, loved the hell out of it. Bought it, watched it a ton, realized that every time I watched it I noticed things I didn't like about it. It's not a very original movie, it's not particularly well-acted (Norman Reedus goes from California to Irish accent constantly...Flannery's better) and it was made by an incredible douchebag (watch the documentary Overnight for the proof of that). I mean, when a movie rips off Tarantino, it's really ripping off even more, older movies, and that's what Saints does. In addition, the idea that they have an Italian man named 'Yakavetta' bothers me more every time I see it. There's no goddamn 'y' or 'k' in the Italian language...it just looks lazy to have that. Basically, Saints is a movie of style over substance and it's not that good.
All that said, I still love watching it. What the fuck is wrong with me?
Red Dawn: The Russians invade the US during the Cold War. Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, the kid who played Leif Garrett's buddy in The Outsiders and some random hispanic kid go insurgent. With supporting turns by Harry Dean Stanton (AVENGE ME!!), Powers Boothe and the guy who played the editor in Lois and Clark (kill me now for referencing that show...I don't know if I've ever felt more ashamed) as the mayor.
Just a fucking brilliant tale of paranoia during the 80s, and the first PG-13 movie ever. This movie is just too good, from the opening scene of paratroopers landing to the really, really hacky voice over at the end, I can watch Red Dawn anytime, anywhere.
Monday, September 17, 2007
I'm glad Nick still checks these
What is the all-time best movie that you're ashamed to admit you love?
Friday's: Oh so many to choose from. His list does resemble mine though, especially the first three.
Nick:
This will be mostly dark, but nice people really don't interest me. I understand how they think and can see why they think that way.
1. Adolf Hitler - Obviously he's evil as hell, but he is interesting as hell also.
2. Josef Stalin - The amount of people he had killed is staggering.
3. Brian Wilson - He was fucked up in the head, yet created some of the most beautiful and pleasing music ever for the Beach Boys.
4. John Cazale - Because he had the greatest stretch of movies ever. The Godfather, Godfather II, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter, before dying waaaay too young of lung cancer. Every film he ever acted in was nominated for Best Picture, and he acted with the incredible heavyweights, Pacino, Brando, DeNiro, Streep...
5. Scarlett Johansson - Because there's nothing not interesting about them titties.
Friday's: Oh so many to choose from. His list does resemble mine though, especially the first three.
Nick:
This will be mostly dark, but nice people really don't interest me. I understand how they think and can see why they think that way.
1. Adolf Hitler - Obviously he's evil as hell, but he is interesting as hell also.
2. Josef Stalin - The amount of people he had killed is staggering.
3. Brian Wilson - He was fucked up in the head, yet created some of the most beautiful and pleasing music ever for the Beach Boys.
4. John Cazale - Because he had the greatest stretch of movies ever. The Godfather, Godfather II, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter, before dying waaaay too young of lung cancer. Every film he ever acted in was nominated for Best Picture, and he acted with the incredible heavyweights, Pacino, Brando, DeNiro, Streep...
5. Scarlett Johansson - Because there's nothing not interesting about them titties.
Friday, September 14, 2007
The big 100
Who are the top 5, most intriguing public figures of the last 100 years?
Yesterday's: Even though I kind of disagree with him, I've gotta give it to Nick because he's the only one who answered. I personally was thinking Japan circa 1941, Russian olympic athletes on every steroid immaginable to man (pre-olympic random drug screening and the fall of the iron curtain) and/or police in unmarked cars (because if that's not fucking cheating, i don't know what is).
Nick:
It's in the question today. If the Patriots hadn't been cheating, they'd never win. Tom Brady would be Jake Plummer, Belichick would've been fired, the Pats would still be a losing team. It's obvious that they were cheating worse than any other team in the history of all sports.
(And no, there's no sarcasm whatsoever in that response, really.)
Yesterday's: Even though I kind of disagree with him, I've gotta give it to Nick because he's the only one who answered. I personally was thinking Japan circa 1941, Russian olympic athletes on every steroid immaginable to man (pre-olympic random drug screening and the fall of the iron curtain) and/or police in unmarked cars (because if that's not fucking cheating, i don't know what is).
Nick:
It's in the question today. If the Patriots hadn't been cheating, they'd never win. Tom Brady would be Jake Plummer, Belichick would've been fired, the Pats would still be a losing team. It's obvious that they were cheating worse than any other team in the history of all sports.
(And no, there's no sarcasm whatsoever in that response, really.)
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Number 99
I should do a Gretzky themed post, but I'm not. In light of the fact that the New England Patriots are no officially cheaters, I have to ask, who is the biggest cheater (are the biggest cheaters) in history? Doesn't have to be sports history, just history in general.
Yesterday's: I give it to Martina with an honorable mention to Scheity
Martina:
The Real World!
This is the true (fake) story of seven strangers
picked to live in a house (that they don't pay for)
and have their (sex) lives taped.
To find out what happens
when people stop being polite
and start being duchebags.
The Real World.
The first few seasons were pretty interesting, but now it's all the same...young trashy obnoxious alcoholics running around like chickens with their heads cut off, humping anything that has a pulse. It used to be kind of funny, but now it's just pathetic and annoying.
MTV sucks.
Scheity:
The CBS Nighttime News.
Yesterday's: I give it to Martina with an honorable mention to Scheity
Martina:
The Real World!
This is the true (fake) story of seven strangers
picked to live in a house (that they don't pay for)
and have their (sex) lives taped.
To find out what happens
when people stop being polite
and start being duchebags.
The Real World.
The first few seasons were pretty interesting, but now it's all the same...young trashy obnoxious alcoholics running around like chickens with their heads cut off, humping anything that has a pulse. It used to be kind of funny, but now it's just pathetic and annoying.
MTV sucks.
Scheity:
The CBS Nighttime News.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
as we near 100 episodes
This is the 98th post of the new incarnation of Question of the Day, and as we near the 100th post I was going to ask what was the best show to be canceled before its time...but the answer to that is Arrested Development, so instead, today's question is What show currently on television has really overstayed its welcome? What show has lasted way too long and just needs to go away?
Yesterday's: My favorite thing about football season is that "border-line alcoholic" ceases to be a viable category and instead people just call you a "sports fan."That's why I've gotta give it to nick for pointing out how amazing this time of year is for sports fans, even though he forgot to mention that it also represents the beginning of Soccer Season (Serie A, English Premiership, Champions League). Honorable mentions to the girls.
Yesterday's: My favorite thing about football season is that "border-line alcoholic" ceases to be a viable category and instead people just call you a "sports fan."That's why I've gotta give it to nick for pointing out how amazing this time of year is for sports fans, even though he forgot to mention that it also represents the beginning of Soccer Season (Serie A, English Premiership, Champions League). Honorable mentions to the girls.
- Nick said...
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Damn man, I just love those Sundays sitting on the couch, watching the early games and watching the incredible combo of size, speed and violence come together in this amazingly athletic way.
The fact that from 1 pm till about 11:30 pm, there's about an hour of time during the day when there's not a game going on, and you can just sit there and watch these guys sacrifice a lot in order to win game sis pretty incredible.
Plus, when football season starts, it means you're that much closer to hockey season starting and the beginning of the baseball playoffs. It's one of the best times of year. - Michelle said...
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The wings...
...and the crisp autumn air - Nicole said...
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Boys suddenly leave you alone, cause they have a place to be a couple nights a week.
Monday, September 10, 2007
the fooooose-ball is evil
What is the best thing about football season?
Yesterday's: You all bring up some interesting points, i usually watch south park, and like nick i very rarely listen to an entire album anymore either, but I'm going to answer my own question and declare myself winner anyway.
5. The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
Self indulgent? Yes. But I think it's a shame when I wake up and have to pay the penalty for my self-destructive lifestyle.
4. The Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
so mellow, it might actually be better when you're hungover than when you're not
3. Chris Isaak - Baja Sessions
Also a phenomenal album to listen to on the beach, or while hooking up with someone
2. Pete Yorn - Music for the Morning After
The name says it all.
1. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
I really want to post the entire lyrics for the song "Say Yes," the last song on the album, as an argument, so I will.
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
We broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after
It's always been wait and see
A happy day and then you pay
And feel like shit the morning after
But now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after
Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
And I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after
Crooked spin cant come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows and you see how it is
They want you or they don't
Say yes
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
Yesterday's: You all bring up some interesting points, i usually watch south park, and like nick i very rarely listen to an entire album anymore either, but I'm going to answer my own question and declare myself winner anyway.
5. The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
Self indulgent? Yes. But I think it's a shame when I wake up and have to pay the penalty for my self-destructive lifestyle.
4. The Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
so mellow, it might actually be better when you're hungover than when you're not
3. Chris Isaak - Baja Sessions
Also a phenomenal album to listen to on the beach, or while hooking up with someone
2. Pete Yorn - Music for the Morning After
The name says it all.
1. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
I really want to post the entire lyrics for the song "Say Yes," the last song on the album, as an argument, so I will.
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
We broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after
It's always been wait and see
A happy day and then you pay
And feel like shit the morning after
But now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after
Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
And I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after
Crooked spin cant come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows and you see how it is
They want you or they don't
Say yes
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
Sunday, September 9, 2007
How many days was last night?
Alltime top 5 albums to listen to when you are hung over as shit? Go.
Yesterdays: Fuck Apple.
Matty:
reak it down. Problem with the phone company? It's related to either bills or service, but there's not a lot they can do for you . . . you signed the outrageous contract for crappy service. Electric company? If they screw up, they'll audit it and admit they messed up (at least they did at my house in CO when we got $1500 bill for one month . . . guess they typed one too many zeroes). Cable companies are a close second. They try and screw you at every turn, getting you to buy something by not telling you how much it is and then having it cost $25 a month extra. Plus they hit you with bullshit charges for calling. Total bastards. The winner and all-time champion of shitty service is Apple. Considering they have the portable audio player market covered, if you call about an iPod you can go fuck yourself. They could care less about you and htey know you're locked into buying a new one. Sure, there are other choices out there but the second you buy something from iTunes you're locked in, and they know it because you can't play the song or movie any other way. Ever have a problem with iTunes? I have. I've never called a company that knew so little about their own program. Unvelievable. Oh, your iPod broke? Ok we'll fix it . . . oh, there's a tiny ding on the back. You're screwed. Fuck you, Apple. If I hadn't spent $1000 (at least) in your crappy online store, I'd have a Zune by now. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't switch because I hate my iPod, but because I hate Apple. They've become everything they bitched and moaned and filed in federal court that Microsoft were. Fuckers.
Yesterdays: Fuck Apple.
Matty:
reak it down. Problem with the phone company? It's related to either bills or service, but there's not a lot they can do for you . . . you signed the outrageous contract for crappy service. Electric company? If they screw up, they'll audit it and admit they messed up (at least they did at my house in CO when we got $1500 bill for one month . . . guess they typed one too many zeroes). Cable companies are a close second. They try and screw you at every turn, getting you to buy something by not telling you how much it is and then having it cost $25 a month extra. Plus they hit you with bullshit charges for calling. Total bastards. The winner and all-time champion of shitty service is Apple. Considering they have the portable audio player market covered, if you call about an iPod you can go fuck yourself. They could care less about you and htey know you're locked into buying a new one. Sure, there are other choices out there but the second you buy something from iTunes you're locked in, and they know it because you can't play the song or movie any other way. Ever have a problem with iTunes? I have. I've never called a company that knew so little about their own program. Unvelievable. Oh, your iPod broke? Ok we'll fix it . . . oh, there's a tiny ding on the back. You're screwed. Fuck you, Apple. If I hadn't spent $1000 (at least) in your crappy online store, I'd have a Zune by now. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't switch because I hate my iPod, but because I hate Apple. They've become everything they bitched and moaned and filed in federal court that Microsoft were. Fuckers.
Friday, September 7, 2007
High Fidelity the Musical equals auto DQ
That means you O-Train. I refuse to acquiesce to matty's request to DQ Nick though because let's face it, I love Journey, but they deserve to be fair game.
Who is a bigger pain in the ass to deal with: The electric company, the cable company, the phone company, or Apple Customer Service?
Things to consider: It was very hot in my apartment last night with no air conditioning because a billing mix-up led to my power getting shut off (It also meant that I couldn't post a new question). It was fairly painless today getting it turned back on, though.
Yesterdays: I give it to the M's. Michelle wins, Honorable mentions to Matty and Martina.
Who is a bigger pain in the ass to deal with: The electric company, the cable company, the phone company, or Apple Customer Service?
Things to consider: It was very hot in my apartment last night with no air conditioning because a billing mix-up led to my power getting shut off (It also meant that I couldn't post a new question). It was fairly painless today getting it turned back on, though.
Yesterdays: I give it to the M's. Michelle wins, Honorable mentions to Matty and Martina.
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This is an incredibly tough question. For some reason, Streetcar Named Desire got me in high school. It's a classic and made me cry... I know, strange. I just felt so badly for Blanche's character - she's just so sad.
As far as musicals go, Les Miserables (back when it first opened...when it was GOOD) is definitely up there. When I saw it at age 10, I fell in love. It was so powerful and so beautiful and moved me to tears at only 10 years old.
Then I saw it again in middle school and it was awful. Why it left and then came back to Broadway is beyond me.
Finally, I think I also have to vote for Avenue Q. I saw the original cast and it was AWESOME! Finally an ORIGINAL idea on Broadway (well a spoof on sesame street sorta, but original enough) with every song hysterical. Not only that, it ends on such an uplifting note and one that applies to all. I think I might have to say Avenue Q is the best.
That's all I can say right now. Totally lacking any ability to be articulate and intelligent. I wouldn't be surprised if this entry is filled with typos and awkward sentences.... "I'm so aaaawwwkward!!!" - martina said...
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Death of a Salesman. Such a well written and sincere character studay.
Regarding musicals, it's a tie betweem Les Miserables and Phantom.
If dance counts, then I will also have to mention Romeo and Juliet. It would make sense to say the play by Shakespeare, but the ballet is actually a lot better oddly enough. Sorry, I'm kind of a ballet whore.
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Phantom of the Opera. WAY better than Cats and has been around for a long time, too. The music in it is unbelievable and no show I've been to has impressed me more than Phantom has. There's something awesome about having the lights go down and the organ theme blasting throughout the opera house. Simply amazing.
I'd like to give a runner-up nod to Tchiakovsky's Nut Cracker. You talk about something being critically acclaimed and being around for a while . . . great theater with some amazing athletes (I don't care what anyone says, ballet performers are absolutely athletes and could probably beat the crap out of a lot of baseball players. Think about it, they toss people around . . . unreal).
I move that Nick be DQ'd for once again ripping on Journey and people who like Journey. The wheel in the sky keeps on turnin' . . .
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Back to school, Back to school
To prove to dad that I'm not a fool
I'm feeling literary/dramatic
What is the best play in the history of theater? (musicals count)
Yesterday's: I love both trivia and pool, I don't know if trivia counts as a "traditional" bar game but why not, it's definitely my favorite, and plus those were the only two real answers so I give it to Nick and Martina. Bonus points to Martina for the Paul Newman reference
Nick:
Trivia. Mainly because I'm the fuckin balls when it comes to trivia. I've been on such a good run of trivia, that I haven't been on a team that finishes outside the money in well over a month, and this is going, on average, twice a week.
Trivia provides you the chance to actually win some prizes while your drinking, whether it's money (Ts) gift certificates (Our House, White Horse) or water guns and slushie makers (also Our House).
And like I said, I like games I'm good at, and as Nicole can attest, for some reason, my general state of retardation clears up whenever someone's asking me to risk points on answering random questions at a drinking establishment.
Martina:
While trivia is very fun, especially when your drinking, my vote is for pool. Not so much because I enjoy playing it, but because one of my favorite movies is "The Hustler" and Paul Newman is my favorite person of all time.
I'm feeling literary/dramatic
What is the best play in the history of theater? (musicals count)
Yesterday's: I love both trivia and pool, I don't know if trivia counts as a "traditional" bar game but why not, it's definitely my favorite, and plus those were the only two real answers so I give it to Nick and Martina. Bonus points to Martina for the Paul Newman reference
Nick:
Trivia. Mainly because I'm the fuckin balls when it comes to trivia. I've been on such a good run of trivia, that I haven't been on a team that finishes outside the money in well over a month, and this is going, on average, twice a week.
Trivia provides you the chance to actually win some prizes while your drinking, whether it's money (Ts) gift certificates (Our House, White Horse) or water guns and slushie makers (also Our House).
And like I said, I like games I'm good at, and as Nicole can attest, for some reason, my general state of retardation clears up whenever someone's asking me to risk points on answering random questions at a drinking establishment.
Martina:
While trivia is very fun, especially when your drinking, my vote is for pool. Not so much because I enjoy playing it, but because one of my favorite movies is "The Hustler" and Paul Newman is my favorite person of all time.
bar games
What is the all time best, traditional bar game (pool, darts, etc.)?
Yesterday's: I give this one to Becca and O-Train because, yes becca, i still have nightmares about that episode of csi too, and o-train yea, that would suck to go out that way. Retroactive honorable mentions for two days ago's question to O-Train (Elizabeth Swann, Pirates) and Martina (Prince Eric, The Little Mermaid).
Yesterday's: I give this one to Becca and O-Train because, yes becca, i still have nightmares about that episode of csi too, and o-train yea, that would suck to go out that way. Retroactive honorable mentions for two days ago's question to O-Train (Elizabeth Swann, Pirates) and Martina (Prince Eric, The Little Mermaid).
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I've given this one a bit of thought (mostly while trying to think of anything that is worse than freezing in a North Dakota winter). Slowly being eaten by bugs, while suffocating because you're trapped in a coffin buried underground is the absolute worst way to go.
In fact, I'm now going to have nightmares about this. THANKS A LOT.
My second choice of "worst way to go" is being forced to watch the BC goal scored on Fields from 180 ft. away until I decide to put myself out of my misery by hanging myself with my own shoelaces. - O-Train said...
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Buried alive.
Thinking of the Utah miners, that's got to be the worst way to go. You're trapped, maybe with a few friends, maybe alone, and you're stuck with your thoughts. Is anyone coming to save me/us? How much air is left? How long can I live without food?
It's dark, it's cold, and it's slow. The psychological side is much worse than the physical, where you slowly drift off. You've got time and thoughts, and you are wondering if you told everyone in your life that you loved them, and if you apologized to everyone you wronged, and what'll it be like when it's all over. The psychological drama is far worse in this case, which is why it's truly the worst way to go.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Still kicking
Against all odds, I survived another day. I didn't drown or get eaten by a shark while I was surfing, get struck down by the angry hand of God or a speeding drunk driver in a circa 1987 Honda Accord--you know, the ones with the with flip lights--but it got me thinking, what's the worst way to go?
Yesterday's I'm going to give it to Nick and Becca because they probably would have won even if anyone else posted, plus I agree with Nick, I'd hit Ariel when she had legs, and Becca is just awesome, especially the last line.
Yesterday's I'm going to give it to Nick and Becca because they probably would have won even if anyone else posted, plus I agree with Nick, I'd hit Ariel when she had legs, and Becca is just awesome, especially the last line.
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Captain John Smith, the blonde hottie from Pocahontas. He was all cocky and attractive singing swinging from ropes on the ship. Also, if Poc-a-hot-ass was willing to sell out her people and her country for him, he must have been good in the sack. Keep in mind that I'm completely ignoring the historical John Smith and only focusing on Disney's version.
He could put a little captain in me anytime. - Nick said...
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The Little Mermaid when she had legs. Hot as hell.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
i'm a slacker
i don't think i've done this one yet.
What Disney character would you sleep with?
Yesterday's: Nick, if only because he mentioned snakes on a plane.
Lots of good choices for this one. I'm going with Samuel L. Jackson for the male side of things.
Sure he's been in a few shitty movies, but he's also been in some of the best movies of the last 20 years. People initially talked about John Travolta in Pulp Fiction , but Jackson acted circles around the gay scientologist and became the absolute anchor of what was probably the best film of the 90s. Every thing he said in that movie was fucking cool as shit, but yet his sincerity could not be doubted when he told Tim Roth, "...I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd."
He was fantastic in Jackie Brown, and solid in The Negotiator, a very underrated flick in my eyes.
Plus, he still knows how to have fun, evidenced by his work in Snakes On A Plane and his lobbying to play a part in the new Star Wars movies because he loved the OGs so much.
On the woman side, I'm gonna pick Kerry Washington. She was great in Ray as Della Bea, was pretty much the only thing that wasn't bad about She Hate Me...and oh yeah, I'm kind of completely in love with her...she's fucking gorgeous.
Also, Ray, I think as a future category (but not this weekend, because I won't be online, since I'm pretty sure wireless internet hasn't made it to Utica, NY yet), you should do all the ethnic categories, especially best Italian actors not named Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino.
(Seriously though, Ray. If you do that on a weekend I'm not around, I'll be furious.)
What Disney character would you sleep with?
Yesterday's: Nick, if only because he mentioned snakes on a plane.
Lots of good choices for this one. I'm going with Samuel L. Jackson for the male side of things.
Sure he's been in a few shitty movies, but he's also been in some of the best movies of the last 20 years. People initially talked about John Travolta in Pulp Fiction , but Jackson acted circles around the gay scientologist and became the absolute anchor of what was probably the best film of the 90s. Every thing he said in that movie was fucking cool as shit, but yet his sincerity could not be doubted when he told Tim Roth, "...I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd."
He was fantastic in Jackie Brown, and solid in The Negotiator, a very underrated flick in my eyes.
Plus, he still knows how to have fun, evidenced by his work in Snakes On A Plane and his lobbying to play a part in the new Star Wars movies because he loved the OGs so much.
On the woman side, I'm gonna pick Kerry Washington. She was great in Ray as Della Bea, was pretty much the only thing that wasn't bad about She Hate Me...and oh yeah, I'm kind of completely in love with her...she's fucking gorgeous.
Also, Ray, I think as a future category (but not this weekend, because I won't be online, since I'm pretty sure wireless internet hasn't made it to Utica, NY yet), you should do all the ethnic categories, especially best Italian actors not named Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino.
(Seriously though, Ray. If you do that on a weekend I'm not around, I'll be furious.)
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There are lots of great ones, but I have to go with Blazing Saddles. Cleavon Little was brilliant as Black Bart...his way of laughing off the idiots' racism was hysterical, and his ingenuity was fantastic. Add to that great performances by Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, the dude who played Hedley Lamarr, Alex Karras as Mongo and of course Mel Brooks and you have a great cast.
Plus, the one-liners...
"Hey where the white women at?"
Just does a great job of being fucking hilarious and at the same time exposing the idiocy of racism.
September 18, 2007 7:38 AM
Young Frankenstein. This movie will be funny FOREVER. As with all Mel Brooks films, there is a fantastic cast and hilarious writing. Brooks is a master of satire, and Young Frankenstein (Fronkensteen!) is his masterpiece.
Roll, roll, roll in ze hay!